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Cleopatra's Sister

"We're sort of creating our own world: we're being

cavalier in that way, but we can."

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"What does the feature-film resurrection of the mouldy "Shakespearean authorship question" say about how suspicious our world-wideweb-of-conspiracy culture's become?" "That's been kind of fun; I've done remounts before but haven't actually done one that is changing it and adapting it and fleshing it out in places." "There were moments when the first time we had ever listened to a song was when we heard it played back to us." "She spent that night in jail, having been dragged off my front porch by two policemen, but not before kicking in a window."

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VUEPOINT

Samantha Power

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GRASDAL'S VUE

Don't need no stinkin' rules Despite Strathcona County residents' attempts to have the Heartland transmission line buried, or the route altered away from populations, residents heard this week it will continue as planned, high above ground. County Mayor Linda Osinchuk has made clear her disappointment that the citizens of the area were not listened to and intends to take the decision to the Alberta Court of Appeal. The problem Osinchuk and Strathcona Country residents are fighting is larger than one decision about a power line—they're fighting a government uninterested in enforcing its own regulations. The Heartland power line was approved under the changes enacted by Bill 50, under which the cabinet has the ability to designate power lines as critical, and remove the requirement for that powerline to face a needs or cost assessment.

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The process leaves little room for change in what has become rather pointless public hearings. There's little the regulator can do but respond to public criticism regarding the placement of the powerline. In the case of the Heartland line, the Alberta Utilities Commission didn't even do that. Bill 50 is just one example of how if the Alberta government can't ignore the required regulations, it will find a way to remove the barriers completely. It's a problem citizens around the province are facing. In Rosebud, Jessica Ernst has spent years attempting to get the provincial government regulatory bodies to enforce its regulations and protect her groundwater from Encana. Though the Energy and Utilties Board (now the Energy Resources Conservation Board), the regulatory body in charge

of compliance has investigated infractions by Encana on the site, there has been no action taken to stop the impacts of hydraulic fracturing from impacting Ernst and the neighbouring farms in Rosebud. It's unsurprising then that this same body has proven itself incapable of following its own laws. After a year of building up its ability to regulate tailings sites under the newly developed Directive 074, the ERCB threw the regulation out the window and approved a non-compliant Syncrude project in 2009. The purpose of government is to act as a gatekeeper—to keep the public interest in mind as projects are created. It's near impossible for citizens to have faith in a democratic process, and in their government, if that government can't even follow its own rules. V

Your Vue is the weekly roundup of all your comments and views of our coverage. Every week we'll be running your comments from the website, feedback on our weekly web polls and any letters you send our editors.

LAST WEEK:

COMMENTS FROM THE WEB POLL

If Edmonton city council approves the current funding model for the downtown arena, would you be in favour of a citizen-led petition to bring the question to a plebicite?

A hockey arena being built with public money to prop up a billionaire's private, for-profit business is absolutely disgusting. I voted for Mandel. He said no public money would go into the arena. I feel deceived.

55.6% Yes, it's a large project involving public money. Edmontonians should have a say. 18.5% No, I elected my city councillor to make the tough decisions. 25.9% No, citizens have had their chance at public input.

I think it's time the downtown area gets a revamp! It's been declining since the invention of the retail parks on the edges of communities! The downtown area needs the uplift badly!

THIS WEEK:

Should other provinces follow Quebec's lead and refuse to fund the federal Conservative's omnibus crime bill? 1. Yes, the bill is a step backward for our criminal justice system. 2. No, the provinces should follow the lead of the federal government.

Check out vueweekly.com/yourvue to vote and comment.

NewsRoundup Not Exactly public

TAKE BALL, GO HOME The US and Canadian governments have said they will be pulling funding from UNESCO, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization after it voted overwhelmingly to approve Palestine as a member. UNESCO members voted Monday 107 to 14, with 52 abstentions, to accept Palestine as a member. The US made clear it is pulling funds due to a law restricting US funds from going to any part of the UN that grants membership

to Palestinians, until Palestine achieves statehood. US funds toward UNESCO total about one-fifth of the organization's budget. Following closely after the US decision, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced Canada would be reducing its contributions by not offering any new voluntary contributions to cover shortfalls. Canada's contributions total about $10 million.

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Alberta Party leader Glenn Taylor believes the public consultation on the Alberta provincial budget is a misnomer. Premier Alison Redford announced earlier this week that the government would be inviting select community members to provide input on the 2012 – 2013 budget. "Keeping these conversations exclusive to a few Albertans who have re-

ceived an invitation from the minister or a PC MLA is neither open nor inclusive," said Taylor. Tory MLAs will be selecting small groups of people to participate in prebudget consultations. Finance Minister Ron Liepert and Treasury Board president Doug Horner will travel the province to meet with the select groups. Albertans can express their contributions through

an online government survey. Alberta Party MLA Dave Taylor believes this is another failed attempt at change. "Once again it seems that Premier Redford is striving to introduce a change into how she would like to govern, but is not getting it done. This does not reflect her commitment to a more open and responsive government, which she made during her leadership campaign."

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

A PRESIDENT'S DECISION President Barack Obama admitted this week that he will be making the final decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, the controversial pipeline that has caused debate on both sides of the border for several months now. As the pipeline

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crosses a border, Obama could have left the decision to the State Department but, instead, the State Department will make reports and recommendations over the next several months that Obama will take into consideration.

"We need to make sure that we have energy security and aren't just relying on Middle East sources. But there's a way of doing that and still making sure that the health and safety of the American people and folks in Nebraska are protected, and that's how I'll be measuring these recommendations when they come to me." —President Barack Obama on the Keystone XL pipeline Nov 1, 2011 Politico

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Stalled city

Successful city development demands grassroots input from the start Thu, Nov 3 (7 pm) Planning and Designing Quartier Internationale Kule Lecture Theatre, Grant MacEwan University City-Centre Campus, Free RSVP to the CRSC at crsc.ualberta.ca

ontroversial, high-profile development projects such as the recent debate over the downtown arena may overshadow an even bigger challenge for Edmonton: a "tragedy of the anticommons," says Rob Shields. Director of the City Region Studies Centre at the University of Alberta, Shields explains that anti-commons is a form of urban planning paralysis whereby a lack of funding, political will, public impetus and jurisdiction stall civic development. Cities across North America are grappling with the problem of the anti-commons, says Shields, and Edmonton is no different. "In Edmonton we have no shortage of plans, but the material reality of downtown is remarkably slow to change," says Shields. "The power to actually accomplish that vision is lacking." Shields cites The Quarters project as

an example. "It's a great plan but the land is held in very small pieces ... everybody holds out because they think the value is going to go up so nobody will sell. So it's taken years to get enough property together to move forward. In the meantime, enthusiasm wanes and we go off chasing another grand vision."

suggests. "Council and the city get used to being ad-hoc again, plans get taken apart, people lose faith in the plans and the whole thing begins to disintegrate, [which] creates a kind of cynicism within the city about the value of planning in the first place." Central to the problem is that while we may all agree on the principles

Council and the city get used to being ad-hoc again, plans get taken apart, people lose faith in the plans and the whole thing begins to disintegrate. Currently, there is a crisis of planning in our city, acknowledges Councillor Ben Henderson. "There's a kind of downward spiral and unfortunately I think we're at the bottom of that spiral right now." "We did redevelopment plans in the past but I think we did them without the people who were actually going to build the projects at the table," he laments. "Then they come along and say, 'That doesn't work for me' ... and we start taking the plan apart in a kind of ad-hoc way." This leads into a vicious cycle, he

of good development, Henderson argues, sentiments change when decisions become local and specific. "Right now I don't think we're responding well," he says. "I think we could end up in the same place in a different and better way." That's one objective behind "Planning and Designing Quartier Internationale: a Lesson in Implementation and Holistic Urban Planning," an event the City Region Studies Centre is hosting on Thursday, November 3 to try to address the challenge of

translating good planning into good implementation. The keynote speaker for the event is renowned urban planner Clement Demers, director of the Quartier Internationale de Montréal, an urbanrevitalization project that has won 31 national and international awards. While the QIM development is now widely regarded as one of the best examples of successful urban revitalization, it wasn't always that way. Early on, the project was the target of criticism from Transport 2000, a special-interest group that felt the new design allotted too much parking space (over 1000 individual spaces). Transport 2000 wanted a greater emphasis on public transit. "They said, 'You are against public transit because you want more parking,'" Demers recalls. "I said, no, we want to have better accessibility. When you have pressure groups that are one-dimensional, they don't have a holistic approach. Their goal is to push for one thing. You have to consider all these small, single things but you have to have a global vision. We worked on accessibility with a global vision, not only the vision of

increasing public transit." Today, public transit in the Quartier Internationale is 10 times higher than the rest of downtown Montréal. And Demers notes, other active modes are thriving. For Demers, early stakeholder consultation and community engagement—dealing with all the "small, single things"—must be embraced as a natural, intuitive part of planning from the outset. "When somebody wants to build something, my argument is to go into the community with it on a napkin," says Henderson, suggesting that the city needs to get involved sooner and bring more players to the table in the initial stages. "The city is a gigantic built form of Google," Shields argues. "We need to build out the city as an efficient environment, a crucible for work, economy and a complete life." For that to happen, he says, the city needs to be a place where people, community interests and business connect to produce more than the sum of its parts. "Right now," he says, "our search engine isn't that good." Jeremy Derksen // jeremy@vueweekly.com

COMMENT >> WORLD POPULATION

An African problem

Politicians too politically correct to point out the problem of overpopulation According to the United Nations, the at least not nearly fast enough. Nor world's population passed the seven is the UN naively projecting current billion mark at the end of October, birth rates into the indefinite future. and there will be much tutting It assumes that the current and shaking of heads over average fertility rate for the its prediction that we will African continent of 4.6 be 10 billion by the end of children per woman will m o .c weekly e@vue the century. But almost fall to only three children gwynn e Gwynn nobody will have the temerper woman by 2045, though r Dye ity to point out that this is alsome countries—Niger, Mali most entirely an African problem. and Uganda, for example—will The United Nations Population continue to have higher birth rates. Fund's own numbers tell the story. The problem is that replacement Africa currently has one-seventh of level is 2.2 children per woman. Afthe world's people: just over one bilrica may well reach that level by late lion. But during the rest of the centuin the century, but the population ry, the UN agency predicts, this single growth will continue for a further continent will add an extra 2.6 billion 30-40 years, until the last generapeople, more than tripling in population from the baby-boom days has tion, while all the rest of the world grown up and had its own 2.2 chiladds just half a billion. dren per family. So a total African If it weren't for the African populapopulation of 3.6 billion by the end tion boom, the world's population of the century—a third of the human would never exceed 7.5 billion. That is race—is probably as good as it is gostill probably twice as many people as ing to get. the planet's resources could support If African birth-rates do not decline comfortably for more than a couple steeply, it could be a great deal worse. of generations—but birth rates are If the current rate of African populafalling to below replacement level in tion growth persisted, we would have most places. If that were happening a global total of 15 billion people by in Africa too, the global population the end of the century, with about could be headed back down well behalf of them crammed into that sinfore 2100. gle continent. But let's go with the But it isn't happening in Africa, or optimistic assumption that there will

be "only" 10 billion of us. What will the African population boom mean for the rest of the world, and for Africa itself? It may be a surprisingly self-contained disaster. An Africa that more than triples its population during the rest of this century will certainly still be the

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have more effect on the global environment than would three billion Africans living more or less in their present style. Subsistence farmers mostly affect the local environment, even when there are a lot of them. If they degrade their land, pollute their rivers and destroy their for-

If no miracle intervenes, the African continent is going to have a very hard time in this century.

world's poorest continent at the end of it. Even the current improvement in economic growth rates in many African countries is largely cancelled out by population growth: few countries are seeing significant rises in per capita income. If Africans stay poor, then their impact on the rest of the world will be slight. They will not become major consumers of resources imported from elsewhere, because they cannot afford them. Even their impact on the global environment, while not negligible, will be quite limited. It is highincome consumers of energy, manufactured goods and processed foods who really count when it comes to global issues like climate change. Three hundred million Americans

ests, the damage they do is mostly to themselves. Urban slum dwellers do even less damage to the global environment. If no miracle intervenes, the African continent is going to have a very hard time in this century. It is already the only continent to experience recurrent famines, and they will probably get much worse. Civil wars and massacres are already more frequent in Africa than anywhere else, and that too will get worse, because people under great pressure rarely behave well. What, if anything, can be done about this? Even a big push to make contraception available to the hundred million African women who do not now have easy access to it would not

substantially change the outcome at this point. Only a brutally enforced one-child policy like China's could do that, and it is simply impossible to believe that this could be done in any African state. Africans have done nothing wrong, nor indeed is their birth-rate higher than those on other continents at various past times. But there is only a limited time available to get the birth-rate down once modern medicine and sanitation have brought the death-rate down. Grow fast enough economically, and your people will have smaller families as they get more prosperous. Stay poor for too long, and population growth will overwhelm you. For various reasons, none of them their own fault, Africans have stayed poor for too long. Individual countries can still save themselves, and some will, but the continent as a whole probably cannot. Few Africans will say that because it's too painful to contemplate, and few outsiders will say it because it is politically incorrect. But a lot of people know it. V Gwynne Dyer is a London-based journalist. His column appears every week in Vue Weekly.

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COMMENT >> HOCKEY

Making sweet dreams Everyone's hope is up—please, please let it last this year's most pleasant surprise. In It's November and it hasn't snowed yet. my haste to defend Tom Gilbert, I neAlso, the Oilers are sitting near the top glected to give credit where it's due to of the Western Conference standings. the entire defence of this year's So, now that we've jinxed everyEdmonton Oilers. From the thing, get your parka and enjoy two goalies who are playing this recap of the latest Oilers lights out, to Smid's shot week. Alex Ovechkin and the ly.com eweek ox@vu b blocks, to Gilbert's offense, Caps came to town and the e th in oung & Dave Y s to the entire defensive corp's Oilers won 2-1. The team flew e tl Bir Bryan newfound calm in its own zone immediately to Denver to beat and even the play of the forwards, the Avs 4-1 the next night. A return especially—and perhaps most surpristo Rexall on the night before Halloween ingly—Da Nuge's defensive smarts, resulted in a 4-2 win over the St Louis which are well beyond those of most Blues. Those three wins followed two 18-year-old rookies, the entire team dewins over the Rangers and Canucks for serves some defensive attaboys. Now a five-game winning streak. we just need to clear up that pesky INNER PEACE shot differential and we're looking like Last week there was discussion about a playoff team. Did I just say that? BB

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RODEO DRIVE

It's time for the annual "CFR Road Trip," where the Oilers need to vacate their home rink to make room for broncos and stuff. To date, the Oilers rodeo trip record is 65-68-3-23. Last season, they were 1-3-1 on the jaunt. This year's sixgame, 11-day, roughly 13 000 kilometre trip goes from LA to Montréal to Boston, with stops in Phoenix, Chicago and Detroit mixed in. The four under-21s on the team can't have a beer outside the safety of the hotel room until they are in Montréal on November 8. DY RAFFI, RAFFI, WHAT HAVE YE DONE?

Former Oiler Raffi Torres is taking a lot of flak for dressing up as rapper Jay-Z for Halloween—complete with dark-skinned

makeup. Many commentators compared what Torres did to black face, the minstrel show art form that utilized racist archetypes for cheap gags from the 19th century to the 1960s. Teammate Paul Bissonette attempted to stem the tide of accusations of racism by tweeting, "He's a huge Jay-Z fan." Being a huge fan of Jay-Z doesn't make what Torres did not racist, but there is a huge difference between Torres's costume and black face. Black face relied on stereotypes to create a disparaging caricature of African-American culture as a whole, while Torres's costume portrayed a singular, easily-recognizable celebrity. Racism is a terrible thing, but branding an insensitive action as a racist one threatens to adulterate the power of the word. BB

can still hardly believe we're sitting on a five-game winning streak. Awesome! Or is it? The last time the Oilers managed to squeeze out five Ws in a row was on a December road trip during the 2009-10 season. That was also awesome. Or at least it was until the team went on to lose 20 of the next 21 games and only win 12 more games until season's end. That stupid five-game winning streak messed the Oilers up— but did result in one Taylor Hall. DY

WHAT'S MY LINUS?

It was almost a year ago that Oiler prospect watchers stood up and took notice of this year's struggling Swede, Linus Omark. On November 7, 2010, while playing with the OK City Barons, Omark scored five goals in a 7-6 shootout win over Toronto's farm team, the Marlies. By December 10, Omark was called up to the Oilers, where he scored a shootout spin-a-rama move. We want that guy back. DY TURNING POINT

As if our intro wasn't enough of a jinx, I

Nikolai Khabibulin: The NHL named him third player of the month for October—who am I to disagree? BB Ryan Smyth: Three goals and two assists—sweet dreams are made of these. DY

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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

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Brian Work; Nov 3-5 • Dennis Ross; Nov 10-12

Comic Strip • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Wed-Fri, Sun 8pm; Fri-Sat 10:30pm • Bobby Lee; Nov 3-5 • Hit or Miss Monday: Nov 7, 8pm; $7 • Stand Up Edmonton: Nov 8, 8pm; $12 • TJ Miller; Nov 10-13 • Hit or Miss Monday: Nov 14, 8pm; $7 • Stand Up Edmonton: Nov 15, 8pm; $12

DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • 780.710.2119 • Comedy night open stage hosted by Lars Callieou • Every Sun, 9pm

Just For Laughs Comedy Tour • Winspear Centre, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • First-Ever British Edition • Nov 13 Laugh for Life Gala • Winspear Centre, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • Featuring comedian Michael Jr., the PreTenors and guest performance painter Lewis Lavoie • Nov 5, 6pm (auction), 7pm (event) • $45 (orchestra/ terrace B, C, F)/$40 (dress circle/upper circle A, D)/$35 (gallery E) available at Winspear box office; A benefit for Mustard Seed and Candeo Housing Association

laugh shop–Sherwood Park • 4 Blackfoot Road, Sherwood Park • 780.417.9777 • laughinthepark.ca • Open Wed-Sat • Matt Billon; Nov 3-5 • Casey Corbin; Nov 10-12

Myer Horowitz Theatre • U of A Campus • Shoufou Alwawa Wayn • Nov 5, 8pm

River Cree–The Venue Enoch, Whitemud Drive, Winterburn Rd • 780.484.2121 • Rodney CarringtonLaughter Is Good • Nov 10

Groups/CLUBS/meetings Aikikai Aikido Club • 1013987 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue 7:30-9:30pm; Thu 6-8pm

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

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

Edmonton Needlecraft Guild • Avonmore United Church Basement, 82 Ave, 79 St • edmNeedlecraftGuild.org • Classes/workshops, exhibitions, guest speakers, stitching groups for those interested in textile arts • Meet the 2nd Tue each month, 7:30pm

Fair Vote Alberta • Strathcona Library, Community Rm (upstairs), 104 St, 84 Ave • fairvotealberta.org • Monthly meeting • 2nd Thu each month; 7pm

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

MEDITATION • Strathcona Library, 8331-104 St; meditationedmonton. org; Drop-in every Thu 7-8:30pm; Sherwood Park Library: Drop-in every Mon, 7-8:30pm

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 outdoor movement!

Sherwood Park Walking Group + 50 • Meet inside Millennium Place, Sherwood Place • Weekly outdoor walking group; starts with a 10 min discussion, followed by a 3040 minute walk through Centennial Park, a cool down and stretch • Every Tue, 8:30am • $2/session (goes to the Alzheimer’s Society of Alberta)

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 Vegetarians of Alberta • Bonnie Doon Community Hall, 9240-93 St • vofa.ca/category/events • Monthly Potluck: Bring a vegan, dish to serve 8 people, your own plate, cup, cutlery, serving spoon • $3 (member)/$5 (non-member) • Nov 20

WOMEN IN BLACK • In Front of the Old Strathcona Farmers' Market • Silent vigil the 1st and 3rd Sat, 1011am, each month, stand in silence for a world without violence

LECTURES/Presentations Begin to Sing • Expressionz Café • 9938-70 Ave • 780.437.3667 • Guitar workshop with theatre artist Amanda Neufeld • Nov 6 • Pre-register: edmontonguitar.com/event/beginsing-seminar $35/$40 (door)

Hannelore–Ignite Your Sixth Sense • Expressionz Café

• 9938-70 Ave • 780.437.3667 • hannelore.ca • The Power of Your Intuition • Nov 5-6 • Pre-register E: saria@windowstothesoul.T: 604.999.0307/1.888.768.5711

Regional Planning Speakers Series • Kule Lecture Theatre, Grant MacEwan City-Centre Campus, Robbins Health Learning Centre, 109 St, 104 Ave • 780.492.9957 • Clement Demers (architect, urban planner) will share lessons that he has learned in using a holistic approach to urban planning. Panelists will address the themes in a pecha-kucha style presentation: The politics of planning with Ben Henderson; Planning tools and incentives with Tomas Nilsson; The relationship between land-use and economic development with Rob Marchak • Nov 3, 7pm • Free

Sovereign ClAIMS • Lecture Theatre 2-490, Emonton Clinic Health academy, U of A • research.ualberta. ca • Visualizing Deception in Body and Nation with Lianne McTavish and Frank Tough • Nov 15, 3:30-5:15pm • Pre-register at bit.ly/nXFDpy

Travel Talks • Audreys Books, 10702 Jasper Ave • 780.439.3096/780.492.2756 • The 2nd Tue each month at 7pm •Costa Rica/ Panama • Nov 8, 7pm • Pre-register Verge Permaculture •

Threat Fridays: DJ Thunder, Femcee DJ Eden Lixx • DJ Suco beats every Sat

G.L.B.T.Q. (gay) African Group Drop-In) • Pride Centre, moving • 780.488.3234 • Group for gay refugees from all around the World, friends, and families • 1st and Last Sun every month

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 • Badminton, Co-ed: St. Thomas Moore School, 9610-165 St • Badminton, Women's Drop-In Recreational: St Vincent School, 10530-138 St, 780.914.9678; every Wed 6-7:30pm; $7 (drop-in fee) • Co-ed Bellydancing • Bootcamp: Lynnwood Elementary School at 15451-84 Ave; Mon, 7-8pm • Bowling: Ed's Rec Centre, WEM, Tue 6:45pm • Curling: Granite Curling Club; 780.463.5942 • Running: Sun morning • Spinning: MacEwan Centre, 109 St, 104 Ave • Swimming: NAIT pool, 11762106 St • Volleyball: Mother Teresa Elementary School at 9008-105A; Amiskiwaciy Academy, 101 Airport Rd • YOGA (Hatha): Free Yoga every Sun, 2-3:30pm; Korezone Fitness, 203, 10575-115 St

G.L.B.T.Q Seniors Group

The Way We Green • City Hall

• S.A.G.E Bldg, Craftroom, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.474.8240 • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors that 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

City Room (main foyer) • edmonton. ca/thewaywegreen • Lunch Hour Speakers Series: Lessons from Radical Industry: Transforming Business Culture, Finding Pathways to Sustainability with Nadine Gudz • Nov 8, 12pm • Free

St • 780.756.5667 • Free pool daily 4-8pm; Taco Tue: 5-9pm; Wing Wed: 5-9pm; Wed karaoke: 9pm-12; Thu 2-4-1 burgers: 5-9pm; Fri steak night: 5-9pm; DJs Fri and Sat at 10pm

Expressionz Café • 9938-70 Ave • 780.437.3667 • vergepermaculture.ca • Seminar about sustainable ecological design and permaculture • Nov 3-4, 6:30-8pm

the junction bar • 10242-106

LIVING POSITIVE • 404, 10408-

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

Bisexual Women's Coffee Group • A social group for bicurious and bisexual women every 2nd Tue each month, 8pm

BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725B Jasper Ave • 780.488.6636 • Tue with DJ Arrow Chaser, free pool all night; 9pm (door); no cover • Wed with DJ Dust’n Time; 9pm (door); no cover • Thu: Men’s Wet Underwear Contest, win prizes, hosted by Drag Queen DJ Phon3 Hom3; 9pm (door); no cover before 10pm • Fri Dance Party with DJ Arrow Chaser; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm • Sat: Feel the rhythm with DJ Phon3 Hom3; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm

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

FLASH Night Club • 10018-105 St • 780.969.9965 • Thu Goth + Industrial Night: Indust:real Assembly with DJ Nanuck; 10pm (door); no cover • Triple

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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 drop-in, peer counselling

MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB • Recreational/competitive swimming. Socializing after practices • Every Tue/Thu

Pride Centre of Edmonton • Moving • 780.488.3234 • admin@ pridecentreofedmonton.org • Daily: YouthSpace (Youth Drop-in): Tue-Fri: 3-7pm; Sat: 2-6:30pm • Men Talking with Pride: Support group for gay, bisexual and transgendered men to discuss current issues; Sun: 7-9pm • 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 • Community Potluck: For members of the LGBTQ community; last Tue each month, 6-9pm • Counselling: Free, short-term, solution-focused counselling, provided by professionally trained counsellorsevery Wed, 6-9pm • Youth Movie: Every Thu, 6:30-8:30pm

St Paul's United Church • 11526-76 Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship) WOMONSPACE • 780.482.1794 • A Non-profit lesbian social organization for Edmonton and surrounding area. Monthly activities, newsletter, reduced rates included with membership. Confidentiality assured

Woodys Video Bar • 11723 Jasper Ave • 780.488.6557 • Mon: Amateur Strip Contest; prizes with Shawana • Tue: Kitchen 3-11pm • Wed: Karaoke with Tizzy 7pm-1am; Kitchen 3-11pm • Thu: Free pool all night; kitchen 3-11pm • Fri: Mocho Nacho Fri: 3pm (door), kitchen open 3-11pm

SPECIAL EVENTS ALBERTA MUSIC AWARDS • Art Gallery of Alberta, 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.428.3372 • Champagne reception (7pm); Awards Show with live entertainment (8pm); Industry After Party with live entertainment (9pm) • Nov 5 • $50 (Alberta Music Members, incl: Champagne Reception, Awards Show and Industry After Party)/$95 (non-member, incl: Champagne Reception, Awards Show and Industry After Party)/$30 (Industry After Party only) AN EVENING IN TIBET • Meridian Banquet Hall, 4820-76 Ave • Dinner and Silent Auction: fundraiser for construction on a new community meditation centre in Edmonton – Gaden Samten Ling’s Alberta Centre for Peace and Meditation • Nov 5, 5:30pm (door), 6:30pm (dinner) • $50 at 780.483.5419 Edmonton Hispanic Bilingual Association (EHBA) • Serbian Hall, 12920-112 St • 780.472.0532 • 30th Anniversary Fiesta: Latin music, food, music by DJ Acuario • Nov 5, 7pm • $20 (adv)/$25 (door)

Edmonton Scandinavian Centre Association • Dutch Canadian Centre, 13312-142 St • Scandinavian Christmas Market: Includes food, music–a celebration of the Scandinavian arts • Nov 13, 11am-4pm • Free

Fabulous at 50 • Mayfield Trade Centre • Women’s Trade Fair: Martini Party for baby boomer women featuring speakers, entertainers, and exhibits • Nov 5, 10am-5pm • $20 (for 2 tickets adv at TIX on the Square)/$20 (per person at door)

Family Violence Awareness montH • Alberta Legislative Bandshell • Islamic Family and Social Services Association and the Metis Child and Family host a short walk against family violence, to acknowledge those who are silenced by violence • Nov 5, 12pm

Harvest Brunch and Auction • Delta Edmonton South Hotel, 4404 Gateway Blvd • 780.412.2736 • SalvationArmy.ca • In support of The Salvation Army • Nov 5 • $70 The Rockin'-Blues Extravaganza • 403.400.6511 • Robbie Laws, Tim Williams and Steve Pineo will join Calgary’s Dream Band • Concerts: Until Nov 5, ending with a special performance featuring Calgary’s 60-piece choir, REVV 52 • Blues Jammers Boot Camp (Feb 21–25)

Shop Till You Drop Expo • Delta Edmonton South • Nov 6, 10am5pm • Free in lieu of a donation to the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation Unity in Diversity Concert • Arden Theatre, St Albert • An extravaganza of dance, musical and cultural performances • Nov 5, 7pm • $10 at Arden box office , TicketMaster

It Used To Be Cool • Dewey's Lounge (Power Plant), U of A • voicesforchoices.info • Pro-Choice Dance Party Fundraiser • Nov 10, 8-11:45pm • $7

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REVUE // IRAN

The going gets tough

Incendiary subject matter buoys the calculated Circumstance Fri, Nov 4 – Thu, Nov 10 Circumstance Written and directed by Maryam Keshavarz Metro Cinema at the Garneau

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aryam Keshavarz's feature debut lures us into the secret places where Tehran's youth converge to gyrate to the liberating thump of Western music, get gloriously wasted, and swap headscarves for high heels and short skirts. Keshavarz lets us into the back rooms where these same youths can browse vast selections of ostensibly subversive, and thus illegal, foreign DVDs. Most importantly, she leads us into the bedrooms where Atafeh (Nikohl Boosheri) and Shireen (Sarah Kazemy), a pair of gorgeous, rebellious teenage girls, explore each others' bodies and whisper of ambitions to shuttle their so-called transgressions to less restrictive havens

A lighter moment in Circumstance

abroad. So you might say that much of Circumstance unfolds in hidden places, yet, at its most Orwellian and despairing, the film suggests that there are no longer any places left in contemporary Iran where one can truly hide. Circumstances being as they are, Circumstance was filmed not in Iran at all

but in Lebanon. Keshavarz has incorporated such incendiary subject matter into her film that, barring the Internet, the aforementioned back room video store is quite clearly the only place anyone in Iran would be able to find it. The film attacks on numerous fronts, exposing a culture of fear and institutionalized

hypocrisy, misogyny and sexual repression. An especially memorable, dismal scene finds one of Keshavarz's heroines being molested by a gypsy cabbie, the one consolation being that, so starved for flesh is her assailant, he only needs to stroke her bare foot while jerking off in order to reach orgasm. Things essentially just get worse for Atafeh and Shireen as the film goes along—to be sure, it's hard to imagine a happy ending to this story that wouldn't ring offensively false. Shireen's brother Mehran (Reza Sixo Safal) comes back home, kicks his drug habit, and, despite his discreetly liberal, worldly parents, he finds Allah, the long-term result being big brother's transformation into Big Brother. Mehran starts setting up surveillance cameras all over the house around the same time he starts eyeballing Atafeh, barely managing to keep from licking his lips as he does so. Soon comes the police raids, the arrests, the threats and some appalling compromises for the sake of safety and some sad version of freedom. Everything in Circumstance is calcu-

lated so that the screws tighten in tidy increments. It's the film's strength as polemic and its weakness as a textured story driven by nuanced characters. Conversations range from awkward to didactic and almost nothing is said that escapes the writer/director's heavily scrutinized schema. Likewise, this beautifully photographed film's sensuality feels studied, with lots of prudently timed close-ups of eyes and lips and fingers and slow-motion sequences. (Tellingly, Keshavarz has declared Atom Egoyan a key influence.) So what we have in the end is a tasteful, politically charged, academic art house drama designed to draw attention to violations of women's rights that won't surprise anyone who reads the occasional newspaper. That sounds like faint praise, but, truly, that's no small accomplishment for a young director. Circumstance closes with at least one character managing to escape her circumstances, trying to find a place where she can finally breathe. With any luck, Keshavarz's next film will breathe a little more too. Paul Blinov // paul@vueweekly.com

SIDEVUE // LAME CONSPIRACY

No Will? No Way

Cracking The Who's-Da-Bard Code

Anonymous sinks conspiracy thrillers to an olde low

n 2004, a pulpy movie interpretation of one visionary leader's execution, mostly following the one version of his death (by John, a disciple) that blamed the Jews, grossed more than $600-million worldwide. Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ came out a year after Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code was published, its overcooked prose and histori-

cal mistruths not preventing its tale of the cover-up of Jesus' marriage to Mary Magdalene from becoming this century's bestselling English-language novel (80 million copies sold). Roland Emmerich's The-Earl-of-Oxfordwas-actually-Shakespeare thriller Anonymous, from a screenplay by John Orloff, seems to have little in common with an

anti-Semitic take on Christ's death and a treasure-hunt-through-history potboiler about Christ's love. But Jesus's death will always remain somewhat mysterious— the New Testament's inclusion of four different gospels is an acknowledgement of the conflicting, subjective accounts of his crucifixion. The birth, life and death of the one man regarded as English's greatest writer, though, are well known. Not a single reputable Shakespearean scholar thinks anyone other than the son of a tanner from Stratford-upon-Avon, 1564 – 1616, wrote the 38 plays and 154 sonnets that tower over our literature. It's been said that historical films reveal nothing about the past, but merely mirror present-day conventions and concerns. So what does the feature-film resurrection of the mouldy "Shakespearean authorship question" (see Sidebar) say about how suspicious our world-wideweb-of-conspiracy culture's become? The grassy knoll in Dallas, the faked moon landing, 9/11 "truth," and postObama "birthers"—vocal minorities in North America have channeled their political frustration and distrust into elaborate narratives involving insider-plotting and cabals. But that deep suspicion and disillusionment, aggravated by hyped-up 24/7 media that hacks people's phones and an echo-chamber Internet where CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 >>

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Much Ado About Nothing Bard-denial began in the 18th century, around 150 years after Shakespeare's death, as a few people wondered how a lowly, village-born, grammar-school-educated boy could've grown up in the Elizabethan Era to write such powerful, profound plays and poems (although comparable geniuses in 19th-century literature and 20th-century cinema, Charles Dickens and Charlie Chaplin, had more impoverished childhoods and their education was no better; Dickens and Chaplin, however, were Shakespeare-doubters themselves!). Looney Tune The man behind the Earl of Oxford (Edward de Vere) theory was a schoolteacher, JT Looney, who published his theory in 1920. Looney provided no historical-document evidence but contended that the verity of de Vere's authorship was covered up because a Tudor prince couldn't then be seen as slumming about in the playwriting trade. Looney's theory, notes Shapiro, was basically anti-democratic, wishing for a return to a social order where everyone keeps to their place. Until Death Do Us Part? Critics of Looney's theory point out that the motifs and stylistic features he focused on trying to link de Vere's verse and Shakespeare's are common to most Elizabethan poetry and plays. And de Vere died in 1604, while 13 Shakespeare dramas appeared afterward (including King Lear, Macbeth, and The Tempest); Looney and his adherents claim these post-1604 plays are reworkings of earlier de Vere versions or collaborations or, in the case of The Tempest, by another author entirely. Make-Believers Notable subscribers to the Oxfordian theory include some British stage actors: Derek Jacobi, Jeremy Irons, Mark Rylance (former head of the Globe Theatre in London), and Patrick Stewart. Three current judges on the US Supreme Court are selfdeclared Oxfordians. Love's Labour Lost? The historical record, contemporaries' accounts, contemporaneous documents and circumstantial evidence all confirm Shakespeare's identity as author of the plays and disprove the many non-Shakespeare theories, largely driven by British class snobbery. Professor James Shapiro, though, in his 2010 book Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?, criticizes academics for ignoring the fringe theories and pseudo-scholarship, arguing their dismissal of them is tantamount to letting anti-Stratfordians win.

REVUE // HORSES!

BUCK Fri, Nov 4 – Thu, Nov 10 Directed by Cindy Meehl Metro Cinema at the Garneau

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uck Brannaman has a true gift for understanding horses, but perhaps more accurately, he understands the ways in which humans mistreat them. Or, simply, he understands how humans mistreat. "When something's scared for its life, I understand it," he says at one point in Buck, a weighty statement that draws, as we see, from his own abusive childhood. Brannaman and his brother, young trick ropers, were mercilessly beaten by their father until a school

REVUE // TICKIN' AWAY coach noticed the marks and got them into a foster home. It's the sort of upbringing that could leave a person broken. But there's no bitter resentment in Brannaman's steely demeanor, even when he talks about those years. He's moved on to calmer pastures, and Buck, made by first-time director Cindy Meehl, captures the magic of this man, who came from a brutal childhood and found his peace of mind with horses. The wonder of watching him calm a wild one is undeniable, like he's undoing some of the damage that's been done to him. The doc splits its time between following him on his travels to teach—he spends most of the year teaching clin-

ics, on the road and away from his family—and examining those early years. And whether in simple conversation or filmed working with horses, Brannaman's demeanor and methods are uncommonly compelling to watch. Buck's brother Smokey, who went through the same parental abuse, is absent from the documentary. Why he wasn't included isn't ever really addressed, and while his inclusion might've added some further depth, his absence doesn't leave many holes in what's already here. Buck is, at its heart, one man's story of perseverance and the tranquility he found. It's quite affecting in being just that.

IN TIME

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REVUE // NOT SO GONZO

THE RUM DIARY Now playing Directed by Bruce Robinson

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hat Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) is a stand in for everybody's favourite gonzo journalist is obvious from the first moments of The Rum Diary, where we find him in what little remains of his hotel room. There's blood in his eye and a trickle of red from his mouth, though the hangover is clearly a more staggering, immediate problem. He's landed in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It's the late '50s, and he's got himself a job at a sinking newspaper more concerned about covering the opening of bowling alleys to appease rich white tourists than the seedier, more insidious goings-on of the island. It's a set up that seems destined to make a certain

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sources (even for everyone's favourite reference, Wikipedia) are often uncredited, unclear, or non-existent, extends to genuine experts and specialists, too. Bush, Palin, poor pop-history from pundits, and reality TV contests—when being folksy and earthy is trusted over elitist, snotty-seeming erudition and expertise (au revoir, Monsieur Ignatieff!), academic authority's at a low ebb. Why not follow the drama of a conspiracy theory—supported by some wellknown actors who've trod the boards and recited iambic pentameter—instead of obscure articles and dense books by Renaissance scholars nestled away in their ivory towers?

someone get drunk, get angry and go after the Bastards. But, structured as an origins story, he really only manages to do the first two of those things. And even then, it's less drunken and less angry than you might think. I should admit I haven't read The Rum Diary, one of Hunter S Thompson's few forays into fiction, written in the '60s but only published, with the outside help of Johnny Depp, in 1998. But as sourced from here, it seems like a milder, gentler take on the drug-andbooze-fuelled prose that would bring Thompson infamy, acclaim and derision in equal measure. And in the meantime we're left with a weaker, milder, less effectual film. The main plot, of Kemp getting dragged into some seedy backdoor deal to illegally get condos put up in a tropical paradise, ebbs and flows,

Professor James Shapiro, in a recent LA Times article, notes too that, in our Oprah age of confessional memoirs, many readers think books reflect personal experience. So the worldly Earl of Oxford, even captured once by pirates, must have known whereof he spoke while penning The Tempest, not that landlocked faker Shakespeare. As Shapiro and Paul Edmonson in The Guardian point out, such conspiracytheorizing (springing from biases about authors' upbringings and experiences), in spinning fiction out of historical fact, utterly "denies the power of [Shakespeare's] imagination." Such plots further demean our language's literary master because they're not just bad scholarship but bad fiction. The same was true of Gibson's movie and Brown's franchise. So, this

in between some skirt chasing with a friend's firecracker fiancé (Amber Heard), the struggle to do anything meaningful at a dead-end newspaper, and attempts not to get murdered by the locals. But it doesn't really plumb any of those depths, instead giving us a surface-level skim set to a regrettably over-earnest Hollywood score from Christopher Young—magic sounds greet every potentially tender moment, with absolutely zero self-awareness of how over earnest it is. Depp does make a decent Kemp, somewhat tightly wound for a drunkard, but with sparks of the rage that would later ignite. The problem is that nothing really seems to catch and blaze; no matter how much the final few scenes try to convince us otherwise, it doesn't feel like the seeds of anything great were sown here. Paul Blinov // paul@vueweekly.com

October, why not do something by doing nothing? Don't see Anonymous—ignore it altogether—and feel better knowing you didn't give any money to truthemptied, hoax-riddled artifice ... what our greatest writer might have called "a boil, a plague sore, an embossed carbuncle" (King Lear), passed on by a "Foul spoken coward, that thund'rest with thy tongue, and with thy weapon nothing dares perform" (Titus Andronicus), for "It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing" (Macbeth) and, to anyone foolish enough to doubt the power of the true Bard's true art, "If you spend word for word with me, I shall make your wit bankrupt" (Two Gentlemen of Verona). Exit stage, right on.

Working against the clock

Now playing Written and directed by Andrew Niccol

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ime as currency—workers pay with what few minutes they've earned; the American Dream, 15 minutes of fame, stretched into timeless truth for the few; idle rich while away the years forever while workers' lives run down quickly. The sci-fi noir In Time has admirable ideas and its central conceit—classdivision based on time-is-money— could have been a timely criticism of capitalism, but its execution's sorely slacking. Andrew Niccol's Gattaca is a cult classic, but his hero's dismantling of a system here just doesn't work. After ghetto-born Will Salas (Justin Timberlake) gets a disillusioned rich man's century of life, he turns, along with a tycoon's daughter

(Amanda Seyfried), to robbin' in his 'hood, ripping off time-lending banks and giving years back to the poor. But his rage-against-the-machine's passed off as a cool outlaw move. The sense, with all the stylish 20somethings here (women always run in their high heels), that it could break into a music video at any moment doesn't help. This alternate world's hollowness (derelict lofts, vast mansions, huge offices) drains the movie, blanching the noir, though industrial backdrops are used well. Cheesy, corny moments pop up throughout, especially since most lines involve puns on clichéd truisms about time. Ultimately, it's hard not to feel ticked off by In Time when it grinds its potential down into a clockwork chase movie. Brian Gibson // brian@vueweekly.com

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Daily 1:15, 3:50, 6:40, 9:25

Fri, NOv 4, 2011 – Thu, NOV 10, 2011

4:10

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TOWER HEIST (PG coarse language) Fri-Sat 7:00, 9:00; Sun-Thu 8:00; Sat-Sun 1:30

Puss in Boots (G) Fri-Sat 7:00, 9:10; SunThu 8:00; Sat-Sun 1:30 CINEMA CITY MOVIES 12 5074-130 Ave, 780.472.9779

CARS 2 (G) Daily 1:20, 4:00, 6:50, 9:25 CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (PG violence, not recommended for young children) Daily 1:40, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55

CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. (PG coarse language) MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS (G) Daily 1:35, The Big Year (PG) Daily 1:25, 4:15, 7:10, 9:35 OUR IDIOT BROTHER (14A) Daily 4:00, 9:40 THE LION KING (G) Digital Cinema Daily 1:10 THE LION KING 3D (G) Digital 3d Daily 3:55,

not recommended for young children) Daily 1:05, 4:05, 7:00, 9:50

WARRIOR (14A violence) Daily 6:35, 9:30 COWBOYS AND ALIENS (14A violence) Daily 1:30, 7:05

SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD IN 4D (PG) Daily 1:45, 4:25, 6:30 THE CHANGE-UP (18A crude sexual content) Daily 9:00

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (PG violence, not recommended for young children) Daily 1:00, 3:45, 6:55, 9:45

scenes) Fri-Sun 12:20, 3:45, 6:40, 10:05; MonWed 12:40, 3:45, 6:40, 10:00; Thu 12:45, 4:10, 7:05, 10:30

TOWER HEIST (PG coarse language) No passes

IDES OF MARCH (14A coarse language) DTS Digital, Stadium Seating Fri-Tue, Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:25, 10:25; Wed 1:10, 4:10, 10:25

CINEPLEX ODEON NORTH

JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN (PG) Fri, Sun-

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abuse, crude content) Ultraavx, No passes Fri-Sun 1:40, 3:55, 6:05, 8:15, 10:40; Mon-Wed 1:40, 3:55, 6:05, 8:15, 10:25; Thu 2:05, 4:20, 6:30, 8:40, 11:05

MONEYBALL (PG coarse language) Fri-Wed

A VERY HAROLD KUMAR 3D (18A substance

Cinema Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:15, 7:30, 10:15; Mon-Tue 1:20, 4:15, 7:30, 10:10; Wed 1:20, 4:00, 10:25; Thu 1:45, 4:40, 7:55, 10:40

PUSS IN BOOTS (G) No passes Fri-Sun 12:15, 2:30, 5:00, 7:20, 9:30; Mon-Tue 12:30, 2:30, 5:00, 7:20, 9:30; Wed 3:00, 5:00, 7:20, 9:30; Thu 12:40, 2:55, 5:25, 7:45, 9:55; Star & Strollers Screening, No passes Wed 1:00 PUSS IN BOOTS 3D (G) Digital 3d, No passes

Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:30, 6:00, 8:20, 10:35; Mon-Wed 1:10, 3:30, 6:30, 8:50; Thu 1:35, 3:55, 6:25, 8:45, 11:00

REAL STEEL (PG violence) Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:55; Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:20 THE THREE MUSKETEERS 3D (PG) Digital 3d Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:35, 10:20; Thu 1:55, 4:55, 8:00, 10:45

12:45, 3:40, 6:45, 9:45; Thu 1:10, 4:05, 10:10

IN TIME (PG coarse language, violence) Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:40, 10:10; Mon-Tue 2:00, 4:40, 7:40, 10:05; Wed 4:40, 7:40, 10:05; Thu 2:25, 5:05, 8:05, 10:35; Star & Strollers Screening: Wed 1:00

The Metropolitan Opera: Siegfried Live (Classification not available) Sat 9:55 Ben-Hur (STC) Wed 6:30 CINEPLEX ODEON SOUTH 1525-99 St, 780.436.8585

A VERY HAROLD KUMAR 3D (18A substance

abuse, crude content) Digital 3d, No passes FriSat 11:55, 1:00, 2:05, 3:15, 4:15, 5:30, 6:30, 7:45, 8:45, 10:00, 11:00; Sun, Tue 12:15, 1:00, 2:40, 3:15, 4:55, 5:30, 7:20, 7:55, 9:40, 10:20; Mon 1:00, 1:30, 3:15, 4:00, 5:30, 7:00, 7:55, 9:30, 10:20; Wed 1:00, 1:30, 3:15, 4:00, 7:00, 7:55, 9:30, 10:20; Thu 1:00, 1:15, 3:15, 4:15, 5:30, 6:30, 7:45, 8:45, 10:00, 11:00 FOOTLOOSE (PG coarse language) Digital Cinema Fri-Sat 12:05, 2:45, 5:20, 8:05, 10:45; Sun, Tue 1:05, 4:00, 6:55, 9:35; Mon, Wed 1:05, 3:55, 6:55, 10:35; Thu 1:05, 4:45, 8:05, 10:45

scenes) Digital Cinema Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30; Sun, Tue 12:25, 3:20, 7:05, 10:20; Mon, Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:25; Thu 4:40, 7:35, 10:30; Star & Strollers Screening: Thu 1:00

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TOWER HEIST (PG coarse language) Ultraavx, No passes Fri-Sat 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 8:00, 10:40; Sun, Tue 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 8:00, 10:30; Mon, Wed 1:45, 4:40, 8:00, 10:30; Thu 1:40, 5:00, 8:00, 10:40 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 (14A frightening

scenes) Digital Cinema Fri-Sat 12:10, 2:15, 4:20, 6:30, 8:40, 10:50; Sun, Tue 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:05, 10:25; Mon, Wed 1:05, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:15; Thu 1:50, 4:10, 6:30, 8:40, 10:50

JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN (PG) Digital Cinema Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:15, 5:40, 8:20, 10:55; Sun, Tue 12:05, 2:30, 5:00, 7:40, 10:10; Mon, Wed 1:10, 3:40, 6:40, 9:20; Thu 1:10, 4:10, 8:20, 10:55

IN TIME (PG coarse language, violence) Digital Cinema Fri-Sat 12:15, 2:50, 5:25, 8:15, 10:50; Sun, Tue 12:05, 2:35, 5:25, 8:00, 10:30; Mon, Wed 1:35, 4:45, 7:25, 10:10; Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:35, 10:50 50/50 (14A coarse language) Digital Cinema FriSat 12:45, 3:10, 5:45, 8:30, 11:00; Sun, Tue 1:20, 4:30, 7:35, 10:10; Mon 1:50, 4:25, 9:25; Wed 1:50, 4:25, 6:45, 9:25; Thu 1:35, 4:50, 8:30, 11:00

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ARTS

COVER // THEATRE

Thu, Nov 3 – Sat, Nov 12 (8 pm) Sat, Nov 5; Sun, Nov 6; Sat, Nov 12 (2 pm) Cleopatra's Sister Written and directed by Trevor Schmidt TransAlta Arts Barns, $15 – $27

hile ample details of Cleopatra's life have managed to carry on through the ages—and proven rewarding fodder for cultural reenvisionings, including Elizabeth Taylor's watershed film performance—the same can't be said for Arsinoë. Details about Cleopatra's half sister (they share a father) have been mostly lost to the swirling sands of time. One can't help but wonder if Cleopatra herself helped engineer the lack of history: it's been established that she saw Arsinoë as a threat to her power. As to how that altered their sisterly relationship, well ... there isn't much out there. "What would they have talked about? What would it have been like?" asks Sylvia Wong, sitting in a coffee shop, charged with finding her own Cleopatra for Trevor Schmidt's freshly penned script and its "What if" imagining of such a reunion between a pair of women that just so happened to be

two of the most politically powerful in the world at the time. Cleopatra's Sister pits them together in Ephesus, Greece, at a time when both were struggling for the mantle of "Queen of Egypt" after Arsinoë was granted clemency by Caesar in the aftermath of his Egyptian conquest, Cleopatra by his side. Here, she has sought her sister out. Nadien Chu, who plays Arsinoë, sits beside Wong, nodding. The script was written with Chu in mind; she's been in Northern Light shows before (including last year's multi-Sterling-clinching 4th Graders Present an Unnamed LoveSuicide), and watched this script go from early drafts to its present polish. "I've seen quite a few different versions of it, just because we've been workshopping it," Chu recalls. "I remember my first impression was— and I know that Trevor and I talked about this quite a bit—we didn't want it to be a history lesson. So it was really important that, because there's so much expository information, we were really conscious that if it was ever to be produced on some level that we would have to work at creating a script that wasn't a history

lesson, and also that could be really lifted off the page and brought to life in a really active way." And in that, Schmidt's script strives to fold the necessary exposition into its action: presented as theatre in the round in the cozy PCL, we find the two sisters together, trading barbs like asps trading hisses, traversing topics from the political roles they have to carry to their own fractured relationship and, eventually, addressing the looming tension that both want to be

"Trevor keeps saying there's no good seats, 'cause there's always a pillar," Chu laughs. "But we're always moving; a lot of the blocking is changing the picture."

the only one to leave the room. The details of the time and their shared history are filtered through a poetic prose, and the performance itself is accompanied by live percussion from Booming Tree's taiko drummers to drench the set—adorned with royal pillars running the length of its sides—in an epic wash of sound.

for themselves, regardless of prior cultural incarnations. The few details of history they could glean were a departure point only. "Even doing a little bit of research, you've got the iconic images of Elizabeth Taylor, [and] Claudette Colbert [who] played the '30s version," says Wong. "People have these precon-

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There's a lot of style at play here. For the actors, getting to the meat beneath all that means digging deeper into the blood-relation they have before them. Chu and Wong both note the freedom given by Schmidt, who also directs, to discover these women

ceived notions or ideas of who she was. But [in] the text here, what struck me is you've got all this stuff, but really it's about the story of these two women, and how they relate. Because [Schmidt]'s given us license to [explore] that. We've got these two characters, here's their history, I wonder what they would've said, here's how I'd build this world around them." "[The history]'s helped us, in terms of creating the world," Chu adds. "That said, we're sort of creating our own world: we're being cavalier in that way, but we can. Being a bit cavalier in terms of how we want to create." Chu and Wong, who've never worked together before, have found that it ultimately boils down to both figures' pride—two characters locked in a power struggle, refusing to back down not just within the political sphere, but also between each other. "It feels like it always goes back to ego—which we understand is a big fat nothing," Chu laughs. "It always seems to come back to that, on some level, for us all. Losing face, or being in shame, or whatever it is." Paul Blinov // paul@vueweekly.com

ARTS 11

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW

LOUD & QUEER

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h my God, these are not going to be quick-change shoes." Plopped down on the couch of the Citadel's green room, John Ullyatt sits deciphering the six (!) strappy hooks that lock each outrageously silverstudded high heel to its respective foot. They are excessive, to say the least, but that's the proper fit for the billing: on Ullyatt, they make up the footwear of one of the most cultish figures of camp, one Frank N Furter of a certain The Rocky Horror Show. He's embodying everybody's favourite interplanetary transvestite, though at the moment we spoke, Ullyatt's mind was split between camp and conviction. By day, he was in early rehearsal for Rocky Horror, developing his take on Frank, but in his evenings, he'd unfasten his heels and slip into the decidedly less showy footwear of Death of a Salesman's Biff, already up on its legs in front of nightly audiences.

In essence, he was juggling two iconic roles that couldn't be more opposite for an actor to be cast in. Initially, though, Ullyatt didn't even connect the dots about the overlap he'd have to handle, which seemed more daunting in terms of workload than the dual minds he was embodying. "I sort of calculated: 'Oh my God, I'm going to be doing 12-hour days for the next month,'" He recalls from the midst of it. "So that's kind of what's going on. "Of course, I'm exhausted; I'm just bagged," he continues. "But I think a lot of people do this kind of thing. I think you end up having to do it. It just happens, and if it works out, great, and if it doesn't, then you end up losing eight weeks of work. You've got to kind of take it when you get it." Ullyatt had the sniffles to accompany his exhaustion then, though by now they've surely passed as Salesman ended its run and Ullyatt was able to focus on Rocky exclusively (and take a bit of a breather, too). Developing his personal take on such an iconic role,

he's found, is a mix of expectation and his own inherently individual knacks. "Everybody knows what Tim Curry did with the role, and what do you do?" he says. "I think people come expecting that, so try to give them what they want, but also, try to find my own take on it as well. God only knows how it'll work out. I hope it won't end up being a complete mimic. And it can't be; it's me, so obviously there will be some differences." Aside from the daunting hours being logged at the Citadel juggling both roles in a day, he notes that they weren't all that difficult to wrap his head around. At the very least, it didn't involve having to drive across town to work on each. "Other times I've done it, I've had to go from the Mayfield to the Jubilee, that kind of thing," he says. "That's kind of insane." But as his double-casting hints at, Ullyatt's simply proven a versatile presence on stage, capable of shouldering high-flung musicals and heavy drama with equal gusto. It's curious that acting seems to have become his profession almost by chance. "I think it's the only thing I'm good at," he ponders. "I think when I went to McGill university and was just trying to figure out what the hell to do with my life, and somebody said, 'Do you want to do a play?' And after that, one thing after another ... " Now he trods the boards often and skillfully, (Ullyatt took home a best actor Sterling last year for Billy Bishop Goes to War) but Ullyatt still talks about the uncomplicated contentment of continuing to learn his craft. He genuinely seems happy to get on stage and experience something new, so long as that newness continues to happen. "Every time I go out, I learn something more," Ullyatt says. "I think that's why I keep doing it. I think if I stopped learning I just wouldn't bother anymore. " Paul Blinov // paul@vueweekly.com

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PREVUE // TWO DECADES OF LGBTQ

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PREVUE // DOUBLE DUTY

20 years on, still loud, still queer

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here may be no simpler way to chart the evolution of queer culture in Edmonton than through looking into the rich history of Loud & Queer. The longstanding festival of staged LGBTQ readings has not only proved itself a healthy place for the growth of emerging writing talent—some scripts that premiered here have gone on to become greatly acclaimed finished pieces—but in giving young writers a place to publically explore their worlds, each year's L&Q inadvertently ends up tracing the current issues of being queer in Alberta. Longtime L&Q co-host/curator Darrin Hagen notes that looking back over 20 years has let him watch themes emerge, rise and fall as part of the collective mindset. "In many of the years, especially in the mid-'90s when we were just getting going and the writing was very much of a community nature, people were just talking about what was happening to them," Hagen notes. "Years would take on certain themes just by nature of what the world was presenting to them in terms of challenges. For example, gay marriage was a

bit of a theme for a while. AIDS was a theme for a while. Rights and fag bashing sometimes pop up. One year you'll get three pieces that have to do with gay bashing. And it's just ... that's what's on the collective mind at that moment. I've always thought that's what was exciting about Loud & Queer, watching that." This year's festival has its own curious grab bag of new and old writers, their works being staged over two nights. Established names will present alongside the fresh faces: Daniel MacIvor, up for his Citadel show, will read a new work, while older actor Richard Gishler—"He was in the version of Hosanna I first saw when I was like 19 years old, at the Rice Theatre way back when," enthuses Hagen—will premiere a reading of a dinner-theatretype murder mystery. Aside from its staple readings, the festival is marking its 20 year milestone with something new: a smattering of its two-decades of stories combined into a book. Queering the Way, edited by Hagen, collects stories from the entire span of the festival, from established pens, ones that went on to become established and those who simply dabbled in adding to the conversation. Hagen notes it's been an interesting excercise in retrospection, though his work with Loud & Queer has always involved some measure of closely watching it progress. "It's interesting in terms of looking back. I've always been looking back—I'm charting the progress in the event, and the writers, and I'm personally invested in a lot of them. So it's been this ongoing thing for me, but it's really great to be able to present some of that stuff again. Some of the audience has been with the show as long as I have, and it's really fun for us to be able to look back and realize who's taken the opportunity and turned it into something for their career, or taken a small piece of work that they debuted with and turned it into an award-winning whatever. That's really exciting. It's been nostalgiic, and frustrating," he laughs, "'cause there's so much stuff I'd love to be able to present that I can't. And ultimately, very satisfying." Paul Blinov // paul@vueweekly.com

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NIGHT TIME

ALBERTA BALLET PRESENTS CANADA’S ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET

ALICE

Like you’ve never seen her before.

WONDERLAND

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That blurring of reality with surreality is certainly the hallmark of the psychological thriller genre, a term that Beça applies to this play. But she also notes that at their core, the language and story are both quite simple. "Every word counts to a huge degree, and some words can be read a million different ways," she states. "That's what makes it really beautiful and really fascinating. During the rehearsal process we could each be reading something different into one word, and I think that that can really lend itself to the haunting feeling." Though it came about unintentionally, the predominant themes in Night Time also appear in the other shows that Beça's theatre company, Cowardly Kiss, will be presenting over the coming months. "It's a season that really does deal with blurring the lines between reality and fantasy, or reality and the subconscious." Mel Priestley

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CHICAGO

hicago's story is as compelling as it is entertaining: superficially it's a fun and glamorous romp with a host of unrepentant murderesses in 1920s Chicago. But the classic Kander and Ebb musical also plays with some very serious issues: corruption in the legal and judicial systems, as well as the misuse of celebrity to manipulate public opinion. The minimal set is counterbalanced by a full jazz band, which provides a marvellously fleshedout sound to the production, as well as a large host of backup dancers. The choreography, while unique to this production, is definitely evocative of the original: the ensemble is clad in black and bowler hats and their movements are rife with

sexy, Fosse-esque hip swivels, shoulder rolls and finger snaps.

The show is centred on the character of recentmurderess Roxie Hart, played here by Erika Noot, who carries the show effortlessly. Hart has a great foil in Kristin Johnston's cutthroat portrayal of washed-up vaudevillian Velma Kelly. Particularly notable numbers include the expertly-executed "Cell Block Tango," the ingenious "We Both Reached for the Gun," and the sassy "Razzle Dazzle." GP Caswell's performance as Mary Sunshine in "A Little Bit of Good" is also hilariously memorable. This is a high-energy, very well executed performance of a classic Broadway show.

ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET COMPANY ARTIST TARA BIRTWHISTLE. PHOTO BY DAVID COOPER.

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ndrea Beça is no stranger to using physical theatre to flesh out a script. At this year's Fringe Festival, her play (Real) Gone (Girl) incorporated a series of repeated, extended gestures throughout. Similarly, in preparation for directing Selma Dimitrijević's Night Time, Beça enlisted the help of a choreographer to bring physical movement to the written word. "The play's only been produced once, back in Edinburgh at the International Fringe Festival in 2007, and at the time they used kind of a special set to produce the play," states Beça. "The transitions in the play are pretty integral to the whole story; in the first production they used mainly the set to convey that. "I just thought that, being so beautifully, sparingly written, and having such poetic language, that the script really lent itself to movement," she continues. Beça describes the script as seeming a little "off" on the first pass: "It's almost hard to say what it's about because there is so much going on, and because a lot of it depends on interpretation. But

in a nutshell, it's about a woman who is suffering domestic abuse. And it's sort of a moment in her life—but it may be a moment in her subconscious as well. There's a lot of blurring between what's real and what's not."

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omfortably crowding the corner of the Varscona Theatre's dressing room, Kendra Connor and Troy O'Donnell sit surrounded the history of the theatre's resident companies. Past shows dots the room: posters of ancient Die-Nasty seasons, bills for Teatro screwballs, Rapid Fire parodies and Shadow Theatre dramatics cover most free spaces, though it's the latter's batch of posters that hold a particular relevance now: Shadow's celebrating its platinum anniversary, 20 years of crafting theatre in Edmonton. In celebration, the company's season ahead is revisiting some the highlights of those years, and to debut the retrospection, Connor and O'Donnell, two first-time faces for Shadow Theatre's main season—"We're noobies!" Connor summarizes—have been cast in Bless you, Billy Wilder. It's a David Belke script originally seen back at the 2002 Fringe, pairing two unlikely spirits that, in a more unlikely spin, prove kindred: the eponymous hermit of

a screenwriter, currently obsessing over restoring an obscure, nine-hour silent movie, and an artist who doesn't speak any English, trying to deal with the massive culture shock she's experiencing. Their friendship is worn and tested as Wilder's spiraling obsession with his film starts to impact the rest of his life. It's a role O'Donnell is reprising here, from

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what rare one, beneficial even for fresh eyes: Connor, who's completely new to the story, has found the workshopping process just as valuable as O'Donnell has. "I think it's stronger now," she says. "The relationship between the characters is much more well-defined and much more specific. From where it was when I was first introduced to the script, having never read

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It was written down to the last minute, and thrown up at the Fringe, and it was a Mr Toad's Wild Ride to get to the end. the original Fringe run: he's been happy to take a look back, especially given the fine-tuning they've been doing with the script as a group. "That's been kind of fun; I've done remounts before but haven't actually done one that is changing it and adapting it and fleshing it out in places," he says. "It was written down to the last minute, and thrown up at the Fringe, and it was a Mr Toad's Wild Ride to get to the end."

it , never saw it—it was a long time ago, so I wasn't as involved in the community as I am now—this has been really a new experience for me, and it's so comforting to get a week of workshopping before going into rehearsals and getting up onto your feet and blocking something. 'Cause, y'know, we're better with the script too. We understand [the] people more but we've also had a chance to put our own spin on things and to ask questions of David, and strengthen things so much more."

The chance to go back and rework an already somewhat beloved script is a some-

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eeping a classical ballet company relevant to contemporary audiences is no easy feat: it usually means programming a variety of works each season that appeal to the young, old, and every ticket-holder in between (with special consideration, of course, for the tastes of the philanthropic blue-haired set). This is what makes the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's highly stylized and modernized foray into Lewis Carroll's much-loved Alice In Wonderland a risky departure from the norm. Touted by the RWB as "Not your Grandmother's Alice," Wonderland is a visual feast of over-the-top costumes, video projections and a modern score (with bits contributed by Edmonton's own John Estacio and Brian Current). "It's a strange story when you think about it: girl goes down a rabbit hole, has a whole bunch of different experiences, and comes out a different person. I've always thought that it certainly could be a worthwhile endeavor," notes RWB Artistic Director Andre Lewis. Though many dance companies have taken on Alice's story before, often aiming the story at its originally intended youthful audience, Lewis knew that the most famous parts, like making Alice grow or shrink tumbling down a rabbit hole, were not going to be simple to portray theatrically. "I asked the choreographer Shawn Hounsell to look at possibly combining multimedia, to weave it into the work to give [those moments] the dimension that we needed. And he did that beautifully." Better known for his contemporary work and years dancing with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and Edouard Locke, Hounsell created a unique movement vocabulary for Wonderland—one that

left the RWB's corps quite sore after the first days of rehearsal. "The choreography is still rooted in balletic training, but he makes them move differently—he makes them more to the ground," Lewis explains. "It's important for dancers to be challenged that way, not to just use the same movement esthetic all the time." One of the highlights, Lewis says, is seeing grand dame Tara Birtwhistle embody the Queen of Hearts—admittedly, the Wonderland marketing images featuring Birtwhistle with megaphone, acid-blonde crop and Cruella de Vil-ish expression has been teasing us since Alberta Ballet announced its season months ago. "[Hounsell] saw the Queen as this domineering, slightly off the cuff, slightly weird person. Queen Elizabeth she is not. It's worth the price of the ticket just to see her," says Lewis, adding that Birtwhistle (who we've seen lead the company many times before, most famously as Lucy in the RWB's hit Dracula) has actually come out of retirement to continue the Queen's role on tour. "That's her part, nobody else can do it. It's stunning, the way she portrays it. She has such a depth of understanding of characterization, and she's never shy about it." Alice has her parts too, he adds, noting that the character is an odd duck in narrative terms, as she's traditionally a passive viewer of the strange array of characters and circumstances in Wonderland. "Often its been done with this more simplistic vision of Alice ... but our Alice she is very much part of the whole process. "I thought it was really brilliant the way [Hounsell] put it together. It's just very different from what we normally do. I mean we don't do anything that's ever normal really," Lewis laughs. "It's definitely not Swan Lake or Sleeping Beauty." FAWNDA MITHRUSH

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he subtitle attached to Yellow Moon—The Ballad of Leila and Lee—hints at the musical quality of the work, as well as the less than concrete bending of theatrical rules in David Greig's play. He belongs to a "newish wave" of playwrights, director Jan Selman notes, playing with the idea of what theatre is, exactly, and Yellow Moon's approach appears to be mixing a great number of conventions together, tethered to a story of two young lives intertwined. "Every scene has new conventions

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and rules about how to tell the story. It's very 'theatrical,' if you will," she says. "All of it is glued together by the conceit of the performers who are telling this story and they use whatever means they need to tell it, including, of course, characterizations in scenes." Even in the grounded plot, the regular conventions of life are done away with, its characters left without a safety net: the meeting of Leila, a withdrawn bookworm of Arab descent, and cocky, criminal Lee, leads to an instant of violence, from which they hightail out of the city, left alone with themselves, removed from the comforts and unArlene Wasylynchuk: Saltus Illuminati: until Jan 15 • UP NORTH: Artworks by four contemporary artists from three circumpolar countries; until Jan 8 • Studio Y Youth Dropin: Build: 3D Painting: Nov 3, 3:30-5:30pm, $10; Digital camera: Nov 10, 3:30-5:30pm, $10 • Adult Drop-in: Relief: Clay Landscape Sculpture: Nov 3, 7-9pm, $15/$12 (member); Landscape x2: Watercolour and Block Printing: Nov 10, 7-9pm, $15/$12 (member)

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Artery • 9535 Jasper Ave • 780.441.6966 •

Bearclaw Gallery • 10403-124 St, 780.482.1204 • New works by Jason Carter • Nov 5

Jubilee Auditorium • Stomp • Nov 8-13 •

• 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • Cohesion: Artworks by various artists • Until Nov 15

Good Tunes with Good Women Dance Society • Nov 4, 8:30pm • $20 Tickets at Ticketmaster

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FILM Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) •

Ledcor Theatre, 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • Will the Real Alberta Please Stand Up (STC) by Geo Takach. Film screening, talk, book signing • Nov 9, 7pm • Free with admission

Cinema At the Centre • Library Theatre,

Stanley Milner Library basement, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7000 • Jo pour Jonathan (14A, French, English subtitles); Nov 9, 6:30pm

Edmonton Film Society • Royal Alberta

Museum Auditorium, 12845-102 Ave • Fate Is The Hunter (PG); Nov 7, 8pm • $6 (adult)/$5 (senior 65 and over/student)/$3 (child)

From Books to Film series • Stanley

A. Milner Library, Main Fl, Audio Visual Rm • 780.944.5383 • Bad Day at Black Rock (G), based on Howard Breslin’s story Bad Day at Hondo; Nov 4, 2pm

Garneau Cinema • 8712-109 St • Premiering Hemorrhage (STC) • Nov 5, 4:45pm • Free

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St • 780.425.9212 • Finding I.D.entity (STC) • Nov 6, 3-6:30pm

GALLERIES + MUSEUMS Agnes Bugera Gallery • 12310 Jasper

Ave • 780.482.2854 • Memories of Home: Encaustic floral paintings on panel by Janice Mason Steeves • Until Nov 5

ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY •

10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • Natural Flow: Contemporary Alberta Glass: until Dec 24 • SALTALK: Slat-fired clay works by Medicine Hat artist, Jim Etzkorn; until Dec 3

Art Beat Gallery • 26 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.3679 • Artworks by John H. Burrow • Until Nov 6 Art from the Streets–Red Deer • 4935-

51 St • Christmas Sale: Group show • Reception: Nov 4, 6-8pm

Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) • 2 Sir

Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • BMO World of Creativity: Drawn Outside: especially for kids; Until Jan 29 • 19th Century French Photographs: until Jan 29 • Prairie Life: Settlement and the Last Best West, 1930-1955: until Jan 29 • A Passion for Nature: Landscape Painting from 19th Century France: until Feb 20 • State of Nature: until Feb 20 • RBC New Works Gallery:

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CENTRE D’ARTS VISUELS DE L’ALBERTA Commerce Place • Downtown Edmonton • 780.467.3038 • Western Lights Artists Group, fall art show • Until Nov 4

Crooked Pot Gallery–Stony Plain

• 4912-51 Ave, Stony Plain • 780.963.9573 • Unique and Quirky: Ceramic artworks • Until Nov 30 • Reception: Nov 5, 11am-3pm

Daffodil Gallery • 10412-124 St, 780.4822854 • Abstract artworks by Samantha Williams Chapelsky • Nov 10-30 • Opening: Nov 10 Douglas UDell • 10332-124 St •

780.488.4445 • Black and White: Works by Dean Drever • Until Nov 5

Expressionz Café Art Gallery • Expressionz Café • 9938-70 Ave • 780.437.3667 • Mon-Sat 11am-5pm • Group show, silent auction, admission by donation FAB Gallery • Department of Art and

Design, U of A, Rm 3-98 Fine Arts Bldg • 780.492.2081 • Alexa Mietz • Alma Visscher • Nov 8-Dec 3

Front Gallery • 12312 Jasper Ave •

780.488.2952 • Paintings by Verna Vogel • Until Nov 22 • Reception: Nov 5, 2-4pm

Gallery at Milner • Stanley A. Milner

Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • Deep Rust: Photographs by Pamela Anthony and Darrin Hagen • Until Nov 30 • Reception: Nov 8, 4:30-7pm

Gallery IS–Red Deer • 5123 48 St, Alexan-

der Way, Red Deer • 403.341.4641 • Group show • Through Nov • Reception: Nov 4, 6-9pm

Gallerie Pava • 9524-87 St, 780.461.3427 •

Transcendance Sur Un Air De: Artworks by Doris Charest and Danièle Petit • Until Nov 23

Mezzanine Gallery • Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, 10230-111 Ave • Disappearing Sentinals – The Changing Alberta Landscape: Paintings by Kristina Steinbring • Until Dec 31

Haggerty Centre–Stollery Gallery •

Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts, 9225-118 Ave • 780.474.7611 • Unfolding Neighbourhoods: Jill Thomson and the NHCA Collective • Until Nov 11

Harcourt House • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St •

780.426.4180 • Main Space: PileDriver: Series of paintings by David Janzen • Front Room: Personal Matter: A study of portraiture through the various inanimate possessions by Stacey Cann; until Nov 12

Harris-Warke Gallery–Red Deer • Sunworks, Ross St, Red Deer • 403.346.8937 • Art is Dangerous: Fundraiser to assist Gallery operations • Nov 4-12 • Opening/First Friday; Nov 4, 6-8pm

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Aga Khan University develop an arts curriculum for Eastern Africa. "That's one of the things," she says. "Certainly, in terms of [being] a director, in terms of why do I do live theatre, absolutely. It's very exciting, and a lot of room for decision-making. But the other things are the themes and the story. It's certainly coming of age, but what's interesting to me is how do these two dispossessed young people [go through], what do they have to go through to come out the other side newly confident, newly believing in themselves but also newly changed because of the events?"

derstandings of an urban sprawl. The lack of conventionality certainly appealed to Selman, the former

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PCL Studio, 10330-84 Ave • 780.471.1586 • Northern Light Theatre, stars Nadien Chu and Sylvia Wong • Nov 4-12

Kiwanis Gallery–Red Deer • Red Deer

501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • Half-Breed Mythology; Nov 7-Dec 30 • Sitting Bull and the Moose Jaw Sioux by Dana Claxton; Nov 7-Dec 30

cona Seniors Centre, 10831 University Ave • 780.433.5807 • Serenity II: Watercolours by Yumiko Hoyano; Nov 4-25; reception: Nov 9, 6:30-8:3pm • Artisan Craft Sale: Nov 9, 12-8pm

Library • Words of Peace: Works by the Lettering Arts Guilds of Alberta • Through Nov • Reception: Nov 4, 6:30-8:30pm

Latitude 53 • 10248-106 St • 780.423.5353 • ProjEx Room: taxonomia: Maria Whiteman’s Science-fantasy photographs • Working Order: Works by Karen Zalamea; both shows: Nov 4-Dec 17; opening: Nov 4, 7pm • Special Event: The Fine Art of Schmoozy: Fundraiser: silent art auction, food, cocktails, and music; Nov 12 Loft Gallery • A. J. Ottewell Art Centre, 590 Broadmoor Blv, Sherwood Park • 780.922.6324 • Art by local artists • Until Nov 27, Sat 10-4pm, Sun 12-4pm

TELUS World of Science • 11211-142 St • Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition: human stories told through artifacts from the wreck site of the Titanic • Until Feb 20 VAAA Gallery • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St • 780.421.1731 • Al Henderson's works based on his military mission in Afghanistan; until Nov 5 • V-Bay: Art auction fundraiser; proceeds to VAAA's exhibition and education programs; Nov 10-Dec 1; reception: Nov 10, 7-9:30pm; closing reception: Dec 1, 7-9:30pm West End Gallery • 12308 Jasper Ave •

780.488.4892 • Simply Landscape: Bev Rodin • Until Nov 10

McMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440112 St • 780.407.7152 • Shifting Patterns: Curated by Aaron Paquette • Until Dec 4

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Michif Cultural and Métis Resource Institute • 9 Mission Ave, St Albert •

Audreys Books • 10702 Jasper Ave •

780.651.8176 • Aboriginal Veterans Display • Gift Shop • Finger weaving and sash display by Celina Loyer • Ongoing

Mildwood Gallery • 426, 6655-178 St • Artworks by various artists • Ongoing

Multicultural Centre Public Art Gallery (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 5411-51

St, Stony Plain • 780.963.9935 • Paintings by Loraine Stephanson • Until Nov 30 • Reception: Nov 6

Musée Héritage Museum–St Albert • 5

St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1528 • St Albert History Gallery: Featuring artifacts dating back 5,000 years • The Mission Makers: Celebrating Archbishop Taché and Father Lacombe; until Nov

Naess Gallery • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • Urban Twist: Group show • Nov 5-29 • Reception: Nov 17, 5-7pm

Peter Robertson Gallery • 12304

Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • tf: 1.877.826.3375 • Another Still-Life: Artworks by David Cantine • Nov 4-23 • Reception: Nov 12, 2-4pm

Red Deer College Library • 100 College Blv, Red Deer • Artworks by Visual Arts Faculty and Staff • Through Nov • Reception: Nov 4, 4:30-6pm

Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery •

4525-47A Ave • Farming Out Our Future: until Nov 13 • Harvest: artworks about what harvest means to families, consumers, and the land; through Nov • For You the War is Over: WWII POW Experiences; through Nov • Prisoner of War: Stories from Red Deer and District; through Nov

Royal Alberta Museum • 12845-102

Ave • 780.453.9100 • Composed Exposures: Photographs by museum staff members; until Nov 25 • A River Runs Through It: Until Feb 5 • Threads of Comfort and Hope: Until Nov 13 • Composed Exposures: Until Nov 25 • Remembrance Day: Nov 13 • Narrative Quest: Nov 5-Apr 29

SCOTT GALLERY 10411-124 St • 780.488.3619 • My Mountain Home: Artworks by Wendy Wacko • Nov 5-22 • Reception: Nov 5, 2-4pm

SNAP Gallery • 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492

• Gallery: The Mine Field: Artworks by Alexandra Haeseker; until Nov 19 • Community Event: Folding–An Exploration of Paper Arts: in anticipation of Print Affair; Nov 12-13

SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY • 35-5 Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • Uta Preuss: Featuring pottery works • Until Nov 12

Storefront Studio • 6324-106 St •

780.486.0104 • HEARTSHOW: Group show; Nov

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Blue Chair Café • 9624-76 Ave • 780.469.8755 • Story Slam: 2nd Wed each month Greenwoods Books • Ross Block, 10309 Whyte Ave • 780.439.2005 • Holger Petersen with Peter North discuss Talking Music, Blues Radio and Roots Music; Nov 3, 7pm • Debby Waldman, Rita Feutl and Cindy Revell, launch of Addy’s Race, and Room Enough for Daisy; Nov 6, 2:30pm • Georges Laraque signing Georges Laraque: The Story of the NHL’s Unlikeliest Tough Guy; Nov 10, 7pm Leva Cappucino Bar • 11053-86 Ave • The Olive Poetry Reading Series: 2nd Tue each month; Sep-Apr, 7pm, open mic to follow • Presents: Sean Garritty and Nico Rogers; Nov 8, 7pm Rouge Lounge • 10111-117 St •

780.902.5900 • Poetry every Tue with Edmonton's local poets

T.A.L.E.S. MONTHLY STORYTELLING CIRCLE • Venue T.B.A. • 780.932.4409 • Tell stories

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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 • $6 (min) • Tell Me True (True Stories); Nov 3, 7-9pm

Upper Crust Café • 10909-86 Ave •

780.422.8174 • The Poets’ Haven Weekly Reading Series: every Mon, 7pm presented by the Stroll of Poets Society

WunderBar on Whyte • 8120-101 St •

780.436.2286 • The poets of Nothing, For Now: poetry workshop and jam every Sun • No minors

THEATRE Bless You Billy Wilder • Varscona

Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • Shadow Theatre • By David Belke, stars Kendra Connor and Troy O’Donnell, directed by John Hudson • Until Nov 20, 7:30pm; Sat-Sun: 2pm • Start at $15

Chicago, the musical • La Cité Theatre,

8627 rue Marie-Anne-Gaboury • 780.242.2824 • Two ONE-WAY Tickets To Broadway Productions, directed and choreographed by Linette Smith, musical direction by Stephen Delano, stage managed by Pat Eyford • Until Nov 4 • $25 at TIX on the Square

Chimprov • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and oneact plays • First three Sat every month, 11pm, until Jul • $10/$5 (high school student)/$8 (RFT

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Cleopatra’s Sister • Transalta Arts Barns

Corner Gassed 2 • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, 2690, 8882-170 St, Phase II WEM Upper Level • 780.484.2424 • Until Jan 21 DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • The live improvised soap opera • Every Mon, 7:30pm FOUR LADS WHO SHOOK THE WORLD: THE BEATLES STORY PART 1 • Mayfield

Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • The story of the Beatles • Until Nov 6

I, Animal • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • Daniel MacIvor reads from his trilogy of monologues questioning what it means to be human. Followed by Q & A • Nov 7, 7pm (preshow wine tasting, Progress Hall) • $28 Letters in Wartime • Waterworks'

Theatre, 5002-53 Ave, Wetaskiwin • Wetaskiwin Theatre Society, by Kenneth Brown and Stephen Scriver Nov 10-13, 17-20; Fri-Sat 8pm; Sun 2pm • $15

THE LIVING ROOM • Art Gallery of Alberta, Ledcor Theatre • Circus Montreal, by Aytahn Ross • Nov 12, 2pm (family mat, all ages); 7pm (evening) • $10 (adv, mat)/$15 (adv, evg) at tixonthesquare.ca Loud and Queer Cabaret • La Cité Francophone Theatre, 8627-91 St • 780.477.5955 • Workshop West Theatre's eclectic mix of acts, tracts, rants, dance, plays, scenes, monologues • Nov 5-6, 7:30pm • $30 at TIX on the Square

NIGHT TIME • Catalyst Theatre, 8529 Gateway Blv • 780.271.0975 • Cowardly Kiss Theatre presents this haunting psychological thriller by Selma Dimitrijevi, directed by Andrea Beça, choreography by Ainsley Hillyard • Nov 4-12 • $22/$18 (student/senior) at TIX on the Square

Pinocchio • TransAlta Arts Barns, Westbury Theatre, 10330-84 Ave • 780.409.1910 • Alberta Opera, adapted by Jeff Unger and Farren Timoteo; Jeff Unger (music); Farren Timoteo (director) • Nov 4 • $18 (adult)/$15 (student/ senior)/$12.50 (child) The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui •

Robert Tegler Student Centre Auditorium, Concordia, 73 St, 111 Ave • 780.479.9269 • By Bertolt Brecht adapted by George Tabori • Nov 3-5, 7:30pm; Nov 6, 2pm • $15 (adult)/$10 (student/senior)

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Shoctor Theatre, 9828-101 A Ave • 780.428.2117 • Musical-horror-comedy; By Richard O’Brien, directed by Leigh Rivenbark • Until Nov 20

STRIPPED DOWN • Expressions Café, 9938-70

Ave • 780.437.3667 • Theatre Yes' Festival of NEW Dramatic Writing • Nov 10-13, 8pm • Donation (to the Edmonton Artists Urban Village)

TheatreSports • Varscona Theatre, 1032983 Ave • Improv runs every Fri, 11pm • $10/$8 (member)

This is What Happens Next • Citadel Rice Theatre, 9828-101 Ave • 780.428.2117 • By Daniel Brooks and Daniel MacIvor • Nov 12-Dec 4 When Worlds Collide • Dow Centennial Centre's Shell Theatre–Fort Saskatchewan, 8700-84 St • 780.992.6400 • Fort Saskatchewan Junior High and Fort Saskatchewan High School production • Nov 4, 7:30pm • $15 (adult)/$10 (senior/youth)/$5 (eyeGO) at Dow, TicketMaster

#YEGPROV–THE IMPROV SHOW YOU TWEET • Knox-Met Gym, 8307-109 St •

Improv; bring your smartphone and Tweet throughout the show • Nov 4, 8pm • $10 (door)

Yellow Moon • Timms Centre, 87 Ave, 112 St, U of A • Studio Theatre • By David Greig • Nov 3-12

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Italian Centre Shop the hub of the wheel in Little Italy Italian Centre Shop Teresa Spinelli 10878 - 95 St, 780.424.4869 he Italian Centre Shop is inextricably woven into Edmonton's cultural fabric. Long a touchstone for the city's Italian community, this bastion of Via Italia attracts an extensive and diverse clientele. Indeed, on any given day, one may recognize the melodious layers of multiple languages that emanate from the shop's kaleidoscope of customers. Teresa Spinelli, daughter of founder Frank Spinelli, sits at the helm of this well-established purveyor of deli meats, cheeses, pasta and an astounding array of produce and dry goods. Her journey to this role, however, was a sharp digression from her life's expected path. "I literally grew up in this store," explains Spinelli, "but I didn't expect to take over. That was going to be my brother's job." The sudden and untimely death of Teresa's brother, however, instigated an abrupt shift in hierarchy and cast her as heir to the Italian Centre Shop. "I grappled with the change. Even though I spent so much time in the store, suddenly I was in charge of employees that were here longer than I was." Teresa's father Frank immigrated to the Yukon from San Pietro al Tanagro, a village in Campania which, coincidentally, produced the progenitors of Corso 32 prodigy, Daniel Costa. Frank worked as a miner before a grievous back injury sent him to an Edmonton hospital. Ever an ambitious man, he noted the paucity of news from Italy,

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Teresa Spinelli in the northside Italian Centre Shop

which prompted him to import Italian newspapers and magazines. These periodicals constituted a tangible connection to the Spinellis' homeland. "People missed news from Italy. He brought in newspapers and, even if they were a few months old, people were glad to read them," Spinelli recounts. "This led to coffee and pasta," she continues. "As far as I know, when the Italian Centre Shop started up, it was the first place in Edmonton to serve espresso and cappuccino." Frank and his business partner, Remiro Zalunardo, opened the Italian Centre Shop in 1959. Frank purchased the en-

tire business in 1964, and the shop grew through the latter half of the 20th century. The business became both a cornerstone of Edmonton's Little Italy and a destination for those seeking European cheese, meats and a staggering array of produce and dry goods. Teresa assumed the reins in 2000, but this move transpired during a maelstrom of personal upheaval. She recollects, "I was newly married, I'd recently lost my brother and father, and it took a lot of soul-searching to settle in." Far from being one to sit, bewildered, she devised concrete goals

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for the store. States Teresa, "I knew I would get there, even though I didn't yet know how." Teresa consulted with the shop's many employees to develop a mission as well as a vision for the store. Expansion was among Teresa's goals and the Italian Centre Shop's second, south-side abode opened in 2006. Teresa anticipates further, future expansion. "We're looking at the southwest," she reveals. Teresa speaks with pride and respect for the shop's many employees. "So many great ideas, like carrying a greater diversity of multicultural products, are from our employees,"

she attests, adding, "so many are related through blood or marriage that it's like an extended family." Teresa did not assume her lineage and managerial position would, by default, confer respect and, instead, works actively to maintain open communication and interaction with her staff. "I don't want to be up in an 'ivory tower.' It's important to be approachable and part of the everyday goingson at the store," she states. "We have the store's best interests in mind and we're a strong team." LS Vors

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"Such is American business, I guess, chardonnay—starts around $300 where the desire for obscene and will only rise from there. profit mutes any discussion Such blatant profit-seeking I VID VENI, of conscience." —Bill Watis happening at chic aucterson, Calvin & Hobbes tion houses all over the .com weekly e u world and, increasingly, v taylor@ r o l Wine auctions make me online. y Ta nauseous. Something about Of course, in this land of Eason obscenely rich people trading the free and the capitalist, a winemaker's passion like chattel this is how things work—supply rubs me the wrong way. Somehow, and demand. There's a desire for I don't feel the same way about art, disgustingly overpriced wine (look although wine is bottled art. Maybe at the popularity of Napa cabernet it's that art can actually be shared sauvignons), so auction meccas like with the world instead of being ferChristie's happily engage the interreted away in a dank cellar. But it's ested (for a share of the proceeds, really crass economics: a freshly of course). French properties like minted, good vintage bottle of "first growth" Bordeaux, ordained Montrachet—a coveted Burgundian by the French government as the highest quality and consistency, sell for the most cash, flaunting legendary names like Lafite or Mouton Rothschild. But wine auctions online are a different experience. I recently needed a 50th wedding anniversary present for my parents. I figured if two people can stand each other for that long, they deserve a pretty fucking phenomenal bottle of wine. Or at least one that has the potential to astound. But right after my local quest began, a problem arose:

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for older wines, didn't make much vintage port either. Supplicant calls to private cellars around the country also proved fruitless.

So, like all those who can't find their true love at the local market, I turned to the Internet. The online wine auctions brimmed with bottles. Private and public sellers all over the globe had 1958 selections from Portugal, Italy and France. But, wouldn't you know—all way out of my price range. If only I would send the proper English seller $500, he'd be happy to ship me a bottle of overpriced, possibly bad, 50-year-old wine. But what if, upon opening, that $500 bottle was complete crap? It's just too much to risk on my bohemian paycheck—unless I wasn't ever planning on opening it. Which begs the question: what's the point of that? At least a piece of expensive art can be appreciated while I wait for it to appreciate. I buy wine to drink it, period. As an art history minor, I understand the importance of preserving the past, but profiteering on wine that will never wash over a loving palate just ain't right. In the end, I said, "Screw 1958" and bought my parents vino they could actually enjoy—a bottle of 40-year tawny port, with a 10-yearold tawny chaser. They loved it on sight, then, as they should, cracked it open. V

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Popcorn was first discovered by North America Aboriginals well before contact with European explorers: evidence of popcorn exists in New Mexico from 3600 BC. English explorers in the 16th and 17th centuries learned about popcorn from Aboriginal peoples and brought it back to Europe when they returned home.

Microwave popcorn became commercially available in the early 1980s. Act I, one of the earliest microwave popcorns, was a frozen product that was sold in refrigerated vending machines and became popular on college campuses. By 1984, the company behind Act I had developed a shelf stable microwave popcorn that didn't need to be refrigerated, which it dubbed Act II. Introduced in October of 1984, the product was a huge hit and now many microwaves have a "popcorn" button for automatic corn popping.

HOW DOES IT WORK? Each kernel of popcorn contains water, oil and starch, while the shell is—unlike most other grains—impervious to moisture. When popcorn kernels are heated, the water turns to steam, while the starch turns gelatinous. When the steam expands too much, it breaks the kernel's hull and the gelatinous starch inside bursts out as a foam, quickly cooling into the familiar crunchy exterior of a popcorn puff.

WORLD'S FARE The first commercial popcorn machine was invented in 1885 by Charles Cretors and unveiled at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. It used heated oil to pop the corn—previously, popcorn vendors used wire baskets and open flames—and steam to heat the oil. Similar to machines in today's movie theatres, the corn was popped in a hanging basket, then dumped into a reservoir below, where excess steam would be piped underneath to keep the popcorn warm. Many commercial popcorn machines are still made by the Cretors family today.

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TAXONOMY OF POPCORN Popcorn has its own jargon: a popped kernel is called a flake, and flakes come in two kinds, mushroom and butterfly. Mushroom popcorn is rounded and often has a turtleshell-like pattern on it, while butterfly flakes are the more-typical, multi-pronged kernels. Kernels that are left behind unpopped are referred to throughout the popcorn industry as "old maids."

DEATH BY POPCORN While some consider popcorn a health food—and without toppings, it is a good source of dietary fibre, carbohydrates and some vitamins while being low in fat—most commercially available popcorn is terrible for you. A medium-sized movie theatre popcorn contains "more fat than a breakfast of bacon and eggs, a Big Mac and fries, and a steak dinner combined," according to Washington DC's Center for Science in the Public Interest.

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Canada is slipping in the international education rankings according to a new study by the Canada Council on Learning. The report, "What is the Future of Learning in Canada?" showed that 25 percent of Canadian children lack a foundation in early childhood education, which prevents the development of literacy and numeracy skills. High school students are falling behind OECD standards and there has been no progress in workplace and adult learning resulting in low adult literacy levels and limited lifelong learning opportunities. "While Canada does possess strengths in education, we are not

A GROWING DEBT setting the conditions for future success," says Dr Paul Cappon, president and CEO of CCL. "The principal cause of this unacceptable and deeply troubling state of affairs is that our governments have failed to work together to develop policies to improve the learning futures of Canadians of all ages." The CCL is calling for the creation of a council of ministers on learning to develop a coordinated approach to lifelong learning and to establish measurable national goals for education. This is the final report CCL will issue as federal funding was completely removed in March 2010.

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Edmonton Public Schools has had over 4500 responses to a survey about a possible fall break. The organization is looking at implementing a fall break that would shorten the summer break by a week. If the changes are accepted, school would start on August 27 in the 2012 school year. The survey closes on November 4.

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As the Canada Student Loan system creeps closer to its $15 billion legislated limit, students are asking the Canadian government to restructure the system instead of simply increasing the limit. The student loan system is currently legislated to loan out $15 billion—a limit that has already been raised previously. With a recent Human Resources and Skills Development Canada audit stating that the loan system will cost the Canadian goverment $800 million per year and the ISIS research centre calling student loans Canada's largest unsecured debt, the Canadian Federation of Students believes now is the time to create a greater system of grants. The HRSDC audit found that tuition costs students $6300 while students only have $4365 to spend on average. "Mounting costs and a lack of a federal vision for post-secondary education means that we are on the verge of bankrupting a generation," said Roxanne Dubois, national chairperson of the CFS. Dubois and the CFS propose the Canadian government take educational tax credits and create provincial transfers to lower tuition levels for students and to convert a part of the student loan system to non-repayable grants.

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ENTRENCHED HISTORY

Colonialism is found in our academic institutions today

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The Alberta Public Interest Research Group is attempting to spend the year examining the culture of colonialism at the University of Alberta campus, how it manifests in academia and the community as a whole. This September, APIRG organized a tour of campus examining the ways in which colonialism still exists and is taught on campus. When interviewed about the tour back in September, APIRG's outreach coordinator Louise Veillard wanted to take the opportunity to examine what it is we're taught. "We wanted to bring to light that sometimes the history or the knowledge we're taught is not necessarily objective," says Veillard. The tour examined spaces that students and teachers pass on their daily coffee run, walking from class and studying in the library and how, sometimes, we need to take a second look.

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Pembina Hall, one of the first campus buildings, is now the home to the Faculty of Native Studies. A teepee is constructed on the front lawn of the building at the beginning of every school year with guidance from elders in the community and artwork added by aboriginal artists. Contradicting this presence is the remnants of a more historic colonialism. Pembina Hall was once home to the Wuanita Club, a women's group on campus during the early years of university life. The women often "played Indian" and a message that remains engraved in the wall reflects that past. The phrase means, "All for one and one for all" in Cree—a phrase co-tour guide Dwayne Donald says would not have existed in the Cree language.

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Located in University Hall, the home to the University's council and senate meetings, as well as the upper administration of the University—the president, provost and the vice-presidents—copies of Treaty 6, 7 and 8 are found on the walls of a small meeting space off to the side of the council chambers. The three treaties are the primary agreements governing the relationship between the federal government and most Aboriginal tribes in Alberta. Treaty 6, which governs the land of the Papaschase people who once lived in what is now the campus area, would come to be challenged when a questionable land deal removed the promised Papaschase reserve. The land stretching across the south side of the river valley along what is now campus property was once used by the Papaschase for hunting. The river valley was a gathering place and a major crossroads for the nomadic peoples who used the lands and travelled with the seasons. This history may have already been forgotten by the time Premier Alexander Rutherford declared Strathcona the site of the first secular university in Western Canada, but it was only 20 years earlier that settlers took the land from the Papaschase people. In 1880, as Treaty 6 was being negotiated, a federal surveyor determined the Papaschase people were entitled to 124 square kilometres of land on the south side of the river valley. In 1881, settlers begin to petition the government to remove the band. The reserve land of the Papaschase went from the promised 124 square kilometers to 40, until it was eventually taken away under suspicious circumstances when a surrender document was signed in 1888 at a meeting called with four days notice. The land was then sold to settlers, and a portion would eventually become what we know as the University of Alberta.

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Depictions of the past remain a controversial subject. The University holds one of the largest collections by Gregory Javitch. Interested in Aboriginal culture across North America, Javitch began collecting photographs, books and pamphlets documenting the attempt to "civilize" the continent's Aboriginal peoples. The collection contains over 2300 items and took years for Javitch to collect out of his own personal interest in documenting a culture he knew was being forced out of existence.

The debate over what to do with these remnants of colonized history are perhaps best exemplified in the Glyde Mural. Painted on the wall of the Rutherford South library, the mural is impossible to remove without completely destroying it, but it depicts a racist and ancient view of aboriginal peoples. The mural, created by HG Glyde in 1951, depicts what has been called the "civilizing of the warlike Indians" with aboriginal people depicted sitting in loincloths, listening intently to the prominent figures of Father Lacombe, a missionary, and learning from the other traders depicted. There has been an attempt to remove the Glyde mural, or encourage the creation of an alternate mural on another wall of the library. A plaque was created next to the mural to create further discussion rather than allow the mural to passively exist in a room of study and quiet contemplation.

Despite this history, the University of Alberta is home to one of the only Faculties of Native Studies in Canada, and an Aboriginal Student Council. The Student Council is housed in the old powerplant building. Aboriginal students have attempted to create a decolonized space where they can decompress from the pressure of university life. Students share their frustrations over academic analysis of what is often their own lived experience. As U of A student Jody Stonehouse described it, "It's like walking two worlds: it can be a balancing act." APIRG hopes to continue this discussion by integrating the guiding question, "What does colonization look like today?" into future events and discussions throughout the year.

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n the days leading up to being sworn in as premier, Alison Redford told a number of interviewers that one of her priorities would be to eliminate provincial standardized testing for students in Grades 3 and 6, reinvigorating a decades-old debate between the Alberta Teacher's Association and the provincial government. The controversy over provincial achievement tests has been going on since before the minister of education first introduced legislation to establish the practice back in November 1979. As Catholic school board chairwoman Debbie Engel told the Edmonton Journal last month, some people argue the tests provide a valuable way to measure how students in various school divisions are doing compared to the rest of the province, while others argue it is too costly and too stressful for elementary students and their teachers. "I've tried to convince ministry of education officials to abolish provincial achievement tests (PATs), especially in Grade 3. The resources expended by the province on those tests would be far better spent on early-learning programs," wrote Alberta Teachers Association President Carol Henderson in her organization's newsletter this spring. "The bureaucrats, however, argue that Grade 3 achievement tests provide them with important data. They insist that they must have a process by which to measure. If they didn't, how would they identify students at risk or students in danger of not completing high school? My response: just ask teachers—their information will be insightful and accurate." As she wrote those words, one wonders if Henderson thought, "It would be easier to just change the person occupying the premier's office than it would be to get these bureaucrats to change their minds!"

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"Testing was done in grades 3, 6, and 9, and the tests were worth 50 percent of the student's final mark. Four subject areas were tested in grades 6 and 9, but only one subject was tested each year, on a rotating basis," explain Cameron Graham and Dean Neu in "Standardized Testing and the Construction of Governable Persons," a chronology of standardized testing in Alberta published in 2004 in the Journal of Curriculum Studies. When the rotating nature of the tests proved to be a problem, the authors note, the provincial government introduced changes in 1994 to administer all the

the premier to say so. Anita Madill, a former teacher with more than 25 years experience as a psychologist with the Calgary Board of Education, wrote in a letter to the editor, "I strongly believe that the PATs, while not perfect, are an important tool for teachers, schools and parents to measure curriculum outcomes and improve learning. The Grade 3 tests help teachers and administrators identify students needing extra assistance, as well as high achievers who would benefit from extra stimulation." Not so, says the ATA's associate ex-

As the tests whole purpose became more and more corrupted, they became less and less useful for their original, intended purposes.

exams every year. Since that time, the tests have included mathematics and language arts in grades 3 and 6, and mathematics, language arts, science and social studies in grade 9, in addition to grade 12 diploma exams. According to Alberta Education's website, all students in Alberta are required to write the achievement tests, including those in band-operated and federallyoperated schools. Home-schooled students also write the tests, with their results aggregated as part of a home education report, not included with the schools at which they wrote their exams. All of this has been reignited with the premier's recent comments. Calgary Herald opinion writer Licia Corbell triggered a flurry of letters to the editor when she wrote that the premier's intentions on eliminating the tests for the early grades were "ill-informed" and encouraged her readers to call

ecutive secretary Dennis Theobold. "We believe the goals of the program could be better achieved by using other approaches, particularly in the early grades," Theobald says. He explains that the original purpose of the testing—to evaluate curriculum— has been so diluted by using it for purposes outside of its original intent that the PATs cannot be saved in their present form. Pointing to the Fraser Institute which uses the results to rank schools, Theobald says, "As the tests whole purpose became more and more corrupted, they became less and less useful for their original, intended purposes." With the new Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk unresponsive to interview requests, it remains unclear whether the new premier will deliver on her statement to repeal the consistently contentious tests. MIMI WILLIAMS

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Portage College seeks to get ahead of the coming oil and gas boom

Lac La Biche is host to the Portage College main campus

y partnering with the region's booming petroleum industry, Portage College is embracing what it means to educate in oil country. With campuses across bitumen-rich northeast Alberta, the school offers courses tailor-made for landing high-paying jobs in the oil and gas sector. Depending on the scale of expansion, petroleum companies in Alberta are predicted to need anywhere from 39 000 to 130 000 new employees within the decade. Increasingly, those companies are eyeing partnerships with schools like Portage College— which is based out of Lac La Biche and has eight campuses in towns and smaller communities throughout the region—to attract and train the next wave of technicians, engineers, support services and trades-people. "Being a gateway to the oil and gas riches of Alberta, that's certainly put a different twist in the types and kinds of training that we've done," says Portage College president Dr Trent Keough. Keough says that, 20 years ago, oil and gas companies weren't overly interested in engaging in education— they advertised for a job, picked the right person from the stack of resumes, and that was enough. However, thanks to an unprecedented boom, these companies are now courting workers while they're in the classrooms. Wajax Equipment, a Canadian distributor that works in mining, forestry, and oil and gas, recently donated $400 000 to Portage's Heavy Equipment Operator program. Thanks to that money, the school now has a cutting-edge virtual training simulator that students can use to gain practice on excavators, crawler dozers, and motor graders—and Wajax gets a say on course curriculum, plus whole classes of graduates trained on their equipment. "We looked to align ourselves with a college that could produce potential employees—and now we're able to go in and recruit their heavy equipment operators and technicians," says Ron Dunbar, director of business development for Wajax Equipment. "Part of our arrangement is we have

a member on the board that looks at curriculum. That way, anyone we might hire will have the skill-set we're looking for." Portage College would be considered tiny by urban standards, with just over 700 students enrolled for 2011 – 2012 across the eight campuses. Noted for its power engineering course offered at the Lac La Biche campus, Keough says the school has been aggressively expanding its programming to capitalize on the oil and gas boom. The school is planning to add a campus in Boyle, which would be the home of a pipeline training centre. "We've been exploring the employability prospects in the region," Keough says. "So when we look at our natural resources technician programs, there's a significant and emerging demand. And we're just one step ahead of the demand blossoming—we're anticipating all the reclamation work that will have to take place in the North. In just one quadrant alone there are some 500 well-heads that will have to be reclaimed in the next 10, 15 years, there's a huge amount of work there." But Keough stresses that there is more to Portage than just being a training centre for petroleum companies. The school offers programs in social work, university studies and upgrading, human services, business, and most recently, hair styling. And the school has always been strongly focused on offering education to the local First Nations and Métis populations. Indeed, the college was created from the collected efforts of local Aboriginal people: in 1967, after the federal government slashed funding to an Aboriginal education program, local groups held a four-week sit-in demanding a school for the people. The protest was ultimately successful, and in 1968 the government awarded a grant to continue the program, which was renamed "Pe-Te-Pun," or "New Dawn" in Cree. Pe-Te-Pun grew and changed over the years to become the Portage College of today, but Keough says that First Nations and Métis people are

still facing an education crisis. In 2010, the employment rates for off-reserve Aboriginal people were nearly eight percent lower than non-Aboriginals. However, Keough says he is confident that offering applied, skills-based training to these under-represented learners could mean finding goodpaying jobs in the oil and gas sector that's right in their backyards. "The overall success rate of Aboriginal students is very poor, and in fact it hasn't improved in the last 30 to 40 years—it's a national phenomenon and historical approaches are not working," Keough says. "One of the things we've been doing is teaching college courses in the trades and technology sector to atrisk youth in schools. This year, Portage is offering college-level welding and culinary arts courses at Frog Lake Chief Napeweaw Comprehensive School, a K – 12 located about an hour north of Lloydminster. Next year, Portage plans to offer office management and construction. "We realize we live in an area where there is opportunity, and we want our students to benefit as much as they can," says Mary Jane Quinney, coordinator of student's services at the Frog Lake school. "This is a very active area for employment because of the oil and gas activity. Our students can find those good highpaying jobs and stay in Frog Lake, we have an advantage here over the people coming from Newfoundland and South Africa." Ultimately, any growth in the oil and gas sector is going to mean more demand for skilled labour. And Keough predicts that will mean a growing industry presence in the classroom. "The shortages for skilled workers will drive companies to enjoin students to come to them, to be their employees earlier than before," he says. "I think you'll see more engagement in the K – 12 system around courting individuals. Whether giving individuals scholarships to go to school, paying them while they're studying at colleges—these things are going to be changing." V

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Industrial education

The oil industry is impacting Alberta's education system

lbertans have been steadily increasing their reliance on the oil and gas industry and this reliance is spilling over to the culture surrounding post-secondary education. The Government of Alberta is very aware of this, and often references it regarding the increasing strength of trades and skill-based learning at technical institutes and the number of trade workers employed through the industry. However, the government is also forced to deal with the fact that Alberta has the lowest post-secondary participation in the country. For Albertans aged 18 to 34 years, only 16.9 percent go onto post-secondary education. Part of this is directly attributable to the strength of the oil and gas industry, and its high labour needs. A 2011 Campus Alberta Planning Resource report states, "Alberta has a lower postsecondary participation rate than other provinces due to a number of factors, including our strong labour market and high rates of in-migration of educated people." Greg Weadick, Minister of Advanced Education and Technology acknowledges, "I think we probably do see some young people coming

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money but I spent it." His experience was not entirely negative, it just wasn't encouraging—overwhelmingly, those he worked with didn't hold education in high regard. Without a minimum high school requirement, many young men saw the promise of

pressure. I felt like I was leaving them hanging." The disregard for higher education isn't representative of all companies, or for all positions. Canadian Natural Resources Limited offers $3000 to their employees to upgrade skills

I didn't want to go back to school and not make money. It was about $25 an hour, I was 19, 20, without experience. I made a lot of money but I spent it.

out of school and going directly to work for a while. Don't forget the average age of a PSE student is 28—it isn't 18 years of age." The strong labour market allows many to work for a few years before returning to higher education. Oscar Prada, an Albertan who emigrated from Colombia with his family in 2002, went the path many do after graduating from high school. He enrolled in a post-secondary

program for a short while but found that the cost and the level of work expected were just too much. So, he became a general contractor for a firm that built in the oil fields. The hours were long, and the culture was geared towards drugs and alcohol. "I stayed because of the money," says Prada. "I didn't want to go back to school and not make money. It was about $25 an hour, I was 19, 20, without experience. I made a lot of

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freedom and big money to be very enticing. Prada didn't encounter too many opportunities to advance his education. His company offered no upgrading or skill training outside of on-the-job experience for him or his peers. It's a similar story to many who have worked in northern Alberta as part of the oil industry. Prada did leave the industry to finish his degree, but the decision didn't come easy. "They want you to stick around," says Prada. "That way they know they can count on you, so you start building a relationship with them, and then when you want to leave you feel guilty and under

or get more education. Tim Reed, a member of the CNRL human resources team explains, "For the most part, employees can decide. We only ask that it be industry-related, so if someone wanted to spend several thousand dollars on studying art history, that may be interesting and a viable pursuit in its own right, but really it doesn't support the industry at all so that isn't something we would support. By and large, people spend it on upgrading skills within their own profession." Companies can hardly be disgraced for emphasizing educational opportunities that would benefit them,

but there should be a critical look at the factors discouraging oil workers from pursuing post-secondary studies, and what companies can do to improve the situation. Not only is it a disservice to the individual, it also does the long-term future of oil exploration in our province a disservice. It is estimated that Alberta will need 349 000 new workers by 2019, and that this province will see a shortage of 77 000 workers by 2019, of which 80 percent or more will need some form of post-secondary education. If the province continues to ensure the oil and gas industry is dominant in every aspect of the Alberta economic environment, then it would be only logical that the ma-

jority of the approximately 250 000 educated workers needed will be in the oil and gas industry. Without an educated population, the industry will start to suffer as it takes critical thinkers, and broadly-educated people to ignite innovation for any industry. For many graduates of post-secondary in Alberta, there are few other secure opportunities outside of the oil and gas industry. Minister Weadick explains that, due to the scope of the industry, it requires many educated workers. "Each of the major companies in oil and gas have people working, so you'll find people with sociology degrees helping do market research, people with arts degrees helping design the next

advertising campaign, you'll find people with law degrees working within those companies." The oil and gas sector is having a more direct influence on postsecondary institutions through the creation of new programs and technical skill classes to meet the industry's needs and by funneling funding to create usable research on everything from environmental impact to development to exploratory information. These new designations are welcome to the industry, and are beneficial for those looking to upgrade skills to move to less physically intensive occupations, but they do take funding away from other pro-

grams. As the Alberta government continues to de-fund post-secondary education, new program applications are judged by the enrollment levels they can achieve and the amount of public funding they require. A program that has a direct industry application and a direct source of students will no doubt be more attractive than a program that fits into a broader, liberal arts environment. "Every year we create new designations—this year we created a new designation: gas compressor technician. We are always looking for an opportunity to provide certification as well so that people can get the appropriate training for the work they are doing," says Minister Weadick.

With the aggressive growth of reliance on the oil and gas industry, more people will feel the short-term gain of the industry, and lose sight of the long-term loss. The loss of innovation outside of oil and gas, the loss of critical analysis from outside observers as more are economically dependent on its success, and of course the loss of diversification. No doubt Alberta will continue to face similar criticisms that will continue to motivate the drain of educated, critical minds to other provinces where there are opportunities available outside of the oil and gas industry and supported by a culture that understands the big picture. JENN PROSSER

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MUSIC

ON THE RECORD

Goldfingers

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ancouver's No Gold came out of the gate this year with selftitled album filled with kraut-y beats and pop explosions. Band member Jack Jutson talked to Vue Weekly over email about the recording of the album.

VUE WEEKLY: How long did it take to make No Gold from the initial songwriting through to the end of the recording? JACK JUTSON: We spent the summer of 2010 in our studio working on the album. Some of the songs on the album had been around in various forms for years, some of them were written/improvised during our time in the studio. VW: When you were writing the songs,

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the songs come from one person fully formed, or were they sketches that were then filled out as a group?

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JJ: There were moments when the first

time we had ever listened to a song was when we heard it played back to us. Some of the songs came from one person fully formed as a demo. Some were brought in as sketches or loops that evolved over a year or so of playing live. VW: What were the recording sessions like for this album? Is this the kind of thing you recorded live or did you piece it together one track at a

to include on the album? Did you have an idea of what you wanted No Gold to be when you started, or did the finished shape emerge as the writing and recording went along? JJ: We had a few songs that we wanted to try and record, but we were never attached to the album going in one direction or another. Recording ourselves allowed us to follow any tangent we were feeling at the time and the most exciting stuff for us was the

The most exciting stuff for us was the stuff that we stumbled upon, that we couldn't even remember making. time? Why? JJ: More than anything the sounds on the LP were made by three people in a room. Some versions were played live, some were cut up and messed up later, like disco edits. But each morning started with stretching and coffee, followed by a day of playing music, followed by going home and making a big dinner. VW: Were there any other songs written that were left off the album? JJ: Plenty. Some were recorded but just never got to a point where we felt like we needed to share them. VW: How did you decide which songs

stuff that we stumbled upon, that we couldn't even remember making. We knew we wanted to make an album but beyond that it was wide open. VW: If you were to trace the musical map that led you to No Gold, what would it look like? JJ: Right now the musical map looks something like this: Terry Riley is a river, Sonny Sharrock is a geyser, Basic Channel is an autobahn, Arthur Russell is a bridge, Techno and House music are a huge corn field and we are totally lost in it. This is great for us. BRYAN BIRTLES

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PREVUE // CH-CH-CH-CH-CHANGES

LIVE MUSIC

ARKELLS

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ntil relatively recently, Hamilton's Arkells has seen only minor incremental shifts in its rock-band MO. Vocalist/guitarist Max Kerman notes that the band put in heavy roadtime after releasing its debut Jackson Square in 2008, but, "By the time anyone became familiar with the name Arkells, it would've been later in 2009," he says. "We just kept on touring, and then we made the record in February of this year." Kerman didn't mention the band's 2010 Juno award earned during that time, for best new band, but regardless: Michigan Left made it through the recording process with relative ease. The band had been writing songs as it toured, with no concentrated

isolate-yourself-and-write-an-album sessions to speak of. The differences between the first album and this one, Kerman notes, stem from what the band was listening to and pulling influence from, with Fleetwood Mac, Hall & Oates and Phoenix all coming up regarding Michigan Left: two classics and a newer influence seemed to be where the band found common ground to mine for inspiration. It was only around the album's release, on the cusp of a tour, that substantial change has finally happened: keyboardist Dan Griffin, who took producer credits for Michigan Left, decided to head back to school. As an immediate fix, the other Arkells members are touring with a replacement, but according to Kerman, Griffin's time with the band isn't quite over yet. His departure is the biggest change the

band has seen thus far, but it might just end up being a temporary one, a bump in the road that just as soon drifts into invisibility in the rearview mirror. "He hasn't really left the band. He's still one of my best friends; he actually came to our show in London, Ontario, at the Western, and he was onstage for half the set," Kerman explains. "It's definitely a period of adjustment, but we're really happy for Dan, and Anthony [Carone] whose filling in on keys, is a super great guy and a really good player. It's been a lot easier than maybe people would imagine. Dan was a big part of making this record, and I'm sure we're going to be collaborating with him, and he's going to be playing with us when he can. ... He'll be around. It's sort of undefined right now, and we'd like to keep it that way. Paul Blinov

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TEN SECOND EPIC than any individual can be." And that's where Ten Second Epic is at. Having released three albums of blasting, efficient rock music, the band's lineup remains the same five that started out jamming together in high school: Usenik, guitarists Daniel Carriere and Craig Spelliscy, rhythm section Sandy MacKinnon (bass) and Patrick Birtles (drums). They bicker and banter and know which buttons to press to irritate one another, but push never comes to shove.

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here is no ego left in our band," says Andrew Usenik, Ten Second Epic's vocalist. It's a normally drafty statement that's actually pretty easy to pin down with TSE—should you choose, you can go watch the band's creative process unfold, right now. The band charted the process of creating its third album, Better Off in a series of webvideos for MuchMusic (the videos are being extended and recut into a longer documentary). You

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can watch its members bicker, cuss, and debate what works better, the merits of certain song ideas, how to better arrange what they have and the perilous boredom of long tour drives. They argue, often, but never does the debate cross a line into heated territory. Nobody seems to take much personally, something Usenik seems particularly proud of in his band. "We've been through too much," he elaborates. "We came from humble beginnings and we've had to fight for every inch we've been given. When that happens, and you come up organically like that, I think you realize that the sum of your parts is way bigger

Better Off was released in September, though the release show is only now approaching. It'll mark the band's first local headlining gig in more than two years, and the first chance to hear the record, the culmination of all that debate, in a live setting. "When we're writing a song, we're fighting for the best parts, the best composition, the best song," Usenik says. "We're not fighting so our voice is heard louder than someone else's, and we're trying to, for lack of a better word, show off. It's really honest, just doing what's best for the song. Sometimes we violently disagree about that. But if you don't question it, you're not going to get to the right place." Paul Blinov

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MUSIC NOTES GWAR / Fri, Nov 4 (7 pm) How many times does GWAR have to awaken from its slumber and come destory this city before you maggots get the message? It's time to start serving our alien overlords. (Edmonton Event Centre, $30)

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Alberta Music Awards / Sat, Nov 5 (7 pm) With Halloween only just over, it's a great time for the Alberta Music Awards to come back from the dead after a decade of being a part of the Western Canadian Music Awards. (Art Gallery of Alberta, $95)

know what? They're glad they're back too. And do you know why? Because they missed you. Show them how much you missed them at the Falklands' homecoming show. (Yellowhead Brewery)

Erin Ross / Sat, Nov 5 (8 pm) Traditionally the province of punk rock, not a lot of folk artists decide to release seven-inches. But Erin Ross isn't most folk artists. (Northern Lights Folk Club, $18) Yukon Blonde / Mon, Nov 7 (7 pm) Is it just me, or does Yukon Blonde sound like the name of a really good, really cold lager? (Starlite Room, $13.50)

The Uncas / Fri, Nov 4 (8 pm) A reunion show by the Uncas is one not to be missed. Do you like to hear a guitar played with a buzz saw? What's that you say? You never have? Well it's time to find out exactly what you've been missing. (Pawn Shop, $10)

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Masques / Sat, Nov 5 (8 pm) Hailing from Montréal, Masques will be bringing its "greatest hits" package of baroque music to one of Edmonton's more intimate recital venues, the cozy Convocation Hall. Hey, look at that! I got all that info out there without making a Dad-tastic "ain't baroque don't fix it" joke. Oh shit. (Convocation Hall, $10 – $35)

Falklands / Sat, Nov 5 (8 pm) You're glad they're back—admit it. And you

Homefest / Sun, Nov 6 (12:45 pm) Homefest is the creation of the Edmonton Coalition on Housing and Homelessness and is a creative means of educating people about housing issues in and around Edmonton. This year's event highlights the Canadian Aboriginal community's art and culture and is headlined by Ojibway author Richard Wagamese who wrote One Native Life. (Transalta Arts Barns, $20)

Flint / Thu, Nov 10 (9 pm) Putting out a split seven-inch with Calgary's Fabulous Dad, Edmonton's Flint refers to its music as "meth pop." I dunno what that means exactly, but I'm guessing it's fast, natch. (Wunderbar)

The Devil Wears Prada / Thu, Nov 10 (6 pm) Meryl Streep was so into metalcore that she started her own band and named it after that movie she did that was not-technically-but-so-totally-about Vogue editor Anna Wintour. They call their sound "Meryl-core." (Edmonton Event Centre, $26)

FIRSTS, LASTS, AND FAVOURITES

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JOE VICKERS & SPENCER JO Wed, Nov 9 (10 pm) Black Dog

t'll be a busy night down at the Black Dog this Wednesday. Not only are Joe Vickers and Spencer Jo releasing The Kitchen Chorus Songbook, but Vickers—best known as the man behind Audio/Rocketry—will also release a solo album entitled Valley Home, about his hometown Drumheller. Vickers and Jo took the time to outline their musical histories.

FIRST ALBUM

Joe Vickers: Green Day, Dookie. My sister and I spent a lot of time listening to this album in the '90s. Being my first album, I remember the excitement and novelty of staring at the cover artwork and reading the liner notes on multiple occasions. Spencer Jo: The first album I ever bought was Rap Traxx 3 (1989). Found it in a bin of tapes at a neighbourhood garage sale. It was a dope mix. De La Soul, Beastie Boys, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, Young MC, etc. Best 25 cents I ever spent.

FIRST CONCERT

JV: My parents took me to a Celine Dion concert when I was a kid. Beauty and the Beast era, I believe. SJ: Ma tells me she took me, as an infant, to a Garth Brooks show.

LAST ALBUM

JV: I just purchased Trampled by Turtles' Palomino. I absolutely fell in love with this album over the summer and it currently ranks among my top favourites. SJ: Today, I picked up Don't Pray by No River. It's drinkin' fightin' cryin' country music.

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LAST CONCERT

JV: The last concert I saw was at the Masonic Hall in Drayton Valley where I was playing with a couple local bands. Coincidentally, this hall was the first venue I ever played with Audio/ Rocketry and it was exciting and inspiring to see that the town's local music community is just as active as it was five years ago. SJ: Mariachi El Bronx recently did a surprise show at a little Calgary pub called Broken City. It was mental.

FAVOURITE ALBUM

JV: Emotionalism by the Avett Brothers. While I'm a huge fan of their other albums, these songs were my introduction to the band and I always seem to revert back to this album for that particular reason. I love the clever lyrics, immaculate vocal harmonies, and catchy melodies. I recommend this album to everyone. SJ: It's one of five Tom Waits albums, depending on my mood: Closing Time, Nighthawks at the Diner, Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs or Bone Machine.

MUSICAL GUILTY PLEASURE

JV: Rod Stewart ... I saw him perform live in Edmonton last year. I've never seen so many screaming middle-aged women. SJ: Rap Traxx 3

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KAT DANSER Fri, Nov 4 & Sat, Nov 5 (8:30 pm) Blue Chair Café, $20

hough the blues aren't much identified with the Canadian Prairies, there's no denying that Kat Danser was steeped in them from an early age—if not the music itself, then its themes. Born on a dirt farm, working hard while never slipping the chains of poverty, Danser would envision herself escaping on the CN Rail line that ran so close to her house she could feel its rumble before she could see the train—a feat in a province as flat as Saskatchewan where she grew up. Eventually, she did get away from the farm, but not from the blues. "I decided that the only opportunity for me was to try and find a way to go to university," she says. "I lived out of my car for the first year of my education

Kat Danser wailing the blues

and managed to get myself a job and worked for tuition at the university and that's how I started my university life." Such inauspicious beginnings led to a lifelong love of learning; Dans-

er, an ethnomusicologist in addition to being a blues musician, recently completed a master's degree and has gone to work on a PhD. Along the way, she found herself in Mississippi and Ghana, soaking up the antecedents to the swampy blues she plays. It was on the way down to Mississippi that she wrote her latest album, Passin'-A-Time, the road and the places on it permeating the songs. "I would set up my recording equipment wherever inspiration struck," she says of the trip that took her from the home she grew up in to the Gulf of Mexico. "I was able to capture the rhythm all throughout the entire trip, through Mississippi and Georgia and Louisiana and really start to look at what those rhythms were and really feel them." Bryan Birtles // bryan@vueweekly.com

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NEWSOUNDS

Lou Reed and Metallica Lulu (Warner Bros)  Holy hell, does this album actually exist? I've long believed that whatever its many (many, many) flaws, Metallica's brutally unlistenable St Anger was an absolutely necessary step in the band's career, giving the group a chance to strip apart the radio-friendly sound it had cultivated since its self-titled black album and steady its sonic legs on more interesting ground once again. But Lulu? This is insanity, and that's exactly what this collaboration with Lou Reed sounds like. Oh, there are some punchy Metallica tunes in there somewhere, but it's hard to find them because Reed's ranting is so freaking obtrusive that it's difficult to get beyond it, especially with his voice mixed so far in front of the band for most of the double record that it's like he's blocking for the musicians. For much of Lulu, it sounds as though Reed and the band are playing completely different songs, overlaid on one another from afar, and when that's not

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the case it's much like Reed has wandered into a Metallica jam session, commandeered the mic and improvised, well, insane ranting over top. It's that crazy. Still, there are moments here where you catch a glimpse of the potential that drove the artists to collaboration: "Iced Honey" sounds a little like Metallica tapped into the rhythmic repetitiveness of "Sweet Jane," while the 11 and a half minutes of "Cheat On Me" find everyone involved building the song from atmospheric squeals into a stomping monster. The second disc starts promisingly with "Frustration" but, before the song's eight and a half minutes are over, Reed once again turns into a lunatic mixed over top of the band, which is the overall approach throughout, generally bludgeoning any welcome variations into an unwelcome cacophony. If nothing else, Lulu is a compelling listen and a brave effort, but one has to wonder if there was no moment during the creative process when someone said, "Uh, you know, maybe this wasn't the best idea." Apparently not, and while you've got to give credit to both Metallica and Reed for seeing their vision through to the end, it's a pretty unimpressive destination that might have been saved by a lot more focus on reigning the song structures in and a little more attention to mixing the record so that Reed and Metallica sound as though they're playing together, rather than facing off against each other. Eden Munro

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Megadeth Thirteen (Roadrunner)  Just as Metallica is flexing its "creative" muscles with its collaboration with Lou Reed, former Metallister Dave Mustaine continues to pilot Megadeth with consistent focus, turning in another solid slab of metal with Thirteen. Mustaine stays on point throughout the record, but while Megadeth sticks to its old ways here—"Deadly Nightshade" summons the musical spirit of "Symphony of Destruction" and there are plenty of classic-sounding metal riffs throughout—the band does so with a fiery energy that elevates the familiar approach of the songs. Eden Munro

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King Krule King Krule (True Panther)  At age 17, British songwriter Archy Marshall has already moved on from his first moniker as Zoo Kid to the alliterated King Krule, offering a self-titled EP on True Panther records. Although the five tracks are not overly cohesive at first listen— seemingly disconnected jazzy guitar chords in "Portrait in Black and Blue" suddenly click when put into context with the full song, whereas stabbing string samples sit over a simple garageband break while Marshall's croon oddly culls Lil' Wayne's sly sleepy swagger on "Bleak Bake." Regardless of the arrangement, King Krule offers surprisingly mature lyrical content, focusing on self realization and the dark side of society. Douglas Hoyer

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Deer Tick Divine Providence (Partisan)  Deer Tick hails from the smallest state in the Union, but the band deals in Americana on the scale of Paul Bunyan and his blue ox: sturdy, giant, folkily mythic and a mess of contradictions. Divine Providence is Deer Tick's fourth album, and although the group's history as John McCauley's solo project meant the early lineup was often provisional, the current core's solid enough to be defined as a unit in the raucous call-and-response launching track ("We're four grown men / But we act like kids") that consciously runs through a list of masculine and rock totems (there's overlap,

but not complete concordance), showing them to be of great importance and totally absurd, all at once. McCauley's writing often deals with the incongruities of American life— even his choice of covers, like John Prine's "Unwed Fathers" and folkie favourite "Hobo's Lullaby"—and the way images of projected power resonate against the powerlessness we feel and experience in our everyday lives, indicting patriotism, materialism and other fervours with the incendiary conviction that only the truly betrayed can summon. Providence continues those themes, bonding them to the mighty history of rock more explicitly and transparently than in prior studio work (the record's intended to reflect the band's blistering live show). It's a heady brew of American sound with a wide embrace, from the blues to back-

woods roots to the basement, where a boy becomes a man by learning the licks that came before him: Ozzy, the Allman Brothers, Springsteen, Nirvana. Even the borrowing from the Stones seems Americanized; less Exile on Main St than Main Street in exile. And just as an apocalyptic thread underpins American discourse, McCauley's lyrics are shot through with the fear of time slipping away; the threat of the comforts and release of whiskey, women and song flipping into darkness, celebration and defiance sliding into addiction and slavery to leave us irrevocably lost. The urgency of rock, here, is the effortful hope of not just escaping a moment, but of transcending history, personal and worldly—and taking listeners with them.

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Blue Chair Café Kat Danser (blues); 8:30pm; $20 Blues on Whyte Every Sat afternoon: Jam with Back Door Dan; Evening: Keith Hallett BoneYard Ale House Exit 303 Brixx Strange Planes, Raptors, Diehatzu Hijets CASINO EDMONTON Blackboard Jungle (pop/ rock) CASINO YELLOWHEAD Suite 33 (pop/rock) Celtic Hall Drowning Ophelia Samantha Jo, Ashley Weir, Bryan Finlay, Ashley Eger; all ages; 8pm; $15 (adv) Century Casino Dr Hook featuring Ray Sawyer; $39.95 Crown Pub Acoustic blues open stage with Marshall Lawrence, every Sat, 2-6pm; Laid Back Saturday African Dance Party with Dj Collio, every Sat, 12-2am THE DISH NEK Trio ( jazz); every Sat, 6pm Dow–Fort Saskatchewan Raised on Songs and Stories: John McDermott and friends; 7:30pm; $45.50 (adult)/$42.50 (senior/youth)/$5 (eyeGO) Devaney's Irish Pub Todd Reynolds Eddie Shorts Saucy Wenches every Sat Eddie Shorts Big Deal; 9:30pm-1:30am Expressionz Café Uptown Folk Club: Songwriting: with Steve Spurgin; 2-5pm; $5 (member)/$10 (nonmember) 780.436.1554 festival Place Leon Russell; sold out Filthy McNasty's Kenya Kondo and Darryl Matthews; 4pm; no cover Gas Pump Blues jam/ open stage every Sat 3:30-7pm HillTop Pub Sat

afternoon roots jam with Pascal, Simon and Dan, 3:30-6:30pm; evening: Jack Semple Trio, Tim Koslo (comedy), 9pm (show), $25 Hooliganz Live music every Sat Iron Boar Pub Jazz in Wetaskiwin featuring jazz trios the 1st Sat each month; $10 Jeffrey's Café Diana Stabel (pop/rock singersongwriter); $10 McDougall United Church A Tribute To Malcolm Forsyth: Mill Creek Colliery Band; 7:30pm; $18 (adult)/$14 (students/senior) at TIX on the Square New City Compound Mark Davis, The British Columbians, guests; no minors New West Hotel Country jam every Sat, 3-6pm; Evening: Herbs NOLA Creole Kitchen & Music House ABtrio, 6-9pm; The Fab Tiff Hall, 9:30pm-midnight O’byrne’s Live band every Sat, 3-7pm; DJ every Sat, 9:30pm On the Rocks Heather McKenzie Band; 9pm; $5 Pawn Shop Skatemission Transmission Saturdays Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church–Sherwood Park Winzerfest: Edmonton Swiss Men’s Choir (concert, dinner, dance with band Soundflight); 6pm (door); $45 Pawn Shop Early show: Skatemission: Exclusive Tournament of SKATE and Foundation Video Premier, 5pm; Later show: The Uncus Reunion: Jake Ian and the Haymakers, Low Flying Planes, 8pm Queen Alexandra Community Hall Northern Lights Folk

Club: Tim Williams, Erin Ross; $18 (adult adv)/$22 (adult door) at TIX on the Square; Acoustic Music, Myhre's Music/child 6-12 ½ price (door)/child under 6 free Red Piano Bar Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Sat; 9pm2am Sherlock Holmes– Downtown Lyle Hobbs Sherlock Holmes– WEM AJ Starlite Room Five years Further: Grounded Star, Dualside; 9pm; $10 (adv) West Side Pub West Side Pub Sat Afternoon: Dirty Jam: Tye Jones (host), all styles, 3-7pm Wild West Saloon Shannon Smith; 9:30pm Yardbird Suite Donato-BourassaLozano-Tanguay play Bill Evans; 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $18 (member)/$22 (guest)

Classical Convocation Hall Edmonton Chamber Music Society: Ensemble Masques; 8pm; $35 (adult)/$25 (senior)/$10 (student) at door, TIX on the Square, Gramophone

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Wooftop: Sound It Up!: classic hip-hop and reggae with DJ Sonny Grimezz 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 Common GoodLife: Kenzie Clarke, Dane and Allout DJs; 9pm Druid Irish Pub DJ every Sat; 9pm electric rodeo– Spruce Grove DJ every Sat 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 GAS PUMP DJ Christian every Sat 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 (5-8pm)/$5 (ladies)/$8 (gents after 8pm) 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) 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 SPORTSWORLD Roller Skating Disco every Sat; 1pm-4:30pm and 7-10:30pm Suede Lounge DJ Nic-E spins every Sat Suite 69 Every Fri Sat with DJ Randall-A TEMPLE Oh Snap! Oh Snap with Degree, Cobra Commander, Battery, Jake Roberts, Ten-O, Cool Beans, Hotspur Pop and P-Rex; every Sat Union Hall Celebrity Saturdays: every Sat hosted by DJ Johnny Infamous Vinyl Dance Lounge Signature Saturdays Y AFTERHOURS Release Saturdays

SUN NOV 6 Beer Hunter–St Albert Open stage/jam every Sun; 2-6pm Black Diamond Hotel Weber Brothers (roots-rock); 4pm; tickets at Black Diamond; E: suzera@persona.ca Blackjack's Roadhouse–Nisku Open mic every Sun hosted by Tim Lovett Blue Chair Café Sunday Brunch: Jim Findlay Trio; 10:30am2:30pm; donations

VENUE GUIDE 180 Degrees 10730-107 St, 780.414.0233 28 DEGREES LOUNGE 5552 Calgary Tr, 780.439.8675 Accent European Lounge 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ARTery 9535 Jasper Ave Avenue Theatre 9030118 Ave, 780.477.2149 BANK ULTRA LOUNGE 10765 Jasper Ave, 780.420.9098 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 Boneyard Ale House 9216-34 Ave, 780.437.2663 BoNniedoon Hall 924093 St, dancepercussionstudio. com Brixx Bar 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 Bunker Sports Pub 615 Hermitage Rd Casino Edmonton 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 Casino Yellowhead 12464-153 St, 780 424 9467 Celtic Hall 10104-32 Ave Century grill 3975 Calgary Tr NW, 780.431.0303 CHROME LOUNGE 132 Ave, Victoria Trail Common Lounge 10124124 St Convocation Hall Arts Bldg, U of A, 780.492.3611 Crown and Anchor 15277 Castledowns Rd,

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780.472.7696 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 Dow's Shell Theatre– Fort Saskatchewan 8700-84 St, Fort Saskatchewan, 780.992.6400 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S PUB 6402-118 Ave, 780.474.5554 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 FIDDLER’S ROOST 890699 St FILTHY MCNASTY’S 1051182 Ave, 780.916.1557 FLASH Night Club 10018105 St, 780.969.9965 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 GAS PUMP 10166-114 St, 780.488.4841 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

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Hogs Den Pub 9, 14220 Yellowhead Tr HOOLIGANZ 10704-124 St, 780.995.7110 Horizon Stage–Spruce Grove 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove, 780.962.8995 Iron Boar Pub 4911-51st St, Wetaskiwin JAMMERS PUB 11948-127 Ave, 780.451.8779 J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 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 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 Lizard Lounge 13160118 Ave Marybeth's Coffee House–Beaumont 5001-30 Ave, Beaumont, 780.929.2203 McDougall United Church 10025-101 St 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 11802-124 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 Orlando's 1 15163-121 St

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church–Sherwood Park 780.467.5651, esmc. ab.ca Overtime–Downtown 10304-111 St, 780.465.6800 Overtime Whitemud Crossing, 4211-106 St, 780.485.1717 PAWN SHOP 10551-82 Ave, Upstairs, 780.432.0814 Playback Pub 594 Hermitage Rd, 130 Ave, 40 St Pleasantview Community Hall 1086057 Ave Pourhouse Bier Bistro 10354 Whyte Ave, pourhouseonwhyte.ca REDNEX BAR–Morinville 10413-100 Ave, Morinville, 780.939.6955 Red Piano Bar 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RED STAR 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.428.0825 Rendezvous 10108-149 St Ric’s Grill 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 Rose and Crown 10235101 St R Pub 16753-100 St, 780.457.1266 Second Cup–Mountain Equipment 12336-102 Ave, 780.451.7574; Stanley Milner Library 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq; Varscona, Varscona Hotel, 106 St, Whyte Ave 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 11018-127 St, 780.453.6006 Sou Kawaii Zen Lounge 12923-97 St, 780.758.5924 SouthminsterSteinhauer United Church 10740-19 Ave Sportsworld 13710104 St 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 Treasury 10004 Jasper Ave, 7870.990.1255, thetreasurey. ca Vinyl Dance Lounge 10740 Jasper Ave, 780.428.8655, vinylretrolounge.com West side Pub 15135 Stony Plain Rd 780 758 2058 Wild Bill’s–Red Deer Quality Inn North Hill, 7150-50 Ave, Red Deer, 403.343.8800 WILD WEST SALOON 12912-50 St, 780.476.3388 Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WOK BOX 10119 Jasper Ave WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com Yellowhead Brewery 10229-105 St, 780.423.3333 Yesterdays Pub 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295

Blue Pear Restaurant Jazz on the Side Sun 6pm; $25 if not dining BoNniedoon Hall Fundraising Gala: Performance dance cycles and facilitated drum circles; sponsored by Dance Percussion Studio; 7:30-9:30pm; fundraiser for AB International Percussion Society Crown Pub Band War 2011/Battle of the bands, 6-10pm; Open Stage with host Better Us Than Strangers, 10pm-1am 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 Acoustic jam every Sun; 9pm Expressionz café Songwriters Stage, various hosts; all ages; 7-11pm Festival Place Murray McLauchlan (singer/ songwriter); 7:30pm; $36 (table)/$34 (box)/$32 (theatre) at Festival Place box office Horizon Stage–Spruce Grove John McDermott; 2pm & 7:30pm; ticketmaster.ca Hogs Den Pub Dirty Jam: hosted by Tye Jones; open jam every Sun, all styles welcome; 4-8pm 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) O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun; 9:30pm-1am On the Rocks Souljah Fyah Sunday ORLANDO'S 2 PUB Open stage jam every Sun; 4pm Pourhouse Bier Bistro Singer-songwriter open stage with Jay Gilday; every Sun, 9pm-close Ritchie United Church Jazz and Reflections: Chris Andrew Trio; 3:30-5pm; collection at door Second Cup–Mountain Equipment Co-op Live music every Sun; 2-4pm SouthminsterSteinhauer United Church Widening Embrace (CD launch); 7pm; free, donations Yardbird Suite Lester Quitzau Trio; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $16 (member)/$20 (guest) Yellowhead Brewery Open Stage: Every Sun, 8pm

Dance parties have been known to erupt FLOW Lounge Stylus Sun SAVOY MARTINI LOUNGE Reggae on Whyte: RnR Sun with DJ IceMan; no minors; 9pm; no cover Sportsworld Roller Skating Disco Sun; 1-4:30pm; sports-world.ca

MON NOV 7 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Sleeman Mon: live music monthly; no cover Blues on Whyte Mo Marly Cha Island Tea Co Whyte Noise Drum Circle: Join local drummers for a few hours of beats and fun; 6pm Churchill Square Every weekday (weather permitting): Breezy Brian Gregg (SW corner); 121:15pm Devaney's Irish Pub Singer/songwriter open stage every Mon; 8pm

Madhouse Mon: Punk/ metal/etc with DJ Smart Alex

hop and open mic with DJs Xaolin, Dirty Needlz, Frank Brown, and guests; no cover

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DV8 Creepy Tombsday: Psychobilly, Hallowe'en horrorpunk, deathrock with Abigail Asphixia and Mr Cadaver; every Tue

Blues on Whyte Mo Marly Churchill Square Every weekday (weather permitting): Breezy Brian Gregg (SW corner); 121:15pm Druid Irish Pub Open stage every Tue; with Chris Wynters; 9pm L.B.’s Tue Blues Jam with Ammar; 9pm-1am NOLA Creole Kitchen and Music House Jeff Hendrick–The Love Jones Band; 6-9pm O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam every Tue; with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm Padmanadi Open stage every Tue; with Mark Davis; all ages; 7:3010:30pm R Pub Open stage jam every Tue; hosted by Gary and the Facemakers; 8pm

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic instrumental old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm

SEcond Cup–Stanley Milner Library Open mic every Tue; 7-9pm

NOLA Creole Kitchen and Music House Jeff Hendrick–The Love Jones Band; 6-9pm

Second Cup– Summerwood Open stage/open mic every Tue; 7:30pm; no cover

Rose Bowl/Rouge Lounge Acoustic open stage every Mon; 9pm

SIDELINERS PUB All Star Jam every Tue; with Alicia Tait and Rickey Sidecar; 8pm

STARLITE ROOM Yukon Blonde, The Paint Movement; no minors; 7pm (door); $13.50 at Unionevents.com, PrimeBoxOffice.com, Blackbyrd

Classical Convocation Hall Monday Noon Music; 12pm; free

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Main Floor: Blue Jay’s Messy Nest: mod, brit pop, new wave, British rock with DJ Blue Jay Crown Pub Minefield Mondays/House/Breaks/ Trance and more with host DJ Phoenix, 9pm FILTHY McNASTY'S Metal Mon: with DJ S.W.A.G. Lucky 13 Industry Night every Mon with DJ Chad Cook NEW CITY LEGION

Second Cup–124 Street Open mic every Tue; 8-10pm

Sportsman's Lounge Open stage every Tue; hosted by Paul McGowan; 9pm STARLITE ROOM Arkells, Rich Aucoin; all ages; 7pm; $23 at PrimeBoxOffice. com, UnionEvents.com, Blackbyrd Yardbird Suite Tue Night Sessions: Festival Session: Stefan Kijek Quartet; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $5

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: alternative retro and not-so-retro, electronic and Euro with Eddie Lunchpail; Wooftop: One Too Many Tuesdays with Rootbeard Brixx Bar Troubadour Tue: hosted by Mark Feduk; 9pm; $8 Buddys DJ Arrow Chaser every CRown Pub Live hip

FUNKY BUDDHA–Whyte Ave Latin and Salsa music every Tue; dance lessons 8-10pm 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

WED NOV 9 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Glitter Gulch: live music once a month Blues on Whyte Mo Marly Churchill Square Every weekday (weather permitting): Breezy Brian Gregg (SW corner); 121:15pm eddie shorts Acoustic jam every Wed, 9pm; no cover Elephant and Castle–Whyte Ave Open mic every Wed (unless there's an Oilers game); no cover Fiddler's Roost Little Flower Open Stage every Wed with Brian Gregg; 8pm-12 HAVEN SOCIAL Club Open stage every Wed with Jonny Mac, 8:30pm, free HOOLIGANZ Open stage every Wed with host Cody Nouta; 9pm Maclab Centre for the Performing Arts The Human Statues, 7:30pm, $15; The Good Lovelies, 8:30pm; $15 each (door); both shows: $33 (adult)/$30 (student/senior) at TIX on the Square Nisku Inn Troubadours and Tales: 1st Wed every month; with Tim Harwill, guests; 8-10pm NOLA Creole Kitchen and Music House Jeff Hendrick–The Love Jones Band; 6-9pm 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; Slow pitch for beginners on the 1st and 3rd Wed prior to regular jam every Wed, 6.30pm; $2 (member)/$4 (nonmember) Red Piano Bar Wed Night Live: hosted by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5 Second Cup–89 Ave Rick Mogg (country) Second Cup–Mountain Equipment Open mic every Wed; 8-10pm Yardbird Suite Andrew Downing Ensemble: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, live music with silent film; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $18 (member)/$22 (guest)

Classical McDougall United Church, Banquet Hall Music Wednesdays at Noon: Megan Kan (solo harp); 12:10-12:50pm; free; 780.468.4964

DJs BANK ULTRA LOUNGE Rev'd Up Wed: with DJ Mike Tomas upstairs; 8pm 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; Wooftop: Soul/Breaks with Dr. Erick 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 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 Starlite Room Wild Style Wed: Hip-Hop; 9pm TEMPLE Wild Style Wed: Hip hop open mic hosted by Kaz and Orv; $5

PREVUE Cuff the Duke Fri, Nov 4 / Haven Social Club

Classical Robertson-Wesley United Church Alberta Baroque Ensemble: Baroque Chamber Music Treasures: fundraising event with Susan Flook, Heather Bergen, Virginie Gagne (violins), Lidia Khaner, (oboe), Colin Ryan, Ronda Metszies (cellos), Tammy-Jo Mortensen (harpsichord); 3pm; $25 (adult)/$20 (senior/student) Winspear Centre Cosmopolitan Music Society: Lest We Forget: A Musical Tribute; 7:30pm; $20 at CMS office, TIX on the Square

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.

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JONESIN'CROSSWORD

MATT JONES // JONESINCROSSWORDS@vueweekly.com

"Coldplay"—that's a sick songlist.

Across 1 Poet Sylvia 6 Ultrafast plane, once 9 Senators and representatives, for short 13 Studly 14 Number cruncher 15 "Who Can It ___?" (Men at Work song) 16 Charlie who has tiger blood, apparently 17 Gas station "product" 18 Wombs 19 Band with the 1998 hit "Circles" 22 With 29-across, movie whose soundtrack contains "Stayin' Alive" 25 Hangman's loops 26 Actress Maria Conchita ___ 27 Refine flour 28 Victory run, maybe 29 See 22-across 35 Seacrest show, for short 37 Great Leap Forward promoter 38 Former Polish leader Walesa 39 With 51-across, 2000 solo album by Rush's Geddy Lee 43 86,400 seconds 44 Narrative 45 Delight in cruelty 48 Witnessed 51 See 39-across 53 Travis Barker opening lyric before "lay low and stay breezy" 55 Actor Lash of early westerns 56 It's north of Afr. 57 "Who's there?" response 61 Secluded spots 62 Big buffoon 63 Firming shot 64 Otherwise 65 555-55-5555, e.g. 66 Head of the Slytherin House Down 1 "Aunt Flo" hassle 2 "Well, ___-di-freakin'-dah!" 3 Card "in the hole" 4 Centerpiece of some kids' science models 5 Accolades 6 La ___ (Italian opera house) 7 With a kick 8 Poi base 9 Upscale place where Fido stays while his owner's on vacation

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10 "___ the loneliest number..." 11 "SNL" producer Michaels 12 Quick drinks out of the bottle 15 "Get out of here!" 20 Japanese noodles 21 Foot, fathom or farad 22 Late Iraqi politician Ezzedine (MAILS anagram) 23 "Three Times ___" 24 On ___ the world 27 Serving of 44 ml 30 Hungarian statesman Nagy 31 Moo goo ___ pan 32 Like some Hinduism 33 Online currency of sorts 34 Tears for fears, for example 36 When summer begins 40 Algebraic figures 41 Automotive pioneer Ransom 42 Morales of "La Bamba" 46 Wings it 47 He played Bond between Moore and Brosnan 48 Hogwash 49 "You can't win ___" 50 Long-eared hoppers 51 Really big bras 52 "Jackass" alum McGhehey 54 Lapsang souchong, et al. 58 Depot stop: abbr. 59 Deck swabbing need 60 File extension that runs programs ©2011 Jonesin' Crosswords

LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS

FREEWILL ASTROLOGY

ROB BREZSNY // FREEWILL@vueweekly.com

ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19) Malcolm Gladwell, wrote in The Tipping Point: "We need to prepare ourselves for the possibility that sometimes big changes follow from small events, and that sometimes these changes can happen quickly ... Look at the world around you. It may seem an immovable, implacable place. It is not. With the slightest push—in just the right place—it can be tipped." You are now within shouting distance of your own personal tipping point. Follow your gut wisdom as you decide where to give a firm little push.

be a perfect moment to set the stage for that grand experiment.

TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20) Welcome to the autumnal garden of earthly delights. It's a brooding, fermenting paradise, full of the kind of dark beauty that wouldn't be caught dead in a spring garden. You won't appreciate it if you're too intent on seeking bright serenity and pristine comfort. Be willing to dirty your hands and even your mind. (PS: If you like, you can take what I just said as an elaborate metaphor.)

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21) "Try to be surprised by something every day," advises Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in his book Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention. This is the week of all weeks when you have the best chance of tinkering with your rhythm so that it will thrive on delightful unpredictability. Are you brave enough to capitalize on the opportunity? Concentrate your attention on cultivating changes that feel exciting and life-enhancing.

GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20) Here's a vignette described by columnist Thomas Friedman: "Ludwig Wittgenstein once remarked that if you ask a man how much is 2 plus 2 and he tells you 5, that is a mistake. But if you ask a man how much is 2 plus 2 and he tells you 97, that is no longer a mistake. The man you are talking with is operating with a wholly different logic from your own." I'd like to suggest, that for you right now the whole world is like the man who swears 2 plus 2 is 97. At least temporarily, you are on a very different wavelength from your surroundings. In order to understand what's coming toward you, you will have to do the equivalent of standing on your head, crossing your eyes, and opening your mind as wide as it'll stretch.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21) "Dear Rob: I was born on November 30, and am quite attached to having it as a birthdate. But there's a complication. While in Iraq in 2006, I was half-blown up by a bomb, and had a near-death experience. When I returned from my excursion to the land of the dead, I felt I'd been born anew. Which is why I now also celebrate September 24, the date of the bombing, as my second birthday. What do you think? Two-Way Tamara." Dear Two-Way: I believe we'd all benefit from having at least one dramatic rebirth in the course of our lives, though hopefully not in such a wrenching fashion as yours. If it means adding additional astrological identities to our repertoire, so much the better.

CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22) If you want to grow vanilla beans, you have to pollinate the plant's flowers within 12 hours after they bloom. In nature, the only insect that can do the job is the Melipona, a Mexican bee. Luckily, humans can also serve as pollinators, using thin wood splinters or stems of grass to perform the delicate magic. I'm thinking that you resemble a vanilla bean right now. It is the season when you're extra receptive to fertilization, but all the conditions have to be just right for the process to be successful. Here's my advice: Figure out exactly what those conditions are, then call on all your resourcefulness to create them.

LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22) I suspect that you will have a minor form of good luck going for you this week. It probably won't be enough to score you a winning lottery ticket or earn you a chance to get the answer to your most fervent prayers. But it might bring you into close proximity with a financial opportunity, a pretty good helper, or a resource that could subtly boost your stability over the long haul.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19) Social climbers are people who are focused on gaining higher status in whatever circle of people they regard as cool, even to the point of engaging in fawning or ingratiating behavior. Soul climbers, on the other hand, are those who foster the power of their imagination, keep deepening their connection with life's intriguing enigmas, and explore the intersection of self-interest and generosity toward others. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you could go far in either of those directions during the coming weeks, but not both. Which will you choose?

LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22) Even our most sophisticated drilling machines have barely made pinpricks in the earth's surface. The deepest hole ever dug was 40000 feet, which is just 0.2 percent of the planet's 20-million-foot radius. The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to plumb further into the depths of anyplace or anything you're intrigued by. You could reach the equivalent of five million feet into the Earth's innards.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18) An Australian man named Daniel Fowler has more giraffe tattoos on his shoulders than any other human being on the planet. Meanwhile, Darryl Learie is now the only person to ever be able to insert three steak knives into an inflated balloon, and Billy Disney managed to inject a world-record 31 sexual innuendoes into a rap song about potatoes. What could or should be your claim to fame? This would be an excellent time to try to establish your reputation as the best at your specific talent.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22) National Geographic speculates that most of the species on Earth are still unknown and unnamed. While 1.2 million life forms have been identified by science, there may be as many as 7.5 million that are not. I suspect that this breakdown is similar to the situation in your life. You know about 14 percent of what you need to know, but there's still a big frontier to explore. The coming months should be prime time for you to cover a lot of new ground—and now would

PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20) "You have to know how far to go too far," said poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau. You really can't afford to keep playing by all the rules and staying inside the proper boundaries. For the sake of your physical and psychological and spiritual health, you need to wander out beyond the limits that you've been so faithfully respecting. And yet, on the other hand, it would be a mistake to claim you have a right to stop at nothing. Know how far to go too far. V

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VOLUNTEERS WANTED! Parkland's 15th Annual Fall Conference relies on volunteers, both before and during the conference in order for it to flow smoothly. Volunteering is a great way to get into the conference for free, meet some amazing people, and have fun! There is a full list of positions to be filled on the volunteering section of the website: www.parklandinstitute.ca

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Harcourt House Arts Centre is currently accepting submissions for our 2011/2012 gallery exhibition programming for the Main Gallery and Front Room Gallery exhibition spaces. For proposals to be considered submission packages must be postmarked by November 30, 2011. For more information please visit www.harcourthouse.ab.ca

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STAGE STRUCK! 2012 Submissions for ADFA/Edmonton adult one-act play festival, February 24/25, accepted until December 19th, 2011. Information and registration package from Mary-Ellen Perley 780-481-3716 or mperley@shaw.ca Expressionz Cafe Art Gallery Show your work with us! Call 780-437-3667

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New RFQ Process Deadline December 9, 2011

Call to Artists - Request for Qualifications Beginning in 2012, the Edmonton Arts Council will no longer be using open calls for RFQs. Instead, the EAC will establish a resource list of pre-qualified artists from which to request proposals for qualifying Percent for Art projects. Applications will be accepted to this pool only until December 9th, 2011, and the list of successful applications will remain active until 2014. The next intake of applications will take place late in 2013.

Pre-Qualified Artist Pool 2012-2014

Are you a journalism student seeking real-world experience?

The Edmonton Arts Council is now seeking applications to the pre-qualified artist pool for eligible Percent for Art projects with budgets over $100,000 CAD.

Do you want the freedom that comes from working in the alternative side of news?

Budget Range: $100,000 - $500,000+ CAD (All-inclusive)

Do you hate money? Great !

Deadline for Submissions: 4:30 pm on December 9, 2011

Edmonton's underground voice, Vue Weekly, is seeking editorial interns with an interest in cutting edge art, music, theatre, progressive politics and neglected news. If that sounds like one (or more) of the things you're interested in, you should apply. When you do, please indicate your area(s) of interest, in addition to your first available start date.

Term of Pre-Qualified Artist Pool: 2012-2014

Editorial internships are three months long (negotiable), full or part-time (negotiable) and completely unpaid (non-negotiable). Duties include writing, some editing, attending weekly editorial meetings and likely some other stuff like photography, copy editing and heavy lifting. No one will force you to make coffee. Applicants should have good writing skills, an attitude that fits with Vue's mandate and an opinion on whether Rocky V was a necessary addition to the Rocky Balboa canon or if it should be disregarded entirely.

To apply, send your resume, cover letter and 3 – 5 samples of your writing to Managing Editor Eden Munro at internships@vueweekly.com. No phone calls please.

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Fast-track sex toy production can have negative consequences My recent trip to the sex-toy fairs toys I've seen in Canada were there, returned toys to try to figure out in Germany was an illuminating but under a completely different the problems and resolve them. glimpse into how the sex toys you company name. The up-front cost The sex-toy market has grown by see in slick packaging on store of this method is much lower leaps and bounds over the last 10 shelves actually made it because the manufacturer years. Companies that make their there. It turns out, sex has to put up the money own toys like Fun Factory and Cantoys are no different than for the prototype and the ada's Standard Innovation, which om eekly.c @vuew sneakers, sporting goods moulds. They make their makes the We Vibe, have made brenda Brendear money back on volume. millions. Everyone wants to get a and toaster ovensâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Kerb packages may look different, The marketer just pays the piece of that pie but few of them but the product inside those wholesale per unit cost. want to invest the time and money packages is often exactly the same. that these companies did. They are If you want to build a sex-toy So why should we care? This isn't a looking for a fast track. More and company, there are essentially two new story. As I said, it happens with more no-name manufacturers are ways to do it. The first is to design everything from sneakers to toaster springing up to meet this demand. and produce all of the toys yourself. I saw an example of this on my It happens with everything from sneakers to tour of the German toy-maker Fun toaster ovens. The thing is, you aren't going to put Factory. The company's team deyour toaster oven in your vagina. signs the toys and makes all of the prototypes and moulds itself, and then the company manufactures ovens. The thing is, you aren't goThe problem is, you can't tell, just the toys right there in its producing to put your toaster oven in your by looking at the package, whether tion facility in Bremen. It sounds vagina. Sure, you might be unhappy it took route number one or route pretty straightforward but is actuif it doesn't work properly, but it's number two to make it to you. It's ally an exception. Most of the big not likely to give you a nasty infecup to us to do our own research or toy companies don't work this way. tion. That's where this fast-track take the risk. V Why not? It can cost up to a hunproduction of sex toys is bad for Brenda Kerber is a sexual health dred thousand dollars or more to consumers. If you have a question educator who has worked with lomake one prototype and mould. or a problem with your toy, the cal not-for-profits since 1995. She is The cheaper way to get into the company that labeled it and put it the owner of the Edmonton-based, burgeoning adult-toy market is to out for sale can't help you. They sex-positve adult toy boutique the approach an outside manufacturer didn't make the toy. They probably Traveling Tickle Trunk. that has already developed an entire know very little about what's in it, catalogue of toys. You pick out the how it was produced, how to care toys you want for your line and then for it and why it might have given you or the manufacturer designs you an infection. Moreover, they packaging that labels them as your don't really want you to know that products. There are loads of these they didn't make it. manufacturers, mainly in China, If you contact a company that acproducing no-name toys that North tually designs and produces its own American and European companies toys, they can tell you a lot about simply pick up and brand as their the toys and they probably have own. This is why you might see the their own customer service and exact same toy with two different quality-control departments. At names, marketed by two different Fun Factory, I watched the women companies. In Europe, a lot of the in the QC department taking apart

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Dan tackles them both (but not in the same letter) I am marrying a man with two chilyou, TAFCA, otherwise she would've dren—a boy and a girl—and we want yanked both kids. But this is the kind to include his children in our wedding of issue that could land your fiancé party. My best friend and maid of back in court—if his batshit ex dehonour happens to work as an cides to really push it—and E escort. You and I agree that a sex-negative judge could G SAVA prostitution should be legal tear up your husband-toand that sex work shouldn't be's custody agreement ly.com eweek be stigmatized, Dan, but savagelove@vu and place limits on his (or Dan the ex-wife of my fiancé disyour) access to his children, avage all because his new wife is S agrees strongly. She somehow deduced what my BFF does for a BFFs with a sex worker. So you're living, and now she has told my fiancé going to have to give way, TAFCA. But that she will not allow her daughter to I think you should drop the kids, not participate in the wedding if my BFF is your BFF, from your wedding party. the maid of honour. She says she does And while you might be tempted to not want their daughter to think that tell the kids to go ask their mother being a prostitute is OK. His ex-wife why they're suddenly out of the wedwill not budge. I am furious that this ding party—thereby making her the woman would have me remove my bad guy—take the high road and oldest, closest, most important friend come up with an explanation that from my wedding party. What say you, makes sense to the kids and spares Mr Savage? their feelings ... if, you know, these Too Angry For Cute Acronyms kids were actually looking forward to being in your wedding party. There's I say it's disturbing that your fiancé's exa small-but-not-insignificant chance wife isn't demanding that both her chilthat your fiancé's children will be redren be removed from your wedding lieved to be left out. As much as they party. Not because I agree with her—I may like you, as much as they may most certainly do not—but because I approve of your relationship with firmly believe that someone who's betheir father, TAFCA, a child can feel ing a dick about something is obligated under pressure to play a public role be a logically consistent dick. in a divorced parent's second (or third If tossing rose petals in the presence or fourth) wedding. Since children— of a known prostitute—known to her, particularly small children—may not not known to her daughter (how on feel comfortable saying no, lest that earth would her daughter find out?)— "no" be misinterpreted as disapproval is going to pollute her daughter's tiny of their parent's new spouse, I believe mind, then bearing rings in the presthat smart parents and smart stepparence of a known prostitute is going ents-to-be should err on the side of to pollute her son's. If this woman not asking their children to toss petbelieves that appearing in wedding als, bear rings or make toasts. photos with a sex worker will result in her daughter one day doing sex work, Over a year ago, I broke up with my why isn't she concerned that her son girlfriend of two years. I let the whole will one day hire a sex worker? Or do thing drag out way too long and made a little escorting himself? a lot of bad choices, and hurt her a lot This woman is trying to screw with more than I needed to. Three months

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myself wanting to contact her again, to say something like "I'm sorry that I hurt you." I want to know if she's OK, if she's on a good path, etc, but I don't want to be her friend, or even see her in person ever again. When is it too soon to contact a crazy ex? Wanting Après-Resolution Never, WAR. Never is too soon to contact a truly crazy ex. If you're concerned about how she's doing, ask a friend-of-a-friend-of-afriend or lurk on her Facebook page like everybody else. But if what you're after is some sort of absolution for the excessive hurt your "bad choices" caused her—choices you didn't elaborate on in your rush to get to her faults—then you're not really motivated by any genuine concern for her well-being, WAR, just by a selfish

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I'm gay, been gay for years now, and I want to be with a man as a life partner. My problem is that I honestly don't enjoy anal, but I like my boyfriend to be dominant, the man, the boss—however you want to define it. Is that just plain weird? Will I find a man? Worried About My Ever After The results of a study recently released in the Journal of Sexual Medicine might interest you, WAMEA. Researchers from George Mason University and Indiana University asked nearly 25 000 gay and bi men

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about their last sexual encounter with another dude. "Of all sexual behaviors that men reported occurring during their last sexual event, those involving the anus were the least common," Joshua G Rosenberger, one of the study's authors, writes. Fewer than 40 percent of the men surveyed fucked ass or got their asses fucked during their last sexual encounter. "There is certainly a misguided belief that 'gay sex equals anal sex,' which is simply untrue much of the time," Rosenberger says. (Most interesting data point: gay and bi men have "immense sexual repertoires." Researchers documented more than "1300 combinations of activities." Most concerning data point: Only half the men who reported having anal intercourse the last time they fucked used condoms. Many of these men are, pre-

sumably, in long-term relationships, and may not need to use condoms. But high HIV-infection rates among gay and bi men prove that there are lots of guys out there who should be using condoms and are not.) Back to you, WAMEA: some of those gay and bi guys studied might have had anal sex the second-to-last time they got it on, or were looking forward to anal the next time. But we know from other studies that there are lots of gay and bi guys out there— some estimates put it at 25 to 30 percent—who never have anal sex. They just don't dig it. Your mission is to find a dominant, manly, bossy man with whom you're sexually compatible, ie, a bossy top who wants to fuck your throat, your fist, your clenched thighs, your Christmas ham—whatever—but not your ass. Confidential to Everybody: Watch this: tinyurl.com/3eowo9l. Do this: tinyurl. com/4yntf8f. V Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/savage.

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