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The protester While Time's choice of "protester" for person of the year leaves the actual designation as ambiguous as "citizen," it is this ambiguity that makes it a worthwhile designation. In some ways, the choice of ambiguity might seem casually offensive to those in countries where people gave their lives for political change, but in many ways it presents more of an opportunity. Time specifically chose to have the protester represented in an ambiguous fashion through an illustration of a photo taken by an altweekly photographer—a choice that allows us to consider the impact of political action by citizens in the past year without considering place or nationality or preconceived notions of ineffective protest. It's a choice Time makes occasionally: Middle Americans were named in 1969, Baby Boomers in 1966, and the more recent, "You—the Internet content contributor" in 2006 (a generally agreed undeserved recipient at the time). But these are still specific groups of people, and while we can't imagine ourselves as a Baby Boomer, or Mark Zuckerberg, or President Obama, we can place ourselves in the face of that protester, because at any moment we too can demonstrate our political power. In whatever fashion we choose. That all-encompassing aspect also al-

lows for recognition of the variety of methods and approaches people use to engage in political discourse. The impacts of each action were different as well. While the toppling of dictators is a specific and defined point of accomplishment, the changing of discourse and political agenda that the Occupy movement has created and will continue to influence is also important, but sometimes less obvious. Where protests, especially in North America, have been treated by the media as a pointless drama put on by youth with too much time on their hands, the naming of the Protester as person of the year conveys the power we each hold as citizens to create change. As Time acknowledges, "Massive and effective street protest" was a global oxymoron until—suddenly, shockingly—starting exactly a year ago, it became the defining trope of our times. And the protester once again became a maker of history.” While it’s difficult to accept that the protest has had absolutely no impact in the past 20 years, there is a recognition that perhaps citizens have come to realize how to harness the numerous tools and actions of protest to be more effective. As we take the time to reflect over the holidays and set the tone for the new year, hopefully we all take the time to consider how we can use our own power for change. V

NewsRoundup TALKING ABOUT SEX A recent Angus Reid study shows Canadians have a more open attitude toward sex education than Britain and the US. While those surveyed in the three countries held the majority opinion that sex ed should be taught at home, Canadians were more open to the subjects of abortion, homosexuality and nonpenetrative sex being taught in the classroom. Nearly nine out of 10 respondents agreed pregnancy, birth control and venereal disease, sexual

MILITARY REPORTS abuse and bullying should be topics in the classroom. The majority of Americans, 81 percent, believe sex ed should be taught at home, while only twothirds of Canadians and Britons believed this. The Angus Reid analysis concluded that Canadians are more open about controversial topics in the classroom and that Canadians are more likely to call for sex education to begin at a younger age.

SHELL SPILL A major oil spill from Shell's offshore facility is threatening the Nigerian coastline. With over 40 000 barrels of crude oil spilling into the Gulf of Guinea, environmental group SkyTruth estimates the spill covers 923 square kilometres of ocean. Nigerian-based Friends of the Earth International is pushing for an inde-

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pendent review of the amount of oil leaked, while Shell has deployed ships with dispersants meant to stop the spread of the spill. Associated Press reports Friends of the Earth International worries about the spills impacts on fisherman and local communities who rely on the coast for their livelihood.

QUOTES OF THE WEEK

The Military Police Complaints Commission has submitted a draft report on the Canadian military's handling of Afghan detainees. The 2008 complaint made by Amnesty International and the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association alleges that Canadian military police failed to investigate Canadian Task Force Commanders in Afghanistan for directing the transfer of detainees to Afghan authorities and that those detainees then faced a known risk of torture. Canadian Press reports that the MPCC held a series of public hearings to question what military police knew about the use of torture in Afghan prisons. The draft report has been submitted to the Minister of National Defense, Peter McKay, and the Judge Advocate General. It remains a confidential report until those offices have a chance to review it, and it's expected it will be several months before a final report is released.

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“Jack Layton single-handedly shaped Canada’s political narrative in 2011, from the decimation of the Bloc Québécois, to the marginalization of the Liberal party, to the utter vacuum left on Parliament Hill by his death,” said Brodie Fenlon, senior news editor, The Huffington Post Canada. —The Toronto Star Dec 22, 2011

"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world." —Jack Layton's letter to Canadians Aug 20, 2011

NEWS // LABOUR

Compensation protects more than the worker Workers' compensation can help protect small businesses

lberta Workers' Compensation Board president and CEO Guy Kerr had probably tempered his expectations. With business, labour and academia all placing the WCB firmly on their "Naughty" or, at least, "Not Quite Nice Enough" lists this year, Kerr really couldn't have hoped for much more than lumps of coal in his corporate stocking last week. Earlier this month, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) released the results of a study in which it compared WCBs across the country according to a variety of indices. In terms of cost efficiencies, Alberta ranked first, but poor showings in other areas, such as claims management and customer service, drove its overall rank down to a mediocre five out of 10. Asked to comment on the study, the Alberta Federation of Labour and other injured workers' advocates accused the CFIB, along with the WCB, of placing too much emphasis on the costs to employers. "While it fits nicely with the provincial government's vision to create a low-cost environment for employers, such an emphasis on economic markers completely misses the point when it comes to in-

jured workers," said Nancy Furlong, the AFL's secretary-treasurer. She would like to see the board place as much focus on the individual workers suffering as the result of an unacceptably high number of workplace injuries in the province as they do on meeting cost efficiency targets. Kevin Flaherty, executive director of the non-profit Workers' Health Centre, agreed with Furlong, calling the CFIB study and its recommendations "horribly flawed." He suggests the group needs a refresher about the basic history of workers' compensation, how it works and how it really serves to protect the smalland medium-sized businesses that comprise the CFIB's membership. In 1918, the Chief Justice of Ontario, Sir William Meredith, outlined the basic principles upon which all workers compensation schemes across the country continue to operate. Essentially, workers relinquish their right to sue their employers in the event they are injured in exchange for no-fault compensation benefits if that does occur. Those benefits are administered through a pooled fund paid into by employers. "Without workers' compensation,

it is left to the courts to determine damages through litigation," Flaherty pointed out. In these days of expensive judgements and legal fees, he says he can't see why smalland medium-sized businesses—particularly those in Alberta—don't recognize the level of protection WCB affords them. As pointed out in the CFIB study, Alberta has the lowest WCB premiums in the country, with employers paying an average rate of $1.22 in premiums for every $100

The AFL's Furlong questions the effect of forcing workers back to work before they, and often their doctors, feel they are ready. "How many workers suffer long-term or permanent damage simply because they've been forced back to work too soon?" she asked. Despite the low premiums its Alberta members enjoy, the CFIB called upon the province to reduce the costs of the program even further by introducing measures such as a three day waiting period

The role of the WCB is to compensate injuries, not coddle employers. If employers don't like WCB premiums or long claims, they should stop injuring workers. If there are going to be fundamental changes to Alberta's WCB, they should come after an open process, not as the result of special interest group lobbying.

of payroll, down from $1.32 in 2010. Alberta has the best record of returning workers to work with 82.3 percent of claimants back on the job within 90 days following an injury. In Alberta, according to the WCB, just one in 232 workers remains off work longer than two years compared to one in 32 in the rest of Canada.

for claimants, a reduction in the amount of benefits paid and a cap on the amount of insured earnings. "Businesses are solely responsible for funding workers' compensation through mandatory employer premiums," said CFIB VP Doug Bruce in a news release. "Premiums are a tax on payroll that must be remitted, and the high cost of premiums

can make it difficult for small firms to increase their employee wages, invest in their business and create jobs." Bob Barnetson, an associate professor of labour relations at Athabasca University, has been a long time critic of the Alberta WCB, but he offered zero sympathy for the CFIB or its members. Barnetson dismissed the study for its "lack of academic credibility" and said it amounted to little more than a lobby effort by a special interest group. "The role of the WCB is to compensate injuries, not coddle employers. If employers don't like WCB premiums or long claims, they should stop injuring workers," Barnetson wrote in an email to Vue. "If there are going to be fundamental changes to Alberta's WCB, they should come after an open process, not as the result of special interest group lobbying." While it seems that all interested parties agree that the WCB needs to do some work to improve, we'll have to watch and see if fundamental change is on Guy Kerr or the provincial government's list of new year's resolutions. mimi williams

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COMMENT >> BIOTERRORISM

Scarier than North Korean nukes Someone made H5N1 airborne

Western intelligence agencies have truck, are not useable for attack. been warning for years about the Their only sensible purpose is to terrible consequences that would deter an attack, and North Korea's ensue if Iran were to get are not very credible even in nuclear weapons. Better that role. All very well, the bomb the place before intelligence analysts say, they do. but what if the people m o .c weekly e@vue But North Korea already who control the weapons gwynn e Gwynn has nuclear weapons, and are crazy? Dyer now they are falling into the Well, Kim Il-sung's underhands of a young man whose standing of the rest of the world main qualification for office is that was severely limited, and so was he is less weird than his half-brothKim Yong-il's. Kim Jong-un may be er, who was caught trying to sneak no better. But for 60 years now into Japan on a false passport to North Korea has not attacked anyvisit Disneyland Tokyo. body. They can't be all that crazy. The North Korean story has got So we have, on the one hand, these a lot of play in the international not very convincing official claims, media in the last few days, partly loyally repeated by Western media, because Kim Jong-un is such an obthat the latest dynastic succession vious misfit for the job of "Great in North Korea might "destabilize" Successor." What gives the story north-eastern Asia, even lead to a legs, however, is North Korea's local nuclear war. And on the other nuclear weapons (both of them), hand, we have this modest bio-lab its huge army (fifth-biggest in the in the Netherlands that has fabriworld) and its insanely belligerent cated an ultra-lethal variant of the rhetoric. "bird flu" virus and plans to publish A mere two nuclear weapons, its results. so primitive and clumsy that they The Erasmus Medical Centre in are probably only deliverable by Rotterdam is a long way from the

secret underground lairs where James Bond-style villains hatched their evil plans, and Dr Ron Fouchier, the lead researcher in the H5N1 experiment, does not look a bit like Dr No. In fact, Fouchier is a decent man who means well. Yet what he has made is far more dangerous than North Korea's bombs. When the H5N1 virus first appeared in 1996, there was a global panic, for it killed about 60 percent of the people it infected. The panic subsided when it turned out that the virus could only be spread by very close physical contact between people; you were most unlikely to catch it by sitting next to someone on a bus. It would have been very different if the virus had been as infectious as the common cold, which is usually spread by tiny water droplets coughed out by the infected person. Since H5N1 was not a "airborne" virus, it killed only a few hundred people, not a few hundred million—but viruses can mutate. How easy would it be for H5N1 to mutate into an "airborne" global killer?

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That's the question that Dr Fouchier set out to answer. He caused deliberate mutations in the virus and then repeatedly passed it manually from one lab animal to another—and quite soon, he had what he was looking for. "In the laboratory, it was possible to change H5N1 into an aerosoltransmissible virus that can easily be rapidly spread through the air," Fouchier said in a statement on the university's website. "This process can also take place in a natural setting. We know which mutation to look for in the case of an outbreak, and we can then stop the outbreak before it is too late." That was the point of the experiment, of course. The research, funded by the US National Institutes of Health, was intended to discover just how likely such a mutation of the virus was. Nobody seemed to mind the fact that this involved creating exactly that virus—and, if normal scientific practise is followed, publishing the full genetic sequence of the mutated virus in a scientific journal.

Fouchier's scientific paper has already been submitted for publication, but the US government's National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity still has the power to order key parts of the paper to be redacted, so that terrorists cannot use the information to create their own global quick-killer virus. But the cat is already out of the bag: there are probably several terrorist organizations, and dozens of governments, that can duplicate Fouchier's research now that they know how he did it. As former arms control researcher Mark Wheelis of the University of California, Davis, said: "Blocking publication may provide some small increment of safety, but it will be very modest compared to the benefits of not doing the work in the first place." There are more frightening things in the world than wonky North Korean dictators. V Gwynne Dyer is a London-based journalist. His column appears every week in Vue Weekly.

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Unring the bell

How well has the NHL done on the concussion issue? For the holidays, we decided to take our usual lighter take on Oiler hockey and turn things serious for a moment. Everyone else is festive; we’re going to be straight-laced. We took another issue to members of the In The Box panel, this time we're covering discipline and concussions.

leap to crusher from crushee and concussion-ridden Sidney Crosby is handing out elbows like candy canes. You have to feel for Shanahan, despite his glaring inconsistency. It's hard to separate accident from intention, even on a high-def, slo-mo replay. Zdeno Chara said he meant to hit Pacioretty, but m o ly.c eweek ox@vu In The Box Panel Question #3 he didn't know the post was & intheb oung Dave Y s "With the tragic summer the there. Pacioretty said he made e tl ir B Bryan NHL suffered and the assurances eye contact with Kris Letang and from the league that it would do all Letang chose to put his head down it could to take head shots out of the and shoot the puck anyway. game, how would you rate the perforAs long as hockey remains a contact mance of league management and NHL sport, there will be clean hits and there disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan so far will be dirty hits. There will be instigain fulfilling the mandate they set for tion and retaliation … and misinterpretathemselves?" tion. Despite his best efforts, Shanahan alone cannot change hockey's cultural Shanahan's brand of discipline has ethos, where every hit can be justified veered wildly between leather-clad, with "he had it coming." Even Crosby, dewhip-bearing mistress, stern but fending his elbow to Nick Foligno's head, kindly assistant principal and doting stated "I don't know what he expects afgrandmother. Eight-game suspensions ter he runs a goalie three times." for Andy Sutton's hit on Alexei PoniSo if the prospect of occasionally seekarovsky and Smith's hit on Smith, yet ing career-ending hits on ice doesn't apMilan Lucic and Ryan Malone skated peal to you, it might be time to change away scot-free after respectively poundthe channel to soccer or basketball or ing Ryan Miller and Chris Campoli. No one of those other wimpy, non-contact wonder Max Pacioretty has made the sports that don’t condone fighting. At

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Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorder (OBAD) • Grey

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

Sherwood Park Walking Group + 50 • Meet inside Millennium Place, Sherwood

least until we start throwing Christians to the lions again. Kelly Santarossa, giving Shanahan a reluctant passing grade Hockey has always and likely will always suffer from two flaws that put the game's pros and amateurs alike at risk: physics and human nature. Putting players on ice, moving at ridiculous speeds and colliding into one another means bodies will bruise and brains will rattle. Playing for pride or money means everyone will be skating hard and since two objects cannot occupy the same space (back to physics), bad things happen. After seeing a horrible run of tragedies involving players who have been negatively affected by a combination of brain injury and depression, and Sidney Crosby out of the game, it does make me squirm a little when a player collides with another. I remember watching old Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em videos with countless replays of spectacular on-ice crashes and bangs. They looked awesome. Now I see similar hits and cringe. Medicine is teaching us what damage these hits can do and we're spending time and money letting others take the hits for our entertainment. We can rationalize it (they're events • Monthly Potluck: Bring a vegan, dish to serve 8 people, your own plate, cup, cutlery, serving spoon • $3 (member)/$5 (non-member) • Sun, Jan 8

WINTER LABYRINTH WALK • Riverdale

Hall, 9231-100 Ave • Annual indoor Labyrinth Walk, drop-in event, is done in silence, and is open to all ages • Sat, Jan 7, 11am-2pm • Donation

WOMEN IN BLACK • In Front of the Old

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

Y TOASTMASTERS CLUB • Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues, 7103-105 St • ytoastmasterclub.ca • 1st and 3rd Tue, 7-9pm; every month

LECTURES/Presentations Centennial Lectures • Allard Family

Lecture Theatre, Group Centre for Pharmacy and Health Research, U of A • Why is it so difficult to keep weight off with speakers Dr Arya Sharma and Dr Bill Colmers • Jan 16, 5-7pm

780.474.8240, E: Tuff@shaw.ca • Every Wed, 1:30-3:30pm

GLBT sports and recreation •

teamedmonton.ca • Badminton, Women's Drop-In Recreational: St Vincent School, 10530138 St; E: badminton.women@teamedmonton.ca, every Wed 6-7:30pm, until Apr 25; $7 (drop-in fee) • Co-ed Bellydancing: bellydancing@teamedmonton.ca • Bootcamp: Garneau Elementary, 10925-87 Ave. at 7pm; bootcamp@ teamedmonton.ca • Bowling: Ed's Rec Centre, West Edmonton Mall, Tue 6:45pm; bowling@ teamedmonton.ca • Curling: Granite Curling Club; 780.463.5942 • Running: Kinsmen; running@teamedmonton.ca • Spinning: MacEwan Centre, 109 Street and 104 Ave; spin@teamedmonton.ca • Swimming: NAIT pool, 11762-106 St; swimming@teamedmonton.ca • Volleyball: every Tue, 7-9pm; St. Catherine School, 10915110 St; every Thu, 7:30-9:30pm at Amiskiwiciy Academy, 101 Airport Rd

G.L.B.T.Q Seniors Group • S.A.G.E

the junction bar • 10242-106 St • 780.756.5667 • Free pool daily 4-8pm; Taco Tue: 5-9pm; Wing Wed: 5-9pm; Wed karaoke: 9pm12; Thu 2-4-1 burgers: 5-9pm; Fri steak night: 5-9pm; DJs Fri and Sat at 10pm

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) •

FLASH Night Club • 10018-105 St •

Community Hall, 9240-93 St • vofa.ca/category/

G.L.B.T.Q Sage bowling club •

QUEER

Church, 8424-95 Ave • 780.454.6216 • 1st Mon every month, 7:30pm • 1st Mon every month • Jan 2: New Zealand (2006) presentation with Lorne Pendleton

Society of Edmonton Atheists •

Vegetarians of Alberta • Bonnie Doon

fedmonton.org

Bldg, Craftroom, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.474.8240 • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance • Every Thu, 1-4:30pm • Info: T: Jeff Bovee 780.488.3234, E: tuff @shaw.ca

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

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

I'm not sure the consistency is there yet, but he's giving stern penalties for sure. Is there an effect at all when it comes to the mindset of players? I don't think so. Hockey is a really fast game and I doubt that most, if not all, players think of the consequences before they make a check that goes with the flow of the game. I feel that the suspensions (or lack thereof) have been appropriate. With time, hopefully, it appears to us there's a formula to his actions. The rule change, to me, has been effective in eliminating

Great Expeditions • St Luke’s Anglican

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

Stanley Milner Library, Rm 6-7 • edmontonatheists.ca • Meet the 1st Tue every month, 7pm

earning millions, they're playing a really fun game, they're getting famous) but it does give pause. And Shanahan? He could have easily taken a less controversial, less difficult position with the NHL. He could have been a PR monkey or helped sell the game. But he took on the cleverly titled position of "Director of Player Safety" and has been expected to have the wisdom of Solomon every time a player knocks another to the ice. Kudos go to the league and Shanny on two counts: his decisions have been swift and the act of accounting for every decision on video is gutsy. By being publicly transparent and accountable for his tough decisions when handing out suspensions, it is hoped that on-ice accountability for actions increases too. David Young, In The Box regular —no plans to account for his opinions on video

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

G.L.B.T.Q. (gay) African Group 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 • Info: E: fred@ pridecentreofedmonton.org, jeff@pridecentreo-

LIVING POSITIVE • 404, 10408-124 St • edmlivingpositive.ca • 1.877.975.9448/780.488.5768 • Confidential peer support to people living with HIV • Tue, 7-9pm: Support group • Daily dropin, peer counselling MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB •

geocities.com/makingwaves_edm • Recreational/competitive swimming. Socializing after practices • Every Tue/Thu

Pride Centre of Edmonton • Mov-

ing • 780.488.3234 • Daily: YouthSpace (Youth Drop-in): Tue-Fri: 3-7pm; Sat: 2-6:30pm; jess@ pridecentreofedmonton.org • Men Talking with Pride: Support group for gay, bisexual and transgendered men to discuss current issues; Sun: 7-9pm; robwells780@hotmail.com • Counselling: Free, short-term, solution-focused counselling, provided by professionally trained counsellors; every Wed, 6-9pm; admin@pridecentreofedmonton.org • STD Testing: Last Thu every month, 3-6pm; free; admin@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Youth Movie: Every Thu, 6:30-8:30pm; jess@pridecentreofedmonton.org

PrimeTimers/sage Games • Unitarian

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

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"intentional" hits to the head. Justin Azevedo, token Flames fan and blogger (matchsticksandgasoline.com) —sees a gradual change With stars like Claude Giroux, Chris Pronger, Milan Michalek, Jeff Skinner and Sidney Crosby (still!) felled by concussions, and more being added seemingly by the week, it's clear the league isn't doing enough to stem this problem. So what can be done? More videos from Shanny? More consistent penalties? Longer suspensions, bigger fines? It could be that the problem is systematic. I hate to be the guy who agrees with Don Cherry on anything, but his recent points about head injuries becoming more prevalent since the league took out the red line and started to call the clutching and grabbing has a ring of truth to it. Slowing down the game could lead to less injuries in general, as well as less head injuries. There's also the question of fighting. That's what killed Boogaard, that's what killed Rypien, that's what killed Belak. Should it be banned? Should something that so many call a "tradition" in the game be taken out? Yes. It's not a tradition, and even if it were, it's stupid. A tradition that hurts people—and can even kill them—is one that we ought to break with. Bryan Birtles, In the Box sophomore and beer league "peacemaker" 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 • womon-

space.ca, womonspace@gmail.com • A Nonprofit lesbian social organization for Edmonton and surrounding area. Monthly activities, newsletter, reduced rates included with membership. Confidentiality assured

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

SPECIAL EVENTS Deep Freeze • Deepfreezefest.ca • 118 Ave, betw 92 St-94 St • Byzantine Winter Festival • Jan 7-8 Metropolis • Churchill Square and the

surrounding streets • Edmonton International Winter Festival: Featuring six free-standing, heated temporary structures made from Aluma Systems construction scaffolding covered with white shrink wrap, entertainment and fireworks at midnight • Dec 31-Feb 20, 2012 (Churchill Square)

McDougall Church –NEW Year's Eve • 10025-101 St • 780.428.1818 • mcdougal-

lunited.com • Concert, face painting, mask making, clowning and hooping with Netti. Performers: Maria Dunn Trio, Back Porch Swing, Celtara, Billy ZZ and the Gypsy Jive, Cam Boyce, Terry Morrison, John Gorham, Breezy Bian Gregg. Family Event • Dec 31, 7:30-10:30pm • Free; donation or non perishable food item for the Food Bank

Muttart CONSERVATORY–NEW Year's Eve • 9626-96A St • 780.496.8755 •

muttartconservatory.ca • The Knight is Young–A Medieval New Year's: Celebrate the New Year Medieval style! Come out and partake in an evening of music, and family fun • Dec 31, 7-10pm • $45 (family)/$16 (adult)/$11 (child); call 311 to reserve

Sherwood Park–New Year's Eve • Broadmoor Lake Park, Community Centre and Festival Place • 780.467.2211 • strathcona.ab.ca • New Year's Eve Festival: A mysterious evening of magic; family fireworks at Broadmoor Lake at 8pm • Dec 31, 3-8pm • Free World Waterpark–NEW YEAR's EVE • Phase II, Level One, WEM • 780.444.5321 • wem.ca • Family Beach Ball: Ring in the new year at World Waterpark ending in an indoor firework display • Dec 31, 6pm-midnight

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REVUE // '80S-STYLE COMEDY

Dirty Girl

REVUE // ANIMATION

A flat adventure

Spielberg fails to convey the spirit of Tintin

Melodramatic!

Fri, Dec 30 – Thu, Jan 5 Directed by Abe Sylvia Metro Cinema at the Garneau

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irty Girl should really be called Daddy Issues. Beneath the formulaic '80s comedy façade is an underdeveloped melodrama about characters acting rebelliously thanks to their dads being no-shows for most of their lives. But rather than embracing this notion of fatherly abandonment, Dirty Girl acts like that insecure girl in high school who seems overly promiscuous but is really just hurting inside. No surprise that this is an apt description for the film's main character Danielle (Juno Temple), an over-thetop sexpot out of place in Oklahoma who's forced into a special ed class after some misconduct. It's there that she meets Clarke (Jeremy Dozier), a gay teen berated by his homophobic father. Good thing that they both have terrible dads—the deep bond they suddenly share allows them to go on a road trip to California in order to find Danielle's long-lost father. From a sexually-charged teen comedy

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to a weepy portraiture of how not to parent, Dirty Girl's tone is wildly uneven. The ambition is there, with stylish shots and some fast-paced editing that works for the material, but the overall film lacks cohesion. Juno Temple has a nice Ellen Page-esque charm about her; in fact, she would have been a suitable star for Page's breakout hit Juno had she not been condemned to this disappointing comedy instead. Temple's got a biting sense of humour about her that enhances some scenes, but the material isn't edgy enough to use her full potential. The rest of the cast is hit-and-miss, with actors like William H Macy and Milla Jovovich giving their best shots at questionable southern accents. However, it's the god-awful wigs worn by the actors that are the true stars in some scenes. Overly curled, excessively coiffed and clearly resting on top of the actors' heads, I found myself more fascinated by these failed creations than what was taking place in the scenes. If you think you'll find yourself laughing at Dirty Girl's jokes rather than its synthetic wigs, this is the wrong movie for you. Alex Migdal

// Alexmigdal@vueweekly.com

An English take on a French original

Now playing The Adventures of Tintin: the Secret of the Unicorn Directed by Steven Spielberg

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he opening credits, rolling out from a typewriter and newspaper presses, follow a boy reporter in pursuit of a crystal ball. The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn is Steven Spielberg's first animated film but it's also the director's movie pursuits crystallized. Boy-meets-alien; archaeologist chases Nazis; Pan hunts Hook; one American soldier rescues another. Spielberg's usually concerned with a blank male's daring-do adventures—these exploits involve a boy and his dog, while his other 2011 film, out the same week, involves a boy and his horse. Hergé, Tintin's creator (appearing in a clever opening scene), wanted Spielberg to adapt his books for the screen. But this first in a planned trilogy, the tale of a treasure hunt, is a boys' club adventure that turns the comics' straight lines into rollercoaster tracks and flattens any politics or subtext into exotic backdrop. Any original Frenchness is gone. This yarn's awfully British, from Marlinspike Hall and the sad sot of a Scot Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis) to an Englishman (Jamie Bell) playing Tintin. The motion-capture echoes the clean lines and crisp backgrounds of

Hergé's books, but the bodies still have some slightly stiff poses and the faces seem a touch plasticky. Still, there are striking moments: clashing cutlasses spark as a trail's blazed towards a gunpowder-store; the photorealism of a ship's rusting steel walls; Tintin and Snowy paw for a keyring amidst a group of men sleep-sliding in a cabin. The camerawork, though, is relentlessly restless. Swooping up for an aerial view, zooming in or circling around, again and again, Spielberg's eye is dizzying. Our intrepid Tintin (his front tuft of red hair, in one seafaring scene, resembling a shark fin in homage

Rings refrain "My precious"). There's a sharp focus on glass, building that motif to a shattering climax. But usually the story's overwhelmed by action and camera movement. Any sense of peril's abandoned for a Looney Tunes, Mouse Trap game extravaganza (see: car chase w/ bazooka + broken dam + tank-moving hotel) that's only interrupted by exposition, over-explanation, or reviving Haddock's fighting spirit with spirits. When Haddock and nemesis Sakharine duel with huge cranes, the movie's hollow heart is revealed—an elaborate technical display of choreographed CGI, a modern-day mechanical exercise in moviemaking. And the

Our hero's plucky and persevering, defined by constant forward motion and nothing more.

to Spielberg's first blockbuster) is often a busybody, snooping about as Snowy helps him sniff out clues, but any investigation and suspense are soon snuffed out. The movie's too busy with bodies leaping, lunging, scrambling, ziplining, or tangling. Our hero's plucky and persevering, defined by constant forward motion and nothing more. Steven Moffat (Doctor Who, Sherlock), Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish's script whispers nice allusions (to Le Petit Vingtième, to a lost Holmes case, and even to Serkis' Lord of the

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model ship that launched Tintin's hunt? See Tintin, Haddock and Snowy roam a ship, action figures on Spielberg's model set. In Hergé's books, the boy-reporter and friends were cartoon characters running through a semi-real world; here, Tintin and pals are semi-cartoon characters careening through an unreal world. Instead of charming, intriguing, and exciting us, Spielberg and co. usually try to bowl us over, as if we're that clumsy pair of inobservant detectives, Thomson and Thompson. Brian Gibson

// brian@vueweekly.com

PREVUE // AUTOMOBILES

Revenge of the Electric Car

Vroom vroom

Fri, Dec 30 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Thu, Jan 5 Directed by Chris Paine Metro Cinema at the Garneau Show times at metrocinema.org

ix years after angrily posing the titular question of Who Killed the Electric Car?, American documentary filmmaker Chris Paine is back, though not exactly with a vengeance. Revenge of the Electric Car follows up on its predecessor's investigation, but this time with much greater access to the machinations and high anxieties of an industry suffering through an unprecedented, tumultuous and transitional point in its history. Paine and company "go behind enemy lines" (ie: into the offices of General Motors) and find that the same corporate giants who didn't answer their calls a while back are now very eager to make friendsies. The times are a-changing, fuel prices are soaring and consumers are pissed off, while leaps are being made in lithium and the geniuses of the system are looking far forward (as though they had an option). Paine paints the current race to make the best and most attractive electric car as a war between Silicon Valley and Detroit. He follows hightech Tesla Motors and their attempt to make electric cars elegant (and extremely expensive) and GM's high profile return to the electric car after infamously scrapping their earlier EV1. In GM's Bob Lutz, Paine finds his most amiable, if vaguely despicable character, a cigar-smoking, wildlifemetaphor loving, tell-it-like-it-is type, likable in the way your reactionary,

hunting trophy-hanging uncle with whom you never-ever discuss politics is likable. (He's retired now, but I hear the Republican party could use some new candidates.) GM gave us the gasgorging Hummer and the Escalade, and their complete about-face does indeed make for an engaging narrative thread. Nissan/Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn meanwhile is much more of an enigma, but he also seems to

many environmentalists who strongly disagree) and the accompanying lack of inquiry into the various arguments for and against, and its somewhat presumptuous notion of the electric car's looming domination as a fait accompli. (And the fact that the film brings in, say, Danny DeVito to go on about how awesome the new Volt is hardly makes up for its lack of due diligence.) By all means, see Revenge of the Elec-

GM gave us the gas-gorging Hummer and the Escalade, and their complete about-face does indeed make for an engaging narrative thread.

constantly be two steps ahead of everybody else, and the Nissan Leaf (allelectric, unlike the Chevy Volt) seems to be the best product of its kind thus far. Of course, the most endearing subjects in Revenge of the Electric Car are just a bunch of ordinary if extremely enthusiastic guys turning their beloved old mint GTOs into fully electrics. The underdogs always steal our hearts. With its very conventional format, its moments of forced drama, its dry Tim Robbins narration, its score that alternates between thriller tropes and, naturally enough, those of bleep-bloopy car adverts, Revenge of the Electric Car is, well, not much of a moviemovie. As a documentary it has some serious handicaps, such as its absolute faith in the electric car as the answer to cutting carbon emissions (there are

tric Car if you're so inclined. It's very useful as a reasonably diverting, stateof-the-industry update (one that errs on the edge of straight-up advocacy). I just don't think it's nearly as authoritative as it wants to be. And it lacks drive. Josef Braun

// josef@vueweekly.com

VUEWEEKLY DEC 29, 2011 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; JAN 4, 2012

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FILM WEEKLY Fri, DEC 30, 2011 – Thu, JAN 5, 2012

CHABA THEATRE–JASPER 6094 Connaught Dr, Jasper, 780.852.4749

Mission Impossible–Ghost Protocol (14A) FRI, SUN 6:50, 9:10; SAT 7:30;

Footloose (PG coarse language) Daily 1:30, 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 Real Steel (PG violence) Daily 1:10, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00

The Three Musketeers 3d (PG vio-

lence) Daily 6:30, 9:20

JACK AND JILL (PG) Daily 1:45, 4:10, 7:30, 9:40

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED (G) Digital Cinema Daily 11:55, 12:40, 2:10, 3:00, 4:30, 5:20, 7:00

WAR HORSE (PG violence, not recom-

mended for young children) Digital Cinema, No passes Daily 12:10, 3:25, 6:50, 10:05

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN (PG

violence) Digital 3d, No passes Daily 1:30, 4:10, 7:15, 9:50

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG violence, not recommend-

ed for young children) Dolby Stereo Digital, No passes, Closed Captioned, Daily 12:15, 3:15, 6:50, 9:50

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

(18A brutal violence, sexual violence) Closed Captioned, Digital, Dolby Stereo Digital, Daily 12:30, 4:30, 8:00

WAR HORSE (PG violence, not recommend-

MON-THU 8:00

Dolphin Tale 3d (G) Daily 1:05, 3:50

We Bought A Zoo (PG) FRI, SUN 6:50,

TOWER HEIST (PG coarse language)

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE–GHOST PROTOCOL (14A) Digital Cinema, No passes Daily

Daily 1:15, 3:55, 7:20, 9:50

12:30, 1:10, 3:30, 4:20, 6:30, 7:30, 9:30, 10:30

ed for young children) Digital Presentation, DTS Digital, Closed Captioned Daily 12:00, 3:30, 6:40, 10:00

Paranormal Activity 3 (14A fright-

THE SITTER (14A course language, sexual

ening scenes) Daily 4:40, 9:15

content) Digital Cinema Daily 10:45

HUGO 3D (PG) Digital 3d, DTS Digital

Daily 11:45, 7:20

Date of issue only: Thu, Dec 29

Johnny English Reborn (PG) Daily

NEW YEAR'S EVE (PG coarse language)

Mission Impossible–Ghost Protocol (14A) Thu, Dec 29: 12:30, 3:15, 6:45,

Moneyball (PG coarse language) Daily

9:10; SAT 7:30; MON-THU 8:00 s DUGGAN CINEMA–CAMROSE

6601-48 Ave, Camrose, 780.608.2144

1:20, 6:50

9:25

3:45, 9:00

Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Thu, Dec 29: 2:50, 7:10, 9:10

In Time (PG violence, coarse language) Daily 1:40, 4:15, 7:10, 9:55

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG violence, not recommended

The Ides Of March (14A coarse language) Daily 1:35, 4:05, 6:45, 9:10

for young children) Thu, Dec 29: 2:45, 6:50, 9:20

6:40

We Bought A Zoo (PG) Thu, Dec 29:

Courageous (PG) Daily 1:00, 3:45, 6:40,

Drive (18A brutal violence) Daily 1:25,

12:40, 3:10, 6:55, 9:15

9:30

The Adventures Of Tintin (PG vio-

Don 2 3d (14A) Digital 3d Daily 12:55,

lence) Thu, Dec 29: 12:50, 3:00, 7:00, 9:10

4:00, 6:55, 10:00

CINEMA CITY MOVIES 12 5074-130 Ave, 780.472.9779

A Very Harold & Kumar 3d Christmas (18A substance abuse, crude content) Digital 3d Daily 2:00, 4:45, 7:40, 10:05

CINEPLEX ODEON NORTH 14231-137 Ave, 780.732.2236

ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (G) Digital Cinema Daily 11:50

Digital Cinema Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:40, 7:10, 10:00; Thu 12:50, 3:40, 7:10

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG violence, not recommended for young children) Digital Cinema, No passes Daily 12:20, 1:40, 3:10, 4:40, 6:20, 7:40, 9:20, 10:40

THE MUPPETS (G) Digital Cinema Daily

1:20, 4:00

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (18A brutal violence, sexual violence) No passes Digital Cinema: Daily 7:45; Ultraavx: Daily 12:00, 3:20, 6:45, 10:15

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 (PG disturbing content not recommended for young children) Digital Cinema Daily 7:20, 10:10

YOUNG ADULT (14A) Digital Cinema Daily 2:00, 4:45, 7:50, 10:20

WE BOUGHT A ZOO (PG) Digital Cinema,

No passes Daily 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:40

The Devil Inside (STC) Digital Cinema

Thu 10:00

CINEPLEX ODEON SOUTH

call to artists

1525-99 St, 780.436.8585

Hansel And Gretel: Met Opera Holiday Encore (Classification not available) Thu 11:00

The Magic Flute: Met Opera Holiday Encore (Classification not available)

Wed 11:00

Date of issue only: Thu, Dec 29:

Call to Artists - Request for Portfolios Quarters Transitory Art Project Budget:

$2500 plus materials fee

Eligibility:

Edmonton-based artists

Deadline:

4:30 pm on Monday, January 30, 2011

Installation: June 2012 Duration:

July 15 - August 30, 2012

CalltotoArtists Artists- -Request Requestfor forQualifications Proposals Call

The Boyle Street Renaissance Phase 1: Boyle Community Centre

Dec 29: 12:30, 3:40, 7:05, 10:15; Ultraavx : Thu, Dec 29 1:30, 4:40, 7:50, 11:00

THE SITTER (14A sexual content, coarse language) Digital Cinema thu, dec 29: 10:25

NEW YEAR'S EVE (PG coarse language) Digital Cinema Thu, Dec 29 4:25, 7:40, 10:50

WE BOUGHT A ZOO (PG) Digital Cinema,

Deadline:

4:30 pm on Thursday, February 2, 2012

The public art competitions listed above are held in accordance with the City of Edmonton policy “Percent for Art to Provide and Encourage Art in Public Areas” (C458C). For more information, contact the Edmonton Arts Council: p: (780) 424–2787 | e: publicart@edmontonarts.ca

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THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 (PG disturbing content not recommended for young children) Digital Presentation Daily 1:20, 4:00, 6:45

NEW YEAR'S EVE (PG coarse language)

Digital Presentation Daily 3:40, 6:35, 9:25

THE SITTER (14A course language, sexual

content) Digital Presentation Fri-Wed 9:30

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED (G) Digital Presentation Daily

1:45, 4:20, 7:00, 9:20

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG violence, not recommended for young children) Digital Presentation Daily 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:45

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE–GHOST PROTOCOL (14A) Digital Presentation, No passes

(18A brutal violence, sexual violence) Digital Presentation, No passes Fri 1:00, 4:30, 8:00; Sat-Thu 1:00, 4:30, 8:00

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN 3D (PG

violence) Digital 3d Daily 3:45, 6:35, 9:10

WAR HORSE (PG violence, not recom-

mended for young children) Digital Presentation Daily 12:10, 3:20, 6:30, 9:35

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN 3D (PG

ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (G) Digital Presen-

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG violence, not recommend-

http://publicart.edmontonarts.ca/calls/

4211-139 Ave, 780.472.7600

Mission Impossible–Ghost Protocol (14A) No Passes; Digital Cinema: Thu,

All Canadian visual artists

Visit our website to download the complete public art calls:

CLAREVIEW 10

not recommended for young children) Digital 3d Daily 1:50, 4:10, 7:10, 9:50

Eligibility:

Deadline: ongoing.

tion, Stadium Seating, DTS Digital Thu 10:25

HUGO 3D (PG) Digital 3D Thu, Dec 29: 12:15, 3:10, 7:30, 10:20

No passes Thu, Dec 29: 1:15, 4:10, 7:15, 10:10

The Edmonton Arts Council public art program invites artists to submit their portfolios to be kept on file for direct calls.

The Devil Inside (STC) Digital Presenta-

violence) Digital Presentation Daily 1:10

$31,500 CAD (maximum, all inclusive)

Call to Artists - Call for Portfolios

Closed Captioned, Digital Presentation, DTS Digital: Daily 12:20; Digital 3d, Reald 3d, DTS Digital: Daily 3:00, 6:15, 9:15

mended for young children) Digital Cinema, No passes Thu, Dec 29: 11:35, 4:05, 7:20, 10:30

Budget:

Installation: Summer 2012

The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn (PG violence)

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

WAR HORSE (PG violence, not recom-

ed for young children) Digital Cinema, No Passes Thu, Dec 29: 1:00, 4:15, 6:50, 7:45, 10:05, 10:45

THE MUPPETS (G) Thu, Dec 29 2:20 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

(18A brutal violence, sexual violence) Digital Cinema, No Passes Thu, Dec 29: 11:30, 12:00, 3:00, 3:30, 6:30, 7:00, 10:00, 10:30

THE DARKEST HOUR 3D (PG violence,

tation Daily 1:15

The Devil Inside (STC) Digital Presentation Thu 9:30

GALAXY–SHERWOOD PARK 2020 Sherwood Dr, Sherwood Park 780.416.0150

Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Daily 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:20,

9:50

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN 3D (PG violence) Digital 3d, No passes Daily 1:10, 4:20, 7:40, 10:25 HUGO 3D (PG) Digital 3d Daily 1:00 WAR HORSE (PG violence, not recommended for young children) No passes Daily 12:05, 3:25, 6:55, 10:15

Mission Impossible–Ghost Protocol (14A) No passes Daily 12:20, 3:20,

6:50, 10:00; Digital Cinema: Daily 4:00, 7:30, 10:40

NEW YEAR'S EVE (PG coarse language) Daily 1:20, 4:10, 7:15, 10:20

not recommended for young children) Digital 3D Thu, Dec 29: 12:10, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:50

WE BOUGHT A ZOO (PG) No passes Daily

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 (PG disturbing content not

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG violence, not recommended

THE ARTIST (PG) Digital Cinema Thu, Dec 29: 11:45, 2:35, 5:15, 7:55, 10:35

THE DARKEST HOUR 3D (PG violence, not recommended for young children) Digital 3d Daily 12:40, 4:05, 6:30, 9:30

recommended for young children) Digital Cinema Thu, Dec 29: 6:45, 9:45

YOUNG ADULT (14A) Digital Cinema

Thu, Dec 29: 12:20, 3:05, 5:40, 8:30, 10:55

HANSEL AND GRETEL: MET OPERA HOLIDAY ENCORE (Classification not available) Thu, Dec 29: 11:00

12:30, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40

for young children) No passes Daily 12:50, 3:50, 7:10, 10:10

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

(18A brutal violence, sexual violence) Digital No passes Daily 12:00, 3:30, 7:00, 10:30 GRANDIN THEATRE–St Albert Grandin Mall, Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert, 780.458.9822

CITY CENTRE 9 10200-102 Ave, 780.421.7020

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE–GHOST PROTOCOL (14A) Closed Captioned, Digital, Dolby Stereo Digital, No passes Daily 12:50, 4:00, 7:05, 10:15

1:30, 4:20, 6:50, 9:15

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG violence, not recommend-

ed for young children) No passes Thu, Dec 29: 1:45, 4:30, 7:00, 9:20

Mission Impossible–Ghost Protocol (14A) Daily 1:00, 3:40, 7:00, 9:40

ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (G) Digital Cinema

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN 3D (PG violence)Digital 3D, no passes Thu, Dec 29: 11:55, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40

1:05, 3:00, 5:00, 6:55, 8:45

Mission Impossible–Ghost Protocol (14A) No passes Thu, Dec 29:

THE DARKEST HOUR 3D (PG violence, not recommended for young children) Closed Captioned, Digital 3d, Digital Presentation, DTS Digital, Daily 1:10, 3:45, 7:45, 10:10

Fri 12:30, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40; Digital Presentation Sat-Thu 12:30, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40

29: 11:40, 1:45, 2:00, 2:55, 4:30, 5:25, 8:05

Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) No passes Thu, Dec 29:

LEDUC CINEMAS

HAPPY FEET TWO (G) Digital Cinema

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED (G) Digital Cinema Thu, Dec

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN 3D (PG violence) No passes Thu, Dec 29: 1:15, 3:20, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30

Closed Captioned, Dolby Stereo Digital, FriWed 2:45, 10:25; Thu 2:45

Thu, Dec 29: 12:50

Thu, Dec 29: 11:50

Arthur Christmas (G) Thu, Dec 29:

12:40, 6:45

Leduc, 780.352.3922

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG violence, not recom-

mended for young children) Daily 12:55, 3:35, 6:55, 9:35

Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Daily 7:10, 9:20, 1:10, 3:20 THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN 3D (PG

violence) Daily 1:05 , 3:30, 7:05, 9:30 METRO CINEMA at the Garneau

Metro at the Garneau: 8712-109 St, 780.425.9212

Revenge of the Electric Car (PG

coarse language) FRI, Tue, Thu 7:00; SAT 2:00; Mon, Wed 9:00

Dirty Girl (14A nudity, language may

offend) FRI Tue, Thu 9:00; SAT 4:00; Mon, Wed 7:00

Raiders of the Lost Ark (STC) SUN 2:00

The Temple of Doom (STC) SUN 4:15 The Last Crusade (STC) SUN 6:30 PARKLAND CINEMA 7 130 Century Crossing, Spruce Grove, 780.972.2332 (Spruce Grove, Stony Plain; Parkland County)

Dec 30 – Jan 5; Matinees at 1pm & 3pm everyday until Jan 8 • magiclanterntheatres.ca/sprucegrove • facebook. com/mltsprucegrove

We Bought a Zoo (PG) Daily 6:40, 9:10; Sat-Thu 12:40, 3:10

Mission Impossible–Ghost Protocol (14A) Daily 6:55, 9:35; Sat-Thu 12:55, 3:35

The Adventures Of Tintin 3d (PG

violence) Daily 7:05, 9:20; Sat-Thu 1:05, 3:20

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

(18A brutal violence, sexual violence) Daily 6:30, 9:30; Sat-Thu 12:30, 3:30

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG violence, not recommended for young children) Daily 6:50, 9:25; Sat-Thu 12:50, 3:25

Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Daily 6:50, 9:00; Sat-Thu 12:50, 3:00

New Year's Eve (PG coarse language) Daily 7:00, 9:15

Arthur Christmas (G) Sat-Thu 1:00, 3:15

PRINCESS 10337-82 Ave, 780.433.0728

The Descendants (14A) Fri 6:50 &

9:10; Sat 2:00, 6:50; Sun 2:00, 6:50, 9:10; Mon -Thu 6:50, 9:10 Café de Flore (14A sexual content) Fri 9:05; Sat 3:10; Sun 3:10, 9:05; Mon-Thu 9:05

My Week With Marilyn (14A) Fri 7:00; Sat -Sun 1:00, 7:00; Mon-Thu 7:00 SCOTIABANK THEATRE WEM WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.444.2400

Date of issue only: Thu, Dec 29 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (18A brutal violence, sexual violence) No passes Thu, Dec 29: 11:30, 3:00, 6:30, 10:10 WETASKIWIN CINEMAS Wetaskiwin, 780.352.3922

Mission Impossible–Ghost Protocol (14A) Daily 1:00, 3:40, 7:00, 9:40 SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG violence, not recom-

mended for young children) Daily 12:55, 3:35, 6:55, 9:35

Date of issue only: Thu, Dec 29

Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Daily 7:10, 9:20; 1:10, 3:20

HAPPY FEET TWO (G) Thu, Dec 29: 2:40

We Bought A Zoo (PG) Daily 1:10,

THE MUPPETS (G) Thu, Dec 29: 4:40, 8:55

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REVUE // GRAPHIC NOVEL ROUND-UP

From Tintin to Maus

Chases, narrow escapes and foiled plots were commonplace in the 24 exploits of Tintin, by one of the medium's most influential artists. But the short biographical pursuit of Georges Remi, in The Adventures of Hergé, while lined

But the short text-bios of figures in Remi's life at the end offer more fascinating hints and questions than many of the words and pictures (breezily and warmly rendered, without trying to imitate Hergé) before it do. Hergé's racism (sickeningly colonial in Tintin in the Congo, for instance) isn't raised but only imitated in one cartoonish look at his visit to a Native reserve in the US. Remi's near-assassination over criticism of the Japanese in The Blue Lotus becomes an opaque action-episode here. His fascist leanings under the guiding hand of his first editor are barely explored, while his tangled love-life isn't unspooled too well. Another missed opportunity is the influence

companion-piece to Spiegelman's account of his father's time in Auschwitz (and Spiegelman's own fraught relationship with his dad). MetaMaus is invaluable as a deep, layered study of artistic labour—just how much work Spiegelman, over two decades, poured into his crowning achievement (and that crown has weighed heavily). Spiegelman's cynical intelligence, careful artistic choices, and exacting research are reflected in the many notes, sketches, drawings and finished pages, and in the interviews. There are also interviews with Spiegelman's family, a transcript of the full interview with his father that formed the basis of Maus, a family tree, interviews

with some intriguing moments, is a bit of a bumpy ride. Starting off with iconic objects or motifs (the vase from The Blue Lotus, a swastika from the time of Belgium's occupation by the Nazis), episodes burst out from key years in Remi's life. There are flashes of the people who inspired the book's characters. And there are some moments of frustration and complexity when Remi leaves much artwork preparation to an assistant as he downs liquor like Captain Haddock, is haunted by his creation in a deliriously shady dream, and tries to become a serious painter.

of Eastern philosophy—thanks to his long-lost, eventually rediscovered friend Chang ("White is empty, and emptiness is precious")—that comes off rather simply and isn't eerily connected to the striking white landscapes and the senses of loss and absence in Tintin in Tibet. Loss and absence fill one of the medium's greatest works, one largely responsible for the critical and popular interest in graphic novels today—Art Spiegelman's two-volume Maus: A Survivor's Tale (1986, 1991). MetaMaus, with interviews by Hillary Chute, is an exhaustive, often exhausting, archival

with his mother's friends, and a DVDROM, including a searchable version of Maus. But MetaMaus is also a work— as with any detailed, in-depth study of the Nazis' mass-murder—that tires and saddens, almost beyond endurance, with its sprawling, bleeding darknesses. Ultimately, and disturbingly, MetaMaus makes you better appreciate and respect Maus, if only because it makes you want to return to art, not documented reality, as the window through which to view the historical horror of the Holocaust.

A year-end round-up of recent graphic novels Green River Killer: A True Detective Story By Jeff Jensen and Jonathan Case Dark Horse 240 pp, $27.50 The Homeland Directive By Robert Venditti and Mike Huddleston Top Shelf 148 pp, $14.95 US The Adventures of Hergé By José-Louis Bocquet, Jean-Luc Fromental, and Stanislas Barthélémy Translated by Helge Dascher Drawn & Quarterly 72 pp, $19.95 MetaMaus: A Look Inside A Modern Classic, Maus By Art Spiegelman Pantheon 300 pp, $40

orth American comics—especially superhero books—can be a popeyed, over-the-top medium, but graphic novels, usually European-influenced, tend to rein in the graphic-ness, offering more meditative, measured stories. It's especially easy to indulge in lurid details in a story of serial-killing, but Green River Killer approaches its brutal subject—the murders of at least 49 women in Washington State by one man—with artful respect and sobering reflection. The writer, Jeff Jensen, narrates his policeman father's constant investigation of the case over 30 years, culminating in the controversial plea deal that saw Gary

Leon Ridgway confess to all the killings and reveal locations of t he bodies in exchange for life in prison (avoiding execution). Jonathan Case's black-and-white panels are powerful in their restraint and silences, avoiding exploitative imagery and using full-page spreads and cinematic zoom-ins to dramatic effect. Tom Jensen's dogged, quiet dedication—he talks little about the case, hammering his frustrations into constant home repairs instead—and advances in DNA, especially, lead to horrible success. After a tortuous six-month interview, Ridgway's confession meant that mothers knew at last if their children were dead, and where their bodies lay. Jensen's wrenching reaction to the truths dragged from Ridgway, and the "why?" that's never answered, echoes the parents' pain, so unimaginably greater than the detective's. The title, thankfully, is a lie—this book turns us towards one caring detective and the once-living he fights for, shifting the power and attention, victim by victim and woman by woman, away from the killer. The Homeland Directive starts as a sketch, an outline of a conspiracy that darkens, more plausible with every chapter. Mike Huddleston's quick lines and non-descript backdrops foreground Robert Venditti's story, moving at an actionscript pace. At times, the book feels too like a storyboard, though, and could've used more detailed, realistic touches and fewer distractions (changing styles; some odd splashes of colour, including a character's throbbing-red nose). Still, the seed of two Homeland Security chiefs' murderous plot to scare the American public into

accepting a stranglehold on its privacy is both cleverly fiendish and frighteningly possible; the story whips along like a car chase on a snaking mountain road.

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he appeal of Demetri Martin is not the same as most comedians: Martin has no bombast, his act contains none of the hyperventilated complaining that makes up the majority of stand-up acts. He's not shouting dirty words or bleating about the horror of his wife/ sex life/recent experience on an airplane. Martin wouldn't make the greatest guest on Leno or Letterman—his calm and thoughtful demeanour is at odds with the set-'em-up-knock'em-down style of late-night shows. He would make a pretty great pal, however. Martin is kind and polite, apologizing for running late and then making himself even later for his next interview by cheerfully talking overtime. The only problem? You'd never see him. Martin is coming off one of the busiest years of his career. Stand-up tours, writing scripts for potential movies, publishing a book—titled, This is a Book—and acting in Steven Soderbergh's Contagion, Martin is constantly on the move. "The only problem I have now is trying to do too many things at once and really doing it because I'm procrastinating," he laughs. "I should just focus on one or two things, finish them and get on to the rest but there's a really elaborate way you can fool yourself by saying, 'Oh jeez look at all these projects I have going,' when in reality you have one-tenth of 10 projects going. But I can say, 'I'm writng a play,' 'Oh yeah? How's that going?' 'Oh good, I've got the title page ... stage directions ...' 'Wow, so you're a playwright?' 'Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.'" Martin has looked for ways to keep his mind busy his whole life. His love of puzzles, anagrams and palindromes stems from high

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school and now forms parts of his act: his book contains a 500 word palindrome and many of his jokes are centred around word play. "I'm not a drug guy and I'm not really designed for partying—I have a lot of food allergies and I can't just go smoke something unless I really know what's in it," he says. "As a teenager I found puzzles. Not like, 'Oh, instead of drugs I'll do puzzles,' but that in doing puzzles and wordplay as a kid in New Jersey, I found an escape mechanism that's personal and portable and an easy way to check out for me."

I'm not a drug guy and I'm not really designed for partying—I have a lot of food allergies and I can't just go smoke something unless I really know what's in it.

Checking out is a big part of his process. To create the new material he'll bring on his first tour of Canada Martin did what he often does to come up with new ideas: he daydreamed. "When I'm really working, [I try to] not check my email and stay off the Internet and just walk around, go for walks with a notebook or I travel a lot so I'll sit there on an airplane and just daydream for a half an hour, see what floats into my head," he explains. "I write down a lot of that stuff and—as you'd imagine— most of it's useless, but some of it ends up being jokes." Bryan Birtles

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REVUE // VISUAL ARTS

Prairie Life / Saltus Illuminati

is a charged image with its repeating diagonal lines through the landscape, the angular central figures also rendered taller than the horizon, their youthful and sombre faces rendered with little detail to convey the challenge of making a living off the land.

ight now the AGA is a great place to go and think about our relationships with the land and the natural environment around us, including in exhibitions Prairie Life: Settlement and the Last Best West, 1930 – 1955 on the main floor and Arlene Wasylynchuk's Saltus Illuminati in the RBC New Works Gallery. The Prairie Life exhibition provides windows into the challenges of life in rural Western Canada, as expressed by artists experimenting with the possibilities of painterly abstraction. "Winnipeg" (1931) by German immigrant artist Fritz Brandtner re-envisions the prairie town through the filter of German expressionism, a reminder of the challenges of immigration and adjustment to a new place. The diminutive work uses the expressionistic style to convey darkness in this cityscape to great effect: the crude geometric buildings painted in think, gestural strokes in non-natural colours render the city flat and crude under the dark blue that looms heavily to create the dark sky. Paintings by Maxwell Bates and Bartley Robilliard Pragnell convey the struggles of rural prairie workers. They draw upon the work of 19th-century painter Courbet and his colleagues who heroized the hardworking impoverished farm workers in France (examples of which you can see exhibited on the gallery's second floor). Bates makes this reference in "Prairie with People" (1948) by rendering the figures large against a low horizon line, their faces aged and weathered, the main female figure holding her hands in a gesture of resignation. Pragnell's "Untitled (Male and Female Figure in Stylized Landscape)" (1955)

On the second floor, Wasylynchuk's foray into exhibiting three-dimensional work takes a look at the challenges

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Until Sun, Jan 29 Prairie Life: Settlement and the Last Best West, 1930 – 1955

The Great Gameshow Showdown Shindig / Thu, Dec 29 – Sat, Dec 31 (7 pm) Playwright David Belke's been steadily operating out of the Holy Trinity Anglican Church for a couple of years now— he's become the church's resident playwright, in fact, and his time there has yielded a bounty of weekend programming during the festive season, including this, the second incarnation of the tongue-twistery, prize-offering Great Gameshow Showdown Shindig. Belke planned the show's interactive form— audience members test their trivia knowledge of the 2011's happenings, with prizes being awarded throughout, plus a grand prize going to the evening's overall victors—while Chris Craddock hosts as this year's master of ceremonies, ensuring the evening maintains some whip-crack wit. (Holy Trinity Anglican Church, $8 – $15)

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to our forests' survival in the face of the mountain pine beetle. Saltus Illuminati, meaning illuminated forest, is an abstracted version of just that: on a slow riser, painted translucent tubes stand tall, emanating a soft glow. Each tree-like cylinder is painted with gestural, abstract brush strokes, some layered in sinister web-like drips of paint. This is a subtle suggestion— the artist expertly balances conveying the awe of a forest through light and paint with also making visible a hint of threat through violent gestures in paint. What is particularly interesting about experiencing this exhibition is the wrenching desire to be in the middle of this illuminated forest and walk between the trees. This is not possible, but the pull to experience this work as an environment seduces the viewer into careful looking, to stop and imagine a pathway through the trees, and to imagine inhabiting that space. This work has an environmental message, but it is interwoven into a relationship you build with the forest, rather than an overt political or moralizing message. You are drawn into this glowing space to ponder its life and its threat, respected with enough ambiguity to develop your own relationship with the painted forest.

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torium, 11455-87 Ave • New Work by La La La Human Steps: Édouard Lock creates two works separated by composer, era, and theme weaving a story about the shadow… the ending of love rather than its romantic phase • Wed, Jan 18 • $36-$55 at TicketMaster, TIX on the Square

FILM CINEMA AT THE CENTRE • Library

Theatre, Stanley A. Milner Library basement, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7000 • epl.ca • Centre for Reading and the Arts showcases little-known films every month • The Hedgehog; Wed, Jan 11, 6:30pm

FROM BOOKS TO FILM SERIES • Stanley A. Milner Library, Main Fl, Audio Visual Rm • 780.944.5383 • Screenings of films adapted from books, presented by the Centre for Reading and the Arts • Of Mice and Men; 106 minutes (1939) (b&w) G; Fri, Dec 30, 2pm DOWNTOWN DOCS • Stanley A.

Milner Library Theatre (basement level) • 780.944.5383 • Documentaries with attitude

New Works Gallery: Arlene Wasylynchuk: SALTUS ILLUMINATI: until Jan 15 • UP NORTH: Artworks by four contemporary artists from three circumpolar countries: Jacob Dahl Jürgensen, Simon Dybbroe Møller (Denmark), Ragnar Kjartansson (Iceland), and Kevin Schmidt (Canada); until Jan 8 • Art for Lunch: Theatre Foyer: Casual and informative discussions about AGA exhibitions, held during the lunch hour, 3rd Thu every month • All Day Sunday: Art activities for all ages 3rd Sun every month, 12-4pm; free with admission • Our Wilderness is Wisdom: Ledcor Theatre Lobby: Premiere of the most recent exhibition in the AGA’s Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program (TREX); until Jan 2 • Special Holiday Hours: closed; New Years Day: Sun, Jan 1): 11am-5pm; Mon, Jan 2: closed; Back to regular hours Jan 3 2012

FAVA • 9722-102 St • 780.429.1671 • Main Course: Intermediate production • Jan 7-Apr 28; every Sat, 10am-2pm • $795 (early bird, by Oct 28, 2011)/$845 FROM BOOKS TO FILM SERIES •

Stanley A. Milner Library, Main Fl, Audio Visual Rm • 780.944.5383 • Screenings of ﬁlms adapted from books, presented by the Centre for Reading and the Arts

GALLERIES + MUSEUMS ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 •

albertacraft.ab.ca • THE RECIPIENTS: 2011 Alberta Craft Award Recipients • Jan 7-Feb 18 • Opening reception: Jan 7, 2-4pm • THINKING BIG: Unveiling public art projects; Jan 14-Apr • Reception: Sat, Jan 14, 2-4pm

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

780.460.4310 • LOST AND FOUND: Photos by Paul Burwell; drawings and sculptures by Cynthia Fuhrer; until Jan 28 • Artist At Heart: Face To Face, for adults: Sat, Jan 14, 10am-12pm; $15 • Artventures: Spectacular Snowflakes: drop-in art for ages 6-12; Sat, Jan 21, 1-4pm; $5

ART BEAT GALLERY • 26 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.3679 • CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD: Artworks by Angela McIntosh, guest artists and gallery artists • Through Dec

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA)

CENTRE D’ARTS VISUELS DE L’ALBERTA • 9103-95 Ave •

• 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • 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

780.461.3427 • Group show • Until Feb 28

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

780.963.9573 • SLEIGH BELLS RING: Holiday themed pottery and giftware; until Dec 30 • NORTHERN LIGHTS: In celebration of the Alberta Winter Games-winter themed pottery and giftware; Jan 3-Feb 29

DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412-124

St, 780.482-2854 • TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS • Through Dec • Dec 29-30 12-4pm; Closed Dec 31-Jan 5

EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ • 9938-70 Ave•

780.437.3667 • expressionzcafe.com • Group show, admission by donation • Through Jan, Mon-Sat, 11am-5pm; closed DEC 23-Jan 2

FAB GALLERY • Department of Art

and Design, U of A, Rm 3-98 Fine Arts Bldg • 780.492.2081 • INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY DESIGN: Huiwen Hi Wen, for Master of Design in Industrial Design • WILDERNESS HOMELAND: Anna GabyTrotz: MFA Printmaking • Jan 3-14

GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A.

From here.

Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl.ca/artgallery • THE LIGHT OF THE LAKELAND: Watercolour landscapes by Patricia Coulter • IN A MINUTE: Drawings by Charalene Denton in the display cases; until Dec 31 • STEEL BRIDGES: Works by James Gaa; Jan 3-31; reception: Jan 8, 2-4pm

To career.

GALLERIE PAVA • 9524-87 St,

780.461.3427 • SECOND REGARD II: Photos by Denise Parent; until Jan 11 • LE RAPPROCHEMENT: Artworks by a collective of four photographers from Québec; Jan 14-Feb 22

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HARCOURT HOUSE • 3rd Fl, 10215112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse. ab.ca • Main Gallery: MIND CONTROL TRICKS: Paul Freeman • Front Room Gallery: FORMA: Wenda Salomons • Until Jan 21

Train today for: • Accounting & Payroll Administrator • Computer Graphic Design • Business Admin / E-Commerce • Hospitality • Oil & Gas Administration

Ave • IceonWhyte.ca • Ice and snow carvings by artists from Heilongjiang, China • Thu, Jan 12-22, 11am-9pm

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A

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

780.459.1528 • St Albert History Gallery: Artifacts dating back 5,000 years • TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT: Photos by youth (818 yrs old) • Until Feb 5

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81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Artworks by Reece Schulte; through Dec • Artworks by Jan Melissa Soleski; through Jan

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museum.com • FARM SHOW: HARVEST: artworks; through Dec • FOR YOU THE WAR IS OVER: Second World War POW Experiences; through Dec • PRISONER OF WAR: Stories from Red Deer and District; through Dec

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12845-102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT: Until Feb 5 • NARRATIVE QUEST: Until Apr 29

STRATHCONA COUNTY GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sher-

wood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona. ca/artgallery • Half-Breed Mythology; until Dec 30 • Sitting Bull and the Moose Jaw Sioux by Dana Claxton; until Dec 30 • Blair Brennnan, Richard Boulet and Patrick Reed; Jan 9-Feb 26

SNAP GALLERY • Society Of Northern Alberta Print-Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Artworks by Mark Franchino • Jan 12-Feb 11 • Opening reception: Jan 12

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St • TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION: human stories told through artifacts recovered from the wreck site of the Titanic and extensive room re-creations; until Feb 20 • DISCOVERYLAND

Ross St • Artworks by Sandy Proseillo • Through Dec

LITERARY AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • 780.423.3487 • CAA Writer in Residence Jannie Edwards in the store every Wed; Jan 18-Apr 25, 12-1:30pm

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Stanley A. Milner Library, Main Fl, Audio Visual Rm • 780.944.5383 • Screenings of ﬁlms adapted from books, presented by the Centre for Reading and the Arts • Of Mice and Men; 106 minutes (1939) (b&w) G; Fri, Dec 30, 2pm

HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB • 15120 Stony

Plain Rd • 780.915.8869 • edmontonstoryslam.com/schedule.html • Edmonton Story Slam followed by a music jam; no minors; 7pm (sign-up), 7:30pm (show), 3rd Wed of every month

ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • 780.902.5900 • Poetry every Tue with Edmonton's local poets

MEZZANINE GALLERY • Glenrose

T.A.L.E.S. STORY CAFÉ SERIES • Rosie’s Bar, 10475-80 Ave • 780.932.4409 • talesstorytelling.com • 1st Thu each month, open mic opportunity • Until Jun, 7-9pm • $6 (min) • Year Of The Dragon; open mic opportunity • Jan 5, 7-9pm • $6 minimum cover

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LATITUDE 53 • 10248-106 St • 780.423.5353 • latitude53.org • Main Gallery: STRIKING A POSE: Videos by Emmanel Licha, chronicles the exploits of the “War Tourist,” a character in search of compelling situations in conflict spots around the world; Jan 13-Feb 11 • ProjEx Room: POLLINATION PROPOSITION: Artworks by Nicole Rayburn • Jan 13-Feb 11 • Opening: Jan 13

Starting Sept 2011, you will receive an iPad when you begin classes at Reeves College. All iPads will come with e-books and educational apps, providing you with a more interactive learning experience!

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Deer Library • 25th Annual Celebration of the Arts Group show; through Dec • THE GARDENS AT TREVARNO: Artworks by Sally Towers-Sybblis; Jan 5-Feb 26 • First Friday reception: Jan 6, 6:30-8:30pm, artist in attendance

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VAAA GALLERY • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St • 780.421.1731 • Gallery A: Pictographs by Seka Owen; until Jan 21 • Gallery B: PERCEPTION-LIFE ON VENUS/LIFE ON MARS: Photographs by Anne Marie Resta; until Jan 21

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UPPER CRUST CAFÉ • 10909-86 Ave • 780.422.8174 • strollofpoets.com • The Poets’ Haven Weekly Reading Series: every Mon, 7pm presented by the Stroll of Poets Society WRITIERS GUILD • Percy Page Bldg, 3rd Fl, Rm 8, 11759 Groat Rd (back entrance) • Exchanging ideas and edits: Starting a successful writing group with author Natasha Deen • Sat, Jan 14, 1-3pm • Free (Member)/$5 (non-member) at the door

WUNDERBAR ON WHYTE • 8120-101 St • 780.436.2286 • The poets of Nothing, For Now: poetry workshop and jam every Sun • No minors

THEATRE BIG SHOT • Roxy, 10708-124 St, various other venues throughout Edmonton • 780.453.2440 • attheroxy.com • Theatre Network, presented by Surreal SoReal Theatre, by Jon Lachlan Stewart, starring Jon Lachlan Stewart, Directed by Georgina Beaty • Previews: Jan 10-11; Jan 12-22 • Tickets at Theatre Network’s box ofﬁce, 780.453.2440 CHIMPROV • Varscona Theatre, 1032983 Ave • rapidﬁretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • First three Sat every month, 11pm, until Jul • $10/$5 (high school student)/$8 (RFT member at the door only) • Returns Jan 7 CORNER GASSED 2 • Jubilations

Dinner Theatre, 2690, 8882-170 St, Phase II WEM Upper Level • 780.484.2424 • jubilations.ca • Brent and the rest of the town ﬁnd themselves stuck in the middle when Owen and his best friend Frank both decide to run for Mayor of Cat Creek • Until Jan 21

THE CHRISTMAS CAROL PROJECT • TransAlta Arts Barns, Westbury

Theatre, 10330-84 Ave • fringetheatre.ca • 780.409.1910 • Arts At The Barns: Brass Monkey Productions • Dec 29 • $30 (adv at fringetheatre.ca; 780.409.1910/$35 (door)

DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • rapidﬁretheatre.com • The live improvised soap opera featuring improvisors Dana Andersen, Matt Alden, Leona Brausen, Peter Brown, Belinda Cornish, Tom Edwards, Jeff Haslam, Kory Mathewson, Mark Meer, Sheri Somerville, Davina Stewart, Stephanie Wolfe, and Donovan Workun • Every Mon, until May, 7:30pm (subject to change) • Tickets at the box ofﬁce • Returns Jan 9

DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST • Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Ave • 1.866.540.7469 • BroadwayAcrossCanada.ca • Broadway Across Canada • Jan 3-8; Tue-Fri 8pm; Sat-Sun: 1pm; Sat-Sun: 6:30pm • Tickets start at $25 at TicketMaster, BroadwayAcrossCanada.ca

ICE ON WHYTE • Alberta Legislature’s

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NEW YEAR'S WITH TEATRO • Varscona Theatre • 10329-83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • varsconatheatre.com • Teatro’s associate artists Leona Brausen, Jeff Haslam, Davina Stewart, Andrew MacDonald-Smith, Jocelyn Ahlf, Belinda Cornish, Stewart Lemoine and guests feature a concert and impromptu amusements • Dec 31, 7:30pm (2hrs) • $25 SEUSSICAL™ • Citadel Shoctor Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • 780.428.2117 • citadeltheatre.com • Family Series: Music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, co-conceived by Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, Eric Idle, directed by Allen MacInnis; a Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People production. The world of Dr. Seuss comes alive in this colourful musical production • Jan 14-29

THEATRESPORTS • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • rapidﬁretheatre.com • Improv runs every Fri, until Jul, 11pm (subsject to occasional change) • $10/$8 (member) • returns Jan 6 THE WEDDING SINGER • May-

ﬁeld Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayﬁeldtheatre.ca • With a brand-new score that pays homage to pop songs of the 1980's, The Wedding Singer takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up, and a wedding singer just might have been the coolest guy in the room • Until Feb 5

THE WIZARD OF OZ • Festival

Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.464.2852 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Written by L. Frank Baum, music and lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, background music by Herbert Stothart, dance and vocal arrangements by Peter Howard, orchestration by Larry Wilcox. Adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company • Until Dec 30, 7:30pm • Tickets at Festival Place box ofﬁce, TicketMaster

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ome cuisines are better known than others. Filipino food, for example, is one that many people from other ethnic backgrounds might not recognize. It doesn't have the same kind of profile as Chinese, Japanese or Indian food and, because of this, aspiring restaurateurs might be reluctant to open a Filipino restaurant explains Esser Carrasco, who, along with his wife Brenda Billones, owns the Pinoy Grill. Edmonton's Filipino population has been growing for a number of years but the cuisine of the Philippines remained under-represented in the city. When Carrasco and Billones opened Pinoy Grill in July of last year, they became the proud owners of only the fourth exclusively Filipino restaurant in the city. "Filipino cuisine is not actually known to everyone," he observes— though he's trying to change that. Most customers at the Pinoy Grill are Filipino, Carrasco says, in addi-

tion to a few people who know people from the Philippines, or visited the islands and are curious about the cuisine. Plenty of Pinoy Grill's customers are looking to reconnect with a bit of home after immigrating to Canada. "Most of the Filipinos here will miss the food they grew up with," Carrasco says. One traditional dish that is quite popular is sisig, which includes pork

rant employs a pastry chef just to make the kind of sweets that customers miss from back home. Some people who are new to Filipino cuisine back off initially when they learn what's in some of the dishes—pork hocks, ears and face are not staples in North American cuisine, after all. With a little courage, however, people might be surprised by the flavour of the food. "We have a food that has pork

When you tell them that it's pork blood, they don't really want to try it. But as soon as they try it, they say, 'Whoa, that's good!'

ears, parts of the face, and other pork parts. Another is the crispy pata, which is pork hocks. Deepfried pork belly is another dish that the restaurant serves. The menu also includes fish dishes, as well as noodle and rice dishes. Filipino cuisine is big on sweet desserts, Carasco says, and the restau-

blood," Carasco says, acknowledging it's outside the norm for many Canadians. "When you tell them that it's pork blood, they don't really want to try it. But as soon as they try it, they say, 'Whoa, that's good!'" Maria Kotovych

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Fondue dates to the late 17th century but was quite unlike the way it is cooked today. Instead of bread dipped in a mixture of wine and cheese, fondue referred to a recipe that contained eggs, cheese and wine, and had an appearance somewhere between cheesy scrambled eggs and a cheese soufflé.

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I dip, you dip, we dip The modern Fondue—bread dipped into a pot of wine and cheese—was popularized by Switzerland's Swiss Cheese Union in the 1930s as a way to sell more cheese. The group didn't invent the dish, but did create regional variations, sent fondue sets to military regiments and event organizers, and

worked hard to promote the idea that fondue was a national dish in Switzerland. The group continues to aggressively promote the dish.

Holes in this theory In the 1950s, dishes that resembled but were not traditional Swiss fondues came to be known by that name. Fondue Bourguignonne—developed by chef Konrad Egli of New York City's Chalet Swiss restaurant—cooks meat cubes in hot oil while chocolate fondue, which debuted at Chalet Swiss in 1964, sees sweet fruits such as strawberry, banana and pineapple dipped in melted chocolate.

Free love, with cheese In the 1960s and 1970s, fondue became a fad in North America, brought back to the country by the jet set who discovered it on ski excursions in the 1950s. The communal cooking and eating aspect of fondue then became tied up in the ideas about free love and fondue gained a reputation for "friendliness."

She's very friendly The friendliness of fondue is a longstanding tradition: according to Swiss custom, if a man drops a piece of bread into the fondue pot he must buy a round of drinks for everyone. If a woman drops a piece of bread into the pot, she must kiss all of the men.

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La religieuse (it means "the nun" in French) refers to the hardened—but not burnt—crust that often forms on the bottom of cheese fondues. Shaped like and with the consistency of a cracker, it's often eaten after the fondue is over.

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n avalanche could hardly do more damage to a resort than the events of early 2011 did to Sunshine Village. High profile firings, striking patrol, a half-million-dollar lawsuit, a sheaf of bad press and an 8000-strong Facebook campaign cast resort management as villains in a classic skier's morality play. Not even a good snow year—that favoured antidote to almost all resort ills—could erase it. "We refer to it as 'The Troubles'," Doug Firby quips. We're sitting in Chimney Corner, hot chocolates brimming with whipped cream and the December sun shining in through broad picture windows. But while Firby may

make light now, it's clear he takes the matter seriously. Sunshine Village's director of media and communications has invested considerable effort countering the negative cloud of publicity that lingers over the resort after the firing of seven ski patrollers almost 12 months ago, and the job isn't finished yet. "I wish some people would just move on," he says. Who "some people" are, Firby doesn't elaborate, but they likely include the organizers behind www. supportskipatrol.com and the accompanying "Support Sunshine Village Ski Patrol" Facebook page. There's also the small matter of that half-million-dollar lawsuit filed by

the patrollers who claim they were wrongfully dismissed. Until that's cleared up, the matter can't fully be put to rest. Traci Baker, a former Banff resident and one active member of the Facebook campaign, thinks the resort should settle the suit in favour of the patrollers and acknowledge it handled the situation badly. "It really could have been handled differently, and it blew apart the lives of so many people," she laments. In the end, however, assigning blame in this situation may be akin to determining guilt in a prison riot, as George Koch wrote in Ski Canada online earlier this fall. In the meantime, Sunshine Village is forging on. The battle ahead lays on

several fronts: the court of public sentiment, to be sure, but more critically within the resort's own work culture. Gone is veteran mountain operations manager Chris Chevalier, or "Chevy" as he's known to most. In his place is Al Matheson, who stepped in midway through last season to bring peace and order to a patrol crew reeling from several body blows. This wasn't simply a case of cleaning house. Matheson worked on patrol at Sunshine for 12 seasons from 1987 to 2000, under Chevy's leadership, before departing for Kicking Horse. When Sunshine administration called to interview him for the position the

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first thing he did was call Chevy. "I worked closely with all those people, they're friends of mine," he explains. That mix of intimate knowledge of the resort, as well as his being somewhat removed from recent events, made Matheson the right man for the job. Filling that role was key to an off-season restructuring that he says has resulted in better distribution of responsibilities. "There's almost a fresh start, across the board," Matheson says. "At first it was a bit tenuous as we started, but we've all opened the ski hill before, we've all been in these situations CONTINUED ON PAGE 23 >>

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Storm chasing

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ew people are as conscious of Edmonton weather these days as Kamren Farr. It's just weeks out from the January 8 start for his new Storm Snowshoe racing series, the first of its kind in the city, and snow is scarce. But Farr isn't the type to worry. While he stops short of predicting powder, the race organizer exudes confidence in his new venture. He should; after all, Farr has considerable success behind him, having founded a thriving 5 Peaks Northern Alberta series which he's helmed for the past seven years. "It's pretty exciting to see people's responses in Edmonton. Many people are first-time snowshoers," he says. "It's a new sport, in an organized sense, so it's going to take a little time and effort but as we've seen in trail running, it's got great potential." From trail running to snowshoeing is, almost literally, just a slight change in step for Farr and business partner Clarance Howatt. Launching Storm has been a challenging endeavour, no doubt, but the two are taking it all in their slightly wider, wintry stride. Driving it all are the managing

team's core values—created in 5 Peaks but just as appropriate to winter, says Farr. "We boil it down to three things: fun, fitness and friends. We're aiming to build a really supportive, positive community. We want to present people with something that is challenging physically, and rewarding at the same time." Key to that effort is simply inspiring people to get outdoors in winter, to relieve the effects of cabin

is an active core community to draw from, some of the main demographics Farr and his team are targeting with Storm are new participants and the less active. "People are saying, 'Hey, let's find ways to stay active year-round' and I think that's a really healthy sign for Edmonton. One thing we're trying to provide is a comfortable way to get into the sport and try it in a controlled environment," he explains. For snowshoe newbies there's a common

There's only so much indoor or treadmill training you can do before you yearn to get out, and some of our best weather is in the winter months. People really need to discover, or rediscover, how great it can be to be outside in January or February getting some exercise. fever, he suggests. "There's only so much indoor or treadmill training you can do before you yearn to get out, and some of our best weather is in the winter months. People really need to discover, or rediscover, how great it can be to be outside in January or February getting some exercise." Unlike trail running, where there

saying: "If you can walk, you can snowshoe. I'd like to say that's oversimplifying it but really it's not," jokes Farr. To engage participants at the entry level, the Storm series features two levels: the "race" and the "tour." The former will attract the more competitive types, like 5 Peaks regulars, while the latter is designed as an introductory experience, offering a shorter (approximately four kilometres), easier marked course. Storm will also be offering brand new snowshoes for demo for $10, as well as drop-in, introductory snowshoeing evenings (check the website for details). One of the key elements is of course, location. Storm has partnered with the City to set four races this season, one each at Victoria and Riverside golf courses, Kinsmen Park and Goldstick Park from January 8 – February 26, each offering picturesque views and varying levels of difficulty. As with 5 Peaks, the race series will focus on building skill and stamina over the season, with the toughest terrain saved for last. For newer racers or snowshoers, Farr recommends simple winter layering ("you underestimate how warm you're going to get") and good footwear. For the walkers, that means a decent hiking boot and for the runners, a solid trail runner with a stiffer foot bed to limit torque on the shoe and foot when off camber. And to keep the snow out of your boots, he says, gaiters are a worthwhile consideration: "You do kick up a lot of snow." No doubt the snow will be flying at Victoria Golf Course on January 8. Jeremy Derksen // jeremy@vueweekly.com

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here's a common misconception among parents that little kids can't snowboard. I've witnessed it first hand while on the slopes teaching. Kids are pumped to get on a board and instead are dragged kicking and screaming to a ski class with the words, "You need to learn to ski first." With tears rolling down their cheeks they're booted and suited, helmets clamped on and deposited in a class they don't want to be part of. It's an uphill battle from then on— but really an unnecessary one. "You want kids to be inspired by the sport," says Craig Daniels, regional coordinator of the Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructors. "There's this myth you have to ski first but it's more important to nurture excitement and passion for an outdoor sport than worry over which one it is." Although the littlest students— those three and four-year-olds that whoosh past you on the slopes—are a little less mobile, they're just as capable. "I've seen a four-year-old kid just ripping, it's just a matter of getting gear that fits," Craig adds. Rather than getting into a pitched battle with a stubborn toddler, put them in some snowboard boots, grab a pint-sized board and give it a try by yourself or put them in a beginner

class. With the following games in your tool kit, prepare for plenty of falling and go have fun.

Put the boot in

Get kids started with some guided play in their new boots to ensure they're a good fit. Follow the leader is a great one—get children to twist in their boots, walk on their heels, walk on tiptoes, etc. Practising manoeuvres they would do with their board—rocking from heels to toes, jumps, spins—will make these things easier once the board goes on and familiarizes kids with the sensations they will experience later. Children learn by doing, not by conceptualizing.

Simon says

This perennial party favourite is a great way to keep youngsters engaged and alert when on the slopes, while helping familiarize them with their new equipment. Have children strap in one or both feet (depending on their skill level) and play Simon Says while making them balance, edge, glide, hop, etc. This gentle guided discovery will get them laughing and playing with balance, falling and how to get back up

again—an essential part of their new sport. This game can be played at any level, from getting kids (and adults) comfy in their new boots and with strapping in, to higher-end skills like ollies, butters and spins.

Obstacle course

Make use of some props, often available in the children's ski area at resorts, to create an obstacle course to suit your little riders in an out-of-the-way or low traffic area with high visibility from above. Whether you're just figuring out how to skate with one foot strapped in or practising turning, this is a fine way to hone your skills. If going around the obstacles isn't too tough, add in some things to jump over and duck under, or

move onto some steeper terrain to amp up the challenge.

Give it gas

Get your kids used to the concept of edging and sideslipping with this simple game. With one foot strapped in, stand with your board out in front and get them to image they are driving a racing car (with appropriate noises and gestures). To speed up the car, they need to press down on the gas pedal and lift up to slow down. Once they've got the hang of it, try with the board strapped to both feet while sitting or with hands on the snow (crabwalk). When you get to the sideslipping stage, designate "gas stations" where kids need to stop and refuel before continuing down the slope.

Spread the butter

Your snowboard is a knife, the slope your toast and the snow your butter. Help children master speed control and stopping by sideslipping on the heel or toe edge trying to smoothly "spread" their "butter" from top to bottom of the slope. Once they've mastered one edge, be sure to turn around and get going on the other edge until they're feeling just as com-

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fy. A common misstep when learning to snowboard is to concentrate on the stronger edge and neglect the weaker one—flip that around and they'll soon be cruising.

Falling leaves

Now you've reached the top of the bunny hill and can perform a controlled sideslip on both edges, you can work toward turning. What comes next is a controlled traverse back and forth on the same edge down an imaginary corridor on the snow, creating a zigzag pattern much like a falling leaf. It's important to get kids to look in the direction they want to go—pointing works well as it helps shift the weight onto their front foot. On the heel edge, get them to slowly sideslip and then gently push down on the "gas pedal" with one foot only, pointing and looking toward where they want to go, which will transfer weight onto that side and begin the traverse motion. Once they reach the other side of the slope, get them to ease back to centre and then turn their head and point toward the new direction of travel and off they go. Once you're zigzagging on one edge, switch to the other. Kate Irwin

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the Austrian ski team calls it a homeaway-from-home. The Austrians even financed a lift and snowmaking equipment so that they can train extensively in Canada prior to World Cup races at Lake Louise held during late November. On December 31 Sun Peaks will be celebrating its birthday by launching a massive state of the art fireworks display. I wonder if it will light up the slopes enough to get in a run or two.

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before and we're relying upon that knowledge base." Goat's Eye has yet to open on December 14 as Matheson takes a small group of media, staff and insiders up for a sneak preview. The steel T-bar is still anchored to the mountain, supporting lines of black Kevlar fencing. Snowdrifts are unevenly clumped against the open face of the slope. Below the chair, four patrollers on work detail struggle against slippery snow and scree to get more fencing in. The resort is pushing for a weekend opening but nothing is certain at this point. Deciding when an area is safe to open is a challenging matter, often fraught with complexity and conflict between a resort's safety operations and marketing department. Within patrol themselves, there are often varying opinions influenced by risk thresholds, personal experience and philosophy, along with the unpredictable nature of snow and terrain. A ski run may seem stable in one place, and can be entirely different just five or 10 metres away. Then there are the inherent operating tensions—public safety is paramount of course, but the pressure to open terrain in early season weighs heavily on the resort's revenue-minded. In such an atmosphere, tempers can easily flare. And when a standoff arises between management and patrol, as in January, there aren't a lot of

systems in place to protect staff within the ski industry, which has never suffered from a lack of warm bodies. Historically, ski-related unions have not fared well. Back in 1986, Aspen ski patrol formed the first in the industry, but it remains one of the few in North America. Lacking that, strikes and litigation are among the few effective— yet publicly messy—alternatives. Too much protection for workers can make an industry top-heavy. The challenge is to find a balance between protecting staff rights and allowing for necessary turnover. Some believe Sunshine ski patrol was ripe for just such renewal. "They have a culture of safety but there can be a tendency to go too far," says Wes Harris, a Sunshine regular and ski film producer whose former company, Gnarstar, occasionally filmed on location there. "From my experience in business, if you don't change up who's operating your mountain things can become stale." Clamping down on debate at the resort and elsewhere, as Sunshine's critics feel happened in this incident, is an excessive measure, says Barker, the vocal Facebook member. A better way to go about it, she suggests, would be to host some town-hall style meetings to air grievances and help people in the community come to terms with all that's happened. For Matheson, the solution now lies in developing a more collaborative culture at the hill. "We've created some-

what of a different structure, allowing people to give the feedback that their experience provides, working as more of a collaborative think-tank," he explains. "Opening terrain, for instance: ultimately I have the final say with the vice president of operations, but we tend to circle the wagons more often. "[The patrollers are] all subject matter experts so we get them all sitting around the table, in the same room ... pulling from their collective experience. And also, using that experience to bolster the qualifications of people coming through the ranks." In the wake of last year's controversy, reconnecting with the public is another part of Matheson's game plan. "Sometimes it's just a matter of riding the chair and talking with people, answering questions. It's a trickle down effect," he says. "Our goal is to get our people out and accessible, to remove the cloak of secrecy that may have been prevalent." For the most part though, Matheson thinks, people are ready to move on and just get back to skiing. Few industries are as cyclical as skiing—each winter, each fresh layer of snow brings with it the opportunity for new beginnings. Two days after that December 14 scouting mission, Goat's Eye opened for the season. Surveying the tenure with a cautiously optimistic eye, Matheson says, "There's an old adage in the ski industry, 'as the bullwheel turns.'" With it, Sunshine Village is hoping, will come a turn of fortune.

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One more move

The Headstones fire up and hit the stage and the studio after an eight-year break

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he music industry can be unforgiving, and the grind of making the wheels turn can wear a band down over time. For the four guys in the Headstones—singer Hugh Dillon, guitarist Trent Carr, bassist Tim White and drummer Dale Harrison—the fun eventually gave way under the pressure of the machine's gears, so they broke the band up and went their separate ways back in 2003. New music was made, careers were started, lives were lived and the Headstones remained in the past save for passing moments on the radio. But then that all changed with a phone call. Dillon spoke with Vue Weekly about the band's reunion and what the future might hold in store. Eight years is a long time to be away in this business. How did the band get back together? HUGH DILLON: I had gotten a call from a friend of mine in Vancouver. His name is Randy Kwan, and he was a big part of this band—he was really the first bass player—and he wrote "Cemetery" and he wrote "Losing Control" [on the band's 1993 debut, Picture of Health], and I knew him from typing class in Kingston in Grade Nine and high school. Just a really good guy. And he called me and he said he's sick and he's got a two-year-old son, and he was dying of cancer. It transcended any grievances with the band or anything else, and when I called those guys everyVUE WEEKLY:

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body instantly dropped any bullshit or any things about the band because everyone knew Randy, and because it's so real. We thought maybe we could play some gigs and raise some money for his kid to go to college. And so on those kind of grounds the band really got together, we made some money for his kid to go to school and we found in the process that we had a lot of fun, we got along, and sometimes you realize you can just, out of ignorance, stay away from people who know you well and who really are your friends. We played those gigs and it was so much fun and we'd forgotten how good we were—we were better then we used to be—and once we saw the fans and got really back into it then all of a sudden we started writing songs. Was there an immediate connection when you went into the first rehearsal? HD: We played one song and it was good, and the second song was bad and the third song we couldn't all remember it. And then about the second rehearsal, we played a couple of songs that were good and it really came back. There's always that, you get a glimpse of it, and once you get a glimpse you build on it until all of a sudden you've got a setlist that's rocking. VW:

That's what it's like with everything: you get that one moment that's magic and then you chase after that for more. HD: That's exactly what it is. And then you get enough of them and then it becomes fun. It's always a matter of VW:

just getting rid of the bullshit. How was it coming back to these songs after a few years away? HD: I didn't sit around for those eight years listening to the Headstones, but I knew the songs were there and I focused on ones I really wanted to play, and on songs that I was too fucked up to play when we left. There was one song I loved and we play it now: "Pinned You Down." I made myself go back and learn it because the timing on that song is so fucking difficult, it's a difficult song and it's hard for everybody because it takes speed and accuracy, and the lyrics are a million miles an hour and after we recorded that song I could never play it live. It was too good and too fast and too smart and I just could not get a handle on it, and I wasn't in the mental state to rehearse. So to come back and be able to nail that song feels great. VW:

It was only a few months after those first shows that the band put a new song up for free download on your website, along with a message saying that the fans kickstarted a new life for the Headstones. HD: They did, because we could've played these gigs and they could've been shitty or poorly attended, and just to have people come out in those kind of numbers and with that kind of vocal support, you ride that wave because it's not just indifference, it's not just polite nostalgia. You really do get to rethink it, because these songs do mean something to us, we can really crank them out and get into it, and then to do that and see that they VW:

mean just as much to other people, so much so that people are vocal about it, that's why you do it. VW: It seems like there's a lot more freedom for you now, and you're able to just enjoy being in the Headstones again. HD: We're not touring because that's what killed us at the end of the game and it's no fun, but we'll play select shows. This could be it for a couple of years, this could be it for a year, I don't know. But what I do know is we've got a few songs we're gonna record, we're happy we have the website and then if a gig comes up here and there, once a year or twice a year, we might play it. That's the beauty of it and I think that's why it's special: we're not out there having to crank it out to support the machine or to support a record or to support a record company because we have to. We're out there because we like hanging out, we love playing in this band and we can go play a couple of gigs and do it for kicks, not feel obligated. And that's why it's fun, and that's what we want to keep it, and we realize if it's no fun there's no fucking point.

What next? Will you release a new album? HD: I think that's an outdated thing. Nobody wants to buy a record, nobody gives a shit. I've always been interested in making vinyl because I grew up with it, so I've thought do we release an EP, do we release five or six songs? It seems like to make an actual record, nobody buys it and then you're caught with this whole expectation again, whereas I like kinda releasing a song VW:

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or two and people respond to it. VW: What about the album as a particular set of songs that fit together? HD: I still like that, I just don't like the expectation that goes along with it, and that's, "How many did you sell?" That wrecked it for me. If I thought I could just put out an album and not have management or agents or anybody go, "Well, you want to do this right. Let's put it out there, let's get it in these stores, let's hope the radio station plays it," because then it's like, you put out this thing and how good it is depends on how many you sold, whereas if I'm just throwing it out there, the people who download it or look at it, they go, "Hey, that's a great fucking song." I think that's a good way to do it because you beat the hardest thing of worrying about something that has nothing to do with the work.

The Internet has changed now and fans are pretty vocal on the band's Facebook page. If they questioned the reasons behind the reunion, they'd be quick to call you on it. HD: They would in a hearbeat. In a heartbeat. And I'd rather be true to the people who we started it with, and the band itself, than to try to reinvent for the purpose of cashing in. It's impossible to sanitize it and do it justice, so really it comes down to that: do you want to be honest and do it justice, or do you wanna sanitize it? And if you're sanitizing it, that means that you want to be commercially viable and make it into a business, and we don't. VW:

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he new year is a time for new beginnings, an opportunity to wipe the slate clean and start anew. For Edmonton's Michael Rault, that'll mean new songs and a new city—he moves to Toronto in mid-January. The garage rocker admits it was a tough decision to leave the city where he first made his mark as a teenager, but there's a world of possibility out there. "Making this decision, I took a really long time because every time I thought about all the advantages I'd have living in a new city, immediately my mind would catalogue all the disadvantages I'd have leaving Edmon-

ton," he says. "I bounced around with it for a long time but, at this point in time, it just feels like there's a lot of opportunities that I can take advantage of in a bigger city and I'm excited to go try it out and see what happens." Nearly a decade in the scene led to Rault's breakthrough record, MaMe-O which came out late last year. Since then, he's slowly worked on the next thing. A handful of songs are already written—one even has a video which could screen on New Year's Eve—and next year will see new releases from Rault. "Ever since Ma-Me-O got put out, which is over a year now, there's been talk of how I should be trying to

write and demo for another album to try and get one out fast," Rault says. "I didn't really succeed in getting it done super fast but I've been recording bits and pieces here and there whenever I've found time in between being on the road and everything else I've been doing this past year." So with a new city and new releases on the horizon, what is Rault's new year's resolution for 2012? "It's not my main motivation in life but I'd like to make a bit more money," he laughs. "Basically I'd like to do what I'm doing but do it all the time and make it a little more of a full time endeavour."

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hortly before 40 Thieves' abruptly broke up, the band seemed locked into an upward trajectory. The punkish trio had gigs at North by Northeast and Sled Island, and its independently released self-titled debut—filled with joyously frenzied guitars and shouts—had been met with a wash of acclaim. Then it was over: there was no this-is-it gig to end the band's time together with a final, onstage goodbye. 40 Thieves just vanished into the aftermath of an evening gig, and seemed unlikely to return. "We broke up pretty acrimoniously," guitarist Caleb Neumeier explains. "Pretty punk rock. Came home from a show a couple years ago, and no farewell show, no final show, nothing. And I didn't really talk to either of the guys. Lee [Klippenstein, bass] and I kept in contact, and I ran into Grant [Callaghan, drummer] at a

show a couple months back, and it was your whole, 'You give each other a nod.'" Still, whatever damage was done to the trio's inner-band relationships, it's proven to be at least somewhat reparable: the Pawn Shop's management asked the band to reunite for a one-off gig with Our Mercury, and, as he puts it, Neumeier "ate my humble pie," apologized, and managed to get Klippenstein and Callaghan—who now play in Falklands and Allotropes, respectively—to agree to get back onstage together. But just the one time. "We're doing this as a farewell," he says. "Part of the agreement was we'd never play again." As a definitive Last Waltz though, the show seems as full circle as it gets for Neumeier. He roadied with Our Mercury as a teen; he notes how frontman Ben Stevenson taught him how to play guitar, and how Klippenstein learned bass from old Our Mercury recordings. Neumeier's also the only one not

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presently playing in another band: to hear him talk about getting back into the rehearsal room with the other Thieves and jamming those old songs after a couple of years sounds like a fond return, even if it's just for a one off reprise. "It was like dating an old girlfriend," he says. "You kind of know what to expect, but they've picked up some new tricks on the way. I dunno, man. It was everything I wanted it to be? I'll tell you this: it felt like old times. It felt fun, because when we started that band, and we wrote those songs, they were just fun. Youthful exuberance of just wanting to play in a band with your buddies. Lee and I grew up listening to Hot Water Music and even Our Mercury. We booked shows out in Camrose, we brought them out. There's kind of a moment you have when you're 16 where you're like, 'That's what I want to do.' And we ended up getting to do it. And it was a blast while it lasted, and it ran its course. It was good." Paul Blinov

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Caveman CoCo Beware (Dine Alone)  You remember that wrestler Koko B Ware, the "jobber to the stars" who was brought in just to lose the match and enhance the reputation of other wrestlers? Well this is nothing like that. This album sounds like sitting on your apartment balcony on a hot summer's day and on another balcony 10 stories down, floating up on a gentle breeze is the Velvet Underground. And you're on your, like, eighth beer. Bryan Birtles

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Various artists Together (Cultus Vibes)  The newly established BC label/ collective Cultus Vibes arrives with its debutante offering, Together, displaying their various sounds and styles on this free compilation. The compilation kicks off with one of chillwave's touchstones, Teen Daze, with the blissed-out saturated sounds of "Winter Sun." Other highlights include Manitoulin's hypnotic "The Grotto" and the unstoppable groove of sample-based "Dance With The" by Bank Heist. Toward the end of the compilation the esthetic seems to shift towards a guitar based post-rock/folk slant. While some of these songs (Joel Brant's "River Song", Little Chords' "Remember") seem a bit out of place when juxtaposed with the swirl of synths and dance beats of earlier songs, they effectively ease the mix into a welcoming calm, meditative tone. It should be interesting to see what this new label has to offer in 2012.

For the band's 30th anniversary celebration—a series of intimate shows for fan-club members—Metallica dusted off four tracks that didn't make Death Magnetic. After their live debuts, the quartet offered up the original rough mixes from the Death Magnetic sessions. It's not difficult to see why these didn't make the final record: they're not bad, but they do tread similar territory to the songs that did make the cut. Still, while the four tracks don't revolutionize the sound of today's Metallica, they work as an EP, and they paint a picture of a band that's not quite as uptight as it may have once been (you know, like during that whole Napster era), willing to let its fans in on the larger picture. There are some clunky bits here and there, but those are punctuated with other parts that are excellent—the chorus on "Rebel of Babylon" is infectious in just the right way—and there are even moments where the band lays down a heavy enough crunch to make up for that whole Lulu debacle.

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Sanctuaire L’empreinte de Lucifer (Emanes Metal)

Bryan Birtles

Find the Others Find the Others (Independent) 

from the staff at blackbyrd

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What if you were a bird and you went flying through a neighbourhood in the suburbs and it was a breezy day—not windy, exactly, but pleasant—and you met up with a friend who was also a bird and he or she was very handsome or pretty, whichever you prefer, and you swooped up into the sky and dive bombed down and you shouted and laughed and the breeze blew through all the wind chimes hanging near the stoops of the master-planned houses in the neighbourhood and then you went to a field and you landed right in the middle of it and whispered secrets to each other? That's pretty much what this album sounds like.

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happy new year!

Eden Munro

L’empreinte de Lucifer is a solid first entry from French metal band Sanctuaire. Ten tracks complete a record grounded in the classic elements of heavy metal. Pris au Piège (Trapped) demonstrates what the band is capable of with a solid guitar track working well with a rapid, heavy drum beat, the repetitiveness of the rhythm only reinforcing the message of the track. And that’s the album’s greatest asset: consistency. Throughout the album the band builds cyclical guitar tracks that are engaging rather than annoying. The vocals are consistent with the level of any new band, and could hopefully become a bit heavier and confident in the band’s next effort, but with all the lyrics done in French, L’empreinte de Lucifer makes for a more intriguing listen for the English speaking metal head.

Douglas Hoyer

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NEW YEARS EVE

MICHAEL RAULT “Farewell To Edmonton” Show with guests

SCENIC ROUTE TO ALASKA Tickets at Blackbyrd Myoozik & theartery.ca

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THU DEC 29 Accent European Lounge Darryl Matthews and Tatam Reeves (SingerSongwriter / Folk); 9:30pm-11:30pm; no minors; no cover Blues on Whyte JK & the Statics Bohemia Murder Capital Sock-Hop and Record Drop: Mitchmatic, GASM (Owen of Krang), DJ ITTAN, Country Joe; 8pm; $5 (door) Brittanys Lounge Kenny Hillaby hosts a jazz session night every Thu with Shadow Dancers, Maura and Jeanelle; no cover CARROT Café Zoomers Thu afternoon open mic; 1-4pm Century Casino Ryan Pelton As Elvis Presley; 7pm; $34..45 at TicketMaster Cha Island Tea Co Live on the Island: Rhea March hosts open mic and Songwriter's stage; starts with a jam session; 7pm Druid Irish Pub DJ every Thu at 9pm J R Bar and Grill Live Jam Thu; 9pm L.B.'s Pub Open jam with Kenny Skoreyko, Fred LaRose and Gordy Mathews (Shaved Posse) every Thu; 9pm-1am Lit Italian Wine Bar AB Trio; 8pm, no cover Marybeth's Coffee House–Beaumont Open mic every Thu; 7pm New City Legion Bingo is Back every Thu starting 9pm; followed by Behind The Red Door at 10:30pm; no minors; no cover NOLA Creole Kitchen & Music House Early show: James Clarke Trio, 6-9pm; Every Thursday Night: Nick Martin, 10pm NORTH GLENORA HALL Jam by Wild Rose Old Time Fiddlers every Thu Ric’s Grill Peter Belec ( jazz); most Thursdays; 7-10pm Shaw Conference Centre Deadmau5; 8pm That's Aroma Open stage hosted by Carrie Day and Kyler Schogen; alternate weeks; 7-9pm Wild Bill’s–Red Deer TJ the DJ every Thu and Fri; 10pm-close

Century Room Lucky 7: Retro '80s with house DJ every Thu; 7pm-close Chrome Lounge 123 Ko every Thu

Casino Yellowhead Al Barrett (classic rock) Century Casino Ryan Pelton As Elvis Presley; 7pm; $34..45 at TicketMaster Coast to Coast Open stage every Fri; 9:30pm DV8 The Party Martyrs, Zero Cool, The Burning Streets Early Stage Saloon Live music

electro, dance with weekly local and visiting DJs on rotation plus residents Echo and Shortround The Druid Irish Pub DJ every Fri; 9pm

Blues on Whyte Every Sat afternoon: Jam with Back Door Dan; Late show: NYE: JK and the Statics

Empire Dub til Dawn: DJ Battle

Bohemia NYE: Zombie Apocalypse

FILTHY McNASTY'S Shake yo ass every Fri with DJ SAWG

Bone Yard Ale House NYE: Straight 88

Funky Buddha–Whyte Ave Top tracks, rock, retro with DJ Damian; every Fri

Good NeighboUr Pub T.K. and the Honey Badgers; 8:30-midnight; no cover

HILLTOP PUB The Sinder Sparks Show; every Thu and Fri; 9:30pm-close

Druid Irish Pub DJ every Thu; 9pm

Haven Social Club Democrafunk (pop), guests; 8pm; $10 (adv)

electric rodeo– Spruce Grove DJ every Thu

Irish Club Jam session every Fri; 8pm; no cover

junction bar and eatery LGBT Community: Rotating DJs Fri and Sat; 10pm

THE Common So Necessary: Hip hop, classic hip hop, funk, soul, r&b, '80s, oldies and everything in between with Sonny Grimezz, Shortround, Twist every Thu Crown Pub Breakdown @ the crown with This Side Up! hosted by Atomatik and Kalmplxx DJ

FILTHY McNASTY’S Something Diffrent every Thursday with DJ Ryan Kill FLASH Night Club Indust:real Assembly: Goth and Industrial Night with DJ Nanuck; no minors; 10pm (door); no cover FLOW LOUNGE 1st Annual Year End Awards Nite: Edm's Dream Team Sound- InVinceable, Bomb Sqaud, The King QB, TnT & Rocky; 9pm FLUID LOUNGE Thirsty Thursdays: Electro breaks Cup; no cover all night FUNKY BUDDHA–Whyte Ave Requests every Thu with DJ Damian HALO Fo Sho: every Thu with Allout DJs DJ Degree, Junior Brown HILLTOP PUB The Sinder Sparks Show; every Thu and Fri; 9:30pm-close KAS BAR Urban House: every Thu with DJ Mark Stevens; 9pm Level 2 lounge Funk Bunker Thursdays Lucky 13 Sin Thu with DJ Mike Tomas On The Rocks Salsaholic: every Thu; dance lessons at 8pm; salsa DJ to follow Overtime–Downtown Thursdays at Eleven: Electronic Techno and Dub Step rendezvous Metal night every Thu Taphouse–St Albert Eclectic mix every Thu with DJ Dusty Grooves Union Hall 3 Four All Thursdays: rock, dance, retro, top 40 with DJ Johnny Infamous Wild Bill’s–Red Deer TJ the DJ every Thu and Fri; 10pm-close

Wunderbar Bible Belt Badlands, Bonspiel, April O'Neil, Walter Boyd; 8:30pm

Blues on Whyte JK & the Statics

FRI DEC 30 avenue theatre Fiction Smiles (alt rock), The Elkies; 6pm (door); $12 (door); $10 (adv)/$12 (door); all ages

Jekyll and Hyde Pub Headwind (classic pop/ rock); every Fri; 9pm; no cover L.B.'s PUB The Prairie Cats Band; 9:30pm-2am Lizard Lounge Rock 'n' roll open mic every Fri; 8:30pm; no cover NEW CITY Support Network Edmonton Cabaret: Tanyss Nixie, Bill Bourne and Tippy Agogo, Juniper Quin and Scarlett Eyebin, Burlesque by Holly Van Sinn, Pocket Universe; no minors; $10 (door) NOLA Creole Kitchen and Music House Early Show: James Clarke Trio, 6-9pm; Late Show: Jeff Hendrick– The Love Jones Band, 9:30pm-midnight On the Rocks Rocket Sauce; 9pm; $5 PAWN SHOP Our Mercury, 40 Thieves, The Old Sins, Jessica Jalbert; 8pm (door); $12 (adv at Blackbyrd)

FLUID LOUNGE Hip hop and dancehall; every Fri

Newcastle Pub House, dance mix every Fri with DJ Donovan Overtime–Downtown Fridays at Eleven: Rock hip hop, country, top forty, techno Rednex–Morinville DJ Gravy from the Source 98.5 every Fri RED STAR Movin’ on Up: indie, rock, funk, soul, hip hop with DJ Gatto, DJ Mega Wattson; every Fri Sou Kawaii Zen Lounge Fuzzion Friday: with Crewshtopher, Tyler M, guests; no cover Starlite Room KLUB OMFG; 9pm Suede Lounge Juicy DJ spins every Fri Suite 69 Every Fri Sat with DJ Randall-A Temple Options with Greg Gory and Eddie Lunchpail; every Fri Treasury In Style Fri: DJ Tyco and Ernest Ledi; no line no cover for ladies all night long

Brittany's Lounge NYE: A Naughty Christmas: featuring the Frolics with GoGo, burlesque, belly and shadow dancing Bunker Sports Pub Open Jam every Sat afternoon; hosted by the Recollection Blues Band; 3pm; Auditions at Sat jams for bookings in 2012 (blues, classic rock, country groups); 3-7pm Café Coral de Cuba Celebrate New Year's Cuban style: Marco Claveria Trio; 7pm; $45 (4-course Cuban dinner) Caffrey's in the Park Caffreys “Rocks” NYE: Chronic Rock, Bangkok Betty; 7pm; $30 (7pm dinner)/$15 (9pm just party) Camrose Resort Casino NYE: The Moondogs; 8:30pm; $49.95 Casino Edmonton NYE: Al Barrett (classic rock); semi formal; 6pm; $65 (incl dinner buffet) Casino Yellowhead New Year's Eve: Jersey Beat (tribute to the Jersey Boys); semi formal; 6pm; $85 (incl dinner buffet) Century Casino NYE: Kenny Shields and Streetheart; 8pm; $69.95 Coast to Coast Live bands every Sat; 9:30pm The Common NYE 2012: classics, hip-hop, funk, soul, disco, house with DJs Allout DJs, Chris Goza, Instigate; 9pm; $10 (door); table reservations E: alexis@thecommon.ca

Red Piano Bar Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Fri; 9pm2am

Union Hall Ladies Night every Fri Vinyl Dance Lounge Connected Las Vegas Fridays

crown pub Close Your Eyes Its Gonna Happen! 2012: NYE with DJ Fuze, Sleepless DJ, guests

starlite room KLUB OMFG; 9pm

Y AFTERHOURS Foundation Fridays

THE DISH NEK Trio (jazz); every Sat, 6pm

Wild Bill’s–Red Deer TJ the DJ every Thu and Fri; 10pm-close

DJs 180 Degrees DJ every Fri AZUCAR PICANTE DJ Papi and DJ Latin Sensation every Fri BAR-B-BAR DJ James; every Fri; no cover BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Every Friday DJs spin on the main floor, Underdog and the Wooftop Blacksheep Pub Bash: DJ spinning retro to rock classics to current Boneyard Ale House The Rock Mash-up: DJ NAK spins videos every Fri; 9pm; no cover BUDDY’S DJ Arrow Chaser every Fri; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm Buffalo Underground R U Aware Friday: Featuring Neon Nights

180 Degrees DJ every Thu

Brixx bar Early show: Silent Line, Any Last Regrets, 7pm, $8 (adv); Late show: Options with Greg Gory and Eddie Lunchpail; 10pm (door)

Blackdog Freehouse Underdog: Underdog Sound Revue: garage,

Casino Edmonton Jersey Beat (tribute to the Jersey Boys)

THE Common Boom The Box: every Fri; nu disco, hip hop, indie,

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BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ NYE Dance: The Rault Brothers Soul Revue featuring Chloe Albert; 6:30pm; $110 (incl 6-course dinner)

electric rodeo– Spruce Grove DJ every Fri

Edmonton Event Centre Deadmau5 after party with Headhunterz, The Official Deadmau5; tickets at boodan. com, Foosh, Shadified (Northgate), Restricted elite (Kingsway), Occulist (WEM)

Westbury Theatre Christmas Carol Project: Bill Bourne, Al Brant, Kevin Cook, Maria Dunn, Bill Hobson, Dale Ladouceur, Terry Morrison, Tom Roschkov; narrated by Dave Clarke; 8pm; $30 (adv at Fringe Theatre box office)/$35 (door)

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soul, blues with Stu Chel; Main Floor: Soul/ reggae/punk/funk/junk with DJ Jaime Del Norte; Wooftop Lounge: Various musical flavas including funk, indie dance/nu disco, breaks, drum and bass and house with DJ Gundam

CHROME LOUNGE Platinum VIP every Fri

SAT DEC 31 ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open stage with Trace Jordan 1st and 3rd Sat; 7pm-12 artERY NYE: Farewell Michael Rault: Michael Rault and his band (rock), Scenic Route To Alaska (folk), DJ Spook and a surprise DJ; 8:30pm; $25 (adv)/$40(door) Avenue Theatre NYE: Longwalkshortdock, Knight Riderz, OBSRVNT (electronic); 8pm; $20/$30/$40 Beer Hunter–WEM NYE: Dangerous Guise; $30 (dinner dance)/$10 (after 9pm) available at Beer Hunter Billiard Club NYE Black Tie Affair: Flamingo Bay, DJ; tickets not necessary; book table 780.432.0335 Black Dog Freehouse Early show: Hair of the Dog: Ayla Brook (live acoustic music every Sat), 4-6pm; no cover; Late show: NYE: Concealer, Thea vs. Loki; 7pm (door) 10pm (show); $10 (adv at Black Dog)

Delta Edmonton South Hotel Top of the Inn: Jazz New Years with the Swing Kings (ballroom, swing and jazz), 5:30pm (door), 6:30pm (dinner), $120 at TIX on the Square; Grand Ballroom: Latin NYE with Papo Medina International Orchestra, 4-course sit-down dinner; 6pm (door), 7:30pm (dinner), 9pm-3am (dance); $89/$50 at TIX on the Square/$60 (door); dress to impress DV8 Tighten Up! Club NYE Bash: Reggae and soul Early Stage Saloon– Stony Plain NYE: The House Boys, Gary Claypool, Bernie Riegger and Band; $20 (adv at 780.963.5998) Eddie Shorts Saucy Wenches every Sat Edmonton Event Centre C O U N T D O W N NYE: Gareth Emery, W&W, Jochen Miller, Organ Donors, Jelo, and electronic artists; 3 Stages; 8pm-5am; $82 (adv)/$92 (adv)/$117 (VIP) at Foosh, Shadified, Restricted Elite, Occulist Edmonton Expo Centre The Urban Metropolis Big Bang NYE: $19.95

Fantasyland Hotel Edmonton International NYE Gala: dance music; 7pm-3am; $135; formal Filthy McNasty's Rockstar NYE All-Day Party: Fire Next Time, Red Ram, Viking Fell, Mad Hatters, All The King's Men (rock Music); 5pm; no cover Good NeighboUr Pub NYE with T.K. and the Honey Badgers; 8:30-midnight; no cover Haven Social Club NYE: Striker (metal), Eternal Prophecy, Lockdown; $25 (adv, incl Champagne and party favours) HillTop Pub Sat afternoon roots jam with Pascal, Simon and Dan, 3:30-6:30pm; evening Hooliganz Six String Loaded, Nobody Likes Dwight; 8pm Iron Boar Pub– Wetaskiwin Jazz in Wetaskiwin featuring jazz trios the 1st Sat each month; $10 Jekyll and Hyde Pub Pub (main floor): Headwind's New Year's Eve Live Album Party (rock & roll), 6pm (dinner), 9pm-1am (music); $20 (cover and dinner special); Hydeaway NYE with Marleigh and Mueller ( jazz duo), 9pm-1am; $20 at 780.488.2772, all ages l.b.'s pub Sat afternoon Jam with Gator and Friends, 5-9pm; NYE: Mark Ammar, Willy James, Jim Donnett, Crawdad (Dave), Scott Morgan, $40 (buffet/ dance), 7-9pm)/$20 (dance only) 9:30pm2am, party favours and Champagne at midnight Level 2 Lounge NYE: Marzetti, Groovy Cuvy, K-Stylez, Grizzlee Dubs, Damien Moor, Niklis C ; 8pm-3am; $175 (4 guest entry); $150 (table, VIP) McDougall Church Maria Dunn Trio, Back Porch Swing, Celtara, Billy ZZ and the Gypsy Jive, Cam Boyce,

Terry Morrison, John Gorham, Breezy Bian Gregg; family event; 7:30-10:30pm; no cover, donation for the Food Bank new city compound NYE with Mung, Cadavaer Dog, Messiahlator, Raw Deal; no minors; $10 (door) New West Hotel NYE: Silverado (country); 9pm; no cover O’byrne’s Live band every Sat, 3-7pm; DJ every Sat, 9:30pm On the Rocks NYE with The SuperBand; 9pm; $40 (dinner/ show)/$25 (show only after 9pm) pawn shop Early show: The Preying Saints (rock), The Kurt West Express )alt country), 7pm (show), $5 adv at Blackbyrd; Late show: Black and White New Years Party: Transmission Saturdays: indie rock, new wave, classic punk with DJ Blue Jay, Eddie Lunchpail, formal masquerade, 9pm, $5 at Blackbyrd The Pint Old Hollywood NYE

Out Out, Mad Bomber Society, Cygnets, No Problem; Spinning all night Degree And Gory; 7pm; $22 at Blackbyrd

Fluid Lounge Scene Saturday's Relaunch: Party; hip-hop, R&B and Dancehall with DJ Aiden Jamali

Treasury Champagne Dreams NYE Ball; $30 -$50 (adv)/more at door

FUNKY BUDDHA–Whyte Ave Top tracks, rock, retro every Sat with DJ Damian

UNION HALL Erocktica New Year's Eve; tickets at 780.702.2582

HALO For Those Who Know: house every Sat with DJ Junior Brown, Luke Morrison, Nestor Delano, Ari Rhodes

Vault Pub NYE Mystic Jamboree: the Wizards; 8pm Vinyl Retro Lounge Ice Palace New Year's Eve; 8:30pm; $10 West Side Pub West Side Pub Sat Afternoon: Dirty Jam: Tye Jones (host), all styles, 3-7pm Wild West Saloon NYE: Kixxsin 9:30pm Wunderbar 2012 Will Be Different: Whiskey Wagon, Jenny Woo, The Pezz Heads, Gary and the Quails, Industrial Arts, more; democratic dress; 8pm; tickets at the door

DJs 180 Degrees Street VIBS: Reggae night every Sat

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AZUCAR PICANTE DJ Touch It, hosted by DJ Papi; every Sat

Morinville NYE: Chronic Rock, Bangkok Betty

Blacksheep Pub DJ every Sat

Red Piano Bar NYE Big Top Extravaganza Party: dueling piano show; a circus inspired four course meal; $125 (dinner/show, 6:30pm)/ $50 (show only, 8:30pm)

Boneyard Ale House DJ Sinistra Saturdays: 9pm

rendezvous pub NYE: Whitemud, Boulderfist (hard rock, metal); 10pm Sawmill Banquet Centre NYE: The Classics; 6pm (cocktails), 7 pm (dinner), 9pm-1am (music); $67 Shaw Conference Centre NYE Bash: Tupelo Honey, Headstones; 8pm; $57$213 at TicketMaster Sideliners Pub Sat open stage; 3-7pm Starlite Room NYE party: Shout Out Out

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

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

Century Room NYE: Three Decades of music with House DJ ; $15 (adv)/$25 (door)

Suede Lounge DJ Nic-E spins every Sat

Druid Irish Pub DJ every Sat; 9pm

Suite 69 Every Fri Sat with DJ Randall-A

electric rodeo– Spruce Grove DJ every Sat

TEMPLE Oh Snap! Oh Snap with Degree, Cobra Commander, Battery, Jake Roberts, Ten-O, Cool Beans, Hotspur Pop and P-Rex; every Sat

FILTHY McNASTY'S Fire up the your night every Saturday with DJ SAWG

Union Hall Celebrity Saturdays: every Sat hosted by DJ Johnny Infamous Vinyl Dance Lounge Signature Saturdays Y AFTERHOURS NYE: DJ lineup; 10pm10am; $40-$50 at Foosh, The Occulist

SUN JAN 1 Beer Hunter–St Albert Open stage/jam every Sun; 2-6pm Blackjack's Roadhouse–Nisku Open mic every Sun hosted by Tim Lovett Blue Pear Restaurant Jazz on the Side Sun; 6pm; $25 if not dining 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 DV8 Clean Up Your Act Eddie Shorts Acoustic jam every Sun; 9pm FILTHY McNASTY'S Rock and Soul Sundays with DJ Sadeeq 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 Seven Strings Sun: ORLANDO'S 2 PUB Open stage jam every Sun; 4pm Pourhouse Bier Bistro Singersongwriter open stage with Jay Gilday; every Sun, 9pm-close

VENUE GUIDE 180 Degrees 10730-107 St, 780.414.0233 Accent European Lounge 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ARTery 9535 Jasper Ave Avenue Theatre 9030-118 Ave, 780.477.2149 Beer Hunter–WEM 7522-178 St, 780.489.7877 • thebeerhunter.ca 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 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 Bohemia 10217-97 St Boneyard Ale House 921634 Ave, 780.437.2663 Bunker Sports Pub 615 Hermitage Rd Brittanys Lounge 1022597 St Brixx Bar 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 Café Coral de Cuba 1081682 Ave, 780.433.3306 Caffrey's in the Park 1-99 Wye Road, Sherwood Park , 780.449.7468 Camrose Resort Casino 3201-48 Ave, 780.679.4950 Casino Edmonton 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 Casino Yellowhead 12464-153 St, 780 424 9467 Century grill 3975 Calgary Tr NW, 780.431.0303 Century Room 3975 Calgary Tr, 780.431.0303 Cha Island Tea Co 10332-81

Ave, 780.757.2482 CHROME LOUNGE 132 Ave, Victoria Trail Coast to Coast 5552 Calgary Tr, 780.439.8675 Common Lounge 10124124 St Crown and Anchor 15277 Castledowns Rd, 780.472.7696 Crown Pub 10709-109 St, 780.428.5618 Diesel Ultra Lounge 11845 Wayne Gretzky Drive, 780.704.CLUB Delta Edmonton South Hotel 4404 Gateway Blvd, 780.434.6415 Devaney’s Irish Pub 901388 Ave, 780.465.4834 THE DISH 12417 Stony Plain Rd, 780.488.6641 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S PUB 6402-118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8307-99 St Early Stage Saloon 491152 Ave, Stony Plain Eddie Shorts 10713-124 St, 780.453.3663 EDMONTON EVENTS CENTRE WEM Phase III, 780.489.SHOW ‎ Edmonton Expo Centre 7515-118 Ave Electric Rodeo–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 Elephant and Castle– Whyte Ave 10314 Whyte Ave Fantasyland Hotel 1770087 Ave FIDDLER’S ROOST 8906-99 St FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.432.5224 FLASH Night Club 10018-105 St, 780.996.1778 FLOW Lounge 11815 Wayne Gretzky Dr, 780.604.CLUB Fluid Lounge 10888 Jasper

Ave, 780.429.0700 FUNKY BUDDHA 10341-82 Ave, 780.433.9676 Good Earth Coffee 9942-108 St Good Neighbor Pub 11824-103 St HALO 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.HALO haven social club 15120A (basement), Stony Plain Rd, 780.756.6010 HillTop Pub 8220-106 Ave, 780.490.7359 Hogs Den Pub 9, 14220 Yellowhead Tr HOOLIGANZ 10704-124 St, 780.995.7110 Hydeaway 10209-100 Ave, 780.426.5381 Iron Boar Pub–Wetaskiwin 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 10209-100 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 Lit Italian Wine Bar 10132-104 St Lizard Lounge 13160-118 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 NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535-109A Ave O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 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 10860-57 Ave Pourhouse Bier Bistro 10354 Whyte Ave REDNEX BAR–Morinville 10413-100 Ave, 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 ,

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Second Cup–89 Ave 8906149 St • Sherwood Park 4005 Cloverbar Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.988.1929 • Summerwood Summerwood Centre,

Sherwood Park, 780.988.1929 Sawmill Banquet Centre 3840-76 Ave, 780.468.4115 Shaw Conference Centre 9797 Jasper Ave Sideliners Pub 11018-127 St, 780.453.6006 Sou Kawaii Zen Lounge 12923-97 St, 780.758.5924 Sportsman's Lounge 8170-50 St STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 STEEPS TEA LOUNGE–Whyte Ave 11116-82 Ave Suede Lounge 11806 Jasper Ave, 780.482.0707 Suite 69 2 Fl, 8232

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Wunderbar Townes Van Zandt Tribute with Jake Ian, Scott Cook, many more; 8:30pm Yellowhead Brewery Open Stage: Every Sun, 8pm

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Across 1 ___-Barbera cartoons 6 Thesaurus guy 11 Fight determination 14 Another name for a person 15 With a BMI over 30 16 Burgundy played by Will Ferrell 17 Adam Sandler cringefest that topped many "Worst Movie of 2011" lists 19 "Who ___ you kidding?" 20 "Very interesting..." 21 "Hey, wait ___!" 22 U.S. Treasury agents 23 Scrappy-___ (crime-fighting pup) 25 HP tablet released in July 2011, then discontinued six weeks later (then revived later in the year!) 28 Leftover in a tray 31 Yukon manufacturer 33 Cote d'Ivoire's prime minister Guillaume ___ (hidden in WINDSOR, ONTARIO) 34 Metacritic's lowest-rated Fall 2011 TV show 39 "Nice haircut...did you ___ bet?" 40 Dorm leaders 41 Artless 43 His "Seeking Major Tom" made Pitchfork's "Worst Album Covers of 2011" list 46 Kettle Brand's line of corn chips 47 Skin art, slangily 48 Chang's Siamese twin 49 Doomed Netflix offshoot on CNET's "20 Worst-Named Tech Products" 53 "The Darjeeling Limited" director Anderson 55 Fork point 56 Brand of big rig 58 Steel beam named for the letter it resembles 62 Dominique Strauss-Kahn's former org. 63 Tackle box item turned hair accessory that was one of Yahoo!'s "Worst Trends of 2011" 66 Health care assn. 67 Come up 68 Sing from the mountaintops 69 Neighbor of Isr. 70 Underneath 71 Persuasive piece Down 1 Pilgrim to Mecca 2 "Woe be unto me!" 3 Excellent

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4 1997 David Sedaris book 5 Simile center 6 Guns, in old slang 7 ___ d'art 8 Company with a green mascot 9 Course for immigrants: abbr. 10 Abbr. on a business card 11 Gymnastics event in the Olympics 12 Seoul's location 13 How hair may stand 18 Supermodel Campbell 22 It may be empty 24 Crazy Horse's group of Sioux 26 Org. for an admiral 27 Word with a common origin 28 Athlete's knee injury site, often 29 Take third place 30 Secretly is conspiring against 32 Michael of "Arrested Development" 35 Approve something again on Facebook 36 Late comedian Kinison 37 Helper, for short 38 Cinematographer Nykvist 42 Rowing machine unit 44 "Was ___ das?" 45 Actor Ethan 49 Wax removers 50 Milquetoast 51 Medium where addresses include "@" 52 Rizzo of "Midnight Cowboy" 54 Grain holders 57 Take some tabacky 59 Chums 60 Section 61 Count (on) 63 Laundry detergent brand 64 Before, to poets 65 Reuben bread ©2011 Jonesin' Crosswords

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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19): In North America, a farmer who grows wheat gets only five percent of the money earned by selling a loaf of bread made from his crop. I encourage you to push for a much bigger share than that for the work you do in 2012. It will be an excellent time to raise the levels of respect you have for your own gifts, skills, and products—and to ask for that increased respect, as well. TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): For much of the 19th century, aluminum was regarded as a precious metal more valuable than gold. It was even used for the capstone of the Washington Monument, dedicated in 1884. The reason for this curiosity? Until the 1890s, it was difficult and expensive to extract aluminum from its ore. Then a new technology was developed that made the process very cheap. In 2012, I'm predicting a similar progression in your own life. An asset will become more freely available to you because of your increased ability to separate it from the slag it's mixed with. GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20): The coming year will be a good time for you to consider investigating the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Their main dogma is the wisdom of rejecting all dogma. Having such a light-hearted approach to spiritual matters would be quite healthy for you to experiment with. For extra credit, you could draw inspiration from a church member named Niko Alm. He convinced authorities to allow him to wear a pasta strainer on his head for his driver's license photo. Having a jaunty approach to official requirements and formal necessities will also serve you well. CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): Terrence Ma-

lick's Tree of Life is an ambitious work that deviates from formulaic approaches to film-making. Some observers hated its experimental invocation of big ideas, while others approved. New York Times critic AO Scott compared the movie to Herman Melville's Moby Dick, one of America's great works of literature. Here's what Scott wrote: "Mr Malick might have been well advised to leave out the dinosaurs and the trip to the afterlife and given us a delicate chronicle of a young man's struggle with his father and himself. And perhaps Melville should have suppressed his philosophizing impulses and written a lively tale of a whaling voyage." Using this as a template, I urge you to treat 2012 as a time when you will be like Melville and Malick in your chosen field. Trust your daring, expansive vision. LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): I love the way they celebrate the New Year in Stonehaven, Scotland. A procession of revelers swings big flaming baskets around on the ends of long chains. I recommend that you carry out a comparable ritual as you barge into 2012. The coming months should be an extended fire festival for you—a time when you faithfully stoke the blaze in your belly and the brilliance in your heart. Are you ready to bring all the heat and light you can to the next phase of your master plan? I hope so. Burn, baby, burn. VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): Historian David McCullough wrote The Greater Journey, a book telling the stories of ambitious young American artists who relocated to Paris between 1830 and 1900. They had to move away because CONTINUED ON PAGE 32 >>

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their home country had no museums or art schools at that time. You may want to consider seeking a similar enlargement of your possibilities in the coming months. As you seek out the resources that will help you follow your dreams, be prepared to look beyond what you already know and what's immediately available. LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): Professional basketball player Ron Artest petitioned the court to let him change his name to "Metta World Peace." "Metta" is a Buddhist term that signifies loving-kindness and benevolence. When the new moniker finally became official, Metta World Peace sealed a radical shift away from his old way of doing things symbolized by the time he leaped into the stands

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in the middle of a game to punch a fan in the head. The coming months will be an excellent time for you to initiate a rite of passage that will expedite an equally dramatic transformation. SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): Many of the questions we had as children never got resolved or answered to our satisfaction. Meanwhile, fresh queries keep welling up within us as the years go by. After a while, we've got a huge collection of enigmas and conundrums. Some of us regard this as a tangled problem that weighs us down, while others see it as a delight, making life more interesting. Where do you stand on the issue? If you're in the latter group, you will be fully open to the experiences that will be flowing your way in 2012. And that means you will be blessed with a host of sumptuous and catalytic new questions.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21): The first half of 2012 will be an excellent time to for you to exorcize any prejudices you might be harbouring toward anyone who lives or thinks differently from you. You'll be able to see your own irrational biases with exceptional clarity, and are also likely to have success at scouring yourself free of them. This will give you access to new reserves of psychic energy you didn't even realize you were shut off from. (PS I'm not saying you possess more intolerance or narrowmindedness than any of the rest of us. It's just that this is your time to deal brilliantly with your share of it.) CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): In Botticelli's painting The Birth of Venus, the goddess of beauty and love is shown arriving on dry land for the first time after having been born in

the ocean. Naked, she is trying to cover her private parts with her hand and thigh-length hair. Her attendant, a fully clothed nymph, is bringing a cloak to cover her up. Analyzing this scene, art critic Sister Wendy suggests it's actually quite sad. It symbolizes the fact that since we humans can't bear the confrontation with sublime beauty, we must always keep it partly hidden. Your assignment in the coming year is to overcome this inhibition. I invite you to retrain yourself so that you can thrive in the presence of intense, amazing, and transformative beauty. AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): The coming months will be an excellent time to take an inventory of your life to determine whether there are any ways in which you act like a slave. Do you find it hard to defeat an addiction that saps your energy and weakens

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your ability to live the life you want? Is it hard for you to change or end your relationships with people who are no damn good for you? Discover what these oppressors are, Aquarius—and then summon all your intelligence and willpower to escape them. PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): California engineer Ron Patrick put a jet engine in his silver VW Beetle. Now he's got a 1450-horsepower vehicle—but it's not legal for him to drive on public highways. In the coming year I suspect you'll be tempted to try something similar: create a dynamic tool with a modest appearance or a turbo-charged source of energy in a deceptively small package. But if you do, please make sure that you can actually use it to improve your ability to get around and make your life better. V

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Progress is made with a new HIV vaccine 2011 has ended on a hopeful note with provoking an immune response. In the has passed through to the human trial the announcement that clinical trials past, vaccine researchers had always stage. That has to mean they're on the for a new HIV vaccine will begin in been wary of using the killed whole viright track. January. On December 21, we heard rus approach, considering it too dangerIt will still be at least five years before the news, direct from the Unious. The research team at Westwe see this vaccine approved and ready versity of Western Ontario, ern, however, has found a way for widespread use. After the first phase that researchers there have to not only produce a virus in which it is tested with a small group just been granted FDA apthat is harmless, but also to to ensure that it is safe in humans, there om eekly.c @vuew a d proval to start human trials produce it in large quantities, is both a second and third phase which n re b for the vaccine. which had been the second tests to see if it is effective. It's very comBrendear Kerb It seems we've heard news barrier to using this approach. mon for drug and vaccine trials to be like this before. Every few months, Norris sees great potential in this stopped during these phases because it seems, something new and innovadevelopment: "I think the reason I am of disappointing results or unexpected tive in the field of HIV research comes up and we all get excited, but then it The fact that it is in Phase l human trials means quietly dies and researchers go back that it is looking more promising than other to the drawing board. Is there reason research, as most of that is dead in the water after to get excited about this new attempt lab trials. at a vaccine? Deborah Norris, who has been involved in HIV education in our city for many years, and who is living with HIV more hopeful for this one than any adverse effects. So there is a long way herself, thinks there is. "The fact that it other one I have seen come down the to go. But Deborah thinks there are posis in Phase l human trials means that it pipeline is that it involves genetic enitive outcomes already, "Even if this vacis looking more promising than other gineering and producing a natural imcine does not work, it means a spotlight research, as most of that is dead in the mune response to the virus." will be shone on this issue once again, water after lab trials," she says. so more money will be made available In fact, this vaccine is different than I had come to believe that we would for continued research." V others that have been developed benever see a vaccine because of HIV's Brenda Kerber is a sexual health educafore. This one uses a killed whole vitricky ability to mutate itself. But this antor who has worked with local not-forrus, meaning that they produce the nouncement gives me some hope. This profits since 1995. She is the owner of virus and then inactivate it, rendering it vaccine has been under development the Edmonton-based, sex-positive adult harmless to a person before injecting it for a long time and has been shown to toy boutique the Traveling Tickle Trunk. into the bloodstream, with the aim of be safe and effective in animal trials and

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Savage deals with guys who like—and don't like—being degraded I am a 25-year-old gay man. I consider acceptable BDSM/kink or is it dangermyself very gay-positive and self-acous to use a prevalent hate ideology cepting. Although I have always acin sex play? NOT AN INFERIOR FAGGOT cepted my homosexuality and PS Examples of these webnever really felt bad about E SAVAG sites: faggot4ever.tumblr. it, recently I have been gocom, obeythestraightman. ing through a hard time m ekly.co vuewe @ tumblr.com, and tribes. e psychologically because v lo savage tribe.net/qssm. I'm exposing myself to very Dan Savage graphic homophobic online You're not inferior, NAIF, and content. There are blogs, online you're not alone. groups, and websites that cater to In fact, you have lots of horny soulgay men who like to be abused and mates out there—think of strong degraded by "straight" men. These feminist women with rape fantasies, websites have content that is exthink of faithful Jews with Nazi fetremely degrading. Some people write tishes, think of empowered African extensively about how all gay rights Americans who get off on Master/ should be rolled back. slave role-play scenes. And think of I am very disturbed because I am acall the gay men out there turned on tually aroused by content that shows by those vaguely threatening male supposedly straight men degrading archetypes. I mean, come on: All gay men. I have spent hours reading those cliché gay male sex symbols— these homophobic posts and staring truckers, skinheads, marines, cops, at graphic homophobic pictures, and I firemen, gangbangers—don't exactly always come away feeling disturbed, represent the kinds of people or proinsecure, and unhappy. But when I'm fessions that have historically been horny, I go right back. The worst feelassociated with tolerance. ing comes from knowing that a lot of A person can safely explore degradthose people don't seem to recognize ing fantasies—even fantasies rooted it as just a fantasy, but instead bein "hate ideology"—so long as he/ lieve in the homophobic views they she is capable of compartmentalizing express. this stuff. Basically, you have to build I was never disturbed by BDSM-type a firewall between your fantasies fantasies or BDSM porn, as it never and your self-esteem. (And, just as seemed to be related to homophoimportantly, between your fantasies bia at all. But this type of dom/sub and your politics.) Once you do that, thing is very disturbing, as people NAIF, you'll be able to enjoy your don't seem to be "just playing" and it "straight men abusing fags" fantasies is playing with a real-world violent without feeling devastated immeand powerful hate ideology. Is it OK diately after you come. In fact, sucfor me to just view this as another cessfully building that firewall and harmless fantasy or is this something then enjoying your fantasies without I need to control or get help dealing shame can leave you feeling stronwith? Secondly, are the people who ger and more empowered for having contribute, participate in, and prothese fantasies in the first place. Call duce such gay-bashing sexualized it the sub's paradox: a D/s sub who content just indulging in a version of

can enjoy his fantasies without being shredded by them is in control, not being controlled—regardless of how things might appear to a casual or misinformed observer. But it doesn't sound like you've been able to build that firewall yet, NAIF, due to feelings of shame rooted in a perceived disconnect between the person you know yourself to be—a proud gay man—and the scenarios that make your dick hard. But there is no disconnect, NAIF. You don't really hate yourself any more than the feminist with rape fantasies really wants to be raped or the Jewish guy with Nazi fantasies really be-

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fro-yo and chat about Glee—would go a long way toward helping you see your fantasies as something that brought intimacy, companionship, and connection into your life, instead of self-loathing and self-recrimination. But don't start exploring your fantasies with a boyfriend until that firewall is well under construction, NAIF, OK? Three months ago, I started a fuckbuddy relationship with an old friend. As we are both not seeking a serious romance, I thought it would be a good idea. My assumption was that the relationship was "open." But when I asked him how he'd feel about me

You don't really hate yourself any more than the feminist with rape fantasies really wants to be raped or the Jewish guy with Nazi fantasies really believes that Germans are the master race.

I'm a straight male in a committed live-in relationship. My girlfriend and I have sex once a week, usually on Saturday mornings. During the week, she is either too tired or too full after dinner. She often says she wants to have sex, but come 9:30 p.m., she's ready to get in bed and watch TV until she falls asleep. She asks me on a daily basis if I've masturbated in her absence. If I say no, she accuses me of lying. She has demanded to smell my hands to see if she can smell lube on them. I resent feeling interrogated and guilt-tripped over this. When I do masturbate, I always clean up after myself and I'm doing it before she gets home or after she's gone to bed. So, again, why the guilt? BROWBEATING OKAY, MEAT BEATING ANOTHER STORY TOTALLY

lieves that Germans are the master race. (Could a people who routinely wear sandals with socks be the master race? No, they could not.) It might help if you reminded yourself of that before, during, and after you rub one out—it also might help if a sex-positive counselor reminded you of that during some regular sessions over a period of months. You know what else might help? Finding a nice, out, proud gay man who gets off on this shit, too, NAIF, a guy who wants to explore these degradation fantasies with you in real time—safely, respectfully, and consensually. Cuddling after a hot, crazy, kinky D/s sex session with the "straight" guy who five minutes ago was "degrading" you for being a "worthless faggot"—and then getting dressed and going out to grab some

dating another guy, he got defensive and said that if I fucked other guys, he would "never" sleep with me again. I asked him if he was sleeping with other girls, and he said no. I don't know whether to be happy (he likes me enough to be monogamous) or freaked (at his leotarded communication style). I do have feelings for him, and the sex is progressing from good to great. Any advice would be helpful. CONFUSED CANADIAN CHICK

I would advise you to have a convo about upgrading your frequent-fucker cards from fuck-buds silver to boyfriend/girlfriend gold. The latter designation gets closer to the facts on the ground: You have feelings for him, he has feelings for you (however poorly articulated), the sex is great, the relationship is exclusive. You two may not

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I don't know who's crazier, your controlling, psychotic, hand-sniffing girlfriend, BOMBAST, or you, for sticking around and putting up with this bullshit. There's nothing wrong with having a low libido; it's not a crime to want sex only once a week. But terrorizing a higher-libido partner about whether or not he is making ends meet by masturbating now and then—and demanding to smell his hands!—is borderline abusive behavior. DTMFA, BOMBAST, and be so kind as to pass this bit of advice on to your soon-to-be ex-girlfriend: If you want a companion animal you can castrate, lady, get a dog. Not a boyfriend, not a husband. A dog. V Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/savage.

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If you go to Churchill Square on New Year's Eve, you'll witness the birth of Edmonton's newest festival, METROPOLIS. The ambitious citywithin-a-city begins next Saturday and runs over the course of eight weeks, animating Sir Winston Churchill square with six freestanding pavilions featuring a bar, winter food, live performances, interactive exhibits and multimedia artwork.

What you may not realize is the work it took to make it happen. Thousands of hours of planning, research, testing, programming, campaigning and construction went into the production of this innovative new festival. Visiting the site throughout the building process has brought to mind the immensity of work it takes behind the scenes to put a project like this together. After superstar architects Gene Dub, Giuseppe Albi, Richard Isaac, Bill Chomik created designs for the sculptural pavilions, it was up to the crews to bring those plans to life. Construction trades have been on the square since November 21st, transforming

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Aluma Systems construction scaffolding and white shrink-wrap into the playful and seemingly weightless shapes floating in the core of the city. "We normally work in the oil sands, but this is an art project," says Ryan Balfe of DC38, the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades. He and his colleagues Chad Publicover and Shane Wilsen, working in the medium of polyethylene and pipes, were putting the finishing touches on the children's pavilion last week through subzero temperatures and cold winds. Climbing up the complex skeletal framework of scaffolding and juggling blowtorch and polyethylene shrink-wrap, it is very demanding work. But it is pulled off with such high craftsmanship, that you'd never know how much time and creative effort it took to physically build it. V Chelsea Boos is a multidisciplinary visual artist and flâneur. Back words is a discussion of her dérives and a photographic diary of the local visual culture.

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