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A lot to look forward to No policy decision should ever be untouchable to debate. The third rail— the untouchable debate—can prevent honest conversation about necessary change or new ideas that could be implemented. Social programs under discussion by Conservative governments can create some obvious tension. Any time former premier Klein uttered the words, "health care" there was an electric undercurrent of fear that this is would be the moment health care would be taken from us all. Of course there are methods by which politicians can signal they actually want to have a debate. Stephen Harper unfortunately has not sent this signal. Announcing in a foreign country that your government is looking at changing the old-age pension system without ever having brought it up back home is the equivalent of breaking up with your boyfriend by telling his best friend first. It's not surprising that Canadians might be a little nervous with this sudden declaration. Of course trial balloons are not new in politics. They're handy ways to find out how the citizenry is feeling about an issue. And hopefully Harper's team has written down somewhere: "Canadians like old age security." There are numerous reasons the opposition, and Canadians , should be upset. Any change to the pension system would cre-

ate a fundemental change to the way Canadians plan their finances and their lives. Yet Harper made no mention of it during last year's election campaign. His reasoning for the changes is also a little fuzzy. It has something to do with the system being unsustainable, but as the opposition has pointed out, the government's own numbers refute the idea that Canada's demographics will add to an unsustainable federal pension system. According to the Globe and Mail, Ottawa requested Edward Whitehouse, a pension policy researcher with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, to study Canada's pension plan in relation to international standards. Whitehouse concluded: "The analysis suggests that Canada does not face major challenges of financial sustainability with its public pension schemes," and "there is no pressing financial or fiscal need to increase pension ages in the foreseeable future." But this isn't the first time Harper's numbers haven't added up. The federal plan to expand Canada's prison system—at a cost of close to $4 billion—comes at a time when reported crime rates are on the decrease. But maybe we, as Canadians should take comfort that the Conservative government is investing in housing of some sort. As a young Canadian I can at least look forward to having a roof over my head in my old age behind bars. V

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THIRD WHEEL The Attawapiskat First Nation has filed a request for an injuction to remove the federally-appointed third-party manager. The third-party manager was imposed by Prime Minister Harper after the severe housing conditions on the reserve came to national attention. Chief Therese Spence has called the impact of the third-party manager

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comparable to her own experience in a residential school. The injunction request released by the Attawapiskat states, "Ultimately, the Application seeks a declaration that the minister appointed a third party manager for irrelevant and extraneous reasons, and not for reasons authorized by the Indian Act."

Chief Spence's attached affidavit states, "As Chief, I feel as powerless and vulnerable in the face of third party management as I did as a child taken to residential school. I and my council are therefore asking this Honourable Court to restrain Canada from imposing third party management on our community to deal with the present housing crisis."

The Yinka Dene Alliance—which includes the Nadleh Whut'en, Saik'uz, Takla Lake, Nak'azdli, Wet'suwet'en and Tl'Azt'en Nations—was the first group to sign on the declaration, which now includes over 130 groups across BC, Alberta and the Northwest Territories. "The Harper government has made clear that they plan to ram the Enbridge pipeline and tankers through. He wants to sacrifice First Nations once again for this tar sands poison," said Chief Jackie Thomas of Saik'uz First Nation. "We will stop them." Chiefs and Elders were in town to pres-

ent oral evidence to the Enbridge Joint Review Panel. The proposed Enbridge route currently goes through waterways, and threatens hunting, fishing and gathering sites used by First Nations. The Joint Review Panel is mandated by the federal Minister of the Environment to be an independent panel responsible for weighing the environmental hazards of the pipeline. The panel will be hearing from communities including Prince Rupert, Klemtu and Hartley Bay into April. The pipeline would carry over one million barrels of oil per day. Enbridge would like to begin construction in 2014.

UNITED TO OPPOSE Over 130 First Nations groups signed the Fraser Declaration this past week, agreeing to stand against crude oil exports through their traditional territories. The Fraser Declaration is a major point in a series of continuing actions happening during the National Energy Board hearings, which are debating the merits of the Enbridge Gateway project. First Nations groups are working to oppose not only the Enbridge project, which would take oil exports from Northern Alberta across BC to the Kitimat Coast, but also Kinder Morgan's proposed oil shipping ports in Vancouver Harbour.

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The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has released a new report calling on the federal government to remove barriers to investment in Canada's rental housing market. The Canadian rental market is stagnant, says the FCM in its new report "The Housing Market and Canada's Economic Recovery." Currently, high personal debt loads and tighter mortgage rules means fewer Canadians are able to buy new homes. But the rental market has not kept up to demand. According to the report, one-third of Canadians are renters, but rental housing has made up only 10 percent of new residential construction over the last 15 years. The period between 2001 and 2006 marked the first

time that the number rental units has actually declined. The report calls on the federal government to provide low-interest loans to finance new rental construction and reform the tax system to prevent the demolition of existing rental units. "To keep our economy growing when fewer Canadians are able to buy new homes, we need to make it easier to invest in and expand the rental housing market," said FCM president Berry Vrbanovic at the report's launch. "New rental construction will give cash-strapped young families, new immigrants, and an aging population housing options they can afford, and protect construction jobs as governments turn off the stimulus taps."

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Waiting for delivery Premier Redford has promised an increase for AISH recipients Ask a politician of any political stripe if picking a fight with the disabled is a good way to start an election campaign and odds are they will answer, "No!" But there's an exception to every rule and when it comes to Alberta politics, one need go no farther than Ralph Klein to find an example of this. The one predictable thing about our province's 12th premier was, after all, his unpredictability. And so it came to pass, on day three of the 2004 general election campaign that Klein went off script during a speech to make disparaging comments about two women on AISH "yipping" at him about boosting payments. "They didn't look severely handicapped to me," Klein said, suggesting that a vast number of AISH recipients were undeserving of benefits at all. AISH benefits had last been increased in 1999, when monthly rates were raised to $855. Given the rate was $810 when Getty left office in 1992, it was clear the matter fell low on Klein's priority list. Now, to add insult to injury, AISH recipients found themselves being depicted by their premier as phonies defrauding the treasury. Reaction was loud and swift. Advocates for the disabled argued that the rigorous AISH screening process imposed under Klein had resulted in an extremely low rate of fraud amongst recipients. The

opposition rose to the occasion, painting Klein as heartless and accusing the government of balancing the budget and slaying the debt on the backs of the most vulnerable. Sure, they'd been saying the same thing for a decade. But now people were listening to them. As day four of the campaign dawned, instead of headlines applauding Alberta's robust economy, newspaper stories used words like "ugly" and "mean-spirited" to describe how Ralph Klein was threatening to cut disability benefits. In full damage control mode, Klein’s press office issued a statement assuring Albertans that, yes, the premier recognized that some disabilities aren’t visible and, no, he meant no offense. Despite their efforts, the situation was about to go from bad to worse. Later that day, according to numerous reports, Klein attended a sod-turning event for a water line in Grande Prairie. After initially ignoring a CBC-TV reporter when she asked him about the AISH furor, he veered off his sod-turning script moments later to address the matter. "The CBC wants to talk to me about AISH. I'm sure none of you want to talk to me about AISH, do you?" Klein said. "That's because you're normal. Severely normal people." He went on to berate the CBC as the "laziest outlet" he'd ever

encountered, mocking its "very, very small" audience. His outburst was carried by news outlets across the country. Graham Thomson of the Edmonton Journal wrote that by using the term "severely normal Albertans" in the context of a debate over the severely handicapped, "Klein couldn't have dug himself in deeper if he had used dynamite and a backhoe." By Friday, Klein was grudgingly apologetic. "If there are some people who are legitimately on AISH programs, I'll apologize to them," he told reporters. Klein went on to win the election, of course, but with a reduced majority and significant damage to his reputation as being a fighter for the underdog.

dignity and confidence," Redford told reporters while announcing her proposal. "I don't think the payment level the government has been providing them has allowed for that to happen." Since taking office in October, Redford and her staff have repeatedly confirmed her intention to deliver. Folks like Joe Ceci and Mirella Sacco have their fingers crossed. Ceci is the coordinator of the non-profit Action To End Poverty in Alberta, an initiative that grew out of a partnership between the Inter-City Forum on Social Policy and Family and Community Support Services Association of Alberta. His group has identified the disabled community as one of five groups that experience poverty more than others, so Ceci says Redford's promise caught his attention. "Albertans will be watching the budget closely to see whether the Premier follows through on her commitment," he says, "and people will be taking that with them to the polling station." Ceci, who served on Calgary City Council from 1995 to 2010, warns that Redford risks significant political capital if she reneges. "As an elected official, you put your reputation on the line and are judged on whether you come through on your pledges," he said. Ceci believes there will be an increase to AISH benefits in next week’s budget

but suspects the full $400 might be phased in over time. The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation's Fall 2011 Rental Market Survey indicates the average rental rate for a bachelor apartment in Edmonton in October 2011 was $713/month. An AISH recipient receiving the maximum benefit is left with just $475 a month to cover food, transportation, clothing and everything else one needs to survive. According to the Edmonton Social Planning Council’s 2011 "Tracking the Trends" report, just over 15 900 Edmontonians receive AISH benefits. Mirella Sacco considers herself one of the lucky ones. "I usually make it to the end of the month without running out of money," says Sacco, "unless I have an unexpected out-of-pocket medical expense. That always leaves me short." Sacco thinks for a moment when asked what a $400 increase to her monthly cheque would mean to her. "Freedom," she says. "Freedom to choose where I live. Freedom to choose what I eat." Does she expect Premier Redford to follow through on her promise? "Like everybody else, I'll just have to wait and see." The provincial budget will be introduced on February 9 with an election to follow before the end of May.

A more promising tack would be the one that the Quebec separatists in Canada took in their 1995 referendum: "Do you agree to the independence of Scotland if we promise that it won't hurt a bit: the English will still be our friends, we'll be richer than we are now, and we can even go on using the pound. In fact, you'll hardly notice the difference, except that you'll feel much better about yourself." (I'm paraphrasing a bit here.) The question in Quebec's 1995 referendum was actually: "Do you agree that Quebec should become sovereign after having made a formal offer to

tive, vague word, not "independent," an explicit word meaning irreversible change. (Salmond has missed a trick there.) And "the agreement signed on June 12, 1995," which the average ill-informed voter would assume is some reassuring deal with the federal government, when actually it was just a joint statement by Quebec political parties. The 1995 referendum in Quebec came close to yielding a majority for "yes." Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien responded by passing a "Clarity Act," which stated that the question in any future referendum on secession must

While it's unlikely Premier Alison Redford will try to emulate Klein's 2004 week one performance, AISH rates are sure to loom large when the writ is dropped, nonetheless. AISH benefits were last raised, to $1188 per month, in 2009. During the Progressive Conservative leadership race, Redford pledged to increase monthly benefits by $400 and to double the amount AISH recipients can earn (from $400 to $800) before the government starts clawing back their payments. "I have been troubled by the fact there is a group of people that are truly vulnerable and very much want to live their lives with

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COMMENT >> SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE

Scotland's neverendum

Scotland's First Minister knows all the tricks to gain independence tish voters two choices: "Scotland should become independent" or "Scotland should remain in the United Kingdom." Tick one box. But if he did that, most of the voters would surely vote for the status quo. People don't usually choose to leap into the unknown unless they are brimming with self-confidence or living in intolerable misery. Neither applies to the Scots, so Salmond twists the question a m bit: "Do you agree (with all ekly.co e w e u e@v gwynn the rest of us, implicitly, or e Gwynn at least with all sensible peor e y D ple) that Scotland should be an independent country?" People also don't like to contradict the (implicit) majority, so putting it that way might win a few thousand extra "yes" votes. In his heart, Salmond would probably prefer a more inflammatory question like "Do you want to seize Scotland’s independence back from the Sassenach (Saxon, ie English) oppressors, or he has just revealed the question he would you rather live as slaves?” That wants to ask in the referendum he has would delight the tartan super-patripromised: "Do you agree that Scotland ots who are his core constituency, but should be an independent country?" it would alienate the moderate middle It seems to be a simple question, but whose support he must gain to win the it's psychologically loaded. A more vote. neutral question would offer the Scot-

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The answer to a question often depends on how you ask it, and Alex Salmond is doing all he can to get a "Yes." Scotland's separatist First Minister wants independence for his country, which has been part of the United Kingdom for the past 300 years, and

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Do you want to seize Scotland’s independence back from the Sassenach (Saxon, ie English) oppressors, or would you rather live as slaves?

Canada for a new economic and political partnership within the scope of the bill respecting the future of Quebec and of the agreement signed on June 12, 1995?" "Do you agree?" again: everybody knows that trick. "Sovereign," a posi-

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COMMENT >> ELECTION PREP

Inciting controversy

The Wildrose party prepares for attack mode With a provincial election just weeks tion to the public interest. Likewise, away from being called, Alberta's pothe Liberals, although with far fewer litical parties are working hard to idenpress releases than the other parties, tify the issues and policy platforms have offered press releases on emerthey want to run on. Given some of gency response times and also on the the controversial issues that have high cost of electricity. Again, real arisen in Alberta over the past issues that have a real impact number of years, one would on Albertans. E C N think there is no shortage E ERFEReekly.com The Wildrose Party, at of key planks on which the INT @vuew ricardo o opposition parties in particleast according to their Ricard ular can build their election press releases since January Acuña platforms. Issues like electricity 1, has chosen to place their forates, long-term care shortages, frackcus on political donations by public ing, over-crowded schools, ambulance institutions and public sector wages. response times, energy and pipeline It may just be me, but this seems like policy, and job creation are all things a complete disconnect for a provincethat do, and will continue to, impact wide party that is serious about formvirtually all Albertans on a daily basis. ing government. A quick scan of recent press reThere is no doubt that the issue of leases on the major parties' websites public bodies making donations to gives a good sense of what they've the governing party is a serious one, chosen to focus on, and what issues and one that needs to be explored they are hoping to make a central and fixed, but making it the focus of part of their respective electoral an election platform reeks a little of campaigns, and to what degree they US style attack politics. It's not about are prepared to offer up alternatives showing how your policy platforms that will make a difference in the will bring about positive change in daily lives of Albertans. the daily lives of Albertans, but rather The New Democrats, for example, about trying to rile up anger at the have chosen to focus their work other guys. It's ultimately about fothus far in 2012 on the rising costs of cusing on what's wrong with them electricity and the potential perils of instead of what's right about what fracking technology. These are both you have to offer. How does that conissues which have a significant on Altribute to constructive dialogue about bertans, and in both areas they are Alberta's future? offering up alternatives which they Likewise with their recent focus on feel would make a positive contribupublic sector wages. It started with

an attack on teachers, and blamed the high cost of teachers' salaries for the problems being faced by schools and school boards. This past week it turned to other public workers as the party waved around a new report from former Harper advisor Ken Boessenkool which claims that the cost of public sector wages in Alberta increased about 120 percentbetween 2000 and 2010. The Wildrose press release on the issue suggests that this is how the "PC government has returned us to debt and has plundered our children's savings." Never mind, as local blogger David Climenhaga pointed out in a post last week, that the 120 percent figure doesn't account for inflation, the growth in population or the astronomical growth in the size of Alberta's economy. Never mind that it includes the bloated salaries and bonuses of Deputy Ministers, Assistant Deputy Ministers, and other government senior managers. None of that matters to the Wildrose Party—they've seen enough to make a public sector wage freeze a key part of their platform. How much do public sector salaries really impact Albertans? Wouldn't most Albertans agree that if we want to have the best services in Canada provided by the most qualified people in Canada in the richest province in Canada then we should be paying the highest salaries in Canada? Wouldn't most Albertans agree that if the

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Just two months before the independence referendum in Quebec, only onethird of Quebecers planned to vote "yes." On the day, almost half did (49.5 percent). Even more than in normal politics, questions of national independence tend to be decided on emotional grounds—and once the question is on the table, it is there forever. Quebec has held two referendums on independence, in 1980 and 1995. The voters rejected it both times, but the separatists are still waiting for a third opportunity. (English-speakers in Quebec call it the "neverendum.") Must get a winner one day. V

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plus one would not be enough to mandate such a large and irreversible change. The Canadian "Clarity Act" has subsequently become the international standard for secession referendums. It is regularly cited in Spain, for example, as the standard that a Basque or Catalan referendum on independence would have to meet, and in Belgium with regard to Flemish or Walloon secession. It has similarly limited Alex Salmond's freedom to shape the Scottish referendum question, which is why it is relatively clear. Salmond still has two cards up his sleeve. One is a proposal to let 16- and 17-year-olds vote in the referendum, on the calculation that the younger they

are, the likelier they will be to support radical change. (The normal voting age in the UK is 18.) He is also still talking about adding a further option in the referendum for "maximum devolution" of power to the Scottish government, a halfway house that would leave the United Kingdom government responsible for little except defence and foreign affairs. But he will probably end up trading that for an agreement with London to postpone the referendum until late in 2014. He needs to postpone it because Scottish independence would lose by a majority of almost two-to-one if the referendum were held today. But if Salmond has more than two years to pick quarrels with London that will incense Scottish nationalists, he might be able to change that.

multi-million dollar CEO needs to pay just a little more in taxes to ensure that the nurse who is taking care of their children or dying parents is wellqualified and feels adequately compensated then it’s worth it? Perhaps Ms Smith's campaign, however, is trying to appeal to something different. By essentially saying that "this person makes more than you and they don't deserve it" is she trying to tap into that ugly part of us that doesn't think anyone deserves to make more than us? And if so, what does that say about how they view Albertans? What is clear is that the Wildrose Party has chosen to run a campaign

not based on the merit of their own policy proposals, but rather on trying to incite negative emotions and reactions by Albertans against someone else. If it works, it will do serious damage to how politics is done in Alberta from this point forward, and it will do serious damage to the state of our democracy. Let's hope that Albertans as a whole are better than the Wildrose Party presumes them to be, and let's hope the election results ultimately spell the end for that type of politics. V Ricardo Acuña is the executive director of the Parkland Institute, a non-partisan, public policy research institute housed at the University of Alberta.

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COMMENT >> HOCKEY

Parade of stars

Our panel discusses making the All-Star Game even better The Oilers just returned from the photo shoot with pucks and sticks All-Star Break so this update is easy. as props. Talk about fierce! Come Jordan Eberle recovered from injury on Bettman, let's go for the lowin time to be the lone Oiler rep at est common denominators: sex and the game. The Oilers returned with violence. Can you feel the synergy? KELLY SANTAROSSA, SYNERGIST a big 3-2 win against Colorado. Now it is time to go to the In The Box BE A CLOWN LIKE DAVE BROWN Panel for some thoughts on I quite like the direction the NHL All-Star Game. that the All-Star Weekend The In The Box Panel is .com has headed. The league ly a ragtag group of Oilers k e e ew ox@vu intheb has all but abandoned any fans (and a token Flames oung & Dave Y irtles delusions of the game beB supporter for balance) with n a y Br ing meaningful and has startopinions on stuff. ed focusing on the fun of the game IN THE BOX PANEL QUESTION and the personalities and skills of "The NHL took its annual break for its players. And the All-Star Draft, the All-Star Game. The format of where players pick their own teamthe game has changed dramatically mates, was risky but works. The recently. What are the most outraonly change I'd make: get a couple geous changes you would make to of hockey-literate comedians to the All-Star Game that you believe ride shotgun with the team capwould make it a can't-miss event (or tains during the All-Star Draft to at least a bit more entertaining)?" add some jokes, funny comments and zingers to keep things moving. STOOP AND PANDER LIKE ANTON LANDER Suggested comedians: Will Arnett, Although hockey fans have some Bill Burr, Russell Peters, Mike Myinput into the current format of ers, Norm Macdonald, Brent Butt, the All-Star game, the league is Sean Avery. Oh, and a Trivia conclearly not pandering enough to test should be part of the Skills the general public to generate the Competition. DAVID YOUNG, OLD GUY OF IN THE BOX robust viewership it desires. It's time to stoop to conquer. Turn the MAKE IT A CIRCUS LIKE TONY HRKAC selection of the All-Star teams into (IT RHYMES, REALLY!) a reality show that's just one more Honestly, I would make the All-Star unimaginative rip-off of AmeriGame mean something like it does can Idol, Big Brother and Survivor. in MLB. That or maybe have the AllMake sure the players are mic'd up Star more of a Circus of the Stars both on and off the ice, so every kind of affair. As long as the nets unlast expletive is recorded for posder the trapeze were sound there'd terity. The skills competition could be almost no chance of concussions include fighting and cheap shot for either side. components. There could even be ERIC NEWBY, OILER FAN/PHOTOGRAa crossover with America's Next PHER/PODCASTER IN VANCOUVER Top Model, where players compete to pick up the wannabe models at DON'T CHANGE A THING LIKE ... STEVE the bar, then participate in a nude

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TAMBELLINI

Glow in the dark. Seriously though, I love the All-Star game as it's constructed. It's a great showcase for raw skill and the player in me absolutely loves that. The only way I see it getting "better" is if it gets competitive in some way, but that's unlikely to happen due to injury risk. JUSTIN AZEVEDO, FLAMES FAN, BLOGGER, PODCASTER MAKE

MÉLANGE,

ERIC

BELANG(ER)

Why not mix it up in the All-Star Game? I mean, it's not like the game means anything, or has any shred of legitimacy that it may have once had. Why not throw Brian Burke and Kevin Lowe on skates and let them go at it? Why not let Paul Bissonette and Sean Avery come and have a mid-intermission chirping competition? Let Don Cherry coach. Make Bettman play in goal. Have Ron McLean referee it while mic'd up, and Dave Hodge flips pens at him. Is Dave Coulier still playing celebrity tournaments? How about a Lanny McDonald versus George Parros shootout, with the loser shaving his moustache at centre ice, rasslin' style? Make it a mix of current stars, former stars, media personalities and really weird shit. I've got tons more ideas NHL, and my email address is readily available within this very paper. BRYAN BIRTLES, YOUR SISTER'S FUTURE EX-HUSBAND OILERS PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Philippe Cornet: A surprising callup, got an assist against Colorado. DY Jordan Eberle: The only Oiler at the All-Star Game. BB

COMMENT >> ALBERTA EDUCATION

To act or to budget

The new Education Act will be caught up in budget processes

Wedding February 9

Coffee Febuary 16

The Great Outdoors April 19

Golden Fork May 10

Over the next six months, decisions will be made be made by the Alberta government which have the potential to drastically alter the face of education in this province. Of course, this being Alberta, it is also entirely possible that the only thing that will change over the next six months is the government's rhetoric about education, and that everything on the ground will actually remain the same

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sures are included in the act when it is re-introduced. Regardless, the public meetings are now wrapped up, even though the online portion of the consultation is ongoing, and we can expect a revised Bill 18 to hit the legislative agenda as soon as the legislature resumes sitting.

Education March 1

or get worse. Between now and the end of March, the government will re-introduce the Education Act, Bill 18, into the provincial legislature. This is the act that, after three years of extensive research, broad consultations, and numerous drafts, was introduced into the legislature last spring by former minister Dave Hancock and then removed from consideration by the fall session of

the legislature by new Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk for the sake of further consultation. Listening to Lukaszuk speak over the course of the public consultations, it seems that the only reason he wanted to pull the act for re-consideration was so that he could spend a few months touring the province speaking about bullying, and the need to make sure that strong anti-bullying mea-

Albertans shouldn't expect the act itself to drastically alter education in the province, as it is largely full of big-picture sentiments and concepts, without anything specific and implementable. The bill is likely, however, to include a handful of significant

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Road Trip May 17

changes like an increase to the compulsory education age (from 16 to 17), and extension to 21 of the maximum age for participation in the school system, better defined roles for school boards, parents, schools and trustees, an increase in the power and flexibility given to school boards, and now, some sort of anti-bullying measures. The real meat and potatoes of the process will come from the regulations that the government passes in council to actually implement the provisions of the act. Those will be especially telling given CONTINUED ON PAGE 15 >>

The Green Issue March 8

Spring Style April 5

Summer Camp May 24

Hot Summer Guide June 7

EVENTS WEEKLY

FOOD ADDICTS • St Luke's An-

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

PECHA KUCHA NIGHT 12 • Metro Cinema, Garneau, 8712-109 St • edmontonnextgen.ca • PKN12 Presentations by Edmonton’s NextGen and live music by Kevin Marsh and Jill Roszell • Feb 2, 6:30pm (Door), 7:30pm (presentations) • $9 (student)/$11 (adult) at TIX on the Square

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

HATHA FLOW YOGA • Eastwood

Community Hall, 11803-86 St • Every Tue and Thu (7:05pm) until the end of Apr • Sliding Scale: $10 (drop-in)/$7 (lowincome)/$5 (no income)

PERCOLATE • Matrix Hotel, 10640-100 Ave • Liquid Culture: How the Digital Revolution is Transforming the Arts presented by Douglas McLennan • Feb 6 • Free tickets at TIX on the Square

COMEDY

HOME–Energizing Spiritual Community for Passionate Living •

WHY’S AND HOW-TO’S OF A RAW FOOD DIET • Earth's General Store, 9605-

ARDEN THEATRE–St Albert • Circus Incognitus with Jamie Adkins (master clown) • Sun, Feb 5, 1:30pm and 4pm • $18 (child)/$20 (adult) at Arden Theatre box ofﬁce

BRIXX BAR • 10030-102 St • 780.428.1099 •

Troubadour Tuesdays with comedy and music

CEILI'S • 10338-109 St • 780.426.5555 • Com-

edy Night: every Tue, 9:30pm • No cover

CENTURY CASINO • 13103 Fort Rd • 780.481.9857 • Open amateur night every Thu, 7:30pm COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway En-

tertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Marty Hanenberg; Feb 2-4 • Tom Liske; Feb 9-11 • Bob Angeli; Feb 16-18

COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Wed-Fri, Sun 8pm; Fri-Sat 10:30pm • Jerrod Carmichael; until Feb 5 • Ben Gleib; Feb 8-12 • Ralph Harris; Feb 14-19 DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • 780.710.2119

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

FESTIVAL PLACE • 100 Festival Way,

Sherwood Park • 780.464.2852 • Wayne Lee • Thu, Feb 2

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

LOCAL TO GLOBAL: FOOD ISSUES POTLUCK • Old Strathcona Library,

8331-104 St • Oxfam Edmonton Chapter: an evening of food and conversation featuring Danielle Paydli, speaking about how focusing on women's rights impacts global food security • Feb 8, 6:30pm • Free

LOTUS QIGONG • 780.477.0683 •

Downtown • Practice group meets every Thu

MEDITATION • Strathcona Library, 8331-

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

NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan

Community Hall, 3728-106 St • 780.458.6352, 780.467.6093 • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey

FILTHY MCNASTY'S • 10511-82 •

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

HORIZON STAGE • 1001 Calahoo Rd,

RE-OCCUPY EDMONTON 2012 • Ezio Faraone Park, 97 Ave, 110 St (NW High Level Bridge) • Rally • Sat, Feb 4, 12pm www.facebook.com/events/296812847035516/

780.996.1778 • Stand Up Sundays: Stand-up comedy night every Sun with a different headliner every week; 9pm; no cover Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • horizonstage.com • Family 2 Matinée: Circus Incognitus (One man circus comedy); Sat, Feb 4, 2pm; $15 all ages • Lorne Elliott; Sat, Feb 11, 7:30pm; tickets: $25 (adult)/$20 (student/senior)/$5 (eyeGo)

LAUGH SHOP–Sherwood Park

• 4 Blackfoot Road, Sherwood Park • 780.417.9777 • laughinthepark.ca • Open Wed-Sat • Mike Dambra; Feb 2-4

YELLOWHEAD BREWERY • 10229-105 St • 780.222.2191 • The Comedy Show–LIVE @ The Yellowhead Brewery: Stand up comedy starring Jordan Chyzowski, Clare Belford, Lawrence Fehler and Neil Rhodes • Feb 3, 8:30pm • $10 (door)/$40 (dinner adv) • $10

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

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

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EDMONTON • 8307-109 St •

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

AWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP •

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

BRAIN TUMOUR PEER SUPPORT GROUP • Woodcroft Branch Library, 13420-

114 Ave • braintumour.ca • 1.800.265.5106 ext 234 • Support group for brain tumour survivors and their families and caregivers. Must be 18 or over • 3rd Tue every month; 7-8:45pm • Free

CHA ISLAND TEA CO • 10332-81 Ave •

Games Night: Board games and card games • Every Mon, 7pm

EDMONTON BIKE ART NIGHTS • Bike-

Works, 10047-80 Ave, back alley entrance • Art Nights • Every Wed, 6-9pm

EDMONTON NATURE CLUB • King's

University College, 9125-50 St • All Aﬂutter-Moths in Alberta: Monthly meeting featuring speaker Greg Pohl • Fri, Feb 17 • Admission by donation

EDMONTON NEEDLECRAFT GUILD • Avonmore United Church Basement, 82 Ave, 79 St • edmNeedlecraftGuild.org • Classes/ workshops, exhibitions, guest speakers, stitching groups for those interested in textile arts • Meet the 2nd Tue each month, 7:30pm FAIR VOTE 101 • Stanley Milner Library, Edmonton Room • An informational evening and dialogue on Proportional Representation–a voting system reform that would give better representation to all voters, presented by FV Edmonton • Feb 6, 7-9pm FLASH MOB • Students Union Bldg, U

of A • Hakuna Matata: One of the teams representing the University of Alberta in NESTEA® The Recruit™ competition is holding a Flash Mob • Feb 10, 12pm

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

SOCIETY OF EDMONTON ATHEISTS • Stanley Milner Library, Rm 6-7 •

edmontonatheists.ca • Meet the 1st Tue every month, 7pm

SUGARSWING DANCE CLUB • Orange

Hall, 10335-84 Ave or Pleasantview Hall, 10860-57 Ave • 780.604.7572 • Swing Dance at Sugar Foot Stomp: beginner lesson followed by dance every Sat, 8pm (door) at Orange Hall or Pleasantview Hall

VEGETARIANS OF ALBERTA • Bonnie

Doon Community Hall, 9240-93 St • vofa.ca/category/events • Monthly Potluck: Bring a vegan dish to serve 8 people, your own plate, cup, cutlery, serving spoon • $3 (member)/$5 (non-member) • Sun, Feb 12

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, 7103105 St • ytoastmasterclub.ca • 1st and 3rd Tue, 7-9pm; every month

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS CURATORIAL LECTURE SERIES • Royal Alberta Museum Theatre, 12845-102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • How to Preserve Artifacts: Notes from the conservation lab: With Margot Brunn • Feb 15, 7pm • Free FUNCTIONS OF PIANO • U of A–Studio 27 • Department of Music Lecture Series: Functions of Piano Introductions in the Songs of Josephine Lang: Presentation by Harald Krebs with Sharon Krebs (soprano) • Fri, Feb 3, 4pm • Free GRANT MACEWAN UNIVERSITY FINE ART LECTURE • Grant MacEwan Centre for the Arts, Rm 203, 10045-156 St • Lecture by Will Bauer • Thu, Feb 9, 12-1pm

GREAT EXPEDITIONS • St Luke’s Anglican Church, 8424-95 Ave • 780.454.6216 • 1st Mon each month, 7:30pm • Feb 6: Labrador and Newfoundland (2011) presentation by Elvira Leibovitz LEGAL RESOURCES–BASICS • Stanley A. Milner Library, 3rd Fl Training Rm, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • Alberta Law Libraries and the Law Information Centre presentation to give a better understanding of the court system and the legal research process • Wed, Feb 15, 7-8:30pm • Pre-register at 780.496.7020, or at the 2nd ﬂ reference desk

MEÆT 1.5 • atmeaet.com • DIYalouge

forums bringing local creatives and new philanthropists together for an evening of short proposals followed by a shared meal. At the end of the meal, diners vote on which proposal receives the pot of funds to move forward with their project • Pre-register atmeaet.com • $10 (minimum donation for diners)

82 Ave • A demo/sample of a smoothie and other simple dishes • Mon, Feb 6, 7:159pm • $15; pre-register at Earth’s General Store by Feb 3

QUEER AFFIRM SUNNYBROOK–Red Deer

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

BISEXUAL WOMEN'S COFFEE GROUP • A social group for bi-curious and bisexual women every 2nd Tue each month, 8pm • groups.yahoo.com/group/bwedmonton

BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725B Jasper Ave

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

EDMONTON PRIME TIMERS (EPT) •

Unitarian Church of Edmonton, 10804119 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

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 • HIV Support Group: for people living with HIV/AIDS; 2nd Mon each month, 7-9pm; huges@shaw.ca • TTIQ: Education and support group for transgender, transsexual, intersexed and questioning people, their friends, families and allies; 2nd Tue each month, 7:30-9:30pm; admin@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Counselling: Free, shortterm, solution-focused counselling, provided by professionally trained counsellors; every Wed, 6-9pm; admin@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Youth Movie: Every Thu, 6:308:30pm; jess@pridecentreofedmonton.org

PRIMETIMERS/SAGE GAMES • Unitar-

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

ST PAUL'S UNITED CHURCH • 11526-

76 Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship)

WOMONSPACE • 780.482.1794 • wom-

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

WOODYS VIDEO BAR • 11723 Jasper Ave

ualberta.ca • Citizen Power in a Global Age: Workshops, lectures, concerts, and more • Jan 30-Feb 3 • The International Week 2012 Concert: Good People, featuring Edmonton singer-songwriter Maria Dunn (Feb 3) • Arab Spring: An African Take on Food for All, Democracy's Future (Feb 2) • Women, Decision-Making and Development (Feb 3) • Youth Day (Feb 3)

LOVE OF WINE • Delta Edmonton South

Hotel • Valentine fundraiser for Kids Kottage Foundation: romantic ambiance, gourmet, chocolate buffet and wine, live jazz by Sandro Dominelli, performances by VINOK Worldance • Fri, Feb 10, 7-10pm • $100

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 • Until Feb 20 (Churchill Square)

MUSIC OF THE HEART • St Basil’s

Cultural Centre, 10819-71 Ave • Dinner and Auction: Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples (Father Jim Holland), Edmonton Columbian Choirs (Heather Bedford-Clooney) • Sat, Feb 4, 6:30pm • Tickets: $50 (proceeds to the Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples’ Building Fund and Edmonton Columbian Choirs), T: Brenda at 780.760.3270, E: brenda@shaw.ca

UNITED COLOURS OF SOUL–Black History Month • AGA, Art Gallery of

SPECIAL EVENTS

WILD WILD WEST • German-Cana-

BRUNCH OF LOVE • Fairmont Hotel

EPLC FELLOWSHIP PAGAN STUDY GROUP • Pride Centre of Edmonton • eplc. FLASH NIGHT CLUB • 10018-105 St •

COMMON GROUND FESTIVAL–WINTER LIGHT • Giovanni Cabato Park • winter-

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

INTERNATIONAL WEEK–LIVING DEMOCRACY • U of A • globaled.

• 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

MacDonald, Wedgwood Rm, 10065-100 St • Freewill Shakespeare Festival Valentine fundraiser and live auction • Feb 12, 11am-2pm • $75 at 780.425.8086; E: gm@freewillshakespeare.com; W: freewillshakespeare.com

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

ILLUMINATIONS • 780.760.2229 • winterlight.ca • Postponed until 2013

light.ca • A warm gathering for the Year of the Dragon • Feb 10-11

Alberta’s Ledcor Theatre • A musical gala featuring musicians and spoken-word poets • Feb 4, after the opening of 5 Artists, 1 Love–A retrospective x• Gala tickets: $30 at TIX on the Square dian Cultural Centre, 8310 Roper Rd • 780.466.4000 • blauenfunken-edmonton.com • Mardi Gras Costume Party and ﬂoor show presented by the Blauen Funken Mardi Gras Association • Sat, Feb 4, 7:11pm • $17.50

WINTER CHARITY BALL • 780.243.3781 • kindnessinaction.ca • Hosted by the University of Alberta Dental Students’ Association (DSA) • Sat, Feb 4 • Proceeds to Kindness in Action

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@pridecentreofedmonton.org

G.L.B.T.Q SAGE BOWLING CLUB • 780.474.8240, E: Tuff@shaw.ca • Every Wed, 1:30-3:30pm

GLBT SPORTS AND RECREATION •

teamedmonton.ca • Badminton, Women's Drop-In Recreational: St Vincent School, 10530-138 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, 10915-110 St; every Thu, 7:30-9:30pm at Amiskiwiciy Academy, 101 Airport Rd

G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E

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

ILLUSIONS SOCIAL CLUB • The Junction, 10242-106 St • groups.yahoo.com/group/edmonton_illusions • 780.387.3343 • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri every month, 8:30pm INSIDE/OUT • U of A Campus • Campusbased organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-identiﬁed and queer (LGBTQ) faculty, graduate student, academic, straight allies and support staff • 3rd Thu each month (fall/winter terms): Speakers Series. E: kwells@ualberta.ca THE JUNCTION BAR • 10242-106 St •

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

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

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UP FRONT 9

FILM

FILM // BOOooOOOo!

Spectres are afoot

Daniel Radcliffe talks The Woman in Black, acting with ghosts and his own, um, early career spectre

Something strange in the neighbourhood ... this is who they called

Opens Friday The Woman in Black Directed by James Watkins

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aces in windows, figures in the garden, death, loss and a vast, dark, eerie country house: The Woman in Black is an atmospheric English period chiller very much in the tradition of The Turn of the Screw, though it eschews the supple ambiguities that are part of the reason why Henry James' novella is so enduring and so often imitated. Based on Susan Hill's novel, scripted by Jane Goldman and directed by James Watkins—whose 2008 debut Eden Lake was an effective, wellcast little hillbilly horror—The Woman in Black concerns a very young yet very troubled London lawyer named Arthur Kipps. He travels to a village tormented by the titular phantom lady whose now-vacant mansion is surrounded by marshlands and whose estate Arthur is charged with settling. The film's a little too drawn out in places, a little too bogged down in its own mythology, a little too dependent on boo moments to generate tension. But it has wonderfully eerie locations, a gasp of an ending, a superbly measured supporting performance from Ciarán Hinds, and the imminently

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watchable wounded eyes of its protagonist—eyes you will likely recognize. "I don't want to be in anything that people are going to go see just because Daniel Radcliffe's in it," Daniel Radcliffe told me when we met to discuss The Woman in Black, his first film since the close of the Harry Potter franchise that made him extremely famous. It should perform well this weekend, better than most British genre films, but, despite his wishes, I suspect that Radcliffe's name on the poster may have an awful lot to do with its draw. Radcliffe's career has indeed been dominated by no less than eight Potter films, but it's worth remembering that in making those eight films Radcliffe got to work with four very different directors, including Mike Newell and Alfonso Cuarón. He's also starred in Equus and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying for the stage, and has published poetry under a pseudonym. So, while only 22, the diversity of Radcliffe's experience betrays his age and star image. He struck me as smart, conscientious and genuinely enthusiastic about the work. He's articulate about craft and critical of his performances. He talks a lot, but he doesn't talk shit. He said he liked my pants. I quite liked his jumper.

VUE WEEKLY: There are sequences in Woman in Black where, if you don't count the ghosts, you're pretty much flying solo for quite long stretches. In such situations do you feel like you need to employ different tools as an actor, to pay a different sort of attention to facial expression or gesture or camera placement? DANIEL RADCLIFFE: Those are situations where you just stick by your director. Because you can slip into this trap where you feel like you're just making the same face over and over. No matter how different the thought process is you've got to look continually fucking terrified, and there are only so many variations of facial expression that do that. So you have to keep checking in and trust the director to tell you if he's not getting what he needs. I was also helped enormously by a brilliant set that really allows you to lose yourself walking around in it. You have to think of the house as being the other character you're interacting with. VW: You're playing a widower, a single father, a guy who's in danger of losing his job—and this is before we even get to your first encounter with the vengeful ghost. I don't know how one prepares to embody a character loaded with such heavy psychic burdens.

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DR: It's tricky. You've got to balance his general sense of feeling completely devastated while letting him be reasonably reactive. I knew I could never fully imagine what it's like to have lost someone as Arthur has, so I met with a bereavement councillor and I read a couple of books, CS Lewis's Grief Observed and one called You'll Get Over It, which was fantastic. Another thing that helped with Arthur was talking to friends who've suffered from depression. Something that struck me as especially useful was that they all said how physically tired you get. So I started from a place of exhaustion. I imagined that Arthur felt exhausted every day of the last five years, and I wondered how that would have affected his outlook, his mental state, and his relationship with his son. One of the things that drew me to this project was that it's really about what happens to us if we fail to move on from a loss. Arthur is unable to even look at his child without remembering the death of his wife. VW: You yourself are a writer. I wonder at this point what you're looking for in scripts. Is it good writing, per se? Is it more about certain stories or themes? The right kind of character? DR: Good writing is important because

good talent is attracted to it. Smart people gravitate toward each other. Compelling stories are important because I don't want to be in anything that people are going to go see just because Daniel Radcliffe's in it. I want good movies, not vehicles. My choices are also be based a lot on directors. I want to work with people who are going to push me. VW: To offer a variation on something you'd mentioned, one of the themes of The Woman in Black is that the past never really lets you go ... [Radcliffe laughs knowingly] Do you think The Woman in Black will help to shake off the ghost of that first, enormously popular phase of your career? DR: I never thought there could be any one movie where people would go, "Oh, well he's not Harry Potter anymore; he's totally changed!" I always knew it would be a longer process of working on consistently good films, so people can say, "OK, he's got good taste, he's a good actor and he's making good movies, regardless of what he did in the past." I don't think it's going to happen with this film. I think it's a good start. Josef Braun

// josef@vueweekly.com

REVUE // TOUGH QUESTIONS

Fri, Feb 3 – Thu, Feb 9 Directed by Léa Pool Metro Cinema at the Garneau

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hat can one ordinary citizen do to alleviate the suffering of many, to contribute to the development of tools and techniques that might keep us from getting sick, to, at the very least, ward off the lethargy of despair and instill a sense of hope in the face of a debilitating or mutilating or terminal illness? Though it's in danger of being dismissed by those who haven't even seen it as unfairly picking on a campaign that has invigorated millions, Léa Pool's Pink Ribbons, Inc., based on Samantha King's Pink Ribbons, Inc.: Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy, offers a blunt, remarkably thorough and no doubt, for some, very upsetting critique

of the institutionalization of fundraising for breast cancer research as a way of asking difficult, fundamental questions about the value of any sort of ostensibly altruistic campaign dependent on corporate investment. The pink ribbon campaign is but one of the most appallingly successful demonstrations of how commerce corrupts the best of intentions by exploiting our need to believe that if we just do x, y or z, if we just throw enough money at something, we can make a difference. The false comfort of the pink ribbon campaign seems harmless enough when you see thousands getting together to walk, run, row, jump out of planes or what have you for breast cancer. Fitness, solidarity and speaking openly about disease are hardly objectionable acts, but these acts are also meant to raise money—big, big

// Léa Pool

Pink Ribbons, Inc

A brutally honest examination of a championed cause

money—for research. But what kind of research? The film suggests that the research being undertaken all over the world by various uncoordinated groups seems to possess little safeguards against redundancy, while precious little of this research is geared toward prevention. And why would it be, given that so many of the corporations wrapping themselves in pink as a way of attracting consumer dollars are them-

selves selling products that contribute to the spread of breast cancer, from the carcinogenic cosmetics of Revlon to the carbon-emitting cars churned out by Ford—whose workers breathe in estrogenic plastics on the factory floor—to the bovine growth hormone-laced dairy products of Yoplait? Even if these products weren't selling us shit that might kill us while telling us

that they're "fighting" breast cancer, Pink Ribbons, Inc. does a little simple math for us with regards to the efficiency of campaigns such as Yoplait's "Save Lids to Save Lives." If you ate three cups of Yoplait yogurt a day for a month and sent every one of those lids back to Yoplait so that they can then send 10 cents to some mysterious agency that we're to assume is spending those cents usefully, you'll have given a whopping $34 bucks to this research and have spent far, far more money just on postage. As activist Barbara Brenner, one of Pool's most compelling subjects, suggests, why not just write a cheque? Better yet, why not focus your energies on demanding accountability for those research dollars? I'm only skimming the surface of the many smart questions addressed in Pink Ribbons, Inc. So do yourself a favour: before you buy your next pink bucket of chicken or pink Mustang, see this movie. Josef Braun

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One for the Money

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ne for the Money, two for the show, three to get ready, and ... don't go. Not to this fizzed-out-popflat, weeks-old-popcorn-stale take on the bounty hunter-meets-female PI genre (based on the first in Janet Evanovich's book series). Stephanie Plum (Katherine Heigl) is the hapless but cute SWF bounty-hunter in pursuit of old flame Joe Morelli (Jason O'Mara), a cop in the frame for murder. Also in the frame? A colourful world of Trenton, NJ oddballs, perps and two black prostitutes, so friendly and spunky! Plenty of Plum professing the plot. Much muzakscored sexual tension. Plus quips and "comic violence" in the midst of a man blown up in a car or a murdered

woman stuffed into a barrel! Everyone's in it for the money and going through the broad emotions, it seems, with nary a visual oomph! or script pow! to be detected. Most American-ly, the flick ignores its racial issues for the sake of white romance and heroism: Plum's threatened by a Hispanic man in a cage but rescued by Morelli; after Lula, a black prostitute, gets beaten up, Plum channels her anger into the target at a firing-range, kills the baddie behind it all, and Plum's white, semi-pervy boss gets Lula an office job. Meanwhile, the supposedly feisty Plum keeps following the lead of the two hunky men in her life. Scrape off the Elmore-Leonard-lite scuzz, and One For The Money's just a retroinactive rom-com.

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ccording to the film's co-scenarist, Jean-Claude Carrière, the great psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan was once asked to present a lecture on female masochism. Lacan simply screened Belle de jour (1967), and afterwards claimed he had nothing more to add. Indeed, for all its fathomless mysteries, for all that's abbreviated, blurred, mischievous or left unspoken, this sublime and, in its way, fairly radical adaptation of Joseph Kessel's 1928 novel feels devoted to invoking the troubled psyche of its haut bourgeois Parisian housewife, married to a handsome and unspeakably dull young surgeon, who secretly becomes a prostitute so as to fulfill her desire for controlled debasement and humiliation. The film is faithful to Séverine's experience of life as a merging of fantasy and reality. Whatever that is. Belle de jour, now available from Criterion, was a turning point for its director, Luis Buñuel, the then-sexagenarian Spaniard and one-time card-

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carrying surrealist. It was an atypically elegant production, his greatest commercial success, and thus met with suspicion by the sort of admirers who are conservative in their ideas about subversion. It was also the turning point for its star, Catherine Deneuve, even more so than Repulsion (1965), because it used her icy reserve as a gateway to transcending reserve: the moment, following a date with a hulking Asian man who

which find Séverine whipped, bound, and pelted with mud, were nowhere in Kessel's moralistic novel; they were inserted by Buñuel and Carrière, based on interviews with women. They were integral to the film as an autonomous work, not just as a manner of asserting Buñuel's signature but as a way of fomenting Séverine's journey of self-realization. This is a story of a woman desperately attempting to juggle two seemingly irreconcilable

The film is faithful to Séverine's experience of life as a merging of fantasy and reality. Whatever that is. speaks almost no French and carries with him a lacquered buzzing box that scares everyone else away, when Séverine raises her tousled platinum head from the bed upon which she's experienced what was likely her first truly satisfying sexual encounter, is one of the cinema's great entrances. It's the entrance of the complex, intimidating, empowered woman hiding behind Deneuve's girlish neurotic. The famous fantasy sequences,

worlds and it ends with what, however baffling it may be, functions as a convergence—the shot leading into the final sequence is, quite literally, a dissolve. And as a way of resolving the conflicting desires that exist between a husband and wife, it is so much richer, and more haunting, than the somewhat similar ending of Eyes Wide Shut (1999). Josef Braun

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REVUE // ART HOUSE

Sleeping Beauty

FILM // CAST IN CROWNS

Edmonton Film Society Winter Series

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Fri, Feb 3 – Thu, Feb 9 Directed by Julia Leigh Metro Cinema at the Garneau

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he first scene of Julia Leigh's Sleeping Beauty is both its most disturbing and most revealing. A woman is in a lab for an experiment, and a scientist takes a thin tube and carefully inches it into her mouth and down her throat, farther and farther. The film's snaking concern, mood and approach are all here: a young woman, passively yet voluntarily making herself a test subject for an aloof man; the cold, clinical, sterile look; the apparent penetration yet lack of penetration (why do this, beyond the money?), signaling that the object of this superficially erotic movie isn't sex at all. The young woman, Lucy (Emily Browning), is a student who takes a number of jobs: lab subject, waitress, office copy-girl then sex-worker. She replies to an ad and finds herself in an amalgam of these other jobs—dressed merely in a white bustier, panties and heels, she offers silver-service to rich guests at a dinner-party while the other, silent servers all look alike in their black, cut-out lingerie. But soon, Lucy's visiting a mansion, taking a drug that puts her into a deep sleep, only for a male client to enter and do what they wish with her, short of penetration. The film's stifled sexual politics—a young woman denying her own desires and fulfilling older men's—seem both non-feminist and critical of a 21stcentury pornographic world, where all of us are stuck in our cubicles of detached, narcissistic desire. Sleeping Beauty is a resolutely arthouse film—it debuted at Cannes last year—drenched in unclear

motives, a stylized, hermetic callgirl world, carefully composed and distancing shots, and the kind of chilly sense of fetishizing sex with which David Cronenberg infused Crash. Mostly, it's a hypnotically trancelike mood-experiment, with Lucy embodying what critic Bruno Bettelheim argued was the psychological undertone of the Sleeping Beauty tale—"a girl is depicted as turning inward in her struggle to become herself." Lucy's inwardness can seem too mystifying and remote at times, but her nearsleepwalking state is preferable to the fear and fascination of seeing what will happening to her while unconscious. Her clients' fulfilled fantasies—especially one man's expressed misogyny or another's patience-testing recitation of Austrian author Ingeborg Bachmann— are more disturbing, revealing and self-involved than any sex scene. The languid, wintry tone seeps into every sequence. Browning, her girlish, snow-white form in sharp contrast to her clients' aging, wrinkly flesh, tautly contains a young woman who's trying to lose herself by drifting deeper into a world that seems all too white and rapaciously rich. Lucy's times with her friend, the slowly dying Birdman (Ewen Leslie), when they play-act the happy couple, are most revealing of her true emotions. The sex-drive here is a cruise-control towards oblivion, a desire to forget, but its destination is turned back on us in the end. There, Lucy's effort at detachment is conquered by her deeper desire to know other's fantasies, and Leigh questions not only Lucy's but our murderous voyeurism, our desire to cut deeper, beneath the surface, and see it all.

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efore the tabloids and entertainment-networks scrounged for dirt behind the dazzle and glamour, Tinseltown's stars were the new royalty. European monarchies and their American heirs joined houses in many '40s and '50s movies, but the "annus mirabilis" for Hollywood's kings and queens was 1956. That was when, a year after being crowned Best Actress at the Academy Awards, Grace Kelly became Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco. She was writing letters to her prince while working on The Swan, in which she played a princess. Her wedding dress was made by the MGM costume designer for that film; her most famous director, Alfred Hitchcock, remarked, "I'm very happy that Grace has found

herself such a good part." As the Edmonton Film Society's Winter Series shows, royalty movies could offer indirect investigations of the rags-to-riches American Dream (many have commoners rubbing shoulders with or being mistaken for their blueblooded betters), indulge female viewers' princess fantasies and revel in theatrical sets and gorgeous costumes. In the 1956 film Anastasia (Feb 6), among thronerooms, opera houses, estates and marching-grounds, Ingrid Bergman plays a young, confused Frenchwoman coerced by a Russian expatriate (Yul Brynner) into passing herself off as the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II. A year later, another Tinseltown tsarina, Marilyn Monroe, found herself across from acting royalty in The Prince and the Showgirl (Feb 27), when she played an actress who catches the eye of the Prince Regent of Carpathia, played by Laurence

Olivier. (The movie was panned; Olivier's dislike of Monroe was shown in the recent, behind-the-scenes My Week with Marilyn.) Diamonds in this series' tiara include Monsieur Beaucaire (Mar 5)—Bob Hope is Louis XV's barber, escaping a brush-cut with the guillotine to pose as a nobleman in the Spanish court—and Oscar-garlanded The Lion in Winter (Apr 2), with Peter O'Toole as Henry III and Katherine Hepburn as his regal wife. Two 1937 adaptations of lordly literary lions roar their heads: Anthony Hope's "Ruritanian romance" The Prisoner of Zenda (Mar 19), starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr (son of the first "King of Hollywood"), and Mark Twain's take on the old royal-doppelganger plot, The Prince and the Pauper (Mar 26), with Errol Flynn. Brian Gibson

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ferocious, if not PTSD-addled, warrior returns home from triumph on the battlefield and finds his temperament unsuited to a life of shaking hands with fellow politicians and making pretty speeches to civilians. He lives for the fight, not the glory. His contempt for the plebes—"fragments" is what he calls them—is matched only by his adoring respect for his arch enemy—"a lion I am proud to hunt"—and, most curiously, for his mom, one hell of a trench cheerleader, who worships her son's wounds, which she, rather than the warrior's wife, nurses. "Every gash was an enemy's grave," she proudly declares. But will the public follow mom in her adoration? Or will the conquering hero come home only to be shunned away, and perhaps driven to take up arms against them? This bleary, booming, bracing and bloody adaptation-update of Coriolanus, the directorial debut of Ralph Fi-

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ennes, scripted by co-producer John Logan, is set (à la John Osbourne's unproduced theatrical adaption) in "a place calling itself Rome," though it was filmed in Belgrade and resembles any number of contemporary war zones, with cameras and televisions everywhere you turn. This blurring of place is handled pretty effectively, thanks in large part to smart

many attempts to bring Shakespeare to the screen (or for that matter, though to a lesser degree, the stage). Fiennes' performance as Coriolanus is hard to argue with. His phrasing is riveting and the character is anyway kind of nuts, a quality Fiennes has never had trouble embodying. When he flips out in public, slob-

This blurring of place is handled pretty effectively, thanks in large part to smart production design and costumes, not to mention the handheld, often suitably disorienting cinematography. production design and costumes, not to mention the handheld, often suitably disorienting cinematography (courtesy of The Hurt Locker's Barry Ackroyd) and brilliant editing (by Before the Rain's Nicolas Gaster). But this vague-yet-familiar setting is also characteristic of the esthetic tug-of-war between grounding specificity and that chronically misleading notion called "universality" that dominates Coroilanus and plagues so

bering, squishy-faced and hollering, and does it so articulately that, you know, I buy it. The rest of the gang, not so much. Gerard Butler as Tullus Aufidius, Coriolanus' foe/brother-in-arms, is just one of numerous castmembers who attempt to wed heightened text to a naturalistic conveyance of intentions, and the the result feels awkward as often as not. Josef Braun

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Mad, mad world

// Paul Blinov

Wishbone Theatre brings Beckett back to town

Wait for it ... waaaaiiit for it ...

Until Sat, Feb 11 (8pm) Waiting for Godot Directed by Chris Bullough Arts Barns, Westbury Theatre, $19 –$23

e're living in a time when the well-established conventions about how we should co-exist feel ready to pull apart at the seams. The answers we've found for systems to sustain us—the political parties that represent our interests, the economic structures that supposedly safeguard our finances, the social progress that seems to slowly be grinding to a halt— each feels increasingly archaic in structure, like once-good-ideas in need of reevaluation. Look to the Arab Spring, or, closer to home, to the Occupy camps that dotted cities in North America: uncertainty's in the air, and the lack of a clear path forward might exactly be the reason that, slowly but surely, Samuel Beckett is starting to creep back into the theatre. "You start to see the Broadway play, you start to see articles about him in the paper more. Maybe it's because we're steeped in it that we're hearing more about it, but for me, he's

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refreshing in that there's no artifice— He's just laying it all out on the table," explains Chris Bullough, director of Wishbone Theatre's Waiting for Godot, the first mainstage production of the play to happen in Edmonton for almost 40 years. "I feel like half the population's going— or some would argue 99 percent of the population is going—'Something's broken,'" Bullough continues. "Something is very, very wrong. And I think more and more people are coming to that conclusion and actually want to do something about it. And I think Beckett offers truth. He starts at a place where other writers barely even get to. He's looking into the truth of what our human experience is, and I think there's something refreshing about that. And I think in a time when we're frustrated with our economic system and our political system and we feel like we can't get anywhere. I feel like ... " "... Everyone's waiting for change," finishes Nathan Cuckow. The pair are sitting side by side in a boardroom at the Arts Barns, and together, despite plenty of performance history, they appear a mismatched pair—Bullough clean-shaven in a blue, collared button-

up, Cuckow sporting a scruffy character beard, a Sonic Youth t-shirt and his costume bowler hat still perched on his head from rehearsal. A Beckett script like Godot fits snugly into the the mandate of Bullough's Wishbone Theatre, a young company that he co-runs with Michael Peng (who's on designer detail for the production): in part, the company's looking to program classical works in a smaller setting than the usual, Citadel-sized stages we'd see them at around town (if we'd see them at all). Wishbone made the jump from Fringe company to programming a season of its own this past fall , starting with a remount of their fringe hit Bashir Lazhar and following it up with the magical realism of Falling: A Wake. As far as classics go, Godot makes sense for an indie company, eager to prove itself, to stage: it's a small cast, but one that demands serious acting chops from everyone involved. "It's one of the few classical pieces that you can do in the independent theatre canon, [and] try and accomplish it the way it was intended to be produced," Bullough says. "As opposed to Shakespeare, where you're probably going to cross-cast five or six parts, and

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cut it. This is the play in its entirety with everybody playing one role." Cuckow notes that a Beckett figure wasn't exactly a bucketlist role he was waiting to play, but one that he's found his own connection with as the rehearsal process has gone along. "I really didn't know the play that well, outside of having read it in school 100 years ago," Cuckow says, noting he got involved quite simply because Bullough asked him to. "It's not exactly the first thing that would come to mind as something that I would really want to do, so the challenge for me was figuring out where I connect, and learning to love what it is. Because it's not everyone's cup of tea, Beckett. It's very different. So I spent my time trying to learn how I could love this thing, and why I would want to do it. Why should an audience come watch this story? What would, I feel, make an audience connect to this story? That's been part of my journey." Sensible for a small company to stage or not, Beckett's still a riddle of a playwright, and Godot is perhaps his most open-to-interpretation puzzler. What plot there is concerns two hapless

bums, Estragon and Vladmir, stuck doing the titular waiting. Emotions flare up, even as no real progress is made; eventually, another pair of bizarre vagabonds enter, but they only further complicate the stalled proceedings. Then, when act two starts the whole thing begins anew: more waiting. It's a play where, if you go by a written synopsis, nothing happens. And given that Beckett's scripts have swung more into the canon of literary study than regular theatrical stagings in the past few decades, that's often how they're read—for the intangibles, an approach that saps some of Beckett's power, in searching for a definitive meaning. "This is a play that academia has really embraced, and studied, and intellectualized to a point where it almost becomes inhuman. You know what I mean?" Bullough asks. "You're just breaking it down into so small parts, and into idioms, and philosophies. So it's a daunting show to stage, to say the least, not only for hooking an audience on that trying premise but for the performers charged to wring humanity out of characters that seem trapped on CONTINUED ON PAGE 20 >>

PREVUE // UP, UP, AND AWAY

// Myka Jakoubek

Sky Life

Livin' it way, way up

Fri, Feb 3 – Sun, Feb 5 (8 pm nightly; 4 pm shows on Feb 4 & 5) Created by Firefly Theatre & Circus Directed by Annie Dugan Metropolis Community Centre, free

Described in this manner, Sky Life appears to have a fairly elaborate story—and yet Dugan also asserts that there are actually no spoken words throughout the duration of the performance; the entire story is told through physical movement. "The name of our company is Firefly Theatre & Circus—we merged the two disciplines," states Dugan. "In the fusion of the disciplines we get to showcase the circus arts, but we put them within the context of a

narrative." Admission to Sky Life is free of charge, but Dugan cautions patrons to arrive early in order to ensure a spot, as the Metropolis Community Centre can only house a fixed number of people. "We're all gonna be in the venue together—there's no one performance space," she explains. "We're going to use different pockets of the venue for different things, so we're going to move the audience around the space. "Sky Life is choreographed, but I think each show will be different based on how many people will be in the space with us, and who they are, and what time of day it is," she continues. "It will be radically different at eight o'clock than it will be at four o'clock, because it's really bright in there at four o'clock, and at eight o'clock we'll be able to use more theatrical lightning."

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Northern Lights

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hey've been up for several weeks now, but the group of oddly-shaped structures occupying Sir Winston Churchill Square still make for a commanding sight. Made from scaffolding covered with an exoskeleton of shrink-wrapped plastic, the Metropolis Winter Festival pavilions provide a unique theatrical space, and the minds at Firefly Theatre & Circus were keen to take advantage of it. "Sky Life is a show that we created knowing that it was going to be a site-specific piece," explains Annie Dugan, artistic director of Firefly. "We knew we were going to do it in the Community Centre at Metropolis and we wanted to take advantage of the height. The way it's built, there's kind of like channels—it's not a big, huge, wide-open space. There are just little pockets where you can go up and down." Beginning with the space—the Community Centre pavilion—and working backwards from there, Dugan explains that the narrative structure of Sky Life resulted from a series of ideas which were incorporated and contrasted with various physical mediums: the show features stilt walkers, aerialists, jugglers, poi, clubspinning and hula-hooping. "One of the ideas is the story sky: the night sky and constellations," says Dugan. "There are a group of people known as The Elevated Ones, who are the stilt walkers. They are for the party that is taking place in celebration of the constellations. And the constellations, who are the aerialists, are going to come to life." "But then we're also basically telling the story of the Ugly Duckling," she continues. "We've got poor Number Six, who is walking around on a couple of Home Depot buckets, trying to

fit in with The Elevated Ones, and it's just not working out very well. But when the Sky People come to the earth—which has never, ever happened before, it's kind of a mystical moment; the Sky People have never touched the ground before—it's a pretty big deal, and most of The Elevated Ones don't know what to make of it. But Number Six—she's pretty intrigued by the Sky People and what they can do."

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The Mikado

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This Mikado is bananas

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n a nondescript little building in Edmonton's northwest corner—surrounded on all sides by warehouses and automotive repair joints—a quietly focused artistic bustle is hidden away. The room is flush with hanging costume bits, dressy knick-nacks and endless sewing supplies: it's the Edmonton Opera Warehouse, where designers are presently engaged in the business of racing to the finish their work for The Mikado. In a few days they'll have to empty out this cozy workspace and head into the Jubilee for a final week of rehearsal, but though quick to point out the photo-finish feel, lead designer Deanna Finnman seems serene in the madness of the moment. Finnman notes her position is one she fell into: after studying fashion design and art at school, her resume, "passed

on to someone through two or three people," ended up netting her a gig at a St Albert theatre camp. "That was maybe 20, 25 years ago," she recalls. She's still at it, and seems to enjoy the little challenges stitched into the role. "You see that ruffle piece?" she says, pointing to a frilly little yellow number hanging on a rack. "It's going to be this huge collar that fans out on one costume. But how do you weight it? how do you get it to work and how do you get it to work on the person. So everything takes a lot of brainpower." This particular production marks a rare opportunity for Finnman: the Edmonton Opera rarely creates a show from the ground up—given the sheer number of bodies on stage, it's far more practical to rent costumes than craft from scratch—but director Robert Herriot's vision calls for it: his spin on Gilbert and Sullivan's death-lampooning screwball The Mikado—wherein a wandering musician, hopelessly in love with

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an already-betrothed woman named Yum Yum, makes a life-and-death deal with her husband-to-be—is a fusion of modern and traditional Japanese culture: harajuku streetwear meets classic kimono style. "This is a culmination of about a year," she explains, of that vision's realization. "Rob being in Winnipeg and me being here, back and forth with pictures, looking a lot at japanese streetwear and then traditional Japan, and [asking] how the two fuse, and what do they borrow from each other, and that kind of thing. "We had conversations about what was the world we were creating, and how did these people inhabit that world, and what were their roles," she continues. "We tried to find people in our own modern world—that's where the jumping off point for each of The Mikado's characters was." PAUL BLINOV

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the very cusp of it. Here, Bullough and co have tried to carve their own path through the possibilities of what this could be. Part of the answer, it turns out, is that such existential anguish is really fucking funny. "I remember the day I discovered it was a comedy," Bullough says, prompting a

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chuckle from Cuckow. "That was a huge breakthrough for me. it was like, 'Ooh, thank God this is a comedy.' And then you start to see it. You start to see the comedy on the page. And then when [to Cuckow] you guys are bringing your own humanity to it, it's even funnier." "It's really their struggle," Cuckow adds. "It just comes down to these two people who just are filled with struggle, life being such a struggle, and trying to

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rise about it. And then get[ting] pulled back down into it. " Bullough groans. "But who would want to come and watch that?" On paper, Beckett really is a tough sell. But he's also a playwright who engineered the live power of his scripts. A Beckett script is as much about what goes unsaid, alluded to but left lingering on the periphery, making this a rare glance to see one on its feet, to see how Beckett intended his work to be seen: directing a group of eyes to the places where the world seems to be tearing then, and letting you do what you want with that information. "It's a very different kind of thing that, at the end of the day, really does tap into what great plays do," Cuckow says. "Whether it's in a modern context or a classical context, whatever it is, it's to tap into the core of humanity and the core of human existence. The best kind of theatre is the theatre that entertains you, can make you laugh, can make you have a good time, but can also plant an idea, or make you question something, or just challenge you in an intellectual way. And I feel like this play does that." "It just asks all the giant questions that most people aren't interested in examining when you're doing your everyday life" Bullough says. "And it's pretty brilliant, what Beckett's done: he's saying, 'Come to the theatre for a night of entertainment,' and at the same time, underneath it all is boiling. The silences, they're pregnant with these big questions."

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Irrelevant Show taping / Sat, Feb 4 (7:30 pm) CBC Radio's sketch comedy show features some of Edmonton's finest comic actors getting together and writing whatever their twisted comedian hearts desire—we're talking members of Die-Nasty, Mostly Water Theatre and Caution! May Contain Nuts all getting in a room together and spitballing. Listening to the results when they air on radio is one way to enjoy, but Irrelevant's live tapings are their own hilarious brand of spectacle, complete with foley artist. You can be part of that live studio audience. (Varscona Theatre, $21.75)

China Guizhou Acrobatic Troupe / Mon, Feb 6 (7 pm) Since being established in 1958, Guizhou Provincial Acrobatic has become a source of Chinese pride on the worldwide stage. The group

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performs self-designed acrobatic programs with awesome names like "Head Skill," "Climbing Rotating Pole" and "Water meteors" (apparently it's the "acrobatics of spinning bowls of water"), and will likely make you think they're wizards of the body as they pull of inhuman feats of spectacle and skill. (Winspear, $32.50 – $47.50)

Airport Art installation Miss a flight? Bored and left waiting in the wake of a delayed flight? Just like hanging out in airports? Edmonton International has some revamped visual art installations for its terminal expansion, including works by local artists Jason Carter, Erin Pankratz-Smith and Keith Walker in among more international names. So next time you've got some time to kill at the EIA, a wander would reward you. (Edmonton International Airport)

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• 780.460.4310 • On Location: Paintings by Mike Dendy, Christine Elmgren and Tom Yurko; Feb 2-25; reception: Feb 2, 7-9pm • Artist at Heart: Take it Outside: Feb 11, 10am-12pm; $15, pre-register

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erford Library, U of A • I'm No Superman: The comic collection of Gilbert Bouchard: Until Feb 28

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Centre, 11113-113 St • northernlightsclassic.ca • Latin dance competition • Feb 4-5, 9am • $55+ (weekend pass available)

780.461.3427 • Group show • Until Feb 28

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Plain • 780.963.9573 • Northern Lights: In celebration of the Alberta Winter Games-winter themed pottery and giftware • Until Feb 29 • Open House: Sat, Feb 4

Winston Churchill Sq • Guizhou Acrobats: China Guizhou Acrobatic Troupe • Feb 6, 7pm • $30-$45 at 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 • Before Sunrise; Wed, Feb 8, 6:30pm

Downtown Docs • Stanley A.

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

Edmonton Film Society • Royal Alberta Museum Auditorium, 12845-102 Ave • royalalbertamuseum.ca • Anastasia (1956, 106 min, colour, PG) • Feb 6, 8pm • The Student Prince (1954, 107 min, colour, PG); Feb 13, 8pm • $6 (adult)/$5 (senior 65 and over/student)/$3 (child) FAVA • 9722-102 St • 780.429.1671 • Main Course: Intermediate production • Until Apr 28; every Sat, 10am-2pm From Books to Film series

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

780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • The Recipients: 2011 Alberta Craft Award Recipients; until Feb 18 • THINKING BIG: Unveiling public art projects; until Apr • Gallery Shop's monthly artist spotlight:

Alberta Society of Artists • Walterdale Playhouse,

Art Beat Gallery • 26 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.3679 • Picasso and Pinot Noir: 3rd Thu each month; $50, pre-register Art from the Streets–Red Deer • 4935-51 St • Spirit of the

People: Artworks by Thomas Francois • Through Feb • Feb 6, 7pm • Reception: Fri, Feb 3, 6-8pm

Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq

• 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • State of Nature: until Feb 20 • Rearview Mirror: Contemporary Art from East and Central Europe; Jan 28-Apr 29 • Icons of Modernism: Feb 11-May 21 • BMO World of Creativity: A Passion for Nature: Landscape Painting from 19th Century France: until Feb 20 • BMO Work of Creativity: Method and Madness: Family-focused interactive exhibition created by Gabe Wong; Feb 20-Dec 31 • RBC New Works Gallery: The Untimely Transmogrification of the Problem: Chris Millar; until Apr 29 • 5 Artists, 1 Love–A Retrospective: Black History Month art show curated by Darren Jordan; Feb 4-Mar 3; opening: Feb 4, 4-7pm

124 St, 780.482.2854 • Love and Other Myths: Artworks by Joe and Oksana • Feb 7-25 • Opening: Thu, Feb 9, 5-8pm • Artists in attendance: Sat, Feb 11, 2-4pm

FAB Gallery • Department of Art and Design, U of A, Rm 3-98 Fine Arts Bldg • 780.492.2081 • amass: Artworks by Andrea (visual presentation for the degree of Master of Design, painting) • bearings: Artworks by Annie King (visual presentation for the degree of Master of Design, Drawing and Intermedia); Until Feb 18 FAB Gallery • Colin Lyons: MFA Printmaking; The Alcuin Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada: This show covers books in eight categories (Children’s, Limited Editions, Pictorial, Poetry, Prose Fiction, Prose Non-fiction, Prose Non-fiction Illustrated, and Reference) published in 2010; Feb 28-Mar 28 Gallery at Milner • Stanley

A. Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl.ca/art-gallery • Feathers and Flash: Acrylic on canvas paintings by Teresa Stieben; Feb 1-28 • Postage Stamps as Messengers of Culture: Display by Anita Nawrocki (display cases) • Postage Stamps Collage Workshop: Feb 12, 2-4:30pm

Gallerie Pava • 9524-87 St,

780.461.3427 • Le Rapprochement: Photos by Suzanne Bourdon, Paul Brindamour, Robert Fréchette and Iva Zimova–a collective of four photographers from Québec • Until Feb 22

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• 10729-104 Ave • Comics Artist-inResidence: Paul Lavelleed available every Fri (12-6pm), and every Sat (12-5pm) until Apr 21 • Comic Jam: Improv comic art making every 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7pm • Open Door: a collective of independent comic creators, meet on the 2nd and 4th Thu each month, 7pm

Harcourt House • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Main Gallery: discards: Works by Griffith Aaron Baker • Front Room: Getting Anxious: Works by Margaret Witschl • Until Feb 25 Harris-Warke Gallery– Red Deer • Sunworks Home and

Garden Store, Ross St, Red Deer • 403.346.8937 • harriswarkegallery. com • Pictures from a Sick Mind: Works on paper by Ontario artist, Chris Shoust • Until Feb 12 • Reception: Fri, Feb 3, 6-8pm

Hub on Ross–Red Deer

• 4936 Ross St, Red Deer • 403.340.4869 • hubpdd.com • Tranquil Transitions: Artworks by Marjorie Robert and Sheldon Robert • Through Feb • Opening: Fri, Feb 3, 5-7pm

Jeff Allen Art Gallery • Strathcona Seniors Centre, 10831 University Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • Undulations–The Series: Artworks by Linda Blezard • Jan 27-Feb 22 • Reception: Feb 8, 6:30-8:30pm Kiwanis Gallery–Red Deer

• Red Deer Library • The Gardens at Trevarno: Artworks by Sally Towers-Sybblis • Until Feb 26 • Reception: Fri, Feb 3, 6:308:30pm; Rod Stafford performing in the Snell Auditorium

The Fairytale. The Beauty.

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of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • Nature: Paintings inspired by poet Chon Sang-Pyon’s poem, Back to Heaven; artworks by Kyung Hee Hogg; until Feb 5 • Pattern, form, detail: Photographs of natural and manufactured landscapes by Dr Ronald Whitehouse; Feb 11-Apr 15; reception: Thu, Feb 16

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Michif Cultural and Métis Resource Institute • 9 Mission Ave, St Albert • 780.651.8176 • Aboriginal Veterans Display • Gift Shop • Finger weaving and sash display by Celina Loyer • Ongoing

Mildwood Gallery • 426,

6655-178 St • Mel Heath, Joan Healey, Fran Heath, Larraine Oberg, Terry Kehoe, Darlene Adams, Sandy Cross and Victoria, Pottery by Naboro Kubo and Victor Harrison • Ongoing

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

St, Stony Plain • 780.963.9935 • A Soldier's Story: Paintings by Judy Martin; until Feb 8 • Capturing the Momentum: An exhibition running in conjunction with the 2012 Alberta Winter Games • Digital works by John Freeman; Feb 10-Mar 14; reception Sun, Feb 12

Musée Héritage Museum– St Albert • 5 St Anne St, St Albert

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• 780.459.1528 • St Albert History Gallery: Artifacts dating back 5,000 years • Take Your Best Shot: Photos by youth (8-18 yrs old) • Until Feb 5

10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • After Hours 12: Artworks by the staff of the Paint Spot • Through Feb

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Peter Robertson Gallery

• 12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Winter Group Show: New artworks by gallery artists; until Feb 4 • Abstract paintings and sculptures by Clay Ellis; Feb 11-Mar 3; reception: Thu, Feb 16, 7-9pm

Choreographed by: Jean Grand-Maître.

Royal Alberta Museum •

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,

Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • Blair Brennnan, Richard Boulet and Patrick Reed; until Feb 26

SNAP Gallery • Society Of Northern Alberta Print-Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Artworks by Mark Franchino; until Feb 11 • Community Event: I Found LOVE at SNAP: Annual valentine card printing on the letterpress event; Feb 11-12 • Gallery Exhibition: Artworks by Robin Smith-Peck and Marc Siegner; Feb 16-Mar 17; opening: Feb 16

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 VAAA Gallery • 3rd Fl, 10215112 St • 780.421.1731 • Gallery A: Travelling Within Dreams: Paintings by Ricardo Copado • Gallery B: Body/Language: Large drawings by Daniel Evans • Until Feb 25 VASA Gallery • (Studio

Gallery) 11 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.5993 • Fibre of Silk: Series by Samantha Williams-Chapelsky • Feb 4-25 • Reception: Sat, Feb 4, 2-4pm; artist in attendance

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10322-83 Ave • 780.426.0072 • artists-society.ab.ca • walterdaleplayhouse.com • Fiber Optics: Fiber works by Diana Un-Jin Cho, Candace Makowichuk and Sharon Rubuliak; runs in conjunction with Albertine in Five Times • Feb 8-18 • Opening: Feb 7, 7pm

Daffodil Gallery • 10412-

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; until Feb 11 • ProjEx Room: Pollination Proposition: Artworks by Nicole Rayburn; until Feb 11

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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 • Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone (PG); Fri, Feb 3, 2pm • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 161 minutes (2002) (PG); Fri, Feb 10, 2pm • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) (PG); Fri, Feb 17, 2pm • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) (PG); Fri, Feb 24, 2pm

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Blue Chair Café • 9624-76 Ave • 780.469.8755 • Story Slam: 2nd Wed each month Leva Café • 11053-86 Ave • Greenwoods

present launch of Timothy Caulfield's new book, The Cure for Everything: Untangling the Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness and Happiness • Thu, Feb 9, 7pm

T.A.L.E.S. TELLAROUND • Bogani Café, 111 St, 23 Ave • Come to share a story, or just come to listen; hosted by Dawn Blue • Feb 8, 7-9pm • Free • 2nd Wed each month Rouge Lounge • 10111-117 St •

780.902.5900 • Poetry every Tue with Edmonton's local poets

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• 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8600 • sclibrary.ab.ca • The History Of The Book: lecture with Sarah MeadWillis (Rare Book cataloguer, U of A) • Feb 5, 2-4pm • $10 at the check-out desk

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) • Muddling Through Marriage: Featuring Wendy Edey, Renée Englot and Bethany Ellis; open mic opportunity • Feb 2, 7-9pm • $6 minimum cover

Upper Crust Café • 10909-86 Ave • 780.422.8174 • strollofpoets.com • The Po-

ets’ Haven Weekly Reading Series: every Mon, 7pm presented by the Stroll of Poets Society featuring spoken word artists Ruth Anderson Donovan, Cathy Hodgson, Wendy Joy, Seaneen O’Rourke, and Patti Sinclair • Feb 6 • $5

WunderBar on Whyte • 8120-101 St • 780.436.2286 • The poets of Nothing, For Now: poetry workshop and jam every Sun • No minors

THEATRE Albertine in Five Times • Walter-

dale Playhouse, 10322-83 Ave • Directed by Mary Jane Kreisel • Five actors play the same woman and are present on stage all at once. Each signifies one of five ages in the life of Albertine, a working-class Québécoise woman • Feb 8-18, 8pm; Feb 12, 2pm; Feb 9: Two-for-One (door) • $12$16 at TIX on the Square

Blind Date • Citadel Rice Theatre,

9828-101 A Ave • 780.428.2117 • citadeltheatre.com • Rice Alternative Series: Created and performed by Rebecca Northan, produced by Kevin McCollum. Rebecca Northan plays Mimi, and one lucky man in the audience will play her Blind Date • Until Feb 19

BOEING, BOEING • Mayfield Dinner

Theatre, 16615-109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Bernard, a successful American architect living in a posh Paris apartment, has been deftly juggling three fiancées who are all flight attendants. But his supersonic lifestyle hits turbulence when his old college friend visits and each

of his three fiancées change their flight schedule • Feb 10-Apr 8

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Audreys Books • 10702 Jasper Ave • 780.423.3487 • CAA Writer in Residence Jannie Edwards in the store every Wed, 12-1:30pm

Chimprov • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 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)

CYMBELINE • Timms Centre, U of A, 112 St, 87 Ave • 780.492.2495 • studiotheatre.ca • U of A Studio Theatre • By William Shakespeare, adapted and directed by Kathleen Weiss • Feb 9-18, 7:30pm; Feb 16, 12:30pm • Tickets at Timms Box Office, TIX on the Square

DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83

Ave • 780.433.3399 • die-nasty.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

The Ecstatics • Transalta Arts Barns Studio B, 10330-84 Ave • 780.471.1586 • Northern Light Theatre • Feb 10-18

Fool for Love • Varscona Theatre,

10329-83 Ave • 780.434.5564 • shadowtheatre.org • Shadow Theatre • By Sam Shepard. In an abandoned motel Eddie and May play out their tainted romance, co-production with Calgary's SAGe Theatre, starring Shaun Johnston • Feb 15-Mar 4, 7:30pm, 2pm mat • $15 (previews); Fri-Sat night: $26/$23 (student/senior); Tue-Thu,

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Fort Saskatchewan • 780.992.6400 • Rare Form Theatre • Comedy for all ages by Neil Simon • Feb 3-4, 7:30pm • $10

Jump for Glee • Jubilations Dinner

Theatre, 2690, 8882-170 St, Phase II WEM Upper Level • 780.484.2424 • jubilations. ca • It is time to put on a great show. Unfortunately, there are transportation problems and only six people from William Mackenzie King High can make it to the event • Until Apr 1

L’HOMME DE LA MANCHA • La

Cité Theatre, 8627 rue Marie-AnneGaboury • 780.469.8400 • lunitheatre.ca • L'UniThéâtre • By Dale Wasserman, adaptated by Jacques Brel; with English surtitles • Feb 9-19 • $25 (adult)/$21 (senior)/$16 (student) at TIX on the Square

Merrily We Roll Along • Grant

MacEwan University, Centre for the Arts and Communications campus, John L. Haar Theatre, 10045-155 St • Book by George Furth; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; based on the Kaufman and Hart play • Feb 10-18, 7:30pm; Feb 12, 2pm and 7:30pm; no performance Feb 13 • Tickets at TIX on the Square

Moving Along • Roxy Theatre–Theatre Network, 10708-124 St • 780.453.2440 • By Chris Craddock, directed by Bradley Moss • Previews: Feb 7-8 • Feb 9-26; Two-for-One Tue: Feb 14 and 21

Opening Night • Kinsmen Korral 47 Riel Dr • 780.668.9522 • By Norm Foster, dinner theatre presented by the St Albert Theatre

A Ave • 780.428.2117 • citadeltheatre.com • Mainstage Series: By John Logan, directed by Kim Collier. New York in the late 50s – famous abstract painter Mark Rothko has been commissioned to create a series of murals at an upscale restaurant. Is Rothko selling out? Or is this his chance to reach the commercial audience he despises? • Feb 11-Mar 4

SKY LIFE • Metropolis Community Centre, Churchill Sq • Metropolis and Firefly Theatre and Circus • A Circus Journey Through Winter’s Night Skies directed by Annie Dugan • Feb 3-5, 8pm; 4pm Feb 4-5 TheatreSports • Varscona Theatre,

10329-83 Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv runs every Fri, until Jul, 11pm (subject to occasional change) • $10/$8 (member)

Waiting for Godot • TransAlta

Arts Barns PCL Studio • fringetheatre.ca • Wishbone Theatre; by Samuel Beckett; directed by Chris Bullough • Two friends alone on a road, wait for someone • Feb 2-11, 8pm (no show Feb 6) • $23 (adult)/$19 (student/senior/Equity member) at Fringe Theatre box office, 780.409.1910

THE WEDDING SINGER • Mayfield 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

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t's not often I head to the north side of Edmonton for a meal, but when it's EAST, the latest member of the Wildflower Grill-Lazia family, I knew it would be worthy of the drive. EAST has been branded as authentic, modern Chinese food with a Malaysian twist. The interior is vibrant: lining the back walls are bold-coloured silk batik panels which bring warmth to a room with a modern design concept with ties to both Lazia and Wildflower. I'm a visual eater, and walking by the all-glass exterior gave us a preview of patrons enjoying dishes I was ready to dive into. Malaysian food is relatively unknown in Edmonton. Comprised of Malays, Chinese and Indians, the country continues to develop dishes that are derived of multiple ethnic influences. The aroma when my friend and I walked in was captivating, as was the full-photo menu of dishes. I was thankful for the colourful assortment of pictures, but when I set down the photo menu and looked at the one with prices I was shocked—these weren't the prices I remembered from a recent trip to Kuala Lumpur. That's when we figured out we weren't in just another Chinese restaurant. We were showered with attention

the second we walked in the door, and with a menu that is so unique, we were given abundant descriptions of the origins and tastes of several dishes. The kitchen was able to find a few ways to work around my gluten issue and, as we waited, we had a pot of Ginger tea ($3.95): copious amounts of ginger infused with rock sugar in the best tea I have ever had in Edmonton. Soon our table was graced with a truly Malaysian concoction and house speciality, the butter prawns: a stunning plate of wok fried butter

noodles, which were swimming in sauce, before experiencing a unique texture of noodles in a smooth egg sauce. We learned the thick gravy like sauce is a Malaysian characteristic that distinguishes it from dishes from other regions of China. For veggies we ordered the Kai Lan two ways ($14.95), wok-fried Chinese greens with garlic and crisp thin leaves with golden dust and ginger thread. With a slight crunch we both agreed they were cooked perfectly. Between the two of us we were stuffed with leftovers still on the table. We had kept our photo menu

Neither of us had ever seen or tasted anything like it. It was delicious—I literally picked the plate clean. prawns were buried beneath a pile of golden floss. We learned it was shredded egg crisp cooked quickly with hot chillies; the egg caramelizes in delicate strings to produce a sweet taste with a crunchy texture. Neither of us had ever seen or tasted anything like it. It was delicious— I literally picked the plate clean. Next up was Malaysian-style Cantonese noodle—Hor Fan noodles with beef, jumbo shrimp, scallops and vegetables topped with whisked egg sauce ($15.95). Our server showed us how to mix around the

throughout the meal, and as our bellies swelled and we sipped the last drops of the ginger tea, we were already pointing out pictures of what to order next time. After I learned that the Nasi Lemak, proclaimed a national dish in Malaysia, could be ordered from the lunch menu in the evening, I was already looking forward to my next visit. EAST has a menu that is filled with unique flavours and textures that are definitely worth driving for. Sharman Hnatiuk

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Pink slime is the colloquial name for a product called Lean Finely Textured Beef, invented by Beef Products Inc of Dakota Dunes, South Dakota.

beef products in late-December 2011. McDonalds contended, however, that the company's decision was not based on "any particular event."

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Lean Finely Textured Beef is recovered from beef carcasses after the main cuts of meat have been harvested. Remaining trimmings are placed into a centrifuge where they are treated with ammonia to kill bacteria. The centrifuge separates the meat from the fat. What remains is squeezed through a tube the size of a pencil before becoming a component of ground beef.

The safety of the pink slime process was called into question by a New York Times editorial in early 2010, which noted that the product was being served in large numbers to America's school children because of its low price, but that the product itself has "a much higher microbial presence than other cuts, including E coli and salmonella ... the ability of the ammonia to kill the germs appears to have been greatly oversold."

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Pink slime is a component of 75 percent of hamburger patties in the United States. Typically, it makes up no more than 25 percent of each patty.

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In Ghostbusters II, a different kind of pink slime wreaks havoc on New York City. The reactive slime—which responds to both positive and negative reinforcement—brings back to life Vigo the Carpathian, a 17th-century tyrant who is trapped in a painting. The Ghostbusters are forced to defeat Vigo in order to save the city, as well as the baby of Peter Venkman's love interest Dana Barrett, through whom Vigo attempts to be reincarnated.

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ful helicopter-assisted skiing is the Bugaboos—seven hours south of Edmonton between Golden and Radium Hot Springs, BC—the story really begins high among the mountaintops of the Austrian Alps. Its pioneers, the late legendary mountaineer Hans Gmoser and accomplished climber Leo Grillmair, grew up as close friends in Austria— a country badly affected by the Second World War. While Hans worked as an electrician and Leo as a plumber, job security was uncertain in the post-war economy. An immigration opportunity for skilled tradesmen to travel to Canada presented itself and Leo decided to take the chance

and signed up for the sea voyage, persuading his friend Hans to come along when they bumped into one another on the chilly streets of Linz in February 1951. With visions of climbing and ski-

porter from the Edmonton Journal that when he first saw the neverending prairie landscape, he sat down and cried. "It was as if somebody had sawed the world off!" he explained.

What were we trying to do? Were we trying to show off? Were we trying to kill ourselves?—No! ing Canada's great mountain ranges, the duo requested simply to be sent to "the mountains" when filling out their application forms. They were instead shipped to Edmonton, and disembarked from the train brokenhearted. Years later, Hans told a re-

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With little money or knowledge of the English language, Leo and Hans joined a logging crew near Edmonton, but were fired shortly after for trying to fell four trees at once in a comical mishap resulting in a broken

saw. Eventually the pair started satisfying their thirst for the alpine lifestyle when they found work in the Bow Valley. Here, the two explored; climbing, skiing and pushing the limits of what could be accomplished on the faces of Canada's great peaks. In 1957, Hans incorporated Rocky Mountain Guides Ltd and led people on momentous climbs, including the first Canadian ascent of Mt Logan, the tallest peak in Canada, and a new route on the north face of Alaska's Denali (Mount McKinley), North America's highest summit. At this point, Hans and Leo were CONTINUED ON PAGE 32 >>

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Highlights at this time of year include blazing through the trees off Marmot Basin's Paradise Chair, pounding the bumps on Old Ptarmigan at Lake Louise, glade skiing off Goat’s Eye at Sunshine Village, testing your stamina on Schober’s Dream at Panorama, cruising the edges of Drifter at Castle Mountain and daring to go higher off the new Polar Peak at Fernie. Whatever your ski slope desire, this is definitely a great time of the year to head out, especially after such a sluggish start to the season. With the holidays far behind, overcrowding

Want more than just great skiing and boarding? If you are looking for an activity to attend in the mountains, your timing is perfect. At this time of the year, the resorts are offering a smorgasbord of events for enthusiasts to partake in or view. This Saturday, February 4, Sunshine Village is hosting the Dave Irwin Brain Injury Dash for Cash dual slalom. Teams of four can enter and race for amazing prizes, while raising funds for the foundation created by Canadian downhill legend Dave Irwin—who suffered a horrific fall on the slopes in 2001. On the same weekend, Castle Mountain is hosting the Alberta Freestyle Ski Championships, along with a Mardi Gras-themed dress up day. Visitors are encouraged to wear their snazziest outfits on the Saturday while cheering on the province's best freestyle skiers and boarders The fun and games continue on February 11 at Fernie Alpine Resort where, for the third year running, the Helly Hansen Big Mountain Battle will be contested. Touted as the ultimate scavenger hunt, the event will test your physical limits both on and off your skis. Competitors are challenged to scour the resort from top to bottom in search of hidden clues and checkpoints. That same day, female riders can dazzle the crowds with their park skills as Lake Louise plays host to a ladies' Billabong Flaunt It Slopestyle & Rail Jam. The all-day snowboarding event encourages ladies to ride the features, piling up the points for a cumulative total. Prizes for best trick and most style on the rails and in the park will be awarded. For details on all events, check the resort websites. V

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ning of a groomed cat track, your Stagecoach awaits. Standing on the edge of the cat track overlooking a fresh slope, steeped in silence after the buzz of the cat trip with 10 other blower-happy riders, the chest-swelling feeling of being some kind of royalty is overwhelming. You can scope a line and know that this— this is mine. CONTINUED ON PAGE 31 >>

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Wrapped up in that sense of freedom and empowerment in an unclaimed landscape there is a parallel between monarch and cowboy. The crown of the lower Alberta Rockies juts imposingly from the ranchlands and prairie scrub, defining the boundary with sharp barbs and snarls. But with its relationship between land and livelihood and its simple, down-to-business ethic, the Powder Stagecoach owes its heritage more to the latter than the former. "A bunch of us got together and started hammering out how we were going to do it," says Darrel Lewko, manager at Powder Stagecoach, de-

scribing in typical understated cowboy fashion how the operation came into being. "We came up with a good plan and, just started ... doin' it!" When he's not lead guiding, Lewko dons scuffed suede boots and a quiet comport. He has a compact build, with a close-cropped beard and the ranch hand's trademark squint. The Lethbridge businessman has been skiing at Castle since 1974, so he's well versed in the hill's western roots. "Years ago, in the '90s, our head of pro patrol came up with the western theme," he recalls. When it came to the cat operation, it just made sense to carry on the tradition, with run names like Fist Full of Turns, Roll Your Own and Hang 'Em High. "We're down in cowboy country and

this is the Cowboy Trail—it was invented here ... You know, horses and cows, cowboys ... and," he adds, with a wink and a chuckle, "cowgirls." The cowboys and cowgirls who inhabit the hill are a big reason Alan Heidl and his family have chosen to spend the past 10 winters at Castle. Heidl is a grain farmer in Saskatchewan, but every winter he, his wife and kids close down the farm and head west for the ski season. "There's no attitudes at all, [everyone] is very friendly, they'll take you everywhere on the mountain," he says. "The terrain is—we've never seen nothin' like it—and the snow you get and the friendliness of the people is what attracted us." It was while enjoying some aprèsski with friends at Castle that Heidl

met his wife. The romance blossomed and before long, the couple married and began spending their ski seasons here. For Heidl, the cat skiing just adds another dimension to the experience. Lewko sums it up aptly, "When you're out on that open run with nothing in front of you—it's like putting icing on the cake." Like the assembly call of the gods to Mt Olympus, the call of fresh powder resonates within the breast of every disciple. Few of us are blessed with the freedom to heed its call on every occasion; it does not wait for weekends or holidays, does not follow the whims of family, geography or "other commitments." But being able to put aside responsibilities and transcend everyday existence is part of the reward of a day spent powder skiing. There's a reason gas stations like the one where I stop to fuel up in Nanton, AB, carry all those silly trucker hats with slogans like "A bad day fishing is better than a good day at work." We skiers have our own powder equivalents. But in Alberta, slipping out of work to go skiing isn't as simple as grabbing the fishing rod at the backdoor and heading down to the ol' fishing hole, unless you live in the Bow Valley, Jasper or Pincher Creek. Even then, up until Powder Stagecoach opened in 2010, if you wanted all day fresh tracks to yourself, you had to work for it.

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see them; it's just a 'whoosh' sort of feeling." While Leo and Hans began touring and guiding in the area, using an old sawmill camp as their base, a geologist named Art Patterson had hatched the idea of trying helicopter-assisted skiing in Canada. He'd

used helicopters for geological surveying, and was tempted by the lure of reaching powder stashes with the whirring machines. The idea had already been tried in Europe and Alaska, but with minimal success. In 1962, Art applied to Banff National Park for a permit to fly out of Lake Louise and Sunshine, but after his request was rejected, Art searched for a guide who could help. After asking around at climbing equipment shops in Calgary, he settled on Hans, who came with glowing recommendations. Art rounded up 15 people willing to venture off the ski hill to give it a try and charged them $20 each. Hans strapped a car's ski rack to the skids of a small Bell 47 helicopter, and the group flew to the Old Goat Glacier south of Canmore, after being rejected for a permit to fly near Rogers Pass. Because the helicopter could only fit two at a time, it took two hours to shuttle everyone to the top, by which time the first people to be dropped were cold and miserable. The entire experience resulted in disastrous skiing, with crusty, choppy snow and a tough bushwhack to complete the long day. After such a dismal experience, Art abandoned the idea, but later that same year Hans was approached by Brooks Dodge, a young US Olympic

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skier who was intrigued by a photo Hans had taken of a group ski touring near Boulder Camp in the Bugaboos. Brooks asked Hans if he would be willing to try heli-skiing again, but this time in the Bugaboos and offered to pay for the trip even if it didn't work out. With nothing to lose, Hans accepted. This time the result was a smashing success. Although shuttling people with the helicopter was timeconsuming, the snow-seekers found exactly what they were looking for: reams of untouched powder. Seven days of bluebird skies and powder later, the skiers were hooked. Three years of heli-ski success followed and Hans began to realize he might need to expand the rustic sawmill camp to accommodate the increasing number of guests. Word had spread, quickly attracting blue ribbon clients from Europe and North America. Hesitant to erect a lodge in the pristine wilderness he loved so much, Hans consulted clients about the decision, eventually deciding to forge ahead and construct a lodge facing the prestigious peaks head-on, with an unrivaled view. Together, Hans and Leo ran the construction of Bugaboo Lodge, which opened in 1967. Because they didn't have the cash flow for such an

expense, the structure was funded by their clients in return for the promise of heli-ski trips for years to come. Building the lodge launched the beginning of a successful company, which morphed from Rocky Mountain Guides Ltd into Canadian Mountain Holidays (CMH)—now one of the largest heli-ski operations in the world. After years of guiding and running CMH, followed by an active retirement, Hans said goodbye to the mountains he loved so much when he died in 2006 at the age of 73. Leo, now 81, still lives in nearby Brisco, BC, with his wife Lynne, where he woodworks, hikes, skis and pays visits to Bugaboo Lodge when he finds the time. The company the intrepid duo started has evolved a lot since the early days when it charged $275 for a week of skiing. CMH now has 11 lodges with 475 staff and 120 guides, with access to 36 helicopters for trips that cost an average of about $10 000. Although the lodges still don't have TVs or newspapers, they all now have wireless Internet—a big change from when Hans purposefully excluded lamps from guest rooms so people would be forced to mingle and chat in the common areas. Other major developments include the invention of avalanche transceivers and ski baskets, an increased knowledge of snow science, massive advances in helicopter technology, and perhaps the biggest: shaped powder skis. "I think the most significant change that we've seen is the actual ski technology," says CMH spokesperson Sarah Pearson. "Going from those long, skinny skis to the nice, beautiful fat skis has completely changed the heli-ski industry. It's opened up heli-skiing so that even an intermediate skier can go heli-skiing, which wasn't the case in the early days." After five decades of changes, the mountains and the people who flock to them are still a constant. "We still get amazing snow in amazing mountains, and they're the same types of conditions the first skiers skied on in the sixties," Pearson says. "Everyone who goes to the lodges goes because they have a love of the mountains and a love for skiing. That makes everyone equal at the lodge; you could be a king or a taxi driver, and it doesn't matter because you love skiing." KELSEY VERBOOM

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PREVUE // NASHVILLE

What happens in Nashville ...

James Murdoch and Jay Sparrow's creative retreat yields a one-off show and live recording

Northern songwriters back from the south

Fri, Feb 3 (7:30 pm) Nashville North Featuring James Murdoch and Jay Sparrow Arden Theatre, $32

t was midway through their 10 days in Nashville, when James Murdoch and Jay Sparrow were writing songs in a park, that Emmylou Harris wandered into sight. "We would sit facing each other with two guitars," Jay Sparrow explains. "And I was working on a part, and he was listening back, and I looked at his face and his face just went white—his eyes were open. He was like, 'Emmylou Harris is standing right behind you.'" The pair chatted Harris up for a few minutes—"Totally gracious," Murdoch notes of the country-folk legend—then watched her do a free concert. "It was kind of a big deal.," Sparrow adds. "It rounded out our Nashville experience." Chancing upon a musical hero is surely as a good an omen as any for the creative process the pair had un-

derway: Murdoch and Sparrow were down in Music City for almost two weeks to write what will debut this weekend as Nashville North—a oneoff concert, pulling on the material the pair wrote on that creative retreat. The show will be recorded, and later released as a live album. The idea came from Murdoch: he was asked to do a show at the Arden as part of their season, but found himself hung up on how he wanted to approach the gig. "I really wanted to push all of my boundaries," Murdoch says. "So, work with somebody else, work with someone I hadn't worked with before, do this live record, and who knows what it's going to be. But I just wanted to make sure that it was an event." Murdoch had long known Sparrow—Sparrow recalls going to him for early career advice. "If you want something, ask," was Murdoch's tip and the merit of it was the reason why Sparrow's recorded an album at Willie Nelson's house ("No-one would think that you could just do that. But I asked."). Both are able, proven musi-

cians in their own right, but collaboration, was something neither had much experience with. "We'd never worked together on a writing standpoint, and I've never worked with anyone ever on a writing standpoint," Sparrow says. "I always wrote my own stuff. I had to learn first how to do that, and what that meant. So, you take this really introspective thing that's usually

two characters headed west at the turn of the last century: one, helping build the burgeoning country along the railway, and the other, a woman that they refer to as "a casuality of the time." "It's basically like a libretto of a rock opera. But it's a country-folk record instead," Murdoch says. "[Writing about characters] brought a lot of gravity to the songs,

It's basically like a libretto of a rock opera. But it's a country-folk record instead

done behind closed doors, and you're now doing it in front of someone who you've never worked with before. It was a weird thing. But we had so little time, we didn't have time to waste. We just jumped right in." The first song they wrote together was ultimately scrapped, but yielded two characters who became the backbone of the finished North. The album's 10 songs trace a narrative of

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which I didn't normally have before, because when you're just writing a song out of the thin air, you're kind of just accepting whatever falls from the creative spark," Sparrow adds. "But when you're specifically having to fill out this person's identity, and an important story to that person, just made the songs feel like they had more weight, and when you listen to the music now, it feels like they're kind of large. It

sounds like large, orcestrated music, because we just want to do right by these two characters." For the show, Murdoch and Sparrow will be backed by a five-piece band on the night of, which will be further supplemented by live animations, projected to help tell that album's story. The recording they make of the night will be the first and last take for a Nashville North—no nuanced studio version is on either one's mind. "I think the only way it would've become a studio album is if we weren't able to pull it off live," Murdoch says. "I now have so much confidence— we've had a couple rehearsals, we've recorded a rehearsal just on a mic, to have a reference of it, and it sounds so great. And I really think that this needs to be what it was initially set out to be: a live recording. And so, no, I don't think that this record should go into the studio. I think it needs to be a snapshot of what it was that night." Paul Blinov

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WAR STORY // GEOFF BERNER

Geoff Berner

Sat, Feb 4 (8:30 pm) With Carolyn Mark The Artery, $10

ccordian player, singer, songwriter, activist, star in Norway, klezmer enthusiast, Geoff Berner is a lot of things. One other thing he is is Canadian. But last year, on "Hockey Day in Canada," he found out that you can be too Canadian as he recounts to Vue in this week's "War Story": One Saturday in February last year, I had my second brush with death in the North in as many days. This time, it was from an overdose of sheer Canadianity. It was my single most Canadian day ever. It got to the point where I came dangerously close to having a Canadianeurysm. Let me itemize the Canadianness: I woke up to the sound of the phone ringing in Whitehorse, Yukon, in the True North, Strong and (arguably, relatively speaking, for the time being) Free. Dave Bidini, Canadian author, leader of Bidiniband, late of the band the Rheostatics, was on the horn. The Rheostatics, indie Canada's greatest

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PREVUE // RAP

Mitchmatic

The real Mitchmatic

Fri, Feb 3 (8:30 pm) With Mikey Maybe, The Joe Wunderbar, $5

y his own admission, Mitch Holtby—better known on local stages as Mitchmatic, one of Old Ugly Records' core rap trio—has been working on It's Probably Raining for longer than he'd ever intended. "Too long," Holtby offers over an email, noting that much of that time was spent perfecting the very final stretch of a particularly troublesome track. "Some of the beats can be dated back to four years ago or so, but most of the writing/recording was done last winter," Holtby recalls. "I hit a wall on the last verse though and for the next 10 months didn't get

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anywhere—it was horrible. I'm not going to tell you which song, that'd put too much pressure on it, and me." Still, that a few lingering bars could hold up an entire album hints at Holtby's nearly-obsessive attention to detail. Working from a home studio probably doesn't help him much either, in letting songs just escape into the ether. "There are definitely songs on this album that I'd wake up in the morning to work on and find myself still hunched over my computer 10 hours later, having forgotten to eat or even get up," Holtby says. "The story ends well though: I'm usually happy with the end products—even after thinking I'd finished them and exporting the WAVs 40 – 50 different times before actually claiming victory."

band, who put Canadian place names in every single song they ever wrote, and also wrote about the Group of Seven, Canada's most iconic painters, for Chrissakes. He was the guy who'd invited me up to the Yukon in the first place, to play a song about a hockey player for the CBC's "Hockey Day in Canada" show. My song is about Gino Odjick. Dave invited me to come play "shinny," which means, in Canadianese, an informal game of ice hockey. I had breakfast, including Canadian back bacon. I played ice hockey outside, on a community rink. I was wearing a toque. I played against, among many lovely people, Bidini, and John K Samson, of the Weakerthans, whose every brilliant song is about the city of Winnipeg, or a TB sanitarium nearby. We also drank Yukon Gold beer. The extremely good Canadian singer/songwriter, Sarah Harmer was there. She writes songs that are like Alice Munro short stories. But her last name would be a great hockey goon nickname. "The Harmer." And she was the only one who brought her own helmet, which was intimidat-

That level of devotion to getting a track just right does shine through on the finished recordings—Mitchmatic songs feel particularly wellcrafted, which is to say almost effortless in their execution. Well-shaped beats and smoothly integrated samples back a rapper of rare skill: a musician who can go from taking the piss out of the textbook Whyte Ave douchebag—as he did with Mikey Maybe and The Joe on "D-Bags"—to chopping up an Ella Fitzgerald vocal sample into a full instrumental, with equally listenable merits. Raining's long-fought finish has already found some early acclaim: the album's single, "Why Don't You Know," a witty, clever take on an overeager romantic—backed by a sample that sounds lifted from some whimsical '50s television jingle, it finds payoff by creeping into Pepé Le Pew territory—was picked up on NPR's All Songs Considered last week. Characters like that occasionally pop up in his music, but Holtby notes it's mostly himself he's putting into his songs. "I love the idea of having an alternate persona, but to be honest 'Mitchmatic' tracks, for the most part, have been fairly true to my real self," he says. "But, I have written from perspectives of fictional characters in the past, and it can be a lot of fun. It's very freeing when you don't feel that you're having to represent yourself in every word. Some of my best verses have come from that mindset, without the social pressure that comes with being true to reality." Paul Blinov

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ing. I was knocked down several times by "The Harmer." But I don't think it was on purpose. Or was it? Watch out for her, she is tricky. Then we went to the Official Yukon "Hockey Day in Canada" game. Since we were part of the festivities, we got to go to the VIP box to watch the game. That's when I pulled off the quadruple-whammy of drinking a cold Molson Canadian while chatting with soon-to-be-former Liberal MP and legendary Montréal Canadiens goalie Ken Dryden, about the bright future of Canada's multicultural policies. When the PA started playing Rush in the background, that was when I felt the beginnings of a stroke coming on. If someone had started reciting "The Cremation of Sam McGee" I'm sure that I would have expired on the spot. I had to go to the bathroom and breath deeply with my head between my knees for 40 minutes. Luckily, I recovered. Close call, though. So if you see me out there, I'll still be celebrating my survival. Bryan Birtles

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Duo Aperio

Fri, Feb 3 (8 pm) Muttart Hall, $20 – $25

here are three things you need to know about Renée-Paule Gauthier: first, she's the violin half of Duo Aperio; second, she plays on a Stradivarius violin; third, she loves, loves (loves!) the CBC. Here, the violinist soundtracks her life at home and on the road.

At home Morning Classical, something like Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet (but most days I will listen to CBC Radio 1) Noon Tito Puente or anything with a lot of rhythm to have a dance party with my son Night Good old classic crooners to relax

On the road Morning Most definitely CBC Radio 1 Noon Any radio station that plays '60s, '70s and '80s music. Classic rock rocks! Night Jazz station ... or CBC!

PREVUE // OLD SOULS

Looks young, feels old

Harlan Pepper's music is wise beyond the band's years til the following year. The recording process didn't take too much time though: we layed down the initial bed-tracks over a three-day period, then recorded vocals and some overdubs over a span of a couple months. So it took probably a year and a half to finish the whole project. When you were writing the songs, did you come at them in a particular way? Lyrics first? Music first? DE: Usually, we come up with the music first. We try not to limit ourselves to one genre or anything, so the music usually dictates what the lyrics should say. Other times one of us will write a song at home and bring it to the band. VW:

I bet these guys use the same razor all year

Harlan Pepper Fri, Feb 3 (7:30 pm) Festival Place, sold out Sat, Feb 11 (4 pm) Empress Ale House, free

laying the kind of dusty road music that makes rust belt towns what they are, it's incredible to think that the members of Harlan Pepper are barely out of high school. Coming to Edmonton in support of

the group's debut album Young and Old—recorded when the members were only 17—singer Dan Edmonds took the time to answer a few questions about the making of the album. How long did it take to make Young and Old from the initial songwriting through to the end of the recording? Dan Edmonds: We had been jamming and writing together since Grade 9, but didn't get to record the songs unVue Weekly:

VW: Did the songs come from one person fully formed, or were they sketches that were then filled out as a group? DE: It depends. We all write separately at home, but the song always changes when it comes together with the four of us. They start out as sketches, and all of us sort of figure out how we want it to sound like.

What were the recording sessions like for this album? Is this the VW:

kind of thing you recorded live or did you piece it together one track at a time? Why? DE: For this record, we tried to just create an honest interpretation of how we play live. We recorded the majority of this album live off the floor. The vocals were sung after, as well as some harmonica, piano and pedal steel. For the most part though, we just tried to capture the live performance as best as we could. If we recorded each song piece by piece I don't think it would sound as good. It may sound crystal clean and hi-fi, but we were 17 when we recorded it, so there was no way we were really incredible musicians. We've improved a hell of a lot over the last couple years. We're always trying to improve and challenge ourselves musically. VW: Were there any other songs written that were left off the album? DE: Yeah, there were. We did some writing in the studio, and wrote a couple songs, but they weren't ready to record. VW: How did you decide which songs to include on the album? Did you have an idea of what you wanted

Young and Old to be when you started, or did the finished shape emerge as the writing and recording went along? DE: We didn't really have a plan, we just went in and tried our darndest to make it sound good. We played all the songs that we had together at the time, no cuts or anything. VW: If you were to trace the musical map that led you to Young and Old, what would it look like? DE: Young and Old would not have happened if it weren't for all of us being taught how to play music by [drummer] Marlon [Nicolle]'s father Ralph Nicolle. Since a young age, Marlon and I were in a band together, and slowly we just kept working our chops and Ralph kept showing us his knowledge of music. I think the two greatest things we learned was that "less is more"—we didn't try to do too much on the record. Less truly is more—also, Ralph taught us the "14-5" in every key. This number method helps you play almost any song in any key. Most songs are three main chords, and the 1-4-5 helps you grasp it easily. Bryan Birtles

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FIRSTS, LASTS, AND FAVOURITES

Pip Skid Wed, Feb 8 (8 pm) Wunderbar

eaded to Edmonton for the first time in a while, Pip Skid is a rapper not afraid to point fingers at the people who deserve to be singled out. Here, he gives Vue Weekly the lowdown on some of his musical history before he blasts his way into town.

First album

Huey Lewis and the News, Sports I loved that tape so much as a kid and even had a life-sized Huey Lewis poster on my wall. It makes sense now why I would have dug it so much as it was a watereddown introduction to the blues for my weird white little mind. Now I prefer my blues without the Bruce Willis.

Last album

I buy cassettes still. It would have been a T-Bone Walker or Grand Puba tape or something like that. I haven't bought an actual CD in over eight years because I don't buy things that don't make sense.

Last concert

I saw Random Axe play in Brussels a while ago. They were the tightest rap group I've seen in a long time. So good that leaving the stage area to get a beer was stressful.

Favourite album

That's an impossible question. I know it's not Huey Lewis and the News. For rap records, maybe Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, or Boogie Down Productions' By All Means Necessary. It changes like a baby's diapers.

First concert

I grew up in Brandon, MB where there wasn't much going on. The first concert I saw that had any impact on me was a battle of the bands. Some weirdo punk dudes I knew entered and acted super insane. I knew right away that I wanted to do a rap version of that.

Musical guilty pleasure

I love that Milli Vanilli record Girl You Know It's True and if somebody threw on the NKOTB Step By Step album I'm jamming out. Bryan Birtles

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RAM Death (Metal Blade) 

Chairlift Something (Kanine)  Synth-pop can all too often be dismissed as a throwback to the '80s, but with Something, Chairlift demonstrates that its '80s influence can walk alongside the songs instead of simply guiding them. The charming "I Belong In Your Arms" is so deceptively danceable that you might find yourself swaying and singing along to it in the kitchen. "Ghost Tonight" taps into a similar vein as Feist's more upbeat side, while the down-tempo "Take It Out On Me" is a melodic highlight to the album. Although one of Chairlift's founding members, Aaron Pfenning, left the band in 2010, it seems that remaining members Caroline Polachek and Patrick Whimberly dealt with the loss by crafting an engaging, moody album under the guise of pleasurably poppy synths and danceable drum machines. Douglas Hoyer

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Big Pink Future This (4 AD)  British two-piece Big Pink stays the lukewarm course it was on with 2009's A History of Love for the follow-up. Future This takes laid-back, The Cure-ish structures of sweeping pop swell, puts them under sweepingly bland sentiments like "We made it in the end / We're all made of gold" and hopes to bottle lightning—but nothing really rises to the level of "Dominoes," the band's namemaker hit, instead simply swirling around all the same components. The string samples on "Give It Up" offer a downbeat mood and sensible shift in sentiment, but bland, double-tracked vocals and lyrics hold the music back from breaking out of any generic mould.

The revered realm of traditional heavy metal does not allow new entries lightly. Bands who play at mimicry rather than attempting to create a new path are often derided and cast aside. While Ram's newest album Death is not without some echoes of the past the band is definitely genuine in its love of classic traditional heavy metal and the Swedish band knows how to create a good track that will induce head banging and horn raising. Death is well-paced, moving from epic slower tempo tracks like "Frozen" into the speedier "Under the Scythe." With some great guitar solos and lyrics like "Destiny is broken / our pain is blasphemy / angels are choking / your heart beats tyranny," Ram's fourth album is solid entry into a classic realm. Samantha Power

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The Doors LA Woman (Warner) 

Paul Blinov

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Another release of the Doors final album, 1971's LA Woman. This one sounds fine—it's louder, as all re-releases tend to be these days—but the real enticement for fans is the second disc of alternate versions and an unreleased song from the original sessions. The alternates are interesting in their looseness and minor variations. There's not much in the way of massive reinventions, but it's intriguing to hear the band chattering in studio and flexing its musical muscles to refine the songs into the finished versions. The newly discovered track, "She Smells So Nice," is a letdown, though, and it's fairly clear why it went forgotten for so many years: it's a generic, jumpy blues tune that doesn't have much going for it other than that it happened to have been recorded during the LA Woman sessions. So the value of this release really hinges on whether or not you have the original album already and how much you want to hear a few directions and chuckles from Jim Morrision on the alternate takes. Eden Munro

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Alice Kos You Missed It All (Independent)

Howler America Give Up (Rough Trade)

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There are moments on You Missed It All where Alice Kos slips very comfortably into the sort of well-worn nuances that mark the work of Emmylou Harris—not so much in the specifics of her voice so much as in the spirit—but, like Harris, there's much more at work here then a singular sound. On "Three" Kos sweeps out the ashes with a hearbreaking melody and lyrics to match, while Scott Zubot punctuates the pain with his violin, while just around the corner is "Fairweather Friend," where Kos takes off on a trip that sounds something like an early '60s pop song filtered through the darker recesses of the '70s. The songs are all Kos's, but credit also goes to the band: Zubot, along with guitarist/producer Everett LaRoi, bassist Tom Murray and drummer Mike Silverman. Standing alongside Kos this quartet conjures a remarkable noise when called for—the growing, thunderous drive of "Bring You Down"—and settles into the cracks when it needs to—the gentle ether of "Meet Me Here." Kos's voice remains at centre, though, and her songs hold together strong as an album that delivers on the promise of its opening notes.

Endless washes of surf-rock guitar, occasional handclaps and simple, minimalist chord strucutres that rise through the mix like a massive wave; Howler pulls from the same source material as bands like Best Coast or Wavves but finds a careful balance between the two. There's some of the romantic sunset-coloured sentiment of the former, but it's balanced by the too-cool-tocare sheen of the latter, making America Give Up an album of bombastic surf anthems that mostly succeed in being cool and sharing some deeper sentiments. The sped-up breakdown of opener "Beach Sluts" puts the album onto a lively, ambling path that basically carries it through its runtime: highlights are the wounded heart "This One's Different" and the acoustic-led "Told You Once." That said, America Give Up basically just gives you more of the same—one good idea executed 11 times—but at just 30 minutes long (only one song here breaks four minutes) Howler gets out before the sonic potency fades away.

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Jack White, "Love Interruption" Recording under his own name for the first time, Jack White's leading off his full length Blunderbus with this acousic and what-sounds-like-oboe-led strummer on the status of his heart. When White cries, "I won't let love disrupt corrupt or interrupt me, anymore," backed by a some female backing vocals, it burns with a soft intensity. It sounds like it could be better suited as a revamped, plugged in and cranked-to-11 rocker, but as a teaser of things to come, it promises some very good things.

Joel Plaskett, "Slow Dance" Leading into his next album—Scrappy Happiness, due out later this year— Joel Plaskett's writing a song a week for 10 weeks, and releasing them just as quick. "Slow Dance," the latest is a sing-songy acoustic number, small in scope but pretty effortlessly affecting. "I've been lightning / you've been thundering / thirty seconds after I start," he goes, simple with just a hint of melancholy. The soundtrack to a rainy drive down some Maritime highway.

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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

Mitchmatic (CD release), The Joe, Mikey Maybe; 8:30pm

Yardbird Suite

every Fri

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

FLUID LOUNGE Hip hop and dancehall; every Fri Funky Buddha– Whyte Ave Top tracks, rock, retro with DJ Damian; every Fri

HILLTOP PUB The Sinder Sparks Show; every Thu and Fri; 9:30pm-close junction bar and eatery LGBT Com-

munity: Rotating DJs Fri and Sat; 10pm

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

Open stage every Fri; 9:30pm

Devaney's Irish pub Lyle Hobbs

Classical

with DJ Randall-A

Coast to Coast

DV8 Better Us Then Strangers, Junkie's Rush, Etic Po; 9pm

BISTRO Rondah,

Take Over Thursdays: Industry Night; 9pm

Magerowskigraces ( jazz)

Wild Bill’s–Red Deer TJ the DJ every

every Fri; 9pm

Yardbird Suite Blues: Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne; 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $18 (member)/$22 (guest) at TicketMaster

FLUID LOUNGE

Cousin, Consilience, Wilder Than We, Marlaena Moore; 8:30pm; $5

Blues on Whyte

Festival Place

Level 2 lounge

Convocation

Alberta Battle of the Blues: John Rutherford and Marshall Lawrence; 8:30-10:30pm; $10

Indust:real Assembly: Goth and Industrial Night with DJ Nanuck; no minors; 10pm (door); no cover

Sherlock Holmes– Downtown Amy

Masterclass with Duo Aperio, Andrew Mah (guitar), Renée-Paule Gauthier (violin); 7p; free

Blue Chair Café

The Box: every Fri; nu disco, hip hop, indie, electro, dance with weekly local and visiting DJs on rotation plus residents Echo and Shortround

Druid Irish Pub DJ

Wunderbar

House: every Thu with DJ Mark Stevens; 9pm

Alberta College

TransCanada’s Alberta Backstage Series: Caity Fisher; 8pm; free

THE Common Boom

Heather McKenzie Band; 9pm; $10

CASINO YELLOWHEAD The

Belec ( jazz); most Thursdays; 7-10pm

WUNDERBAR Ghost

Bailey Theatre– Camrose CKUA's

On the Rocks

Crown Pub Break

KAS BAR Urban

Thu and Fri; 10pmclose

Love Like This Tour: Michael Stagliano and guest; all ages; 7:30pm

Noorish Café Amy

Theissen; 7:30pm

Thu and Fri; 10pmclose

Ric’s Grill Peter

Wild Bill’s–Red Deer TJ the DJ every

Avenue Theatre

Ghost Riders

Blackboard Jungle (pop/ rock)

Rose Old Time Fiddlers every Thu

Derina Harvey

North: James Murdoch and Jay Sparrow; 7:30pm; $32 at Arden, TicketMaster

CARROT Live music every Fri; all ages; 7pm; $5 (door)

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

Sherlock Holmes–WEM

ARDEN Nashville

New West Hotel

Necessary: Hip hop, classic hip hop, funk, soul, r&b, '80s, oldies and everything in between with Sonny Grimezz, Shortround, Twist every Thu

NORTH GLENORA HALL Jam by Wild

Heffernan

FRI FEB 3

Supreme; no minors; $5 (door)

Blackie & the Rodeo Kings; sold out

FRESH START Kristen, and Ryan; 7-10pm; $10

Good Neighbor Pub T.K. and the

Honey Badgers every friday; 8:30-midnight; no cover

Haven Social Club Brad Kells, White

Lightning, kickupafuss, guests; 8pm; $10 at Blackbyrd

Irish Club Jam

session every Fri; 8pm; no cover

Jekyll and Hyde Pub Headwind (classic pop/rock); every Fri; 9pm; no cover

L.B.'s PUB Danita Lynn

(singer-songwriter); 9:30pm-2am

Lizard Lounge

Rock 'n' roll open mic every Fri; 8:30pm; no cover

Myer Horowitz Theatre International

Week: Good People: Maria Dunn, La Luna de Santiago, International House Sings, Breath in Poetry Collective, Kathleen Hughes Dance Productions, Bollywood Beats, Orlando Martinez y su Fiesta Cubana; 7pm (door), 7:30pm (music); $10 at International Centre, SUB Info-Booth

New City The Sorels White Beauty, Big City

Muttart Hall

Edmonton Classical Guitar Society: Duo Aperio, Andrew Mah (guitar), Renée-Paule Gauthier (violin); 8pm; $25/$20 (student/senior/ ECGS member) at TIX on the Square, Avenue Guitars, Acoustic Music Shop, ADW Music, door; $10 (12 and under, door only)

Suede Lounge Juicy DJ spins every Fri

Suite 69 Every Fri Sat Treasury In Style

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

Union Hall Ladies

Night every Fri

Vinyl Dance Lounge Connected

Las Vegas Fridays

Y AFTERHOURS

Foundation Fridays

DJs

SAT FEB 4

180 Degrees DJ

ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open stage

every Fri

AZUCAR PICANTE

DJ Papi and DJ Latin Sensation every Fri

with Trace Jordan 1st and 3rd Sat; 7pm-12

Artery Geoff Berner

BAR-B-BAR DJ James;

with Carolyn Mark; 8:30pm; $10 (adv)/$15 (door)

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Every

Avenue Theatre

Blacksheep Pub

Black Dog Freehouse Hair of

every Fri; no cover

Friday DJs spin on the main floor, Underdog and the Wooftop

Bash: DJ spinning retro to rock classics to current

Boneyard Ale House The Rock

Cloud Seekers, The Catalyst Imprint, Looking East, From The Gound Up; 8:30pm

the Dog: Hurricane Felix (live acoustic music every Sat); 4-6pm; no cover

Mash-up: DJ NAK spins videos every Fri; 9pm; no cover

Blue Chair Café

BRIXX BAR Options

Blues on Whyte

with Greg Gory and Eddie Lunchpail; every Fri

BUDDY’S DJ Arrow Chaser every Fri; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm Buffalo Underground R U

Aware Friday: Featuring Neon Nights

CHROME LOUNGE

Platinum VIP every Fri

Asani; 8:30-10:30pm; $15 Every Sat afternoon: Jam with Back Door Dan; Evening: Todd Wolfe

bohemia Darkseeker (dubstep/electronic) with guests; no minors; 9pm; $7 (door) Brixx Bar Gab'n

and the long blonde skeletons, Viking Fell, DJ Breakfluid and Tzadeka; 9pm

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CARROT ADJE Drummers–Drumming Performance; 3-5pm

(table)/$36 (box)/$34 (theatre) at Festival Place box office

CASINO EDMONTON

Filthy McNasty's

Blackboard Jungle (pop/ rock)

CASINO YELLOWHEAD The Classics (nostalgia)

Century Casino

Outside The Wall: Ultimate Tribute to Pink Floyd; $19.95

Coast to Coast

Live bands every Sat; 9:30pm

Crown Pub Acoustic

blues open stage with Marshall Lawrence, every Sat, 2-6pm; every Sat, 12-2am

Devaney's Irish pub Lyle Hobbs THE DISH NEK Trio

( jazz); every Sat, 6pm

DV8 The Cavalry, Action News Team; 9pm Early Stage Saloon–Stony Plain Alberta Battle of

the Blues Heavyweight Championship: John "The Hoodoo Man" Rutherford vs. Marshall “Doctor of the Blues"; 9pm

Eddie Shorts Saucy Wenches every Sat

Expressionz Café Open stage for

original songs, hosted by Karyn Sterling and Randall Walsh; 2-5pm; admission by donation

Festival Place

Steve Dawson's Mississippi Sheiks (blues); 7:30pm; $38

Treeline, Sean Brewer, The Shaela Miller Threesome; 4-630pm; no cover

Haven Social Club The Threads, Peer Support, underAlice (rock); 8pm; $10 at Blackbyrd

HillTop Pub Sat

afternoon roots jam with Pascal, Simon and Dan, 3:30-6:30pm; evening

Hooliganz Live music every Sat

Iron Boar Pub Jazz

in Wetaskiwin featuring jazz trios the 1st Sat each month; $10

Jeffrey's Café The

Rault Brothers (folk and blues); $15

l.b.'s pub Sat

afternoon Jam with Gator and Friends, 5-9pm; Late Show: Big Hank Lionhart and A Fist Full of Blues, 9:30pm-1:30am

New City FemaleFronted Band Showcase: The Throwaways, Gary and the Quails, Rhythm of Cruelty; no minors; $10 (door) New West Hotel

Country jam every Sat; 3-6pm; Evening: Ghost Riders

O’byrne’s Live band every Sat, 3-7pm; DJ every Sat, 9:30pm

On the Rocks

Band; 9pm; $10

Pawn shop Early

Show: These Colours Don't Run, Unity Through Tragedy, Dusty Tucker, Swear by the Moon; 6pm; $8 (adv) at Blackbyrd

Queen Alexandra Hall Northern Lights

Folk Club: Al Brant, T Buckley, Beth Portman; 7pm (door), 8pm (show) ; $18 (adv at TIX on the Square, Acoustic Music, Myhre's)/$22 (door)

Red Piano Bar

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

River Cree–The Venue Dwight Yoakam;

$59.50; no minors

Rose and Crown Andrew Scott

Sherlock Holmes–Downtown Amy Heffernan

Sherlock Holmes–WEM

Wayne; 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $18 (member)/$22 (guest) at TicketMaster

every Sat; 9pm

Classical

FILTHY McNASTY'S

Fire up the your night every Saturday with DJ SAWG

DJs

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

Edmonton Opera present Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado; 7:30pm; $50-170

180 Degrees Street VIBS: Reggae night every Sat AZUCAR PICANTE DJ Touch It, hosted by DJ Papi; every Sat BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Saturday

evenings feature DJs on three levels; Main Floor: The Menace Sessions: Alt rock/Electro/Trash with Miss Mannered; Wooftop: Sound It Up!: classic hip-hop and reggae with DJ Sonny Grimezz

Blacksheep Pub DJ

every Sat

Sideliners Pub Sat

Boneyard Ale House DJ Sinistra

Starlite Room

Local metal Showcase: Boulderfist, Armifera, Death Assembly (SNAPT); 9pm

studio music foundation The

Saturdays: 9pm

BUDDY'S Feel the

rhythm every Sat with DJ Phon3 Hom3; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm

Buffalo Underground Head

Mange, Spastic Panthers, Raptor Strike; 8pm (door); $10

Mashed In Saturday: Mashup Night

Vee Lounge Helena

Common Social

Magerowskigraces ( jazz)

Yardbird Suite

Sat

Jubilee auditorium

Derina Harvey

open stage; 3-7pm

electric rodeo– Spruce Grove DJ every

FUNKY BUDDHA– Whyte Ave Top tracks,

rock, retro every Sat with DJ Damian

HALO For Those Who

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

junction bar and eatery LGBT

Community: Rotating DJs Fri and Sat; 10pm

Level 2 lounge

House Underground FM Saturdaze: Zack P; 9:30pm

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

Disco: with DJs Dane, Girls Club, Daphutur; 9pm (door); $5 (door)

Palace Casino Show Lounge DJ every Sat Transmission Saturdays:

Heather McKenzie

Yardbird Suite Blues: Kenny "Blues Boss"

Druid Irish Pub DJ

Calgary Tr, 780.439.8675 Common Lounge 10124-124 St Convocation Hall Arts Bldg, U of A, 780.492.3611 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 Devaney’s Irish Pub 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 THE DISH 12417 Stony Plain Rd, 780.488.6641 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S PUB 6402118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8307-99 St Early Stage Saloon 4911-52 Ave, Stony Plain Eddie Shorts 10713124 St, 780.453.3663 EDMONTON EVENTS CENTRE WEM Phase III, 780.489.SHOW ‎ Electric Rodeo– Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 Elephant and Castle–Whyte Ave 10314 Whyte Ave Expressionz Café 9938-70 Ave, 780.437.3667 FIDDLER’S ROOST 8906-99 St FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 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 1034182 Ave, 780.433.9676 Gas Pump 101 666-114

St, 780.488.4841 Good Earth Coffee House and Bakery 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 14220 Yellowhead Tr , 780.455.6316 HOOLIGANZ 10704-124 St, 780.995.7110 Hydeaway 10209-100 Ave, 780.426.5381 Iron Boar Pub 491151st St, Wetaskiwin JAMMERS PUB 11948-127 Ave, 780.451.8779 J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 jeffrey’s café 9640 142 St, 780.451.8890 JEKYLL AND HYDE 10209100 Ave, 780.426.5381 junction bar and eatery 10242-106 St, 780.756.5667 KAS BAR 10444-82 Ave, 780.433.6768 L.B.’s Pub 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEGENDS PUB 6104-172 St, 780.481.2786 LEVEL 2 LOUNGE 11607 Jasper Ave, 2nd Fl, 780.447.4495 Lit Italian Wine Bar 10132-104 St Lizard Lounge 13160118 Ave The Marc 9940-106 St Marybeth's Coffee House–Beaumont 5001-30 Ave, Beaumont, 780.929.2203 McDougall United Church 10025-101 St Muttart Hall Alberta College, 10050 Macdonald Dr Myer Horowitz

Theatre Students’ Union Bldg, U of A Newcastle PuB 610890 Ave, 780.490.1999 New City Legion 8130 Gateway Boulevard (Red Door) Nisku Inn 1101-4 St NOLA Creole Kitchen & Music House 11802124 St, 780.451.1390, experiencenola.com Noorish Café 8440109 St NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535-109A Ave O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 Orlando's 1 15163121 St Overtime–Downtown 10304-111 St, 780.465.6800 Overtime Whitemud Crossing, 4211-106 St, 780.485.1717 PAWN SHOP 1055182 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, pourhouseonwhyte. ca Queen Alexandra Hall 10425 University Ave REDNEX BAR– Morinville 10413100 Ave, Morinville, 780.939.6955 Red Piano Bar 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882170 St, 780.486.7722 RED STAR 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.428.0825 Rendezvous 10108149 St Ric’s Grill 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602

PAWN SHOP

VENUE GUIDE 180 Degrees 10730107 St, 780.414.0233 Accent European Lounge 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 Alberta College Rm 421, 10050 MacDonald Dr ARTery 9535 Jasper Ave Avenue Theatre 9030-118 Ave, 780.477.2149 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 962476 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 9216-34 Ave, 780.437.2663 Brittanys Lounge 10225-97 St (behind Winspear stage door) Brixx Bar 10030102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 CARROT Café 9351-118 Ave, 780.471.1580 Casino Edmonton 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 Casino Yellowhead 12464-153 St, 780 424 9467 Century grill 3975 Calgary Tr NW, 780.431.0303 Cha Island Tea Co 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 CHROME LOUNGE 132 Ave, Victoria Trail Coast to Coast 5552

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VUEWEEKLY FEB 2 – FEB 8, 2012

Robertson-Wesley United Church 10209-123 St ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 Rose and Crown 10235101 St R Pub 16753-100 St , 780.457.1266 Second Cup–149 ST 8906-149 St Second Cup– Sherwood Park 4005 Cloverbar Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.988.1929 • Summerwood Summerwood Centre, Sherwood Park, 780.988.1929 Sideliners Pub 11018127 St, 780.453.6006 Sou Kawaii Zen Lounge 12923-97 St, 780.758.5924 Sportsman's Lounge 8170-50 St STARLITE ROOM 10030102 St, 780.428.1099 STEEPS TEA LOUNGE– Whyte Ave 11116-82 Ave Suede Lounge 11806 Jasper Ave, 780.482.0707 Suite 69 2 Fl, 8232 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.6969 Taphouse 9020 McKenney Ave, St Albert, 780.458.0860 Treasury 10004 Jasper Ave, 7870.990.1255, thetreasurey.ca Vee Lounge–Apex Casino, St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 Vinyl Dance Lounge 10740 Jasper Ave, 780.428.8655, vinylretrolounge.com Wild Bill’s–Red Deer Quality Inn North Hill, 7150-50 Ave, Red Deer, 403.343.8800 Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286

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

Suede Lounge DJ Nic-E spins every Sat

Suite 69 Every Fri Sat

with DJ Randall-A

TEMPLE Oh Snap! Oh Snap with Degree, Cool Beans, Specialist, Spenny B and Mr. Nice Guy and Ten 0; every Sat 9pm Union Hall Celebrity Saturdays: every Sat hosted by DJ Johnny Infamous

Vinyl Dance Lounge Signature

Saturdays

Y AFTERHOURS Release Saturdays

SUN FEB 5 Beer Hunter–St Albert Open stage/jam every Sun; 2-6pm

Blackjack's Roadhouse–Nisku Open mic every Sun hosted by Tim Lovett

Blue Chair Café Sunday Brunch: Hawaiian Dreamers; 10:30am-2:30pm; donations

Blue Pear Restaurant Jazz

on the Side Sun: Don Berner; 6pm; $25 if not dining

DEVANEY’S IRISH PUB Celtic open stage

every Sun with KeriLynne Zwicker; 5:30pm; no cover

Double D's Open jam

every Sun; 3-8pm

Eddie Shorts

Acoustic jam every Sun; 9pm

Festival Place

Canadian Country Music Legends Proudly Present All Star Cast

FILTHY McNASTY'S

Rock and Soul Sundays with DJ Sadeeq

Hogs Den Pub

Open Jam: hosted; open jam every Sun, all styles welcome; 3-7pm

JEffrey's Hawaiian Dreamers; $15

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

NEW CITY LEGION

DIY Sunday Afternoons: 4pm (door), 5pm , 6pm, 7pm, 8pm (bands)

O’BYRNE’S Open mic

every Sun; 9:30pm-1am

On the Rocks

Souljah Fyah & Makeshift Innocence; 9pm

ORLANDO'S 2 PUB

Yardbird Suite

River City Big Band; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show)

Yellowhead Brewery Open Stage:

Every Sun, 8pm

Classical Alberta College

Made in Canada: Alissa Cheung, Bellatrix, Meanders; 2pm; $15 (adult)/$10 (student/senior)

Convocation Hall Mayron Tsong (piano); 8pm; free

The Marc Romantic

Miniatures: Opera Nuova Dinner Cabaret Series: Frederic Beaudoin, Natalie Fagnan, Adam Fisher; 5:30pm; operanuova.ca

Robertson Wesley United Church Alberta Baroque: Central European Gems; 3pm; $25 (adult)/$20 (senior/ student) at Gramophone, TIX on the Square

DJs BACKSTAGE TAP AND GRILL Industry

Night: every Sun with Atomic Improv, Jameoki and DJ Tim

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

Floor: Soul Sundays: A fantastic voyage through '60s and '70s funk, soul and R&B with DJ Zyppy. Dance parties have been known to erupt

FLOW Lounge Stylus

Open stage jam every Sun; 4pm

Sun

Pourhouse Bier Bistro Singer-

SAVOY MARTINI LOUNGE Reggae on

songwriter open stage with Jay Gilday; every Sun, 9pm-close

Whyte: RnR Sun with DJ IceMan; no minors; 9pm; no cover

MON FEB 6

TUE FEB 7

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Pabst

Brixx Bar Ruby

Blue Ribbon launch party: The Sabre Jets; 10pm; no cover

Devaney's Irish Pub Jesse D New West Hotel Sonny and the Hurricanes

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

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

Rose Bowl/Rouge Lounge Acoustic open

stage every Mon; 9pm

Tuesdays guest with host Mark Feduk; $5 after 8pm; Tatam Reeves with guests John Kinniburgh, Adam Finley

Open stage every Tue; with Chris Wynters; 9pm

L.B.’s Tue Blues Jam with Ammar; 9pm-1am NEW CITY Trusty Chords Tuesdays: KickOff Party: Jake Ian, Doug Hoyer, Mikey Maybe, Ian “Clutch” Mcintosh; no minors; $5 (door)

Convocation Hall

O’BYRNE’S Celtic

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

Padmanadi Open

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

stage every Tue; with Mark Davis; all ages; 7:30-10:30pm

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

R Pub Open stage jam every Tue; hosted by Gary and the Facemakers; 8pm

Crown Pub

Rexall Place

Mixmashitup Mon Industry Night: with DJ Fuzze, J Plunder (DJs to bring their music and mix mash it up)

FILTHY McNASTY'S

Metal Mondays with DJ Tyson

Lucky 13 Industry Night every Mon with DJ Chad Cook NEW CITY LEGION

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

DEVANEY’S IRISH PUB

New West Hotel Sonny and the Hurricanes

DJs

FEB. 3-4 LYLE HOBBS FEB. 6 JESSE D FEB. 8 DUFF ROBINSON FEB. 10-11 ROB TAYLOR edmontonpubs.com

Druid Irish Pub

Classical Monday Noon Music: student performances; 12pm

LIVE MUSIC

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The Cherrytree Pop Alternative Tour: Lmfao, Far East Movement, Natalia Kills, Frankmusik, Kay, Rye Rye, Colette Carr; all ages; 6pm (door)/ 7pm (show); $35/$45

Second Cup– Summerwood Open

stage/open mic every Tue; 7:30pm; no cover

Sherlock Holmes– Downtown Derina

Harvey

PREVUE

Lauren Mann & the Fairly Odd Folk Thu, Feb 3 (6:30 pm) / Starlite Room, $8 (advance), $10 (door)

DOWNTOWN

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FEB 3 & 4

Andrew Scott

FEB 10 & 11

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VUEWEEKLY FEB 2 – FEB 8, 2012

MUSIC 41

Sherlock Holmes– WEM Party Hog

Devaney's Duff Robinson

Yardbird Suite Tue Night

E-Town Legends: Jae Maze, Nastasia

Sessions: Remi Noel Quartet; $5; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show)

Diesel Ultra Lounge

Jubilee auditorium

eddie shorts Acoustic

Elephant and Castle– Whyte Ave Open mic every

McDougall United Church Kyung-A Lee (piano); 12:10-12:50pm;

Edmonton Opera present Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado; 7:30pm; $50-170

Wed (unless there's an Oilers game); no cover

DJs

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

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Main Floor: alternative retro and not-so-retro, electronic and Euro with Eddie Lunchpail; Wooftop: One Too Many Tuesdays with Rootbeard

Buddys DJ Arrow Chaser

every

CRown Pub Live Hip Hop

Tue: freestyle hip hop with DJ Xaolin and Mc Touch

DV8 Creepy Tombsday:

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

NEW CITY LEGION High

Anxiety Variety Society Bingo vs. karaoke with Ben Disaster, Anonymouse every Tue; no minors; 4pm-3am; no cover

RED STAR Experimental

Fiddler's Roost Little Good Earth Coffee House and Bakery

Breezy Brian Gregg; every Wed; 12-1pm

HAVEN SOCIAL Club

Open stage every Wed with Jonny Mac, 8:30pm, free

HOOLIGANZ Open stage every Wed with host Cody Nouta; 9pm

New West Hotel Sonny

and the Hurricanes

Nisku Inn Troubadours and

Tales: 1st Wed every month; with Tim Harwill, guests; 8-10pm

Playback Pub Open Stage every Wed hosted by JTB; 9pm-1am PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

WED FEB 8

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

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Red Piano Bar Wed Night

Indie Rock, Hip Hop, Electro with DJ Hot Philly; every Tue

Arden Theatre The

Heart of the Song: Patricia O’Callaghan; 7:30pm; tickets at Arden box office

jam every Wed, 9pm; no cover

Classical

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Main Floor: RetroActive Radio: Alternative '80s and '90s, post punk, new wave, garage, Brit, mod, rock and roll with LL Cool Joe; Wooftop: Soul/Breaks with Dr. Erick

Brixx Bar Really Good...

Eats and Beats: every Wed with DJ Degree and Friends

BUDDY'S DJ Dust 'n' Time every Wed; 9pm (door); no cover

The Common Treehouse

Wednesdays

Diesel Ultra Lounge

Wind-up Wed: R&B, hiphop, reggae, old skool, reggaeton with InVinceable, Touch It, weekly guest DJs

FILTHY McNASTY'S Pint Night Wednesdays with DJ SAWG FUNKY BUDDHA–Whyte Ave Latin and Salsa music

every Wed; dance lessons 8-10pm

LEGENDS PUB Hip

hop/R&B with DJ Spincycle

NEW CITY LEGION Wed

Cha Island Tea Co

Second Cup–149 St Open stage with Alex Boudreau; 7:30pm

NIKKI DIAMONDS Punk

Sherlock Holmes– Downtown Derina Harvey

RED STAR Guest DJs every

Sherlock Holmes– WEM Party Hog

Pints 4 Punks: with DJ Nick; no minors; 4pm-3am; no cover

and ‘80s metal every Wed

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It's time to head to the mountains, Queermonulation of the town is seasonal and transient, tonians, for the 3rd annual Jasper Pride Weekleaving little opportunity for community buildend. Running from February 10 – 12, Jasper Pride ing. Brown further explained, "In the surrounding Weekend will include a welcome mixer, region of the Yellowhead there are pocka day of skiing and snowboarding, an ets of [LGBTQ] people that are close après ski, and a closing Mardi Gras but it's still hard to bring them out to party featuring drag performances events." According to Brown, people m ekly.co vuewe from Guys in Disguise. have come to Jasper Pride Weekend alexa@ Alexa Hosted and organized by OUT Jasper, because they are proud that such an ne DeGag Jasper Pride Weekend started as a fundevent is happening "in their backyard."" raiser for the organization. The first festival was small, with 40 people coming out to the OUT Jasper has received very positive feedback events. The second year of the festival was very from past attendees, many of who enjoyed the successful, however, as people found out about festival because it felt small, welcoming, and the events through word-of-mouth. OUT Jasper community driven. LGBTQ people can get lost in program coordinator Abner Brown said that the the anonymity of large festivals, Brown said, but festival committee is amazed and excited by the festival committee is trying to maintain the the growth of attendance in one year. The only spirit of community and acceptance by creating comparable event to the Jasper Pride Weekend events that bring everyone together instead of is Whistler, BC's Winter Pride Weekend. Brown hosting multiple events at the same time. confirmed that the Jasper event is unique in AlBrown and the festival committee are anticiberta and is certainly the most remote festival of pating another successful festival as they are its kind in western Canada. planning "elegant but homey" events. Although Now in its third year, the Jasper Pride Weekend OUT Jasper and its Pride Weekend has received continues to be a means to get funding for OUT unprecedented support from the Jasper commuJasper events but the weekend festival is also nity and town, Brown said that he is hoping that an opportunity to involve the town of Jasper this year's festival will exhibit the importance of in celebrating LGBTQ pride. The town of Jasper hosting queer events in Jasper and supporting its and its businesses have been very supportive of LGBTQ community, and will show that Jasper is the festival, and residents of Jasper and the sura welcoming and open town for LGBTQ people. rounding areas are welcome and encouraged to Ultimately, Brown sees Jasper Pride Weekend as attend the festival. an opportunity to continue to build solidarity beBrown said that Jasper's queer community is tween queer and non-queer residents of Jasper, still quite underground largely because the popthe surrounding area and the province. V

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But sometimes there's nothing wrong with timing your confessions My husband is a very kinky submisand I'm OK with that so long as I'm sive man. When we were dating, I made aware of it. But today I found found out that he had been talking pictures on his phone of his cock in to multiple people online and the chastity device I keep him E G that he had met up with a in. He tried to lie but he A SAV professional dom a couple came clean: he was chatof times. I felt betrayed ting with a woman, it m o ekly.c vuewe that he had done this savagelove@ came out that he was a Dan all behind my back, even man and she wanted to Savage see pictures of his cock in his though I had told him that I would be down with him seeing chastity belt. a dom. (I even offered to buy him a Why lie? Honest to God, if he would session for his birthday!) have just told me the day he sent the We got through it, and now our sex pictures that he sent someone piclife is amazing. I tie him up, I lock his tures of his cock, I would be OK with dick up, I dress him up. All I ask in it! I also found another email account return is that he be honest with me he never told me about that he's usabout who he's talking with online. Is ing when he chats online as a woman. that unreasonable? I know he chats Again, no big deal! But I was under with "women" online as a "woman," the impression that he used just this one chat program for chatting! Why hide it? My vanilla friends will be no help in this matter, and I feel pretty heartbroken. So I'm asking you.

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Before I can respond to your question, HITME, I've gotta sacrifice a goat to the snooping-is-always-wrong Gods, or the snooping-is-always-wrong jihadists will cut my head off. It'll just take a sec: snooping is always wrong! You invaded your husband's privacy! That was wrong! WRONG! Moving on ... Your husband hit the jackpot when he met you, HITME. There aren't a lot of women out there who would embrace—much less marry—a man with his particular collection of kinks. You've been GGG and all you've asked in return is ... total transparency and the immediate, real-time disclosure of all outside flirtations and contacts as they happen. Why can't the kinky ingrate honor this agreement? Only he knows the answer to that ques-

tion, HITME, but I suspect one of two issues is at play ... Your husband may be ashamed—he may have been brutally shamed in past relationships—about the extent of his kinks and about just how much of his time and erotic energy his kinks consume. You may be completely sincere when you tell him you're OK with everything, HITME, so long as there's immediate and full disclosure. But he may fear that sharing the full extent of his online activities will leave you feeling either squicked out or threatened. So he downplays and minimizes, disclosing some but not all, because he doesn't want to lose you. If this is the issue, impress upon your husband that hiding shit from you represents a bigger threat to his marriage than full disclosure ever could. Or ... Having and keeping sexual secrets may turn your husband on, HITME, and having a secret life could be another one of his kinks. Even if this is the issue, HITME, I think you two should be able to come to mutually agreeable terms that accommodate both his desire to have a secret and your need for full disclosure. Here's a potential compromise: he doesn't keep anything from you, HITME, but he doesn't disclose in real time. So long as he's not being unsafe or neglectful, so long as his online activities remain online-only, he can carry on flirting and texting and pic swapping. But every few months, you get to depose his submissive ass. You get to sit him down and ask him questions, and he answers all your questions truthfully and opens up about any current secrets that your questions didn't uncover. This way, he can have all the erotic secrets he

wants (he'll just have to make new ones every few months), and you can have the transparency you need (you just won't have it immediately). Good luck. I'm a 29-year-old gay guy who's not sure where to find what I'm looking for. I'm turned on by the idea of a dominant guy, but most of the guys I attract are pure vanilla. When I look online at the fetish-friendly dating sites, most of the dom guys say shit like "If you have a list of things you will and won't do, you're not a sub." I want to give up control, but I don't want to be some guy's "bitch." Can there be dominance without degradation? Is a boyfriend who's an equal in life but in charge in the bedroom a unicorn? Where do I look? NEEDS INCLUDE CONTROLLING EMPATHY

The dominant boyfriend you're looking for is out there somewhere, NICE, you just need to keep looking. And remember: Sometimes, dominant boyfriends are made, not born. By which I mean: Don't rule out the vanilla boys you attract. A guy who likes you is gonna want to meet your needs, sexual and otherwise. If you give a vanilla boy a chance, and if you're honest about what turns you on, you may find that you awaken something in one of those vanilla guys that was there all along—a little dominant streak—but would've lain dormant if it weren't for you. And you were right to run from those dominant tops who insisted that "true subs" don't have preferences, limits, or lists, NICE. Not even submissive guys who are into degradation and being someone's "bitch" should fall for—or submit to—that kind of crap.

Your question last week from the guy who "stumbled over" his brother's femdom sex blog reminded me of a funny story: my little brother came out to my conservative-but-not-particularlyreligious Jewish parents in 1995. It was rough. Our parents refused to help pay for my wedding because I insisted on inviting my brother and his boyfriend. Mom and Dad are now rightly embarrassed by their behavior and they worship his husband. (It helps that my brother married a doctor—some stereotypes are true.) Last year, my parents found out that my older brother—their straight son—is kinky. A vindictive ex hacked into his email and sent a letter to everyone in his address book. Big bro has a dungeon, his current girlfriend is his slave, he's made BDSM porn. The email came with pictures no mother would want to see. Mom, completely distraught, called her gay son: "Why can't Josh have a normal relationship!" she cried. "Like yours!" So far as Mom is concerned, her gay son is normal and her straight son is a freak. Is that progress, Dan? BROTHERS DONE SHOCKING MOM

I don't know if it's progress, BDSM, but it's hilarious. And I trust that you're sticking up for your kinky straight brother now just like you stuck up for your gay brother back in the day. Be sure to listen to me interrogate Ira Glass on the Savage Lovecast this week—when he's allowed to make fart jokes, he's a whole new man: thestranger.com/savage. V Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/savage.

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Primary School There is something about vivid saturated colours— especially those reds, yellows and blues—that screams fun and happiness! The sight is a welcome reprieve from the drab concrete and grey winter skies reflected in curtain walls of glass. It is probably not a coincidence that these artworks are made by and/or for youth. A utility box on Alberta Avenue is perfectly proportioned for crayons painted by a young artist in the community. The Mondrian-esque painting in Stanley Milner Library adorns the young adult section of the main floor. Tulips in the traditional hues of Holland signify a home daycare on 118 Avenue. For all their childish associations, the primary

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colours are surprisingly sophisticated and universally attractive. People are instinctually drawn to the bright and bold, most visibly in the art of the advertising—think Coca-Cola, McDonalds, Ford and Facebook. Chromatic bursts like these are a reminder that spring is on its way. In fact, as this goes to print a certain groundhog will hopefully be giving us a sign that we will soon see the colourful growth of a new season. 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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Sabian Pro 14” Hi Hats

Regular $185

Sabian Pro 20” Ride

Regular $165

Special $89

Special $99

SKU 44079

SKU 044073

Fender Pawnshop 51 Electric

Fender Pawnshop 72 Electric

Hammers & Bashers Drum Sticks

African Drum XL Djembe

Regular $2.75/pr.

Regular $299

Special $1.75/pr. Fender Pawnshop Mustang

Special $249

SKU 57871

Squier Affinity Special Strat Pack w/ Frontman 15w Amp

Regular $249.99 Regular $849.99

SKU 345682/3

Special $749.99

Traynor DB400 1x15 Bass Combo

Regular $999

Special $749.99

Traynor DB300T 2 x 8” Bass Combo

Regular $999

Special $699

Special $799 Planet Waves Headstock Tuner

Regular $27.99

Special $17.99 SKU 300964

YSL Powered Studio Monitor

Regular $199 ea.

Special $749.99

SKU 269145

Boss GT-10 Effects Processor

Traynor DB400H 400w Bass Head w/o Sleeve

Regular $499

Special $449

Regular $770 Special $549 SKU 263635

Epiphone Electric Strings 10-46 Simon & Patrick L&M Limited Edition GT Solid Spruce Acoustic Epiphone Acoustic Strings 12-53

SKU 282588

Korg Micro VA Synth With Vocorder*

Regular $415

Regular $3.99

Special $2.50

Regular $575

SKU 344830

Electric SKU 0348129 Acoustic SKU 0348130

Special $450 Regular $399

Special $349

SKU 324913

SKU 317246

Beyer Dynamic TGX47 Instrument Mic

Regular $120

Regular $99

Special $99

Special $79

SKU 84408

SKU 282868

Special $325 * In-store items only. No orders

Apogee One USB Mic & Audio Interface *

Numark Tabletop CD Player w/ Scratching

Special $149 ea. Apex Shotgun Condenser Mic

SKU 345686/7

SKU 300678

SKU263634

Special $199.99

Regular $849.99

SKU 345684/5

* B Stock

SKU 154464

Apex Small Format Ribbon Mic w/ Bag

Special $185

Special $99

SKU 348368

SKU 225223

Regular $130

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