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Wine Fest goes Italian • THE EVAPORATORS TURN 30 • • REYNOLDS DOES DEADPOOL JUSTICE • • A TALE OF TWO CHUTZPAHS •

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INSIDE THIS WEEK You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack by Tom Gauld

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Thank you Grant for your common sense and straightforward article. In my opinion, you hit the nail on the head.

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TO THE FORMER OWNER OF BROKEN BLACK UMBRELLA...

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REAL ESTATE REAL TALK

Re:“The Dirty Truth about Vancouver Real Estate”, Vancouver Shakedown, Feb. 11, 2016.

I have said this many times – as a guy who started buying real estate in the late ‘80s – you start small and move up. It took me 26 years of ownership to finally get a house – an actual detached property. And I had to work

hard over all those years to get it. I am amazed when people in their late 20s, early 30s cry foul that they can’t afford a house in Vancouver – well, neither could I when I was first starting out.

It’s not a right, it’s a thing you need to work towards.

I bought my first place at 24 and am now 52 and now own a house.That’s kinda how it works.

–BigRookieInc

The gap between rich and poor is as bad in Vancouver as any place in the world. Grant, why not talk about that? Where are the teachers, police and nurses going to live? Hell, doctors and lawyers can’t even afford a house in Vancouver. City is losing it’s soul, thanks to people like Gregor and his little friend Rennie.

–SteveWilson

Hi! Remember me? I was your trusty Broken Black Umbrella that kept you dry in the famous Vancouver rain. On Saturday you went shopping at Old Navy downtown and left soggy me at the door like all the other good people. I had a nice time hanging out with all the other soggy umbrellas. But imagine my surprise when, on your way out, you didn’t reach for me, and instead grabbed Unbroken Black Umbrella.

Now I know that UBU looks a lot like me and I’m sure it was an honest mistake rather than a convenient opportunity for an upgrade. But seriously, did you think I had magically healed myself when you opened UBU outside the store?

Anyways, I’m in a good home now and my new owner tries really hard not to poke people in the eye with my metal protuberances. Give my best regards to UBU. –Love, BBU

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YOUR CITY

January home sales in Greater Vancouver jumped 32 per cent this past month, compared to a year ago. Dan Toulget photo

Vancouver real estate market accelerates, no signs of stopping EMMA CRAWFORD HAMPEL @emmahampelbiv

Vancouver’s favourite sons, the Evaporators, in a promotional photo for their 2004 album, Ripple Rock. Contributed photo

Thirty years of the Evaporators Grant Lawrence Vancouver Shakedown

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When it comes to listing off renowned Vancouver bands through the decades, groups like Trooper, Skinny Puppy, the New Pornographers, Be Good Tanyas, or D.O.A. might spring to mind. The band that might not is the Evaporators. That’s a shame, because the Evaporators will always be on my list as one of the greatest groups to ever hail from our Terminal City.

What might be more immediately recognizable to you is the name of the Evaporators’ lead singer: Nardwuar the Human Serviette.

Over the past several decades, Nardwuar has not only become one of Vancouver’s most unique citizens, but truly a Canadian treasure, mostly because of his incredible stockpile of highly researched and wildly entertaining video interviews with everyone from Snoop Dogg to Mikhail Gorbachev. On a Canadian level, his (mostly successful) attempts to get Canadian political leaders to play a ridiculous ‘60s party game called the “Hip Flip” is always amazing, and surprisingly humanizing.

But back to the Evaporators: Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016, marks the band’s 30th anniversary. It was on that night, three decades ago in the dusty gymnasium of Hillside Secondary School in West Vancouver, that Nard-

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wuar and his band mates took to the stage for the first time, at Variety Night (a yearly talent revue hosted by our English teacher). The Evaporators performed three cover songs: “Shot Down” by the Sonics, as well as “Goo Goo Muck” and “Human Fly” by the Cramps.

I remember the night well, because I was in the audience. The Evaporators blew my nerdy teenage mind, and were the primary reason why I formed my own band a year later. To me, the Evaporators were the coolest of the cool, mixing ‘60s garage rock with ‘80s surf-punk to maximum effect. Nardwuar was the manic frontman. Back in ‘86, he rocked a brush cut, looking nothing like his signature tam o’ shanter-atopthe-Prince Valiant-haircut he’s famous for now.

For years, the Evaporators were essentially the underappreciated house band at all of Nardwuar’s legendary all-ages shows all over Vancouver. In 1992, they finally released a record: a punk-fuelled seven-inch EP entitled Welcome To My Castle. Their first full-length album wouldn’t arrive until their 10th anniversary in 1996: United Empire Loyalists, a vinyl LP that highlights Nardwuar’s obsessive love of Canadian history, coming complete with a massive foldout sleeve. They really started rolling after that, releasing I Gotta Rash in 1998 (a split LP with Nardwuar’s other bizarre band, Thee Goblins), Ripple Rock in 2004, and Gassy Jack and

Other Tales in 2007 (arguably their best, a salute to Gastown founder Gassy Jack Deighton). The songs on many of the records reveal a glance into the mind of Nardwuar: “Addicted To Cheese”, “I Feel Like A Fat Frustrated Fuck”, and “I Say That On Purpose To Bug You”, etc. The backing instrumentation by veterans of bands like the New Pornographers, Slow, and Destroyer is wicked.

Over their three intense decades, Nardwuar and the Evaporators have steadily evolved into absolute masters of live entertainment as well, often featuring in-set cameos by everyone from heavy metal legend Thor, to Scottish hit makers Franz Ferdinand, to New York party rocker Andrew WK. If you’ve ever seen an Evaporators show, say for instance in recent years at the Khatsahlano Festival, it probably took you hours to wipe the smile from your face.

Unfortunately, there won’t be a big celebration for the Evaporators’ 30th anniversary this month. Nardwuar is busy concentrating on something much more serious: recovering from a stroke he suffered in December, along with reparative heart surgery last month. The good news is he’s doing well, and promises new music from the Evaporators later in 2016. Long live Nardwuar, long live the Evaporators, and happy 30th anniversary, from a life-long fan. The Evaporators will always be on my list of Vancouver’s best-ever-bands. W

Like a runaway freight train, the residential real estate market in Greater Vancouver – the strongest in the country – continues to accelerate and shows no signs of stopping, according to Canadian Real Estate Association data released Feb. 16.

In January, the region saw a total of $2.8 billion in home sales, which is up 73 per cent compared with $1.6 billion in January 2015. As well, the average sales price jumped 31 per cent to $1.08 million from $828,000 last year.

“Benchmark price growth topped 20 per cent yearover-year in the month for the first time since at least 2006, which detached homes still leading,” said BMO Capital Markets’ Robert Kavcic.

“That said, condo prices continued to accelerate to a 15.9 per cent year-over-year

clip, and we continue to believe that, while supply fundamentals might warrant strong gains in the detached segment, such constraints aren’t nearly as acute in the condo space.”

The number of units sold in Greater Vancouver was 2,574, which is up 32 per cent compared with 1,948 units in the same month last year.

“Vancouver’s market is drum tight, with an almost unheard of 91 per cent sales-to-new listings ratio – in other words, almost every new listing is getting absorbed within the month as record sales meet average growth in new listings,” Kavcic said.

Some of the real estate growth in January may have been related to homebuyers pushing their purchasing decisions forward to beat the new tighter mortgage rules that took effect Feb. 15, CREA president Pauline Aunger pointed out.

Aunger also said sales

in Toronto and Vancouver would likely have been even higher if the supply existed.

“Meanwhile, other major urban housing markets have an ample supply of listings, particularly where some home buyers have become increasingly cautious amid an uncertain job market outlook,” she said.

Across Canada, the benchmark price increased 17 per cent to $470,000, but this was entirely due to increases in BC and Ontario. Excluding these provinces, the benchmark home price actually fell 0.3 per cent. The biggest price drop was in Edmonton, where the benchmark price fell 8.0 per cent to $339,000.

All data, unless otherwise indicated, is not seasonally adjusted. The CREA compiles its figures from select MLS systems across Canada, including the British Columbia Real Estate Association. W –Courtesy Business in Vancouver

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@Jennifer_AGCTK When a couple has built their careers making people look beautiful, it’s no surprise that their own private space offers up high style with a refined appeal.

Michael Gibson and Calvyn Cass – owners of the soughtafter Gastown hair salon, Brush Salon – epitomize

Fraud cheats everyone and comes in all shapes and sizes.

Some fraud is organized and orchestrated by a group of individuals, namely, staged accidents and stolen vehicle rings.

Fraudulent claims take a toll on B.C. drivers

While most B.C. drivers are honest when it comes to making insurance claims, there are a few that are hurting things for the rest of us in the province.

Industry studies estimate that about 10 to 20 per cent of all insurance claims contain an element of fraud or exaggeration. Applying those estimates here means fraud is costing us up to $600 million per year, or more than $100 annually on every auto insurance policy.

To learn more about auto insurance fraud, go to icbc.com/fraud

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Other types of fraud are less obvious. Fraud like this includes exaggerating the extent of an injury, misrepresenting a previous medical condition or slanting the situation when reporting a claim. It s not unheard of for people to embellish their claim by including vehicle damage unrelated to the crash, or to claim they can t work when they re actually back on the job. These tactics may not make the news, but the costs add up and come out of all of our pockets we all end up paying for those who cheat the system.

ICBC combats fraud with their Special Investigation Unit, which last year looked at more than 5,000 claims Yles. This includes a cyber unit that employs information publicly available on the internet and social media to investigate suspected fraudulent claims. They re in the process of increasing their focus on investigations, including training and analytics technology that Xags patterns and predictors of fraud.

By stepping up efforts to reduce fraudulent and exaggerated claims, along with managing injury claims costs, ICBC is working to take pressure off rising insurance rates.

Fraud. It cheats us all.

bringing work home with them in the best way possible: the fabulous style they grant their clients is carried through to the chic Gastown loft they call home.

Sharing their space with Milton and soon to arrive, Finnigan – their two dogs – Michael and Calvyn have mastered the curated, minimalist yet interesting décor that many of us strive for. Astonishingly over-height ceilings, large-scale windows and all-white walls set the perfect backdrop for their modern aesthetic.With their favourite finds being a grand ornate mirror from The Cross and a vintage taxidermy peacock they scored through a West Van estate, the space exudes polished personality.

What is it?: We live in a two bedroom loft with our dog Milton in Gastown.

Occupant: We are Calvyn and Michael, husbands of almost two years and partners for just over nine years.We own Brush Salon in Gastown and are very passionate about our work and the team we have built.We feel pretty lucky to have each other to have shared all of our worldly travels, major life events and beautiful memories with.

Major selling feature: The major selling feature was the rooftop patio for its endless summer nights and afternoon cocktails in the sun...

For the two months summer actually exists! ;)

First thing I changed: Nothing, but I would love to renovate our bathroom and have a waterfall shower a separate bathtub... And a walk-in closet... Boys can dream!

Feature I brag about: Again, the rooftop patio. But, we also love the 24-foot ceilings that make the space feel spacious and airy.

That one conversation piece: Our gigantic ornate mirror from The Cross as well as our living wall from Heather at Greenstems.

The décor: We are both minimalists. We love the feeling of a clean, open space. We are trying to create a masculine feel whilst incorporating beautiful pieces. Challenging, but we are getting there, piece by piece.

The story behind the art/ antiques/collectibles: Michael finds pieces that inspire him and I usually just give the OK. Most of the pieces come from some sort of life event.

Our dog chewed up our last couch so we had to get this one. It took six months but we finally found something he and I liked.The coffee table was handmade.We trekked out to PoCo (another country to us) to consult with the guy and then back again to get it.The peacock (Albert, as we named him) came from and estate sale inWestVancouver. So many stories...

Downsides: Gastown is awesome but it’s still finding its footing. Homelessness is a huge and ongoing issue in the area and it can be hard to cope with at times.

Neighbourhood haunts: Our boutique salon, Brush Salon, which is right around the corner from our home!

Compared to your last place: Way bigger. We loved our last home because it was the first property we ever owned.

This place is a rental but we love it regardless... Just hard to compare a milestone to an “upgrade” (if we are going to call it that)!

Favourite apartment/house/ condo activity: Dinner parties/ having people over in general... anything involving food and a few alcoholic beverages.

You only live once, better to live life having fun. W

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Towel off in soft Turkish cotton Niki Hope Style File

@NikiMHope Leave it to Chinatown’s Charlie & Lee to discover Plaj Towel Co., a line of hand-loomed premium luxury Turkish towels, blankets, and kimonos.

Plaj owner Natasha Fleming imports her lovely line from Turkey (the word Plaj means “beach” in Turkish, according to the company website). Made from ultra-absorbent, eco-friendly cotton and bamboo, the fabrics are crafted with age-old artistry, passed down from family member to family member.

“I love that Plaj textiles are artisan made on looms in Turkey,” Charlie & Lee owner Kleah Michnik says, explaining what she appreciates about the line she scooped up last fall. “You can really tell the difference with unique weaves, high-quality, and beautiful textures. They are thicker and softer than the average Turkish towel, plus so versatile.”

After only a year in business, Fleming already has a hefty number of boutiques carrying her line, but Charlie & Lee has one of the largest selections of Plaj in town.

“Charlie & Lee is one of my best accounts for sure,” Fleming says, adding the chic boutique opts for the neutral shades of her towels, which offer a stylish, quickdrying boho-alternative to classic terry ones.

“I’m not just saying that because they are my towels – I still haven’t purged all of our old [towels], but I definitely go grab one of our Turkish towels before anything else,” Fleming says.

The light-weight towels ($62 to $68 each) are versatile enough to be worn as a scarf, a beach cover-up, or even a baby blanket. The line also includes chic kimonos, which Charlie & Lee carries the stonewashed style called Texada, which is available at Charlie & Lee is in shades of denim blue, black, and light grey ($95 each). On its website, Charlie & Lee pairs the kimonos with slim-fit dark jeans, a simple white Tee, and the Heathermarie Heaton Navajo Mox boot (drool), for a smart mix of earthy mama and urban chic.

“The stonewashed (coloured) towels are the bestsellers, namely, the black and the sand colour,” Fleming explains.

The line also features blankets ($95 to $110), which fold up for easy transport and can be used as a throw in the house, a picnic blanket, or a spot to charming place to lounge on the beach.

The Plaj Towel Co. website

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(PlajTowels.com) includes brighter shades than those at Charlie & Lee, including towels available in soft berry and muted turquoise.

Fleming is somewhat surprised at the early response to her line, which she launched just a year ago.

Having worked with her mom on her online organic fabric business, Fleming already had some entrepreneurial experience under her belt when she started importing the towels from Turkey, where they are slow-produced on a hand-

loom that can make eight to 10 towels a day per loom in a tradition carried on for hundreds of years.

With spring upon us (hooray!), it’s the perfect time to pick up one of Plaj’s towels, blankets, or kimonos.

Along with Charlie & Lee, find Plaj at Nineteen Ten Home Boutique, Citizen Grace, Delish General Store in Vancouver, at BuddhaFull Juice in North Van, and Brick & Mortar Living in New Westminster. Follow the line on Instagram at @plajtowels. W

The Texada kimono in black, denim, and light grey at Charlie & Lee. The Chinatown boutique also has towels, blankets, along with hand and tea towels. Contributed photos

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VANCOUVER WINE FEST

The Barbaresco valley in Piedmont, Italy, is home to the Nebbiolo grape, used to make the region’s namesake wine. Wines from all over Italy will be featured at this year’s Vancouver International Wine Festival, running Feb. 20-28. Michaela Morris photo

Viva vino Italiano!

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The Vancouver International Wine Festival (VIWF) marks its 38th anniversary with Italy as the theme region.

As regular readers may well imagine, I couldn’t be happier. I also believe the timing couldn’t be better.

Italy is currently a hot category in BC. In terms of imported wine by value, it firmly supplanted Australia within the last year, propelling Italy to second place behind the US, and it continues to grow at almost 15 per

cent. The huge popularity of Prosecco and Pinot Grigio plays a major role in Italy’s ascendance.Yet other classic favourites like Brunello, Barbaresco, Barolo and Chianti/ Chianti Classico are also rising with the tide.

But why now? Certainly, it goes hand-in-hand with our affection for all things Italian. Italy is a popular travel destination and everyone who goes wants to bring a slice of the lifestyle back.

Wine and food are a huge part of that. Just witness the explosion of pizzerias and trattoria-style restaurants around town.

I’m sure we wouldn’t be lapping up Italian wines

if they didn’t taste good, though. Truly, they’ve never been better. Lower yields and improved winemaking practices have played a fundamental role in this.

But many countries are making great wines. Beyond improving quality, Italy is also finally playing to its unique strength. This country is blessed with an enormous roster of intriguing indigenous grape varieties most of which don’t grow outside of Italy. While the last 150 years saw many of these treasures endangered due to a variety of natural and manmade circumstances, the pendulum started swinging the other

way in earnest at the turn of this century. Passionate producers have recognized the virtues of many of these forgotten varieties and are lovingly nurturing them back to life. There has never been such a frenzy to revive every rediscovered autochthonous grape. It’s an exciting time for Italian wine-lovers and the VIWF is a prime opportunity to satiate your curiosity.

The last time the VIWF featured Italy as the theme country was 2008. I led a seminar called the Rising Stars of Italy, which included grapes like Arneis, Negro Amaro and Primitivo. At the time, these were

relatively obscure in BC. While I wouldn’t call them mainstream now, since then they have flourished on our shelves. If I were to deliver the same seminar this year, I might include Cococciola, Schioppettino and Pecorino, all grapes that have recently been revived or valorized. You can find ALL of the above-mentioned varieties in the Acura Tasting Room.

Believe me, you won’t have time to taste through the incredible diversity of Italy in one single session.

I highly recommend hitting the Tasting Room at least a couple of times. Tickets are still available for Thursday,

Feb. 25, from 7 to 10pm ($89), as well as the afternoon of Saturday, Feb. 27, from 2:30 to 5pm ($75).

Alternatively (or additionally) you can sample 120 wines from all 60 participating Italian wineries in the context they are truly meant to be enjoyed; which is with food. Taste ITALIA! is a grazing style lunch on Saturday, Feb. 27, from noon to 2pm (tickets $115).

Saluté! And see you at the Festival!

VANCOUVER INT’L WINE FESTIVAL

Runs Feb. 20-28, tickets at VanWineFest.ca

Must-visit tables at VIWF BC LIQUOR STORES

Tancredi Biondi Santi

Luca Currado

THE WINE STARS Well, there are lots of them.

If I had to choose three, I’d vote for Tancredi Biondi Santi, Luca Currado and Riccardo Tedeschi. Fight your way through the adoring fans to say hello and ask your burning wine questions.

Tancredi Biondi Santi:

Here on behalf of the Biondi Santi family, Tancredi is your direct connection to arguably the most famous producer of Brunello di Montalcino.

Luca Currado: Owner and winemaker at Vietti in Piedmont. From Arneis to Barolo,

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Riccardo Tedeschi

Luca’s line-up of wines will be just as fascinating as the stories he shares.

Riccardo Tedeschi: Owner Riccardo Tedeschi hails from a family has been in the wine business in the Valpolicella region for almost four centuries. –Michaela Morris

Featuring wines from producers not previously seen in BC, this table is a source of off-the-beaten track gems. Don’t leave the tasting room without stopping here for a sip of everything from Trentino’s wild and fruity Teroldego to Sicily’s lovely Cerasulo di Vittoria DOCG as well as Friulano, Picolit, Malvasia Istriana and more.

BRAIDA DI BOLOGNA GIACOMO

I can guarantee a buzz around any table boasting Barolo. However, savvy sippers should seek out other treasures from Piedmont, like Barbera.

This used to be regarded as no more than a simple workhorse grape until producers like Braida showed what it is capable of. Juicy, thirst quenching and appetite stimulating are all apt descriptors.

MEDICI ERMETE

It might seem like I am pushing Lambruscos. That’s because I am. Between Cleto Chiarli and Medici Ermete, you’ll be able to taste the incredible diversity of these sparkling reds. At Medici Ermete, meet Lambrusco Salamino (named for the salame shape of the grape bunch) and the much more rare Lambrusco Marani. –Michaela Morris

CHIANTI CLASSICO REGIONAL TASTING STATION

Chianti Classico admirers will make a beeline here (myself included).

And if you aren’t a fan yet, prepare to be. A selection of 12 carefully curated wines will demonstrate the various unique subzones within the historical classico area.

Jeff Vinnick photo

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VANCOUVER WINE FEST

10 must-try wines at this year’s Vancouver Wine Fest Michaela Morris By the Bottle @MichaelaWine

The Vancouver Wine Festival’s International Tasting Event is back Feb. 25-27 at the Vancouver Convention Centre with a focus on Italian wines this year.

Here’s my hit list of musttry wines to check out while you’re there.

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Made from 100 per cent Chardonnay, Ferrari’s long-aged Perlé cuvée is a toasty and finessed treat for a great price.

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Mouth puckering and delicately floral, the Vespaiolo variety is said to be the perfect match with baccalà (salt cod), a specialty of the Veneto region. How could you not be curious about a wine named after its prescribed pairing? So Italian.

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Widely regarded as one of Italy’s finest white grapes, Verdicchio allies vibrancy, personality and age-ability. The Plenio is crisp yet creamy with tons of ripe pear, fennel, almond skins and a hint of vanilla.

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Truly a head-turner, the Fonte Canale demonstrates the incredible potential of the Trebbiano Abruzzese grape. It’s very Chablis-like with its stoney minerality, green apple and citrus notes. But then there’s a hint of apricot and a decidedly Italian twist of aromatic herb blossoms.

Available at the BC Liquor Stores table.

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Best known for Cannonau and Vermentino, the island of Sardegna has a long list of even more obscure native grapes to offer, like Monica. The Perdera is a mid-weight, succulent red sporting dried herbs, red cherry and tobacco.

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Surprisingly yet delightfully aromatic. Gorgeous scents of violets and lavender with a touch of black pepper are followed by a mouthful of dried rose petals and fleshy cherries.

It might just be the most unique red you sample.

Available at the BC Liquor Stores table.

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polished tannins, power yet refinement, layers of nuance and evocative aromas that take me immediately to the stunning vine covered hills of the Langhe.

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If, on entering Chinatown’s newest dining spot, you feel like you’ve stepped into a distillery lounge, there may be a reason for that. Juniper’s owners originally considered opening a distillery in this space, and the prominent placement of local spirits behind the long bar reinforces that idea.

As the name might suggest, Juniper is a gin-forward restaurant that focuses on all things craft, spirit and local. Famed barman Shaun Layton leads the team behind the wood, and the focus on the herbaceous spirit is evident on the menu, where a dedicated G&T section (all $12 each) includes such

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standouts as the Rad-ish, which mixes Ampersand Gin (from Duncan) with fresh watermelon radish, dehydrated lemon, pink peppercorn and lemon tonic.

The Catalan was another favourite, with Defender Island Gin, Fever Tree’s Mediterranean tonic, a thick slab of squeezed grapefruit, and a few sprigs of thyme.

It’s subtle and aromatic, with deep herbal notes up front, and a light, refreshing finish.

Gin is also a separate cocktail category (as are bourbon, scotch, rum and vodka, to a lesser degree).The G&T Sour ($13), made with Broker’s gin, lemon, lime, tonic and egg white, was a pleasant, light sipper, ideal for taking the edge off after a stressful day, and a good gateway into more serious cocktails.

Don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten the food, and neither has chef Sarah Stewart. In the same way that the cocktails here lean toward the light end of the palate, so do the edibles. Stewart comes

from a farming background in Ontario, and is whiz with foraging and preserving.

Seafood comes from Organic Oceans, meat from Two Rivers. It’s a seasonally-rotating menu that relies heavily on local producers and tends to the healthier side.

The fish charcuterie board ($21) is a good example.

Potted octopus, smoked fish, and a seafood “sausage” are all made in-house and paired with house pickles, light, crunchy caraway crisps and some marvellous herbed crème fraîche butter.The sausage is a bit indeterminate in terms of taste, and has the texture of a weisswurst, but at least was nicely grilled.

Grilled beets with burrata ($15) was excellent.

Large, thick slices of red and yellow beets are quickly grilled, leaving the insides very lightly cooked. Red beet cream and carrot puree line each side of the plate, and golden, roasted carrots sit in between. Large dollops of burrata surround

the plate. It’s satisfying and surprisingly hearty, and would make a good starter to share between two or else a lighter main.

Ricotta gnocchi ($18) with turnip serves up the entire vegetable, top and all, in brown butter with crispy sage and crumbled hazelnuts.This “waste-less” style of cooking is happily becoming more popular, especially at restaurants like Royal Dinette and The Mackenzie Room. Here, the turnip plays very nicely with the gnocchi, providing a nice textural balance.

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On March 13, Mission will host a collaborative chef dinner. Nick Cassetari from Alta Bistro, Caitlin Hall from Canyon Bistro, Derek Bothwell from Chill Winston and Curtis Luk from Mission will present a four-course dinner with wine pairings.The menu, which focuses on game, includes smoked duck ham with sidestripe prawns, rabbit pithivier, peppercorn-crusted venison, and buckwheat honey-glazed goose.Tickets $125 per person. MissionKits.ca

La Pentola has announced Christopher McFadden as its new wine director. McFadden, a native of Ontario, formerly worked at The Fairmont Banff Springs, Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, The Belvedere in Calgary, and Salt Tasting Room and Italian Kitchen here in Vancouver.

Feel like a drive? On Sunday, Feb. 21, The Cellar at Araxi in Whistler will host its inaugural wine dinner with the famous wines of Barone Ricasoli.The Ricasoli family created the formula for Chianti Classico in 1872, and Francesco Ricasoli, the 32nd Barone of Brolio, will host the dinner.Tickets for the fivecourse wine dinner are $185 per person, plus tax and gratuity.TheCellarByAraxi.com

Rosewood Hotel Georgia has appointed Brad Simmons as director of sales and marketing, and David Stanton as director of food and beverage. Simmons has previously worked for Rosewood in London. Stanton previously worked with the Four Seasons group of hotels

On Thursday, March 3, Hart House Restaurant will hold a five-course dinner with beer pairings from award-winning microbrewery, Powell Street Craft Brewery. PSCB’s brewer and coowner David Bowkett will also be in attendance. Menu includes grilled, beer-infused

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It’s a great moment to realize that your arms don’t flap like a flag in a windstorm when you bid someone adieu. Or when you wake up one morning to notice your man breasts are have melted appealingly into pectorals.

This is a nice thing, and one of two great lessons I’ve learned since I started training for Beer Wars, the sequel of sorts to Aprons for Gloves, the annual fundraiser boxing match in support of East Side Boxing Club (AKA ESB, a delicious acronym).

(The second lesson, by the way, is to never, under any circumstances, drink even one beer prior to training. Just, trust me.)

Dave Schuck founded ESB, in part to provide boxing classes for atrisk youth. It’s a great program, and one of the most familial gyms I’ve experienced, thanks in no small part to Schuck, who, given his aptitude for hollering obscenities at trainees, may’ve missed his calling as an army drill sergeant.

Anyway, Beer Wars is, of course, for the beer industry. I, of course, am not really in the beer industry, but sit sort of on the periphery looking in, enjoying the spoils, which up until being allowed to participate in Beer War meant gallons of free beer over the past year.

All that free beer, of course, resulted in what was essentially a yearlong bender that subsided just last October. These things happen. In my case, it left me paunchy, tired and perennially in a state of contrition with a spouse who reminded me constantly that she “didn’t sign up for this.”

And so, like many of my beer-swilling brethren/ sistren, I used the charity boxing event as an excuse to get in shape. There are 36 of us, split evenly as far as I can tell between

men and women. There’s people from Brassneck, Strange Fellows, Parallel 49, Red Truck, Luppolo, Off the Rail, Powell Street and more. (There’s an Island cohort, too, but I haven’t met them.) The men all have some variation of the beer belly.

But we’re not just doing this to lose the gut. We’re doing this to find whatever healthy balance had been lost once we dove headlong into being devoted beer people.

And maybe these 35 others, like me, needed a push and a structured environment with someone yelling colourful obscenities while we do push ups or crunches or the 60th one-two combo in a row to actually make that happen. Maybe they, like me, needed a group of likeminded people who are just as paunchy and tired as everyone else to actually muster the gumption to follow through.

Beer Wars is a great fit for the beer industry, because that sense of community that a lot us desired and found within it is also available to us here, too – and it’s a space that promotes health and balance, which, again, the local industry has been lousy at embracing.

Which is even nicer than discovering that your man breasts are shrinking, or that your biceps are hard for the first time since you were 22. It’s nice getting to know people you’ve only ever met serving you at some tasting room, or giving you a cigarette outside some Parallel 49 party. To see this person, this stranger, peering at you from between two boxing gloves pressed to their face, sweat dripping off their bangs and their nose, jabbing repeatedly 60 shots at a time. Their face twisted in determination or frustration or both – a face you’ve only ever really ever seen obstructed by a pint glass. It’s the best.

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THE SHEEPDOGS Southern rock, blues, and boogie from the Saskatoon rockers playing the first of two evenings in support of their fifth studio album, Future Nostalgia. 9:30pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $32.50+ at Ticketmaster.ca and LiveNation.com

SUMAC SLUDGE, metal band comprised of members of Baptists and Mamiffer, on tour in support of their debut release The Deal with special guests Endon, Black Spirituals and Molten Lava. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $13 at Red Cat, Zulu, Neptoon, Scrape and TicketWeb.ca

DIANE COFFEE Musician and actor from LA, member of Foxygen, on tour in support of his latest solo effort, Everybody’s A Good Dog, with special guest Eric Campbell & The Dirt. 8pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $10 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

THE END TREE Vancouver chamber-pop trio of Aiden Brant Briscall, Elliot Vaughan and Martin Reisle perform as part of Winterruption. 12:30pm and 1:45pm at Performance Works. Admission is free.

ANGEL EDWARDS Vancouver singer-songwriter-guitarist performs a solo acoustic set. 8pm at Railway Club. Tickets $5 at the door.

PARQUET COURTS Indie rockers out of New York City on tour in support of their EP, Monastic Living, with special guest Dumb. 8pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $18 at Red Cat, Zulu, Neptoon and TicketWeb.ca

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MATT ANDERSEN & THE BONA FIDE Canadian blues guitarist, singer-songwriter out of New Brunswick appears in support of his latest release, Weightless.

8pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $42.50 at TicketFly.com. All ages show.

MYSTERY SKULLS Mastermind electronic artist, producer and singer from Dallas, Texas, plays a rescheduled show with special guest Boissinova. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $12 at Red Cat and TicketWeb.com DRALMS Latest project from Vancouver singer-songwriter Christopher Smith, a more experimental and collaborative sound, with special guest Mu. 8pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $10 at Red Cat and TicketFly.com LEAH BARLEY & THE CONVERSE COWBOYS Bluesy-folk tales of love and loss from the Vancouver songstress with special guest Anni M Fables. 8pm at Skinny Fat Jack’s. Tickets $6 at the door only.

COMEDY TIM MEADOWS One of the longest running cast members of SNL, versatile comedian, actor and stand-up comic headlines the first of five shows over the course of the weekend, as part of Just For Laughs Northwest.

8pm at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets $25 at TicketFly.com

JENN GRANT Halifax songstress returns to Vancouver with special guest Joshua Hyslop. 9pm at Fox Cabaret.

Tickets $22 at TicketZone.com THE ENEMY FEATHERS A DIY approach to pop, post-punk, and folk rock with epic garage excitement as the Vancouver rockers celebrate the release of their self-titled EP, with special guests Greg McCleod, Western Jaguar and Zulu Panda. 9:30pm at Media Club. Tickets $10 at the door.

CIRCUS IN FLAMES Original garage-string band music courtesy of the Canadian south from singersongwriter Doug Andrew and his backing band. 9pm at Skinny Fat Jack’s. Admission by donation.

REDS Vancouver punk rockers play their first show in over a year with special guests Pot Belly, the Remedials and You Big Idiot.

9:30pm at Funky Winker Beans.

Tickets $10 at the door only.

SOUTH VAN BIG BAND Seventeenpiece jazz orchestra performs a program of swing, latin jazz, rock/ funk, fusion and contemporary material. 8pm at Pat’s Pub. Tickets $10 at the door only.

COMEDY TREVOR NOAH South African comedian and star of the one-man show “The Racist”, and new host of The Daily Show with stand-up specials on Comedy Central appears as part of Just For Laughs Northwest.

7pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

Tickets $39.50+ at TicketFly.com

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KINGDOM OF THE HOLY SUN Seattle psych rockers play tunes from The Return of the Sun Kings, with special guests Colin Cowan & The Elastic Stars, Cat Hoch Band, Jive Hand and Mother Upduff. 9:30pm at The Astoria. Tickets $10 at the door only.

POOR TRAITS Vancouver rockers hit the stage in support of A Bigger Picture with special guests One And The Same, Double Standards, Villains Thieves and Scoundrels.

9:30pm at Funky Winker Beans.

Tickets $10 at the door only.

LIARS AND LIONS Progressive hard rockers from Vancouver appear with special guests The Thick of It and Elysian Sun. 7:30pm at Venue. Tickets $10 at TicketZone. com and $13 at the door.

BLACK REQUIEM MASS 2016 A gathering of the black metal underground featuring Ritual Dictates, Kafirun, Firecult, Omnipotence, Finite and Illithid. 7pm at Media Club. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Scrape, Zulu, Evergreen Cannabis Society and TicketWeb.ca THE NORTH & THE SOUTH Songwriters Jimmy Baldwin and Connely Farr (Mississippi Live & the Dirty Dirty) team up to showcase new tunes in an intimate setting.

9pm at Skinny Fat Jack’s. Tickets $10 at the door only. All ages show.

COMEDY MIRANDA SINGS International YouTube sensation brings you a hilarious night filled with comedy, hit songs, magic tricks, dramatic readings of hate mail, and never before seen videos in this one-woman show. 7pm at The Centre for Performing Arts. Tickets $39.50+ at TicketFly.com

THEATRE/DANCE MASTER CLASS Terrence McNally’s Tony Award-winning play is the story of glamorous, compelling and caustic Maria Callas, the world’s most famous soprano and the legacy she chooses to leave to a new generation of singers.

7:30pm at Marpole United Church.

Tickets $25 at BrownPaperTickets. com. Runs until Feb. 28.

EVENTS RED Positive Living BC presents this fundraising event, a celebration of colour, couture, community and caring featuring a runway show of Vancouver’s finest dancers, models, actors and fashion designers uniting to support people living with HIV in BC. 6:30pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets at PositiveLivingBC.AkaRaisin.com WINTERRUPTION Vancouver’s favourite winter festival celebrates eleven years of music, dance, film, theatre, art, food and craft in a weekend long celebration with a range of incredible shows and events across Granville Island. Visit Winterruption.com for full schedule. Runs until Feb. 21.

BC HOME + GARDEN SHOW Get no-nonsense advice from more than 425 exhibitors, as well as Canada’s favourite home, horticulture and landscaping specialists including HGTV’s Bryan Baeumler and Carson Arthur, lifestyle expert Leigh-Ann Allaire Perrault and designer Amanda Forrest. Feb. 17-21 at BC Place Stadium. Tickets and schedule at BCHomeAndGardenShow.com

POP UP DANCES Expect the unexpected as intriguing and exhilarating dances pop up in unusual spaces across Granville Island celebrating dance in all its forms featuring work by Julie Lebel, Heather Laura Gray, Gabriel and Monica Monty, Bloco Energia and others. 1-5pm at Granville Island.

BIGMOUTH Valentijn Dhaenens weaves together seminal speeches from everyone from the Grand Inquisitor and Socrates to Mohammed Ali and Osama Bin Laden, paying tribute to 2,500 years of oration. 8pm at York Theatre. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch. com. Final performance.

ONE-MAN DARK NIGHT: A BATMAN PARODY An irreverent parody and homage to the Dark Knight trilogy from the madmen behind “One-Man Star Wars” comes a one-hour comedic joyride from Batman’s origins to his epic battles against Gotham’s super-villains. 8pm at Waterfront Theatre. Tickets at Tickets.TheatreWire.com WINNERS AND LOSERS Theatre artists and long time friends Marcus Youssef and James Long open a conversation embracing the ruthless logic of capitalism, and test its impact on our personal relationships and intimate experiences of self. 2pm at Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch. com. Runs until Feb. 27.

EVENTS TALKING STICK FESTIVAL This open invitation to explore Aboriginal culture through the arts, showcases Indigenous performance and art featuring emerging and established artists over the course of 10 days; a true celebration of the diversity and arts of our country’s Indigenous culture.

Visit TalkingStickFest.ca for full schedule. Runs until Feb. 28.

MARLIN RAMAZZINI QUARTET Afro-Cuban-Latin jazz from Juno Award nominee Ramazzini, accompanied by Juno winning bass player Fito Garcia, Nick Apivor Marimba on the congas, pianist Niho Takase and Carlos Cortes on flute. 8pm at Guilt & Co. Admission by donation.

COMEDY SIDEKICKS Sketchy comedy from the hilarious duo of Nima Gholamipour and Ember Konopaki, as they pair up some of Vancouver’s best comedians to write and perform sketch comedy together, sometimes for the first time.

8:30pm at China Cloud (524 Main).

Tickets $10 at TicketFly.com PHANTOM SIGNAL A blend of old-school horror and new-school humour designed to entertain, or eat you. An homage to creaky old radio anthologies of yesteryear from the trio of Jayson McDonald, Andrew Bailey and Tara Travis.

8pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $8 at TicketFly.com

ART MASHUP: THE BIRTH OF MODERN CULTURE This groundbreaking exhibition takes over all four floors of the VAG, documenting the evolution of a mode of creativity that has grown to become the dominant form of cultural production in the 21st century.

10am-5pm at Vancouver Art Gallery. Tickets at Tickets.VanArtGallery.bc.ca

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MUSIC THE SZYMANOWSKI QUARTET Friends of Chamber Music presents the dynamic quartet of Polish and Ukrainian musicians in a concert program exclusively featuring music by Polish and Bohemian composers, highlighting particular national sounds and traditions.

8pm at Vancouver Playhouse.

Tickets $48 at EventBrite.ca

COMEDY JANEANE GAROFALO An American institution since 1992, the actor, writer and comedian, SNL alum, outspoken activist, spoken word performer and radio talk show host goes back to her comedy roots to strike a chord with the Left, Right, and everyone in between with her well informed opinions and unflinching honesty. 7pm at Rio Theatre. Tickets $24.50 at TicketFly.com

THEATRE/DANCE POSTSECRET: THE SHOW Projected images, videos, three actors and a guitarist guide the audience through an immersive, poignant journey through the humour and humanity of the personal stories we keep to ourselves, and on rare occasions, share with others. 7pm at Firehall Arts Centre. Tickets at FirehallArtsCentre.ca. Runs until March 5.

CATS The musical theatre phenomenon, based on the poetry of TS Eliot tells the story of the annual gathering of Jellicle Cats, where upon one special cat is selected to ascend to the Heaviside layer. 8pm at Jericho Arts Centre.

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BASIA BULAT Toronto singersongwriter and autoharp player brings her unique sound to town in support of her fourth album Good Advice. 8pm at Fortune Sound Club. Tickets $17.50 at Red Cat and TicketFly.com

COMEDY WANDA SYKES Veteran awardwinning comedian, actor, writer and voice actor with various television appearances, two HBO comedy specials and named one of Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Funniest People in America performs as part of JFL NorthWest. 7pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets $37.50+ at TicketFly.com JANEANE GAROFALO An American institution since 1992, the actor, writer and comedian, SNL alum, outspoken activist, spoken word performer and radio talk show host goes back to her comedy roots to strike a chord with the Left, right, and everyone in between with her well informed opinions and unflinching honesty. 7pm at Rio Theatre.

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THE DEEP END Hard rockers from Chilliwack play their first show with special guests Inherent Vices, Death Prizm and Dream Cars. 8:30pm at The Astoria. Tickets $9 at the door only.

PARKLAND A solo set of material from Rob Malowany with special guest duo Hunting. 9pm at Skinny Fat Jack’s. Admission by donation.

BUMPER JACKSONS Joyous ragtime dances and roadhouse drinking songs along with delicate waltzes from the old-time barn dance New Orleans band who stop by Rogue Folk Club.

8pm at St. James Hall. Tickets $24 at Red Cat, Highlife, Prussin Music, Rufus’ Guitars and RogueFolk.bc.ca

RON FUNCHES Best known for his role on NBC’s Undateable, the native Californian has an easy going, inventive comedic style as evidenced in recurring roles on Comedy Central, Disney and Fox. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $21 at TicketFly.com

THE CROOKED BROTHERS A homebrew take on folk, blues and rock with simple three part harmonies and a single harmonica with special guests James Lamb and Kenton Loewen’s The Crackling with Marin Patenaude.

8pm at WISE Hall. Tickets $15 at BrownPaperTickets.com

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EDDIE PEPITONE A force of nature on stage, his blue-collar angst coupled with sardonic enlightenment channel a rant that rivals most comics out there, with television appearances and a multiple award-winning short Runyon: Just Above Sunset.

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The Phantom menace Composer Andrew Downing presents all-new score to ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ KELSEY KLASSEN @kelseyklassen

Before he was the star of Broadway’s longest-running musical, the Phantom of the Opera could be found haunting the catacombs below the Paris Opera House in a 1925 silent film.

Even without sound, Rupert Julian’s black and white gothic romance was, by all accounts, a terrifying ordeal for moviegoers at the time, made all the more ghastly by the groundbreaking makeup effects transforming actor Lon Chaney, Sr. into the menacing Christine-loving Phantom.

As was customary at the time, the film was intended to be screened with live musical accompaniment to help set the mood; however, in fitting fashion for a story about an illusory opera ghost, no information survives as to what the original score sounded like – only the Universal Pictures release crediting it to composer Joseph Carl Briel (of Birth of a Nation fame).

Andrew Downing probably wouldn’t have wanted to listen to it anyway, though.

The Toronto-based composer says he was looking to create something entirely new when he sat down to write a contemporary score for the seminal horror flick.

“When an audience watches a movie from 100 years ago, a lot of things have changed since then,” says the Juno Award-winning jazz musician, speaking with Westender by phone. “The way people act, the way they overact sometimes, and the way things are construed. “[The movie] would have been very, very scary at the time,” he continues, “and now it’s not so horrific, so in that way, I can have a bit more fun than maybe somebody would have 100 years ago. Something that is supposed to be scary […] I can treat it as melodramatic and be a bit more humorous with my interpretation of what’s happening on screen.”

When he performs his score as part of a seven-piece chamber orchestra, backed by the 100-voice Vancouver Bach Choir at the Orpheum this Saturday, he’ll also be steering clear of too many string-filled Andrew Lloyd Webber references.

“I tried to just stay away from it,” he says, of the 1986

musical, which gave us such showstopping tunes as “Music of the Night” and “All I Ask ofYou”. “So any of the very famous kind of musical clichés Andrew Lloyd Webber put in, I tried to make sure that there was nothing really close to that just so it doesn’t feel related. I want it to feel like a new thing.”

Silent films became a point of fascination for Downing, a double bass player who teaches at the University of Toronto, after he was asked to improvise the score to Phantom for an outdoor film party being thrown by the Jackson Triggs winery in Ontario in 2003.

Downing says the experience of playing along with a movie live was inspirational.

“It actually makes it easier to write or play music,” Downing explains, “because something else is giving you the content, something else is giving you the mood.”

After the winery event, Downing’s friend, conductor Leslie Dala of the Vancouver Bach Choir, approached him with the idea to flesh out his score for voice, as well.

Downing created vocal parts based on snippets of text from the silent film, and they debuted their creation here in 2013.

Now three years later, they’re bringing it back;

Iconic gothic horror The Phantom of the Opera gets a 21st century remix. Kino Lorber photo

which is understandable, given the fact that, of all the silent films Downing has scored since (six, including The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and The Shock), Phantom is still one of his favourites.

“This one’s up there,” he confirms. “Partly because it’s such a thrill to do with the choir. I’m playing the double bass with the chamber group, and it’s such a rush to sit up there and hear these people kind of yelling at me,” he laughs.

It’s also a thrill to be led

by Dala, who, Downing says, knows instinctively how to sync the written music up with the action in the movie.

“Les is a very, very good conductor,” says Downing, “so when he sees a tempo

marking on the page – like, ‘quarter note equals 120 beats per minute’ – he knows exactly what that feels like, so he can guide us through it to make sure everything lines up where it’s supposed to.”

And while you might think that the whole evening is leading up the big reveal – the moment Christine rips away the Phantom’s mask and sees his face – Downing actually looks forward most to the movie’s longer scenes – the moments when the camera treats the opera house like an Iñárritu landscape.

“Some of my favourite moments, for the performance of it, are the few scenes that I call travelling scenes,” he says.

“They were shot in a way that, [because] the cinema-

tography was so beautiful, they wanted these scenes to last a long time,” he explains.

“For example, there’s one scene where the Phantom puts Christine on a horse and they travel through the catacombs under the opera.

That’s one of the parts where I include a lot of improvising for the musicians.There’s a groove happening, and we can be kind of playful with these weird and beautiful images that aren’t really integral to the story, but are just beautiful pieces of film to watch.” W $(4!07.,-2 +40' *'7%2 presents Downing’s Phantom of the Opera Feb. 20 at 8pm 4/ /'- 526'-." )'-4/2- 3##& Granville).Tickets from $29; (4!07.,-2+40'*'7%2107"

A tale of two Chutzpahs Dance and theatre collide at the Jewish Performing Arts Fest

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It wouldn’t be the Chutzpah!

Jewish Performing Arts Festival without a stacked contemporary dance calendar, and this year’s lineup doesn’t disappoint.

Coming right up, dance fans have their choice of Rome’s enchanting Spellbound Contemporary Ballet (Feb. 27-29); NewYork’s athletic MADBOOTS, doubled up with a world premier by Chutzpah! resident company Shay Kuebler Radical System Art (Feb. 20-22); or the return of the multimedia fury that is Israel’s Maria Kong (March 5-7).

But if we’re indulging our unabashed curiosity, it leads us straight to Wonderland – a rumbling, tumbling interpretation of animalism by New York choreographer Andrea Miller and her company, Gallim Dance (March 10-13).

According to Miller, Wonderland was initially inspired

by Chinese-born artist Cai Guo-Qiang’s stunning 2006 installation, Head On, which depicts a pack of wolves

charging blindly through the air into a glass panel representing the physical barrier that was the Berlin Wall.

“He has this gorgeous installation of these 99 wolves charging into a glass wall, and crashing into it, and then coming back to basically just do the same thing,” Miller recalls, speaking with Westender by phone. “And he was trying to show that there still are walls that we’re sort of blind to, that are invisible […] like fear, for example.”

The Juilliard graduate adds that, when she created Wonderland in 2010, it was also in response to her feelings about the Iraq war.

“At the time, we were in a war with Iraq that I felt very uncomfortable about,” says the former Batsheva dancer.

“I had been originally a supporter of it, because I was here in NewYork on Sept. 11, and it just felt like this is what had to happen,” she explains. “To see how it unfolded, though [...] I had just signed the cheques to this war by agreeing to all these fear statements that they threw out. And then I felt tremendously guilty,” she admits.

In Wonderland, eight dancers investigate the pros and cons of that pack-like mentality.The characters – the Fool,

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Death, the Lovers, and “Cassandra” – play out their roles throughout the 44-minute piece to a score ranging from Chopin to circus music to the Mickey Mouse Club theme song. Fluorescent green lighting, euphoric and grotesque facial expressions, and revealing flesh-coloured costumes add to the manic effect.

The 33-year-old choreographer is no stranger to Vancouver, having worked previously as a teacher at Arts Umbrella, but Wonderland is her company’s first Chutzpah! performance since 2010, and one of its most critically successful works to-date.

As a festival experience, however, Chutzpah! doesn’t simply coast on the strength of its dance programming. Artistic director Mary-Louise Albert augments the 25-day event with comedy, world music, and though-provoking theatre, which this year includes a world premiere by Israeli-Canadian playwright Itai Erdal.

Erdal burst onto the stage in 2011 with the debut of How to Disappear Completely. Prior to that, Erdal, who immigrated to Vancouver in 1999, had been enjoying an illustrious career behind the scenes as a theatrical lighting designer.

The play, the first theatre piece he wrote and performed

Ahead of the pack: Andrea Miller’s wolf-inspired Wonderland. Contributed photo in, told the true story of his mother Mery’s battle with cancer, and was an emotional and unequivocal hit.

Now, Erdal returns with A Very Narrow Bridge (March 5-13) – a complex tale of love, family, religion and immigration that begins, somewhat humorously, with Erdal’s divorce.

Set in the stark, site-specific confines of a boardroom at the Jewish Community Centre, AVery Narrow Bridge reenacts (in surreal fashion) the trial that Erdal the atheist endured in order to obtain a get – the divorce document required under Jewish law – for his Israeli ex-wife.

“Even though she was the Canadian one, she moved back to Israel and we broke up,” he explains, of the backstory. “And then, a few years later, when she wanted to get married in Israel, she asked

me to come and divorce her in the Rabbinical Institute.”

Produced by the Elbow Theatre Society and created in collaboration with Maiko Yamamoto of Theatre Replacement and Anita Rochon of Chop, AVery Narrow Bridge puts the audience in the witness seat for the somewhat eyebrow-raising experience.

“When the audience comes in, the three rabbis [played by Patti Allan,Tom Pickett and Anton Lipovetsky] are interrogating me,” he begins. “And that divorce was unbelievable – like a ceremony that you can never imagine,” Erdal exclaims. “A woman asks for a get in Judaism, and the man gives it,” he continues, with emphasis. “And so in all those hours we were there, they never talked to her once, they only talked to me. And they constantly asked me, ‘Are you

sure you want to divorce this woman? Was she unfaithful to you? Is she not pretty?’”

As with any divorce, there’s more to the story than just a parting of the ways, and Erdal has family and a fairly large secret to add to the drama.

But AVery Narrow Bridge is, at its core, a story of identity.

“Even though I’m a very successful immigration story, I still feel that immigrating is a very hard thing to do and I’m somewhat torn between two cultures,” says Erdal. “I will always be a little bit of an Israeli in Canada and a Canadian in Israel. And so I wanted to write a play about my relationship with Israel, about immigration, about Judaism [...] and about the lingering doubt in the back of every immigrant’s mind: whether or not they did the right thing.” W

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Some said it couldn’t be done, but Deadpool is the reigning king of the movies.

The Ryan Reynolds blockbuster – about Marvel’s crass and mouthy anti-hero – has smashed a helluva lot of records since it catapulted into theatres on Feb. 12: best February opening day; best February single day; best Rrated debut ever.

Deadpool is also Exhibit A that Vancouver’s recently embattled film industry is back and in fighting form.

Reynolds is a proud Vancouver boy (his Twitter handle is @VancityReynolds), and filming for this industry game-changer took place in and around the Lower Mainland in 2015.

The film poured more than $40 million into the local economy, and gave Vancouver crews, locations (oh hi, Georgia Viaduct), and on-screen talent the opportunity to shine in a variety of roles.

Kyle Cassie is one such Vancouver actor who stepped up to the Deadpool plate and hit a homerun.

Cassie has worked the local screen scene for nearly two decades. He’s logged guest and recurring gigs in television series like jPod, Stargate SG-1, Fringe,True Justice, and Arctic Air, and

Dennys Ilic photo appeared in films like Death Do Us Part and Cruel & Unusual.

In Deadpool, Cassie is Gavin Merchant, a character that he describes as dimwitted and douchey.

And in one of the film’s more memorable scene transitions, the action cuts from a close-up shot of Reynolds’ butt to a close-up of Cassie’s bedazzled behind.

Cassie’s five-page scene (which also features Vancouver actor Style Stenberg, who “plays the pizza guy, I’m the guy who owns the apartment, and Deadpool’s the guy who shows up and tosses us around”) was shot at Riverview Hospital, the former (and soon to be again) mental health facility that has a long list of film credits to its name, including The X-Files, Happy Gilmore, Sanctuary, and Romeo Must Die. For Cassie, the gig was a fun one, mainly because it afforded him the opportunity to work with a legend at the top of his own game. “[Reynolds] is such a ninja

with his skills,” says Cassie.

“I feel like he owns this tone more than anyone else in the business, so it was really cool to get to play with him and explore, and I was curious to see how much room we’d get to improvise, if at all. It was cool that we actually did get to do some of that, and some of it did make it into the film.”

The energy on set was positive, professional, and playful. Cassie never got a full script – only his own scene – and his first opportunity to see how his scene fit into the larger work was last week, when he attended a screening in LA. So, how does the final cut match Cassie’s memories of filming?

“The film is just a rollercoaster ride of awesome, just through every scene,” raves Cassie. “The one thing I felt, first and foremost, is ‘Holy crap, those five pages literally flew by in a matter of minutes,’ and the tone of the film and the pace of the film is so tight that, of course, nothing was milked.”

achieve whatever they’re trying to achieve in the story, and having to go through a lot of conflict to get there.

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who isn’t battling a ton of conflict,” says Cassie.

“Those interest me less than characters that are multilayered, that are so flawed and ultimately trying to

Cassie’s own origin story befits a fledgling superhero: shortly after high school, he was in a car accident that literally ended his life before they were able to bring him back. He remained in a coma for three weeks.

“When I woke up from that, it was such a harrowing experience, and I was so clear about, ‘Wow, life is just insanely precious, and the only thing I want to do is to give this film industry thing a shot,’” recalls Cassie.

“So I just stepped forward with great confidence, and have never really looked back since.”

In addition to Deadpool, Cassie can currently be seen turning in a near-naked cameo in the Vancouver indie comedy What An Idiot. (“There’s nothing like when [director and co-star Peter Benson] is like, ‘Okay, buddy, we’re going to grease you down in coconut oil now and you just hold a guitar in front of your privates wearing no other clothes.’”) The film arrived on iTunes and VOD platforms last week after a fruitful film festival run.

Next up for Cassie is the horror comedy Puppet Killer, which also stars Vancouver mainstays Aleks Paunovic, Lisa Durupt, Lee Majdoub, and Richard Harmon.

Jumping between genres suits Cassie just fine.

“I love the extremes of different characters,” says Cassie, who also works as a photographer and has edited four feature films, including the twisted horror flick Blackburn and 2013’s VIFF darling Leap 4Your Life!

“I’m not super excited about playing the straight man or the protagonist

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are serviceable at best, but Reynolds’ endlessly amusing quips and the torrent of snappy jokes courtesy of screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick make it arguably the funniest film of the year. Graphic violence, full frontal nudity (Vancouver’s own No. 5 Orange strip club figures prominently in one sequence), and coarse language throughout ensure the movie is not for children but that is perhaps what is so refreshing about it. The movie makes no apologies for its humble budget and basic premise; in fact it goes out of its way to make numerous meta-references that poke fun at everything from Hugh Jackman to Reynold’s own portrayal of the DC-owned Green Lantern.

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Starring Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin Directed by Tim Miller The Merc with a Mouth finally gets sweet, bloody justice in the long-awaited superhero spin-off flick Deadpool. Ryan Reynolds’ first on-screen incarnation of the fan favourite character occurred in the muchmaligned 2009 Wolverine standalone flick. Many questioned the cinematic future of the foul-mouthed anti-hero but fan support, talented writers, and a studio willing to gamble on an R-rated comic book movie have enabled it to succeed.

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By Rob Brezsny is not offensive “Old paint on a canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent,” said playwright Lillian Hellman. “When that happens, it is possible to see the original lines: a tree will show through a woman’s dress, a child makes way for a dog, a large boat is no longer on an open sea.”

Why does this happen? Because the painter changed his or her mind. Early images were replaced, painted over. I suspect that a metaphorical version of this is underway in your life. Certain choices you made in the past got supplanted by choices you made later. They disappeared from view. But now those older possibilities are re-emerging for your consideration. I’m not saying what you should do about them. I simply want to alert you to their ghostly presence so they don’t cause confusion.

Let’s talk about your mouth. Since your words flow out of it, you use it to create and shape a lot of your experiences. Your mouth is also the place where food and drink enter your body, as well as some of the air you breathe. So it’s crucial to fueling every move you make. You experience the beloved sense of taste in your mouth. You use your mouth for kissing and other amorous activities. With its help, you sing, moan, shout, and laugh. It’s quite expressive, too. As you move its many muscles, you send out an array of emotional signals. I’ve provided this summary in the hope of inspiring you to celebrate your mouth, Taurus. It’s prime time to enhance your appreciation of its blessings!

Coloring books for adults are best-sellers. Tightly-wound folks relieve their stress by using crayons and markers to brighten up black-and-white drawings of butterflies, flowers, mandalas, and pretty fishes. I highly recommend that you avoid this type of recreation in the next three weeks, as it would send the wrong message to your subconscious mind. You should expend as little energy as possible working within frameworks that others have made. You need to focus on designing and constructing your own frameworks.

The Old Testament book of Leviticus presents a long list of forbidden activities, and declares that anyone who commits them should be punished. You’re not supposed to get tattoos, have messy hair, consult oracles, work on Sunday, wear clothes that blend wool and linen, plant different seeds in the same field, or eat snails, prawns, pigs, and crabs. (It’s OK to buy slaves, though.) We laugh at how absurd it would be for us to obey these outdated rules and prohibitions, and yet many of us retain a superstitious loyalty toward guidelines and beliefs that are almost equally obsolete. Here’s the good news, Cancerian: Now is an excellent time to dismantle or purge your own fossilized formulas.

“I would not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well,” said the philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau. In accordance with your astrological constitution, Leo, I authorize you to use this declaration as your own almost any time you feel like it. But I do suggest that you make an exception to the rule during the next four weeks. In my opinion, it will be time to focus on increasing your understanding of the people you care about – even if that effort takes time and energy away from your quest for ultimate selfknowledge. Don’t worry: You can return to emphasizing Thoreau’s perspective by the equinox.

You are entering the inquisitive phase of your astrological cycle. One of the best ways to thrive during the coming weeks will be to ask more questions than you have asked since you were five years old. Curiosity and good listening skills will be superpowers that you should you strive to activate. For now, what matters most is not what you already know but rather what you need to find out. It’s a favorable time to gather information about riddles and mysteries that have perplexed you for a long time. Be super-receptive and extra wide-eyed!

Poet Barbara Hamby says the Russian word ostyt can be used to describe “a cup of tea that is too hot, but after you walk to the next room, and return, it is too cool.” A little birdie told me that this may be an apt metaphor for a current situation in your life.

I completely understand if you wish the tea had lost less of its original warmth, and was exactly the temperature you like, neither burning nor tepid. But that won’t happen unless you try to reheat it, which would change the taste. So what should you do? One way or the other, a compromise will be necessary.

Do you want the lukewarm tea or the hot tea with a different flavor?

Russian writer Ivan Turgenev was a Scorpio. Midway through his first novel Rudin, his main character Dmitrii Nikolaevich Rudin alludes to a problem that affects many Scorpios. “Do you see that apple tree?”

Rudin asks a woman companion. “It is broken by the weight and abundance of its own fruit.” Ouch! I want very much for you Scorpios to be spared a fate like that in the coming weeks. That’s why I propose that you scheme about how you will express the immense creativity that will be welling up in you. Don’t let your lush and succulent output go to waste.

Asking you Sagittarians to be patient may be akin to ordering a bonfire to burn more politely. But it’s my duty to inform you of the cosmic tendencies, so I will request your forbearance for now. How about some nuances to make it more palatable? Here’s a quote from author David G. Allen: “Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind.” Novelist Gustave Flaubert: “Talent is a long patience.” French playwright Moliere: “Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.” Writer Ann Lamott: “Hope is a revolutionary patience.” I’ve saved the best for last, from Russian novelist Irène Némirovsky: “Waiting is erotic.”

“If you ask for help it comes, but not in any way you’d ever know.” Poet Gary Snyder said that, and now I’m passing it on to you, Capricorn. The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to think deeply about the precise kinds of help you would most benefit from – even as you loosen up your expectations about how your requests for aid might be fulfilled.

Be aggressive in seeking assistance, but ready and willing to be surprised as it arrives.

For a limited time only, 153 is your lucky number.

Mauve and olive are your colors of destiny, the platypus is your power animal, and torn burlap mended with silk thread is your magic texture. I realize that all of this may sound odd, but it’s the straight-up truth. The nature of the cosmic rhythms are rather erratic right now. To be in maximum alignment with the irregular opportunities that are headed your way, you should probably make yourself magnificently mysterious, even to yourself.

To quote an old teacher, this might be a good time to be “so unpredictable that not even you yourself knows what’s going to happen.”

In the long-running TV show M*A*S*H*, the character known as Sidney Freedman was a psychiatrist who did his best to nurture the mental health of the soldiers in his care. He sometimes departed from conventional therapeutic approaches. In the series finale, he delivered the following speech, which I believe is highly pertinent to your current quest for good mental hygiene: “I told you people something a long time ago, and it’s just as pertinent today as it was then. Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice: Pull down your pants and slide on the ice.”

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I remember when Joe Rogan had hair. First, playing the aloof electrician on the ‘90s sitcom Newsradio, then hosting the reality show Fear Factor where he encouraged contestants to eat maggots and jump out of planes for a cash prize. He was always bulky, but he got bigger, training in mixed martial arts, and then shaving his head down to a cue ball. In 2002, he became a UFC sports commentator and he developed a popular stand-up career.

After moving back to Los Angeles from Colorado, he started a podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience. This is where I started to understand Rogan for more than just his brawn.

This April, Rogan tweeted, “My issue with feminists is purely the ones that are clearly anti-male so much so that MRA or Male Rights Advocate becomes an insult.” Apparently, he was accused by a SJW feminist of being a Men’s Rights Advocate, a label he definitely did not like. “Overall, it’s incredibly foolish to pretend men have been more oppressed than women,” Rogan responded to a commenter.

But apparently, I’m a bad feminist, because I respect Joe Rogan.

The feminist populace doesn’t like Rogan, or he just has not even come into their radar. Why would he? On the surface, Rogan personifies bro culture. His podcast is sponsored by dietary supplements used by other work-out buffs like himself, he loves mixed martial arts and is known for his distain for politically correct candor and fascist thought-policing.

Like the animal kingdom’s ultimate alpha male, the silverback gorilla, Rogan is confrontational, loud and unforgiving and he laughs beta male feminists off with a back-handed thud. I get why feminists wouldn’t bother to look beyond the bro in him.

“The only reason why feminism exists is because there is an imbalance,” Rogan later said on his podcast, fleshing out his statement. “If there wasn’t an imbalance then there wouldn’t be this need to be extreme to one side…

Doesn’t mean that the

Men’s Rights guys are right when they say stupid shit like, men get raped more than women. Yeah, you get raped by one another you dumb fuck. It’s such a dumb thing to say.

It’s such a disingenuous argument. Are you really worried about getting raped, dude? Because I do not worry about it, ever.”

When I listen to The Joe Rogan Experience, I get a glimpse into how deeply misunderstood feminism is by certain men and I don’t blame them. Feminist ideology has always been contentious: a tangle of identity politics crisscrossing over one another all trying to unify under the umbrella of “feminism”. It’s constantly in flux and like any political identity, it’s personal and disjoined. Come on, even fascism isn’t that organized. Furthermore, male feminist scholars like Michael Kimmel like to school the “less evolved” guys out there, by pointing out that “men don’t think gender is about them” and that is political as well as a problem.

One quick Google search through the Rogan archives and there are plenty of clips where Rogan and guests discuss current gender issues free of political correctness. As a feminist, I’m more interested in hearing what men like

Rogan think, rather than a bunch of self-proclaimed male feminists who are just regurgitating the rhetoric they think I want to hear.

No one learns being pandered to.

Rogan is more than just a loud mouth, alpha male, who loves UFC as much as his morning dose of pot.

He’s a new breed of masculine. One that identifies as “politically homeless” and isn’t afraid of being curious, argumentative or even wrong.

“There are people who are trying to limit the words we use, the English language, but not the intent,” Rogan recently said on his show.

“Not the thought behind the words, not the philosophy or way of looking at life, which for most of us, is constantly evolving as we get older. We have fuck-ups and mistakes and say things we wish we could take back. It’s not just about the words themselves, but the intent.”

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