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By The BottleA6 Fresh SheetA7 The GrowlerA7 MusicA8 Reel PeopleA9 Movie reviewsA9 What’s OnA10 Best of the City 2016 pull-out guideB11 RANT//RAVE email: rantrave@westender.com Winners’ profilesB11 ALL RANTS ARE THE OPINION OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND DO NOT REFLECT THE OPINIONS OF THE WESTENDER. Readers’ poll resultsB14 THE EDITOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO EDIT FOR CLARITY AND BREVITY, SO PLEASE KEEP IT SHORT AND (BITTER)SWEET. LOUD business directoryA36 that’s how to make VancouDENSE DECISION LOVE FOR HILLCREST Real EstateA37 ver the greenest city, isn’t it?

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Re:“Real estate real talk,” Rant/Rave, Feb. 18, 2016.

With reference to Grant’s column and BigRookieInc’s comments about the housing situation, what they fail to address is that when young people were starting out on the property ladder 25 years ago home ownership did not seem like an impossible dream, it was difficult but more attainable then, to illustrate this you only need to look at last week’s Westender where it stated that the average sale price of a home in the region jumped 31 per cent last year on top of already horrendously inflated prices. In contrast most Vancouverites salary probably only increased by 2-3 per cent, if at all, during the same period. –Anonymous

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City of Vancouver announces $5-million bike share system Public bike share program to set up 150 stations with 1,500 bicycles

MIKE HOWELL @howellings

The city will spend $5 million over the next five years and could lose $400,000 per year in parking meter revenue to bring a muchpromised public bike rental system to Vancouver this summer.

Jerry Dobrovolny, the city’s general manager of engineering services, used Tuesday’s city council meeting to announce the deal with CycleHop Corp.

Canada Inc., which promises to set up 150 stations with 1,500 bicycles.

“It’s been an eight-year journey,” said Dobrovolny, noting council first floated the idea for a bike rental system, or bike share, in 2008.

He said the agreement with CycleHop, which is based in Ottawa and operates the largest “smart bike” system in North America, was finalized Monday and will launch June 15. The deal involves French company Smoove, which will supply the bicycles for rent in downtown and in an area bounded by Arbutus Street,

16th Avenue and Main Street.

“I’m doing a happy dance today,” said Vision Vancouver Coun. Heather Deal, who pushed for the system.

The locations of the bike stations haven’t been finalized but Dobrovolny said they will not be placed in front of stores that already rent bicycles to the public.

The installation of the stations will mean a loss in parking meters, which will mean a loss in parking revenue. Staff ’s initial research on implementing a bike rental system estimated the loss in revenue at $800,000 per year. Dobrovolny said CycleHop agreed to pay the city $400,000 per year to cover the loss of parking revenue. It will then be up to the city to absorb the rest of the loss, he said.

NPA Coun. George Affleck, who has long been concerned about the impact such a system would have on existing bike rental stores, asked Dobrovolny to reveal the extent of that loss.

“The actual amount of lost parking revenue is unknown at this point,” he replied. “It could be zero to $400,000... but until we identify all the station locations, we won’t have a final count on how many meter spaces that are affected.”

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A public bicycle rental system will launch in June in Vancouver. Dan Toulgoet photo CycleHop comes three years after the city signed a deal in April 2013 with Alta Bike Share of Portland to supply a bike rental system in Vancouver. But that deal collapsed because Alta’s preferred supplier of bikes, PBSC Solutions, filed a notice of intention to seek protection under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act

related to its Montreal bike share system and mounting debt. Alta was then later acquired by another company in New York, which stalled the implementation of a system in Vancouver. The delays and business problems forced the city to scrap the deal last year.

The original agreement was to have Alta own,

finance and operate the system and provide customer service. Alta also had to secure corporate sponsorship and donation contracts.

Affleck referred to the problems of that agreement in further questioning Dobrovolny about how the city would be protected against any loss, if a similar scenario were to unfold.

CycleHop is responsible for the “business risk” associated with the agreement, said Dobrovolny, noting the city has negotiated several “safeguards” to provide varying levels of security throughout the five years of the contract.

Affleck: “Does that include us taking over this company, if it goes bankrupt?”

Dobrovolny: “That’s an option that’s available, it’s not an obligation. There’s a number of what-ifs that we could do. It could be assigned to a different operator, the city could take it on, we could go back out to tender again.”

Added Dobrovolny: “I’d like finish by saying we have every expectation that it’s going to be very successful.

We plan for the worst and hope for the best.”

If successful, the bike system would expand west to Macdonald Street and east to Commercial Drive. The system will operate all year, 24 hours per day. Helmets will be provided with the bikes at no extra cost to the user.

The city was expected to hold a news conference Wednesday to reveal more information about how the system works and what it will cost to rent a bike. W –Courtesy ofVancouver Courier

No SAD snowbirds in Palm Springs of the Sun”, where unlike most cities on Planet Earth, some of the best dining in Palm Springs can be found at the hotels. (Note: This is a 100 per cent non-sponsored article.)

Grant Lawrence Vancouver Shakedown @GrantLawrence

The first thing you’ll notice is the brightness.You’ll instantly reach for your sunglasses when you step off the plane into the warm, open-air arrival terminal.

Looking up, there’s just something about a palm tree against a blue sky. Welcome to Palm Springs, California.

If Vancouver’s perpetual rainy, dark and grey weather of early 2016 has you in a SAD state, Palm Springs is your quickest escape from seasonal affective disorder to practically guaranteed sunshine. It’s closer than Mexico, cheaper than Hawaii, and warmer than LA. Granted, there’s no ocean, but there’s a city full of swimming pools, and it’s dangerously easy to do nothing but completely relax in the desert heat.

In the past few years,

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Ernest Coffee in sunny Palm Springs. Grant Lawrence photo thanks to popular events like Palm Springs International Film Festival (January), Modernism Week (February), and the Coachella Music Festival (April), Palm Springs is… actually cool again. The town that for years has been a seniors’ paradise has undergone a renaissance boom of mid-century modern retro appreciation, and that ultra-

hip, mostly orange presence is just about everywhere you look, including the everemerging scene of outdoor restaurants and swank hotels.

For food lovers, there are plenty of scrumptious eateries at a variety of price points to satiate your cravings between pool dips. Here’s a few gastro tips for your next jaunt to the “Garden

Cheeky’s is by far the best brunch spot in town. They offer an actual flight of bacon (five different flavours for $5) as well as insanely excellent, best-ever, corn-infused buttermilk pancakes. Don’t be scared off by the long line up out front. The wait is worth it.

MID-MORNING PERK

Ernest Coffee is a tiny new cafe in the uptown design district that has a Vancouver feel, so it wasn’t a huge surprise to find out the owner is Canadian.

Great service, kid-friendly, and one of the only places in town serving Stumptown Coffee. My wife visited almost daily for the latte.

LUNCH

The Ace Hotel is a fun place to stay if you’re under 45 and don’t want to break the bank. It’s also practically a one-stop shop if you didn’t rent a car. Their large restaurant (a converted Denny’s) is an easy spot to drop into for lunch, there’s always a table available, the food is generally good, and breakfast is served until 3pm. Be sure to take a voyeuristic gawk around the Ace’s hipster pool scene in the inner courtyard after your meal, too (kid-friendly, despite nefarious pool activities).

AFTERNOON SNACKS

Clean yourself up and check out the Barn Kitchen at Sparrows Lodge, an ultraWestern-chic boutique heritage hotel of just 20 rooms.

The open-air, poolside barn offers fresh sandwiches, salads, and small bites until 6pm in a ridiculously relaxing atmosphere (21 and over).

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For a casual, fun night, the totally authentic, surprisingly non-tacky Tonga Hut is a Polynesian breeze on “Taco Tuesday”: three delicious, hard shell, “tiki-themed” pork, fish, or chicken tacos served with a beautiful Mai Tai, all for just $12. For the upscale and very tacky, you cannot beat the Rat Pack time warp that is Melvyn’s. Peoplewatching to the extreme!

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After dark, Ernest Coffee adds to the mid-century tiki theme by lighting the torches of the Bootlegger, their miniature, backroom, hole-in-the-wall bar located behind the cafe. Really cheap, local beer and great cocktails in a room that seats maybe 20 people. Canadian-owned! If you can weather the exchange rate, Palm Springs could be your direct ticket to blue skies, good food, and total leisure, because, like I said, there’s just something about a palm tree against a bright, blue sky. W

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Love bees, especially the wild ones!

David Suzuki Science Matters

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Many environmental campaigns over the past 50 years have aimed at getting people to care for imperilled species in wild, far-off places.The focus in Canada has often been on large, photogenic, culturally important animals, with bonus points for campaigns that include alliteration, bumper stickerfriendly slogans and plush toys.

This has been a sensible and often successful strategy.

Over the past few years smaller, charismatic critters closer to home have buzzed into the spotlight: bees.

About a decade ago, beekeepers in Europe and North America started noticing serious declines in honeybee populations. Bees have lost much of their natural habitat to urbanization and industrial agriculture and face increased stress from climate change-related drought and severe winters.These threats,

coupled with the global spread of diseases and pests and a dramatic increase in the use of agricultural pesticides like neonicotinoids, have resulted in unprecedented losses for beekeepers. (Because bees and other insects provide ecological services like pollination, it makes no sense to declare war against all just to eliminate or control the few nuisances.)

The honeybee decline has been big news partly because they make delicious honey, but more importantly because they’re pollinators. About

three-quarters of flowering plants and more than a third of food crops worldwide depend on pollinators – from bees and butterflies to hummingbirds and bats. As a result, governments across the globe are developing strategies to protect them, including Ontario with its recently proposed Pollinator Health Action Plan.

Public attention in Canada has largely focused on domesticated European honeybees, but research indicates the honeybee crisis is part of a wider

problem affecting hundreds of lesser-known but crucially important wild bee species.

Of about 800 wild bee species in Canada, more than 90 per cent have a “solitary” lifestyle rather than living in large, social colonies.Twothirds of these are groundnesters, including bumblebees, mining and digger bees that make nests in soil and under leaves and rocks.The rest are cavity-nesters like mason and carpenter bees that burrow in hollow stems, twigs and logs.

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Although honeybees get the headlines and most of the credit for pollinating flowers and crops, studies show that wild bees can be two or three times better at pollination, and some, like mason bees, can be up to 80 times more effective.

The good news is that the honeybee crisis has galvanized interest in all pollinators, inspiring thousands of groups and citizens worldwide to establish new spaces for them, from wild bee hotels and rooftop honeybee hives to pollinator gardens in parks and schoolyards.

As our communities grow, pollinator habitat is fragmented into increasingly disconnected patches that disrupt natural pathways, making the potential of connected networks of habitat within cities especially fascinating. Oslo’s Bumblebee Highway, Seattle’s Pollinator Pathway and Hamilton’s Pollinator Paradise are all great local initiatives.

Establishing an urban pollinator corridor is also at the heart of the David Suzuki Foundation’s Homegrown National Park Project, which since 2013 has created more than 50 pollinator-friendly patches along the path of a creek now buried beneath Toronto – from small guerrilla plantings to a network of flower-filled canoe planters in schools, cafés, churches, parks and yards.

This spring, the Foundation will launch the Great Canadian Butterflyway Project, to inspire bee-friendly urban innovations and neighbourhood-scale pollinator corridors across the country.

Through videos, tips and other resources, the project will profile projects nationwide that are bringing nature home, one pollinator-friendly planting at a time.

You can become part of the growing movement to protect pollinators. Head to the library (or check out DavidSuzuki.org/pollinators) to research the amazing diversity of wild bees and other pollinators in your community.While you’re there, learn what flowers and shrubs best support those species, and what might work in your yard or on your balcony.Then check out what local groups are up to.

Want to show wild bees some love? Create a sanctuary in your yard or garden by leaving a sunny patch of bare soil for ground-nesters. Add some pithy stems, sticks and wood debris for cavity-nesters.

And be sure not to disturb the nests over winter.

Will the buzz generated by media stories and pun-filled campaigns save the bees? Only time will tell. In the meantime, we can all help by making bees welcome in our yards and neighbourhoods. W Learn more at DavidSuzuki.org.

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Designer Files: Office design gets RAW Jennifer Scott A Good Chick to Know

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My Modern Closet founder Chloe Popove. Contributed photo

A modern approach to consignment Niki Hope Style File

@NikiMHope Chloe Popove is taking the idea of the modern closet quite literally – by redefining the way Vancouver women shop for pre-loved threads.

The 23-year-old launched her online consignment store last November as a way to help fashion fans steer clear of buying cheap clothes made for quick consumption, often by workers being paid less than a living wage. Popove made the leap to her new enterprise from a stressful career in the fast-fashion retail biz, working on the floor and watching shoppers buy thousands of dollars’ worth of clothes in one sitting, and then coming back just weeks later to do it all over again.

She no longer wanted to be a cog in the fast fashion wheel, but she still loved clothes, particularly hunting for unique vintage finds – over the cookie-cutter clothes she saw in the big-name stores.

With her new online consignment site, My Modern Closet, women get the chance to discover their own sweet finds while shopping at home in their underwear.There’s no need to pursue racks with that aged, pungent people smell that permeates your nostrils at so many vintage stores, and no need scour through racks of clothes that aren’t even remotely your size. My Modern Closet enables shoppers to hone in on their size, price, and even collections curated by localVancouver personalities, such as blogger Elaine Rystead of the tourism site LocalWanderer; advocateTori Swanson, who is igniting a conversation around eating disorders; and local fitness dynamo Keighty Gallagher, founder and head coach ofTight Club Athletics.

The site includes lines such as J Brand denim, Aritizia’s many labels, Zara,Won Hundred, Lululemon, Partyskirts, Rag + Bone, and Citizens of

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Humanity. Standouts currently on My Modern Cloest include a soft cream like-newWilfred dress for $50, and a sleeveless Everly dress with a Moroccaninspired print, also $50.

For potential consignees, here’s how My Modern Closet works: the online consignment store pays out 20 per cent cash up front (through an e-transfer within 24 hours), and 20 per cent in credit towards another purchase at My Modern Closet.

Interested consignees book an appointment through the website and Popove comes to them – as a way to eliminate the back-an-forth hassle of consignment. She picks up the clothes and takes them home to clean, steam and photograph before uploading.

If the clothes don’t work for the website, Popove donates them to local charities, such as Dress for Success, Get Warm Project, Gordon Nelson House, ensuring the garments have a second life – wherever they go.

For those who can’t always shop for pre-loved goods, Popove suggests being mindful about what they buy in general – know where it was made, understand how employees are treated and paid, and its impact on the environment. Beware of fast fashion, and investment shop for the longterm, she suggests.

Her advice: don’t buy a dozen cheap white T-shirts, instead buy one really well-made shirt that you’ll treasure and be able to wear again and again.

“It’s not about brand bashing, and I’ve never wanted people to stop shopping, I’m just saying, let’s change the demand. Let’s change the wages, working conditions,” the platinum-blonde bobbed fashion firecracker says while sipping coffee at Greenhorn Café in theWest End. “It’s been a lot of learning. I’m not claiming to be a professional or know everything in this industry, but what I do know is that we have power as consumers, and I want people to know what those powers are.” W

I’ve always maintained that style crosses the barriers between fashion and design, and the fundamental principles of silhouette, palette and aesthetic are interchangeable between the two platforms of expression.

However, I was surprised to learn that Dutch fashion label G-Star RAW and Vitra (representing the designs of celebrated French designer Jean Prouvé) collaborated to create a new, limited edition collection of office furniture.

Prouvé RAW represents the utilitarian, structured and technical design philosophies that both brands embody to create a minimalistic line of furnishings with carefully curated details. Pulling the overall inspiration from the mid-century original works of Jean Prouvé, Vitra then looked to G-Star for influential colours and details; paying homage to the industrial Prouvé aesthetic, various shades of industrial green take precedence, mixed with leathers, steel and solid wood. Overall, the feeling of the pieces captures Prouvé’s values of hard work, authenticity and sustainability.

When I inquired about the inception of the collaboration, Cliff Rullow of Vitra Home North America explained, “The owners of G-Star are big fans of Jean Prouvé’s designs and architecture. Around 2010, G-Star needed new chairs for their office in Amsterdam and found the Prouvé Fauteil Direction chair in the Prouvé design archives.

They contacted the Prouvé family to find out if they could have some of these chairs produced for their office; the Prouvé family directed them to Vitra, who were producing a few other pieces of Prouvé’s already.

Then G-Star worked with Vitra to re-imagine a few Prouvé designs with their design palette.”

A love for a single chair then transformed into a full homage to Prouvé as the entire G-Star RAW headquarters offices, conference rooms and canteens were outfitted in the designs Prouvé created over 70 years ago for French corporations and universities. Taking the passion for the design a step further, the crossover collection was born with single and double workstations, conference tables and office chairs, amongst various other pieces; initially produced exclusively for G-Star, the

Fashion label G-Star RAW has re-imagined the designs of the Jean Prouvé furniture collection for manufacturer Vitra, on exhibit in Vancouver Feb. 26-March 31. Contributed photos Prouvé RAW Office Edition is now being made available to other companies, collectors and the public.

But here’s the catch: this is a very limited edition line of furniture and lighting, only being offered until the end of 2016. Each piece boasts an authenti-

cated special edition label, adding to the exclusivity it has already garnered. This collection will launch with special one-month exhibit in Vancouver’s Railtown design district within Inform Contract [the trade division of Inform Interiors] at 405 Railway Street. The Prouvé

RAW Office Collection exhibit will be open to the public commencing on Feb. 26, and can be viewed by appointment from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, through until March 31. To schedule a viewing of the line, contact Inform Contract at 604-255-2500. W

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New West dives into waterfront dining Anya Levykh Nosh

@FoodgirlFriday If the thought of NewWestminster brings to mind a large semi-industrial city with an underutilized waterfront, you owe it to yourself to check your assumptions at the SkyTrain gate and take a ride on the Expo Line down to the revitalized and food-forward River Market on the quay, as well as the surrounding neighbourhood.

What was once a drab wharf-centric shipping zone is a now a busy neighbourhood crammed with new residential developments and the businesses that cater to them.When it comes to food, especially, NewWest is becoming a destination for dining and drinking, thanks to a few old and new standouts.

LONGTAIL KITCHEN

Owner Angus An knew what he was doing when he opened this popular eatery focusing on Thai street food-inspired eats.

The bright, window-walled space looks out over the water, and the casual and colourful interior perfectly matches the food. Chef Justin Cheung excels at dishes like the addictive crispy chicken wings with taramind sauce, pad thai, and green curry with fish cake.

Simple delights like pulled roti drowned in condensed milk make for a sweet and silky finish. LongtailKitchen.com

Freebird Chicken Shack.

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Longtail chef Justin Cheung (left) with owner Angus An. Hamid Attie photo

FREEBIRD CHICKEN SHACK

Just a few steps away from Longtail sits its brand-new sister restaurant, Freebird. It’s really just a take-away counter in the main food court, but don’t be fooled by its small size.This is some truly stellar free-range and organicThai-style rotisserie chicken.You can order it in one of two ways.The first style sees the chicken marinated overnight in coconut milk, fish sauce, garlic, soy sauce and palm sugar, before being spitted, roasted and garnished with fried, crispy shallots and toasted rice.The second version is aThai take on Haina-

nese chicken, which is salted and poached in a lemongrass and coriander broth, and then roasted to order. Either way, the meat is silky and moist. Get it in whole ($20), half ($12) or quarter ($8) portions, or make it a meal with rice and papaya salad. Come early to order the breakfast congee with salted egg, it’s an eye-opener.

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D ROTI SHAK

Trinidadian cuisine isn’t quite as common in the Lower Mainland as it is inToronto (thanks to the latter’s large West Indies population). But, for anyone in the know, D Roti

Shak’s new bright yellow-andgreen room (it recently went through some renovations) on 12th Street is the place to go when the hankering for proper roti and doubles comes on.

Don’t know about doubles?

This light sandwich houses tender, curried chickpeas between pillowy, curried rounds of flatbread. Goat curry is also stellar here, but try it in the “bus up shut” roti for extra eye-rolling happiness. Phulourie, little rounds of deep-fried split peas with tamarind sauce, make a great starter.Wash it all down with peanut punch (yes, it’s a thing and you will love it).

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EL SANTO

Named for a famed Mexican wrestler who was the childhood hero of owner Alejandro Diaz, El Santo is a pleasant surprise on ever-more-trendy Columbia Street.The blue-walled and elegant room boasts a long bar that stretches to the back, where a cork-face sculpture of the original El Santo graces the wall. Bright yellow booths line the other side, and a semi-open kitchen features a glass-walled opening that gives you tantalizing peeks of what’s on the grill.

The menu is more upscale than what locals are used to

Saluting 10 years of Tantalus Riesling Michaela Morris By the Bottle

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I clearly remember my first sip of Tantalus’ Riesling almost 10 years ago. A colleague poured the inaugural 2005 vintage and asked me to guess where it was from. I went through my list of Riesling producing regions and finally settled on Australia. I was shocked when I learned it was from BC, which I didn’t even consider.

It’s not that I hadn’t tasted good Riesling from BC; I simply hadn’t come across one so distinct and bold.

While the Tantalus label was new, the vineyard was well established. Prior to Eric Savics purchasing it in 2004, the property was called Pinot Reach and world-renown wine writer Jancis Robinson was among those who recognized its potential as far back as the late 1990s.

Besides some of the oldest Riesling in the valley (planted in 1978), it boasted 1985 plantings of Pinot Noir and

The tasting room at Tantalus Vineyards. Lionel Trudel photo Chardonnay along with “an Okanagan fruit salad of everything else” says winemaker David Paterson. Savics kept the good (the former three) and pulled out the bad, meaning grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon that never had any hope of ripening in this southeastern Kelowna location. In consideration of the terroir

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and growing conditions, he replaced these with more Riesling with the singular goal of making world-class wine.

Over a decade later,Tantalus hosted a 10-year anniversary tasting of every vintage of its Riesling from 2005 to 2014.The wines are a study in the evolution of the property.

From 2005 to 2007 the wines

were made entirely from the old vines.The 2008 possesses a small amount of the young vines and by 2009 grapes from these newer plantings make up the backbone of the blend. (Note that Tantalus also makes an ‘Old Vines’ cuvée which is drier in style and comes from selected plots and grapes.)

At over 10 years old, the 2005 exudes apricot and honey but is still vibrant and full of life. I just loved the 2008 with its beautiful floral aromas and seamless balance.

The 2012 also stands out with precise orchard fruit, minerals and lingering finish.The latest release, the 2014, is all peaches and apple with piercing acidity and a promising future.

The 2009 vintage is also the year that the current winemaker came on board. David Paterson had just returned to BC after working a season at the famed Henschke property in Australia’s EdenValley. He landed a job atTantalus taking over from Matt Holmes. It wasn’t the easiest year to start.

The new winery was only half finished and the temperature dropped suddenly and severely.

They had to call on the local rugby team to help pick everything as quickly as possible.

Every vintage has its own personality from cooler ones like 2010 and 2011 contributing to a leaner expression to hotter years like 2009 and 2013 giving more richness.

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when it comes to Mexican, but that’s all to the good.

The tequila list is long, and flights are available, as well as select mezcals, and a very decent wine list that focuses exclusively on local bottles (all available by the glass).

Classics like sopa Azteca with pulled Farmcrest chicken, avocado, chilli-tomato broth and Oaxaca cheese are beautifully spiced and hearty.

Braised beef cheek taco with crispy shallots and salsa roja are meltingly good, and the trio of guacamoles are made to order and garnished with pomegranate and crispy pork rinds. ElSanto.ca W

Paterson also recognizes the role the winemaker plays. He has refined a style that was established at the outset. His wines are just a little bit softer and slightly less angular than Holmes’. He seeks to create an equilateral triangle if you will, balancing of sugar, acidity and weight.

Tantalus wasn’t the first to make good Riesling but their success brought attention to this grape in BC. And perhaps it encouraged some to up their game.

“Now there are a whole bunch of people who grow great Riesling,” asserts Paterson. I couldn’t agree more.

I’ve enjoyed fine examples from Okanagan wineries Gehringer Brothers, 8th Generation, Synchromesh, Quail’s Gate and Mission Hill, along with Orofino and Little Farm in the Similkameen just to name a few.

Despite all the accolades Tantalus has received thus far, Paterson proclaims, “the next 10 years are what we are really excited about.”

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Chef David Hawksworth has revealed the name of his much-anticipated new restaurant. Nightingale will be a more casual offering than Hawksworth’s eponymous original restaurant at Rosewood Hotel Georgia.

The new dining spot is also themed around contemporary Canadian cuisine, but with a focus on share plates, house-made pastas, woodfired pizzas, salads and charcuterie. The name is based on Aesop’s fable The Hawk and the Nightingale. Opening is set for spring. HawkNightingale.com Perch Restaurant, which opened in September on the rooftop of the Student Nest at UBC, has now closed.

The not-for-profit restaurant was designed to support student programs including SafeWalk, Speakeasy and the Sexual Assault Support Centre. No word yet on future plans for the space.

Miradoro Restaurant at Tinhorn Creek Vineyards in Oliver will reopen for the season on March 1. Executive chef Jeff van Geest will launch a new spring menu focusing on the culinary traditions of the Mediterranean combined with the Ocean Wise seafood. Tinhorn.com/ Restaurant On Saturday, Feb. 27, L’Abattoir will be hosting a special dinner with Il Poggione, one of Montacino, Italy’s oldest and largest family-run wineries. The four-course dinner will be paired with select wines from the estate, and includes yellowtail ceviche, smoked duck breast, grilled beef shortrib, and dessert. Tickets $175.

Labattoir.ca On Sunday, Feb. 28, La Pentola continues their family supper series with a dinner focusing on pastas

and wines from Sicily, Campagnia, Tuscany, Veneto and Piedmont. Tickets $50 per person ($80 with wine pairings). LaPentola.ca On Feb. 28, El Camino’s is holding its annual Oscar Party from 3pm-8pm, which will include Oscar Bingo, food and drink specials, including a bocadillo and Pacifico for $12, and viewing of the awards.

Prizes will be awarded to the best dressed and the Oscar Bingo winner. ElCaminos.ca On Wednesday, March 9, the hospitality and media industries are coming together to support one of their own.

Michael White, former editor of Westender and Vancouver Magazine and award-winning author of Popkiss:The Life and Afterlife of Sarah Records, was recently diagnosed with cervical dystonia, a rare and debilitating chronic neurological movement disorder.

Writer, Blocked: A Benefit for Michael White, will take place at Café Medina and will feature canapes provided

by Café Medina, cheese and charcuterie from La Grotta del Formaggio, and dessert

by Bella Gelateria, as well as wine from SeeYa Later Ranch.There will also be a silent auction with donations from numerous supporters.

Tickets $49 per person.WriterBlocked.Eventbrite.ca The annual Pig Out Festival is back at Covert Farms in Oliver on Saturday, April 30. Chefs from eight local restaurants will showcase their-hog-roasting skills, and local wineries will be offering up wines to pair with the dishes.There will also be live entertainment.Tickets $55.

OliverOsoyoos.com/Events Mamie Taylor’s regional, longtable dinner series continues on March 16 with a TexMex menu.The four-course dinner includes a classic margarita, oxtail jalapeno poppers, gulf shrimp tortilla soup, chilli-rubbed hanger steak, and goat milk caramel quesadilla.Tickets $45 per person.

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“I just want to be amazing. That’s really all I ever wanted, since I was a little kid.”

This is one of the last things rapper SonReal tells the Westender on the line from a Freshii’s restaurant in Toronto, where he’s gulping down green smoothies and kale noodle bowls with his entourage a few hours ahead of a Canadian tour kick-off. Ambitious as it may be, there’s not much arrogance in his voice as he lays out this lofty goal. And with a current string of viral video hits and Juno Award nominations under his belt, the Vancouver-based artist has definitely got some bragging rights at the moment.

Of course, the musician born Aaron Hoffman knows full well that his current ride to the top wasn’t a given.

Though he’s rhymed about the influence of New York rapper Nas, SonReal understands that he’s not also God’s Son. This isn’t divine intervention, but hard work paying off. And to hear him tell it, he had a lot of work to do.

“I remember going up to Kelowna and doing an outdoor show called Summer Jam. k-os was there, Red1 from the Rascalz was there, and I think Kardinal Offishal was even there – I opened up super early,” he recalls of a years-old fest

appearance that turned sour quite quickly. “There were fans with burgers and drinks and stuff, and dudes were throwing their crap at me!

I got booed offstage. The sound guy took me off halfway through my set. I was probably so bad. I remember getting shat on.”

His underdog spirit prevails, despite the surge in popularity between early efforts like 2008’s indie project Good Morning and his Universal Music-backed 2015 EP, For the Town. A steady grind of mixtapes and EPs over the last several years have built up his chops since first working over a cheap Radio Shack microphone in his mom’s basement in Vernon, BC. For the Town, his most recent release, delivers a distinctly Canadian brand of hip-hop positivism, replete with crossover pop vocalizing and a delicate seesawing of a personality that balances over-the-top bravado with a smirking self-castigation. “Whoa Nilly” is smacked-up with big synth melodies, over which SonReal craftily twists his tongue around a narrative that brings him from being ridiculed in the rap game to running the town. The title track, a melodic boom-bap built around an inner soulsoaking organ hook, has him saluting everyone that’s stuck by him, and announcing a most-Canadian target of hitting Diamond sales certifications.

The numbers haven’t quite jumped that high just yet, but For the Town was recently nominated for Rap Recording of the Year at the

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CiTR Pop Alliance Compilation, Vol. 4 (Mint) CiTR 101.9FM’s annual “Fundrive” is back in full swing, and once again the local college/community radio station has teamed up with the venerable Mint Records to release the latest installment in the Pop Alliance series.

The track list was compiled by CiTR DJs Duncan McHugh, Andy Resto, Eleanor Wearing, Erik Coates, Nellie Stark, and Nicholas Wang-Tretiak and represents an eclectic and frankly charming crosssection of the Vancouver indie music scene.

This year’s comp includes local music

scenesters and recent Shindig! winners Late Spring, spunky punks Poor Form, as well as local indie pop heroes, the Shilohs, amongst others. The album opens with Ora Cogan’s languid banjo and infectious falsetto on “Move”, and just three songs later we’re rocking’ out to the Crazy Horse-meets-Poly Styrene lo-fi jams of Jerk Jails’ “Extra Flesh”.

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upcoming Juno Awards, placing it alongside work from Drake, k-os, Kardinal Offishal, and a collaborative album between Toronto jazz experimenters BADBADNOTGOOD and Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah. While he’s proud of For the Town, calling it “better than anything I’d put out thus far,” he hints that the best is yet to come.

“Here’s the problem with an artist like me: I get better really quick. I’ve never, ever worked backwards,” he boasts. He’s got plenty of material saved up to release in the near future, including an album tentatively titled One Long Dream.

In addition to producing tunes, the last couple of years have found the rapper stepping up his presence on the live circuit.

A seasoned tour hound, he’s gone from playing to 10 people in Pittsburgh to being bestowed with painted portraits from fans in Minneapolis, and touring alongside artists like Mac Miller.

By the time SonReal gets back to Vancouver, he’ll be wrapping up the “Greatful” tour with Nova Scotia’s Classified. The name stems from the title of his tourmate’s most recent album, but reflecting over his current position, SonReal admits that the word resonates with him, too.

“I go around with my best friends, and we tour and make money, and we can support ourselves,” he

songs that aren’t going to be your cup of proverbial tea, but you’re also going to discover some great new local music and put some new bands on your radar that weren’t there before.

And it’s all for a good cause, so there’s that.

This year’s Fundrive is hoping to raise $40,000 for the non-profit radio station. The Pop Alliance LP release party will double as CiTR’s Fundrive Finale on Friday, March 4 at the Hindenburg, with performances by Ora Cogan, Mourning Coup, Late Spring, Cult Babies, Stefana Fratila, Ace Martens and Jerk Jails (tickets are $10 and available online at BrownPaperTickets.com).

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reflects humbly. “To be able to do that off of, literally, just saying what’s on my mind into a microphone over some music...I think about how grateful I am for everything.”

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New Misery (Sub Pop) At the tender age of 25, Cullen Omori already has three hit records under his belt as the frontman for Chicago’s Smith Westerns. On his debut solo album, New Misery, Omori strikes out on his own for the first time, taking the next step in his musical growth – one that points him in a more subdued, if not radiofriendly, direction.

The indie glam pop songs on New Misery shimmer with Omori’s atmospheric vocals and reverb-drenched guitars (what is it with reverb these days?). While drawing obvious inspiration from pop icons like the Beatles and Roxy Music,

Omori still knows when to hit the pedals, as is evidenced on the chorus of album opener “No Big Deal”.

Omori’s music is lush and dark – qualities that will sound familiar to fans of Smith Westerns – but there’s more form and melody to the songs on New Misery.

“Sour Silk” begins as a futuristic dirge before the drums kick in with a rolling breakbeat that propels

the song forward, building to an epiphanic climax.

Meanwhile, “LOM”, the second-to-last song on the album – is a sprawling musical affirmation, in stark contrast to the darkness that comes before it.

Omori’s pop sensibilities can occasionally get away from him – most notably on “Cinnamon”, which sounds like it belongs in a toothpaste commercial. But while some of the songs might lack the edge of his previous band, the melodies are sure to stick with you.

Omori is clearly coming into his own, and New Misery is proof he has a long musical career ahead of him.

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Bumper crop of BC nominees ripe for Oscar night

Crazy8s returns for 17th edition with new films and signature brand of crazy

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If it sounds insane, that’s because it is: Shoot and lock a short film in eight days.

Most filmmakers choose to do the same over the span of a few months, sometimes even a year. Why would anyone want to commit to making a movie in just eight days?

And yet, every year, that’s what the Crazy8s teams do: They shoot their shorts over three long, nerve-wracking days, and spend another five days in frantic postproduction sessions, and then – after a brief period of recovery – they screen their completed masterpieces to a packed house of industry insiders and Crazy8s fans at a hot-ticket gala.

To even get to the first day of filming, these filmmakers had to be selected from dozens of their peers. It’s an honour to be chosen; they’re eager to create under these nutty conditions.

A big part of Crazy8s’ appeal is the special kind of magic that occurs when you’re creating work under the gun, says Paul Armstrong, executive director of Crazy8s.

“I think any time you have something that you’re under the gun with, it squeezes all of your creativity out. There’s no chance for second thought,” says Armstrong.

“You just go for it, and squeeze it all out, and usually the results are something great, because there’s no hesitation.”

There are other perks to shooting a short film as part of Crazy8s. Winning teams receive $1,000 cash, in-kind assistance from industry sponsors, and workshops in directing and cinematog-

Filmmakers, like those shooting Iteration 1, forego sleep and proper nutition for more than a week to shoot, edit and release a short film in just eight days as part of the masochistic Crazy8s film festival. Contributed photo raphy from top-tier professionals.

“There’s months of preparation that goes into each film,” says Armstrong.

“They’re crafted in pre-production, as well as production and post-production, so there’s time to plan. That’s probably why things go so well, because they do a lot of planning in advance.”

To date, 97 films have been created in the Crazy8s pressure cooker. Many have been sold to the CBC, or gone on to play at prestigious festivals: 2013’s sweeping film noir Under the Bridge of Fear, and last year’s The Twisted Slipper – which put a drag queen spin to the Cinderella story – both played the Cannes Court Metrage in France.

And 2014’s Bed Bugs: A Musical Love Story (which, with puppets and an original score, was ambitious even by Crazy8s standards) walked away with three Leo Awards in 2015.

“People seem to want to

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Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson Directed by Robert Eggers Old school terror trumps jump-scares in Robert Eggers’ terrifying slowburn thriller The Witch. Set in 1630s New England, the story follows a banished family of Puritans who set

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up a small farm bordering a creepy forest. Soon after settling, their baby

outdo the previous year in terms of production values, but they all seem to pull it off every time, no matter how complex the story is to shoot,” says Armstrong.

“We’ve had no failures.”

A selection of recent Crazy8s films can be screened on the organization’s web site.

Back to 2016’s crop of films. Armstrong is excited about this year’s filming locations, which include the $15,000-a-night suite at the Bayshore Hotel (“We’re filming in this massive suite the size of a house”), Hycroft Manor in Shaughnessy, and Jamestown, the specially built “cowboy town” – a favourite of Westerns and period dramas – located out in Langley.

But it wasn’t all five-star suites and mansions for this year’s filmmakers. In addition to the usual Crazy8s challenges (ie, limited sleep; limited time), they faced a new challenge, one that’s directed related to the surge

in activity in the service side of the industry.

“A lot of the teams had trouble finding crew and equipment just because Vancouver is the busiest it’s been in years, so it was tough,” says Armstrong.

Applications were also down – 179, a slight tumble from a record 189 in 2015 – for the same reason. “A lot of people said they were busy this year working in the industry,” says Armstrong.

“People are so busy working on set so they don’t have as much time.”

You can bet they’ll be out in force when the six films – which represent an array of genres, including sci-fi, rom-com, period drama, and horror – screen this weekend at a gala hosted by actresscomedienne Ellie Harvie.

Those six films are: A Family of Ghosts (director/ writer Shannon Kohli); Grocery Store Action Movie (director Matthew Campbell, writers Peter Carlone and Chris Wilson); I Love

You So Much It’s Killing Them (director/writer Joel Ashton McCarthy, writer Mike Doaga); Iteration 1 (director/ writer Jesse Lupini, writer Lucas Kavanagh); Meet Cute (director/writer Patrick Currie, writer Brendee Green); and Trying (director/writer Shauna Johannesen).

“They get the whole film community to watch their films, and hopefully this will be the stepping-stone to other projects,” says Armstrong. “That’s part of the idea of Crazy8s is it’s their entry into the local film industry so that they can start to take their place in it.

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boy mysteriously disappears while in the care of eldest daughter Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy), sparking suspicion that she may be involved in something sinister.

The acting is top-notch with strong veteran work from accomplished performers Ralph Ineson and Katie Dickie, while Taylor-Joy’s scene-stealing ensures this will be her breakout role.

Rich in period detail, writer-director Robert Eggers went to great lengths to capture the authentic language of the era; this serves to both enhance and hurt the script. On the one hand, a sense of genuine realism permeates the plot but the dated dialogue can sometimes be downright confusing and tends to halt the tension.

The visuals, from

cinematographer Jarin Blaschke, are hauntingly gorgeous, while Mark Korven’s musical score provides a truly chilling atmosphere. Unlike so many of today’s horror flicks, The Witch is not interested in found footage gimmicks or cheap thrills. The movie’s strengths lie in its emphasis on character and a story steeped in metaphor. Still, something about the film

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The Crazy8s gala takes place at the Centre for the Performing Arts on Feb. 27; an after-party will follow at Science World. Tickets and info at Crazy8s.film.

The 88th Academy Awards offer plenty of high-stakes questions: How will host Chris Rock address #OscarsSoWhite? Who will deliver the best speech, and who will drone on too long? And will Leonardo DiCaprio finally win that golden statue he so desperately craves?

This year, British Columbians have a squad of nominees to cheer, thanks to four nominations all related to The Revenant.

The gritty, critically acclaimed drama – which stars DiCaprio as a 19thcentury fur trapper – is the top contender in this year’s Oscar race with 12 nominations.

Among those nominated for The Revenant are BC’s own Cameron Waldbauer (Outstanding Achievement in Visual Effects), Chris Duesterdiek (Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing), Robert Pandini (Outstanding Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling), and Hamish Purdy (Outstanding Achievement in Production Design).

Local winners would join David McIntosh, Steve Marshall Smith, Mike Branham, and Mike Kirilenko from Aircover Inflatables in the BC winners’ circle.

The Aircover Inflatables team – whose green screen airwall was used on Tomorrowland, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Godzilla – was honoured for Scientific and Technical Achievement at an advance ceremony in Los Angeles on Feb. 13.

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also seems lacking and unfocused as the methodical pacing becomes tedious and the simplistic plot keeps it from achieving a truly lasting impression.

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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

EILEEN JEWEL Boise, Idaho native brings her alt-country, rootsrock, Americana sound to Rogue Folk in support of her fifth studio album, Sundown Over Ghost Town. 8pm at St. James Hall.

Tickets $28 at Red Cat, Highlife, Tapestry Music, Rufus’ Guitars and RogueFolk.bc.ca

BLACK WIZARD Heavy metal rock outfit from Vancouver appear in support of New Waste with special guests Mos Generator, Anciients, Waingro and Man The Wolf. 8pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $12 at Red Cat, Neptoon, Scrape and TicketFly.com

THE WININ’ BOYS Local trio play their signature vintage jazz and blues inspired by an authentic New Orleans sound. 3pm at St. Andrew’s-Wesley Church. Admission is free; all ages show.

QUIET CITY #24 A series of deeplistening concerts, focused on live performances of experimental, electronic, and improvised music featuring Strangling Fruit, White Poppy and Panospria DJs. 9pm at The Lido. Admission is free.

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 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

COMEDY 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.

7:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $20 at TicketFly.com

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BOWIE TRIBUTE NIGHT An array of local bands come together to pay tribute to an artist who inspired them all, in support of the Canadian Cancer Society and Keep A Child Alive, featuring Orchard Pinkish, Pill Squad, Toxiks, Sexy Decoy, Crummy, the Vampire Bats, Polly and more. 7pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $10 at Red Cat, Highlife, Neptoon, Zulu and TicketFly.com

COMEDY TODD BARRY American actor, voice actor and stand-up comic with appearances on Louie, Flight of the Conchords, The Sarah Silverman Program and Master of None headlines a special weekend as part of Just For Laughs Northwest. 7pm & 9:30pm at Yuk Yuk’s.

Tickets $24 at YukYuks.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 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.

DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER & IRVIN MAYFIELD Extraordinary vocalist collaborates with the jazz trumpeter/bandleader in a modern and compelling presentation of New Orleans through its rich musical traditions with the New Orleans Jazz orchestra. 8pm at Chan Shun Concert Hall. Tickets $52+ at Tickets.UBC.ca CLASSIFIED Juno Award-winning rapper/producer/hit-maker aka Luke Boyd appears in support of Greatful, with special guest Sonreal. 9:30pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $30+ at Ticketmaster.ca and LiveNation.com THE CORPS Back to Vancouver after saving the Okanagan from certain doom, local punk rock outfit celebrates the release of their EP, In Blackest Night with Sinkincider, Deluge and the Toxiks. 9pm at SBC (109 East Hastings). Tickets $12 at the door only.

JODI PROZNICK, MILES BLACK AND BILL COON A triple-bill of a fabulous evening of jazz with stand-up bass, guitar and piano.

7:30pm at St. Mark’s Anglican Church. Tickets $10+ at BrownPaperTickets.com. All ages show.

OLIVER SWAIN’S BIG MACHINE Folk acoustic artist debuts highly anticipated new album, Never More Together, at the Rogue Folk Club with special guest Twin Bandit. 8pm at St. James Hall.

Tickets $20 at Red Cat, Highilfe, Tapestry Music, Rufus’ Guitars and RogueFolk.bc.ca THE ECHOS Vancouver folk-pop duo celebrate the release of their EP with special guests No Island, Sound of the Sun and Andrew Chrys. 8pm at Studio Records.

Tickets $10 at TicketWeb.ca or $12 at the door.

THE LONESOME TOWN PAINTERS Sweet string sawing action from Vancouver’s pedigree peddlers of tradgrass with the Bottom

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Shelf Bourbon Trio and Second Night Stand. 9pm at LanaLou’s.

Tickets $10 at the door only.

SAM OUTLAW Country singersongwriter from LA appears in support of his debut release, Angeleno, with special guest Whitney Rose. 8pm at The Cobalt.

Tickets $12 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

COMEDY MICHAEL CHE American actor, writer, comedian and co-anchor of SNL’s Weekend Update with appearances on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and in the Chris Rock film, Top Five. 7pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $25.50 at TicketFly.com

THEATRE/DANCE THE (POST) MISTRESS This quirky one-woman cabaret-style show with original music, is the story of Marie-Louise, a postal worker in the fictional Northern Ontario town of Lovely and gossip queen in a place of sealed secrets.

2pm & 8pm at Goldcorp Stage at BMO Centre. Tickets at ArtsClub. com. Runs until Feb. 28.

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. 8pm at Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com. Final performance.

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EMILY CHAMBERS Tonye Aganaba hosts this intimate evening of emerging local, national and worldwide talent featuring soulR&B vocalist Emily Chambers.

9pm at Guilt & Co. PASSAGE Montreal’s Constantinople ensemble feauring Kiya Tabassian on setar and vocals, celebrate the release of their latest album Passage with special guests Charbel Rouhana, Neva Özgen and Didem Basar. 8pm at York Theatre. Tickets $20+ at VI-CO.org

COMEDY JOHN PERROTTA Hard-working and fast-talking, this Italian plays to a hometown crowd, having opened for the likes of Robin Williams, Kevin Nealon and Brent Butt. 7pm at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets $15 at YukYuks.com

COMEDY QUEER PROV Back for another year of hilarious antics, Vancouver’s unique Queer Improv Comedy troupe hits the stage featuring Pearce Visser, Amy Lucille, Jamie Chrest, Shane Edwards, Aamir Khan, and Josh Rimer. 8pm at XY (1216 Bute).

THE LAUGH Gallery Graham Clark wants you to come and laugh at his jokes as he hosts this wonderfully eclectic show featuring some of the best and brightest comics in the city. 9pm at Havana Theatre.

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EVENTS VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL The 16th annual celebration of movement, choreography and expression features artists from China, Spain, the US, France, Germany, Japan, Poland, Switzerland, Taiwan, Lithuania, Mexico and others, performing techniques and styles from butoh and aboriginal, to flamenco, hiphop and ballet with cutting edge contemporary dance. Visit VIDF.ca for details. Runs until March 19.

THE SUNDAY SERVICE The award-winning improv comedy troupe brings their high energy commitment to comedy with a little slapstick shtick, carrying the audience through a kaleidoscopic trip where scenes barrel into tangents and stories smash together creating comedy gold. 9pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $7 at the door.

THEATRE/DANCE GO, DOG. GO! Carousel Theatre for Young People brings PD Eastman’s classic children’s book to life on stage in a zany, tonguewagging, tail-spinning musical, fun for the whole family. 2pm at Waterfront Theatre. Tickets at Tickets.CarouselTheatre.ca. Runs until March 20.

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WINNERS L-R: Caitlin Howden, Kevin Lee, Ryan Beil, Emmett Hall, Aaron Read and Taz VanRassel.

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Hundreds pack the Fox Cabaret every Sunday to worship at the altar of improv SABRINA FURMINGER @sabrinarmf

Sundays are about rituals. If there’s one day of the week when we always do that one thing, it’s Sunday.

For some, it’s laundry. For others, it’s daytime drinking at the pub and British dramas on PBS. Some people even go to church.

For one diligent group of comedians, Sunday is the day they hold court in the hallowed house of worship that is the Fox Cabaret.Their ritual involves a live improv show that keeps attendees coming back for more games, sketches, and absurdity each and every week.

The group and their live show are interchangeably called The Sunday Service.

Their members include Ryan

Sunday, fun day Beil, Caitlin Howden, Kevin Lee, Aaron Read,Taz VanRassel, and musical director Emmett Hall.

The Sunday Service began 10 years ago at a now-defunct vegan fast food café, says Beil in a recent phone interview (“We’ve been saying 10 years ago for about two years, so we’re really loose with the time,” interjects Howden, who is also present on the call).

Exact date aside, back in those early days, the group was a duo – Beil and VanRassel – performing an improv show on a very tiny stage for youth and “people who were there for the vegan pear sandwich.”

As the group has added to its numbers, and changed venues a couple of times, they’ve never deviated from their particular strain of high-energy improv comedy.

“It’s a fun, safe place to be,” says Beil of the weekly shows. “It’s welcoming you into our collective imagination while we fuck around

with each other on stage in front of you.”

They’ve racked up numerous Canadian Comedy award nominations in the process, and even had Nov. 18, 2011, proclaimed Sunday Service Day by Mayor Gregor Robertson.

“We’re not really politically charged,” adds Howden, who joined the group in 2011 after moving out here from Toronto. “We don’t have a big agenda that we feel the need to push.We barely read the newspaper.”

“We barely read,” clarifies Beil.

Each Sunday Service member has their own distinctive comedy style, which Beil and Howden chose to explain using boy band terms.

Read is “the cute one who’s also insane,” says Beil, and Howden describes Lee as “the strong boy” (“with good reading retention,” adds Beil).

Taz is “the 38-year-old who’s in a boy band and smokes,” says Howden.

“I’m kind of the Paul McCartney,” says Beil. “I’m the

gentle genius with soft eyes.

The Everyman.”

“For the sake of the article, let’s just say that I said that,” says Howden.

As for Howden: “I’m more of a Charlotte/Miranda/Carrie,” says Howden, ditching the boy band analogy altogether. “Ooh! We forgot Emmett, who is our musical director. He’s like the Larry David of the boy band.” She pauses. “This isn’t helpful, is it?”

The Sunday Service regularly shares the stage with visiting comics – like Paul F. Tompkins, Chris Locke, and DJ Demers – who “know that to come and do our show, you’re going to be guaranteed a full house with a great audience and a really fun vibe,” says Howden.

Speaking of the full house and fun vibe:The Sunday Service has enjoyed plenty of both since moving their show to the Fox Cabaret in 2014.

The two-hour improv extravaganza regularly attracts a mix of devotees and nervous newbies.

“Every week, we poll the audience and say, ‘Who’s here for the first time?’ And it’s half the crowd that is trying this new show that they heard about from a friend,” says Howden. “So they’re taking a pretty big risk, and you can tell within the first five minutes when they figure out what the show is, that they’re having a good time.”

The ticket price has remained the same since the beginning: the otherwise unheard-of low sum of $7.

The Sunday Service is hard at work on a sizzle reel for a television series pitch, based on the improv show and also “a hyperbolized version of our lives where we’re playing ourselves but a bit more interesting and quirky for the television audiences,” says Beil.

But that’s down the road.

Until then, you can find The Sunday Service every Sunday at 9pm at the Fox Cabaret (2321 Main).

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It’s no secret that Vancouver is best place to live in the world. Heck, we know it, that’s why we live here!

Vancouver has a lot going for it: there’s the majestic mountains, the ocean, the beaches, the parks, and the untamed wilderness at our doorstep.

But what makes Vancouver a truly great city is more than good looks and fortuitous geography. It’s the people who make this multicultural metropolis what it is today. It’s our friends, our families, our neighbours that make Vancouver the best place on Earth.

So for the 19th year in a row, Westender has asked you, the people of Vancouver, our readers, to tell us what makes this city so special. This year a record number of people took part in the online poll, proving once again that Vancouverites love their city, and they’re not afraid to say so.

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Screaming Chicken reigns supreme in burlesque scene KRISTYN ANTHONY @westender

Back in 2002, a thenrelatively unknown Melody Mangler spent most Monday evenings co-hosting an R-rated game show at the Cobalt, where contestants drank beer out of fish, and smashing pies with their lady parts while a character called Evil Bastard ran amok.

Gaining popularity while pushing the boundaries of sex, comedy, and theatre (with a healthy dose of nudity), Mangler’s imagination was set in motion and it soon became clear that burlesque was a natural next-step.

And so it was that Mangler and her creative partner, Norm Elmore, co-founded the Screaming Chicken Theatrical Society.

Innovative in Vancouver’s performance scene, Screaming Chicken produces the Taboo Revue at the WISE Hall in East Van (the city’s longest-running burlesque show), as well as staging a

host of interactive musicals (Greece Does Grease, Terror at Rock Out Beach) and reigning supreme on the international stage earning accolades in major American burlesque cities like New York and Las Vegas.

Next month, the chickens take Europe as the Munich Burlesque Festival has devoted an entire evening of the festival to Screaming Chicken numbers.

“We’re excited, we’re taking some really weird acts over to new audiences,” Mangler says. “With of course, a bit of Canadiana.”

The secret to their success has been to remain fresh, constantly changing and nurturing the city’s burlesque scene beyond just Screaming Chicken and to maintain curiosity – both in their performers, and in their audience.

“There was this idea that burlesque would just be a passing trend,” Mangler says. “But it’s now turned into an industry.

There are people making a living just from making costumes.”

Mangler and her fellow chickens, April O’Peel and Diva Mercedes Gould have also worked behind the scenes, creating Becoming Burlesque, a two-month intensive workshop designed “to turn the girl-next-door into a whole lot more”. Now in its 30th session over at the chicken coop, the East Van studio the chickens call home, many of the graduates have gone on to work in performance full-time.

Elmore estimates there are hundreds of alumni, while chicken membership currently sits around 60 people who take on performance, stagehand, and volunteer roles, immersing themselves in chicken culture, forming a community of artistry.

“We have some members of Screaming Chicken now who are 19. And, thank god!”

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BEST RECORD STORE

Red Cat Records owners Dave Gowans (on left) and Lasse Lutick.

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It’s no secret that these are tough times for the music industry. CD sales have plummeted in favour of online streaming and torrenting, and music retail chains have been dropping like flies as a result.

However, amidst this, Red Cats Records on Main Street has not only survived – it’s thrived, largely due to owners Dave Gowans and Lasse Lutick’s decision to shift their focus to vinyl sales.

“When we started, it was 80/20 between CDs and vinyl,” says Lutick. “Now its 70 per cent vinyl.”

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Red Cat Records keeps rockin’ first Lutick and Gowans fi rst met each other more than 20 years ago in a tree-planting camp in Northern BC, and went on to form the indie country-rock band, the Buttless Chaps.The pair were long-time employees at Red Cat when they had the opportunity to buy the store nearly 10 years ago from the original owners.

“It was definitely a dream of ours to have our own store someday,” says Lutick. “I think a lot of musicians have that dream.”

For music fans that want something tangible, something substantial they can hold in their hands and display in

their homes, vinyl is an ideal medium. However, the shift to vinyl has not been without its challenges. For one thing, records are a whole lot bigger than CDs, resulting in Red Cat having to upgrade their digs two times on the same block.

But as Red Cat has grown, the store’s welcoming atmosphere has remained.

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A greenhorn, by definition, is a newcomer – one who is inexperienced or naïve, unacquainted with local manners and customs. Walter Le Daca knows a thing or two about being the new kid in town; a native Argentinian, he arrived in Canada in the early ‘90s and some 20 years later, is now the owner and operator of Greenhorn Espresso Bar. With the idea in mind to recreate the café culture of home, Le Daca wanted Greenhorn to be about more than just coffee. Serving up Moja, a local roast from North Vancouver, Le Daca’s staff of 15 offers a brew to strike the perfect balance between coffee snobs and caffeine junkies alike.

In the full-service kitchen, it’s all about an authentic, made-to-order experience with no pre-made, warmed up sandwiches but instead, homemade croissants, sandwiches laid upon freshly baked breads and the signa-

BEST WEST END HIDDEN GEM

Owner Walter La Daca hopes to bring the relaxed café culture of his native Argentina to the West End at Greenhorn Espresso Bar. Dan Toulgoet photo ture tortilla Espanola.

“People had their doubts about me opening here,” he says gazing around the café on a rainy Vancouver morning. “But the West End is Vancouver’s most dense neighbourhood, an incredible melting pot, and really needed a spot like this.”

With its proximity to the tourism hubs of downtown, folks from all over the world have sipped espresso here, as do a faithful community of regulars.What sets Greenhorn apart from your average java joint, though, is back behind the bustle of the front end. A tiny window opens to the lush green alley, nestled in the curvature of a small listening booth Le Daca built to sample the sounds of his makeshift record shop – a hidden gem in itself.

“Music to me, is very important,” he explains. “And here, coffee is not the centre.

It’s about art and music, too.

We have a vinyl ‘wish list’ and, usually, a turntable.”

Greenhorn’s preservation of culture isn’t new either.

The café’s name is a nod to the three Englishmen who, in 1862, bought over 500 hectares of the West End at an inflated price, earning them the nickname of naivete, “I’m not much of a businessman either,” Le Daca laughs. “This really is a passion project, but I’m so grateful for the people who come here – the West Enders.” W

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1. Celebration of Light Fireworks HondaCelebrationOfLight.com 2. Fresh Air Cinema Outdoor Movies FreshAirCinema.ca 3. Car Free Day CarFreeVancouver.org

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Robert Rauschenberg, Revolver II, 1967, silkscreen ink on five rotating Plexiglas discs in metal base with electric motors and control box.

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Pablo Picasso, Nature morte, bouteille et verre, 1913, collage, charcoal and oil on canvas, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Purchase 1965. Walter Klein, Düsseldorf photo

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Speaking of continuums: the VAG is gearing up for a historic moment that was formed in a continuum a few years ago. In 2017, it will

Sherrie Levine, Fountain (After Marcel Duchamp), 1991, cast bronze and artist’s wooden base, Glenstone. Tim Nighswander photo.

Vancouver Art Gallery goes big for MashUp exhibition You don’t need to look much farther than the Vancouver Art Gallery’s latest exhibition to see that it doesn’t do anything halfway.

The first thing to note about MashUp:The Birth of Modern Culture is the scale of it: 371 works by 156 artists on loan from 75 private and public collections from eight countries around the globe.

Three years of planning went into MashUp, as well as the expertise of 30 local and international curators.The show takes up all four floors of the VAG, as well as Robson Plaza and the offsite space at 1100 West Georgia Street. It’s the most ambitious exhibition in the history of the VAG. The works span nearly a century and a half, and the featured artists read like a who’s who of contemporary art history: AndyWarhol, DJ Shadow, Robert Rauschenberg, Nam June Paik, Jean-Luc Godard, QuentinTarantino, Stan Douglas, Hito Steyerl, and many (MANY) others.

If there was ever a topic that required this level of exploration, it’s mash-up, says Bruce Grenville, senior curator of theVAG. “We’re at a stage in art where mash-up is the dominant mode of creativity,” says Grenville.

“There isn’t anything in a sense that isn’t touched by mash-up methodology.”

And in order to properly examine it, “we realized we really needed to look back at its history,” says Grenville. “It emerged in ways that had to do with a history that went back, and as we began to trace that, we saw an arc of a story that we could begin to tell.”

Thus, each floor of the exhi-

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bition tells part of that story.The first floor coversThe Digital Age: Hacking, Remix, and the Archive in the Age of PostProduction; the second explores Late 20th Century: Splicing, Sampling, and the Street in the Age of Appropriation.

On the third floor, Andy Warhol’s era is examined via The Post War: Cut, Copy, and Quotation in the Age of Mass Media.

And the top floor brings visitors back to the very beginning of the last century, via Collage, Montage, and Readymade at the Birth of Modern Culture.

This is where you’ll find groundbreaking works of assemblage by Marcel Duchamp (including BicycleWheel and 1917’s signed porcelain urinal, Fountain), Hannah Hoch, and Pablo Picasso.

Picasso, along with Georges Braque, is credited with inventing collage during a period of intense experimentation that ran from 1912 to 1914.

One seminal Picasso collage – 1913’s Nature morte, bouteille et verre – is included in the exhibition.

Grenville knows that MashUp is a lot for attendees to take in during a single visit. Ideally, he’d love for visitors to come back and explore the exhibition a couple of times, although he says he knows that’s just not realistic for everyone.

And so he recommends “starting on the ground floor and winding your way back in time through to the moment in the same path that we took which is really to say, ‘This is the contemporary moment, and this contemporary moment was formed in a continuum that started a hundred years ago.’”

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1. David Suzuki Co-founder, David Suzuki Foundation DavidSuzuki.org 2. Judy Graves Vancouver homelessness advocate 3. Steve Nash Co-founder, Steve Nash Foundation, SteveNash.org

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1. Jimmy Pattison Founder, chairman and CEO of the Jim Pattison Group 2. Chip Wilson Founder of Lululemon and cofounder of Kit and Ace apparel 3. Vikram Vij Celebrity chef and restaurateur

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1. Hedy Fry Liberal MP, Vancouver-Centre HedyFry.com 2. Jody Wilson-Raybould Liberal MP, Vancouver-Granville Jody.Liberal.ca 3. Don Davies NDP MP, Vancouver-Kingsway DonDavies.ca

BEST LOCAL RADIO PERSONALITY

1. Kid Carson Formerly of KiSS RADiO 2. Stephen Quinn CBC Radio One 3. Nardwuar the Human Serviette CiTR/CBC Radio 3, Nardwuar.com

BEST LOCAL TV PERSONALITY

1. Tamara Taggart CTV News 2. Sophie Lui Global BC News Hour 3. Chris Gailus Global BC News Hour

FRIENDLIEST BUS DRIVER

1. “I don’t know his name, but he drove the 236 Grouse Mountain earlier in 2015, and when a girl was lost he helped her for about 10 minutes then told us that [he] would do that for any of us.”

2. “The guy who drives the No. 84 and always says good morning to everyone.”

3. “The guy who looks like Walter White on the SFU route.”

MEDIA AND SPORTS BEST LOCAL SPORTS TEAM

1. Vancouver Canucks Canucks.com

2. Vancouver Whitecaps WhitecapsFC.com 3. BC Lions BCLions.com

BEST LOCAL ATHLETE

1. Sedin twins 2. Trevor Linden 3. Terry Fox

BEST LOCAL RADIO STATION

1. CBC 690 AM/88.1 FM 2. Roundhouse Radio 98.3 FM 3. The Peak 102.7 FM

BEST LOCAL TV STATION

1. Global BC GlobalNews.ca/BC 2. CTV Vancouver BC.CTVNews.ca 3. CBC Vancouver CBC.ca/News/Canada/BritishColumbia

BEST LOCAL BLOG

1. Miss 604 Miss604.com 2. Vancity Buzz VancityBuzz.com 3. Vancouver is Awesome VancouverIsAwesome.com

BEST LOCAL INSTAGRAM FEED

1. @vancouverfoodie 2. @scoutmagazine 3. @vancitybuzz

BEST LOCAL PODCAST

1. Stop Podcasting Yourself MaximumFun.org/shows/stoppodcasting-yourself 2. Caustic Soda CausticSodapodcast.com 3. West Coast Geeks vs Nerds WCGeeksVersusNerds.com

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1. @Miss604 2. @VancityBuzz 3. @KingsgateMall

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Helen of Troy may have launched a thousand ships, but Gastown has truly launched a thousand sips.

When the alluring downtown neighbourhood won Best Night Out in our 2016 Best of the City Readers’ Choice poll, no one in the Westender office was surprised. On any given night, you can make your way from the acclaimed food and beverage options filling up its turn-of-thecentury storefronts, to the overflowing nightclubs, intimate music venues and spirited cocktail bars, to the windows of its head-turning independent fashion boutiques and back again.

While the photogenic (and rapidly gentrifying) neighbourhood has become a destination to see and be seen in, however, the historically rowdy quarter hasn’t lost its sense of fun.

If anything, it’s just getting started.

We asked four locals who either punch the clock or hit the pillow in Gastown to let us in on where they head after dark.

KATE MACDOUGALL

Founder and principal of Camber Communications PR Why Gastown? What sets it apart from other neighbourhoods and makes it a great destination for a night out?

There’s an energy to Gastown that really sets it apart from any other area of the city. While the bricked beauty of Water Street can be crowded (read: hectic) by day, the lamppostlit streets in the evening really set the tone for cocktail-hour, and there are great bars on every block to saddle-up to. For a smart cocktail made by a skilled hand, you can’t go wrong with Pourhouse, Pidgin, Wildebeest, L’Abattoir or Clough Club.

What are your favourite nighttime haunts?

I’m a barstool kinda gal.

I love hopping to a few different places in a night for drinks and a plate or two.

Kick-off cocktail hour in the heart of the square at L’Abattoir. No matter who is behind the wood, you’re in excellent hands. I’ve been obsessed with Pidgin since its doors opened. I love the share-style menu; it’s tasty, inventive and fun. They always have cool wines (many that lurk off-list), the cocktails never disappoint, and if you happen to show-up for their industry night, beware of the punch, it’s packing

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liquid power (trust me, I’ve done the research). I’m a Maritimer, so Portside is always on the list. It’s got a great vibe and to be honest, I love anything Nova Scotian. And, right around the corner is The Alexander. Their hip-hop Fridays never disappoint.

I love dinner at Nuba, the food is great and it’s an interesting space downstairs. Sit at the bar, the staff are brilliant. After that, anything is possible, I like everything about Six Acres or the Alibi Room – great beer lists, food and people.

Revel Room is nice, too.

Give us an insider tip – something someone who doesn’t live or work down there might not know: The Grilled Cheese window on Cordova (just east of Carrall) is killer.

The window opens at lunch and gooey, buttery grilled cheese slabs are served until they run out. You’ll find it by spotting the line. Get there early. One of the best spots to catch the game in Gastown is The Charles Bar in the Woodwards Building.

They have great screens and there are always a few barstools and lounge tables open – the pub menu and the service is always perfect.

Describe your most memorable Gastown night ever?

I went to an after-show party at the Alibi Room with members of Radiohead, REM and Wilco once.

Surreal and unforgettable.

Favourite Gastown-specific event?

The Gastown BBQ & Chili festival is a ton of fun. Local restaurants line the Carrall Street block of Gassy Jack Square alongside local breweries and a main stage with live music playing all afternoon. Celebrity chefs are onsite to judge best dishes from the likes of Railtown Catering, Peckinpah, The Irish Heather and Gringo, to name a few. Plan for a disco nap to recover.

BRYAN GALLANT

Manager of the Warehouse Studio

What’s your connection to Gastown?

I’ve worked at the corner of Powell and Columbia for 16 years and I can’t think of a better neighbourhood to work in. We have artists visit us from all over the world and I’m always confident that when they go out after their session they’re going to find something great.

Why Gastown? What sets it apart from other neighbourhoods and makes it a great destination for a night out?

The look and feel here is different than any other part of the city. Narrow streets, character buildings… It has a real European feel – less about parking and traffic, and more about people. There are so many good bars and restaurants, almost everyone is here to have a good time, but not in a Granville Street kind of way, thankfully.

What are your favourite nighttime haunts?

GREGORY MCCALLUM

Chef de cuisine at L’Abattoir restaurant

Why go out in Gastown?

For the food! Gastown is a great place to spend a night out for many reasons. The ever-expanding restaurant scene, the bars and bartenders who are making the best drinks in the city, and the ease of transit to and from Gastown are just a few.

What are your favourite nighttime haunts?

I would check out Nicli for the perfect pizza after

a long day at work, Pourhouse for my favorite burger and a beer, and Pigeon Park on a clear night for an incredible view our beautiful city lights and mountains.

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What’s your Gastown insider tip?

There is a little place called Gringos behind L’Abattoir in Blood Alley.

They serve super cheap beer and tasty quesadillas, with amazing service and a relaxed atmosphere that cannot be beat.

What’s your most memorable Gastown night ever?

I have had too many memorable nights in Gastown to pick just one. But they always involve at least two of the establishments listed above, a few friends, and staying out way too late for a work night…

Favourite Gastown-specific event?

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1. Screaming Chicken Theatrical Society Venue: The Wise Hall, 1882 Adanac ScreamingChicken.net 2. Kitty Nights Burlesque Venue: The Biltmore 2755 Prince Edward KittyNights.com 3. Sweet Soul Burlesque Venue: The Keefer Bar, 135 Keefer SweetSoulBurlesque.ca

BEST COMEDIAN

1. Ed Hill KingEdHill.com 2. Graham Clark GrahamClark.com 3. Charles Demers ChuckOfTheSea.wordpress.com

BEST COMEDY CLUB

1. Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Club 2837 Cambie, 604-696-9857 YukYuks.com/vancouver 2. The Comedy Mix 1015 Burrard, 604-684-5050 TheComedyMix.com 3. Vancouver TheatreSports League 1502 Duranleau, 604-738-7013 VTSL.com

BEST COMEDY/ IMPROV GROUP

1. The Sunday Service Venue: The Fox Cabaret 2321 Main, TheSundayService.ca 2. Vancouver TheatreSports League Venue: The Improv Centre 1502 Duranleau, VTSL.com 3. The Fictionals Venue: Café Deux Soleils 2096 Commercial TheFictionals.com

BEST TRIVIA NIGHT

T-1. Nice Guys Trivia Venue: Lamplighter, 92 Water DonnellyGroup.ca/the-lamplighter T-1. There Is No Easy Mode: Video Game Trivia Venue: EXP Restaurant + Bar 309 West Pender, EXPBar.ca 2. QuizPlace Trivia Venue: Displace Hashery 3293 West 4th, DisplaceHashery.com 3. Bingo For Life Venue: Celebrities Nightclub 1022 Davie CelebritiesNightclub.com

BEST NIGHTCLUB

1. The Roxy 932 Granville, 604-331-7999 RoxyVan.com 2. Celebrities Nightclub 1022 Davie, 604-681-6180 CelebritiesNightclub.com 3. Venue Nightclub 881 Granville, 604-646-0064 VenueLive.ca

BEST AFTER-HOURS CLUB

1. Gorg-O-Mish 695 Smithe, 604-694-9007 GorgOMish.com 2. Red Room 398 Richards, 604-687-5007 RedRoomVancouver.com T-3. Encore 1058 Granville, 604-336-7755 EncoreDanceClub.com T-3. Hello Goodbye 1120 Hamilton HelloGoodbyeBar.com

BEST GAY BAR

1. Celebrities Nightclub 1022 Davie, 604-681-6180 CelebritiesNightclub.com 2. The Junction 1138 Davie, 604-669-2013 JunctionPub.com 3. XY 1216 Bute, 604-679-9166 XYYVR.com

BEST DRAG QUEEN SHOW

1. Vancouver’s Next Drag Super Star Venue: Celebrities Nightclub 1022 Davie CelebritiesNightclub.com 2. Carlotta Gurl Absolutely Drag-u-lous Venue: The Junction, 1138 Davie JunctionPub.com 3. Peach Cobblah Shame Spiral Venue: 1181 Lounge, 1181 Davie 1181.ca

BEST LIVE MUSIC VENUE

1. Commodore Ballroom 868 Granville, 604-739-4550 CommodoreBallroom.com 2. Orpheum 601 Smithe, 604-876-3434 Vancouver.ca 3. Vogue 918 Granville, 604-688-1975 VogueTheatre.com

BEST LOCAL ACTOR

1. Ryan Reynolds Known for: Deadpool, Green Lantern 2. Ryan Beil Known for: The Sunday Service improv, those A&W Commercials 3. Seth Rogen Known for: The End, Knocked Up

BEST LOCAL ACTRESS

1. Cobie Smulders Known for: How I Met Your Mother, The Avengers 2. Joely Collins Known for: Coded, Cold Squad T-3. Gabrielle Rose Known for: If I Stay, The Sweet Hereafter T-3. Meg Roe Known for: Saint Joan (Arts Club), All the Way Home (Electric Company Theatre)

BEST LOCAL AUTHOR

1. Douglas Coupland Known for: Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, Girlfriend in a Coma 2. William Gibson Known for: Neuromancer, coining the term “cyberspace” 3. Charles Demers Known for: Vancouver Special, The Horrors

BEST LOCAL MUSICIAN

1. Dan Mangan Known for: “Robots”, “Rows of Houses” DanManganMusic.com T-2.Hey Ocean Known for: “Big Blue Wave”, “Make a New Dance Up” LoveHeyOcean.com T-2.Mother Mother Known for: “Monkey Tree”, “The Stand” MotherMotherSite.com 3. Sex with Strangers Known for: “Dance Police”, “Moment 13” SexWithStrangersMusic.com

BEST MUSIC FESTIVAL

1. Vancouver Folk Music Festival TheFestival.bc.ca 2. TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival CoastalJazz.ca 3. Squamish Valley Music Festival SquamishFestival.com

BEST ART GALLERY

1. Vancouver Art Gallery 750 Hornby, 604-662-4700 VanArtGallery.bc.ca 2. Hot Art Wet City 2206 Main, 604-764-2266 HotArtWetCity.com 3. Ayden Gallery 88 West Pender, International Village, 604-376-6947 AydenGallery.com

BEST CLASSICAL MUSIC ENSEMBLE

1. Vancouver Symphony Orchestra VancouverSymphony.ca 2. Chor Leoni Men’s Choir ChorLeoni.org 3. Musica Intima Society MusicaIntima.org

BEST DANCE COMPANY

1. Ballet BC 677 Davie, 604-732-5003 BalletBC.com 2. Goh Ballet 2345 Main, 604-872-4014 GohBallet.com 3. Harbour Dance Centre 927 Granville, 604-684-9542 HarbourDance.com

BEST PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL

1. PuSh International Performing Arts Festival PushFestival.ca 2. Vancouver Fringe Festival VancouverFringe.com 3. Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival BardOnTheBeach.org

BEST PERFORMING ARTS VENUE

1. Queen Elizabeth Theatre 650 Hamilton, 604-665-3050 Vancouver.ca 2. Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage (Arts Club Theatre Company) 2750 Granville, 604-687-1644 ArtsClub.com 3. The Cultch 1895 Venables, 604-251-1363 TheCultch.com

BEST PUBLIC ART

1. “A-maze-ing Laughter”

by Yue Minjun Morton Park, West End 2. “Trans Am Totem”

by Marcus Bowcott Quebec and Milross, False Creek 3. “Giants” by OSGEMEOS Ocean Concrete, Granville Island

BEST THEATRE COMPANY

1. Arts Club Theatre Company 2750 Granville, 604-687-1644 ArtsClub.com T-2. The Cultch 1895 Venables, 604-251-1363 TheCultch.com T-2. Vancouver TheatreSports League 1502 Duranleau 604-738-7013 VTSL.com 3. Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival 1695 Whyte, 604-739-0559 BardOnTheBeach.org

BEST VISUAL ARTS

T-1. Douglas Coupland Coupland.com T-1. Alice Rich Alice-Rich.com T-2. Ola Volo OlaVolo.com T-2. Paul Wong PaulWongProjects.com T-3. Angela Grossman AngelaGrossman.com T-3. Joe Average JoeAverageAnnex.com

BEST VISUAL ARTS FESTIVAL

1. Vancouver International Film Festival VIFF.org 2. Eastside Culture Crawl CultureCrawl.ca 3. Queer Arts Festival QueerArtsFestival.com

BEST CASINO

1. River Rock Casino Resort 8811 River Road, Richmond 604-247-8900, RiverRock.com 2. Edgewater Casino 760 Pacific, 604-687-3343 EdgewaterCasino.ca 3. Hard Rock Casino 2080 United Blvd, Coquitlam 604-523-6888 HardRockCasinoVancouver.com

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David Suzuki addresses a world without David Suzuki KELSEY KLASSEN @kelseyklassen

David Suzuki might still be railing against climate change, but Canada’s most famous scientist has accepted some things as inevitable.

“Basically at my age, you can kick the bucket at any minute, right?” he says, with a playful smile.

The beloved environmental activist, author and speaker turns 80 on March 24. While the staff at the David Suzuki Foundation are busy planning events across Canada to celebrate the milestone, though, Suzuki is thinking further ahead, to the future of the organization he co-founded 25 years ago.

“I’ve got to be concerned about the foundation carrying on after I’m gone,” he says, looking deceptively youthful and relaxed in his Kitsilano office, which he walked to that morning.

“When we started the foundation I never thought in terms of who would take over or become part of it

after. I didn’t intend to lumber my children with the responsibility,” he continues, “but in fact they do want to be involved, and they’re bringing different expertise […] to the foundation and they want to carry on.”

Since its inception, the David Suzuki Foundation has been a prominent voice on climate change issues in Canada. Through speaking engagements, the Blue Dot movement, and his weekly, syndicated opinion column (see page 4), Suzuki has also championed green economic ideas, healthy communities, and environmental rights and justice in a way that ordinary Canadians can relate to.

In fact, thanks largely to his 37 years as host of the CBC television program The Nature of Things, the Japanese-Canadian elder has earned the mantle of Canada’s granddad – that friendly face that regularly reminds you to be a steward of nature and take only what you need. His benevolent

message is likely a large part in why our readers voted him Vancouver’s Best Humanitarian and Best Activist in our Best of the City Readers’ Choice poll this year.

When (and if) he does ultimately step back into life as just a regular granddad, however, Suzuki says that there will still be much work to be done.

“There will always be work to do,” he admits. “When we started the foundation in 1990, the Worldwatch Institute had published an article called the ‘Turn Around Decade’, and they said that we had to change society in the next 10 years, or else we were toast,” he recalls. “So really I set up the foundation with the idea that we had 10 years, and here we are 25 years later.

We’re still working on the same problems, basically.”

He has hope, though, that the next generation is equipped to handle things differently.

“There is a huge shift happening,” he says, highlighting the urban agriculture movement as an exciting local

example. “I see it in young people […] and your futures are what are at stake.”

And, having spent decades of his career engaged with the highest levels of government, Suzuki is also optimistic that Canada’s newly elected Liberal government is the right team to address the coming challenges, which include protecting the world’s longest coastline, as well as protecting the economy from the possible impacts of climate change.

“To me, the signal of a really profound shift was immediate when [Justin] Trudeau was in, and he appointed a cabinet that was 50 per cent women,” says Suzuki, who has four daughters himself.

“That is something so profound, because, if you think of the Harper government, the Harper government was driven by [Stephen] Harper.

It was like one man dictating, and diversity is the key to making good decisions.

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1. Salmagundi West 321 West Cordova, 604-681-4648 2. Antique Market 1324 Franklin, 604-875-1434 AntiquesDirect.ca 3. ReFind Home Furnishings 4609 Main, 778-855-0969 ReFindHomeFurnishings.com

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1. Pawlik Automotive 966 SW Marine, 604-327-7112 PawlikAutomotive.com 2. Craftsman Collision Various locations CraftsmanCollision.com 3. Canadian Tire Various locations, CanadianTire.ca

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1. Bisou Bridal 440 West 2nd, 604-696-0880 BisouBridal.com 2. Blush Bridal & Special Occasions 1189 Hamilton, 604-336-6696 BlushOccasions.com 3. Clara Couture 2423 Burrard, 604-730-9378 ClaraCoutureBridal.com

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1. Autoform 1885 Clark, 604-877-0800 AutoformCo.ca 2. Carter Honda 2390 Burrard, 1-877-790-0978 CarterHonda.com T-3. The BMW Store 2040 Burrard, 604-659-3200 TheBMWStore.ca T-3. Jim Pattison Toyota Downtown 1395 West Broadway 1-888-778-4869 JPToyotaDowntown.ca

BEST COBBLER

1. Quick Cobbler 430 West 2nd, 604-682-6354 QuickCobbler.com 2. Both Feet on Main Street 4410 Main, 604-872-1318 BothFeet.ca 3. East Van Shoe Repair 60 East Hastings, 778-807-5942 EastVanShoeRepair.com

BEST DRY CLEANER

1. Busy Bee Gold 704 West 6th, 604-872-1519 BusyBeeGold.com 2. Busy Bee Cleaners Various locations 3. Swan Laundry Drycleaning 1352 Burrard, 604-684-0323 SwanLaundry.com

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BEST CAMERA STORE

1. Avenue Eyecare 2041 West 41st, 604-558-1133 AvenueEyecare.com 2. Bruce Eyewear 219 Abbott, 604-662-8300 BruceEyewear.com 3. Clearly Various locations, 1-866-501-2729 Clearly.ca

BEST CANDY STORE

1. Flower Factory 3604 Main, 604-871-1008 FlowerFactory.ca 2. Blumen Floral Boutique 438 West 8th, 604-708-0882 Blumen.ca 3. Granville Island Florist 1689 Johnston, 604-669-1228 GIFVancouver.com

1. Leo’s Camera Supply 1055 Granville, 604-685-5331 LeosCamera.com 2. Kerrisdale Camera 2170 West 41st, 604-263-3221 KerrisdaleCameras.com 3. Broadway Camera 1055 West Broadway, 604-733-9282 BCCamera.com 1. The Candy Aisle 2083 West 4th, 604-739-3330 CandyAisle.com 2. Commercial Drive Licorice Parlour 1002 Commercial, 604-558-2422 T-3. Karameller Candy Shop 1020 Mainland, 604-639-8325 Karameller.com T-3. Purdy’s Chocolates Various locations, Purdys.com

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BEST GARDENING STORE

1. Hunters Garden Centre 2560 West Broadway, 604-733-1534 HuntersGardenCentre.com

2. Figaro’s Garden 1896 Victoria, 604-253-1696 FigarosGarden.ca 3. Home Depot Various locations, HomeDepot.ca

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1. Fresh Start Recycling 604-637-6400 FreshStartRecycling.com 2. The Soap Dispensary 3718 Main, 604-568-3141 TheSoapDispensary.com 3. BlueShore Financial Various locations, 604-982-8000 BlueShoreFinancial.com

BEST HARDWARE STORE

1. Magnet Home Hardware 1575 Commercial, 604-253-1747 HomeHardware.ca 2. Blight’s Home Hardware 3322 Dunbar, 604-738-3312 BlightsHomeHardware.com 3. The Little Hardware Co. 1320 Davie, 604-687-6285

BEST HOME ACCESSORIES

1. HomeSense 493 Robson, 604-683-4406 HomeSense.ca 2. The Cross Décor & Design 1198 Homer, 604-689-2900 TheCrossDesign.com T-3. CB2 1277 Robson, 604-669-9797 CB2.com T-3. Front & Company 3772 Main, 604-879-9431 FrontAndCompany.com T-3. Parliament Interiors 115 Water, 604-689-0800 ParliamentInteriors.com

BEST HOME DECOR

1. HomeSense 493 Robson, 604-683-4406 HomeSense.ca 2. The Cross Decor & Design 1198 Homer, 604-689-2900 TheCrossDesign.com T-3. Parliament Interiors 115 Water, 604-689-0800 ParliamentInteriors.com T-3. West Elm 2947 Granville, 604-733-6730 WestElm.com

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Folk Fest the best in the West GRANT LAWRENCE @grantlawrence

As we suffer through one of the soggiest Februarys in years, July may seem like a lifetime away (it’s really just over four months away, but that’s still a really long time when it’s pouring). If you feel like dreaming of sunny skies, warm ocean waters, and open-air music, go ahead and circle the weekend of July 15-17 now, because that’s when the 39th annualVancouver Folk Music Festival goes down at Jericho Beach Park.

It’s clear that you truly love and value this event, because you voted the venerable Folk Fest both Best Music Festival and Best Outdoor Festival in our annual Best of the City poll. In a region that has become stacked and packed with outdoor festivals, many boasting heavy-duty headlining competition often awkwardly on the exact same weekend, that’s quite a pair of trophies you’ve bestowed upon the folk festival at the beach.

If you’ve been lucky enough to attend this festival in any one of the previous 38 years, it’s easy to understand why Folk Fest won your heart. It’s just so damn relaxing. Located in one of the most beautiful locations anywhere, under typically warm and sunny weather, the

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experience includes a live music soundtrack from around the world, lofting down upon you, while you gaze out with amazement at the spectacular views of the North Shore mountains, Burrard Inlet, and Howe Sound.

Possibly best of all, you’re surrounded with a bunch of like-minded, mostly loving and caring people. It’s a multicultural utopia of sorts, a kind of best-case-scenarioVancouver.

I’ve had the good fortune of emceeing the festival for the last few years, and have had the distinct pleasure of seeing the look on musicians’ faces as they arrive at the site for the first time. One of my favourite memories was greeting a band from Mali, a landlocked country in West Africa. It was their first time in Canada, which by reputation, even in July, they expected to be cold and icy.

Through my terrible French, I figured out that a few of them were interested in getting an

up-close look at the beach, so I took them over myself. Following my lead, I coaxed them into the water for a swim. It was the first time they had ever been in an ocean in their lives.

I’ll never forget the look on their faces when their nimbletoed hesitation switched to sheer, splashing delight in the warm waters off of Jericho Beach.They were swimming in the ocean! In Canada! Formidable! They didn’t drown!

And I wasn’t fired!

Festival founder Mitch Podolak probably summed up the experience best on the Folk Fest website: “You enter a special world.You step outside normal society for three days and enjoy a totally non-alienating experience.What could be better?”

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1. Moe’s Home Collection 1728 Glen, 604-687-5599 MoesHome.ca 2. CB2 1277 Robson, 604-669-9797, CB2.com 3. Parliament Interiors 115 Water, 604-689-0800 ParliamentInteriors.com

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1. Tiffany & Co. Various locations, Tiffany.ca 2. Maharani Jewels 701 West Georgia, 604-637-1947 MaharaniJewels.com 3. Birks Various locations, MaisonBirks.com

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1. Toys R Us 1154 West Broadway, 604-733-8697 ToysRUs.ca 2. Dilly Dally 1161 Commercial Drive 604-252-9727, DillyDallyKids.ca 3. KidsBooks 3083 West Broadway, 604-738-5335 KidsBooks.ca

BEST KITCHENWARE/ COOKING STORE

1. Ming Wo Various Locations, WingWo.com 2. The Gourmet Warehouse 1340 East Hastings, 604-253-3022 GourmetWarehouse.ca 3. Cook Culture Various locations, CookCulture.com

2. Salvation Army Thrift Stores Various locations, ThriftStore.ca T-3. Attic Treasures 944 Commercial Drive, 604-254-0220 AtticTreasuresVancouver.com

BEST SHOES

1. John Fluevog Various locations, Fluevog.com 2. Gravity Pope 2203 West 4th, 604-731-7647 GravityPope.com 3. Aldo Shoes Various locations, AldoShoes.com

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1. Pacific Centre 701 West Georgia, 604-688-7235 CFShops.com/Pacific-Centre 2. Oakridge Centre 650 West 41st, 604-264-9221 OakridgeCentre.com 3. Kingsgate Mall 370 East Broadway, 604-879-0114 KingsgateMall.com

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1. Cleaning With Love 420 West 16th, 604-475-5683 CleaningWithLove.ca 2. EcoGREEN 1339 Barclay, 604-700-6808 CleaningServicesVancouverBC.com 3. Kirei Cleaning Services 604-363-2475, KireiCleaning.ca

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1. Toys R US 1154 West Broadway, 604-733-8697 ToysRUs.ca 2. Granville Island Toy Company Various locations, ToyCompany.com 3. Dilly Dally 1161 Commercial, 604-252-9727 DillyDallyKids.ca

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1. TravelMasters Various locations, TravelMasters.ca 2. Flight Centre Various locations, 1-877-967-5302 FlightCentre.ca 3. Expedia Cruise Ship Centers Various locations, 1-800-707-7327 CruiseShipCenters.ca

1. Vancouver Community College 1155 E Broadway, 604-871-7000, VCC.ca 2. University of BC 2329 West Mall, 1-866-596-0767, UBC.ca 3. Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre 515 W Hastings, 778-782-5000, SFU.ca

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A single crane towers over what was once Kitsilano Secondary School. The aging 1927 heritage building is now a shell of its former self, hollowed out to the sky for seismic upgrades with only the iconic exterior left standing.

It’s not the end of the 89-year-old institution, however. Just behind the ruins sits the new wing of Kits High – phase one of a multi-year, $62.2-million construction project – which students moved into in September.

It’s a looker: Light fills the long double-height central commons, bouncing off elegant wood panels on its way down to the polished hallway floors, where students gather quietly on their way to spacious art studios and science labs.

The only problem is, the school can’t quite hold all 1,300 students… yet.

“Right now we don’t have everybody in this building,” explains principal Jim Burnham, seated in his office one bustling school day afternoon. “We have about 40 per cent of our students outside [in the tech wing of the old building], which we’ve gutted and turned into classrooms, a library area, a fitness room, and we’ve turned the main causeway into a cafeteria.”

There are also seven portables (including one dedicated to English and yoga) as well as some less than ideal accommodations.

“Some of the classrooms don’t have any windows because they were an auto body shop, [or] tech woodwork and metalwork,” Burnham adds, with slightly weary smile, “so some teachers are happy, some are less happy.”

In fact, the replacement school – one of the priciest school renovations in the history of the province – isn’t expected to be finished until summer of 2017, but that hasn’t stopped the work-inprogress from winning Best High School in our Best of the City Readers’ Choice poll this year.

Maybe it’s a credit to Kits High’s decades of learning, locker talk, and sporting glory, or maybe it’s because there is a noticeably positive hum of urban energy coursing through the halls.

(Who are we kidding, our readers are just clearly shouting out the awesome-

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ness that is Kits High alumni Ryan Reynolds, but we digress...)

Eventually, when the old building is rebuilt, the two will be linked, bringing an academic wing, a new library, three gymnasiums, and a 350-seat theatre into the fold, which is surely what drama teacher Ryan Parker is looking forward to most. When construction left him without an auditorium in which to put on proper theatre productions, Parker had to think outside the box – literally. “[He] has only been here a couple of years, but he’s very creative,” says Burnham, appreciatively. “And he’s already, I think, getting a name for himself outside.

People are now sending their kids to come here just because ‘Mr. Parker’ is the drama person.”

Parker took over the reins from respected drama instructor Julie Bond, who retired in 2014, with a clear goal: to double the drama enrolment among Grade 9 students, and create the strongest high school theatre program in the Lower Mainland.

Since then, enrolment among the Grade 9s has grown from just nine students to 60, and he is building a reputation for fun, ambitious projects.

One of those is Focus, a 10-hour, 10-episode TV series being created and shot by his senior students, in collaboration with the school’s film and writing departments. Falling somewhere between Degrassi and the British television hit Skins, Focus weaves together the inner monologues and outward exploits of fictional Kits High students into a parentally appeasing dramedy.

“As far as we can tell, no one has done something like this in Canada or North America,” Parker says of the large-scale project, when reached by phone in his classroom this week.

Using money raised by the program last year, as well as funds from the Parent Advisory Council, the drama department has purchased professionalgrade cameras, rigs, boom mics and microphones, as well as the necessary computer software to train the students on the film industry while they wait for their theatre to be completed. Parker has also rented out the Rio to screen the completed episodes over five weeks in May and June.

As far as school projects

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Kitsilano Secondary Principal Jim Burnham stands in the school’s new wing. Dan Toulgoet photo go, this one had mass appeal.

“We ended up having 89 students audition, 50 signed up to be extras, we have a crew of about 20 and we’re filming almost

every day this week,” says Parker, proudly, as result.

“People will be able to buy tickets to the Rio Theatre to see the students’ finished work. Then we’re

doing season two next year – another 10 episodes,” he reveals. “We’ll recast some of the students that are graduating and bring it all to a close just as our audi-

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1. Crown Mountain Moving 778-872-7696 CrownMountainMovers.com 2. East Van Moving 1192 East Hastings, 604-251-1100 WelcomeToEastVan.com 3. Ferguson Moving & Storage 1584 Columbia, 604-922-2212 FergusonMoving.com

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1. Yaletown Plumbing 1503-1255 Seymour, 604-727-4484 YaletownPlumbing.com 2. High Mark Plumbing and Heating 604-678-1650, HighmarkPlumbing.com 3. Uncle Bill’s Hillcrest Plumbing & Heating 212 East 17th, 604-879-1415 HillcrestPlumbing.com

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1. Chapters Various locations, Chapters.Indigo.ca 2. Pulpfiction Books Various locations PulpfictionBooksVancouver.com 3. MacLeod’s Books 455 West Pender, 604-681-7654

BEST REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER

1. Strategies Games & Hobbies 3878 Main, 604-872-6911 StrategiesGames.ca 2. EB Games Various locations, EBGames.ca 3. Drexoll Games 103-2880 West 4th, 604-733-6511 DrexollGames.Blogspot.ca

1. RE/MAX Various locations, Remax.ca 2. Macdonald Realty Various locations, MacRealty.com 3. Blu Realty 86 Kingsway, 604-730-0076 BluRealty.com

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1. 1-800-Got-Junk Various locations, 1-800-468-5865 1800GotJunk.com 2. Fresh Start Recycling 107-237 East 4th, 604-637-6400 FreshStartRecycling.com 3. 505-Junk 3537 West 6th, 604-505-5865 505Junk.com

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1. Puff Various locations, PuffPipes.ca 2. CottonMouth Smoke Shop 1120 Davie, 604-331-1602 CottonMouthSmokeShop.com 3. Ignite 109 West Cordova, 778-786-0977 IgniteSmokeShop.ca

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T-1. Canna Clinic Medicinal Society 2223 Commercial Drive 604-558-2454, CannaClinics.org T-1. VanCity Weed Various locations, VanCityWeed.com

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1. Rogers Various locations, Rogers.com 2. Telus Various locations, Telus.com 3. Fido Various locations, Fido.ca

BEST MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

1. Long & McQuade 368 Terminal, 604-734-4886 Long-McQuade.com 2. Tom Lee Various locations, TomLeeMusic.ca 3. Bonerattle Music 2012 Commercial, 604-251-2663 Bonerattle.com

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1. Apple Store Various locations, Apple.com 2. Best Buy Various locations, BestBuy.ca 3. NCIX Various locations, NCIX.com

BEST RECORD STORE

1. Red Cat Records 4332 Main, 604-708-9422 RedCat.ca 2. Zulu Records 1972 West 4th, 604-738-3232 ZuluRecords.com 3. Audiopile Records 2016 Commercial, 604-253-7453 Facebook.com/AudioPileRecords

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The Fairmont chain of hotels has long been a highly visible part ofVancouver’s hospitality and tourism industries.

When the Fairmont Pacific Rim opened in Coal Harbour, however, it was with a decided splash that sent ripples through the hotel world.The award-winning design – favouring natural materials, silvery finishes and light colours – has been matched with a strong green initiative that encompasses a kitchen that focuses on local, organic, fair trade and sustainable products wherever possible, as well as organic or biodynamic wines.The onsite herb gardens and apiaries assist the “full scratch” kitchen to make everything in-house.

This is the hotel’s sixth year in operation, and renovations on all of the rooms are scheduled to begin later this year. If that sounds unusual, it’s because it is. Hotels normally undergo renovations every 15-20 years.

“We reinvent ourselves all the time,” says Frederic Bellone, hotel manager.

The renovations include the conversion of 20 rooms into 10 one-bedroom luxury suites.

Each will be completely unique, and with its own “music experience,” featuring an authentic turntable and a selection of

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LPs chosen to suit the guest’s personal preferences.

Music, as well as art, fashion, food and drink, are what make the hotel stand out in the city, and are its unstated raison d’etre.

“We hold two fashion shows each year, in addition to rotating the artwork,” explains Bellone.

“We just acquired a piece by Guido Molinari, and for Christmas, we partner withVersace, who last year created an amazing deconstructed Christmas tree for the lobby display.”

The Lobby Lounge now offers live entertainment seven nights a week, an important draw for the mainly (80 per cent) local clientele. Another big draw is the cocktail program, run by head bartender Grant Sceney.With the success of the OceanWise Raw Bar, as well as Giovane Café, cocktails are designed to not only cater to both a local and international clientele, but also to

pair well with the fresh seafood and other contemporary offerings on the menu.

“There’s no set theme to our drinks menu,” says Sceney, but we’ve set up an aperitif section, and then divided cocktails based on mood and preference, such as light and refreshing, or unusual and intriguing.We definitely focus on local ingredients, housemade shrubs, tonics and bitters, and different flavour combinations.”

Those combinations have resulted in long-standing favourites like Sceney’s Absolut Beta, a heady mix of Absolut Citron, lemon, beet-pepper shrub, ginger, honey, egg white and basil.

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by Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra The corner of Abbott and Pender is a far cry from sun-soaked Thailand, but it’s the closest you’ll get to authentic-style Thai food in Vancouver.

Moving away from what he might consider “pedestrian” staples seen at his restaurant chain, Bob Likes Thai Food, chef Tai Keattivanichvily is serving up a whole new menu at Thai Confusion.You won’t be able to find the ordinary curries or tomato-soaked Pad Thai, so don’t ask.

“Thai food is not just Pad Thai and green curry. We have the kind of thing that when we get together with friends and family, it’s almost like tapas. In Thai, we have the word grubgam. It means slowly eating small things while drinking and talking,” Keattivanichvily explains.

“I think it’s a good opportunity to introduce grubgam – or Thai tapas – to people.”

The restaurant, which serves up a lunch, snack, and dinner tapas menu, opened on Jan. 19 in Gastown.

Thai Confusion offers a blend of global cuisines you might have never pieced together: traditional, regional Thai and a host of international flavours.

“We’re going to have food and drinks that will blur the line of culture on global influence,” Keattivanichvily says. “I’m doing foods with a

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Thai food base, and mixing it with anything.

Like, we can make panna cotta but we’re doing it with coconut milk.”

Just don’t call it fusion or PanAsian – Keattivanichvily would like to think of it more as experimentation.

“I took things from everywhere,” the Thai-expat says. “Let’s say if we make German-style sausages, and something from eastern Thailand with a good flavour, the way to do it…we just mix it.”

Favourite menu staples so far include the Tom Kha soup with fried black sticky rice balls, a Thai-style fish and chips, and a three-citrus salad with pomelo, grapefruit, and mandarin.

The tapas menu also boasts classic eats such as the miang kham, three bites of chaphlu leaf, roasted coconut shavings, lime, shallot, peanut, ginger with Tamarind Palm Sugar sauce. A traditional snack from Thailand and Laos, the name can be interpreted as “eating many things in one bite.”

But if we’re really going authentic grumgam – that is drinking and chatting while nibbling – Keattivanichvily suggests sipping on bar-favourites like the Bourbon Bangkok and his lychee mimosa. It is, after all, a well-rounded experience.

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1. Yaletown Laser Centre 1010 Mainland, 604-331-1777 YaletownLaser.com T-2. Absolutely Fabulous Urban Spa 1500 Hornby, 604-738-6245 MySpa.ca T-2. Arbutus Laser 2025 West Broadway, 604-731-5512 arbutuslaser.com T-2. CüR Laser & Skin 2830 Main, 604-662-7368 CurLaser.com 3. Electra Laser 955 Hornby, 604-255-2737 ElectraLaser.com

BEST LASH BAR

1. Mink Lash Boutique 1237 Burrard, 604-336-5274 MinkLashBoutique.com 2. Prep Beauty Parlour 1054 Hornby, 604-764-6452 PrepBeautyParlour.com 3. Noir Lash Lounge Various locations NoirLashLounge.com

BEST NAIL SALON

1. iNail Spa 1075 Howe, 604-915-6688 NailSalonVancouver.ca 2. Pure Nail Bar Various locations, PureNailBar.com 3. Frilly Lilly 1076 Hamilton, 604-623-3330 FrillyLilly.ca

BEST SKINCARE FACILITY

1. Yaletown Laser Centre 1010 Mainland, 604-331-1777 YaletownLaser.com 2. MASC 433 Davie, 877-811-8113 ShopMasc.com

3. Skoah Various locations, Skoah.com

BEST TANNING SALON

1. Banana Tans Various locations, BananaTans.com 2. Sunscape Tanning Salon Various locations SunscapeTanning.com T-3. Cocoa Tanning Studio Various locations, CocoaTanning.ca T-3. Tan de Soleil 911 Denman, 604-689-5110 TanDeSoleil.com

HEALTH & FITNESS BEST ACUPUNCTURIST

1. Kelli Taylor, Elements Wellness Centre 207-2678 West Broadway 604-732-9355 ElementsWellnessCentre.com 2. Poke Acupuncture Clinic 225 East Broadway, 604-568-7322 3. Tanya Gee, Bodhi Tree Healing Centre 415-2184 West Broadway 604-710-4372, TanyaGee.com

BEST BIKE SHOP

1. Simon’s Bike Shop 608 Robson, 604-602-1181 SimonsBikeShop.com 2. Our Community Bikes 2429 Main, 604-879-2453 PedalPower.org T-3. Ride On 2180 Main, 604-738-7734 RideOn.com T-3. Bike Doctor 137 West Broadway, 604-873-2453 TheBikeDr.com

BEST BOARD AND SKI SHOP

1. Comor Sports 1766 West 4th, 604-736-7547 ComorSports.com 2. Boardroom 1749 West 4th, 604-734-7669 BoardroomShop.com 3. Pacific Boarder 1793 West 4th, 604-734-7245 PacificBoarder.com

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WINNERS HEALTH & FITNESS BEST CHIROPRACTOR

1. Harold Meinzer 640-1285 West Broadway 604-558-1285 VancouverChiroEvolution.com 2. Farokh Zavosh 703-1160 Burrard, 604-568-6545 DrZavosh.com 3. Victor Sam 1929 Commercial 604-251-6878

BEST CROSSFIT

1. CrossFit604 124 East Cordova, 604-899-9443 CrossFit604.com 2. CrossFit Empower 3321 Dunbar, 778-873-4427 CrossFitEmpower.com 3. CrossFit Kitsilano 1370 West 4th, 604-558-3488 CrossFitKitsilano.com

BEST DENTAL CLINIC

1. Kits Family Dental 209-2233 West Broadway 604-738-1816 KitsFamilyDental.com 2. La Vita Dental 2259 West 4th, 604-256-1459 LaVitaDental.com 3. Balsam Dental Centre 2438 West 41st, 604-261-6229 BalsamDentalCentre.com

BEST FAMILY DOCTOR

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1. Dr. Kathryn Porter 2077 West 42nd, 604-261-9494 KerrisdaleMedical.com T-2. Dr. Asa Wong 5026 Joyce, 604-438-8581 T-2. Dr. Carolyn Chong 4570 West 10th, 604-224-0480 3. Dr. Ashleigh Stelzer-Chilton 1530 West 7th, 604-738-2151 SeymourHealth.ca

BEST FITNESS FACILITY

1. Steve Nash Fitness Various locations, SNClubs.com 2. Innovative Fitness Various locations InnovativeFitness.com 3. CrossFit 604 124 East Cordova, 604-899-9443 CrossFit604.com

BEST MASSAGE THERAPIST

1. Maja Pilipovic 1065 Cambie, 604-687-2900 TheBackDoc.ca 2. Janina Edgar 2678 West Broadway, 604-732-9355 ElementsWellnessCentre.com 3. Brad Neate 316-1090 Homer, 778-928-9029 BNeate.com

BEST NATUROPATH

1. John Pidutti 1788 West Broadway, 604-737-0012 SpringsEternal.com 2. Kyla Kremblewski 207-2678 West Broadway 604-732-9355 DrKylaKremblewski.com 3. Crossroads Naturopathic 350-507 West Broadway 604-568-6899 CrossroadsNaturopathic.com

BEST OUTDOOR OUTFITTER

1. MEC 130 West Broadway, 604-872-7858 MEC.ca 2. Arcteryx 2033 West 4th, 604-737-1104 Arcteryx.com 3. Sport Chek 18 West Broadway, 604-874-6530 SportChek.ca

BEST SKATE SHOP

1. The Boardroom 1749 West 4th, 604-734-7669 BoardRoomShop.com 2. Antisocial Skateboard Shop 2337 Main, 604-708-5678 AntiSocialShop.com 3. Skull Skates 3734 West 10th, 604-739-7796 SkullSkates.com

BEST SPA

1. Spa Utopia 1001-999 Canada Place 604-689-7700, SpaUtopia.ca 2. iNail Spa 1075 Howe, 604-915-6688 NailSalonVancouver.ca 3. Absolute Spa 1015 Burrard, 604-684-2772 AbsoluteSpa.com

BEST SPORTING GOODS

1. MEC 130 West Broadway, 604-872-7858 MEC.ca

2. Sport Chek 18 West Broadway, 604-874-6530 SportChek.ca 3. Sports Junkies 102 West Broadway, 604-879-6000 SportsJunkies.com

BEST YOGA STUDIO

1. YYoga Various locations, YYoga.ca 2. Semperviva 200-1333 Johnston, Semperviva.com 3. Moksha 560 East 15th,604-569-3300 Vancouver.MokshaYoga.ca

FOOD & DRINK BEST BAKERY

1. Pure Bread 159 West Hastings, 604-563-8060 PureBread.ca 2. Cobs Bread Various locations, CobsBread.com T-3. Beaucoup Bakery 2150 Fir, 604-732-4222 BeaucoupBakery.com T-3. Terra Breads Various locations, TerraBreads.com

BEST BC WINERY

1. Burrowing Owl Estate Winery 500 Burrowing Owl Place 250-498-0620 BurrowingOwlWine.ca 2. Mission Hill Winery 1730 Mission Hill, 250-768-7611 MissionHillWinery.com T-3. Blasted Church Vineyards 378 Parsons, 250-497-1125 BlastedChurch.com T-3. Quail’s Gate 3303 Boucherie, 250-769-4451 QuailsGate.com

BEST BUTCHER

1. Windsor Quality Meats (Main Street) 4110 Main, 604-872-5635 WindsorQualityMeats.com 2. Jackson’s Meats 2214 West 4th, 604-738-6328 JacksonsMeatAndDeli.com 3. Windsor Meats (Hastings) 2276 East Hastings, 604-255-2032 WindsorQualityMeats.com

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Best described by boutique owner Anne Banner, Salmagundi West is the house of “nothing you need and everything you can’t live without.” Located in the historical heart of Gastown, the unassuming, narrow entranceway (that you might easily pass by and sadly miss) leads to a world of curiosities that surely could never all be taken in with one quick visit.

Whatever you’re into, Salmagundi has something unique to pique your interest. This two-level, seemingly small shop is big on wonder and surprise; with every nook discovered, a new collection of oddities is revealed. Boasting the city’s best antiques, novelties, local art and vintage clothing and accessories, it’s no wonder the boutique is coveted by location scouts and often rented out to the film industry, most recently Supernatu-

ral and Once Upon A Time.

This hidden gem is definitely a sight to be seen and not to be replicated.

Banner, the second owner of the shop, has been at the helm since 2012 after acting as the manager for three years prior; when the original owner lost her battle to breast cancer, Salmagundi was left to Anne’s loving hands to keep the history going. Since taking over the shop, Anne has seen a significant change in the neighbourhood with intense gentrification – most notable with the location across the street from her that used to house a well-known vintage clothing boutique recently being taken over by Versace Home, a far cry from the neighbourhood’s bohemian roots.

While remaining true to the spirit of the shop, Anne has brought some new facets to the business since taking over. In addition to the collectibles Salmagundi is so beloved for, visitors can now also find a stronger element

of local art and artisanal goods, natural crystals and even a tarot reading room tucked away in a stunning cave-like nook on the lower level. Workshops are a new addition to the offerings as well; Vision Board workshops are currently underway and up next are classes in the art of making dream-catchers.

Another new element to the shop is the conversion of the previous storage room into a rented studio space, currently occupied by Amanda Bullick and her line of found artifacts, bones and crystals turned into delicate yet dark artworks called Brutally Beautiful.

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WINNERS BEST CHEESE SHOP

1. Les Amis Du Fromage Various locations BuyCheese.com 2. Benton Brothers Fine Cheese Various locations BentonsCheese.com 3. La Grotta Del Formaggio 1791 Commercial, 604-255-3911 LGDF.ca

BEST DELI

1. Oyama Sausage Co. 1689 Johnston, 604 327 7407 OyamaSausage.ca 2. La Grotta Del Formaggio 1791 Commercial, 604-255-3911 LGDF.ca 3. Santa Barbara Market 1322 Commercial, 604-253-1941

BEST FARMERS’ MARKET

1. Trout Lake Farmers Market EatLocal.org/troutlake.html 2. Nat Bailey Farmers Market EatLocal.org/Markets/WinterMarket 3. West End Farmers Market EatLocal.org/Markets/West-End

BEST FRUIT & VEGETABLE MARKET

1. Kin’s Farm Market Various locations KinsFarmMarket.com 2. Granville Island Public Market 1661 Duranleau, 604-666-6655 GranvilleIsland.com 3. Donald’s Market Various locations DonaldsMarket.com

BEST GROCERY STORE

1. Whole Foods Market Various locations WholeFoodsMarket.com 2. Donald’s Market Various locations DonaldsMarket.com T-3. Choices Markets Various locations ChoicesMarkets.com T-3. No Frills Various locations, NoFrills.ca

BEST HOME BREW SUPPLY STORE

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1. Dan’s Homebrewing Supplies 835 East Hastings, 604-251-3411 BeerMaking.ca 2. Centennial Brewing Supplies

2985 Rupert, 604-435-2441 CentennialHomebrewing.com 3. Homestead Junction 649 East Hastings, 604-568-7675 HomesteadJunction.ca

BEST LIQUOR STORE

1. Legacy Liquor Store Various locations LegacyLiquorStore.com 2. BC Liquor Signature Store on Cambie 5555 Cambie, 604-660-9463 BCLiquorStores.com 3. Brewery Creek 3045 Main, 604-872-3373 BreweryCreekLiquorStore.com

BEST LOCAL BREWERY

T-1. Parallel 49 Brewing 1950 Triumph, 604-558-2739 Parallel49Brewing.com T-1. Brassneck Brewery 2148 Main, 604-259-7686 Brassneck.ca 2. 33 Acres Brewing Company 15 West 8th, 604-620-4589 33AcresBrewing.com 3. Granville Island Brewery 1441 Cartwright, 604-687-2739 GIB.ca

BEST LOCAL DISTILLERY

1. Odd Society Spirits 1725 Powell, 604-559-6745 OddSocietySpirits.com 2. Long Table Distillery 1451 Hornby, 604-266-0177 LongTableDistillery.com 3. Liberty Distillery 1494 Old Bridge, 604-558-1998 TheLibertyDistillery.com

BEST SEAFOOD SHOP

1. The Daily Catch Seafood Company Various locations DailyCatchSeafood.com 2. The Lobster Man 1807 Mast Tower, 604-687-4531 LobsterMan.com 3. 7 Seas Fish Co. Various locations, 7Seas.ca

BEST STALL AT GRANVILLE ISLAND MARKET

1. Oyama Sausage Co. 604 327 7407, OyamaSausage.ca 2. The Stock Market 604-687-2433, TheStockMarket.ca 3. Lee’s Donuts 604-685-4021, GranvilleIsland.com

PETS BEST DOG PARK

1. Nelson Park 1030 Bute 2. Trout Lake/ John Hendry Park 3300 Victoria T-3. Charleson Park 999 Charleson T-3. Emery Barnes Park 1170 Richards

BEST PET DAYCARE

1. DogPlay 8826 Osler, 604-336-2240 DogPlay.ca 2. The Urban Puppy Shop 1375 West 6th, 604-736-0557 TheUrbanPuppyShop.com T-3. Pet Parlour 4242 Fraser, 604-620-7297 PetParlourStore.com T-3. Rex Dog Hotel & Spa 760 Terminal, 604-696-5166 RexVancouver.com

BEST PET GROOMING

1. Pawsh Dog Spa 80 Smithe, 604-685-6088 PawshDogSpa.com 2. Pet Shop Boys 3080 Cambie, 604-569-3375 ThePetShopBoys.ca 3. Pet Parlour 4242 Fraser, 604-620-7297 PetParlourStore.com

BEST PET SUPPLIES

1. Bones Pet Stores 181 Smithe, 604-559-2663 BonesPS.com 2. Tisol Various locations, Tisol.ca 3. Pet Smart Various locations, PetSmart.ca

BEST VETERINARIAN

1. Granville Island Veterinary Hospital 1635 West 4th, 604-734-7744 BCPetVet.com 2. Yaletown Pet Hospital 893 Expo, 604-682-7389 YaletownPetHospital.com 3. Vancouver Veterinary Hospital 1541 Kingsway, 604-876-2231 VancouverVeterinary.com

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It was the year after Expo ’86, and the city was still vibrating from all of the international attention. Allison Spurell, along with her mother, Alice, had an idea for a small shop. Located in a tiny strip mall at the corner of Alma Street andWest 10th, Les Amis du Fromage became a neighbourhood byword in very short order.The miniscule space had a total of 600 square feet, and only one entrance.

After making room for the commercial kitchen and walkin cooler, there was just enough left over for the retail counter and enough clearance to get the door fully open. A family of caterers, the Spurells were soon joined in the business by Joe Chaput, now Allison’s life and business partner of 30 years. “[The business] grew very organically,” remembers Spurell. “We were primarily caterers at first, but eventually gave it up to focus exclusively on cheese.” Angela Murrils, then-writer for The Georgia Straight, wrote a glowing review of the shop, and the rest, as they say, is a lot of curd.

In those early days, before Google and Wikipedia, ordering in cheese was a perilous gamble. “You couldn’t go

BEST CHEESE SHOP Alison Spurrell and Joe Chaput of Les Amis Du Fromage. Dan Toulgoet photo

online for research, and all you would get was a long list of names to choose from,” laughs Spurell. “We would often just look at a name and say, ‘Oh, that one sounds interesting.

Let’s try it out.’”

The little shop that could quickly grew too big for its britches, but somehow managed to sustain the business for 17 years, before Les Amis finally moved to a larger space in Kitsilano that had – in addition to a service entrance at the back – enough space to branch out and offer items to round out and accompany their extensive cheese selection.

Crackers, chutneys, jellies, oils and vinegars line the walls, and a solid charcuterie selection covers local favourites and imported delights alike. A few years ago the East Hastings store was added to the mix,

and is the main commercial kitchen. It’s thanks in part to businesses like Les Amis that local cheese has become such a booming industry. “When we started out almost 25 years ago, there wasn’t a lot of local product available,” explains Spurell.

“Over the years, though, the industry has really grown, and we now carry around 195 Canadian cheeses.”

The shop, in fact, now carries a total of more than 550 different kinds of cheese from around the world, and has expanded their operations further by creating a line of takeaway meals and soups, which are now available at the store, as well as at GourmetWarehouse and through Spud.ca. W

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By Kristi Alexandra “We have chefs and cooks. We have culinary professionals that @kristialexandra work in our kitchen and that’s not something you’ll find in a A homemade, gourmet lunch is a luxury afforded to few urtraditional grocery store setting,” Meinhardt says. “We’re serving ban workers, but Meinhardt Pacific Centre is set to change that. restaurant-quality food in a deli setting.”

For 20 years, the gourmet grocer has been known for its highThink of Meinhardt Pacific Centre as the little sister of the end deli at its flagship store on South Granville, but the new store’s South Granville flagship: urban, trendy, bistro-sized shop is designed for the grab-and-go on-the-go, and socially conscious. foodie.

“With our express, bodega style grocery store, “We want to provide the urbanite with a you’ll see that we have organic, natural health culinary experience that really encapsulates the food and fresh products,” Meinhardt reveals, fact that time is the most important currency to “but we know that people downtown are really people now,” says Michael Meinhardt, the store’s into health and nutrition that’s also quick and general manager. easy.”

“Our goal is to provide quality, nutritional Much of what Meinhardt Pacific Centre has to value and convenience to our customers.” offer includes local, gluten-free ingredients, and The 3,200-square foot space across from their own private M Label products.

Granville SkyTrain Station boasts chef-prepared “This not a traditional family shop,” Meinfoods with everything from an artisan salad bar, Best Local Specialty hardt says of the new location. “Our Meinhardt hot lunch, house-made soups and sandwiches, Food Store – Downtown Pacific Centre customers are small families, and a pastry display. A wrap-around patio is set to debut before summer.

In a word, Meinhardt Pacific Centre is Vancouver’s answer to the New York City bodega.

What sets the experience apart from big brand grocers is the lack of processed or frozen fare, and everything in our deli is

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WINNERS NEIGHBOURHOODS: DOWNTOWN BEST COMMUNITY CENTRE

1. Roundhouse Community Centre 181 Roundhouse Mews 604-713-1800, Roundhouse.ca

BEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

1. Elsie Roy Elementary 150 Drake, 604-713-5890 Roy.VSB.bc.ca

BEST HIDDEN GEM

1. Crab Park 101 West Waterfront Vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/crab-park-at-portside-dog-park 2. Yaletown L’Antipasto 1127 Mainland, 604-558-1174 YaletownLAntipasto.com 3. Bones Pet Stores 181 Smithe, 604-559-2663 BonesPS.com

BEST LOCAL BEER/WINE STORE

1. Viti Wine and Lager Store 900 Seymour, 604-683-3806 VitiWineLagers.com 2. BC Liquor Stores Various locations BCLiquorStores.com 3. Swirl Wines 1185 Mainland, 604-408-9463 SwirlWineStore.ca

BEST LOCAL BUSINESS

1. Bones Pet Stores 181 Smithe, 604-559-2663 BonesPS.com 2. Amherst Funeral & Cremation Services 1209-207 West Hastings 604-831-3023 AmherstCremation.com 3. Opus Art Supplies Various locations OpusArtSupplies.com

BEST LOCAL GROCER

1. Nesters Market Various locations, NestersMarket.com 2. Urban Fare Various locations, UrbanFare.com 3. Choices Market 1202 Richards, 604-633-2392 ChoicesMarkets.com

BEST LOCAL HAIR SALON

1. Bangtown Saloon 438 West Pender, 604-682-7775 Bangtown.ca T-2. Is. Salon 1260 Hamilton, 604-569-4247 isSalon.ca T-2. VCC Salon & Spa 250 West Pender, 604-443-8334 VCC.ca 3. Barrette Salon 1318 Hornby, 604-681-1797 BarretteSalon.com

BEST LOCAL SPECIALTY FOOD SHOP

1. Meinhardt Fine Foods 609 Granville, 604-681-8175 MeinhardtFineFoods.com T-2. Choices Markets 1202 Richards, 604-633-2392 ChoicesMarkets.com T-2. Urban Fare Various locations UrbanFare.com T-3. Pure Bread 159 West Hastings, 604-563-8060 PureBread.ca T-3. Save On Meats 43 West Hastings, 604-569-3568 SaveOnMeats.ca

BEST PARK

1. Crab Park 101 West Waterfront 2. David Lam Park 1300 Pacific 3. Andy Livingstone Park 89 Expo Boulevard

BEST PLACE TO WALK YOUR DOG

1. Seawall 2. Crab Park 101 West Waterfront 3. David Lam Park 1300 Pacific

EAST SIDE BEST COMMUNITY CENTRE

1. Trout Lake Community Centre 3360 Victoria, 604-257-6955 2. Mt. Pleasant Community Centre 1 Kingsway, 604-257-3080 3. Britannia Community Centre 1661 Napier, 604-718-5800

BEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

1. Florence Nightingale Elementary 2740 Guelph, 604-713-5290 Nightingale.VSB.bc.ca T-2. Mount Pleasant Elementary School 2300 Guelph, 604-713-4617 MountPleasant.VSB.bc.ca T-2. Lord Strathcona Elementary 592 East Pender, 604-713-4630 Strathcona.VSB.bc.ca/ T-3. Britannia Elementary 1110 Cotton, 604-713-4497 Britannia-Elem.VSB.bc.ca T-3. Tyee Elementary School 3525 Dumfries, 604-713-4723 Tyee.VSB.bc.ca

BEST HIDDEN GEM

1. Jokes Please!

Venue: Little Mountain Gallery 195 East 26th LittleMountainGallery.ca 2. Le Marche St. George 4393 St. George, 604-565-5107 MarcheStGeorge.com 3. Trout Lake/John Hendry Park 3300 Victoria Drive

BEST LOCAL BEER/ WINE STORE

1. Brewery Creek Liquor Store 3045 Main, 604-872-3373 BreweryCreekLiquorStore.com 2. Liberty Wine Merchants 1622 Commercial, 604-633-1922 LibertyWineMerchants.com 3. High Point Beer Wine Spirits 2769 East Hastings, 605-638-1632 HighPointBWS.com

BEST LOCAL BUSINESS

1. Discover Dogs 701 Kingsway, 778-228-7458 DiscoverDogs.ca 2. JQ Clothing 2120 Commercial, 604-215-7833 JQClothing.com T-3. Burdock & Co. 2702 Main, 604-879-0077 BurdockAndCo.com T-3. Strategies Games & Hobbies 3878 Main, 604-872-6911 StrategiesGames.ca

BEST LOCAL GROCER

1. Donald’s Market Various locations DonaldsMarket.com 2. Santa Barbara Market 1322 Commercial, 604-253-1941 3. Famous Foods 1595 Kingsway, 604-872-3019 FamousFoods.ca

BEST LOCAL HAIR SALON

1. TRiM Hair Salon 3851 Main, 604-876-2118 TRiMHairSalon.com 2. Kokopelli Salon and Body Lounge 2052 Commercial, 604-253-6950 KokopelliSalon.ca 3. Beehive 3904 Fraser, 604-709-9928 BeehiveHairLounge.ca

BEST LOCAL SPECIALTY FOOD SHOP

1. Santa Barbara Market 1322 Commercial, 604-253-1941 2. Harvest Community Foods 243 Union, 604-682-8851 HarvestUnion.ca 3. The Gourmet Warehouse 1340 East Hastings, 604-253-3022 GourmetWarehouse.ca

BEST PARK

1. Trout Lake/John Hendry Park 3300 Victoria Drive 2. Dude Chilling (Guelph) Park 2390 Brunswick 3. Grandview Park 1657 Charles

BEST PLACE TO WALK YOUR DOG

1. Trout Lake/John Hendry Park 3300 Victoria Drive 2. Everett Crowley Park 8200 Kerr 3. New Brighton Park 3201 New Brighton

WEST END BEST COMMUNITY CENTRE

1. West End Community Centre 870 Denman, 604-257-8333 2. Coal Harbour Community Centre 480 Broughton, 604-718-8222 3. Vancouver Aquatic Centre 1050 Beach, 604-665-3424

BEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

1. Lord Roberts Elementary 1100 Bidwell, 604-713-5055 LordRoberts.VSB.bc.ca 2. Lord Roberts Annex 1150 Nelson, 604-713-5495 VSB.bc.ca/Schools/Roberts-Annex

BEST HIDDEN GEM

1. Greenhorn Espresso Bar 994 Nicola, 604-428-2912 GreenhornCafe.com 2. Adesso Bistro 1906 Haro, 604-568-9975 AdessoBistro.net 3. Grotto Italian 1725 Davie, 604-620-1998 GrottoItalian.ca

BEST LOCAL BEER/ WINE STORE

1. Marquis Wine Cellars 1034 Davie, 604-684-0445 Marquis-Wines.com 2. Denman Beer Wine and Spirits 1060 Denman, 604-633-1863 DenmanLiquorStore.com 3. West End Liquor Store (Dover Arms) 961 Denman, 604-689-3100 MyLiquorStore.ca

BEST LOCAL BUSINESS

1. India Bistro 1157 Davie, 604-684-6342 IndiaBistro.ca 2. Ayoub’s Dried Fruits and Nuts 986 Denman, 604-732-6887 Ayoubs.ca 3. Score on Davie 1262 Davie, 604-632-1646 ScoreOnDavie.com

BEST LOCAL GROCER

1. Kin’s Farm Market Various locations KinsFarmMarket.com 2. Your Independent Grocer 1255 Davie, 604-688-0911 YourIndependentGrocer.ca 3. Joe’s No Frills 1030 Denman, 604-682-4331 NoFrills.ca

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BEST HIDDEN GEM

1. Wreck Beach North West Marine, UBC WreckBeach.org 2. CrossFit Empower 3321 Dunbar, 778-873-4427 CrossFitEmpower.com 3. Laurel Street Land Bridge North end of Laurel Street at West 6th

BEST LOCAL BEER/ WINE STORE

1. Legacy Liquor Store 1633 Manitoba, 604-331-7900 LegacyLiquorStore.com 2. Liberty Wines 4583 West 10th, 604-224-8050 LibertyWineMerchants.com 3. Broadway International Wine Shop 2752 West Broadway, 604-734-8543 BroadwayWineShop.ca

BEST LOCAL BUSINESS

1. CrossFit Empower 3321 Dunbar, 778-873-4427 CrossFitEmpower.com 2. Travel Masters West Broadway 2678 West Broadway, 604-659-4150 TravelMasters.ca 3. Aarm Dental 2180 Cambie, 604-684-0224 Aarm-Dental.com

BEST LOCAL GROCER

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In the Supportive Wife Hall of Fame, there’s likely an entire wing dedicated to Miriam Karp.

When her husband, Gordon Glanz, decided he wanted to walk away from his 20-year career as a translator and technical writer to distill whisky instead, Karp sold her successful business – a vacation and cabin rental website – to move to Scotland and put him through distilling school so he could pursue his dream.

“It was a team effort, for sure,” says Glanz. “I couldn’t have done it without Miriam.”

The gamble has certainly paid off. The couple opened Odd Society Spirits on Powell Street in East Vancouver three years ago, and the city’s thirsty masses have beaten a path to their door.

Glanz, of course, has been distilling his whole life. As a teenager in Edmonton, he and his brothers would use

a jerry-rigged water distiller to give their homemade fruit wines a little more kick.

“It was pretty awful,” Glanz recalls of his first few experiments.

Glanz ended up in Germany, where he lived and worked on a winery, and learned to make schnapps and grappa. But the dream of making booze full-time took a back seat, as dreams often do, so that Glanz and Karp could start a family.

Today, Odd Society is very much a family business, with Karp taking on the general manager duties while Glanz toils in the distillery (along with production manager and distiller Joshua Beach).

Even the couples’ two daughters are involved with the operation, whether its labelling bottles or mixing up cocktails.

Odd Society’s product line includes their East Van Vodka, Wallflower Gin, Mongrel Unaged Spirit, Creme de Cassis and Bittersweet Vermouth. The ingredients are all 100 per cent British

Columbian, from the malted grains to the local botanicals.

As successful and delicious as Odd Society’s spirits have been thus far, Glanz says everything has been a precursor to the product he’s most excited about: single malt 100 per cent BC whisky.

Karp and Glanz hope to have a three-year single malt bottled and ready to sip within the next 12 months.

They’re also currently selling 30-litre casks of single malt whisky (your choice of either barley or rye), which the distillery will then age for you.

“Everything we’ve made so far is all on the road to whisky,” says Glanz.

In fact, much of Odd Society Spirits’ current product line was developed to tide the distillery over until their whisky could be sufficiently aged and brought to market. Those spirits have since earned the distillery a handful of medals at the San Francisco Worlds Spirits Competition, as well as a Gold Medal in Westender’s Best of the City readers’

choice poll.

“We probably wouldn’t have done those [products] if we weren’t waiting [for the whisky], but I’m so glad we did,” says Karp.

Of course, there’s no better place to experience Odd Society’s spirits than in the small cocktail lounge adjoining the distillery. In the capable hands of bar manager Kylie Bartlett, Glanz’s handiwork comes to life in cocktails like the Modern Hound or the Razzle Basil.

The funky décor and relaxed vibe have helped to turn the lounge into a favourite watering hole for East Van locals.

Karp says recent liquor licensing changes will allow the lounge to sell beer as well as the spirits produced on site.

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LAKE STREET DIVE Jazz-pop quartet out of Brooklyn, NY, on tour in support of their major label debut release, Side Pony, with special guests The Suffers.

8pm at The Imperial. Tickets $25 at Red Cat, Zulu, Highlife and TicketWeb.ca LE1F NYC rapper and producer aka Khalif Diouf appears in support of his debut release, Riot Boi. 9pm at Alexander Gastown.

Tickets $18 at Red Cat, Zulu, Beat Street and TicketWeb.ca ST. LUCIA Indie-electronicpop from the South African, Brooklyn-based musician with special guest Grace Mitchell.

9pm at Venue. Tickets $22.50+ at Red Cat, Highlife and LiveNation. com VINCE STAPLES Long Beach, California rapper and one third of hip hop group Cutthroat Boyz appears in sup port of his debut solo release, Summertime ’06.

8pm at Vogue Theatre. SOLD OUT.

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.

ART IN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE CROCODILE MAN A unique exhibition showcasing the most comprehensive collection of contemporary Sepik art in North America, drawing urgent attention to the logging and mining operations that pose environmental threats to the region.

Opening reception 7-9pm at Museum of Anthropology (UBC).

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MUSIC HELEN SUNG QUARTET/JODI PROZNICK QUARTET American and Canadian jazz ensembles coheadline with special guest Laila Biali, presented by Coastal Jazz as part of the Women In Jazz series.

8pm at Frankie’s (765 Beatty).

Tickets $35 at CoastalJazz.com RAINE HAMILTON Winnipegbased prairie songstress creates sweeping melodies in sync with sensitive vocals set against the violin appearing in support of Past Your Past, with Carly Dow and Madeleine Roger. 8pm at Skinny Fat Jack’s. Admission by donation.

THEATRE/DANCE THE GAY HERITAGE PROJECT Buddies In Bad Times Theatre returns to Vancouver with this production from three of the country’s most gifted creator/ performers who uncover a rich history of LGBTQ culture not often shared and shine new light on contemporary gay culture. 8pm at Vancouver East Cultural Centre.

Runs until March 19.

WAIT UNTIL DARK A masterfully constructed thriller woven with secret identities, a sordid drug smuggling ring, and murder as a recently blinded woman unwittingly finds herself in possession of a doll filled with heroin. 8pm at Havana Theatre. Tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com. Runs until March 12.

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.

Tickets at TicketsTonight.ca. Runs until March 12.

MUSIC REDRICK SULTAN Experimental funk-jazz and prog-rock from local rockers as they celebrate the release of Jest Us, with Supermoon and Jo Passed. 9:30pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $10 at the door only.

Morna Edmundson, Artistic Director

Your One and Only Life The Choral Music of Stephen Smith

Pre-concert talk by Dr. Stephen Smith, 6:40pm on Sat. & 2:10pm on Sun. Guest artists The Vancouver Men’s Chorus, Artistic Director Willi Zwozdesky

FRANK TURNER & THE SLEEPING SOULS English folk singersongwriter brings his backing band, on tour in support of Positive Songs for Negative People, with special guests Northcote and Mo Kenney. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $30+ at Red Cat, Ticketmaster.ca and LiveNation.com THE BILLS BC’s finest stringband appear in support of their new album, Trail of Tales. 8pm at St. James Hall. Tickets $24 at Red Cat, Highilfe, Tapestry Music, Rufus’ Guitars and RogueFolk. bc.ca

COMEDY DINO ARCHIE Vancouver comic from Fresno, California plays the first of three nights with local comics Chris James and Charlie Demers. 8:30pm at The Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com

THEATRE/DANCE FOUTREMENT Quebec’s lauded contemporary dance company, Compagnie Virginie Brunelle, makes their highly anticipated West Coast premiere in this provocative and physically complex work exploring themes of love and infidelity. 8pm at Yaletown Roundhouse Exhibition Hall.

Tickets $25+ at VIDF.ca. Runs until March 5.

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Dine out on March 10, 2016 and 25% of food proceeds from participating restaurants goes towards supporting people living with HIV/AIDS.

THE GAY HERITAGE PROJECT Buddies in Bad Times Theatre March 2-19 The Cultch Historic Theatre 1895 Venables St https://goo.gl/Z4zsc6

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GA TING (FAMILY) A play by Minh Ly The Frank Theatre Company March 8-19 Tickets: $25 Culture Lab, 1895 Venables Street http://ow.ly/YuEAA

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100 YEARS WISE: WOMEN IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING A UBC Centennial Session Discussion Wednesday, March 9, 7-9pm Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 6265 Crescent Road http://ow.ly/Yh9v8

DINING OUT FOR LIFE ANNUAL FUNDRAISER Friends for Life & A Loving Spoonful Thursday, March 10 Check website for participating restaurants http://ow.ly/Yh4FK CELTICFEST VANCOUVER A Celebration of Celtic Culture March 10-17 Various Locations http://ow.ly/YhcpX RED RIBBON BREAKFAST A fundraiser for Positive Living BC Wednesday, March 16, 7:308:30am Pan Pacific Hotel 999 Canada Place goo.gl/7zrvyr LOUD LUNCH & LGBTQ MINI EXPO A LOUD Business Event Friday, March 18, 11.30am-2.00pm Best Western Plus Chateau Granville Hotel 1100, Granville Street https://goo.gl/ksVlZ3

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LGBTQ NETWORKING BREAKFAST Perfecting Your Networking Pitch A LOUD Business Event Wednesday, March 9, 7:15-8:30am The Edge Grille, 1100 Granville Street meetup.com/LOUDbusiness

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There are groundbreaking seasons, and then there are quiet personal milestones.

As Jay Hirabayashi and Barbara Bourget prepare to present their 16th Vancouver International Dance Festival, featuring talent from Cuba, Japan, Quebec and more, the hardworking husband and wife duo are also mere weeks away from achieving a 28year goal: opening their own community dance centre.

“We’ve had enquiries from people that want to both teach and rehearse, and also perform, so I think there’s going to be a lot of interest,” says Hirabayashi, of the rental space. “There’s a shortage of decent, affordable rehearsal and creation space in Vancouver,” he continues.

“As soon as we know for sure when all of the work will be done, we’re going to have an announcement and an open house and invite everyone to come for a party, invite them to see the space, and hopefully they will join us in using it.”

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by Hirabayashi and Bourget’s personal dance company, Kokoro Dance, as well as by their sub-tenants,Vancouver Moving Theatre, Raven Spirit Dance Society and the Vancouver International Dance Festival.The facility should be fully renovated by the end of April and will be

An artist’s rendering reveals what the basement of Kokoro Dance’s new DTES performance space will look like after renovations. Contributed photo a boon to the non-profit arts community, packing shared offices, a dance studio, and a multi-purpose performance and recording space into the three-level, 5,600-sq.ft. hub in the historic Woodward’s building.

Between contractor meetings and liaisons with the City, which awarded Kokoro the head lease on the space in late 2014, however, Hirabayashi and Bourget still have a festival to run.

Since its inception in 2000, the Vancouver International Dance Festival has presented more than 240 highly physical and theatrical dance artists from around the world, swimming each year in programming that makes you sweat just watching it.

“I think our primary interest is in work that uses the body in a physically visceral way,” explains Hirabayashi.

“Dance really works when you see it live – it’s kind of flattened out and deenergized when you see it on

television – and you really feel the transmission of energy of knowledge of spirit from one body to yours watching it, so we’re drawn to choreographers that put their emphasis is on the body and the physicality of the body.”

Kicking off the festival, Quebec firecrackers Compagnie Virginie Brunelle make their West Coast debut with the audacious Foutrement.

“Virginie Brunelle is, you know, in your face, in a way,” says Hirabayashi, with a chuckle. “Foutrement means fucking in French, so it’s provocative. And seeing dancers en pointe with hockey pads on and little else is a startling image.”

Other highlights include an action-packed co-production by Memory Wax of Sweden and Retazos of Cuba, featuring two wildly different, yet equally surreal performances.

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The secret to great health is digestion.

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Maintaining the health of your digestive tract can be the difference between you feeling sick or well, happy or sad.

In fact, it’s so important that it affects all other body systems. Let’s say you are breaking out with pimples – yes, stress could be the culprit, but you can also bet that your digestive tract is trying to tell you that it ain’t working up to standard. Something is probably out of sorts.

Your digestive system is made up of several different organs working together for the common good: your health. Think of it as a hippie commune, but in your body. Simply put, digestion, is the process in which your body breaks down food into smaller molecules that can be absorbed for nourishment; so if it’s out of whack, it throws you off completely. Like, if one hippie in the commune is not pulling his or her weight, it can throw the whole community off and cause complete chaos among the masses. For example, if

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The end of the line. Its main role is to absorb all the remaining water from the food and to compact the waste into a tight, poop-like bundle. I’m sure you can guess what happens next.

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Digestion actually starts before food even hits your mouth. That mouth-watering feeling that you get when you are just looking at that delicious slice of pie is the production of saliva. Saliva contains enzymes that breakdown food once that pie is in your mouth, and your teeth help you chew your food, making food particles small enough for you to be able to swallow them and for the enzymes to do their thing. Then there’s your tongue, home to tastebuds and a muscle that works with saliva to

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“Their work has a lot of theatricality in it,” says Hirabayashi. “In one of the pieces they use masks and props and a set, and in the other piece they use live video projection.

They have a camera overhead of the stage, so you’re watching the dancers as you normally would, but then you’re also seeing a different vision of them from above, so you get more than one perspective of what they’re doing, which alters your perspective.” ~ } u } z y~s { } { w ~ a world premiere with its rainforest-inspired The Secret Life of Treesu z pany 605 is finally unveiling Vital Few – a kinetic exploration of togetherness that, with the help of VIDF, has been three years in the making.

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Compagnie Virginie Brunelle explores infideltity with Foutrement, March 3-5 at the Vancouver International Dance Festival. Sandra-Lynn Bélanger photo Japanese butoh master Natsu Nakajima in her spellbinding Like Smoke Like Ash. Thanks to the new space, though, you can expect VIDF to look a little different next y r | } y ~ } } Roundhouse and Playhouse theatres for the most part, Hirabayashi confirms that VIDF plans to add the new space as a venue next year, saying that | } }

most of the shows and classes taking place at the centre affordable for dancers and dance lovers.

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In the meantime, people looking to wet their toes in the pool of contemporary dance this time around can catch free shows by Mascall Dance and Raven Spirit Dance in the Woodward’s atrium. W TheVancouver International Dance Festival runs Feb. 28-March 19.Tickets range from free to $50; for passes and schedule info, go toVIDF.ca

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Free Will Astrology The case for #FreeKesha

By Rob Brezsny Just one species has a big enough throat to swallow a person whole: the sperm whale. If you happen to be sailing the high seas any time soon, I hope you will studiously avoid getting thrown overboard in the vicinity of one of these beasts. The odds are higher than usual that you’d end up in its belly, much like the Biblical character Jonah. (Although, like him, I bet you’d ultimately escape.) Furthermore, Aries, I hope you will be cautious not to get swallowed up by anything else. It’s true that the coming weeks will be a good time to go on a retreat, to flee from the grind and take a break from the usual frenzy. But the best way to do that is to consciously choose the right circumstances rather than leave it to chance.

You have cosmic clearance to fantasize about participating in orgies where you’re loose and free and exuberant. It’s probably not a good idea to attend a literal orgy, however. For the foreseeable future, all the cleansing revelry and cathartic rapture you need can be obtained through the wild stories and outrageous scenes that unfold in your imagination.

Giving yourself the gift of pretend immersions in fertile chaos could recharge your spiritual batteries in just the right ways.

“Hell is the suffering of being unable to love,” wrote novelist JD Salinger. If that’s true, I’m pleased to announce that you can now ensure you’ll be free of hell for a very long time. The cosmic omens suggest that you have enormous power to expand your capacity for love. So get busy! Make it your intention to dissolve any unconscious blocks you might have about sharing your gifts and bestowing your blessings. Get rid of attitudes and behaviors that limit your generosity and compassion. Now is an excellent time to launch your “Perpetual Freedom from Hell” campaign!

“A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you’ve been taking,” said journalist Earl Wilson. Do you fit that description, Cancerian?

Probably. I suspect it’s high time to find a polite way to flee your responsibilities, avoid your duties, and hide from your burdens. For the foreseeable future, you have a mandate to ignore what fills you with boredom. You have the right to avoid any involvement that makes life too damn complicated. And you have a holy obligation to rethink your relationship with any influence that weighs you down with menial obligations.

When life gives you lemon juice from concentrate, citric acid, high-fructose corn syrup, modified cornstarch, potassium citrate, yellow food dye, and gum acacia, what should you do? Make lemonade, of course! You might wish that all the raw ingredients life sends your way would be pure and authentic, but sometimes the mix includes artificial stuff. No worries, Libra! I am confident that you have the imaginative chutzpah and resilient willpower necessary to turn the mishmash into passable nourishment. Or here’s another alternative: You could procrastinate for two weeks, when more of the available resources will be natural.

Your Mythic Metaphor for the coming weeks is dew.

Many cultures have regarded it as a symbol of lifegiving grace. In Kabbalah, divine dew seeps from the Tree of Life. In Chinese folklore, the lunar dew purifies vision and nurtures longevity. In the lore of ancient Greece, dew confers fertility. The Iroquois speak of the Great Dew Eagle, who drops healing moisture on land ravaged by evil spirits. The creator god of the Ashanti people created dew soon after making the sun, moon, and stars. Lao-Tse said it’s an emblem of the harmonious marriage between Earth and Heaven. So what will you do with the magic dew you’ll be blessed with?

It’s prime time for you to love your memory, make vivid use of your memory, and enhance your memory. Here are some hints about how: 1. Feel appreciation for the way the old stories of your life form the core of your identity and self-image. 2. Draw on your recollections of the past to guide you in making decisions about the imminent future. 3. Notice everything you see with an intensified focus, because then you will remember it better, and that will come in handy quite soon. 4. Make up new memories that you wish had happened. Have fun creating scenes from an imagined past.

Most of us know about Albert Einstein’s greatest idea: the general theory of relativity. It was one of the reasons he won a Nobel Prize in Physics. But what was his second-best discovery? Here’s what he said it was: adding an egg to the pot while he cooked his soup. That way, he could produce a soft-boiled egg without having to dirty a second pot. What are the first- and second-most fabulous ideas you’ve ever come up with, Capricorn? I suspect you are on the verge of producing new candidates to compete with them. If it’s OK with you, I will, at least temporarily, refer to you as a genius.

“Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory,” writes William Faulkner in his novel Absalom, Absalom! If that’s true, Leo, you now have a chance to be a miracle worker. In the coming weeks, you can summon the uncanny power to rip at least two of your illusions out by the roots – without causing any permanent damage! You may temporarily feel a stinging sensation, but that will be a sign that healing is underway. Congratulations in advance for getting rid of the dead weight.

You may be familiar with the iconic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are. It’s about a boy named Max who takes a dream-like journey from his bedroom to an exotic island, where he becomes king of the weird beasts who live there. Author Maurice Sendak’s original title for the tale was “Where the Wild Horses Are.” But when his editor realized how inept Sendak was at drawing horses, she instructed him to come up with a title to match the kinds of creatures he could draw skillfully. That was a good idea.

The book has sold over 19 million copies. I think you may need to deal with a comparable issue, Aquarius. It’s wise to acknowledge one of your limitations, and then capitalize on the adjustments you’ve got to make.

“We are defined by the lines we choose to cross or to be confined by,” says Virgo writer AS Byatt. That’s a key meditation for you as you enter a phase in which boundaries will be a major theme. During the next eight weeks, you will be continuously challenged to decide which people and things and ideas you want to be part of your world, and which you don’t. In some cases you’ll be wise to put up barriers and limit connection. In other cases, you’ll thrive by erasing borders and transcending divisions. The hard part – and the fun part – will be knowing which is which. Trust your gut.

“People don’t want their lives fixed,” proclaims Chuck Palahniuk in his novel Survivor. “Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.” Your challenge in the coming weeks, Pisces, is to prove Palahniuk wrong, at least in regards to you. From what I can tell, you will have unprecedented opportunities to solve dilemmas and clean up messy situations. And if you take even partial advantage of this gift, you will not be plunged into the big scary unknown, but rather into a new phase of shaping your identity with crispness and clarity.

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Ke$ha is no longer. Now, she is just Kesha.This has been going on for a few years, although we have not seen much from the Billboard chart-topping pop star.

The Nashville-born musician is back in the news, however, after taking Dr. Luke – the former executive producer of her last two albums – to court, claiming he raped, harassed and drugged her, creating a pattern of sexual assault and mental abuse. Bound to a five-album deal, Kesha was attempting to have Dr. Luke held legally accountable for his actions and get out of working with him in the future. Kesha claimed that Dr. Luke “took her down to the beach alone to have a talk with her and then threatened that if she ever mentioned the rape to anyone, he would shut her career down, take away all her publishing and recording rights, and otherwise destroy, not only her life, but her entire family’s lives as well.”

Although Kesha is technically “free” from working with Dr. Luke on the records she still contractually owes Sony, the producer’s imprint brand would be on those releases and therefore, he would still profit from the work. As The Atlantic pointed out, “Kesha’s argument is that the exploitation that allegedly happened to her should stop not only on a personal level, but a financial one.”

Since a judge denied Kesha’s preliminary injunction to make music without Sony’s long time hit maker,Twitter has blown up with support for the pop star (the judge has yet to rule on the sexual assault charges). #FreeKesha trended (again) while the die-hard fans who questioned the relationship between Dr. Luke and Kesha back in 2013 (they thought he was too controlling and over taking her creativity) are again voicing their support for the pop star.

Dr. Luke finally took to Twitter to defend himself over the allegations, mainly citing that since a court did not find him guilty, then he is innocent. His lawyers, meanwhile, accused Kesha of outright extortion.

Many other pop stars reached out to Kesha in support, especially online.Taylor Swift gave her $250,000 to help with her legal issues, and rock musician Jack Antonoff (who also has worked with Swift) publicly offered to work with Kesha despite the contracts. Fiona Apple, Margaret Cho, Lena Dunham, Grimes and many other female musicians and icons came forward on social media to stand up for

Kesha sued her former executive producer after she alleged he drugged and raped her. Contributed photo Kesha in her grief. Even Kelly Clarkson, who worked with Dr. Luke, tweeted, “[sic] Trying 2 not say anything since I can’t say anything nice about a person….so this is me not talking about Dr. Luke.”

I am skeptical when serious allegations happen in the court of public opinion through social media. However, Kesha did not use Twitter to call out her abuser. She hired a lawyer and sued. I highly doubt she would manifest a lie about something so serious, something that draws so much victimizing public attention to her, unless she felt this was dire to her sanity and to move on.

Dr. Luke signed and swept up Kesha when she was 18-year-old and they worked together in a tight-knit relationship for years. I am lucky enough to have only worked with male producers who respected me as an equal. I did not grow up in the predatory work of pop. I was not scooped up as a teen and told

I need to lose weight because I look like a “fucking refrigerator” (Dr. Luke said to Kesha).

I started in shitty basements.

That’s kind of the plus of doing music because it’s fun and not because it’s going to make you a star.

Seeing photos of her crying in that court room when the judge denied her allegations is heartbreaking. A slap of reality that the world is not your oyster and shitty people get away with shitty things all the time.

Kesha may have lost the case, but what she ignited was the world wide support of her fans and peers.Twitter echoed something back for her that wasn’t demeaning or defeating. Instead, the mob let her know that even though a judge did not believe her, they all do. W

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