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LITTERBUGS BE DAMNED

It was approximately 8:30am on Thursday, March 3.You were in the front passenger seat of a beige minivan (or maybe it was an SUV) idling eastbound in the alley right next to Gordon Neighbourhood House.

The driver was dropping someone off.

You stuck your hand

out the window, casually swinging a banana peel.

I assumed that you had asked the person being dropped off to come around and pickup the peel from you to dispose of it. I was wrong in my assumption.

You flung the peel into the shrubs on the pathway in front of the neighbourhood house. I was too far away to say anything to you

or record the plate number or, trust me, I would have.

WTF?! Yes, I know it’s organic and will, in time, decompose. Perhaps you come from a place where people regularly throw their organics on the ground. The thing is, that’s not the way we live here!

Imagine what the city would be like if everyone followed your lead and simply left their or-

ganics – including, as it would be justified under your rules, dog crap – anywhere they wanted!

This city has enough issues without a selfinvolved, inconsiderate, lazy-ass pig like you contributing to things.

–Anonymous

REPEAT AFTER ME...

Please people, the pronunciation of my beloved city is NOT ‘Vang-couver’. Don’t be so lazy with the way you say things.

Pretty soon we will be talking like Americans who ‘ax’ you things. Be proud of the rich history of the beautiful city.

–A second generation local

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City buys Arbutus Corridor for $55 million NAOIBH O’CONNOR @robmangelsdorf

Arcade Fire perform at Squamish Valley Music Festival in 2014.

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Death of a music festival Grant Lawrence Vancouver Shakedown

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You could say the writing was on the wall, if that wall was the rock face along the SeaTo-Sky Highway. Ask anyone in the music business (not that I could find a single one who would speak on the record), but it was apparently just a matter of time before one of BC’s two major rock festivals, geographically located just an hour or so apart, and separated by just a few weekends in the summer, could no longer afford to continue.

The festival that sadly fell suddenly and resoundingly last week was the Squamish Valley Music Festival (SVMF), which typically occurred in early August for the past five summers.The festival that continues is Pemberton, which occurs in mid-July.

Pemberton is expected to announce their line-up very soon. Something tells me they’re either breathing a little easier, or kicking themselves for outbidding SVMF for Huey Lewis and the News to the tune of $3M. I kid. I hope.

But something had to give.

Ever since the European-style, mixed genre, destination festival arrived on our shores about 15 years ago, they’ve exploded, growing exponentially every year.They’ve yanked the festivalgoer every which way, especially here in the Pacific Northwest (besides SVMF and Pemberton, think Sasquatch, Rock the Shores, Shambhala, Keloha,Tall Trees, and on and on; there is literally a music festival in BC every single weekend of the summer of 2016).

According to some, it’s the city music festivals that are back in black.The out-oftown festivals that involve camping are the ones that face the challenges.What many fans may not realize is that just because the SVMF drew a jaw-dropping 100,000+ fans last summer, doesn’t mean it’s making money, so much so

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that is likely cheaper to cancel the 2016 SVMF than to go forward.The cost infrastructure you need to host the equivalent of the entire population of Guelph showing up in Squamish for one weekend is stratospheric.

And then there’s the talent.

The plunging Canadian dollar has been blamed. I spoke to one diehard SVMF-goer who said, “If they can’t afford to pay the international bands, why not go for an all-star Canadian line up?”That’s an interesting point: two of the SVMF’s biggest headliners in the past two years have been Drake (Toronto) and Arcade Fire (Montreal). According to another expert who wouldn’t be quoted, just because a headliner is Canadian, playing in Canada, at a Canadian festival, doesn’t mean they’re paid Canadian dollars.The American greenback is the currency for the biggest acts of the mega festivals.The math hurts. Another source told me that some bands ask for five times their regular salary to play events like SVMF. For headliners that’s millions, for sub-headliners, hundreds of thousands. American.Yet another trusted insider told they saw a band play at one of the festivals, allegedly getting paid $200,000, only to draw 1,500 people to their stage.

Look, I’ve been a promoter and I’ve overpaid bands. Not to date myself, but for every Nirvana there is a Love Battery. Sometimes I wouldn’t wish the job on my worst enemy. It’s a very tough gig.

The promoters of SVMF have offered what I believe are heartfelt apologies and a sincere disappointment for cancelling.They built the SVMF from the ground up.

They cared.The decision to not move forward must have been excruciating. Dozens of acts were allegedly already booked. But the mega-camping-festival in 2016 could now officially be considered very risky business, which calls for hard business decisions. In other words, see you at the 39th annual Vancouver Folk Festival. W

A years long battle over the future of the Arbutus Corridor has been resolved in a $55-million deal between the City of Vancouver and Canadian Pacific railway.The landmark agreement was announced at a press conference along the tracks near West Sixth and Fir Street Monday morning.

“I’m very pleased to announce today, at long last, that the city and Canadian Pacific, CP, have reached an agreement that will secure the Arbutus greenway for public use going forward for the generations to come. It is now public land,” said Mayor Gregor Robertson. “That means after a lot of patience, a lot of commitment on both sides of the table, we can proudly say that we have an agreement that will benefit all residents of Vancouver into the future.”

Robertson called it a “once in a lifetime opportunity” for the city.

“This is really Vancouver’s chance to have a NewYorkstyle High Line, a repurposing of what was freight railroad.

This is kilometres of public space that’s accessible through our city for all residents to use and connecting many of our neighbourhoods,” he said.

Artist’s rendition of the future Arbutus Corridor. Contributed Keith Creel, president and chief operating officer for Canadian Pacific railway, acknowledged the Arbutus Corridor had been a “very contentious issue” for CP and the city over the past decade.

“That said, the history of CP in Vancouver dates back to its origins – over 130 years.

It’s been a positive relationship, it’s been one that we value… to be able to reach an agreement today, to be able to take this agreement that creates a win-win for both the City of Vancouver, as well as for Canadian Pacific and our owners, our shareholders, it elates us,” he said, adding that it paves the way for CP to “strengthen” its relationship with the city.

The city had argued the land was only worth $20 million, while CP insisted it was worth $100 million. Robertson said both sides finally agreed $55 million was “fair market value,” as the land is committed to be an active

transportation corridor, possibly for light rail transit at the same time as a greenway for public use.

The city is using $20 million from its property endowment fund and $35 million from the capital facilities reserve fund to buy the 42-acres of land, which covers nine kilometres.The city and CP will spilt any revenue from the sale of any excess land. Land title documents were filed March 7 and the agreement is expected to be released publicly sometime this week, after legal steps closing the transaction are completed.

Robertson said the city is immediately establishing an Arbutus Greenway project office, which will oversee the design process and public input.

CP is expected to begin removing the track within the year, which it will use elsewhere in its operations. According to the deal, that work must be finished within two years.The city will be making

improvements along the greenway while longer-term planning is underway. Robertson said gardeners are asked not to encroach on the land while planning takes place.

On Monday, Robertson said the “historic” deal will create a “destination greenway” for Vancouver.

“It will be an incredible opportunity for people to walk and run and bike along the greenway connecting False Creek down to the Fraser River,” he said. “As mayor, I’m pleased to be able to resolve years of outstanding issues and to complete an agreement, which creates a transportation greenway in accordance with council’s 2040 transportation plan.”

Robertson said right now no development is envisioned, but the city is willing to go back out to the public to talk about how much land is needed for a train and a greenway that allows for walking, running and biking.

“If there are excess lands along the corridor, what those become – that’s a decision for a future council and the public to input on for the next four years as that process needs to take place,” he said.

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Change is in the air David Suzuki Science Matters

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When Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in June 1914, no one thought, “Uh-oh,World War I is starting…”We only recognize the significance of events in the context of history. I recently had a day like any other except it made me wonder if we’re on the verge of historical change.

On March 2, 2016, I woke to CBC’s Early Edition and heard program host Rick Cluff interviewing Canada’s Minster of the Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna. She was explaining her infant government’s intention to meet the emissions targets set in Paris in December.That was followed by an interview with Canadian Labour Congress president HassanYussuff, talking about his organization embracing the need to address climate change with a proposal to create a million “climate jobs” over the next five years. It all struck me as amazing after a decade when little attention was paid to climate change at the federal level.

I hopped out of bed with excitement.Walking to the bus stop, I was hailed by my neighbour, the eminent

architect Bing Thom, who invited me to squeeze into his Mini. As we drove downtown, he was anxious to talk about the energy future and how it related to his job designing places to live and work.

“We have to be bold, because climate change is so urgent,” he repeated several times.

As he let me off at the Fairmont Waterfront hotel, I wondered if I was still asleep and dreaming. I then noticed a number of identical bicycles at the hotel entrance.When I asked a manager whether they’re for rent, he replied, “They’re for our hotel customers on a first-come, firstserved basis.” I asked whether they were used much. “All the time. People love them,” he answered. He then asked if I had seen the rooftop garden. “We have five beehives up there that produce 500 pounds of honey a year,” he boasted. I was at the hotel to joinYussuff for a news conference about the CLC’s plan, called “One Million Climate Jobs: A Challenge for Canada.”

AsYussuff and I chatted before the event, I asked how he had come to take climate change so seriously. “I have a seven-year-old daughter, and my greatest concern is the world we are leaving her,” he said, “Climate change is going to have a profound effect on her life.” I responded that,

iStock photo as a grandfather, I shared his concern.We agreed that the problem for politicians is that they think in terms of election cycles, which demand that whatever they do will pay off before they return to the polls.

At the news conference, I thanked and congratulated the CLC for the forwardthinking idea that the challenge of climate change presents an opportunity.

British Columbians, I said, are at the frontlines of climate change.We’ve seen billions of dollars of pine trees destroyed by mountain pine beetles that are no longer suppressed by cold winters, massive fires that have caused enormous economic loss, a drought in the heart of the coastal rainforest, shellfish killed by ocean acidification and changes in growing seasons.

By embracing scientific information about the warming planet and committing to avoid a catastrophic temperature increase this century, we create a huge opportunity that groups like the CLC propose we exploit.

The reporters wanted to

know what specific proposals we had to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. I pointed out the important hurdle was to commit to reduce emissions, because until we start, we won’t know what opportunities will arise. I reminded them that in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy said the US would get American astronauts safely to the moon and back in a decade, no one knew how they were going to do it.

Amazingly, not only did they achieve the goal before the decade was over, there were hundreds of totally unanticipated spinoffs, including laptops, cellphones, GPS, ear thermometers and space blankets. I am absolutely certain the same will happen when we commit to avoiding chaotic climate change.

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Home Is Where The Art Is: Donna Giraud

artist has certainly not been an orthodox one. I picked up a paintbrush about 10 years ago and uncovered that I had a natural ability to bring my emotions to life on canvas.

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A self-taught, active member of Vancouver’s growing art community, Donna Giraud creates abstract work that brings the emotions behind our city’s landscape to life on canvas. The fluidity in her artistic style allows each viewer to feel their own connection with a piece; the blend of layers and palette create both depth and interpretation. In this month’s Home Is Where The Art Is, Giraud has invited us to explore both her inspirations and process from her Main Street studio.

What colour best describes your personality?

Turquoise: It portrays both power and tranquility.

Tell us a little about yourself.

My name is Donna Giraud and I am a Vancouver contemporary abstract artist. I am self-taught and create work that evokes conversation and challenges personal exploration. Fascinated by the endless possibilities of artistic expres-

When it comes to style/design, what is the one thing you covet the most?

I covet a clean and minimalistic design. My studio is bright, white and allows for a brilliant flow in energy. I often get made fun of that my studio is so white, but I feel most productive surrounded by that style.

What is your favourite accessory (for home or personal)?

I hate to say it, but it’s my iPhone. I can instantly respond to emails and post social media at any point of the day. Being a successful artist is so much more than just painting, and my iPhone takes my business to the next level (that and a wine glass full of Pinot Grigio).

Donna Giraud in her Mount Pleasant studio. Dan Toulgoet photo sion, I paint purely from the heart and attempt to convey intensity, strength, beauty and tranquility.

How did you get started in art and what led you to where you are now?

My path to become an

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Do you have any predictions for the future of your industry?

I am becoming more involved with Vancouver’s art scene and am passionate about helping make our industry known around the world. There are so many talented creatives in Vancouver and I want to be part of the movement that makes the world pay attention.

Who is your idol or mentor?

I have an unbelievably supportive and eclectic community of artists that surround me, most notably, Bill Higginson. Bill has the perseverance and passion like no artist I have ever met.

I have been fortunate enough to be invited into his world and mentorship.

If you weren’t doing this, what would you be doing?

I have been one of the head nurses at St Paul’s Hospital for the last seven years, so that is definitely what I would be doing if I wasn’t an artist.

Whether it is through artistic creations or western medicine, I am someone that thrives by helping others so I have definitely chosen the right two careers that feed my soul.

If you could describe your artistic style in one word, what would it be?

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Bridal advice from wedding pro Jessica Mulroney Niki Hope Style File

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Don’t even think about your wedding dress until you’ve nailed down the venue.

That’s what bridal fashion expert Jessica Mulroney tells brides.

The wedding dynamo, who works with famed New York bridal boutique Kleinfeld’s Canadian location at Hudson’s Bay in Toronto, was in Vancouver recently to talk all things bridal.

“The one thing that determines a lot for a bride is where to get married,” Mulroney says, noting, in particular, the location will inform what type of gown the bride will be walking down the aisle in.

Mulroney, who is married to CTV’s eTalk host Ben Mulroney, son of former prime minister Brian Mulroney, is a well-known media personality and style maven in her own right. The mother of three is also a fashion strategist to Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, helping the prime minister’s wife collaborate with Canadian designers create loos that represent the country’s best.

But aside from her many roles, Mulroney spends most of her days helping women get ready for their big day. And the lightningfast talker has a ton of tips for brides to-be.

For a destination wedding, Mulroney suggests checking out WeddingVacations.com. The website is a great source for brides, she says, because it connects them with wedding planners on the ground in their specific region. This means brides aren’t going blindly into an entirely new country trying to plan one of the biggest days of their life.

As for wedding planners in general, whether your nuptials are close to home or on a faraway beach, Mulroney urges brides to utilize extra help, and notes you don’t have to break the bank to do so.

“There are all different types of planners, at all different price points,” she says. “The reason I say that, is that planning a wedding is so difficult to do on your own. [As the bride] you already have so many things to take care of. It should be a very joyous occasion, so I would say if you can get the help, do it.”

Once the location is determined, it’s all about the fun part: finding the dress.

Floral gown. Contributed Mulroney highlights a few style trends for this year:

THE “TRANSFORMER” GOWN

Called that because it literally transforms into two different looks. Whether it’s a pant or dress underneath, the looks feature an airy overskirt that can be removed, thus transforming from one look to another with the simple act of removing the overskirt.

FLORAL GOWNS

Dresses with dramatic and somewhat-adventurous floral patterns are another fresh look this year.

SLEEVED GOWN

A sophisticated choice with staying power. If you’re getting married in a Canadian winter, it’s all about keeping covered, but, of course, in a stylish way.

ILLUSION GOWNS

These dresses have strategically-placed lace sheer mesh material; they can come lined or unlined and can give the illusion that the wearer is naked underneath.

Whatever look brides commit to, Mulroney suggests really considering the dress – will it be one that you’ll look back at fondly?You don’t want to look back with regret – not at who you’ve married (let’s assume that will never happen), but rather, what you wore.

“I always say be aware, that this is your moment as a bride, and if you steer too far away from a bridal look, you may regret the day,” warns Mulroney, who also urges women to start shopping about a year in advance, to allow for the dress to be ordered in and for at least three fittings.

This bridal stuff is serious business, so think ahead – not just about who you’re marrying, but what you’re getting married in. W

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Canadian comfort food re-invented at Timber Anya Levykh Nosh

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1300 Robson 604-661-2166 TimberVancouver.com Open Monday-Thursday, 11am-1am; Friday & Saturday, 10am-1am; Sunday, 10am-midnight.

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@FoodGirlFriday Loblaw’s has begun selling a “Naturally Imperfect” line of produce at its stores, including Real Canadian Superstore, for 30 per cent lower than regular prices.

Think crooked carrots and misshapen bananas; all perfectly good to eat, but less visually appealing.

BiBo, the popular Kitsilano eatery, has opened a second location at McArthurGlen Outlet Mall in Richmond. A third location is coming the Olympic Village this summer.

syrup, cucumber) to the more complex Tree Planter (gin, Douglas fir syrup, lime, black pepper and whisky bitters) and some intriguing bourbonbased varieties I’ve yet to try.

The best thing about Timber is that it really is all of a piece, including the bright, warm and woodsy room.

And, the small kinks that are to be expected in the opening

month of any restaurant are sure to smooth out with time.

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and swiped with a shellfish “mayo,” it’s a sandwich not to be missed, despite it’s $20 price tag.

Fitting in nicely with the casual theme is the drinks list, which leans heavily on draft and bottled beer, as well as some decent wines by the glass.Themed cocktails range from the simple Cucumber Gimlet (gin, lime, simple

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Restaurant Awards have been announced. The 15 winning dishes include the salt-and-pepper crusted Dungeness crab at Landmark Hotpot House, steamed egg with clams at Shroom, and the charcoal grilled duck at Chef Tony, among others. ChineseRestaurantAwards.com

the elk one night was fantastic.

Some items still need a bit of work, such as the chicken wings ($11).The salt and pepper versions were juicy but bland, and the blue cheese dip was indistinguishable from ranch. Better was the sidestripe club (I’m hoping this will be made with spot prawns when in season). Loaded with bacon and avocado,

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The Critics’ Choice winners of the 2016 Chinese

in fact, the Japanese name for this berry), and now, Canada, thanks to the fruit-breeding program at the University of Saskatchewan. Related to tomatoes and elderberries, this blue berry becomes raisin-like in the chutney, and has an almost pungent sweetness.

Mushroom poutine ($12) is loaded with authentic curds, a rich mushroom gravy made from local foraged varieties that’s really a cream, and mushroom chips that give a satisfying textural contrast to all of that ooey-gooey goodness. If you really want to elevate it, get some of the house-smoked brisket on top ($6). Ridiculously moist and flavourful, it’s worth ordering on its own. Game tourtière ($20) has a rotating protein, but

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After years of being on the “not recommended” list

by Ocean Wise, thanks in part to the impacted habitats of ground-dwelling fish by bottom-trawling fishing methods, certain species of BC rockfish are back on the recommended list.Yellowtail, yellowmouth, silvergray and canary rockfish are now Ocean Wise-approved thanks to the midwater trawling method, which involves a towing a net in the water column above the sea floor and allows targeted fishing of rockfish in those areas.

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Not so at Timber.The food is comforting, absolutely, and the ingredients are of impeccable provenance, thanks to chef/owner Chris Whittaker’s long-standing preference for local products, including many that he grows and forages himself.What began next door at sister restaurant, Forage, has continued in a more casual way at Timber. A trio of bannock buns ($9) come drizzled with a lightly-spiced maple syrup and haskap berry chutney. Never heard of haskap? It’s also known as “honeyberry” or “edible honeysuckle” as it’s a shrub native to northern climes in Russia and Japan (“haskap” is,

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Here’s the story behind your favourite brewery names Stephen Smysnuik The Growler

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Since the dawn of beer industry, there has primarily been two ways to name a brewery.You either name it after the person brewing the beer, or you name it after the place where the beer is brewed.

But with the rise of craft beer has emerged a third way to name a brewery: By whatever creative catchy word or phrase is meaningful or interesting to the owners. Sometimes these names evoke an ideal.

Sometimes they’re gibberish. Occasionally, they’re confusing to the public.

Rather than let you, devoted reader, toil away in such confusion, I’ve compiled a list of some of the local brewery names with the most interesting or confounding names.You’re welcome.

33 ACRES

The name’s an evocation, a made-up term that to the owners means “success through hard work.”

It’s meant to illustrate their grassroots approach to brewing and to business.

The word “acres”, which conjures images of fields and farms, was chosen to signify the hard work put into building the brewery.

In numerology, the number

LUPPOLO BREWING

33 means “success” (though more in terms of accomplishment rather than in finances). Heady stuff.

grandfather, the stadium’s long-time caretaker, who lived in a suite in the stadium.

The brewery (opening this summer) is named after the Italian word for “hops.”

BOMBER

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“Bomber” was the name of the hockey team through which the brewery founders all met and played on together. When brewmaster Blair Calibaba started bringing his homebrewed pilsner in for locker-room beer, they cheekily referred to it as Bomber Brewing.

The hockey team name doesn’t hold any significant meaning – the team founders made it up about a decade ago.

BRASSNECK

The word “brassneck” is an English idiom for doing something with extreme confidence, even if others think you’re wrong for doing it. It’s also the name of co-owner Nigel Springthorpe’s favourite song by UK indie rock band the Wedding Present, as well as his favourite character in Dandy, the long-running UK children’s comic strip.

CALLISTER

Canada’s first collaboration brewery is named after Callister Park off Vancouver’s Rupert Street, which was once home to a sports stadium until it was torn down in 1971. Chris Lay, Callister Brewing’s founder and brewer, named the brewery in honour of his

It doesn’t mean anything.

It’s a fictional scientific term that alludes to head brewer/owner Michael Kuzyk’s previous career as a scientist.

DAGERAAD

Dageraad is a square in Antwerp, where several of owner/brewmaster Ben Coli’s friends live. He says, “It’s a nice place to get a beer.”

DEAD FROG

It doesn’t mean anything.

The name came out of a brainstorming session, where the owners were searching for a name that was sarcastic, irreverent and vaguely environmental.

FOAMERS’ FOLLY

The owners wanted a railway-themed name, after locking down their facility next to the train tracks running through Pitt Meadows. They settled on “foamer,” which is railroad industry slang for someone who’s obsessed with trains, and which also conjures images of foaming beer.

“Folly,” according to one staffer, was used in the sense of “trials” or “tests” (given the amount of test and experimental batches the brewery produces).

The name refers to the George Orwell essay “The Moon Under Water,” published in 1946, in which the writer provided a detailed description of his ideal pub, a fictional place called Moon Under Water.

OFF THE RAIL

The term “off the rails” normally applies to someone going crazy. In this case, the name is an allusion to OTR owner Steve Forsyth’s former bar/lounge/ club, the Railway Club. He sold it to open the brewery, at which time he went off the Rail(way Club) and on to something else.

PERSEPHONE

In Greek mythology, Persephone is the daughter of Zeus. It’s also the name of the tugboat used in The Beachcombers, the CBC TV show set and filmed in Gibsons (where the brewery is located). Owner Mark Brand originally wanted to call the brewery Beachcomber Brewery but opted for Persephone after a spat with Vancouver Island Brewing.

RED COLLAR

The name references the red collar worn by head brewer/owner David Beard-

sell’s family dog, a black lab named Goosey.

STEEL & OAK

The name is a play on New Westminster’s history and it’s future. When New West was founded, it was built on the strength of wood and wood structures.

Now, it’s built on steel and concrete. To owner/ operator Jorden Foss, the city and the name reflect the beer made in-house, which is “forward thinking” but which “never forgets to consider the past.” (Their beer is also brewed in steel and oak vessels.)

STEEL TOAD

Like the other amphibian-referencing brewery on this list, Steel Toad also means nothing. The owners made it up because they liked the sound of it, then planned to create a series of fictional backstories and see which one stuck with the public. But they only ever created one of these – that the machinists, blacksmiths and others who worked in the building long ago were called “toads,” and because they worked with steel, they were called “steel toads.”

But again, this isn’t true.

STRANGE FELLOWS

As co-owner/brewmaster Iain Hill tells it, when he and Aaron Jocktree started working on the brewery, they had a difficult time agreeing on a name. They

eventually settled on Low Countries Brewing, which refers to the coastal region of Western Europe that includes the Netherlands, Belgium, parts of France and Germany (and where Hill’s style of brewing is greatly inspired by). But they discovered that people actually hated the name, so they decided to change it (though have kept Low Countries as the brewery’s legal name).

“That turned into a giant ball of shit,” Hill says. “It became so arduous coming up with another name.”

Hill’s and Jocktree’s personalities clashed over the process, which became so fraught that they came close to dissolving their partnership over it. If they couldn’t agree on a name, how could they agree on anything else?

Finally, one night, Hill, Jocktree and their wives were having dinner and listing off potential names.

Hill’s wife, Christine, suggested Strange Fellows.

“You guys are strange fellows,” she said.

“Or, estranged fellows?”

Hill quipped.

The name stuck, though it didn’t mean anything specific at the time. But like any great brewery (or band, or book, or whatever) name, it’s taken on a different meanings depending on the person thinking about it. (It’s also my favourite, in case you’ve been wondering.) W

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MedhiWalerski partners with Ballet BC for first fulllength work KELSEY KLASSEN @kelseyklassen

When Ballet BC announced its 30th anniversary season it promised many highlights: Program 1 had a section performed to music by a live choir; Program 3 will have new work by artistic director Emily Molnar. But one sentence in particular stood out: Program 2, a full evening of work by Medhi Walerski.

Walerski, a rising French choreographer who, up until his retirement last July, had also been dancing as a soloist with the renowned Nederlands Dans Theatre, is the man responsible for one of Ballet BC’s most beloved hits.

Created specifically for Ballet BC in 2011, his piece, Petite Cérémonie, was a jubilant, theatrical, full-company crowdpleaser that showcased not only the skill of Ballet BC’s dancers, but their personalities, as well. At the time of its debut, Ballet BC had just regained its footing financially and, in hindsight, Petite Cérémonie’s reception is part of a succession of turning points for the company under Molnar, who took the reins in 2009.

Ballet BC retired Petite Cérémonie with one final showing last season, but it isn’t the only Walerski creation that came out of Vancouver.

In 2014, he returned with the world premiere of Prelude – an eerie, abstract exploration of the passage of time that swung masterfully between order and chaos. In fact, it was that piece that inspired Molnar to more seriously consider an ongoing relationship with the innovative young Frenchman.

“I had a pretty good idea af-

ter Petite Cérémonie, but I really knew after Prelude,” confirms Molnar, speaking with Westender at Ballet BC’s Scotiabank Dance Centre headquarters.

“I thought, I really want to give Medhi the opportunity to do a full-length. And that was done very strategically – to not ask him to do that right away, when it was not something he’s [used to] doing. So I built a relationship with him with the company; with him, the company and the audience; and now I feel like this is the natural next step.”

While Walerski admits he misses being on stage (watch for an as-yet-unannounced return alongside a noted Canadian dancer), he reveals that he stepped away from dancing because he felt fully drawn towards choreography at this point in his career.

“Choreography needed more of my attention – my full attention – if I really wanted to develop myself,” he explains, during a break at the Ballet BC studios.

“But this is endless,” he adds with a smile. “I still feel that I am a beginner.When I see other people’s work I still feel that I have so much to learn.”

In fact, this will be the first full-length commission for the 36-year-old – a watershed moment for any choreographer, and one he has been preparing for since Prelude.

“I felt it was kind of an unfinished work, a prelude, so I wanted to go on with the idea,”Walerski explains. “Musicians used to play [preludes] before they had a concert – they had these little pieces of music – so when I created the work I knew that it was going to be a smaller version of an extended one.”

The piece forms the base for Program 2, but he has built it out with approximately 10 more minutes, while creating an entirely new second half for the evening that explores, more narratively, the human

Choreographer Medhi Walerski takes in a rehearsal at Ballet BC. Michael Slobodian photo need for celebration, and follows one man (dancer Peter Smida) through the motions of birth, life and death.

He has also added more dancers, drawing in 10 students from Arts Umbrella, Ballet BC’s official training body, to flesh out the cast of the signature work to an impressive 25.

“There’s something so beautiful and haunting and so architectural about that piece. It’s just such a gem,” says Molnar, of Prelude. “The minimalism and yet the human spirit that’s inside is just captivating.

“And then what he’s going to do as a complement to that – this idea of celebrating...” she continues. “He’s a director of theatre. He not only has a beautiful movement language and one that’s investigating movement invention, but one that is very aware of buidling a world and telling a story, be it very abstractly.”

Fresh off a heart-pounding group rehearsal for that section, the soft-spoken choreographer is still deep in thought when he sits down with his

lunch and a glass of water.

“It’s a shock,”Walerski says, of the sequence he just saw.

“It was ambitious to go on for them right now because we just created this last section yesterday, at the end of the day, and it’s very demanding on the dancers to just recall something that fresh,” he says, snapping his fingers for emphasis. “It’s also challenging for me because then I see something that I might, how do you say, doubt? […] But you just have to go on; you have to trust.Trust is very important.”

Molnar would say the same.

Known for programming Ballet BC’s evenings as triple bills – three separate, 20- to 25-minute works by a range of choreographers – inviting a full evening by just one is a rare departure from form, but well within her repertoire of risks.

“We don’t always do fulllengths, we tend to have more voices in one evening, so I like the fact that we do have that ability. It’s a different challenge for the choreographer and for the dancers,” says Molnar, who has established

Ballet BC’s reputation as a contemporary company to watch through bold new works alongside complex pieces by William Forsyth, Johan Inger, Jorma Elo, Cayetano Soto and more.

“But also,” she continues, “Medhi is developing his voice as he’s doing it, so he feels like he can experiment here, and when you have a longer-term relationship […] you build a rapport and you build a way to go deeper, quicker in.”

They won’t know what they have achieved together, however, until March 17 on opening night.

“Sometimes, when it’s performed I’m like… Wow. What came out of me?” says Walerski, with a bashful laugh. “You can really be surprised. I have a strange relationship with work; when it gets on stage I have a hard time to let go.” W

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Sex workers step into the spotlight KELSEY KLASSEN @kelseyklassen

Esther Shannon spent years fighting to protect sex workers from themselves.

It wasn’t until the early 2000s, after the self-described radical feminist was put on a government project with the women she was at odds with, that her mindset began to shift.

“There is a tendency within radical feminism to have a very strong opposition to sex work,” explains Shannon, seated in a busy Mount Pleasant coffee shop. “I had an opinion of sex workers that was very narrow: I saw them only as targets of male violence and exploitation […] Then I got to actually meet some sex workers and they were in the midst of building a political movement for their rights.They were taking action to change their lives, and as a feminist that’s what we want women to do […] so I concluded that I wanted to support [them].”

Now a longtime ally, Shannon will celebrate that journey in a groundbreaking new theatre production, The Hooker Monologues, running now until March 13 at the Firehall Arts Centre.

Inspired by playwright Eve Ensler’s renowned Vagina Monologues, The Hooker Monologues places 10 active and former sex workers, as well as their advocates, on stage to share their candid, powerful and humorous true accounts.

“It’s a lot of memorization,” laughs Carmen Shakti, seated next to her. “Wish me luck.”

Shakti (her stage name) has worked as an escort and Tantric sexuality specialist for years. Many of her clients, she says, are men who have never experienced sexual intimacy, or have mental and physical barriers that interfere with their enjoyment of sex.

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“I started out – probably unusually – as a client before I became a provider, so under the current laws I’d be a criminal,” she points out, referring to Canada’s amended prostitution laws, which made the buying of sex illegal in 2014.

“But I wasn’t then. And the experience was very healing and very positive for me, and I came out of it wanting to do the same for other people.”

The demure, salt-and-pepper-haired spokesperson will be recreating three snapshots from her life as part of her performance: a comical oral encounter tellingly entitled “Coke Dick”, a dream sequence about stigma, and a session with a client who had fears of intimacy.

Brought together by community advocate Raven Bowen, a former Prostitution Alternatives Counselling & Education (PACE) Society director, other members of the diverse, all-female cast include exotic dancers, a dominatrix, as well as the sister of one of Robert Pickton’s victims.

“It seems sex workers’ issues are really popular right now,” says Shakti. “[But] there’s still not a lot of venues for our stories. I like the idea of getting different perspectives out there about sex workers, so that we’re seen as full people rather than stereotypes and dehumanized objects,” she continues. “And, ultimately, I hope that it will help the movement towards the decriminalization of sex work.”

As a self-employed, indoor sex worker, Shakti explains that she feels she encounters less stigma than those who work in the industry’s more high-profile fields. Conversely, some of the show’s initial participants felt too uncomfortable to continue once they realized the amount of exposure it would entail.

“We started out with about 20 [cast members] and some people were anxious – understandably – because stigma against sex workers is immense,” explains Shannon, “You know, if you come out as a sex worker you have a lot of legitimate fears about how that will affect your relationships, or if you’re in a straight job, or a square job.There’s just a lot of opportunity for people to beat up on sex

workers, emotionally.”

“And it’s not even big enough,” Shannon adds, later, of the show. “We wanted to get at least one man and, you know, collectively we have a lot of connections in all areas of sex work, but we couldn’t convince a man to join the cast, so that feels like a gap.”

Despite the road blocks, though, the largely amateur production has been spurred on since the fall of 2014 by the support of local grants and donations, as well the volunteer efforts of theatre professionals such as dramaturge Camille Gingras and director Mindy Parfitt.

“We came into it with passion and no idea what we were doing,” says Shannon, with a chuckle, “and we lucked out by getting Mindy, a professional director. At last week’s rehearsal she was just saying to us that we now have these stories, and we have to own these stories, so that when we’re performing, the audience understands really intimately that we are giving them stories about our lives.” W 8 -(@ PRR"@= NRTR!R)6@; =6T; NH=D( #JEA H9 9(@ 1&=@(H!! <=9; 7@T9=@ SC%G 3H;9 7R=BR4HQI -&D"@9; $CGV 1&=@(H!!<=9;7@T9=@I DHI .RU@ BH9@; ;R!B R69I

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There’s no shortage of vitality on the Vancouver roots music scene. From Petunia and the Vipers to Cornshed, from the Creaking Planks to Swank, there’s a host of mainstream dropouts mining old-timey folk, country swing, ragtime, and gypsy jazz for inspiration.

But you don’t necessarily expect that sort of music to turn up on a NotYer Buddy compilation, coming from a bunch of young East Vancouver punks. It was NYB comp No. 4 that first brought Devil in the Wood Shack to this music journalist’s attention, where they performed a manic jugband ditty called “Devil Does Do.” Roots music – or folk punk, or whatever you would like to call it – is by no means the only genre Devil in the Wood Shack does, mind you. “No Condition,” on their upcoming split CD, Live at the Nest, sounds more like Bone Machine-era Tom Waits, with frontman Joshua Wood’s bluesy growls complimented by a sultry covocal from Thalia Couture.

But their roots run deep, enough that Westender really just has one question for them: How did you get into this sort of music?

“I was listening to Bob Dylan,” says Wood. “Not Bob Dylan himself, but he had a radio show (Theme Time Radio, which ran on Sirius/ XM from 2006 to 2009). From a young time, I’ve been a big fan of Dylan. And he started touching on all these oldtime, ‘20s and ‘30s bands, just music I’d never really heard before. And being told from someone you highly respect, it

Devil in the Wood Shack. Contributed photo gets you to listen to it.”

Fellow Ontarian and Devil in the Wood Shack co-founder Wesley Coderre had previously collaborated with Wood on a project called Driftwood, netting some recognition in the St. Catharine’s/Niagara Falls area, “but it was kind of a dead scene at the time.”

When the two found themselves in BC in 2011, it seemed natural to strike up the collaboration again.They came up with the band name over breakfast at Bon’s Off Broadway.

“These are primarily my songs,”Wood notes. “My last name’s Wood, and our old band was called Driftwood,” so the association with the word “wood” stayed in place.

The idea for the band name was Coderre’s, however.

“He was reading a lot of folklore at the time, and it’s kinda the image of a wood shack, out in the spooky woods, neighbour to some witch, with some ghoul under the bridge down the stream there...”

The other band on the split CD, Still Spirits – an offshoot of Maple Ridge ska punkers the Bone Daddies – owe their name to the lore around distilling spirits, with their music hearkening back to the speakeasies and jook joints of the 1920s and ‘30s.

Appropriately, Still Spirits cut their teeth busking in front of the Haney Hotel, on a flat

piece of pavement between the bar and a nearby gas station.

“We’d set up there on a Friday or Saturday night so we’d get all the drunks that were wandering from the Haney to the Chevron to pick up smokes or snacks,” rhythm guitarist Jonny Bones explains.

Their song “Cold Beer and Wine,” on the split, owes to that environment, but the real key to their music is the banjotar that Bone Daddies guitarist Skiff had previously picked up when joining the Air Force Reserves.

“When he came back [from basic training], he showed us some of the songs he had.They were all really good, but they were a lot slower, a little bit more folky, so they didn’t really work as Bone Daddies songs.”

Thus was born a sideproject, with all members of the Bone Daddies plus friends Jesse Williams on mandolin and Jeremy Addinell on washboard and spoons.The band has a strict dress code, which will be in force when they perform with Devil in the Wood Shack at Pat’s Pub this Friday.

“Even when we were busking, if you wanted a cut of the money we made, you had to show up in a collared shirt, with slacks on and polished shoes. If you didn’t have that stuff, you could play, but you didn’t get paid!”

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REVEREND HORTON HEAT Legendary Texas psychobilly trio returns to town with special guests Unknown Hinson, Legendary Shack Shakers and Lincoln Durham. 8pm at Rickshaw Theatre.

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WHITE LUNG Indie punk rockers play a hometown show with special guests Vacant State and Koban. 9pm at The Cobalt.

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A-WA Israeli sister trio combines Yemenite folk singing with electronic dance music, appearing as part of Chutzpah! Festival. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $26+ at TicketsTonight.TicketForce.com

AMELIA CURRAN Folk Music Award winning singer-songwriter from St. John’s, Newfoundland, appears on her Canadian tour in support of They Promised You Mercy, with special guest Dominique Fricot. 9pm at Fox Cabaret.

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IAN FLETCHER THORNLEY Lead singer of Big Wreck and Thornley, appears in support of his debut solo album, Share Your Secrets.

8pm at Venue. Tickets $25 at Ticketmaster.ca

MAD ABOUT MOZART Vivaldi Chamber Choir under the artistic direction of Edette Gagné, explore the highlights from the prolific catalogue of Wolfgang Amadeus with Diana Diaz, Karyn Way, William George and Andrew Greenwood. 3pm at St. Helen’s Anglican Church. Tickets $18+ at MadAboutMozart.BrownPaperTickets.com

BEETHOVEN’S EMPEROR CONCERTO Christopher Seaman conducts pianist Alexander Melnikov and the VSO in a performance of Emperor Piano Concerto and Walton’s Symphony No. 1. 8pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets at VancouverSymphony.ca

JUNIOR BOYS Canadian electronic music duo stop by in support of their new release, Big Black Coat, with special guests Jessy Lanza and Borys. 9pm at The Imperial.

Tickets $20 at Red Cat, Beat Street, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca ROBYN HITCHCOCK British singer-songwriter and multiinstrumentalist plays tunes from the recently released The Man Upstairs, with special guest Emma Swift. 9pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $20 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca ANJUNABEATS An evening of EDM with performances from Andrew Bayer, iLan Bluestone and Jason Ross. 9pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $38.50 at LiveNation.com THE REAL MCKENZIES Blistering punk rock boot stompers and passionate sing-along ballads from this road-hardened crew of travelling minstrels, as they hit the stage with special guests Bishop’s Green and Boids. 8pm at Venue. Tickets $16 at BPLive.

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COMEDY ANDREW GROSE Charlottetown, PEI comedian heard weekdays on Alberta’s 630 CHED’s Afternoon News brings over 25 years of live comedy club and theatre performance experience with opening sets from Sophie Buddle and Darcy Michael. 8:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com

THEATRE/DANCE MOLL CelticFest presents this production of Irish playwright John B. Keane’s award-winning play, an uproarious comedy that parodies the goings-on in a rural presbytery in Kerry in the 1970s.

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WE ARE THE CITY Vancouver prog-rockers and former Peak Performance Project winners appear in support of their latest release, Above Club. 9pm at The Imperial. Tickets $20+ at Red Cat and TicketFly.com SOL American hip-hop artist appears in support of The Headspace Traveler, with special guests Brother From Another and Otieno Terry. 7pm at Biltmore Cabaret.

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DISTURBED American heavy metal rockers from Chicago are back in support of Immortalized, with special guest Nonpoint. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $65+ at Scrape Records, Ticketmaster.ca and LiveNation.com WE HUNT BUFFALO Dirty, grimy rock and roll from the local rockers in support of Living Ghosts, with special guests Man The Wolf and Owlface. 8pm at Media Club. Tickets $15 at Red Cat and TicketFly.com DEVIL IN THE WOOD SHACK & THE STILL SPIRITS Western gypsy punk rockers team up with the bluegrass outfit for this split album release, with special guests the Staggers & Jaggs and Jeff Andrew Band. 9:30pm at Pat’s Pub. Tickets $10 at the door only.

ERIC CAMPBELL & THE DIRT Outlaw rock ‘n’ roll from the Vancouver band with special guests the Archaics, Strange Things and Jeff Collins. 10pm at The Astoria.

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THE SPEAKERPHONES Altrock and rockabilly fuse for a captivating energy from these local rockers with special guests the Deadset, Dispell and Robots and Gods. 9pm at Railway Club.

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DEAD ASYLUM Vancouver metal band combines thrash and death with melodic, grooving overtones with special guests Saints of Death, Revenger, Without Mercy and Exterminatus. 8pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $10 at TicketFly.com

THEATRE/DANCE CRISÁLIDA/POSSIBLE IMPOSSIBLE The 2016 Vancouver International Dance Festival presents the highly anticipated Canadian premiere of two illuminating, richly complex works, co-produced by international collaborators Sweden’s Memory Wax and Cuba’s Danza Teatro Retazos. 8pm at the Vancouver Playhouse. Tickets $50 at VIDF.ca. Runs until March 12.

THE HOOKER MONOLOGUES A collection of true stories paint a candid portrait of various aspects of the sex work industry, challenging myths and dispelling stigmas, as created and performed by a collective of active and former sex workers and allies. 8pm at Firehall Arts Centre. Tickets $20 at FirehallArtsCentre.com. Runs until March 13.

THE WAILERS Legendary reggae group bring the high-energy roots-rock-reggae sounds they pioneered with the late Bob Marley, with special guests Boomdaddy.

8pm at Commodore Ballroom.

Tickets $29.75 at Ticketmaster.ca RESOLVE RECORDS LAUNCH PARTY Local punk-rock label launches their website with performances from You Big Idiot, Contra Code, the Greatest Sons, the Binz and the Expectants.

8:30pm at Media Club. Tickets $10 at the door only.

CHEAP APPEAL Local hardcore punk rockers take the stage with special guests Eliminator, Slow Erase and Paranoi. 9pm at LanaLou’s.

Tickets $10 at the door only.

COMEDY RON JOSOL Filipino-Canadian actor and stand-up comedian known for his writing and appearances on Video on Trial, brings his modish comedy style and commanding stage presence to town with John Perrotta and James Kennedy. 7pm & 9:30pm at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets $20 at YukYuks.com

THEATRE/DANCE 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. Final performance.

COW TRANCE A rare evening of bovine hypnosis featuring all new material from the jazz trio of Sam King, Joh Paton and James Meger.

10pm at China Cloud. Admission by donation.

SHARON SHANNON Irish accordionista brings her amazing trio to the Rogue Folk Club, as part of Celtic Fest. 8pm at St. James Hall.

Tickets $40 at Red Cat, Highlife, Tapestry Music, Rufus’ Guitars and RogueFolk.bc.ca

COMEDY 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 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. 2pm at Vancouver East Cultural Centre.

Runs until March 19.

GA TING A powerful and emotionally charged story centers on an immigrant Chinese couple trying to come to terms with their death of their son, as they invite his Caucasian boyfriend for dinner after the funeral. 2pm at Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com. Runs until March 19.

JOHN WORT HANNAM Canadian roots musician from Alberta known for his musical storytelling, plays an intimate show in East Van. 8pm at Buckerfield’s (240 Northern). Tickets $20 at the door only.

COMEDY THE LAUGH GALLERY WITH GRAHAM CLARK Join the East Van comedian and his pals for guaranteed laughs and a shot at winning thrift store treasures at one of the longest running comedy shows in town. 9pm at Havana Theatre.

Tickets $5 at EastVanComedy.com 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).

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

10am-5pm at Vancouver Art Gallery. Tickets at Tickets.VanArtGallery.bc.ca. Runs until June 12.

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BLACK TUSK & HOLY GRAIL Heavy metal rockers from Savannah, Georgia co-headline with the LA metal quintet with special guests Nylithia and Meridius. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $16 at Red Cat, Scrape, Neptoon and TicketFly.com

THE IRISH ROVERS Celtic Fest presents the iconic, rousing ambassadors of Irish music and good cheer for this must-attend show as they band delivers their last world tour. 8pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $35+ at TicketFly.com. All ages show.

BRAHMS, BRASS, AND STRINGS An ensemble of horns, strings and piano perform a program of works

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7:30pm at Pyatt Hall. Tickets at VancouverSymphony.ca

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10pm at Alexander Gastown.

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MUSIC LEON BRIDGES Breakthrough soul and R&B artist out of Texas brings his North American headlining tour to town in support of his universally acclaimed debut album, Coming Home. 8pm at Orpheum Theatre. SOLD OUT.

THEATRE/DANCE DOGFIGHT A newly cast remounting of the Pasek and Paul musical returns for five performances only, a sensitive and ruckus musical blending rock and folk, based on the 1991 film of the same name.

8pm at Pacific Theatre. Tickets at Tickets@PacificTheatre.org. Runs until March 19.

COMEDY KING’S HEAD COMEDY It’s the most fun you can have on a Tuesday night in Vancouver for $5! Join an array of local and international comedians in this weekly stand-up showcase. 9pm at King’s Head Pub. Cover is $5.

THE OUT VIGIL A modern fable steeped in maritime lore questions our ability to accept the natural world for all that it is, both beautiful and terrifying, taking on a bold new form of poetic naturalism allowing for the marriage of fact and folklore, music and magic, the modern and mythical. 8pm at Firehall Arts Centre.

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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. 11am & 2pm at Waterfront Theatre. Tickets at Tickets.CarouselTheatre. ca. Runs until March 20.

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SALON SHOP: RONALD FLATMAN A compelling composition of vibrant, highly stylized depictions of animals and nature from the local painter, currently Gachet’s featured exhibiting artist. 12-6pm at Gallery Gachet. Runs until April 10.

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RADIATION CITY & DEEP SEA DIVER Indie rock outfit from Portland, Oregon co-headlines with the Seattle trio. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $12 at Red Cat and TicketFly.com GOOD FOR GRAPES Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the Surrey folksters and special guests Small Town Artillery and Servo.

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Briana Buckmaster’s laugh is a sonic wonder to behold.

It emerges often during our interview: deep and resonant, and yet never once shattering the austerity of the five-star hotel lobby lounge where we’re meeting for our on-therecord heart-to-heart.

“I love to play comedy, and I think it’s my incessant need to make people laugh.

I can’t help myself,” laughs the Vancouver-based actress.

“When people say, ‘Take this character and go,’ I immediately try to make the crew laugh.”

With this well of silliness forever bubbling just beneath the surface, Buckmaster does her best to keep it in check, especially when she’s the new arrival on a juggernaut series.

She was all business when she arrived for the first day of her now-recurring gig as Sheriff Donna Hanscum on Supernatural.The CW’s long-running show stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles as a pair of demon-hunting brothers.

Going in, Buckmaster knew that Supernatural was a huge hit – but she didn’t know that Padalecki and Ackles are all about the funny.

“Those boys, they throw so many shenanigans down,” says Buckmaster.

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Supernatural co-star Briana Buckmaster. Gordan Dumka photo “They’re keeping it light.”

Buckmaster’s education was swift. Four takes into her first scene – which involved both her and Ackles stuffing their faces with donuts in the middle of a police station – Ackles had her cracking up; the moment – which had the entire crew in stitches – ended up on that season’s gag reel.

Since her Supernatural debut in 2014, Sheriff Donna has returned to the Winchester Brothers’ universe for two additional episodes.

Every time she appears, the “boys” (as she lovingly refers to Ackles and Padalecki) are ready to play.

“I know, when I come on set, that they’re going to try to make me laugh every scene,” she says. “It keeps you on your toes.”

Sheriff Donna is a role Buckmaster savours: a strong, flawed woman who “knows what she’s good at it, and when she has to step up to the plate in that aspect, she does, and everything else kind of falls away,” she says.

To say that Sheriff Donna is a hit with fans would be an understatement. Supernatural fans are legendary for their loyalty (the fandom is the subject of a web series and feature film, the latter of which will have its hometown premiere this month at Vancouver Web Fest), and they’ve embraced Buckmaster, who is now a regular on the Supernatural convention circuit.

And if one group of fans gets its way, Buckmaster could be starring in her own spin-off series alongside frequent Supernatural scene partner Kim Rhodes, who plays Sheriff Jody Mills.

“It’s mostly women in the fandom, and they want representation on their favourite show on the face of the planet, and they feel like Kim Rhodes and I are their representation, and that is a responsibility, and I love that responsibility, and I feel genuine,” says Buckmaster.

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Continued from page 12 Buckmaster’s journey to her Supernatural moment began in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, where she caught the showbiz bug at 11 years old during a performance of Les Miserables.

Her dreams were wrapped up in musical theatre, and she seemed to be on track to make them come true when she arrived in Toronto straight outta theatre school to make her mark in Broadway North.

Alas, Buckmaster didn’t work as much as she wanted to during those Toronto years.

Her “singing voice is darker and lower, and when you’re a female, blonde 20-year-old, you’re not going to get much work, because all of the roles are Cinderella and Sandy,” she says.

There was also the matter of her physique. Back then, Buckmaster was – as she is now – unapologetically an

assist in healing ulcers.Then there is watercress, containing more than 15 essential minerals and vitamins.The father of medicine himself, Hippocrates, built his first hospital beside a stream to enable him to grow watercress abundantly for the treatment of his patients.

And if greens still aren’t cool enough for ya, here are the facts: they bring us an amazing amount of fibre, vitamin C, K, iron and even calcium.They are versatile, letting them blend into all sort of different food situations. And they are delicious, ridiculously so. Here are some different types of healthy greens and how they can bring nutritional and flavorful abundance to your taste buds.

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I’m sure by now we are all experts on kale, but did you know that it has more vitamin C than an orange?

Well now you can eat kale for whatever ails ya. It’s great sautéed, baked and made into chips, I have added it to soups and even salads for an extra nutritional kick, and of course smoothies.

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Not just for plain salad anymore, people are grilling these things these days.True story. It is also extremely high in vitamin K needed for blood clotting and an essential part of building strong bones. Eat a salad, fools.

Rich in many vitamins and minerals, so much in fact that some have said that half a cup of raw spinach actually equals one to five servings of fruits and veggies (this doesn’t mean to stop all other foods).You can steam it, eat it raw, bake it into something – the possibilities are pretty vast. Also, you get to have the sex appeal of Popeye.

“average woman,” which she says was a challenge when auditioning for those aforementioned roles.

“People always said, ‘you’re going to work so much when you’re older,’” says Buckmaster. “And now, it’s kind of true.” She’s worked steadily in the Vancouver film and television sphere since moving here three years ago.

Buckmaster doesn’t shy away from topics like women’s bodies, fat shaming, and self-worth.These are frequent matters of discussion on her Twitter feed (@OfficialBrianaB), mostly because Sheriff Donna (whose body fat is sucked out of her by a lipolovin’ monster during first Supernatural appearance, and is fat-shamed by her ex-husband in the second) has made her a lightning rod for those kinds of conversations.

“I have an opportunity to go, ‘You know what? Let’s all

strive to be healthy, but let’s stop looking in the mirror and saying bad things,’” says Buckmaster. “What a gift that I get to say those things [to them].”

Buckmaster can currently seen in Homeowner, a horror short directed by Supernatural’s on-set visual effects supervisor and produced as part of TELUS’ Storyhive program.

Homeowner – which premiered online earlier this month – stars Buckmaster as the titular homeowner under whose new roof (according to the film’s logline) “lies a terrifying secret.”

Homeowner’s indie set was a far cry from Supernatural’s well-oiled machine.

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It’s nice to believe that the world is not a cruel place full of rape and murder, but it is. In my extreme opinion, all young women should be given knives and purse pistols, not support groups and trigger warnings. But not all girls are in good conscious, just like not all men are inherently evil, so guns and knives are not going to do anything up here in the land of the gunless.With recent serial attacks on women in the Oakridge area and girls being sexually assaulted and attacked in the bathroom at local nightclubs, we should all take extra precaution.

Designed by some genius students at the University of Michigan, an app called Companion lets you reach out to your family, friends or public safety department to have them digitally keep track of you via live map while you travel alone.Whether you are jogging or hiking alone, driving overnight or just walking home, if you start running, drop your phone or do not make it to your destination in time, the app asks you if you are OK. If you do not respond within 15 seconds, it contacts your companions.

The app also updates you on road conditions and other potential problems, so I highly recommend this for anyone, regardless of gender.

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WhoNow is the app for those who can’t afford to whine to a therapist once a week about their love life.

Through the app you make random, (sometimes) anonymous acquaintances to talk

about your dates with, share stories and ask for advice. Instead of asking your clueless girlfriend for advice about the new person you are seeing, you can ask randoms who are not going to sugar coat the answer for you to keep the friendship safe.

Objective and harsh criticism from a crowd you will never, ever see in person.

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I’ve tried a bunch of menstruation and ovulation apps, and none really compares with Clue. This Germanmade app allows you to track your cycle, fertility, PMS, sex life and personal health with an algorithm that personalizes to your body as you enter information about how you feel both physically and emotionally. This app is really impressive and direct (kind of like a German) while not hosting anything pink on the entire interface. With Clue, will always know exactly when to buy tampons.

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“He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace,” wrote Leo Tolstoy in his novella The Death of Ivan Ilych. The weird thing is, Aries, that this seemingly crazy strategy might actually work for you in the coming days. The storms you pray for, the tempests you activate through the power of your longing, could work marvels. They might clear away the emotional congestion, zap the angst, and usher you into a period of dynamic peace. So I say: Dare to be gusty and blustery and turbulent.

Quoting poet W. H. Auden, author Maura Kelly says there are two kinds of poets: argument-makers and beauty-makers. I think that’s an interesting way to categorize all humans, not just poets. Which are you?

Even if you usually tend to be more of an argumentmaker, I urge you to be an intense beauty-maker in the next few weeks. And if you’re already a pretty good beauty-maker, I challenge you to become, at least temporarily, a great beauty-maker. One more thing: As much as possible, until April 1, choose beauty-makers as your companions.

To have any hope of becoming an expert in your chosen field, you’ve got to labor for at least 10,000 hours to develop the necessary skills – the equivalent of 30 hours a week for six and a half years. But according to author William Deresiewicz, many young graphic designers no longer abide by that rule. They regard it as more essential to cultivate a network of connections than to perfect their artistic mastery. Getting 10,000 contacts is their priority, not working 10,000 hours. But I advise you not to use that approach in the coming months, Gemini.

According to my reading of the astrological omens, you will be better served by improving what you do rather than by increasing how many people you know.

“I sit before flowers, hoping they will train me in the art of opening up,” says poet Shane Koyczan. “I stand on mountain tops believing that avalanches will teach me to let go.” I recommend his strategy to you in the coming weeks, Cancerian. Put yourself in the presence of natural forces that will inspire you to do what you need to do. Seek the companionship of people and animals whose wisdom and style you want to absorb. Be sufficiently humble to learn from the whole wide world through the art of imitation.

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The marathon is a long-distance footrace with an official length of over 26 miles. Adults who are physically fit and well-trained can finish the course in five hours. But I want to call your attention to a much longer running event: the Self-Transcendence 3100Mile Race. It begins every June in Queens, a borough of New York, and lasts until August. Those who participate do 3,100 miles’ worth of laps around a single city block, or about 100 laps per day. I think that this is an apt metaphor for the work you now have ahead of you. You must cover a lot of ground as you accomplish a big project, but without traveling far and wide. Your task is to be dogged and persistent as you do a little at a time, never risking exhaustion, always pacing yourself.

In old Vietnamese folklore, croaking frogs were a negative symbol. They were thought to resemble dull teachers who go on and on with their boring and pointless lectures. But in many other cultures, frogs have been symbols of regeneration and resurrection due to the dramatic transformations they make from egg to tadpole to full-grown adult. In ancient India, choruses of croaks were a sign of winter’s end, when spring rains arrived to fertilize the earth and bestow a promise of the growth to come. I suspect that the frog will be one of your emblems in the coming weeks, Virgo – for all of the above reasons. Your task is to overcome the boring stories and messages so as to accomplish your lively transformations.

“Your anger is a gift.” So proclaims musician and activist Zack de la Rocha, singer in the band Rage Against the Machine. That statement is true for him on at least two levels. His fury about the systemic corruption that infects American politics has roused him to create many successful songs and enabled him to earn a very good living. I don’t think anger is always a gift for all of us, however. Too often, especially when it’s motivated by petty issues, it’s a self-indulgent waste of energy that can literally make us sick. Having said that, I do suspect that your anger in the coming week will be more like de la Rocha’s: productive, clarifying, healthy.

“Even now, all possible feelings do not yet exist,” says novelist Nicole Krauss. In the coming weeks, I suspect you will provide vivid evidence of her declaration, Scorpio. You may generate an unprecedented number of novel emotions – complex flutters and flows and gyrations that have never before been experienced by anyone in the history of civilization.

I think it’s important that you acknowledge and celebrate them as being unique – that you refrain from comparing them to feelings you’ve had in the past or feelings that other people have had. To harvest their full blessing, treat them as marvelous mysteries.

“Look at yourself then,” advised author Ray Bradbury. “Consider everything you have fed yourself over the years. Was it a banquet or a starvation diet?”

He wasn’t talking about literal food. He was referring to the experiences you provide yourself with, to the people you bring into your life, to the sights and sounds and ideas you allow to pour into your precious imagination. Now would be an excellent time to take inventory of this essential question, Sagittarius. And if you find there is anything lacking in what you feed yourself, make changes!

According to a report in the journal Science, most of us devote half of our waking time to thinking about something besides the activity we’re actually engaged in. We seem to love to ruminate about what used to be and what might have been and what could possibly be. Would you consider reducing that amount in the next 15 days, Capricorn? If you can manage to cut it down even a little, I bet you will accomplish small feats of magic that stabilize and invigorate your future. Not only that: You will feel stronger and smarter. You’ll have more energy. You’ll have an excellent chance to form an enduring habit of staying more focused on the here and now.

One of the legal financial scams that shattered the world economy in 2008 was a product called a Collateralized Debt Obligation Squared. It was sold widely, even though noted economist Ha-Joon Chang says that potential buyers had to read a billion pages of documents if they hoped to understand it. In the coming weeks, I think it’s crucial that you Aquarians avoid getting involved with stuff like that -- with anything or anyone requiring such vast amounts of homework. If it’s too complex to evaluate accurately, stay uncommitted, at least for now.

“I wish I knew what I desire,” wrote Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, born under the sign of Pisces.

“I wish I knew! I wish I knew!” If he were still alive today, I would have very good news for him, as I do for all of you Pisceans reading this horoscope.

The coming weeks will be one of the best times ever – EVER! – for figuring out what exactly it is you desire. Not just what your ego yearns for. Not just what your body longs for. I’m talking about the whole shebang. You now have the power to home in on and identify what your ego, your body, your heart, and your soul want more than anything else in this life.

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