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

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LETS WORK ON HOMELESS CANADIANS FIRST

I’ve worked with computers as well as other things for about 40 years – paying taxes throughout.

Due to hard times and unforeseeable circumstances, I have now been homeless for two years. I’ve been on about four waiting lists for housing, to no avail. It just

sort of chokes me since Justin-time (I remember the nickname for his Christmas birth) decided to welcome 25,000 newbies to Canada’s already overburdened housing crisis.

It seems that everyone is falling all over themselves to help these poor fellows, however I have no criminal record, am not of

a questionable nature and I haven’t gotten a second look for any help, except emergency shelter when it dips below freezing.

I’ve been reading the Westender for about 30 years and have never been so motivated to whine. For all I do and all I’ve paid it seems as though I am last in line.

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A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT IS A HUMAN RIGHT

Re: “World Water Day reminds us not to take clean water for granted,” David Suzuki, March 17, 2016 Last week, in a landmark statement, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Cultural and Social Rights said Canada’s weak environmental protections and climate change policies are negatively affecting human rights, particularly for indigenous people.

The committee recommended better regulations, monitoring and enforcement, and more renewable energy development.

Through the eyes of the United Nations, the rest of the world is watching to see if Canada will better protect its citizens by protecting the foundation of human rights: a healthy environment.

What we do to the environment we do to ourselves. Protecting the environment protects our human rights.

–Wendy Delfin

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Development deal set to transform Cambie Corridor

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Public drinking already happens Grant Lawrence Vancouver Shakedown @GrantLawrence

Admit it: who doesn’t enjoy a cold (hard) drink or two down by the beach during the sizzling summer months?

Whether you do or you don’t, you’re likely aware that drinking alcohol in public is an illegal activity, but most of you quaff respectably, clean up after yourselves, and appreciate it when the police mostly look the other way.

Would it be nice not to have to hide your glass of wine when Vancouver’s Finest stroll by? Sure. Soon, you might not have to. It could finally be legal to have cocktails in the park. But is that actually a good thing, or does it open up the beer taps for widespread asshattery?

Last week it was announced that the BC government sought input from the City of Vancouver and other municipalities on a littleknown clause in BC’s liquor laws that would legally allow for open consumption of alcohol in designated public places. But as I mentioned, many otherwise law-abiding citizens already consume alcohol in public places, and have done so for a long time.

Call it the Mexico Effect, but at the beaches, it’s simply become part of our culture.

From the couple strolling down to English Bay with a picnic basket and a bottle of Blasted Church to enjoy at sunset, to contraband booze sold by unlicensed vendors on Wreck Beach, to the hipster beer can bike armies that congregate at the north end of

Third Beach, it’s happening.

I don’t think I’m popping the cap off of any of this, am I? Libations have long been enjoyed in our inner parks too, from dudes chillin’ on the pitch-and-putt while downing a few Kokanees, to the co-eds quenching a “beer me!” thirst at the end of a softball game.

Again, none of this is technically legal but it shouldn’t come as a shock. As far as I know, no booze riots have broken out at the bocce ball court, and no one has drunkenly streaked Old School-style through a wedding at Queen Elizabeth Park when beer badminton went off the rails.

You know as well as I do that Vancouver’s trouble with public alcohol consumption isn’t happy hour on the beach.

It’s when the city is invaded by the bridge-and-tunnel crowds on the weekends, turning Granville Street into a punch drunk party-zone cesspool; our Stanley Cup Finals into city-destroying riots; our beaches into a gong show when the fireworks blast into town. Should we continue to police the shit out of those areas?Yes. Should we legalize Granville into Bourbon Street North? No.The suburbanites have already proven time and again that they aren’t ready for such a spiked luxury.

When it comes to enjoying a bomber of double IPA at the park in the sun across the street from the craft brewery, maybe we should leave things the way they are. Just make sure you behave like a human being, don’t drink and drive, and leave your empties beside the bin. It’s the hallmark of a civilized society, which is why we should keep public drinking illegal. See you at the beach. W

Project will include 2,600 homes, medical facilities, a SkyTrain station and even a farm FRANK O’BRIEN @bizinvancouver

A $302 million land deal could change the face of Vancouver’s Cambie Corridor neighbourhood, as Onni Group plans their largest development project in BC. The multimillion-dollar construction plan will see a string of residential towers erected along Vancouver’s Cambie corridor, more than 400 units of low-cost housing, new medical and recreational facilities and the first SkyTrain station in Vancouver built completely with private money.

“It is a very unique project,” Onni development manager Jamie Vaughan said of the Pearson Dogwood land purchase and development plan.

The deal involves 24.5 acres of prime land and a joint agreement between Onni and Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), the original owner, with the close oversight of the City of Vancouver.

Onni has agreed to buy two parcels totalling 22.18 acres – 5.81 that run parallel to Cambie Street and 16.37 on the western portion of the site.

These will be developed into residential and retail and include amenities such as a park and an urban farm.

VCH will retain 3.2 acres that will be developed for health-care and community use, including a new residential care home, a community health centre, a new YMCA and a new therapeutic pool.

As well, 114 new subsidized homes for those with disabilities will be dispersed

Onni Group will build up to 10 towers, some 28 storeys high, as part of the transformation of the former Vancouver Coastal Health property on Cambie Street in Vancouver.

Chung Chow photo through the site.

Onni paid $85 million to VCH last year and closed on the remainder of the $302 million purchase on March 15.

All of the proceeds from the sale will remain with VCH for investment into health care facilities, including the replacement of outdated buildings.

“The redevelopment is a major project not just for Vancouver Coastal Health and the residents of Pearson Dogwood, but for the entire community,” said Mary Ackenhusen, president and CEO of VCH. A 150-bed residential care home will be built to replace the old Dogwood Lodge. Construction is expected to start mid-2017 on that project. The following year, VCH anticipates construction on a community health centre will begin.

VCH and Onni presented the rezoning application to the city on Christmas Eve, 2015.

“We stuck very close to the 2014 original agree-

ment with the VCH and city,” Vaughan said.

The plan allows Onni, which has its own construction arm, to build 2.3 million square feet of residential and approximately 132,000 square feet of retail in up to 10 towers, some as high as 28 storeys.

In all, Onni can build and sell 1,645 homes. It will also deliver 411 units of affordable rental housing.

All Onni buildings will meet LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold standards and the city’s substantive sustainability requirements.

Based on current persquare-foot prices for Cambie corridor condominiums, provided by Urban Analytics, Onni’s 2.3 million square feet of market residential alone could be worth north of $2 billion.

Onni expects the development to begin construction and marketing in 2018.

As part of the agreement, Onni, with developer Concert Real Estate Corp., which now owns an

adjacent 20.8-acre site, has agreed to pay for construction of a new Canada Line SkyTrain station, worth an estimated $30 million, on the corner of Cambie Street and West 57th Avenue.

Under its community amenity contributions to the city, Onni will also provide a 2.5-acre city park, a one-acre urban farm and a 69-space child-care centre.

Susan Haid, the city’s assistant director of planning for Vancouver South, said the project could produce homes for approximately 4,500 residents. She said the zoning application is generally consistent with the original policy statement but still requires city scrutiny.

“The application has to go through quite a rigorous process,” Haid said prior to a series of public consultations in February. “There’s a lot of technical review and consultation before we get to a public hearing at council.” W –Courtesy of Business in Vancouver

Environmental deficit tarnishes Canada’s rights record David Suzuki Science Matters @DavidSuzuki

Many Canadians see our country as a human rights leader, but a United Nations committee says we should do better. In early March, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded that Canada’s lack of environmental protection and climate action mars our rights record.

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The committee’s periodic review of Canada put our country’s commitment to providing basic necessities under the spotlight. Although the review’s authors commended Canada for several progressive steps, including the recently announced national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, they expressed concern about the systematic lack of action on homelessness, poverty, access to food and other important obligations under the International Covenant

on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

Their recommendations on environmental protection and climate change policy were especially noteworthy. Although it’s evident that a healthy environment is the foundation of human rights to food, water, health and livelihood, the committee’s decision to push Canada to pursue renewable energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and establish stronger environmental regulations illustrates the growing global recognition of the link

between environmental and human rights.

This recognition may be just emerging in international human rights law, but it’s nothing new to Indigenous people and many others who directly depend on nature for food and livelihood.

I heard this over and over again this past summer as I travelled with a team along Canada’s vast Pacific coast, visiting a dozen communities in the traditional territories of 12 First Nations.These people reside along 26,000 kilo-

metres of British Columbia’s winding shoreline – home to trillions of plankton, billions of fish, millions of seabirds and thousands of whales, which live among forests of kelp and eelgrass, along underwater canyons and glass sponge reefs.

During the tour, we were welcomed with feasts that embodied the intersection of nature, food and culture, and we conducted more than 1,500 profoundly moving interviews with coastal residents. They

expressed fears about threats to their way of life, including industrial projects that will catastrophically affect the environment and their livelihoods being approved with little or no consultation. They spoke passionately about the connection between a healthy environment and economic, cultural and social rights – because they live it every day.

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On left: Designer Julia Rechel of Ellesmere Lingerie released her first collection, called Santa Sofia, last month. The hand-crafted lace and nylon bras and panties offer women a made-in-Vancouver alternative to fast-fashion lingerie (Jennifer Gauthier photo). On right: Model and heart surgery survivor @mrreeow models Rechel’s designs (Richie Lubaton photo).

Vancouver designer crafts lingerie for the masses Niki Hope Style File

@NikiMHope A new made-in-Vancouver line of lingerie is hoping to offer women an alternative to the often harmful world of fast-fashion. It’s a realm where models (who have already hit the genetics jackpot) are heavily photoshopped to push product, which is often made in overseas factories where workers are exploited and/or inadequately compensated.

Vancouver designer Julia Rechel says her recently

launched Ellesmere Lingerie line will provide a choice for women like her, who don’t want to support the dark side of the fashion industry.

“That whole culture just bothers me,” Rechel says.

“I’ve never aspired to that kind of a look, so I think with my own designs, and with my own company, I’m able to challenge that and produce something different, produce something that is more about independent beauty, which is really important to me.”

When it came to planning her own campaign, Rechel chose a free-spirited model she discovered on Insta-

gram. The woman, who goes by her Instagram handle @mrreeow, turned out is a heart surgery survivor – a detail Rechel didn’t know when she initially asked her to model her new line.

“I just thought she was really beautiful and just had a really great, independent look – It was really an honour to work with her,” says Rechel. “Based on [what I saw on] her Instagram account, she doesn’t pose in unnatural ways. She’s incredibly natural in front of the camera.”

And natural is what Rechel got from Richie Lubaton’s beautifully raw

Continued from page 3 One Pacific coast resident said, “When the fish come home or pass by Campbell River this whole community comes alive. Without the fish, a large piece of our island culture goes with them.” Another observed, “When we think of human rights, we think of equality, freedom, democracy. But what good are any of those if we don’t have clean air, soil and water? It has to start with nature.”

These and many other statements from Pacific coastal residents, which formed the basis of a David Suzuki Foundation submis-

The health of Canada’s oceans affects us all. iStock photo sion to the UN committee, resonated at the international level. Observations of the effects of climate change on their communities – including unpredictable and extreme weather, decreasing

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snow and ice, water shortages, wildfires and salmon spawning failures – mirror the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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photos, which evoke a playful innocence and beauty – all with the use of natural light. The model’s edginess shines through but never overpowers the delicate black and gold lace Ellesmere Lingerie.

The line, a year in the making, officially launched in February. Rechel, mom to a four-year-old son, has started with a small but thoughtfully crafted line featuring two types of bras: an underwire demi ($137) and a bralette ($107), with sizes ranging from 32A to 36D. The line also features two underwear types: bikini and high-rise.

The designer, with a background in fine arts and pattern drafting, has been sewing since she was a young girl.

“Specifically, with lingerie, I’ve always kind of wanted to sew it. I’ve always liked the personal nature of it,” says Rechel. “For one, it’s a huge technical challenge. We expect a lot out of our bras, even though we think they should look very delicate.”

Rechel got a little support of her own when it came to launching her line. As a single mom, she needed to make a career change when her son was born. Through

the YMCA, she was referred to Futurpreneur Canada, which helped with the capital she needed to start the lingerie business.

“I don’t think I could have done it without these community programs that support entrepreneurs,” she notes.

Now that she’s finally launched, Rechel is working on expanding her stocklist. But for now, you can find Ellesmere Lingerie in Vancouver at Lace Embrace Atelier and Knickers Lingerie Boutique in Victoria. W

ment for Canadians as we face mounting pressure from climate change, ocean acidification and industrial development. With the longest coastline of any nation, our country holds a globally significant responsibility to protect its oceans, which are under threat from failures to address carbon emissions and ensure marine protection and management. Canada can start by acting on its commitment to protect 10 per cent of its marine environment by 2020, and by putting strict targets on greenhouse gas emissions.

We could also go a long way toward meeting our international human rights

obligations by joining more than 110 nations in constitutionally recognizing the right to a healthy environment. Taking immediate steps to restore and enhance robust environmental protection, fully respect indigenous rights to title and consultation, and protect ocean ecosystems from degradation and climate change is essential.

The growing international recognition of the disproportionate impacts on indigenous and vulnerable people enhances the understanding that protecting the environment is as much about social justice as keeping ecosystems healthy.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Canada has the opportunity to mark the milestone by legally protecting all Canadians’ environmental rights and by recognizing that healthy oceans are a necessary condition for human health and dignity. W David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and cofounder of the David Suzuki Foundation.Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Healthy Oceans Communications Specialist Panos Grames. Learn more at DavidSuzuki.org.

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Five finds for spring With spring sprung, it’s time to bring the plant life we’ve started to see outdoors in. As we’re looking to declutter our décor to make a bigger statement with less, every accessory counts. Here are my top pot picks that add a little extra style to any space.

1. Janaki Larsen Tall Vase; Atelier St. George, $150.

While most of us already hail Janaki Larsen for bringing us Le Marche St. George, those in the know follow Janaki for her stunning handmade ceramics. Adding a polished organic appeal, the Tall Vase offers a matte-white glaze over rough white stoneware, adding beautiful simplicity and texture. AtelierStGeorge.com

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I received this pot as a gift recently – complete with two strategically planted wobbly cacti – and it is one of my most favourite décor bits in the house. It’s one of those pieces that, with its neutral palette, fits discreetly into any décor, but provides a cheeky comic relief upon closer inspection.VincentPark.ca 4. Rina Menardi Shaded Greige Delos pot; Provide Home, $420, medium size.

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2. Bunny Planters; The Cross Decor & Design, $11.95 each.

Combining urban elements with childlike whimsy, these concrete bunny planters are perfect for small spaces needing a smile. They also make a cheerful gift for your Easter weekend hostess.

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5. Menu Wire Base and Pot; Vancouver Special, 3612 Main.

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With a silhouette designed to satisfy your inner minimalist, these planters are perfect for those who still crave variety: a uniform pot size means they can easily be interchanged with any of the three available wire base heights.

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BC’s whisky revolution

Local distilleries take the wild, wending path to whisky

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@FoodgirlFriday On March 26, BC Distilled, the annual craft- and microdistillery festival, will take place for the third straight year at the Croatian Cultural Centre. The main tasting event will see 27 BC-based distilleries offering consumers samples of gin, vodka, liqueurs, and, this year, soon-to-be-released whiskies.

“Over the past two years, we’ve seen the number of distilleries in BC nearly double, from 18 to around 34,” says BC Distilled founder Alex Hamer. “What excites me is not just the growth of the industry, but the broadening of products and the overall creativity BC distillers are bringing to the market.”

That creativity is largely the result of many distilleries’ need to pay the bills while they got their whisky programs off the ground.

Unlike gin and vodka, whisky isn’t something you turn around quickly.

“With whiskey, it’s about the time,” says James Lester, co-founder of Sons of Vancouver Distillery in North Vancouver. “You can’t rush it.” In Canada, the law says you’re not allowed to label your whisky as such until it’s been aged in a barrel for a minimum of three years.

Sons of Vancouver Distillery co-founder James Lester hopes to release a rye whisky, but he’ll have to wait until it has aged for three years in oak barrells first. Dan Toulgoet photo “Our main avenue of sales right now is our amaretto and vodka.”

Kelly Woods, co-owner of Gillespie Fine Spirits in Squamish, agrees. “The issue is, you buy all your grain, create this product and then you wait.You have to figure out how to make a business while you’re waiting, so it’s made everyone be very creative. Every single step of this industry is really exciting.You’ve got people being very experimental, and the support of the bartending community is enormous,

because they’re on the front lines, letting people know what they can do with these innovative spirits.”

Those innovative spirits include a wide variety of gins and vodkas (last year’s event included 20 varieties of each), as well as aged spirits, one-offs like amaretto, aquavit and cassis, and even brandy.

But, where these distillers are putting a lot of their hopes is in the whisky. This year will see the first releases of three-year-old whiskies from distillers such as Lib-

erty and Odd Society, but, in the meanwhile, those lucky enough to have purchased tickets (now sold out) will be able to taste some of these whiskies-to-be at a special preview event on March 25 at the Westin Bayshore.

Rye, specifically, Canadian rye, plays a large part in these locavore spirits.

“Our interest is in keeping with our Canadian traditions and flavours,” says Woods of Gillespie’s whisky program.

Woods isn’t sure if they will release their whisky at the three-year-mark or leave

it for a further two years.

“Legally, after three years, you can call it whiskey. But we’ve tasted three-year-old whiskey, and there’s a longing there. We’ll likely give ours five. We just want to see something that’s going to put our best foot forward and compare to some of the other world-class whiskies out there.”

Lester, who will be showing his one-year-aged spirit at the preview, has similar plans.

“We’re putting away as much whiskey as we can

and we’re going to be let the whiskey be the judge of when it’s ready,” he says.

“Our first release will be very unique; 100 per cent rye, fermented in rum yeast, and aged in a Scotch barrel.

We’re hoping to really get those characteristics through into the rye.”

Rye isn’t the only grain to take note of, however.

Granville Island’s Liberty Distillery will be releasing their first whisky, Trust, at the end of December.

“It’s made from local, organic barley,” explains co-owner Lisa Simpson.

“It’s more reminiscent of an Irish-style whiskey.”

Robert, Simpson’s husband and business partner, has always been inspired by the lighter profile of Irish whiskies.

“As opposed to typical Canadian whisky made from rye, this one is tripledistilled and aged in a mature Kentucky bourbon barrel; a Jack Daniels barrel, in this case,” he says. “We wanted to create something where we’re showcasing the many fantastic grains that are grown in BC. We do have rye that is in barrels right now, and are planning to have three or four styles of whisky down the road. Eventually, we plan to have five, 10 and 15-year whiskies.”

In the meanwhile, however, these intrepid distillers are producing some truly stellar products and giving BC a very prominent place on the international spirits map.

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Good spirits abound at BC Distilled ROBERT MANGELSDORF @robmangelsdorf

If you’d rather have a stiff drink than spend your weekend looking for hidden chocolate eggs and awkwardly hanging out with your semi-estranged family, then you’ll be in good company at the Croatian Cultural Centre this Saturday.

BC Distilled returns for its third edition March 26, and this year sees the event moving to a much larger venue in East Van from its previous home at CBC Vancouver downtown. More space means more exhibitors, more food, and more BC craft distilleries. In all, 27 BC distilleries will be taking part in this year’s event, along with local restaurants and non-

alcoholic beverage producers.

Much like the craft beer scene, craft distilleries have been booming in recent years, largely due to the provincial government updating its archaic liquor laws in 2013, allowing distilleries to actually make a profit.

“When we first started [two years ago], there were only 18 distilleries in BC, and things were already booming at that point,” says BC Distilled founder Alex Hamer.

“It’s not quite as crazy as craft beer, but it’s close.”

Today, we’re spoiled for choice.

“I founded BC Distilled because I firmly believe that one of the biggest challenges the industry is facing is general awareness with consumers,” says Hamer.

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“By bringing the majority of distillers in the province together for this tasting event, it brings a greater attention to the industry than any one distillery could do on its own.

All of the producers benefit from this attention.”

Hamer says he’s excited to see a wider variety of spirits on offer this year, as distilleries mature and broaden their product lines.

“The creativity is exploding from the base spirits of gin and vodka,” he says. “As the distilleries are gaining experience, they are trying new things.”

In particular, Hamer says he’s looking forward to the increasing number of barrelaged spirits, such as barrelaged gins from Long Table and Odd Society.

BC Distilled operates similar to craft beer and wine tasting events and entrance to the event includes unlimited samples.The drinks are obviously a lot stronger, so for the love of God, pace yourself.

“Some of the distilleries will be serving straight spirits, some will be serving them mixed with cocktails,” says Hamer. “It’s the single best opportunity to sample BC spirits.”

So eat a big lunch, K? Thankfully, there will be plenty of food on hand, including canapés from Blacktail, Boulevard, Cascade Room, Edible Canada,The Union,Westin Bayshore, and Forage, as well as cheese from Golden Ears Cheeseworks, and sweet treats from Cartems and Lucky’s Doughnuts.

Legacy Liquor will be an operating an on-site liquor store at the event, with more

than 100 products available at the tasting event available for sale.

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The BC Distilled main tasting event takes place on Saturday, March 26 at the Croatian Cultural Centre from 6:30 to 9pm.

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Divine wines for Easter ham Michaela Morris By the Bottle

In other Gastown news, chef William Robitaille of Notturno has announced that the popular restaurantbar will be closing at the end of April and reopening a few months later as Kozakura, a Japanese-focused eatery.

Famed bartender H will remain until Notturno closes.

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with a fuller (though not oaky) Chardonnay or Chenin Blanc.

The minutiae of the recipe may help in refining the choice further. Ham is a laudable canvas for all sorts of glazes, herbs, spices and fruit-based sides.The accent you choose will provide a bridge between what’s on you plate and what’s in your glass.

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There are so many beer festivals coming up in 2016, you can all expect a summer season full of exhausted brewers and owners schlepping tents and kegs from one town to the next every weekend between May and September.

Or you can miss all that and check out the Okanagan Fest of Ale, Penticton’s long-running, hugely popular beer and cider festival – the de facto launch of the beer festival season, when the brewers are still (relatively) chipper.

“We’ve always attracted an element to the festival that’s on the brewers, making sure that they have a good time while they’re here,” says Martin Lewis, co-owner of Bad Tattoo Brewing, who’s been involved with organizing the

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From a strictly gustatory perspective, Easter was always my preferred holiday growing up. I can assure you, it had nothing to do with the chocolate. The Morris family tradition was turkey at Christmas and ham on Easter. My allegiance was clear.

In that regard, my tastes haven’t changed. I’m still a huge fan of baked ham and endorse it at all large festive feasts with family and friends. Now I am all grown up, the added bonus is that I get to drink with it as well.

Between red, white or rosé, ham picks no particular favourites and can find a partner in all hues. All this sweet and salty beast asks for is a wine that is friendly and easy going, like the dining companions you’ll hopefully have.

In terms of reds, this means fruity wines like a good quality Beaujolais or new world Pinot Noir. If you want something with a bit more body, a Grenache-based wine such as Côtes-du-Rhône or a plump Merlot will do the trick. I am also willing to gamble on Lambrusco for something a little different.

When it comes to whites, I’m a sucker for Riesling with any iteration of pork, especially if it has a smoky element.

Perhaps it’s Riesling’s flinty, mineral nature that works so well. I am also totally for one with a little bit of residual sugar next to sweet juicy ham. A totally opposite approach is to go

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One more Gastown revamp…Cork & Fin has closed its doors permanently and reopened as Ono Raw Bar. As the name might imply, the focus here is on fresh and raw seafood. According to the website, the name means “delicious, tasty, scrumptious” in the Hawaiian language.

Takuya Motohashi, formerly of now-closed Shirakawa, is executive chef. OnoRaw.ca Nearby, in Chinatown…

Bao Bei owner Tannis Ling has partnered with executive chef Joel Watanabe and sous chef Alain Chow to open Kissa Tanto next month.

The new, 80-seat space on East Pender will focus on Italian-Japanese fare, with what is sure to be a solid cocktail program, run by veteran barkeep Wendy McGuiness (Chambar, Royal Dinette). KissaTanto.com Across town, Commune Café has closed its doors permanently.Taking over the space will be Nero Belgian Waffle Bar. The popular Robson Street café will be expanding to this second location with a larger menu and a

liquor license. Opening date still TBD, but hopefully soon.

Canada’s first zero-waste grocery is coming to Vancouver this fall. Zero Waste Market will be plastic- and packaging-free, and encourages consumers to bring their own reusable containers and bags for bulk goods and produce. In a series of pop-ups, the concept has already offered locally and ethically-sourced goods, as well as “ugly” produce sourced directly from local growers. For dates of the next pop-up, visit Facebook. com/ZeroWasteMarket.

Lucky’s Doughnuts will be offering a special Sakura doughnut in honour of the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival. The doughnut will be available March 24 through to April 14 for $5, and is a classic Bismarck infused with Japanese cherry blossoms and filled with housemade sweet red bean paste. Each doughnut is then topped with strawberry-Sakura glaze, matcha meringue and a mini Sakura blossom shortbread cookie.

LuckysDoughnuts.com Rocky Mountain Flatbread will be offering a special Easter brunch menu on Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27, 10am2pm. Enjoy an organic eggs benny with salmon in Kitsilano or cured ham, arugula and grape tomato scramble on Main Street. In addition, kids can make their own pizza and a bunny chef hat on Sunday from 5pm to 7pm at both locations. RockyMountainFlatbread.ca On Sunday, March 27 and Monday, March 28, all of The Flying Pig locations will feature an Easter dinner special of maple-mustard glazed ham, scalloped potatoes, roasted organic carrots with spring peas, for $24.95 per person. Dessert of maple sugar pie available for an additional seven dollars.

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be there. Crannog will be there, for one – and if something has Crannog’s stamp of approval, you know, it’s an authentic experience.

This all makes for a festival environment that’s convivial and intimate.

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Vancouver duo Mu were supposed to ring in the arrival of their new EP at the Fox Cabaret last month, but a motor vehicle accident involving a van and vocalist/instrumentalist Francesca Belcourt a couple days ahead of a record release show made it painfully obvious to the pair that they had to stall the February celebrations.

While the act’s electronicgeared sophomore effort, II, is currently floating through the digi-sphere and on black vinyl courtesy of local label Boompa Records, the musician is looking forward to getting back onstage with co-founder Brittany Rand following a period of bedbound incapacitation.

“That was the most troubling week ever, it was terrible,” Belcourt tells Westender as she and Rand are enjoying early evening drinks and a plate of mac ‘n’ cheese at Main Street’s Cascade Room. “I was biking down Adanac and I had the right of way. A van stopped at a stop sign super quickly and didn’t look, kept going and I hit it. I went underneath and cut my leg open.

That was the day before the music came out.”

While Belcourt had contemplated getting through the planned gig on crutches, the band opted to take a breather to recoup and reconfigure their live show.

As it stands, performing has become a much different experience than when Mu first began issuing bedroomcrafted pieces of electro-pop in 2014. A self-titled debut had specialized in scintillating, synthetic soundscapes

Left: Francesca Belcourt and Brittany Rand make up Vancouver electro-pop group Mu. Above: The cover of Mu’s latest EP, II. Submitted photos full of close-miked vocal harmonies and digital blip melodies, all of which prepped by the twosome. But live, their early concerts expanded the lineup to include additional members on guitar and drums.

The studio recordings on II were once again recorded

by Belcourt and Rand in their bedrooms, and mixed lusciously enough to cover the occasional intrusive car honk. Rand explains that opener “Disarmed” began as a sound design project, an elemental layering of organ drones and digital wind chimes that eventually rises into a pillowy cloud of soft-pop synths and personal lyrics.

Elsewhere, “My Hunter, My Forest” involves haunted passages about a woman buried in the mountainside by her lover. Accompanying

the abuse allegory is a powerful mix of shivered rhythms, spiritually in-tune vocal harmonies, and bird chirps.

While extra players once filled Mu’s concert stage, having produced the more expansive II now has inspired Rand and Belcourt to handle samplers, pedal boards, guitar and keyboards on their own.

Upcoming concerts won’t just retread their recording sessions, though, and it’s hinted that a group of choreographed dancers may be pushing Mu’s live experience into brave new territory.

“One thing that we try to remind ourselves of is that a live show isn’t just about playing in a fucking band,” Rand notes of Mu’s onstage esthetic. “It doesn’t have to be ‘You on guitar and you on drums.’ That’s not what

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we do! We’re not making music in that landscape, so we’re just trying to explore different ways of making music where that’s not the main focus. And making the record is a totally different thing – we don’t have to use the same tones, the same synths, the same anything.”

In part, the close-knit dynamic of Mu stems from both musicians coming into the Vancouver scene as outsiders – Rand having arrived here from Northern Ontario and Belcourt coming from Cortes Island.

Though the partnership talks up how it works together in close quarters, one of II’s standouts taps into the out-of-sight bonds being built through social media.

“Debauchery” weighs in on the relationships we’re forming through our touch screens, with the duo coo-

ing coolly of the situation: “Debauchery ain’t what it used to be.”

“Our online identities are a huge part of our day to day existence in the same way that being depressed or being loved are a huge part of our daily existence,” Belcourt says, cross-referencing a few other themes explored on II. “That one really was touching on the way millenials act towards each other – it honestly comes from how you flirt online and end up meeting people, becoming closer to people [despite] interacting so distantly.”

Citing its “old school electronica-type sound,” Belcourt notes there’s a nostalgic lean to the piece, and admits to longing for the days when we didn’t feel the need to Snapchat every minute detail of a

group vacation. While Rand cops to having developed a bad scrolling habit with her smartphone, thus exposing herself to a “whitewash of constant imagery,” she also sees the value of being connected with your friends.

And, with respect to “Debauchery,” sharing art with your fans isn’t what it used to be either.

She explains, “Constantly being thirsty for Twitter followers is one thing; I don’t bother myself with that kind of stuff. But making good design, or a cool photo, I like doing that, I’m happy to do that.” W

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much about timing as it is about location. Penticton is close enough for the province’s disparate breweries to attend without breaking the bank to do so (a clear advantage over Great Canadian Beer Festival and Vancouver Craft Beer Week), so there’ll be a good cross-section of large and small breweries from all over BC this year.

And then there’s the beer.

It’s common for breweries to launch new beers and specialty casks for festivals, but Fest of Ale holds a special place for a lot of people. Brewers tend to bring out the big guns for it.

“Everybody tried to bring something that isn’t their mainstream beer, unless they come from a long way away and are trying to break into the market,” Lewis says.“You get to see

where the trends are going.

You get a feel for what’s trending in the beer world – or what the brewers would like to be trending in the beer world, anyway.”

There will be around 200 beverages available over the two days – an ungodly amount of alcohol if anyone attempts to drink them all in one day. So, for the first time, Fest of Ale is offering two-day passes, so beer fanatics can attempt to plow through every brew at a more leisurely pace (though I still think you’re crazy if you actually manage to do so).

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The festival was originally conceived as a way to attract tourists during Penticton’s shoulder season. The idea was a bit of a gamble in 1996 – craft beer was still finding its legs in the region, with only Tin Whistle and Tree Brewing open at the time.

But it was an instant success, with over 1,000 attendees. That number grew steadily over the next 10 years, and the festival both predicted and helped establish the frenzy of craft beer enthusiasm we’ve seen since 2012.

“In the past five, six years, it’s just exploded,” Lewis says. “We’ve gone from a low of 16 breweries to now a high of 50 this year.”

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laugh, “And then I said well, if we’re during PuSh then I’m going to call it Pull.”

The festival was a resounding success, selling out every night. Even more telling, the KELSEY KLASSEN response from the artists was @kelseyklassen so enthusiastic that Kelly says he had no choice but to organize it again the following Seven new, starkly different year. Meanwhile, a tight-knit plays will see their debut this community – one that largely weekend at the fifth annual operates outside Vancouver’s Pull Festival. mainstream theatre scene Playfully dubbed “theYou– quickly sprung Tube of theatre”, the up around it, with Pull Festival gives artists returning select 10-minute year after year, and plays – created ensome of their ideas tirely by playwrights, going from the Pull actors and artists Festival testing from Vancouver’s ground to stages independent theatre around North community – a place America. to launch, and audi“I moved to ences the chance Vancouver [from to enjoy a wildly Kayvon Kelly Winnipeg] four diverse evening of years ago now, original content. and I heard about Seated in the Pull my first year Westender offices one here,” says Marksunny afternoon last ian Tarasiuk of week, festival creator SpeakEasy Theatre, and co-artistic seated next to Kelly director Kayvon in the Westender Kelly explains what boardroom. “Mike, sparked the idea way the other half of back in 2012. my company, was “My acting Markian Tarasiuk involved last year as teacher had introan actor and had the best time duced me to the concept [of doing the festival.” the 10-minute play] and I’d As part of Pull’s five-year always really loved them as milestone, Kelly and his coma format […] so we went for pany, Sum Theatre, invited the festival as a one-off,” the SpeakEasy on board this year raven-haired actor/director recalls. “It was never supposed as a producer to help grow the festival and establish it to happen again; we thought further. it would be really fun, let’s “It’s a great union for us just throw this thing up. And then we booked our space and because, yes, we want to elevate the festival, but we don’t we had everything in mowant to lose the raw, fun tion – we were scheduled in environment,” Kelly explains.

January – […] and someone “I don’t want it to become came up to me and they were another uppity festival,” he like, ‘Oh wow, are you a part adds. “[Sum Theatre and of PuSh?’” SpeakEasy] have the same Realizing the gravity of his sort of ideals and mandate mistake, booking his indie for us in terms of what the theatre event in the middle of festival should be like.” one of the largest arts festivals To that end, there will still in Vancouver, Kelly tried be cheap beers and funny, everything in his power to informal segues between reverse the momentum. plays, but the festival will now “I tried to get my money take place in its biggest house back, tried to reschedule, but yet: Studio 1398 on Granville nothing could shift so we just Island.That means increased went for it,” he says with a

capacity (from the 60 people at Little Mountain Gallery to 80+ now per night) and better amenities for the artists (namely, dressing rooms, a beer sponsor, and no more waiting in the alley outside the venue to make their entrance...).

The festival is also built on a profit-share model so, after costs are covered, any additional revenue is split equally between all the participating cast and crew.

Simply put, everything about the Pull Festival represents theatre for and by a new generation, engaging not only a unique cross-section of talent from Vancouver’s deep theatre community, but attracting a younger audience who perhaps feel theatre is more their parents’ domain.

It’s also wholeheartedly embracing its time and place, aiming for more diversity and gender representation in its lineup.

“It’s a big battle right now, across the country but Vancouver as well,” Kelly admits, adding that getting ethnically diverse actors into the casting room is a constant, systemic struggle. “But because we’re a festival that includes a large number of people – we have seven writers, 15 to 18 actors, and three to four directors – one of the big things that we’ve pushed from the beginning is gender balance. So this year we have three female directors, and I think we’re a majority female writing team.”

From that team, this year’s subject matter ranges from Sean Oliver’s sombre examination a true-life event – the drowning of a homeless man in Winnipeg’s Red River – to Pippa Johnstone’s comic “wo-mance”, in the vein of acclaimed web series Broad City.

For writers tossing around wacky ideas, or beginning playwrights who have never had their work produced, Pull acts as an incubator of possibility, complete with costumes, lighting, sound and a professional stage management team.The focus remains squarely on the writing, though.

Pull Festival actors and writers participate in a table reading of 10-minute plays. The festival runs March 24-26 at Studio 1398 on Granville Island. Contributed photo “Theatrically, the focus has always been on text and character,” says Kelly. “One of the things we’ve always told our writers is, ‘Don’t write in a helicopter or fog machines.’

Like, that’s not going to happen…,” he laughs. “But that said, we have a lighting designer, sound designer, costuming, minimal set design, due to the fact that we have to facilitate seven different shows which are seven different worlds.”

The 10-minute, minimalrehearsal model also entices a wide variety of actors who may not typically have time for theatre commitments in their film and television schedules. Names attached to the 2016 festival include MayumiYoshida (The Man in the High Castle), screen and stage actor David Lloydy, and acclaimed autobiographical playwright and lighting designer Itai Erdal (How to Disappear Completely), appearing for the first time in a role that is not simply himself.

For two-time Pull Festival playwright Cheyenne Mabberley, missing out on having a play in this year’s festival gave her an opportunity to participate as an actor for the first time.

“I go to Pull Festival every year,” the bubbly Studio 58 grad explains, by phone. “We [she and collaborator Katey

88 Tuned Bongos presents X composer Anthony Davis KELSEY KLASSEN @kelseyklassen

Continuing its intimate 88 Tuned Bongos series of avant garde piano works,Western Front presents renowned jazz pianist Anthony Davis in solo concert March 24, in association with Coastal Jazz and Blues Society.

An award-winning composer of orchestral works and film scores, Davis was deemed a “national treasure” by Opera News for his pioneering work in that field. Alongside creations such as Amistad and

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Wakonda’s Dream, Davis is best known for the AfricanAmerican opera X:The Life and Times of Malcolm X, which premiered with the New York City Opera in 1986 and outlaid the life and career of the controversial human rights activist, working in examples of swing, scat, modal jazz and rap to help emulate the sound of that era.

Davis’ appearance in Vancouver 30 years later also marks Western Front’s second archival LP release, featuring performances by Davis, Paul Plimley, Al Neil and Canadian

pianist John Kameel Farah, spanning 1985 to present.

Vancouver artist and Western Front co-founder Eric Metcalfe’s artwork graces the album cover, and the LP will be available at the concert for a special price of $15, and $20 thereafter.

Previous performances for 88 Tuned Bongos (a nod to Cecil Taylor and the number of keys on a standard piano) include musician and piano technician Andrew Wedman tuning an upright piano down a full octave, and Farah performing his fusion of electron-

ic beats and future jazz.

In addition to genre-blurring music,Western Front also presents underground literary performances and new and experimental art forms from inside its longstanding location at 303 East 8th.

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Hoffman] wrote a piece this year and we weren’t super happy with it and it didn’t make it into the festival, and I thought, well I want to be involved still!

So I auditioned and I luckily enough got a role.”

Mabberley will play Ree in Lauren Jackson’s play of the same name, which looks at the impact of trauma as it evolves over time.

“I had no idea what I would be cast in, because they have all the directors present, and you do a short monologue,” she recalls. “And then they handed me sides from several different shows and I had to get up with another actor and cold read a part. [...] It was very exciting because, of course, I didn’t know what these plays were, so to get to see a little teaser of each play was really exciting and fun.”

Best known for their sketch comedy duo the After Party Girls – two drunk girls in search of an after-party – Mabberley and Hoffman created that idea for Pull in 2013, and Mabberley explains that they likely wouldn’t pursued it if not for the festival.

“We saw the posting for the festival in its second year […] and we wrote a show on our dinner break at theatre school.

We thought, ‘Oh this is such a cool festival!’We had this silly idea and it was the perfect venue for it because it was

only 10 minutes.”

The two have gone on to expand The After Party into a full-length play, which will appear on the main stage at this year’s Vancouver International Fringe Festival, as well as create four other works starring the two characters.

In other stepping stones, Pull Festival co-artistic director Pippa Mackie had her first Pull play, Bait, optioned for a screenplay in 2012, while last year her political comedy, Deer Harper (the story of a romance between Stephen Harper and a deer), went on to further life at the SHIFT Festival at the Cultch.

That many of these ideas are able to withstand closer creative scrutiny is a testament to the strength and complexity of the 10-minute play.

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GREENSKY BLUEGRASS Michigan bluegrass band appears in support of their latest release If Sorrows Swim with special guest Shook Twins. 7pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $20 at Red Cat, Highilfe, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

THE LOVE THAT MOVES THE UNIVERSE Vancouver Chamber Choir and Orchestra Pacifica Singers repeat the magical experience of the radiant choral/orchestral work based on the final lines of Dante’s “Paradiso.” 8pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets $20.50+ at Ticketmaster.ca

COLBY MORGAN & THE CATASTROPHES Self described “Neil Young blues-punk” outfit from Vancouver hit the stage with special guests Wiser Fool, the Bad and the Godspot. 9:30pm at Railway Club. Cover is $10.

THAO & THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN Alternative folk band from California appear in support of their fourth studio album A Man Alive, with special guest Car Seat Headrest. 8:30pm at The Cobalt.

Tickets $15 at Red Cat and TicketFly.com

RACHEL PLATTEN American singer-songwriter on tour in support of her third studio album Wildfire, with special guest Eric Hutchinson. 7:30pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $25+ at LiveNation.com. All ages show.

ANTHONY DAVIS Renowned jazz pianist appears in support of past piano present as part of the continuing series, 88 Tuned Bongos. 8pm at Western Front.

Tickets $15 at WesternFront.

MyShopify.com UN Haunting funeral doom from the Seattle band featuring members of Samothrace with special guests Hissing, Temple of Abandonment and Nighfucker. 8pm at The Hindenburg.

Tickets $10 at Red Cat, Scrape, Zulu, Evergreen Cannabis Society and TicketWeb.ca MORGAN PAGE American progressive house DJ/music producer appears with Project 46 and Atlas. 9pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $45+ at Ticketmaster.ca and LiveNation.com

COMEDY CHARLIE DEMERS Canadian writer, comedian and political activist, author of The Horrors: An A to Z of Funny Thoughts on Awful Things who often appears on CBC’s The Debaters appears with Mark Nesbitt and Levi McCachen. 8:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix. com

THEATRE/DANCE GOOD PEOPLE In South Boston, where paychecks hardly make the rent and a night on the town consists of a few rounds of bingo, Margie finds herself down on her luck in this shrewd character-driven comedy that asks why some people manage to change their fortune, and some don’t. 7:30pm at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub.com. Runs until April 24.

HOOD FRIDAY Art Signified presents an evening of local rock with performances from Brass, Eric Campbell & the Dirt, the Prettys, Highland Eyeway, Cousin Arby, and Hedks. 9pm at Anza Club. Cover is $10.

RUM REBELLION Portland, Oregon band blends Irish tunes, sea shanties, and street punk with special guests Motorama, Sinksincider and Obscene Being.

9:30pm at Pat’s Pub. Cover is $15.

TRIPLE THREAT A new music showcase for three celebrated East Van singer-songwriters – Tobacco Brown, Jess Vaira, Benny Wise and their special guest Mark Woodyard. 8pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $12 at TicketFly.com MAGIK SPELLS Vancouver band celebrates the release of Elements at an early show with special guests Sex with Strangers and Hawking. 7pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $10 at TicketFly. com

COMEDY AARON BERG Winner of the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Newcomer, the Toronto-bred, NYC-based comedian and writer brings his stand-up to town with an opening set from Alex Sparling. 8pm at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets $20 at YukYuks.com

THEATRE/DANCE DOOST (FRIEND) A unique ensemble of artists and adherents of the Nimatullahi Sufi order explore the universal essence of mystic poetry in this story about heritage, compassion and community. 8pm at The Cultch.

Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com.

Runs until March 26.

NAP EYES Nova Scotia rockers play tunes from their first fulllength album Whine of the Mystic with special guest Cian Nugent.

8pm at Media Club. Tickets $12 at Red Cat and TicketFly.com

MOTHERS American indie rockers from Athens, Georgia, take to the road in support of their debut release, When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired. 9pm at Media Club. Tickets $13.50+ at Ticketmaster.ca and LiveNation.com

SARA NEUFELD Canadian violinst, composer and member of Arcade Fire tours in support of her second full-length album The Ridge with special guest Eartheater. 7pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $16 at Red Cat and TicketFly.com AUGUST BURNS RED Metalcore band from Manheim, Pennsylvania appears with Between The Buried And Me, prog-metal band out of Raleigh, North Carolina.

6pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $33.50+ at Red Cat, Scrape and TicketFly.com. All ages show.

RADIO RADIO Electro-hip-hop band out of Clare, Nova Scotia tour in support of Light the Sky at an early show with special guest Kaylee Johnston. 7pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $13+ at Red Cat and TicketFly.com.

ALEX G AND PORCHES Multiinstrumentalist from Philadelphia tours in support of Beach Music, with the New York indie outfit in support of their latest release Pool. 8pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $13 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca SOUTH VAN BIG BAND SVBB, the 17-piece jazz orchestra celebrates five years of performing at the venue on Main St. 8:30pm at Cottage Bistro. Cover is $7.

STEPHEN KING An evening of talent with songs from the jazz-folk singer-songwriter and his special guests Sarah Osborne, Maya Broeke and Jason Ames. 8pm at Seven Dining Lounge. Tickets $12 at EventBrite.ca

DYNAMIC DUO Korean hip-hop duo of Choiza and Gaeko bring the Grand Carnival tour to town. 7pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $80+ at TicketFly.com. All ages show.

BLACK RIVER KILLERS Local rock and rollers take the stage after Comedy Shocker to play a video release show with special guests the Dead Zones. 10pm at Red Cat, Zulu, Neptoon, Highlife and TicketFly.com

CONAN Doom metal band from Liverpool appear in support of Revengeance, with special guest Serial Hawk. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $16+ at TicketFly. com.

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COMEDY SHOCKER: THROUGH A BLACK LENS Mark Hughes hosts this local comedy showcase with a line-up featuring Chris Gaskin, Sam Lee, Chris Griffin, Dustin Hollings and Shane Priestley. 7pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $15 at EventBrite.ca

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 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.

4pm & 8pm at Firehall Arts Centre.

Tickets at FirehallArtsCentre.com.

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RETURN TO GRACE A tribute to some of the greatest musical moments of a generation chronicling the King’s beginnings in Memphis through the ’68 comeback special to the historical Aloha from Hawaii concert. 2pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets at Ticketmaster.ca. Runs until March 27.

THEATRE/DANCE RECLAIMING HOPE Theatre for Living presents this series of theatrical dialogues that tour different Vancouver venues to engage communities about identifying and transforming the fears that hold us back from healthier selves and environment. Visit TheatreForLiving.com for details.

WEEDEATER Stoner metal band from Wilmington, North Carolina appear with special guests Author & Punisher, Today is the Day, Lord Dying and BOG. 7pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $25 at Red Cat, Neptoon, Scrape and TicketFly.com

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).

THEATRE/DANCE OBLIQUE STRATEGIES Risky Nights presents this fragmented, playful and deeply personal production revealing the lives of millennials as they come of age in a world of uncertainty. 8:15pm at Studio 58 (Langara College).

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EVENTS YOUTH POETRY SLAM FINALS Come watch the top eight scoring poets from the season as they compete to make the 2016 team, with three rounds of poetry and a feature performance from poetplaywright-hip-hop-artist Aaron Simm. 8pm at WISE Hall. Tickets $12 (all proceeds benefit youth slam workshops and travel) at the door.

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LITTLE GREEN CARS Irish folkrock band on tour in support of their latest release, Ephemera, with special guest John Mark Nelson. 9:30pm at The Cobalt.

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ALESSIA CARA Canadian singersongwriter from Brampton, Ontario tours in support her debut album Know-It-All. 8pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $24.50+ at Ticketmaster.ca and LiveNation.com. All ages show.

JOANNA NEWSOM American singer-songwriter and harpist on tour in support of her latest release, Divers, with special guest Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes).

9pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $45 at Red Cat, Zulu, Highlife and TicketWeb.ca

YUCK London-based garagepop outfit on tour in support of Stranger Things, with special guests Big Thief and Did You Die. 8pm at Fortune Sound Club.

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THEATRE/DANCE THE LARAMIE PROJECT A cast of nine actors portray 65 characters in this production of the story of Matthew Shepard, who was beaten and left to die outside of Laramie, Wyoming, awakening the world to the abuse and bullying rampant in small American towns. 7:30pm at Studio 1398.

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THE CROWD A wedding, an arrest, a celebration, a snitch. A little gang warfare and Beyonce’s greatest hits. Tina and Bobby, the beloved couple from Tough! and Moss Park continue the struggle to find their place in the world in this fast-paced tragicomedy from Canadian playwright George F. Walker.

8pm at Studio 58. Tickets at TicketsTonight.ca. Runs until April 3.

MAMMA MIA! The ultimate feelgood show is back and it’s time for you to have the time of your life in this smash-shit musical featuring the greatest hits of ABBA, in an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship.

8pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

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POLICA Minneapolis experimental-pop band, on tour in support of their new release, United Crushers, with special guest Clara-Nova.

9pm at The Imperial. Tickets $20 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca FRANK HEAT WAVES Post-punk rockers from Victoria triple headline with mild high club and Sunflower Bean. 9pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $12 at Red Cat and TicketFly.com

THEATRE/DANCE CRIMES OF THE HEART Babe Magrath has just shot her husband, and as her family of sisters reunite to deal with their newest tragedy, secrets start bubbling to the surface in this beautiful portrait of three unconventional sisters and the love that unites them from award-winning playwright Beth Henley. 7pm at Little Mountain Gallery. Tickets $20 at BrownPaperTickets.com and at the door. Runs until April 3, and again April 8-10.

ONEGIN Life is quiet on the Larin family’s Russian country estate, until the charismatic Evgeni Onegin ignites the romantic longings of its residents in this passionate new musical (based on the poem

by Pushkin) with a dynamic score (based on the opera by Tchaikovsky); a musical experience as immersive as love itself. 1:30pm & 7:30pm at Goldcorp Stage at BMO Centre. Tickets at ArtsClub.com.

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YUNG LEAN Swedish rapper and producer returns to Vancouver in support of his latest release, Warlord, with special guest Thaiboy Digitial. 9pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $30 at Red Cat, Zulu, Dipt and TicketWeb.ca RA RA RIOT American indie rockers from Syracuse tour in support of Need Your Light, with All The Kids and Pwr Bttm. 9pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $18+ at Red Cat and TicketFly.com THE WILD FEATHERS Nashville rockers on the road in support of their sophomore studio album Lonely Is A Lifetime, with special guests The Shelters. 9pm at Venue. Tickets $17+ at Red Cat and LiveNation.com MU Vancouver duo celebrate the release of II with Gang Signs and Summering. 9pm at Fox Cabaret.

Tickets $10 at Red Cat and TicketFly.com MY AIN COUNTRIE Traditional Scottish songs of exile and emigration from vocalist Elspeth McVeigh and fiddler Mark Sullivan. 7pm at Hycroft Manor.

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Most debates about death revolve around what happens after we die, but over the last couple of years, Vancouver filmmaker Kevin Eastwood has grown fascinated by the moment of death itself.

Like many people going about the business of their daily lives, Eastwood didn’t think much about death until he was staring it in the face.

He saw it repeatedly while directing the first season of the Knowledge Network series, Emergency Room: Life + Death atVGH. “Making that show was a transformative experience, and we were, in the first season, present for the end of life moments of 22 people,” says Eastwood, who’s produced a myriad of film and

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TV projects, including The Romeo Section, Preggoland, and Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of theWorld. “Having never had that experience even once, then to have that volume in one period of time definitely makes you think about things.”

Eastwood’s newfound understanding that death wasn’t merely some abstract concept, coupled with his own cardiac arrest around the same time and the rightto-die battle of the grandmother of one of his closest friends, inspired Eastwood to produce a film about Carter v. Canada, a BC-based rightto-die case, as its legal team made its arguments to the Supreme Court of Canada in February 2015.

The result is The Death Debate, a 45-minute documentary currently airing on TELUS Optik TV and online.

Suicide isn’t illegal in Canada, but doctor-assisted

suicide has long been another story.

The last time the Supreme Court of Canada tackled the issue of assisted suicide was in 1993, when BC resident Sue Rodriguez challenged the criminality of assisted suicide in a landmark case.

Rodriguez lost her battle, but in 2011, the BC Civil Liberties Association reopened the issue of assisted dying when they filed a lawsuit against the Government of Canada.

The BC legal team – which included celebrated civil rights lawyer James Arvay, and co-counsels Sheila Tucker and Alison Latimer – worked pro-bono on behalf of Gloria Taylor, Lee Carter, Hollis Johnson, Elaine Shapray, and other seriously ill Canadians and their families.

The team won in the Supreme Court of BC, but the decision was overturned in the BC Court of Appeal – which spurred the team to

take this case all of the way to the top court in the land.

That’s where Eastwood came in. In The Death Debate, Eastwood presents the history of the right-to-die movement and follows the legal team as they prep for the Supreme Court of Canada.

Despite the focus on Arvay et al, this isn’t a one-sided film. Eastwood endeavored to present both sides of the issue.

“I’m never interested in onesided documentaries,” he says.

“I always think it’s important to let both sides speak.”

But actually including the other side was easier said than done. “In this situation, I really wanted to speak to the legal team that was acting on behalf of the government, and one of the lawyers was keen, but unfortunately, her bosses said no,” says Eastwood, who thus relied on anti-euthanasia advocate Dr. Will Johnston to provide the other side. “She wasn’t allowed to. That was obvi-

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mash-up and, as the paranoia and doubt about what really happened increases, finally culminates with a serious case of cabin fever.

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ously the previous government, and their policy was one of muzzling.”

The Carter case came down to two points; namely, that the law as it existed with regards to assisted suicide directly violated our rights to life and equality as protected under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Spoiler alert: the Supreme Court of Canada reversed its position on assisted suicide in February 2015 thanks to the Carter case – and The Death Debate provides some behind-the-scenes insight into the workings of the Supreme Court of Canada, because Eastwood quite literally filmed behind the scenes at the nation’s top court as the legal team from BC made their arguments and awaited the court’s decision.

Eastwood’s favourite moment from filming occurred on decision day. He was present in one of the Supreme Court’s many

backrooms when the legal team came in with the news that they’d won. The group was overcome with emotion.

“I think people often think lawyers are these cold figures that are just dealing with this in a very pragmatic way and aren’t emotionally engaged, but that really showed that was anything but the case,” says Eastwood.

“These are people that were very, very moved and affected by the outcome of this, and that was both inspiring and heartwarming, and I saw that they were recognizing the impact of what their work was, to Canadians, to law, in a whole bunch of ways. I felt like I was present for a historic moment.” W

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Prices considered shockingly high just months ago seem almost quaint when compared with what speculators are paying this spring for commercial land in Metro Vancouver.

During 2015’s first half, according to the LandShare Report published

by Colliers International, Onni Development Corp. paid the equivalent of $16.3 million per acre for a five-acre site on West 57th Avenue in Vancouver, and Cressey Development’s $26.5 million purchase of a 31,666-square-foot site near West 49th and Arbutus also tested the high end of the market. But this January, an offshore investment group paid $19.8 million for a 20,000-square-foot site – less than half an acre – on Granville Street at West 68th Avenue.

In a growing number of transactions this year, speculators appear willing to pay up to $1,000 per square foot – equal to $44 million per acre – for Vancouver commercial land assemblies. This is about three times higher than the prices that shocked the market in 2015.

In last year’s third quarter, there were 192 commercial land sales registered with the Land Title and Survey Authority of BC, a 28.9 per cent increase from the same period a year earlier. The dollar value of

land sales was $839 million, up 47.5 per cent from a year earlier.

And then prices began to accelerate.

“In the last 90 days, prices have just taken off,” said Mehdi Shokri, a specialist in Metro Vancouver commercial land assemblies.

Shokri, a principal with Avison Young, assembled and sold two commercial land packages in 2014 in West Vancouver and North Vancouver at around $80 per buildable square foot.

“They are likely worth much more today,” Shokri understated.

Both sites, which now house restaurants and a Travelodge motel among other commercial outlets, are to be developed into condominiums and townhouses.

The land action also embraces the industrial sector. The Fraser Valley in particular is seeing “big raw land deals at big numbers,” said Kirk Kuester, executive managing director, Colliers International.

In the commercial market, a current strategy is to assemble a commercial site with potential for highdensity mixed-use development (for instance, groundfloor retail with residential condominiums above) and apply for the rezoning and development permits. Then, rather than building the project, the owner flips the land and the permit approvals to another developer for a hefty profit.

Speculation in commercial real estate is raising concerns that it will follow the residential market trend, where houses are left vacant for months, even years, as long-hold investors wait to sell at a higher price.

Along Denman Street in Vancouver’s West End, for instance, at least 20 of the street’s 318 storefronts have been vacant – some for years.

A similar trend is developing in the Dunbar and Cambie corridors on Vancouver’s west side, in Kitsilano and even on downtown shopping strips.

But Shokri doubts such fears are realistic. He noted that, unlike residential speculators, most commercial investors count on continued lease income as they wait for rezoning and development applications to be approved, a process that can take two years or more.

However, some retail tenants in Class B or C storefronts – a favourite target for land assemblies – might find it too expensive to remain in a neighbourhood.

Class B rents across Metro Vancouver average $35 per square foot and are normally much higher when redevelopment – on much more expensive land – is complete.

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What you need to know about macrobiotics Patty Javier Gomez Whole Nourishment

@WholeNourishBC It’s getting warmer out and everyone is dreaming of summer. Some of us are even working on that elusive, unrealistic beach bod! It seems that this is the time of year when we, as a society, are easily drawn to new “diets” and drastic lifestyle changes, with unrealistic expectations of fitting into tiny pieces of cloth. This year there is some buzz about the not-so-new craze of macrobiotics, where grains are a staple and chewing is emphasized.

The macrobiotic diet came onto the food scene at the end of the 19th century. It was first identified by a Japanese army doctor who established a theory of nutrition and medicine based on traditional Japanese diet. Dr. Sagen Ishizuka heavily criticized the adoption of western modern medicine and nutrition and encouraged a diet full of unrefined whole foods, with little to no animal foods. The diet didn’t really become known in North America until the writings of George Ohsawa popularized it 80 years ago. Ohsawa suffered from many so-called “incurable” illnesses from a very young age and learned of Ishizuka’s macrobiotic diet

Steamed brown rice is a staple of macrobiotic diets. iStock photo from his disciples. Ohsawa adopted the diet himself and miraculously managed to restore his health, going on to write more than 300 books on the subject.

So let’s break down the actual word: “macro” means big and “bios”

means life, giving macrobiotic the meaning of “the act of great life.” It is not just a diet, but more of a food philosophy.

A macrobiotic diet consists of exclusively cooked foods, the idea being that raw foods are felt to be

difficult to digest and too cooling to the body. Fruits are kept to a minimum and often cooked, and dairy foods and eggs are avoided.

The only animal product is whitefish and it is kept to a minimum, consisting of less than five per cent of

the diet, making this diet/ lifestyle primarily vegetarian. Another interesting part of the macrobiotic lifestyle is the avoidance of foods in the Nightshade family that are said to create or increase inflammation in the body, such as tomatoes, potatoes and eggplant.

Another component of the diet is the balance of yin and yang elements of food. Yang qualities are considered compact, dense, heavy and hot, whereas those with yin qualities are considered expansive, light, cold and diffuse. These terms are considered relative and are discussed in relation to other foods.

According to Dr. Elson Haas, author of Staying Healthy with Nutrition, although there is limited research on macrobiotic eating, the few studies that have been done point to the possibility of problems with vitamin D and B12 deficiency in infancy, childhood and adolescence.

On the other side of the spectrum, Haas also feels that the diet has an overall balance and provides a great deal of minerals, vitamins, fibre and complex carbs.

Traditional macrobiotic approach dictates that food and food quality have a powerful effect on health, wellbeing, and happiness, and that locally-based foods provide greater benefit. A modern goal of macrobiotics is to become

aware and mindful of the effects of foods have on health and overall wellbeing, developing sensitivity and an intuitive sense for what sustains health within you.

Having a balanced whole foods diet is of great wealth to you and your wellbeing, but remember that we are all snowflakes, and no single diet is fit for all. Everything in moderation folks, even moderation. W

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By Rob Brezsny When Orville and Wilbur Wright were kids, their father gave them a toy helicopter powered by a rubber band.

The year was 1878. Twenty-five years later, the brothers became the first humans to sail above the earth in a flying machine. They testified that the toy helicopter had been a key inspiration as they worked to develop their pioneering invention. In the spirit of the Wright Brothers’ magic seed, Aries, I invite you to revive your connection to a seminal influence from your past. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to feed a dream that was foreshadowed in you a long time ago.

“There are questions that you don’t ask because you’re afraid of the answers,” wrote Agatha Christie. I would add that there are also questions you don’t ask because you mistakenly think you already know the answers.

And then there are questions you don’t ask because their answers would burst your beloved illusions, which you’d rather preserve. I’m here to urge you to risk posing all these types of questions, Libra. I think you’re strong enough and smart enough, and in just the right ways, to deal constructively with the answers. I’m not saying you’ll be pleased with everything you find out. But you will ultimately be glad you finally made the inquiries.

“The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly,” said Russian writer Anton Chekhov. Whether or not you’re a writer, Taurus, that is also your special task in the coming weeks. The riddle that has begun to captivate your imagination is not yet ripe enough for you to work on in earnest. It has not been defined with sufficient clarity. Luckily, you have the resources you need to research all the contingencies, and you have the acuity to come up with a set of empowering questions.

If you are enmeshed in a jumble that makes you squirm or if you are caught in a tangle that stifles your selflove, you have three choices. Here’s how Eckhart Tolle defines them: 1. Get out of the situation. 2. Transform the situation. 3. Completely accept the situation. Does that sound reasonable, Scorpio? I hope so, because the time has come to act. Don’t wait to make your decision.

Do it soon. After that, there will be no whining allowed.

You can no longer indulge in excuses. You must accept the consequences. On the bright side, imagine the new freedom and power you will have at your disposal.

The good news is that if you eat enormous amounts of chocolate, you will boost your memory. Science has proved it. The bad news is that in order to get the full effect of the memory enhancement, you would have to consume so much chocolate that you would get sick. I propose that we consider this scenario as a metaphor for what may be going on in your life. Is it possible you’re doing things that are healthy for you in one way but that diminish you in another? Or are you perhaps getting or doing too much of a good thing – going to unbalanced extremes as you pursue a worthy goal? Now is a favorable time to figure out if you’re engaged in such behavior, and to change it if you are.

When the young director Richard Lester got his big break, he took full advantage. It happened in 1964, when the early Beatles asked him to do their first movie, A Hard Day’s Night. Lester’s innovative approach to the project propelled his career to a higher level that brought him many further opportunities.

Writing of Lester’s readiness, critic Alexander Walker said, “No filmmaker . . . appeared more punctually when his hour struck.” That’s what I hope you will soon be doing in your own chosen field, Cancerian.

Do you understand how important it will be to have impeccable timing? No procrastination or hemming and hawing, please. Be crisply proactive.

At one point in his life, author CS Lewis had a rude awakening as he took stock of the progress he thought he had been making. “I am appalled to see how much of the change I thought I had undergone lately was only imaginary,” he wrote. I want to make sure that something similar doesn’t happen to you, Virgo. You’re in the midst of what should be a Golden Age of Self-Transformation. Make sure you’re actually doing the work that you imagine you’re doing – and not just talking about it and thinking about it.

In getting energy from food, we humans have at our disposal over 50,000 edible plants. And yet we choose to concentrate on just a few. Wheat, corn, rice, and potatoes make up two-thirds of our diet, and 11 other staples comprise most of the rest. Let’s use this as a metaphor for the kind of behavior you should avoid in the coming weeks. I think it will be crucial for you to draw physical, emotional, and spiritual sustenance from a relatively wide variety of sources. There’s nothing wrong with your usual providers, but for now you need to expand your approach to getting the nurturing you need.

“We teach each other how to live.” Poet Anne Michaels said that, and now I’m passing it on to you – just in time for the phase of your cycle when acting like a curious student is your sacred duty and your best gift to yourself. I don’t necessarily mean that you should take a workshop or enroll in a school. Your task is to presume that everyone you meet and every encounter you have may bring you rich learning experiences. If you’re willing to go as far as I hope you will, even your dreams at night will be opportunities to get further educated.

Even your vigils in front of the TV. Even your trips to the convenience store to buy ice cream.

In her poem “Time,” Piscean poet Lia Purpura wonders about “not picking up a penny because it’s only a little luck.” Presumably she is referring to a moment when you’re walking down a street and you spy an almost-but-not-quite-worthless coin lying on the concrete. She theorizes that you may just leave it there. It adds next to nothing to your wealth, right?

Which suggests that it also doesn’t have much value as a symbol of good fortune. But I urge you to reject this line of thought in the coming weeks, Pisces. In my astrological opinion, you’ll be wise to capitalize on the smallest opportunities. There will be plenty of them, and they will add up.

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I’m a 35-year-old woman and I met somebody online over a month ago. We text, FaceTime and talk on the phone but he lives in another country, so we have not met face to face yet. I feel like we are already in a relationship, we sext a lot (it’s so intimate) and send sexy photos. Another thing is that he is almost a decade younger than me. We are finally meeting up in less than a week as I am going overseas to visit.

The thing is, I only have two days there and I don’t know if I should have sex with him, because although we have been talking for so long and things already feel like a relationship, is that even real? Am I already in this relationship?

Yes, you are technically in a relationship. Anything between two human beings is. Are you in a committed, romantic relationship yet?

Here we go.

I am an old, traditional bag who believes in pheromones.

I believe that the smell of someone’s hair or the way their hips move when they walk can make your stomach drop. I also believe the noise they make when they swallow big gulps of water or the way they slam cupboard doors after putting an empty box of crackers back in the pantry can make you want to smack their beautiful face off their head.The smells and movements are essential and if these things do not click right away, you will know the second you hug and kiss one another.The irritating idiosyncrasies will come later and, if things go blissfully like a romcom, will not be discovered in 48 hours.These elements, plus so many more, are all missing until you get off the airplane and then, spend a few months fucking and fighting.

You are 35 years old, which means that unlike the

fetus you have been sexting, beginning a romance through a screen feels weird and not completely real. However, to a 20-something this is just life.

No big fucking deal. Sexting is sex. Nudes are normcore.

A while back, my friend starting dating this younger girl. She was all over social media. Constantly ‘gramming and tweeting to curate the perfect goth girl persona.

She was a walking advertisement for how young, hot and seemingly fucked up she was.

My friend and this goth girl started everything through social media, then to texting and eventually going on dates. Before he brought her to meet all of us in person, I had cruised her social media.

She liked Brainbombs and was into whips and chains.

She seemed dry, funny and curious. No shrinking violet. A brash, loveable psuedo-skank.

Then I met her in person.

She sat there quietly, barely looking at any of us, barely speaking, and retorting down to her iPhone whenever she felt insecure (which apparently was every 20 seconds). She was a snooze in real life.Talking to another girlfriend of mine about it later, she explained it perfectly: “Millennials live on social media and edit every thought before they put it out there.They spend hours making the perfect tweet.They can’t handle a real face-to-face conversation because they are never on the spot with their personas anymore.”

You and this guy have been in a romantic courtship for a month and next week, after you get off that airplane, it’s all going to come to a head. It’s

going to be weird, awkward, exciting and hopefully really fun. I remember going on a three-day motorcycle trip with my husband after sleeping together once while we were wasted. I needed a story and he was in. About two hours before I got on the airplane, it dawned on me that I did not know this guy at all and I was going to spend three days with him, his motorcycle and his knife collection in a trailer park in the desert? Cool way to end up in a body bag on the news. My friend Mila told me I was insane and that anytime I got nervous to pretend that this whole trip was a movie and I was the main character.

“Just do the thing the movie version of yourself would do,” she smiled.

Sounds totally cheesy, but it is kind of genius advice to kill the over-thinking and nerves with some full-blown, delusional confidence. Because you will be nervous.You’ve had a month of build-up. But that’s kind of the great thing: you already know one another so well in one capacity. Even if, for some long shot, the chemistry is off IRL or he’s got a micropenis, you’ll have this person you know you get along with enough to be friends. However, I highly doubt that.

It’s going to be fun. Don’t over-think. Just let yourself enjoy every part of this, even the awkward parts.They are kind of the best part. W

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As a young man, the poet Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) left his home in France and settled in Abyssinia, which these days is known as Ethiopia. “I sought voyages,” he wrote, “to disperse the enchantments that had colonized my mind.” You might want to consider a similar strategy in the coming weeks, Leo. From an astrological perspective, it’s going to be an excellent time both to wander free of your usual haunts and to disperse the enchantments that have colonized your mind. Why not find ways to synergize these two opportunities?

Here’s a proposed experiment. Sidle up to a creature you’d love to be closer to, and softly sing the following lyrics: “Come with me, go with me. Burn with me, glow with me. Sleep with me, wake with me.” At this point, run three circles around the creature as you flap your arms like a birds’ wings. Then continue your singing: “Rise with me, fall with me. Work with me, play with me.

Pray with me, sin with me.” At this point, leap up into the air three times, unleashing a burst of laughter each time you hit the ground. Continue singing: “Let me get high with you. Laugh with you, cry with you. Make me your partner in crime.” At this point blow three kisses toward the creature, then run away. (PS: The lyrics I’m quoting here were composed by songwriter Fran Landesman.)

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