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PLAQUE A SYMBOL OF VANCOUVER’S COLONIAL PAST

Re:Vancouver’s first street corner gets a facelift I too miss the plaque that once faced West Hastings at the corner with Hamilton, and wondered what had become of it, but for very different reasons.

During spring and summer breaks we often

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host day camps for youth interested in human rights leadership (I work at the Amnesty International office right around the next corner). We often included a walking tour of the area to discuss past and present local and national injustices. We would stop at the plaque and I would ask them to read it and tell me what they thought. Some realized right away why

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we were stopping at this plaque, others needed a prompt to reflect on what it means to characterize the area as “empty land” when we know this was territory shared by several indigenous peoples.

It would be interesting if SFU not only made the plaque publicly accessible, but also challenged the settler attitude it conveys.

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WHERE IS THE SUPPORT FOR CANADIANS?

Canadian Prime minister Justin Trudeau has promptly let in 25,000 so-called refugees into Canada. Most have been housed in hotels on the taxpayers’ dollar.The Liberal government has a mandate to permanently house the refugees from Syria in short order, promised by the end of the month.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, our very own Canadian populous live in the thousands, lying on the streets and sleeping on hard concrete. Aboriginal First Nations are over represented in such blight, and everyone from Mayor Gregor Robinson to the Prime Minister and Premier Christy Clark could care less to allocate tax funds to build some more BC Housing buildings to house our Canadians sleeping in Stanley Park, sleeping in cars, sleeping on the sidewalk all over downtown.

Where is the uproar that Syrians can walk directly off a plane into Canada and into a warm bed with a stable roof over their heads, but Canadians are left in the streets? Why can’t Canadians be so lucky?

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Got milkweed? Monarchs still need your help

CITY SHORTS // VANCOUVER HOME SALES HIT RECORD HIGH

A month after the number of homes sold in Metro Vancouver reached the highest level ever recorded in the month of February, sales reached a new record for March, with 5,173 units changing hands.

This is a 27.4 per cent increase compared with the 4,060 sales in March 2015, and it is 24 per cent higher than the 4,172 homes sold in February.

The benchmark sales price reached $815,000, which represents a yearover-year increase of 23.2 per cent.

“Today’s demand is broad-based,” said REBGV president Dan Morrison. “Home buyers are active in neighbourhoods across our region.

“Strong job and economic growth in our province, positive net migration and low interest rates are helping to drive this activity.”

The benchmark price for detached properties jumped 27.4 per cent over the past year to $1,342,500. In total, 2,135 units of this type sold in the month, which is an increase of 24.8 per cent year-over-year.

The benchmark price for apartments grew 18.8 per cent in the 12 months to March, to $462,800.

A total of 2,252 homes of this type changed hands in the month — up 38.4 per cent.

For attached properties, the benchmark price grew 20.1 per cent to $589,100.

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TransLink began closing all remaining open fare gates Monday morning (April 4). Tyler Orton photo The number of units sold increased 8.9 per cent to 786.

REBGV data includes sales in Vancouver, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Burnaby, Coquitlam, New Westminster, Richmond, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, South Delta, Whistler, Squamish and the Sunshine Coast.

It does not include Surrey or Langley.

–Emma Crawford Hampel, Business in Vancouver

TRANSLINK TO CLOSE ALL FARE GATES BY FRIDAY

SkyTrain passengers accustomed to breezing through open fare gates at SkyTrain stations will start changing their routines this week.

TransLink began closing all remaining open fare gates Monday morning (April 4) at stations along the Expo Line, Millennium Line and Canada Line, as well as

the SeaBus terminals.

The transit agency said commuters should expect all gates to be closed by Friday (April 8).

Instead, riders will have to tap pre-loaded Compass cards or Compass tickets to move beyond the gates when entering or exiting fare-paid zones on the SkyTrain and SeaBus. TransLink came under fire last month after some customers with disabilities raised concerns about difficulties they would face when tapping in and out of closed fare gates.

The agency later announced it would assign attendants to stations to assist those customers.

Gates would remain open at stations if attendants were not available.

SkyTrain attendants were seen Monday morning at the VCC-Clark SkyTrain station and the Lake City Way SkyTrain station, the latter of which had all its gates closed. W –Tyler Orton, Business in Vancouver

Three years ago, the eastern monarch butterfly population plummeted to 35 million, a drop of more than 95 per cent since the 1990s. More than a billion milkweed plants, which monarchs depend on for survival, had been lost throughout the butterfly’s migratory range – from overwintering sites in Mexico to summer habitat in Canada.

We needed more milkweed in the ground, quickly. But many provinces and states listed the plant as “noxious”, and few nurseries and garden centres carried local “weeds”.

A lot has changed in three years.The David Suzuki Foundation launched its #gotmilkweed campaign in April 2013 to encourage Toronto residents to plant milkweed in yards and on balconies. Foundation volunteer Homegrown Park Rangers also planted milkweed in local parks and schoolyards.The Ontario government pulled the plant from its naughty list and media stories about the monarchs’ plight took flight.

By winter 2015, the #gotmilkweed campaign had inspired more than 10,000 milkweed plantings in Toronto, with another 11,000 people across the country pledging to help monarchs via the Monarch Manifesto.This week, the 2016 #gotmilkweed campaign launched, offering milkweed plants in Toronto and Montreal and seed packets for the rest of the country. As author and urban gardening guru Lorraine Johnson noted, these

A eulogy for the Railway Club Grant Lawrence Vancouver Shakedown @GrantLawrence

Pulling open the heavy wooden doors at 579 Dunsmuir, the first thing you’d see was a long, carpeted staircase leading up to a landing.The stairs took a hard right up a few more to another set of heavy wooden doors. If it was a busy night, you might have to join the line up that snaked down those stairs. At the back of that line, you’d shoot a death stare at those squeezing past you, lucky enough to be on the guest list at the Railway Club.

The news came down last week of the closure of the Railway Club after 84 years of business at Dunsmuir and Seymour, and once the initial shock had abated, the

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inevitable flood of memories poured forth like an open beer tap. Facebook quickly filled with photos and messages mourning the death of what was essentially the Vancouver music community’s living room for the for the past 30 years or so, ever since the Forsyth family took over the unionized, private railway workers’ club in 1981.

The Forsyths’ arrival was timely: the Vancouver indie music scene was at a zenith in the early ‘80s, and the family embraced a longstanding booking policy of original, alternative music into the room, mostly of a roots-based variety. The patrons and musicians in this town rewarded the Railway with a fierce, unprecedented loyalty. The list of touring acts that played the tiny 200-capacity club with the

ridiculous, shouldn’t-haveworked-but-did barbell floor plan is legendary: Cowboy Junkies, the Tragically Hip, Los Lobos, Spirit of the West, Great Big Sea, Thee Headcoats, k.d. lang, T-Bone Burnett, Rheostatics, and Jonathan Richman, to name but a few.

My own band the Smugglers considered a performance at the Railway Club as a rite of passage in the Vancouver scene. There were more high-profile “show rooms” (the Town Pump, Richard’s on Richards, the Commodore), but the Railway was where everyone gathered. When those other clubs could be dead or dark, there was always something happening at the Railway, every night of the week.

I pestered Janet Forsyth on the phone for months for a

gig at the Railway. She finally relented, allowing the Smugglers our own Monday night in 1989. Seeing our moniker snuggled up on their colourful monthly poster filled with the names of the best bands of the era was a reward in itself. If you drew a crowd and the bartenders liked you, you could graduate toTuesday, thenWednesday, slowly earning your way up to the ladder to the coveted and packed Friday and Saturday nights, then the domain of highly respectedVancouver bands like the Jazzmanian Devils, the Nervous Fellas, Hard Rock Miners, and Bob’sYour Uncle.

To attend a show at the Railway, you either had to be a member of the club or have a member sign you in, usually over the watchful eye of Stan the Doorman, the nicest “bouncer” in the history of

and other campaigns have made milkweed the hottest native plant on the market.

How are monarchs doing? Last month, Mexican authorities estimated the population that survived the epic 5,000-kilometre journey from Canada and the US Midwest last fall was threeand-a-half times greater than the year before. Media across the continent ran stories about the comeback.

According to a recent study by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and US Geological Survey, published in Scientific Reports, eastern monarchs face a significant risk of extinction, with quasi-extinction – when so few are left that recovery is impossible – occurring over the next 20 years.

Severe weather is a major threat to monarchs, from winter storms in Mexico to scorching summer droughts in their breeding grounds. Near eradication of milkweed along parts of their migratory route is an even more pressing concern. Milkweed has long been found in roadsides, ditches, medians, meadows and fields.

But sprawling development coupled with a dramatic increase in use of the herbicide glyphosate (Roundup) has killed tens of millions of the plants.

No one knows what the future holds for monarch butterflies. But there’s reason to be encouraged.

US federal agencies have offered millions in funding, and dozens of government agencies and conservation groups are working with projects like the Monarch Joint Venture.The US Environmental Defense Fund is developing the innova-

tive Monarch Butterfly Habitat Exchange, allowing landowners to get paid for opening marginal land to butterflies.

In Canada, while the federal government remains quiet, a handful of researchers and municipalities – and thousands of concerned individuals – are leading the charge.

Since last fall, the David Suzuki Foundation has worked with University of Guelph conservation biologist Tyler Flockhart to assess how to best manage linear infrastructure corridors – transmission lines, railways and highways – as potential “butterflyways.”

We hope the results will help establish best practices and make an economic case for boosting milkweed and monarchs throughout North American corridors.

Many cities are aiming to make space for bees and butterflies, but the City of Markham wants to become one of the most monarchfriendly municipalities on the continent.This winter, the Ontario city committed to creating the world’s first municipal milkweed nursery, in partnership with the David Suzuki Foundation. It recently became the first Canadian city to sign a mayoral monarch pledge, and has started posting “butterfly parking signs” in city parks.

Although milkweed is spreading and monarch numbers have bounced back from historic lows, the population remains more than 80 per cent lower than 20 years ago.This summer, the great-grandkids of butterflies we welcomed last year will return to Canada.

I encourage you to continue bringing them home, one milkweed plant at a time. W # (5+%/*.$."%274&

Vancouver nightclubs. He loved ‘60s music, so if you stopped to chat about the Music Machine, the Gruesomes, or the Zombies, often times he would just wave you in. Stepping inside the dark, pub-like atmosphere, it always felt like you had arrived, like you belonged, like you were officially part of the scene.

So what happened? How could a club exist for 84 years (27 under the management of the Forsyths) only to flounder and fail under seven or so years of new management? “Vibe” can go a long way in this town. According to many longtime patrons, when the Forsyths left, so did the vibe. Supposedly skyrocketing rent, changing downtown demographics and cultural habits (giggoing migrations to Main Street and beyond), as well as alleged mismanagement and misbookings, all led to last week’s closure of a Vancouver institution.

One of my proudest musician moments in this town was opening up those heavy wooden doors on a Saturday night in 1996, seven long years after our Monday night debut performance.There was a line up of gig-goers snaking up the stairs to see the Smugglers.We had arrived.

Goodnight Railway Club, and thanks for the great times. W

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FASHION Vancouver Eco Fashion Week opens its 10th season Niki Hope Style File

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Eco Fashion Week founder Myriam Laroche with models at last year’s event. Eco Fashion Week launches its action-packed week of stylish and educational events on Saturday.

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It makes sense that Eco Fashion Week is launching with a Vancouver line of athletic wear, because the coming week will feature an action-packed series of fashion events.

Get those sneakers on if you want to catch it all. It’s

a week jammed with some interesting (and educational) shows that includes the April 9 opening night at 7pm with RYU (Respect Your Universe), an innovative and environmentally responsible minimalist athletic brand, at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel.

Next up on April 11 (7:30pm) is the alwaysinventive Value Village thrift challenge. Three stylists get $500 each to come up with

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runway-worthy looks for the evening’s fashion show, which is always one of the fashion week favourites. That night will also include the the Visual College of Art and Design (VCAD) 81-Pound Challenge, also presented

by Value Village. The challenge, formerly known as the 68-Pound Challenge, has been renamed to reflect the growing amount of clothing and textiles the average North American throws away each year. The brutal statistic serves as the inspiration for this fashion challenge, where VCAD design students will create a new collection from 81 pounds of gently-used fabrics, clothing, and accessories from Value Village stores.

Other highlights include Jeff Garner of Prophetik designs, traditional garments from New Delhi by Sonam Dubal, and a celebration of First Nations history with clothing designs by Wendy Van Riesen, in collaboration with international-celebrated Haida artist Reg Davidson. “[We have] always wanted to work with the First Nations community,” Eco Fashion Week founder Myriam Laroche says. “I believe that aboriginal craft can become one of the solutions toward becoming eco-friendly for Canada.”

Another exciting change on the horizon includes an expansion for Eco Fashion Week. Along with its annual spring show in Vancouver, the team will also host an Eco Fashion Week in Seattle in the fall.

“Eco Fashion Week’s pro-

ducer is based out of Seattle, so we always had it in mind to do something there,” explains Laroche, a onetime fashion retailer who was inspired to start Eco Fashion week as a way to raise awareness within the consumption-based fashion biz.

She praises the support of the Fairmont Waterfront, saying without the hotel’s help it would be impossible to have the event they have.

“It’s more than just a venue, it is really a partnership,” Laroche adds.

The Fairmont is even donating its linens to help the cause. The hotel industry goes through tons of bed linens each year, according to an Eco Fashion Week press release. In response, Eco Fashion Week is teaming up with the hotel for the Chic Sheets: The Bed Linen Challenge. Eight designers were selected, including 68-Pound Challenge alumni Tammy Joe from Young Oak, Evan Ducharme and Kim Cathers, to transform the used linens into fashionable, functional and editorial worthy looks inspired by haute couture fashion house Balmain’s 70 years of iconic design. The challenge will be unveiled on the runway on Sunday (April 10) then displayed at the Fairmont Waterfront on April 11 and 12 and at Pacific Centre, from April 14 to 30.

After 10 seasons, it seems Eco Fashion Week has become a fine-tuned operation that seamlessly merges the fun and frivolity of fashion with environmental awareness. W

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With a thousand looks you could never take in every detail of Ola Volo’s intricate illustrations. Her abstract folklorish narratives lead the eye and mind on a journey through each piece, creating a sense of wonder and imagination.

The spirited personality within her work has captured our city - Volo’s illustrations and murals have been commissioned by the likes of Lululemon, Hootsuite and the Vancouver Opera.Volo still keeps her roots local and supportive of Vancouver’s art scene; you can find her creating in her Mt. Pleasant studio (or at her temporary studio at the Loden Hotel), beautifying our outdoor spaces, or on the walls of a number of the city’s local businesses.

Tell us a little about yourself.

My name is Ola Volo and I am an artist and illustrator based in Vancouver, Canada.

I create narrative work that lends itself often to the public realm with murals and advertising illustrations.

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are now?

I have always been interested in illustration and after years of after-school art classes and a BFA from Emily Carr University, I finally decided to pursue art full time.

Do you have a Vancouver muse? Or a favourite place in or around the city that inspires you?

I live in the Mt. Pleasant area and I love the creative community we have. I find a lot of inspiration from the studio visits and the insightful conversation with other entrepreneurs that live in the area.

If you were a type of candy, what would you be?

I would be any kind of Russian candy, they often have very intricate folk-styled wrappers.

How would you describe Vancouver’s artistic/creative community?

Vancouver’s creative community is very talented and supportive of each other. I think everyone contributes a lot to the community and is able to push new boundaries that raise the bar for the future artists.

What is your favourite creative website?

I spend hours on ColourLovers.com looking for my

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

International.

Is there one area of your craft you find especially challenging?

I find that the most challenging area of the creative process is to craft the story that I will be illustrating.

There should always be a personal connection to every project I take on from clients. This is why it’s important to fit in a small surprise or something personal into every piece. It keeps things exciting for me.

If you could speak to a room of youth who were considering careers in the arts, what would your advice be?

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Clockwise from top rigght: Sorella owners Andrey Durbach and Chris Stewart have turned the old Pied-à-Terre space on Cambie into a comfortable room for classic Italian-American dining; Chicken parmesan; Crisp iceberg salad with gorgonzola dressing; Sorella’s dining room; Fettuccine with braised shortrib and gremolata. Dan Toulgoet photos

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When I heard a few months ago that Pied-à-Terre was closing, I felt a pang, albeit a slight one. The casual French

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@FoodGirlFriday Fresh Ideas Start Here (F.I.S.H.), the popular sustainable seafood store, has opened its first Vancouver location in Kitsilano at 2959 West Broadway. The original location is in South Burnaby’s Market Crossing. Look for daily sustainable seafood and the house line of “Shmoked” seafood.

Another new addition is chef Josh Blumenthal (former executive chef at Bishop’s), who has created an exclusive line of ready-to-eat products, such as stuffed seafood pasta, seafood terrines, seasonal sauces and marinades. The store will also carry general

bistro served up some of the best steak frites in the city over the last few years, but toward the end of its run, it took on a more high-end approach, redolent of Andrey Durbach’s original Parkside restaurant in the West End. Not surprising, as Durbach, along with business partner Chris Stewart, were the owners of Pied, as well as the still-running La Buca, on the West Side, and The Sardine Can in Gastown.

It was likely a bit too upscale for South Cambie’s casual vibe, and thus Sorella was born. Durbach and Stewart have kept the

room as is (although the outside is now a bright red).

The new concept is classic Italian-American. The only red checks are on the napkins, but the menu is full of comfortable dishes like veal parmigiana, osso buco, shrimp scampi, etc. Even better, the wine list is one of the most accessible in town.

Most of the bottles are either $39 or $45, with “quartinos” available for $14 or $16.

A few cocktails, most under $10, also show up, including a classic Bellini and a Prosecco-grappa concoction that has a nice light note.

Vegetarians (and non) will love the eggplant parmesan ($21), one of the best I’ve tried in recent memory.

The eggplant was perfectly cooked and slightly firm, its beautiful thick slices layered with punchy tomato sauce, fresh mozza and loads of basil. Spaghetti carbonara ($18) is a classic, no-cream version, rich with egg, guanciale (Roman bacon made from pork cheek) and parmesan. The grilled ribeye ($29.50) is a nod to Piedà-Terre, served with large crispy onion rings, arugula and whipped gorgonzola butter. Durbach hasn’t

store-style artisan products, such as salt from Vancouver Island Salt Co., olive oil from Domenico Fiore, and more.

EatFish.ca Dixie’s, the Central Texas-style barbecue joint from the owners of Gringo in Gastown, is now officially open at 337 East Hastings Street. Look for lots of bourbon, rubs and pork. MeetAtDixies.com The Tuck Shoppe has opened in the old Parker/ Big Trouble space on Union Street.The new operation focuses on sandwiches, salads and craft beer, but there’s also BC wine, caesars and highballs.TheTuckShoppe.com The Chef ’s Table is back!

The popular biannual pop-

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Dixie’s BBQ is now open at 337 East Hastings Street.

Contributed photo up restaurant at Vancouver Community College is back from April 20 through June 30 at VCC’s downtown campus every Tuesday through Friday. Enjoy a five-course menu prepared by chef Hamid Salimian and the students of VCC’s International Culinary Arts program

for $30 ($45 with BC wine pairings), plus taxes and gratuities. The menu changes weekly. Opening menu includes tuna cannelloni with sidestripe prawns, grilled octopus with chorizo, foie gras and duck confit, roasted beef striploin, and white chocolate and strawberries.

abandoned his fondness for richness, as the lamb shank special one night proved. The first bite was both beautiful and almost painfully lush; you could practically hear the faint echoes of the lamb’s jiggle as it frolicked in a field.

Served with a roast mushroom sauce, it’s not for the faint of appetite.

The pastas are all available in half portions, but you could also try the $35 prix fixe menu that includes antipasti or arugula salad, a trio of daily pastas, and the really excellent panna cotta topped with caramel.

Another dessert favourite

was the zeppole ($8), large fried doughnuts dusted in cinnamon sugar and served with cream whipped to order and caramel sauce.

A new lunch menu also just launched, with $14 pastas and five dollars off any bottle of wine. It’s a deal that should have the locals lining up for a leisurely Friday repast. W

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Celebrate World Malbec Day on April 16 with free Argentinean wine tastings at select private wine stores.

Everything Wine, Legacy Liquor Store and Marquis Wine Cellars will each pour at least three different wines, including Malbecs and Malbec blends. WinesOfArgentina.ca The 10th annual Spot Prawn Festival is back May 13-15, with the popular spot prawn boil at Fisherman’s Wharf. To celebrate a decade of sustainable deliciousness, this year’s festival also includes a spot prawn gala at the Vancouver Club on May 13, and a special cooking

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Fancy a drive? The world’s largest culinary film festival is making a pit stop in Osoyoos May 6-8 at Watermark Beach Resort.

Devour! Okanagan features top BC chefs, culinary competitions, a “Slow Food” market, dinners, and even a Mother’s Day brunch. WatermarkBeachResort.com While you’re there…Joy Road Catering has posted the schedule for their epic al fresco winery dinners at God’s Mountain Estate in Penticton. Each Thursday during the season features a different winery and menu.

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Craft beer might be everywhere right now (depending on where you’re sitting), but that doesn’t mean every craft brewery is fending off the fanboys.

Far from it. The realities of the brewing industry, coupled with those of small business entrepreneurship, mean it’s very difficult for smallsized craft breweries to gain any kind of foothold outside their home turf. Sometimes, they need some help.

Enter Graham With, brewmaster at Parallel 49, who conceived of the wildly popular Brews Bros collaboration mixer pack as a way to give smaller breweries more ex-

posure throughout Western Canada.

Brews Bros Volume 2 is out now, and features 12 music-themed Parallel 49 collaborations with Four Winds, Strange Fellows, Quesnel’s Barkerville Brewing, Victoria’s Category 12, along with several other craft breweries that don’t have wide distribution.

“A lot of these breweries don’t have product in stores,” With says. “The idea was, we could get their product in stores and they can be like, ‘Sweet, there’s our logo in government liquor stores.’”

Brews Bros is an example of the craft beer industry’s unique approach to business, where the “competition” isn’t seen as the competition at all, but a part of a larger community – a community with a grow-

Barkerville Brewing brewmaster Troy Rudolph.

Contributed photo ing pool of collaborators that can work together to sell beer, market themselves and grow the industry in the process.

At the same time, P49 is providing breweries like Barkerville access – however limited – to markets in that aren’t otherwise avail-

able to them, particularly in Vancouver.

“Vancouver’s pretty far away from us, so we’re always looking for opportunities to expose ourselves down there and get some recognition,” says Nolan Foster, Barkerville’s sales manager. “It might put our

name on the map a little bit more, in the Lower Mainland. It’s a valuable market and we’re really not a part of it too much yet.”

In a way, P49 is acting as curator of quality beer for people who might be interested, but haven’t thought enough about it to dig in past Blue Buck or Gypsy Tears.

“The cool thing is, there’s the big brewery going out of its way [for small breweries],” says Evan Doan, head brewer of Doan Brewing, one of 11 breweries featured in this year’s mixed pack. “There’s so much stress, so much tank time and so much money gets poured into this, and it’s like a win-win for all us smaller guys that wouldn’t dream of having our beer even in private liquor stores. The recognition for us is kick-ass.”

With says Brews Bros was conceived to partner with BC’s smallest breweries, many of which were featured the first mixer pack, released in spring of 2015. This time around, there weren’t too many tiny

breweries left to collaborate with, so Vol. 2 has partnered with some of the bigger, more popular brands, including Strange Fellows, Four Winds and Fernie Brewing, as well as a few smaller breweries (Doan, Crannog and Barkerville).

With says they’ll continue to do Brews Bros, as long as there’s enough breweries to collaborate with (which shouldn’t be a problem) and providing that P49 has enough capacity to make it work. Brews Bros is a complex project that takes careful planning and scheduling to ensure that the brewery has enough tank space to make their core beers while making these specialty batches. W

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With only 48 hours in Paris, one has to focus.

Thankfully I have already visited the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower along with many of the other fabulous sites so I can concentrate fully on eating and drinking.

To be clear, it’s not the fancy Michelin star restaurants that I seek out. I prefer to revel in the classic cuisine of casual bistros and brasseries.

The affordable set menus, simple but tasty dishes and lively atmosphere satisfy my appetite and my soul.

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Vancouver rock juggernauts return with IV, their first album in six years ALEX HUDSON @chippedhip

“There’s going to be a really relaxing soundtrack behind this interview,” Black Mountain drummer Joshua Wells observes. He’s not kidding: the five-piece is gathered for dinner at Veggiebowl, a Vietnamese restaurant in East Vancouver, and the music being played over the speakers is a mixture of chiming new age tones and twittering birdcalls.

It’s an ironic backdrop against which to interview one of the city’s most celebrated psych rock exports.

Black Mountain has gathered to discuss its newly released fourth album, IV, an ambitious prog odyssey that’s filled with gut-punching guitar jams and spacious synth explorations. Its release comes six years after the band’s prior LP, 2010’s Wilderness Heart.

“We had to [decide] what we wanted to do as people in life and as musicians, and whether we wanted to make another record,” singerguitarist Stephen McBean offers in regards to the long span between albums. “I think the time away was good. Less pressure. Finding everyone’s strengths and weaknesses.”

During the break, all of the members kept busy with side-projects. McBean bounced between a handful of stylistically varied bands while living in Los Angeles (quirky

rock with Pink Mountaintops, hardcore with Obliterations, self-described “death folk” with Grim Tower). Singer Amber Webber teamed up with Wells for an electronic pop album as Lightning Dust, and she launched the folk project Kodiak Deathbeds.

Keyboardist Jeremy Schmidt released a synth soundtrack as Sinoia Caves. Longtime bassist Matthew Camirand left the group and has since been replaced by Colin Cowan.

“The thing with Matt was tough, because the band was built on the chemistry of the initial five people,” McBean admits. “It was depressing to not play together anymore, but for him, he’s always wanted to front a band and write the songs.”

Wryly, the frontman adds, “Not everyone can be in a

van together for seven fucking years.”

Once the band members reconvened, they worked gradually, drawing together material from an assortment of sources:Webber penned the psych-folk dirge “Line Them All Up,” and McBean transformed a live Pink Mountaintops cut into the looming electro-rock scorcher “You Can Dream.” Eightand-a-half-minute opener “Mothers of the Sun” was based on an unreleased cut from their archives, and it features one of their heaviest, ‘70s-inspired hard rock licks.

“We all knew we didn’t want to lose that riff, especially as we get older and softer,” McBean says with a selfdeprecating laugh, crediting Schmidt with resuscitating the song during a Sinoia Caves

performance.The keyboardist explains, “The riffs dry up. It was my way of trying to trick the band into looking at that song again because I didn’t want it to go to waste.”

Recording sessions took place at Avast! studio in Seattle with returning producer Randall Dunn, with additional tracking done at Black Mountain’s local Balloon Factory space. IV’s title was an easy choice: not only is it the band’s fourth album, it’s a tribute to similarly titled LPs

by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and the Stranglers.

“And Beyonce,” adds Webber. “I just put that together the other day.”

With IV out now, the collaborators have booked an extensive tour of Europe and North America that will keep them on the road until

at least July. “It’s exciting to go on tour with a new record, because we’d done a lot of touring,” McBean enthuses.

“We could tour for a bunch more years without a new record, probably, but then you run the risk of — what is it, ‘heritage act’?”

This comment provokes elicits chuckles from the bandmates around the table. “Red Robinson showroom, here we come,” Schmidt jokes, referring to the Hard Rock Casino’s theatre. “We laugh about it now, but it’s just two years away.” W

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Pemberton Music Festival announces 2016 lineup KELSEY KLASSEN @kelseyklassen

Pack your playlists and your cheapest most disposable sunglasses – the lineup for the 2016 Pemberton Music Festival (July 14-17) has finally been announced!

Returning for a third year to its majestic setting just north of Whistler, Canada’s largest music and comedy camp-fest is set to be a ‘90s rock and rap spectacular, featuring artists such as Pearl Jam, J. Cole, Snoop Dogg,Wiz Khalifa, Ice Cube, Kaskade, Bassnectar,

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Mac Miller, Cypress Hill, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Billy Idol, Purity Ring, Die Antwoord,Tyler the Creator,Wolf Parade,Thievery Corporation, Girl Talk, and Method Man & Redman, with a few top of the pops like Halsey, the Chainsmokers and FKA Twigs thrown in for good measure.

Speaking with Westender by phone the morning of the announcement (April 5), festival chairman AJ Niland of Huka Entertainment revealed that competition with the European festival circuit played a large

part in shaping which artists they could secure this year.

“The biggest battles we have in terms of competing for talent is really with Europe.You know, sort of a timing thing,” said Niland. “July is the biggest month for festivals in Europe and a lot of acts decide well in advance, ‘This year, we’re going to focus on European festivals.’ So that takes people out of the country and out of the region. But with what’s left, we want to make sure that we’ve got the best rock that we can find, and there’s folks with current singles and top 10s and

radio play, and singles for pop and hip hop.

“It’s really finding that right balance of genre and timing from people who are hot right now, mixed in with some legends and some classics.”

Niland said that organizers also wrestled with finalizing an unconventional billing layout, which places Pearl Jam by itself on the top line, resulting in a delay of a week leading up to the announcement. The result, though, is an eclectic lineup that Niland felt would appeal to the festival’s core fans.

“Diversity is always something that we’re big on,” he said. “There’s obviously a lot of rock a lot of hip hop, but there’s acts like Mastadon, there are acts like Billy Idol, you know, that sort of span complete polar opposite sides of the rock spectrum.”

Other notable artists include Cold War Kids, Grace Potter, Steve Angello, Braids, Colemann Hell, the Zolas, and Arkells, as well as Cheech and Chong, Craig Robinson & the Nasty Delicious, Maria Bamford and Pete Davidson in the comedy tent.

With Early Bird tickets sold out, a limited supply of advance general admission tickets will be available this Friday, April 8 at 10am at PembertonMusicFestival. com.

Tickets for the 2016 festival start at $295, plus a choice of either a camping pass (which accommodates up to four people) at $199 or shuttle pass (for festival patrons staying in nearby Whistler) at $99. For campers who choose to drive, parking passes are available at $29 per car. W

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ELEPHANT REVIVAL Folk rock band out of Colorado play in support of their newest release, Petals, with special guest Mandolin Orange. 8:30pm at Fox Cabaret.

Tickets $25 at TicketZone.com

ANOUSHKA SHANKAR Indian sitar player appears in support of her new album, Land of Gold, which focuses on the international refugee crisis. 8pm at Chan Shun Concert Hall. Tickets $60+ at Tickets.UBC.ca

THE SMALL GLORIES Folk powerhouse pair Cara Luft and JD Edwards take the stage with special guest Jenny Ritter. 8pm at St. James Hall. Tickets $20 at Red Cat, Rufus’ Guitars, Highlife, Tapestry Music and RogueFolk.bc.ca

AURORA Norwegian pop singersongwriter appears in support of her debut release, All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend, with special guest Tor Miller. 9pm at The Imperial. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

FEMME FATALITY FIVE A ladies night of some of Vancouver’s best featuring the Shit Talkers, Glad Rags, Spring Breaks, the Furniture and Red Circle. 9pm at 333. Cover is $10. All ages show.

SONGS FOR GLASS ISLAND The Contemporary Art Gallery presents a new performative sound work with Norwegian-American artist-musician Camille Norment in collaboration with Victoria’s Experimental Music Unit. 7pm at VSO School of Music, Pyatt Hall.

Tickets $15 at PicATic.com

TINASHE American R&B singersongwriter and producer on tour in support of her new release, Joyride, with special guest Blackbear.

9pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $40 at Red Cat, Zulu, DIPT and TicketFly.com. All ages show.

THE ARCS American garage rock band formed by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys play in support of play in support of Yours, Dreamily on their only Canadian tour stop.

9:30pm at Commodore Ballroom.

Tickets $39.50+ at Ticketmaster.ca and LiveNation.com

DAVID FRANCEY Canadian folk singer-songwriter graces Rogue Folk Club with tunes old and new, accompanied by guitarist Mark Westberg and guitarist/ banjo-picker Chris Coole. 8pm at St. James Hall. Tickets $30 at Highlife, Rufus’ Guitars, Tapestry Music and RogueFolk.bc.ca LA FIN ABSOLUTE DU MONDE Neo-noir band from West Oakland on tour in support of their latest release, Clarity Amongst the Rubble, with special guest Elza. 8pm at Rickshaw Theatre.

Tickets $10 at Red Cat, Highlife, Neptoon, Zulu and TicketFly.com

COMEDY DARCY MICHAEL Widely considered one of Canada’s fastest rising comics, the Ladner comedian has performed at Winnipeg and Global Comedy Festivals, on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, as well as appearances on various television series and CTV’s Spun Out. 8:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com

THEATRE/DANCE LA COMPAGNIE HERVÉ KOUBI Twelve dancers from Algeria and Burkina Faso perform this contemporary work that takes its name from the 2008 novel by Yasmina Khadra, combining capoeira, martial arts, urban and contemporary dance with evocative Islamic imagery. 8pm at Vancouver Playhouse. Tickets at DanceHouse.ca.

Runs until April 8.

GOING HOME STAR: TRUTH + RECONCILIATION Royal Winnipeg Ballet, in collaboration with Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission present this transformative and poignant classical ballet featuring the music of throat singer Tanya Tagaq and Steve Wood & the Northern Cree Singers, honouring the stories of First Nations Residential School survivors and their families. 8pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets at Ticketmaster.ca. Runs until April 9.

ROCOCODE Vancouver indie electro-pop outfit celebrate the release of their sophmore album Don’t Worry It Will Be Dark Soon with special guests Iamforest and IMUR. 8pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $12 at TicketFly.com MARIANAS TRENCH Vancouver pop rockers play tunes from Astoria, with special guests Walk Off The Earth. 7pm at Pacific Coliseum.

Tickets $35+ at LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.ca. All ages show.

WILD/KIND Indie pop rock band takes the stage with Tim the Mute, Altona and the Response. 9pm at Pat’s Pub. Cover is $8.

HIVES FOR HUMANITY BENEFIT SHOW Local beekeeping charity throws a party that is the bees knees featuring Slow Learners, Ripple Illusion and Double Shotzz.

8pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $10 at TicketFly.com

THEATRE/DANCE LATE COMPANY Far from finding the closure they seek, two couples sit down to dinner one year after a tragedy baring their good intentions, revealing layers of parental, sexual and political hypocrisy. 8pm at The Cultch. Tickets at Tickets.

TheCultch.com. Runs until April 9.

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 10.

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MAYA RAE & FRIENDS An evening of jazz and soul with the Vancouver singer and multiinstrumentalist, who is joined by Evan Gratham, Luis Giraldo, Ethan Honeywell and Ayla Tesler-Mabe.

MATTHEW LOGAN VASQUEZ American singer-songwriter and member of Delta Spirit strikes out on his own with his debut solo release, Solicitor Returns, with special guest Reverend Baron.

8pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca QUANTIC British born musician, producer and DJ on tour in support of his latest release with special guests Xenia Rubinos and Hubbz. 9:30pm at the Imperial.

Tickets $20 at Red Cat, Beat Street and TicketWeb.ca BEN ROGERS & THE RAGING RUIN Country-folk artist and classic storyteller plays tunes from The Bloodred Yonder, with special guests Rich Hope & the Insiders.

7pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $15 at TicketFly.com MIIKE SNOW Swedish indie pop band on tour in support of their third studio album, iii, with special guest Kaneholler. 9pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $25+ at LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.ca CONTRA CODE Local punk rockers play a rescheduled venue with special guests the Greatest Sons and Aanthems. 9pm at LanaLou’s.

Cover is $10.

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COMEDY JANE STANTON Vancouver comic featured on CBC Radio 1, XFM and the Can West Comedy Festival, as well as appearances on Stop Podcasting Yourself works the crowd with an opening set from Ross Dauk. 7pm & 9:30pm at Yuk Yuk’s.

Tickets $20 at YukYuks.com

THEATRE/DANCE 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. 2pm & 8pm at Goldcorp Stage at BMO Centre. Tickets at ArtsClub.com.

Runs until April 10.

THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR When an incognito inspector arrives to investigate the corrupt officials of a small Russian town, their flurry of activity to cover up their misdeeds is interrupted by news of a suspicious person staying at the inn. 8pm at Jericho Arts Centre. Tickets at JerichoArtsCentre.com. Runs until April 17.

EVENTS SAKURA DAYS JAPAN FAIR A two-day celebration of Japanese cuisine and culture featuring tea ceremonies, sake tastings, a cooking seminar, garden display, live performances and a children’s tent with origami, face painting and more. 10am-5pm at VanDusen Botanical Garden. Tickets at JapanFairVancouver.ca

EVAN SYMONS Self-described “one person band” celebrates the release of his new album, I Am A Bird. 2pm at Havana Theatre.

Admission by donation.

IRON MAIDEN British rock legends tour in support of their new studio double album, The Book of Souls, with special guest the Raven Age. 7pm at Rogers Arena.

Tickets $29.50+ at LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.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.

CHEAP & FUN THE FIFTH ANNUAL MR./MISS COBALT DRAG COMPETITION Your homo away from home plays host to the prestigious East Van drag competition, where may compete but only one wins, determined by an audience ballot and your judges Isolde N. Barron and Rose Butch, hosted by Peach Cobblah. 8pm at The Cobalt. Cover is $7. Runs weekly until April 22.

PETE YORN American singersongwriter, guitarist and drummer appears in support of his latest effort, Arranging Time. 8pm at the Imperial. Tickets $35.95+ at Red Cat, LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.ca COLEMAN HELL Thunder Bay indie-electronic artist tours in support of a forthcoming debut album with special guests Twenty One Pilots. 7:30pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets $25+ at Ticketmaster.ca

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 Don’t let the queer deter you – you don’t have to identify to get it! This not-for-profit society dedicated to creating a queer community that creates, supports, enjoys and teaches improv theatre unites every week on Mondays, to set yourself up for a gay ol’ week. 8pm at XY (1216 Bute).

ART DAVID PIRRIE: MAPPING THE ROCKIES Following the success of the previous and ongoing collection, Pop Art Mountains, this new body of work reflects Pirrie’s continued reverence to mountains and his ever-growing concerns regarding the depiction and understanding of mountain geography an cartography and the way we employ technological filtering. 10am-6pm at Ian Tan Gallery (2321 Granville). Runs until April 30.

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GARY CLARK JR. Grammy Awardwinning singer-songwriter and virtuoso guitarist plays the first of two nights in support of his second full-length studio album, The Story of Sonny Boy Slim, with special guests Baskery. 7:30pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $40 at Ticketmaster.ca

FAR OUT A monthly psych and garage night featuring the Guulps and Dumb with DJs Joshy, Mitch Ray, Lauren Ray and DJ Papa Eug. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Cover is $5 before 10pm.

LINDSAY ROBERTSON & THE WALKMAN BROTHERS An evening of soulful blues, folk and guitar wizardry in an intimate setting with the singer-songwriter from Guelph, Ontario with special guests Jesse Waldman, Noah Walker and Zach Lancaster. 9pm at Slickity Jim’s.

Admission by donation.

BILAL Philadelphia singer-songwriter, musician and producer appears in support of In Another Life, with special guests Emotions, Raeliss, Omar Khan and JR Freeman. 8pm at Fortune Sound Club. Tickets $18 at BPLive.

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COMEDY VANCOUVER IMPROV FIGHT CLUB The Fictionals present an evening of hard-hitting comedy as Bubble and Squeak take on Comic Obscura to battle it out for comedic glory. 8pm at Café Deux Soleils. Tickets $5-$7 at TheFictionals.com.

THEATRE/DANCE THE INVISIBLE HAND A timely political thriller from Pulitizer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar is a provocative piece following a kidnapped American trader in Pakistan playing the market for his life amidst financial chaos and political vindication. 8pm at the Cultch. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com. Runs until April 23.

THEATRE/DANCE GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES A fascinating and tender story traces the ricocheting dynamics between a corrosive masochist and an accident-prone daredevil over the course of 30 years as they spar, spat and haltingly try to rescue one another.

8pm at Pacific Theatre. Tickets at PacificTheatre.org. Runs until April 16.

HIGH TEA Fringe Festival favourites are back as James and Jamesy struggle to hold onto reality when the whole world is submerged in tea in this uproariously playful and interactive show. 8pm at Studio 1398.

Tickets at Tickets.TheatreWire. net. Runs until April 17.

DEAD METAPHOR This dark comedy from George F. Walker explores what happens when a former sniper in Afghanistan returns home to Canada to find the job market at home doesn’t exactly suit his particular skill set. 8pm at Firehall Arts Centre.

Tickets at FirehallArtsCentre. com. Runs until April 23.

DIRTY OLD WOMAN Judgements, double standards and comedy rips through the heart of this tale when 50-somethingyear old Nina meet Gerry, 20 years her junior and sparks fly in more ways than one. 8pm at The Cultch. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com. Runs until April 24.

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KIBBLES N’ BEATS A hip hop fundraiser for the SPCA featuring performances from Kawz, Nevone, JBlaq, Mama Rudegyal, Zada, Eros Taylor, Krewz & Terez and Dakk One. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $8 at TicketFly.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.

CHEAP & FUN AN EVENING OF STORYTELLING Ten storytellers share original work and your cover includes a ballot to vote for your favourites among Alexis Sugden, Buck Moddy, David DJ Roy, Devon More, JP Lorence, Leslie Stark, Mark Hughes and a host of others. 8pm at Cottage Bistro.

Cover is $5.

SWAMPWOLF Electric rhythmist with the guitar and banjo plays tunes from his latest release, The Laconic Bard, with special guests the Crooked, Shiloh Lindsey, and Peter of Classy Hobos. 9pm at LanaLou’s.

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Few non-medical healing therapies are as effective as art. From poetry to dance to cinema and pretty much every medium in between, art regularly wields its awesome power to heal the darkness in those who make or consume it.

Sure, it sounds like Grade A nonsense, but the proof is in the feels: art gives us a safe space in which to confront our demons and move on from the bad stuff.

In the case of Vancouver filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, her work of art literally healed her family.

The art in question is Rebel, Tailfeathers’ short-form documentary melding live action re-enactments with photographs and animation.

Rebel recounts the rocky

romance between her mother, who is of Blackfoot descent, and her father, who is Sámi (the alternate title of the film is Bihttos, which is Sámi for “rebel”; the film is in English and Sámi with English subtitles).

The Sámi are an indigenous Finno-Ugric people inhabiting the Arctic area of Sápmi.

Like Canada’s First Nations peoples, the Sámi suffered the horrors of a state-run residential school system – and Tailfeathers’ film addresses the deeply personal legacy of this history.

“I knew right away that this was the story I had to tell, and I obviously didn’t want to do it without my family’s blessing,” says Tailfeathers, who was encouraged to make the film after attending a workshop organized by Toronto’s imagiNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.

“I reached out to my parents, and said, ‘Listen, this is what I’ve been challenged with, and this is the story I want to tell, but I want to tell this story with total and complete love and respect for my family.’ Obviously the last thing I wanted to do was cause any more damage or hurt.”

Her family cheered her on.

“My father said he was fine with me doing it, as long as he didn’t have to participate,” Tailfeathers laughs.

Over the course of a year, Tailfeathers dove deep into her family’s history. She explored her parents’ love affair (they met as part of the global movement for indigenous peoples’ rights), her childhood, and the disintegration of her parents’ relationship.

“It was a full year of constant anxiety,” she says. “It was terrifying. I just wanted to make sure I told this story in the best way possible.”

This was new territory for Tailfeathers, whose previous work (like 2011’s Bloodland, about the impact of hydraulic fracturing on the planet) was more political than personal.

Tailfeathers showed her family the various versions of the script as she progressed through the production process.

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Tailfeathers was present for the Blood reserve screening – sort of. “I was such a nervous wreck that I couldn’t even sit in the same room as my family as they watched it,” recalls Tailfeathers. She cuddled her six-month-old niece in another room while her mother and relatives screened the documentary.

“I could hear laughter and silence, and laughter and silence, and then I came back into the room and most of my family was crying,” says Tailfeathers. “My mom and my brother were at a loss for words.They were touched – in a good way – by the film.”

And this is where the healing comes in.Tailfeathers’ parents weren’t on speaking terms before Rebel, but “now, they’ve reconciled, and my father’s been over to visit a couple of times since the film was made,” she says. “They’re friends again.”

Last month, Rebel took home a Matrix Award for excellence in short-form filmmaking at the 2016 Vancouver International Women in Film Festival.

Tailfeathers’ main takeaway from the entire process? “Love is very complicated,” says Tailfeathers, who is currently developing a feature-length

A still from Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’ short film Rebel, which will be screening as part of the Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth, April 8-15. Contributed photo documentary about the spate of fentanyl-related deaths afflicting her mother’s nation.

“Sometimes it’s not enough, and sometimes it’s all you have.”

Next up for Rebel is a Vancouver screening as part of the Reel 2 Real International Film Festival forYouth.

The film festival is one of the few in Vancouver featuring all-ages programming, with a big chunk of the schedule geared towards equipping kids with the tools they need to start making their own films.

Highlights include a youth filmmakers showcase; a family-friendly day of DIY animation and all-you-caneat pancakes;Vancouver’s only film industry job fair for high school students; and

screenings of youth-oriented shorts and feature-length films from all over the world, including Birds of Passage from Belgium (about two girls who set out to return a marooned duckling to its natural habitat), and the international co-production April and the Extraordinary World, a sci-fi adventure set in 1941 from the producing team behind Persepolis. W

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Starring Michael Shannon, Jaeden Lieberher, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver Directed by Jeff Nichols Jeff Nichols does not pander. With four films under his belt, the American writer-director has solidified his place as a truly gifted filmmaker in contemporary cinema who isn’t afraid to challenge the viewer. The sci-fi thriller Midnight Special continues this refreshing trend of making audiences active participants in movies rather than spoon-feeding them endless exposition.

Michael Shannon (star of Nichols’ previous films Shotgun Stories and Take Shelter) plays a father on the lam from law enforcement because his son Alton (Lieberher) possesses strange powers and the FBI naturally thinks the boy must be some kind of weapon. Joel Edgerton

Michael Shannon (centre) stars in Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special. is also along for the ride as a trusted family friend, Kirsten Dunst brings some maternal affection as Alton’s mother, and Adam Driver portrays a bookish NSA analyst who seeks to unlock the secrets surrounding the child’s mysterious ways. In addition to the already strong performances, veteran Sam Shepard offers a small but effective role as the leader of a religious group also chasing Alton.

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When Royal Winnipeg Ballet dancer Katie Bonnell first started learning the choreography for Going Home Star - Truth and Reconciliation, the 24-year-old admits she knew nothing about Canada’s residential school history.

Back then, in 2014, Bonnell was serving as understudy for the lead role of ‘Annie’ – a young, urban, First Nations girl who is living her life unaware of the decades of physical and cultural abuse that had been inflicted upon her ancestors. As the ballet goes, Annie is lost and disillusioned, until she meets Gordon, a residential school survivor who introduces her to truth of their shared history and helps connect her to her purpose.

Sensitive to the needs of this landmark, cross-cultural ballet – which was one of the first major artistic responses to Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and created to commemorate RWB’s 75th anniversary season – choreographer Mark Godden began the Going Home Star process by mak-

ing sure all his dancers were properly educated on this horrific chapter in Canadian history.

“Mark […] really stressed the importance that all of us be as educated on the subject as we could be,” says Bonnell, speaking by phone during a stop on the ballet’s 2016 national tour. “So we participated in a blessing ceremony and a sweat and a smudging [ceremony] with a group of Manitoba elders, and they really sort of took us in and guided us through this entire process.We’ve spoken to survivors of the residential school system,” she continues, “and we’ve heard their stories firsthand, which was quite heartbreaking. But it was really necessary for us to understand what these people had to go through, so that we can do our best to portray that on stage.”

Now sharing the lead role with RWB principal Sophia Lee, dancing as Annie for select tour dates, Bonnell says it’s those stories that fill her mind as she performs – sometimes still forcing her to hold back tears on stage.

Rather than trying to recreate all of the thousands of

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Royal Winnipeg Ballet dancers Katie Bonnell and Tristan Dobrowney in a special performance of Going Home Star.

Photo courtesy of the Embassy of Canada/Keegan Bursaw painful memories that came to light during the Truth and Reconciliation process, though, Going Home Star wisely condenses seven years of survivor testimony into a single fictionalized account. Through narrative flashbacks, the ballet conveys the broader residential school experience, journey-

ing, as the name suggests, from despair and grief towards hope and acknowledgement.

And while it should be noted that RWB has no First Nations dancers on its staff, the company’s interest in telling First Nations stories began in 1971 with its adaptation of The Ecstasy of Rita

Joe. A philosophical followup to that piece, Going Home Star endeavoured to involve as many key First Nations creative partners as possible, from Cree activist and former MP Tina Keeper, who served as associate producer and touchstone for the ballet, to Three Day Road author Joseph Boyden, who wrote the narrative, to set designer KC Adams, to musicians Tanya Tagaq and Steve Wood, who provided vocals for parts of the score.

According to Wab Kinew, a prominent First Nations speaker and honorary Truth and Reconciliation Commission witness, Going Home Star’s blend of European art form and powerful First Nations experience presents an opportunity to bridge a complex gap.

“I think reconciliation is one of the big challenges that our society is facing right now – reconciliation with indigenous peoples,” the hip hop artist and CBC radio host explains. “And I think that art offers a unique way to tackle the topic of reconciliation, because it allows people entry into experiences other than their own,” he continues.

Kinew wasn’t involved with the creation of Going Home Star, but attended the premiere and attests to the value of an institution like RWB taking on the residential school story, helping to embed the stories deeper in Canada’s collective awareness.

“I think it’s important because of the reputation of the RWB, and also the significance of the ballet in the arts scene – that they are taking a leadership role in engaging with truth and reconciliation,” Kinew says, adding that he hopes to see similar projects develop in the worlds of theatre, opera, and classical music.

“The residential-school era is one that is still playing out in the lives of people today – it’s one of the darkest years in Canadian history and yet its also one of the most important,” he adds. “Canadians ought to learn about it, and that should happen in schools and through books, but it should also happen through art.” W Going Home Star - Truth and Reconciliation runs April 7-9 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

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this area is needed. Enter the Canada Food Guide, designed by Health Canada to help us make healthy food choices and form good eating habits.

The only issue is that it doesn’t. In fact, it’s downright confusing, outdated and heavily influenced by food industry lobbyists, instead of nutritionists. At the risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist, I wonder why the No. 1 source of calcium according to the food guide is dairy, ignoring the fact that there are many other food sources that are higher in calcium, as well as proteins.

The Canadian Senate recently brought forth a demand for changes, stating hard facts that holistic nutritionists and other health practitioners have been preaching for years.

One of the big motivators for the analysis and demand for change to occur is the rise of obesity in Canadians.

But really, it’s been a long time coming: it’s been almost 10 years since the food guide was last updated.

I think it’s safe to say that times have changed, and so should the guide.

Many Canadians use the food guide as a map to help feed themselves and their families, and one major flaw is that it emphasises quantity and caloric intake of foods rather than the quality. It does not encourage the intake of whole foods; instead you see cereals and canned milk and canned veggies.

Although it does state to limit processed foods (which should be avoided entirely, in my humble opinion), I was horrified to read that two to three tablespoons of salad dressing, margarine or mayo is considered a good source of your daily healthy fat intake.

Seriously?

Another aspect that irks

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To give you proof that I’m not just a hippy nutritionist ranting (which, granted, I am), the senators are the ones that have called for big changes to the guide. One of their suggestions is to ban trans fats altogether and get actual nutrition experts to write the guide (what a concept!). In their report they stated that when it comes to sugar, “Confusing nutritional labelling doesn’t help: there are 56 different names for sugar alone and manufacturers do not have to group them together.”

This can obviously make it confusing for people to make healthy food choices.

The senate also stated in their report that juice being considered a fruit serving is ludicrous when it is “little more than a soft drink without the bubbles.”

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By Rob Brezsny French artist Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is regarded as one of the greats, in the same league as Picasso and Kandinsky. Even in his eighties, he was still creating marvels that one critic said seemed “to come from the springtime of the world.” As unique as his work was, he was happy to acknowledge the fact that he thrived on the influence of other artists. And yet he also treasured the primal power of his innocence. He trusted his childlike wonder. “You study, you learn, but you guard the original naiveté,” he said. “It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.” These are good, sweet thoughts for you to keep in mind right now, Aries.

In his book Strange Medicine, Nathan Belofsky tells us about unusual healing practices of the past. In ancient Egypt, for example, the solution for a toothache was to have a dead mouse shoved down one’s throat. If someone had cataracts, the physician might dribble hot broken glass into their eyes. I think these strategies qualify as being antidotes that were worse than the conditions they were supposed to treat. I caution you against getting sucked into “cures” like those in the coming days. The near future will be a favorable time for you to seek healing, but you must be very discerning as you evaluate the healing agents.

Taurus-born Kurt Gödel (1906-1978) was among history’s greatest logicians. His mastery of rational thought enabled him to exert a major influence on scientific thinking in the 20th century. Yet he also had an irrational fear of being poisoned, which made him avoid food unless his wife cooked it. One of the morals of his story is that reason and delusion may get all mixed up in the same location. Sound analysis and crazy superstition can get so tangled they’re hard to unravel. The coming week will be an excellent time to meditate on how this phenomenon might be at work in you. You now have an extraordinary power to figure out which is which, and then take steps to banish the crazy, superstitious, fearful stuff.

In his poem “The Snowmass Cycle,” Stephen Dunn declares that everyone “should experience the double fire, of what he wants and shouldn’t have.” I foresee a rich opportunity coming up for you to do just that, Scorpio. And yes, I do regard it as rich, even marvelous, despite the fact that it may initially evoke some intense poignance. Be glad for this crisp revelation about a strong longing whose fulfillment would be no damn good for you!

For a time, pioneer physicist Albert Einstein served as a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. On one occasion, a student complained to him, “The questions on this year’s exam are the same as last year’s.” Einstein agreed that they were, then added, “but this year all the answers are different.” I’m seeing a similar situation in your life, Gemini. For you, too, the questions on this year’s final exam are virtually identical to last year’s final exam – and yet every one of the answers has changed. Enjoy the riddle.

Your personal oracle for the coming weeks is a fable from 2600 years ago. It was originally written by the Greek storyteller Aesop, and later translated by Joseph Jacobs. As the tale begins, a dog has discovered a hunk of raw meat lying on the ground. He’s clenching his treasure in his mouth as he scurries home to enjoy it in peace. On the way, he trots along a wooden plank that crosses a rapidly-flowing stream. Gazing down, he sees his reflection in the water below. What? He imagines it’s another dog with another slab of meat.

He tries to snatch away this bonus treat, but in doing so, drops his own meat. It falls into the stream and is whisked away. The moral of the fable: “Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”

“I never get lost because I don’t know where I am going,” said the Japanese poet known as Ikkyu. I stop short of endorsing this perspective for full-time, longterm use, but I think it suits you fine for right now. According to my astrological projections, you can gather the exact lessons you need simply by wandering around playfully, driven by cheerful curiosity about the sparkly sights – and not too concerned with what they mean.

PS, don’t worry if the map you’re consulting doesn’t seem to match the territory you’re exploring.

“If literally every action a human can perform was an Olympic sport,” Reddit.com asked its users, “which events would you win medals in?” A man named Hajimotto said his champion-level skill was daydreaming. “I can zone out and fantasize for hours at a time,” he testified. “This is helpful when I am waiting in line.” You Virgos are not typically Olympic-class daydreamers, but I encourage you to increase your skills in the coming weeks. It’ll be a favorable time for your imagination to run wild and free. How exuberantly can you fantasize? Find out!

“When I look at my life I realize that the mistakes I have made, the things I really regret, were not errors of judgment but failures of feeling.” Writer Jeanette Winterson said that, and I’m passing it on to you at the exact moment you need to hear it. Right now, you are brave enough and strong enough to deal with the possibility that maybe you’re not doing all you can to cultivate maximum emotional intelligence. You are primed to take action and make big changes if you discover that you’re not feeling as much as you can about the important things in your life.

Psychotherapist Jennifer Welwood says that sadness is often at the root of anger. Feelings of loss and disappointment and heartache are the more primary emotions, and rage is a reflexive response to them.

But sadness often makes us feel vulnerable, while rage gives us at least the illusion of being strong, and so most of us prefer the latter. But Welwood suggests that tuning in to the sadness almost always leads to a more expansive understanding of your predicament; and it often provides the opportunity for a more profound self-transformation. I invite you to apply these meditations to your own life, Capricorn.

The time is right.

“The causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky said that in his novel The Idiot, and now I’m passing it on to you just in the nick of time. In the coming weeks, it’s especially important for you to not oversimplify your assessments of what motivates people – both those you respect and those you don’t fully trust. For your own sake, you can’t afford to naively assume either the best or the worst about anyone. If you hope to further your own agendas, your nuanced empathy must be turned up all the way.

“Believing love is work is certainly better than believing it’s effortless, ceaseless bliss,” says author Eric LeMay. That’s advice I hope you’ll keep close at hand in the coming weeks, Pisces. The time will be right for you to exert tremendous effort in behalf of everything you love dearly – to sweat and struggle and strain as you create higher, deeper versions of your most essential relationships. Please remember this, though: The hard labor you engage in should be fueled by your ingenuity and your creative imagination. Play and experiment and enjoy yourself as you sweat and struggle and strain!

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I am a 23-year-old dude.

My life is changing for the better, and fast. I’ve got a lot going for me, and I’m grateful. I have a screwball sense of humour, I like punks, and judging from comments I’ve heard from more than a few women my age, I’ve also apparently inherited good looks.

Here’s the problem: I have post-traumatic stress disorder. And I’ve never had sex (no, I didn’t join the priesthood). I’ve been living with PTSD for almost 10 years, stemming from extremely painful intersectional traumas and sexualized violence that I can’t talk about, no matter how many third-wave feminist readings I’ve (thankfully) been introduced to.

I desperately want to kindle meaningful friendships that lead to sex. I am determined to become a better person. However, the PTSD has a powerful grip.

The moment someone starts taking my clothes off for the first time (and it won’t be vice versa), I have a feeling I will likely either lose consciousness or the ability to move a single muscle in my body.

Let alone speak. It’s entirely possible I might become violently ill.

For the other person, I figure it’s probably kinda annoying when the boy passes out before you even get to screw him. Okay, seriously: any ideas for things to say in advance? I feel like I should give some kind of a heads-up.

I don’t want to scare the living daylights out of the other person, or have them think I might have some kind of angry scary meltdown. Last but not least, I want to assure them that with some goodwill and patience to get through this, I really am a fucking riot to spend time with.

In short, any ideas for things to say in advance? Or should I even say anything at all? Both approaches seem problematic.

Third Wave feminist texts and words only people in university use are not going to help you. Sorry to be a dick, but here we go. Tough love from your loving, drunk mom who actually cares.

The complete lack of courtship in millennial dating is going to be your downfall. Twenty-somethings hook-up first, then go from there. They are a nation of skanks. Dating has been

diminished to swiping left or right. It’s not liberating, it’s gross and meaningless.

No one actually likes being on Tinder. Anyone who says they do is lying. Hard.

Mostly to themselves.

But here is the good news: you know yourself. I can tell just from your short email that you are self-aware and confident.You are also very considerate (your main concern was how your past sexual trauma will make that other person feel, and yet you are the one who can’t take his clothes off without puking and passing out).

I can’t imagine what you went through, and believe me, I am sorry. But you can get over this.You can.You are not a victim.You are a person who survived some serious bullshit. This thing that happened has taken the last decade of your life.

Do not let it take anymore.

Fuck that. I hope you are in therapy with a doctor you trust.You owe it to yourself to have a life where you can have sex without a full-blown panic attack.

Giving a heads-up is not going to “scare the daylights” out of your potential dates, but it will cause some of them to re-think and possibly, run for the hills where there are happy, naked men.

And the unfortunate thing is that it’s going to take someone who truly, truly likes you for you to wait it out with patience. In a perfect world, you meet someone who

also has some past damage, and you work through it together as you fall for one another and overcome your fears with a mix of friendship, charmingly awkward moments and true love.

Then, Channing Tatum wins an Academy Award for his heart-breaking performance as you in the movie.

I really want you to get over this. So, instead of worrying about the proper warning to give, focus on beating the fuck out of this trauma so it’s out of your life. I know trauma like this never truly evaporates, but you have to try.You have to devote yourself to its murder. I don’t know what happened to you, but do not let it take anymore from you. Don’t give it power.

I know I don’t know you but I just want to say, I am here. I want you to experience sex. Great sex. Mindblowing, life-altering sex.

And moreover, I want you to find love. But this is not going to happen if you can’t open yourself up enough to let someone else in besides the PTSD. Easier said than done, but life is short so there’s nothing to it, but to do it.

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100% BC Owned and Operated PRODUCE

MEAT Fair Trade Organic on the Vine Red Tomatoes from Mexico

Large Blue Jay Navel Oranges from California

2.98lb/ 6.57kg

.98lb/ 2.16kg

Imported Whole Cantaloupe and Personal Size Watermelons

10.02lb/ 22.09kg

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assorted varieties

7.99lb/ 17.61kg

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Nature’s Path Organic Cereal Bars assorted varieties

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assorted sizes

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250-500g product of New Zealand

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397 - 454g product of Bolivia

30%

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200mg

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2.99

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4.49 xxx BAKERY

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Organic Sourdough Bread Levain Style

2L • product of Canada

3.69

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2.99 to 7.99

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