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NEWSFLASH: YOU DON’T OWN THE SIDEWALK

To the young man who, walking with his girlfriend, intentionally knocked into me at the side entrance of the Denman Mall – were you so offended by the fact that I unintentionally crossed your path (without touching you), that you felt it appropriate to intentionally hit me with your shoulder?When I asked why you bumped me, you said it was because I had walked in

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front of you. I explained that I hadn’t seen you. Did you consider that I (a woman probably old enough to be your grandmother) might have been dealing with a physical limitation? Is retaliation for imagined slights your way of operating in the world? The sidewalk, and for that matter, the world, isn’t there to serve only you.

Time to curb your sense of entitlement and show some consideration for others. As for your girlfriend, I fear that she,

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BE AN ALLY, NOT A BYSTANDER

Today I would like to call out to my fantastically wonderful male friends who could be doing an even better job in their efforts to create a safer world for their fantastic female friends/partners/lovers/colleagues/neighbours/

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classmates/sisters/daughters/ mothers/etc.

I have now heard too many stories of men witnessing other men do questionable acts (from Jian to my college dorm) that can, do, and will lead to relationally and physically violent acts upon women’s bodies and souls.Want to move from bystander to ally? Speak up and influence the questionable acts you witness of other men.They’re happening all of the time.

Apparently, once a woman gets the unbelievable courage to step up and speak out on the stand, it’s too late and more violence is done upon her. Step up yourselves, because I’m much too tired of women carrying this burden.While certain types of criminal acts play out fairly in the courts – real justice happens via relationships, via the daily, up close and personal moments in our lives.

Have you witnessed another man speak/touch/pursue a woman in such a manner that violates your ethics as a human being? Do what you need to do in your power to change it. As a human being living on this earth, on this day, at this time, under these circumstances, it’s your responsibility too.

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YOUR CITY CITY SHORTS // CITY LOOKS AT BLOCKING ROBSON OFF PERMANENTLY

There’s so few single men in Vancouver, even dating shows are having a hard time finding any. First Dates photo

Calling all single men!

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It might sound like a Vancouver cliché, but just like single-family-homes, there appears to be a shortage of single-available-hommes in this town.

Case in point: Kristian Olsen, a Vancouver-based TV industry pal, recently approached me with a quandary. He’s a story producer on First Dates (FirstDatesCanada.ca), a reality dating show set here in Vancouver, which airs on the Slice Network.

They’ve put forth the call for single men and women to appear on the show, but the producers were perplexed by the results: female applicants greatly outnumber the dudes.

Olsen is hastily researching why so few of Vancouver’s single guys appear to be interested or available. He admits that he’s not an expert, but is willing to speculate.

“Vancouver’s demographics might be the biggest reason why we are having tough time finding straight, single men to participate on First Dates. There are a lot of gay men in Vancouver, which takes a lot of males out of the eligibility pool.

Also,Tinder has made it so damn easy to get laid that the process of dating – taking someone out for dinner and drinks – has become somewhat antiquated. Someone told us during an audition that there are men who are getting pizza delivered to their home, paid for by women on Tinder! Vancouver women will do anything to stand out!” (When I enquired about contestant eligibility, Olsen told me that besides single straights, anyone from the LGBTQ community is welcome to audition.)

The workload of the show entails an initial audition interview, a two-hour dinner date at a typical local restaurant (captured by fixed rigged cameras, so there’s no crew running around to distract you), and a 15-minute exit interview.There’s no pay, but

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the show will at least pick up a portion of your dinner, and you get to be on TV. I had to repeatedly email my single guy friends to get a response. One of them, who I know only as “KirkofDoom”, eventually got back to me: “I completely forgot that you asked me about this.

Or maybe I blocked it out. I don’t want to be on the show, because the whole concept of a dating show seems weird and archaic”.

I also reached out to solo female friends. Christine, who has been intermittently single in Vancouver for eight years, agrees about the lack of available guys.

“It’s a quantity and quality problem in my eyes. A smaller pool of single guys means a smaller amount of quality partners.”

Emily, also “footloose” (her term), has a more positive outlook on Vancouver’s apparent lack of single men.

“We can’t wait for these gorgeous, interesting guys to drop in our lap. If you see someone you like, anywhere, for goodness sake, SMILE. Seriously, just showing your teeth in public can change your whole dating scene”.

How about smiling for the camera? Or is First Dates just a ruse to set you up for a TV train wreck? Olsen responds: “Yes, awkwardness and bad dates are part of the fun of the show, but we don’t set that up deliberately. That’s not fair to the people who genuinely want to find love. We actually do have integrity about our match ups.”

Moments before my deadline, I received an email back from a friend named Colin. He’s a well-groomed, employed, fit, totally eligible bachelor, who even drives a Mini. He’s game to be on the show. “I’m 34 and single.

Why not?” Colin reasons.

“I’m a bit of a creature of habit and tend to go to the same places and see the same people, so I might as well take advantage of this.”

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A short block of Robson Street that is routinely closed to traffic for the summer and turned into a popular pedestrian plaza could be shut down permanently beginning this year.

City manager Sadhu Johnston said staff is preparing a report to go to council in either late April or early May that will recommend the 800-block of Robson Street, between Howe and Hornby streets, be closed year-round.

“It’s something we’ve been directed by council for a while to work on,” said Johnston. “We want to do it because we think it’s the right thing to do.

There’s not that many public gathering places downtown – plazas like that. So we want to create a really nice public spot that people can gather.”

Although the stretch of the two-way street is short, Johnston said closing it to vehicle traffic would connect the public spaces at the law courts with the

The city has closed the 800-block of Robson Street to traffic every summer since the 2010 Olympics, but now the pedestrian plaza could be permanent. Mike Howell photo south side of Vancouver Art Gallery, a popular hangout for people, a public protest spot and home to a few food trucks and retail kiosks.

The plan to permanently shut down the block to vehicles has been in the works since 2010 when the stretch was closed for the Winter Olympics. Since then, the block has been closed to traffic every year, between June and August.

Funky and whimsical furniture for seating and dining was added to the street

during those months.

Chris Bryan, a TransLink media relations advisor, said if city council follows through on city staff ’s recommendation and permanently closes the stretch of Robson, then the No. 5 bus will be diverted along Burrard and West Pender streets.

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BC LEADS CANADA IN JOB GROWTH

Employment in BC increased 3.2 per cent in the

12 months to March, making the province Canada’s top performer when it comes to job growth over the period.

BC gained 72,000 jobs year-over-year in March, helped by an increase of 9,000 positions in the month, according to Statistics Canada data released April 8.

March’s gain pushed the province’s unemployment rate down a tick to 6.5 per cent, although the rate is up 0.6 percentage points yearover-year from 5.9 per cent in March 2015, as more people in BC were looking for work. Compared with a year ago, BC has added 39,000 full-time and 33,000 part-time jobs Canada gained 130,000 jobs in the past year, pushing the unemployment rate down to 7.1 per cent. The good news is this gain is solely due to growth of almost 134,000 full-time jobs, which was partially offset by a loss of 4,000 part-time positions. The country gained 41,000 jobs in the month – almost all full-time positions. W (-??@ 1#@C$8#6 B@?%3A0 2G!H;3!! H;=@;98GF3#

Science proves nature calms the brain and heals the body David Suzuki Science Matters @DavidSuzuki

For the most part, our brains didn’t evolve in cities. But in a few decades, almost 70 per cent of the world’s people will live in urban environments. Despite the prosperity we associate with cities, urbanization presents a major health challenge.

Cities, with their accelerated pace of life, can be stressful. The results are seen in the brains and behaviour of those raised in cities or currently living in one.

On the upside, city dwellers are on average wealthier and receive better health care, nutrition and sanitation than rural residents. On the downside, they experience an increased risk of chronic disease, a more demanding and stressful social environment and greater levels of inequity.

In fact, city dwellers have a 21 per cent greater risk for anxiety disorders and a 39 per cent increased likelihood of mood disorders.

A study published in Nature links city living with sensitivity to social stress.

MRI scans show greater exposure to urban environments can increase activity in the amygdala, a brain structure involved in emotions

such as fear and the release of stress-related hormones.

According to the study, the amygdala “has been strongly implicated in anxiety disorders, depression, and other behaviours that are increased in cities, such as violence.”

The researchers also found people who lived in cities for their first 15 years experienced increased activity in an area of the brain that helps regulate the amygdala.

So if you grew up in the city, you’re more likely than those who moved there later in life to have permanently raised sensitivity to stress.

Author and professor David Gessner says we’re turning into “fast twitch” animals. It’s like we have an alarm clock going off in our brains every 30 seconds, sapping our ability to concentrate for longer periods of time. The demands of urban life include a constant need to filter information, dodge distractions and make decisions. We give our brains little time to recover.

How do we slow things down? Nature seems to be the answer. Cognitive psychologist David Strayer’s hypothesis is that “being in nature allows the prefrontal cortex, the brain’s command centre, to dial down and rest, like an overused muscle.”

Research shows even brief interactions with nature can

soothe our brains. Stanford’s Gregory Bratman designed an experiment in which participants took a 50-minute walk in either a natural or an urban environment.

People who took the nature walk experienced decreased anxiety, brooding and negative emotion and increased memory performance. Bratman’s team found walking in natural environments can decrease rumination, the unhealthy but familiar habit of thinking over and over about causes and consequences of negative experiences. Their study also showed neural activity in an area of the brain linked to risk for mental illness was reduced in participants who walked through nature compared with those who walked through an urban environment.

Korean researchers investigated the differences in brain activity when volunteers just looked at urban versus natural scenery. For those viewing urban images, MRI scans showed increased blood flow to the amygdala region. In contrast, areas of the brain associated with empathy and altruism lit up for those who viewed natural scenes.

In Japan, scientists found people spending time in nature – shinrin-yoku or “forest bathing” – inhale “beneficial bacteria, plant-

derived essential oils and negatively-charged ions” which interact with gut bacteria to strengthen the body’s immune system and improve both mental and physical health.

Spending time in nature regularly is not a panacea for mental health but it’s an essential component of health and psychological resilience.

Nature helps us withstand and recover from life’s challenges. Even city dwellers can find nearby nature – a garden, local park or trail – to give their overworked brains a break.

Every spring, the David Suzuki Foundation challenges Canadians to spend more time outside for health and mental well-being. The 30×30 Nature Challenge asks people to commit to spending at least 30 minutes a day in nature for 30 days in May. When you take the 30×30 pledge at 30x30.DavidSuzuki.org, you’ll receive the latest research on the health benefits of spending time outdoors along with practical tips on how to add green time to your daily routine.

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Spring fashion do’s and don’ts

Tips from some of Vancouver’s bestdressed locals Niki Hope Style File

@NikiMHope Vancouver stylists Nadia Albano, Jason Pillay, and Nathalie Rees recently took part in Eco Fashion Week’s Value Village thrift challenge, where each stylist gets $500 to come up with runway-worthy looks for a fashion show.

Now, they talk spring fashion, shopping, closet staples, and whatever else is on their mind this season.

NADIA ALBANO

This is a woman who wears lots of hats, stylish ones, of course. Albano is a stylist, makeup artist, hair stylist, media personality, and is the owner and operator of Nadia Albano Style Inc., a boutique studio in Kitsilano.

How would you define your style? Casual chic.

Where do you like to shop in Vancouver? I like to shop at many different places and enjoy mixing designer wear with mainstream and vintage/ second-hand fashions. Holt Renfrew, Club Monaco, Zara, Winners,The Bay and Value Village.

Three favourite pieces in your wardrobe? My red Alexander Wang bag, black leather jacket, white Converse sneakers (and my Sophia Webster Heels!).

to trends, but I don’t necessarily follow them. In my line of work, I have to be aware, but I like to create my own unique looks, and then it turns into a trend for myself.

What are you excited to wear for spring/summer?

I’m excited to wear white! I think white makes everything pop and looks so chic. I love wearing white-on-white and layering a white blazer with pretty much anything. I also like white eyelet fabric, it looks delicate and perfect for both spring and summer seasons.

Biggest style mistake you see people make? I hope I don’t offend anyone, but personally I don’t like when men wear dress pants that are too short for them. Sometimes I think they are unaware.There are a couple other things: improper fits, bling overload (I do it, within reason), and getting too creative with tights.

Do you follow trends?

I always have my eyes on the latest trends, as I think it’s important to stay relevant, but I don’t necessarily follow them.

I say, wear what you love and love what you wear.

Style heroes? Olivier Rousteing and Jeremy Scott.

Favourite local designer?

I really admire Jason Matlo and Manuel Mendoza. Both really know how to dress a woman’s body and both design gorgeous bridal collections. For custom statement jewelry, I always wear Elsa Corsi, and for my subtle and classic everyday accessories, I love Leah Alexander.

Biggest style mistakes you see people make? I created a style rule called S.A.S.S: Shop According to your Style and Silhouette. I sometimes see beautiful women, of all shapes and sizes, wearing ill fitting clothing and it pains me. I believe that when you wear

Clockwise from top left: Stylists Jason Pillay, Nathalie Rees and Nadia Albano. clothing that fits your body it can enhance your body shape and, more importantly, your confidence.

Style heroes? I have so many! I’ve always been drawn to Sofia Lauren’s beauty and style, and my modern style heroes would have to be Nicole Richie, Olivia Palmero, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen and Jennifer Lopez.

What spring trends should people embrace? I really love florals, patterned patchwork and fringe details.They all add a little personality to an outfit.

Denim is a must, as is a pop of color.

Which should they avoid?

I would avoid the paper-bag trousers trend. I think this cut does not work for the majority of women.

JASON PILLAY

Stylist Jason Pillay studied fashion business and creative arts and has an unremitting devotion to supporting the local fashion scene.The busy style-maker also works in the costume department of Vancouver’s thriving film industry.

Where do you like to shop in Vancouver? I don’t have specific stores I go to, but I love shopping at all sorts of

places. It can range from the boutiques in Gastown, to secondhand stores, to mainstream retailers.

Three favourite pieces in your wardrobe? Currently, it’s my beige trench coat, black combat boots, and super skinny jeans. I’m doing this basic beige trend right now.

What are you excited to wear for spring/summer? I love wearing colour.Tanks, lots of white, neon colours, etc. I’m also really into sunglasses, so I enjoy wearing all sorts of styles.

Do you follow trends?

Somewhat. I do pay attention

What spring trends should people embrace? Colors, prints, stripes.

NATHALIE REES

Public relations and style expert Nathalie Rees has worked with top retail brands, such as Westbeach, lifestyle apparel giant lululemon athletica, and successful e-commerce start up Indochino Apparel. She has also worked as stylist for local brand marketing shoots, as well as a wardrobe stylist for some of Vancouver’s most recognizable sports media.

How would you define your style? Classic and feminine, but with a West Coast laidback feel.

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It’s spring, a time to revamp that dank winter wardrobe with some fresh new quality pieces. Be bold and reach for those statement earrings, stripes, slinky slip dresses, slip-on shoes, and bomber jackets for those cozy nights.

1. OFF-THE-SHOULDER

A festival favourite, datenight staple, easy summer dressing – the off-theshoulder look made its way down the runways and now it’s popping up everywhere.

Aritzia’s Hollande sweet blouse is a darling example of this trend.

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Stripes of all sizes and shapes – graphic, colourful, sleeper stripes – are on trend this spring. But the TOPSHOP (at Hudson’s Bay) Moto Stripe oversized cotton shirt ($85) is a brilliant example of how to go for a subtle hit of stripes.

3. STATEMENT EARRINGS

Forget those delicate whispering cuffs and studs, this season’s accessories scream for attention.

Vancouver designer Melanie Auld’s multi-crescent earrings ($175) and teardrop earrings with silk tassels attached ($187) are lovely ways to wear this trend.

4. LOOSE-FITTING CROPPED PANT

Check out the De Brauw pant ($110) from Aritzia brand Wilfred Free for an example of the trend that started last year and is only gaining momentum.These wide-leg, high-waisted trousers, inspired by classic sailor pants, are made with a soft denim and pair nicely with the Hollande blouse.

5. SLIP DRESS

The ’90s remain big in fashion, and nothing was bigger in that decade than the slip dress. It’s back, but this time a little more refined,

a little less grunge.The midi-stretch silk slip dress in navy, available at Nordstrom ($420), is an example of a versatile and sleek modern slip dress that can be effortlessly dressed up or down.

6. CHIC SLIP-ONS

Easy, cool, relaxed – the slip-on basically defines summer.These sophisticated yet simple Palatines slide sandal, available at Charlie & Lee boutique ($298), are handmade in Los Angeles and exemplify the trend beautifully.

7. BOMBER JACKET

A classic that can be worn with shorts in the spring and pants in the fall. Some looks defy trends, and the good-old bomber jacket is one of them.

Scoop up this reasonably priced navy blue number from TOPSHOP (at Hudson’s Bay, for $125).The satiny jacket is sure to be a favourite this season and beyond, which are always the best trends to follow anyway. W

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SPRING STYLE Continued from page 4 Where do you like to shop in Vancouver? I love all of the Scoop stores – they carry items that can’t be found anywhere else, but have really reasonable pricing. I also love Simons. I grew up shopping there in Quebec City when I was younger, so I am familiar with their store and their inhouse collections, and was so excited when they opened in West Vancouver.

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Artists find new outlets in home décor

Three local fine artists offer a fresh take on their work Jennifer Scott A Good Chick to Know

@Jennifer_AGCTK ZOE PAWLAK

Zoe Pawlak is internationally recognized for her stunning abstract and figurative works, and well respected as a spokeswoman for the modern creative in public talks for speaker series like PechaKucha. She has not only foraged a path in the creative community for artists and, more specifically, women, she has lead the way for fine artists looking to bring their skill set to a wider audience through a diversified product range.

We first saw Pawlak’s work applied to décor in a new way with her collaboration with Burritt Bros. Together they have produced two rug collections since 2013: Over Oceans, which explored scale with one of Pawlak’s abstracts, and most recently, Red Dust, which plays with figurative shapes as pattern.

Further exploring the art of collaboration, Pawlak created a line of hard furnishings with local favourite, Jeff Martin Joinery. Using Jeff’s sleek credenzas and casegoods as her canvas, the two work together to bring us a fresh perspective on what a singular piece of furniture can offer to it’s surroundings.

We have also seen Pawlak make an artistic statement in the fashion industry. For the Nicole Bridger SS14

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collection, two of Pawlak’s pieces were manipulated to become the pattern basis for the line, aptly entitled Ready for Love.

Looking forward for Zoe Pawlak: full speed ahead with product diversity. Keep your eyes out for a sculpture and mirror line, as well as a return to fashion as she is designing the fall collection for Party Skirts. : +@<')F*),(A@E

DANA MOONEY

Makeup-artist-turnedfine-artist Dana Mooney has once again branched out to add a new realm to her creativity: home décor. 2015 was a breakout year in terms of brand growth, as Mooney ventured into collaborations with some major local brands to create a diversified décor lineup with her art that satiates the senses.

First up was joining forces with Joue Designs to create a stunning throw pillow collection, allowing her work to become as touchably inviting as it is visually soft; then she was approached by Saje Wellness to design the art of

scent with multiple patterns for their aromatherapy diffusers.

Mooney closed out the year with a multidisciplinary visual collaboration with another local talent, Andrew Hibbs of Endeavour Neon – after meeting at IDSWest and a strong push from Kristina Hibbs of Marie Joy Design (Andrew’s wife), the duo created stellar installations that combine the ambience of custom neon light with Mooney’s signature canvas style.

What’s next for Mooney?

A top secret summer collaboration you won’t want to miss, a show highlighting her paperworks collection and (fingers crossed) further collaborations in both home décor and fashion. : !)C)-@@C<D(A@E

MARKELLA MILDENBERGER

With her artistic roots based in the Okanagan, Markella Mildenberger used her entrepreneurial spirit to build an international business through diversification. When The Red Palette

was launched, Mildenberger was selling not only her paintings, but small accessories and jewelry created with her art as well. As she saw the success that a varied product line offered, Mildenberger was inspired to rethink the application of her craft and began to digitally manipulate her paintings in both scale and palette to create custom wallpaper and fabrics.

The continued success of the brand brought The Red Palette to Vancouver where designers, private clients and the media were quick to embrace the unique concept, launching Mildenberger into the inner circle of the city’s design community. Since then we have seen her product line further expand to include a recent line of throw pillows using her textiles and, launching by early 2017, a small fashion line, Markella Markella, created from Mildenberger’s art derived textiles that “speaks to both the masculine and feminine qualities of design.” : 93<$<?')*<22<(A@E W

Favourite local designer? I love Karma Athletics. I’m usually hitting the gym at some point during the day, not to mention running around after my one-year-old, so I love that their product is great technically and functionally, but is also very fashion driven.The product is also manufactured here in Vancouver.

Three favourite pieces in your wardrobe? A classic black sleeveless blouse that I just bought from Scoop. I know this will be a staple for me all spring/summer because I can dress it up or down. Denim cut-offs that I bought at a sample sale almost five years ago.They have these little studs on the pockets and are just the right length and fit.

My leather jacket. No matter what season or occasion, this jacket ups the cool factor in any look. I wear it with dresses, and I wear it running errands in leggings, a hoodie and running shoes.

What are you excited to wear for spring/summer? I am all about the ‘70s-inspired looks this season. I absolutely love all of the off-the-shoulder tops and dresses. It’s very boho/relaxed, but something about the exposure of the shoulders and neck is just so classy and elegant to me. And even though there is a part of me that can’t believe I’ll do it, I can’t wait to get into a pair of super-flared denim.

Do you follow trends? I do follow trends, but I think to make a trend work you need to: 1) actually like the trend

and want to incorporate it into your wardrobe, and 2) find a way to make it work within your own personal style.

Biggest style mistakes you see people make? I think one of the biggest mistakes you can make is forcing a trend upon your wardrobe. If you’re only wearing it because it’s trendy, then it never works.

I also loathe when shorts are worn too small. I always say, when buying shorts, always, always go up a size or even two.

Style heroes? I love Jillian Harris! She completely embodies what I believe about style, which is that she incorporates trends, but stays true to her own sense of personal style. And of course, my mom. She taught me everything I know about style and to this day, can still pick out items that I would never have thought of for myself.

She bought me a linen blouse from a flower shop once and it’s still one of my go-to items in the summer.

What spring trends should people embrace?

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Facial tattoos aren’t something North Americans really expect to read about in a beauty column, but a certain trend has been raising eyebrows lately.

With thin no longer “in,” eyebrow tattooing – a semi-permanent makeup or micropigmentation technique – has become a sought-after alternative to colouring in your over-plucked brows, or to replace hair lost to chemotherapy or illness.

We don’t mean those thick, blocky fill-ins of yore, though.

Eyebrow tattooing has evolved to use more realistic, 3-D feathering effects over the last few years, as well as offering ink choices that suit your skin tone. And, with the rise of Instagram, it is now easier than ever to covet and connect with beauty techniques from places like Russia, Japan and Korea.

You don’t have to travel that far to find with one of the world’s most popular cosmetic tattoo artists, though.

At 69,000 Instagram followers and counting, Langley-based artist Shaughnessy Keely is so popular, she only opens up her studio website for bookings for one day a month.We joined the queue in March to see what it might be like to try to get in with the “brows-ing”

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Appointments for Studio Sashiko’s semi-permanent eyebrow tattoos are a hot commodity these days. Contributed photo beauty, whose clients have flown in from as far away as Germany for the $700 treatment, and within seconds of the registration window opening there were 473 people waiting in front of me in line.

A former student of Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Keely first mastered her illustration and design skills before moving on to tattooing and body mod – eventually becoming certified in cosmetic tattooing and micropigmentation. In 2015 she opened Studio Sashiko, a boutique, multi-artist tattoo studio (named after a Japanese needlework technique), to specialize in cosmetic tattooing, scalp micropigmentation, hairline reconstruction and eyelash extensions.

It’s her eyebrow tattoos that bring the world to her doorstop, though.

“I absolutely love creating a new set of brows for someone who has gone through some

form of hair loss,” says Keely.

“We have a lot of clients who have alopecia or have gone through chemotherapy in the past and no longer have any eyebrow hair. It’s pretty amazing to see the client light up when they see the final result.”

She credits Instagram for helping her populate the map in her studio with pins from all over the world.

“Once I began my career in tattooing, I started posting before and after photos to showcase my work and it just snowballed from there.

I think eyebrow tattooing is something that a lot of people have considered at some point in their life,” she continues, “and through social media they were able to get a better grasp of what it would be like to have it done. It all becomes much more accessible at that point.” W ~ Want to learn more? Head toWestender.com for an extended Q&A.

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Tacofino is expanding its empire, this time into Yaletown. The newest addition is located at 1025 Mainland Street and set to open this June. Expect a counterservice operation with a 40-seat dining room, 16-seat patio and take-out service similar to The Burrito Bar in Gastown. Tacofino.com Pepper Lunch, the popular fast-steak eatery, has opened its first Vancouver location in Cambie Village.The 2,200-square-foot space has 50 seats and a private mezzanine.The DIY-sizzle concept came to Richmond one year ago. It uses a patented hot plate with electromagnetic technology that cooks the high-quality cuts of meat and seafood to diners’ preference.

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pork belly, and great-quality ingredients – this tiny closet of a space (albeit with a bit of upstairs room) was a hit.

Pacific Rim street food has turned out to be a hit and it’s been doing well since.

A couple months ago, owners Matthew Adolfo and Greg Edwards expanded to southeast False Creek with a new, bigger location and menu. The new spot seats almost 70, although takeaway is still an option.

Even better, the rather large bar features a series of taps pouring out everything from craft beer to prosecco.

Lest you think it’s all about the bottles, there is a handful of mixed beverages on the list as well, and they’re as eclectic as

you might expect. A classic caesar ($15) is punched up with kimchi, bacon, tuna and a jumbo prawn, while the Highlander ($15) blends Drambuie and blended Scotch with Aperol and Fernet-Branca. Highballs are only six dollars and there’s even Thai iced tea for teetotallers and designated drivers.

The room itself is as punchy as the menu.

Wood-top tables, including massive communal, painted reclaimed panels along the walls, and some eye-startling triptychs and murals that feature rainbow-bright water buffalos and cows, as well as what looks like the Buddha and Lucky Mao, dominate the interior. There’s even

space for a patio out front that should see start seeing action soon.

The biggest change is the food.You won’t find the Bao Chicka Bao Bao that rules the roost in Gastown here, but you will find Bang Bang prawns ($18), breaded in rice, garlic, coconut and green onion, served with deep-fried shrimp chips, sweet chili and a crunchy peanut sauce. Green papaya salad ($12) comes with a surprising but tasty chunk of deep-fried bok choy sitting on top. Khao soi with braised oxtail ($20) is meaty and a bit of a burn thanks to a rather liberal hand with the bird’s eye chilies, but sinusclearing properties aside, it’s aromatic and the “12 egg”

noodles are delicious and texturally pleasing.

Dessert of the house bao beignets ($5) was a total flop. The chopped pieces of bao are carelessly deepfried in oil that’s not hot or plentiful enough, and the bread obviously hasn’t been allowed enough time to soak in any of the cinnamon or coconut sugar (your choice) or even given a bath in some coconut milk. The result is a dry chunk of bread faintly tossed in sugar with a definite oil slick left on the tongue and fingers.

Infinitely better is anything off the grill menu. The restaurant uses special charcoal from Thailand called pokpok that gives off an impressive depth of flavour. Huli Huli

Chicken ($18) is marinated in a Thai vinaigrette, lemongrass and assorted spices and glazed with cane vinegar and shoyu. The chicken has incredible flavour, beautiful moisture and lovely charring on the skin. A mushroom version in togarashi ($16) was equally impressive.

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addition to local ingredients in each market, such as BC steelhead salmon.Try the beef pepper rice or ribeye steak, and the shrimp alfredo.

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Bistro Wagon Rouge is launching lunch! The tiny French bistro with the big flavours will now be open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 11am-2:30pm. On the menu is tuna niçoise, croque madame, French onion soup, steak frites, country pâté and steak tartare, as well as a daily soup, baguette sandwich, omelette, moules frites, and mac and cheese.

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than 20 BC wineries will be pouring samples. Tickets $49 on Eventbrite.ca.

fifth annual Taste for Life gala in support of the BC Oral Cancer Prevention Program will take place at the Terminal City Club.This year, Vikram Vij will join Terminal City executive chef Greg Van Poppel to create a multi-course dinner that celebrates the five senses of taste: sweet, salt, bitter, salt and umami – the senses we would lose if afflicted with oral cancer.There will also be live entertainment, wine and champagne pairings, and VIP tasting rooms.Tickets $350 per person or $2,800 for a table of eight. ConquerOralCancer.com

On Saturday, May 7, 4pm10pm,Wet Ape Productions, Buena Onda of Savoury Chef Catering and LatinCouver will be hosting a Cinco de Mayo celebration at Robson Square (plaza level). Look for gourmet tacos, ceviche and other Mexican street-style foods, as well as signature margaritas, palomas, micheladas and cervezas.There will also be street vendors and artisans, piñatas, mariachi bands, traditional dancers, and even a wrestling ring with Luchador wrestlers.Tickets $20 at CasaDeAmigos.ca.

Mooo-ve over, Dolly…Bella Gelateria, the Big Daddy of artisan gelato in Vancouver, has launched a brand new product, water buffalo milk gelato.The Gelato di Bufala is listed as a healthier alternative to cow’s milk, with more calcium, protein and iron, and less cholesterol and sodium. James Coleridge, owner of Bella Gelateria, sources the buffalo milk from Abbotsford farmer Casie Prium, who recently acquired a herd of Italian water buffalo.The gelato is currently available in several flavours, including lemon, chocolate, fior di latte, and white coffee.

BellaGelateria.com The patio at Joe Fortes is officially open for the season, along with a dozen new cocktails and some new lunch specials, including the formerly brunch-only chicken and waffles. JoeFortes.ca

Cibo Trattoria is offering a spring three-course prix fixe menu for $44 per person.

Options include salad with poached pears and gorgonzola, veal and pork Bolognese, Tuscan fish stew, chocolate “salami” with crème fraîche, and seasonal panna cotta.

CiboTrattoria.com On Sunday, April 17, Garagiste “The Small Guys” Wine Festival is back in Vancouver at Wise Hall. This annual event celebrates artisan winemakers creating commercially produced small lot wines (under 2,000 cases). More

Tickets are still available for this month’s Colab at Latab Food. On April 18, join Latab chef and co-owner Kris Barnholden, along with local forager Camille Flanjak of Museum Eats, forager Cease Wyss of Raven + Hummingbird, chef Jefferson Alvarez of Mosquito and bartender Rob Scope of The Cascade Room. The six-course menu will feature traditional, indigenous foods.

Tickets $75 per person via Eventbrite.ca.

On April 21, 11:30am1:30pm, Glowbal Restaurant Group is holding an outdoor barbecue on the grounds of the Vancouver Art Gallery in support of BC Children’s Hospital Jeans Day. Proceeds from the sale of every $13 lunch will be donated to the hospital. $10 early bird tickets also available at BCCHF.ca.

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So we collected a couple of brewery owners (rather than actual brewers) to interview each other: Nigel Springthorpe from Brassneck Brewery and Nigel Pike from Main Street Brewing (where the conversation took place).

The pairing is ideal for this series, for a few reasons.

Both co-own/operate breweries in Vancouver’s booming Brewery Creek district; both had long careers in the restaurant industry (Springthorpe with the Alibi Room; Pike with the Cascade Room, among others); and both are named Nigel, which is as convenient a gimmick as The Growler could hope to exploit Enjoy.

GROWLER: Did you both intend to open up in this neighbourhood?

Nigel Pike: [To other Nigel] Do you want to tell that story? Because you looked at this place first.

Nigel Springthorpe: Yeah, we did. We looked at so many places. That place that Brassneck is in, and this one, these were the first two places that we ever looked at. It was three years later that it came back to us. The real estate guy from that [Brassneck] spot called me out of the blue and said, “It’s come back up again.” It went through a total massive cycle. We got close on a couple other spots – we did our due diligence on a couple other locations. When we were looking at this place, and if the city said yes, and we tried to do it, I probably wouldn’t have been ready and we would have completely crashed and burned before we ever got off the ground. I think we were really naïve about how much money we were really going to need to set it up. Even once ground is broken and you get going, there’s just things that you have no idea that you’ll be totally blindsided by. You can budget within a certain degree, but – NP: It’s shocking how the bills add up. There’s something else and then some-

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thing else, and then something else.

NS: Everything just seems like a $30,000 cheque.

NP: My thing with the restaurants was always like, oh, five grand, five grand, five grand. When building the restaurant, it was always five grand. But this one was, you’re right, 25 grand, 30 grand [laughs].

NS: People have asked what the biggest challenge was with opening the brewery, and that was one of them – adjusting and coping with things that come from left field with these giant bills. The one that sticks out for me is when you turn on the light switch and the lights come on – why would we need lights in the budget?

Then all of a sudden the city needs them to be up to the newest specs, then you’re upping the code, suddenly you have a $35,000 lighting bill for new ballasts. It just like, how is that not even on our mind, you know?

NP: We’ve done a lot more builds. One of our partners is an architect and a designer, so he had a lot more of an understanding of that side of it going into it. Still, timing is the bit that killed us. Trying to get it open on time with city politics was a bit of a challenge.

NS: We were lucky, because we got to sit at a table with the city, right when they were looking to make some changes. If it had been the state of affairs that we have now, there would have been 50 of us at that table, but as it happened, there was 33 Acres, the Bomber guys, [Main Street Brewing], we all got to sit at the table with the city and explain to them why certain things made sense, why certain things didn’t. They had already done their recommendations [to council] and there were all these things, like we could be open between noon and 8 o’clock.

And at the table, at that meeting, our argument was that patios are allowed to be open until 11, how about we also say 11 for breweries?

And they were like, “OK, 11 o’clock” [mimics scribbling in a notebook].

NP: It was as simple as that.

It was the weirdest thing!

NS: Conrad [Gmoser, Brassneck head brewer and co-owner] and I just had disgusting huge beards that were super gross, and we were with our architects who were in their pressed pants.

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NP: They [the city] were receptive, which was awesome. At the time, I think we were all like, did that just happen? Because we were totally expecting the opposite.They went with everything that we suggested. I don’t think there was anything… well there was the patio thing, that was the only thing that was kind of a weird one.

NS: I mean there was the size too –

NP: Oh right, the 60-seat thing [Ed. note: The breweries in attendance wanted the city to allow up to 60 seats in tasting rooms, when only 40 ended up being permitted].

NS: But at that point, everything was a bonus.

It went from being zero to quite a bit of freedom.

And I think that was a moment, that day, was when the floodgates opened, as far as this [industry goes].

I remember, when we first opened, we’d get so many guys coming in.You just got this feeling from them where they’re [thinking] “This is just a license to print money! And look at this!” As soon as we got that

lounge license and people saw the busy-ness and what was happening, I think you had some guys who had some money to put somewhere, and that [breweries] are where they put it.

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The wines don’t represent a specific style, rather they run the gamut of familiar favourites from Pinot Gris and Chardonnay to Pinot Noir and Bordeaux blends as well as less mainstream grapes like Ortega, Zweigelt and Marechal Foch.

If you wish to explore BC wine’s small side, Garagiste North takes place this Sunday afternoon (April 17) from 2-4:30pm at the Wise Hall (1882 Adanac) in East Vancouver.Tickets are $49 and available through Eventbrite.To sweeten the pot, there will be live music from Chicken-Like Birds and Peruvian snacks provided by Chicha.

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It’s no surprise that the trend has reached British Columbia. New wineries keep popping up but they seem to be in competition for who makes the least. I’ll be honest; I find it hard to keep up with all the new labels. And it’s my job to. I often wonder how these micro-producers manage to sell their wine.

They don’t have famous wine critics doling out huge point scores. Most of them work fulltime jobs on the side and have neither a tasting room nor a marketing budget.

Enter Jennifer Schell and Terry Meyer-Stone. Schell is the editor of Food &Wine Trails Magazine while MeyerStone works at Tinhorn Creek and is a “garagiste” in her own right. Recognizing that there is strength in num-

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Vancouver’s original micro brewery is going green after signing a deal with green energy provider Bullfrog Power.

Granville Island Brewing will become the first brewery in BC to use 100 per cent green electricity and 100 per cent green natural gas for its operations, avoiding the emissions associated with the energy used by its brewery facilities.

“Committing to renewable energy with Bullfrog Power is the latest step in Granville Island Brewing’s sustainability journey,” said Dave Nicholls, Granville Island Brewing’s general manager. “As one of Canada’s oldest microbreweries, we’re especially proud to be the first BC brewery to choose 100 per cent renewable energy.”

Through the agreement, Bullfrog Power’s generators put 100 per cent clean, pollution-free electricity into the grid to offset the amount of conventional power that Granville Island Brewing’s

facilities use. Across Canada, Bullfrog Power’s green electricity comes from a blend of wind and hydro power sourced from renewable energy facilities.

Bullfrog Power also injects green natural gas onto the national pipeline to match the amount of conventional natural gas used by Granville Island Brewing’s operations.

Sourced from a methanecapture project situated on a landfill, Bullfrog’s green natural gas is a climate-friendly alternative to conventional, polluting natural gas – biogas is captured, cleaned up, and injected into the national natural gas pipeline, displacing fossil fuel-based gas and reducing CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.

In addition to supporting green energy with Bullfrog Power, Granville Island Brewing is also participating in a glass bottle pool where glass is recycled up to 10 times before being broken down. Additionally, spent grains used in the brewing process are used for animal feed at local farms. W

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The Residents: From ‘Baby Sex’ to near-death experiences ALLAN MACINNIS @westendervan

In Theory of Obscurity:A Film About the Residents, Penn Jillette – half of the comedymagic duo Penn and Teller – describes the avant-garde band as exemplifying “the USA at its best,” and says without seeming particularly hyperbolic that they are, “by any sane measure, more successful and happier than the Beatles.”

Of the notables who appear in the documentary, testifying to the brilliance of infamously anonymous, long-lived San Francisco anti-band, Jillette has a privileged place, having appeared onstage with the Residents as the unreliable narrator for their first largescale stage performances, The Mole Show, a highly ambitious, media-rich early theatrical production that toured Europe and the USA in the early 1980s.

“Certainly everything I ever did was dwarfed by that huge flowing tidal wave of ideas that came out of the Residents,” he says in the film.

But he’s not their only noteworthy fan to speak on their behalf. Dean Ween, Jerry Harrison, and Devo’s Gerald Casale all offer testimonials.

Simpsons creator Matt Groening, who curated the band’s appearance at All Tomorrow’s Parties in 2010, says he loved them from the moment he first heard them. Primus’s Les Claypool, on the other hand, tells the story of how much he hated the band at first – thinking their song “Constantinople” was “the music they are probably playing in hell.”

Gradually, he came to change his mind. “It’s like a fungus,” he observes. “It just kind of takes over.”

The Residents brings their avant-garde weirdness to the Rio Theatre this Thursday, April 14.

Contributed photo The Residents – some four decades after the release of their 1974 debut, Meet the Residents – remain so shrouded in secrecy that the people most frequently cited as the founding members – Homer Flynn, Hardy Fox, Jay Clem, and John Kennedy – even now describe themselves solely by their corporate position within the umbrella group, the Cryptic Corporation, referring to the band as “they” or “them” – never “we” or “us.”

Flynn, theorized by some to be lead vocalist Randy Rose, credits himself officially as the manager of the Residents, as well as their graphic designer, under the alias of Poor Know (or sometimes Pore No) Graphics.

Resident or not, he’s a font of insider knowledge.

Reached by phone from his

home base in California, he freely admits to Westender to having worn their signature eyeball mask, created for the cover art of their 1979 release, Eskimo.

“It’s hard to have them around and not put one on and just see what it’s like,” he explains.

He also notes that Randy sometimes sweats a great deal under his present costume, ”an all-over body suit leotard with a little kind of tux jacket,” adding that, “in general, the costumes have gotten lighter and smaller and thinner” since the days of the eyeballs, or, say, the giant bunny suit Randy wore for the Bunny Boy tour.

Masks and anonymity were not built into the band from the outset, it seems. Some of the most remarkable footage in the documentary is a black

and white clip of the band, long before they’d taken a name, at an open mic night at a folk club in San Francisco, on October 18, 1971.

Unmasked, the group – hairy hippies, the lot of them – cavorts about the stage, making an obnoxious, theatrical racket, a jazzy cacophony that bears little resemblance to the artful, deliberate weirdness of Meet the Residents.

Flynn, who will only go so far as to admit having been “in the audience” that night, says, “this was during [British guitarist] Snakefinger’s initial encounter with the Residents.

He was really a blues guitar player, for the most part, but heavily influenced by Frank Zappa. He had been going to several of these clubs, and the Residents had gone with him on occasion, and after getting

bored out of their mind with all these mediocre acoustic singer/songwriters” – Flynn describes them as “James Taylor imitators” – “they came to the decision that, ‘Okay, we can do that, but we’ll do it differently.’”

Inspired by Captain Beefheart and Sun Ra, aspects of the proto-Residents’ music are startlingly in-your-face. Early song titles include “Go Fuck Yourself on the Doorknob, Mom,” and “Rusty Coathangers for the Doctor.”

Or there’s the Baby Sex tape, the second of two reelto-reels the band sent to Hal Halverstadt of Warner Brothers, which had as its cover a silkscreen blown up from an ad for mail-order pornography from Denmark. It depicted a woman fellating a young boy – or perhaps it was a midget?

“All you can tell is it’s someone with short legs and a small penis,” Flynn offers.

If it all seems a little aggressive, consider that the band began as complete outsiders: Louisiana hippies, transplanted to San Francisco, with no particular musical skills or means of reaching the people they regarded as peers.

“They were looking for a window or a door to get in, not so much to get into the mainstream culture, but just to become a voice, in terms of the things they appreciated artistically. I think they felt like they needed to be aggressive to do that,” Flynn says. “While the Residents were never punk – they were always more ‘out ’ than that – there was a certain punk attitude or energy that infused their music.”

Forty-odd years later, the band has played a pioneering role in the world of rock videos, CD ROM multimedia art, and

For the Record: Sightlines ROBERT MANGELSDORF @robmangelsdorf

Summer is around the corner, and with it the search for 2016’s sunshine anthems begins. Vancouver power pop band Sightlines offers a handful of frontrunners on their latest LP, “North”. The album is packed with hookladen pop-kissed gems, perfect for sunny days with the windows rolled down and the stereo cranked.

But make no mistake, this isn’t saccharine pop fluff. Led by guitarist/vocalist Eric Axen (formerly of Hermetic and Painted Black), Sightlines creates undeniably catchy songs about some pretty heavy subjects, including rape cul-

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ture and Axen’s own convalescence for blood poisoning. The songs are earnest and deeply personal, but also oddly optimistic, not unlike the first reprieve from six months of Vancouver rain. “The spring will come again,” Axen softly reassures us on “The Tent.”

Axen’s gentle voice works in perfect contrast to his distorted guitar, C.A. Chux’s bass fuzz, and Graeme McDonald’s sea of crash cymbals, bringing to mind early Superchunk or Moncton noise pop pioneers Eric’s Trip (who the band credits as a major influence).

Sightlines is celebrating the release of “North” on Friday, April 15 with an all

even advertising – having paid a San Francisco radio station, KFRC, to play each minutelong song on their Commercial Album over the course of 40 advertising slots. As seen in the film, they have had a refrigerator filled with their complete works (and one eyeball) put into the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art. And the band continues to present their media-enhanced, heavily costumed, and weirdas-fuck stageshow to hosts of rabid fans and puzzled noobs the world over.

The lineup is “in flux” at present, Flynn says, with rumours of members, real or fictional, retiring. But whoever exactly the Residents are, at present, they will be at the Rio on April 14, performing after a screening of Theory of Obscurity. Flynn – who at the very least will be in the audience – explains that the tour is themed around “birth, rebirth, reincarnation, and near death experiences,” featuring a hand-picked selection of songs from their back catalogue that fit the bill.

As for the film? “I’m happy with it,” Flynn acknowledges.

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Finish this sentence: When I’m not writing and playing music, I spend my time… cooking, reading and watching movies.

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Contributed photo ages show here in Vancouver. Check the band’s Facebook page to find out where and when (Facebook.com/ SightlinesBand) Westender picked Axen’s brain to find out where he stands on the subject of delicious sandwiches and viral videos.

Who are you? Eric Axen [vocals and guitars for Sightlines].

Where are you from? Vancouver. In my case, by way of Smithers.

How do you describe your sound? Fuzzy power-pop/ punk.

Who are your major musical influences? Jawbreaker, Eric’s Trip, Guided by Voices.

Favourite sandwich? The

BALT (coconut bacon, avocado, lettuce and tomato) from the Black Lodge (or homemade – sorry, Black Lodge).

What is one place you will never play again, and why?

There’s a few venues I’d rather not badmouth in print, but they’re out there. I think I could never play Thunder Bay again and still die happy.

Best live music performance you’ve ever seen?

Fugazi at the Bill Copeland Arena, July 2001.

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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.

SPIRIT OF THE WEST After 30 years and 50 performances at the Commodore, the iconic Canadian folk rockers play a series of farewell shows at the beloved venue. 8:30pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $45 at LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.ca

HAYSEED DIXIE Nashville “rockgrass” band hits town with special guest Terry. 8pm at WISE Hall. Tickets $18.50 at Red Cat, Zulu, Highlife, Neptoon and TicketFly.com

LA ROSA ENFLORECE An afternoon of early Sephardic love songs, English Elizabethan ayres and music from the Levant featuring Elspeth McVeigh, Farooq Al-Sajee and Mark Sullivan. 2pm at Hycroft Manor. Tickets $ 22 at EventBrite.ca. All ages show.

THE STORY SO FAR California punk band play tunes from their latest self-titled release with special guests Comeback Kid and Culture Abuse. 7:30pm at the Imperial. Tickets $25 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

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.

Cover is $10.

THE RESIDENTS San Francisco experimental music and art collective present a screening of their new documentary Theory of Obscurity, followed by a live performance. 8pm at Rio Theatre. Tickets $35 at Red Cat, Neptoon, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca HOPSIN American hip hop MC, producer, director, actor and editor from LA presents the Hop Solo tour with special guests Snak the Ripper and Alpha Omega. 9:30pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $35 at Red Cat, Beat Street, DIPT, Zulu and TicketFly.com 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 paycheques 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.

KOBAN Dark post-punk duo celebrate their video release with Weird Candle, Dream Cars and Wire Spine. 7:30pm at Biltmore Cabaret.

Tickets $10 at the door only.

THE PROVINCIAL ARCHIVE Indie-pop power trio from Edmonton play an early show in support of their latest self-titled release with special guest Mike Edel. 7pm at Biltmore Cabaret.

Tickets $12 at TicketFly.com FRETLESS A unique mash-up of celtic, folk and chamber music from the string quartet out of Vancouver Island with special guest Ben Plotnick. 8pm at Revue Stage on Granville Island.

Tickets $24 at Red Cat, Highlife, Rufus’ Guitars, Tapestry Music and RogueFolk.bc.ca THE FACEPLANTS Vancouver pop/ska rockers take the stage with special guests Pistolfish and This Side Of Town. 8pm at Venue.

Tickets $10 at TicketZone.com and $15 at the door.

DOUG KOYAMA An intimate evening of improvised a capella heightened with a loop pedal and rich vocals from both acts on the Movin’ & Groovin’ tour with special guests Aaron Goodwin & the Orchard and the Movie. 9pm at Skinny Fat Jack’s. Admission by donation.

THE BAD BEATS Local rockers debut their LP, His Vengeful Hand, with The Mants and the Lizard People. 10pm at Pat’s Pub. Tickets $12 at the door only.

COMEDY JONATHAN KITE Best known as Oleg, the sex-crazed Ukrainian cook on CBS’s Two Broke Girls, the Chicago improv and sketchy comedian brings his stand-up to town with an opening set from John Cullen. 8pm at Yuk Yuk’s.

Tickets $20 at YukYuks.com

CRASHING ANGELS Self-described “commercial hard rockers” from Surrey take the stage with special guests Dark Stone and Head.

7:30pm at Studio Records. Tickets $10 in advance or $12 at the door.

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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.

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.

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.

EVENTS CITYSCAPE SHOWCASE A night of live music, visual art, drinks and great company with performances from Zane, Royal Oak, Esc, and exhibitions by Tina Yan, Cody Cowx and Jordan Westre. 7pm at Onlok Gallery & Studios (1636 Venables).

Tickets $15 at EventBrite.ca. All ages welcome.

88 MILE TRIP Vancouver stoner rockers appear with special guests Mammoth Grove and Wiser Fool.

9:30pm at Funky Winker Beans.

Cover is $10.

HARRINGTON SAINTS AND STREETLIGHT SAINTS Oakland street punk/ American oi band co-headline with the Calgary melodic street punks and special guests Paranoi, Soundcity Hooligans and the Toxiks.

FILTER Industrial rock band from Cleveland bring the Make America Hate Again tour to town in support of Crazy Eyes, with Orgy, Vampires Everywhere and Death Valley High. 6pm at Venue. Tickets $23 at Red Cat, Scrape, Zulu and BPLive.

Electrostub.com RECORD STORE DAY AFTER PARTY Keep the good vibes going and head down to Hastings for performances from Brass, Dead Quiet, Astrakhan and Oldage. 8:30pm at SBC Restaurant. Cover is $5.

THEATRE/DANCE 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.

THE JUNGLE BOOK Carousel Theatre presents the powerful coming-of-age tale set deep in the Indian jungle where the human Mowgli is raised by wolves, staged for children six years and up. 2pm at Waterfront Theatre. Tickets at CarouselTheatre.ca

COLLECTIVE SOUL American rock band from Georgia are back in support of See What You Started By Continuing, with special guests Pigeon Park. 8:30pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $49.50 at LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.ca CORIN RAYMOND Singersongwriter from Toronto whose Johnny Cash and John Prine influenced songs are quintessentially Canadian, takes the stage with special guest Jonathan Byrd. 8pm at St. James Hall. Tickets $24 at Red Cat, Highlife, Rufus’ Guitars, Tapestry Music and RogueFolk. bc.ca SNOOP DOGG Multi-platinum artist, actor and icon drops in for a DJ set as part of the Westcoast Smokers Bowl. 9pm at Fortune Sound Club. Tickets $50 at Dipt, Beat Street, Zulu and FortuneSoundClub.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.

2pm at The Cultch. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com. Runs until April 23.

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ST. GERMAIN French house and jazz musician tours in support of his latest self-titled release. 9pm at Commodore Ballroom. SOLD OUT. KATRINA KADOSKI Singer-songwriter from Sooke debuts her EP, Dreamtime, with special guest Naked Blue. 8pm at Media Club.

Tickets $15 at the door only.

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

Tickets $5 at EastVanComedy.com QUEER PROV 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).

THEATRE/DANCE THE VALLEY This ensemble piece explores the aftermath of a teenage boy’s arrest on a SkyTrain platform, questioning the contradictory attempts to balance care and public safety in the search for what “doing the right thing” actually means. 7:30pm at Granville Island Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub.com

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.

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COURTNEY BARNETT Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist plays her first Vancouver show in support of her debut release Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, with special guest Alvvays. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. SOLD OUT.

SLOAN Toronto-based rock/ power-pop quartet from Halifax swing through on the One Chord To Another 20th Anniversary tour.

8pm at The Imperial. Tickets $35 at Red Cat and Ticketmaster.ca

ARLO GUTHRIE American folk singer-songwriter known for his songs of protest against social injustice, returns to town for an intimate evening of song featuring Alice Restaurant Massacre with special guest Sarah Lee Guthrie. 8pm at Chan Shun Concert Hall. SOLD OUT.

PAROV STELAR Austraian musician, producer and DJ appears with special guests Stelartronic and Anduze. 7pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $45 at TicketFly. com. All ages welcome.

PAUL MCCARTNEY Sir Paul, British pop-rock legend and former Beatle plays the first of two nights on his One on One tour.

8pm at Rogers Arena. SOLD OUT. HOT JAZZ JAM Take to the streets of New Orleans for a night of live hot jazz and dancing with performances from Pacific Northwest Hot Shots, followed by an open jam session. 9:30pm at Backstage Lounge. Cover is $12.

THE ORCHID CLUB: GLAMOROUS BUT DANGEROUS Four drop dead dames will steal your heart and get you into trouble in this stage-free striptease featuring Ruthe Ordare, Villainy Lovless, Miss Fitt and Nite Mare, hosted by Bunny in the ferocious Projection Room. 9pm at Fox Cabaret. Cover is $10.

DIRTY OLD WOMAN Judgments, double standards and comedy rips through the heart of this tale when 50-something-year 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.

EVENTS DANDY OPERANDI Cor Flammae’s fabulous karaoke fundraiser and classical salon is back, so don your tap hat and sing with your pals in Vancouver’s most flaming choral ensemble, with performances throughout the evening. 7pm at XY. Tickets $18+ at Universe.com

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RAIN: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES The next best thing to seeing the fab four themselves is this tribute that spans the entire discography of the legendary British rockers including complex and challenging songs never before performed for an audience with new multimedia content for the 2016 tour. 7:30pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets $45+ at Ticketmaster.ca.

EVENTS SOUND OF DRAGON MUSIC FESTIVAL Vancouver’s first festival devoted to Chinese music showcasing diverse styles, while presenting authentic traditional music performed by Vancouver’s most innovative musicians including Borealis String Quartet, Orchid Ensemble and guest artists from Taiwan over the course of the four day festival. Tickets $20-$70 at BrownPaperTickets.com. Runs until April 24 at Roundhouse Community Centre.

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LUSH Indie-pop band from the UK known for their success in the ‘90s reunites for a 2016 reunion tour with special guest Tamaryn.

9pm at Commodore Ballroom.

Tickets $35 at Red Cat, Zulu and Ticketmaster.ca CAITLIN COOK AND DEBBIE MILLER Brooklyn-based Cook and Seattle singer-songwriter Miller take on Vancouver for one night only with songs to pluck your heartstrings and get your feet tapping. 9pm at Slickity Jim’s. Admission is free.

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JPNSGRLS Four-piece Canadian garage pop band from Vancouver play a hometown show ahead of the release of their second LP this summer with special guests Fine Times. 9pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $12 at Red Cat and TicketFly.com APRIL IN PARIS Van Django delivers a unique mix of nostalgic favourites, jazz standards and pop tunes. 8pm at St. James Hall. Tickets $28 at Rufus’ Guitars, Highlife, Tapestry Music and RogueFolk.bc.ca LIGHT SHADOW FIRE A multidisciplinary performance with musicians from Taipei, London and Vancouver and live painting

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When Gloria Bernal moved to Vancouver from Guadalajara, Mexico, she brought with her a love of the arts.

Then, after studying entertainment business management at Vancouver Film School, the Glitz Entertainment co-founder gave the city an event that connects and celebrates its vibrant multicultural arts scene.

“When I graduated, myself and the two co-founders saw a need inVancouver for unifying all the [art] disciplines to work together as a team,” Bernal recalls. “We decided to create Lab Art Show, where we can actually combine all the disciplines and showcase them in one night – that way everyone can pollinate and work in different projects in the future together.”

Four years and six Lab Art Shows later, the event has grown into a mammoth showcase of world music, painting, photography, fashion, short film and dance, with production values improving with each incarnation.The event has also built art collections, helping its artists sell over

Jillian Christmas (L) and Erin Kirsh (R) of Verses Festival of Words.

Chapter and Verse Lab Art Show co-founder Gloria Bernal. Dan Toulgoet photo $80,000 worth of art.

This year, on April 16, more than 100 artists will take over the Roundhouse Community Centre. Of the plethora of participants, highlights include an experimental multi-media performance by musicians and composers from Vancouver Community College, French-Canadian sculptor Padam (formerly known as Morley Wiseman), whose work is inspired by his

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illustrious professional dance career, the debut of French photographer Pascal Avenet’s latest series, exploring the connections between historical land and its inhabitants, and Rome/Seoul/NewYorkbased artistic duo Shinliart, who have documented their long-distance relationship in a captivating and creative way.

Curated from a pool of open submissions, the idea

behind Lab Art is that art is for everyone.

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Celebrating the transformative power of words is the official mantra of Verses Festival of Words,Vancouver’s unique, cutting-edge, alternative literary festival, as it returns to East Van for its sixth year.

Over the course of 10 days, poets, performers and participants will mingle at venues across Commercial Drive, attending workshops, master classes, storytelling showcases, the launch of literary magazine Oratorealis and the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam championships (CIPS).

Five years ago when the festival launched (under the name Vancouver International Poetry Festival) the focus was primarily slam poetry – the rhythmic reciting of original material.

“We’ve grown exponentially, grown outside the poetry festival to include so many more people who identified beyond poet,” explains,Verses artistic director Jillian Christmas.

“We were able to broaden the components of the festival, we have stand-up comedy, singer-songwriters and conversation groups, and I think it brings an opportunity to look at the literary arts in a different way than we’ve been told to,” she elaborates.

Christmas says Verses is about community and extending what that means, offering stage space to artists not traditionally given any.

The aim is to bring together people who learn from each other in experiencing one another, and inclusivity is fundamental.

A must-see this year is There Be Monsters, a premiere work

by Amber Dawn, Ivan Coyote and Kai Cheng Thom.

The trio, along with some special guests, will share individual stories around the way we can transform trauma and the scars we accumulate throughout our lives.

“These artists have a breadth of experience, and it’s a really beautiful way of unifying anyone who has felt on the fringes in any way,” Christmas explains.

Innovative pieces like the

Point of Inflection Cinemagraph Project breathe new life into the festival. Local artists Christoph Prevost, David Phu and Michael Champion have collaborated with 13 writers to create moving pictures accompanied by musical composition, centred around the idea of the focal moment of change or, “point of inflection.”

“We had no idea what to expect,” Christmas says excitedly of the work. “They highlighted elements even the writers didn’t expect to see.

It’s surprising and rewarding to see what can happen when we blend our art forms together.

“Collaboration is one of the ways we can do anything original anymore, it can only exist in this one moment and we’re lucky enough to all be there.”

While the main event of the festival, remains CIPS, where nationwide slam poets vie to represent Canada on the world stage in Paris, there is still a little something for everyone.The Hullabaloo youth slam welcomes students to participate, while Teen Angst Poetry by Sara Bynoe takes you back to laugh at words that once made you cry.

Mash Poetics, a festival favourite where spoken word meets music, asks poets from across the county to write new works inspired by this year’s chosen album, Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill.

Performed by a live band and hosted by renowned writer RC Weslowski, it promises to be a fun, danceable offering.

While Christmas says it can sometimes be difficult to find venues in East Van that are physically and financially accessible, it remains a priority to keep the festival at home on the Drive.

“We wanted to be able to pay back to the community, and the businesses who have been so good to all of these artists,” she says proudly.

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When David Pirrie sees a mountain he loves, the North Shore landscape painter quietly lifts it out of its surroundings and transfers it – crags, crevices, ridges and all – cleanly onto his canvas. But instead of stopping there, after each shadow, gully, and snowy crest has been painstakingly realized in monochromatic patterns, Pirrie does the unthinkable: he vandalizes his own landscapes, marking their surfaces with his instantly recognizable signature of pop-art dots and lines.

In advance of Mapping the Rockies, his upcoming exhibition of all-new works at the Ian Tan Gallery on South Granville, we caught up with the avid mountaineer to learn more about his process, and how these mountains have changed in the 10 years he has been painting them.

Do you ever pause, after painting a stunning mountain face, and question adding the dots or lines? I start my paintings with a pretty clear path to completion. The colour I end up using for the background and overlays gets dictated only later, as my choices are grounded in colour theory.

Once I am close to finishing the landscape part of the painting, I then proceed to counter the monochromatic palette of the mountain with intense pantone based colours as a background, which also usually leads into a dot matrix or map grid overlay on top of the mountain.

This aspect of my work is both conceptually and formally driven. Formal in the sense that it is derived from colour theory and employed to effect the overall composition, meaning the colour becomes an integral part of the painting.

Has adding these dots and grids changed how you are perceived and received in the art world? Had you experimented with “plain” landscapes before moving in this direction? My very first series of mountainscapes were very small minimalist cutouts of mountains with no overlays and a stark white background. In 2004, I completed a new series titled Subduction Zone, where again the mountains were excised from their surroundings, but I added rectangular grids to convey movement. These series were very well received and gained quite a bit of attention. My first series with dots was a body of work titled Codified Topographies.

These works were still on a

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peak 10,000 years ago for example. On a personal level each peak I paint takes me back there, navigating its complexities.

How long have you been painting these landscapes and what have you learned about mountains in this time? I have been painting mountains for roughly 10 years now and in that time I have developed an intuitive understanding of the morphology of mountains – their folds, cirques, arêtes and glacial systems.

I have also come to understand that the mountain is universal in its attraction as a trope for the sublime and the unattainable.

Artist David Pirrie’s latest exhibition, Mapping the Rockies, will be on display at the Ian Tan Gallery for the month of April. Contributed photo grey monochromatic background but I added a grid of semi transparent dots over the landscapes. It was one of those viola moments for me, propelling the paintings into a more engaged contemporary dialogue. Subsequently my work started to gain broader appeal and I became more ambitious with my use of colour.

Do you embrace the popart label? Or think of your work in a different context?

I have struggled for some time now as to how to talk about my work in the larger scheme of the art world.

Definition is important for many as it helps place an artwork or idea in a clear lineage of accepted art terms. The pop-art reference to my work is understandable, however I do not ascribe to this line of thinking. What I need is a new word to describe my work. It’s landscape but not, it has conceptual and formal grounding but uses really poppy colours, it’s a little science with all the grids and study of geography, it’s very graphic and hard-edged. I could go on…

Why mountains? Where does the interest come from? I am deeply immersed in mountain culture. I’ve spent my life exploring the mountains on foot, skis and mountain bikes. Growing up in North Vancouver, I would ask the adults what was on the other side of the North Shore mountains and they could never tell me, so I had to find out myself. It was only much later in my artistic path that I began to investigate the mountain.

Once I combined all my interests in cartography, architecture and the mountain I had a voila moment.

Describe the new col-

lection. What sets it apart from your previous investigations? This new body of work is all about the Canadian Rockies. I have spent many a climbing and ski touring/mountaineering trip to this vast area and have always come away with a special understanding of geological time. The stratification in evidence, the layering of hundreds of millions of years of sediment cannot go unnoticed, and I developed a special relationship with its complexities.

I was also reminded of the importance of Canadian landscape imaging with the recent major show of Tom Thomson’s work at LA’s Hammer Museum. Featuring his iconic paintings of mountains mainly from his sojourns to the Rockies, it was curated by [actor/comedian] Steve Martin and brought fresh light to an important intersection of Canadian landscape painting.

Three lines of investigation form the basis of this show.

Exploded contour maps of the ice fields I would use to navigate the complex mountain environment, portraits of mountains I have skied or climbed with longitude and latitude grid overlays extending the concept of relief and travel, and dot overlays on mountains as a form of plotting. Still perhaps in an experimental stage, the Map paintings take on an almost abstract quality, while retaining my rigorousness for details.

Do different mountains speak to you differently, have different personalities?

What stories do they tell you and how? This all comes down to the fundamentals of geology, plate tectonics and erosion. Each chain of mountains tells a story of uplift and erosion. Sedimentation, stratification and

rock formation are vastly different form one region to the next. The Coast range is young metamorphic granite while the Rockies top layers of sedimentation have ocean fossils embedded in them. So yes, each mountain I paint tells a story, how a glacier carved out its

Have the mountains you paint and frequent changed at all over the course of your career, environmentally speaking? The loss and recession of western Canada’s ice fields and glaciers cannot go unnoticed. This, in fact, will become a critical point in my work. A recent study published in the Globe and Mail predicts with much certainty a loss of 50 per cent of ice mass in the coast

range of BC and a whopping 80-90 per cent in the Canadian Rockies by the end of this century. As glaciers recede new landscapes emerge, landslides occur as vast amounts of glacial till is left exposed. Rising melt water swells rivers in the late summer, leading to greater flooding. Receding glaciers have drastically changed many of the mountains I visit. In fact, many of the glaciers I used to use as ascent routes in the Garibaldi Park region do not even exist any more.

Why paint them on a blank, skyless background?

In removing the individual mountain from the surrounding range I decontextualize the subject, making it symbolic rather than representational. I treat the mountains like celebrities, fashioning larger than life, unattainable, beautiful and mysterious portrayals. W 7 !*/1; '16618% .*::1@5 238 $=>-184 runs until April 30 at the Ian Tan Gallery (2321 Granville).

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Spooky sleuths get ‘Paranormal’ QuirkyVancouver web series Paranormal Solutions Inc. tackles zombies and killer squids Sabrina Furminger Reel People @Sabrinarmf

If the Ghostbusters and the Scooby-Doo gang got stoned together in Stanley Park and Frankensteined a high-larious single-camera sitcom, it would probably look something like Paranormal Solutions Inc. As it stands, the new web series is the twisted office comedy offspring of Nicholas Carella and Michelle Ouellet of Sociable Films, and David Milchard of Rare Little Bird Pictures.

The key creative players already have a couple of impressive web series progeny between them: Carella and Ouellet were heavily involved in the Leo Award-winning The True Heroines – about 1950s housewives who have superpowers and fight crime – and Milchard is one-half of the duo behind Convos With My 2-Year-Old, which has logged more than 91 million hits to date and features grown-up re-enactments of father-toddler conversations (Milchard is the toddler).

Paranormal Solutions Inc. stars Vancouver actress Julia Benson (What An Idiot) as Sarah, a bona-fide medium, and Milchard as Jared Sculder (say that name out loud for full comedic effect), who – despite having dissolved their romantic relationship – launch a business together dedicated to quashing the assorted paranormal issues of their zany clientele.

The company’s tagline is “We Believe in Everything” – even though, when the series begins, Jared (unlike that other famous paranor-

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Starring Sharlto Copley, Danila Kozlovsky Directed by Ilya Naishuller A man wakes up in an airborne laboratory as a beautiful woman, claiming to be his wife and referring to him as “Henry,” attaches robotic limbs to his disfigured body. He has no memory of who he is and before long a violent psychopath and his team of

Above: Daniel Bacon stars in a scene from web series Paranormal Soultions Inc. Right: The web series, starring David Milcard as paranormal investigator Jared Sculder, was shot in Vancouver and funded by the Independent Production Fund and TELUS Optik Local. Contributed photos mal fighter whose name rhymes with Sculder) is a non-believer.

“We were really inspired

by Ghostbusters, but imagine if Ghostbusters was written by the guys who did It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” says Carella during Reel People’s visit to the office set in November 2014 (not a typo; that’s representative of the typical gestation period for productions in the indie sphere). “It’s a workplace comedy that happens to have monsters.”

Character came before monsters. Carella and Milchard fully fleshed out the characters before they started to write the scripts.

Besides Sarah and Jared, there’s Carella’s Darryn, who has no distinguishable skills and is determined to be abducted by aliens; The Interview’s Diana Bang as an infinitely practical cohenchman burst in, forcing the pair to flee in an escape pod.

So begins Hardcore Henry, the closest thing you’ll ever see to a firstperson-shooter film.

Henry embarks on a deadly journey to get back the apparent love of his life with the help of an avatar, Sharlto Copley clearly having a blast playing multiple roles, guiding him through the mission.

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op student; Daniel Bacon as Mark, a scaredy-cat cameraman; and Christina Sicoli as oddball occult specialist Madonna.

The leads share the screen with a revolving door of homegrown talent, including Peter Benson, Ali Liebert, Jennifer Copping, Erica Carroll, Dave Collette, Geoff Gustafson, and Arrow star Emily Bett Rickards, whose character – Genevieve Cream – hosts the episodes as a kind of modern-day Alistair Cooke.

“It’s kind of like idiots in extraordinary circumstances,” says Ouellet, who directed six of the eight episodes (Carella and Milchard directed one episode apiece). “What do these people that don’t think that paranormal incidents exist, what happens when they find out that it all exists?”

Each episode considers another “video game” flick, but director Ilya Naishuller brings enough style and kinetic energy to the plot to keep things consistently engaging. Action movies can often be grim and joyless but Henry even manages to inject some cheeky music cues and absurd humour where it seems appropriate.

The results are often dizzying (remember to sit as far back as possible in the theatre) as the handheld filming

standard paranormal series fare, but from a sideways perspective. There’s an episode where the team considers the varying degrees of zombiedom (Says Carella: “How much of a zombie would you be if you’d only been a zombie for nine hours? How rotting would it be? We have these legit discussions”).

There’s an episode where the team deals with a lecherous leprechaun, and another where they attempt to exorcise a ghost that has

cerebral palsy (the ghost in question is portrayed by Vancouver actor Andrew Valance, who has cerebral palsy in real life). “[That episode is] making fun of being politically correct,” says Carella.

“That’s where we sit in the show. Is it okay to exorcise this ghost? We feel really bad; we don’t want to.”

Unlike many web series – which, due to funding constraints, typically film on weekends, with large gaps between shooting days

provides plenty of erratic camera movement. But, those who can endure the found footage conceit will be rewarded with a truly batshit crazy spectacle.

Despite a brisk runtime, Hardcore Henry’s frantic premise grows tedious by the end and the movie won’t redefine a genre, but should garner a healthy cult following and perhaps inspire a new wave of renegade guerrilla filmmakers. W –Thor Diakow

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– Paranormal Solutions Inc. filmed over several weeks in 2014.

“It almost feels like an indie movie,” says Bacon between scenes.

Also unlike other shoestring web series, “the production value of the special and visual effects is ridiculous,” says Bacon.

“Just some of the details we’ve seen – a couple of the creatures are people in masks and costume – look amazing.”

Ouellet says creating Paranormal Solutions Inc. for the web has given the team the opportunity to play with different genres, which content creators generally aren’t able to do in the traditional network realm.

“I think working in digital is very exciting because you can do things like mix genre with comedy,” says Ouellet, who directed the feature film Afterparty, as well as the upcoming Prodigals, which lensed in late 2015. “We’re trying to keep the funny funny, and the scary scary.”

There’s also the joy of working with friends, which is typical of the Vancouver indie scene, says Sicoli.

“It’s a team of people who just want to create and get work out there,” she says.

“There’s so much talent in this city. There’s so much talent that’s underused.

It’s a business. It’s a game.

We all get it. So we come together and produce something and get it out there.”

Paranormal Solutions Inc. was funded by the Independent Production Fund and TELUS Optik Local.

Besides the eight episodes in the series, related content – all specially created to expand the story and build out the Paranormal Solutions Inc. universe – will launch around the episodes. W Paranormal Solutions Inc. premieres April 19 on Milchard and Clarke’s new YouTube channel, YouTube.com/CocoMilkTV.

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The mystery has been solved: it was Concord Pacific, on Burrard Street, with $185 million.

In November, it was reported that the Molson brewery had been sold for well over $100 million over assessed value to an undisclosed buyer.

At that time, rumour had it that the sale price was $185 million – a figure that has now been confirmed.

The deal closed March 31.

According to documents from real estate market analysis service RealNet, as of the sale date, the assessed value of the building was $15.4 million and the land was worth $33.6 million, for a total assessment of $49 million.

A Concord spokesperson has confirmed that Concord will lease back to the property to Molson to continue to operate until a new brewery is built.

Kirk Kuester, executive managing director for Colliers International Vancouver, said Colliers represented Molson in the transaction and would not be providing any further comment on the sale.

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Do we really need dairy? I feel like this a question that we seldom ask ourselves. And

if we do, we usually come up with a quick yes, after all, where else would we get our calcium and protein from, right?

There is much debate about whether or not we can get enough calcium from a whole food, plant-based diet that does not include dairy. In fact, it’s something vegans hear all too often. For decades we have been told that dairy is the answer to a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle, and although it has been sold to us as a holy truth, is it?

Let’s take a look at milk.

One could argue that since we are the only species to drink milk in adulthood and the only species to drink milk from another species, it’s a bit unnatural. Most people drink cow’s milk, which is formulated for growing calves. Last I checked human babies were not calves, and adults do not need to grow, unless I missed something in my anatomy and biology classes.

As we age, most of us start slowly losing the ability to breakdown lactose, thus becoming lactose intolerant;

but before nature even takes it’s course, many already suffer from dairy allergies or intolerances that they either ignore or don’t notice, letting it cause havoc on their system.

So, why are we being told to consume dairy – especially milk – in large amounts on a daily basis?

Because dairy is a huge industry, folks. So big that they have had a part in creating our food guide, which encourages the intake of dairy as a means of getting our regular calcium intake, even though there are a lot of other great sources of calcium out there.

Since various studies put the worldwide rate for lactose intolerance at close to 75 per cent, maybe we should at the very least start cutting down. After all, the majority of humans on this planet are prone to uncomfortable digestive symptoms (and other nasty stuff) because they are unable to digest the natural lactose sugar found in dairy products.

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Pasteurization is the process in which the milk is briefly heated to kill potentially harmful pathogens. However, it also destroys many of the health benefits, and it is illegal to sell raw milk.

The authorities take it quite seriously, to the point where there are lawsuits and in some cases jail time... for milk. I understand the idea of trying to keep the public “safe,” but sometimes I feel like there are other things that require the attention of our justice system.

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Free Will Astrology Ask Mish: Growing up

By Rob Brezsny “When I discover who I am, I’ll be free,” said novelist Ralph Ellison. Would you consider making that a paramount theme in the coming weeks? Will you keep it in the forefront of your mind, and be vigilant for juicy clues that might show up in the experiences headed your way? In suggesting that you do, I’m not guaranteeing that you will gather numerous extravagant insights about your true identity and thereby achieve a blissful eruption of total liberation. But I suspect that at the very least you will understand previously hidden mysteries about your primal nature. And as they come into focus, you will indeed be led in the direction of cathartic emancipation.

Adyashanti is my favorite mind-scrambling philosopher. One of his doses of crazy wisdom is just what you need to hear right now. “Whatever you resist you become,” he says. “If you resist anger, you are always angry. If you resist sadness, you are always sad. If you resist suffering, you are always suffering. If you resist confusion, you are always confused. We think that we resist certain states because they are there, but actually they are there because we resist them.” Can you wrap your imagination around Adyashanti’s counsel, Libra? I hope so, because the key to dissipating at least some of the dicey stuff that has been tweaking you lately is to STOP RESISTING IT!

“We never know the wine we are becoming while we are being crushed like grapes,” said author Henri Nouwen. I don’t think that’s true in your case, Taurus.

Any minute now, you could get a clear intuition about what wine you will ultimately turn into once the grapecrushing stage ends. So my advice is to expect that clear intuition. Once you’re in possession of it, I bet the crushing will begin to feel more like a massage – maybe even a series of strong but tender caresses.

During every election season, media pundits exult in criticizing candidates who have altered their opinions about important issues. This puzzles me. In my understanding, an intelligent human is always learning new information about how the world works, and is therefore constantly evolving his or her beliefs and ideas. I don’t trust people who stubbornly cling to all of their musty dogmas. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because the coming weeks will be an especially ripe time for you to change your mind about a few things, some of them rather important. Be alert for the cues and clues that will activate dormant aspects of your wisdom. Be eager to see further and deeper.

Your sustaining mantra for the coming weeks comes from Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer: “I am not empty; I am open.” Say that aloud whenever you’re inclined to feel lonely or lost. “I am not empty; I am open.” Whisper it to yourself as you wonder about the things that used to be important but no longer are.

“I am not empty; I am open.” Allow it to loop through your imagination like a catchy song lyric whenever you’re tempted to feel melancholy about vanished certainties or unavailable stabilizers or missing fillers.

“I am not empty; I am open.”

According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you are close to tapping into hidden powers, dormant talents, and future knowledge. Truths that have been off-limits are on the verge of catching your attention and revealing themselves. Secrets you have been concealing from yourself are ready to be plucked and transformed. And now I will tell you a trick you can use that will enable you to fully cash in on these pregnant possibilities: Don’t adopt a passive wait-and-see attitude. Don’t expect everything to happen on its own. Instead, be a willful magician who aggressively collects and activates the potential gifts.

This would be a perfect moment to give yourself a new nickname like “Sugar Pepper” or “Honey Chili” or “Itchy Sweet.” It’s also a favorable time to explore the joys of running in slow motion or getting a tattoo of a fierce howling bunny or having gentle sex standing up. This phase of your cycle is most likely to unfold with maximum effectiveness if you play along with its complicated, sometimes paradoxical twists and turns. The more willing you are to celebrate life’s riddles as blessings in disguise, the more likely you’ll be to use the riddles to your advantage.

Right about now you might be feeling a bit extreme, maybe even zealous or melodramatic. I wouldn’t be surprised if you were tempted to make outlandish expostulations similar to those that the poet Arthur Rimbaud articulated in one of his histrionic poems: “What beast must I worship? What sacred images should I destroy? What hearts shall I break? What lies am I supposed to believe?” I encourage you to articulate salty sentiments like these in the coming days – with the understanding that by venting your intensity you won’t need to actually act it all out in real life. In other words, allow your fantasy life and creative artistry to be boisterous outlets for emotions that shouldn’t necessarily get translated into literal behavior.

Friedrich Nietzsche published his first book, The Birth of Tragedy, in 1872, when he was 28 years old. In 1886, he put out a revised edition that included a preface entitled “An Attempt at Self-Criticism.” In this unprecedented essay, he said that he now found his text “clumsy and embarrassing, its images frenzied and confused, sentimental, uneven in pace, so sure of its convictions that it is above any need for proof.” And yet he also glorified The Birth of Tragedy, praising it for its powerful impact on the world, for its “strange knack of seeking out its fellow-revelers and enticing them on to new secret paths and dancing-places.” In accordance with the astrological omens, Sagittarius, I invite you to engage in an equally brave and celebratory re-evaluation of some of your earlier life and work.

“Go back to where you started and learn to love it more.” So advised Thaddeus Golas in his book The Lazy Man’s Guide to Enlightenment. I think that’s exactly what you should do right now, Capricorn. To undertake such a quest would reap long-lasting benefits.

Here’s what I propose: First, identify three dreams that are important for your future. Next, brainstorm about how you could return to the roots of your relationships with them. Finally, reinvigorate your love for those dreams. Supercharge your excitement about them.

“What am I doing here in mid-air?” asks Ted Hughes in his poem “Wodwo.” Right about now you might have an urge to wonder that yourself. The challenging part of your situation is that you’re unanchored, unable to find a firm footing. The fun part is that you have an unusual amount of leeway to improvise and experiment.

Here’s a suggestion: Why not focus on the fun part for now? You just may find that doing so will minimize the unsettled feelings. I suspect that as a result you will also be able to accomplish some interesting and unexpected work.

How many fireflies would you have to gather together in order to create a light as bright as the sun?

Entomologist Cole Gilbert estimates the number to be 14,286,000,000. That’s probably beyond your ability to accomplish, Pisces, so I don’t recommend you attempt it. But I bet you could pull off a more modest feat with a similar theme: accumulating a lot of small influences that add up to a big effect. Now is an excellent time to capitalize on the power of gradual, incremental progress.

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I’m 14-years-old and in high school, and I need some advice. Being queer in high school is hard, especially when you live in the Bible Belt and I was just wondering if you had any tips to help me deal with harassment from fellow students? (Not necessarily bad harassment, just rumours and other various forms of being rude.)

I grew up in North Vancouver, which, compared to the Bible Belt, is like the loudest, gayest cruise ship sailing through an ocean of rainbows while blasting Turbonegro at full volume.

I have spent lots of time in the South, but I did not grow up there, let alone grow up queer there.

However, my husband lived his teenage years in the Bible Belt, so when I got your question I turned to him. My husband was born in Arkansas, but his family bounced from California to Texas to Colorado. Eventually, they relocated back to Booneville, Arkansas, when my husband was 14 years old and a full blown teenage punk. He had a mohawk, rode a skateboard, listened to Negative Approach and got called a faggot every day by redneck jocks. Booneville had a population of a few thousand people, and he had to toughen the fuck up to everyone because the only kid on his side was another “freak”: the one black kid in town. (His family was eventually driven from Booneville via a burning cross on their front lawn, but that’s a whole other story.)

My husband and his mohawk stood out as exactly that. The principal made him cut his hair. He learned how to take a beating. He got really good with knives and how to use his scrawny body in his favor. His skin got tough.

“He should find an alternative route home from school to avoid bullshit and immediately start hanging out in the closest major city,” my husband said when I read your question. “Getting out of your high school scene and befriending people in a more open-minded place is your best bet.”

This is what he did. Then, he ended up with a 22-yearold girlfriend at the age of 14. (Again, a whole other story.)

High school sucks. Period.

Anyone who looks back on

that time as their glory days is a deep loser. Going to class for eight hours a day?

Being baby-sat by teachers?

Hand jobs and wine coolers? Please. Life is so much more than embarrassing sex and getting caught stealing your mom’s Tempo.

I don’t want to get all Dan Savage on you and tell you “it gets better” because you know that it does. You just have to survive through the next few years before you can really live. Have you come out to your family?

Do you have anyone in your family who is supportive?

If not, do you have some friends who are? Anyone in your life whom you can be honest with is going to be your saving grace. I hope you have at least one of these people you can spill your guts to.

As for deflecting rumors of your queerness, there is not much you can do besides fuck a chick or get a chick to pretend she fucked you. I don’t suggest either (isn’t there a really bad movie based on that premise?).

Everyone gets teased in high school. It’s what makes you stronger. I remember this guy at my high school called me a lesbian every single day and relentlessly fucked with me. It totally killed my confidence for a few years there. Then, once I got my braces off and my tits went from zero to C-cup, he asked me out.

Turning that boy down was THE moment.

You’ll eventually get one of these. Maybe it will be at the end of school or maybe in 10 years, but either way, one of those closeted homo assholes who currently teases you is going to walk into a bar you are at and hit on you, and you are going to get to shut him down. Even if this doesn’t happen, your revenge will be living a cool, successful life far away from people who are so boring they can’t even think of a more original insult than “faggot.”

I love you. I don’t know you but I love you for being brave enough to be exactly who you are and ignore the bullshit. Who cares what these people think. Right now, they are helping you develop a tougher skin and crazy strong ambition. You will come out a better person for all of this.

For now, find a sneaky route home, fight back if anyone threatens you and start hanging out in the nearest major city. Bring a friend you trust and love and go bananas. Life is hard and people are assholes.

This is just phase one.

Love, Mish

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• Learn how to incorporate more fruits and vegetables into your everyday meals.

To get started on your journey towards healthy living, book a FREE one-on-one consult or simply ask members of our Nutrition Team questions while you shop.

To find out more about how we can help you, ask Customer Service, email nutrition@choicesmarkets.com or visit us online at choicesmarkets.com.

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