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Expo 86: A troubled legacy

Artists and inﬂuencers look at the lasting impact ofVancouver’s World’s Fair

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“Milltown to metropolis”. Thirty years later, that’s how Howard Meakin sums up Expo 86’s affect on Vancouver. Since 1999, Meakin has been the proud owner of Expo’s legendary McBarge, the ﬂoating McDonald’s that served up to 1,400 people in one sitting. Meakin is busy cleaning up and renovating the McBarge at a secret location in Maple Ridge, hoping to open it back up to the public in some capacity this year to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Vancouver’s “World Exposition on Transportation and Communication”.

A TURNING POINT

Depending on who you ask, Expo 86 was either the best or worst event that ever occurred in this city.What most people can agree on, though, is that Expo was indeed Vancouver’s turning point. As concert promoter Bud Luxford once infamously told the Vancouver Sun, “We invited the world and they didn’t go home”. For those who attended, worked, or volunteered at the fair between May 2 and Oct. 13, 1986, the memories live on three decades later. “I can say without a doubt that Expo 86 was one of the greatest times in my life,” says Tod Maffin, a popular local public speaker, broadcaster, and marketing expert. “I was 16 in the summer of 1986, so for me Expo represented a coming of age. I had my first kiss under one of the rides in theYellow Zone, and over the course of the summer I worked at arguably the three busiest restaurants on the whole site: McBarge, the Unicorn Pub, and the Saskatchewan Pavilion Restaurant.That Saskatchewan restaurant was a surprise hit, mostly because of their massive lemon meringue pies. Remember the line ups?” Maffin was also part of the service team to hold an Expo record at the famous floating McDonald’s. “McBarge was so packed all the time that serving customers turned into a kind of performance art, like the bartenders in Cocktail but with fast food. The crowds loved it. Our crew held the summer record for selling something like 800 soft-serve cones in a hour”.

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Lisa Christiansen is currently an on-air personality for CBC Radio One, but in 1986 she was fresh out of journalism school and working as a reporter for none other than the Westender. She had a press pass for Expo and went often. “There was always something going on at Expo, and having ﬁreworks every night for six months was surreal”, remembers Christiansen. “My friends and I would barbecue on the roof tops of our West End apartments with the ﬁreworks in the background. That’s probably my favourite memory, but I also remember too well the evictions to make room for tourists. I think that is one the worst things to happen in our city’s history.”

EVICTION FRICTION

Prior to Expo’s takeover of a massive swath of waterfront real estate on the north side of False Creek, which stretched from the Granville Street bridge all the way ‘round to what is now Olympic Village, the site was primarily ﬁlled with industry: CPR rail yards, aging factories, and warehouses.With the exception of the restoration of the Roundhouse at the foot of Davie (saved because of Expo’s transportation theme), the rest was bulldozed. Also removed were the upwards of 600 long-term residents in neighbouring Downtown Eastside hotels, in an effort to create space for the incoming tourist invasion. Some evicted residents had lived in the single-room-occupancy hotels for decades. Joe Keithley, lead singer of D.O.A., was particularly moved by the story of Olaf Solheim, an 85-year-old retired logger who was forcibly evicted when the landlord removed the door from his room. After wandering the streets, Solheim died destitute in April 1986. D.O.A. released a 1986 EP entitled Expo Hurts Everyone, and played a beneﬁt concert for the evictees at Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park alongside folkprotest legends Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie (who were both ironically also playing Expo).The gig raised $10,000 for the displaced.True to their word, Keithley and the members of D.O.A. never once set foot on the Expo grounds. Despite D.O.A.’s boycott, live music was omnipresent throughout the continuous, party-like atmosphere of the fair. In one of the most notorious incidents of the entire sixmonth Expo run (and one of the most infamous moments in Vancouver music history), local punk rock band Slow kicked off what was to be a live music series called the “Festival of Independent Recording Artists”.The gig was on BC Day, Aug. 4, 1986. Bassist Stephen Hamm, now of the Evapora-

Even the Archie gang got swept up in Expo 86 fever. tors, remembers the chaotic night clearly. “Expo was incredibly unpopular in the eyes of the majority of the alternative music community and we were under a lot of pressure, perhaps self-imposed, to do something to protest a lot of really lousy things that happened, like the evictions,” recalls Hamm. “Slow prided itself on being a volatile, unpredictable and dangerous rock ‘n’ roll band – probably the only one this town has ever produced”. Because of the promise of a large guarantee and the chance at making a statement on the Expo grounds, Slow took the gig. “They scheduled us to play the same day Expo was paying tribute to outgoing Social Credit Premier Bill Bennett,

who was at the helm of what we thought was a lot of the injustice,” says Hamm. “It gave our singer Tom Anselmi the opportunity to open the set by encouraging the audience to join him in a ‘Sieg Heil Bill Bennett’ chant, which didn’t go over well with Expo ofﬁcials.”Within minutes, organizers shut off power to the stage, which triggered various members of Slow to drop their pants, semi-exposing themselves in an act of further protest.The situation devolved from there. “The kids in the audience decided to riot,” states Hamm. Chanting “Expo injustice”, fans marched on the BCTV Pavilion, which aired live, nightly newscasts from the Expo site.The rioters caused the news to be cancelled

mid-broadcast. “In desperation,” Hamm recalls, with a chuckle, “they cut straight to that night’s late movie, which just happened to be Rock ‘n’ Roll High School featuring the Ramones!You can’t make this stuff up!” Media personality Terry David Mulligan, now with Roundhouse Radio, was interviewed the next day for BCTV about the incident. “Why this band was booked is beyond me.They’ve never proven themselves to have any redeeming social value or responsibility whatsoever.”The rest of the Festival of Independent Recording Artists was promptly cancelled. Expo 86 has sustained a long echo in indie music, however. Bellingham band Death Cab For Cutie have a song called “Expo 86”, and Montreal indie rock band Wolf Parade (whose members are mostly from BC) named an album Expo 86.Vancouver pop favourites Said The Whale sing about Expo in their seashanty protest song “False Creek Change”, accusing that Expo “exploited her shores”. Songwriter Ben Worcester was only two years old in ‘86, but grew up across from the Expo site left vacant for years. His parents still live in Charleson Park, their False Creek co-op home for over 40 years.Their view has eventually gone from mountains to towers of glass.

CULTURAL CATALYST

Ron Woodall was the creative director for Expo 86, and the man responsible for the look, feel, content, and personality of the fair. It was Woodall who morphed Expo 86 from the educational, exhibit-heavy expositions of its predecessors, into what many considered an environment of celebration, colour and sound. In the end, it worked. Despite the protests and displacement, Expo 86 was a massive success, attracting over 22 million people, and putting our city on the worldwide map forev-

EXPO’S ATTRACTIONS: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? A surprising amount of iconic Expo attractions are still in operation or on display in Vancouver and around the world. Here’s just a few: # The Scream Machine. Yes, you can still ride Expo’s famously twisty rollercoaster, which originally sat where Rogers Arena is now. The Scream Machine was sold to Six Flags St. Louis, renamed Ninja, and is still in operation. # World’s Largest Hockey Stick. Originally affixed to the side of the Canada Pavilion, the massive stick

UFO H2O. Bobbea.com photo can now be found on the Cowichan Community Centre in Duncan, BC. # UFO H20. The popular Expo water park was relocated to the Mount Layton

Hot Springs Resort in Terrace, BC. #Monorail. The onsite Expo monorail (not to be confused with the Skytrain) sold to the Alton Towers

ermore; but even Woodall is uneasy of Expo’s legacy. “When Expo ended, there were two points of view,” Woodall recollects. “One was to salvage as much as we could, to become a permanent legacy park, mid-city.The other was to totally demolish it and market the area to developers.When I see the Hong Kong-like outcome,” says Woodall, referring to the wall of steel and glass towers that have sprouted from the Expo site, “I wonder if the Expo site should be regarded as Ground Zero for the new Vancouver we are experiencing today”. Kerri Gold, real estate columnist for the Globe and Mail, concurs. She was a rebellious teenager in 1986 and refused to attend, and doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to Expo and its aftermath. “I see Expo as one of our neediest, most insecure moments as a city. Economically, we were in dire straits, and Expo was when we asked the world to bail us out.We specifically turned to Asia for an injection of global money that turned out to be our first fix,” says Gold. “I think we all see the price we’re paying, not just in terms of Vancouver’s unaffordability, but as a community, too. I think the fact that nobody has even planned an official Expo celebration tells you how bad a taste it might have left.” Tod Maffin, who still has his Expo 86 volunteer card, doesn’t see it that way. “Expo’s positive legacy far outweighs the bad,” he asserts. Alongside Vancouver’s permanent, Expobuilt landmarks like BC Place, the Roundhouse Community Centre, and the SunYat-Sen Garden, Maffin cites Canada Place, ScienceWorld, and the Skytrain as integral components toVancouver’s cultural and civic development. “Look atTED [moving to]Vancouver,” he suggests, as a recent result. “The growth was always going to happen, Expo just put us on the radar.” W

theme park in Staffordshire, England, is still in operation, and actually looks pretty good! # Inukshuk. Our English Bay Inukshuk (which became the symbol of the 2010 Olympics) was originally part of Expo’s Northwest Territories Pavilion. # Log Flume. The Cariboo Log Flume plunge ride was sold off to the Upper Clements Amusement Park in Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, and is still in operation. # China Gate. Originally part of the China Pavilion, it’s now permanently situated on Pender Street, serving as the entrance to Chinatown. – Source: Wikipedia

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@NikiMHope When most people think about a career in fashion what comes to mind is probably designer or retail salesperson. We rarely consider the many behind-the-scenes jobs that deliver a good paycheque and plenty of reward. But moving up the ranks in the fashion biz to get to those valued roles means being willing to go beyond what’s expected. Michelle Gault, product manager at Herschel Supply Co., is an example of someone who started on the retail ﬂoor and has made her way to the top of the food chain at the wildly successful Vancouver-based company, known for its hip-yet-accessible line of backpacks, hats, sleeves, bags, and more. Gault’s initial career plan was to be a corporate lawyer, but when she started working on the ﬂoor at a sporting goods and clothing store, she realized how much she loved the energetic pace of retail. The life-long skier was working at Sport Mart, where she helped design a house line for women. “This is back in the day when there really wasn’t anything in sporting goods for women,” says Gault. Today with Herschel, Gault is responsible for design development and production. It’s a role that involves a ton of coordinating with several departments. “We’re always making sure that product is the best it can be,” Gault explains. “You talk about somebody who loves their job, certainly I do.” And that love has paid off. When she started with Herschel four years ago, there was a team of 12 people. Today, the six-year-old company has 122 employees and is available in 76 countries around the world. Coach merchandiser and personal shopper Lindsay Wilkins is another fashion biz success story – proving that it’s possible to make a good living at what you love.

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By day, she helps create a visual feast for shoppers at Coach stores in Western Canada, and every other free hour is spent helping her hefty list of clients – built up over a decade – dress for their day-to-day lives. As a stylist,Wilkins helps her clients detox their closet and replenish it with a well-rounded wardrobe that breathes new life into their looks. Like Gault, Wilkins moved up the ranks, beginning her career as a student at Blanche Macdonald, where she completed the Fashion Merchandising Program, and then working in retail before joining Armani Exchange as the manager of sales and operations for western Canada. And also like Gault, Wilkins notes there is one way to stand out in retail. “[When I speak] at colleges, I tell the students, ‘You just have to work hard, but if you are passionate about it, you are going to enjoy it,’” Wilkins says. Local style expert Christie Lohr runs a fashion-focused job website called Style Nine to Five. Many of the most coveted jobs emerging in the fashion world involve online and social media realms. They include e-commerce managers, online customer support, development managers for online stores, social media managers, content creators for social media channels, and blog editors. Naming a few of the current positions up for grabs on her site, Lohr notes that Vancouver retail phenom lululemon is looking for a communications coordinator and a fashion photographer. The fashion pro says she would advise young people who want a long-term – and well-paying – career in fashion to go for a communications, marketing, or business degree to ensure they have an education that will make them more marketable in the fashion world. Oh, and like her counterparts – all women who have been around and paid their dues – Lohr also notes that nothing is more crucial for getting ahead than a solid work ethic. W

This year marks the 10year anniversary of indie craft mainstay Got Craft?. Taking place May 7-8 at The Pipe Shop Building (115 Victory Ship Way) in North Van, the market is celebrating with amazing swag bags for the first 50 guests each day, hands-on DIY workshops hosted throughout the weekend and even flowers for the mamas. Here are my top five must-see vendors at this year’s event:

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eastvanlight.com @eastvanlight A polished industrial aesthetic, locally salvaged materials and unique designs are the driving forces behind East Van Light. Ambient lighting is one of the key elements of successful design and I love when fresh creations are being offered from our local artisan community.

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conceptuallyspeaking.com @conceptuallyspeaking Kristi-Lea Abramson brings her personality to life with her whimsical artwork and greeting cards everyone wants to receive. All her designs begin with a pen and a sketchbook, bringing literal meaning to the term ‘handcrafted’.

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3578 Fraser St. 604-620-9898 | OkasanKitchen.com Open Wednesday-Monday, noon until 9pm. In case you haven’t frequented any restaurants for the last six months, Hawaiian food, especially poke (pronounced po-kay), is taking over restaurant menus across the city. It’s hardly surprising. The traditional seafood salad shares several characteristics

with ceviche and Japanese shime (marinated seafood), which are both popular local dishes. In fact, Japanese food and culture, thanks to its longstanding presence on the islands, has had a heavy influence of Hawaiian cuisine, which makes it a perfect fit for Vancouver’s diverse palate. Oka-San opened on Fraser Street roughly eight months ago, and has been turning out its own mix of home-style Japanese-Hawaiian fusion ever since.The restaurant name means “mother” in Japanese and refers to the comforting menu you might find at “momma’s house”—if your momma was a dab hand at the stove, that is.The

restaurant also serves 49th Parallel coffee and housemade iced teas ﬂavoured with raspberry or lemon. It’s not licensed, and there don’t seem to be any plans for that to change. There is some sushi and sashimi on the menu, but they’re deﬁnitely not the star attraction, although the raw bar has some standouts like the tuna gomae.The real draws here are the “momma’s plates”.These are combo dishes featuring your choice of main, one item from the raw bar, and one side dish. They range from $11.95 to $16.95 and include everything from a classic unagi don (on white or brown rice)

to poke, which is featured in several dishes. Oka-san’s poke is fresh, citrusy and light, made with ahi tuna and loaded with avocado, tomatoes, seaweed, cucumbers and green onion. Get it on its own as an appetizer ($8.95) or as a main in the combo ($13.95). I tried the braised and chilled eggplant in bonito broth, which was tangy and silky.The gyoza off the appetizer menu are also good, especially the pork with XO sauce ($7.95). Other nods to Hawaii include the spam musubi ($5.95 for two pieces). Spam, you say?Yeah, you heard right. I’ve never been a fan of canned meat, but these

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@FoodGirlFriday Jam Café, the popularVictoria all-day breakfast spot, has officially opened itsVancouver location on Beatty Street. Long-time favourites like the green eggs and ham, pork belly Benedict and gravy coupe are on the menu, as well as the red velvet pancakes, and some lunch specials like the macaroni and cheese skillet, and the pork belly po’ boy. JamCafeVancouver.com LongTable Distillery has won first place at the inaugural Vancouver International Spirits Competition for its London Dry Gin. Earls Kitchen & Bar is now the first chain in North America to use 100 per cent Certified Humane beef, at all of their Canadian and US locations. Certified Humane is a registered certification that demands that animals are raised without the use of antibiotics, steroids or hormones, in

thick caramelized slices of processed pork are surprisingly good, layered on top of sushi rice and topped with a slice of tamago and wrapped in seaweed. It’s essentially a monster nigiri that packs a big, meaty punch. (Want to try this elsewhere? Honolulu Café on Kingsway also serves it.) Moco loco ($13.95) is also available.This is comfort food at its ﬁnest and dirtiest. Rice is topped with a hamburger, fried egg and gravy. Oka-san’s version features mushroom gravy and a side of macaroni salad (because, carbs), and it’s become a guilty pleasure, despite the rice being a bit clumpy on several occasions.

There might be one or two desserts on the specials menu, but if you come across the butter-baked mochi cake ($3.95), order it fast before it runs out. Otherwise, stick to the Hawaiian dishes and the ice teas, which will ﬁll you up nicely for lunch or dinner. Service can sometimes be a little slow during peak hours, so be prepared for the occasional wait, but it seems to be slowly improving. W

humane conditions from birth to pasture, including Certiﬁed Humane abattoirs designed to provide a calm, stress-free environment. Earls has also committed to using only freerun chicken, raised humanely, and cage-free eggs, as well as OceanWise seafood and local, organic produce where possible. Earls.ca

andYukon Division.The threecourse $36 menu includes bocconcini salad, arancini, lingcod croquettes, burrata linguine, braised meatball spaghettini, and chocolate proﬁteroles. EatSiena.com

Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar is offering a threecourse menu for both brunch and dinner on Mother’s Day. The brunch menu ($59) includes artichoke and burrata salad, wagyu beef carpaccio, meatball cocotte, as well as traditional brunch items like eggs benedict.The dinner menu ($65) includes white asparagus salad, coq au vin, slow-cooked prime striploin, and more. BoulevardVancouver.ca/Events Running now through to May 12, Siena is offering a special balls-themed menu in support of men’s cancer research and prevention.The restaurant will donate seven dollars from the sale of every prix ﬁxe “Balls” menu to the Canadian Cancer Society, BC

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Bauhaus is also offering a special Mother’s Day tasting menu ($90) for dinner.The four-course menu includes white asparagus soup with lobster and egg royal, and buttermilk parfait with strawberries.The restaurant will also be serving a special à la carte brunch from 10:30am-2:30pm. Bauhaus-Restaurant.com At Jules Bistro, mothers can brunch for free on Sunday, May 8. One complimentary meal per table. Menu includes breakfast cassoulet, moules frites, roasted wafﬂe, croque monsieur or madame, and desserts. JulesBistro.ca SaiWoo will be open for brunch on May 7 and 8, and each mother will receive a complimentary mimosa on arrival. Menu includes daily congee, fried rice with egg, cashew pancakes, and more. SaiWoo.ca

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A trip around Scotland doesn’t have to start with a thousand-dollar plane ticket: you can experience the sublime flavours and aromas the country has to offer with a glass of fine scotch. From the light-bodied single malts of the Lowlands to the sweet, complex whiskies of Speyside, to the bold smoky scotches of Islay to the diverse flavours of the Highlands, every region of Scotland has its own distinctive taste. But where to start your journey? And what to experience along the way? The world of scotch may seem daunting at first.The good stuff isn’t cheap – it’s aged for up to a decade or more in oak casks after all – and you don’t want to make an investment in a bottle that’s going to make you gag. Maybe you’ve had a bad experience with a whisky that tasted like someone put their cigarette out in it. Luckily, not all whiskies are created equal. “Start off with something approachable,” advises Gabriel Cardarella, national brand ambassador for Dewar’s scotch whisky. For that he recommends the Speyside and Highland regions, where smooth, unpeated (that is to say, not smoky) whiskies are the norm, like Glenmorangie or Dewar’s own Aberfeldy. “The lines are blurring, but generally these whiskies tend to have more orchard fruit, and are floral and honeyed in character,” says Cardarella. Water is to whisky what

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air is to wine, so if you want to unlock what the distillery is trying to tell you, there’s nothing wrong with adding a bit of water. “Drink it your way,” says Cardarella. “If you want to add some ice, add some ice.” Another big misconception in whisky is that older is better, Cardarella notes. “As whisky ages you get these really big oak notes, and in some cases that can dominate the whisky’s character. “Sticking to 12- to 16-yearold whisky will also help save your wallet a little bit.” Your palette will inevitably evolve as you drink scotch, and you might find yourself drawn to the coastal region of Western Scotland where the single malts of Islay, Campbelltown and the islands offer bold, peaty flavours – which can be divisive characteristic. While some peated scotches use acrid smoky flavours to disguise a substandard whisky, others, like Talisker’s 10-year-old from the Isle of Skye, use the peat smoke to accentuate the whisky’s salty, citrus notes to wonderful effect. The important thing, Cardarella notes, is not to be intimidated. “You’ll start to guide yourself,” he says. “Don’t be afraid to try something new.” Dewar’s new line of single malts – dubbed The Last Great Malts of Scotland – has something for everyone, including whisky neophytes. The line features single malts from each of the five distilleries that help make up their blended scotches: in addition to Dewar’s original Highland distillery, Aberfeldy, the whisky brand is also releasing single malts ranging from 12 to 23 years old from its Deveron, Aultmore, Royal Brackla, and Craigellachie distilleries. To learn more, visit LastGreatMalts.com. W

Do you need an escape? Of course you do. Everyone does. Your back hurts, stress is clawing at your chest like a demented lover, and your head is so cluttered you can hardly form a coherent thought, let alone a sentence. Right…? …right? And between the dismal Canadian dollar and that pesky Zika virus, your options for where to go are limited. May we suggest a Kootenay beer tour road trip? Of course we can.We just did. The Growler logged around 23 hours of driving recently, starting from Vancouver with the Kootenays in our sights. No matter where you depart from though, you’ll pass through dusty landscapes reminiscent of the Wild West, one-horse towns, ego-shattering mountain ranges, and lush river valleys the scope and scale of which are impossible to fully comprehend, especially while driving (unless you’re keen to roll your vehicle down any of the endless embankments of which the region’s windy roads have in great supply).

Given the length of travel between towns, and the exhaustion that comes with it, you likely won’t be drinking to excess, unless you’re a reckless party animal. Early nights come easy, as do restful sleeps. And all that driving gives you plenty of time to untangle those stresses, which you can then suppress (healthily) with some fresh beer and good conversation. (Ed. note:all drive times are from the last destination.)

DAY 1: ROSSLAND

Drive time: 7 hours 20 minutes (from Vancouver) Rossland is built into the side of a hill and surrounded on all sides by mountain peaks, which gives it an untethered feel, like you exist in a dreamland. It’s a town where children roam freely, where the homes are all a century old and built close together like one enormous townhouse complex held over from the booming mining days. The locals have a deep sense of pride about their town, and there’s an enthusiastic devotion to Rossland Brewing, a tiny, charming microbrewery in the town centre, with alley-only access. The beers are all balanced and easy-drinking (even the IPA)

that never offend with too much or too little ﬂavour. Where to stay: Sweet Dreams Heritage Inn. A familyoperated B&B located in a wellpreservedVictorian home.There are only three rooms available, and it feels as though it could be haunted, which was of grave concern to The Growler when he had to pee at 3am.

DAY 2: NELSON

Drive time: 1 hour Nelson’s a metropolis compared to Rossland.The town centre has an authentic HaighAshbury vibe, and is even structured similar to the San Francisco neighbourhood, with the hills rising from the main road (complete with dopesmokin’ ragamuffins of every age) and lined with brightly paintedVictorian homes. It’s in these hills that you’ll find Nelson Brewing Co. – but be sure to call ahead.While it does offer tours, NBC has no tasting room or growler-fill station.The facility is deceivingly large and historic – it was built in 1898 as the home of the original Nelson Brewing. Torchlight Brewing – a 10-minute walk down the hill – is a very different beast. It’s a tiny nano-brewery that was launched in 2014 by friends Craig Swend-

son and Josh Secord.The tasting room is charmingly ramshackle, complete with mismatched furniture and décor, giving it the ambiance of a man cave.The beer names are riddled with puns and the tap list is constantly rotating and evolving. Where to stay: The Hume Hotel. An historic building, originally built in 1898 as a hotel that has recently been converted into luxury suites in the city’s downtown core.

DAY 3: FERNIE

Drive Time: 4.5 hours (including ferry) There are two routes to take, but we suggest driving via the Kootenay Lake Ferry – known for being the longest free ferry ride in the world – for the more scenic route. Fernie Brewing is the largest brewery in the region, having undergone a rapid expansion since 2012.The tasting room is modest – the sort of space that gets cramped real quick in the peak season après hours. It’s also the most sophisticated and stylized of the region’s breweries, backed by a wide range of beer styles with sleek marketing, and a real sense of muscle behind the efforts.

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How do you mark the big ﬁveoh? I’m in favour of going all out (when I get there of course). Apparently so is Vinitaly. For the 50th anniversary of Italy’s annual wine exposition, Vinitaly expanded the show beyond the exhibition hall, taking over the streets of Verona with music, food and wine for all.The milestone celebration also included a performance by Sting, a gala dinner in Verona’s 2,000-year-old Roman

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Drive time: 2 hours 10 minutes It’s about this point in the trip that the fatigue will catch up with you – from the driving, from the poor food choices, from all the mind-melting natural beauty. But it’s also around this time when the terrain opens up to wide river valleys, bordered on either side by mountains (so many mountains). The scenery is so powerful the brain cannot sufﬁciently make sense of it, let alone put it in a sentence. It’s also very remote. There’s nothing on the way to Invermere except Invermere – a ski- and rodeo-town propped up by vacationing Albertans. Arrowhead Brewery is easily one of the most impressive tasting rooms in the province, with an encompassing retro aesthetic crammed full of mid-20th century ephemera: metal Pepsi chalkboard, a vintage gas pump, and a cash register from 1925, still in use. Arrowhead is its own little world – a roadside diner that happens only to serve beer. Where to Stay: The Best Western.What’s there to say? It’s a Best Western.

Franciacorta). Amidst the international wines, I tasted examples from Hungary, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Israel and China. Even a Cabernet Franc Icewine from Ontario showed up. Next year I would love to see some entries from British Columbia, and so would the international judges. After three days of swirling, snifﬁng, swishing and spitting, we bestowed close to 400 awards.That’s a selective 14 per cent of the submissions. The top-scoring wines were a German dessert wine (Weingut Anselmann’s 2015 Edesheimer Rosengarten Riesling Beerenauslese), a prestige cuvée Champagne (Pommery’s 2002 Cuvée Louise Brut) and a cru Barolo (Réva’s 2012 Ravera). Beyond all of the Amarone and Brunello that deservedly earned 5 StarWine ratings, plenty of Italy’s lesser-known gems were also recognized. I was thrilled to see obscure indigenous grapes like Cagnulari from Sardegna, Biancolella from the island of Ischia and Grignolino from Piedmont make it to the list of winners.This is where the true merit of this competition lies, in its ability to give exposure and acclaim to wines that may not usually get attention. Be on the look out for bottles bearing the 5 Star Wines sticker, which displays two intertwined diamonds with the wine’s numeral score in the middle. For the full list of winners, you can check out the Vinitaly.com website. W

DAY 5: REVELSTOKE

Drive time: 3 hours Revelstoke’s missing the hardcore ski-bum vibe of some other towns – perhaps because its only been a ski town since 2007, when the mountain opened – but makes up for it in the wellpreserved mining-town architecture in the town core And the Mt. Begbie Brewery is right in the centre of this – for now. By summer, the brewery will have moved into its brand new purpose-built facility a few minutes outside of town. But whenThe Growler visited, the business was still downtown, serving beer. The brewery turns 20 this year, and has retained its core philosophy – no weird beer, just dependable, well-crafted brews that can please the novice and the nerd alike. Where to stay: The Regent Hotel. Another heritage hotel that’s been expanded and remodeled in recent years into comfortable, accommodating suites. Obviously, these 1,000 words can’t adequately convey how beautiful the drive is, or how how effectively it can bust up whatever psychic knots may be troubling you. You’ll just have to trust us. And you can thank us later. W

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Evita fleshes out complexities of a political saint

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There is a moment during the performance of Evita – the sweepingly ambiguous musical about Argentine political phenom Eva Perón – that still catches Broadway star Caroline Bowman off guard. The character, Eva, swept up in the midst of her meteoric rise to power and fame, stands on a balcony overlooking a chanting crowd and begins to sing those indelible ﬁve words: “Don’t cry for me, Argentina.” Like Madonna, and Patti LuPone before her, Bowman throws herself into the song, knowing these moments often come along only once, or in this case twice, in a career. “I get pretty emotional every time I sing it,” Bowman admits. “It’s pretty special. Especially when I’m in the gown….” she trails off, wistfully. “It’s such an iconic moment. I want to do it justice, but it’s also just magical.” That Bowman can even get starstruck by a song is surprising. The sought-after mezzo soprano has already

starred as Eva in the Broadway revival of Evita, as well as in Broadway productions of Wicked and Kinky Boots, in addition to national tours of Spamalot, Fame:The Musical and Grease, where she played Rizzo. (“Eat your heart out.”) For the Vancouver Opera production, running April 30-May 8 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Bowman will be ﬂanked by an all-new cohort of musical theatre stars, such as tenor John Cudia (the ﬁrst and only singer to have performed as both the Phantom and Jean Valjean on Broadway) in the role of Eva’s husband, “Perón”, and Iranian-Canadian actor Ramin Karimloo (heralded himself for his portrayals of Valjean and the Phantom) taking on the role of the revolutionary everyman, “Che”. When Vancouver Opera (VO) offered Bowman the chance to reprise her role as Eva, Bowman says she realized she had more Evita to give. Not only is the role a profound ask of any singer and actor but, Bowman says, there’s something about the passionate, driven

underdog that Bowman sees in herself. “She was just blindly ambitious and I think I’ve lived my life sort of seeing what I want in my life and just going after it,” says the singer, speaking with Westender by phone in Vancouver, shortly after her arrival from New York. “I would love to be more like her,” she adds with a laugh. “Just in the sense of not letting anything knock me down and barreling through. I try to relate to her, and then the way I relate to her is going to translate into my version of Eva Perón.” Despite, or perhaps due to her untimely death and subsequent ascent to sanctiﬁed populist, Eva remains a polarizing protagonist. Charismatic lover of the people by day, cog in a ruthless political dictatorship by night, Eva went from impoverished child, to Buenos Aires B-lister to candidate for the vice presidency at a blistering pace. As history unfolds and more truths are unearthed, there are few who have written about Eva without interjecting their own

Caroline Bowman (left) and John Cudia in Vancouver Opera’s star-studded production of Evita. Contributed photo opinions about her legacy. And the musical itself is as confounding is its subject: a 1970s Andrew Lloyd Webber “rock opera” set in politically turbulent 1930s/40s Argentina? The political subject matter was, at the time, groundbreak-

ing, but the lyrics – Academy Award-winner Tim Rice at his most inscrutable – don’t do much to advance the cause (“I came from the people, they need to adore me / So Christian Dior me…” being one of many head scratchers).

Bowman hints, however, that VO director Kelly Robinson has some plans to play up the contrasting viewpoints of Eva and Che.

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Feminism, freedom and the necessity to ReVoLt Acclaimed Belgian choreographer engages urgent political themes

KRISTYN ANTHONY @allovthethings

It was the images in a Brussels newspaper of female ﬁghters dressed for combat with Kalashnikov’s in hand, setting off to ﬁght Isis in Syria that struck Thierry Smits. Choreographer and founder of Compagnie Thor, a Brussels-based dance company, Smits has spent the better part of 25 years exploring the human relationship to the body through his often controversial work. With a focus on what he refers to as the “necessity of resistance” in relation to the oppression of women, Smits designed a solo work for Australian dancer Nicola Leahey and together they bring ReVoLt to The Dance Centre as part of Global Dance Connections. “The idea was to make a piece that would be a metaphor for all the combat women experience,” Smits says on the line from Brussels. “We all see in these quite dark times, our spaces of freedom are limited. I’m

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Explosive Australian dancer Nicola Leahey in ReVoLt. Hichem Dahes photo politically aware of what is going on around me. We are in a period of reaction and Conservatism where we have to take care of this space of freedom.” ReVoLt is a non-stop, intensely physical piece that Smits describes as movement in a cyclical sense, as opposed to a traditional theatrical experience. Aspects were built upon a theoretical foundation, but the performance relies on the imagination for explanation, he says. For Leahey, the challenge of managing her energy throughout the duration of her ﬁrst solo work, while working within such strong themes addressing political space, feminism and freedom appealed to her. “It’s not the point to ex-

haust myself from the beginning and there are quite clear restrictions stagingwise with space, and absence of objects to relate to,” she explains. “It’s difficult to keep chewing on the one bone and as ReVoLt is basically one scene that keeps evolving, I have to keep searching for the specificity and subtlety of the moment to make it live.” Smits credits his feminist mother for inspiring him to maintain the theme in much of his work. Leahey says the way he considered how the movement material, structure and stage setting could set a certain scene allowed room to follow one thought on the subject, eliminating the pressure to tackle various themes at once. “Being female already gives reference to female oppression, so it didn’t feel necessary to highlight this aspect further,” she elaborates. “Yes, they are strong themes and important ones that I think people can relate to, but I didn’t feel I had to make an epic reference to them but rather relate to these themes as a physical exploration which I find a much more honest route.” W

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AIDAN KNIGHT Victoria folk singer-songwriter plays an early show in support of his latest release, Each Othe, with special guest Laura Sauvage. 7pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $15 at Red Cat and TicketFly.com

DAY WAVE Indie rocker from California aka Jackson Phillips plays an early show in support of his sophomore EP, Hard To Read. 7pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $12 at Red Cat and TicketFly.com

FOUR TET English post-rock and electronic musician known to his parents as Kieran Hebden appears in support of his latest release, Morning/Evening, with special guest Ben Ufo. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. SOLD OUT.

KVELERTAK Norwegian metal band stop in on their North American headlining tour with special guests Torche and Wild Throne. 7pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $22.50 at Scrape and TicketFly.com

DEBORAH LEDON Vancouver songstress celebrates her Cuban heritage through a unique interpretation of jazz and appears in support of Diving For Pearls. 9pm at Guilt & Co. Admission by donation. All ages show.

NAPALM DEATH Grindcore/death metal band from Birmingham, England, appears with special guest Melvins and Melt Banana. 7pm at Venue. Tickets $33 at Red Cat, Scrape, Neptoon, Zulu and BPLive.ElectroStub.com

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PENTATONIX American a capella group performs with special guests Us the Duo and AJ Lehrman. 7pm at PNE Forum. Tickets $35+ at LiveNation.com TORTOISE Post-rock from the Chicago quintet on tour in support of The Catastrophist. with special guest Life Coach. 8pm at The Imperial. Tickets $20 at Red Cat, Zulu, Highlife and TicketWeb.ca BLEACHED LA sister duo bring their punk/psychedelic pop band north in support of their sophomore LP, Welcome The Worms, with special guest No Parents. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets at Red Cat, Ticketmaster.ca and LiveNation.com

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PETE ZEDLACHER Canadian stand-up comedian, actor and television writer from Wawa, Ont., a Just For Laughs regular and former Canadian Comedy Award winner takes the stage with opening sets from Efthimios Nasiopoulos and Matt Billon. 8:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com

MAN UP: BATTLE OF THE 90S Bubblegum pop takes on angsty ‘90s grunge rock in the ultimate drag battle featuring Pony Boy and his comrades, Rose Butch, Majik, Grimm, Thanks Jem, Cinnamon Winters and Karmella Barr. 10pm at The Cobalt. Cover is $8 before 10 and $13 after.

THRONE AND GAMES: A CHANCE OF SNOW Vancouver Theatre Sports League’s improvised parody inspired by the popular HBO series builds on its 2015 smash hit in an all new production embarking on speculative and uncharted territory. 7:30pm at The Improv Centre. Tickets at VTSL. com. Runs until May 14.

JUST WORDS This choreographic journal sketches a portrait of both the profound and happy characteristics of an artistic life, inhabiting the space between poetic tale and personal reflection featuring powerful dance artists Karissa Barry and Hilary Maxwell. 8pm at Firehall Arts Centre. Tickets at FirehallArtsCentre.com. Runs until April 30.

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BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD AND CHAD VALLEY San Fran-based indie electronic musician co-headlines with the British electronic recording artist and singer, with special guest Manatee Commune. 8pm at Alexander Gastown. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca TODD RUNDGREN Iconic American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer plays his first Canadian show in over a decade in support of Runddans. 8pm at Vancouver Playhouse. Tickets $60 at TicketsTonight. TicketForce.com BEACH HOUSE Baltimore duo extend their headlining tour in support of Depression Cherry and Thank Your Lucky Stars. 8pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $35+ at Red Cat and LiveNation.com. All ages show. THE FOOD Twelve-piece weirdo, soul band from Vancouver celebrate the release of their debut album with special guests Spruce Trap and The Rash for Life. 8pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $12 at Red Cat, Neptoon, Zulu and TicketFly.com HAND EYE Multi-Grammy winning ensemble Eighth Blackbird and superstar composer sextet Sleeping Giant unite, transporting the audience to a soul-studded jam session. 8pm at The Annex. Tickets $35 at BrownPaperTickets. com TOUGH AGE Scrappy pop punk influenced by surf overtones from the Vancouver band with special guests Adrian Teacher & The Subs, Pinner, TV Ugly. 9pm at The Astoria. Cover is $10. LION BEAR FOX Canadian folk rockers play a hometown show with special guest Lydia Hol. 7pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $10 at TicketFly.com and $14 at the door.

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THEATRE/DANCE THE INTERGALACTIC NEMESIS: TARGET EARTH Three actors voice dozens of characters in this story of adventure set in the 1930’s that mashes up comicbook and radio-play formats for a one-of-a-kind theatrical experience, a new art from, the Live-Action Graphic Novel. 4pm & 7pm at York Theatre. Runs until May 1.

THEATRE/DANCE ENCUENTROS Kasandra Flamenco and Caravan World Rhythms present a percussive dance spectacular revealing passionate encounters by some of the world’s great dancers in Flamenco, Irish, Tap and Egyptian Belly Dance. 7:30pm at Vancouver Playhouse. Tickets at KasandraFlamenco.com 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 6 years and up. 2pm & 4pm at Waterfront Theatre. Tickets at CarouselTheatre.ca. Final performance.

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. Runs until May 7.

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FACING EAST An upstanding Mormon couple face a long ignored reality, and must reconcile feelings with beliefs in this fully-staged musical when they unexpectedly meet the partner of their gay son, in the wake of his suicide. 8pm at Jericho Arts Centre. Tickets at TicketsTonight. TicketForce.com

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CUT LOOP ASSEMBLE CONCERT Burnaby North Secondary Music and Technology students shine a spotlight on a year of creative music projects, transforming found sounds into aural montages. 8pm at Western Front. Tickets $5 at Western-Front. MyShopify.com, students are free. All ages show. ANGEL EDWARDS Singer, songwriter and guitarist performs a solo acoustic set with special guest Jay Fitzgerald. 8:30pm at The Roxy. Tickets $5 at TicketZone.com MAGIC MAN Two-piece electronic rock band from Rhode Island and Boston appear with special guests The Griswolds and Panana Wedding. 8pm at The Imperial. Tickets $18.50 at Red Cat and LiveNation.com

THEATRE/DANCE ITHAKA This theatrical Canadian premiere is the story of Marine Captain Elaine Edwards who returns from Afghanistan to a changed home, embarking on an Odyssean journey through the American landscape, battling her monsters to find her way back again. 8pm at Havana Theatre. Tickets at Ithaka2016.bpt.me. Runs until May 7 and again May 10-14.

ART MASHUP: THE BIRTH OF MODERN CULTURE One hundred years ago, something happened that changed the way we think about art and the way we see the world. The last time this happened they called it the renaissance, this time they’ve called it mashup. This groundbreaking exhibition takes over all four floors of the VAG, documenting the evolution of a mode of creativity that has grown to become the dominant form of cultural production in the 21st century. 10am-5pm at Vancouver Art Gallery. Tickets at Tickets. VanArtGallery.bc.ca. Runs until June 12.

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MUSIC HARD UP Punkgrass outfit out of Montreal hit the West Coast with special guests Ferocious Timbre Mouse and Skum Shine. 9pm at LanaLou’s. Cover is $10. All ages show. BRYN TERFEL Vancouver Recital Society presents the Welsh bassbaritone opera and concert singer in a one-night-only performance, accompanied by Natalia Katyukoba on piano. 7:30pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets $25 at VanRecital.com

THEATRE/DANCE RENAISSANCE Ballet Kelowna presents a mixed program of dance from Canada’s finest emerging and established choreographers, accompanied with live music from Toronto’s Contiuum Contemporary Music. 8pm at Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre. Tickets at ChutzpahFestival.com. Runs until May 6. MISSING FROM ME A new and original Canadian production that brings together a diverse group of youth faced with life-altering decisions after an unexpected twist leaves 11 travellers adapting to a sudden change in their plans, exploring abuse, transphobia and the importance of support. 1:30pm at Roundhouse Community Arts Centre. Admission is free. Runs until May 7. THE 2016 LAWYER SHOW: HAIRSPRAY A valued Vancouver tradition, this fundraiser for Carousel Theatre and Touchstone Theatre stages the musical based on the 1988 film, performed by over 30 of Vancouver’s top lawyers in a retro celebration of standing out and making waves. 8pm at Waterfront Theatre. Tickets at WaterfrontTheatre.ca

MUSIC POKEY LAFARGE American country blues singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist on tour in support of his latest release Something In The Water with special guests The Cactus Blossoms. 8pm at The Imperial. Tickets $25 at Red Cat, Highlife, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca CLOUD CITY FEAT. ABJO, SLIMKID3 Seattle-based hip hop collective bring their new show to town with special guests Body of Work, The X Presidents. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Highlife, Neptoon, Zulu and TicketFly.com

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“Sass and cynicism is the overarching theme,” Gravestock says, with a laugh. Inevitably, another important matter to the ladies of Supermoon is championing feminism. “We’re just huge advocates of women playing music,” says Lynch. “I find songwriting collaboratively way easier [with women],” adds Crammond. “Things like switching instruments; I’ve never played guitar in a band but never felt scared to play wrong, sometimes in those songs I’m playing chords that aren’t a chord. I’ve had guys see me play a chord wrong and come up to me and say ‘Do you want me to teach you how to play a basic bar chord?’ and I’m like, ‘No, if I wanted to learn I would consult the 12-year-olds on YouTube.’ It works for me.” And so it seems to. Though the band is hardly two years old, Supermoon has been invited to play Calgary’s Sled Island, MusicWaste Festival, a few Mint Records parties, and will be touring across Canada as well as to California this summer.That’s not to mention they’ve scored cover stories in local magazines, showed up in the pages of SPIN,Vice’s Noisey, and snagged a coveted spot on Consequence of Sound’s playlist of the week. “It was a big deal for us to get invited to Sled Island when we had just formed, and then suddenly we were on the cover of Megaphone, which was a huge deal to me because I love street papers,” says LaBelle. “One day, the four of us were walking down the street around Main and Hastings and someone stopped us and said ‘Hey!You girls are on the cover of the magazine!’ and that was awesome.” “The SPIN thing is really cool in a different way,” Crammond acknowledges. “It’s validating for my hometown, for my siblings or my high school nemesis to see.” What else might be validating for the femme-fatale quartet in the near future? “I’m excited to go across Canada especially as an all-woman band. In smaller towns, especially in the Prairies, they’re not necessarily used to seeing that.” Small town dwellers may be surprised this summer when they find out the only difference between Supermoon and any other killer fuzz-pop outfit is that they smell a whole lot better.That is, if their jam space lockout is any indication. W

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LGBTQ Monthly Events May 2016 Our May calendar is full of diverse events from cruising down to Seattle, through cinema at the Vancity Theatre to intriguing theatre at the Cultch. There are a couple of important community fundraisers to support too. This month sees the beginning of our partnership with Queer Arts Festival (QAF) to provide a greater range of arts events listings of interest to our community and in that artistic vein we congratulate queer multi-media artist Paul Wong, on being awarded the Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement, one of Canada’s most prestigious Visual Arts awards. LOUD Business hosts its monthly networking lunch on May 13th. Come out and meet members of our business and not-for-profit communities. Details of all the selected events this month are shown on the right. Our thanks to Queer Arts Festival (QAF) for providing arts events. If you have an event to be featured then add it to our website at www. LOUDbusiness.com. LOUD Business (formerly the GLBA) is a not-forprofit association founded on our three pillars: Networking, Community and Philanthropy. Check us out at www. LOUDbusiness.com, join us at one of our events. Come out and be LOUD!

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Vancouver real estate industry veterans sometimes remark on how the younger generation has no ﬁrst-hand knowledge of the dramatic circumstances that formed the backdrop to Expo 86: double-digit interest rates, the over-leveraged investors who lost everything, the massive reclamation and repurposing of 225 acres of industrial land. The fair, for all the international attention it garnered Vancouver, was the ﬁring oven for a way of doing business that has made the city’s development community one of the most disciplined on the continent and the city itself one of the most livable in the world. The master plan that laid the foundation for Expo 86 and its aftermath has unfolded largely as envisioned.The infrastructure built to support the fair has served the city well, and the planning context continues to resonate in how the city views itself today. The fair’s legacy for real estate has deep roots. Ironically, for a fair intended to show off transportation, the defeat of plans to build a freeway through the

city – now hailed as a watershed moment in Vancouver’s history – ushered in the era of livable city planning that deﬁned how the city was built and the guiding vision for Expo 86’s real estate legacy. Opposition to a proposal for freeways through downtown and a tunnel under Burrard Inlet led to the defeat of the Non-Partisan Association in the 1972 civic elections, and a new government under mayor Art Phillips led to the appointment of Ray Spaxman as the city’s planning director in 1973. With a focus on consulting communities and a concern for a built environment that would promote the neighbourliness of urban dwellers, Spaxman was at the helm as David Podmore – now chairman and CEO of Concert Properties Ltd. – drafted the master plan for 225 acres of land that BC Place Ltd. acquired around the shores of False Creek for staging the fair. “Its ﬁrst job was to acquire all the land from Quebec and First right through to the Burrard Bridge, which we did,” recalled Podmore, who was headhunted from Edmonton to oversee the work. “We bought out 114 leasehold and other interests on the site and negotiated a purchase and consolidation of

the ownership of that whole site – 225 acres.” A development plan followed that determined the conﬁguration of road, water and sewage infrastructure. “The whole idea was that there wouldn’t be redundancy – that post-Expo you wouldn’t have to rework the services or the road systems and so on. And that was achieved,” Podmore said. “The legacy is, really, that there was a lot of infrastructure created for Expo 86 that served, basically, the longterm development of False Creek.” Meanwhile, landmarks such as BC Place stadium were built, False Creek was cleaned up, and – appropriately, given the fair’s focus on transportation – a new structure replaced CP Rail’s (TSX:CP) antiquated trestle across False Creek and its tunnel connecting Beatty Street to the waterfront became the route for SkyTrain. The elements of a livable urban core were in place and, with the sale of the Expo lands to Li Ka-shing for $145 million in 1988, the future was set. Spaxman resigned in 1989, but his successors pursued his vision. Larry Beasley’s appointment as co-director of planning in 1994 saw “eyes

on the street” enter the local vocabulary as podiums and point towers blossomed along False Creek’s north shore, setting the example for the style of planning known as “Vancouverism.” The built form of the neighbourhood and amenities dictated under the area’s master plan set the pace for other developers, and soon marketers were deﬁning projects not by their interior amenities but by the urban environment they occupied. Celebrated in Douglas Coupland’s City of Glass, Vancouver’s downtown population soon crested 100,000, and local developers began replicating the model from San Diego to Dubai. Li’s purchase of the Expo site created another, unplanned legacy of the fair. Vancouver Land Corp. under Jack Poole was widely expected to buy the Expo lands, but the sale to an offshore buyer exploded parochial expectations.Vancouver, which had welcomed the world as its guest, found itself becoming the world’s second home. As condo marketer Bob Rennie has often quipped: “We had Expo 86 and handed out our business card to the world, and they kept it.” Veteran real estate consultant Michael Geller says Vancouver’s international expo-

Expo’s Plaza of Nations 30 years later is now home to a casino. Rob Kruyt photo sure during the fair, coupled with Li Ka-shing’s deal for the Expo lands, made Vancouver an approved destination for capital from Asia. “It was both the visits to Vancouver during Expo and the sale of the Expo lands that changed the course of the city,” he said. “As soon as Li Ka-shing bought those lands, a lot of other Asian investors – particularly from Hong Kong, but also from Singapore and Malaysia and Japan – all of a sudden, all of them started to not only look at Vancouver but to buy in Vancouver.” The inﬂux of capital and newcomers renewed historic connections between Asia and North America. However, its impact on the city’s real estate market

continues to echo through debates today over foreign investment’s role in a city happy to be cosmopolitan, yet unsettled at the cost of an unaffordability ranking second only to Hong Kong’s. But as young families look to surrounding municipalities for cheaper housing, one of Expo’s key legacy projects has come into its own. SkyTrain stations have become nodes for high-density housing development, anchoring the compact, mixed-use communities considered key to a sustainable region.Thirty years after its development, SkyTrain is carrying the region’s real estate into the 21st century. W –Courtesy of Business in Vancouver

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LEAGUE OF EXOTIQUE DANCERS

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YALLAH! UNDERGROUND

Part of DOXA’s Arab Spring/Arab Fall Spotlight program,Yallah! Underground showcases the revolutionary power of music. Farid Eslam’s rollicking documentary introduces audiences to artists in Arab countries and territories where the battle for freedom of expression has real-life consequences, including arrest and murder. One Palestinian DJ says that music is more dangerous in the region than a machine gun. The joy of Yallah! Underground is that it doesn’t just make mention of the role of underground artists in their communities; it lingers on the art. It’s as much a music documentary as it is a historical and political one. May 12,The Cinematheque

THE BALLAD OF OPPENHEIMER PARK

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And mixed critical sentiment hasn’t stopped Evita from being globally beloved, always anticipated, and currently on pace to break sales records as the VO’s fastestselling show ever. “Maybe it’s just timing,” Tom Wright, director of artistic planning at Vancouver Opera, speculates. “The last time Evita was seen in Vancouver […] was a long time ago, and it would have been an Arts Club production. Before that there was probably a Broadway Across Canada tour, so it’s been a little while.” One might question why an opera company is closing out its season with a musical in the ﬁrst place, but its something Wright feels the VO is uniquely positioned to do. “I like to think that the work we’ve been doing in exposing music and theatre to our audiences is maybe taking hold a little bit,” he explains, referring to recent productions of West Side Sto-

From rags to riches, Evita tells the tale of Argentine powerhouse Eva Perón. ry and Sweeney Todd. “Maybe people are beginning to realize, ‘Oh yeah, the opera company can produce these and they can produce it unlike any other company.’” Wright couldn’t help but bring up the lavish costumes that accompany Evita. Meanwhile, Bowman was already raving about the power of the

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The oracle I’m about to present may be controversial. It contains advice that most astrologers would never dare to offer an Aries. But I believe you are more receptive than usual to this challenge, and I am also convinced that you especially need it right now. Are you ready to be pushed further than I have ever pushed you? Study this quote from novelist Mark Z. Danielewski: “Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati.”

You’re in a phase of your cycle when you’ll be rewarded for your freshness and originality. The more you cultivate a “beginner’s mind,” the smarter you will be. What you want will become more possible to the degree that you shed everything you think you know about what you want. As the artist Henri Matisse said, if a truly creative painter hopes to paint a rose, he or she “first has to forget all the roses that were ever painted.” What would be the equivalent type of forgetting in your own life?

“Am I still a hero if the only person I save is myself?” asks poet B. Damani. If you posed that question to me right now, I would reply, “Yes, Gemini. You are still a hero if the only person you save is yourself.” If you asked me to elaborate, I’d say, “In fact, saving yourself is the only way you can be a hero right now. You can’t rescue or fix or rehabilitate anyone else unless and until you can rescue and fix and rehabilitate yourself.” If you pushed me to provide you with a hint about how you should approach this challenge, I’d be bold and finish with a flourish: “Now I dare you to be the kind of hero you have always feared was beyond your capacity.”

“We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible,” declares psychotherapist Thomas Moore. I agree. Our mental health thrives when we can have candid conversations with free spirits who don’t censor themselves and don’t expect us to water down what we say. This is always true, of course, but it will be an absolute necessity for you in the coming weeks. So I suggest that you do everything you can to put yourself in the company of curious minds that love to hear and tell the truth. Look for opportunities to express yourself with extra clarity and depth. “To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion,” says Moore, “but it involves courage and risk.”

I watched a video of a helicopter pilot as he descended from the sky and tried to land his vehicle on the small deck of a Danish ship patrolling the North Sea. The weather was blustery and the seas were choppy. The task looked at best strenuous, at worst impossible. The pilot hovered patiently as the ship pitched wildly. Finally there was a brief calm, and he seized on that moment to settle down safely. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you may have a metaphorically similar challenge in the coming days. To be successful, all you have to do is be alert for the brief calm, and then act with swift, relaxed decisiveness.

“Show me a man who isn’t a slave,” wrote the Roman philosopher Seneca. “One is a slave to sex, another to money, another to ambition; all are slaves to hope or fear.” Commenting on Seneca’s thought, blogger Ryan Holiday says, “I’m disappointed in my enslavement to self-doubt, to my resentment towards those that I dislike, to the power that the favor and approval of certain people hold over me.” What about you, Virgo? Are there any emotional states or bedeviling thoughts or addictive desires that you’re a slave to? The coming weeks will be a favorable time to emancipate yourself. As you do, remember this: There’s a difference between being compulsively driven by a delusion and lovingly devoted to a worthy goal.

“Everyone who has ever built a new heaven first found the power to do so in his own hell.” That noble truth was uttered by Libran philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, and I bet it will be especially meaningful for most of you during the rest of 2016. The bad news is that in the past few months you’ve had to reconnoiter your own hell a little more than you would have liked, even if it has been pretty damn interesting. The good news is that these explorations will soon be winding down. The fantastic news is that you are already getting glimpses of how to use what you’ve been learning. You’ll be well-prepared when the time comes to start constructing a new heaven.

“Zugzwang” is a German-derived word used in chess and other games. It refers to a predicament in which a player cannot possible make a good move. Every available option will weaken his or her position. I propose that we coin a new word that means the opposite of zugzwang: “zugfrei,” which shall hereafter signify a situation in which every choice you have in front of you is a positive or constructive one; you cannot make a wrong move. I think this captures the essence of the coming days for you, Scorpio.

“We have to learn how to live with our frailties,” poet Stanley Kunitz told The Paris Review. “The best people I know are inadequate and unashamed.” That’s the keynote I hope you will adopt in the coming weeks. No matter how strong and capable you are, no matter how hard you try to be your best, there are ways you fall short of perfection. And now is a special phase of your astrological cycle when you can learn a lot about how to feel at peace with that fact.

How do plants reproduce? They generate seeds that are designed to travel. Dandelion and orchid seeds are so light they can drift long distances through the air. Milkweed seeds are a bit heavier, but are easily carried by the wind. Foxglove and sycamore seeds are so buoyant they can float on flowing water. Birds and other animals serve as transportation for burdock seeds, which hook onto feather and fur. Fruit seeds may be eaten by animals and later excreted, fully intact, far from their original homes. I hope this meditation stimulates you to think creatively about dispersing your own metaphorical seeds, Capricorn. It’s time for you to vividly express your essence, make your mark, spread your influence.

“It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves,” said philosopher Simone Weil. I hope that prod makes you feel a bit uncomfortable, Aquarius. I hope it motivates you to get busy investigating some of your vague ideas and fuzzy self-images and confused intentions. It will soon be high time for you to ask for more empathy and acknowledgment from those whose opinions matter to you. You’re overdue to be more appreciated, to be seen for who you really are. But before any of that good stuff can happen, you will have to engage in a flurry of introspection. You’ve got to clarify and deepen your relationship with yourself.

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education,” said writer Mark Twain. That’s excellent advice for you to apply and explore in the coming weeks. Much of the time, the knowledge you have accumulated and the skills you have developed are supreme assets. But for the immediate future, they could obstruct you from learning the lessons you need most. For instance, they might trick you into thinking you are smarter than you really are. Or they could cause you to miss simple and seemingly obvious truths that your sophisticated perspective is too proud to notice. Be a humble student, my dear.

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@MyszkaWay Something recent happened to me that changed the way I viewed myself. I went on a date with this girl I always really had a thing for. She is in an open-relationship with a man she is committed to. Regardless, we went on a date, made out and I thought things were good. But then I texted her. She did not reply. So, I got drunk on a Saturday morning and sent even more texts. It ended poorly. I turned into the stalker creep. I wrote about it here, on Thought Catalog. Just wanted to know your thoughts on this? Has this happened to you? I am not “that guy”, but in her eyes, I am. How do you go on from here? But I guess booze played a part in this. How do you walk away from this feeling human? The fact that you even fucked up this bad is what makes you human. Don’t you love that? The cushy reminder that relationship failure is a part of our DNA. You know how many embarrassing things I have done in relationships? A million.You know how many mortifying texts I have sent? A million. For a brief, yet depressing, period in my single life, I would text my booty call at 3am and then, in my wasted state delete the text as if to protect myself from my own pathetic actions. Usually I would wake up on my friend’s ﬂoor to a text reply from that booty call I decided I was not conﬁdent enough to remember I had tried to fuck. I did this all the time. As if deleting the message would make it un-send to the person I sent it to. It got old and he distanced himself from me. I didn’t even like the guy, but the rejection was a burn to my ego. My drunken booty text deletes were a total delusion, and I have since learned. You went on a date with a girl you held on a pedestal at the tip of your boner for years and it did not turn into the sexy, Mad Men-esque affair you imagined. Instead, you decided to bleed your heart into her inbox while drunk on a Saturday morning. Bold move, my friend. I spelled “bold” wrong. I meant “stupid.” But we all make stupid mistakes.The chick had a boyfriend after all and, to be honest, if she told you it was an open-relationship it probably wasn’t. She may have just said that to you to ease the pain of her not being single, perhaps for herself more so than for you. She could have been

Silence is often golden when it comes to texting in matters of sex. iStock photo considering infidelity but you just didn’t have the right taste in your mouth when you guys made out. It’s really nothing to pine over.Your fantasy did not manifest.Welcome to planet Earth. It sucks. The good news is that you are much more self-aware than most men; perhaps even to a fault.You have to stop obsessing over this. She’s just a girl. Did she split the atom? Did she cure cancer? Did she save an entire family from plummeting off a cliff in their car to their demise by summoning PCP-like strength and elevating them to safety? No. She worked at some place you worked and when she walked past you, you got a little horny and fascinated. I am a firm believer in two things when it comes to relationships: 1) do not ask questions you don’t want to hear the answer to (primary rule in break-ups) and 2) silence is power. If you flood

her inbox with your neuroses her vagina is going to shrivel up like a prune. No one wants the needy guy, especially not the one who they had already iced. She played my second rule just right and you fucked it up by ﬁlling the void with your explanations. Sometimes we have to learn how to shut up and let God be God, or whatever. I don’t believe in God (kind of), but if he was real he would tell you to zip it. You are not a creep or a freak or a loser or a moron or whatever your ﬂavour.You are a person who got wasted and pressed “send” without counting to 10. Calm down, please. You can save this: just delete her number and move on. W

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100% BC Owned and Operated PRODUCE

MEAT BC Seedless Baby Cucumbers

Organic Cauliflower from California

package of 5

2.98 each

Organic Navel Oranges from California

8.99lb/ 19.82kg

5.99lb/ 13.21kg

4.99lb/ 11.00kg

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Blue Diamond Almond and Coconut Breeze Beverages assorted varieties 946ml • product of USA

33% 2.79

Maple Hill Organic Free Range Extra Large Eggs 1 dozen • product of Canada

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Earth’s Best Organic Baby Food

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32%

32% 3.79

Blue Monkey Coconut Water with or without pulp

520ml • +deposit +eco fee product of Thailand

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Uncle Luke's Maple Syrup medium

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Essential Silver Premium Ionic Silver Liquids, Gels or SilverMed

Assorted Varieties and Sizes

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25% off

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9.99 250ml - 500ml

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Weleda Body Care Products

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Choices’ Own Lemon & Herb Potato Wedges

.99/100g

GLUTEN FREE Ginger Cookies

Bucha Organic Kombucha Drink

4.99

assorted varieties 473ml • +deposit +eco fee

product of Germany

3/6.48

7.99 each

assorted sizes • product of USA

37% 4.29 to

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100g

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Raincoast Canned Tuna, Salmon and Dipping Sauces

Anita’s Organic Flour and Pancake Mix

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530g

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