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

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bus access to Denman.

There is no need to close that block to traffic.There is plenty of space on each side of the street, for chats and lunches and friends.

The Olympics are over!

Let’s move on!

Plus, it may have been Arthur Erickson’s view at the time to close the road, but time and things change and that road needs to stay open to maintain the flow of people and traffic and buses. Enough already with these unnecessary closures!

–DL Dalbec

WHAT IS CITY HALL SMOKING?

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SELLING VANCOUVER

BY THE POUND

Re:“Expo’s troubled legacy,” April 28, 2016.

In 1989, a 33x100-foot lot in East Van was about $200,000. Eighty-three hectares would equal some 2,280 plots. Add $50,000 each for being prime downtown water locations. So that puts the value of Expo lands at between $450-$570 million.

At $321 million, Bill Vander

Zalm’s sale of this terrific taxpayer asset constitutes a wholesale giveaway, particularly when the 15-year payout and the environmental remediation at our expense are factored in.

Were BC a banana republic back then instead of a mere laughing-stock to the business world, Mr.VZ would have been removed from office by coup d’état for such gross misfeasance.

Glen Clark’s fast ferry fiasco was mere chump change by comparison.

–Wm. Baird Blackstone

ROADWAY RUCKUS

Re:“Squares and Circles,” Rant/Rave, May 5, 2016.

One more time we will suffer the inconvenience of having Robson blocked and this time, apparently for good. I am totally against it as it creates a hardship for

Thanks to whichever asshole at City Hall who decided to move the 4/20 rally to Sunset Beach. It took us over an hour to get down Pacific/Beach Avenue. Next year hold it on the Golden Mile on Point Grey Road and see how they like it.

The city needs to get a grip on how congested the West End is already – and they haven’t even started to ruin the end of Davie Street with all the new condo developments on the horizon.

Moonbeam and his clones need to go far, far away to a land very distant from what’s left of Vancouver.

–One of many very pissed off locals

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YOUR CITY CITY SHORTS // GRANVILLE ISLAND REDEVELOPMENT EYED BY FEDS

The federal government launched an initiative this month to have the public, merchants and others weigh in on what they want Granville Island to look like by 2040.

The goal of the exercise is to establish development plans for the soon-to-bevacant Emily Carr University buildings, potential revitalization of the public market and improvements for the arts and culture industry on the island.

The addition of housing is also a possibility.

“It’s a plan to articulate and to look at the future of Granville Island for the next 25 years,” said Dr. Hedy Fry, Liberal MP for Vancouver-Centre, who made the announcement last Friday.

In her opening remarks from a patio at Bridges Restaurant, Fry described the island under the Granville Bridge as a jewel in

The federal government launched a plan Friday to hear feedback on what people want Granville Island to look like in 2040. Dan Toulgoet photo Vancouver’s crown, having transformed 40 years ago from a gritty abandoned industrial area into a vibrant, accessible multi-use public space.

“Everything has to change. I’ve talked many times to the stakeholders who live here, who work here and they have huge dreams for this place,” said Fry. An advisory board and the Granville Island Trust will help guide the process and decisions of the plan,

which will also determine the best governance structure for the island.

–Mike Howell,Vancouver Courier

DOWNTOWN DOWN TO JUST ONE GAS STATION

For now, the Downtown Vancouver peninsula has only one gas station.

While the Chevron on West Georgia Street east of Denman is closed for renovations, the Esso on the southwest corner of

Burrard and Davie streets is serving a population that was estimated at almost 55,000 in 2011.

Chevron spokesman Adrien Byrne said May 17 is the estimated date for completion of construction. The station is slated to reopen the next day.

“Chevron is replacing the underground fuel storage tanks with new tanks, including the ability to supply our customers with diesel fuel from this location,” Byrne said.

“Fuel line and electrical upgrades are also being undertaken at this stage, as well as the installation of more efficient LED lighting and aesthetic store renovations.”

Esso did not appear to be exploiting its exclusivity. Its $1.19.9 per litre price for regular gasoline on May 4 before 10am was a penny more than some Chevron, Petro-Canada and Shell locations elsewhere in the city, but inline with most reported on GasBuddy.com.

–Bob Mackin, Business in Vancouver

Ain’t nothing like the real thing — but virtual reality comes close David Suzuki Science Matters @DavidSuzuki

The digital revolution is breaking new ground every day.Technology has a way of doing that. I remember when Hewlett-Packard introduced its first “laptop” computer, which stored a page and a half of writing. It revolutionized my life as a newspaper columnist, allowing me to write on planes or in a tent and submit articles through a phone. I never imagined the steady advances that would lead to today’s powerful laptops, tablets and handheld computers.

Once while filming in a remote BC forest, I wanted to pan from the roots of a cedar tree along the trunk to the top in a single shot. After spending hours rigging wires and pulleys and struggling to keep the heavy camera from swaying as it rose, our crew gave up in frustration. Recently, we used a light GoPro camera mounted under a drone to get a spectacular high-definition shot in a few minutes!

The first time I opened YouTube, I was looking for a video of the astounding phenomenon of mucous secretion by a hagfish, a primitive marine animal.To my surprise, I found several postings, and as I chose one, a list of several others that might be of interest popped up.Two hours later, I realized I’d been

iStock photo sucked in by an incredible range of films.

When I first heard about virtual reality, I was invited to put on the goggles and experience it. Crude as those first images were compared to what’s available now, I was immersed in the scenes. It was impressive and exciting, but I suggested that people should be wary of unintended consequences, because virtual reality could eventually appear better than reality.

With virtual reality, people could race a car and experience all the heart-thumping adrenalin of the real thing, then crash and walk away unharmed.We could have a showdown with a gunslinger, lose and fight again.We could indulge in the kinkiest sex without exposure to sexually transmitted infection or other consequences.Why go for the real experience when a virtual one would be risk-free?

During a recent visit to Montreal, I had the opportunity to watch the latest iteration of the digital revolution: im-

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ages in 3D, HD and 360-degree wrap-around. It was mindboggling. I swam with whales and zoomed through a forest, listening to actual sounds, along with music and narration. As I watched a spectacular mountain forest, a train suddenly appeared, splashing across a lake and then coming straight at me. As my body responded to the all-too-realistic locomotive, it reached me and exploded into a thousand birds that took off in a glorious cloud. Computer graphics melded seamlessly with actual footage that generated scenes far exceeding reality.

I’ve been intrigued by the possibility that this technology could enable people to have such incredible experiences with whales, fish and other animals that we would no longer feel the need to imprison animals in aquaria and zoos.

People wouldn’t even need to journey to exotic places to see wildlife in their habitats.

I have no doubt virtual reality is going to have a huge impact.We’re just beginning to

recognize its potential. But as with all new technology, there will be unintended repercussions, the greatest of which will be further estrangement from nature. Studies show that because people evolved out of nature, we need that connection with the natural world for mental and physical well-being.

Author Richard Louv categorizes a suite of childhood problems – including bullying, attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity – as “nature deficit disorder”, induced or worsened by too little physical exposure to nature.The average Canadian kid today spends more than six hours a day glued to a screen – mobile phones, computers, televisions – and less than eight minutes a day outside! That’s one reason why the David Suzuki Foundation is encouraging people to get outside for 30 minutes a day in May with its 30x30 Nature Challenge.

Some proponents claim virtual reality will stimulate children to spend more time outside. But why bother when the virtual world seems better than the real one? I’m sure innovation and creativity will continue to drive the technology to new frontiers. I’m just as sure there will be enormous unexpected and damaging consequences if we aren’t careful. W % +38:- 79&96: :! 3 !0:,1tist, broadcaster, author and 0/)$/91-,# /$ ;<, +38:- 79&96: '/91-3;:/1( .,3#1 2/#, 3; +38:-79&96:(/#"(

The Arthur Erickson-designed Robson Square and law courts complex shortly after its opening in 1983.

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Robson Street closure: can we compromise?

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“Green my ass”.

That’s just one comment the Westender received since it was announced that city council has voted to permanently close the 800 block of Robson Street to all vehicular traffic. That’s the strip between Hornby and Howe, the closure an effort to supposedly reflect the original intention of Robson Square, uniting the law courts to the south and the art gallery to the north in a three-block, pedestrian-only plaza.

Your Rants came in fast and furious.

“There is already a square on the north side of the art gallery. Did you people forget it?” writes JL Brussac (he also of the “green my ass” comment). Another reader, Paul Donovan, suggests the permanent street closure “creates a lot of fuel and time waste. Big headaches for older people and the bus system.” Reader Kathy O’Brien was definitely fired up. “As a citizen of Vancouver and a resident of the West End, I think that this is a terrible decision, and I am quite sure that I am not alone”.

One of the few Raves arrived from reader Mally Dixon, who feels “Vancouver lacks a central city square like London’s Trafalgar Square […] I believe this was the original plan and I look forward to seeing it come to life at last.”

As mentioned, if you were to rifle through Vancouver’s pages of time, Mally is right.

It’s hard to imagine, but in the 1960s, the two blocks south of the art gallery were sprawling, ugly, street level parking lots. When famed architect Arthur Erickson and his firm were hired to redesign that corridor from Georgia to Nelson in the early 1970s, the idea was to build something that looked like a skyscraper laid on

its side, and for the entire area to be pedestrian-only.

Erickson originally wanted Vancouverites to “walk all over it”.

And yet, even after Robson Square’s completion in the early 1980s, 800 Robson Street has always remained a roadway for inner-city traffic flow purposes, and it’s been that way until the closure during the 2010 Winter Olympics. That went well, so the city has been shutting the block down each summer since. I’m sure you could handle that, but all year long? Permanently?

I’m a booster for public space, but Erickson had this problem covered, literally: there’s already a Robson Square pedestrian thoroughfare uniting the art gallery and the law courts: the underpass concourse that includes the outdoor skating rink and the downtown UBC campus.

If that block of Robson Street is permanently closed, it leaves Davie Street as the only two-way, innercity artery directly connecting the West End and downtown, and that’s not enough to serve the population properly. The closure of that single block will permanently shut down all wheeled traffic. Besides cars, that includes buses, taxis, and even bicycles (unless an unannounced bike lane is part of the future plans).

Erickson’s original vision for Robson Square may have been pedestrian-only, but know this: in 1974, a year into the project, he agreed with the city and province that a limited, vehicular thoroughfare was still needed: “The only traffic through the square will be inner-city buses, linking the West End and False Creek. Since buses function as people movers, they are seen as a compliment or enhancement to the pedestrian activity of the civic square.”

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@NikiMHope British shoe designer, editor and stylist Tabitha Simmons jetted into Holt Renfrew Vancouver to show off pieces from her recent shoe collection to a handful of bloggers and journalists, just days after attending last week’s Met Gala in New York.

The utterly charming, down-to-earth and quintessentially English former model was in town to talk about her eponymous shoe line, which is filled with delicate and sophisticated hints of femininity, including lots of beautiful blooms.

“I love flowers,” Simmons admitted sheepishly as she talked about her trajectory in the fashion world.The fashion pro wore a stunning black Dolce & Gabbana rose-print, calf-length dress. In lessskilled hands the outfit might have looked a bit too dramatic for a breakfast event on the West Coast, but Simmons pulled it off expertly with little jewelry, sleek middle-parted hair and strappy black heels from her collection.

Simmons started her foray

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into the fashion biz with a Saturday job in a shoe store when she was a teenager. Eventually, she was scouted as a model, a career that she boldly stated wasn’t really her thing.

“I was a terrible model,” she admitted with a laugh.

But she had no trouble understanding how to whip together a great-looking outfit. That skill took her from the runway to the editorial department and behind the scenes, where she honed her styling skills with legendary lines such as Alexander McQueen, Dolce & Gabbana and Calvin Klein. By 2009 she stepped it up a notch, debuting her own namesake footwear line with an aim to make classic collections that go beyond what’s trendy for a single season. “[I design] not just for one season – that’s something that is so important to me,” she said.

“I wanted to create a shoe line that’s much more timeless.”

Her personal favourite from the line at Holt Renfrew? The Vera – a black flat with delicate embroidered flowers and an ankle strap.

Another stand-out is the Reed open-toe bootie with cut-out sides and a lace-up front in an English Garden print. The statement shoe would bring drama and beauty to any look.

The Alexa is named after fashion muse and style hero Alexa Chung, who happened

to compliment Simmons on her shoes when she was wearing a pair of test shoes (Simmons tests every pair before they go into production).The functional and sophisticated gold and white pointed flats would work from this season through to the fall – and beyond. Along with Chung, other celebrity followers include Charlize Theron, Karlie Kloss, and Julianne Moore.

With a price point that starts at $600 the shoes are definitely investment pieces – but they are well-made, crafted by master cobblers in Italy with high-quality leathers and suedes.

With her background in styling for a broad range of brands – it’s a big leap from Dolce & Gabbana’s baroque European sensibilities to Calvin Klein’s American minimalism – Simmons talked about how each fashion brand has its own DNA. Seven years later, she’s seeing how her own line is taking shape – how it’s creating a trademark DNA that other people are recognizing.

“It’s nice because now people say, ‘Oh, I see that’s a Tabitha Simmons shoe.’ And that happens over time,” she said with a smile that rarely leaves her face during the preview. For a hint of that English-inspired beauty, check out the latest footwear pieces from Tabitha Simmons at Holt Renfrew. W

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Through form, function and a curated aesthetic, ceramicist James Kemp has designed a career path that fosters his creative spirit. Since 2002, Kemp has used his hands and keen eye to create a diverse line of sculpture and ceramics, from large installations to smaller functional and decorative items for the home.

With his pieces sought after by those in the know, Kemp’s collections can be found at local boutiques like Board ofTrade, the Gam Gallery and theWindow Art Shop. He also offers pottery classes to the public out of his EastVan studio, which is definitely on my list of must-try creative adventures.

What has been your favourite part of your artistic journey so far?

Inventing new processes.

When you invent a new way of working, it’s much easier to make something different from what has come before.

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

The steps on the south side of Robson Square that are very reminiscent of an MC Escher; they inspired part of my Morphology sculpture series. The process of making those sculptures, in turn, paved the way to designing my hand-carved and slip-casted GEO cups.

What is your most quirky attribute?

If I am in a situation (like a professional adult work place) for too long I’ll start speaking in a cartoon voice, or in an accent...

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James Kemp’s GEO cups. Dan Toulgoet photo design, what is the one thing you covet the most?

Simplicity in form, balanced with chaos.

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

There was a conference a couple years back about ceramics that could conduct electricity by firing on circuitry. It’s not something that is widely used currently, but I can see it being pretty applicable in 3-D printed ceramic design and ceramics in general. So one day your coffee cup can be your alarm and if you hit the snooze button it will tell your coffee machine to make an extra strong cup.

What is your favourite creative website?

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Intuitive.

What gets your creative juices flowing?

Wandering the back alleys of Vancouver. I get inspired by other people’s garbage; a culture’s garbage says a lot about its people.

Sometimes I find things I know I can use in the studio as a tool or as a part of a sculpture.

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

Glazing, because once you glaze something there is no going back – you can’t just paint over it.

Do you have a favourite creative space?

No, but I have a favourite creative time, between 11pm and 4am. Sometimes I will intentionally deprive myself of sleep so that I will be less inhibited with my thoughts and make stuff that surprises me. W Visit SculptureJamesKemp.Weebly.com, @jameskempsculpture

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Nightingale, the much-anticipated new restaurant from chef David Hawksworth, has officially opened at 1017 West Hastings, and is operating seven days a week from 11am to midnight.The casual, sharebased menu is vegetable-forward and features pizza, daily features, and select proteins.

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Every Saturday and Sunday from 9:30am to 2:30pm, enjoy chicken Mornay crepes, breakfast poutine, the Brasserie burger and other FrancoGerman favourites. LaBrasserieVancouver.com Les Dames d’Escoffier BC has awarded a record number of scholarships to BC women already in the hospitality trade or wishing to purse hospitality studies, for a total of $24,000 to 33 recipients.

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Top: Dixie’s BBQ co-owner Christina Cottell, chef Jeff MacIntosh and co-owner Shoel Davidson are bringing authentic Central Texan barbecue to Strathcona. Bottom right: Hot sides include serrano cheese spinach, meaty chili and coleslaw. Bottom left: The Bubba platter includes beef brisket, pork ribs, pulled pork, sausage and fried chicken. Dan Toulgoet photos

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Once upon a time, barbecue wasn’t something you would go out for. Unless you were picking up a rib platter at Safeway, it seemed that ready-made barbecue was something you could only have in summer on your back deck – and even then, there were limits. I used to plan trips to places like Texas and North Carolina strictly for the chance to have some authentic smoked and grilled meat.

The times, they are a-changin’, however, and Vancouver is currently packed silly with joints like Memphis Blues, Hog Shack, Devil’s Elbow, et al, all serving up various styles of barbecue that are

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more or less authentic – and more or less successful.The one region that didn’t seem to have any representation, however, was Texas, specifically, the rubbed and pecan wood-smoked meat of Central Texas.

Enter Dixie’s. The fivemonth-old joint comes courtesy of Gringo owners Christina Cottell and Shoel Davidson. Gringo never took my fancy, but Cottell and Davidson, along with chef Jeff MacIntosh, have knocked it out of the park with this concept.Yes, there’s a smoker in-house, although the pecan wood is obviously a bit hard to source locally.

Central Texas barbecue goes easy on the sauce and is significantly less sweet than other regional varieties.The emphasis is on the meat, plain and simple, with a little rub or glaze, some white bread and pickles, and your hands.

It’s a simple concept, but often difficult to execute.

Dixie’s has it down to an art. Pork ribs ($15 for a half-rack) are juicy, tender and slightly sticky, with a beautiful pink rim that speaks of proper smoking. As

with most Texas joints, your hands are considered the proper utensils, but bars and tables at Dixie’s are lined with small galvanized steel buckets loaded with cutlery and wet wipes. There are also rolls of paper towel for you to rip off as needed. Use a knife and fork if you must, but the best way to eat these ribs is to pull them apart with your hands and set to.

Brisket ($24 per pound) was another winner, meltingly good and completely addictive. All of the meats come with a couple slices of basic white sandwich bread (although, with the minimal sauce, it’s really only for the carbaholics) and some housemade pickles that are fantastic. Spanish onion, cabbage and cukes are light on the vinegar, but give just enough acidity to balance out the richness of the meat.

Fried chicken was slightly less successful. I couldn’t fault the beautifully-raised meat or the breading, but it was a bit like licking the Dead Sea, despite the beautiful textures. A little less salt would make a huge improvement here.

The drinks menu is smart and well-chosen to complement the meats. An extensive whisky selection is balanced out with local craft brews on tap (there are three that rotate constantly) and a handful of solid cocktails ($7 for a single), like the bourbon-spiked sweet tea, made in-house and steeped for 24 hours. Lemonade was another winner. I tried it both spiked and virgin, and it’s just sweet and tart enough in either form, although bourbon improves almost everything.

There are usually a couple featured desserts, but the pecan pie with maple cream is the way to go.The crust is shortbread and the pie stops just short of sickly-sweet territory and lands firmly in eye-rolling delicious. Like the meat, it’s not too sweet, but it’s full of flavour and delivers it in Texas-sized spades. W Food: !!!!!

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The new location will launch June 2.TheYaletown market was the fastest-growing market in the city and generated over $600,000 in sales last year. In addition, most local businesses reported higher sales on market days. EatLocal.org Just in time for the warm weather, Soft Peaks Ice Cream has introduced new ice milk bars, housemade bars that are served “naked” or with toppings like Tim Tam flakes, housemade blueberry puree, or dipped in melted chocolate. SoftPeaks.ca Spot prawn season is upon us and Yew Seafood & Bar is celebrating with its first-ever Spot Prawn Boil series. On May 29, June 5 and June 12, a limited number of guests will be able to enjoy a familystyle feast of poached spot prawns, new potatoes, grilled asparagus and green beans, along with white cheddar and jalapeno scones, salad and dessert.Tickets $85 per person.

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It’s collaboration brew day at Steel & Oak and of course I’m late.The plan was to come early and watch the whole process from start to finish – to pull back the curtains and see what’s at the heart of local beer collaborations.

Beer collabs have become for beer nerds what music collaborations are for music fans – a chance to geek out over the fact that your favourite artists have come together to create something, even if that something isn’t very good.

For me – a person who understands the brewing process far, far less than the editor of a province-wide

beer magazine probably should – there’s a romance to beer collaborations. Because brewers are like musicians, who collaborate in order to discover new avenues of creativity for their chosen craft, to service something larger than themselves.

But, like I said, I’m late.

It’s 9:20am and I’ve missed them putting the mash in, which seems at first (to my uneducated mind) to be like missing the birth of something beautiful.

Which of course it isn’t.

S&O’s brewing staff are milling about, handling tasks that one would have a very difficult time describing as “romantic.” One of them is adjusting some plumbing. Another is rinsing some metallic equipment that looks complicated, important, and easy

Brewery workers at Steel & Oak in New Westminster prepare this year’s VCBW Collaboration Brew. Stephen Smysnuik photo to break. Peter Shulz, S&O’s (now former) brewmaster is on the stairs leading to the brewer’s office, sweeping.

Looking around, the collaboration brew day looks… well, just like any other day.

Strange Fellows, S&O’s collaborators for this particular brew, are nowhere to be seen.

I ask Shulz where they are.

“They just called and said they’re going to be late,” Shulz says.

“Huh. Well, this isn’t much of a collaboration then, I guess?”

He explains to me that the real action – the collaboration part – happened weeks before, when they figured out what style they would brew,

and with what ingredients.

It was clear at this point 13 minutes after my arrival that I’d come to investigate a profoundly eventless nonstory. Thankfully, this isn’t just any collaboration brew day, but the brew day for Vancouver Craft Beer Week’s annual collaboration beer, and there’s going to be a big party starting in a few hours.

I press Schulz further.

Surely, if Strange Fellows showed up, there’d be more action here, today?

But Shulz shrugs, sweeps.

“If Iain [Hill, Strange Fellows’ brewmaster] was here, we’d just be standing around talking,” he says. “The act of actually brewing is rather

unimportant. Look, if you’re a baker, how many times do you need to mix water and flour to know it’s done right?”

The truth is, head brewers do very little actual brewing the higher they rise up the chain, and there’s even less to do when two head brewers get together.

“Everyone’s surprised how little work there is,” Parallel 49 brewmaster Graham With tells me several weeks later. He’s in the middle of promoting P49’s Brews Brothers collaboration pack, one of the most ambitious collaboration projects in BC: 12 different handpicked BC craft breweries each create a new recipe that is brewed and sold exclusively in the limited edition mixer pack.

There’s no standard, but the common mode for beer collaborations looks like this: 1) Planning stage: where the brewers sit or stand around, shoot the shit while tossing ideas around for styles and ingredients.

Collaborations are primarily social endeavors, and only the most unsociable and hardnosed brewer would attempt to focus solely on creating a recipe. At press time for this issue, The Growler has not

met such a brewer.

2) Brewing stage: which With can explain better than anybody: “Normally there’s just one person brewing. So when we do a collab, there’re two or three of us [from P49], there’s two or three of them [from the other brewery].Yeah, there’re six people doing one person’s job.”

Typically – perhaps obviously – beer is consumed, which is understandable, as there’s basically nothing else to do in this kind of situation but indulge in the one thing everyone has in common.

I don’t know what else I was expecting, but this clearly wasn’t it. Strange Fellows eventually shows up at 11am.

In the meantime, I learn new words such as “sparging” and “lautering,” the meanings of which I forget almost immediately, what with all that beer and such.

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When the summer farmers’ markets spring into action though, I definitely let nature take the lead. No shopping list is required. Just buy whatever tempts then improvise at home.

Yaletown,Trout Lake and Kitsilano kicked off the season and more markets will be popping up as we head into summer. Each week yields the freshest new crop. Last weekend, stalls sported leafy greens like arugula, chard, kale, spinach and lettuce along with herbs, asparagus, radishes and rhubarb. And speaking of chickens and eggs, it’s not just fruit and veg at vendors’ stands.With free-range poultry, sustainably caught fish, non-medi-

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can hear what you’re actually saying and what you’re actually doing. So I wanted to push that and make myself get over that fear. Speed and fuzz and distortion are all just easy ways of masking the songs. It’s produced very clearly. It’s crystal clear.”

Rather than rely on a shock-and-awe approach of snarls and shouts, BarberWay’s melodies on Paradise are her catchiest and most melodic to date. “I wanted to prove that I could sing,” she explains. “And to make anthemic choruses. To really embrace a chorus. Not be afraid to make a real chorus.

One that was challenging and was sung and had a bit more of a pop edge to it.”

Despite this outlook, there are still moments of blistering punk aggression. “Vegas” is a blitz of jagged guitars and full-throttle rhythms, while the explosive “Kiss Me When I Bleed” features an alarming refrain of “I will give birth in a trailer / Huffing the gas in the air.”

This tale of trailer park childbirth was one of several songs that Barber-Way penned from the perspective of fictitious characters. This writing style was necessary, she reveals, given the happiness of her personal life.

“It’s not a great place to be in — when you’re super content and full of complacency — when you’re writing lyrics,” she admits. “The best lyrics come from animosity and feeling down and feeling confused or feeling upset. The freedom of fiction allowed me to create really strong images because I could say things that I wasn’t allowed to say as myself.”

It’s a natural fit for the singer to explore different writing methods, given her skyrocketing side-career as a journalist. She’s a successful freelancer who writes for numerous publications (full disclosure: she writes the

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Halfway through a phone conversation with White Lung frontwoman Mish Barber-Way, the vocalist’s train of thought is interrupted by a shrieking bird.

“Can you hear that squawking in the background?” she asks. “I live in this neighbourhood where there’s peacocks everywhere.

They’re like the squirrels of the neighbourhood. There’s one that sits on my roof and squawks all day. It’s insane.”

This glamorous bird infestation is part of the singer’s life in Los Angeles, where the former Vancouverite relocated three years ago. She and her husband recently moved into a new home — with “a giant swimming pool,” she exclaims excitedly — and she has been immersed in household pursuits.

“It’s way bigger than our last place, so I’m getting all this new stuff,” she says.

“I’m doing a lot of domestic hunting, which is rad.”

Aside from the squawking peacocks, it’s a seemingly peaceful existence — something that’s surprising when you consider Barber-Way’s roots as a punk rock hellraiser. Over the past decade, she and her White Lung bandmates have carved out a reputation for violently loud, viciously angry noisemaking. Their fiery energy has earned them rave reviews, major festival bookings and a record deal with the prestigious UK label Domino Recording Company (also home to Arctic Monkeys, Animal Collective and Real Estate).

These days, White Lung is an international operation;

while Barber-Way acclimatizes to life in the City of Angels, guitarist Kenneth Williams and drummer Anne-Marie Vassiliou have remained home in Vancouver.

The geographical divide meant that the friends had to adopt a new approach when writing their fourth full-length, the freshly released Paradise. Rather than jamming together in a room, as had been their previous method, the bandmates entered the studio with a collection of song fragments but almost no completed material.

“It was like a collage that hadn’t been glued together,” Barber-Way remembers of the sessions. “They [Williams and Vassiliou] came down to LA and we worked for a month straight, gluing all of the pieces together and turning it into an album.

I didn’t finalize a single melody or lyric until we were in the studio. I worked non-stop for two weeks to do that.”

This overhauled creative process resulted in a textured sound that departs from White Lung’s usual pedalto-the-metal punk. Williams’ guitar parts are atmospherically layered, with ferociously distorted riffs contrasted by effects-doused ambience, and Vassiliou’s tempos are more varied than in the past. The new direction is particularly apparent on “Below,” a restrained ballad that’s filled with sweetly echoing licks and uncharacteristically honeyed melodies.

Elsewhere, producer Lars Stalfors’ crystalline touch shines on “Hungry,” a tuneful rocker that’s flecked with spacious reverb and moody harmonies.

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THE PACK A.D. Vancouver garage-rock duo return home to play the first of two nights in support of their forthcoming album with Dead Soft and Glad Rags. 8pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $17 at Red Cat, Neptoon, Highlife and TicketWeb.ca SANTIGOLD American rapper and producer from from Philly makes good on a cancelled date, bringing the We Buy Gold tour to town in support of 99¢. 7pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $34.50 at TicketFly.com. All ages show.

CATE LE BON LA-based Welsh singer-songwriter on tour in support of Crab Day, with special guests Mega Bog. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $14 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca CHICKEN-LIKE BIRDS AND NO MOTHERS Sloppy blues, ragtime and bluegrass from the Vancouver duo as they co-headline with the stereo viola folk rock band with special guest Leah Barley.

8pm at LanaLou’s. Cover is $10.

SONGWRITER’S NIGHT An evening of songwriting and storytelling featuring Ian Sherwood, Maria Dunn, Khari McClelland and Lydia Hol. 8pm at St. James Hall. Tickets $24 at Highlife, Rufus’ Guitars, Tapestry Music and RogueFolk.bc.ca

THEATRE/DANCE BILLY ELLIOT Based on the acclaimed film, and supported by the music of Elton John, the inspiring tale of courage, ambition and overcoming adversity is the journey of an 11-yearold boy who falls in love with ballet in 1984 London. 7:30pm at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub.com.

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LUX ANTIQUA: SONGS OF LIGHT Cantata Singers present their final performance of the season, joining forces with Redshift Music Society for a unique and extraordinary a cappella program featuring three world premieres and Jordan Noble’s composition Lux Antiqua.

7:30pm at H.R. MacMillan Space Centre. Tickets $30 at VancouverCantataSingers.com

BEN GLEIB Actor, satirist, writer and comedian, a roundtable regular on Chelsea Lately and host of Last Week on Earth with Ben Gleib and Idiotest performs with opening sets from Levi McCachen and Dino Archie.

8pm & 10:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $18 at TheComedyMix.com

LA CHINGA Local rockers hit the stage in support of a new LP with a little help from Black River Killers, Doctor Claw, the Highway Kind and Smash Alley. 8pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $12 at Red Cat, Neptoon, and TicketFly.com SO HIDEOUS Orchestral postmetal outfit from Brooklyn headline with special guests Bosse-deNage, Finite and Sevens Nine and Tens. 8pm at Funky Winker Beans.

CIVILIANA Local rockers play in support of Out The Window with special guest Sleep Science and the Flu. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret.

Tickets $10 at TicketFly.com BREHDREN Energetic jazz, indie pop and rock with elements of ska and reggae from these locals with special guests Wannanawanna and the Eleven Twelves. 9pm at LanaLou’s. Cover is $10. All ages welcome EDERLEZI 2016 The seventh annual Balkan-Roma Spring Festival & Brass Band Extravaganza features five bands, two dance troupes and special guest master trumpeter Demiran Cerimovic, from Serbia. 8pm at Grandview Legion Hall. Tickets $12-$23 at Highlife, Boemma Deli and CaravanBC.com or $15-$25 at the door.

MATT WRIGHT Writer, director and stand-up comedian from Newfoundland with comedy album Vasectomy Baby, who can be heard on SiriusXM appears with opening sets from Larke Miller and John Cullen. 8pm at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets $20 at YukYuks.com

THEATRE/DANCE BALLET BC The 30th anniversary goes out with a spectacular bang, with work by two audience favourites, and a newcomer making waves worldwide. 8pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets at Ticketmaster.ca. Runs until May 14.

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. Runs until May 14.

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FMLYBND Indie-electronic band from Santa Barbara tours in support of Hearts On Fire, with special guests Olivver the Kid and Dark Waves. 7:30pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $12 at Red Cat and TicketFly.com

AMON AMARTH Swedish melodic death metal band appear in support of Jomsviking, with special guests Entombed A.D., and Exmortus. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $39.50 at Scrape, LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.ca

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8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $18 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca LIGHTS Canadian singer, songwriter, and musician from Toronto plays an acoustic set in support of her latest release, Midnight Machines, with special guest Kieran Mercer. 8pm at Vogue Theatre.

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JOHNNY 2 FINGERS & THE DEFORMITIES Moose Jaw’s most revered rock ‘n’ rollers return with special guests Harma White, Staggers & Jaggers and Muddy Goats.

8:30pm at Pat’s Pub. Cover is $10.

THEATRE/DANCE PEOPLE LIKE US Set on a single night in a New York City bar, this performance from the Mariposa Theatre Wing is a love letter to musical theatre borrowing from hits like Rent, Follies, and Company. 7:30pm at Marpole United Church. Tickets $15+ at PeopleLikeUs.BrownPaperTickets.com.

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MAGRUDERGRIND American grindcore band from Washington, DC play tunes from II with special guests Yautja, Ogroem and Wtchdr. 8pm at The Astoria.

Tickets $15+ at Red Cat, Neptoon, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca or $20 at the door.

TORI KELLY American singer, songwriter, record producer and Grammy-nominated Best New Artist plays tunes from Unbreakable Smile, her debut release. 8pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets $57+ at BoxOfficeTicketSales.com GORGEOUS GERSHWIN Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra busts out the great American songbook to close out their season on an ebullient note in a bright and boisterous programme under the direction of conductor Leslie Dala. 2pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets $10 at VAM.ca or at the door.

COMEDY RAPE IS REAL AND EVERYWHERE: A NATIONAL COMEDY TOUR LAUNCH Rape jokes are everywhere, but who are the people telling them and are they ever okay, let alone funny? What if the people telling rape jokes were survivors? Seasoned standup comedians use humour to celebrate resiliency on the eve of their national tour after three sold out shows in Vancouver. 7:30pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $15 at EventBrite.ca THE SUNDAY SERVICE The award-winning improv comedy troupe brings their high energy commitment to comedy with a little slapstick shtick, carrying the audience through a kaleidoscopic trip where scenes barrel into tangents and stories smash together creating comedy gold. 9pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $7 at the door.

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 EXPRESSIONS FESTIVAL 2016 Arts Umbrella presents the annual showcase celebrating the boundless creativity of young talent with an expanded two week run, in a collection of inspired performances and exhibitions highlighting the talents of Canada’s next generation of theatre artists. Visit WaterFrontTheatre.ca for tickets and schedule. Runs until May 22.

CHEAP & FUN KARAOKE MONDAYS DJ Christa Belle and Trevor Risk host this weekly send-up of karaoke with no cover, cheap drinks and questionable talent. 9pm at The Cobalt.

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NADA SURF American alternative rockers from New York City appear in support of their eighth studio album, You Know Who You Are. 8pm at Venue. Tickets $22 at BPLive.ElectroStub.com

SONGS OF WORLD WAR I Tenor Ian Bostridge, accompanied by pianist WenWen Du perform an artfully curated program of songs

by Mahler, Stephan, Butterworth, Weill and Bitten exploring the music and poetry of the Great War. 7:30pm at Vancouver Playhouse.

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ARCHYTAS QUARTET An intimate concert featuring glorious, passionate music

by Franz Schubert, and world premiere from Vancouver’s own Marcus Goddard with Dale Barltrop and David Gillham on violin, David Harding on viola and Ariel Barnes on cello. 8pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $33.25 at MusicOnMain.ca

THEATRE/DANCE VIRGINS Not just one musical, but three one act musicals on one bill, sure to make you laugh with tales of socially conscious teens, a journalist working on a story about porn and reality TV style competition. 8pm at Jericho Arts Centre. Tickets at TicketsTonight.TicketForce.com.

Runs until May 21.

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AN EVENING WITH An evening of original music from the soul featuring three of Vancouver’s finest vocal talents, Tonye Aganaba, Khari Wendell McClelland and Emily Chambers. 8pm at The Waldorf. Tickets $10 at EventBrite.ca

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BIG BLACK DELTA Jonathan Bates, formerly of Mellowdrone and M83 plays tunes from his latest solo album Trágame Tierra.

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REVOLVER THEATRE FESTIVAL A diverse set of emerging and established Canadian artists explore new forms of storytelling and theatre arts in mainstage productions and cabaret-style shows presented by Upintheair Theatre.

Runs until May 22 at The Cultch.

Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch. com, Upintheairtheatre.com and revolverfestival.ca. Runs until May 22.

EVENTS MAKE NATURAL ROOTBEER Join Rick Havlak in this workshop to make naturally effervescent rootbeer, as he guides through the step-by-step fermentation process with a bottle to take with you and a kit to get you started at home. 6pm at Homestead Junction (649 East Hastings). Tickets $40 at HomesteadJunction.ca

ART LAWRENCE PAUL YUXWELUPTUN: UNCEDED TERRITORIES Vancouver artist of Coast Salish and Okanagan descent showcases this provocative exhibition of new and existing paintings, drawings, sculptures and installation works that confront colonial suppression of First Nations peoples. 10am-5pm at Museum of Anthropology. Admission is free. Runs until Oct. 16.

YOUNG EMPIRES Toronto indie rockers appear in support of their debut album The Gates, with special guest Blajk. 8pm at Fortune Sound Club. Tickets $ at LiveNation.com DIANA ARBENINA & THE NIGHT SNIPERS Russian rock band plays a Canadian headlining spot. 7pm at Rickshaw Theatre.

Tickets $60 at PicATic.com

COMEDY IVAN DECKER One of Canada’s leading young comedians, Decker is a hilarious voice for the millennial generation with careful dissection of everyday trials matched with briallian timing and intelligent observation.

8:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com

THEATRE/DANCE 5 @ 50 Ruby Slipper Theatre and Zee Zee Theatre join forces to proudly present the North American premiere of Brad Fraser’s ensemble tour-de-force about friendship, addiction and co-dependence, a darkly comic portrayal of turning 50 in contemporary society. 8pm at PAL Studio Theatre. Tickets at Tickets.TheatreWire.com

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rEvolver Festival gets physical High-level feats of circus and puppetry on offer at indie theatre fest

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It took nine months of working as a fire-dancer at festivals overseas for Chris Murdoch to realize he was a circus performer.

“I didn’t even realize that what I was doing was part of the circus until I went to Australia and was put in some larger festivals, and they were like, ‘You’re in circus-artist camping with the rest of the circus-artist people,’” the Calgary-born artist recalls, with a laugh. “Then I started to discover the larger umbrella of circus – [juggling, acrobatics, aerial arts, etc.] – and all of a sudden I went ‘Okay, I guess circus is what I do.’”

It would turn out to be a life-changing epiphany: Murdoch, now one of the West Coast’s most accomplished contact jugglers, is part of a dedicated troupe of artists helping to root the

world’s red-hot contemporary circus movement – made mainstream by companies like Seven Fingers of the Hand and Gravity and Other Myths – in Vancouver. And those looking to get in on the action can catch his show, The New Conformity, from May 17-22 as part of rEvolver Festival – Vancouver’s annual showcase of emerging and independent theatre talent, presented by Up In The Air Theatre.

Inspired by modern circus behemoth Cirque du Soleil but not an imitation of it, Murdoch explains that the circus of his generation doesn’t need a Big Top to present physical theatre at its finest. “[Contemporary circus] has stripped away so much of the production value that Cirque du Soleil involves,” he explains, on break from making costumes at CircusWest, where he works as a coach. “And [companies like Seven Fingers] are doing such amazing tricks that now it’s not spectacle. [Circus] can tell a story, it can be emotionally expressive… Especially Seven Fingers.They’ve stripped a lot of it down to just street clothes.”

intimate incarnation will feature just Murdock, Ryan Mellors and Yuki Ueda, under the banner of Cause & Effect Circus, as they make magic out of thin air.

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A Soviet-era board game comes to life in Kolejka, a puppet show for grown-ups running May 11-22. Jalen Saip photo So, as Murdoch sees it, rather than the Romeo and Juliet-sized love stories and elaborate mythologies of Cirque, contemporary circus has emerged as creating stories on a human scale. “[Cirque] is telling mythology and fairy tales like Avatar, and stuff like that,” says Murdoch, “and contemporary circus is telling much smaller, human stories, in the same way that modern dance and

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Case and point? His company’s dazzling juggling masterclass, The New Conformity. In the capable hands of Murdoch and co., the very act of juggling fades away, and The New Conformity becomes a wordless celebration of the possibilities of physical storytelling, disguised as compelling social commentary.

“Our story is sort of on the theme of trends in society.

It’s basically three guys who are going through their daily routine.You could interpret us as coworkers – we’re just in plain grey suits,” says Murdoch. “We do our normal routine, and one of us starts to get sick of it.That’s me. I just don’t want to juggle ‘boring’ anymore. I want to juggle interestingly and I want to have some fun. I want to take my jacket off and be a little bit different, and the other guys do not want me to do that.”

Reviews hail the 2014 Victoria and 2015 Vancouver Fringe hit as “breathtaking” and ingenious, blending highlevel circus concepts with elements of contemporary dance and hip hop culture.

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Capitalizing on its reputation as an incubator for emerging Canadian talent, this year rising local puppeteer Randi Edmundson is using rEvolver to expand on a simmering story idea – a whimsical puppet show called Kolejka, inspired almost entirely by a Soviet-era board game of the same name. “[Originally], I wanted to create a show for a fundraiser for the Troika Collective,” says Edmundson, referring to a Vancouver theatre company that specializes in Eastern European storytelling, “and also at the same time I was playing this board game called Kolejka, which is about communism in 1970s, 1980s Poland, standing in bread-lines trying to complete our shopping list before the other people you’re playing against.

“It’s really fun,” she continues, “and you really get into it in a sort of fun, competitive way, but it also just reminds you about how crappy that would have been, to be in that situation. And the intention behind the makers of this board game was to keep that story alive.”

(In an interesting turn, the Polish best-seller, referred to colloquially as “communist Monopoly” was just banned in Russia in March for being excessively critical of the government.)

Current events aside, though, Edmundson adds excitedly that rEvolver is also a chance to showcase skills she and part of the team at star star theatre picked up from Alberta-based puppetry legends the Old Trouts (with whom Vancouver audiences are likely very familiar, thanks

to five-star shows like Famous Puppet Death Scenes passing through The Cultch) at their Banff Centre workshop two years ago.

“We learned a bunch of building techniques, we learned about devising puppet shows in collectives, we learned about manipulation,” Edmundson recalls. “And I think what’s exciting about Kolejka is we are finally getting to use a lot of the more Old Trout-type puppet styles in a show.”

In Kolejka – one of seven shows created or directed by women at the festival – an elderly Polish woman named Babushka is searching for human connection in a lonely world. It’s a simple premise for a puppet show for grown-ups, but this moving and magical fantasy manages to be full of surprise – told through physically demanding rod and shadow puppetry in the bunraku or multi-handler style, and set to rollicking gypsy-punk music.

For Babushka’s mainstage debut, Edmundson and her colleagues have added more to the story, padding out the quirky adventure from its original six-and-a-half-minute format into a full, 50-minute production, running May 1122 at The Cultch.

“Babushka just seemed so alive and so interesting, and I felt I just had to do more,” Edmundson explains. “So, I applied to rEvolver and we fleshed out the story a little bit, and there we go! We kind of took that first six minutes as a launching point to find more of the story and more of the world.” W

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FionaVroom didn’t grow up watching StarTrek. She’s not a Trekkie or aTrekker. She isn’t onTeam Kirk orTeam Picard.

Regardless, Star Trek has played a major role in Vroom’s life and career.

First there was Lolani: the Vancouver actress portrayed the green-skinned Orion slave girl in the “Lolani” episode of the fan-financed Star Trek Continues web series. Lou Ferrigno of The Incredible Hulk fame played a nefarious slave trader in that same episode.

Vroom parlayed this Trek role into a second one: again as an Orion, but this time in the upcoming Star Trek Beyond feature film.

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REVIEW // CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR

Starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr. Directed by Joe Russo, Anthony Russo They’ve done it again. Marvel has once more raised the bar to demonstrate what a superhero movie can and should be. CivilWar combines the best parts of The Avengers – thrilling, big scale action with larger than life characters – with the political intrigue and spycraft of Captain America.

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Barnes is blamed for a major attack. A huge rift forms after Cap remains loyal and Tony Stark becomes convinced the group needs some world policing.

There is so much to love about the film it’s hard to know where to start.The action, which occurs in numerous locations around the globe, is often breathless, mixing stunningly choreographed stunts with superior visual effects.The airport battle is one of the best sequences ever assembled in the MCU.The movie is also frequently hilarious.What makes the comedy so brilliant is how effortlessly it’s blended into the narrative as scenes shift seamlessly from harrowing drama to plain old comic relief. Also, watch for a scene-stealing Tom Holland as Spider-Man. Some may decry the film as formulaic but it’s sheer blockbuster entertainment value and depth of characters is undeniable.

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childhood, when young Vroom devoured reruns of I Love Lucy and yearned to be Lucille Ball – and Trekkies know that Ball’s production company Desilu greenlit the original Star Trek television series.

“I was not a fan of Star Trek,” Vroom tells Reel People in a recent interview.

“I wanted to be Lucille Ball.

She’s the big inspiration for my entire career. But I keep coming back to Star Trek.”

Vroom’s journey to Star Trek began on a boat. She describes her parents as “big hippies,” and her childhood – the first few years of which she spent sailing around the Gulf Islands – as “very unique.”

It was on the boat that Vroom initially discovered the joy that could be derived from making her parents and two sisters laugh. This feeling only increased in elementary school, when she played Mrs. Claus in the holiday play.

“I got up on stage, and I made the audience laugh, and that was even better than making my family laugh,” chuckles Vroom. “I was hooked.”

At first, Vroom wanted to be a musical theatre star. She honed her skills at Canadian College of Performing Arts, and took those skills on the road, erm, high seas as a cruise ship performer.

“I would never recommend for anyone to go on a cruise ship for a vacation, but as a performer, it was awesome,” says Vroom. She visited dozens of countries as she performed in various onship Broadway revues and cirque shows. “It was fun, but at the end of three years, I wanted to try film and TV.” Since docking in the film and television sphere in 2005, Vroom has racked up a

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Her Twitter numbers doubled the day “Lolani” went live. Nearly three years later,

Vroom continues to receive letters and artwork from Star Trek Continues fans. “They’re so loyal,” raves Vroom.

Vroom’s work on the web series opened the door for the big budget feature, in which she’s credited as Green Girl.

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Including a project one block away on Pendrell Street, there are four projects and five towers with more than 750 rental units in varying stages of development.

Westbank wants to build the largest of these projects – a two-tower, 319-unit redevelopment of the current Safeway site – at the

northwest corner of Davie and Cardero streets, and west to include the current liquor store.

The market-rental project sailed through a designpanel hearing with what Henriquez Partners Architects principal and project applicant Gregory Henriquez called “unanimous support.”

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Once Henriquez gets that approval, he can apply for a development permit Westbank needs to build the towers that it envisages as being 21 and 22 storeys.

Critics, such as West End Neighbours director Randy Helten, say the Safeway project and others nearby have too much density and will change the streetscape to be less pedestrianfriendly.

Henriquez is unconvinced by those arguments.

“Density is a great idea,” he said. “The West End plan went through a long public consultation process, which resulted in density along major arterial roads and keeping the majority of the internal parts [of the West End] pretty much untouched.”

Reliance Properties owns the remaining third of the block to the west of the liquor store and to the northeast corner of Davie and Bidwell streets. It intends to build a 22-storey, 108-unit, marketrental building that the city recently approved.

Meanwhile, Larco Investments has approval to build

what would be a fourth tower in the one-block strip of Davie Street.

The Larco tower is slated to be a 23-storey, 158-unit, market-rental building on the south side of Davie Street between Bidwell and Cardero streets, on what is now the London Drugs parking lot. Larco also owns the real estate under the store, but there are no plans yet to redevelop the London Drugs location.

More rental-tower construction is planned nearby.

Last September, city council approved a Westbank project one block northwest, at 1750 Pendrell Street near Denman Street, where the company is waiting for a development permit to build a 21-storey, 173-unit tower that will have a mix of market-rental and affordable housing units.

“Think of the quality of life for people in the area,” Helten said.

“There will be noise, traffic, dust and disruptions as well as safety issues. Lord Roberts Elementary School has 750 children, so there’s a concern about heavy construction nearby as well as shadows from the [Safeway

site’s] towers.”

Things could have been worse for Helten and others concerned about increasing density.

Devonshire Properties last year mysteriously put on hold a development a couple blocks south of Davie Street, despite taking a couple years to successfully navigate a rezoning.

Devonshire had planned to build a 133-unit rental building on a parking lot next to the three existing Beach Towers buildings.

No one from Devonshire responded to Business in Vancouver by press time to explain why it was pausing that project or when the project could be resurrected.

Helten speculated that Devonshire may see more value in selling the property.

Mayor Gregor Robertson, last year, lamented that Devonshire’s project would not get built and struck a tone consistent with the recent rental-tower approvals.

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Continued from page 17 Vroom brought a picture of herself from Star Trek Continues to her Star Trek Beyond audition.

“I said, ‘look, I’ve been in this series before, here’s my headshot from it, I played an Orion,’ and that got me a callback,” she says.

Vroom worked 21 days on Star Trek Beyond last summer. It took three hours each day to apply the green makeup. She can’t disclose much of anything about her Star Trek character, save that she’s an Orion – but she does call it the “craziest experience” of her career.

The bulk of Vroom’s Star Trek shooting days occurred in a Pitt Meadows rock quarry, where the production enhanced the otherworldliness of the landscape with props and more than a dozen green screens. “I’ve never been part of something so big, and seen so many people involved in making something so magical and massive,” says Vroom.

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lead actors were as down to Earth as their indie counterparts, she says.

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Star Trek might have been written in Vroom’s stars, but it’s equally arguable that performing is in the building blocks of her DNA. Her great-grandmother was an opera singer, and her great-great-grandfather was involved in the construction of the Orpheum Theatre, notably painting details on the gold ceiling.

That would be her greatgreat-grandfather on theVroom side – which, incidentally, is her actual last name. “People always think I’ve made it up,” laughsVroom. “It’s a great conversation starter.” W Star Trek Beyond hits theatre nationwide this July.

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By Rob Brezsny Russian writer Anton Chekhov was renowned for the crisp, succinct style of his short stories and plays. As he evolved, his pithiness grew. “I now have a mania for shortness,” he wrote. “Whatever I read – my own work, or other people’s – it all seems to me not short enough.” I propose that we make Chekhov your patron saint for a while. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you are in a phase when your personal power feeds on terse efficiency. You thrive on being vigorously concise and deftly focused and cheerfully devoted to the crux of every matter.

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” Approximately 30,000 sites on the Internet attribute that quote to iconic genius Albert Einstein. But my research strongly suggests that he did not actually say that. Who did?

It doesn’t matter. For the purposes of this horoscope, there are just two essential points to concentrate on.

First, for the foreseeable future, your supreme law of life should be “creativity is intelligence having fun.”

Second, it’s not enough to cavort and play and improvise, and it’s not enough to be discerning and shrewd and observant. Be all those things.

In Western culture, the peacock is a symbol of vanity. When we see the bird display its stunning array of iridescent feathers, we might think it’s lovely, but may also mutter, “What a show-off.” But other traditions have treated the peacock as a more purely positive emblem: an embodiment of hard-won and triumphant radiance. In Tibetan Buddhist myths, for example, its glorious plumage is said to be derived from its transmutation of the poisons it absorbs when it devours dangerous serpents. This version of the peacock is your power animal for now, Gemini. Take full advantage of your ability to convert noxious situations and fractious emotions into beautiful assets.

“Clear moments are so short,” opines poet Adam Zagajewski. “There is much more darkness. More ocean than terra firma. More shadow than form.” Here’s what I have to say about that: Even if it does indeed describe the course of ordinary life for most people, it does not currently apply to you. On the contrary.

You’re in a phase that will bring an unusually high percentage of lucidity. The light shining from your eyes and the thoughts coalescing in your brain will be extra pure and bright. In the world around you, there may be occasional patches of chaos and confusion, but your luminosity will guide you through them.

“Dear Smart Operator: My name is Captain Jonathan Orances. I presently serve in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. I am asking for your help with the safekeeping of a trunk containing funds in the amount of $7.9 million, which I secured during our team’s raid of a poppy farmer in Kandahar Province. The plan is to ship this box to Luxembourg, and from there a diplomat will deliver it to your designated location. When I return home on leave, I will take possession of the trunk.

You will be rewarded handsomely for your assistance. If you can be trusted, send me your details. Best regards, Captain Jonathan Orances.” You may receive a tempting but risky offer like this in the near future, Leo. I suggest you turn it down. If you do, I bet a somewhat less interesting but far less risky offer will come your way.

“Some things need to be fixed, others to be left broken,” writes poet James Richardson. The coming weeks will be an ideal time for you to make final decisions about which are which in your own life. Are there relationships and dreams and structures that are either too damaged to salvage or undeserving of your hard labor? Consider the possibility that you will abandon them for good. Are there relationships and dreams and structures that are cracked, but possible to repair and worthy of your diligent love? Make a plan to revive or reinvent them.

Once every year, it is healthy and wise to make an ultimate confession – to express everything you regret and bemoan in one cathartic swoop, and then be free of its subliminal nagging for another year. The coming days will be a perfect time to do this. For inspiration, read an excerpt from Jeanann Vernee’s “Genetics of Regret”: “I’m sorry I lied. Sorry I drew the picture of the dead cat. I’m sorry about the stolen tampons and the nest of mice in the stove. I’m sorry about the slashed window screens. I’m sorry it took 36 years to say this.

Sorry that all I can do is worry what happens next.

Sorry for the weevils and the dead grass. Sorry I vomited in the wash drain. Sorry I left. Sorry I came back.

I’m sorry it comes like this. Flood and undertow.”

According to the British podcast series “No Such Thing as a Fish,” there were only a few satisfying connubial relationships in late 18th-century England.

One publication at that time declared that of the country’s 872,564 married couples, just nine were truly happy. I wonder if the percentage is higher for modern twosomes. Whether it is or not, I have good news: My reading of the astrological omens suggests that you Scorpios will have an unusually good chance of cultivating vibrant intimacy in the coming weeks. Take advantage of this grace period, please!

“Some days I feel like playing it smooth,” says a character in Raymond Chandler’s short story “Trouble Is My Business,” “and some days I feel like playing it like a waffle iron.” I suspect that you Sagittarians will be in the latter phase until at least May 24. It won’t be prime time for silky strategies and glossy gambits and velvety victories. You’ll be better able to take advantage of fate’s fabulous farces if you’re geared up for edgy lessons and checkered challenges and intricate motifs.

Author Rebecca Solnit says that when she pictures herself as she was at age 15, “I see flames shooting up, see myself falling off the edge of the world, and am amazed I survived not the outside world but the inside one.” Let that serve as an inspiration, Capricorn. Now is an excellent time for you to celebrate the heroic, messy, improbable victories of your past.

You are ready and ripe to honor the crazy intelligence and dumb luck that guided you as you fought to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles. You have a right and a duty to congratulate yourself for the suffering you have escaped and inner demons you have vanquished.

“To regain patience, learn to love the sour, the bitter, the salty, the clear.” The poet James Richardson wrote that wry advice, and now I’m passing it on to you. Why now? Because if you enhance your appreciation for the sour, the bitter, the salty, and the clear, you will not only regain patience, but also generate unexpected opportunities. You will tonify your mood, beautify your attitude, and deepen your gravitas. So I hope you will invite and welcome the lumpy and the dappled, my dear. I hope you’ll seek out the tangy, the smoldering, the soggy, the spunky, the chirpy, the gritty, and an array of other experiences you may have previously kept at a distance.

“A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home.” That’s from a Coleman Barks’ translation of a poem by the 13th-century Islamic scholar and mystic known as Rumi. I regard this epigram as a key theme for you during the next 12 months. You will be invited to shed a host of wishywashy wishes so as to become strong and smart enough to go in quest of a very few burning, churning yearnings. Are you ready to sacrifice the mediocre in service to the sublime?

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@MyszkaWay Mixed in with the world awaking to its scorched edges and frayed minds I’ve come to the ripe age of twenty-fuckingone. In a new millennium where people meet digitally and we’re all randy for voyerism I’ve only met one person that I really wanted to care for. The last four years of looking for someone to be with has been arduous. Having only a couple petty flings in that time, I’ve grown used to being neutral on the topic of dating. I can’t find anyone I can talk to. The last woman I had solid conversations with passed away this December and was also dating someone else (which I found out after). Her other relationship as well as my relationship with her were long distance.

The only other woman whom I’ve met recently and liked, I acted as a therapist for. Basically listening to her tell me how fucked all my shitty associates were to her after she slept with them. I just can’t seem to find anyone who I can muster feelings for or even talk to regularly. My generation is fucked, I guess.

That or I’m too messed up to know what I should be doing to find someone who enjoys spending time with me. What is happening?

I recently hosted a documentary series for VICE called Professional People that featured new companies offering paid companionship that excluded sex. In the second episode I interviewed Dr. Chris Donaghue, a Los Angeles-based sex therapist and author, who really impressed me. Not only is the guy’s voice the human equivalent of really soft leather, but moreover, he is extremely perceptive about how this period of cultural change about relationships and dating has tossed us into total confusion. People are having a rough time right now with love and romance because technology has taken the rulebook and turned it into an iPad. You feel like you can’t connect with anyone? The whole world is lonely and Dr. Donaghue hypothesized on why. “[Loneliness] is a cultural problem,” he told me. “We live in a neo-liberal, capitalist culture where we want separation. It’s about me. What do I need? Self-esteem. I have to ‘do me.’ I have to put myself first. [This culture] is all about ignoring the other person. Healthy relationships are about us, not about me or a self. So, our culture doesn’t train us to value other people in relationships.”

Neither you or your generation are fucked. We just need to quit with the me, me, me bullshit and give people a chance.

Maybe you can’t find anyone because you aren’t giving any one person more time than a tweet. I see so many of my single friends bail on casual relationships so fast because of one little thing, and then continue to pine, whine and cry about how bad they want someone to share life with.You cannot possibly get to know someone texting with them on direct message or interacting only through SnapChat.You need to be together, face to face, touching, talking, being present to actually find out what they are about. And some people open up slow, like a really tough oyster. If you give up easy and walk because you “can’t deal,” you’ll never get to the meat.

Look, I am sorry that your dead ex-girlfriend was having another long distance affair unbeknownst to you. I can’t help but assume this was a digital relationship, because it was “long distance,” which makes me want to smack you with a floppy disk.

“Nonlinear dating and singledom, where couples are learning that healthy relationships don’t break up but instead change boundaries and often leave room for return to romance and sexuality at a later time, are becoming more common,” writes Dr. Donaghue.

“Social media is our newest form of romantic cocaine, allowing for the ubiquitous snorting of our sexual other

at any immediate time or place.”

Yeah, romance feels slightly selfish now. We are more interested in how good someone can make us feel, disassociated from their presence with a swipe right.

If you really, really want to find someone then, give people more time than you are. Date outside your friendship circle. Go out with someone who has completely opposing political views as you. Who gives a shit. Get to know people.

Break the bubble.

I know you feel alone and that it is impossible to meet someone, but dude, you are ONLY 21YEARS OLD. If you didn’t feel a little fucked, I would be concerned.You have so much time left. This should be your era of messing around, being selfish and hanging out with as many people as possible. Screw up, get to know yourself, break a heart and have your heart busted too. This is what your twenties are about.

However, you are never going to enjoy life if you are so busy dragging your feet and feeling sorry for yourself. Quit the pity party. Girls can smell your sulking like a dog smells fear. Just because you think your generation may be fucked, doesn’t mean you have to be.

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Life Choices Grass Fed Beef Hot Dogs, Chicken Hot Dogs, Chipolte Smokies, and Grass Fed Beef Smokies 375g

9.99 each

Arayuma and Cha’s Organic Fair Trade Coconut Products UP TO

3.99

SAVE

Olympic Yogurt select varieties

SAVE

1.75kg product of BC

750g • product of BC

WELLNESS

Probiotics, Fish Oil, Fibre, Cleanses

Assorted Varieties and Sizes Excludes Bonus Bottles

20% off

Regular Retail Price

Fable Naturals Fair Trade Body Care Products

1 dozen • product of BC

UP TO

6 pack • product of USA

Renew Life Supplements

Maple Hill Organic Free Range Large Eggs

to 28% 6.49 8.99

34%

assorted varieties 200g

8.99

Purica Supplements Recovery, Provascin, Menopause,and Various Mushroom Supplements Assorted Varieties and Sizes

20% off

Regular Retail Price

Jason Naturals Body Care Products Assorted Varieties and Sizes

2/6.98

398ml product of USA

31% 2/5.50

6.99

Granola King Granola

3.99

SAVE

product of BC

31% 4.49 to

SAVE

Habibi’s Hummus and Dips

assorted varieties

300g

gourmet or hazelnut hemp

38%

2.99/100g

3.49 to 7.99 3.45 – 946ml water 9.99 280g macaroons

assorted varieties

assorted varieties

SAVE

5.49 to 11.99

Wolfgang Puck Organic Soup

Vij’s Indian Meals

25% 6.99

Uganda and Tanzania

+deposit +eco fee • product of Canada/Thailand

assorted sizes • product of Canada

35% 2.69 to

product of Colombia

Feeding Change Fair Trade Organic Raw Coconut Water and Macaroons

assorted varieties

SAVE

Choices' Own Specialty Chicken Souvlaki Skewers

assorted sizes

SAVE

27%

to 50% 3.99 12.99 UP TO

946ml product of Canada

Nature’s Bakery Fig Bars

assorted varieties

SAVE

assorted varieties

While quantities last. Not all items available at all stores. We reserve the right to correct printing errors.

8.99lb/ 19.82kg

DELI

Theo Organic Fair Trade Chocolate Bars

SAVE

Imported Grass Fed Free Range New York Strip Loin Steaks

Ocean Wise Steelhead Fillets

GLUTEN FREE White Chocolate Coconut Cream Slices 100g

SAVE

2.99

18% 5.49

xxx BAKERY

xxx • product of xxx

Silk Non Dairy Fresh Beverages and Creamers

SAVE

Organic Sourdough Bread Levain Style

assorted varieties

sliced or unsliced

assorted sizes • product of USA

530g

UP TO

25% 1.99 to

4.99

8.99

Start a New Career Today!

As Choices continues to grow, our team is looking to fill key management roles at all of our Vancouver locations. We are looking for individuals who share our vision of sustainability, healthy living and supporting local growers and communities. If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, please send your resume and cover letter to jobs@choicesmarkets.com or visit our website: choicesmarkets.com.

Assorted Varieties and Sizes

20% off

Regular Retail Price

20% off

Regular Retail Price

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