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On Orlando... Kristyn Anthony Opinion

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As I write this, it has been roughly 48 hours since Orlando. I have spent most of that time feeling as though somehow, something has been ripped out of me and I’ve been walking around in a sort of deﬂated fog, attempting to engage with the world around me that I struggle to want to be a part of, while trying not to spontaneously erupt into tears. I’m trying to ﬁgure out what it is about this particular shooting that has me paralyzed with fear, tired with anger and raging with frustration, coupled with the inability to understand how it is that there are still so many people in this world who feel I am not worthy enough to be in it, because of who I am. I’m trying to remember how lucky I am. How fortunate I am to have been born into my LGBTQ family. I came out 11 years ago, when I was 23 and though it was a relatively easy experience, something my mother said then resonates so clearly now.

“I’m just upset because of how hard your life is going to be now.” I think I laughed at the time, joking that I’d always chosen the path less taken; it felt like a self-imposed curse, whereby I’d be destined to learn everything the hard way. I wonder if she even knew then, what I am starting to learn now. It is hard. It is hard to tirelessly remain visible. It is hard to constantly be deemed a radical personality just because I believe I deserve respect and acceptance. It is hard to constantly have to explain who I love, and how I love them and why. And, it is hard to see the beautifully bright colours of our rainbow ﬂag, now attached to something so, so dark. There has been a lot of dialogue around the importance of our queer spaces, whether those are bars, or nightclubs, or bookstores, or barbershops, or the streets down which we parade. It is true, they are much more than the four walls in which we congregate. Standing like lighthouses, yet sometimes hidden, with only a heavy, black door to

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Hundreds of Vancouverites joined together to hold a candlelight vigil Sunday night (June 12) at the Vancouver Art Gallery to recognize victims of the recent shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando. Vancouver Pride Society photo mark the spot, we found them.We lived and laughed and danced and read and talked and listened and looked into the eyes of others who knew what we knew, and we made these spaces our own. On a day like today it feels as though there will never be enough of them. It feels like I’ve been walking around naively trusting in the progress we’ve made.Though Canada is a much different place than the United States, when I look into the faces of the people whose lives changed or ended so dramatically just 48 hours ago, I see me. I see you. I see my friends, and my lovers and my community.With so few spaces for LGBTQ people, we often ﬁnd ourselves at these exact parties

in these exact places in other countries, within our global community, especially during Pride. It could have been any one of us. I don’t know if we’re still safe in these spaces. But what I do know, is that the space in which my true self lives and breathes and loves and writes and communicates and advocates and excels isn’t a physical space I can be run out of, fearfully. Our queer spaces are the like-minded thoughts we share in times of joy and in times of pain.They are the spaces that lie before one heartbeat and after the next, and they are the energies that meet in those moments before our bodies engage in a hug, or a kiss. Try taking that away from us.That’s hard. W

Feed-in tariffs help renewable energy grow David Suzuki Science Matters @DavidSuzuki

In the early 1990s, Germany launched Energiewende, or “energy revolution,” a program “to combat climate change, avoid nuclear risks, improve energy security, and guarantee competitiveness and growth.” Renewable energy grew from four per cent in 1990 to more than 27 per cent in 2014, including a signiﬁcant increase in citizen-owned power projects, according to energy think tank Agora Energiewende. Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions dropped by 27 per cent during that time. Its goal is to reduce emissions 40 per cent from 1990 levels by 2020 and more than 80 per cent by 2050. Polls show that 90 per cent of Germans like the program – even though it means paying higher rates for electricity. There’s good reason for this widespread support.The primary technologies of wind and solar have become costcompetitive with conventional energy sources.Variable renewable sources and “ﬂexibility options” for conventional and renewable power generation are making baseload power obsolete – which means the system is geared to wind and solar rather than nuclear or coal. It’s

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one of the most reliable energy systems in the world. And it’s created jobs and revenue. Energiewende hasn’t solved all of Germany’s emissions and energy issues. Electricity rates are among Europe’s highest, although they’re expected to come down as more renewable energy becomes available, and efficient usage means “actual costs to households are comparable to countries with lower prices but higher consumption levels.”The country still gets more energy from coal than renewables, transportation and heating consume significant energy from conventional sources, and heavy industry makes Germany one of Western Europe’s highest emitters. Opposition from power utilities and coal companies, with consequent government compromises, has also slowed progress. But a range of initiatives and tools has put Germany on track to meeting its long-term climate commitments. One tool Germany used to achieve its rapid progress was a feed-in tariff, which guarantees renewable energy producers – individuals, businesses, community organizations and power companies – access to the grid and payment from power utilities for energy they put into the system. At first, the tariff wasn’t enough to cover costs, but in 2000 Germany introduced a law that guaran-

teed feed-in tariffs for 20 years at prices high enough for producers to profit. As renewable energy costs drop and more is brought into the system, tariffs go down. Feed-in tariffs are in place in Ontario, and in many countries worldwide.The Pembina Institute notes they’re effective for several reasons.They “reward actual production” rather than just installation, they minimize development investment risks and “facilitate access to financing,” and they encourage small, medium and large producers and “community and local ownership and engagement, minimizing opposition to projects.” They also “encourage renewable power producers to use the most efficient technology, driving down costs by fostering industrial competition,” and while they cause short-term electricity price hikes, those stabilize over time as costs and risks of conventional power generation and volatile fossil fuel markets are reduced. Income paid through tariffs “more than offsets any electricity price increases” for those who generate renewable energy. And if the full environmental and health damages of fossil fuels are considered, renewables are an even better bargain. Many jurisdictions with feed-in tariffs have become

leading exporters of renewable energy technology, creating local jobs and strengthening economies – with little or no government spending! Feed-in tariffs vary in rates and designs according to what types and scales of technologies governments want to encourage and where they want them located, which means they must be carefully designed. Massive centralized power sources are not efﬁcient and are quickly becoming outdated. Some power is lost when it has to be transmitted over long distances, and large sources usually keep operating even when power isn’t required. Using smart grids and distributed renewable energy with demandmanagement systems allows energy to be dispatched where and when it’s needed, most often over shorter distances, and a variety of power sources makes them more reliable, as large-scale power outages are less frequent. Burning ﬁnite fuels in huge plants to generate electricity is no way to power the future. Meeting global commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and slow global warming requires a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Feed-in tariffs are an effective way for governments to encourage that shift. Learn more at DavidSuzuki.org. W

Worst day ever at YVR? Grant Lawrence Vancouver Shakedown @GrantLawrence

Look, I know that there are much worse fates in life than being delayed for your flight, especially at our very own YVR. Due to very well placed signage, I’m fully aware that our Vancouver International Airport has been ranked number 1 in North America for an unprecedented seven years straight. No offence toYVR or comedian Louis C.K. (who brilliantly makes fun of those complaining about air travel), but it still doesn’t make me want to spend any more time atYVR than absolutely necessary. Cut to a few days ago: my wife, toddler, and our five-month-old baby were attempting to catch a 9:30am Toronto-bound flight.We woke up at 6:45am, fed the kids, crammed into a cab by 7:45am, and were at the airport at 8:15am. I wanted to get my shoes shined (because I don’t really know where else to get shoes shined) but my wife told me that I didn’t have time; we had to get to the gate for our 8:55am boarding time. When we arrived at gate C50, the flight was already boarding. Awesome! No time wasted! Get in and get out! Then the dreaded PA system crackled to life. “For the information of passengers on Air Canada Flight 116 to Toronto, we have to temporarily suspend the boarding process. We have detected a minor maintenance problem.” If you’ve travelled even a little bit, you know as well as I do that the second they suspend anything when it comes to your flight leaving on time, you could be entering into a never-ending purgatory of airport irritation.The next announcement: “The problem is worse than we thought.The radar on the plane isn’t working.The new departure time is 11:40am.”There were angry exclaims of frustration from the hundreds gathered at the gate, but the dad in me looked around at my little family and figured that, after wings and fuel, radar was pretty essential for high speed jumbo jet air travel through the clouds. And hey, at least now I could get my shoes shined.

By the time we got back to the gate at 11am, another announcement: “We haven’t been able to fix the radar. Our new departure time is now 3:30pm.We will be offering $10 meal vouchers at the customer service desk.” Some of our fellow passengers tossed their boarding passes in the air in disgust. Still I held it together in front of the kids. My wife and I looked at each other, facing down four and a half more hours to kill in North America’s No. 1 airport. We checked out the “children’s play area”: two plastic castle-like walls and an imbedded TV with a children’s show perennially on silent pause, eerily mirroring our adult frustrations.With our meal vouchers we lunched at the perfect place for those not in a rush: Rice Tales over at gate C43. Recommended! Healthy noodle boxes filled with vegetables that take awhile to prepare. Hours later, returning to gate C50, we were greeted with: “The airplane is in perfect working order, it’s just not here yet.” Uh huh. By 4:30pm, we finally boarded the plane and strapped into our seats.Then we taxied. And taxied some more. After some 40 minutes of driving around the airport in a gigantic plane, I looked over at my wife. “Something’s wrong.” The pilot came over the plane’s PA with clear frustration in his voice. “Well folks, the radar still isn’t working.” More cries of ever deepening passenger frustration. I finally cracked, letting out a loud expletive that my son quickly repeated. The plane finally left the ground with repaired radar at 6:45pm, a full nine hours and 15 minutes after our scheduled departure time.We arrived in Toronto at 2am, and staggered into my wife’s parents’ home at 3am, the kids now both snoring rag dolls. Louis C.K. himself might even complain about a trip like this, but as an exhausted dad, I found myself looking down at my kids and, maybe for the first time, seeing the bigger picture: yeah it took some extra time, and yeah it sucked, but we all made it safe and sound, and for that I am very thankful. Happy Father’s Day. W

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Take Dad for a (better) burger and beer this Father’s Day Anya Levykh Nosh

@FoodgirlFriday Father’s Day is almost upon us, and I can feel taste buds across the city activating at the thought of that most traditional of dad meals, the burger and beer. And, hey, nothing

wrong with a little meat and cheese and pickle and a cold draft. But, since it’s your dad and he’s likely pretty awesome, how about taking him somewhere that has burgers that go above and beyond? In the interests of happy dads everywhere, here are some top-ﬂight burgers that say “Love ya, Pops” in the best way possible.

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This “dirty burger” is legendary and hails all the way back to the late-lamented Refuel in Kitsilano. It is chef/owner Robert Belcham’s loving ode to the classic burger at his Main Street restaurant, made with house-ground 40-day aged beef (often using meat from the neck) on a Scottish-style bap bun, similar to a bread roll. Standard toppings include cheese, lettuce, tomato and pickle. What makes it dirty? Go for the “secret” additional toppings of a runny fried egg, crispy chicken skin, or a slab of foie gras. Get them all at once for a truly dirty and delightful experience. Pair with one of the local brews always on tap, or one of bartender Peter van de Reep’s excellent cocktails. Facebook.com/CampUpstairs

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This little French bistro that could, located in Kitsilano, turns out excellent tartare and steak frites, but it’s the house burger you want to order for Dad. The bun is classic brioche and the beef is ground inhouse and cooked to a juicy medium-rare. Then comes the dark brown caramelized onion “jam” and raclette, which is normally only seen melted in a fondue pot. Here, it gives a lovely pungency, and can only be made better by the optional addition of some foie gras. Side of fries included, and instead of beer, go for one of the excellent – and affordable – French wines. AuComptoir.ca

MERCHANT’S OYSTER BAR

While the name might not yell “Great burgers here!” at ﬁrst glance, looking a little more closely reveals a toasted brioche bun and eight ounces of

The Merch Burger at Merchant’s Oyster Bar on Commercial Drive. Dan Toulgoet photo house-ground organic beef that is grilled over charcoal for a more complex, smoky ﬂavour. Canadian cheddar, bacon, lettuce, tomato, pickles and the house sauce, which hints at tarragon, complete the structure. MerchantsOysterBar.ca

THE POURHOUSE

Chef JC Poirier is widely lauded for this work at Ask for Luigi, but The Pourhouse was its big sister, and it still provides one of the best burgers in Gastown. The patty is a heavenly mix of chuck and brisket, cooked to pink. It’s got the smoky cheddar, caramelized onions, mustard and mayo to round out what’s on top of the brioche bun, but it’s the added pork belly that takes the whole thing over the edge. Well, that and the optional fried egg. PourhouseVancouver.com

MODERNE BURGER

a burger and fries with a cold shake. In that case, this retro-cool diner in Kitsilano is the place for you. The patties here are hand-ground from steak in-house and have no ﬁllers or preservatives, which makes for a very “beefy” burger. Buns are baked fresh daily, and are topped

with lettuce, tomato, red onion, mayo and the secret house sauce. Sure, you can add mushrooms, bacon, etc., but you really won’t need it. Well, maybe a slice of cheese. No liquor license, so just go for the classic shake or malted experience and call it a day. ModerneBurger.com W

A FEW OTHER PLACES FOR MEAT ON BREAD – OR OTHER STARCHES Mamie Taylor’s Good beef is always appreciated, but when you top it with bacon relish and a rosemary aioli, it becomes something a little special. MamieTaylors.ca Kobob Never heard of Korean rice burgers? Head over to Main Street and try this for something unusual and on-the go. The burgers – choose between marinated pork, chicken or tuna – are

sandwiched between “buns” made of pressed rice, along with sweet corn some lettuce. Add the kimchi for an extra kick. Facebook.com/Kobob. Burger White Spot Because, what says burger more than this place? The Triple O sauce, the pickles and coleslaw, the “endless” fries. Take a trip into your childhood and rediscover the fun all over again. WhiteSpot.ca

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WINE Anya Levykh Fresh Sheet

@FoodGirlFriday Kissa Tanto, the second jointventure from Bao Bei owner Tannis Ling, along with head chef Joël Watanabe and sous chef Alain Chow, has ofﬁcially opened.The 80-seat JapaneseItalian restaurant features chilled seafood platters, fresh pastas, family-style plates and cocktails from Wendy McGuiness (Chambar, Royal

Dinette), as well as a wine list curated by Layla Shea (Burdock & Co., Farmer’s Apprentice). KissaTanto.com Sunday, June 19, is Father’s Day and also Car-Free Day, and Rocky Mountain Flatbread is celebrating with $5 pints for Dad and Sunday night pizza-making for kids. RockyMountainFlatbread.ca The Cascade Room is now open for lunch daily from 11am onward.The new daytime menu includes Salt

Spring Island mussels with Thai curry, red chili, lemongrass and coconut; grilled halloumi salad with blackberries; the Cascade burger with Blue Goose Ranch organic beef, double smoked bacon, cheddar and tomato chutney; oven-roasted wild sockeye salmon with ﬁngerling potatoes, double smoked bacon, green beans and arugula salad; and mushroom and hazelnut tart with cream cheese, heirloom carrots and spring salad, among others.TheCascade.ca W

DAD LOVES BBQ

THIS FATHER’S DAY, GIVE DAD WHAT HE LOVES.

Wines for Dad and grill masters of every ilk Michaela Morris By the Bottle @MichaelaWine

I’m wary of reverting to stereotypes. Here I go anyway. It’s Father’s Day this weekend. We’re also on the cusp of summer and in the throes of barbecue season. So you probably already know where I am going with this. Certainly not all fathers like to barbecue. Nor is it just dads (or just men for that matter) that have an affinity for grilling. My dad though, was a seasoned grill master. I’m not sure if he actually enjoyed flipping burgers as much as he loved sinking his teeth into them, but he was truly in his element around the hibachi. The lack of pots and pans to wash up was likely another appeal. Most of all, he revelled in having all of us around to witness his prowess, spatula in one hand, wine in the other. Sure you could treat your dad to new barbeque utensils, however I always won points for keeping his glass topped up. Despite the casual nature of a backyard gathering, this is the opportunity to splurge a bit, especially if your father is a wine enthusiast. Let him know you brought him something special and he can decide if he wants to crack it for all to share. As a salute to the barbecue season and in honour of all fathers who embrace it, following are some grill friendly reds. These boldly flavoured, crowd-pleasing wines can take on whatever meaty treat earns a char whether it be steak, burgers, lamb chops, beef ribs, venison tenderloin, bison or beyond. Happy Father’s Day!

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satisﬁes both palates. From the cooler reaches of Adelaide Hills, it offers intense violet and pepper aromas with black cherry and meaty ﬂavours on the palate while remaining graceful and light on its feet. Prices exclusive of taxes. W

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CRAFT BEER

So you wanna be a beer nerd? Here’s the ugly truth... CHUCK HALLETT @thegrowlerbc

Craft Beer is IN. It’s hip, it’s local, it’s environmentally friendly, and to top it all off, it gets you drunk. What’s not to like? I think Oprah even mentioned it (Ed

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Note #1:We have not yet veriﬁed the veracity of this statement). So, you’re ready to do this.You’re ready to take the plunge and become an authentic Craft Beer Nerd, aka a member of the Craft Beererati.You have your plaid button up shirt, upcycled shoes and you haven’t shaved in weeks. Let the oat soda ﬂow! Or…er, maybe not. There

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Of course beer makes you fat. That’s why you can have light beer instead. It tastes the same and doesn’t make you quite as fat. Well, once you go craft, light beer is off the menu. There is no light craft beer. Not only that, but regular craft beer has about twice as many calories as even the full strength Macro Swill equivalent. Plus, it’s so good you drink more. Add all that up, and suddenly we understand why craft beer geeks all wear tight jeans. All jeans are tight jeans…

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Yeah! Cheap beer! Super Bowl commercials featuring animated frogs or slowmotion horses! Cheerleaders! Summer barbecues! U-SA! U-S-A! The one thing that ties all that together is American-style pilsners such as Budweiser, Molson or Labatts. They’re not fancy-sniffing beers, but they sure taste good after a hot afternoon mowing the lawn, right? Wrong. These beers are swill: the desiccated, slightly fermented extract of horse urine filtered through straw. Once you have craft beer, and once your taste buds become accustomed to the wild flavour party that is a finely crafted pale ale, there is no going back.You will hate Macro Swill and all that it represents. Every slightly sweet sip of a can of Molson will taste every bit the god-awful corporate horse piss and cheapest-available ingredients that it is.You will reach a point where drinking that can of Macro isn’t even an option, and you will find yourself having wine out of a plastic cup at said summer barbecue instead, because all they have in that ice-filled cooler is Michelob Ultra.

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I have a saying: “If you want to be slightly frightened, ask me about beer.” I love craft beer. I’ve made it an obsessive hobby of mine. If I start talking about beer, the people around me start off acting politely interested… then after a few minutes they start trying to change the subject…then a few minutes later they stop talking and just turn around and leave. This will be you.You will be so immersed and obsessed about beer that your friends will use an entire breathless sentence to intro-

duce you to new acquaintances: “ThisIsChuckDon’t AskHimAboutBeer.”

YOU WILL HAVE GROWLER STORAGE ISSUES

The resurrection of the growler is the best thing to happen to beer in many decades. Fresh beer, straight from the place it was brewed, brieﬂy to your fridge, then into your face. However, you’ll sometimes forget your reusable growler at home, so you’ll have to buy a new one. They’re only about $5, so no biggie. That’s how it starts. Then growlers start piling up.You might rationalize an entire kitchen cabinet given over to growlers by saying that you’re “collecting them.” They’re all a bit different, after all, and some are rather nice. That’s all the justiﬁcation you need to bleed your collection over into the living room. Fast forward a few months and anyone who walks into your house will assume you have developed a serious drinking problem (except, you know, the growlers are empty).

YOU WILL DEVELOP A SERIOUS DRINKING PROBLEM

No, no, not THAT kind of problem (well, okay, maybe that kind of problem). I’m talking about something more aligned with the Airplane Drinking Problem: purchasing more beer than you can physically drink. Special releases, rare oneoffs, great deals on case-lots of FiftyFifty Eclipse… all these will begin accumulating somewhere in your house.You will buy a cheap fridge off Craigslist to keep these purchases in, then you will research and buy an actual liquor-cellaring cabinet to store what you have begun referring to as “my cellar.” Spreadsheets will be ﬁlled out with particulars on your collection, and then, as your harem expands, you’ll start eyeing up a corner of your basement to insulate and cool to make a walk-in cellar. Then, stuck with a cellaring cabinet you no longer need, you’ll start writing beer articles for periodic circulars just to convince other beer geeks they need a “cellaring cabinet” so they’ll buy yours. Which, unrelated note, anyone need a cellaring cabinet? So yeah, that about sums it up. Still interested? That’s on you, wo/man. W

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Visual artist Attila Richard Lukacs has embraced controversy throughout his career. Dan Toulgoet photo

Queer Arts Festival remembers Stonewall, champions art as political practice KELSEY KLASSEN @kelseyklassen

As the world mourns the massacre of nearly 50 people at a popular gay nightclub in Orlando last weekend, the spectre of fear, ignorance and hate hangs heavily in the air for the global LGBTQ community. It is a sadly familiar perfume. And while it remains to be seen how the world will respond to this fresh horror, locally, the Queer Arts Festival has already posited that it is often the role of artists to respond to and confront tragedies such as this, using the rawness of their work to further our emotional understanding and accelerate change within society. That is the philosophy at the centre of Drama Queer: seducing social change, the festival’s visual arts exhibition, running June 21-30 at the Roundhouse Community Centre, curated by world renowned queer activist and scholar Jonathan D. Katz. Katz, the founder of the Harvey Milk Institute in San Francisco and the ﬁrst curator to place an openly gay art exhibition in a major American museum, has gathered together a collection of works by artists who have spent their lives documenting and dialoguing with the historical injustices and inequalities – be it homophobia, civil rights abuses, the AIDS epidemic – of their time.Works by Del LaGrace Volcano, Kent Monkman, Andreas Fuchs,

George Steeves, Monica Majoli,Vika Kirchenbauer, and Carl Pope will sit in conversation with at least a dozen more artists who are known to “queer the perspective” of their audience and “seduce” them into seeing the world a different way. In an added political layer, the timing of the exhibition this year – in late June rather than July – is meant to coincide with the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots: three days of riots in 1969 NewYork that are credited with kickstarting the modern queer civil rights movement and the international phenomenon of pride parades. Stonewall is not the theme of the visual arts show, but the emotion behind it is. “What the exhibition wants to do is get at the role of emotion generally.We always talk about activism and politics as if there isn’t an emotive component to it. But it is of course the emotion that is the motor for all of this,” says Katz, speaking by phone from NewYork, prior to his arrival in Vancouver for the show. “We were looking for work that had powerful, complicated emotion, that appealed not only in formal terms but, if you will, to the gut.” To accomplish that, Katz has centred the exhibition around three never-beforeshown paintings by Attila Richard Lukacs.The Vancouver-based artist is best known for his sexually charged, arrestingly intimate ﬁgurative paintings of skinheads. Larger than life, with suffering, lust

and rebellion laid bare, the work evokes the likes of Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Goya, Degas and Klimt. Katz readily refers to Lukacs as one of the world’s greatest living artists, however, he hints that the subject matter that catapulted him to international acclaim (Elton John is a collector) also shackled him with controversy. “To me he’s one of the three or four best painters in the world, and I think it’s fair to say that if his subject matter were different, his career would be different,” says Katz. “I’ll just leave it at that. He’s still famous, but he’s not achieving the stratospheric prices that an idiot like Jeff Koons can achieve.”

ANARCHIST ART

Seated in a rocking chair in his cavernous East Vancouver studio, a Northfield cigarette in hand, Lukacs strikes a more indifferent air. “The male homosexual figure was a difficult subject to deal with for people in the ‘80s and ‘90s, as progressive as we think it was,” Lukacs says, simply. Prior to his move back to

Vancouver (he attended Emily Carr in the ‘80s), Lukacs had lived for years in New York and before that West Berlin, where he discovered the art scene and sex clubs that would fuel his work. “I had the uniform. I ran around as a SHARP [Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice]. I went to the meetings and the sex clubs in London and Amsterdam and got my boots licked and I licked boots!” he laughs, with a nostalgic shrug. “All of the fun stuff that went with my paintings.That’s the information that fed my paintings then.” At 54, he says he doesn’t do the boots and the skinheads anymore. He’s developed more of an afﬁnity for the abstract, playfully pointing out a glory hole on a canvas in front of him where only a red circle can be seen. He’s also overcome a disastrous meth addiction. But it was his unﬂinchingly brash, fetishized portraits in the ‘80s and ‘90s that inspired a generation of queer artists after him, and paved the way for wider political acceptance. “I think the idea of doing

the gay subject matter and skinheads [was] to make people deal with it,” says Lukacs. “Remember, it was when Reagan was denying AIDS. [This said], ‘We exist and you have to deal with us,’” he continues. “And putting it in front of people’s faces in an art-historical context was a way for them to swallow it. As a painter, as an artist, our vocabulary is with our brush and our images and how we bring it to the viewer. And that was my ﬁght.The underlying anarchist current of my work was, like, gay sex exists.”

SENSUAL FEMINISM

Meanwhile, Angela Grossmann came to Drama Queer because of Lukacs, whom she counts as a dear friend from their time together at Emily Carr. Grossmann had recently done a show based in gender identity, erotica and feminism, and Lukacs brought Katz by her studio in Gastown to look at the work. A Vancouverite by way of London, the internationally adored collage and mixed media artist explains that while she has no direct ties to the Queer Arts Festival or LG-

BTQ community, their world views seem to often overlap. “I’m not part of the queer community but I was extremely involved with others who are. [And] my work seems to be speaking to it,” she muses, looking around her charmingly disheveled workspace. “The work very clearly speaks to the issues that [the festival] is interested in addressing.” Grossmann first caught the attention of the art world as a student, being named one of the Vancouver Art Gallery’s infamous “Young Romantics” in 1985 alongside Lukacs, Graham Gillmore and Derek Root. Twenty years later, students from 11 of the UK’s leading art schools voted her onto a list of their 100 most influential and inspirational artists. For the show, Katz selected a series of gender-bending collages that weave male and female identity together, as well as a number of vintage postcards, modified through Grossmann’s distinct gestural process to tell a subversively sensual new story.

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of political practice, and a mechanism to coalesce feelings. Centred around three monumental, never-beforeexhibited paintings by Attila Richard Lukacs, and curated by Jonathan D. Katz, Drama Queer seeks to engender social change through making the viewer an accomplice, queering their perspective and engaging them from a dissident vantage point. June 21-30 in the Exhibition Hall at Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre. Admission by donation. PRIDE IN ART COMMUNITY ART SHOW This open visual art

show exhibits artists at various states of career from our communities in a variety of visual mediums, from the roots of the festival. June 21-30 in the Great Hall at Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre. Admission by donation. YOUTH CURATOR TOUR Jonathan

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Minstrel Tears by Del LaGrace Volcano from Drama Queer: seducing social change.

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event features amazing artwork, and queer conviviality to celebrate the opening night of QAF’s curated exhibition Drama Queer: seducing social change, as well as the extravagant kick off for the incredible exhibitions, performances, and outreach initiatives that make up the Queer Arts Festival. A party you don’t want to miss! June 21 at 7pm-10pm in the Exhibition Hall at Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre. Admission by donation.

DRAMA QUEER: SEDUCING SOCIAL CHANGE At the centre

of this year’s festival is a visual arts exhibition exploring the role of emotion in contemporary queer art as a form

D. Katz, in partnership with DirectionsYouth Services Centre presents this tour speciﬁcally reserved for street-involved LGBTQ youth, to offer them a chance to see their identities reﬂected in art. June 22 at 4pm in the Exhibition Hall at Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre. Admission is free.

CURATOR PANEL Renowned curator Jonathan D. Katz along with curated artists lead audiences through a dialogue surrounding Drama Queer: seducing social change. June 22 at 7pm in the Exhibition Hall at Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre. Admission by donation. QUEEROTICA A soirée of liter-

ary readings to tantalize and titillate, curated by Dagger Editions, Caitlin Press’ new imprint dedicated to writing by queer women, including those who have identiﬁed as such in their personal history and trans women. June 23 at 7pm in the Exhibition Hall at

Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre. Admission by donation. QUEERING SELFIES For queer youth, the defence of our identities is wrapped into survival and self portraiture (selfies) is a grounding mechanism and easy route to compassion and empowerment.This twoday workshop for queer youth encourages the mixing and blending of text and imagery. Participants will leave with works of art printed on an antique letterpress, in addition to new skills in self reﬂection and letterpress printing (no experience necessary). June 24 and June 26 at 2:30pm at WePress (202-268 Keefer). Admission is free. LYLE CHAN STRING QUARTET: AN AIDS ACTIVIST’S MEMOIR Ac-

claimed Australian composer Chan presents this visceral musical portrait of the peak of the AIDS epidemic, from his personal experience as an activist lobbying the federal government to approve experimental treatments from the US previously unavailable in Australia.The 90-minute work contains emotionally powerful music, interspersed with images and narration from Chan himself, a core member of the direct action protest group, ACT UP. June 24 at 7pm at the Performance Centre at Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre. Tickets $15-$30 at BrownPaperTickets.com QUEER NOISE A program of Canadian media art combines presentation and dialogue to explore political intention in contemporary queer work with short ﬁlm and video curated by media artist E Hearte, followed by a roundtable discussion led by Paul Wong with artists Thirza Cuthand, Blair Fukumura, and E Hearte. June 25 at 7pm at the Performance Centre at Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre.Tickets $10$12 at BrownPaperTickets.com

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The world premiere of 12 new art songs by poet/composer collaborations created during the Art Song Lab program.This year’s queer edition invites writers and composers to workshop with distinguished composers Jeffrey Ryan and Chris Gatchalian and is curated by writer Ray Hsu, composer Michael Park, and pianist Alison d’Amato. June 25 at 2pm at the Performance Centre at Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre. Tickets $15-$25 at BrownPaperTickets.com

SALON Take a minute to reﬂect on the exhibition with open minds and hearts and join Robin Perelle of Xtra West as well as some of QAF’s featured artists for a lively discussion on the festival’s offerings. June 26 at 2pm in the Exhibition Hall at Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre. Admission by donation. THE PINK LINE The frank theatre company presents this probing, yet funny new performance exploring racism in Vancouver’s queer community, collectively created and performed by Jotika Chaudhary, Jahanzeb Kazi, Dora Ng, Anoushka Ratnara-

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time of uncertainty and selfidentiﬁcation. June 28 at 7pm at the Performance Centre at Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre. Tickets $10-$12 at BrownPaperTickets.com.

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doscopic fusion of elements as disparate as minimalism, avant-garde jazz and Charles Ives, this immersive exploration of lesbian composer Allison Cameron’s diverse output celebrates the longstanding association between the Toronto based ensemble Contact and Cameron. June 27 at 7pm at the Performance Centre at Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre.Tickets $15-$30 at BrownPaperTickets.com.

YOUNG AND QUEER, HERE AND NOW QAF, in partnership

with MACHiNENOiSY present a performance giving voice to queer and allied youth within a professional arts platform. Demonstrating how dance can be a catalyst for liberation, self-development and social change, this program creates opportunities in which the next generation of artists may strengthen the process that explores identity, gender and community, in their late teens and early 20s, often a

be loved and understood, Vancouver drag queen Ed becomes obsessed with the tragic life of Edith Piaf, and painting himself in her likeness becomes, much like Edith, a creation of the streets.Tenor Frédérik Robert performs as the iconic French singer in this full-length show presented in partnership with BC Living Arts with an artist talkback to follow. June 29 at 7pm at the Performance Centre at Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre. Tickets $15-$30 at QueerArtsFestival.com GLITTER IS FOREVER: CLOSING PARTY SAD Mag presents the

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“There’s all kinds of different ways to make art, and a lot of the work I love isn’t necessarily sensual, but my particular thing is fairly sensual,” says Grossmann. “Just because a work is sensual, or about sensuality, doesn’t mean that it’s not thoughtful and possibly intelligent. And I’ve always been extremely clear when I teach that those things aren’t mutually exclusive. “I am now very out there about the sensuality in my work,” she continues, “which allows me to make the statements that I do, which allows me to be in the Queer Art show. Because it’s about other ways of thinking and other ways of expressing that.” And while she debates the accuracy of calling her an activist (“Activism means that by doing your activity you’re causing an effect, and [...] honestly I spend my days alone in a room.”), she admits with a hearty smile that, if it is so, she comes by it naturally. “I think art is activism, and making art is somewhat a political act. I come from a very political family, so it was never a question. It’s brewed in me, dyed in my wool,” she says, with a laugh. “I don’t even think about it, really.

I’m sure there are some conservative artists out there [...],” she pauses to think, “but I’m not sure I would consider that art.”

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LEVITATION VANCOUVER 2016 Two-day experimental, psychedelic music fest moves from Stanley Park to the Commodore with a lineup featuring Flying Lotus, Tycho, The Growlers, of Montreal, Thee Oh Sees, Fidlar, Allah-las, White Lung, Hinds, Cherry Glazerr, Boogarins, Dead Ghosts and Louise Burns. 2pm at Commodore Ballroom. Weekend passes from $165 at LevitationVancouver.com. All ages show.

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LEVITATION COMEDOWN PARTY Eric Campbell & The Dirt, Betrayers, The Radiation Flowers and the Orange Kyte close out the festival with an afternoon bill and barbecue. 2pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $12 at Ref Cat, Zulu, Neptoon, Highlife, Beatstreet and TicketWeb.ca

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THEATRE/DANCE THE LION IN WINTER Jericho closes out the season with this story of King Henry II who imprisons his wife Eleanor after her frequent attempts to overthrow him in this engrossing and thrillingly epic drama about how weak the bonds of family are when power is at stake. 8pm at Jericho Arts Centre. Tickets at JerichoArtsCentre.com. Runs until June 26. ROCK OF AGES This metatheatrical jukebox musical filled with classic rock and glam metal hits inspire the story behind aspiring LA rocker Drew Boley and his 1987 existence at the Bourbon Room where he works and meets and falls in love with the fresh-faced Midwesterner Sherrie. 7:30pm at Granville Island Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub. com. Runs until July 30.

EVENTS FESTIVAL D’ÉTÉ FRANCOPHONE DE VANCOUVER 2016 The biggest names in contemporary music and “chanson” assemble to bring Francophone vocal music to the west coast featuring Vazzy, Saint-Pierre, Ariane Moffat, Yann Perreau, Marijosée, Huu Bac Quintet, and Joutou just to name a few over the course of ten days. Visit LeCentreCulturel.com for details.

LEVITATION COBALT A triple bill featuring Heron Oblivion, Black Mastiff and Sacri Montri. 9pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $15 at TicketWeb.ca LEVITATION RICKSHAW A triple bill featuring Holy Fuck, Suuns, and Summering. 9pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $20 at TicketWeb.ca COM TRUISE Levitation Friday Night continues with the American electronic producer with special guests Pat Lok and Shaunic. 9pm at The Imperial. Tickets $20 at TicketWeb.ca THE KATHERINES Vancouver modern pop trio play an early show in support of their debut LP, To Bring You My Heart, with special guests Tonye Aganaba and Alyssa Baker. 7pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $12 at TicketFly.com ALPHA BLONDY & THE SOLAR SYSTEM Reggae superstar returns after nearly 30 years with special guests Camaro 67 and Mr. Fantastik. 7pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $45 at TicketFly.com and AfricaFestival.org. All ages show. STRUMMING FOR STROKE A fundraising ukulele concert benefitting The Heart and Stroke Foundation features Ruby & Smith, along with Ruby’s Ukulele Orchestra and international performer Ralph Shaw with a ukulele play and sing-a-long so bring yours, too! 6pm at Rio Theatre. Tickets $30 at RioTheatreTickets.ca or at the door.

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LEVITATION IMPERIAL Psych fest continues with a lineup featuring Thundercat, Shabazz Palaces, Charlotte Day Wilson, Dada Plan and Nina Mendoza. 9pm at The Imperial. Tickets $25 at Red Cat, Neptoon, Highlife, Beatstreet, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca LEVITATION RICKSHAW Dead Meadow, Morgan Delt, Holy Wave and Froth share the bill. 9pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $18 at Red Cat, Highlife, Zulu, Neptoon and TicketWeb.ca LLOYD COLE English singer-songwriter takes a trip back through his career with a performance of the Classic Lloyd Cole Songbook 1983-1996. 7pm at Rio Theatre. Tickets $25 at Ticketmaster.com SCENIC ROUTE TO ALASKA Edmonton indie-folk rockers play an early show with special guests Alexandria Maillot and Jenny Banai. 7pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $10 at Red Cat and TicketFly.com NO REY Seattle folk band celebrate the release of Contradictions with special guests Warless, Buckman Coe, and Ginger & Moonshine. 7:30pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $8 at FoxCabaret.com CRASH WORLD Acoustic duo explores the seedy, the tragic, the cruel and the heartbreak of the Modern Songbook over the last 100 years. 8pm at Slickity Jim’s. Tickets $9 at EventBrite.ca or $10 at the door. CRASHING ANGELS Edgy, melodic, hard rock from the Surrey band with special guests Killing Vogue and Destructive Interference. 7pm at Venue. Tickets $10 at TicketZone.com or $14 at the door.

COMEDY CAL POST This anti-establishment comedian is like the mind of your cantankerous grandfather wrapped in the body of a nerdy teenager, ruthlessly deconstructing life with clever hilarity. Opening sets from James Ball and Jared Borland. 7pm & 9:30pm at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets $20 at YukYuks.com

PALE DIAN Noisy dream pop band out of Austin, Texas tours behind their debut LP Narrow Birth with special guests Passive, and the Intelligence Service. Tickets $8 at TicketFly.com or $10 at the door.

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THEATRE/DANCE SOMETHING SACRED Two, true(ish) stories with questions about what is sacred, where it breaks and what is worth holding on to, a theatre experience written and performed by Stephanie Elgersma and Kim Larson. 2pm & 8pm at Pacific Theatre. Tickets at PacificTheatre.org or at the door. ABOUT LOVE FESTIVAL Each night, 8 short plays are performed and audiences will be asked to vote for Best Play and Notable Performances, and Notable Direction. 7:30pm at Havana Theatre. Tickets are sliding scale $10-$30 and FREE rush tickets for students. Final performance. ROMEO AND JULIET Bard on the Beach presents a story of forbidden love at first sight in the timeless tale of two young people who fall deeply in love in spite of the bitter feud that divides their families. 7:30pm at Vanier Park. Tickets at BardOnTheBeach.org. Runs until Sept. 23.

EVENTS CAR FREE DAY The West End kicks off the annual street festival weekend featuring artisan markets, delicious street food, community and culture, art, and live music in support of nurturing and growing car-free spaces in our city. 12-6pm along Denman St. Free.

THE SUNDAY SERVICE The award-winning improv comedy troupe brings their high energy commitment to comedy with a little slapstick shtick, carrying the audience through a kaleidoscopic trip where scenes barrel into tangents and stories smash together creating comedy gold. 9pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $7 at the door.

THEATRE/DANCE RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE: BATTLE OF THE SEASONS Back for its third consecutive year, this evening of unforgettable music and madness with the world’s most talented drag performers including BenDeLaCreme, Ivy Winters, Jinkx Monsoon, Ginger Minj, Katya, Manila Luzon, Sharon Needles and Violet Chachki. 8pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets at TicketFly.com. All ages show.

JMSN Detroit R&B singer-songwriter and producer appears in support of his latest release, It Is. 9pm at Alexander Gastown. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca CHOR LEONI MANE STAGE Hijinks, great tunes and choreographic capers as the lions storm the Bard stage for a delightful summer show with sparkling arrangements from Vancouver’s infamous men’s chorus. 2pm at Vanier Park. Tickets $35+ at ChorLeoni.org

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-forprofit 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).

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MUSIC TWO IN THE PIPE, ONE IN THE CAN An album release triple bill featuring The Julia Pickney Jones Quartet, the Jen Lewin Band, and Benton Roark and the Rollaway Allstars. 7:30pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $10 at EventBrite.ca or $15 at the door.

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JESSY LANZA Canadian electronic songwriter, producer and vocalist from Hamilton, ON, with special guest DJ Taye. 8pm at Alexander Gastown. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

JACK GARTON Trio Armed with his trumpet and accordion, Garton plays the first of a series of complimentary shows, kicking off Jazz Fest. 9pm at Prohibition Bar at Rosewood Hotel Georgia. Admission is free.

DON ALDER Multi-Award winning guitarist from Canada, hailed as the Hendrix of the acoustic guitar plays tunes from Armed & Dangerous at Jericho Folk Club. 7pm at Jericho Sailing Centre (1300 Discovery). Cover is $10. All ages show.

THEATRE/DANCE THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR It’s 1968 in Windsor, Ontario and English ex-pat Sir John Falstaff is hunting for a solution to his financial trouble. When he unknowingly attempts to seduce two wealthy housewives who happen to be best friends, these merry wives set him up for some hilariously sweet revenge. 7:30pm at Vanier Park. Tickets at BardOnTheBeach.org. Runs until Sept. 24. O’WET/LOST LAGOON A solo performance written and performed by Quelemia Sparrow looks at reclamation and change, weaving real-life stories with the visceral experience of a spiritual canoe journey. 8pm at Firehall Arts Centre. Tickets at FirehallArtsCentre. ca. (National Aboriginal Day celebration performance, pay what you can.) Runs until June 25.

EVENTS NATIONAL ABORIGINAL DAY First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples gather to share their spirit, experiences, stories, songs, art and dance in this community-based, family friendly event to celebrating the diversity of Aboriginal people from across Canada. 11am-5pm at Trout Lake Park. Free.

JOSEPH FORREST A student of jazz and classical music, and the son of a bluesman this singersongwriter and guitarist brings all things jazz, classical, folk, rock and blues in an intimate performance. 6pm at Cottage Bistro. Cover is $5.

COMEDY LAUGH ‘TIL YOUR FACE HURTS A TheatreSports match relying on razor sharp wit and lightning fast reflexes as two teams of performers are pitted against each other in competitive imrpov matches using audience suggestions to fuel scenes. 7:30pm at The Improv Centre. Tickets $10+ at Tickets. VTSL.com

THEATRE/DANCE EXPEDITION An immersive evening of performance rooted in both humour and irony explores what our world might be like in 2116, and the ways in which we as individuals and a society might navigate this landscape. 8pm at The Fishbowl (1398 Cartwright). Tickets at EventBrite.ca. Runs until June 25. 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-year-old boy who falls in love with ballet in 1984 London. 1:30pm & 7:30pm at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub.com. Runs until July 10.

TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS One of Jamaica’s most legendary live acts of all time bring their signature ska and rock steady reggae/R&B to the stage. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $33.75 at Zulu, Highlife, Caribbean Market, Rehanah’s Roti, Patty Shop and Ticketmaster.ca PUGS & CROWS & TONY WILSON Juno Award-winning instrumental band kicks off their tour in support of their new double album Everyone Knows Everyone 1&2. 9pm at The Emerald. Admission is free. BAS American rapper on tour in support of his latest release, Too High Too Riot, with special guests the Hics, Ron Gilmore, Cozz, and Earthgang. 9pm at Alexander Gastown. Tickets $15 at TicketWeb.ca

COMEDY CHRIS LOCKE Toronto comedic actor, writer and performer hits the west coast stage for a three-night stand with opening sets from Johnny Taylor and Ivan Decker. 8:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com

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Sumac are by no means a mainstream band, but to metal fans in the know, its three members are scene gods. Vocalist and guitarist Aaron Turner once fronted the only-in-hindsight regrettably-named Isis, while bassist Brian Cook had handled low-string duties in legendary Tacoma foursome Botch before heading to Chicago and forming instru-metal unit Russian Circles. Rounding out the trio is locallybred drum smasher Nick Yacyshyn, who also rages fast and hard in Vancouver crustcore deities Baptists. Fittingly, when Sumac were on a US tour earlier this month they decided to blast another supergroup through their van’s speakers. Oddly, it was 2011’s much-maligned Lulu album from Metallica and Lou Reed. But despite the lambasting that record received from critics and fans upon release,Yacyshyn insists it’s not all bad. “I will say this about Lulu: We listened to Death Magnetic, the other newest Metallica record, and we weren’t a fan of that.We put on Lulu, and we liked it way more.There’s actually so many good riffs,” Yacyshyn tells the Westender from within Kitsilano’s Rufus Drum Shop, where he’s wrapped a shift behind the till. Seated on one of the shop’s many three-pronged drum stools, he recounts Sumac’s recent, much-played van jams: “The Lou Reed part of it sucks, I can’t stand it. It sounds like your drunk uncle wandered into your band jam and started talking into the mic about whatever just came into his mind.” Thankfully, Sumac’s thunderously destructive sophomore set, the just-released

Sumac features former Isis guitarist Aaron Turner, Botch bassist Brian Cook, and Vancouver’s own Nick Yacyshyn of Baptists. Contributed photo What One Becomes, is a more well-thought out affair. Coming just one year after the group delivered their debut album, The Deal, the five-song follow-up further refines the epic ebb and flow of metal madness and post-rock pleasurescaping the act has to offer. Yacyshyn credits the change to bassist Cook being more involved in the making of the new album. Originally, Cook had been billed as an “auxiliary member,” in case he needed to bail to attend to Russian Circles, but the latest collection found the threesome writing together for the first time. “He wasn’t involved in any of the jamming or arranging, so it was a little disconnected,”Yacyshyn allows. “This time around it was a threepiece band working on song structures together, brainstorming and going over things. It was a much more cohesive writing process.” While the threesome is interconnected, What One Becomes still offers a bit of freeform weirdness. The opening passage of “Image of Control” focuses on improv string squiggling and a Tasmanian Devil’s spin of tom hits from Yacyshyn

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and vision, its lyrics detailing a soiled and chilled dead body, but the tune takes a comparatively-timid turn during its mid-section of

light cymbal hits and moody, muted guitars.Yacyshyn notes this push-and-pull is essential to Sumac’s sound. Patience, he notes, is key. “If I get to a crescendo and I get too loud too quick, then I have to stay at a certain level or else it sounds empty,” he notes of staying attuned to Turner’s volumeshifting six-string whims. “I try to have purpose with every part that I’m doing, so that it’s not pointless.” Beyond impressive is Yacyshyn’s mix of ethereal minimalism, rumbling ﬁlls, and kick blasts that sound as if they were booted down with steel-cast sneakers, but the metal percussionist goes about his business in Sumac quite modestly. Rather than tout his own talents, he notes how often he’s awed by the

work happening just in front of his kit. Considering the pedigree of his older bandmates, a group of acts the younger Yacyshyn faithfully listened to before becoming their friend and collaborator, it’s hard to disagree. “There’s people that come out to shows just to see those guys,” he beams proudly, “People come up to me asking ‘Hey, is it cool if I ask Brian to sign this?’ I’m the layman. I’m the accessible new guy that can relay message onto those guys. It’s a cool opportunity.” W

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Levitation Vancouver is back for its second annual installment this weekend, with dozens of acts set to hit stages citywide from June 16-19. While the main event has been moved from the green grass of the Malkin Bowl to the bouncing dancefloor of the Commodore Ballroom, the lineups for Friday and Saturday are no less epic, as are the many club shows associated with the festival. Chances are you’re going to get your mind melted. For its sophomore offering, curators have expanded the sonic possibilities of Levitation, with a more diverse lineup opting to explore the realms of stoner metal, interstellar hip-hop, and classic, sweat-dripping garage rock. These are just a few of the many must-see artists you should catch this year.

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June 18, The Cobalt While a self-described “kinda grunge, kinda punk, kinda hardcore” band from the Bay might seem a bit too straight forward for Levitation Vancouver, an offshoot of an event formerly titled the Austin Psych Fest, the raw and ragged sing-alongs of the band’s recent Peach album will have locals rallying behind their underdog anthems all the same.

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June 17, Commodore Ballroom Over the last 20 years, Athens, GA, songwriting genius Kevin Barnes has flirted with anything from bumble bee-celebrating twee pop to sex-charged disco. He’ll likely bust out a mix of older gems and songs from the act’s forth-

coming Innocence Reaches LP for their set at the Commodore. Going by recent reports, of Montreal’s current stage show has him doing all this beside dog-masked pugilists, elegantly-gowned dancers, and other assorted weirdos. It’s going to be a gloriously funky freakshow.

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June 18, The Imperial Crafty jazz-funk experimentalist Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner has collaborated with anyone from Erykah Badu, to thrash squad Suicidal Tendencies, to mighty beat twister – and Levitation headliner – Flying Lotus. While it’s possible the LA artist will show up at the Commodore on Saturday to sling rhythms for FlyLo, Thundercat’s solo club show at the

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Tempest Storm isn’t just a burlesque performer; she’s the personification of burlesque itself. The redheaded burlesque legend dated Elvis Presley and JFK, co-starred in a film with Bettie Page, scandalized 1950s America with her interracial marriage, and, at 88-years-old, is still bumping and shimmying on the American burlesque circuit. “Tempest didn’t just dabble in burlesque,” says Vancouver filmmaker Nimisha Mukerji, who garnered numerous awards and critical acclaim (including from Oprah Winfrey) for her 2009 documentary 65_Redroses, about the late Eva Markvoort’s courageous battle against cystic fibrosis. “Tempest rose to the top. She’s the greatest living burlesque performer that’s still with us,” says Mukerji. “She’s had the longest career. And she’s still at it today.” Which is why Mukerji was shocked to discover – after learning about Storm from one of Markvoort’s friends, Kaitlyn Regehr, who interviewed the legendary performer as part of her doctorate – that no one had ever made a film about her before. “Tempest had just recorded an album with Jack White from the White Stripes, and when I saw the images from that album, and when I listened to it, I thought, ‘There’s something about her that keeps her relevant today, and she’s still capturing the attention of people today in this amazing way,’” says Mukerji. “That started the journey.” The journey spanned a couple of years and steeped

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Mukerji, Regehr (who produced the project), and cinematographer Lindsay George in Storm’s past and present. The end result is the featurelength documentary Tempest Storm, which premiered earlier this year at Toronto’s venerable Hot Docs Festival. The film weaves together photographs and videos from Storm’s past with an in-depth glimpse into her life today: working the burlesque and celebrity autograph circuits; consulting on a clothing line; maneuvering complicated personal relationships; drawing long gazes wherever she goes. “Some people know who she is, and some people don’t, but no matter what, she always stands out,” says Mukerji. Storm was born Annie Banks in the small Southern town of Eastman, Georgia, in 1928. As a poverty-stricken young woman in Depressionera America, her options were limited. Burlesque, Mukerji says, was a path to empowerment. “For a lot of the women like Tempest who came out of that era, [burlesque] was a way for escaping the limitations of their lives at the time,” says Mukerji. “Even though Tempest is known for taking off her clothes, she is a private person, and what I realized was that, for her, performing is about escape, it’s about freedom, and it’s about control.” Once Storm stepped onto the burlesque scene, she stole the show almost immediately. Celebrities (including Presley and JFK) and the press loved her – although her 1959 marriage to jazz singer Herb Jeffries (a pioneer in African American-targeted westerns) brought no small measure of scorn from a society that still considered such interracial romances unfathomable. “I have so much respect for her for following her heart and diving into that marriage despite the cost to her professionally,” says Mukerji. It wasn’t hard to find the material for the film. Entering

Storm’s Nevada apartment is like stepping into a museum, says Mukerji. “You’re hit with the past the moment you enter,” she says, adding that Storm is “equally proud of the images that are more contemporary and recent.” Mukerji et al. accompanied Storm to Nevada, California, Iowa, Indiana, and Storm’s hometown in Georgia.Those days in the Deep South were particularly revelatory for Mukerji, who witnessed first hand how revered Storm is in her community, as well as how taboo the subject of burlesque remains for many Americans. This taboo was hammered home when the filmmakers were struggling to find a cotton field in which to shoot Tempest one sunny Sunday. “Some people did take issue with the fact that Tempest is a burlesque performer. Did they want her in their fields? There is a stigma attached to it, and Tempest has always had to live with that.” Also challenging: securing funding for the film. “It’s not easy to sell a film about a complicated woman,” says Mukerji. They relied heavily on crowdfunding for a significant chunk of the financing, as well as on female commissioning editors. “This was a film that has been supported by women financially and would not exist if there weren’t women commissioning editors,” says Mukerji. “At some point, we embraced the fact that this film is for women, that our audience is women, and we don’t feel limited by that.We feel proud to say that.” Storm saw the film for the first time when it premiered in Toronto, and told Mukerji that she “loved the film, and she’s 100 per cent behind it.” Storm will be in attendance will the film screens at the Rio Theatre June 18-21. W

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Traditionally, in the eyes of the fashion and beauty industries, nude is a sort of midbeige/pink colour that doesn’t really resemble anyone’s natural skin, but the least catered-to group is women of colour. “Most brands don’t have extensive shade ranges, plus they don’t always consider undertones, which creates another obstacle to ﬁnding a good match,” says Toronto-based PR professional Maxine McDonald. Thankfully, the situation is improving, partly due to

the rising profile of stylish celebs like Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez and Kerry Washington. Nowadays, you can get lingerie, nail polish, lip colours, and even dance wear in a range of nudes to match most skin tones, Still, lighter-skinned women have the most choice, which brings an unexpected benefit for those brands that do cater to the whole spectrum. “I think the upside for the brand is that when a person of colour finds a good match they don’t switch very often because it’s hard to find options. In a way you’re forced to be loyal,” says McDonald.

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The usual attire for dancers and dance students is a ‘ﬂesh-coloured’ leotard, but until recently, people of colour had to dye their clothing to match their skintone. Mahogany Blues Dance Apparel launched in March 2015 and makes leotards for children and adults in three styles and four colours of nude. Available at MBDanceApparel.com, priced at $45 for adults’ leotards. W $ ,8/51.4) 8*(&16"&!+6&#)328"

What is it? A two-bedroom, twobathroom, 750-square foot apartment in Yaletown. Occupant: I am a residential realtor with Rennie & Associates Realty. Major selling feature: Referred to in the real estate industry as a “mingles ﬂoor plan,” it’s a highly

efficient use of space. The bedrooms are separated with their own balconies. The eastern exposure boasts protected peek-a-boo water views overlooking old Yaletown. The home also includes parking and a large storage locker. First thing I changed: I had built-in shelves put into the flex space to create a pantry/entry closet. It was the best money I ever spent. Feature I brag about: I am most proud of the overall renovations transforming a cookie-cutter builder spec into something more personable and inviting. That one conversation piece: The fireplace. Alexis at DesignLaB used stone tile to embrace the boring electric fireplace and create a focal point.The mantel is a reclaimed piece of wood from Union Wood Co. It really cozies up the space. The décor: Traditional/eclectic. The story behind the art/ antiques/collectibles:

I have a small drawing by Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun that was discovered in a dumpster at Maynards Auction house. A girlfriend who worked at Maynards at the time rescued it. Knowing it was an artist my late father collected, she gave me the opportunity to purchase it – it’s the ﬁrst “real” art I have owned. Downsides: Like many apartments in Vancouver, the building doesn’t have A/C and it can get a little warm in the summer. Neighbourhood haunts: 7am class at Ride Cycle Club or YYoga. After class, I will grab a juice at Chasers or a decaf coffee at JJ Bean. I can’t resist a quick browse of The Cross and evening walks on the seawall at sunset. Compared to your last place: I rented before moving in eight years ago and have enjoyed being able to make this space my own. Favourite apartment/house/ condo activity: Reading a book in the deep soaker bath after a long day. W

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ers’ market! Now there are oh-so-many reasons why you should get on the seasonal food train. Whether it is just to be a part of the next trend, environmental reasons or to strengthen the local economy by supporting local sustainable farming, in the words of Martha Stewart: “It’s a good thing!” BC has a lot of fresh produce right now. Summertime means an abundance of fresh, local, nutrient-dense foods. We are so lucky to live in a city where we have such a variety of great wholesome produce, and where farmers’ markets are in so many corners of the city, making it convenient for us to take advantage of this season’s harvest. Get yourself out for a walk to treat yourself to some awesome local tasty produce! Here’s what’s available from BC farms to tantalize your taste buds…

FRESH BASIL

It’s just not for Italian cooking anymore; it’s an anti-inflammatory, great for cardiovascular health and super high in vitamin K, which supports bone health among other things. Enjoy basil by adding the herb near the end of whatever you are cooking to retain its flavour and benefits as the oils in basil are highly volatile.

BLUEBERRIES

High in antioxidants and protects your nervous system. Eat them raw, or freeze and throw them into your water for an electrolytepacked drink. These little blue treats have also been known to lower cholesterol and help in the ﬁght of cardiovascular disease. Eating them raw will give you the maximum amount of what they have to offer.

STRAWBERRIES

These delectable heart shaped bundles of joy are surprisingly high in vitamin C – this of course makes them great for your immune system and it doesn’t hurt that they taste so darn good. But hold up, there’s more: strawberries are also a great anti-inﬂammatory and can support your cardiovascular system like a boss.You should probably go and buy a box right now.

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Help support the healthy growth of bones by eating this delicious vitamin K-packed awesomeness. It’s also full of vitamin C to help keep your immune system ﬁghting on!

ROSEMARY

Not only is it awesome with chicken and pretty much every other food, but rosemary also stimulates blood ﬂow to the brain helping you stay alert and improve memory. I was obsessed with having a rosemary tea while studying for exams, and whether it was placebo or the actual herb, my grades were pretty rad.

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The coming months will be a favorable time to boost your skills as a cagey warrior. I don’t mean you should push people around and get into lots of fights. Rather, the goal is for you to harness your aggressiveness constructively and to wield your willpower with maximum grace. In the face of fear, you will not just be brave, but brave and crafty. You’ll refrain from forcing storylines to unfold before they’re ready, and you’ll rely on strategy and good timing instead of brute strength and the decree “Because I said so.” Now study this counsel from the ancient Chinese statesman Zhuge Liang, also known as Crouching Dragon: “The wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win.”

Everything you do in the coming days should be imbued with the intention of enhancing the Flow. It’s high time to identify where the energy is stuck, and then get it unstuck. You have a sacred mandate to relieve the congestion...to relax the tweaks...to unravel the snarls if you can, or simply cut through them if necessary. You don’t need to tell anyone about your secret agenda. Just go about your business with zealous diligence and unflagging purpose. If it takes more effort than you wished, so be it. If your progress seems maddeningly gradual, keep the faith.

My long-term predictions for the next 15 months are a blend of hopeful optimism and a reasonable interpretation of the astrological omens. Here we go: 1. You will have an excellent chance to smooth and soothe the rough spots in your romantic karma. 2. You will outgrow any addiction you might have to frustrating connections. 3. Unrequited love will either be requited, or else you’ll become bored with the futile chase and move on. 4. You’ll be challenged to either refresh and reinvent an existing intimacy, or else get shrewd enough not to repeat past mistakes in a new intimacy. 5. You will have an abundance of good ideas about how to install the theme of smart fun at the heart of your strongest alliances.

Author Courttia Newland quotes the pre-Socratic philosopher Meno: “How will you go about finding the thing the nature of which is totally unknown to you?” In response to this riddle, Newland riffs on what it means to him: “Even more important than the journey itself, is the venture into the unknowable. The ability to find comfort moving forwards without quite knowing where you are going.” I nominate these to be your words to live by in the coming days, Cancerian. Have open-hearted fun as you go in search of mysterious and impossible secrets! I’m confident you will track them down – especially if you’re willing to be lost.

Your homework is to write a story about the life you’re going to live between now and next April. The length of this predictive tale should be at least three pages, although it’s fine if you produce more. Here are some meditations to lubricate the flow of your imagination. 1. What three questions would you love to have answered during the next 42 weeks? 2. Of the numerous adventures that might be fun to explore, which are the two that would be most consistently energizing? 3. What is the one thing you’d most like to change about your attitude or revamp about your life? 4. What new privilege will you have earned by April 2017?

According to an old Chinese proverb, if you want to get rich, you must have a nickname. My meditations on your future suggest that this curious formula may have some validity. The next 15 months will be a favorable time to attend to the groundwork that will ultimately increase your wealth. And your luck in doing this work is likely to be oddly good if you add a frisky tweak to your identity – such as a zesty new nickname, for example. I suggest you stay away from clichés like Ace or Vixen or Sharpie, as well as off-putting ironic monikers like Poker Face and Stonewall. Instead, gravitate toward lively choices like Dazzler, FluxLuster, Hoochie-Coochie, or FreeBorn.

During the next 15 months, you will have an unprecedented chance to materialize a fantasy you’ve harbored for years. Essential to your efforts will be a capacity to summon more ambition than you ever have before. I’m not talking about the grubby selfpromotion that typically passes for ambition, however. Arrogant self-importance and selfish posturing will not be part of your winning formula. Rather, the kind of ambition I’m referring to is a soaring aspiration that seeks the best and highest not just for yourself but for everyone whose life you touch. I mean the holy hunger that drives you to express impeccable integrity as you seek to master the tasks you came to Earth to accomplish. Get started!

During the next 15 months, composting should be a primary practice, as well as a main metaphor. If you have been lazy about saving leftover scraps from your kitchen and turning them into fertilizer, now is an excellent time to intensify your efforts. The same is true if you have been lax about transforming your pain into useful lessons that invigorate your lust for life. Be ever-alert for opportunities to capitalize on junk, muck, and slop. Find secret joy in creating unexpected treasure out of old failures and wrong turns.

Have you ever made a fool of yourself while trying to fulfill your deepest yearnings? I hope so. If you haven’t, your yearnings probably aren’t deep enough. Most of us, on multiple occasions, have pursued our longings for connection with such unruly intensity that we have made foggy decisions and engaged in questionable behavior. That’s the weird news. The good news is that now and then, the impulse to leave our safety zone in a quest to quench our deepest yearnings can actually make us smarter and more effective. I believe this is one of those times for you.

During the next 13 months, what can you do to enhance your ability to be the boss of yourself? What practices can you engage in on a daily basis that will build your potency and authority and clout? How can you gain access to more of the helpers and resources you need to carry out your life’s master plan? These are excellent questions to ask yourself every day between now and July 2017. It’s time to find or create your ultimate power spot.

The prison population in the U.S. is over two million, more than twice what it was in 1990. In contrast, Canada keeps about 41,000 people in jail, Italy 52,000, and France 66,000. That’s the bad news. The good news, at least for you and your tribe, is that a relatively small percentage of you will be incarcerated during the next 15 months. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, Aquarians all over the world will specialize in liberation. Not only will you be extra ethical; not only will you be skillful at evading traps; you will also be adept at emancipating yourself from your own delusions and limitations. Congratulations in advance! It’s time to start singing some new freedom songs.

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iStock photo were written, in French, by poet and judge Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier. This was a very different time, and the meaning behind the use of “sons” was probably alluding to young men who fought in battle or whatever defense our country needed to manifest. The core of this whole bill just seems like a joke. I’m with the Conservatives on this one if only for the fact that this trivial little glitch is moribund. Furthermore, it seems disrespectful to tamper with the words Robert Stanley Weir penned when he translated the original version from French to English in 1908. That’s a piece of our history and as dorky as the anthem may be, it’s what it is. Why does a song written over 100 years ago need to be changed to ﬁt today’s PC narrative? Is some bored kid in school being forced to mime the words really crying over her

exclusion? Of course not, because this is an empty gesture and it accomplishes nothing. Changing a single word in the national anthem doesn’t improve the lives of women and transgendered Canadians, it doesn’t prevent violence or discrimination. Maybe the House of Commons should be looking at actual substantial changes it could enact instead of political grandstanding so MPs can pat themselves on the back. This bill is self-serving and it changes nothing. Is our government so goddamn bored they have nothing else to do with the taxpayers’ money? O Canada, please… get real. W

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