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a danger to themselves, not others. Granville Street, for a few short blocks, is ﬁlthy and something to be ashamed of, but the tourists I talk to always mention how clean our streets are compared to most American cities. And a lot of the ﬁlth is caused by cigarette smokers using the streets as ashtrays, and these people doing it are not homeless. The homeless pick butts off the street to smoke and are cleaning up the mess left by the wellto-do. In regards to the rainbow that is painted on the street at Davie/Bute, this is a celebration of our pride in being a diverse community accepting of everyone including the above less fortunate folks. In conclusion, as a 30year resident of the West End, I have never felt unsafe nor threatened in my neighbourhood. These less fortunate citizens make me feel grateful for what I have, and in so doing, they are enriching my life a little bit. I have not felt the quality of my life diminished by these people you say are making you upset. –Jennifer

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Re:“Everything is terrible,” Rant/Rave, Sept. 15, 2016. This rave is in response to Elaine’s rant (Sept. 15). I am a regular beachgoer and have a completely different experience when I visit the beach. The homeless, the binners, the mentally challenged all have the same rights to enjoy the public parks and beaches. Stanley Park is vast and there are so many spots to ﬁnd a quiet place to sit and enjoy. Binners are a part of the fabric of our community and it is never to their advantage to litter the alleys or streets. They are usually binning to supplement their welfare or old age security cheques. As for the folks begging on the street, most of the time they sit on the sidewalk quietly, not bothering anyone. I always feel grateful that I have never been in this dark place in life. Mentally challenged men and women who are experiencing a psychotic episode are frightening to most of us, but usually – unless provoked – they are more of

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The City of Vancouver wants feedback on how it should handle hooch. A second round of public consultation was launched earlier this month to examine how the city can “improve experiences around liquor in Vancouver.” Based on public feedback heard earlier this year, the city developed draft recommendations that will shape what will become the Vancouver Liquor Strategy. Those 18 recommendations and potential actions cover topics around when liquor is sold, made or served; size of venues that serve liquor; rules for patios and options for no or low-liquor entertainment. Feedback from the survey, which is open until this Sunday, Sept. 25, will help shape the ﬁnal recommendations that go to council later this year. The review was initiated last spring, when the city began consulting residents and businesses to update the way the city approaches liquor-related policies.

The ﬁrst survey was launched in April, and 9,000 people took part. Some of the key ﬁndings include: x dents agreed that it should be easier to create outdoor patios. spondents agreed that the liquor industry is good for the local economy. dents agreed that bars should be required to meet training and operating standards. dents agreed that Vancouver’s arts, culture and social life relies on liquor to be successful. Vancouver has 1,300 restaurants and 300 venues – bars, clubs and theatres – where liquor is accessible. It’s not all fun and games though, as statistics from Vancouver Coastal Health suggest hospital visits due to alcohol overdose have risen sharply over the last seven years: 75 per cent for men and 50 per cent for women. The online survey is available at Vancouver.ca. –John Kurucz,Vancouver Courier

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Salmon have been swimming in Pacific Northwest waters for at least seven million years, as indicated by fossils of large saber-tooth salmon found in the area. During that time, they’ve been a key species in intricate, interconnected coastal ecosystems, bringing nitrogen and other nutrients from the ocean and up streams and rivers to spawning grounds, feeding whales, bears and eagles and fertilizing the magnificent coastal rainforests along the way. For as long as people have lived in the area, salmon have been an important food source and have helped shape cultural identities. But something is happening to Pacific coast salmon. This year, BC’s sockeye salmon run was the lowest in recorded history. Commercial and First Nations fisheries on the world’s biggest sockeye run on BC’s longest river, the Fraser, closed. Fewer than 900,000 sockeye out of a projected 2.2 million returned to the Fraser to spawn. Areas once teeming with salmon are all but empty. Salmon define West Coast communities, especially Indigenous ones. The West Coast is a Pacific salmon

forest. Today, salmon provide food and contribute to sustainable economies built on ﬁshing and ecotourism. West Coast children learn about the salmon life cycle early in their studies. Salmon migrations, stretching up to 3,000 kilometres, are among the world’s most awe-inspiring. After spending adult lives in the ocean, salmon make the arduous trip up rivers against the current, returning to spawn and die where they hatched. Only one out of every thousand salmon manages to survive and return to its freshwater birthplace. So what’s going wrong? Climate change is amplifying a long list of stressors salmon already face. Sockeye salmon are sensitive to temperature changes, so higher ocean and river temperatures can have serious impacts. Even small degrees of warming can kill them. Low river ﬂows from unusually small snowpacks linked to climate change make a tough journey even harder. Oceans absorb the brunt of our climate pollution – more than 90 per cent of emissions-trapped heat since the 1970s. Most warming takes place near the surface, where salmon travel, with the upper 75 metres warming 0.11 C per decade between 1971 and 2010. Although ocean temperatures have always

fluctuated, climate change is lengthening those fluctuations. A giant mass of warmer-than-average water in the Pacific, known as “the blob”, made ocean conditions even warmer, with El Niño adding to increased temperatures. Salmon have less food, and face new predators migrating north to beat the heat. Beyond creating poor environmental conditions for salmon, climate change increases disease risks. Warm conditions have led to sea lice outbreaks in farmed and wild salmon, and a heart and muscle inflammatory disease has been found in at least one farm. Scientists researching salmon movement through areas with farms are find ing wild fish, especially young ones, with elevated parasite levels. Diseases that cause even slight deficiencies in swimming speed or feeding ability could make these marathon swimmers easy prey. Some question whether wild salmon will remain a West Coast food staple. For the first time, the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program has advised consumers to avoid buying chinook and coho from four South Coast fisheries. Researchers also predict changing conditions will drive important food fish north by up to 18 kilometres a decade.

Disappearing salmon don’t just affect humans but all coastal ecosystems and wildlife. Eighty-two endangered southern resident killer whales depend on chinook salmon to survive. As chinook stocks go down, the likelihood that these whales could become extinct goes up. Although the federal government has committed to implement recommendations from Justice Bruce Cohen’s inquiry into Fraser River sockeye and to follow the Wild Salmon Policy, reversing this dire situation will take widespread concerted and immediate action. A weak provincial climate plan that fails to meet emissions targets and acceptance of new ocean-based fish farm applications won’t help wild salmon. We need to move fish farms out of the water and onto land. Salmon are resilient and have survived ice ages and other challenges over millions of years. They’ve survived having their streams paved over. They’ve survived toxins dumped into their environments. The question is, can they – and the ecosystems that depend on them – survive climate change and fish farms and all the other stressors humans are putting on them? Learn more at DavidSuzuki.org. W

Main Street’s hidden park life Grant Lawrence Vancouver Shakedown @GrantLawrence

Dude: if you just visit Main Street for the shopping, you need to chill out. Did you know that Main Street, from roughly Broadway to 33rd Avenue, has arguably the most parks of any major thoroughfare in our city, all within a few blocks of the Main drag? Neither did I. “The Main Street weekend tourists don’t even know the parks exist,” says Lauren Bercovitch, who writes the popular blog GrownUpParty.com and is a ﬁlm and television producer. She’s also a wife and mom. “When I ﬁrst moved to Main Street from the West End four years ago, everyone walking down Main was ‘dude in a band.’ Now it’s ‘dude in a band with a baby.’” It’s when Lauren became a

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parent herself that she discovered the plethora of parks. Speaking of dudes, just east of Main and 7th, you’ll find the famous Dude Chilling Park, a citizen-victory that originally began as a gag, but captured the imagination of the neighbourhood when the City removed the joke sign bearing the name. A petition was created collecting nearly 2,000 signatures, so the City made it official. Formally Guelph Park, Dude Chilling Park became a reality in 2014 (it also made international news, so much so that late night TV comedian Jimmy Kimmel joked, “between Dude Chilling Park and Mayor Rob Ford, I just might have to move to Canada”). A few blocks south on East 15th between Main and Fraser, you’ll find Robson Park (named after Premier John Robson, the same namesake as our most famous downtown street). “Super sketchy.” That’s how a longtime nearby

Blogger Lauren Bercovitch and baby Georgia hang out at Tea Swamp Park near Main and 16th. Grant Lawrence photo homeowner described Robson Park when he bought in the 1990s (he didn’t want his name printed here for fear of the gentriﬁcation backlash). “It was pretty much a daily gong show, big mess, needles, but I swear everything changed for the whole neighbourhood when [the

restaurant] Les Faux Bourgeois opened. The bourgeois actually showed up! You can call it gentriﬁcation, but the park is ﬁnally a good place for kids and families, and really, what are parks for?” Next up, just east of Main and 16th, is the oddly named Tea Swamp Park.There’s

a story.When you visit this park you might notice the surrounding lumpy sidewalks, crooked fences, and leaning houses.That’s because this area really was once a swamp, colonized by beavers before people. It remains a water catchment and one of several ancient peat bogs in East Van. Houses near Tea Swamp Park now have to drive pilings up to 50 feet deep to stabilize their home. In the early days, a special plant grew in the swamp that locals used for tea and medicine, hence the name that has stuck all these years. Lauren Bercovitch’s favourite off-Main green space is Mount Pleasant Park, a few blocks west of Main and 16th. “I love that half the park is people in their 20s and 30s hanging out and drinking or whatever, and the other half is families in the playground. It’s a happily co-existing community.” Lauren and her husband live so close by, they can leave their baby sleeping in their home while hanging

out in the park with their baby monitor cranked. Continuing south, you’ll also find Grimmet Park on East 19th (it’s been there since 1931), Prince Edward (complete with an old-school splash park), Riley and Hillcrest Parks (both revamped as part of the Winter Olympics legacy), and the crown jewel: the sprawling Queen Elizabeth Park at 33rd Avenue on Little Mountain, the highest elevation point in the City of Vancouver, and home to that crazy bird and flora conservatory dome. Thanks to the range of the baby monitor, you’ll mostly find Lauren closer to her home and community in Mount Pleasant. “I’ve made genuine friendships in these parks, where I’ve actually exchanged phone numbers, like in the olden days.” So, dude: next time you’re on Main Street, get your hand-crafted matcha brioche vegan heritage donuts to go, enjoy some park life, and chill the #$%* out! W

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646 Kingsway 604-336-2769 CrowbarEastVan.com Open nightly, 5pm-12am. Closed all statutory holidays. I used to think of the intersection where Fraser Street, Kingsway and East 15th Avenue all meet as the Bermuda Triangle. For years, the little shops around these busy thoroughfares sat huddled like medieval beggars around a castle’s walls – easy to ignore. Over the last ﬁve years, however, things have been looking up. The long-running Lion’s Den (Japanese-Caribbean fusion) and Ba Le (Viet-

namese sandwiches) and popular French bistro Les Faux Bourgeois have been joined by the likes of Los Cuervos and Sal y Limon taquerias, the Twin Peaksthemed Black Lodge and the more recent Savio Volpe. Gluten-free bakeries, artisan coffee shops and solid pizza options have all rounded out the offerings. No longer a commercial graveyard of lost souls, this is now a destination corner with a plethora of options. The one thing missing was a nice place to get a drink and a few snacks. Savio’s focus is on wine and its food is wonderful, but where was the neighbourhood bar? Enter, with much applause, Crowbar. The restaurant takes over the former Mega Ill (and mega stinky) pizza spot. A complete reno has the room clad in

reclaimed wood, with a long bar facing an equally-lengthy high-top banquette. It’s all high-top seating here, in fact, and it’s surprisingly comfortable. The bar is backed with crates re-purposed as shelves, and the result is charmingly rustic without extending into kitsch. The trio behind this new venture has a solid pedigree. Chris Scott and Scott Downey both hail from Wildebeest, while chef Scott Korzack formerly ran the kitchens at Beach Bay and L’Abattoir. The focus is on the cocktails and the snacks, and they are, for the most part, excellent. Drinks are named after characters from movies from the ‘90s. The Mary Swanson ($13), named after the Dumb and Dumber character, is a whip-smart concoction of Hendrick’s gin, elderﬂower liqueur, ﬁno

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Chef Alex Hon (sous chef at West Restaurant) has won the $10,000 grand prize at the Hawksworth Young Chefs Scholarship Competition. In addition to the cash prize, the winner also receives a stage at an international kitchen of their choice. Congrats to chef Hon! HawksworthScholarship.com Chef Chris Stewart has joined the Hawksworth team as chef de cuisine. Stewart previously worked at Thomas Keller’s French Laundry and Bouchon Bistro in California, as well as Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck in the UK. HawksworthRestaurant.com Urban Tea Merchant has opened a pop-up location on the third ﬂoor at Nordstrom Paciﬁc Centre.The space will house a selection of TWG

sherry, orange juice and bitters. The Tyler Durden (yes, the Brad Pitt character from Fight Club) is a neat take on a classic Pisco Sour. Lest you think it’s all about the cocktails, however, take a peek at the small and well-put-together wine list. Locals gems like See Ya Later’s Pinot Noir sit next to value-priced selections from Chapoutier and Concha Y Toro. As for the food, starting with the house bread ($6) is a wise choice. The ﬂour for the bread is milled in-house and it’s very nice, but the plate of runny pork fat mixed with chicken jus that it sits on is revelatory. The slightly-reduced liquid is smoky and salty, and ever-so-sop-worthy. Mushroom toast ($12) is one of those epic menu understatements that delivers much more than the sum of its

parts. Veal jus is poured over chanterelles and then topped with a perfectly deep-fried whole egg that oozes a custardy yolk over the toast. Things on sticks ($4 or $6 each) are mainly lovely. Juicy chunks of veal tongue pastrami, shitakes with black garlic puree, pork shoulder with crab apple butter – all delicious. Less so were the duck sausages with mustard. The too-moist and mealy texture gave the impression of undercooked and overextruded meat. On a later visit, this had been changed to duck balls with a blackberry whey, which sounds more promising. There are some larger plates for those with more appetite. Chicken broth ravioli ($19) was another winner, although the portion seemed disproportionately small. Charred leeks

with sidestripe shrimp, sauce gribiche, puffed barley and bone marrow ($15) is another good choice. These are dishes deep with ﬂavour and texture, and are still good for sharing. Crowbar is attracting a varied crowd. On one night, a multi-generational family party took over the window table, several couples cozied up to the bar, and what was obviously a girls’ night had taken over the back. It’s exactly what the ‘hood needed and if someone can now open up an ice cream shop within walking distance, all bases will be covered. W

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Sunday supper series at Yew Seafood on Sep. 25 and Oct. 2. Featuring classic bouillabaisse as the main course, along with crusty baguette, the three-course meal also includes a glass of bubbly to start, along with a seasonal salad, and brown sugar warm apple pie with vanilla ice cream for dessert.Tickets $80.YewSeafood.com

Beta5 Chocolates is celebrating their fifth anniversary on Oct. 1 with an in-store birthday party.There will be loot bags for the first 25 customers, complimentary mini cream puffs for 50 starting at 12pm, full-sized birthday party cream puffs for sale, limited edition birthday polygon bars, a birthday-themed ice cream social from 1pm to 5pm, and an in-store contest to win a private tour and tasting for five people.The party will run 10am to 5pm. Beta5. MyShopify.com

La Mezcaleria has launched a new happy hour menu that runs Tuesday to Sunday, 3pm to 6pm. Look for house wine, draft beer and Paloma cocktails, made with El Jimador Reposado, grapefruit soda and lime, for $5 each. Food specials include seasonal seafood ceviche for $6 and the popular cheese fondue in individual serving sizes for $8. LaMezcaleria.ca Celebrate one of the world’s most famous whisky cocktails, the Old Fashioned, at Prohibition every Wednesday, 8:30pm to 12:30am, until Nov. 23. Each week, both traditional and modern interpretations of the classic cocktail will be on special for $10, alongside live bluegrass music and classic American food features such as wings and trufﬂe fries. ProhibitionRHG.com Executive chef Weimar Gomez is holding his ﬁrst

Provence Marinaside is bringing back its Chef ’s Top Ten menu series starting Sept. 26. Each week, for ten weeks, a different threecourse menu will feature one long-time favourite from executive chef Jean-Franics Quaglia and chef de cuisine Sheldon Maloff, such as rack of lamb or bouillabaisse, along with a new appetizer created by one of the restaurant’s ﬁve talented sous chefs. Each $45 menu also includes choice of dessert. The ﬁrst week features seared Lois Lake steelhead preceded by zucchini tarte. See all menus at ProvenceMarinaside.ca

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I’ve been writing this column for close to two years now, in an effort to grasp and deﬁne what makes BC beer culture so special. What I’ve learned boils down to this: People in this province love a good piss-up. And in a way, we’re pretty good at hosting a good piss-up, too. We can hold our booze and the nights rarely devolve into the sort of wreckage one might expect from a frat party in, say, Ohio (which is how I imagine all parties in the US end up). Take a look at any of the craft beer festivals that have cropped up across this province over the past year. But these festivals are skinny runts compared to the beer festival to end all beer festivals: Oktoberfest, which is happening right now in Munich. Oktoberfest is a legendary shit show – one so prominent and mythologized that millions of people descend on Munich every year to take part in the shenanigans. 6.7 million litres of beer were consumed during the 2013 Oktoberfest alone. That’s obviously a lot of beer, and a profound display of stamina for the German people – one that Vancouverites,Victorians, and Everywhere-elsians can’t possibly compete with, if only because the provincial government won’t let us (how many fourounce tasting glasses does it take to serve 6.7 million litres of beer, anyway?). That doesn’t mean we won’t try. There are a few Oktoberfest celebrations happening in and around the Lower Mainland over the next month; attempts (however vain!) to harness the glory of the true German Oktoberfest (see sidebar).

Harvest Haus Vancouver’s largest Oktoberfest celebration is now in its third year, held at Queen Elizabeth Plaza under tents designed to look as authentic as possible: wooden long tables, 130 sanded log stumps for seats, German entertainment, custombuilt bars – no expense will be spared. The event runs Sept. 29-Oct. 9 and tickets are available at HarvestHaus.com.

Just remember, if you’re heading to Harvest Haus or any other Oktoberfest celebration this year, it’s a marathon, not a sprint. File photo But because we haven’t the history nor the ability, really, to drink to excess quite like the Germans can, I feel it’s in everyone’s best interest to provide some tips on how to survive the drunken revelry without losing your wallet, your dignity and/or your whole weekend to a relentless hangover.

EMBRACE THE STEREOTYPE

Why celebrate Oktoberfest if you’re not going to look the part? Basically, this means drinking from a stein and wearing the lederhosen. Seriously, splurge on a pair of lederhosen.Wear them yearround even, because they’re masterfully engineered for marathon drinking. They’re shorts, so you won’t overheat while dancing in a sweaty pit of hundreds of other people.They have suspenders, so they won’t fall down. The ﬂy is designed so you can

relieve yourself without taking them off, and they’re made of leather so when you inevitably spill beer on yourself, it’s easy to clean up.

EAT (SOMEWHAT) RESPONSIBLY

One of the foundations of Oktoberfest is drinking to excess. In order to do so, you need to eat well enough that you won’t become that wasted, feeble loser we all enjoy pointing and laughing at when we encounter them. Fortunately, Oktoberfest comes with its own tradition of good food, including pretzels and mustard, currywurst, bratwurst with sauerkraut, and other stereotypical German staples. But keep in mind – you don’t want to gorge yourself. Yes, it’s rarity to have these speciﬁc foods in one place in great supply at the same time, and the desire to cram as much of it in your face as

possible might be strong (depending on what kind of person you are), but a tummy full of cheesy bratwurst and three steins worth of lager won’t help anybody, least of all yourself.

JOIN IN ON THE DANCE

Dancing is another Oktoberfest tradition. It’s fun, it’s a bit silly and, most importantly, its good for the metabolism and will help you to drink longer.

DON’T MENTION THE WAR

This is more useful if you’re actually in Munich. It’s maybe not a great idea to prod a group of drunken Germans about the most shameful part of their history. Nor would I ask about the Bavarian ﬂags that look suspiciously like swastikas painted on the ceiling of the Hofbrauhaus.You will get popped in the jaw.

REMEMBER: IT’S A MARATHON…

…not a sprint. Don’t chug, drink swiftly. There’s a difference.

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JUST FORGET ABOUT YOUR DIGNITY

We mentioned above that this survival guide is designed so that you wouldn’t lose your dignity, but you know what? You’re clad in beer-soaked lederhosen, dancing to oompah music with greasy schnitzelstained ﬁngers.Your dignity left hours ago. Embrace it. I hope this has been helpful. (8FHI &G?2!# %$6< D6:2$H Mangelsdorf, who has a great enthusiasm for and depth of knowledge about lederhosen. W

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If there’s one constant in Mount Pleasant, it’s change. The past decade has seen one of Vancouver’s oldest working-class neighbourhoods undergo a remarkable transformation. Gone are the porno theatres, street prostitution and vacant storefronts. In their place; breweries, restaurants and organic bakeries. Kingsway, Broadway and Main are sprouting with shiny new condos reaching for the sky as new businesses and residents move in every day. There’s even a new community centre and library. Earlier this year, global commercial real estate juggernaut Cushman & Wakeﬁeld named Main Street one of the top 15 coolest streets in North America. And with developer Rize Alliance’s controversial 21-storey condo tower set to open next year, hundreds of newcomers to the neighbourhood will soon call Mount Pleasant home. As the direction of Mount Pleasant continues to be shaped by those who live and work there, we spoke to some of the neighbourhood’s newest additions about where their new home is headed.

MAURICIO LOZANO, FACULTY BREWING CO.

Mauricio Lozano didn’t choose Vancouver;Vancouver chose him.

Vancouver Art and Leisure artistic director Matt Troy. Dan Toulgoet photo The 31-year-old was born and raised in the historic city of Puebla, Mexico, his father a 14th-generation Poblano and his mother a ninth-generation Quebecer.That Canadian connection came in handy when he was looking for a post-graduate placement. “I wanted to do a masters degree in food manufacturing and Alicia [Medina], my wife, wanted to do a masters degree in architecture,” explains Lozano. “So we thought we’d have to do long distance, because not a lot of schools do both. So we were looking all over the place…and the funny thing is, we both got accepted to UBC and we both got

scholarships.” When Lozano and Medina arrived in 2008, he admits he didn’t know anything about Vancouver. “I had no idea it even had a beach,” he says. “We were supposed to just be here for two years. But we liked it, so we stayed!” When it came time to realize his life’s dream of opening a brewery, the avid homebrewer and former Molson Coors employee says it was his wife who pushed for their Mount Pleasant location. “Alicia was the main driver for the location,” says Lozano. “She’s an architect… and for [her] thesis for her masters in

advanced studies in architecture, she actually picked this area… so she did her study around here.” The neighbourhood has a ton of creative potential, he says, thanks to the fact that it’s mixed use and bike friendly. “The next cool part is coming,” says Lozano. “And it wasn’t planned that way.Yaletown was planned that way; [the City of Vancouver] turned the industrial [zoned land] into commercial. But here it’s organically happening.” Since opening for business earlier this summer, Faculty Brewing Co. has already had a positive impact on the neighbourhood.

“At night, [Ontario and 3rd] is not the nicest corner, let’s put it this way,” says Lozano. “In the morning, it’s a cash corner, there’s a lot of guys drinking in the street and everything, there’s graffiti, there’s car break-ins. Just the fact that I’m open ‘til 11, I have a lot of people on the street… And more people means more eyes on the street and that means more safety and more community, and suddenly this area isn’t as bad.” Neighbouring businesses are also benefitting from Faculty setting up shop. Argo Café next door recently decided to extend its hours until 10pm on Thursdays and Fridays to help feed the hungry craft beer crowd. Lozano is even sourcing some of the hops he uses from backyard growers in Mount Pleasant in exchange for beer. “You want everyone to flourish with you,” he says. “Everyone is holding hands. So we support each other.” Despite there being no shortage of craft beer options in the neighbourhood, Lozano sees the many breweries of Mount Pleasant as complementing each other, instead of competing with each other.

MATT TROY, VANCOUVER ART AND LEISURE

As an artist and a Vancouver resident, Matt Troy saw very few opportunities

for himself and his peers to pursue their passion. As one of the founders of Vancouver Art and Leisure, he hopes he can offer artists the chance to create, and earn a living from their efforts. “We don’t think art should be a hobby, we think art should be a profession,” he says. “When there are no opportunities to succeed ﬁnancially, the art form stops recreating itself.” Vancouver Art and Leisure, which moved into the old VIVO Media Arts Centre space on Main and East 4th close to two years ago, is a multi-use artist run space providing support for Vancouver’s creative class.The organization puts on three licensed events per month (the maximum legally allowed), which help fund the myriad of other activities VAL supports, including art shows, video game conferences, dance competitions, rap battles, popup stores, LGBTQ events, a painting studio, eight on-site artist studios with 24/7 access, and a soon-to-be-open vinyl record library. “We’re 100 per cent selffunded, we haven’t taken any grant money and were supported only by the strength of our members,” says Troy. “We provide an opportunity for artists that is not based on rank, discipline or intent.

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Continued from page 9 We provide a social context for a space where people can express themselves politically, artistically and sexually, and express their gender.” “These types of places are rapidly disappearing in Mount Pleasant, so we’re happy that we can provide this,” says Troy. “We have an excellent landlord who’s really supportive. But the same reasons we moved in will be the same reasons we move out.” Within ﬁve years, the block VAL is located on will likely be redeveloped, he says, and the organization will have to ﬁnd a new home. It’s all part of the unfortunate life-cycle for many artists and arts organizations,Troy notes. Artists are typically attracted to economically depressed neighbourhoods where affordable rents allow them to create. In doing so, they transform their neighbourhood, making it desirable, and inevitably price themselves out in the process. In the meantime,Troy is working with Vancouver city council to adopt more progressive arts policies that protect artist spaces and allows local artists to create; something he says brings value to the city. “When you give people a chance to live their dreams, that’s how you create a great city.”

KATHY SCHLEYER, FABLE DINER

It was little more than a year ago when Kathy Schleyer got the phone call that would launch her and husband Ron MacGillivray’s dream of opening a diner into reality. Schleyer and MacGillivray are the team behind the wildly successful Fable in Kitsilano, along with partner and chef Trevor Bird. “Even before Fable began, my husband Ron, always wanted to open a diner,” says Schleyer. So it was fortuitous when the owners of the iconic 104-year-old Lee Building at Main and Broadway contacted them about the possibility of opening up at one of the busiest intersections in the city in the former Reno Diner space. “They wanted to see this space evolve into something more than just a greasy spoon, per se,” says Schleyer, who ﬁrst moved to Mount Pleasant 20 years ago when she relocated to Vancouver from Calgary. “This being an iconic diner location just played into that so well.” Fable Diner opened in July, and has quickly found a place in the hearts and stomachs of local residents. Minutes after the doors open on a recent Monday morning, the lowslung booths are quickly ﬁlled and the room bustles with conversation and life. “This location is just incredible,” says Schleyer. “This is the centre of the city. It’s not downtown, this is it, the new

centre of the city. So to be part of that is exciting.” While Fable Diner doesn’t offer the $3.99 breakfasts it predecessor did, the menu does include low-cost items to appeal to the working class residents of the neighbourhood. According to the City of Vancouver, more than 21 per cent of Mount Pleasant residents live in low-income households, slightly higher than the city average. “The hard thing is finding that thing that makes the community happy at the same time as doing what you have to do to keep you business alive,” says Schleyer. “Profit margins have to be met, otherwise we have to close the doors.” With the Rize Alliance tower (now dubbed “The Independent”) soon to open across the street, Schleyer says she hopes the changes it will bring are positive ones. “I think for us it will be great. Obviously having all of those residential people closer to you helps your business immensely,” she says. “But I think the area will change quite a bit, and I think it will be a tough change. People are feeling pushed out who’ve been here for so long and are used to a certain lifestyle. So I definitely see that resistance continuing. “[Vancouver] will change, it’s inevitable, and its been happening long before we showed up,” she says. “But it needs to be positive within that change.” W

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Main Street keeps Vancouver’s story alive with it’s infamous Antique Row; from Chinatown to Queen Elizabeth Park, the Main Street corridor has long been home to the best vintage shops our city has to offer.Whether you’re after century-old heirlooms or iconic mid-century modern ﬁnds, Main is the go-to stop for antique aﬁcionados.

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1853 Main The Unique Antique is the current stop at the Main and East 3rd corner previously occupied by three other vintage spots; since claiming it’s stake on the block, the Unique Antique has made a name for itself by offering an eclectic assortment of vintage anomalies to satiate the inquisitive mind.

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Coffee, alongside one of the top barbershops in town, Bootleg Barbers. Owner, Clint Moroz, has taken his knack for finding unique one-offs and industrial finds and turning them into sought after décor pieces into a full fledged fabrication and design studio within the shop as well. From salvaged goods to custom creations, Space Lab is my first stop when hunting down specialty finds.

Top: Sean Novakowski shows off the many antique tools at Space Lab. Bottom: Vintage picture frames for sale at Sellution. Dan Toulgoet photos tion has been a cornerstone in the Vancouver antique scene. Specializing in larger furnishings, décor items and artwork, Sellution has a strong hold on the consignment and second-hand market. Recently relocating to its new Kingsway home

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3271 Main If you’re on the hunt for an experience of oddities, Alexander Lamb is the spot for you. With a collector’s take on minimalist décor up front and an unexpected museum (literally, called Exotic World Museum) in the rear, this unassuming little shop is the best-known hidden gem in the city. Offering visitors a bizarre collection of unusual ﬁnds – bugs, carvings and global treasures – this is a deﬁnite yes on the Main Street Antique Row.

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CYRIL HAHN Swiss DJ/producer now based in Vancouver plays a late show at Bodyroll with resident DJs Rook Milo, Juelz and Landyn. 10:30pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $15 at TicketFly.com

TROMBONE SHORTY New Orleans style jazz-funk trombonist performs with his band, Orleans Avenue. 7pm at Chan Shun Concert Hall. Tickets $62+ at UBC.ca

TA-KU Australian electronic musician and producer on tour in support of his latest EP release (m)edian with special guests Wafia and Masego. 8pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $25 at Red Cat, Beat Street and TicketFly.com

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CHEAP & FUN THE FINAL FRONTIER The Gentlemen Hecklers are back and ready to get spacey as they present Star Trek V: The Final Frontier with their signature live commentary that will leave you in stitches, making even bad movies, the best. 7pm at HR MacMillan Space Centre. Tickets $13 at EventBrite.ca

JIM BYRNES Canadian blues icon celebrates his birthday with special guests Vancouver based gospel trio the Sojourners. 7:30pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Zulu, Highlife and TicketFly.com

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CHEAP & FUN THE CULTCH’S 8TH ANNUAL FREE COMMUNITY SQUARE DANCE Come one, come all as The Cultch invites you to a family-friendly dance featuring caller Paul Silveria, who teaches moves on the spot, with live music from the New Short Mountain Deadbeats. 7pm-10pm at Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Admission by donation.

EVENTS VANCOUVER FLIPOUT PINBALL EXPO Close to 150 playable old school arcade classics as well as the latest cutting edge technology gathered together for the first time. Watch the pros or compete in the amateur tournaments and win cash prizes. Holiday Inn Downtown (1110 Howe). Runs until Sept. 25. Tickets from $20, or $50 for a weekend pass at VancouverFlipOut.com.

MILLENCOLIN Swedish skate punk band tour behind their latest release True Brew with special guests Such Gold. 8pm at Venue. Tickets $20 at VenueLive.ca

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ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN English rock band from Liverpool return to Vancouver with special guest Ester Drang. 7pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $39.50 at Ticketmaster.ca

COLIN MOCHRIE Experience improv legend Mochrie up close and personal as he returns to the Vancouver TheatreSports League stage for two days of laughpacked shows. At Vogue Theatre. Tickets at VTSL.com

NAO R&B singer from London jumps across the pond to appear in support of her debut release For All We Know with special guest Kweku Collins. 7pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $18 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca PETUNIA & THE VIPERS Western swing-rockabilly-punk-country band from Vancouver play the final leg of their tour in support of their latest release Dead Bird On The Highway with special guests the Crow Quill and Night Owls. 8pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $20 at Red Cat, Highlife, Neptoon, Zulu and TicketFly.com THE DIRTY NIL Hamilton, Ontario, three-piece hard rockers play an early show with special guests Dead Soft and Needs. 7pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $12 at TicketFly.com CHRIST AIR The new voice for true skate rock hits the stage with special guests the Fifth Circle, Sundran and Dark Originn. 9:30pm at Funky Winker Beans. Cover is $10. THE RITE OF SPRING Vancouver Symphony Orchestra opens their season with a bang, welcoming back pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk to perform a program of Morlock, Tvhaikovsky and Stravinsky. 8pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets at VancouverSymphony.ca

JOE MACHI Headlining comedian with appearances on Last Comic Standing and winner of the 2013 New York Comedy Festival’s Funniest Comedian Competition takes the stage with an opening set from Darryl Orr. 7pm and 9:30pm at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets $20 at YukYuks.com

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. 2pm and 7:30pm at Vanier Park. Tickets at BardOnTheBeach. org. Final performance. THE BEAUX’ STRATAGEM George Farquhar’s glorious Restoration comedy follows two charming bachelors, broke and looking to marry for money who encounter a variety of obstacles before love presents itself, and the beaux meet their match. 8pm at Jericho Arts Centre. Tickets at JerichoArtsCentre.com. Runs until Sept. 25.

SUNDAY SOUL BRUNCH A brunch buffet of Southern classics with a live performance from Robert Wilson and the Blackbird P.A. 10:30am at The Emerald. Tickets $36 at PiTheatre.com ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES Six-piece soul band out of Birmingham, Alabama, appear in support of their sophomore album Sea of Noise with special guests Seratones. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $30 at Ticketmaster.ca MUSIC AT THE MUSEUM Sing-along sea shanties with the Lazy Jacks followed by an old time fiddle jam session with Doug the Fiddler and friends with light refreshments and all proceeds to benefit the museum and its artefact collection. 1pm-4pm at Old Hastings Mill Store Museum (1575 Alma). Admission by donation.

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

JACK GARRATT British singersongwriter and multi-instrumentalist appears in support of his debut studio album, Phase, with special guest Brasstracks. 7pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $25 at Ticketmaster.ca OVERFLOW The first edition of an innovative new concert series showcases musicians versed in the art of chip music, making original tunes using obsolete videogame/computer sound hardware featuring Norrin_Rad, meckz, Fastbom and bryface. 7:30pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $15 at EventBrite.ca

COMEDY 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). MONDAY NIGHT COMEDY Vancouver’s best working comedians converge weekly to showcase their talents for the most fun you can have on a Monday in Kitsilano, this week’s headliner is Efthimios Nasiopoulos. 9pm at Yagger’s Kitsilano. Cover is $5.

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THE GLASS MENAGERIE A Canadian production of the Tennessee Williams’ classic revealing the story of family members whose lives form a triangle of quiet desperation, each in an individual version of hell while simultaneously seeking escape from each other. 8pm at PAL Theatre. Tickets at GlassMenagerie. ca. Runs until Sept. 25.

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PREOCCUPATIONS The Canadian post-punk rockers (formerly known as Viet Cong) hit the road in support of their self-titled release. 8pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $20 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

PHONIX FUNK TRAIN A soul train revival with old school funk, R&B and Motown from the Vancouver band complete with three-piece horn section and two soulful lead vocalists. 10:30pm at Backstage Lounge. Tickets $7 at ThePhonix.ca

NICK WATERHOUSE California jazz and R&B singer-songwriter and musician returns to Vancouver in support of his forthcoming third studio album Never Twice. 7pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $18 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

MUSIC ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Psychpop revivalists from Baltimore, Maryland, appear in support of their latest release, Painting With, with special guest Eric Copeland of Black Dice. 7pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $40 at TicketFly.com ALLAH-LAS LA rockers come north to play tunes from their latest release, Calico Review, with special guests Dopey’s Robe and DJ Keith McCafferty. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $20 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca SONIC ELDER Six musicians over 60 take to the stage at this legendary venue for an on-stage documentary featuring performances from artists that invented youth culture featuring Buff Allen, William Butler, Rob Kosaka, Joni Moore, Bill Sample and Harry Walker. 7pm at Penthouse (1019 Seymour). Tickets $28 at BrownPaperTickets.com. Runs until Oct. 2. THE TWITCH Six-piece rock band from Vancouver perform live with special guests Carcas. 8pm at The Roxy.

THEATRE/DANCE BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY Five actors play 40 different characters in this fast-paced farcical adventure, a zany whodunit with Holmes and Watson on the case snuffing out the culprit based on the Arthur Conan Doyle classic. 7:30pm at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub.com

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THE BRAINS Montreal’s punkfuelled psychobilly trio tour behind Out In The Dark with special guests Kman and the 45s and Obscene Being. 9pm at Wise Hall. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Highlife, Wise Hall Lounge and BPT.me or $20 at the door. KT TUNSTALL Scottish singersongwriter and musician plays tunes from her sixth album, Kin, with special guest Wilding. 7pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $29.50 at Ticketmaster.ca

GODDAMN MILLENNIALS II An evening of stand-up comedy for the kids, those born in the ‘80s and ‘90s anyway, hosted and curated by Victoria Banner. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $10 at Red Cat and TicketFly.com

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ART GORE AND CORDOVA Karin Konoval explores her experiences as a watchful eye over the corner of Gore and Cordova in this exhibition of paintings derived from photographs she shot in the rehearsal room of the Firehall, from a bird’s eye view. At Firehall Arts Centre until Oct. 28.

HELEN & EDGAR A story of Savannah told by celebrated raconteur Edgar Oliver is a mesmerizing, hilarious, and heartbreaking tale of Oliver and his sister Helen’s strange childhood in the south, and their mother’s struggle with madness. 8pm at York Theatre. Tickets at TheCultch.com. Runs until Oct. 8. THE FLICK A sideways look into the lives of young people navigating their place in the world, set in a run-down movie theatre where three underpaid ushers are willing to do anything to keep the beloved and endangered local landmark running. 7:30pm at Granville Island Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub.com. Runs until Oct. 29.

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VESTIGE STORY

Founded by Aileen Lee in 2015, this Vancouver brand makes beautiful, simple pieces that are easy to wear, but still have fashion edge. The self-taught designer was always interested in fashion. “I’ve been drawing, doodling and painting ever since I can remember,” she says. “I created my ﬁrst clothing collection when I was ﬁve years old, with crayons and card stock for paper dolls I made myself.” Her favourite designers are Phoebe Philo of Celine, and Paris-based couturier,Yi Qing Yin. “I like the former

for her impeccable, minimal taste and execution, and the latter for her imaginative, otherworldly designs and craftsmanship,” says Lee. Her Spring/Summer ‘17 range is called the Landscape Collection and is inspired by the “basic yet poetic elements” found in landscape art. Her target woman is the mindful creative – someone who, she says, “digs deep, someone who appreciates beauty, as well as quality, sustainability and craftsmanship.” What does she think of the way women dress here? “Vancouver dressing is casual and very ﬁtness-focused,” she says. “My out-of-town peers call us ‘Lululemon Land.’ I hope to add a different perspective to the way people dress here. Our city is starting to see the establishment of a few talented independent designer labels, and I support the direction we are headed.” Vestige Story is sold at Woo To SeeYou (Yaletown), Much & Little (Main Street) and Oliver & Lilly’s (South Granville).

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We’re becoming increasingly aware of environmental and ethical issues in the fashion industry, thanks to movies like Vancouver production River Blue. One area we’re looking at is not wasting fabric – which is exactly what THE LABEL., a one-yearold brand from Canberra, Australia, specialises in. “I work with minimal and zero-waste design but with

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In many ways, the 35th Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is strikingly different from its previous editions. It’s got a brand new logo featuring bold and boxy letters that would look great emblazoned on the chest of any cinema-championing superhero. It’s divided its more than 300 ﬁlms into nine new separate streams – Panorama, Ignite, Impact, Next, Gateway, M/A/D, ALT, Youth, and True North – and introduced VIFF Hub, which will transform VIFF’s Vancity Theatre into the central location for interactive screen-based experiences, creator talks, networking, and late-night, post-ﬁlm performances. In other ways,VIFF at 35 is doing what it’s always done: presenting a line-up of the

best, the boldest, and the most audacious filmmaking from around the world – including the largest showcase of Canadian cinema on the planet. All the new stuff is the plus symbol in the festival slogan for 2016: “Film+: Discover More.” “It’s an experiential model,” says Jacqueline Dupuis, VIFF’s executive director, in a recent phone interview. “We continue to program more than 300 films, [and schedule] 500 screenings, and in addition to that we do talks, we do exhibitions, we do workshops, we do events and awards, and all of that is how we showcase and engage creators.” The changes to this year’s VIFF – which runs Sept. 29-Oct. 14 at venues around Vancouver, including Vancity Theatre, the Rio Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse, The Cinémathèque, and others – reflect the fest’s commitment to serving the ever-changing needs of local film lovers and people who work in the industry: intersecting groups that consume and create content in the third largest film production centre in North America and the third largest digital media produc-

tion centre in the world. “Vancouver is probably one of the most creative and innovative cities in the world, so you have to think about, what do these people want to engage with?” says Dupuis. “And I think it comes down to an experience.” Nowhere will the VIFF+ experience be more evident than at VIFF Hub, which takes over VIFF’s Vancity Theatre for the first eight days of the festival. VIFF Hub’s schedule includes creator talks (speakers include showrunners Marti Noxon (UnREAL) and Simon Davis Barry (Van Helsing), as well as Orphan Black actress Tatiana Maslany, whose The Other Half screens at VIFF on Sept. 30), late-night video-music performances, opportunities for networking, and an entire day dedicated to the virtual reality industry. “It’s about creating a central place for people to come and enjoy the film-plus experiences, and also to have somewhere to go after the screenings to celebrate and chat,” says Dupuis. Dupuis is reluctant to pick her can’t-miss favourites for this year’s fest from the 300plus films in the schedule,

but when pressed, she offers up the following:

MAUDIE

Sally Hawkins portrays Canadian folk artist Maude Lewis in this biopic from director Aisling Walsh. Hawkins has already won acclaim for her portrayal of the celebrated self-taught artist, who contended with rheumatoid arthritis and became a leading ﬁgure in the Naïve Art movement. “It’s always a priority for us to open the festival with a Canadian ﬁlm, and it had incredible accolades at Telluride [Film Festival], and it tells a beautiful story,” says Dupuis of the Canada/Ireland co-production. “It’s emotional, obviously, but hopeful in a really compelling way.” Sept. 29, Oct. 1 & 10.

SPIRIT UNFORGETTABLE

Director Pete McCormack (Facing Ali) brings us the story of John Mann, lead singer of the iconic Vancouver band Spirit of the West, and his struggle with early onset Alzheimer’s. Says VIFF’s press release: “McCormack has built a compelling and emotionally powerful narrative around archival clips and intimate interviews that reveal Mann, his wife Jill and his bandmates to be endlessly engaging and surprisingly can-

Spirit Unforgettable is among VIFF’s must-see films. Contributed did.” Says Dupuis: “It’s one of the most inspiring ﬁlms for me this year.” Oct. 8 & 12.

FRANCA: CHAOS AND CREATION

Director Francesco Carrozzini is behind this intimate portrait of his mother, Franca Sozzani, the legendary editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia magazine since 1988. Encompassing both the ridiculous and the sublime, her astonishing but often controversial magazine covers have not only broken the rules but also set the high bar for fashion, art and commerce over the past 25 years. “The ﬁlm is outrageous and extremely fascinating,” says Dupuis. “[Franca] revolutionized the way that photography and fashion coexist, so it’s a really exciting one.” Oct. 12 & 14.

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Malick (A Thin Red Line) is billed as a celebration of life and the grand history of the cosmos, transporting audiences into a vast yet up-close-and-personal journey that spans the eons from the Big Bang to the dinosaur to our present human world (and – dun dun dun – beyond!). The 45-minute IMAX ﬁlm was selected to close this year’s VIFF because “it was 35 years in the making, it’s our 35th birthday, and it was shot on 35mm, which is very unusual for these times,” says Dupuis. Oct. 14. Reel People will have indepth coverage ofVIFF’s BC Spotlight ﬁlms during the festival. BookmarkWestender. com for online exclusives and @sabrinarmf for red carpet coverage. W VIFF runs Sept. 29-Oct. 14. Tickets and schedule at VIFF.org.

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Publicly,Tegan and Sara present a uniﬁed front.The Calgary-bred Quin sisters are identical twins who share songwriting duties, are known for their hilarious on-stage banter, and jointly campaign for LGBT equality. In their personal lives, however, things have not always been so smooth. The two have warred behind the scenes, and when Sara relocated to Montreal in 2003, it was partly because she wanted to move away from her sister and establish her own identity. “It was my attempt, in a way, to preserve the band,” Sara remembers, speaking to Westender on the line from Saskatoon. “It wasn’t neces-

sarily a breakup in the true sense of the word, because we obviously continued to be both sisters and bandmates, but it did feel like a sort of forced exile or an estrangement – just in order to get myself feeling like I had my own life. I desperately wanted autonomy.” Not only did the Quins clash personally, they also struggled to ﬁnd musical common ground. “A lot of times I was like, ‘Wow, it feels like she [Tegan] is in a different band than the band I’m in,’” Sara admits.This lack of unity didn’t seem to hurt the duo’s artistry, as their blend of emotive folk and hook-ﬁlled indie rock earned them a fervent following, critical praise, and a major-label deal with Warner Bros. Records. Now, the twins have found a shared musical direction. On 2013’s Heartthrob, the siblings set aside their guitars in favour of synthesizers, and their electro-pop reinvention catapulted them to new lev-

Calgary electro-pop duo Tegan and Sara perform at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Oct. 5. Contributed photo els of commercial success. “I think right now there’s deﬁnitely something a little bit more uniﬁed,” Sara says

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spired by Sara’s experiences with her longterm partner. “I’m in a relationship with someone who I’ve been with for six years,” she notes. “Gay or straight, people start saying, ‘So when are you getting married? When are you having kids? When is the next step?’ And I’m like, ‘Fuck off. We’re doing just fine. We have cats, we own a house – what else do you want from us? Get off our backs.’” By openly acknowledging their sexuality in lyrical form, Tegan and Sara are attempting to shine a light on the LGBT issues they care about so deeply. The commercial success they’ve enjoyed in recent years means that the 36-year-olds have a prominent platform from which to share their message. “It’s more important than ever to raise awareness and visibility about our community and the inequities between so many different groups amongst the community,” Sara says. “It is still an incredible fight ahead.” Despite society’s recent progress in regards to marriage equality and LGBT rights, speaking about queer themes within the context of a radio-ready pop song still carries a powerful positive message, and Sara is more than happy to use her music as a jumping-off point for her political cause. “It can seem like a small thing – like, ‘Oh, it’s just a pop song, and you’ve kind of skewed the gender in it,’” she reflects. “For me, it’s just an opportunity to talk about these things publicly.” W

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Even if you are a wild-eyed adventure-seeker with extremist views and melodramatic yearnings, you’ll benefit from taking a moderate approach to life in the coming weeks. In fact, you’re most likely to attract the help and inspiration you need if you adopt the strategy used by Goldilocks in the fairy tale “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”: neither excessive nor underdone, neither extravagant nor restrained, neither bawdy, loud, and in-your-face nor demure, quiet, and passive – but rather just right.

Some of my readers love me but also hate me. They are drawn to my horoscopes in the hope that I will help relieve them of their habitual pain, but then get mad at me when I do just that. In retrospect, they feel lost without the familiar companionship of their habitual pain. It had been a centerpiece of their identity, a source of stability, and when it’s gone, they don’t know who they are any more. Are you like these people, Taurus? If so, you might want to avoid my horoscopes for a while. I will be engaged in a subtle crusade to dissolve your angst and agitation. And it all starts now with this magic spell: Your wound is a blessing. Discover why.

In my dream last night, bad guys wearing white hats constrained you in a canvas straitjacket, then further wrapped you up with heavy steel chain secured by three padlocks. They drove you to a weedy field behind an abandoned warehouse and left you there in the pitch dark. But you were indomitable. By dawn, you had miraculously wriggled your way out of your confinement. Then you walked back home, free and undaunted. Here’s my interpretation of the dream: You now have special skills as an escape artist. No cage can hold you. No riddle can stump you. No tangle can confuse you. (PS, for best results, trust yourself even more than you usually do.)

The next four weeks will be a favorable time to come all the way home. Here are nine prompts for how to accomplish that: 1. Nourish your roots. 2. Strengthen your foundations. 3. Meditate about where you truly belong. 4. Upgrade the way you attend to your self-care. 5. Honor your living traditions. 6. Make a pilgrimage to the land where your ancestors lived. 7. Deepen your intimacy with the earth. 8. Be ingenious about expressing your tenderness. 9. Reinvigorate your commitment to the influences that nurture and support you.

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What tools will work best for the tasks you’ll be invited to perform in the coming weeks? A sledgehammer or tweezers? Pruning shears or a sewing machine? A monkey wrench or a screwdriver? Here’s my guess: Always have your entire toolbox on hand. You may need to change tools in mid-task – or even use several tools for the same task. I can envision at least one situation that would benefit from you alternating between a sledgehammer and tweezers.

I’m confident that I will never again need to moonlight as a janitor or dishwasher in order to pay my bills. My gig as a horoscope columnist provides me with enough money to eat well, so it’s no longer necessary to shoplift bread or scavenge for dented cans of beets in grocery store dumpsters. What accounts for my growing financial luck? I mean besides the fact that I have been steadily improving my skills as an oracle and writer? I suspect it may in part have to do with my determination to cultivate generosity. As I’ve become better at expressing compassion and bestowing blessings, money has flowed to me in greater abundance. Would this strategy work for you? The coming weeks and months will be a good time to experiment.

Here’s my translation of a passage from the ancient Gospel of Thomas, a gnostic text about the teachings of Jesus: “If you do not awaken and develop the potential talents that lie within you, they will damage you. If you do awaken and develop the potential talents that lie within you, they will heal you.” Whether you actually awaken and develop those talents or not depends on two things: your ability to identify them clearly and your determination to bring them to life with the graceful force of your willpower. I call this to your attention, Libra, because the coming months will be a highly favorable time to expedite the ripening of your talents. And it all starts NOW.

You can’t completely eliminate unhelpful influences and trivial saboteurs and debilitating distractions from your life. But you’re entering a phase of your astrological cycle when you have more power than usual to diminish their effects. To get started in this gritty yet lofty endeavor, try this: Decrease your connection with anything that tends to demean your spirit, shrink your lust for life, limit your freedom, ignore your soul, compromise your integrity, dishonour your reverence, inhibit your self-expressiveness, or alienate you from what you love.

Work too much and push yourself too hard, Sagittarius. Eat corn chips for breakfast, ice cream for lunch, and french fries for dinner – every day, if possible. And please, please, please get no more than four hours’ sleep per night. If you have any extra time, do arduous favors for friends and intensify your workout routine. JUST KIDDING! Don’t you dare heed any of that ridiculous advice. In fact, I suggest you do just the opposite. Dream up brilliant excuses not to work too much or push too hard. Treat yourself to the finest meals and best sleep ever. Take your mastery of the art of relaxation to new heights. Right now, the most effective way to serve your long-term dreams is by having as much fun, joy and release as possible.

I propose that you and I make a deal. Here’s how it would work: For the next three weeks, I will say three prayers for you every day. I will ask God, Fate and Life to send you more of the recognition and appreciation you deserve. I will coax and convince them to give you rich experiences of being seen for who you really are. Now here’s what I ask of you in return: You will rigorously resolve to act on your core beliefs, express your noblest desires, and say only what you truly mean. You will be alert for those times when you start to stray from the path with heart, and you will immediately get yourself back on that path. You will be yourself three times stronger and clearer than you have ever been before.

If you loosen yourself up by drinking an alcoholic beverage, don’t drive a forklift or ride a unicycle. If you have a hunch that your luck at gambling is peaking, don’t buy lottery tickets or play the slot machines. If you’re drawn to explore the frontiers of intimacy, be armed with the ancient Latin maxim, Primum non nocere, or “First, do no harm.” And if you really do believe it would be fun to play with fire, bring a fire extinguisher with you. In presenting this cautionary advice, I’m not saying that you should never push the limits or bend the rules. But I want to be sure that as you dare to experiment, you remain savvy and ethical and responsible.

I invite you to explore the healing power of sex. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to do so. You are also likely to generate good fortune for yourself if you try to fix any aspect of your erotic life that feels wounded or awkward. For best results, suspend all your theories about the way physical intimacy should work in your life. Adopting a beginner’s mind could lead you to subtly spectacular breakthroughs. (PS, you don’t necessarily need a partner to take full advantage of this big opening.)

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