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Re:“Canuck the Crow and other human mistakes,” April 13, 2017 When I water my lawn in the summer, wild birds make a habit of sometimes landing on my nozzle to drink.

Maybe if we quit excusing animal cruelty and being more aggressive at prosecuting it, criminals like the asshole that attacked him might think twice. –Liz Burn

Perhaps humans should respect nature so we wouldn’t need to have this conversation. People do feed Canuck, and a lot of other wildlife – live with it and be kinder to animals.

– Bryan Carret This is typical....blaming Sean and the young fella that saved Canuck as a fledgling. How about blaming the psycho who hurt

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Canuck? And what about the SPCA, who appears to have done nothing so far?

It is not illegal to feed birds but it is illegal to purposely cause them harm. The writer of this article apparently has never seen friendly pigeons, chickadees that eat out of your hand, and gulls that swoop down and eat your food at the picnic table. All wild birds have socialized to some extent

because of their proximity to people. How about shaming the half-wits that cause needless harm, rather than the good people who are looking out for the wild animals and birds? –Tina Kendall

THE ‘WHAT IFS’ OF DOVER Re:“A Farewell to (Dover) Arms,” April 6, 2017 Another one bites the dust. I am really saddened about the closure [of the pub]. I very much enjoyed the music and dancers, and I would also catch the scores of the games on the big screens as I was passing by.

Whatever was happening made me smile. There are so many empty storefronts these days because of increased rents that tenants cannot afford.

It makes me wonder if the owners make more money with the empty spaces than with tenants since they can claim the loss on the tax forms.

A big thank you to the musicians who played the great music that I enjoyed as I was going by on my walks. I miss you already. –Danielle Dalbec

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You’re gonna need your friends. It’s a lyric that a friend of mine once wrote, with the sentiment that, one of these days, when your chips are down, you’ll need support, so be nice to people.

It’s good life advice for anyone, and it’s certainly coming to fruition for two long time members of the Vancouver music scene whose health has suffered setbacks, and for another whose luck ran out in a nasty way. All three of them will be the focus of three separate events held by their rock ‘n’ roll brethren over the course of the next week throughout Vancouver.

For 25 years, Stan Heisie worked the door at the top of the stairs of the venerable Railway Club at the corner of Seymour and Dunsmuir Streets. He was the antithesis of the typical thuggish Vancouver bouncer: Stan was friendly and kind, always

greeting patrons with a smile, even if they were trying to weasel their way past the line, or past him.

Once you got to know Stan, it was hard to get by him for a whole other reason: he deeply loved music and would talk your ear off about all his favourites, like the Flamin’ Groovies, the Zombies or the Young Rascals.

Some who work in the clubs night in and night out, as Stan did at the Railway from 1988 to 2012 (and at the Savoy before that), get burnt out and bitter. Not Stan. He was just as much a fan as he was an employee, and counts Billy Cowsill, the Mummies, and the Nervous Fellas some of his all-time favourite Railway Club shows.

In recent years, Stan has battled a string of health problems, which prompted his friend and one-time Railway Club co-doorman Richard Chapman to throw a party for Stan this Saturday, April 22, at the Fairview (898 West Broadway), fittingly entitled Stanfest.The bill is filled with some of Stan’s favourites, like the aforementioned Vancou-

ver rockabilly legends the Nervous Fellas, along with Ana Bon Bon, Mike Van Eyes Band, Billy Hopeless, and many others.

It will be a busy week of giving for Hopeless, a longtime local punk luminary.

Besides taking part in Stanfest, Hopeless has organized Jaystock 2017, a benefit for Jay Millette, his friend and bandmate in the Black Halos.

Earlier this year, Millette (who relocated to Toronto a few years ago) lost his home, all of his possessions, and his cat in a devastating apartment fire. Already, over $20,000 has been raised for Millette from a GoFundMe campaign, and proceeds from the benefit on Friday, April 28, at SBC Restaurant (109 East Hastings) will go to Millette, as well.

The Spitfires (another one of Millette’s former bands) will perform along with local Ramones tribute act the Ramores, and many others.

has severely affected his life in every facet. He is in dire need of a specialized wheelchair, which insurance won’t cover.That’s when his pompadoured pal Serge Lotosky stepped up, organizing Mickfest, which will feature plenty of Vancouver’s finest pomade enthusiasts: the Bad Beats, the Wett Stilettos, the Deadcats and many more.

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And finally, this Friday night at Pat’s Pub (403 East Hastings) the rockabilly community will rally to raise a glass – and some muchneeded funds – for Mick Tupelo, who many credit as one of the first purveyors of “psychobilly” in Canada, in the stompin’ tradition of the Cramps, Reverend Horton Heat, and the Meteors. For decades Mick was the face of Vancouver mainstays the Deadcats. A few years ago, Mick was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, which

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Welcome to Poetic Licence – a weekly poetry forum, hosted by us, featuring words by local poets. This week? A water sonnet by Henk Suys.

SONNET OF THE LONG DISTANCE SWIMMER Thick and green as glass, the water at the bay’s edge shimmers like a golden carpet, sunlit on the surface of the sea.

My fingers drip with treasure as my hands come up for air. “Pretend your elbow is suspended from a string, just let it swing.”

The swim instructor’s words recalled. Each stroke in rhythm with this pendulum. Each breath, for all us mammals of the sea, sucked up inside a hollow wave, as water streams below my lips. So close, this salty fluid and my blood, I could dissolve inside this shining net and never notice that my breathing’s stopped, and shore floats far away.

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What’s in your waterways?

We asked marine experts to help us take the pulse of the region’s most iconic bodies of water.

by Kelsey Klassen and Sarah Ripplinger

Howe Sound Howe Sound is North America’s southernmost fjord, located within the traditional territory of the Squamish Nation alongside the Sea-toSky corridor, just northwest of Vancouver. It boasts the steep walls, cold winds and mountainous skyline of a fjord, as well as being home to populated islands such as Bowen and Gambier. Dr. Andrew Day, executive director of the Vancouver Aquarium’s Coastal Ocean Research Institute (CORI), calls Howe Sound a “rare gift” – not just a slate-grey jewel in the landscape, but an untamed playground for divers, sport fishermen, residents and tourists. Once a marine Garden of Eden brimming with herring, salmon, resident whales and sponge reefs, however, Howe Sound’s proximity to a major city, as well as the introduction of whaling, mining, pulp mills, commercial fisheries and residential development over the past century, has led to dramatic changes to the sound’s delicate ecosystems – 99 per cent of which remain unprotected.

located near the top of Howe Sound, makes for a “particularly rich” type of ecosystem, says Day. ‘You find a wide diversity of species in Howe Sound.You find species, like sponge reefs, that are quite unique globally. And, in the case of Howe Sound, there are some that are not very deep, so they can be accessed by divers in a way that can’t really happen elsewhere.”

Can you swim in it: Yes. Howe Sound is a hub for water sports like sailing, kayaking, diving, fishing, paddleboarding and wind surfing.

What would it have looked like 100 years ago: The area’s cetacean populations (whales, dolphins and porpoises) show signs of “remarkable recovery,” but when researchers look back 100 years, it becomes evident the population is a fraction of

Notable species: The Squamish River,

Endangered species: Given its ravaged history, Howe Sound is showing positive signs of recovery.

Forage or bait fish such as herring and oolichan were once decimated; meanwhile, salmon, rockfish and lingcod populations were also historically fished to low levels, and are currently either challenged or haven’t yet been able to recover. “We’re seeing some early signs of recovery with herring, but nowhere near the historical abundance,” says Day. “And we discovered there was [once] an oolichan population of over a million fish in the Squamish River, and that’s gone.”

what it was historically. “We know that in the Vancouver area there was 80-90 humpback whales in our resident population,” explains Day. “That population was killed in one year when the commercial whaling station was put in.That commercial whaling then proceeded up the coast of BC and [it was] basically serial genocide for all the resident populations.That pushed the humpbacks off shore […] and it’s taken quite a long time for that population to start moving back in.”

Biggest sources of pollution: According to The Future of Howe Sound Society, the decommissioned copper mine at Britannia Beach, once the largest in the British Empire, discharged “considerable toxic effluent including copper, cadmium, iron and zinc into Howe Sound between 1905 and 2001.” A massive provincial cleanup initiative has improved things, but the mine was once one of the “worst polluting sites in the world” and had a devastating effect on local fish populations.The ecosystem is also impacted by light and noise pollution, as well as sewage, pharmaceuticals, plastics and contaminants, like oil, from human activity nearby.

Biggest issue of 2017: Population growth, and residential and industrial

coastal development. “We need to decide the kind of relationship we want to have and need to have with nature,” says Day. “You can look at the history of Howe Sound and say, okay, the industrial heritage approach, where you just take all the good stuff out and put all the bad stuff in? That doesn’t work. And ultimately doesn’t really work for people.

We eat fish that are polluted, our clean water is unsafe for swimming, the recreational activities [are impacted]. It comes back in a cycle to us.”

Climate change is another factor. As the ocean absorbs more carbon out of the atmosphere, the acidity (pH) of the water also changes.

Leeching from the Brittania mine, pulp mill effluent and problem vessels (abandoned or sunken boats containing fuel and contaminants) are a lingering issue.

Also, according to CORI’s State of Howe Sound” Ocean Watch report, despite being home to some of the most sensitive and unique habitats on the West Coast, less than one percent of the marine area of Howe Sound is in a designated Protected Area.

Most of the species and habitats studied for the report are in trouble: nearly half are rated critical, while the other half are “lacking data, show low abundance, require restoration, and remain unprotected.”

Dr. Andrew Day, on a bluff overlooking Howe Sound.

Dan Toulgoet photo What people can do to get involved/help: Day says it’s actually quite difficult for people to intervene and recover nature.

“What we can do, is stop pounding the crap out of it,” he laughs, ruefully, before noting that reversing the trend of stressing Howe Sound with waste, development and extraction will allow it to move itself towards a state of equilibrium. “If you give nature half a chance, it will do the rest.”

The action plan identified in CORI’s Ocean Watch report (available at oceanwatch. ca) was also endorsed by the Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans, the City of Squamish, Squamish Nation, a number of NGOs, as well as relevant industry groups at a presentation in February. “That’s really what it’s going to take,” says Day. “It’s got to be more than just government. It’s going to be all of those groups doing what they do, and citizen scientists, as well.” –KK

pipeline bursts and oil spills, which are all very detrimental to the ecosystem and estuary, but one of the things that we’re not talking about is wastewater treatment and how billions of litres of untreated wastewater are being discharged [from combined sewer outfalls] into the system, and the implications of that.”

Act, to address illegal dumping in watersheds.

Fraser River As the longest river in British Columbia, the Fraser River has a storied legacy, and much of the province’s history is tied to its impenetrable, fast-flowing waters. Along its route, the river passes through a number of traditional territories, including Sto:lo and Musqueam, on its way to the ocean, and it has been heavily exploited by human activity, from farming and fishing, to transportation and heavy industry.

Fraser Riverkeeper Society coordinator Charly Caproff near a combined sewer outfall on the Fraser River. Dan Toulgoet photo

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Endangered species: The river’s chinook salmon and sockeye salmon at risk for population decline.White sturgeon is also listed as endangered.

Can you swim in it: Not safely. Every year there are drownings, and even the most experienced swimmers can become exhausted.

What would it have looked like 100 years ago: According the Caproff, the most visible difference between now and a century ago is the amount of sediment in the water. Dredging for resource activities and boats impacts the salinity and sediment levels of the water, which in turn impact salmon and habitat, and the types of species that call the river home.

Notable species: Native fish include white sturgeon, which can grow to over 1,000 lbs, as well as all five species of Pacific salmon.

Sandhill cranes, eagles and osprey also frequent the river.

Biggest sources of pollution: By volume, municipal wastewater is the largest source of pollution in British Columbia, says Caproff. “We don’t talk about it a lot. In the news we talk about these big

Biggest issues of 2017: Wastewater, dredging for the Massey Tunnel replacement, and illegal dumping.

“Since 2001 we’ve lost a lot of our conservation officers, who enforce environmental legislation on the ground,” says Caproff. “And so people go to these areas and dump with impunity because there isn’t that same enforcement.”

FRK is working with Our Water BC, a coalition of organizations that stand for clean water and the enforcement of the BC Water Sustainability

Current cleanup projects: Fraser Riverkeeper works for the protection, conservation and improvement of water quality and fish habitat in the Fraser River and surrounds.They founded a water literacy program to connect people to their watersheds and provide education, and, for the past decade, they have hosted a river cleanup in Chilliwack, that has removed 112 tonnes of illegally dumped garbage (cigarettes, bulky furniture, shotgun shells, pallet nails, needles, demolition waste, etc.) from the river’s gravel bars and banks to date.

They are hosting an Earth Day cleanup in partnership with Surfrider Vancouver and Purple Wave Acai at Wreck Beach on Saturday, April 22, from 11am-1pm. –KK

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Preventing boats from dumping raw sewage into False Creek, as well as controlling the overflow of untreated sewage from combined sewers in Vancouver, were key issues experts said should be addressed in 2017.

One of Vancouver’s favourite spots for Dragon Boat racing, kayaking and walking along the seawall has also been a heavily polluted waterway that’s seen significant changes to its biodiversity and geography over the years.

Thanks to the efforts of local organizations, advocates and the City of Vancouver, the area is recovering and once again becoming a home for herring, salmon and other aquatic species.

Can you swim in it: No. False Creek is a secondary contact body of water, which means that only activities where water ingestion isn’t likely are recommended.This is because of the elevated levels of E. coli bacteria found in the waterway, which have reached concentrations high enough to compel some dragon boat teams and kayakers to cancel practice on False Creek.

Notable species: False Creek used to be a dumping ground for any number of industrial chemicals and heavy metals used for shipping and logging, which killed off many of the aquatic

False Creek at night. iStock photo life in the area. After Expo ’86, efforts were made to clean up the waterway, including installing boulder riprap along its shoreline.The Squamish Streamkeepers Society has also been wrapping landscaping cloth around creosotesoaked pilings to provide a nontoxic surface for herring to lay their eggs. As a result, False Creek has seen a return of several species, including salmon, herring and anchovies.

“The last couple years have been boomtown production years for False Creek,” said

Strait of Georgia The Strait of Georgia is a 220 kilometre-long inland sea nestled between Vancouver Island and the mainland, running from the island’s southern tip up to where it and the mainland almost touch. Part of the Salish Sea, it’s the terminal point for hundreds of rivers, and home to countless aquatic species.

Its rich biodiversity has made the Strait of Georgia a highly productive waterway, but commercial fishing, ships and warming and acidifying waters due to climate change are all endangering its marine life in ways that have experts worried about its future.

Can you swim in it: Yes.Thanks to the incredibly powerful ocean currents that regularly flush contaminants out of the Strait of Georgia, the waterway is relatively clean. Although, check for signs posted at local beaches warning of high levels of E. coli bacteria that could make swimming unsafe.

Notable species: “The biodiversity in the Strait of Georgia is quite remarkable,” said Jay Ritchlin, director general,Western Canada, with the David Suzuki Foundation.You’ll find orca whales; glass sponges that people barely knew exited 20 years ago; sea lions; humpback whales; shellfish, such as clams and oysters; corals; and, seabirds like the marbled mur-

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Current cleanup projects: Streamkeeper groups, such as the Squamish Streamkeepers Society, continue to play an active role in restoring False Creek’s aquatic life.The City of Vancouver has also supported the health of the waterway by creating the False Creek seawall, which provides a buffer zone between False Creek and runoff from nearby traffic.

Jeff Marliave, a senior scientist with the Howe Sound Research Group. “It’s in really healthy shape.”

Endangered species: May species are only now returning to False Creek in a meaningful way, and none of the experts we spoke with mentioned any initiatives to protect endangered species in the area.

What would it have looked like 100 years ago: Once upon a time, False Creek was a tidal flat used

by Coast Salish communities for fishing and gathering shellfish. “When the tide was out, the table was set,” said Celia Brauer, co-founder of the False Creek Watershed Society. However, industrialization had a dramatic impact on the area, and by the late 1800s six sawmills operated in False Creek. By June 1, 1917, the first rail depot opened on the newly drained inlet, which was later used as a shipbuilding yard to support the war effort. By 1950, False Creek was described by one Vancouver mayoral can-

didate as “nothing more than a filthy ditch in the centre of the city.”

Biggest sources of pollution: While the history of False Creek is full of notable sources of industrial pollution, currently the main culprits are oil leaks and raw sewage dumped into the water from boats moored on False Creek, and combined sewers, which allow untreated sewage to enter waterways during flashfloods.

Biggest issue of 2017:

What people can do to get involved/help: “Being supportive of local initiatives is what people can do to get involved,” said Brauer. Remove garbage from False Creek by joining a cleanup group, such as the Lower Mainland Green Team and Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. Sign up to attend a local shoreline cleanup, which takes place this April 22 at 11am, here. Or become a member of a local streamkeeper organization, such as the Squamish Streamkeepers Society. –SR

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relet, a small bird in the same family as puffins, to name a few. Dick Beamish, a fisheries biologist and retired Fisheries and Oceans Canada scientist, also noted that Pacific herring, hake fish and five species of salmon are all highly abundant in the strait.

Endangered species: There are currently 78 southern resident killer whales, said Ritchlin, down from 80 in 2016.The federal government recently released an Action Plan to determine how to bring the whales back from the brink of extinction, but one approach to help boost numbers, said Ritchlin, is to protect another species of concern: Chinook salmon, the whales’ prime source of nutrition.There are many varieties of salmon that people can eat, he said: “Leave the Chinook for the whales.”

What would it have looked like 100 years ago: In 1917, the Strait of Georgia would have been used as fishing grounds for First Na-

tions, along with commercial fisheries and shipping and logging operations – fish trawling started 53 years later. “The fisheries for salmon were huge and almost out of control,” said Beamish. As a result of growing concern about the fishery, the Sockeye Salmon Convention was signed in 1930 between Canada and the US and the Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission was established in 1937 to protect and preserve salmon stocks.

Biggest sources of pollution: Ship traffic; chemicals from forestry, agriculture and pulp mills; untreated sewage; chemicals from consumer products; and airborne contaminants that get deposited into the ocean all contribute to pollution in the Strait of Georgia. However, because of strong ocean currents, the water in the strait is flushed on an annual basis, said Beamish.

The main concerns, he said, are that climate change is causing ocean acidification and warming water temperatures. –SR

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The little stretch of Yew that rises up from Cornwall, across from Kits Beach, hasn’t always been kind to restaurants of a certain type.While the sushi spots and Starbucks have lasted for a decade or three, and places like Nook and Chewie’s seem to be packing in the crowds, anything with a more refined sensibility tends to get stomped out fairly quickly.

It was a surprise, therefore, to hear that chefs and business/life partners Makoto Ono and Amanda Cheng opened up their new restaurant in the heart of this casual strip, in a tiny space formerly occupied by a nondescript Thai eatery.

Mak N Ming (named after the couple; “Mak” is short for Makoto and “Ming” is Cheng’s proper given name) isn’t a fussy concept, despite the pedigrees of the chefs.

Ono formerly ran Pidgin in Gastown, opened a Japanese restaurant in Beijing, and worked for luminaries like Marco Pierre White and JeanGeorges Vongerichten. Cheng launched Pidgin with Ono, along with business partner Julius Dong, and has also run her own food business in Hong Kong, which is where she originally met Ono. The room is a study in calm contrasts. Red cedar

panels the walls and booths, setting off the marble-top tables nicely. Vertical light strips offer a minimalist glow that reflects off the central storage table, at which wines are poured. There is a sense of balance in the layout of the tiny room (28 seats max).

A suggestion of yin and yang.

It’s an apt reference, as it seems a good descriptor for how Ono and Cheng work in the Lilliputian kitchen at the back. Ono handles most of the savoury, while Cheng takes care of the sweets and baking.

The truly excellent and small wine list is run by sommelier Roger Maniwa (formerly of Hawksworth), and, while I would have liked to see more by-the-glass selections, I couldn’t fault the quality or perspicacity of the list.

The menu here offers two options: a three-course “demi” for $54 or a six-course chef’s tasting for $78.The demi is actually not a tasting menu, it’s a fully-coursed meal that covers a “first bite,” starter, main and dessert.That first bite was an amuse of puffed brown rice cracker smeared with a dollop of onion sour cream based on a duck confit broth, then topped with caramelized onions and trout roe. Each of the elements was individually lovely, although the thickness of the rice cracker overshadowed the delicate flavours of the roe and cream. A starter one night of Humboldt squid with rutabaga and seaweed was excellent, but the main of duck leg confit, wrapped in purple cabbage and sided with a massive ladle of lentils and caramelized onion, was overwhelming.The confit was delightful, as was its lightlysteamed wrapper, but the enormous mound of bland lentils had us begging for breathing room before dessert.

On another night, I tried the chef’s tasting. The same first bite made an appear-

ance, as did the duck confit, albeit this time also served with a large slab of breast and an optional slice of seared foie gras. Without the pound of lentils on the plate, this worked much better, despite the richness of the breast and the foie.

Apart from the duck, most of the dishes offer a subtle range of flavours. Textural contrasts are much more noticeable. The crunch of farro in a dashi-based ochazuke (a type of soup) is pleasant and hearty. Compressed celery on a vanilla pudding (similar to a panna cotta) offers a lovely crunch. The six-course menu includes two desserts, the second of which was a squash version of the classic chestnut Mont Blanc. The delicate flavour of the vegetable was almost obliterated by the light chocolate of the cake at the base, although the meringue on the side of the plate was perfect, with a paper-thin crispy shell and an almost-creamy interior.

I’d like to see some of the flavours stand out more, but an exercise in delicacy is also appreciated, especially when it results in delights like Cheng’s version of pain au lait, a milky, fluffy, flaky white rectangular bun that pulls apart like a croissant and is topped with crunchy, salty nori and black sesame.

It’s so delectable I almost ignore the very pleasant sunchoke soup it accompanies.

Mak N Ming seems a bit out of place in this neighbourhood, but here’s hoping that residents (and the larger dining public) give it a chance. W

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Botanist stirs things up

With its own cocktail lab, this new bar is set to launch an era of innovation in Vancouver

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Bored with the same old watering holes? Well, you’re in luck, because Botanist is getting ready to shake up Vancouver’s cocktail scene.

“That’s the intention,” says creative beverage director Grant Sceney.

Botanist is the new bar and restaurant that will open later this month in the former Oru space above the Lobby Lounge at the Fairmont Pacific Rim. But this won’t be just any hotel bar. This is the creative playground where two of the city’s most talented bartenders have been set free to do what they do best: make inventive, finely crafted drinks.

Sceney placed sixth in the world in Diageo’s prestigious World Class competition in

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Better Together’s Hands-On Cook-Off Contest runs April 18 until May 18. Open to any and all BC residents, you must submit a video of two or more people cooking together… and having fun! The contest promotes families coming together to cook and share meals. Videos must be one minute or less and feature two or more generations cooking together. See full details at bettertogetherbc.ca.

Richard Goodine, formerly of Good Wolfe, Joe Fortes and The Cannery, has taken on the role of COO at Steel Toad Brewing Company. This is one of several changes on the horizon for the brewery. Stay tuned for news of a new chef. steeltoad.ca Chef Stefan Hartmann, formerly of Bauhaus, has joined Tacofino as its new regional executive chef. In this role, Hartmann will lead menu development at all locations, as well as expansion as the independent restaurant chain moves its way east. tacofino.com La Taqueria is also expanding its reach. The “pinche” taco shop is opening a new location at 586

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Botanist creative beverage director Grant Sceney.

Dan Toulgoet photo 2014, while head bartender David Wolowidnyk won the 2012 Bombay Sapphire Most Imaginative Bartender in the World competition.They have been given a beautiful setting, a fresh template and their own cocktail lab for producing cordials, tinctures, syrups, shrubs and whatever else they can concoct.

“The hotel basically said, ‘Whatever you guys need,’” Wolowidnyk says. “I haven’t seen another project in the city where the bar has equal importance to every other part.We have a ton of fancy gadgets and tools at our fingertips, from a circulator to a centrifuge.”

“We’re getting a bandsaw put in so we can cut ice to Hornby St., marking its fourth location in Vancouver and the North Shore. lataqueria.com In other expansion news, Railtown Café has opened its third location at 1691 Main St. in the Olympic Village neighbourhood. Look for the same signature pastries, sandwiches and salad bar, as well as housemade ice cream, cold-pressed juices and local craft beer, wine and spirits. railtowncafe.ca Ancora Waterfront Dining and Patio is offering a new prix-fixe lunch until the end of April for $28. The three-course menu includes black cod wontons with lobster espuma and scallions, a choice of Peruvian fried rice with guanciale, baby shrimp and corn, or roasted pork tenderloin with cauliflower purée and potato pave and coconut panna cotta with kaffir lime crème for dessert. ancoradining.com On Sunday, April 30, La Pentola will host the next instalment of its Sunday Supper Series.The dinner will focus on Venetian cuisine and includes nine courses for $65, served family-style. Dishes include octopus, zuchinni fritti, whole smelt, meatballs, anchovy, mussels, polenta and more. lapentola.ca

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different sizes and shapes to fit into specific glasses,” Sceney says. “We’ve got a centrifuge so we can separate ingredients according to density. We’re getting a rotovap – a rotary evaporator – and we’re going to have a vacuum sealer.”

They’ll also have smokers, aroma vaporizers, gadgets for making dry ice to order, a refractometer to measure sugar content and a pH metre to test acidity, as well as all the other cocktail gear a creative bartender could dream of, except a Clinebell ice-block machine, because it was just too big for the space.

Now, if all this emphasis on science and gadgetry makes you think the drink program is going to be all about molecular mixology, think again.

“It’s not molecular, no.

That’s not the approach. It’s just going to be a greater control of the environment.

It’s going to be exciting,” says Sceney. Adds Wolowidnyk: “It’s not going to be where someone orders a rum and Coke and we give them a gelatinous cube.”

What Sceney hopes is that the lab will allow them to bring the kind of wildlyinnovative drinks bartenders

create in competitions to consumers; too often, it’s impossible to recreate those grand ideas within the busy demands of service.

The lab gives the bartenders the space and time to be creative without interruption, where they never have to worry about tools going missing or the kitchen “borrowing” their ingredients for dinner service.

It’s a precious rarity in the hospitality business.

It’ll be fun for customers, too, Sceney says: “The lab is an extension of the bar, except it’s glassed in. Guests will be able to sit there and watch people work in the lab.There will be a couple of drinks carried out of the lab with a more elaborate presentation.”

The lab will also allow the team to work toward perfection and to achieve a level of accuracy and consistency that is challenging under typical hospitality conditions.

“There’s been this constant ‘why’ in our minds. Are we actually satisfied with this, or can we make it better?” Wolowidnyk says.

“We just want to do some really cool stuff,” he adds, noting that the program aims to be “serious and whimsical at the same time.” But, he insists, “Flavour is first.

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VANCOUVER #2 Before the team at Botanist installed the bar top, creative beverage director Grant Sceney “bought a drink for the next generation of bartenders” by embedding a bottled cocktail, a handwritten note and a copy of the first bar menu inside the bar itself. This is the cocktail they left for the future: an updated version of the classic Vancouver cocktail.

“We’ve made the Vancouver cocktail as Vancouver as we can,” says Sceney.

• 2 oz (60 mL) Long Table Gin • 1 oz (30 mL) Odd Society Bitter Sweet vermouth • 2 tsp (10 mL) Bénédictine liqueur • 1 dash Bittered Sling Orange and Juniper Bitters Place all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice and stir until chilled and diluted to your satisfaction. Strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist. Serves 1.

For the love of German Riesling

easy to drink on its own as a light-on-its-feet apéritif.

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I’ve lost count how many times I have flown through Frankfurt airport to or from some other country. And yet, until last week, I’d never made it beyond the city let alone into Germany’s beautiful vineyards. For someone who professes a great love of German Riesling, this is bordering on disrespect.

So, I finally made amends and walked amongst the vines that have been responsible for slaking my thirst and fuelling my passion for years. Not only did it serve to amplify my appreciation, it also deepened my distress that these wines aren’t more popular.

Fresh off the plane, I didn’t have time to look at the most recent stats on German wine in British Columbia. However, the last time I checked, it wasn’t even in the top 10 and the category was in decline.

To anyone who has turned their back on, or simply never tried, German Riesling, these wines offer drinkability, ageability, diversity, complexity and huge refreshment value. They possess the intensity to stand up to Asian fare, the bracing acidity to cut through the richest of dishes and the finesse to merit a place beside the most refined cuisine. A

2015 Wittmann, Riesling Trocken, Rheinhessen $30-33 Private stores such as Kitsilano Wine Cellar & Liberty Wine Merchants Trocken translates as dry, which this is. Precise and linear with lip-smacking intense lime, grapefruit and wet stone. I have enjoyed many bottles with Maenam’s excellent Thai cuisine.

glass of German Riesling is like drinking from a cool meadow stream, standing in a summer rain or biting into the first apple of autumn.

I was won over by the German’s cheeky sense of humour, inspired by the dynamic young generation who is breathing fresh life into the industry and stuffed full of Spargel (white asparagus).

Timing is everything. As it happens, BC Liquor Stores are currently running a promotion on German wine.

Head to the Broadway & Lillooet or Broadway & Maple store on April 21 or April 22 between 3 and 7pm to sample a trio. If you want to dive in with both feet, there are still tickets ($125) left for a fourcourse dinner with pairings atYEW seafood + bar at the Four Seasons Hotel Vancou-

ver on Thursday, April 27.

Or just trust me and pick up one of the following: 2015 Karp Schreiber, ‘My Karp’ Riesling, Mosel $19.99 BC Liquor Stores An example of the modern labelling German wineries are adopting: crisp Granny Smith apple with a touch of sugar just to offset that racy, lemony acidity.The modest 10.5% alcohol makes it highly appropriate for spicy dishes.

2015 Selbach-Oster, Zeltinger Himmelreich, Riesling Kabinett Halbtrocken, Mosel $29.99 BC Liquor Stores Here’s that summer rain I was referring to. Give the glass a good swirl. Halbtrocken means this is an off-dry wine, and that little bit of sweetness makes it so

2015 Von Winning, Deidesheimer Paradiesgarten, Riesling Trocken, Pfalz $32.99 BC Liquor Stores From the evocatively named Paradiesgarten (Paradise Garden) vineyard, which overlooks the pretty town of Deidesheim and the site of one of my idyllic strolls. With blossoms, ginger, juicy peach and guava, it has the weight and backbone to pair with veal schnitzel.

2014 Dr H Thanisch, Bernkasteler Graben, Riesling Spätlese, Mosel $41.00 BC Liquor Stores This low alcohol (7.5%), medium-sweet beauty is perhaps a style most associated with German Riesling, but there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. Brilliantly balanced, mineral-driven and a mouthful of slate and citrus zest, it will be even better with age. W

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Legal weed and what it means for craft beer Robert Mangelsdorf The Growler

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Vancouver’s 4/20 protest at Sunset Beach last year. Dan Toulgoet photos

North America’s longest-running pot rally isn’t going anywhere Dana Larsen gets blunt about 4/20’s past, future and the real value of a park board permit

editor, and one of 4/20’s core organizers, he’s also one of a handful of people who have attended every single year since it began back in 1995.

“It was pretty small,” he recalls. “4/20 was still this new, insider thing back then, that only the ‘cool’ pot-smokers knew about. It wasn’t mainJESSE DONALDSON stream, like now.”

Held in Victory Square As far as organizer Dana Park, the inaugural event is Larsen is concerned, the said to have drawn a crowd recent park board decision to of roughly 200 at its peak deny a permit to Vancouver’s (“more like dozens,” Larsen upcoming 4/20 celebration is laughs), and while it’s not the a sign of progress. first – other one-off 4/20 cel“To me, it was a ebrations had big step forward,” taken place he laughs. “For across North the first time in 23 America years, somebody – Vancouactually considered ver’s is now giving us a permit. considered And they voted the oldest 4-3.We got a hearand largest of ing, and we only its kind. And lost by one vote? I as it’s grown, think it’s progress.” moving to When it comes the art galto weed-related lery in 1997 4/20 advocate Dana Larsen events, Larsen’s an and then old pro; in addition to Sunset to being director of Sensible Beach, it has always operated BC, a former Cannabis Culture under a thick cloud of legal

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and public scrutiny. Much has been made of the $150,000 in costs incurred after last year’s protest, but, as it turns out, after subtracting the $90,000 4/20’s organizers paid the city, it cost substantially less than public gatherings like the Celebration of Light (more than $500,000), the Pride Parade ($80,000 in grants, plus policing and cleanup), and even the Trump Tower protest ($105,000). And while the event itself has its fair share of critics (including here in these pages), Larsen stresses that they make every attempt to be conscientious neighbours.

“Even though there’s been tension about things, we’ve still talked and met with the city,” he notes. “We have extensive site meetings, we work with paramedics, we work with the police, we work with sanitation, we work with park rangers.We have meetings where there’s 20 people there representing various city agencies.The meetings are friendly and productive.”

With a crowd that grows each year, and legalization just around the corner, 2017 stands to be a banner year for the city’s marijuana advocates.

However, as Larsen points out, that doesn’t mean 4/20 rallies are going anywhere.

Instead, despite legalization chatter, permits, and the endless musings of the mainstream media, North America’s oldest pot rally – and its longest-running attendee – stand poised to continue into their 23rd year and beyond.

“There’s still going to be a lot to protest,” he says. “I’m glad they’re talking about this, but I don’t expect that even when they pass this law, everything’s going to fixed. Maybe in 10 years, who knows? But I do expect that one day, just like with other events, we’ll see the mayor of Vancouver, and major politicians coming out to 4/20 to celebrate.” W

So according to our Haircut-In-Chief, legal weed will be here by next summer. It seems like kind of a formality at this point, given that pot shops are quickly becoming more ubiquitous in Vancouver than Starbucks or craft breweries. But now it will all be nice and legal and taxed, and I think we can all agree (well, most of us, anyways) that that’s a good thing.

As we enter our brave new pot-filled world, however, there will be some adjustments. In the US, there were definitely some concerns about how weed sales would impact the craft beer industry ahead of legalization in Washington and Colorado.

In his 2016 report on the effects of weed on the beer industry, Bart Watson, the American Brewers Association’s chief economist, noted that he didn’t “see anything definitive one way or the other so far.”

Personally, I don’t see much impact for the craft beer industry in particular, or our country in general.

For all intents and purposes, weed has been legal in Vancouver for years.

I mean, at this point, it’s less socially acceptable to smoke cigarettes then it is to smoke weed. Sure, it’s not technically legal, but when anyone can wander into their local pot shop and pick up a dime bag of the reefer (that’s what the kids still call it, right?) and not have to worry about being arrested on the way out, then it’s safe to assume the new laws won’t change things much.

I see a lot of positives

Continued from page 7 On Monday, May 1, Farmer’s Apprentice will host a benefit dinner for Shalefield Organic Gardens, a Columbia Valley family farm that was hit hard by the February blizzards.

The restaurant will donate 75 per cent of the proceeds from the evening to the farm.The multi-course menu includes sorrel gazpacho, asparagus with pine hollandaise, kohlrabi slaw with smoked cod, halibut with endive and mussel broth, shitake mushrooms with dandelion and quinoa, dessert, and more.Tickets are $99 per person, including dinner and

What will legalized weed mean for the craft beer industry (aside from brewers being able to buy their weed legally)? iStock photo for the craft beer industry, actually. Weed beer? Sure, why not! What about a tasting/smoking room hybrid, where you can smoke a joint and down a pint? How civilized!

People are already buying weed, and illegal black-market weed is likely going to cost a lot more than readily available mass-produced legal stuff. Prohibition tends to drive up the price of the goods in question, so arguably, when weed is legal, people will have more money to spend on craft beer, right?

I talked a bunch of brewers about what they thought the impact of legal weed would be on the craft beer industry, and opinions varied from “none” to “almost none.”

“I think legalization will take a little away from sales, personally,” Evan Doan of Doan’s Craft Brewing Company told me. “Not a lot, though. And […] it has the potential of being very cooperative. The craft industry is getting more and more established with every

year. People will never give up their beer, and more people are moving away from macro. So I think we will still be fine.”

One brewer noted that weed and craft beer are by no means interchangeable as recreational intoxicants, so they didn’t see the two products competing. Another beer industry insider told me there are bigger threats to craft beer sales then weed; namely, substandard craft beer. “Yeah, if you’re making shitty beer, that’s going to hurt a lot worse.”

The big picture, of course, is that legalization will have some profoundly positive benefits. Canada will now have a framework to tax weed, and in making it legal, will remove a valuable revenue stream from organized crime. Colorado took in close to $200 million in taxes on weed sales in excess of $1 billion in 2016. That’s money being diverted from criminal enterprises that can be used to build schools and hospitals.

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wine and beverage pairings. farmersapprentice.ca Café ÇaVa will offer a five-course spot prawn-themed dinner on Sunday, May 7 for $65.The meal includes spot prawn consommé, white salmon mi-cuit, scallop and parsley risotto with preserved lemon, arctic char and roasted spot prawns with prawn tortellini and dessert. cafecava.com OnWednesday, May 10, join Mealshare during its Tonight forTomorrow initiative, and help end youth hunger. On this one night, 15 participating restaurants will donate dollar-for-

Shalefield Organic Gardens.

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James Ehnes, April 22

THURSDAY, APRIL 20 ARTS Edge of Perception UK artist Ben Gooding unveils his latest collection of abstract geometric art in this available-for-purchase exhibit.

6pm at Artlink Canada. Free.

The Piano Teacher A young woman trying to regain her musical expression receives lessons in life and love from an unconventional source. 7:30pm at Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre.

Tickets from $29 at artsclub.com

COMEDY #NoFilter In this interactive show the Snapchat, Instagram and Twitter accounts of celebrities provide inspiration for each scene.

9:15pm at the Improv Centre.

Tickets from $7.50 at vtsl.com Funny Music Weirdo Multitalented Chase Padgett impresses audiences with his guitar skills, wild characters and observational wit in this stand-up act. 8pm at Studio 1398. Tickets $25 at theatrewire.com

Improv Workshop Drop-in Loosen up and learn from the talented members of the Vancouver TheatreSports League in this friendly and fun class for improv beginners. 1:30pm at False Creek Community Centre. Tickets $20 at the door.

Smith, executive director of Clean Energy Canada, kicks off this evening’s festivities inspired by Innovation in Sustainability. 4pm at TELUS Garden. Tickets from $12 at eventbrite.com Wake N Shake Early mornings are the new club scene in this epic dance party and yoga bash held in anticipation of the May 9 provincial election. 6:15am at Beaumont Studio. Tickets $30 at eventbrite.com Spring Fling QMUNITY presents a friendly and enjoyable evening for LGBTQ/2S seniors and older adults to socialize, make friends and celebrate the start of spring.

5pm at Haro Park Centre Society.

Free tickets at eventbrite.ca Make It! The Handmade Revolution 200 of your favourite artists, crafters, and makers will be back at the PNE to show off their latest wares.

Product categories include jewelry, art, babies/kids, fashion, home décor, food and drink, and much more. April 21-23 at the PNE Forum. Tickets $5 at the door. Kids 12 and under are free. makeitshow.ca

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SATURDAY, APRIL 22

Railtown Urban Eats Culinary Tour Stroll through historic Japantown and uncover the city’s colourful history while sampling drinks and bites on this guided tour. 1:30pm at H.A.V.E Café.

Tickets $59.99 at offtheeatentracktours.ca

ARTS

FRIDAY, APRIL 21 ARTS Vancouver Photo Book Fair With more than 25 exhibitors, this inaugural festival promotes local artists, photographers and publishers of achievement in their craft. 7pm at the Western Front.

Tickets $10 at squareup.com

MUSIC DakhaBrakha Specializing in “Ethno-chaos,” this ensemble from Kiev combines traditional Indian, Arabic, African, Russian and Australian music with their own to produce something altogether new. 8pm at York Theatre. Tickets $20 at thecultch.com

COMEDY Talk Felty to Me Puppets get dirty in this outrageously funny show of improv and adult humour.

10:30pm at Havana Theatre. $10 at eventbrite.ca

SOCIAL Earth Day Celebration Merran

Write Your Own Chinese Opera 101 Composer Alan Lau and Vancouver Chinese Music ensemble director Jirong Huang lead this interactive workshop that explores the ancient art-form through calligraphy, poetry and music. 2pm at the Chinese Cultural Centre Museum. Free.

Song for the Open Road Inspired by the Walt Whitman poem, this Capture Photography Festival central exhibition features the work of visual artists from Canada, Eritrea, Ireland, Sweden and the US. 3pm at the Contemporary Art Gallery. Free.

MUSIC James Ehnes Conducting and playing the violin, Ehnes leads the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in a spring concert of songs and serenades from Elgar to Vaughan Williams. 8pm at the Orpheum.

Tickets from $19 at vancouversymphony.ca The Silent War Artists of N’we Jinan music release their fifth album with the participation of more than 40 First Nation youth performers. 8pm at 1739 Venables Hall. $10 at eventbrite.ca Heimir Men’s Choir Performs as part of Chor Leoni’s third annual VAN/MAN Male Choral Summit, bringing together more than 300 choral singers from across the globe. The Heimir Choir consists of 50 Icelandic men between the ages of 16 and 64. 4pm at Chan Shun Concert Hall. Free.

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Long Division, April 26-30

FOOD East Van Gogos Musical Brunch Jazz singer Helen Hanson and pianist Miles Black host this live music brunch in support of Gogos – African grandmothers raising children orphaned by AIDS. 11am at Trout Lake Community Centre. Tickets $25 at eastvangogos@gmail.com

Earth Day Makeover Stanley Park Ecology Society (SPES) invites Vancouverites to celebrate Earth Day and give back to the local habitat through invasive plant removal and weaving, nest basket installation, and native plant planting. A SPES naturalist will also offer guided tours of the great blue heron colony in Stanley Park where heron pairs are busily laying eggs in 71 nests. From 11am-4pm at the viewing plaza above Stanley Park Nature House on Lost Lagoon at the corner of Chilco St. and Alberni St. Free. stanleyparkecology.ca

Black Lives Matter The works of local black artists and creators are recognized in this showcase curated by poet and community organizer Cicely Belle-Blain. 3pm at the Historic Theatre. Tickets $10 at brownpapertickets.com

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TUESDAY, APRIL 25

Party for the Planet BC’s largest Earth Day celebration includes live musical performances, story time for the kids, a tree sale and plenty more activities for the entire family. 10am at Surrey City Hall Plaza. Free.

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Part of Spring Fest, The Planets is an immersive musical experience that takes audiences on a trip through the solar system set to the music of Gustav Holst. 8pm at the Orpheum. Tickets $19 at vancouversymphony.ca

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SUNDAY, APRIL 23 ARTS Let’s Photo Zine Teens get creative and explore the world of self-publication in this zine workshop guided by local artist, Julia Dahee Hong. 10am at the James Black Gallery. Free registration at rsvp@capturephotofest.com Anne of Green Gables Relive the 1985 classic film with Megan Follows as the rambunctious heroine growing up on picturesque Prince Edward Island. 1pm at the Cinematheque. Free.

MUSIC Vancouver Cantata Singers In honour of the Bard’s birthday, the prestigious choir presents an afternoon concert comprised of songs from around the world.

3pm at The Orpheum Annex. Tickets $30 at brownpapertickets.com

SOCIAL International Children’s Festival From musical performances to educational workshops, this event plays host to plenty of fun activities for the entire family. 11am at CBC Vancouver. Free.

Textile Fix-It Learn to mend and keep your favourite garments out of the landfill in this material-supplied

Anne of Green Gables, April 23

MONDAY, APRIL 24 ARTS

Heimir Male Choir of Skagafjord A 50-person choir consisting of Icelandic men between the ages of 16 and 64 unveil a repertoire entitled, Greetings from Iceland.

The performance will include arrangements of Icelandic songs developed by choir director Stefan Gislason and will include guest spots from renowned soloists Thora Einarsdottir (soprano) and Oskar Petursson (tenor). 7:30pm at St. Andrew’s Wesley United Church, 1022 Nelson St. Tickets $30 at eventbrite.ca

COMEDY Stacked Comedy Former Video on Trial personality Eddie Della Siepe brings his witty sarcasm to the stage with guest performances. 9pm at Yagger’s Kits. Tickets $5 at the door.

SOCIAL 6 Degrees Vancouver: Are you Home? Former governor general Adrienne Clarkson and John Ralston Saul speak at this open forum program which explores Canada’s future potential. 8am at the SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. Tickets from $25 at eventbrite.ca

FOOD California Wine Fair Sample more than 350 wines from the Golden State at this compre-

hensive wine exhibition and fundraiser for the Arts Club. 7pm at Vancouver Convention Centre East. Tickets $90 at artsclub.com

Femme4Femme Hosted by Amber Dawn, Leah Lakshmi Peipzna-Samarashinha and Kai Cheng Thom, this evening celebrates the literary achievements by these influential women. 8pm at the Historic Theatre. Tickets $15 at thecultch.com Citizen Jane: Battle for the City Urban planner and activist Jane Jacob is the focal point of this documentary aimed at her fight to protect communities. Event includes a live panel discussion with former Vancouver city planner Brent Toderian, urbanist Yuri Artibise and architect Elizabeth Mackenzie. 7pm at Vancity Theatre. Tickets $10 viff.org

The Body Is Not An Apology In participation with the Verses Festival of Words, Sonya Renee Taylor and Denise Jolly promote their tenets of Radical Self Love and Body Empowerment in a culture of Body Terrorism. 7pm at the Historic Theatre. Tickets $15 at thecultch.com

COMEDY Spoken Nerd with Jordan Abel Geeks rejoice! Proudly proclaim your fandom in this open mic performance where costumes are strongly encouraged. 3pm at Storm Crow Tavern Commercial Dr. Tickets are pay-what-you-can at the door.

SOCIAL The Unsolved Murder of Jennie Eldon Conroy Join journalist and author Eve Lazarus as she investigates this never-been-solved case from 1944. 7pm at the Vancouver Police Museum. Tickets $10 at vancouverpolicemuseum.ca

MUSIC Dweezil Zappa Son of rock legend Frank Zappa, the talented guitarist plays a selection of his favourite songs, from Hendrix to his own work. 7pm at the Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $49.50 at ticketmaster.com

COMEDY Cartems Open Mic Satisfy your curiosity and your taste buds with an impromptu evening of standup, music and poetry. 6:30pm at Cartems Donuterie Main St. Free.

SOCIAL IQ 2000 Enlist your friends and compete in the biggest trivia event in the city featuring the hit show, The Office. 8:30pm at the Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $9.99 at ticketfly.com

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26 ARTS End of the Rainbow Judy Garland’s last comeback and final days leading up to her death are chronicled in this Peter Quilter musical. 8pm at the Jericho Arts Centre. Tickets from $20 at brownpapertickets.com Long Division Connected by tragic events, seven individuals use modern arithmetic to reveal their true natures and relationships in this multimedia play.

8pm at Pi Theatre. Tickets $25 at pitheatre.com

THURSDAY, APRIL 27 ARTS Goh Ballet Grace and technique are demonstrated in this Discover Dance! series showcasing the upand-coming dancers of the worldrenowned ballet academy. 12pm at The Dance Centre. Tickets $14 at ticketstonight.com Painting Spring Portray the changing colours of the season in this step-by-step watercolour class led by Susan Pearson. 10am at VanDusen Botanical Garden.

Tickets $195 for 5 classes at amilia.com Climate Revolution In this documentary screening of How to Let Go of the World and Love All The Things Climate Can’t Change, director Josh Fox attempts to find hope in the face of climate change. 6:30pm at SFU Woodward’s. Tickets $15 at reelcauses.org

MUSIC Sal Ferreras The criticallyacclaimed percussionist performs Drum Heat, an electrifying concert of jazz and world music in this fundraising concert for Arts Umbrella. 7pm at the Vogue Theatre.

Tickets from $20 at ticketlfy.com

OUT OF TOWN West Vancouver Carnival Gather the whole family for thrilling rides and tasty bites at this four-generation, family-operated travelling carnival. 3pm at Ambleside Park.

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Gray Matters Mackenzie Gray reflects on Legion and working through grief Sabrina Furminger Reel People @Sabrinarmf

Superhero franchises are a mainstay in the Vancouver film and television industry, but the local screen scene hadn’t seen anything like FX’s Legion when it rolled into town last year to film its first season.

Legion is based on a Marvel Comics Universe (MCU) character of the same name (we won’t reveal Legion’s dad except to say he’s an integral – and, ahem, gifted – mutant in the MCU) first introduced in 1985.

Unlike other superhero shows, Legion is highly stylized, borderline surreal, sporadically chilling and altogether quirky. Its aesthetic is early 1970s; its pace, dialogue and music are evocative of Stanley Kubrick, The Wachowskis, Wes Anderson and David Lynch – and something else that is distinctly showrunner Noah Hawley.

Mackenzie Gray was up for the challenge. The veteran Vancouver actor was already a familiar face in superhero film and television – his lengthy filmography includes Legends of Tomorrow, Smallville and Man of Steel – when he was offered the recurring role of The Eye in Legion by Hawley, with whom he’d worked on Fargo.

“I knew it was Marvel, but I wasn’t sure if it was going to be one of those off-shoot things that just takes off and dies,” recalls

Gray in a recent interview.

All Hawley would tell him about The Eye going in was that he was a mystery man with an iconic look: curly hair, a green suit and a milky eye.

The television series follows a troubled man named David Haller (portrayed by Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens, who recently played opposite Emma Watson in Beauty & the Beast) as he learns that his lifelong schizophrenia is actually untamed supernatural abilities. The series boasts a long list of established and emerging stars: Rachel Keller, Aubrey Plaza, Bill Irwin, Jeremie Harris, Amber Midthunder, Katie Aselton, Jemaine Clement and Jean Smart.

“As soon as we started filming [Legion], it was so different, and so specific, you just knew it’s going to be good,” says Gray. As for the over-arching story arc – which involves David discovering his powers, making mutant friends and enemies, and eluding The Eye – “Noah wouldn’t tell us what was coming, just ‘I have great things for you, you’re going to see: it’s going to be a wild trip,’” says Gray. “And then you’d get the script and go, ‘Oh my God, what?!’ And then you’d read it again.”

Legion premiered in January and is now available in its entirety on iTunes.

In the first episode, The Eye is positioned as a sinister figure, adversarial to David but with unclear motivations. The Eye, contends Gray, was “about meanness and the anger of somebody who doesn’t feel like he’s • Read more from Reel People’s extensive interview with Mackenzie Gray (including lots of BTS details from Legion) at Westender.com.

ever been accepted or part of it.” Gray approaches scifi characters with the same mindset he brings to roles in every other genre, he says. “Sci-fi is no different than anything else, except it lives in a different world,” says Gray. “I take each role as if it’s a real thing.”

The Legion role arrived during a time of profound sorrow in Gray’s life. His mother, Mary, died in February of last year; Gray had just returned from cleaning out his mother’s Toronto home when he got the call to slip into The Eye’s bespoke suit and begin filming.

“Because the series had been right after she died, I thought I’d really love to have her with me in some way,” says Gray. With permission from director Michael Uppendahl and Legion’s art department, an urn containing some of his mother’s ashes is present, albeit hidden, in a key scene. “Whatever Legion becomes or was, it was a very special place for me,” says Gray, who also scattered some of his mother’s ashes when the show filmed at a lake in Squamish.

What does the future hold for The Eye? Gray is tight-lipped; the only thing that’s certain about Legion’s next season is that it won’t be shot in Vancouver. Legion is one of two series (Lucifer being the other) shifting production down to LA. Gray says he’s sad to see Legion go. “It had nothing to do with the quality of work here, because look at this series: it’s impeccable,” says Gray. “As for me, am I going down? I can’t say.

I’m not allowed to say.

With anything in Legion, it’s open-ended.”

2016 was a busy year for Gray. In addition to Legion, he appeared in two other freshmen series: as a coroner on The CW’s Riverdale and as a glam rocker on BBC America’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency.

Gray will soon be seen

as the male lead in Heart of Clay, a locally-made feature film about a dying painter who must make amends with women he hurt in his past before he can journey to the other side. The film was written and directed by Ned J. Vankevich (with creative input from Gray) and features a parade of powerhouse actresses including Elysia Rotaru, Jessica Harmon, Johannah Newmarch and April Telek. Heart of Clay is currently beginning its festival journey. W

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MOM’S THE WORD 3: NEST ½ EMPTY

At the Arts Club Granville Island Stage until May 20, 2017 Tickets from $29 at artsclub.com Who let the Moms out? Bill Millerd, artistic managing director of the Arts Club The-

atre; and we’re so happy he did. It’s no exaggeration to say the Mom’s the Word Collective is a phenomenal success, one which began in 1993 when a group of exhausted new moms – formerly professional actors, now reduced to trial-and-error motherhood – got together to air their frustrations, and their dirty laundry, in a let-it-all-hangout theatrical exposé of the so-

called joys of being a mom.

After a gestation period of a couple of years, Mom’s theWord saw the light of day at the 1994 Women in View Festival. Since then, Mom’s the Word and its sequels, Mom’s theWord 2: Unhinged and Mom’s theWord: Remixed, have toured internationally and garnered rave reviews from Melbourne to Glasgow.

When the women get

broody, the Collective’s directorWayne Harrison expects the call: “There’s another one on the way.” Finding their nests emptying, kids grown, marriages evolving or dissolving, boobs and bums drooping, the moms strike again with Mom’s TheWord 3: Nest ½ Empty.

There’s something here for everyone, including mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers, and espe-

cially adult children struggling to understand mothers who alternately welcome them home and then tell them to get out; moms who immediately paint their recentlydeparted kids’ bedrooms “Dusty Rose” and turn them into meditation rooms; moms who long for grandchildren but who make it clear after a day of being Grandma that it’s time for their own mommies and daddies to take the little darlings home.

United by the Collective, these are, however, five very different women of roughly the same age. DeborahWilliams is the scratchiest of the bunch: ferocious and loud, she’s tough on kids and marriage but somehow you know she cares deeply for her son, her daughter and the husband she mercilessly skewers. Best of all, in lambasting him, she discovers one of her own shortcomings: she’s not a listener. Barbara Pollard, recently divorced, has gone through the stages of grieving – past wanting to kill the bastard who dumped her and took another woman to Barbados, beyond lusting after Luigi, the handsome Italian aquafit instructor, to eventually discovering she’s okay on her own.

Feeling the emptiness of the nest the most – at least until her son and daughter come

back home to live – is Alison Kelly. Feeling bereft when her son first moved out, she took to arriving uninvited at his new digs. Once she climbed a ladder, entered his second storey apartment and painted his bathroom – you guessed it, Dusty Rose. Some time later, he came back home to live on her couch. Damn.

Robin Nichol appears relatively unscathed by her son leaving home, except that he took her beer fridge with him. Happily, the beer fridge came back.

This is a very brave show, and bravest of all is Jill Daum whose husband John Mann, lead singer of Sprit of the West, was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s a few years ago. It’s not a teary story but a statement of facts: she now does everything for him and she’s already anticipating the time when she can’t breathe for him.

There’s a lot in this evening with a running time of just over two hours. Most of it is hilarious, some of it is sad beyond words and all of it is honest.This is, as director Harrison says,Theatre of Reflection.You are not listed as one of the characters but you are, nevertheless, in the mix somewhere.

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Arias of interest The debut edition of theVancouver Opera Festival aims to convert the unconverted MICHAEL WHITE @bequietmichael

Patrons of art forms that struggle to reach audiences beyond a core of true believers – whether folk music or independent cinema or experimental theatre – know one of the best ways to attract the attention of the unconverted masses is to mount a festival. Festivals act as guidebooks or instruction manuals for neophytes, gathering numerous potential entry points under a single umbrella. The likes of PuSh and the city’s jazz and film festivals are perennially successful cases in point.

So, when Vancouver Opera was plotting a festival of its own and simultaneously searching for a new general director, Kim Gaynor seemed the perfect candidate. The Ontario-born veteran of arts administration had spent a decade in Switzerland helming the classical-music-oriented Verbier Festival, held in the Swiss Alps. Offering programming that combines legends and unknowns, that variously appeals to aficionados and dabblers, its 22-year history is a case study in how to bring esoteric art out of its bubble and make it, quite

The Marriage of Figaro soprano Caitlin Wood.

Emily Cooper photo literally, “pop.”

Gaynor freely acknowledges that the inaugural Vancouver Opera Festival (VOF), happening April 28 to May 13, was more or less fully realized before she came onboard in July of last year.

But it fulfills all the criteria her decades of experience have taught her are essential

to ensure a prosperous – and people-pleasing – festival.

“Festivals allow you to offer activities and to program in a way that you can’t in a regular season,” she says.

“This festival phenomenon – if you want to call it that – broadens audiences [and] encourages people to take what they consider to

be risks in terms of seeing something they might not otherwise see.”

The adventurousness of which Gaynor speaks is reflected in the VOF’s programming. Although it offers classic operas The Marriage of Figaro and Otello, it also includes concerts from internationally acclaimed Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq and German cabaret-style vocalist Ute Lemper, plus the operatic adaptation of Dead ManWalking, originally a non-fiction book and, subsequently, an Oscar-winning film starring Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon.

“When the festival programming was first discussed, the idea was to celebrate the voice,” Gaynor explains, “so it wasn’t necessarily limiting it to opera. It was also thinking, How can we open the doors wider and invite other kinds of exploration of the voice into what we’re doing?

“I think it’s exciting, because we’ve been able to hang some of our extracurricular or educational and community activities around, for example,Tanya Tagaq.We have a throat-singing workshop that the public can participate in, and we also have a discussion about the cultural origins of throat singing and how it evolved, and why it’s still an important cultural activity in the communities where it’s taught and learned.

Vancouver Opera has always had a push toward social relevance, especially in the educational and community activities we’ve done, and this allows us to do that. It’s tenuous to opera, but it’s central to our raison d’etre.”

And if you happen to be very reluctant to dip your

‘Broadway stars’ to hit Kits VPL West Broadway merchants and history brought to life in temporary exhibition SARAH RIPPLINGER @sarahripplinger

You might have already spotted them: colourful banners hanging along the West Broadway corridor featuring illustrations of local business owners. More than just a tip of the hat to some of the area’s longest-running businesses, the banners are also part of a special exhibition called Stories on Broadway, featuring the resilient entrepreneurs and the street they call home, launching April 21 at the Kitsilano library branch.

“There are merchants who have been on West Broadway for many years, and they’re part of the community, like a small business family,” said

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Michelle Barile, manager with the West Broadway BIA, who spearheaded the banner project and exhibition.

The installation gives community members a behind-the-scenes look at 73 businesses – 85 percent of which are independent – and business owners on West Broadway from Collingwood to Larch streets. Also on display will be special collections of photos, historic maps and brochures of the area that paint a picture of its evolution over the years.

West Broadway merchant Nick Panos – who will be at the launch event – grew up in the small village of Mavrommati, Greece, before immigrating to Canada in 1961. He started working in Vancouver as a busboy, then waiter and soon he was managing a bar.

“I always wanted to be my own boss and I like to take risks,” said Panos over the phone from his store at 3230 West Broadway. He and a

Omega Travel founder Nick Panos with West Broadway BIA manager Michelle Barile. Dan Toulgoet photo business partner published a monthly Greek newspaper in Vancouver from 1971-74, putting him closely in touch with the West Broadway community, which is known for its Greek roots.

In 1974, Panos opened Omega Travel, the same year he co-founded Greek Day, to answer a need for a travel service to Greece for members of the Hellenic community, later expanding

the business to offer travel to other destinations.

“I have a lot of friends on West Broadway,” said Panos, who also co-founded and is a current board member of the West Broadway BIA. “It’s my home away from home.”

Phyllis Simon, who now co-owns Kidsbooks with Kelly McKinnon, began her foray into entrepreneurship in her mid-30s. After working as a children’s librarian,

toe into the foreign waters of opera, Gaynor assures that you can still investigate the fest without necessarily setting foot inside a theatre or spending a cent. “The plaza has been transformed,” she says of the public space outside Queen Elizabeth Theatre. “We’ve commissioned an artist to create furniture that people can lounge on. Visual artist Paul Wong created a huge multimedia installation, on 16-foot-high screens, which

people can enjoy for free.

We’ve also created an opera bar; we’ve partnered with – I won’t say who, because it’s a surprise – a very popular local restaurant chain, who will be running it, and we’ve decorated it from our costume and prop shop. It’s going to be a 360-degree experience. Just come down and hang out!”

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AT A GLANCE: What to see and hear at the Vancouver Opera Festival: The Marriage of Figaro Perhaps the best-known opera of all time, Mozart’s tragicomic creation is, says VO general director Kim Gaynor, the festival’s “most accessible” attraction. “It’s got humour in it, and it’s with our younger artists, so it’ll be fresh.”

Otello Based on Shakespeare’s Othello, this work by Verdi, featuring a 65-piece orchestra, might well be a once-ina-lifetime opportunity for some Vancouver attendees.

“They may never see it here again, or they might have to wait 30 years,” says Gaynor.

“It’s a very difficult opera to produce. It requires incredible singers; it’s one of the most difficult principal roles in the repertoire.”

Dead Man Walking Sister Helen Prejean’s acclaimed memoir about her friendship with a death-row murderer was first performed

Simon took what was then a big risk, considering the state of the BC economy during the 1980s recession.

She opened Kidsbooks in 1987 to maintain the same relationship and bond she had with children’s literature, families and teachers, who also shared her passion for teaching children through books. Her first store on West 4th Avenue sold LPs along with popular printed children’s books.You won’t see LPs, or the cassettes that followed, at her current location at 2557 West Broadway, but you can find book enhancements, such as gardening tools, puppets and board games, to further engage children and parents in the world of books.

“Puppetry with books is a beautiful relationship,” Simon said. “When children put a puppet on their hand, they tell a story through the puppet, so literature and puppetry is definitely a hand-in-hand concept.”

The Stories on Broadway exhibition, which runs from April 22-June 1 at the Kitsilano library branch at 2425

Ute Lemper as an opera in 2000 by the San Francisco Opera. Prejean will be at the festival to take part in a free panel discussion titled ‘Ethical Justice in the 21st Century.’

Tanya Tagaq The enthusiasm of collaborators Björk and the Kronos Quartet brought this Nunavut-born throat singer to international attention. Her 2014 album, Animism, won both a Juno Award and the Polaris Prize.

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Seoul train: Korean fashion hits Vancouver Aileen Lalor Style File @AileenLalor

According to Vogue, KYE is known for its “pop streetwear with souped-up nods to Americana (metallic varsity jackets, et cetera).” Pictured with a J Koo bag, all available at Nordstrom.

We’ve talked the ears off our friends about how great South Korean beauty products are, and heard more than enough about the music and drama.

Now, the fashion is making an impression in Canada, with Nordstrom the latest to get in on the act. For five weeks Pop-in@Nordstrom KFASHION, in Toronto,Vancouver and online, will carry women’s and unisex fashion pieces, plus lifestyle items like a DIY kimchi kit. It’s curated by Olivia Kim, the store’s VP of creative projects, who says, “Our Korean beauty shop was one of our most popular to

date, so we are excited to see what our customers think of Korean fashion.”

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What’s with the surge in interest in all things Korean?

Linda Sin, owner of Middle Sister Boutique in Vancouver, says the scene began growing back in the ’90s when the government started investing more in entertainment.

Ten or 15 years later, things began to expand overseas—a phenom known as the Hallyu or K-wave. Singapore-based Niki Bruce is a fashion editor, expert in Asian fashion and regular at Seoul Fashion Week. She says the K-wave started when Korean pop bands began gaining popularity internationally. Around the same timeYouTube launched,

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Sin says Korean designers are masters of mixing street style and high fashion. “Japan’s fashion was influenced

by American work wear – very utilitarian. Korean fashion is hipper, allowing designers to move with the changing trends. Koreans are very trend conscious so designers take more risks in cuts, colours and prints.” According to Kim,

“The street style in Seoul is beyond – it’s incredible how they are able to take a trend and embrace it, absorb it and run with it until they move on to something else.They’re doing that with fashion but also with television, electronics, technology and beauty, and at a pace that’s faster than anybody.” For Bruce, the key is that Korean style straddles the fine line between fashion forward and wearable. “While I wouldn’t say there’s a core esthetic, there’s a core ‘feel’ which is to take an idea – say, exaggerated sleeves – almost but not quite too far. I also like that Korean fashion is wearable on a ‘non-model’ body.”

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According to Kim, Korean fashion is only going to get bigger. “People crave new and there is a constant hunger for what’s next. More and more people are paying attention to Korean fashion, which you can see being adopted through media, on websites and with influencers,” she says. “People are seeing the street style in Seoul,Tokyo and around the world and they are really curious about it.The Internet and social media makes the entire world accessible, so now there is a global audience watching and building the demand for these super-cool brands pushing trend boundaries.” But for Bruce, there’s a downside to that. “This ‘sudden’ interest has in many ways changed

what Korean fashion and Seoul Fashion Week was all about, and has made it less exciting. Korean fashion used to be the fashion insiders’ secret – Seoul was the place you could visit to discover exciting new designers and trends; now it’s just yet another place for Vogue to send its streetstyle photographers,” she says.

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Bruce’s latest Korean find is Blindness. “It’s a menswear brand that’s totally on board with the new genderless clothing.The brand’s designers KyuYong Shin and JiSunm Park are trying to create a new version of masculinity,” she says. She also tips J Koo for tailored, elegant, simple pieces with unique details, and KYE for its Vetements-like feel.

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LIE Collection is the brainchild of Chung Chung Lee, who was labelled one to watch

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Rarely available 03 unit with False Creek Vista! Luxurious living at the brand new One Pacific. This south facing 1 bed - 1 bath and flex offers water views and is perfectly situated not only steps from the Tranquility of the seawall and False Creek, but also Yaletown’s trendy Restaurants and boutique shopping. High-end finishes and features include wide plank flooring, European tile, quartz countertops, a gourmet kitchen and air conditioning. Along with its industry leading quality construction Canada’s premier developer, Concord Pacific, has provided an Optimal layout with this suite by incorporating both a solarium looking out on the iconic outdoor pool deck and False Creek beyond. 24 hours concierge service.

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HEALTH & HOME ‘Adopteez’ Pets of the Week: Booster and Dezzy NOA NICHOL @adopteezpleez

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Happy 4/20. Here are the most horrible, insane and delusional things humanity managed to accomplish this week.

“TAY’S FUTURE BAE APPLICATION”

A female student enrolled at Minnesota State University got sick of swiping through Tinder and decided to make an application for her future prospects. Bored at home and with Excel at her disposal, she drummed up a little questionnaire.The blonde, giggly single posed the usual Dating Game questions like, “If you could travel anywhere, where would you go and why?”, “If you were going to take me on a perfect date, what would that be?” and “Would you bring me snacks in a time of need?” She also outlined her own hard-hitting deal breakers (she hates cats, and any man who favours vanilla ice cream must go), and asked her future boyfriend the big questions, like, where he stands on abortion, gay marriage and which political party he affiliates with.The student handed out these applications on campus and through her social media.

So far she has had 12 men fill them out and four tell her to “get real”. One young man interviewed by WDAY TV commented, “If I was a guy, and got handed this, I probably wouldn’t fill it out.” (Emphasis added.)

Even the girl who created this insane dating tool agrees.

“I would never do this,” she proclaimed. “I don’t think I would fill it out.”

SADOMASOCHIST BUILDS AND USES ‘SHOCKER’ MACHINE

Back when I was in school, the “shocker” was a simple hand move dared by pushy young men who were curious about your asshole.

But for 43-year-old Kerian Batten, the “shocker” is a homemade torture device he built himself from leather, wood, chains and electrodes.

Batten is facing charges of sexual assault and recently

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appeared in court. Of course, the device was dragged into the courtroom so the jury could take a look for themselves. The 27-year-old complainant alleges that Batten clamped crocodile clips to her labia and turned on the machine. “All you can hear is your ears going bang and everything in your body is hot,” she said, according to the Mirror. “I just caught my breath because you think you are going to die.” She said she felt like she was being cooked in a microwave, and said she agreed to the extreme measures because Batten said she was boring in bed. She also said she consented to the nipple clamps, but not the clips on her labia.

This is not the first sexual assault charge for Batten. Big fucking shocker.

AND THE MOTHER OF YEAR AWARD GOES TO…

This week, FBI agents arrested piece of human garbage Kelsey Christine Wheeler for trafficking her three-year-old child for sex.

Wheeler’s defence? She claims the FBI is wrong, and that she was simply using her child to help her “rob a prostitution client.”

According to the Oregonian, the FBI caught wind of this shitty mom when a client of hers, Barrett Spangler, admitted that Wheeler had offered him sex with her baby for $1,000.

One stipulation: she had to stay in the room while it happened. Spangler and Wheeler reportedly discussed sexual fantasies and “mother-daughter” taboos, which were all recorded online through their perverse correspondence. Allegedly, Spangler offered $6,000 for the twisted deal, and Wheeler defends that she only went along with it so she could rob him blind.

However,Wheeler doesn’t exactly have the best record when it comes to sex and children. According to a report from Child Protective Services in Las Vegas,Wheeler had previously been “found in a room with a man and a child and all people were wearing ‘minimal clothing’.”

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Black cats continue to get a bad rap – unfortunate because, as we all should know by now, the colour of one’s skin (or fur) does not determine the quality of one’s person.

So it is with Booster and Dezzy – a bonded brother and sister who have been waiting some time for their forever home. Trapped and rescued by the Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association (VOKRA) just months after their birth, the pair, both of whom are now a year-and-a-half old, have been in and out of foster homes ever since.

Their current keeper, Melinda Straight, shakes her head at the notion that the black-cat stigma may be what’s keeping them from being adopted.

“Though it’s taken a bit of time for them to warm up to me and relate to me as friend, they’re truly sweet as can be,” Straight says. “Besides, I think some people like black cats best and, when

one of those people comes along, it will be Booster and Dezzy’s lucky day.”

Meantime, she’s happy to care for the two, describing Booster as the “bigger and braver brother” who likes to play soccer in the tub and is curious about bath bubbles.

Dezzy, smaller and shyer, loves her scratch post and enjoys watching birds and wildlife on TV or from a safe perch by a window.

“More and more often I find them side-by-side, acting like siblings, whether they’re snuggled up for a nap or exploring the house and catching cobwebs,” says Straight. “In the evenings when I come home from work they’re waiting for me by the door. They’re still not great at being picked up but, in the few months I’ve had them, they’ve settled down nicely. They’re not acting like street kids anymore.”

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Brother and sister duo Booster and Dezzy hope that being black cats won’t prevent them from finding their forever home. Laura Bartlett photo

Home is where the art is: Urbanwalls

If you could describe your artistic style in one word, what would it be?

Freeform – this is the complete foundation of Urbanwalls.There are no rules.

With each install we create for content, or a customer creates in their own space, the finished product always looks unique and different. It’s what we pride our business on: being your own designer!

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@Jennifer_AGCTK My favourite aspect of modern décor is the appreciation for individuality and personality within design. Long gone are the days when everyone coveted the same style and strived to achieve a cookie-cutter aesthetic; now, we seek to share a little of ourselves within the designs we choose and source out brands and décor finds that grant us that freedom.

Established in 2007 by Danielle Hardy (a local graphic designer turned stayat-home-mom turned creative entrepreneur), Urbanwalls has become an artistic outlet for people looking to explore unique décor within their spaces.The company designs easy-to-use, peel-and-stick wall decals as an ideal (and totally move-and-removeable) alternative to traditional wallpaper. Not only offering a huge library of their own designs, custom options are also available for the more adventurous client.

The brand has partnered with a handful of local creative influencers like Leah Alexandra, Erin Sousa and Monika Hibbs to create collaboration collections that are also for sale. My favourite endeavour that Urbanwalls has embarked on is The Creative Collection, through which the brand is partnering with different local artists to create their own collections. One of my favourite

Irregular dots at Erin Sousa’s Sparkle Media office.

Contributed photo artists, Dana Mooney, will be kicking off the collection, which is set to launch in the next few months.

We caught up with Hardy to learn more.

How did you get started in your decal design business and what led you to where you are now?

In 2009, after the birth of my second son, I was searching for a creative outlet where I could put 10 years of graphic design and print experience to work. As a stayat-home mom with a husband who often travelled, I didn’t

have a ton of spare time, but I did have nights and a rather large cutter taking up space in the garage. On a whim, I decided to design a few wall decals – decals that I would actually want to hang in my own home, nothing tacky or dated. After experimenting with the cutter to create my own designs, I listed a few on Etsy. Maybe others were searching for a way to make their homes a little brighter, their spaces more individualized? I woke up the next morning with my first sale and I thought, “Well, I guess it’s time to invest in some vinyl.”

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

I want our business to be a source of inspiration and practical help. So many people that follow along say “I could never do that” or “I’m not creative enough,” and I think that our decals can be something that brings out the creativity of DIYing your perfect space.Thanks to the online world (hello, Instagram), inspiration is always around the corner, and more people will be looking for DIY décor solutions, which our decals fit perfectly into.

How would you describe Vancouver’s artistic/creative community?

I love Vancouver because it’s filled with amazing people [who] love to collaborate and see the value of working together to make a project amazing.When everybody comes together and brings their gifts and talents to the table, magic happens and everybody walks away a winner.

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By Rob Brezsny After George Washington was elected as the first President of the United States, he had to move from his home in Virginia to New York City, which at the time was the center of the American government. But there was a problem: He didn’t have enough cash on hand to pay for his long-distance relocation, so he was forced to scrape up a loan. Fortunately, he was resourceful and persistent in doing so.

The money arrived in time for him to attend his own inauguration. I urge you to be like Washington in the coming weeks, Aries. Do whatever’s necessary to get the funds you need to finance your life’s next chapter.

Fantasize about sipping pear nectar and listening to cello music and inhaling the aroma of musky amber and caressing velvet, cashmere, and silk. Imagine how it would feel to be healed by inspiring memories and sweet awakenings and shimmering delights and delicious epiphanies. I expect experiences like these to be extra available in the coming weeks. But they won’t necessarily come to you freely and easily. You will have to expend effort to ensure they actually occur. So be alert for them. Seek them out. Track them down.

Contagion may work in your favor, but it could also undermine you. On the one hand, your enthusiasm is likely to ripple out and inspire people whose help you could use. On the other hand, you might be more sensitive than usual to the obnoxious vibes of manipulators. But now that I’ve revealed this useful tip, let’s hope you will be able to maximize the positive kind of contagion and neutralize the negative. Here’s one suggestion that may help: Visualize yourself to be surrounded by a golden force field that projects your good ideas far and wide even as it prevents the disagreeable stuff from leaking in.

A reader named Kris X sent me a rebuke.

“You’re not a guru or a shaman,” he sneered.

“Your horoscopes are too filled with the slippery stench of poetry to be useful for spiritual seekers.” Here’s my response: “Thank you, sir! I don’t consider myself a guru or shaman, either. It’s not my mission to be an all-knowing authority who hands down foolproof advice. Rather, I’m an apprentice to the Muse of Curiosity. I like to wrestle with useful, beautiful paradoxes. My goal is to be a joyful rebel stirring up benevolent trouble, to be a cheerleader for the creative imagination.”

So now I ask you, my fellow Cancerian: How do you avoid getting trapped in molds that people pressure you to fit inside? Are you skilled at being yourself even if that’s different from what’s expected of you? What are the soulful roles you choose to embody despite the fact that almost no one understands them? Now is a good time to meditate on these matters.

In the coming weeks, there will be helpers whose actions will nudge you – sometimes inadvertently – toward a higher level of professionalism. You will find it natural to wield more power and you will be more effective in offering your unique gifts. Now maybe you imagine you have already been performing at the peak of your ability, but I bet you will discover – with a mix of alarm and excitement – that you can become even more excellent. Be greater, Leo! Do better!

Live stronger! (P.S.: As you ascend to this new level of competence, I advise you to be humbly aware of your weaknesses and immaturities. As your clout rises, you can’t afford to indulge in self-delusions.)

I love to see you Virgos flirt with the uncharted and the uncanny and the indescribable. I get thrills and chills whenever I watch your fine mind trying to make sense of the fabulous and the foreign and the unfathomable. What other sign can cozy up to exotic wonders and explore forbidden zones with as much no-nonsense pragmatism as you? If anyone can capture greased lightning in a bottle or get a hold of magic beans that actually work, you can.

A friend told me about a trick used by his grandmother, a farmer. When her brooding hens stopped laying eggs, she would put them in pillowcases that she then hung from a clothesline in a stiff breeze. After the hens got blown around for a while, she returned them to their cozy digs. The experience didn’t hurt them, and she swore it put them back on track with their egg-laying. I’m not comfortable with this strategy. It’s too extreme for an animallover like myself. (And I’m glad I don’t have to deal with recalcitrant hens.) But maybe it’s an apt metaphor or poetic prod for your use right now. What could you do to stimulate your own creative production?

Now would be an excellent time to add deft new nuances to the ways you kiss, lick, hug, snuggle, caress, and fondle. Is there a worthy adventurer who will help you experiment with these activities? If not, use your pillow, your own body, a realistic life-size robot, or your imagination. This exercise will be a good warm-up for your other assignment, which is to upgrade your intimacy skills. How might you do that? Hone and refine your abilities to get close to people. Listen deeper, collaborate stronger, compromise smarter, and give more. Do you have any other ideas?

“If I had nine hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first six sharpening my ax,” said Abraham Lincoln, one of America’s most productive presidents. I know you Sagittarians are more renowned for your bold, improvisational actions than your careful planning and strategic preparation, but I think the coming weeks will be a time when you can and should adopt Lincoln’s approach. The readier you are, the freer you’ll be to apply your skills effectively and wield your power precisely.

Zoologists say that cannibalizing offspring is common in the animal kingdom, even among species that care tenderly for their young. So when critters eat their kids, it’s definitely “natural.” But I trust that in the coming weeks, you won’t devour your own children. Nor, I hope, will you engage in any behavior that metaphorically resembles such an act. I suspect that you may be at an ebb in your relationship with some creation or handiwork or influence that you generated out of love. But please don’t abolish it, dissolve it, or abandon it. Just the opposite, in fact: Intensify your efforts to nurture it.

Your astrological house of communication will be the scene of substantial clamor and ruckus in the coming weeks. A bit of the hubbub will be flashy but empty. But much of it should be pretty interesting, and some of it will even be useful. To get the best possible results, be patient and objective rather than jumpy and reactive.

Try to find the deep codes buried inside the mixed messages. Discern the hidden meanings lurking within the tall tales and reckless gossip. If you can deal calmly with the turbulent flow, you will give your social circle a valuable gift.

The best oracular advice you’ll get in the coming days probably won’t arise from your dreams or an astrological reading or a session with a psychic, but rather by way of seemingly random signals, like an overheard conversation or a sign on the side of a bus or a scrap of paper you find lying on the ground. And I bet the most useful relationship guidance you receive won’t be from an expert, but maybe from a blog you stumble upon or a barista at a café or one of your old journal entries. Be alert for other ways this theme is operating, as well.

The usual sources may not have useful info about their specialties. Your assignment is to gather up accidental inspiration and unlikely teachings. W

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