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Black Lives Matter is way out of line to tell theVancouver Pride Society who they should invite and how they should be allowed to dress. If they want to hold and pay for their own parade, they can do whatever they like – but they don’t get to interfere in a celebration of LGBTQ pride and attempt to twist it to fit their own narrow agenda. When thousands see the chief of police marching proudly with a contingent of gay and gay-friendly police officers, all in uniform, they see a magnificent display of trust, acceptance and co-operation carefully developed over many years, thanks to tremendous effort and good will on both sides. Yet, somehow BLM sees them as a threat?Their presence there is exactly the opposite. Insisting that these fine, open-minded officers should have to dress like ordinary people who just wandered in off the street is insulting to them and misses the point completely. –TomTrueman

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Re:“Vancouver’s legendary Soft Rock Café remembered,” July 6, 2017 I wasn’t inVancouver for the heyday but I remember seeing Jerry JeffWalker there, and Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers in 1983/84. It was a spot on the hippie trail, along withThe Naam. I think I ﬁrst visited both while staying at Jericho Hostel in 1977 or ’78. I was on my way to Long Beach, man. –Steve Cumming Shared the bill there with Ferron for three nights, twice. Also played a number of solo gigs. Ran the open stage night for a while.Taj Mahal came in one night and asked if he could play. He had a concert in town the following night, sales were slow. SawTownesVan Zandt there; Hot Rize, Jim Kweskin, Dexter Gordon,Terry Garthwaite, so many more. It was big and welcoming. So sad when Patti left. Look what’s there now – nothing that makes community the way the Soft Rock did. Something died when that place closed. –Duke Lang

Poem of the week

Welcome to Poetic Licence – a weekly poetry forum, hosted by us, featuring words by local poets. This week? Dianne Maguire

ATTENTION She must catalogue faces like the computer registers price – the keys her ﬁngers so quickly tapped. She said my name, and I turned away to see who she had called, Sure her direct look was meant for someone else. “That’s right, isn’t it?” she asked. “Oh, yes.” I smiled too wide, ﬂattered to have a place in her memory bank. She inquired about my day as my choice of tins and packs pinged across the scanner. I dug deep for a card to pay And put wrapped old shoes aside. “See yah”, she called; I waved back, pushing away my cart full of purchases. Not until the next day did the glow from recognition fade. My favorite comfy shoes lost, left at the cashier’s counter. Dianne Maguire moved to theWest End more than 20 years ago.This poem dates from when she was learning about the community in her new home. Maguire, who has a master’s in creative writing, teaches writing classes at theWest End Community Centre. Her short-story col-

lections draw on family tales from rural Jamaica. Obeah Women: Stories of Jamaica is now available from Amazon. To submit your poetry to Poetic Licence, email editor@ westender.com with Poetry Column in the subject line. Only those selected for the column will be contacted. W

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The good and bad of Airbnb Why a local homeowner went from roommate to Airbnb host

Andre Perret sits in front of a string of petitions from local residents who opposed a Mobi bike station being installed on their street. Photo provided by tenants at 1255 and 1288 Broughton St.

West End residents protest loss of parking to Mobi Changes to the neighbourhood may be compounding permit parking problem

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Residents at two apartment blocks in the West End are concerned about the loss of parking in their neighbourhood due to the installation of a Mobi bike station in front of their buildings and a looming construction project nearby. “Parking is going to be catastrophic,” said Andre Perret, who collected signatures from 37 units at the low-rise apartment blocks of 1255 and 1288 Broughton St. to protest the bike station, which was installed on June 30. “They put that rack in and the whole area is going to be under construction, so it’s going to be pretty bad for the next few years,” he said. While a start date has yet to be set for the construction of the Mirabel condo

development at 1345 Davie St., Perret anticipates that crews will cause an increase in trafﬁc and fewer parking spaces in the area once it gets underway. “Parking is already at a max,” he said, “and it’s going to get worse.” After residents voiced concerns about the lack of permit parking in the area, the City of Vancouver reduced plans for the removal of three parking spaces for the Mobi station to two standard spaces of six metres each. The city is installing Mobi stations every two to three blocks in the area bounded by Arbutus Street, 16th Avenue and Main Street to “maximize convenience and usage,” said Scott Edwards, manager of public bike share, in an email. “Various factors are considered in the city’s review, including safe access… [and] proximity to designated cycling routes, transit hubs or popular destinations.” The plan is to eventually relocate the station on Broughton Street to the Mirabel development once

it’s completed in the coming years, Edwards added. The condo development will also result in 20 fewer “resident parking permits issued to those living in the West End,” he said. Nic Paolella, director of development with Marcon – which is developing the Mirabel condos – says the company worked with the city to incorporate a space for bike share, and will house the station on the Mirabel property, as opposed to a residential road, once construction is complete. Perret sees the future relocation of the Mobi station as a win, but still dreads the coming years when there will be few permit spaces for local residents to drop off family members and park. “It’s a low-rise neighbourhood that’s developing quickly into a high-rise neighbourhood,” said Perret, who has lived in his Broughton Street home for more than 10 years. “I hope the city honours their commitment to remove that [bike] rack and place it permanently on the Mirabel property when it’s done.” W

allow renting rooms in a principal residence for less than a month consecutively when safety and listing regulations are met, and only after the operator obtains a business licence; pays a one-time $54 SARAH RIPPLINGER activation fee and an annual @sarahripplinger fee of $49; and, pays sales and income tax on earnings. Zutter, who already reports Being a roommate wasn’t her Airbnb income on her tax Heidi Zutter’s original plan. return, supports the changes, The Kensington-Cedar which she sees as a step in Cottage resident had been the right direction for Vanthrough a breakup couver, where and needed to the long-term supplement her rental housincome above and ing vacancy beyond the longrate is curterm rental suite rently less in her basement. than one per She started by cent. leasing two rooms Some of in the upper floors her previof her home, but ous Airbnb later listed them as guests, she short-term rentals notes, stayed Heidi Zutter on Airbnb. with her while “I’m of an age they looked where I don’t really want for a permanent apartment roommates,” says Zutter, who in Vancouver, and faced a asked that we not include her highly competitive and exexact age, “so I love the flexpensive market. ibility of this [Airbnb].” “Rents are going up, real Zutter would sometimes estate is skyrocketing and I’ve un-list her rooms from Airbnb had Airbnb guests… go out and travel, take a break for a and rent a space from a guy” few months or use the rooms who will agree to one rate to host family and friends. She and then come back with a estimates that she earns more higher rate saying that he’d with her Airbnb short-term received offers from others rentals, but she also spends a willing to pay more. “I’ve lot more time and effort rentseen that three times, and it ing, hosting and cleaning for makes me feel bad.” her Airbnb guests. “The most I ever brought FAIRNESS IN THE in was $3,600 [in a month], RENTAL MARKET but that was absolutely The proposed changes exhausting…You don’t have a to short-term rentals would life if you do that.” put Vancouver in step with Toronto, Paris, NewYork, CITY PROPOSES NEW Berlin, Barcelona and other REGULATIONS cities that are investigating, On Tuesday, city council or have placed, regulations approved recommendations on short-term rentals in their to refer new regulations for communities.They would the short-term rental market also establish an equal playin Vancouver to a public ing field, says Robin Richardhearing. Current city bylaws son, 68, who co-owns Ashby ban renting a dwelling unit House Bed and Breakfast in for less than 30 days unless the West End with wife Mary it’s a registered hotel or bed Anne MacNeill. and breakfast. “We jump through all The regulations would these hoops and put out

Arbutus Greenway proving popular NAOIBH O’CONNOR @naoibh

More than 2,000 cyclists and 700 pedestrians recently used the Arbutus Greenway over a 12-hour period, according to the city’s latest count. The numbers were released this weekend when Mayor Gregor Robertson marked the ofﬁcial opening of the temporary pathway, which stretches from False Creek to the Fraser River. “We’re continuing to count and these numbers continue to increase,” Jerry Dobrovolny, the city’s general manager of engineering, said Monday.

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“Our expectations were that it would be very popular and these numbers are proving it. They push [the greenway] into the upper echelon of our routes in the city.” The temporary pathway was put in place to allow residents to familiarize themselves with the greenway while plans are underway to create a permanent pathway. Features along the ninekilometre route include an all-weather hard surface that’s divided for walking and cycling, a bark mulch path for walking and jogging, washrooms, benches and Mobi bike share stations. Pollinator gardens were

planted along the greenway but some ﬂowers didn’t take well because it was a little late for planting and there wasn’t enough rain. Fall is considered ideal, so staff plan to put down another seed mix then. There’s also some lighting that will be installed before the fall, along with signals at 12th, Broadway and Marine Drive — at this point signs direct users to the nearest intersection. More features such as art or sustainable green ideas around habitat could be added over the coming months. Dobrovolny said the city has adopted the concept of “action while planning.” “While we’re in the design

process and the consultation process, if good ideas come up, we’d like to try them out,” he said. “So if [residents] have got some great ideas over the next while, we’ll try to get them in.” Dobrovolny said the city is not seeing complaints about user conﬂicts although some residents had been concerned cyclists would travel too fast along the hard surface and endanger pedestrians. “People respond well to rules, in general, and that’s why we put the dividing line down the middle to show this side is for cyclists and this side is for pedestrians,” he said, adding the greenway is designed

for recreational purposes not for high-speed cycling; faster speeds are more likely during commuter times. In recent months, the city has been collecting feedback about the overall vision for the ﬁnal greenway through pop-up city halls and online. Now it’s hiring a design team to work on conceptual designs. “We’ve heard some feedback about the long-term vision and now we’ll start to put pen to paper and come up with some options.Then we’ll come back out to the community to discuss what those options look like,” Dobrovolny said. The goal is to have a conceptual design by the end of the year or at the beginning of

considerable money to do our business,” says Richardson, including paying for a business licence, development permit, two off-street parking spaces and insurance. “Why should they [Airbnb hosts] not pay taxes [and other fees] to provide short-term rental accommodations the same way we have to?” Airbnb is the largest provider of short-term rentals in Vancouver, according to a city report dated July 5. Airbnb listings represented 82 per cent of the 5,927 short-term rental listings active in April 2017, and listings in Vancouver have almost doubled each year since 2013. “Despite existing regulations, the STR market has grown to supply an estimated 29 per cent of Vancouver’s accommodation for tourists and other transient guests,” the report states. “If Airbnb were a hotel, it would be Vancouver’s single largest hotel.” Airbnb has been working with the city on addressing concerns raised by citizens and council about the unregulated short-term rental market, including releasing a report on the Airbnb community in Vancouver last year. In an email statement, Airbnb’s public policy manager, Alex Dagg, says the company “welcomes the City of Vancouver’s move toward regulating home sharing,” and plans on continuing to provide input on the proposed regulations. Overall, Zutter says she enjoyed the experience of listing rooms on Airbnb. It made her home “affordable and emotionally manageable,” and she says she formed lasting friendships with several of her guests. Zutter will be closing this chapter in her life soon, as she has sold her Vancouver home and will be moving to the Sunshine Coast at the end of August. She says she’ll consider hosting Airbnb guests again, but in a separate suite, “not in my house.” W next year. Residents can still submit feedback online and get on a city mailing list to get updates about the planning and design process. “It really is a special project. We’re hearing that loudly and clearly from the public, so I’d really encourage people to get involved in this once-ina-generation opportunity,” Dobrovolny said. “There was a generation that grew up with trains on the corridor and now there’s a generation that gets to shape active transportation on the corridor.” The route for the future streetcar, meanwhile, hasn’t been determined – that will be part of the conceptual design. –Story courtesy ofVancouver Courier

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YOUR CITY Gathering of Canoes highlights long-running reconciliation effort JAN ZESCHKY @jantweats

The On the Land Indigenous Gathering program will take Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth into the wild this August for relationship building experiences. Photos courtesy WILD / Curtis Rattray

First Nations youth gathering hope Amy Logan Hidden City

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Twenty-three hours north of Vancouver lies a place of wild beauty where grizzlies, wolves, and caribou roam the mountainous terrain. It is home to the Tahltan Nation, and, this August, it will host the inaugural On the Land Indigenous Gathering, a multi-day experience for youth from locations across the country. It’s intended to foster connections between Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth and to use Canada’s 150th birthday as the starting point for building new relationships for the next 150 years. Gilad Babchuck, cofounder and director at the Vancouver-based Groundswell business school, is working closely with Curtis Rattray, a member of the Crow clan and Nalokoteen of Tahltan Nation, to select applicants and organize the conference.The pair met last year at a Groundswell screening of Rattray’s documentary, Colours of Edziza. The ﬁlm follows a journey undertaken by a leader of the Tahltan Nation and a West Coast mountaineer and investment professional who take two younger Tahltans into the mountain wilderness to learn from the land. Babchuck was immediately captivated. He saw Rattray as “an educator, a philosopher, a person involved in social venture with an amazing perspective.” For Babchuck, the ﬁlm revealed “a difference in the culture and in how we see and implement leadership.”

Arriving from Israel six years ago, Babchuck comes from a family of Holocaust survivors. He saw some similarities between Jewish and First Nations culture and history. Both groups were systemically oppressed, but they found different ways to handle the trauma. “First Nations people seem to deal with the trauma without surrendering to the mainstream.They don’t use or abuse the trauma.” The idea for a conference on the land began to take shape after Babchuck and his teenage son joined Rattray for an 11-day adventure in the wilderness, hunting, ﬁshing, camping and learning about traditional culture. Babchuck relates a story about hunting with a First Nations family. The 17-year old son caught a moose, which if sold could fetch a high price. But instead of selling it, “he cleaned it and then donated it for an AGM, saying, ‘In our culture, if you want respect, you give.’” Babchuck was amazed at the young man’s thinking. The experience made him realize the privileged perspective of Western culture. “It changed my point of view, and I’m still digesting,” he says. For his son, it was a sort of rite of passage. “[He] became a much more critical thinker, more curious about the history of Canada. He started asking: What is just? How can we ﬁx that? Am I responsible?” Deeply involved in reconciling inherent Tahltan rights and title issues, Rattray is also an experienced backcountry hiker and camper, offering guided Aboriginal adventure tours, and is the founder of Wholistic Indig-

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enous Leadership Development (WILD). The purpose of the On the Land Gathering is threefold according to Rattray: to learn about Canada’s colonial history, to understand the current political, economic and social situation, and to explore a new future through the reconciliation of prior Indigenous sovereignty with the assertion of Crown sovereignty. “It will be a place to start to teach people about decolonization and reconciliation, to create awareness and the capacity to make change in their own local environment,” he says. Conference participants will gather round campﬁres, sleep in tents, and gain a sense of connection to the land.Visiting cultural transformation sites, participants will engage in “facilitated discussions on colonization.”They will also hone bush skills by learning and experiencing survival skills on the land. The experience has the potential for “cultural transmission to the younger generation, a connection to a spiritual presence,” Rattray says, noting that, “it’s taken multiple generations to get here.There’s intergenerational trauma. Reconciliation is about decolonization.” But he wants to work from a “place of hope rather than one of anger.” • Amy Logan is aVancouver writer, editor and English instructor with an ear for trends in the arts, community and environment. She is a regular contributor to Metro News, and joins the Westender for the summer to explore the artists, creatives, environmentalists and adventurers who make Vancouver tick. W

The dots on the horizon will slowly grow bigger, taking the form of around 20 traditional canoes. As they approach the shore, the canoe families will begin to observe traditional protocol.They’ll line up side by side in the water. Paddlers will raise their oars in salute, and their spokesman will ask permission to land at what is today called Vanier Park. Friday’s scheduled landing, for an event called the Gathering of Canoes, will allow the public to witness the First Nations traditions surrounding the canoe, a vital plank of West Coast Indigenous culture. For the paddlers involved, it will mark the last-but-final stop on this year’s Pulling Together journey (pullingtogether.ca), a 10-day, 70-kilometre expedition that started in Sechelt and swung north up Howe Sound to Squamish, before heading south again to Vancouver. It’s been a profound trip for Linda Blake, vice-president of the Pulling Together Canoe Society. “Until you’re in the water, in the middle of the ocean, going through those winds, you don’t realize the beauty of what we live in. It’s a very different view,” says Blake over the phone from Porteau Cove on Howe Sound, where the canoes have just come ashore for the day. The Gathering of Canoes is one of the signature events of Canada 150+, the City of Vancouver’s program to include the long and rich history of First Nations in this year’s sesquicentenary celebrations. But Pulling Together has been promoting inclusion for 16 years, and arguably defined the concept of reconciliation before the term was used in dialogue with Canada’s Indigenous people. These annual journeys have been organized along the traditional Aboriginal highways of river, lake and sea since 2001, when canoes travelled down the Fraser River from Yale and across the Salish Sea to Gibsons, visiting many First Nations communities on the way and sharing their food and culture. As well as reconnecting West Coast First Nations with their own culture through the symbol of the canoe, Pulling Together was intended to build understanding between Indigenous people and law enforcement. Inspired by the Vision Quest trip taken down BC’s coast in 1997, the first Pulling Together journey saw representatives of the RCMP, Vancouver Police,West Vancouver Police and Delta Police take part. Members of other public

The Pulling Together journey has built bridges between First Nations and police for 16 years. Contributed photo services have since been invited on board; this year, they include the Royal Canadian Navy and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The event has also seen a growing focus on the involvement of Aboriginal youth, who now comprise about 60 per cent of the paddlers, estimates Blake, who has taken part in every PullingTogether journey. She says it’s still remarkable to see how relationships grow among the paddlers as they face common challenges on their journey, such as the notorious winds that develop on Howe Sound in the afternoon. “The energy starts to change in such a positive way,” says Blake, an RCMP officer who is half Tahltan. “We’ve gone through adversity on the water in terms of wind and waves. ... Now you’ll see that helping and assisting and being there, a lot of positive energy.” That energy has powered reconciliation since the first Pulling Together voyage, Blake believes. “We put Aboriginal youth and elders into canoes with police officers, [staff from] public service agencies.We live, we eat, we paddle, we put canoes up onto land overnight, we bring them down to the water, we launch them, and we fight wind and water and mileage together. “That 10-day journey opens opportunities to see each other without the uniforms and the stereotypes we tend to bring to relationships. … That reliance on each other, that proximity and that common goal creates this unbelievable opportunity to open themselves, to maybe give a police officer a chance, or take off the stereotype of an Aboriginal person and recognize that they’re not all that way.” As Blake speaks over the phone, a song begins in the background. Soon it is joined by drums. It’s a welcome for the paddlers sung by representatives of the Squamish

Nation, inviting them to their land, to eat, rest and take shelter there. “It’s one of the things we do on our journey, we’re learning and respecting the First Nations cultures,” Blakes says. “The way we bring in our canoes, the way we do protocol, how we serve food, respect the elders. That helps our public service agencies and law enforcement have a better understanding of our First Nations friends and it makes for such a better dialogue when it comes to work.” Those witnessing the Gathering of Canoes atVanier Park will hear a similar song travel across the waters of English Bay.The paddlers will be invited ashore, and will reverse their canoes to show their landing is not an aggressive one. There will be food, too, with salmon and bannock, bison burgers, smoked meat and hot dogs available for everyone attending the event. Paddlers will then be given a send-off as they leave for their ﬁnal destination of West Vancouver. Like the other Canada 150+ events, the Gathering of Canoes aims to be as inclusive as possible to further foster reconciliation. “We haven’t truly celebrated Indigenous cultures and contributions to this country, not in the way that the general public feels like they’re welcome to be a part of this and to witness,” says Ginger Gosnell-Myers, Aboriginal relations manager with the City of Vancouver, who helped develop the Canada 150+ program. “The events that we’re planning … I think people are going to be very surprised and super happy to see. It’s going to be different, exciting and meaningful.” W • Gathering of Canoes takes place Friday, July 14 at 11am-4pm. Canoe landing expected at 11:30am at Vanier Park.

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@Jennifer_AGCTK With the city’s housing market regularly hitting new peaks in price and density, it’s a near guarantee that many homeowners are looking for ways to maximize their homes and seek out creative ways to add livable space, whether that’s for personal use or a secondary accommodation. For many young families, the idea of affording their own house in Vancouver is just a dream and ﬁnding a space where family is close by seems like an even further stretch. When local interior designer Angela Robinson (angelarobinson.ca) was approached by her clients – a young couple with a baby girl who were creating a suite in their parents’ house – she was able to completely redevelop the basement of the Kitsilano home to create a stunning space that, with a little innovation, offered both. As the ground was excavated to make room for a lower-level suite, Robinson came up with a design plan that worked with the uneven terrain to allow for a functional space that gives no visual indication that it’s partly underground. “It’s kind of like two homes in one: The entire front is above grade, but the back is buried and windowless,” she explains. This renovation project was all about location. Opting to situate the kitchen where many would think to locate the living space – the front of the house where all the windows are – made an unexpected major difference to everyday life for the client family, considering it is the highest trafﬁc room during daylight hours. Maximizing the brightness in the kitchen and eating areas meant that Robinson had to get creative when looking to design a living room that didn’t feel like a cave. Rather than building a traditional wall and door between the living room and master bedroom, a glass sliding wall was installed to allow the natural light from the bedroom to carry through into the family space.

Travelling with bags of style On the sliding scale of “fashion and lifestyle things we want to spend money on,” luggage has always been close to the bottom: way below clothes, shoes,

bags and bed linen; slightly above socks. We only use it once or twice a year (alas) and the rest of the time it gathers dust at the back of the wardrobe. But when our scratty old suitcase burst its stays at YVR and revealed our smalls to fellow passengers, we started to reconsider. Our new criteria: Will it

protect our stuff? Can we spot it easily on the conveyor belt? And is it so posh and fancy looking that it might possibly get us one of those mythical free upgrades? Here are four we dig in designs that are chic, kitsch and minimalist, from cabin bags to suitcases that can hold enough for a two-week break. W

Herschel Parcel Luggage XL in Peacock Parlour, $199.99, at herschel.com.

Rimowa Topas 22 Cabin Suitcase, $1,195, at Holt Renfrew.

Angela Robinson’s basement redesign makes the most of the available natural light. Janis Nicolay photo Floor-to-ceiling drapery allows for privacy between the rooms, but otherwise there’s an open-concept feel to the suite. When working with a small space (this unit is 1,200 square feet with two bedrooms) and limited natural light, the right colour palette is essential. To keep the space feeling airy with the illusion of more room, Angela went with an all-white ﬁnish. White walls and cabinetry elevate the natural light where it is available and eliminate the enclosed feel of the areas with no windows. While opting for all-white everything might seem anticlimactic to some, the sharp black accents throughout offer a chic graphic appeal. Sleek black window frames, faucets, hardware and decor details create ﬂow and continuity throughout the space that give depth and interest without overwhelming the suite. Smaller pops of blues and greens create a tertiary element through the artwork, a white-framed wall of family portraits that adorns the living room and becomes a gallery-esque focal point against the white walls. The family-focused artwork makes the space feel personalized without adding

clutter. There’s another statement piece in the nursery, which is more than just a stellar image: “It’s a photo of the [Italian] island of Capri, which is the baby’s namesake,” Robinson shares. Through clever spatial planning and creative customized details, the designer was literally able to create a contemporary home-sweethome out of nothing for this young family. W To see more photos, head online to westender.com.

Away X Minions The Large suitcase, $445, at awaytravel.

TED BAKER LONDON Painted Posie Two-Wheel Travel Bag, $379, at Nordstrom.

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Preserving the garden in a glass How to enjoy summer’s bounty in cocktails all year long Joanne Sasvari The Alchemist

@TheAlchemistBC Right now our gardens and markets are bursting with seasonal produce that we just can’t wait to transform into cocktails. But don’t you wish you could enjoy those gardenfresh ﬂavours year round? Well, you can, with a little help from Lee Murphy. Murphy is the proprietor of Vista d’Oro Farms and Winery, and the author of the recently published cookbook The Preservatory: Seasonally inspired recipes for creating and cooking with artisanal preserves (Appetite by Random House). You’ve probably seen her gorgeous preserves in gourmet markets: Craft Beer Jam, Figs & Walnut Wine, Pink Grapefruit with Champagne, Blueberry & Bourbon, Blood Orange with Campari & Vanilla Bean. And you may have noticed that Murphy has a ﬂair for adding a splash of booze to her jams – and, as it turns out, a touch of jam to her booze. “I do like a good cocktail,” she admits with a laugh. In fact, she has said she always

wanted to produce a full cocktail line of preserves, which sounds like a pretty good idea when you think about it. In the meantime, we can follow her tips for getting all that fresh bounty into a glass. Right now, the easiest thing to do is to take fresh herbs and simply muddle them into cocktails, the way you do with mint in a Mojito. For instance, cilantro is delicious in a Margarita, while lemon verbena adds a ﬂoral essence to a Lemon Drop Martini and mint works wonders in a myriad of cocktails from juleps to Mai Tais to Collinses. Or you can make herbs into syrups. Start by making a simple syrup by bringing equal amounts of sugar and water to a boil, then steep the herbs in the hot syrup as you would tea.You’ll want to steep them longer for woody herbs like rosemary and thyme, and less for soft ones like basil and mint. Store them in sterilized containers and they’ll keep for a couple of weeks in the fridge. Aside from herbs, our markets are ripe with fresh local fruit. “Every berry is good in a cocktail,” Murphy says. Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries all work beautifully in cocktails. So do tree fruits like cherries, peaches and, later

in the season, plums, apples and pears. You can juice them, purée them, turn them into shrubs (also known as “drinking vinegars”) or make them into preserves such as jam, jelly or marmalade. Murphy loves using preserves in cocktails and her book is full of suggestions for doing just that, such as her “Jamargarita” made with Smoked Lime Margarita preserves. “We use them the same way we use simple syrup. Just use a little less,” she suggests. You can also pickle produce, especially vegetables, for great garnishes. “You can do any kind of pickle,” Murphy says. “You can make quick pickles, too. Just pour the brine over it and keep it in the fridge.” Pickled radishes, carrots, beans and asparagus are ideal for savoury drinks like Caesars and Bloody Marys, while cherries pickled in sweet brine add a piquant touch to a Manhattan. In fact, this is the time to make the most of our short but sweet cherry season. One way to do that is with Murphy’s recipe for cherries in kirsch (see below) – it’ll let you enjoy their summery ﬂavour for months to come. “They would be good in a Manhattan or Old Fashioned, or a Negroni, my favourite cocktail,” Murphy says. We’ll drink to that. W

RAINIER CHERRY & KIRSCH Use these preserved cherries to garnish a wide range of cocktails, such as the Negroni. Recipe from The Preservatory by Lee Murphy (Appetite by Random House). Makes 8 to 10 8-oz (250 mL) jars

Stem and pit the cherries – you should have 5 lbs (2.25 kg) of prepared fruit. Pour the lemon juice into a large, non-reactive bowl. Cut vanilla bean in half lengthwise and scrape out the seeds with the dull side of a paring knife. Stir vanilla seeds into lemon juice and whisk to separate seeds. Add pitted cherries and sugar to vanilla-lemon juice and stir well. Cover and place in the fridge to macerate overnight.

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• 6 lbs (2.75 kg) whole Rainier or other sweet cherries • ½ cup (125 mL) fresh lemon juice • 1 vanilla bean • 8 cups (2 L) granulated sugar • 1/3 cup + 1 ½ tbsp (100 mL) kirsch

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Rainier Cherry & Kirsch preserves from the Preservatory cookbook by Lee Murphy (Appetite by Random House). Appetite by Random House photo Follow manufacturer’s instructions for sterilizing 10 8-oz (250-mL) canning jars. Strain cherries from their accumulated juices, reserving the cherries and pouring the juices into a separate stainless steel jam pot. Boil the juice until it reaches the setting point at 220F (110C). Add the cherries and bring the mixture back to a boil, frequently skimming any foam that rises. Cook to set, again to 220F (110C). Remove preserves from

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heat and carefully stir in kirsch. Let sit 5 minutes, then, using a slotted spoon, divide the cherries equally between sterilized jars. (Note that you might only have enough for 8 jars.) Pour remaining cherry syrup over the cherries until the jars are filled ¼ inch (0.5 cm) from the top. Wipe the rims, place the snap lids on, and loosely screw on the ring bands. Process according to manufacturer’s instructions. W

For close to 30 years, Vancouver photographer James Loewen has been living it up in an old converted ballroom down in the West End. He’s just winding down his long-term stint at the Queen Charlotte building on Nicola Street, having put the 1,086-square-foot spot on the market this week for $1.29M, but the whirlwind of guests that have come into his opulent pad for portrait sessions have included jazz singers Sibel Thrasher and the late Lovie Eli, actor Tom Pickett, burlesque comedian Big Fannie Annie, and exotic dancer Richard Richards. One time, he invited the Vancouver Men’s Chorus over, but even the proportions of the nearly 24x18ft, high-ceilinged living room couldn’t ﬁt everyone into one picture. If there’s a reason Loewen’s space at 1101 Nicola sounds so inviting, it’s because a rotating cast of Vancouverites poured into here well before he moved into the building in 1989. Loewen explains: “This was originally an apartment hotel, and it rented by the day, week or month. It used to have a very grand entranceway and parlour back in the ’20s when it was built, but in the ’30s they sectioned

that off, so that huge room became my living room.” While Loewen’s living room within the 1928 art deco low rise had been nicknamed “the ballroom” before the remodel, there’s some debate on how roaring things got back during the Depression. “It was the kind of genteel, welcoming room you would have had in a 1920s hotel where there was furniture around the perimeter – people reading the newspaper, people having tea in the afternoon. I don’t think it was a party room, particularly.” Though he’s leaving his premium-sized one-bedroom apartment as part of a postretirement down-sizing, Loewen celebrates all of the Queen Charlotte’s old-time charm, punctuated by a recessed portico entrance, well-maintained period carpets, and its brass-gated bird cage elevator – the last of its kind in the city. Around the turn of the millennium, the photographer undertook his own restoration project by salvaging the building’s original chandelier that had once hung high in the ballroom. The elegant, metallic piece had been buried deep in the basement, but Loewen had pushed through an initiative to revive it with a fresh coat of paint. A friend whom

Loewen hadn’t realized collected antiques offered to rewire the chandelier before it was re-hung from the 3.2-metre ceiling of the ballroom. “It just seems that everything falls into place around here,” the apartment owner noted. Turns out the Queen Charlotte has come into plenty of luck over the years. Back in the early ’80s, word came that developers wanted to knock down the building, but the tenants at the time rallied together, stratifying in 1984 to stop the wrecking ball. It was designated as a heritage building by the late ’90s. “I’m really glad that it didn’t get wrecked,” Loewen notes, adding, “around me are many buildings that were built during the ’80s, and they had to be rain-screened. People lost their life savings trying to maintain their apartments. And this building is rock solid. It was built in the ’20s out of reinforced concrete.” While Loewen has enjoyed his time at the Queen Charlotte, calling the experience “an oasis of calm,” he’s ready to uproot and let someone else have a ball. “The building has a real character, so I really hope the new people here are going to feel that and thrive with whatever they choose to do with it.” W

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Contract brewing looks to help BC’s “homeless” breweries Joe Wiebe (guest writer) The Growler

@TheGrowlerBC Contract brewing is part of the beer business that most people know little about. The idea is simple: rather than build your own brewing facility, you pay an existing brewery that has excess capacity to brew your beer for you. It is legal, and the product is generally still considered to be craft beer if it isn’t a so-called “shadow brand” created just to make lots of money. Some of the world’s most highly regarded breweries, such as Mikeller and Evil Twin, operate without brewing facilities of their own. According to the “Ontario Brewer’s Directory” (momandhops.ca) there are 65 contract breweries to go along with more than 200 brickand-mortar breweries in that province. Here in BC, however, there have been only a few examples in recent years. Probably the best known is Fuggles & Warlock Craftworks, which started off as a contract brewery paying Dead Frog Brewery to produce its beers before it opened its own facility in Richmond in 2015. Dead Frog also helped Steamworks while it was building its Burnaby facility. Contract brewing seems to be on the rise here in BC as part of the huge boom in new breweries (more than 50 have opened in BC since 2015). It makes sense – after all, a brewery generally costs upwards of $1 million or more to build, so why not start without an actual facility and build up your brand and capital until you can afford to build your own place? In Vancouver, there are two unique companies that

are designed to help contract breweries: Callister Brewing, which opened in 2015 and operates an incubator space for new breweries; and Factory Brewing, a brand new facility with a business model entirely devoted to contract brewing. Callister is a small-scale operation located just off Clark Drive with a tasting room that serves its own beer along with three other resident breweries that sign up for one-year terms. Arguably, Callister is more of a co-op than a true contract brewery. In its first year, the resident breweries were Real Cask, Superflux (originally Machine Ales) and Brewery Creek. Real Cask stayed on for year two, while the other slots were filled by Boombox Brewing and Lightheart Brewing. For Adam Henderson and Matt Kohlen, co-founders of Superflux, Callister was the perfect opportunity to explore the idea of starting a brewery. “We began without too much in terms of plans,” Henderson admits, adding that he is quite busy with his other business, Copper & Theory, a craft beer distribution company. “Nobody else there was really making IPAs,” he says. “I don’t know if you’ve heard, but they’re very popular. Half of the time people would say ‘What’s your IPA?’ so we got some notoriety and we learned how to dry hop pretty well, I think.” After their year at Callister, however, they realized they needed to brew bigger batches of beer to continue to grow their business and meet demand. Superflux next worked with Dogwood Brewing for about five months, and now is beginning to work with Strathcona Brewing. “We are not just making a brand to sell,” Henderson insists. “We’re putting our knowledge of how beer is made, our love of what we want to see be made – we’re putting that into it.Where your

beer is made is important to a degree. Ultimately, what’s important is how it’s made and if a drinker likes it.” Henderson and Kohlen intend to open their own brewery, hopefully within the next couple of years. Meanwhile, Boombox seems to have picked up the IPA gauntlet at Callister. At the BC Beer Awards last October, it won third place out of 58 entries in the competitive North American IPA category for its Ultra Deluxe IPA, and also took home the CBC People’s Choice Award for its Pablo Esco Gnar IPA, a Northeast IPA that was brewed in collaboration with Superﬂux. Factory Brewing’s business model is all about making beer for other breweries. Located near Strange Fellows Brewing in East Vancouver, it will be working with several local companies, including Doan’s Craft Brewing Co., which opened in 2015 in what was Powell Street Craft Brewery’s original location. That building’s footprint only allowed for a very small brewhouse, which has been challenging. “We wanted to get into this industry more than anything, and this was the perfect scenario to get our foot in the door,” Evan Doan says, but acknowledges that “the past year has been a huge struggle to make enough money to continue growing here. So Factory is a dream come true for us.” Factory will brew and package Doan’s core brands – Rye IPA, Rye Stout and Kolsch – while Doan’s will brew beer for two new series at their own facility: the 1830 Series, which will include “the beers we’ve always wanted to brew but never have been able to;” and the Fun Time series, which will feature collaborations with other breweries. Expect to see several other smaller breweries from BC making using of Factory’s services in the very near future. W

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Beat the heat with less boozy wines Michaela Morris By the Bottle @MichaelaWine

A few weeks ago, I wrote an exam in which one of the questions asked about the importance of alcohol in wine. Well, where to begin? To state the obvious, alcohol is a defining element of wine. It’s the happy result of fermentation where grape sugars are converted into alcohol by the action of yeast, essentially transforming kid juice into adult juice. Fermentation plays a role in the development of flavours and the alcohol it produces gives structure and contributes to the wine’s mouthfeel. And, let’s face it, in moderate amounts, it can relax you. There are legal definitions for wine; in Europe, for example, a minimum of 8.5% ABV must be achieved (with some exceptions). Most of the wines we drink weigh in somewhere between 12.5 and 14.5%. No matter what the percentage, the key is that alcohol is in balance with all the other elements.When out of balance, the wine may finish with a slight burning sensation. When the temperature rises, who wants that extra warmth? In the summertime, I tend to be more sensitive to higher-alcohol wines. So, I like to play it safe by lying low. Not with dealcoholized or reducedalcohol wine, but those with a little less than average. A&D LIV Vinho Verde DOC, Portugal $13.49 BC Liquor Stores Most vinho verde clocks

in under 12%. Super zippy, bright, lemony fruit with some juicy apricot and a tiny bit of spritz that gives it an even livelier kick. It is just made for pool-side, patio sipping. 2014 Balthasar Ress, Riesling, Rheinghau, Germany $16.99 BC Liquor Stores Alcohol only reaches 10.5% by volume here as the fermentation was stopped before all the sugar ﬁnished converting. Just like lemonade, its lipsmacking, racy acidity is balanced by the right amount of sweetness for a thirst-quenching glass. Reminiscent of the season’s freshest peaches with a stony minerality, this will go down easy – I promise. 2015 Domaine Bonnet Huteau, ‘La Tarcière’ Muscadet-Sèvre et Maine AOC sur Lie, France $23.99 BC Liquor Stores Muscadet’s regulations guarantee that the wine can never exceed 12% ABV. It’s really the quintessential summer tipple. La Tarcière has a subtle leesy character with nuances of cucumber and apple.

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You might think that the opening of a new food counter on Granville Island isn’t highly newsworthy. And, maybe, if it was another hot dog stand or casual lemonade and mufﬁn stop, you might be right. But, when the mind behind the food is celebrity chef Angus An of Maenam, Longtail Kitchen, Freebird and Fat Mao fame, the hype begins, the chatter spreads like whipped butter, and the anticipation has probably caused more than a few shoes to need a quick drool-removing polish. Sen Pad Thai goes back to An’s Thai roots and focuses on, you guessed it, pad thai, a popular street food. Even better, An doesn’t focus on just one region, instead choosing to explore iterations of pad thai from all over Thailand. Located inside the Net Loft building directly across from the public market, the counter-service stall is located at the centre of shopping area, where a skylight illuminates the goodly number of tables. It’s deﬁnitely got that upscale food-court feel, thanks to wooden chairs

and tables and the high-end boutiques that ring the space. Everything is served to-go, but compostable bowls are available for the asking. Besides, with portions this large, you’ll likely want the box to cart home your leftovers. At last visit, there were about nine rice noodle or sheet dishes, ranging from the excellent pad pu sen chan ($15) from southeastern Thailand, topped with fresh crab, flecked with a little chili paste and garnished with green onion. It’s light on the tamarind and fish sauce, which makes it a little blander that you might expect, but any stronger and it would overpower the delicate flavour of the crab. It ends up striking a perfect balance and is brightened with the requisite lime. The northern-style pad mi korat ($13) is full of stronger, richer flavours. The noodles are cooked in the pork fat with lots of garlic, making for a punchier experience. Pad thai isn’t the only dish on the menu. Stir-fried rice with Chinese sausage ($10)

or the excellent and delicate Thai omelette with crab and sausage are also winners. Add a fried egg to the former for $2 for extra hijinks. Sides include ﬁnger-lickin’ good crispy ribs ($10) or chicken wings ($8) with Thai garlic. There are also sidestripe prawns ($12) while they’re in season, as well as oyster pancake, papaya salad, and An’s famous roti and curry. The roti also comes as a dessert ($6) with sliced banana and condensed milk drizzled over top, à la Longtail, which I highly recommend. Otherwise, the black sticky rice in pandan and coconut ($6) is a great sweet ﬁnish, along with one of the rotating fruit slushies.Yes, slushies. Seriously. Anya Levykh is a food, drink and travel writer who covers all things ingestible. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @foodgirlfriday. W Food: ★★★★★ Service: ★★★★★ Ambiance: N/A .......... Value: ★★★★★ Overall: ★★★★★

All-you-can-eat meat feasts and more Anya Levykh Fresh Sheet

@FoodGirlFriday La Taqueria will have live music (Cumbia) at its Hornby Street location on Friday, July 14, from 6:30pm to 9pm. Happy hour is from 3pm to 6pm, with $4 margaritas every day. Mr. Red Café has completed the move of its East Hastings location and is now open in its new and larger digs just a block away at 2131 E. Hastings. Chicha is holding its annual AYCE Peruvian Street Meat BBQ this Saturday, July 15. Look for all kinds of meat and ﬁsh, as well as ceviches, roasted corn, sides, beer, wine and pisco cocktails.Tickets $50 for adults, $15 for kids 12

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Chef Angus An’s new noodle counter focuses on his Thai roots – specifically various styles of pad thai. Dan Toulgoet photo

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Could this be the best full-meal deal in BC? Quite possibly. Sidecut at Four Seasons Whistler is once again holding its weekly summer AYCE “Beer-BQ” every Thursday on the patio. For $34, enjoy a massive buffet that includes barbecued chicken, beef ribs, pork ribs, lamb, salmon, pulled pork, smoked meat, clams and mussels.Then there’s the grilled vegetable station, salad station, epic mac and cheese, corn bread, dessert and more. If you’re looking to get into a cozy meat coma with the family ($17 for kids aged 5-12, $10 for under-5s), this is the place to be. As the name suggests, there will be rotating BC craft beers each week, for $8 each or four for $25. Sangria and other cocktails are also available for $8, or in a pitcher for $22.

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Beta5 is once again holding weekly Saturday Ice Cream Socials at its Industrial Avenue location. Every week will feature a new theme, such as Green Tea Latte, Melon Fro-Yo, Apple Pie, Raspberry Earl Grey, Peach Cobbler, S’more, and more. In addition, Beta5 will be hosting pop-up ice cream socials at The Juice Truck’s 5th Avenue location on Aug. 10, as well as at Four Winds Brewing Co. on Aug. 13. beta5chocolates.com On Thursday, August 3, Fin to Tail, a cooking classstyle event at the Vancouver Aquarium, is back for its second year. This seafoodfocused event includes cooking demonstrations and tastings from top local chefs. Tickets $90, including food and alcohol. vanaqua.org/ ﬁntotail W

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Gettin’ folked up for 40 years Grant Lawrence Vancouver Shakedown @GrantLawrence

Lordy lordy, look who’s 40. That’s right; this year marks the 40th edition of the iconic Vancouver Folk Music Festival. Maybe it’s all that time at the beach, but the fest looks and sounds pretty good for its age, eh? It was back in the summer of 1978 that the first-ever Vancouver Folk Music Festival was held on a rainy weekend in Stanley Park, co-founded by Gary Cristall and Mitch Podolak. Cristall is still involved to this day. And while the list of performers they rounded up for that first edition is damn impressive – everyone from Bruce Cockburn to Leon Redbone toValdy and Stan Rogers – the archival photos of a mostly empty, sodden field make that inaugural festival look a little bit dismal, even though they apparently sold close to 10,000 tickets.

Everything changed when the festival moved to its current world-class site at Jericho Beach Park in Kits.The sun came out for the second year, 16,000 tickets were sold, and that’s where the festival has been held ever since. Over four decades, the festival has slowly grown up into what it has become in 2017: a unique, family-friendly celebration that brings over 60 international, national and local artists to its stages.These days, close to 40,000 tickets are sold. And while it feels like the festival is a very Vancouver-centric hippie dance party, it actually draws music lovers from all over the Paciﬁc Northwest and the world. I’ve had the pleasure of hosting the main stage of the VFMF for the past several years, and I’ve seen with my own eyes how much this event means to people.Throughout the night, I’m constantly handed little hand-scrawled notes to read aloud on stage: “Happy 35th wedding anniversary to mom and dad, who met and fell in love at this festival!

Love from your kids Dane,Wendy, and Zach.” It’s that kind of intergenerational love and appreciation that might just be VFMF’s secret of success. “One of the reasons the festival works so well is because it’s always been rooted in the community, from the very ﬁrst festival onward,” says Linda Tanaka, the festival’s ever-diplomatic general manager and artistic director. “From the volunteers to the attendees, it’s about letting people know that this is their festival.” It’s working. In an era where music festivals are booming and busting all around us, falling face-forward like bloated giants, theVancouver Folk Music Festival often sees families in attendance spanning three generations. My son has been there every year of his life, one time with his grandparents, watching his mum perform.The individual stories are endless. Take Pierre Giguere for instance. He saw an ad in the paper back in the spring of 1978, asking for volunteers at the ﬁrst-ever folk fest. Each

History in the making: Crowds gathered for the 1980 Vancouver Folk Music Festival at Jericho Beach. VFMF archives / Glen Erickson photo. Vancouver Folk Fest artistic managing director Linda Tanaka at Jericho Beach as the 40th fest gets set up. Jennifer Gauthier photo volunteer would get a free T-shirt. Pierre really wanted a free T-shirt, so he signed up.This year’s festival will be Pierre’s 40th straight as a volunteer, and he still has that free shirt from 1978. Or take Linda Uyehara Hoffman. Over the past four decades, she’s been an audience member, a performer, a volunteer and a director. One of Linda’s favourite memories is from that ﬁrst festival, sit-

ting in an almost empty ﬁeld in soggy Stanley Park, listening to Alain LaMontagne, who she describes as “this weird Quebecois guy playing harmonica while tapping his foot on a board for percussion. He blew me away.” This year, to celebrate both the festival’s 40th anniversary and Canada 150, the VFMF is offering a special free Thursday night concert (July 13) in addition to its regular

full weekend of programming. Thursday night will feature a host of musicians covering classic Canadian songs. Be sure to RSVP at the festival website to assure entry. See you down there, and ride your bike, eh? Kids are free all weekend. Let’s get folked up! • Grant Lawrence is the main stage host of theVancouver Folk Music Festival this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Hecklers will be politely told to folk off. W

Bahamas brings new tunes to the beach

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The sun is slowly beginning its descent over Nova Scotia when we reach Afie Jurvanen by phone. It feels like an appropriate time of day to chat with the Finnish-Canadian musician, otherwise known as the singerstrummer Bahamas, whose jangly chords, hazy, bittersweet melodies and very moniker evoke the image of peachtoned rays saying adieu. The self-taught storyteller finds himself in the Bluenose province as part of his ongoing Bahamas is Afie tour, which has him headed our way this weekend to play theVancouver Folk Music Festival. Comprised of a slow, steady climb, his path to get here has been lined with a progression

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of hits and accolades. From Pink Strat’s lamenting love anthem “HockeyTeeth,” to Barchords’ introspective slow jam “Lost in the Light,” to the pep talk “Stronger thanThat” off Bahamas is Aﬁe, the Barrie, Ont., boy has the moments between moments dialled in.The result is an effervescent stew of folk, country and soft-rock strains with a steadily growing national and international fan base. So what kind of set will Jurvanen and co. be bringing to the folk festival? “We like to leave it open a little bit. It’s nice to be able to move as required, you know?” he says. “Like, two weekends ago we played at a rock festival and we were kind of like the softest, wimpiest band there,” he laughs. “And then the following weekend we played at

a folk festival and we were the heaviest, hardest band. “It’s nice to be able to ﬂex things back and forth and be agile that way.” Joining Canadian treasure Kathleen Edwards and bluesman Jim Byrnes in the daytime “Kindred Spirits” slot on Sunday, and then taking to the main stage later that evening, Jurvanen will be bringing much of his acclaimed, Polaris Prize-nominated catalogue to Jericho Beach – but there are some new songs waiting in the wings, as well. “Oh yeah.We’ll play a bunch of new songs,” Jurvanen says, emphatically. “I sort of have something [an album] that’s done; we’re just ﬁguring out how to put it out.These new songs, for me, are really exciting just because they’re new. “That’s generally how it

works,” he adds with a chuckle. “But it’s good.We’ve been playing some of them live and people seem to really respond to them.” While reticent to say too much about the unreleased tracks, Jurvanen – a near-virtuosic guitarist who played virtually all the instruments on his last album – teases a possible departure from the measured musings of albums prior. “I think it’s still very recognizably my music, but I deﬁnitely wanted to make something that was danceable and funky.You know?” he explains. “I basically just tried to make something that was fun to play live, because I found, over the past few years, we do have a lot of down-tempo songs. ... I love playing all those songs, but, especially when you’re playing outdoors at these folk festivals

Canadian musician Afie Jurvanen (Bahamas) plays the Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 16. Reynard Li photo or something, it’s nice to have material that really translates to the people at the back. Like, the person who showed up last and they walk in and they’re feeling it, too.” Don’t fear though; the newest Bahamas tunes are still likely to have that special world-weary tropical getaway vibe. “I do think just the word Bahamas creates a picture

for someone before they even hear the music. They kind of have an idea of what they’re hearing,” Jurvanen admits. “I didn’t think about that when I chose it sort of randomly, but it’s cool that it, in general, has a really positive vibe. People sort of come into it ready to spread the love, which is deﬁnitely nice to be a part of.” W

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Songs and echoes fuel ‘The Road Forward’ Marie Clements’ soaring documentary honours decades of First Nations activism Sabrina Furminger Reel People @Sabrinarmf

Every so often, a filmmaker will encounter a story that compels them to rethink how stories are told. The story might be so big, or so nuanced, or so potentially affecting, that conventional methods of storytelling just won’t cut it – and so the filmmaker will craft a new way get its message out, and change the landscape of film in the process. The history of film is paved with such story-driven innovations (from StarWars: A New Hope to Avatar), and Marie Clements’ documentary The Road Forward – which shines a light on First Nations activists of the past, present, and future – represents a bold step in a new direction for documentary film.

‘The Road Forward’ flips documentary storytelling on its ear with musical narratives, reenactments and oral testimony. Contributed photo Clements bypasses traditional documentary conventions – interviews with talking heads; archival footage; graphs and charts – to tell the interconnected stories of The NativeVoice (Canada’s ﬁrst Indigenous-run newspaper, which was published out of Vancouver from the late 1940s and into the 1960s), the Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood of BC (a loose afﬁliation of West Coast tribes cooperating to secure aboriginal rights during a time

when it was illegal for Native people to meet and organize), and the Constitution Express, a movement led by George Manuel that culminated in a 3,000-mile trip to Ottawa to impress the case for Indigenous rights on then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. To bring these stories to the screen (as well as those of residential schools and the Highway of Tears), Clements – a North Vancouver ﬁlmmaker whose work includes the award-winning

2015 docudrama Number 14, about a young hockey hopeful who dies in a tragic car crash, and the 2013 short drama Pilgrims, which screened at TIFF and the Cannes Market – opted for a mix of rousing story-songs, blistering reenactments, and oral testimony, soaring through time and musical genres (rock, blues, hip hop, and traditional beats) to connect the Indian Nationalism movement of the 1930s with the grassroots First

Nations activists of today. The Road Forward is somehow breathless and epic and intimate all at once – but Clements mainly wants audiences to feel like they’re reading a newspaper. “It’s a personal experience because each of us goes into headlines and stories and pictures that we’re caught by, and I wanted to create that experience for the viewer,” Clements explains, during a recent phone interview. “You’re going through the newspaper and you’re getting a sense of urgency or a sense of movement or a sense of excitement or anger or curiosity about each story or headline.” The Road Forward premiered at Toronto’s venerable Hot Docs Festival before kicking off the 2017 DOXA Documentary Film Festival this past spring.This week, it returns to Vancouver for an extended run at VIFF’s Vancity Theatre. The Road Forward began in earnest back in 2010, when Clements was tasked with developing a 10-minute live theatrical piece for eight performers for the closing ceremonies of the Aboriginal Pavilion during the Winter Olympics. As she conducted research for the piece, she came across an issue of The

NativeVoice – a moment that ultimately led her deep into the archives of the Native Fishing Association, and face to face with 70 years of largely forgotten activist stories. “[I had] never known that there was a newspaper called The NativeVoice,” Clements says, “and I didn’t know that Native activists had founded it and became editors and writers of stories.” The NativeVoice employed news stringers from across Canada and the United States who “shared their realities,” she marvels. “For me, it was quite extraordinary to read articles at points in history that came from a Native perspective, and also one that was very strongly represented by women.” After the performance premiered at the pavilion, Clements was haunted by “this feeling that there was so much more to express and go back in on.” Clements and her collaborators wrote another 16 songs “based on headlines and stories that had really sparked something in me or inspired something in me to go into the story further.”

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PETS Continued from page 10 In 2015, The Road Forward premiered as a full-length theatrical show at the PuSh Festival. The documentary ﬁlm version – shot in Greater Vancouver and produced by the BC & Yukon Studio of The National Film Board of Canada – features an original score by Wayne Lavallee, and a powerhouse ensemble that includes Jennifer Kreisberg, Michelle St. John, Cheri Maracle, Ostwelve, Murray Porter, Russell Wallace and Shakti Hayes. Clements’ ultimate goal with The Road Forward is to

inspire change in its audiences, as she was inspired by the stories she read in The Native Voice. “I deﬁnitely was inspired by the subjects in The Road Forward, by their activism that not only included men but women and families who were ﬁghting for a better reality that included human rights and social rights and environmental rights.” W • The Road Forward screens July 14-20 at VIFF Vancity Theatre. The July 14 screening will be followed by a Q&A with Marie Clements, moderated by Sabrina Furminger. viff.org

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The sun may be shining outside, but it’s raining cats at the Langley Animal Protection Society (LAPS). Last week, with nearly 80 cats already in residence, LAPS welcomed another 14 felines into its shelter. “We are working very hard for these lost, needy, and unwanted animals in our care, giving them the medical attention that they need while keeping them healthy and happy until they go to their forever homes,” LAPS staff say.

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The Langley Animal Protection Society has 14 new kittens who arrived last week. Contributed photo If you’re thinking of adding a cat or kitten to your family this summer, consider adopting

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Yue Minjun, the artist behind the A-maze-ing Laughter sculpture, visits the installation for the first time at Morton Park in English Bay on July 11. Jennifer Gauthier photo

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Vancouver Biennale wants everyone to have a laugh. The non-proﬁt is hosting Day of Laughter next Thursday, July 13 at Morton Park in English Bay. The group celebrates art in public spaces and Day of Laughter is being organized to honour Chinese artist Yue Minjun, the man behind one of the city’s most iconic public art installations – Amaze-ing Laughter, which is made up of 14 giant smiling bronze men, all featuring Minjun’s smiling face.

The free public event will include Mayor Gregor Robertson officially proclaiming the Day of Laughter and a laughing yoga class. This is Minjun’s first trip to Vancouver and his first visit to his sculpture in situ at English Bay. “Throughout the day, we’d also like to share the laughter with people near and far,” the group said in a press release. “Strike a pose, take a silly photo, tell a joke, let us know what makes you laugh and why it’s important to you. Share with friends and family via social media. Tag us and we’ll share it too!”

Thursday’s event starts at 10am at Morton Park. The laughing yoga session starts at noon. The event is sponsored by Vancouver Biennale, the West End Business Improvement Association and Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation. For more information visit vancouverbiennale.com. The group can also be found on Facebook at facebook.com/ vancouverbiennale, Twitter at @Van_Biennale and Instagram at @Van_Biennale, and is encouraging people to use the hashtags #VanBiennale and #VBDayofLaughter. W

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It’s not your birthday, but I feel like you need to get presents. The astrological omens agree with me. In fact, they suggest you should show people this huoscope to motivate them to do the right thing and shower you with practical blessings. And why exactly do you need these rewards? Here’s one reason: Now is a pivotal moment in the development of your own ability to give the unique gifts you have to give. If you receive tangible demonstrations that your contributions are appreciated, you’ll be better able to rise to the next level of your generosity.

Other astrologers and fortune-tellers may enjoy scaring the hell out of you, but not me. My job is to keep you apprised of the ways that life aims to help you, educate you, and lead you out of your suffering. The truth is, Taurus, that if you look hard enough, there are always seemingly legitimate reasons to be afraid of pretty much everything. But that’s a stupid way to live, especially since there are also always legitimate reasons to be excited about pretty much everything. The coming weeks will be a favourable time to work on retraining yourself to make the latter approach your default tendency. I have rarely seen a better phase than now to replace chronic anxiety with shrewd hope.

At least for the short-range future, benign neglect can be an effective game plan for you. In other words, Gemini, allow inaction to do the job that can’t be accomplished through strenuous action. Stay put. Be patient and cagey and observant. Seek strength in silence and restraint. Let problems heal through the passage of time. Give yourself permission to watch and wait, to reserve judgment and withhold criticism. Why do I suggest this approach? Here’s a secret: Forces that are currently working in the dark and behind the scenes will generate the best possible outcome.

“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. “All life is an experiment.” I’d love to see you make that your operative strategy in the coming weeks, Cancerian. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, now is a favourable time to overthrow your habits, rebel against your certainties, and cruise through a series of freewheeling escapades that will change your mind in a hundred different ways. Do you love life enough to ask mue questions than you’ve ever asked before?

Thank you for contacting the Center for Epicurean Education. If you need advice on how to help your imagination lose its inhibitions, please press 1. If you’d like guidance on how to run wild in the woods or in the streets without losing your friends or your job, press 2. If you want to learn more about spiritual sex or sensual wisdom, press 3. If you’d like assistance in initiating a rowdy yet focused search for fresh inspiration, press 4. For information about dancing lessons or flying lessons or dancing-while-flying lessons, press 5. For advice on how to stop making so much sense, press 6.

The cereus cactus grows in the deserts of the southwestern US. Most of the time it’s scraggly and brittle-looking. But one night of the year, in June or July, it blooms with a fragrant, trumpet-shaped flower. By dawn the creamy white petals close and start to wither. During that brief celebration, the plant’s main pollinator, the sphinx moth, has to discover the marvelous event and come to gather the cactus flower’s pollen. I suspect this scenario has metaphorical resemblances to a task you could benefit from carrying out in the days ahead. Be alert for a sudden, spectacular, and rare eruption of beauty that you can feed from and propagate.

If I had more room here, I would offer an inspirational Powerpoint presentation designed just for you. In the beginning, I would seize your attention with an evocative image that my marketing department had determined would give you a visceral thrill. In the next part, I would describe various wonderful and beautiful things about you. Then I’d tactfully describe an aspect of your life that’s underdeveloped and could use some work. I’d say, “I’d love for you to be more strategic in promoting your good ideas. I’d love for you to have a well-crafted master plan that will attract the contacts and resources necessary to lift your dream to the next level.”

I advise you against snorting cocaine, MDMA, heroin, or bath salts. But if you do, don’t lay out your lines of powder on a kitchen table or a baby’s diaper-changing counter in a public restroom. Places like those are not exactly sparkly clean, and you could end up propelling contaminants close to your brain. Please observe similar care with any other activity that involves altering your consciousness or changing the way you see the world. Do it in a nurturing location that ensures healthy results. PS: The coming weeks will be a great time to expand your mind if you do it in allnatural ways such as through conversations with interesting people, travel to places that excite your awe, and encounters with provocative teachings.

In late 1811 and early 1812, parts of the mighty Mississippi River flowed backwards several times. Earthquakes were the cause. Now, more than two centuries later, you Sagittarians have a chance – maybe even a mandate – to accomplish a more modest rendition of what nature did way back then. Do you dare to shift the course of a great, flowing, vital force? I think you should at least consider it. In my opinion, that great, flowing, vital force could benefit from an adjustment that you have the wisdom and luck to understand and accomplish.

You’re entering into the Uncanny Zone, Capricorn. During your brief journey through this alternate reality, the wind and the dew will be your teachers. Animals will provide special favours. You may experience true fantasies, like being able to sense people’s thoughts and hear the sound of leaves converting sunlight into nourishment. It’s possible you’ll feel the moon tugging at the waters of your body and glimpse visions of the best possible future. Will any of this be of practical use? Yes! More than you can imagine. And not in ways you can imagine yet.

This is one of those rare grace periods when you can slip into a smooth groove without worrying that it will degenerate into a repetitive rut. You’ll feel natural and comfortable as you attend to your duties, not blank or numb. You’ll be entertained and educated by exacting details, not bored by them. I conclude, therefore, that this will be an excellent time to lay the gritty foundation for expansive and productive adventures later this year. If you’ve been hoping to get an advantage over your competitors and diminish the negative influences of people who don’t empathize with you, now is the time.

“There is a direct correlation between playfulness and intelligence, since the most intelligent animals engage in the greatest amount of playful activities.” So reports the National Geographic. “The reason is simple: Intelligence is the capacity for learning, and to play is to learn.” I suggest you make these thoughts the centerpiece of your life in the coming weeks. You’re in a phase when you have an enhanced capacity to master new tricks. That’s fortunate, because you’re also in a phase when it’s especially crucial for you to learn new tricks. The best way to ensure it all unfolds with maximum grace is to play as much as possible.

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