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Some people will tell you that social media is a waste of time. Maybe for some it is, but earlier this summer a social media post led me down a completely unexpected rabbit hole involving none other than notorious Canadian anti-hero Steve Fonyo. The post was a photo of me sitting in a waterfall in one of my favourite spots in Desolation Sound, which is boat-access-only and about 15 kilometres as the crow ﬂies from the nearest road. Amongst the comments was one by acclaimed documentary ﬁlmmaker Alan Zweig (who happens to be one of my favourite directors): “I think that waterfall would be a good place to shoot Steve Fonyo” (with his movie camera). I was a little taken aback. In 2015, Zweig and producer

Peter Gentile released Hurt: the Steve Fonyo Story to rave reviews. Hurt won the Platform Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival, and also picked up Best Documentary Feature at the Canadian Screen Awards.The ﬁlm unravels the bizarre story of a fallen star, who had most of his left leg amputated due to cancer when he was 12 years old. The movie begins during the glory days of Fonyo’s 1984/85 coast-to-coast run across Canada for cancer research. He ran even during winter, and eventually raised over $14 million. Despite the incredible feat of completing the run, he has always remained in the shadow of Terry Fox. After the journey, the spotlight faded and Fonyo slipped into a near-30-year life of addiction, homelessness, and crime, which is what the ﬁlmmakers eventually found him mired in. On the very last day of shooting, Fonyo was repeatedly stabbed, beaten, and nearly killed in a home invasion, but he survived.

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Director Alan Zweig and Canadian legend Steve Fonyo. Grant Lawrence photo One town offered to do a screening of Hurt: Powell River (Fonyo had recovered from the home invasions, but couldn’t attend because he was back in jail on an unrelated crime).That screening led to Fonyo being invited to a drug rehabilitation centre in Powell River, which he accepted. Fonyo loved the northern Sunshine Coast so much he moved there, cleaning up his act in the process.The turnaround intrigued the ﬁlmmakers enough to embark on a

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sequel, mostly taking place in and around Powell River. That’s where I came in. On a gorgeous late summer weekend, I met Fonyo, Zweig, and the film crew at the local music festival in Powell River. Fonyo was jovial and kind, showing off a big smile, eager to meet everyone. He suffers permanent aftereffects from the beating, but nothing seemed to be bothering him. The next day, the entire entourage arrived at the closest government wharf to Desolation Sound to meet a mini-flotilla of boats that I had arranged. Gingerly making their way down the gangplank was Fonyo, the film crew, Fonyo’s girlfriend, a few other hangers-on, and Lola, their muscle-bound pit bull. Fonyo was sporting a fresh cut across his nose.When my wife asked the director what happened, Zweig replied, “the pitbull bit Steve in the face.” Despite my sudden misgivings, everyone clamoured aboard my boat and two others and away we roared across glassy seas towards the waterfall. Fonyo was so excited he was on his feet and screaming in ecstasy at the views and the warm wind in his hair. The trouble started when we finally reached the waterfall.The filmmakers set up for the perfect shot in a sun-dappled cedar grotto, but Fonyo was suddenly having none of it. I got in the waterfall, followed by his girlfriend, followed by director Alan Zweig. Even the pitbull got in the waterfall, but Fonyo wasn’t budging. A truly surreal tug-of-war erupted, involving Fonyo’s artificial leg, and quotes like, “you ran across Saskatchewan in the middle of the winter! This isn’t cold, get the fuck in here!” I won’t reveal whether or not Steve Fonyo eventually found his redemption in the Desolation Sound waterfall.You’ll have to wait until the sequel to Hurt is released, and there’s no word if the footage will make the final cut. One thing is for sure: social media can lead you to some wild places. W

Life evolved to live within limits. It’s a delicate balance. Humans need oxygen, but too much can kill us. Plants need nitrogen, but excess nitrogen harms them, and pollutes rivers, lakes and oceans. Ecosystems are complex. Our health and survival depend on intricate interactions that ensure we get the right amounts of clean air, water, food from productive soils and energy from the sun. Climate change deniers either wilfully ignore or fail to understand this complexity – as shown in their simplistic argument that carbon dioxide is a beneficial gas that helps plants grow and is therefore good for humans. Industry propagandist Tom Harris of the misnamed International Climate Science Coalition writes, “Grade school students know CO2 is not pollution; it is aerial fertilizer.” He adds, “Increasing CO2 levels pose no direct hazard to human health.”The unscientific Heartland Institute-ICSC study he references claims, against all evidence, “Carbon dioxide has not caused weather to become more extreme, polar ice and sea ice to melt, or sea level rise to accelerate. It’s a facile argument, designed to downplay the seriousness of global warming and its connection to CO2 emissions and to promote continued fossil fuel use. Deniers like Harris and Patrick Moore in Canada extoll the virtues of burning coal, oil and gas. It’s deliberate deception, rather than an outright lie, as most plants do require CO2 to grow. But overwhelming scientific evidence shows that, along with other greenhouse gases, CO2 causes ocean acidification and fuels climate change, putting humans and other life at risk. Even its benefit to plants is more complicated than deniers let on. As the website Skeptical Science states, “Such claims fail to take into account that increasing the availability of one substance that plants need requires other supply changes for benefits to accrue. It also fails to take into account that a warmer earth will see an increase in deserts and other arid lands, reducing the area available for crops.” A Stanford University study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, illustrates the claim’s lack of scientific validity. After observing plants grown in

California over 16 years, under altered CO2, nitrogen, temperature and water levels, researchers concluded that only higher nitrogen levels increased plant growth, while higher temperatures hindered the plants. A study in Nature Climate Change concluded that a 1 C temperature increase will cause wheat yields to decrease by about five per cent, and a French study found higher temperatures negatively affected corn crops. Another study, published in Science, examined the complexity of CO2 uptake by plants. It found only those associated with particular types of fungi in their roots can take advantage of increased CO2, because the fungi regulate nitrogen plants obtain from soils. Plants such as coniferous trees that associate with ectomycorrhizal fungi can derive benefits from higher carbon dioxide levels, but plants associated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, such as grassland vegetation, can’t.The Imperial College London researchers cautioned that even plants that can take advantage of higher CO2 levels could be harmed by other climate change impacts, such as increased temperature and ozone concentration. Climate change– related droughts and flooding also hinder plant growth. Burning fossil fuels, creating emissions through industrial agriculture, and destroying “carbon sinks” like wetlands and forests that sequester carbon are already affecting the planet in many ways detrimental to the health and survival of humans and other life. No matter what inconsistent, contradictory and easily debunked nonsense deniers spread, there’s no denying climate change is real, humans are contributing substantially to it and it will be catastrophic for all life if we do little or nothing to address it immediately. Recently, 375 US National Academy of Sciences members, including 30 Nobel laureates, published an open letter stating, “We are certain beyond a reasonable doubt … that the problem of humancaused climate change is real, serious, and immediate, and that this problem poses significant risks: to our ability to thrive and build a better future, to national security, to human health and food production, and to the interconnected web of living systems.” The evidence is clear and overwhelming: Rapid increases in CO2 emissions are not beneficial. It’s past time we started conserving energy and shifting to cleaner sources. 9 L?F<Q RP<? F: 6F5(@.7N7#(HP<*H W

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Hermès exhibition reminds us of the value of craft and hard work Aileen Lalor Style File @AileenLalor

Alison Kent (on left) and Cindy Yu create designer textiles at Joue Design. Dan Toulgoet photo

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Since Alison Kent and Cindy Yu brought their artistic channels together to create local textile brand, JOUE Design, they have taken the Vancouver design scene by storm.With each pattern created first as a painted artwork and then transitioned into a fabric design, JOUE has found a fresh platform to introduce fine art into the home: throw pillows and textiles.With the label catching the attention of those in the know, recent collaborations have included local influencers Sydney Socias of The Working Girl (this collection has partial proceeds supporting BC Children’s Hospital), Aleem Kassam of Kalu Interiors and artist Dana Mooney. How did you get started and what led you to where you are now? Alison Kent:We have been friends – and actually cousins through a couple of marriages – for a while, and had started talking about how much we were craving a creative outlet that our “day jobs” just weren’t fulfilling. We both love textiles, décor, art and fashion, so JOUE was a pretty natural extension of that when we talked about starting a business together. What colour best describes your personality? Colour, I think, best describes us – as you can tell from the majority of our textiles! We love pops of blues or pinks or deep-set purples. We derive many of our colors from nature, which can range from muted to bold. When it comes to style/design, what is the one thing you covet the most? Personality.You can’t just copy Instagram or Pinterest – your style and the way you design your life and your spaces can’t come out of a box or a store. It has to incorporate you – the funky object you bought on a memorable vacation, the

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painting you did in Grade 11 that you were so proud of, the first necklace your kid made for you, the seashell you found on the beach. Do you have any predictions for the future of your industry? We love how technology is being incorporated into décor, so perhaps a bigger tie-in with that, while maintaining our art-inspired design aesthetic. We love how consumers are starting to value locally made over mass-produced – this trend is just beginning and will continue to grow. How would you describe Vancouver’s artistic/creative community? AH-mazing! We’re just off IDS Vancouver this past weekend, and it’s incredible to us not only how many absolutely professional, talented makers there are in this city and around the world (there was a contingent from the Netherlands this year), but how open, friendly and supportive everyone is to each other.We seriously feel honoured to be a part of it. Some people collect old typewriters and cameras. Do you collect anything? We both collect vintage, especially from flea markets in Paris or London.We love the old patinas of time. I’m also a big beachcomber, so my home is filling up with broken little found bits all the time, and Cindy has a pretty good collection of driftwood objects! And, naturally we’ve both developed a pretty good throw pillow collection over the past three years! Who is your idol or mentor? We’re immensely inspired by older female makers who are still at it, and creating more than ever. It’s not an easy task, to turn away from steady desk jobs to a entrepreneurial creative life – we’re forever inspired by the community around us all doing the same thing, and sharing each other’s struggle and successes.We go for a lot of coffee dates with a wide variety of mentors or peers to share information and encourage one another. W

At university, I took a creative writing course. One week, the class was run by a successful Scottish poet. Someone asked whether the poet’s work was cathartic. She rounded upon him: “This is my art,” she said. “But it’s also my job. A poem doesn’t appear to me in a vision. I write it, then rewrite it, and rewrite it again until I’m happy with it. Writing is my craft, and the more I practise, the better I get.” This has stayed with me, and given an enduring appreciation for people who make things from scratch – who turn paper, clay, chocolate, leather or whatever into something that’s beautiful, useful or both. It’s not merely a recognition of their talent or the ﬁnished object, but the hours and years of practise that have gone into mastering their craft. Luxury brand Hermès honours this spirit with its Hermès at Work exhibition, which came to Jack Poole Plaza last week. Most of us probably know the brand for its eye-wateringly expensive Birkin bags (at least $10,000 each) or luxurious silk scarves. Behind these are the makers, people who use traditional techniques to create these objects with their hands.Ten artisans from nine different métiers (trades) appeared at Hermès at Work, including a saddlemaker, silk printer,

Leatherworker Marie Prigent (right) starts work on a Kelly bag, which will take 50 hours to complete. Contributed photo leather worker, watchmaker, glovemaker, porcelain painter and gem-setter. Attendees got to see classic objects being produced, and were able to talk to the people who were making them. Leatherworker Marie Prigent, who has been with Hermès for more than a decade, told me her initial training took two years. “I started by learning to sew using two needles – ﬁrst, straight lines in black thread on black leather, then white on black, then curved shapes. I did only this for months,” she said. “At the end of the course, I had to sew an entire bag from start to ﬁnish, within a certain time-frame. If it was not perfect, I would not be employed by Hermès. Around 100 people started my course, of whom nine went on to work for the brand.”

At the event, she demonstrated how to make a Kelly bag.This takes around 50 hours, or one week’s work, from start to ﬁnish. She also showed the Constance bag, which is so difﬁcult to make that leatherworkers are not allowed to learn until they have worked for the brand for 10 years. Every Hermès bag is checked four times before it is approved for sale. In addition, each craftsperson has a unique mark that is stamped on the bag so if it’s faulty or damaged, it can be traced to the person that made it. Prigent has made hundreds of Hermès bags, but owns just one, which she built for herself. It bears her mark and below it, a shooting star, which is reserved for a piece made by an artisan, for an artisan. “Collectors often ask me

whether they can get a bag with a shooting star. I always tell them no!” she said. In truth, unless my circumstances change beyond all recognition, I’ll never own an Hermès bag. My love for the brand will have to be expressed through ogling its glorious window displays and buying perfume – Hermès is one of only a handful of brands to employ an inhouse nose. But its existence, and the exhibition, serves as a reminder to us all to appreciate the makers, the doers and the workers, no matter their métier or medium. The Hermès at Work exhibition has now ﬁnished, but you can see the store windows created by Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave to celebrate the event at 755 Burrard until Oct. 25. W

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Okanagan wine at a crossroads As BC wines gain international attention, what does the future hold for wine country? Michaela Morris By the Bottle @MichaelaWine

BC wine has received significant attention from beyond our borders in the last couple of years. International journalists have been flocking to our vineyards and reviews from esteemed critics like Jancis Robinson, Dr. Jamie Goode and Decanter Magazine have been positive. This is an enormous point of pride. Despite great strides, though, industry leaders are well aware that they are nowhere near their endgame. In fact, the journey has just begun. “The improvements of the last 20 years have been huge but we cannot rest,” stresses wine writer John Schreiner, who has been specializing in BC wine for well over three decades. Cynthia Enns, co-owner of Laughing Stock Vineyards, echoes his sentiments and cautions against over confidence. Success isn’t simply selling out of wine at the cellar door and should not distract from raising the bar even higher. “Are we remembering to lift our heads and that our wines need to compete globally?” she questions. BC wines may have caught the world’s attention, but now they need to sustain it. Competing globally doesn’t imply going head-to-head with inexpensive wines from Chile, Argentina or the South of France, for example.We don’t have the economies of scale, and high land and labour costs mean our wines are more expensive.The qual-

Above: Bartier Brothers’ vineyard on the Black Sage Bench, between Oliver and Osoyoos. Top right: Cynthia and David Enns, owners of Laughing Stock Vineyards in Naramata. Bottom right: Sandra Oldfield, president and CEO of Tinhorn Creek Winery. Contributed photos ity therefore needs to live up to the prices they command. This starts in the vineyard. “Most of the improvements to date have come from viticulture practices, better farming and more appropriate site selection, rather than cellar techniques,” asserts Michael Bartier, consulting winemaker and co-owner of Bartier Brothers. He sees room for even greater improvement. The wines also need to offer something distinct. However, determining an overarching identity of BC wine has posed a challenge. Consider the Okanagan Valley, which accounts for 82 per cent of our vineyards. It extends across a vast area of 250 kilometres, from the cooler northern reaches of Lake Country to the demonstrably hotter section of Osoyoos in the south. “The Okanagan is too diverse a place in terms of climate and terroir to be lumped as one region,” explains Rhys Pender, Master of

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Wine and co-owner of Little Farm Winery in the neighbouring Similkameen Valley. “There are huge variations in soils and even from one side of the valley to the other can make completely different wines based purely on sun exposure.” When research scientist Dr. Pat Bowen started working with Summerland Research and Development Centre in 2000, Okanagan growers weren’t generally thinking about terroir or which grapes were appropriate where. She had her work cut out for her: mapping all of the vineyards in the valley and characterizing their soil and climate. In 2005, Bowen and her colleagues used this to divide the valley into theoretical sub-regions and began testing to determine if there were discernable impacts on wine quality and varietal suitability in each. Their results supported this. These studies played an important role in helping deﬁne the Golden Mile Bench,

the Okanagan’s first officially recognized sub-Geographical Indication (GI), in March 2015. Rather than being based on politics or postal code, the delineation is rooted in science, specifically geological and climatic factors. Support for establishing further sub-GIs in the Okanagan is strong. Enns believes “it’s reflective of a maturity of the industry.” Beyond promoting quality, she sees it as a move towards greater truth in labeling in terms of the provenance of grapes. Donald Triggs of Culmina Family Estate Winery feels it will also create a better roadmap for consumers. “If a sub-region is on a label it will help them understand what to expect from the wine.”The biggest opportunity however, according to Triggs, is getting the right varieties planted on the right sites, which will contribute to the overall elevation of quality. As John Schreiner points

out: “There still are plenty of examples of varieties growing in less than optimal locations.” Looking to the long-term potential, Jak Meyer at Meyer Family Vineyards envisions that “sub-GIs would start to stand out for what they are good at and the wines express a sense of somewhereness.” While it’s not intended as an exercise in marketing, creating sub-GIs does have a marketing benefit. Sandra Oldfield president and CEO of Tinhorn Creek was heavily involved in the onerous process to have the Golden Mile Bench recognized as a sub-GI and now rightly uses the designation. “Telling a unified story from a regional side is more interesting and powerful.” It’s also more factual than the fun yet flimsy fairytales that often show up on back labels. Dividing up the valley is not without its naysayers. Creating boundaries can be emotional. No one wants to be left out. As such, the pro-

posed direction is inclusive in nature.The downside to this is that lesser sites that have little potential for making truly unique wines could be assigned to a sub-GI.What’s the worst that can happen, though? Growers still stand to learn something about their soil. Pat Bowen is positive: “The more the producers understand about their site and the implications to the quality of the fruit, the better they will be able to manage it and make better wine.” Depending on how the dust actually settles, in the distant future some sub-GIs may just stand out as being more distinct. Back to the here and now, don’t expect to see a whole slew of sub-GIs like “Naramata Bench” or “Black Sage Road” on shelves anytime soon. It will take time, commitment and a collaborative effort on the part of wineries and growers in each area. “The process is valuable,” says Oldﬁeld. “There is no need to rush it.” W

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leading to vanilla and ripe juicy melon on the finish. EGF& ;,C5,.38* -.? 74C= (4=8.4C9 < BC VQA Okana9,C 7,..=D < @&!1$E >A.? A35 at the winery but available at private wine stores (Legacy Liquor Store, Kitsilano Wine Store, Liberty Wine Merchants) This is another producer whose efforts in the vineyard have done nothing but benefit the wines. Located in East Kelowna, Tantalus has demonstrated the affinity this area has with Riesling. Crafted from vines planted in 1978, the Old Vine is focused and pure on the nose with citrus peel, green herb, and granny smith apple. Tautly wound, zippy acidity and a lingering stoney quality. 2014 JoieFarm En Famille (=8=:2= +4CA5 /A4: < -0,C,9,C 7,..=D < @E" winery direct Blending from different areas within the valley can produce delicious results as well, and many of the Okanagan’s wines do just

that. Here, Naramata, Skaha and Summerland come together. Full disclosure, I have yet to try the latest release, but earlier this year I enjoyed the bright cherry, cranberry and clove notes and long finish of the 2012 vintage. Expect more flesh and ripeness from the warmer 2014 vintage. 2014 Le Vieux Pin, Cuvée Vio.=55=* >D:,6 < -0,C,9,C 7,..=D < @&G1&#* 8A.? A35 at the winery but available at private wine stores (Firefly, Liberty Wine Merchants) Combines grapes from the Golden Mile and Black Sage Bench. Floral and meaty with blackberry and blue Italian plums, it’s polished and silky on the palate, finishing with nutmeg. If you have $80 to spend, you can seek out their about-to-be released 2013 Equinoxe Syrah for extra intensity and concentration. W

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Canada’s Tuscany. Napa of the North. Mention the word “Okanagan” to anyone, resident or visitor, and the ﬁrst association is invariably “wine country.” And, while that is a huge and growing part of the

sunny valley’s identity, it isn’t the whole story. From restaurants and innovative bakeries to breweries and distilleries, there is more than just wine to taste in the Okanagan. And, with the leaves turning and the cooler weather setting in, it’s an ideal time to go and explore what’s on the menu.

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termark Beach Resort (WatermarkBeachResort. com) in Osoyoos has a keen interest in not only what’s local to the region, but also the stories behind the ingredients. The restaurant’s Farm to Vine menu has been recognized as one of Canada’s signature experiences and incorporates ingredients and wines from the Golden Mile in Oliver and the Similkameen Valley,

as well as items that are made even closer to home. “It’s more than just the terroir,” says Scott. “It’s about telling the stories that have made this place what it is.”Take the Okanagan sockeye on the regular menu.Yes, it’s wild salmon from the Okanagan. Reintroduced to Osoyoos and Skaha Lakes as part of a community initiative led by the Syilx Okanagan Nation

Alliance, the salmon that was once native and plentiful to these waters has been carefully restored and is providing environmentally-sustainable employment for the eight member bands of the alliance, not to mention some rather delicious ﬁsh for local restaurants like the Watermark. The Hooded Merganser at Penticton Lakeside Resort (PentictonLakesideResort.com) follows a similar philosophy.The restaurant has, in fact, its own farm a short drive away from its downtown Penticton location. Valley View Farms lives up to its name, sitting on a hilltop overlooking wineries, gullies and the city of Penticton. It produces over 1,000 pounds of produce each week for the restaurant during the growing season, although staples are grown year-round.The farm is entirely organic, and in addition to the fruits and vegetables, there are laying hens that provide eggs and an apiary of ingenious Australiandesigned beehives that allow you to remove the honey without disturbing the bees inside. Restaurant chef Chris Remington receives the daily deliveries from farm manager MichelleYounie and then

designs menus around what’s in season.The restaurant also grows all of its own herbs onsite in the hotel gardens. Meanwhile, at nearby Craft Corner Kitchen (CraftCornerKitchen.com), which just opened a few months ago, owner John Côté and executive chef James Holmes have taken their concept of “craft” and “local” to new levels of comfort. Everything that can be made in-house – from the bitters used in the cocktails to the house bread – is, or else is sourced as closely as possible. The pork is brined in ginger beer from The People’s Craft House just down the street, and it’s marvellously juicy and just a little sweet.The house bread, a dense chewy sourdough that is slightly toasted, gets drizzled with some balsamic reduction, herbs and salt. A buttermilk panna cotta steeped in Dubh Glass whisky from nearby Oliver is topped with local poached apricots and cornmeal tuile. Sit and enjoy at one of the massive reclaimed-wood tables or in the fairy-lighted garden patio and do not miss the pickled fried chicken if it’s on the menu.

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Sometimes, the tastiest food can be found in the smallest places. Brodo Kitchen (TasteBrodo.com) in Penticton offers up simple and hearty sandwiches, soups and salads.This counter service restaurant is more than the sum of its mainly locavore parts. Ethereal tomato and parmesan soup with basil cream is topped with a parmesan crisp.The house green salad makes all other house salads cringe in shame, thanks to its bright pops of flavour from the fresh feta, seasonal berries, and bits of beets and bacon. Pair it with the barbecue pulled pork sandwich for a complete meal. A few streets away, Wine Crush Market (WineCrush-Market.com), which launched just before Labour Day, is doing something completely new. Owners Tyson Still and Bill Broddy, along with Broddy’s daughter Allie, have created a new product from what was originally destined for the compost heap. “Wineries pay to have their left over skins and seeds [the pomace] and lees [a dead yeasty substance that settles to the bottom of the tank] taken away when they’ve done their job in the tanks,” explains Still. “But, it’s still full of nutrients. We pick it up and mill it down into a dry powder that is added to our foods.” Those foods include a rather tasty and earthy sourdough bread, as well as muffins and other baked goods.There are also house pâtés and sausages, and even a coldpressed grapeseed oil infused with Pinot Gris.You can also buy the powder on its own in different varietals. Some prepared foods have also joined the list, meaning you can now build a picnic to go. For a sweet finish, hit up Patio Burger & Ice Cream Co. (PatioBurgerPenticton. com), a brand-new addition to the boardwalk that boasts an outdoor eating space reminiscent of a Fred Astaire summer flick, all white and shiny, with an actual boardwalk leading up to the counter. The ice cream is made in small batches using milk and cream from Blackwell Dairy in Kamloops. The French custard base is then used to create classic flavours like cookies and custard, hazelnut crunch, and blonde mint chip, as well as more seasonal flavours like the blueberrypeach sorbet. If you have room, definitely try the

burgers, which are “single grip” and made from fresh chuck every day – and the lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and herbs are grown on the rooftop garden. Sometimes, after a long day of sipping wine, all you want is some tacos and a soda. Enter El Sabor de Marina (no website), a tiny outdoor taco stand located in Oliver on Highway 97 along the Golden Mile. Sneeze as you drive by and you’ll miss it, but the tacos, burritos, quesadillas, etc., will have you driving this stretch of highway more than once, especially once you try the pork pupusas. It’s not licensed, but that’s what ginger ale is for, right?

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Sept. 29-Oct. 9, various locations The good people at the Fall Okanagan Wine Festival have put together another stellar lineup of wine (and food!) events from Sept. 29 to Oct. 9 up and down the Okanagan Valley (and a bit beyond).There are more than 80 (!!!) events encompassing just about every winery in the valley, including seven signature events. For more details, check out their website at TheWineFestivals.com.

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FALL WESTJET WINE TASTINGS

Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna The must-sip wine event of the harvest season, these two tastings are a perfect way to sample wines from more than 60 BC wineries.The crowd is always energetic, and the

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OLIVER CASK AND KEG FESTIVAL

Oct. 1, Oliver Community Park, Oliver It’s not all about the wine – there’s beer, cider and spirits, too! The Oliver Cask and Keg Festival (formerly the Night FOG) celebrates local breweries, distilleries and cideries of the South Okanagan. Tickets at $20 at OliverCaskAndKeg.ca.

OLIVER FESTIVAL OF THE GRAPE

Oct. 2, Oliver Community Centre, Oliver More than 3,500 come to sample the best wine of the South Okanagan every year at this annual wine festival. Expect a down-to-earth good time, with wine sampling from dozens of local wineries, competitive grape-stomping, live music, local artisans, and a parade for the kids.Tickets are $25 at OliverFestivalOfTheGrape.ca.

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PHONIX FUNK TRAIN A soul train revival with old school funk, R&B and Motown from the Vancouver band complete with three-piece horn section and two soulful lead vocalists. 10:30pm at Backstage Lounge. Tickets $7 at ThePhonix.ca TWIN PEAKS Chicago garage rockers play tunes from Down In Heaven with special guests White Reaper and Modern Vices. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $13 at TicketFly.com THE BRAINS Montreal’s punkfuelled psychobilly trio tour behind Out In The Dark with special guests Kman and the 45s and Obscene Being. 9pm at Wise Hall. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Highlife, Wise Hall Lounge and BPT.me or $20 at the door. KT TUNSTALL Scottish singersongwriter and musician plays tunes from her sixth album, Kin, with special guest Wilding. 7pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $29.50 at Ticketmaster.ca DAVID LIEBE HART Musician, actor, street performer and painter takes the stage with special guests Baboon Torture Division, Viktor Barkar and noCore. 8pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $13 at TicketFly.com

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

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TOPS Canadian indie rock fourpiece band out of Montreal play an all ages show with special guest Gal Gracen. 8pm at Wise Hall. Tickets $13 at TicketFly.com

ANGELO TSAROUCHAS GreekCanadian comedian and actor from Montreal whose appearances on Just For Laughs and Russell Peters’ World Tour have gained him headline spots plays the first of three nights with opening sets from Kyle Jones and Larke Miller. 8pm at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets $20 at YukYuks.com

DINOSAUR JR. American rock band from Massachusetts are back with their 11th studio album Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not with special guest Moon Duo. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $32.50+ at Ticketmaster.ca ROYAL CANOE Manitoba indiepop rockers appear in support of Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit with special guests Close Talker and Douse. 8pm at The Imperial. Tickets $17.50 at Red Cat and Ticketmaster.ca EARTH, SEA, SKY – MUSIC OF OUR NATURAL WORLD Opening concert of the Vancouver Chamber Choir’s season celebrates music that celebrates nature in a repertoire featuring Morley, Monteverdi, Weelkes, Schumann and others. 8pm at Ryerson United Church. Tickets $29+ at Ticketmaster.ca REBELS SING LP release party to celebrate the Todd Serious and the Rebel Spell tribute featuring two stages, 16 bands and a host of local musicians. 8:30pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $10 at Red Cat, Neptoon, Highlife and TicketFly.com SPELLCASTER Spellbinding heavy metal outfit from Portland, Oregon, hit the stage with special guests Hellchamber and Apprentice. 9pm at The Hindenburg. Tickets $10 at TuneStub.com HALLUX Thrash metal band play a hometown show with special guests Stab.Twist.Pull and Silent Screamers. 8pm at Funky Winker Beans. Cover is $10.

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PAUL MYREHAUG With appearances on CTV, CBC, the Comedy Network and BBC Radio this comic writes and performs regularly on The Debaters and opens his set with support from Jacob Samuel and Gavin Matts. 8pm & 10:30pm at The Comedy Mix. Tickets at TheComedyMix.com

THEATRE/DANCE MAN UP: SCI FI FLAMERS East Van’s gender bending drag show extraordinaire explores beyond the furthest reaches of space with performances from Rose Butch, Ponyboy, Grimm, and the Brokeback Brothers. 10pm at The Cobalt. Cover $8-$13. HUNGER GAMES – CATCHING FIRE: THE MUSICAL In this hilarious pop culture parody sequel to last year’s smash hit Hunger Games: The Musical, Katniss Everdeen continues to defy the Capitol, play with Peeta’s heart and belt out songs in the style of Miley Cyrus. 8pm at Studio 1398. Tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com. Runs until Oct. 1. ANGELS IN AMERICA PART ONE: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES Set during the AIDS epidemic in Reagan-era New York City, the play follows two very different, but equally troubled young couples who paths cross by chance in this political call to arms for the age of AIDS. 8pm at Studio 58 (Langara College). Tickets at TicketForce.com. Runs until Oct. 16.

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PENNYWISE California punk rockers perform with special guests Unwritten Law and Strung Out. 7pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $35+ at Ticketmaster.ca

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS Southern rock outfit from Athens, Georgia play tunes from their latest release, American Band, with special guest Lydia Loveless. 8pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $30 at Red Cat, Zulu, Highlife and TicketWeb.ca

BUSH PARTY Rocktober kicks off with the euphoric audio-visual experience and special guests 19th Floor and Johnny and the Tit Whistles. 8pm at Funky Winker Beans. Cover is $10. WAR AMP High energy punk ‘n’ roll express train rolls through town with special guests the Remedials and Walden Plays. 9pm at Seven Dining Lounge. Cover is $10. OPIUO New Zealand DJ/producer plays a live set with support from Kermode, Greenskeeper and Doprah Spinfree. 10pm at Red Room Ultra Bar. Tickets $25 at MyShowPass.com BANDIDA Vancouver Latin folk-rock band performs with special guests Clay Ravens, Belief Experiment, Without a Crown and She Dreams in Colour. 8pm at Media Club. Tickets $10 at TicketWeb.ca or $13 at the door.

COMEDY JO KOY LIVE American stand-up comic known for appearances on Chelsea Lately and The Adam Carolla Show takes the stage for an all ages show. 7pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $39.50+ at TicketFly.com

CHEAP & FUN THE BIG DRAW FESTIVAL Rediscover and celebrate the joy of drawing at free workshops across the city challenging preconceptions about drawing and works to reconnect everyone with the power and creative pleasure of making marks, now in its sixth year. Oct 1 at various venues. Details at DrawVancouver.com

DJ SHADOW American record producer and DJ known to his parents as Josh Davis, appears in support of his latest album, The Mountain Will Fall, with special guest Noer The Boy. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $32.50+ at Ticketmaster.ca

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

THEATRE/DANCE HAYWIRE Bookseller Alec Firth is having an affair with his assistant and has planned a romantic holiday with her, without his wife becoming suspicious, or so he thinks, in this light-hearted look at human frailties when moral values and affairs of the heart collide. 2pm at Metro Theatre. Tickets at Tickets.MetroTheatre. com. Runs until Oct. 8. BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY Five actors play 40 different characters in this fastpaced farcical adventure, a zany whodunit with Holmes and Watson on the case snuffing out the culprit based on the Arthur Conan Doyle classic. 7:30pm at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub. com. Runs until Oct. 9.

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MUSIC SQUEEZE British new wave band tour behind their latest studio album, Cradle to the Grave, with special guests Look Park. 7pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $45+ at Ticketmaster.ca

COMEDY STACKED COMEDY: 2 STACKED 2 FURIOUS A stacked line-up of the most talented comedians in Canada right now featuring Efthimios Nasiopoulos, Kyle Bottom, Gavin Matts, John Cullen, John Beuhler, Darcy Michael, Jonathan Baum and Alex Sparling with a headline performance from Dino Archie. 9pm at Yagger’s Kitsilano. Cover is $10. QUEER PROV Don’t let the queer deter you – you don’t have to identify to get it! This not-for-profit society dedicated to creating a queer community that creates, supports, enjoys and teaches improv theatre unites every week on Mondays, to set yourself up for a gay ol’ week. 8pm at XY (1216 Bute).

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HAYDEN Canadian indiefolk-singer-songwriter tours in celebration of the 20th anniversary of his debut album, Everything I Long For. 8pm at St. James Hall. Tickets $35 at LiveNation.com

JAPANDROIDS Vancouver’s own garage rock duo kick off a fall tour at home with four consecutive nights and special guests Needles//Pins. 8pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $20 at TicketWeb.ca

KING LA R&B trio are in town to support their debut release, We Are King. 8pm at Alexander Gastown. Tickets $16 at Red Cat, Dipt and TicketWeb.ca

CYMBALS EAT GUITARS New York indie rockers on tour in support of their latest release, Pretty Years, with special guests Field Mouse and Wildhoney. 8pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $13 at TicketWeb.ca CONJURE ONE Juno Award winner and electronic pioneer Rhys Fulber of FLA and Delerium, brings his solo project to town with special guest Actors. 7:30pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $18.50+ at Red Cat, Highlife, Zulu and TicketFly.com

THEATRE/DANCE THE FLAME Vancouver’s wildly popular True Storytelling series comes to the theatre for an unforgettable evening of daring, poignant and hilarious true tales told live on stage featuring the likes of Charlie Demers, Tara Jean Stevens, JJ Lee, Grant Lawrence and others. 7pm at York Theatre. Tickets at Tickets. TheCultch.com DEN OF THIEVES Pulitizer Prize winning playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis comes to Vancouver for the first time with this comedy, set in ‘90s New York City, that tells the story of Maggie, a kleptomaniac who is two weeks into a 12-step program when she steals again. 8pm at Studio 16. Tickets at BrownPaperTickets. com. Runs until Oct. 8. MOTHERLOAD Returning after a wildly successful 2015 run, this intimate account of parenting in the modern age features four prominent Canadian theatre artists and mothers baring their personal stories about what motherhood means. 8pm at Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch. com. Runs until Oct. 15.

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TOKYO POLICE CLUB Indie rockers from Newmarket, Ontario, hit the road in support of their latest two-part EP with special guests Born Ruffians and The Elwins. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $26.50+ at Ticketmaster.ca THE MUSIC OF DAVID BOWIE Come on a symphonic odyssey as the genius of the legendary musician and epic storyteller is performed as never before, live with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra accompanied by vocalist Tony Vincent and led by conductor Brent Havens. 8pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets at VancouverSymphony.ca

THEATRE/DANCE STRANGER TO HARD WORK BY CATHY JONES Canadian cultural icon, comedienne and one of the funniest women on television returns to the stage in her third one-woman show sharing her unique perspective on topics as varied as food, money, and the troublesome people in her life in a thought provoking look at what she’s learned in life so far. 8pm at Firehall Arts Centre. Tickets at FirehallArtsCentre.ca. Runs until Oct. 8. A GOOD WAY OUT A world premiere work, this fierce and compelling look into the precarious world of crime and compromise is the story of Joey, a hardworking mechanic who operates as the front man of a biker gang that he joined for protection. 8pm at Pacific Theatre. Tickets at PacificTheatre. org. Runs until Oct. 15.

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DANNY BROWN Hip-hop recording artist from Detroit, Michigan plays tunes from his fourth studio album, Atrocity Exhibition, with special guests Maxo Kream and Zelooperz. 8pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $42.50 at TicketFly.com SEVEN LIONS American record producer, remixer, instrumentalist and DJ from Santa Barbara appears in support of Creation on The Journey Tour. 9pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $30 at Ticketmaster.ca

COMEDY MATT BILLON With appearances on Just For Laughs, Much Music’s Video on Trial and The Debaters, this Vancouver comic headlines three consecutive nights with opening sets from Bryan O’Gorman and Adam Pateman. 8:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com

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THEATRE/DANCE FLARE PATH Set in a hotel near a RAF Bomber Command airbase during WWII, this moving and wonderfully funny tribute to the collective spirit of wartime bombers and their partners is a deeply moving portrait of people at war. 8pm at Jericho Arts Centre. Tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com

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Rob, you’ve probably tried his homebrew, or at least listened to him talk about it to no end. To mark the occasion, and to kick off BC Craft Beer Month, I’ve compiled this list of what I think are the 10 best breweries operating in BC right now. This list is not meant to discredit or discount the dozens of other breweries doing excellent work, nor can it take into account the dozen others

that have recently opened or will open over the next six months. Instead, these are 10 breweries that I’ve connected with on a visceral, emotional and fundamentally human level. The people behind these breweries hit all the stops, with lively tasting rooms, innovative branding and design, friendly and approachable staff, and a commitment to authentic creative expression through craft brewing. Above all, the brewers here make the best beer in the province, no question.

10. DRIFTWOOD BREWING

I’ve heard people say Driftwood’s not as “relevant” as they were ﬁve or six years ago, but who cares about that? Reliability and quality are far more important, and Driftwood consistently delivers on both counts. Their core beers are all must-haves, with a roster of seasonal releases that are just as good.

9. PARALLEL 49 BREWING

P49 catches so much shit. Or they did anyway, after a period of rapid growth and tap-line domination. All that negativity has dissipated though, it seems, along with the excessive hype surrounding the brewery. And now we can gaze upon P49 for what it truly is – an inventive brewery with a dependable lineup of core beers, bat-shit marketing and a predictably unpredictable roster of small batch and one-off releases.

8. RED COLLAR BREWING

Kamloop’s only craft brewery (unless you count Noble Pig Brewpub) isn’t as well known as it should be. It’s a shame – the quality, versatility and overall awesomeness of David Beardsell’s beers demand appraisal by the province at large.

7. CATEGORY 12 BREWING

More than any other brewery on this list, C12 feels the most like a family business. It’s charming as all heck. Its output is also wildly creative, from the spirited branding right down to the innovative, impeccable recipes of science-nerd brewmaster/cofounder Mike Kuzyk.

6. STEEL & OAK BREWING

Steel & Oak does everything right. The beer’s consistent, tasty and approachable. The aesthetic is dialed in – the merch is beautiful. The tasting room has the homespun community feel that a business can’t really manufacture. It’s born out of something honest. S&O is a ﬁne example of what happens when a small group of creative, determined and sensible millennials start a business. Am I saying that S&O is a voice of a generation? Sure. I’ll say that.

5. TOWNSITE BREWING

Not only has Townsite spearheaded a small-business renaissance in Powell River, it’s done so by releasing one classic beer after another. Even if you don’t like the taste of it, you’d be hardpressed to argue that it’s poorly executed. Our only complaint is that its one-offs aren’t frequent enough.

4. 33 ACRES BREWING

We’ll admit it: We’re not big fans of 33A’s tasting room. I know, I know, it’s beautifully designed and super popular, etc. But that’s part of our problem with it – it’s usually packed and feels more than any other brewery I’ve visited like a “scene.” But that’s also what makes it such a special place in Vancouver – there’s a community of people that have rallied around that space. That’s an impressive feat, though not exactly surprising, since the

beer has improved without bounds, annihilating any notions that 33A might be all style and no substance. You don’t land World Beer Awards without having some idea how to make great beer.

3. BRASSNECK BREWERY

Brassneck is the don of BC breweries. It’s not the oldest, or the most popular country-wide, but there’s something about it…it’s a room and aesthetic that exudes a special kind of beery wisdom, an East Van cool and charm. Nigel Springthorpe and Conrad Gmoser together have set the standard for what a Canadian brewery and tasting room should be. They’re gracious hosts and purveyors of some of the ﬁnest and most varied selection of beers around.

2. STRANGE FELLOWS BREWING

Strange Fellows has everything going for it – great branding, lively tasting room, friendly staff – but Iain Hill is the not-so-secret weapon. He’s been brewing a long time, and, with that experience, he’s created a lineup of inventive beers that’s slightly off-style enough to keep beer geeks the world over compelled, while tasty enough to make regular customers out of moderate beer drinkers. That’s no small feat.

1. FOUR WINDS

You don’t win Canadian Brewery of the Year for nothing. Four Winds is the Radiohead of BC breweries – a critical and consumer favourite that’s consistently exceeding expectations with new releases that are known to cause some level of hysteria among its fans. And, not gonna lie, the tasting room has the best chicken taco in the Lower Mainland. Trust. 9 .P :)?<?S; R/ -P> CEJ 3)F:S; /P7<;= L?: R? #QP3 PQ Twitter @TheGrowlerBC W

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Holt Renfrew has officially opened Holt’s Café, its new in-store restaurant. Open the same hours as the store, the chic restaurant space will offer an all-day West Coast-influenced menu, as well as weekend brunch and afternoon tea. It’s fully licensed, so cocktails while shoe shopping is now a reality. HoltRenfrew.com A centuries-old candy concept has arrived in Gastown at 49 West Hastings. Wishing Treats Caramel Studio offers organic custom caramels designed with intricate messages, logos and icons running through them. Look for rock candy, lollipops and other hard candies. WishingTreats.com The Salted Vine Kitchen + Bar is now officially open in Squamish. Owners and Araxi veterans Jeff Park (executive chef) and Pat Allan (restaurant director/ sommelier) have focused on contemporary Pacific Northwest cuisine focusing on small plates. SaltedVine.ca Terry Pichor, long-time executive chef at the Relais & Chateaux Sonora Resort, is taking over the kitchen at the famed Villa Eyrie Resort on Vancouver Island. Pichor’s long-time executive sous chef at Sonora, Lukas Gurtner, has been promoted to executive chef. SonoraResort.com Fancy a bowl of cereal? On Oct. 1 and 2, Crunchtime Cereal Bar, a new pop-up, is coming to Gastown. Serving local and select imported cereals, you can get a bowl with milk for $5 or else substitute with almond, soy or chocolate milk for an addition $0.75. All proceeds from the pop-up will go to Backpack Buddies, a local non-profit that helps feed kids during nonschool hours. CrunchtimeCerealBar.com

Bistro Wagon Rouge will be hosting a major “Block Party” Monday, Oct. 3 at 7:30pm. East Van chefs from Bistro Wagon Rouge, Campagnolo ROMA, Houndstooth, Merchant’s Oyster Bar and The Red Wagon are collaborating with their neighbours The Pie Shoppe, Coal Harbour Brewing, Doan’s Craft Brewing, Powell Street Craft Brewery and Odd Society Spirits to prepare a six-course dinner party for 35 lucky guests in support of Backpack Buddies. This local charity is dedicated to filling the weekend hunger gap for children in food insecure households in Metro Vancouver. The menu includes oyster amuse-bouche; root vegetable, pistachio and apple salad; mackerel; gnocchi with foraged finds; beef tartare; cold smoked lingcod; and a pumpkin tart from the Pie Shoppe to finish. Tickets $75 (inclusive of dinner and drinks) and can be purchased by calling 604-251-4070 or emailing bistrowagonrouge@ gmail.com. BistroWagonRouge.com La Pentola has launched new fall menus to coincide with its refreshed room. Chef Travis McCord will continue his popular Alla Famiglia menus of five($55) or seven-course ($65) family-style dinners. On the regular menu, look for vitello tonnato and Parmesan soufflé, housemade papardelle with local roasted porcini and pork sausage, and more. There is also a new happyhour menu available from 9pm until late, featuring $6 Negronis, $5 glasses of wine, $4 local craft beers and $5 bites. LaPentola.ca As part of the Eat! Vancouver festival, executive chef Quang Dang of West Restaurant will be hosting a special dinner on Oct. 5 with executive chef Nick Liu of Toronto’s DaiLo restaurant. The two chefs will combine their culinary roots – Viet-

namese and Chinese, respectively – for this one night. Tickets for this multi-course dinner are $135 and include wine pairings. Eat-Vancouver.com On Oct. 6, Salmon House on the Hill restaurant in West Vancouver will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a special Burrowing Owl wine dinner. The six-course dinner includes lobster tail, pan-seared togarashi duck breast, beef medallions, grilled lamb loin,

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When Ben Ratner talks about what drew him to boxing in the first place, there’s little mention of the physicality of the sport: the punches and the gloves; the sweat and the blood; the adrenaline and the crowd and the sound of a body hitting the mat. Instead, Ratner – writer, director, and star of Ganjy, a short film about an exboxer fighting dementia pugilistica – speaks about boxing as something spiritual, soul-stirring, and transformative. “Boxing is a culture,” says Ratner during a recent interview with Ganjy costar and former competitive boxer Aleks Paunovic

(Numb) and Reel People. “It’s not a sport. Boxing is like jazz. Jazz isn’t a type of music. Jazz is a culture, so boxing, if you feel it in your soul, it never really leaves you.” Ganjy premieres on Oct. 2 as part of the 35th Vancouver International Film Festival. Ratner stars in the title role, and local actors Paunovic, Zak Santiago (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency), and Donny Lucas (Wayward Pines) portray Ganjy’s boxing friends who reunite after many years to talk him out of a bug-infested motel room and into a nursing home. For Ratner, who directed 2013’s Leo Award-winning feature Down River, Ganjy is something he’s been preparing for since he was a 10-year-old kid living in Kitsilano and riding a bus across town to train with the seasoned pros at Hastings Community Centre. Ratner’s boxing career ended at the 1982 Canadian Junior Championships, but boxing never left him. Ratner says he was motivated to write Ganjy for a number of reasons, not the least of

Local actors and real-life former boxers Aleks Paunovic (left) and Ben Ratner (right) star in Ganjy, about an ex-boxer struggling with dementia. The film, which was written and directed by Ratner, premeires at the Vancouver International Film Festival on Oct. 2. Jeff Weddell photo which is “feeling like Ganjy, and feeling like I need to prove that I’ve got a lot of ﬁght in me, and I need to take control of my life, and do something great.” As far as moments go,

Ganjy is right up there with another singular moment, or rather, an evening of singular moments: when Paunovic and Ratner met their idol, the late boxing legend Muhammad Ali.

In 2009, the longtime friends wrangled jobs backstage at a fundraising event where they spent a few hours looking after Ali and his entourage. This time with Ali – which was

captured in a photo that is central to Ganjy – left its mark on both actors. “When you meet your hero, and your hero is so vulnerable and you actually have an opportunity to give something to them, and to help him out…” Ratner pauses. “If anybody ever told me, ‘You’re going to help Ali out one day,’ I wouldn’t have thought that possible. And it happened. We ended up being there for him at a time when we were backstage at that event – Aleks and I taking care of Ali and his very small entourage – and that’s with us in the film.” Every boxer knows a Ganjy, according to Paunovic: the fighter with the most heart who “pushes past the uncomfortable.” “In a fight process, everybody goes, ‘wow, he won’t stop, he just keeps on going,’ and when a career ends, that’s when that punishment comes back,” says Paunovic. “You feel bad that the person’s going through that, and yet, had they not boxed, we wouldn’t have had those amazing moments watching how we could push ourselves. So there’s love-hate, admiration, and sadness in there.” 9 2P< +7!! +?;:(5F! !(Q?I7>J 5(;(: ,M22HP<* W

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Edgar Oliver’s voice precedes him.The man who makes vowels sound like moss trailing from a gnarled oak tree, the man who sets a scene in such a way that his audiences sit up and shudder, is in Vancouver this week to christen the Cultch fall program with tales from his haunted, bohemian childhood in Savannah, Georgia. And while the show might be titled Helen & Edgar, after himself and his artist sister, make no mistake – like almost all of Oliver’s stories, this one is entirely about his mother, a woman so mythical and omnipotent he refers to her almost exclusively as “Mother”. “Mother was an ahhhtist,” the poet and playwright begins when reached by phone, drawing his Rs like a paddle swirling through the Chattahoochee. “For me, Helen & Edgar is a portrait of my mother [who passed away when he was 27]. To me, she’s a central character in the whole show. And I hope it’s a very lovinnnngg portrait, you know? Although it does

touch on dark things now and then,” he pauses. “Perhaps rather a lot...” In his adopted home of NewYork, Oliver is a cult figure, an East Village legend (colourfully described by some as “Steve Buscemi playing the role of John Waters” and “a Personality with a capital P”) who rose to fame on the wings of The Moth – a long-running story-sharing non-profit and podcast based in NewYork. Despite being hailed as one of America’s leading storytellers, though, Oliver admits that it didn’t come easily. “Storytelling to me is always very difficult,” he reveals. “I don’t feel like I truly have a natural flair for it. So those stories that I’ve told at The Moth have always required a lot of work. And in some ways I feel like I became a writer and a performer because I communicate so badly by speaking,” he chuckles, “that I have to try to make up for it somehow.” Everything in Oliver’s life is fodder for his stories, from the oddball neighbours in his old tenement building on East 10th Street, which inspired his sweetly sinister one-man show East 10th Street: Self Portrait With Empty House, to his teenage escape with his sister to Paris (they learned French

and then ran away, much to their mother’s dismay). With Helen & Edgar, Oliver, who gained further notoriety with appearances on the Discovery Channel’s Oddities series, has brought together stories that have been percolating since his debut at The Moth in 1998, into one grand experiment in long-form storytelling. Brought to the stage by The Moth founder George Dawes Green and artistic director Catherine Burns, who developed and directs Helen & Edgar, the show contains all the rawness and spontaneity of a night at The Moth, coupled with the most Mother-ly moments from Oliver’s life. But what would Mother think of this? Because if people are paying attention, for almost 20 years Oliver has been painting a portrait of a very private, reclusive woman. “She might be horriﬁed,” Oliver admits, the word looming like Dracula in a crypt. “I really don’t know. I think she might be horriﬁed. I worry about that a great deal,” he pauses. “But I just try to think that I’m trying to create as loving a portrait as I can.” 9 O?!?Q " 4@*F< <7Q; .?>:H A$IKB:H 'H-(B#?:; +<PR &AE F: -)?87!:B)HBPR W

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Thank you for all the entertainment you’ve provided in the past 12 months, Libra. Since shortly before your birthday in 2015, you have taken lively and gallant actions to rewrite history. You have banished a pesky demon and repaired a hole in your soul. You’ve educated the most immature part of yourself and nurtured the most neglected part of yourself. To my joyful shock, you have even worked to transform a dysfunctional romantic habit that in previous years had subtly undermined your ability to get the kind of intimacy you seek. What’s next? Here’s my guess: an unprecedented exemption from the demands of the past.

How will you deal with a provocative opportunity to reinvent and reinvigorate your approach to work? My guess is that if you ignore this challenge, it will devolve into an obstruction. If you embrace it, on the other hand, you will be led to unforeseen improvements in the way you earn money and structure your daily routine. Here’s the paradox: Being open to seemingly impractical considerations will ultimately turn out to be quite practical.

Are you able to expand while you are contracting, and vice versa? Can you shed mediocre comforts and also open your imagination to gifts that await you at the frontier? Is it possible to be skeptical toward ideas that shrink your world and people who waste your time, even as you cultivate optimism and innocence about the interesting challenges ahead of you? Here’s what I think, Scorpio: Yes, you can. At least for right now, you are more flexible and multifaceted than you might imagine.

Is it possible that you’re on the verge of reclaiming some of the innocent wisdom you had as a child? Judging from the current astrological omens, I suspect it is. If all goes well, you will soon be gifted with a long glimpse of your true destiny -- a close replica of the vision that bloomed in you at a tender age. And this will, in turn, enable you to actually see magic unicorns and play with mischievous fairies and eat clouds that dip down close to the earth. And not only that: Having a holy vision of your original self will make you even smarter than you already are. For example, you could get insights about how to express previously inexpressible parts of yourself. You might discover secrets about how to attract more of the love you have always felt deprived of.

You Sagittarians are famous for filling your cups so full they’re in danger of spilling over. Sometimes the rest of us find this kind of cute. On other occasions, we don’t enjoy getting wine splashed on our shoes. But I suspect that in the coming weeks, the consequences of your tendency to overflow will be mostly benign – perhaps even downright beneficial. So I suggest you experiment with the pleasures of surging and gushing. Have fun as you escape your niches and transcend your containers. Give yourself permission to seek adventures that might be too extravagant for polite company. Now here’s a helpful reminder from your fellow Sagittarian, poet Emily Dickinson: “You cannot fold a flood and put it in a drawer.”

I’m not asking you to tell me about the places and situations where you feel safe and fragile and timid. I want to know about where you feel safe and strong and bold. Are there sanctuaries that nurture your audacious wisdom? Are there natural sites that tease out your primal willpower and help you clarify your goals? Go to those power spots. Allow them to exalt you with their transformative blessings. Pray and sing and dance there. And maybe find a new oasis to excite and incite you, as well. Your creative savvy will bloom in November if you nurture yourself now with this magic.

I believe that during the coming weeks you will have an extra amount of freedom from fate. The daily grind won’t be able to grind you down. The influences that typically tend to sap your joie de vivre will leave you in peace. Are you ready to take full advantage of this special dispensation? Please say: YES, YES, A THOUSAND TIMES YES. Be alert for opportunities to rise above the lowest common denominators. Be aggressive about rejecting the trivial questions that trap everyone in low expectations. Here are my predictions: Your willpower will consistently trump your conditioning. You won’t have to play by the old rules, but will instead have extra sovereignty to invent the future.

One of your old reliable formulas may temporarily be useless or even deceptive. An ally could be withholding an important detail from you. Your favorite psychological crutch is in disrepair, and your go-to excuse is no longer viable. And yet I think you’re going to be just fine, Leo. Plan B will probably work better than Plan A. Secondary sources and substitutes should provide you with all the leverage you need. And I bet you will finally capitalize on an advantage that you have previously neglected. For best results, be vigilant for unexpected help.

According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you can expect an unlikely coincidence or two in the coming days. You should also be alert for helpfully prophetic dreams, clear telepathic messages, and pokes from tricky informers. In fact, I suspect that useful hints and clues will be swirling in extra abundance, sometimes in the form of direct communications from reliable sources, but on occasion as mysterious signals from strange angels.

Attention! Warning! One of your signature fears is losing its chokehold on your imagination. If this trend continues, its power to scare you may diminish more than 70 percent by November 1. And then what will you do? How can you continue to plug away at your goals if you don’t have worry and angst and dread to motivate you? I suppose you could shop around for a replacement fear – a new prod to keep you on the true and righteous path. But you might also want to consider an alternative: the possibility of drawing more of the energy you need by feeding your lust for life.

You know that inner work you’ve been doing with such diligence? I’m referring to those psycho-spiritual transformations you have been attending to in the dark… the challenging but oddly gratifying negotiations you’ve been carrying on with your secret self… the steady, strong future you’ve been struggling to forge out of the chaos? Well, I foresee you making a big breakthrough in the coming weeks. The progress you’ve been earning, which up until now has been mostly invisible to others, will finally be seen and appreciated. The vows you uttered so long ago will, at last, yield at least some of the tangible results you’ve pined for.

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