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CITY SHOULDN’T POINT FINGER

Re: Homeless count falls short, March 26, 2015. Mayor Moonbeam like those that preceded him fell short of his goal to end street homelessness for much the same reason as they did. He laid the responsibility on the provincial and federal governments and sat around bitching and complaining they did nothing. In my lengthy lifetime I have yet to see anything accomplished by waiting around for someone else to do it. –Donald G. MacKay

THERE’S NO SECRET TO GOOD HEALTH

I see that the long standing nutrition store at the corner of Robson and Bute is slated to close its doors soon. A note attached to the window announces the closing and that it was due to a lack of customer support. Sad...Well maybe it is just that people are ﬁnding out that a healthy diet and lifestyle has nothing to do with popping vitamins and supplements. If you lift weights or do long distance cycling, you

don’t need a tub of egg white powder. Detoxing has been debunked as nonsense and if you eat a relatively healthy diet then vitamins are superﬂuous and akin to pouring water into already full bucket. In other words: a waste of money. I think this rant has become a rave and people are hopefully starting to see through this craze and put it in the scrap heap of nonsense consumer goods. Good job West End! –Brett

SELL OFF TRANSLINK

Sadly, current TransLink ﬁscal problems are not going to be solved with 0.5 per cent or even a 2.0 per cent sales tax increase. I see no option other than voting NO. Maybe we should look at different solutions. One option might be to sell the TransLink system to an offshore soverign wealth fund (in Dubai or the Gulf area) and lease it back. Under a professional, motivated owner, revenues could be creatively increased, fare loss problems could be addressed and costs could be put under control.

Currently, taxpayers are paying close to a 40 per cent premium – over comparable private sector wages/pensions – for TransLink labour services. A new owner may be able to turn this around, and save tens of millions of dollars, while hiring more people at market rates. There are solutions out there for TransLink’s broken ﬁscal management but raising sales taxes and throwing more money at a broken system is not the answer. –Grant Mclaren

TRASH THE TOTEM?

We asked our Twitter followers what they thought of Marcus Bowcott’s Trans Am Totem sculpture in False Creek: @susanmcewan: Try living across the street from it. It’s practically in my living room. #TakeDownTheTotem #TrashTotem @allan_regan: Very cool, I like it @stirls: @WestenderVan it UGLY! Now I look out my living room window everyday & see a scrap heap of old cars - should have planted a tree instead! W

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Cool dudes like What’s Up? Hot Dog! owner Matt Hagarty (on right) are helping Vancouver shed its “No-Fun City” image.

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When I was a kid, my favourite food counter was Wizzy Woozle. Ever heard of it? It was a tiny, weird little joint tucked into the upper level of the Park Royal Mall in West Vancouver.The only items Wizzy Woozle sold were hot dogs and chocolate malts. Wizzy Woozle is long gone, and I feel like I’ve been on the hunt for a great hot dog ever since. When I was a teenager, I formed a garage punk band called The Smugglers. I was the lead “singer” of that band for many years, touring endlessly in a beat up van.The Smugglers are long gone, but I’ve missed those days ever since, too. As if personally catering to my nostalgic cravings, a very new and very cool diner called What’s Up? Hot Dog! opened up with a blast last week in Hastings-Sunrise. Guess what they specialize in? Would you believe me if I said exactly this: hot dogs and punk rock?! It’s true! Located at 2481 East Hastings near Nanaimo,What’s Up? Hot Dog! joins a row of other ﬁne, independently owned establishments like the East Café, Horses Records, Black Rook Bakery, Roundel Café, and the Brighton Pub, on what is very quickly becoming one of the coolest and most vibrant city blocks in Vancouver. What’s Up? Hot Dog! is owned and operated by the friendly husband and wife team of Matt and Jenna Hagarty. Both are musicians: Matt has played in local bands like The Jolts and The Isotopes, while Matt and Jenna together have a band called Tender Hearts. Matt came up with the concept for What’s Up? Hot Dog! when he simply couldn’t ﬁnd a hot dog good enough to suite his

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tastes in Vancouver, or even a cool place to just hang out, so he and his wife built their own. They found their choice Hastings-Sunrise location by wandering around the area that they most wanted to open a business. A long-running café called Master Chef had recently closed and Matt and Jenna happened to be at the right place at the right time (they apparently signed the lease in the nick of time, too: according to a reliable source, the now-legendary Tacoﬁno was very close to landing the exact location of What’s Up? Hot Dog! for a second “spill-over” joint for their hugely popular commissary a block down, and were disappointed they didn’t get it). Matt and Jenna’s reverence for the history of Vancouver punk is obvious, appreciated, and on display throughout their clean and colourful shop. On the walls above each vintage booth is a tidy collection of framed gig posters and photos from Vancouver’s punk past through the generations:The Subhumans, The New Town Animals,The Evaporators, and, yes – full disclosure – even The Smugglers. Good rock ‘n’ roll blasts at healthy levels from the speakers while you chomp down on their gourmet dogs. For leisure activity, there’s a pinball machine, a video arcade game, a jukebox, and movie screen that shows live baseball games. Beer is coming soon. As I sank my teeth into a scrumptious Holy Moley (a massive, Mexican-style dog topped with chicken and spicy toppings that are all made in-house), “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker” by The Ramones pumped out of the speakers, one of my all-time favourite songs.Wiping the chocolate mole off of my chin with a wide smile, I realized with deep nostalgic thanks that I really did feel like that hot dogs-and-punk rock loving kid all over again. W

A 140-unit social housing tower built for homeless people with mental health and addictions issues that opened downtown on Burrard Street last May has avoided becoming another example of a problem building for police and emergency personnel. Unlike the 147-unit Marguerite Ford housing project on the edge of the former Olympic Village, which generated 729 police calls in its first 16 months of operation and included regular visits from paramedics and firefighters, the Kettle at 1134 Burrard required police to respond 150 times from June 2014 to present. “We’re down to the average [police calls] for any building this size, so that is really good news,” said Nancy Keough, executive director of the Kettle Friendship Society, which manages the $32-million complex built with money from the provincial government on $4.7 million worth of city land. Keough said the society had the advantage of learning what worked and didn’t at other buildings opened under the partnership between the province and city, which has led to 12 of 14 city properties developed for social housing. The Kettle set up an advisory committee that includes police and community members, installed an effective security system, ensured access to adequate health services and staff took its time in choosing the right mix of tenants, including 53-year-old Ralph Guitard, who spoke to the Courier after a ceremony Tuesday to officially open the 16-storey highrise. “There’s been issues but all in all it’s a pretty well maintained building – they don’t take any crap here,” said Guitard, who pays $420 per month for a 350-square-foot self-contained apartment, which includes cable and Internet. “I messed up once since I’ve been here and got banned from using the [community space]. It made me sit and realize how important that space is

ICONIC GASTOWN SHOPKEEPER DROWNS SAVING WIFE

The body of iconic Gastown shopowner Everett McGowin was recovered Monday morning near the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal after the 74-year-old dove into the Fraser River Sunday night to save his wife from drowning. McGowin was the owner and operator of the OK Boot

Kettle tenant Ralph Guitard spoke at a ceremony Tuesday to officially open the 140-unit social housing building downtown on Burrard Street. Mike Howell photo to me while I’m living here.” Guitard, who was homeless for several years and says he has kicked a cocaine habit, said having a place to live has given him some stability and access to a doctor for his hepatitis C treatment. Guitard noted having St. Paul’s Hospital across the street is also convenient for tenants. “This building has turned my life around, it’s given me hope,” he said during the ceremony, which was attended by Vision Coun. Kerry Jang, who said he hasn’t received any complaints about the building that is also home to DirectionsYouth Services Centre, which serves homeless people between 13 and 24 years old. When the Marguerite Ford Apartments at 219 West 2nd opened in May 2013, it didn’t have a proper security system in place and was designed where tenants could exit out a back door into an alley that bordered a condominium complex, where neighbours complained of people injecting drugs, loitering on their property and tossing furniture from windows. Police calls to the building involved ﬁghts, drugs, weapons, threats, break-ins, stolen

property, frauds, suicide attempts, domestic disputes, missing persons, abandoned 911 calls and assisting paramedics and firefighters. The 150 police calls to the Kettle since June 2014 included emergencies, medical calls and follow-ups to investigations, said Const. Brian Montague, a media liaison officer for the Vancouver Police Department. “When you look at the number of units there and the individuals they are housing and compare it to buildings that have been deemed what some have called a problem premise ... the number [of calls] isn’t all that big,” Montague said. Rob Turnbull, president and CEO of the Streetohome Foundation, which donated more than $2.8 million to the Kettle project, said he was glad to hear the building was meeting its mandate of providing housing and services for tenants who were previously homeless or at risk of being on the street – without causing problems for police and the neighbourhood. Turnbull credited the use of what’s called “the vulnerability assessment tool,” which provides the city,

Corral at 205 Carrall for more than 30 years. The search and rescue effort was launched at around 9:30pm Sunday after McGowin jumped into the river to save his wife Linda, who had fallen from the couple’s boat, which was moored to their ﬂoat home in Ladner. She was able to hang on and was pulled out of the water by neighbours, who heard her calls for help,

but McGowin was swept down the river.The Coast Guard was called in at around 10pm and sent out a hovercraft, as well as crews from Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue stations in Delta and Steveston. The Coast Guard found McGowin’s body near the ferry terminal at around 11:30am Monday morning. Linda McGowin remains in hospital. –Files from Delta Optimist

non-proﬁts and BC Housing with a detailed method of selecting tenants for housing and determining whether a building is equipped to manage a person’s mental health and addictions issues. Seattle’s Downtown Emergency Service Center developed the tool. The city applied this method retroactively to the Marguerite Ford building and discovered many tenants didn’t have the mental health support they needed. “There are so many lessons we have learned with Marguerite Ford, and the Kettle has been able to capitalize on those,” said Turnbull, noting the tool calls for relationships with prospective tenants to be built with management before moving into a building. Meanwhile, the Marguerite Ford building has generated 193 police calls since September 2014 to present, according to police. Management upgraded security, made some design changes to avoid tenants directly accessing the alley, added more staff, relocated some tenants, formed a committee with neighbours and arranged more visits from health care workers. –Courtesy ofVancouver Courier

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Flashbacks that keep looping in an endless parade of memories best forgotten. Paralyzing anxiety.The black cloud of depression that leads to suicidal thoughts, self-medicating behaviour, family strife, feelings of helplessness and isolation. Death, at the extreme. Post-traumatic stress disorder is a devastating affliction that, left untreated, can have tragic results. PTSD is much on the minds of firefighters throug hout the Lower Mainland. On March 30, a funeral was held for a Surrey firefighter who had suffered from PTSD. It is estimated that more than 30 per cent of firefighters – as opposed to eight per cent of the general public – have PTSD, something that, until recently, they have not liked to talk about. “In the fire service, we’re ‘manly men’ and ‘tough women’ and we largely keep our feelings inside,” says Vancouver firefighter Nils Gorseth, the executive director of the Vancouver Firefighters’ Charitable Society. “We have thought we’re not the ones who need help; we’re the ones who help other people.” Helping people exposes all first responders – firefighters, police and paramedics – to horrific experiences. While others can look away, they’re the ones who retrieve the bodies from burned-out buildings, extricate people from mangled cars and respond to suicides, murders and domestic abuse calls. Sometimes it’s not the actual event they have trouble coping with; it’s the cumulative after-effect of dealing with so much tragedy. But, as overwhelming as the symptoms feel, there is a cure. “The real tragedy is that we are not reaching everyone who would benefit from the treatments that work,” says Dr. Christine Korol, a Vancouver psychologist who’s spearheading an innovative project that will make a proven PTSD therapy program easily accessible online. “Not everyone [who has suffered a trauma] goes on to have PTSD,” says Dr. Korol. “Many recover from a single event spontaneously. However, the more events you have in your life – and first responders see trauma after trauma – the risk of getting PTSD increases. Eventually, anyone is vulnerable.” Gorseth’s organization is supporting Dr. Korol’s efforts to make PTSD therapy

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One of the tragedies of PTSD is that there are ways to cure it. Dr. Christine Korol is working on a cognitive behaviour therapy program that will be easily accessible online. Rob Newell photo available to first responders across the province. The Kelty Online Therapy Service at Vancouver Coastal Health is named in honour of the project’s founding donor, the Kelty Patrick Dennehy Foundation, which has raised $7 million for mental health projects since the Vancouver teenager took his own life in 2001. It will use video, animation, and interactive tools that anyone can access at any time, choosing from topics such as depression, anxiety, pain, grief, panic, insomnia and addiction. When there’s a referral from a doctor, psychologist or therapist, they also get the support of a certified psychotherapist. “Self-help is like trying to learn judo from a book,” Dr. Korol says of the program’s prime effectiveness when a therapist is involved. “The therapist guides you through it.” The Kelty service is based on a cognitive behaviour treatment program that has an 87 per cent success rate in helping people recover from PTSD. It will cost $70,000 to get the program up and running; additional funding will be necessary to ensure that there are enough therapists available for everyone who is referred to higher care through the program. Currently, no funding is in place for a first responderspecific PTSD module with focused content, important because of the intensity of their experiences. Colin Thompson is a retired Vancouver firefighter. Last September, while attending the Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Colorado Springs as part of the Vancouver firefighter union’s honour guard, he vowed to do something to make sure that every first responder can get the counselling he or she needs. This August, he’s going to ride his bike the 2,000 kilometres from Vancouver to the Colorado memorial in hopes of raising at least $10,000 for the Kelty project’s PTSD module. (In the first 24 hours, it garnered

more than $1,600 in donations.) “Fortunately, at this point in my life I seem to have dealt [with stress] okay but I’ve worked with others who were not so lucky,” he says. “Where do we go when we need help? Who do we reach for and what services are available for us?” That’s the $70,000 question. While peer-based critical incident stress management programs exist to attempt to defuse critical incident stressors before they lead to PTSD, this amounts to necessary “first-aid” for mental trauma, says Gorseth. “Surgery”, analogous to professional ongoing care provided by mental health professionals, is elusive. There is a solution in the Kelty PTSD Program. Gorseth thinks first responders will respond to Dr. Korol’s approach for five reasons: it can be customized to address first responders’ unique experiences; initially, it can be done remotely from home or work; it’s private, which may help to drive participation from the stoic first responder community, and; first responders, who often work five days on, three days off, can fit it around their timetables. The VFCS is committing itself to supporting the Kelty program to help all first responders in BC, not just firefighters. “We are all in this together. Police, fire, ambulance – it makes no difference; we are a unique family, bound by our shared experiences,” says Gorseth. Tax-deductible donations to Thompson’s FundAid campaign will flow directly to the VFCS’s commitment to supporting PTSD treatment. Donations can be made at FundAid.ca/PTSDfireride. W

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FASHION Ingledew’s celebrates 100 years of perfect fits KELSEY KLASSEN @kelseyklassen

Vancouver-based shoe retailer Ingledew’s celebrated its 100th anniversary last month with the grand opening of its new flagship store at 900 West Hastings. The new store, a bright, white update to the old Chanel location, will carry Ingledew’s premium selection of shoes like Stuart Weitzman, Ecco and more, along with its long-standing in-house label. Over the past 100 years, the family-owned and -operated company has grown from one store on Granville Street to six throughout the province, and seen their buildings occasionally swallowed up by retail giants Hudson’s Bay and Pacific Centre as they, too, expanded. Bill Ingledew, CEO and grandson of founder William Ingledew, says that while his grandfather had no prior fashion or retail experience when he came out west in 1899 (his life until then was mainly centred around fishing on Lake Ontario), he believed in three pillars that the company still abides by today: First, provide relevant, contemporary fashion. “We don’t carry Jimmy Choo, Prada, a lot of these ultra-expensive lines of shoes,” says Bill, “simply because they really aren’t relevant to the majority of our market.” Second, ensure that each shoe is of the best quality for its price point, be it a $50 sandal or a $500 boot. And third (and the tenet Bill says has been most important to their success), is a commitment to finding each customer’s perfect fit. “Everybody’s feet are different, everybody has feet that don’t match,” explains Bill, “so we spend a lot of time measuring both feet and making sure that whatever the customer selects, we offer them the best possible fit in that style.” Along with the opening of their new flagship, Ingledew’s will also be launching their official online store later this year. Once you’ve been by the store to get properly sized, you’ll be able to find the same extensive selection of widths and styles online.

Third-generation CEO Bill Ingledew circa the early 1970s. Contributed photo Bill, who was among a handful of trendsetting Vancouver retailers who started scouting fashion in Europe in the ‘70s, has seen many fashion fads come and go in his four decades as CEO, but one thing that has remained the same is Vancouver’s %5#?>0=75# sense of fashion. “One of the real challenges,” says Bill with a smile, “is that something over there that inspired me... when I brought it home with me it completely died because our market is not Milan.We’re not Paris.We’re not Barcelona. So I learned at a very early age that it’s not about finding the latest and greatest fashion that’s over there, it’s finding the thing that’s most relevant to our market here.” Bill says he started like all Ingledews before him – on the floor helping customers. And he still wakes up every day at 3:30am to take the West Coast Express into Vancouver from his home in Mission. Sadly, he says he will be the last Ingledew involved in the business (his daughter Pascale was with the company for 24 years, but left to pursue a teaching career). However, he has had time to plan for the future, and has brought on partner Pierre LeFebvre – the son of a shoe agent they have used for many years in Italy – to take over when he retires. Which can only mean good news for the many multigenerational fans of the store, because if Ingledew’s knows a thing or two about anything, it’s finding the right fit. W

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@NikiMHope Shannon Wilson and her stepson JJ Wilson launched tech-enhanced Kit and Ace clothing last year to ﬁll a void they saw in the market for comfortable luxury. Shannon, who is married to JJ’s dad, lululemon founder Chip Wilson, talks about their emerging line that seems poised for global success. What is your long-term vision for Kit and Ace? Kit and Ace is a can’tmiss company in an age of technical apparel and wearable devices. We took a look at the world and our friends living these busy lives and decided that we could make luxury clothing functional. We wanted to elevate luxury fabrics by applying technical and functional attributes such as the ability to wash cashmere interlace, or for

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the number of Choices Markets in the Lower Mainland to eight.

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There will soon be a Choices grocery store on The Drive in East Vancouver. The locally-owned grocer bought Drive Organics, which was owned by an American company, on

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Commercial Drive earlier this year and plans to rebrand the store as a Choices Markets location within a couple of months. The latest addition brings

Gastown boutique One of a Few is among the more than 120 boutiques, along with 500 designers, featured on Garmentory, an online store. The foundation of Garmentory ﬁlls the gap between Shoptiques and Farfetch. Fashion lines Ace

luxury clothing to have added stretch. We have big plans for Kit and Ace – 30 to 50 new shop launches intended before the end of 2015 – including the UK, Australia, and Japan. We will have a full line of luxury offerings available in-shop and online as of fall 2015. And we’re already seeing our boutique offerings grow from basic tees into more comprehensive attire as demand increases. How much of the brand is your personal aesthetic? JJ and I really wanted to create a brand that offered what our lifestyle demanded. Like a lot of people, we are constantly on the go and are always on the lookout for garments and fabric that suit our “full-contact lifestyle”. That’s what Kit and Ace is all about: offering luxury clothing that moves with you throughout the day. Are any of the clothes made in Vancouver? We source luxury globally and although our design process begins and ends at HQ in Vancouver, we work with the best suppliers and

& Jig, Apiece Apart, Black Crane, Creatures of Comfort, Frame Denim, Objects Without Meaning, Rachel Comey, Rag & Bone, and Strathcona Stockings (made in Roberts Creek, BC) are just a handful of the contemporary brands and emerging designers available.

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manufactures globally – from cashmere mills in Italy to goat farmers in Southeast Asia and Mongolia. How many employees does the company have? At last count we were at 380 employees. Name a Vancouver boutique, besides Kit and Ace, where you like to shop? I love to check out Bacci’s. Who is your favourite designer? A few global ones whose aesthetic I enjoy are Isabel Marant, Celine, Brunello Cucinelli, and Vince. What is your fave T-shirt from Kit and Ace? For women? Men? Right now, I love the Brighton tee for women – it has rolled sleeves and a gently curved hem with a wide scoop neck. It is also intentionally oversized and has a great layering length. For men, I love the multitonal design of the Kuper Crew, which also features our iconic darts on the back for a perfectly tailored ﬁt. What is “technical cashmere,” and what inspired

ferent Idea of Love exhibition and sale of Warhol prints is being held over for another month at 1280 Homer. The show has had nearly 30,000 visitors since it opened. The display will run until April 28.

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The fashionable duo behind the innovative vintage brand Hey Jude are hosting their spring pop-up in Gas-

your brand concept? Technical cashmere is the foundational fabric from our proprietary Qemir family. It is cashmere that has been enhanced with technical attributes and ﬁbers like elastane and viscose, so that it is easy to wear, easy to care for and retains its shape throughout the day. We launched Qemir because we wanted to integrate technical elements with luxury fabrications, yet improve ﬂexibility and usability – but most importantly save you time and trips to the dry cleaner. Our Technical Cashmere pieces are machine-washable and tumble-dry friendly. You (a trained designer) and your stepson run the business, but does your high-profile husband, who recently quit the lululemon board, also play a role in operations? Kit and Ace is a Wilson Family Company. Chip is a valuable asset and a celebrated mentor – but he is not involved in daily operations or management of Kit and Ace.

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@Jennifer_AGCTK Whether I’m setting up a staged display suite or a personalized space for clients, the key to successful décor comes down to the details. While the hard finishes and major furnishings are obviously the statement pieces that set the tone, the smaller layered pieces are what create the real atmosphere of a room. For those who love to entertain, one of the fundamental elements not to be overlooked is the bar. With the recent growth in Vancouver’s cocktail and distillery scene, we are seeing more seized opportunities for bringing the party home, as well – more people are opting to open their doors to friends and host an evening rather than venture out. Designing a place to create and serve drinks is now at the décor forefront for any hostess with the mostest, and our local retail scene isn’t leaving us wanting more. So, this week, I’ve scouted a stellar collection of musthaves for the modern bar cart, and narrowed my top five picks for a designer’s dream entertaining set up. From vintage to fresh and forward, there are some fab finds to be had; the trick is to avoid being too matchymatchy – choose a cool mix of styles within your bar stock to keep an unpretentious yet seasoned vibe. 1. Waterford crystal whiskey tumblers glassware; available at The Cross, 1182 Homer. The true experience of any

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drink comes down to the vessel it’s served it. No matter how stellar of a bartender you may be, serving up top shelf in stemware worthy of well stock is never chic. High-class glassware not only amps up the glam for your bar cart as a visual element to your decor, but also makes a statement to your guests about your perspective on what you’re about to serve. 2. Molla Space animal shot glasses; available at Walrus Home, 3408 Cambie, $36. These double-duty creatures are guaranteed to start a convo at your bar; when not in use, they look like cool little architectural décor bits, yet ﬂip over to become your shot glasses. Post-shot, they all stand inverted on their heads to avoid spillage. I’m totally loving the ceramic and pewter ﬁnish for the wolf, bear, rhino and bull.

compromise quality are fundamental. These Cahoots syrups not only amp up the swag appeal of any bar with their chic black and white packaging, but also are a crowd pleaser with their simpliﬁed ingredients. No fuss, all the fab. Locally made, there are three ﬂavours available: lemon, hibiscus and classic. 5. Vintage decanters; available at Space Lab, 230 East Pender, $175 each.

Bring a little old-world glamour to your bar cart with these stunning 19th century crystal decanters; a rare ﬁnd to have a perfect pair, these vessels were likely originally designed to hold wine, but would be a beautiful (temporary) home for your bourbon or whiskey. I love blending vintage ﬁnds with modern elements to create a bar with personality. W Photos: 1-5, clockwise from top left.

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3. Stylized cast iron bottle openers; available at Nineteen Ten Home, 4366 Main, $12-37. With all bar components on display, even the bottle openers need to boast style. Forget the traditional top poppers, have a little fun with your tools and opt for a characterized piece. The Bavarian Beast openers from Roost are made of cast iron, and are modelled after Art Deco-era knife rests; whatever your inner animal is, there’s an option for you within this collection. 4. Cahoots simple syrup collection; available at Nineteen Ten Home, 4366 Main, $16. For the modern mixmaster, designing a drink isn’t so different than a decorator designing a space: stylish components that don’t helped or hindered your new venture? Unquestionably, it has helped. Our previous experience in technical apparel and growing an international company has provided endless learnings – from cyclical real estate patterns to consumer behavior indicators and retail industry trends – it is as a result of these lessons and growing pains we faced previously that we are able to take a new brand to the global marketplace in just one year. Do you consider your brand a competitor to lululemon? We see the two brands as complimentary to each other, with consumers using lululemon for their active engagements and changing into Kit and Ace for the rest of their day. W & 5@A ;60 .3- @! =23;A-0 ;A )/) 4;A-#*. !-32607;632?>-# =23;A@26 @! -<%-3A-0 A2 2%-6 8?=9 ) ;A (('/4-!A 1AB @6 5@A!*

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Blacktail bartender Arthur Wynne mixes up a cocktail with Odd Society Spirits’ Wallflower Gin. Odd Soceity is one of 23 micro and craft distilleries taking part in the annual BC Distilled event, April 18. Rob Newell photo

Craft spirit revolution Distilling the spirited business of artisan hooch in BC ANYA LEVYKH @foodgirlfriday

For something that seems to have been around since the dawn of civilization, spirits are a surprisingly new industry to British Columbia and, in fact, Canada. Two of the oldest craft distilleries in the country (both located in BC), Okanagan Spirits and Maple Leaf Spirits, both have been producing award-winning vodka, gin, fruit liqueurs and even absinthe for just over a decade. In the Lower Mainland, the real boom in terms of awareness began less than two years ago. “I’ve always kept an eye what’s been happening locally, but it was just over a year ago when I really started to see the uptick in local spirits, especially from places like Odd Society, Long Table and Liberty,” says Peter Van de Reep, bar manager at Campagnolo Upstairs. Media attention has certainly been a recent phenomenon, as Liberty Distillery was established in 2010. Since then, the

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number of craft distilleries in BC has more than doubled, with approximately 25 micro-distilleries now operating in the province, and more slated to open within the next two years. That change can likely be tied into the BC government’s relaxing of liquor laws back in 2013, which allowed local distilleries and breweries to have on-site tasting rooms or lounges, as well as sell their products directly to the public if they were made from 100 per cent BC agricultural ingredients. Why was this important? Distillers could avoid the fat 163 per cent mark-up charged by the BCLDB to sell spirits at their retail locations, and keep a little more money in their own pockets, meaning making a living by producing artisan spirits became just a little more viable. In case you’re confused by terms like “artisan,” “micro-distillery,” and “craft distillery,” here’s a breakdown: “Artisan” is a generic, non-licensed term that tends to refer to anyone who produces food or drink

in a non-mechanized or traditional way using highquality ingredients. “Micro-distillery” refers to a “boutique” operation that produces relatively small batches of spirits.

“Craft distillery” in BC is a government-generated designation, meaning a distillery that produces less than 50,000 litres per year, uses 100 per cent BC agricultural goods, and

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distills on site. Most of the micro-distilleries in BC have the craft designation, but a small handful do not, notable among them Long Table and Victoria Spirits. Both produce excellent handcrafted spirits, but sourcing some of their botanicals from ethical global sources, as is the case with Long Table, means they’re just shy of hitting that 100 per cent made-in-BC mark. Regardless, the plethora of locally-produced hooch is a boon for bartenders who care about the quality and provenance of their spirits. “I’m a big fan of Odd Society, love their products, love the people,” says Van de Reep as an example. “They’re producing a line of spirits that are very appealing to a bartender.” Odd Society’s East Van Vodka has become a staple at several notable bars, as has their Wallﬂower Gin and their popular Crème de Cassis. Nor are they the only popular local producer. Ampersand Distilling from Duncan has become famous for their gin, as has Urban Distilleries for their

Spirit Bear line of vodka and gin, as well as BC’s ﬁrst single-malt whiskey. Dubh Glass Distillery’s Noteworthy Gin, made from “dark water” sourced via a well on their property in Oliver and originating from glacial peaks, is another standout for its distinctive ﬂoral notes. Gillespie’s Gastown Shine Vodka from Squamish has become a local darling with both consumers and bartenders. The list goes on, as Arthur Wynne, head bartender at Blacktail, notes. “People love [the local products],” he said. “When you’re running a restaurant, especially in an area with a lot of tourists, you want to be able to promote what’s locally made, and people do ask for that. They feel good when they know they’re drinking something that was made right in their own backyard.” Nor are traditional vodkas and gins the only spirits on offer. “Victoria Spirits is making a hemp vodka,” enthuses Van de Reep. “Okanagan Spirits has one of the most diverse lines,

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From left: Long Table Distillery founder and master distiller Charles Tremewenar works the still (contributed photo); Bottling at Liberty Distillery (contributed photo); The finished product – Campagnolo barkeep Peter Van de Reep presents an un-named cocktail made with Odd Society gin, vermouth and cassis (Rob Newell photo). with their eau de vies and their absinthe.” Pemberton Distillery, a ﬁeld-to-glass operation, also makes absinthe, as well as brandies and liqueurs. Long Table produces a highly soughtafter aquavit, while Maple Leaf Spirits is famous for their fruit brandies sourced from Okanagan orchards. Wayward Distillery in the Comox Valley uses honey as the base for all of their spirits. Now in its second year, BC Distilled is once again bringing together BC’s micro-distilleries on April 18 to let both industry professionals and the public see and taste the local spirited offerings. Last year’s show introduced previously unknown producers and those whose products were still in the testing stages. This year, the event prom-

ises to be a great learning experience, as the distillers and owners are often on site with their products. “I founded BC Distilled because I ﬁrmly believe that one of the biggest challenges the industry is facing is general awareness with consumers,” says organizer Alex Hamer. “By bringing the majority of distillers in the province together for this tasting event, it brings a greater attention to the industry than any one distillery could do on its own. All of the producers beneﬁt from this attention.” Despite the fact that the number of micro-distilleries have almost doubled in the last year, Hamer believes there is still plenty of room for growth. “We have to assume there is a ceiling on the number of micro distill-

eries in the province, but I don’t think we’re there yet,” Hamer says. “Washington State, with it’s population of 7 million, has 80 distilleries, with another 40 pending. BC has a smaller population and we likely won’t follow that exact pattern, but it shows us there is still room to grow. “Personally I wouldn’t be surprised to see BC supporting 40-50 distilleries. We have the demand for it: consider BC Liquor’s $370 million in domestic spirit sales last year.” As the only event focusing exclusively on BC spirits, BC Distilled provides the best opportunity to see the quality and variety of products local distillers are bringing to the market. “Most local microdistilleries are mom-andpop operations,” explains Van de Reep. “The whole

operation might have one to four employees total, including the owner/distiller, so it’s a great opportunity to meet the makers and learn ﬁrst-hand about their operations and products.” With 11 new distillers joining the ranks this year, the line-up promises to be an exciting one. Close to 100 individual spirits

will be presented, as well as non-alcoholic producers like Walter All-Natural Craft Caesar Mix, SIP Soda, Bittered Sling Extracts, Dickie’s Ginger, and food from Forage Restaurant and the Donnelly Group. Changes in provincial liquor regulations and the event’s partnership with

Legacy Liquor means BC Distilled will be offering retail sales on site for the ﬁrst time ever. “It’s really a one-stop shop,” enthuses Van de Reep. “Even as a bartender or buyer, I can go in and try 60 to 70 spirits in one go, and decide for myself.” W

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From left: Jefferson Alvarez of Secret Location serves up haute cuisine in a suitably posh setting; The peanut butter and milk chocolate bar from Mosquito Dessert Bar features caramel popcorn, caramelized banana jam and popcorn gelato. Rob Newell photos

The evolution of dining and drinking in Gastown Anya Levykh Nosh

@FoodgirlFriday Gentriﬁcation isn’t always a bad thing. The former warehouse district that is now Yaletown has turned a oncederelict piece of land into a thriving urban waterfront neighbourhood. Gastown, formerly a tired tourist trap, has become a dining and drinking mecca that seems to see a new concept open every week. While some may complain about the number of higher-priced restaurants and retail operations, it’s good to remember that the best neighbourhoods are those that cater to a diverse range of interests and tastes. Gastown is, thank goodness,

more than just a gloriﬁed hipster ghetto, especially when it comes to food and drink. Next time you’re strolling through, consider making a pit stop at one or all of these places to celebrate just some of the delicious diversity of the cobbled heart of the city.

cooked for three days, or foie gras that is transformed into a “powder” that creams onto bread with the lightest swipe of a knife.With a front-ofhouse led by the über-talented Phillipe Reigh, Secret Location delivers an unforgettable experience every single time. SecretLocation.ca

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It’s not so secret, but it is quite stunning.The room may seem a bit posh for Gastown from the outside, but step through the doors and the warmly excellent service and outstanding food will change your mind. Executive chef Jefferson Alvarez is a modernist master who takes you on a culinary adventure with each dish. It’s not about monster ribs, here. Rather, it’s about ribs that have been slow-

Cocktails are the glue that holds a thriving nightlife together. In Gastown, there are several watering holes that keep the thirsty masses well-lubed with craft spirits, housemade bitters and tinctures, and innovative recipes.The Diamond is one such locale, and one of the earliest to appear in the revitalized neighbourhood. Head man behind the woodThor Paulson whips up Prohibition-era drinks with an easy ﬂick of the wrist, as

well as innovative “re-boots” of signature cocktails from more recent decades. Di6mond.com

$6 for a sammie, you won’t be breaking the bank while stufﬁng your face.

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What better after dinner and cocktails than late-night greasy food noshing? Enter the Lilliputian premises of Hi-Five, a tiny window on East Cordova that serves up several varieties of grilled cheese sandwiches. Operated by CorbenWinﬁeld, coowner of 6 Acres, it’s only open after 8pm,Thursday through Saturday.The limited but excellent menu features the lovely Art Basil, a heady concoction of Gruyere, fontina, honey and basil. Add bacon for $2 if you want to really live large. Mac ‘n’ cheese fans, rejoice.The 6 Acres-infused version is joined with American for an epic cheese-starch combo. And, at

Dessert can be the best part of any meal, which is why I often choose to start with it. Executive chef/pastry mistress Julianne Hansen is a protegée of Bearfoot Bistro’s Dominic Fortin, as well as being a master pastry chef in her own right. Desserts are decadent and imaginative, like the pecan gianduja with cassis foam, dehydrated pecan sponge, pear gel and pear sorbet. There are even a few non-dessert items for those who just can’t bring themselves to eat dessert on an empty stomach (who are these people?). Pair with a champagne cocktail from the

Farm-to-fork has never had it this good. Executive chef Geoff Rogers sings the sustainable song well, but never sacriﬁces ﬂavour and comfort at the locavore altar. Farmcrest Farms chicken with corn pudding, mushrooms and carrots is one of the few chicken dishes in the city I will order regularly. It’s a menu, and room, that speaks to an enlightened take on sustainable dining – one that puts you at ease and satiates both conscience and palate. Pair your food with a cocktail from the legendary Arthur Wynne, and, if you enjoy experimenting, go off-menu for bartender’s choice. Blacktail.ca

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Tacofino founders Kaeli Robinsong and Jason Sussman brought their deliciousness to Gastown earlier this year with the opening of their Blood Alley location. Rob Newell photo

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Sometimes, the carnivore inside of me comes out with claws extended.When that happens, the only choice is the elegant meat-ﬁlled debauchery of Wildebeest. Executive chef WesleyYoung champions whole-animal cookery and is deeply involved with local farmers in the raising of healthy, happy animals.The crispy pork schnitzel snack is a favourite, as are the roasted veal sweetbreads, but dishes like the seared venison and Cornish game hen that truly make for the memorable experience. Feeling particularly gluttonous? Order the whole roast duck with butter-braised kolrabi and go to town. (Okay, maybe share with one or two others.) Wildebeest.ca

BAO DOWN

One of the newest – and smallest – openings on this list, this little sandwich shop took over the old Lily Mae’s space and transformed it into a steamed bun temple of deliciousness. It’s hard to argue with $5 sandwiches, and choices like the pork two ways, with crispy skin pork belly and braised with star anise and ginger are never wrong. Not feeling the steamy love? No worries, other sammies are here, such as the grilled cheese with kimchi and miso mayo, or the wagyu beef dip with pho broth and hoisin glaze. Open from 11am until late, Bao Down is perfect for a quick grab ‘n’ go, or a late-night nosh. BaoDown.Ninja

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This one didn’t originate in Gastown, but it’s definitely made its presence felt in the few short months it opened. The Baja-style soft tacos that gained fame at the original Tofino location have spread across the city like a tidal wave. The new Gastown location has become the flagship, and with it has come an expanded menu, new cocktails, and a fantastic burrito bar that serves up massive rolled meals with aplomb and lightning speed. Don’t miss the salmon ceviche and corn fritters while you’re stocking up octopus tostadas and lamb tacos, and make sure to come back as soon as the outdoor patio is up and runnning. Tacofino.com W

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Gastown’s best dishes Mijune Pak Follow Me Foodie

@FollowMeFoodie What’s happening in Gastown? More like what’s not happening in Gastown! Its Vancouver’s hot spot for arguably the last ﬁve years and it still hasn’t lost its hip factor. The neighbourhood is full of cafés, sandwich shops, long standing casual eateries and pubs, but in the last few years, there’s also been an increase of notable upscale restaurants. I have no problem committing to one restaurant, but it’s also a great area to restaurant or bar hop. These are not necessarily “the best dishes” or in any particular order, but to get you started, here are 10 things you should try in Gastown. The Pourhouse Burger at Pourhouse It’s in my top three favourite burgers in the city. Good quality beef served medium rare, cheese, and bread – simple

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and damn delicious. Don’t forget to start off with scotch eggs, Devils on Horseback and chicken liver toast.

The Porchetta Sandwich at Meat & Bread It’s an obvious choice. It opened five years ago and this sandwich has already become iconic in Vancouver, let alone Gastown. Pan-fried veal sweetbreads on toast at L’Abattoir It’s served with sauce gabriche and veal tongue. I’m pretty conﬁdent this will never come off their menu, and if it does I might consider a protest. Korean-style barbecued frog legs at Chambar The obvious recommendation would be the classic Congolaise moules et frites, but these frog legs are amazing. Sweet, spicy, savoury and addicting. Johnston’s Farm Pork Chop at Blacktail Chef Geoff Rogers is really killing it here. Between the delicious pork, the Farmcrest Farms chicken and “Ducks &

Wafﬂes”, picking which to recommend was like picking a favourite child. Order all three.

Belgard bacon at Vancouver Urban Winery It’s a beautiful skillet of maple bourbon pork belly in maple caramel sauce. I cry thinking about it. Peanut butter and milk chocolate bar at Mosquito It’s served with caramel popcorn, caramelized banana jam and popcorn gelato.Yes, please! Mosquito opened in February this year and it is Vancouver’s ﬁrst dessert and champagne bar.

Farm 2 Fork Secret Supper Club by chef Nicolas Hipperson Perhaps the most unexpected one I have on this list. I thoroughly enjoyed this meal. Find out more about Mijune at FollowMeFoodie.com or follow her on Twitter and Instagram @followmefoodie. W

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Bread at Nelson the Seagull People are obsessing over their avocado on toast for brunch, but I’ve been obsessing over their bread since they’ve opened. Timbertrain Coffee Roasters It’s perhaps my favourite coffee shop to open in the last year in Gastown. Don’t forget to order a double baked hazelnut croissant from Chez Christophe (limited quantities available at the store) alongside your cappuccino.

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A Golden Milestone Michaela Morris By the Bottle @MichaelaWine

Official recognition of the Golden Mile Bench as a sub-appellation is definitely a milestone for BC’s young wine industry. As our first Geographical Indication (GI), it acknowledges our diverse vineyard area and paves the way for linking wine to a very specific place. Sandra Oldfield of Tinhorn Creek clarifies, “We’re not defining a marketing association, we’re defining a region.” As such, all involved were adamant that it had to be rooted in science. The result is a cohesive area with clearly defined boundaries based on measurable geographical factors, specifically slope, soil and elevation. In general terms, the Golden Mile Bench is a notably sloping east-facing escarpment that sits above the valley floor with alluvial fan soil derived from Mount Kobau. To label wines with the Golden Mile Bench GI, 95 per cent of the fruit must come from this area. “It’s not saying that the wines are better or worse but simply that they are unique,” stresses Donald

Triggs of Culmina. In fact, producers agree that it is too early to even talk about a specific style. Tinhorn Creek alone has 12 different grape varieties planted on their Golden Mile site, most of which are white. Conversely, the neighbouring property of Fairview Cellars is dedicated to red Bordeaux grapes while Road 13 is turning its attention to Rhône varieties (Syrah, Marsanne and Roussanne). The overriding consensus is now that the region has been legally defined, comparisons within the area and contrasts with the rest of the Okanagan can start to be explored. “Over time the attributes will show and we’ll see differences in the regions but it’s going to take time,” acknowledges Bill Eggert of Fairview Cellars. This isn’t just a coup for the Golden Mile Bench. Joe Luckhurst from Road 13 believes it has set a precedent for wineries and growers in other areas wishing to achieve official sub-regional status as well. “We were able to create a template of how to do it,” Luckhurst asserts. The Golden Mile Bench designation will start appearing on labels in the coming months. In the meantime,

The Golden Mile Bench, located between Oliver and Osoyoos in the South Okanagan, is the first geographic ;6-40@@?22087CF =?DC<F7E?A -G 89? @=C57FD702 <C5?=FH?F8/ Contributed photo following are a few wines made either entirely or predominantly from this area. 2013 Gehringer Brothers, .=7508? *?;?=5? *7?;27F< > 130F0<0F :022?G, (', :+) > $13.09, BC Liquor Stores Pioneers in the area, the Gehringers purchased the property in 1981 and have always focused on Germanic varieties. This assertive Riesling offers green apple, lemon, white grapefruit pith and peach sorbet as well as lip-smacking acidity. 2013 Tinhorn Creek, %?I6=8E8=0H7F?= > 130F0<0F :022?G, (', :+) > BK$/"!, (' Liquor Stores About 75 per cent of the fruit comes from Tinhorn’s Golden Mile Bench vine-

yard. Subsequent vintages will likely contain the requisite 95 per cent. Gewurz fans will revel in scents of rose petals and musk melon along with ﬂavours of juicy peaches and a hint of sweetness. 2011 Road 13, Old Vines '9?F7F (20FD > 130F0<0F :022?G, (', :+) > BJ!4&$, Legacy Liquor Store In 2008, the Luckhursts changed the name of this property from Golden Mile Cellars as they became convinced that this moniker belonged to the region as a whole. Now it truly does. Made from vines planted in 1968, this Chenin is truly one of BC’s gems and well worth seeking out. Con-

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BC craft beer prices are staying the same, for now…we think Stephen Smysnuik The Growler @StephenSmys

For months, the media – myself included – has been writing stories about the liquor industry’s concerns that changes to the BC Liquor Distribution Branch’s wholesale pricing model would result in smaller proﬁt margins for business owners, and higher prices for consumers. The source of this tension was the fact that the government wouldn’t release the updated markup price on alcohol until April 1, leaving everyone to speculate and the media – again, myself included – to write stories that basically amounted to, “Uh, we have to wait and see.” Now, April 1 has come and gone. Retailers and manufacturers are adjusting to the new reality. Is it as gloomy as people had predicted? Will we all be pay-

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ing $21 for a six-pack of Red Racer IPA? And the answer is, “Uh, we have to wait and see”. Alas! The markup for craft beer appears to average nine per cent, although higher on some and lower on others, which in the short term appears very favourable. However the changes the

Liberals have implemented are so bureaucratically complex that the average person would have just as easy a time understanding quantum ﬁeld theory in curved space-time. Basically, these changes are a massive undertaking.There are many moving parts and the effects won’t be understood, or might not be felt, for months. For now, we can be sure, that the shelf price of craft beer will not go up in the LDB stores, although the alcohol tax and GST have been taken off the shelf price and will be added at the till. Consumers are not likely to notice, as most retailers add tax at the till anyway. But that nine per cent markup is confounding. Ken Beattie, BC Craft Beer Guild executive director – and evidently one of the few human minds capable of fully understanding what the hell is happening here – says this might not be sustainable. “For most retail models, [the markup] is usually at least 20 per cent,” Beattie says. “In the short term, it is

good that consumers won’t pay more at the LDB... but what we don’t know is what will the price be at the end of the year? Will it be the same? How do you run at a markup of nine per cent when conventional retailing tells you can’t do that?” The changes are the BC Liberals’ way of creating a “level playing ﬁeld,” where everyone – including BC Liquor Stores – pay the same for their products. Before April 1, the markup system was exceedingly complex – businesses paid different amounts depending on what business they were in – and this new wholesale pricing is the government’s way of simplifying. But, again, “simplify” is a relative term. For one, the BCLDB has now created a situation where private liquor stores are now purchasing their products from their competitor, at the same price as their competitor. Also, private liquor stores, who used to get 16 per cent discount on craft beer, will now get no

discount. They pay the same wholesale price a government liquor store does. In a private wine store, the discount on wine was 30 per cent. Now it’s zero – they’ll also pay the same wholesale price a government liquor store does. Restaurants and pubs had a 10 per cent discount, but now they’ll pay the LDB wholesale plus whatever retail margin the LDB charges (depending on the product/category) at full retail price now. This should mean that prices will increase at most private retailers and at pubs/restaurants in order for business owners to maintain current proﬁt margins, which means we’re now in a transitional period and we’ll likely see some ﬂuctuation as prices settle over the next few months. But Beattie says the Big Question now is how the BC Liquor Stores can maintain current prices with their nine per cent markup, when, according to their annual report, their retail operating costs are much higher than

nine per cent. How will they account for that gap when the prices will remain the same? One possible answer is longer store hours. When the government announced all these changes in November, they also announced that some BCL stories would extend their hours later in the day, and to include Sundays and holidays. This could help offset the gap, but of course, more hours require higher staffing costs. It’s baffling, because the government has mandated the Liquor Board to remain revenue neutral or grow – they can’t lose money. Is it possible they know something we don’t know? Will they offset the with profits from LNG? Or from the Site C dam? Have they reached a higher plane of retail consciousness, formulating progressive new models that we peons simply cannot grasp yet? Or are they just going to raise prices? “Uh, we have to wait and see.” W

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RAY BONNEVILLE Blues-influenced, New Orleans-inspired “song and groove man” performs. 7pm at St. James Hall. Tickets for $20 at RogueFolk. bc.ca or at Highlife Records, Prussin Music, and Rufus’ Guitar Shop.

DANDY OPERANDI Don your top hat and most flamboyant dandy attire for a fabulous classical salon and karaoke to benefit the fiercest choir in the land, Cor Flammae. 8pm at Pat’s Pub. Tickets $15 at BrownPaperTickets.com

MARK KOZELEK American singersongwriter, musician, producer and actor best known as the Sun Kil Moon & Red House Painters front man plays a solo show with guests. 7pm at Venue. Tickets $22 at BPLive.Electrostub.com

PHARIS & JASON ROMERO BC acoustic-folk-roots husband and wife duo appear in support of their third studio album A Wanderer I’ll Sta, with special guest Marin Patenaude. 8pm at St. James Hall. Tickets $24 at Highlife, Red Cat, Rufus’ Guitars, Prussin Music and RogueFolk.bc.ca

WAND LA psych rock band on tour in support of their debut release Ganglion Reef with special guests Chastity Belt and Vexx. 8pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $10 at Red Cat, Zulu, Neptoon and TicketWeb.ca

STRUNG OUT Legendary California punk rockers on tour in support of their latest release Transmission.Alpha.Delta with special guests Masked Intruder and La Armada. 8pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $22 at Red Cat, Neptoon, Highlife and RickshawTheatre.com

THE LEGEND OF DON JUAN The legendary lover is the subject of this powerful Mozart opera, with the epic tone poem of Richard Strauss, featuring baritone James Westman, as conducted by Bramwell Tovey. 8pm at Orpheum. Tickets at VancouverSymphony.ca

SONIC AVENUES Montreal garage rockers perform with Needles//Pins and High Wasted. 9pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $10 at the door. JASON MRAZ Laidback singer-songwriter from San Diego performs. 8pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets from $25 at LiveNation.com or any Ticketmaster outlet.

COMEDY ORNY ADAMS Featured in Jerry Seinfeld’s documentary with appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman, Comedy Central, MTV, and more. Oct. 23 to 25 at Yuk Yuk’s Vancouver. YukYuks.com

THEATRE/DANCE EDWARD ALBEE’S THREE TALL WOMEN Albee’s frank dialogue about everything from incontinence to infidelity portrays aging without sentimentality. 7:30pm at PAL Studio Theatre. Tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com, or 604-363-5734. HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH The gender-bending rock ‘n’ roll musical returns to Vancouver for a week-long run of live performances starting Oct. 23. 7:30pm at The Cobalt. Tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com CHAI HOUSE Enjoy this intimate cabaret performance for true lovers of Indian song and dance. Part of Vancouver Diwali celebrations. 6pm at Orpheum Annex. Tickets at ChaiHouse.bpt.me.

ART AMELIA ALCOCK-WHITE Petley Jones Gallery presents Solitudes, a solo exhibition of new work by Amelia Alcock-White. Opening Reception 6-8pm. Runs until Nov. 6.

ZEPPARELLA The all-female tribute band from the American Southwest bring their improvised magic within the framework of Zeppelin’s legendary songs with special guests Hell’s Belles. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $15 at LiveNation.com and Ticketmas ter.ca JOEL FLETCHER DJ, producer and prodigal son of Melbourne’s underground dance scene appears with special guest Glideform. 9pm at Venue. Tickets $12 at Beat Street and VenueLive.ElectroStub.com BAKERMAT Dutch electronic music producer and DJ, on his The Another Man tour to support his debut full-length release. 11pm at Electric Owl. Tickets $20 at Red Cat, Zulu, Beat Street and TicketWeb.ca PSYCHIC POLLUTION Experimental synth/noise/ambient performance artists from Victoria appearing in support of their latest album Séance. 9pm at The Lido Public House. Free.

COMEDY TOM RHODES American comedian, actor, host and travel writer, the first comedian spokesperson for Comedy Central and host of podcast Tom Rhodes Radio. 8pm & 10:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $18 at TheComedyMix.com SEAN LECOMBER A comedian with a unique perspective, refreshingly based on words and story rather than movement and expression with a clean and clever brand of humour. 7pm & 9:30pm at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets $20 at YukYuks.com

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CHEAP & FUN REEL 2 REAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST FOR YOUTH Thoughtprovoking films from around the world for kids and the young at heart, with hands on activities, workshops and crafting. Runs until April 17 at Roundhouse Community Centre and VanCity Theatre. Tickets and info at R2RFestival.org

ART THE 8TH ANNUAL LADIES FIRST ART SHOW This exhibition features local and international contemporary female pop artists whose work features the female or feminine in form, including illustrations, originals and signed prints. 7-11pm at Hot Art Wet City. Admission is free.

GUY DAVIS American blues guitarist and banjo player, the son of Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis born and bred in NYC, but heavily influenced by life in the rural south. 8pm at St. James Hall. Tickets $24 at Highlife, Red Cat, Rufus’ Guitars, Prussin Music and RogueFolk.bc.ca

THEATRE/DANCE BLASTED Sarah Kane’s highly provocative and overtly shocking play is an incendiary, visceral portrayal of a world where private and public violation collide, forging a potent theatrical vision of destruction, collapse, redemption and love. 8pm at Pi Theatre (Performance Works, Granville Island). Tickets at PiTheatre.com. Runs until April 25. TARANTINO BURLESQUE Eight burlesque acts will take the stage to a live soundtrack by The Rockwells for numbers inspired by everything from Pulp Fiction to Death Proof. 8pm at Rio Theatre. Tickets $15 at RioTheatreTickets.ca

CHEAP & FUN SECOND NATURE VEGAN FOOD TRUCK Opening Upstairs from the original Graze restaurant, rain or shine, the new food truck will serve up summer bbq favourites with a beach bar slinging refreshing cocktails in the newly created indoor park. 6pm-11pm at Graze (3980 Fraser).

GIL GILBERTO Legendary Brazilian singer/songwriter/guitarist makes a long awaited return to Vancouver in support of his latest effort Gilbertos Samba featuring the repertoire of Joao Gilberto. 7pm at Chan Sun Concert Hall. Sold out.

COMEDY THE SUNDAY SERVICE Local comedians, improv actors and all around entertainers produce their weekly show featuring classic form games in the group’s unique, high-energy style. 9pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $7 at the door.

THEATRE/DANCE THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD Carousel Theatre for Young People present the classic tale of fighting for justice to rid the land of evil and return hope to the poorly treated in the land of the Sherwood Forest. 11am & 2pm at Waterfront Theatre. Tickets at Tickets.CarouselTheatre.ca COMIC STRIP It’s animation domination this week at Kitty Nights as your favourite cartoon characters come to life, with sexy results featuring characters from The Simpsons, Archer, Disney and Batman. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $9 at the door.

EVENTS RACHEL BRATHEN Swedish native and yoga enthusiast leads two Vinyasa-style flow classes as part of her Happiness tour. 10:30am & 4pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $40 at LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.ca. All ages show.

SOUNDS OF CHINA The opening ceremony of the China-Canada exchange features the criticallyacclaimed program from the National Chinese Traditional Orchestra. 7:30pm at Chan Centre (UBC). Tickets $10 at Tickets. UBC.ca

COMEDY THE LAUGH GALLERY WITH GRAHAM CLARK Legendary weekly stand up show of East Vancouver’s biggest and brightest comics. 9pm at Havana Theatre. Tickets $5 at Eventbrite.ca

EVENTS POLYAMOROUS WOMEN’S MEET A chance for those who are poly and who identify as women to get together and talk about issues specific to their relationships and poly lifestyle. 6:30-9:30pm. For information about the location and other details contact vanpolywomen@gmail.com.

CHEAP & FUN SICK BOSS MONDAYS Every Monday night in Mt Pleasant there’s avant-garde, improvised jazz and rock accompanied by warped analogue visuals, good beer and German pretzels. 9pm at The Lido. Admission is always free.

ART CÉZANNE AND THE MODERN: MASTERPIECES OF EUROPEAN ART FROM THE PEARLMAN COLLECTION Henry and Rose Pearlman built an exceptional collection of modernist works, the jewel of which is an astonishing group of 24 works by Paul Cézanne. This showing at the Vancouver Art Gallery is the first time in over 50 years that the collection has travelled, and will be the only one in Canada. Runs until May 18.

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MUSIC TIGERS JAW Pop-punk band from Scranton, PA on tour in support of their latest release Charmer with special guests Lemuria and Somos. 8pm at Studio East (1480 Frances St.). Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca. All ages show.

FAMOUS PUPPET DEATH SCENES The beloved Old Trouts return to Vancouver with their collection of famous scenes of the best puppet shows in history to cure your fear of death. 8pm at York Theatre. Tickets at TheCultch.com. Runs until April 19. PROUD Last season’s runaway hit returns for an election year encore in this sexy, cheeky and surprising play where a different outcome to the last Federal election sees the Tories take Quebec and win a huge majority. 8pm at Firehall Arts Centre. Tickets at Tickets.FireHallArtsCentre.ca

ART INSIDE OUT Colin Smith exhibit is a marvel of slowness in imagemaking that runs counter to the instantaneousness of digital photography today. Each image has been exposed over the course of two to six hours, risking its exposure, similar to how memory persists in one’s mind. 10am-6pm at Winsor Gallery. Runs until May 2.

THEATRE/DANCE FAREWELL, MY LOVELY The first theatrical adaptation of the Raymond Chandler favourite has all the crooks, dames, smoking guns and crystal balls with more dead bodies than your average graveyard in the world of LA private eye, Philip Marlowe. 2pm & 8pm at Granville Island Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub.com. Runs until May 2. VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE A delightful new farce for our hyper-connected era shows us just how funny unhappiness can be in this witty mash-up of Chekhov characters and smart phones. 2pm & 8pm at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub.com. Runs until April 19.

VOICE TO VOICE An evening of Art Song performance created by composers from the UBC School of Music and writers from the Thursdays Writing Collective representing the power of diverse individuals to take traditional forms and create something new. 8pm at St. James Anglican Church. Admission is free.

COMEDY JOKES PLEASE! A weekly comedy show featuring Vancouver’s finest comics and aspiring standup’s. 9pm at Little Mountain Gallery. Admission is $5.

A FATEFUL MEETING OF LES FEMMES Fatales Beth and Michelle host a role-playing murder mystery evening with their friends, where real life exlovers, business embezzlement and illicit entanglements collide, and murder is in the air. 8pm at Havana Theatre. Tickets at Little Sisters, Bonerattle Music and LeapingThespians.ca

EVENTS NAKED GIRLS READING: TALES OF LOVE Full frontal literature meets fine art as the Naked Girls share selections from the great declarations of love, history and literature, hosted by Lydia DeCarllo. 7pm at Hot Art, Wet City. Tickets $20 at EventBrite.ca

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The coastal resort town of Tofino is the least likely of places you would expect to find a couple of Vancouver’s grunge kings.Yet this is precisely where I reach Jon Redditt, guitarist and vocalist of doom-pop-grunge trio War Baby, as he and bandmate Brock Allen take a quick break before what is turning out to be a very busy year. “I think we may go get wet suits and walk into the freezing ocean or something dumb,” says Redditt in his typical dark-humour fashion. I first met Redditt in 2007 when he was a part of Al Di TV, a Youtube channel featuring eccentric video interviews with touring musicians. It was hosted by Al Di, a mutual friend from China, and backed by Redditt and Colin Askey on camera duties. Redditt “held a microphone and wore some funny glasses”, and Allen, War Baby’s bassist since 2012, composed the intro music. Redditt went on to form War Baby one year later, after being introduced to the immensely talented Aussie drummer Kirby Fisher by a mutual friend.There was to be no more Al Di TV, but War Baby was just beginning. After sifting through band names such as Bonkerz “which was thankfully laughed right out” and Melting Witch, Redditt and Fisher chose War Baby, and convinced local punk booking queen Wendy 13 to let them play The Cobalt in 2008. They recorded their debut EP Permanent Frown with Jordan Koop at Fader Master Studios in 2009 and returned to him at Noise

Floor in Ladysmith for Jesus Horse, the LP that would solidify their place as Vancouver’s grunge-pop heavy weights. Their live shows have become notoriously explosive, combining a cathartic edge with their sharp sense of self-deprecating humour. April marks the European release for War Baby’s debut LP Jesus Horse, two years after its original release date in Canada. The album is an avalanche of fuzzed out guitars, a pummelling rhythm section and melodies so catchy that it comes as no surprise that they are often compared to Nirvana. Grunge may be the sounddu-jour in 2015, but in the beginning, War Baby were not exactly trend-setters. “I think when you’re starting out it’s important to have or develop a vision of what you are trying to do,” says Reddit. “In the very early writing stages of the songs I was thinking [that] I wanted to do something with the heaviness of Sabbath, the rawness of Lightning Bolt and the catchiness of Nirvana.That could sound pretty calculated or trendy now, but trust me, it couldn’t have been further from the truth seven or eight years ago.” It is admirable to see a band so unaffected by their surroundings. Their absolute disregard for taking themselves seriously, yet being incredibly serious about their music has led to winning CiTR’s Shindig music competition in 2014, touring across Canada alongside local punks The Invasives and even a trip to China, where they played the Qingdao Inter City Music Festival, brought over by, who else, Al Di of Al Di TV.

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Deeper (Captured Tracks) Luis Vasquez, also known as The Soft Moon, has been pumping out darkwave goth-pop since 2010 like it never went out of style. While his records have varied on their ability to reach a wider audience, he has built somewhat of a cult following around his shimmering, inky night music. Adding to the delightful mystery surrounding Vasquez, he recorded Deeper in Italy at a secluded mountain studio simply

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called “Hate”. Much like his previous work, his presence drifts in and out as he tensely whisper-sings the occasional lyric like, “I’m alive without a soul”, (“Desertion”) over gated synthesizers à la Trent Reznor, romancing the dark with the sound of his voice. He

Kirby Fisher, Jon Redditt, and Brock Allen are Vancouver band War Baby. The band plays the Railway April 10 and The Hindenburg April 18. Contributed photo “It was a completely insane culture shock. If all we had to do is that over and over again, I would probably do it,” he says of the experience, which had them play alongside fellow Vancouverites Fake Shark Real Zombie. Next up, the band will play a handful of local shows and will release their much anticipated sophomore album sometime later this summer, recorded again with

channels Clan of Xymox and Christian Death by way of Depeche Mode in songs like “Wrong” and “Feel” with heavy chorus bass and cavernous drum machines. While there is a LOT of teen angst-poetry in this album (in “Feels”, he asks, “Why am I alive / Why are we alive”), Vasquez knows that every great goth-pop record should have a few. This is precisely what The Soft Moon does best: channeling carefully curated inﬂuences into something that sounds brand new. –Louise Burns Rating:

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Koop at Noise Floor. “Our next album is in line at the press plant and we plan to release it in the latter half of summer,” says Redditt. “We’re super stoked with it, and there’s some insane plans that go along with it, but that’s all I can say for now.” The Toﬁno waves are calling, and it is time to wrap up our interview. Before I let him go, I ask him the

question so many bands are afraid to answer. From winning Shindig, relentless touring and even playing a show in China, does War Baby consider themselves an ambitious band? “I think we’ve always been ambitious, we just always have to do stuff our own way, and also we really don’t know what the fuck we’re doing. But I think we’re getting better in our old age.”

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Verde (Mermaid Avenue) It is more than likely that you’ve heard of Valerie Teicher (aka Tei Shi) before. After coming out in the blogosphere with 2013’s Saudade EP, she q uickly became Hype Machine material with her blend of ethereal R&B and electronic beats, but her exquisite voice is what truly made her memorable in the ocean of sea-punks and witch-house divas. The Argentina-born parttime-Vancouverite returns with Verde, her sophomore EP, made up of ﬁve songs her press release describes

as “Mermaid Rock”. In opening track “Can’t Be Sure”, she is a feathery R&B goddess, displaying fragility and femininity in her soft palate voice. “Bassically” is an intentionally misspelled banger featuring her manipulated primal scream and an ‘80s synth bass that

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April 10 at Railway Club for a “two-stage extravaganza” alongside Snit, Phoenix Thunderbird and more. War Baby also plays The Hindenburg on April 18 with Koban and Dead Soft.

sounds both like a Nintendo game and Depeche Mode B-side. “Get It” closes the album with a simple Rhodes electric piano and icy layered vocals, giving you visions of Sade and, somehow, D’Angelo. She’s cool, laid back and completely in control. Verde is a wonderful step in the right direction for Tei Shi. She sounds stronger and more conﬁdent in her songwriting, and truly keeps getting better as she ﬁnds her sound and voice. W –Louise Burns Rating:

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Käfig Brasil offers sunny antidote to the winter blahs KELSEY KLASSEN @kelseyklassen

Nathaniel Tweak gamely narrates the deaths of his puppety compadres, but is anyone truly safe from the Reaper? Jason Stang photo

Puppet Death Scenes savagely good KELSEY KLASSEN @kelseyklassen

I have to admit, when I ﬁrst heard that something called Famous Puppet Death Scenes was returning to Vancouver, I erroneously thought it was a show of famous death scenes, re-enacted by puppets (think Old Yeller, or the ending of Se7en). So imagine my delight when I discovered it was actually famous puppet death scenes, from puppet shows, re-enacted by the legendary Old Trouts of Calgary. It was even more wonderful to realize that these death scenes aren’t actually “famous”, but rather ﬁctional scenes from made-up shows of the creators’ own imaginings. It’s a breathtaking, sidesplitting display of childhood fantasy made macabre and malevolent, with just enough existential mockery (and blood and guts) for us big kids. Broken down into vignettes, most no more than 90 seconds in length, you’re treated to the climax of almost two dozen imaginary puppet shows from throughout the centuries.Wink. To do this well (and, boy, do they ever) the Old Trouts have had to picture not only the Bates Motel shower scene, but the entire Hitchcockian production that surrounds it to invent authentically humorous, horrifying, or heartfelt deaths. Then, they have had to painstakingly render unique puppets with enough soul to carry the essence of each scene.

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From “The Feverish Heart by Nordo Frot”, to the absolutely unforgettable “Bipsy’s Mistake” or “The Ballad of Edward Grue by Samuel Groanswallow” you are quite literally watching puppets get smashed, ﬂayed, and shot to smithereens. Other deaths, however, are more oblique – a shroud of bubbles, a sleeping woman, a stormy night. One moment where you could feel the collective breath of the theatre exhale involves just the eye of a whale. In the time it takes for it to slowly close, your every ﬁbre is invested in the sadness of his eternal sleep. In another harrowing scene, a tragic episode of domestic violence unfolds within the pages of a storybook. Fret not, however; the majority of the show makes light of death, and our innate fear of it. Be warned though: for this latest run, presented by the Cultch but performed at the York (and sponsored quite appropriately by Dignity Memorial), you should choose your seats wisely, as the balcony offers a bird’s eye view of the puppetry action. It was kind of thrilling to see who was pulling the strings, but if you prefer to pretend that the puppets are truly dying at their own hands, and not the hands of the brilliant and besuited actors playing them, then plan accordingly. But, no matter what, go – no, race – to their deaths. W % (762;! *;$$.> +.7>? Scenes runs until April 19.Tickets from $19 at TheCultch.com.

As the days grow long enough for us to believe yet again in the promise of patios and after-work beach time, DanceHouse has decided to bring us, in a most timely fashion, 4@=" -#7!<8 and a jolt of Brazilian sunshine to suit. “This show, in the context of our season, is the big, joyful, sunny, bright spot,” explains DanceHouse producer Jim Smith. “It feels a bit like an antidote to some of the heavier offerings that have been going on in our season.” 4@=" -#7!<8 combines the European spice of French/Algerian choreographer Mourad Merzouki with the simmering heat of 11 male dancers from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to create a cultural explosion of street slang, capoeira, and contemporary dance. “The dancers don’t have that studied look about them, you know?” says Smith. “Like, ‘From a very early age they were taking ballet…’” Rather, he explains, it’s a pure celebration of movement, athleticism, and grittiness. “There’s a real rawness to their energy and what they bring to it.” Merzouki, a proliﬁc choreographer who studied circus arts and martial arts before turning to hip-hop and dance, has created 21 works since founding Compagnie Käﬁg in 1996 in an attempt to contain street-dance styles and bring them to the stage.

He has received numerous awards, including the Prix SACD in 2006, and Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters, and Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honor in 2012. With 4@=" -#7!<8, Merzouki has blended the work of four different French choreographers – Anthony Egea, Céline Lefèvre, Octávio Nassur, and Denis Plassard – into a mélange, a fluid series of duets and vignettes, and set it to a soundtrack ranging from Baroque to electronic music. “This one has a stew of offerings and influences,” laughs Smith. “It’s a populist work, and that’s not a bad thing at all! It will appeal to a lot of people.” Smith (who has previously presented Brazilian dance sensation Grupo Corpo in Vancouver) first discovered Compagnie Käfig three years ago during a Canadian showcase of Aqwa, the predecessor to 4@=" -#7!<8) “In many ways that was the first time Käfig had come to North American, and everyone was like, “WOW!” explains Smith. “And we tried to actually land Aqwa in Vancouver, but the dates didn’t line up, so we’re happy to be having the company here with a piece specifically about Brazil.” According to Smith, it ties in well with the growing spotlight the world is shining on the largest South American nation. “All of this has been part of the world curiosity about Brazil,” he says, “as it rises

Eleven male dancers from the favelas of Brazil transform the Vancouver Playhouse into the vibrant streets of Rio de Janeiro. Michel Cavalca photo as an economic powerhouse in South America, hosting the World Cup, and now the Olympics. “Everyone is curious about Brazil, and the slums of Brazil. How there’s huge diversity inside of Brazil but a great disparity between the classes, and how that is now being addressed through a larger economic awakening.” But, in the case of Vancouver audiences, 4@=" -#7!<8 can

also be considered an awakening of a more basic kind. “As spring approaches and as we all start coming out from being under the winter rock, it is one of those pieces that makes you feel good to be alive,” concludes Smith. “It makes us look forward to life being light.” W % 4@=" -#7!<8 #;5! /$#<8 &' and 11 at 8pm at the Vancouver Playhouse. DanceHouse.ca

Read local, think global with BC book fest KELSEY KLASSEN @kelseyklassen

Last year, at a private event featuring BC book publishers and dignitaries, the BC government declared April 9 to be BC Book Day. To keep the party going for the public this year, the Association of Book Publishers of BC has created Read Local BC, a festival of British Columbia’s incredible written talent – featuring three weeks of readings, presentations, and events – to celebrate. The ﬁrst of its kind in BC, Read Local unites 23 local book publishers with 300 authors, 60 speakers and presenters, 50 bookstores and 40 libraries for events across the province. The goal? To encourage people to pick up books by BC writers, and discover the hundreds of fantastic ﬁc-

tion, non-ﬁction, and poetry books created right in their own backyards. “Twenty-ﬁve per cent of the members of The Writers’ Union of Canada are from BC,” says Margaret Reynolds, executive director of the Association of Book Publishers of BC, which spearheaded the campaign. It’s an impressive stat for a province that boasts only about 13 per cent of the country’s population as a whole. And it makes

sense, considering that BC is a great place to publish a book. “We have children’s publishers, scholarly publishers, general trade publishers doing biographies, histories, cookbooks, you name it,” explains Reynolds. “[BC] has publishers in pretty much every genre.” BC also produces more than 800 books every year – many of which win national awards alongside larger publishing houses. So, as headlines give cause for concern about the industry, there is no better time to support the local artists, libraries, and independent booksellers, who share BC’s stories on everything from local issues to global ideas. The Vancouver events are all free, and include multiaward-winning authors George Bowering and Wayde Compton discussing their

perceptions of Vancouver’s changing landscapes (An Evolving City: Writing Vancouver’s Past, Present & Future, April 9 at 7:30pm at Pulp Fiction); and poets Evelyn Lau, Jordan Abel, Ryan Fitzpatrick, WH New, and Daphne Marlatt talking about Vancouver’s relationship between urban and rural (Roughing it in the Bush Revisited, April 15 at 7:30p at Artspeak Gallery). Like a literary version of the 100 Mile Diet, this is one diet I can get behind. And if you want to feast on local literature with me, you can check these pages the ﬁrst Thursday of every month, or regularly swing by the BC Bestsellers List online. W % :.70 12378 -, #;5! ;5><8 April 22. More information and the full list of events across the province can be found at -229!)-,)37

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Raresh DiMofte and Michael Kopsa star in Pi Theatre’s premiere of Blasted, April 10-25. Tim Matheson photo

Pi Theatre stages unflinching premiere of Sarah Kane’s Blasted KELSEY KLASSEN @kelseyklassen

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Andrew Wheeler is “the Prime Minister” in Proud, running now until April 25 at the Firehall Arts Centre. Emily Cooper photo

Proud returns for election-year encore KELSEY KLASSEN @kelseyklassen

Proud returns to the Firehall Arts Centre just in time to frack some fun into the lead up to federal election season. /(F J(FF"2 D\!'>'JN! D!N2R back by popular demand, reimagines the result of the 2011 F!FJ>'\]P/(F /\B'F@ >\\" S;Fbec, and ended up with an overwhelming majority and a cabinet full of rookies. A new, attractive female MP named X'@NLF!!N V2>( +N!!@ ']>\ >(F machinations of the helmethaired Prime Minister, but it @\\] LFJ\^F@ N C;F@>'\] \+ who’s controlling who? Reprising their roles are the ('!NB'\;@ 8^^F!'N 3\BH\] and the unbelievably apropos Andrew Wheeler. For Wheeler, it was a role he was born to play. Not only does he bear an uncanny resemblance to our current Prime Minister (who is never named in the play), but it posed an interesting satirical J(N!!F]*F +\B >(F V'LFBN!Q leaning actor. “I suppose, in the back of my mind, I’m aware that his politics are very different than mine,” says Wheeler, “but whenever you’re playing a character, you’re actually looking for the things that you like NL\;> >(F^P 0\ Y_^ ]\> >B2']* >\ !N^D\\] 0>FD(F] [NBDFB` I’m actually looking for the things that appeal to me about the man. “And I think it’s almost an empathetic portrayal of the man, which certainly surprised a lot of my friends!” he laughs. Much was made of the controversial nature of Proud when it ﬁrst came to Vancou-

9FB >('@ >'^F !N@> 2FNBP :BN+>FH by Michael Healey in 2012 when he was the playwright']QBF@'HF]JF N> /\B\]>\_@ /NBBN*\] /(FN>BFR >(F L\NBH initially rejected the work (reportedly out of fear of libel and possible retaliatory funding cuts from the federal government) and Healey resigned his 11-year post in protest. He completed the play, and it has been performed across Canada a number of times since. And while it doesn’t live up to the libelous hype, it certainly lives up to the comedy. “I’m always surprised when you end up doing a ﬁrst preview or public performance and people are laughing,” says Wheeler, “because I’m not necessarily looking for raucous rollicking comedy. I’m trying to ﬁnd the man who’s obsessed with power for this part, who’s obsessed with control, and the humor of it actually comes from encountering a woman who, in his world, is out of control.” In fact, more so than politics, this is a play about power in general. And people on both sides of the spectrum, even those who don’t dip their feet in the political pool at all, can enjoy it. &/(FBF_@ N JFB>N'] D\!'>'JN! awareness that helps when you’re watching this piece, but it’s not mandatory at all,” says -(FF!FBP &,\; H\]_> (N9F >\ know anything about politics to enjoy the play. It’s a rather humorous take on a whole bunch of other themes that just happen to be set in the political arena.” W $ ,"4=3 >! 46 64; =6?>9 1#">9 &2 7? ?@0 )>"0@799 1"?! -06?"0* :>5<0?! 7? )>"0@7991"?!-06?"0*57

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Taking a break from time

Suzanne Crocker’s All the Time in the World documents nine months in the bush Sabrina Furminger Reel People @Sabrinarmf

A few years ago, Suzanne Crocker realized her family needed a break from just about everything. Crocker – a rural doctor and mother to three children then aged 10, 8, and 4 – was increasingly bewildered by the distractions that dominated her family’s life in Dawson City,Yukon: packed schedules; assorted community projects; the trappings of screen technology. “We tried all of the normal things where you try to protect time, like have a family day. I would even lock my laptop in the ﬁling cabinet,” says Crocker in a recent phone interview. “We just found our minds were too much of the time elsewhere, even when we were in our off time.” There was also the nagging feeling that time was moving too fast, and she needed to slow it all down somehow. This feeling remained until Crocker realized that the most efﬁcient way to refocus her family was to step back from schedules and distractions for a while. Together with her husband Gerard Parsons, their children, a trio of pets, and a vehicle full of supplies, Crocker set forth on an incredible journey: nine months in the

bush, with no watches, no electricity, no neighbours, and no distractions. You can see how the family fared for yourself in All the Time in theWorld, Crocker’s award-winning documentary that screens next week as part of the Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth, a seven-day showcase of youth-friendly cinema. Crocker didn’t set out to make a documentary. She purchased a camera six weeks before departure, intending to document the experience for friends and family who lived in the south (for our kin in the Yukon, “the south” refers to our part of the country). “Up here, it’s not quite a novelty to go live in the bush, but down south, there was this incredible curiosity,” says Crocker. “I thought, ‘okay, not everyone understands this concept, so I will document it.’” It wasn’t long before she realized that the footage would interest audiences beyond her network of family and friends. The family took up residence in a rustic 18-foot by 18-foot cabin accessible only by boat (until the river froze, at which point the only option was snowmobile). “There were lots of challenges in filming this, from having no crew to cold temperatures to batteries to low light,” says Crocker. “The biggest challenge was this fine line that I had to walk as a director of this film and filmmaker and cinematographer, and not turning the experience into a film project.” Despite the abundance of creature comforts they’d left

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Filmmaker Suzanne Crocker and her family spent nine months without electricty in the remote Yukon wilderness, chronicled in her documentary, All the Time in the World. Contributed photo at home (including hot water and toys), the family never felt deprived of anything, says Crocker. “In our pre-bush house, which was full of toys meant to entertain kids, you’d often hear, ‘I’m bored, I don’t know what to do,’” says Crocker. “I never heard the words ‘I’m bored’ in the bush.” There certainly was a lot to do in the bush: tap trees for syrup, build and maintain a bear cache, snowshoe and skate, watch the ice ﬂoes, bake pies using freshly picked berries, read to each other, improvise toys and games out of found material, and otherwise revel in the special qualities of each season, and each other’s company. It’s been a few years since her family returned to the

land of time and schedules, but Crocker says her children remain deeply impacted by their time in the bush. “Since the bush, they really value their free time, and they really protect it,” she says. “They don’t want to be signed up for a million different things.” Crocker recognizes changes within herself, too. “I have no timepiece on me, and I do it partly symbolically, but more so because I know how I was before, and without that timepiece, I can be in the moment better,” she says. All the Time in theWorld is currently making the rounds on the festival circuit. It took home the prize for Most Popular Canadian Documentary at the 2014 Vancouver International Film Festival, and will soon

screen at the venerable Hot Docs festival in Toronto. The fact that the ﬁlm has been so warmly received tells Crocker that, from a societal point of view, there’s hope for us yet. “It demonstrates that people do have a longing for a simpler and less distracted life, and a recognition that real face to face interpersonal time with real live people is important.” W

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Screens April 11 and 14 as part of the Reel 2 Real Festival (and April 12-18 at Vancity Theatre outside of the fest). Details at r2rfestival. org and allthetimeintheworld.ca.

Spectrum Doc explores gender, without the sexuality KRISTYN ANTHONY @westender

Spectrum Documentary sheds light on those who identify outside of standard gender definitions. Contributed photo

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Ray McEachern has been documenting faces for years. A career photographer shooting everything from engagements to weddings to births, it seemed a dream come true. That was until Ray, born Raylene, turned the lens on himself, and more speciﬁcally his gender. As a transgender man, McEachern has been open about his transition, even marking his coming out with a YouTube video. His career however, saw a slow decline as clients weren’t as eager to work with “someone who looked like a 17-year old boy,” he says with a laugh. “I realized I had been afforded a closeness with people, and extra praise when representing as female. I had

to reinvent myself, change my branding,” he explains from Random Hearts Studio in the heart of East Van, where his focus is now a combined photography and ﬁlm project titled Spectrum Documentary, shedding light on those who identify outside of standard gender deﬁnitions. What makes this project different from other documentaries, as awareness about what it means to be transgender grows, is the distinction between gender and sexuality. Separating the two is important because as McEachern says, “this is not just a trans issue, this is a societal issue.” McEachern began with shooting portraits from participants who wish to contribute their stories to the project, and it is these photos gradually circulating via social media that is garner-

ing interest and getting the word out. Filming began in January and will continue for a full year, with bi-monthly meetings to discuss the direction of the ﬁlm, share ideas, and provide a safe space to freely talk and present oneself. “The aim is to give a face to gender diverse individuals, there is so much beauty in that,” McEachern says. “There is a large scope between male and female and I have an opportunity to have a platform to show this.” His vision is that this is not just a representation of transgender men and women, because “everyone is valid and the unity of sharing our stories engages people in a conversation. It shouldn’t be scary, or taboo, or even sexual.” “Gender, sexuality – they each have a spectrum of their own.” W

It’s no surprise to anyone that the seventh installment in the billion dollar Fast and Furious franchise is already breaking box office records but just how does this latest escapade rank amongst its predecessors? The blunt answer – pardon the pun – is middle of the road. To his credit, director James Wan has assembled an Avengers-style collection of daring chases, elaborate gun battles, savage fisticuffs and, of course, really cool cars. In fact, there are a handful of sequences in Furious 7 more akin to a Bond film. Given Paul Walker’s shocking death last year, when shooting was only half-finished, the plot’s conclusion takes a poignant turn and gives his character a tactful send-off. The production team assembled Walker’s remaining scenes with unused footage from previous films, his two brothers acting as standins and the magic of Peter Jackson’s WETA digital effects studio; the results are seamless for the most part. The glaring problems with the flick begin with its truly awful script that seems to hit every single emotional beat with a giant hammer. Dwayne Johnson, arguably the most charismatic member of the cast, is also criminally underused, resulting in Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez trying to stay compelling but not really succeeding. Jason Statham is a welcome bright spot, playing a particularly nasty villain and even Kurt Russell hams it up for a few gleeful sections. Furious 7 will no doubt satisfy the franchise’s rabid fan base but is rarely anything more than simply a fun ride at the movies. –Thor Diakow

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The many magical powers of turmeric Patty Javier Gomez Whole Nourishment

@WholeNourishBC Turmeric, also known as the “Golden Spice of India” as well as “Indian saffron” for its yellow-orange colour, has become popular in the West in the last few years.Today it is

widely used to ﬂavour foods, as a beauty aid, and as a medicine. It’s an all-in-one herb with amazing properties, even Buddhist monks have used it in the past to dye their robes. While the exact origin of turmeric is not known, it is believed to be native to Southern India and Indonesia where it has been used in traditional dishes and for healing for thousands of

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years. Most of us know it well as a part of exotic curry dishes, but it is far more versatile than that when it comes to cooking. I personally add it to just about everything I make. So, yes, I eat a lot of yellow things and all my white shirts are stained. Although its fragrance is mild, turmeric has a peppery, warm, bitter flavour and a bright yellow colour that stains everything (but don’t worry, it will come off your skin). It can be bought in a few different forms, such as the powdered variety most of us are familiar with. In its fresh form, turmeric is a root with tough brown skin and a deep orange flesh. It basically looks like an orange ginger, which makes sense because they are part of the same family. It can also be bought in supplement form for therapeutic purposes sometimes under the name “curcumin”, which its primary pharmacological agent. Recent research has shown that absorption is greatly enhanced by the presence of piperine, a compound in black pepper. While popularly known for its anti-inflammatory proper-

does curcumin improve the function of the endothelium (layers of cells that line the cavities of the heart) which plays a major role in regulating blood pressure and blood clotting to name a few. It’s anti-inﬂammatory and antioxidant come in handy as well in the ﬁght towards a healthy functioning heart.

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known for being a key contributor to so many diseases. Curcumin has been known to be as effective as some anti-inﬂammatory drugs; it’s pretty powerful stuff! It actually targets multiple steps in the inﬂammatory pathway, at the molecular level.

A proper working digestive tract means a healthy body! Turmeric stimulates the gallbladder to produce bile, which improves digestion and reduces feelings and symptoms of bloating and gas. Disclaimer: If suffering from any kind of gallbladder disease turmeric supplement may worsen your condition. Be sure to talk with your doctor.

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Turmeric cures what ails you! Thinkstock photo ties, turmeric is also a good source of vitamin C, magnesium, fibre, vitamin B6, iron, potassium and manganese; it definitely packs a punch on nutrients. It is also known to stimulate digestion, support the liver, and reduce intestinal permeability. Turmeric is an essential ingredient in curry powder and used in mustard blends and relishes. In Okinawa, Japan, turmeric is served as a tea, while in India, it is made into a paste and applied over the face and arms of the bride and groom in wedding ceremonies, enriching the skin’s complexion. This lovable spice seems to have it all!Whatever you use it for, its benefits are vast when it comes to health. Here are just a few of its very magical powers:

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More and more scientiﬁc studies have found that extracts of turmeric contain a number of natural agents that block the formation of beta-amyloid, the substance that is responsible for the plaques that slowly obstruct cerebral function in Alzheimer’s disease. While there is no cure for this disease, this is good news and encouraging!

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Turmeric’s antiseptic and antibacterial properties not only help combat pimples and acne but also help reduce oil secretion by sebaceous glands. Mix turmeric powder and sandalwood powder, add some lemon juice to the mixture and apply it on your face for 10 minutes and rinse off with lukewarm water. W

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@PlayOutdoorsVan “Party in April, sleep in May” is a slogan that rings true for many of us this time of year. If you are unfamiliar with the slogan, it’s time to head to Whistler for the World Ski and Snowboard Festival, April 10 to 19, and

ﬁnd out for yourself what it’s all about. Since 1996, the World Ski and Snowboard Festival has become the can’t-miss event in Whistler. Not just about skiing and boarding,WSSF is a celebration of mountain culture, live music, art, fashion, ﬁlm, après and more. The event will be taking overWhistler in its entirety and serving the needs of usVan City weekend warriors dying for an excuse to come up and party.

This year, the timing couldn’t be better, thanks to a fresh dump of snow and a recently-announced extended ski season. The ﬁrst thing you need to do is download the newWSSF app.This is the easiest and newest new way to lock down your schedule and jam-pack your party plans at the swipe of your phone and it’s about time!

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Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny Uitwaaien is a Dutch word that means to go out for a stroll in windy weather simply because it’s exhilarating. I don’t know any language that has parallel terms for running in the rain for the dizzy joy of it, or dancing through a meadow in the dark because it’s such nonsensical fun, or singing at full volume while riding alone in an elevator in the mad-happy quest to purge your tension. But in the coming weeks, you don’t need to describe or explain experiences like this; you just need to do them. Experiment with giving your instinctive need for exuberance lots of room to play.

Rent, but don’t buy yet. That’s my $250-per-hour advice. Keep rehearsing, but don’t start performing the actual show. OK? Flirt, but don’t fall in love. Can you handle that much impulse control? Are you strong enough to explore the deeper mysteries of patience? I swear to you that your burning questions will ultimately be answered if you don’t try to force the answers to arrive according to a set timetable. I guarantee that you will make the necessary connections as long as you don’t insist that they satisfy every single one of your criteria.

Your nasty, nagging little demon isn’t nasty or nagging any more. It’s not doing what demons are supposed to do. It’s confused, haggard, and ineffective. I almost feel sorry for the thing. It is barely even keeping you awake at night, and its ability to motivate you through fear is at an all-time low. Here’s what I suggest: Now, when the demon’s strength is waning and its hold on you is weak, you should break up with it for good. Perform an ultimate, non-reversible exorcism. Buy it a one-way bus ticket to the wasteland and say goodbye forever.

The Guerrilla Girls are a group of prankster activists who use humor to expose sexism and racism in the art world. Every so often they take a “weenie count” at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. During their first survey in 1989, they found that five percent of the artists who had work hanging in the galleries were women, while 85 percent of the nudes depicted in the paintings were women. More recently, in 2012, their weenie count revealed that four percent of the artists were female, but 76 per cent of the naked people in the paintings were female. The coming week would be a good time for you to take a weenie count in your own sphere, Scorpio. Conditions are more favorable than usual to call attention to gender disparities, and to initiate corrective action.

When he was in his fifties, French painter Claude Monet finally achieved financial success. He used his new riches to buy a house and land, then hired gardeners to help him make a pond full of water lilies. For the first time in his life, he began to paint water lilies. During the next 30 years, they were his obsession and his specialty. He made them a central feature of 250 canvases, which now serve as one of his signature contributions to art history. “I planted my water lilies for pleasure,” he said. “I cultivated them without thinking of painting them. And then suddenly, I had the revelation of the magic of my pond.” I regard the imminent future as a good time for you to do something similar, Gemini: Create or find a source of beauty that will stimulate your sense of wonder and fuel your passion to express yourself for a long time.

“Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love,” said Cancerian comedian Mel Brooks. Although he was joking, he was also quite serious. More often than we like to admit, desperation infects our quest to be cared for. Our decisions about love may be motivated by a dread of loneliness. We worry about whether we are worthy of getting the help and support we need. It’s a fundamental human problem, so there’s no reason to be ashamed if you have this tendency yourself. Having said that, I’m happy to report that you now have the necessary power to overcome this tendency. You will be able to summon tremendous courage as you revise and refine your relationship with love. It’s time to disappear the fear.

Do you ever feel reverence and awe, Leo? Are there times when you spontaneously yearn to engage in acts of worship? Is there anyone or anything that evokes your admiration, humility, and gratitude? The coming weeks will be a good time to seek out experiences like these. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you will get tender jolts of transformational inspiration if you blend yourself with a sublime force that you trust and respect.

A lot has happened since you were... uh... indisposed. You’ve missed out on several plot twists. The circle has been broken, repaired, broken again, and partially repaired. Rumors have been flying, allegiances have been shifting, and riddles have been deepening. So are you ready yet to return to the heated action? Have you learned as much as you can from the commotion that provoked your retreat? Don’t try to return too early. Make sure you are at least 70 per cent healed.

The English term “engine” refers primarily to a machine that transforms energy into mechanical power. But its roots are in the Old French word engin, which meant skill or wit, and in the Latin word ingenium, defined as “inborn talent.” I’d like to borrow the original meanings to devise your horoscope this week. According to my reading of the astrological omens, your “engine” is unusually strong right now, which means that your cultivated skills and innate talents are functioning at peak levels. I suggest you make intensive use of them to produce maximum amounts of energy and gather more of the clout you’d love to wield.

What I’m about to say is not a hard scientific fact, but it is a rigorous poetic fable. You don’t need to go to the mountain, because the mountain is willing and able to come to you. But will it actually come to you? Yes, but only if you meet two conditions. The mountain will pick itself up and move all the way to where you are if you make a lot of room for it and if you are prepared to work with the changes its arrival will bring.

If you were a four-year-old, cookies might be a valuable treasure to you. Given a choice between a bowl of stir-fried organic vegetables and a plate full of chocolate coconut macaroons, you’d probably choose the macaroons. For that matter, if you were four years old and were asked to decide between getting a pile of macaroons and a free vacation to Bali or an original painting by Matisse or a personal horoscope reading from the world’s greatest astrologer, you’d also opt for the cookies. But since you’re a grownup, your list of priorities is screwed on straight, right? You would never get distracted by a sugary, transitory treat that would cause you to ignore a more nourishing and long-lasting pleasure. Right?

On June 23, 1917, Babe Ruth was the starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox in a Major League Baseball game against the Washington Senators. After the first batter drew a walk, Ruth got upset with the home plate umpire and punched him in the head. Ejected! Banished! The Babe had to be dragged off the field by the cops. The new pitcher was Ernie Shore. He proceeded to pitch a perfect game, allowing no further Washington player to reach base in all nine innings. In the coming weeks, Pisces, I see you as having the potential to duplicate Ernie Shore’s performance in your own sphere. Coming in as a replacement, you will excel. Chosen as a substitute, you will outdo the original.

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@MyszkaWay I imagine Kevin Bollaert’s eyes were so red because he spent all his days trolling behind a computer, but no. They were red from crying in court. The 28-year-old San Diego-based “entrepreneur” filled his bank account with a website called UGotPosted.com, where angry exes could post unauthorized nudes of their former girlfriends (the site was dominated by photos of females) including the woman’s personal information (name, address, social media handles.) But Bollaert made the most dough from the sister site he operated called ChangeMyReputation.com, where victims would pay fees of $350 to have their photos removed. The site grew increasingly popular: a dumping ground where angry exes could point, laugh and comment about the people who rejected them. Revenge porn. After a public trial (that included testimonies from victims attesting to public shame, job loss and damaged relationships due to the website), Bollaert was sentence to 18 years in prison. This was a land-

mark case for revenge porn. Bollaert sat in the courtroom in his blue jumpsuit and cried as the sentence was read. Boo hoo, asshole. I think the Internet is great because it brings people closer together. However, I also think the Internet sucks because it brings certain people closer together while creating a space for others to never have to interact with the outside world. It dehumanizes everything. And while Bollaert may not have invented the idea of posting vengeful nude pics of your ex to humiliate them, but he profited from it. Today, a good friend of mine texted me asking when it is the appropriate time in a relationship to send nudes. Without thinking much, I said, “Well, you’ve already slept together. He’s seen you naked, so go for it.” But maybe that answer was wrong. There’s no innocent courting anymore in modern dating. We fuck then we decide if we want to get to know that person and actually spend time with them and not just their naked body. There’s nothing wrong with this. It’s just the way it is. However, we share and document everything. Any lawyer worth their salt would tell you not to type

anything you are afraid will bite you in the ass later, so if you don’t want your naked body displayed in ways you never intended, then maybe you should not send that nude. Can we really blame the victims though? People change their tune. I watch people break up and go from zero to “Fuck You” in one scroll of text messages. I think of all the dick pics I have that I could expose. I would never do that, because I’m not grasping at confidence through the shame of others. I’m glad Bolleart is going to jail. He’s getting his. I don’t want to credit karma because karma did not do this: the victims did it by standing up for themselves and declaring this website as an intrusion of rights, an act of extortion. Just because you send a nude to your boyfriend does not mean you should loss your job as a teacher. That’s not right. Revenge porn is gross and Bollaert will learn all about revenge in prison when he’s getting his ass beat along side the child molesters. W

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Continued from page 24 Cool features on this new app include a photo booth and a live digital lighter so you can fit in with the cool kids at the free outdoor concert series. Car camping and couch surfing may be the most affordable way to make your stay at WSSF as long as possible. If, however, your wallet is loaded thanks to the lack of snow days this year, might I suggest hotels like The Westin Whistler, who’s suites can accommodate a large clan and come with kitchens so you can save on eating out. The best part of pricey lodging is that you are a stone’s throw away from the Skier’s Plaza and all the action. Do book quickly as beds fill up fast. Make sure to tell someone where you’re going and how to reach you when you leave town and do use the buddy system for personal safety during the festival. Things are known to get a little crazy during WSSF. This year’s lineup of free shows includes performances by Swollen Members,

The World Ski and Snowboard Festival returns to Whistler, April 10-19. Contributed photo MSTRKRFT, and YelaWolf to name a few. If you are not keen on carpooling, there’s always the bus. Bring a backpack to stockpile your freebies and toiletries on the swag strip in the village. Usually you can grab enough free samples of deodorant, Frank’s Hot Sauce and yogurt to get you through the summer months. Opening weekend highlights like Gibbons Big Air

and the new Gibbons Plazapalooza are not to be missed, nor is The Beginning at the Bear Foot Bistro, the mustattend party of the week. Stay the whole stretch if you can. At the very least, head back to Whistler for the ﬁnale weekend showdown, which includes the Monster Energy Shred Show, Whistler Dogfest and Intersection. See you there! W

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