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24/7 RUSH HOUR ON DAVIE

I wonder whose brilliant idea it was to ban righthand turns on red lights at the intersection of Burrard and Davie streets? It completely impedes the flow of traffic on Davie Street – it’s like a permanent traffic jam. All because of the stupid bike lanes no doubt.

Brilliant.

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MAYBE YOU’RE JUST A JERK…

Re: “Where’s the Christmas spirit?”, Rant/Rave, Dec. 24, 2015.

Geckogirl, from your point of view, you think you are making the world a better place, but you are actually selfish in thinking that everyone should appreciate your loud music on the bus.

Not all of us are extroverts or having a good

day like you had. Also, to defend people plugged-in: riding the bus is only tolerable sometimes when I’m plugged-in because I can’t stand to hear some of the inane things judgmental people say or other people’s music.

-Santaclause Ugh. So let me get this straight Geckogirl:You come home drunk from a night

out at the douchiest bar in Vancouver, and start harassing other bus riders with your lousy music and you’re surprised when no one joins you in a sing-a-long?

I’m sure I’m not the first person to point this out to you, but you are a selfabsorbed, obnoxious twit.

It’s dickheads like you that make public transportation so excruciating, and are the reason why so many people can’t stand Christmas. Just because it’s late December doesn’t mean it’s suddenly OK to act like an inconsiderate asshole.

Here’s a hint: next time you’re on the bus, if you can’t figure out who the asshole is – it’s you!

–Anonymous

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Documents reveal details of derailed TransLink campaign BOB MACKIN @bobmackin

“Ugh.” That’s all the executive director of the Mayors’ Council wrote in a July 2 email to a TransLink executive vicepresident, under the subject “No 62; yes 38.”

Mike Buda’s short 10:06am message expressed the agony of defeat to Bob Paddon, right after Elections BC announced Metro Vancouver voters had rejected a sales tax hike to fund a third of the cost of TransLink’s expansion wish list.

The mail-in plebiscite was the dominant Lower Mainland story in the first half of 2015. Proponents of the $7.7 billion, 10-year transit and transportation-building plan failed to overcome public outrage about TransLink governance and management and SkyTrain service outages.

Buda’s email message was among many released under Freedom of Information, offering a glimpse behind the scenes of the $6-million, public-fundedYes campaign.

On May 21, more than a week before the May 29 voting deadline, Buda was trying to clarify his contract (capped at $150,000 through June 30) while TransLink planners were gearing up to

File photo canvass voters at major transit hubs during the next day’s afternoon rush. But, late that night, SkyTrain’s Expo Line suffered another outage. A track-grinding machine’s spark lit an undiscovered bird’s nest and the fire spread to cables.

Bob Ransford, who was paid $90,322 to manage the campaign, dreaded the ensuing negative publicity.

“Just the thing we need for those last few undecided voters ready to mail their ballots today,” he wrote at 5:27am to Buda and Marnie McGregor, a Vancouver city hall bureaucrat seconded to the campaign.

On May 28 and 29, with time running out, Buda was juggling a variety of tasks, from email account deactivation and archiving to order-

ing catered snacks for an upcoming meeting at Metro Vancouver.

“You were THE key member of the team,” Buda wrote at 7:21pm May 29 to McGregor. “More on that later…

I can’t feel closure and say good byes on this till we get those damn results and know where things are going next.

Only 4 short weeks! Ugh.” Fast forward to the July 2 decision day. Space had been booked forYes campaigners to celebrate at Simon Fraser University’s downtown campus. But, more than an hour before the release of results, SFU Centre for Dialogue director Shauna Sylvester told Buda and others not to bother.

“I don’t think we are going to need it! I understand that it is a no!” Sylvester wrote.

Buda: “Where did you hear that?”

Sylvester: “Peter Robinson [Better Transit and Transportation Coalition co-chair] on Tuesday night. It would be great if it was wrong. I’m being contacted by media through SFU. I’d love any key messages.”

Buda: “Well, we are certainly expecting a no based on polls, but no one has yet heard actual results.We have been told they will give us a heads up shortly before 10.We will see.”

Sylvester: “Any chance Peter is wrong?”

Buda: “I have no idea! I would be surprised if the BC Govt or the independent elections commissioner would share highly confidential results with the [CEO of the David Suzuki Foundation], though. But anything is possible [in] B.C.” The BC cabinet ordered the plebiscite without fundraising limits or disclosure requirements.The Mayors’ Council claimed it spent $5.8 million of its $6-million budget. BTTC told donors it budgeted $835,000, but later admitted it raised only $261,743.The Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation led the No campaign and boasted spending just under $40,000. W –Courtesy ofVancouver Courier

Let’s celebrate the gifts of winter David Suzuki Science Matters @DavidSuzuki

We Canadians have a special relationship with snow and ice.

We ski in it, skate on it, play in it, shovel it, drive through it, sometimes even bicycle through it and suffer through it for many months of the year – some of us more than others, depending on what part of the country we call home. But how much do we know about it?

Do Inuit really have dozens of words for snow and ice? Are snowflakes always six-sided?

Can two ever be alike? Why is snow white? Is it a mineral?

What makes frozen water so important to us? Some of the answers are more complicated than you might imagine.

Even though English-speaking skiers and snowboarders use multiple adjectives to more accurately describe different types of snow, such as powder, corn and champagne, some say the claim of numerous Inuit words for snow and ice is a myth. But is it?

According to the Canadian Encyclopedia, “the few basic words used by the Inuit to refer to different types of snow or

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ice do not translate everything they can say about these two natural elements.” In Inuktitut, words consist of a foundational element that provides basic meaning, along with other elements “to clarify and/ or modify the basic meaning.

New words can therefore easily be created from another term.”

For example, the word siku refers to ice in general, and sikuaq (“small ice”) refers to “the first layer of thin ice that forms on puddles in the fall.”

Sikuliaq (“made ice”) refers to “the new ice appearing on the sea or on rock surfaces.”

Some words also have broader meanings, depending on the context.The word maujaq, for example, means “soft ground”, but when referring to snow, it means “the snow in which one sinks.”

So, “the total number of terms referring to the various aspects of snow and ice goes far beyond 10 or a dozen,” allowing Inuit to “draw very subtle distinctions between a very high number of snow or ice types.”

When it accumulates on the ground, snow appears white because, unlike many natural materials, it reflects most light rather than absorbing it, and visible light is white. And

although snowflakes form in near-infinite patterns and shapes depending on temperature, wind, humidity and even pollution, each single crystal is always hexagonal, or six-sided, because of the complex way water molecules bond.When a frozen droplet or crystal falls from a cloud, it grows as it absorbs and freezes water from the air around it, forming a six-sided prism.The almost infinite variables mean it’s unlikely, although not impossible, for two snowflakes to be exactly alike.

And yes, snow can be classified as a mineral. According to the US National Snow and Ice Data Center, “A mineral is a naturally occurring homogeneous solid, inorganically formed, with a definite chemical composition and an ordered atomic arrangement.”

Frozen water fits that description.

Snow and ice are important to life on Earth for many reasons. Both are part of the cryosphere, which includes “portions of the earth where water is in solid form, including snow cover, floating ice, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, seasonally frozen ground and perennially frozen ground (permafrost),” according to the Snow and

Ice Data Center. It covers 46 million square kilometres of the planet’s surface, mostly in the Northern Hemisphere, and helps regulate the planet’s surface temperature. Changes in the cryosphere can affect climate and water availability, with corresponding effects on everything from winter sports to agriculture.

By reflecting 80 to 90 per cent of incoming sunlight back into the atmosphere, snow cover cools the Earth. Losing that reflective protection, as is happening in the Arctic, upsets the energy balance and accelerates global warming. Snow also insulates parts of the Earth’s surface, holding heat in and keeping moisture from evaporating.When soil freezes, it prevents greenhouse gases like carbon and methane from escaping into the atmosphere.

When snow melts, it fills rivers and lakes.

Instead of complaining about the dark and cold of winter, we should celebrate snow and ice.The cryosphere is an important piece of the intricate, interconnected puzzle that keeps us alive. So, build a snowperson, play some hockey, get out on the slopes and enjoy the gifts that winter brings. W $ &!,'*-.(.%'+#")

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Holiday open house nightmare Grant Lawrence Vancouver Shakedown @GrantLawrence

“Open House”: when most Vancouverites read that term it’s usually splashed across countless unsolicited flyers shoved in your mailbox from one of our city’s roughly one billion licensed real estate agents. During the holiday season, however, the term “open house” takes on a decidedly different peppermint twist.

If you aren’t aware of the offensive concept of the Holiday Open House, let me explain: misguided hosts hoping to entertain us assume that we’re all so, so, so busy during the Christmas season that we simply cannot commit to just one social event on any given day or night for the entire month of December. Therefore, said misguided party hosts double down to a lowest seasonal denominator: they make the horrendous decision to host an open house, casting a very, very wide invite net, hoping everyone from their social rainbow will at least drop by at some point, over a ridiculously broad time spectrum.

Holiday Open House invitations are usually cheerily yet vaguely worded: “Tis the season to mix and mingle / since ol’ Kris Kringle will soon jingle / no need to give the doorbell a dingle / just prance on in and join the Hingles! Sunday, Dec. 20, 10am to 10pm.”

I can hear your snorts of disapproval. “How dare you poo-poo a Christmas party?

What’s wrong with opening up your home to family and friends for 12 straight hours of holiday cheer? Scrooge you!”

Here’s what’s wrong with the open concept: all really great parties have a central focus. Something cool happens at memorable gather-

ings. If it’s a Christmas party, maybe it’s caroling, or a crokinole tournament, or a Secret Santa gift exchange, or a limbo contest, or Dickensian costumes, or charades using porn titles only (“Shaving Ryan’s Privates”!

“Saturday Night Beaver”!), or a hot, live Dixieland band, a big surprise or announcement, or a silent auction for charity, or a boisterous countdown to the New Year, or something as simple as a gracious toast from your host. Something of focus should occur at some point for your party guests. Simply standing around stuffing balls into your mouth (of Ferrero Rocher) and drinking is just not enough.

At some point, you need someone like Nardwuar to crowd-surf your living room.

Unfortunately, Holiday Open Houses usually suffer from such a grossly yawning time frame that it makes it impossible to maintain any party focal point whatsoever.

There’s nothing more frustrating when hoping to arrive at the height of the action of a Holiday Open House, only to have the hosts say something like “OH HEY YOU!” (a sure sign they’ve forgotten your name). Or, “Darn it! You missed Elvis Costello and Diana Krall!

They dropped by with the twins about seven hours ago.” Or this one: “You’re leaving already? We’re going to take the hockey sticks to the Canucks piñata in about three hours! It’s filled with Tim Hortons gift cards!”

Don’t even get me started on Holiday Open House hosts making you take your shoes off at the door.

Semantics and attention to detail at this time of year matter: next season, cancel the open house, have a party, and thank me later. Better yet, invite me. I promise to crowd surf your living room with nothing but my shoes on. W

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Palette resets with new Colour of the Year Jennifer Scott A Good Chick to Know

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Within the design community, the unveiling of the Pantone Colour of theYear represents a time to reset the palette and refresh our inspirations.

The Colour of theYear affects not only the inspirations we conjure within, but on a more literal level – the inspirations we will find in stores and online resources for the year to come.

This year, for the first time in history, Pantone – the leading authority on colour – released a two-tone colour way.

2016 is a milestone year for the colour association and community, as we are introduced to the powerful combination of Rose Quartz and Serenity; this is a doubled source of colour creativity for us to work with as an expression of mood and attitude within our designs.

Not only is this duo important for its direct colour options, but also as a reflection of what is happening socially and culturally on a global level. Discussions have started around this release of the muted pink and blue together, suggesting a softening of the lines between genders and gender equality, while also, according to Pantone, raising ideas around colour shaking off gender-specific imagery and gaining strength as a “form of expression”.

When speaking about the overall vibe and expected effect of this new colour way, Leatrice Eiseman – executive director of the Pantone Colour Institute – says, “Joined

For the first time ever, Pantone released two colours for Colour of the Year. Local décor retailers such as Orling & Wü (top and bottom, left) and Nineteen Ten Home (centre), and artists like Zoe Pawlak (right) offer ways to introduce the new pink and blue colour way into your home. Jennifer Gauthier photos together Rose Quartz and Serenity demonstrate an inherent balance between a warmer embracing rose tone and the cooler tranquil blue, reflecting connection and wellness as well as a soothing sense of order and peace.”

As I have begun to seek out ways to introduce this into my own home and those of my clients, I have found a number of stellar items locally that either combine the duo or represent a singular aspect in a strong way.

My most coveted piece that I have found thus far is

an oil painting by local-goneinternational darling of the art world, Zoe Pawlak.With an impressive 30”x37” size, this oil-on-canvas piece, entitled Pull Up the Air (available online at ZoePawlak.com) not only represents both Serenity and Rose Quartz in its palette, but the figurative silhouette – to me – embodies the contrast of softness and strength that the colour way itself evokes.

If you look to softer ways to introduce new colour ways into your space, textiles are a beautiful option. Orling &Wü

offers the Rose Quartz and Serenity palettes in beautiful natural linen throw blankets in a lightweight texture that coincides with the fresh start of a new year.

Underfoot is another fun use of colour that is often overlooked; bringing in trend colours via smaller area rugs is an unexpected yet striking effect.The indoor/outdoor options in the Serenity palette from Orling &Wü give you some play room on where to ‘be serene’, whether it the patio or kitchen.

The kitchen is another place to test out fresh palettes that is consistently forgotten – colour doesn’t have to be bold in its application, in fact often the subtle uses are the most effective. Serving utensils give a fun twist to dinner, especially for the entertainer.The slightly more saturated versions of Rose Quartz and Serenity in the serving spoons shown are a bolder in palette yet subtle in context way to test out the new Pantone Colours of theYear.

For a more subdued, glamorous effect in the kitchen,

the Red Raven Canyon Series dinnerware (pictured) from NineteenTen Home fits the bill with grace. Designed to emulate sunset hues from travels across the States, this collection specifically reflects the beauty seen in the Denali National Park.The entire line is created with handmade molds and hand-painted English porcelain; this series brings in elements of Rose Quartz as the primary palette, carefully contrasted with hues of golds and greens to make the tones pop. W

The 2015 stylescape: feminism, Nordstrom, and local gems Niki Hope Style File

@NikiMHope Feminism made its way into culture and fashion in a big, beautiful way in 2015.

In March, Lisa Tant, Holt Renfrew’s vice-president of exclusive services, touched on the topic in Westender’s spring style cover story, pointing to the influence of Gloria Steinem in the re-emergence of 1970s style. (But really, does the boho thing ever really go away?).

“International Women’s Day was last week,” she said at the time, “and my Instagram feed was jammed with photos of Gloria Steinem, and I thought ‘Oh, that’s interesting that she is being seen as a fashion muse right around now, because certainly she never would have intended that at the time.”

Even beyond fashion we

saw the rise of female perspectives in both culture and politics. Millennial powerhouse and Girls creator Lena Dunham co-launched Lenny Letter, a feminist arts newsletter, with pal Jenni Konner.

Female cast members dominated SNL. Comedian Amy Schumer had a break-out year by calling it as she – and a lot of other women – saw it.

Who can forget her speech at the Glamour awards in June, where she brazenly declared, “I’m like a 160 pounds right now, and I can catch a dick whenever I want.”

A new government took over this fall, bringing in a Prime Minister who promptly announced a gender-balanced cabinet.When asked why it was important to do, answered: “Because it’s 2015.”

In fashion, the stylish paired their sneakers with skirts and the skinny jean was slowly replaced with wider trousers and denim.

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This year’s fashion headlines included the September opening of Nordstrom at Pacific Centre. Dan Toulgoet photo You couldn’t talk about Vancouver fashion this year without including the seminal September opening of Nordstrom at Pacific Centre. The major US fashion retailer didn’t just stroll into town, it blew up with a sophisticated tactical public

relations and marketing operation, the likes of which this sleepy town has never seen. Opening night featured a sold-out celebrity-studded fashion show and gala that raised a whopping $420,000 for local charities.

More than 2,200 guests

attended the event, which included a stunning runway show featuring 85 looks from top designers and an in-store gala and shopping extravaganza.

Eager shoppers lined up for opening day, clamoring to get inside the swanky new flagship store.

But it wasn’t just Nordstrom that came to town to shake up the retail scene.

This year we saw the opening of a permanent Gastown retail spot by Vancouver’s Hey Jude, Main Street’s Neighbourhood Quality Goods, Middle Sister boutique on West Fourth, Drake General Store at Hudson’s Bay, and the North Shore’s Kiss and Makeup brought its blend of cosmetics and clothes to to this side of the bridge. International brands like skincare line Aesop and luxury fashion giant Dior opened in the city. The McArthurGlen Designer Outlet at Vancouver Airport

also launched in the summer to such huge fanfare some people reportedly missed their flights because of retail gridlock.

But the real highlight in 2015 was the many smallscale, Vancouver-based designers and artisans we discovered. Most are women, carving out a place for themselves and doing what they love.

This year’s profiles included a handful of jewelry designers, like Leah Alexandra, who makes delicate, timeless pieces; tomboy with a sweet touch, designer Izabela Domachowski’s line Iza Jewelry; and edgy art-deco inspired pieces from Anita Sikma. Another favourite is Granted, a line of hand-knit vests and jackets (for adults and kids) made from a sustainable and ethical wool.

The knit pieces, featuring charming winter scenes, will be treasured every winter for years to come. W

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The 10 most memorable dishes of 2015 Anya Levykh Nosh

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Another year of eating and drinking has flown by. Last year, I wrote about the most memorable dishes I’d experienced, both at old and new restaurants.What made these particular dishes stand out?

Mainly, it was the staggering skill and attention to detail that went into making something simple extremely well.

This year, that theme continues, along with some bold new flavours and concepts. Some of these, I’ve already written about, some were off-book, all were delicious.Without further ado, and in no particular order, the 2015 edition for your consumable pleasure.

ROASTED RABBIT, CAMPAGNOLO

This has always been one of my favourite hangouts, but with the recent return of owner Robert Belcham to the kitchen, the menu has been elevated to new and delicious heights.This dish ain’t pretty, but it’s damn fine. Rabbit from Lostock Farms in the Fraser Valley is roasted whole, carved, and topped with green olives and rabbit kidneys.There’s really nothing else to say, except call ahead to reserve one when available, and take three very good friends.

CURED HERRING, BAUHAUS

This dish spoke to my aching Russian soul with its beautiful treatment of a much undersung fish. Chef Stefan Hartmann doesn’t overdo the pickling, and sets off the light briny notes with some pickled cuke, julienned apple and a gribiche that speaks of Michelin-starred knife work and attention to balance.

BONE, TONGUES & HARMONY, THE MACKENZIE ROOM

This amazing creation from chef Sean Reeve combines two of my favourite foods, bone marrow and beef tongue.

Reeve, however, doesn’t just throw them together.The perfectly-roasted marrow is topped with tongue “ragu” and pickled beets, and laced with some fresh horseradish.

The light heat cuts through the richness of the marrow and meat, and the large hunk of housemade focaccia is ideal for mopping up the leftovers.

UNI AND DUNGENESS CRAB CURRY, MAENAM

Chef Angus An is officially Vancouver’s king of Thai cuisine.The ever-popular Maenam just keeps getting better with each passing year, and nowhere is that more evident than in this latest dish to grace the menu.The uni comes from

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Fresh Ideas Start Here, whose divers harvest the spiky urchin from the cool waters around Haida Gwaii and Bella Coola.

An takes the luscious roe and blends it into a stunning, southern-style green curry that is topped with Dungeness crab and smoked uni. Creamy, spicy, unctuous and delectable; get it while it’s in season.

FOIE AND OYSTER, ANNALENA

I normally don’t like anything on my oysters apart from a squeeze of lemon, but chef Mike Robbins has elevated my favourite mollusc into something quite extraordinary.

The raw oyster is topped with compressed apple, jalapeño mignonette, and a veritable snowfall of shaved foie gras.

When first I tried this, the balance was a bit off, but that has now been improved, and the result is a rich, lush mouthful of brine, sweet, fat and heat, all playing together quite happily.

LAMB TARTARE, ROYAL DINETTE

Chef David Gunawan can do no wrong, it seems. Most chefs would be overwhelmed with opening one new restaurant in a calendar year. Gunawan has opened two, and to much acclaim.While Grapes and Soda focuses on wine-friendly bites, Royal Dinette has become a show-stopping testament to Gunawan’s power to appeal to the pinstripe-clad masses of downtown’s financial district with his understated farm-to-table cookery.Take the lamb tartare, for instance. Nasturtium pesto, anyone?The egg yolk is cured, the onion is raw, and the combination is dazzling, as was the side I ordered of duck liver parfait with tayberry jam.

Technically, it was two dishes, but who’s counting?

SABLEFISH AND CHORIZO, VCC CHEF’S TABLE POP-UP

Chef Hamid Salimian might not be top of mind at the moment, but, between launching Next-Jen Gluten-Free with business and life partner Jen Peters, and teaching VCC’s International Culinary Arts students, he’s been busy. His work with the latter group has resulted in The Chef’s Table, a pop-up restaurant at the VCC downtown and Broadway campuses that saw his students cooking and plating dishes for happy diners.The braised sablefish with chorizo and crispy fennel in a saffron broth was case in point. Simple yet with much depth and contrast of flavour and texture, it caused eyes around the room to close in silent thanks. Look for the next pop-up series in early spring.

DASHI, MASAYOSHI

Upscale Japanese has certainly expanded of late. Masayoshi, the newest addition to the scene,

is home to chef Masayoshi Baba, formerly ofTojo’s. Baba has a deft hand with sushi, but it’s dishes like his standout chawanmushi that make you want to come back repeatedly.

This classic, savoury, steamed egg custard is stuffed with pine mushroom, kelp, shrimp, unagi, ginkgo, chicken and edamame.

It’s so heart- and palate-warming you can both start and end your meal with it.

VEGETABLE EGG, LATAB

When Kris Barnholden

opened his tiny new restaurant with business partner Eryn Dorman, it signalled a new and revolutionary approach to locavore and sustainable dining in Vancouver.

Not only does Barnholden support local producers, foragers and artisans, he reinvents ingredients into something unexpected and delightful.Take the vegetarian “egg,” for instance.What looks like a poached egg is actually a celeriac “white” surrounding a perfectly runny squash purée that looks

and acts like a typical yolk when you pierce it and let it ooze over the charred wild mushrooms, green onion and pumpkin “cheese.” Oh-sosatisfying, I’ve been known to order two in one seating.

DUNGENESS CRAB CAUSA, ANCORA

If you haven’t noticed the rise of Japanese-Peruvian cuisine, you’ve likely been hiding somewhere remote and inaccessible. Not only is this a global trend, it’s one that is historically-based (Peru began

accepting Japanese immigrants more than a century ago). At Ancora, chef Ricardo Valverde has taken his Peruvian heritage and paired it with the skilled stylings of raw bar chefYoshi Tabo to create some unique and intoxicating plates. Look for my review in the new year, but, in the meanwhile, try out the chilled and whipped potato causa, topped with Dungeness crab, and sitting in a lush huancaina sauce, a classic Peruvian spicy cheese sauce made from queso fresco and aji amarillo peppers. W

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In case you haven’t noticed, craft beer in Vancouver is, like, huge now. It’s officially a Thing, and I’m gonna go and argue that we’re now the Craft Beer Capital of Canada (suck it Toronto; lap it up Victoria).

Sure, the mega-hype of craft beer – that “OMG craft beer is so awesome” exclamation none of us have ever actually heard, but we all know someone somewhere has said / is saying – has died down some.

But it’s settled into a more mature, stable and comfortable understanding that craft beer is awesome and here to stay.

Just look at the numbers: craft beer swelled to 21 per cent of the beer-drinking market in BC this year, as macro brands continued to plummet. Twenty breweries opened up in BC in 2015, while Molson announced the closure of their megafacility in Kitsilano. And a half-dozen breweries were bought up in Big Brands’ attempt to A) survive and B) stay relevant.

All this is a good indicator that people want tasty, quality alcoholic beverages to numb the pain of what was otherwise a mostly horrible year for humanity as we slouch toward the End Times. And as we ride it out, here’s what’s probably going to happen in craft beer in 2016, locally and abroad.

MORE BREWERIES TO COME

We know of at least 15 BC breweries that’ll open by the end of the summer.

There another half dozen rumoured as well. If “peak

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craft beer” exists, then we’re dangerously close to it. But I don’t think that’s the case.

The fact is, most beer fans have short attention spans and are profoundly greedy and gluttonous and want more, more, MORE! So any new brewery that opens up will likely receive a warm reception, even if the beer’s lousy.

Kelowna in particular will launch its beer craze this year. BNA Brewing’s launch earlier this summer set things up, and now with Kettle River Brewing opening early next year, and at least two more breweries in the works – plus growing Baby Boomer interest in this “new craft beer thing” – the tourism-dependent, wine-fanatic city is primed for a craft beer revolution all its own.

LOCAL BREWERIES WILL START TO FEEL THE PINCH

Entrepreneur reported that new craft breweries have close to a zero per cent failure rate, at least in the US, and at least in 2015.

But then again, with San Francisco’s beloved Magnolia Brewing going bankrupt in December, it looks as though the reckoning may soon be upon us.

And sure, San Francisco’s craft beer industry is on steroids, but their competitive climate has lessons for us all, and especially here in BC, which is one of the fastest growing markets on the continent.

As new breweries open (particularly in and around Vancouver) and older breweries get better, some of the less-financed, lower quality or generally less well-received breweries will start feeling the pinch. This

will be seen more and more on draft accounts across the city, in lower bottle sales at private liquor stores, and dwindling numbers at tasting rooms.

It’s not all going to fall apart, of course. For a variety of reasons, Canadians are largely isolated from the issues that small and mid-sized breweries in the US are facing right now. At least locally, and at least for 2016, there will be a very simple remedy for these breweries: make better beer.

Breweries are also going to be releasing more – or will be putting more emphasis on existing – light, sessionable ales and lagers, as more people are introduced to craft beer province-wide, and as the LDB allows more craft beers in their stores.

MACRO WILL FLEX HARDER TO ANNIHILATE PESKY, PETULANT CRAFT BREWERS

The quality of beer in Vancouver alone improved by leaps in 2015, and any brewery that doesn’t step up will be in deep shit. In a crowded market, mediocre breweries can’t depend on the goodwill of the community for much longer.

But the other side of it is, brewers want to make better beer, and there are dozens of talented and experienced brewers working for, or owners of, breweries that opened in the past 12-18 months. They’ll find their footing this year, or will be inspired by the improvements of the peers, or both. Either way, expect the tastiest local beer in history (hyperbole not withstanding).

2015 was the year when Macro Beer, facing crises both existential and financial, made desperate (and, admittedly, fairly intelligent) moves to maintain their dominance as our All-Powerful Lords of Beer.

They bought craft brands.

They merged. They took control of distribution networks in the US. This all sets the table for Big Beer’s concentrated efforts to stamp craft beer out, or at least capitalize on its popularity. Expect them to buy more brands. Expect a few more American breweries to shut down, or at least file for bankruptcy.

And expect more muscular advertising selling macro-owned craft brands and their staple products, because Budweiser and Coors Light ain’t going nowhere.

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Given Big Beer’s purchase of popular craft brands, and given Vancouver’s thriving consumer base, we’ll likely see a greater push of Lagunitas, Elysian, Goose Island and Ballast Point in our liquor stores, private and governmental. The Americans are coming. You’ll see. Just you wait. W

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When the first album you bought was Michael Jackson’s Off The Wall it should come as no surprise to anyone that a career in music eventually found you.

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Kid-friendly countdown at 9pm, in conjunction with the east coast and again at midnight complete with fireworks over the harbour.

6pm at Waterfront (Coal Harbour).

SALUTE TO VIENNA The Strauss Symphony of Canada, with conductor Andras Deak, soprano Sera Goesch, tenor Daniel Lokos, and dancers from Kiev-Aniko Ballet of Ukraine, perform a New Year’s concert celebrating the ageless beauty of Viennese music. 2:30pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets at VancouverSymphony.ca

ERIC PRYDZ Swedish techno/ house DJ and producer, based in LA, best known for his 2004 hit single “Call on Me” plays in support of his forthcoming album Opus. 9pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $38.50 at Ticketmaster.ca

JAZZ VESPERS The Maria Ho Quartet performs a jazz concert with special guest saxophonist Jack Stafford. 4pm at St. Andrew’s-Wesley Church. Admission by donation.

FEATHERS & KRISTINA EMMOTT Folksong duo of guitarist/ composer Francois Pelletier and singer/flutist Stephanie Boutet bring their unique sound to the stage with special guest Emmott.

8pm at Railway Club. Tickets $10 at the door.

THE SUNDAY SERVICE Come laugh with the funniest kids in town! The award-winning improve comedy troupe of Taz VanRassel, Ryan Beil, Emmett Hall, Aaron Read, and Caitlin Howden present this side-splitting two-hour-long performance in a mix of short form games, and long form improve – always quickwitted, absurd and hilarious.

7:30pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $7 at the door.

YOB DOOM metal band out of Portland, Oregon, play a NYE show with special guests Bison, and Astrakhan. 7pm at Rickshaw Theatre.

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8pm at Railway Club. Tickets $15 at Zulu, Highlife, Red Cat, and TicketZone.com, or $20 at the door.

ONE NIGHT STAND VIII Join some of Vancouver’s best to ring in the new year featuring members of Yukon Blonde, Rococode, Brasstronaut, and Hey Ocean, as well as Adaline, Hannah Georgas, Louise Burns, Dominique Fricot and others with complimentary treats from Phillips Brewing and The Final Countdown to 2016. 8:30pm at The Imperial. Tickets $50 at HipCityMusic.ca/tickets BIG JOHN BATES Round out your year with the southern gothic, post-apocalyptic dark sounds of BJB in this debaucherous flurry of sound with guests Alchemy Chamber, Year of the Wolf, DJ Brandy Bones and the Tassel Twirlers Burlesque Beauties. 9pm at Media Club. Tickets $15 at Zulu, Highlife, Red Cat, and TicketZone.com, or $20 at the door.

NOMEANSNO CLONES THE RAMONES Legendary local postpunk band performs your favourite Ramones covers at SBC (109 East Hastings). With guests, the Tubuloids. Doors at 8pm, tickets $20 at the door or in advance from the venue.

MAN UP PONYBOY and all the usual suspects return for the queer NYE event of the year in the most intimate space this party has seen with performances from Rose Butch, Owen, Ponyboy & Majik, Thank Jem, go-go dancing from Le Roy Wan aka Gei Sha and music by Skylar Love, DJ Bey, and DJ T keeps the party going until 4am. 9pm at a surprise Main Street location TBA. Tickets $20+ at Little Sisters and ManUpNYE16.BrownPaperTickets. com NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH DAWN PEMBERTON Join the Vancouver vocal powerhouse for an evening of everything from gospel and soul to jazz and funk with Mike Ardagh on drums, Ian Cox on piano, and Derek DiFilippo on bass. 9pm at Frankie’s (765 Beatty). Tickets $90 (includes 3-course dinner) at SeatMe.Yelp.com NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH QUEER AS FUNK! The funk-soul-Motown East Van dance band brings it home to the WISE Hall this year with surprise special guests, DJ Slade, complimentary champagne, photo booth by fubarfoto and a crowd of the sharpest dressed folks in a safe, inclusive environment to ring in the new year. 9pm at WISE Hall. Tickets at NYEQAF.BrownPaperTickets.com.

MOTOWN NEW YEAR’S Launch into 2016 with this action-packed evening of comedy with the Sunday Service, live music from the Ballantynes, ‘80s and ‘90s classics with Heaven, and the World Famous Motown Party dances you into the wee hours with SlimRoy and Roy Abel after a champagne toast at midnight. 8pm at Fox Cabaret.

Tickets at $32+ at EventBrite.ca NYE YEAR IN REVIEW TheatreSports improv masters take you on a journey back through the headlines of 2015 in this unique show staged with audience suggestions, party favours and complimentary bubbly.

11:15pm at The Improv Centre.

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THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS Experience the fullness of Christmas with a concert of eight choral voices, set to organ music in a program featuring Tomkins, Howells, Willan, and Willcocks with MOTET Chamber Choir.

2:30pm at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church (2881 Main). Admission by donation; all ages welcome.

THEATRE/DANCE EBENEEZER – A CHRISTMAS GHOST STORY The holiday classic get a dark and twisted rewrite with an entertaining new musical score in a vividly re-imagined story celebrating the grim and macabre aspects of the original.

8pm at Jericho Arts Centre. Tickets at TicketsTonight.TicketForce. com. Runs until Jan. 2.

CHEAP & FUN POLAR BEAR SWIM One of the largest and oldest swims in the world returns for a chilling dip in the Pacific to cure that NYE hangover. Wear a costume, compete in the 100-yard swim race, and don’t forget some warm clothes to change into afterward.

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TRIPLE BILL AT THE RIO Hungover? Want to stay in your sweats and watch some classics?

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COMEDY DARCY MICHAEL One of the fastest rising stars in comedy, pegged as a favourite of Montreal’s Just For Laughs, with appearances on The Tonight Show and CBC’s The Debaters. 8pm & 10:30pm at The Comedy Mix. Tickets $20 at TheComedyMix.com JONATHON BAUM Having worked unsuitable jobs, dated incompatible women, and pursued unattainable goals, Baum shares stories, thoughts, and feelings that are both hilarious and thought provoking, with opening sets from Chris Gaskin and Damonde Tschritter. 7pm & 9pm at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets $20 at YukYuks.com

THEATRE/DANCE SLEEPING BEAUTY The British pantomime, a holiday tradition for over 25 years, takes familiar fairytales and injects a bit of music hall, vaudeville, contemporary references, and a whole lot of audience participation.

Come experience a new twist on the story of the Princess cursed to sleep, only to wake by the kiss of a true love. 2pm & 7pm at Metro Theatre. Tickets at Tickets.MetroTheatre.com. Final performance.

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JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH Back by popular demand, the family-friendly musical invites you to watch as James is shipped off to live with his wretched aunts, and all seems lost until he discovers a magical peach inhabited by fantastical creatures. 2pm & 7pm at Waterfront Theatre. Tickets at Tickets.CarouselTheatre.ca. Runs until Jan.3.

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CHEAP & FUN ENCHANTED NIGHTS Bring your imagination to explore the whimsical wonders of a miniature world of artisan fairies and sprite villages donned with magical lights and set to holiday music and live entertainment amongst the dome’s tropical plants and exotic birds. 4pm at Bloedel Conservatory.Tickets $8.50+ at TicketsTonight.TicketForce.com.

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CHELSEA HOTEL: THE SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN A special holiday run of the smash hit musical - a powerful and inspirational production of the songs of the Canadian icon from six performers playing seventeen different instruments. 1pm at Firehall Arts Centre. Tickets at FirehallArtsCentre.ca (PWYC Wednesdays). Runs until Jan. 9.

MIKE LUNO BAND Three-piece rock act based in Vancouver fuse elements of funk with overtones of reggae and prog-rock for a hometown show. 8:30pm at Railway Club. Tickets $7 at the door.

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STREETSCAPES BY CAROL MCQUAID Vancouver artist shows a series of recent cityscapes and townscapes in relief printmaking and watercolour, a series focussed on our built environment and how we inhabit it. 12-6pm at Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Runs until Jan. 25.

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Year in review: the best of the arts KELSEY KLASSEN @kelseyklassen

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The industry awakens 2016 poised to be another banner year for BC Film Sabrina Furminger Reel People @Sabrinarmf

It wasn’t that long ago when most conversations about the Vancouver film and television industry involved words like “drought”, “endangered” and “dead”.

But nearly three years after the height of the Save BC Film campaign – when productions fled town for tax-friendlier climes and local studios sat empty –Vancouver’s screen scene is busier than it’s been in years.

Vancouver’s 2015 production diary included Ryan Reynolds’ highly anticipated superhero property Deadpool, and The X-Files event series, which brought ‘90s-throwback energy (and noted Raincouverhater David Duchovny) back to town.

And 2016 is poised to be just as fruitful. Creative BC reports that 43 productions have committed to shooting here in the first quarter of 2016 alone.

This kind of activity is great for the local economy, sure, but it’s also good for you.When Vancouver’s standing in for LA or Seattle in a blockbuster superhero flick, the action rings just a little truer.

And when she’s given the chance to play herself – as she did in Chris Haddock’s triumphant return to CBC Television, The Romeo Section, and the marvelous final season of Continuum – the action hits even closer to home.

Here’s what Reel People is excited for in 2016.

BIG BUDGET ON THE BIG SCREEN

It remains to be seen just how much ofVancouver we’ll actually glimpse in StarTrek

Beyond, the third in the wildly popular reboot of the ‘60s sci-fi series starring Chris Pine as Captain JamesT. Kirk.The film shot around the Lower Mainland this past summer (including at a massive crashed spaceship set at Kent Hangar Field) – and we can see it all when StarTrek beams into theatres in July. Other big budget, locally shot films coming soon: the film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The BFG, directed by Steven Spielberg (July 1); and Deadpool (Feb. 12).

THE TRUTH IS BACK

Last April, The X-Files showrunner Chris Carter told Reel People that “[it] was weird to leaveVancouver in the first place, because it was like taking your all-star team and saying, okay, ‘now we’re going to start fresh someplace else.’”

That “someplace else” was Los Angeles, where Carter and Fox took The X-Files for the final four years of its run. But for the upcoming six-episode event series, Carter opted to bring Mulder and Scully back toVancouver. “You will get a combination of what I think the show did best, which is to mix the mythology stories with the standalone episodes,” says Carter. The X-Files returns to Fox on Jan. 24.

TV SHOWS

A staggering number of fan-favourite genre shows are currently filming inVancouver: Arrow; The Flash; Once Upon a Time; iZombie; Man in the High Castle; Motive; Supernatural; Bates Motel.This winter, one of the hottest shows currently filming inYVR –The CW’s dystopian action-adventure drama, The 100, about 100 juvenile delinquents sent back to Earth to re-populate the planet – returns for its highly anticipated third season.The first of the 16 new episodes drops on Jan. 21.Vancouver actor Richard Harmon (Continuum) has been bumped from recurring to series regular.

Another CW show premiering on Jan. 21: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, a spin-off of Arrow

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and The Flash featuring a veritableWho’sWho of DC characters: Firestorm, the Atom, HeatWave, Captain Cold, Hawkgirl, and Rip Hunter.

Most exciting forVancouver screen scene fans is the casting of Ali Liebert (Bomb Girls, Afterparty) as Lindsay Carlisle, a potential love interest for Caity Lotz’s Sara Lance (AKAWhite Canary).

You can catch Liebert and a bevy ofVancouver talent (including Nicholas Carella, Christina Sicoli, and David Milchard) in Paranormal Solutions Inc.The locally produced comedy series – in which a ragtag gang investigates paranormal happenings – launches March 1 on the web and on Telus OptikTV.

INDIE FARE

In the months ahead, indie and low-budget films that rocked the 2015 editions of theVancouver International Film Festival andWhistler Film Festival will return for encore engagements. Among them: veteran filmmaker Mina Shum’s first feature-length documentary, Ninth Floor, about the racially charged Sir GeorgeWilliams University riot of 1969; and post-apocalyptic drama Into the Forest, starring Ellen Page and Evan RachelWood and featuring local favourite Michael Eklund in a small but sinister role.

Both films are screening as part of Canada’sTop 10 atThe Cinematheque (Jan. 8-17).

This fall, the creative team behindVIFF’s Must See BC winner for 2013, the Christopher Guest-esque dance competition mockumentary Leap 4Your Life!, returns with Marrying the Family, a fullthrottle comedy about a wedding weekend gone sideways.

The film shot in summer 2015 and starsTaylor Hill (who also wrote the screenplay), Adam DiMarco, Anne Marie DeLuise, Nicole Oliver, Julia Benson, and Peter Benson (who directs).Watch for Reel People’s set visit report closer to Marrying the Family’s premiere date (stillTBA). W

Apologies to all the shows that this solitary arts writer couldn’t attend, but of the dozens of dances, plays, concerts and art exhibitions that DO make it into my calendar, there were some absolute knockouts. I can’t wait to see what’s coming for 2016, but as the curtain closes on 2015, let’s first take a moment to review the moments that brought me (and my fellow audiences) to our feet this year.

The Arts Club’s One Man, Two Guvnors was a splendidly silly start to the year, slapsticking up the StanleyTheatre in February.Written by British playwright Richard Bean, the 1960s-set comedy of errors featured local funnymen Andrew McNee and Ryan Beil chewing through the scenery (and, in McNee’s case, the fourth wall) while director David Mackay kept the surprises rolling out into the aisles.

In March,Vancouver’s annual Chutzpah festival presented the kinetic wonder that is Bodytraffic, with the LA-based dance company scorching through Richard Siegal’s jazzy The New 45, Kyle Abraham’s epic Kollide, Joshua L. Peugh’s magical Trick of the Light, and Victor Quijada’s intense Once again, before you go.

Not to be outdone, Ballet BC seared itself into my springtime memory with Trace, featuringWilliam Forsythe’s hypnotic workwithinwork,Walter Matteini’s dark, unforgettable Lascia ch’io pianga and the company’s farewell performance of the comic crowd favourite, Petite Cérémonie by MedhiWalerski.

By fall, the theatre calendar was awash in musicals and “plays with songs”, from rocking productions at the Firehall to Tony-award winning productions and holiday reboots.The Arts Clubs’ presentation of The Waiting Room, however, was perhaps the most impactful. Based on Spirit of theWest singer John Mann’s battle with colorectal cancer, TheWaiting Room saw veteranVancouver actor JonathonYoung, young Matreya Scarrwener and co. navigating playwright Morris Panych’s existential world of hospital waiting rooms, while Mann performed songs from his 2014 concept album of the same name.

Buoyed by Mann’s booming voice and raw live performance (the singer is now in the grips of early onset Alzheimer’s disease), the show melded urgency and honesty with Mann’s celebratory spirit.

The fall season also afforded the luxury of perspective and,

by October, Empire of the Son – Tetsuro Shigematsu’s stun-

Daniel Arnold and Marisa Smith star in Little One, Feb. 25-27 at the Firehall Arts Centre. Kaarina Venalainen photo ning, sold-out one-man show at the Cultch – was shaping up to be one of the best shows this year.The former CBC radio host and self-professedly stoic Japanese-Canadian opened his story by explaining that, as an adult, he had never truly cried.

He explored this central idea by deftly weaving the life and death of his father into his own generational struggle, while augmenting the narratives with simple, hand-powered multimedia projections. From the serene set to the understated performance, Empire of the Son found itself squarely in the running for best in show.

Meanwhile, in arts news, 2015 saw the Arts Club open its new theatre in Olympic Village and theVancouver Art Gallery unveil plans for its new building down by the Queen ElizabethTheatre. City Opera announced the receipt of a $127,000 grant toward the creation of an opera on Canada’s MissingWomen, whileVancouver Opera announced plans to transition from year-round programming into a festival format for 2017.

In visual arts, Bau-Xi Gallery marked its 50th anniversary and Gallery Jones andWinsor Gallery moved in together inThe Flats, while Ballet BC and Kokoro both celebrated 30 years of dance.

It was also a milestone year for the Museum of Anthropology and Museum ofVancouver, which partnered in January with the Musqueam First Nation for an unprecedented multi-institution exhibition on Vancouver’s aboriginal history.

So, if you’ve got all that, it’s time to move on to 2016. Here are five shows that should help the rest of winter pass quickly.

HEATHERS

Jan. 6-17 at the York Theatre Based on the 1980sWinona Ryder revenge comedy, Heathers:The Musical tells the homicidal story ofVeronica Sawyer, a brainy, teenage misfits who never dreamed of getting in with the most popular and cruel clique at high school.

The draw: Comedian David C. Jones directs this campy mu-

sical, which resolves murder-y moments with song-and-dance numbers.

MONUMENTAL

Jan. 28 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival presents the reunion of local cult-dance sensation Holy BodyTattoo in monumental – a work that hasn’t been seen in 10 years.

The draw: Montreal post-punk instrumentalists GodspeedYou! Black Emperor provide the soundtrack live for the first time.

LITTLE ONE

Feb. 9-13 at Firehall Arts Centre Fresh off success at the New York International Fringe Festival, AlleyTheatre’s Little One returns home to tell the story of two deeply disturbed siblings, starring local husband and wife duo Daniel Arnold and Marisa Smith.

The draw: The Hannah Moscovitch-penned play has topped critics’ lists from here to NewYork City.

BETROFFENHEIT

Feb. 25-27 at the Vancouver Playhouse TheVancouver workshop of this powerhouse piece on grief and addiction left local audiences in tears. Since its completion, the collaboration between Electric Company Theatre’s JonathonYoung and Kidd Pivot’s Crystal Pite has had the same impact on reviewers inToronto.

The draw: Two ofVancouver’s most inspired theatre and dance artists meditating on loss.This one will sell-out.

BALLET BC, PROGRAM 2

March 17-19 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Rising French choreographer MedhiWalerski (of aforementioned Petite Cérémonie fame) returns to Ballet BC with a question: how to balance order and chaos. Dancers from Arts Umbrella’s graduate program will also take part.

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@WholeNourishBC So another year has gone by and with it another resolution that you may or may not have achieved. We all have them, and regardless of whether we followed

through with last year’s declarations, there is a new year around the corner.

So out with the old and in with the new!

This time of year we often find ourselves reflecting on what we did and didn’t do, and promise ourselves that next year will be different, next year we are actually going to stick to our healthy new plans.

Every year starts the same, and every year sometimes ends with regret or disappointment of sorts where you are left feeling like you need to make some sort of extreme change which you drunkenly declare at the stroke of midnight every New Year’s. The problem with this is that giving yourself too many restrictions will set you up for failure.

The best way of making beneficial changes to your life is by transitioning and easing yourself into it at your own pace. Start adding a bit of something at a time until it just becomes a part of your healthy life and you don’t even notice it as something new or different.

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LEMON WATER

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Proper hydration is a great way to improve your health. We are made up of mostly water, after all, so it’s no wonder that just by staying hydrated we are eliminating a ton of symptoms and possible ailments that we acquire. Water composes 75 per cent of your brain, 22 per cent of your bones, removes wastes, helps convert food into energy, and helps your body absorb nutrients among many other valuable functions. Drink up!

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By Rob Brezsny send past midnight John Koenig is an artist who invents new words.

Here’s one that’s applicable to your journey in 2016: “keyframe.” Koenig defines it as being a seemingly mundane phase of your life that is in fact a turning point. Major plot twists in your big story arrive halfhidden amidst a stream of innocuous events. They don’t come about through “a series of jolting epiphanies,” Koenig says, but rather “by tiny imperceptible differences between one ordinary day and the next.”

In revealing this secret, I hope I’ve alerted you to the importance of acting with maximum integrity and excellence in your everyday routine.

The coming months look like one of the best times ever for your love life. Old romantic wounds are finally ready to be healed. You’ll know what you have to do to shed tired traditions and bad habits that have limited your ability to get the spicy sweetness you deserve. Are you up for the fun challenge? Be horny for deep feelings. Be exuberantly aggressive in honoring your primal yearnings. Use your imagination to dream up new approaches to getting what you want. The innovations in intimacy that you initiate in the coming months will keep bringing you gifts and teachings for years to come.

In ancient times, observers of the sky knew the difference between stars and planets. The stars remained fixed in their places. The planets wandered around, always shifting positions in relationship to the stars.

But now and then, at irregular intervals, a very bright star would suddenly materialize out of nowhere, stay in the same place for a while, and then disappear.

Chinese astronomers called these “guest stars.” We refer to them as supernovae. They are previously dim or invisible stars that explode, releasing tremendous energy for a short time. I suspect that in 2016, you may experience the metaphorical equivalent of a guest star. Learn all you can from it. It’ll provide teachings and blessings that could feed you for years.

Be alert for an abundance of interesting lessons in 2016. You will be offered teachings about a variety of practical subjects, including how to take care of yourself really well, how to live the life you want to live, and how to build the connections that serve your dreams. If you are even moderately responsive to the prompts and nudges that come your way, you will become smarter than you thought possible. So just imagine how savvy you’ll be if you ardently embrace your educational opportunities. (Please note that some of these opportunities may be partially in disguise.)

The silkworm grows fast. Once it hatches, it eats constantly for three weeks. By the time it spins its cocoon, it’s 10,000 times heavier than it was in the beginning. On the other hand, a mature, 60-foot-tall saguaro cactus may take 30 years to fully grow a new side arm. It’s in no hurry. From what I can tell, Leo, 2015 was more like a silkworm year for you, whereas 2016 will more closely resemble a saguaro. Keep in mind that while the saguaro phase is different from your silkworm time, it’s just as important.

“The sky calls me,” wrote Virgo teacher and poet Sri Chinmoy. “The wind calls me. The moon and stars call me. The dense groves call me. The dance of the fountain calls me. Smiles call me, tears call me. A faint melody calls me. The morn, noon and eve call me. Everyone is searching for a playmate. Everyone is calling me, ‘Come, come!’” In 2016, Virgo, I suspect you will have a lot of firsthand experience with feelings like these. Sometimes life’s seductiveness may overwhelm you, activating confused desires to go everywhere and do everything. On other occasions, you will be enchanted by the lush invitations, and will know exactly how to respond and reciprocate.

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In the 19th century, horses were a primary mode of personal transportation. Some people rode them, and others sat in carriages and wagons that horses pulled. But as cities grew larger, a problem emerged: the mounting manure left behind on the roads. It became an ever-increasing challenge to clear away the equine “pollution.” In 1894, a British newspaper predicted that the streets of London would be covered with nine feet of the stuff by 1950. But then something unexpected happened: cars. Gradually, the threat of an excremental apocalypse waned. I present this story as an example of what I expect for you in 2016: a pressing dilemma that will gradually dissolve because of the arrival of a factor you can’t imagine yet.

The longest river in the world flows through eastern Africa: the Nile. It originates below the equator and empties into the Mediterranean Sea. Although its current flows north, its prevailing winds blow south.

That’s why sailors have found it easily navigable for thousands of years. They can either go with the flow of the water or use sails to harness the power of the breeze. I propose that we make the Nile your official metaphor in 2016, Scorpio. You need versatile resources that enable you to come and go as you please – that are flexible in supporting your efforts to go where you want and when you want.

In many cases, steel isn’t fully useful if it’s too hard.

Manufacturers often have to soften it a bit. This process, which is called tempering, makes the steel springier and more malleable. Car parts, for example, can’t be too rigid. If they were, they’d break too easily. I invite you to use “tempering” as one of your main metaphors in 2016, Sagittarius. You’re going to be strong and vigorous, and those qualities will serve you best if you keep them flexible. Do you know the word “ductile”? If not, look it up. It’ll be a word of power for you.

In his essay “The Etiquette of Freedom,” poet Gary Snyder says that wildness “is perennially within us, dormant as a hard-shelled seed, awaiting the fire or flood that awakes it again.” The fact that it’s a “hardshelled” seed is a crucial detail. The vital stuff inside the stiff outer coating may not be able to break out and start growing without the help of a ruckus. A fire or flood? They might do the job. But I propose, Capricorn, that in 2016 you find an equally vigorous but less disruptive prod to liberate your dormant wildness.

Like what? You could embark on a brave pilgrimage or quest. You could dare yourself to escape your comfort zone. Are there any undomesticated fantasies you’ve been suppressing? Unsuppress them!

Frederick the Great was King of Prussia between 1740 and 1786. He was also an Aquarius who sometimes experimented with eccentric ideas. When he brewed his coffee, for example, he used champagne instead of water. Once the hot elixir was ready to drink, he mixed in a dash of powdered mustard. In light of the astrological omens, I suspect that Frederick’s exotic blend might be an apt symbol for your life in 2016: a vigorous, rich, complex synthesis of champagne, coffee, and mustard. (PS, Frederick testified that “champagne carries happiness to the brain.”)

My Piscean acquaintance Arturo plays the piano as well as anyone I’ve heard. He tells me that he can produce 150 different sounds from any single key.

Using the foot pedals accounts for some of the variation. How he touches a key is an even more important factor. It can be percussive, fluidic, staccato, relaxed, lively, and many other moods. I invite you to cultivate a similar approach to your unique skills in 2016. Expand and deepen your ability to draw out the best in them. Learn how to be even more expressive with the powers you already possess.

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@MyszkaWay With the overwhelming amount of year-end lists and round-ups, it’s hard not to feel that last-week-of-theyear-blues leading up to New Year’s Eve.We are all selfish piles of crap who smile on the outside while tears of self pity rain down under our skin.

Get a grip, guys. It’s really too bad that this year you went through a brutal break-up, lost your job, failed the bar exam and crashed your sister’s Prius into a school bus full of disabled children.

However, 2016 is a new year, so after the stroke of midnight you should be wiping the slate clean, not smearing it with your bullshit from 2015. When you find yourself drunk on champagne and surrounded by your seemingly happy, celebrating friends, you could be tempted to retort into your iPhone to reconcile your blunders of 2015.

TEXT TO THE EX

Whether you did the dumping or got dumped, there is bound to be some unfinished business between you and your ex. Break-ups are never a mutual affair, no matter how many lies you each tell yourselves. Neither of you want the same thing and that’s why you broke up. NewYear’s Eve’s midnight kiss is almost worse for singles than Valentine’s Day, because even if you are running around hugging and kissing all your friends, there is that moment where the 12:00am kiss happens. If you lack that special someone in a room full of happy couples, you may be tempted to text the person who’s heart you crushed back in June.What are they doing? Are they sad and high like you? And who the hell is that strange person you have never seen before now suddenly all over their Instagram account? All of these questions should be considered void once the first 60 seconds of 2016 has passed.

TEXT TO THE FRIEND YOU HAD A FALLING OUT WITH

The friendship break-up is tragic and should not be something that one experiences frequently (if so, you may want to start looking inside, instead of “leaning in”). Losing a friend in a final blow out is really sad and can leave both parties wanting to apologize and start fresh. However, a text is not the way to do it. Wait until 2016, really think about

Thinkstock photo it, and reach out offering face-to-face communication.

That’s what grown ups do.

TEXT TO THE BOSS

Why do you even still have your boss’s number?

She fired you for abusing the company contacts to gather investors for your online cupcake business. Not on work time, remember?

She hates you and the last thing she wants to do is get a drunken New Year’s text from coy little you, begging for forgiveness. If you want to send a funny prank text, that’s fine. Just remember to use a phone of someone who won’t throw you under the bus when the boss responds in a few days.

TEXT TO THE BOOTY CALL YOU ABANDONED

new year laying naked next to a person you swore off in August, that’s your problem, but I highly doubt you do.

Time-traveling to the future is fun, but the recent, pathetic past is for your nightmares.

What kind of cool relics will you find by repeating your own mistakes? Again, you abandoned this person for a reason and it is most likely because, beyond their naked body, they are a wet mop of annoying. Save yourself the remorseful regret and don’t send that text. W

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