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NO RESPECT FOR VETERANS

How can any business dare to organize a “Remembrance Day Salsa Dance” on November the 10th?

How low can a Canadian business stoop to sell its product?You are based on Canadian soil, you enjoy the privileges this great country has to offer you, and what do you do?You dare tarnish the memory of those who died for this country with a vulgar

dance? This is just offside and I swear I will never set foot in that establishment again!

Shame on you!

–Anonymous The cenotaph ceremony was solemn and reverent as it should be. However, when the regiments marched afterwards, they were guarded by the Vancouver Police carrying assault rifles! It was very scary to witness, and can only serve to instill fear and

paranoia in our free society.

–Mally

DON’T GET YOUR LACES TIED IN A KNOT

Re:“You can take your shoes off,”Vancouver Shakedown, Nov. 12, 2015 As a born and bred Vancouverite (my family moved to the coast over a half century ago), we have always taken off our shoes.That is our custom and many of my friends practice this custom.

This article assumes that there is only one culture in Vancouver and that would overlook the fact that there are many different cultures residing quite nicely in this rainy city of ours. Different cultures have different view of hygiene. Some are quite stringent and others quite relaxed. Being a culturally competent Vancouverite, I do my best to behave appropriately whenever I am a host or guest. If someone is generous enough to have me over for dinner at their home, I will try to abide by their cultural practices and not try to shame them for not being like me. And sorry to ruin your outfit, but I invited you over because I thought you were interesting not because I think you look good in boots.

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Syrian refugee influx provokes mixed reaction

MIKE HOWELL @howellings

As Vancouver and cities across Canada prepare to accommodate 25,000 Syrian refugees before year’s end, Majd Agha is acutely aware that not all Canadians will welcome the newcomers.

That reality, he said, was sharpened over the weekend as critics worried terrorists like those who killed 129 people in Paris last Friday will be among the refugees.

“Whatever happens in Europe or anywhere else, the refugees are going to get blamed,” said Agha, a 22-year-old refugee from Syria who now lives in Vancouver and works for a bankruptcy company.

“These refugees don’t deserve this. They escaped [Syria] because of those people who are doing horrific things in their own country.”

The criticism has come in letters to newspapers, complaints on radio call-in shows and via an online petition titled “Stop resettling 25,000 Syrian refugees in Canada,” which claims more than 34,000 supporters.

Agha, who arrived in Vancouver in 2014 as a government-assisted refugee, said

he understands Canadians’ fears but is confident Canada has a security system in place to identify legitimate refugees.

Still, he said, he’s afraid, too, of the violence caused

by ISIL, whose de facto capital is the city of Raqqa in Syria. With ISIL having made threats to Canada and other democracies around the world, Agha said his family in Syria is more worried for his safety than their own.

“My mom was freaking out, saying ‘Oh my god, they’re following you everywhere,’” he said, referring to a recent conversation he had with his family. “My dad was very, very, very sad about what happened in Paris. He has a lot of friends there and was calling to make sure everyone was fine. It’s absolutely heartbreaking what happened in Paris.”

Paris is a city Mohamed Chelali knows well. Standing in a crowd along the fabled Champs Elysees in July 2002 to watch the annual Bastille Day parade, Chelali foiled an assassination attempt on then-French President Jacques Chirac.

Chelali, a Muslim of Algerian descent who became a Canadian citizen in 1995,

Majd Agha (left) from Syria and Mohamed Chelali from Algeria came to Canada to better their lives. Agha is a refugee, Chelali is a Canadian citizen. Contributed photos was living in White Rock at the time and on vacation with his family. The French immersion teacher was the subject of a Vancouver Courier cover story in 2004 in which he discussed his heroic actions that day, which involved him and two other men tackling a neoNazi armed with a rifle. He received France’s highest honour for bravery.

Chelali is now on sab-

batical in southern France and was having dinner with a friend when he learned of the attacks in Paris.

“My reaction was of shock and disbelief that Muslim radicals struck once again and, this time, indiscriminately to peaceful, young French enjoying a nice afternoon in a café, watching a soccer game or live music concert,” said Chelali via email.

Like Agha, his message to Canadians worried about terrorists being among the 25,000 Syrian refugees is the same: Let officials do the security checks and identify legitimate refugees.

“Canada needs and should help Syrian refugees, first because of the role that Canada has always played on the international stage for peace and freedom and, second, because of its his-

tory in helping to protect desperate and vulnerable people escaping persecution,” said Chelali, who has citizenship in France.

At the time of Chelali’s act of bravery, France was grappling with how to handle a swell of Muslim immigration and the accompanying social tensions.

Since then, he said, more North African people are in politics, government, parliament and public services.

Racism – which he experienced in the 1980s while looking for work in France – still persists.

But, he said, Muslims “are treated with dignity from French authorities, where the government carefully distinguishes between radical Islamist terrorists and the average, simple, peaceful Muslim.”

Agha, meanwhile, said Canadians upset about the attacks in Paris should also remember that more than 40 people were killed in ISIL suicide bomber attacks the previous day in Lebanon.

“I didn’t see any Lebanese flags flying in Vancouver after that,” he said.

“Humans are humans, no matter where they live.” W –Courtesy ofVancouver Courier

Natural infrastructure is good for the climate and communities David Suzuki Science Matters

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Across Canada, towns and cities face a one-two punch: aging infrastructure and the extreme weather climate change brings. Unless we do something, many of our roads, railways, transit lines, bridges, stormwater pipes and other built structures could become obsolete.

Our newly elected federal government took up the challenge with a campaign pledge to double infrastructure investments from $65 billion to nearly $125 billion over the next 10 years. Ontario has committed to spending $130 billion over the same time period, and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has also promised a hefty infrastructure stimulus package.

While these political commitments are long overdue, we shouldn’t lose sight of less-expensive and longerlasting solutions to many of our infrastructure needs, like planting trees in urban areas for stormwater management and other services.

Many municipalities and non-profit organizations are exploring ways to improve how we plan for, plant, main-

Trees aren’t just pretty to look at, they are an important part of the environmental infrastructure needed to make urban areas clean and liveable. File photo tain and protect urban trees as key infrastructure assets in our built environments. But higher levels of government must also fund and participate in urban forest strategies to ensure that trees are promoted in our ever-densifying urban centres.

We often take trees and green spaces for granted, but we shouldn’t.They clean and cool air, filter and regulate water, reduce energy use and protect homes and businesses during storms. Recognizing urban trees as infrastructure assets opens up new ways to assess their value and justify investment in their maintenance. Living, green

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infrastructure increases in value over time, unlike grey infrastructure, such as stormwater pipes, which depreciate.

As trees mature they provide exponentially more benefits to residents.

Healthy street trees can lengthen the lifespan of built infrastructure like roads and sidewalks by shading them and reducing effects of weathering, and they provide significant human health benefits.This summer, using data from Toronto, David Suzuki Foundation Ontario director Faisal Moola and his academic colleagues found that adding 10 trees to a block can produce health benefits

equivalent to a $10,000 salary raise or being seven years younger.

Despite their enormous value to society, urban forest canopies are stressed and in decline in many parts of the country. Hot, dry summers and increasingly frequent and extreme storms are wreaking havoc on city trees. Urban development, invasive species like the emerald ash borer and other threats have also reduced growing space and killed millions of trees.

Unfortunately, urban forest stewardship varies widely across the country. Few municipalities have the necessary financial resources to man-

age and protect their urban forests in the face of growing and diverse threats.Too often, municipalities scramble to handle damage caused by unpredictable storms, invasive species and urban development using a triage approach, when a proactive and comprehensive strategy is critically needed.

To help resolve this, provincial and federal governments need to update the definition of infrastructure to include green infrastructure such as trees, rain gardens and permeable surfaces, and allow municipalities to spend money to develop and maintain these assets.

Higher levels of government must also update the standards by which municipalities report and manage their government assets to include trees, parks, wetlands, woodlots and public aquifers.

That would facilitate setting minimum provincial standards for maintenance of critical green infrastructure and would improve management practices.We have provincial standards for grey infrastructure such as roads, so why not for green infrastructure? With the help of the David Suzuki Foundation, the tiny town of Gibsons, BC, has already started on this path.

It’s also important to make

living, green infrastructure a crucial component of provincial and federal climate change strategies. Urban forests contribute greatly to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by absorbing and storing carbon dioxide in tree biomass, understory vegetation and soils. Urban trees also help us adapt to and cope with climate change impacts by shading communities during periods of extreme heat.

The unique, multi-purpose benefits of living, green infrastructure make it an incredibly valuable tool for cities and towns to improve resiliency in the face of climate change.

If we’re going to build, let’s build green. Green infrastructure complements and reduces costs associated with traditional grey concrete, steel and asphalt infrastructure.

It also provides a multitude of co-benefits that improve the health and well-being of residents and makes our communities more beautiful and pleasant. W David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Ontario and Northern Canada Director Faisal Moola and the Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition. Learn more at DavidSuzuki.org.

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The West End fish bowl Grant Lawrence Vancouver Shakedown @GrantLawrence

Living in the West End is like living in a human fishbowl.

If you’ve ever lived in that stacked and packed Vancouver neighbourhood and you keep your curtains open (not a euphemism), you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about.You quickly discover that apartment living in the West End is basically a cross between Rear Window and Studio 54. Everyone peeps on everyone else.

I was fully aware that my neighbours were casting glances into my domain, and I was okay with that, because I had nothing to hide and quite frankly didn’t really care what anyone saw, not that I was ever doing much beyond typing at the computer or playing records. If I ever spotted someone from across the way taking a prolonged gander, I’d give a friendly wave, which usually sent them diving for cover.

The first West End apartment I lived in was on the sixth floor at Nicola and Broughton, with a spectacular view of the ocean, the mountains… and the interior of hundreds of other apartments surrounding me on all sides. I never went out of my way to look, but here’s a tip: if your blinds are up, your lights are on, and it’s dark outside, we can see everything.

And man, did I see (and hear) everything.

There was the couple who liked to make out on their living room rug while their pet

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Thinkstock photo boa constrictor slithered all over them, some sort of Adam and Eve kink, I assumed.

There was the naked man who was constantly feeding the pigeons (again, not a euphemism) gathered on his windowsill, and the woman who would watch Judge Judy marathons at full volume all night long, every night of the summer, windows wide open.

Every morning I woke up feeling scolded and guilty.

The next West End apartment I lived in was on the second floor on Beach Avenue, where you quickly get used to massive events like the Pride Parade, the Vancouver Marathon and the fireworks shutting down the street and taking over the resort-like neighbourhood. One hungover Sunday morning I awoke to the Sun Run pounding by. I stumbled out onto my deck in my boxer shorts to watch for a few minutes, absent-mindedly giving myself a morning scratch, before heading in for breakfast.

Later that day, I received a furious voicemail from a friend,

who screamed at me that his wife was a participant, and she was horrified to witness me pleasuring myself to the Sun Run. I couldn’t convince either of them that it was simply a morning itch that needing scratching and I was in fact not turned on by the sight of 60,000 people staggering past in too-tight jogging shorts.

The final curtain call on my West End Truman Show lifestyle came crashing down when my then-girlfriend-nowwife moved in and immediately shuttered the place.

She couldn’t believe how “exposed” we were to every other apartment around us. I told her I liked the view. She called me a “voyeur”. I replied, “Do you see a beaver hat and a paddle?” For keeping the blinds open, she called me an exhibitionist. I told her that I had never worked a day in my life at the PNE. I explained that I was simply living the life of a West Ender, and that I was okay with that.We now (happily) live on the very furthest eastern edge of the city, as far away as you can get from Denman and Davie, but I’ll always fondly remember the explosion of humanity that was the view from the West End fishbowl. W

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Work-wear tips from Nordstrom stylists Niki Hope Style File

@NikiMHope It’s hard enough pulling together a decent work outfit, but what if your job entailed helping others dress for theirs?

Nordstrom Pacific Centre personal stylists can’t really have an off day while they’re on the job, especially with a goal to motivate other women to dress sharply for their everyday lives.

Pulling clothes for clients and going over their looks is, like a lot of fashion jobs, as much grunt work as glamour. In other words, they gotta work hard, but still look really good doing it. Tall order…maybe for most of us, but not for a couple of seasoned pros, who started with Nordstrom when it opened in September, but have long histories as personal stylists and bloggers. Here’s their take on getting dressed for work: what should be avoided, and what should be sought after, for doing the nine-to-five in style.

BRING THE CLASSICS TO WORK

Jessie Carlson jessiecarlson.com A personal shopper and wardrobe consultant, known for her trademark classic

style, Jessie Carlson nails effortless chic with work staples that include Common Projects high-top sneakers, STRÖM jeans, Rachel Comey sweaters, and/or a favourite A.L.C. blouse.

Three work essentials every woman should have in their closet, the stylist says, include a well-tailored blazer that you can wear with jeans, a skirt, or trousers. The grey Akris blazer is an in-store standout, she says. Next, grab a quality pair of black pants (check out Stella McCartney) and a skirt – it could be a fun colourful skirt, a short swing skirt, a carwash skirt (an offshoot of the fringe trend, the style was featured in Dior’s 2015 collection).

Carlson recently had the chance to meet the matriarch of modern fashion, Vogue’s editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, who stopped by last month for an in-store private customer event. The expert stylist says she didn’t struggle over what to wear the day of Wintour’s visit, opting for a simple Chloé dress and Manolo Blahnik heels.

“That was so fun; that was such a great day,” says Carlson. “She’s lovely, and she is very polite, and she just elevated the whole room.”

As for work-wear mistakes

with a stylist and you come and get that taken care of with a professional, then you can get your whole wardrobe set up and then you don’t have to think about it for the rest of the season.”

BUILD A SOLID FASHION FOUNDATION

Known for her Parisian-inspired aesthetic, which relies on quality basics, Nordstrom personal stylist Jessie Carlson chooses well-made staples and comfort pieces when it comes to everyday work wear. Jenna Shouldice photo women make, Carlson, a mother of two young daughters, says they often forget about themselves in the busy shuffle of family life.

“What I find with women, in particular, where their wardrobe is concerned, [is] they put themselves last,

so they don’t go spend the money to make their wardrobe work for themselves,” she says. “Here’s the other [mistake]; not having time to go shopping, so you are wearing the same old stuff and you think it’s just OK, but if you make an appointment

Michelle Addison MichelleAddison.com When it comes to work wear, personal stylist Michelle Addison typically mixes comfortable basics with eye-catching accessories and ankle boots to get her through the day in style.

“My go-to wardrobe items start with my shoes, as I am on my feet the entire day. I have many shoes because I need to switch them out each day – for example, if I wear a high-heeled boot one day, you will certainly see me in flats the next,” she says, noting her fandom of Chloé ankle boots, IRO Tshirts, Helmut Lang sweaters, Equipment blouses, and Frame denim.

Her trusted go-to work look usually includes skinny jeans, with a statement belt, Chloé or Céline boots, and an Equipment blouse.

“I love dressing my customers with a range of high/ low essentials, and I am a walking example on how to save and splurge,” says the stylist and mom of a six-

year-old daughter.

Addison recommends her clients build a solid collection of quality basics into their work wardrobe before they branch out into trends.

“Invest in a great blouse, quality pants, and have a heel height that works for your job requirements,” she explains.

Her three work essentials are: a black pump or black ankle boot, as black is dressier and more versatile than brown, a well-tailored suit, and a classic – again, start with black – handbag.

“A great bag elevates any look, but especially when dressing for success,” explains Addison.

The free personal stylist service at Nordstrom is open to every customer with any budget, Addison says.

“We can dress the entire family from head to toe, from kidswear to active to weekend to cocktail. Whether someone is looking for a full wardrobe update, a perfect dress or suit for work or a special event, or even some help inserting the latest trends, a personal stylist makes shopping easy and stress-free,” she says, adding they can do gift shopping and even help take care of boxing and shipping.

Now, no more excuses, get back to work…in style. W

Designer Files: Design-on-the-go with Ardillas United Jennifer Scott A Good Chick to Know

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The evolution of design – and how we shop for it – is constantly shifting to suit our social and logistical needs.

Over the years we’ve seen traditional brick-and-mortar shops make room for retailers to offer online shopping; we’ve seen consumer demand create space for smaller, curated stores and markets that offer unique, local collections versus the monopoly of bigger box stores that used to dictate design; and we’ve also seen the rise of online-only shopping, not just for mainstream stores but also for artisanal boutiques (who hasn’t lost countless hours scouring the fab finds of Etsy?!).

Now we are seeing a new shift – a marriage of online and market-style shopping that creates the most personal approach for buyers to date: design-on-the-go.

Satiating our desire for a hand-selected collection of chic global goods at the most reachable level, Ardillas

Ardillas United owners Karolina Jasinski and Kora Pridy. Contributed photo United is pioneering designon-the-go in Vancouver as a locally based online shop and (the best part) mobile boutique. The brains behind the beautiful finds, Kora Pridy and Karolina Jasinski, launched the boutique as an online shop in 2014 and quickly saw an opportunity to meet the unfulfilled

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market need for mobile shopping. This past summer, the girls jumped on a game-changing project (a 26-foot truck with no engine, affectionately named “Beastie”) that in five short weeks became a super style-savvy boutique on wheels; this is one of Vancouver’s first shops of its kind, although

the concept is widely supported in other metropolitan cities.

Since her unveiling at this year’s Khatsalano Festival, Beastie has become quite a personality of her own, and tops the guest list for many of the hottest design related events and markets around Vancouver and the

Lower Mainland. She’s been spotted serving up a chic collection of eclectic accessories for both décor and fashion at Car Free Day, the Vintage Barn Market and, most recently, the Vancouver Home + Design Show; her Holiday calendar is quickly filling up as well – if you haven’t yet met her and the thoughtfully curated Ardillas United collection, you can catch them at the Lonsdale Quay Dec. 6 and 7, and at their pop-up shop outside West Elm’s South Granville location Dec. 12 and 13. In the new year, both Pridy and Jasinski hope to see Beastie as a party favourite, exploring the possibility of private shopping nights on-location.

From a design perspective I’m a big fan of the vision behind Beastie. When I shop for goods, I’m easily distracted by the décor of a store, which therefore makes a beautiful space for selling beautiful pieces innately important. The mobile boutique has adopted one of my most favourite aesthetics for a retail setting: airy, bright and minimalist, finished with industrial or vintage elements that create a sense of personality. Inspired by

Scandinavian design and a gallery appeal, Jasinski and Pridy chose to makeover Beastie with warm woods, fresh whites, copper accents and a custom neon sign. The end result is a beautifully unexpected space on wheels, offering fabulous finds to Vancouverites on the go.

The girls behind the brand – and Beastie – personally curate the goods Ardillas United offers, keeping close creative control on what their collections include. Initiating from a love for travel and the inability to resist bringing treasures home with them, the company focuses on building both global and local relations with their artisans to ensure the integrity behind the business. On how they personally select each piece they carry, Pridy says, “We buy things to sell that we would want to buy. And we do, and that’s a problem”.

As a consumer, I love the business model of selling things you simply can’t resist, not just pieces you think will sell. W

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Steady stream of designers visit Holt’s Niki Hope Shop Talk

@NikiMHope GOWNS FOR FREE-SPIRIT BRIDES

A new bridal shop that caters to free-spirited West Coast brides recently opened in Vancouver. Union Bridal offers a selection of unique gowns from around the world, with a list of designers that includes Rue de Seine, Houghton Bride, Alexandra Grecco and Daughters of Simone, and styles ranging from modern to bohemian to ethereal. Along with gowns, the store carries veils, bridal headpieces and jewelry. The shop is located in Gastown’s historic Dominion Building.

To book an appointment, visit UnionBridal.com, and check out its Instagram feed @unionbridal.

STEADY STREAM OF DESIGNERS VISIT HOLT’S

Milan menswear designer Marcelo Burlon recently visited Holt Renfrew Vancouver to show his edgy Euro-inspired capsule collection and bring along samples from his women’s spring 2016 line, which the upscale retailer plans to carry. This week is a busy one at Holt’s. Los Angeles-based jewelry designer Anita Ko is in store on Nov. 20 and 21; Toronto-born and now New York-based designer Tanya Taylor is in store on Nov. 21; the Brunello Cucinelli womenswear Trunk Show

runs from Nov. 19 to 21; and finally, both the Anya Hindmarch Sticker Shop event and the Giorgio Armani Cosmetics “Luxe is More” holiday look event, with makeup artist Sonia Serafim, are being held on Nov. 20.

LAZY DAYS IN HUDSON’S BAY

Iconic Canadian brand, Hudson’s Bay Company Collection, has partnered with Canadian-founded and produced fashion brand Lazypants, to unveil their first collaboration of sweatpants.

Launching in stores this month, these sweatpants will be introduced just in time to get lazy during the holiday season. For this collection, Lazypants has transformed its celebrityembraced, signature Niki sweatpants (what a coincidence, cause I do live in sweatpants) into an original design, incorporating HBC Collection’s famed stripes in a heart logo paired with the Lazypants logo. The sweatpants will be available in the classic shades of saltand-pepper grey and navy.

VINTAGE CLOTHING EXHIBIT AND SALE

McArthurGlen Vancouver has teamed up with Europe’s leading vintage collector, Angelo Caroli, to bring a vintage luxury popup boutique and exhibit to Vancouver featuring some of the world’s most sought after vintage fashions and accessories from luxury designers including Chanel, Hermes, Emilio Pucci,

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Versace, Louis Vuitton, and more. Now officially open, Caroli’s A.N.G.E.L.O. popup boutique and exhibit, called Timeless Luxury, welcomes fashion enthusiasts to shop a one-of-a-kind vintage collection selected and curated specifically for Vancouver. The A.N.G.E.L.O. pop-up will come to an end on Dec. 31 and, with nearly 180,000 unique items in the collection from around the world dating back to 1850, the selected pieces are the result of careful research and countless hours spent

at antique shops and private owner auctions. To mark the launch of the pop-up, McArthurGlen Vancouver is giving away a vintage Chanel bag as part of a month-long contest opportunity. The red leather medium shoulder bag, circa 1990, features an internal zipped pocket, logo stamp, a gold-tone chain and leather top handles, as well as a gold-tone logo plaque and quilted panels. More information on the contest will be shared on McArthurGlen.com. W

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DINING OUT Tacofino Taco Bar’s Julia Diakow.

Daniel Burke, former GM at Bao Bei Brasserie, has moved on to the GM role at La Pentola at The Opus Hotel.

Advent-acious holiday…

Forget the milk chocolates and toys, this advent calendar is the one you need to kickstart the holiday season – and your liver. New District, BC’s only online wine marketplace, is offering a special “calendar” made up of 25 full-sized bottles of top BC wines.

Priced at $850 (shipping included), it includes wines from La Stella, Unsworth, Le Vieux Pin, Rustic Roots, Covert Farms, Kanazawa, Nichol Vineyard, and Stag’s Hollow, among others. NewDistrict.ca/ AdventCalendar

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@FoodGirlFriday Local bitters company Bittered Sling has partnered with Tales of the Cocktail create a special cocktail travel pack of four custom bitters inspired by the popular festival’s tour stops. Gastown, Palermo, Condesa and the French Quarter are all represented.

Find it at Legacy Liquor Store and Uva Wine & Cocktail Bar for $49.95. BitteredSling.com After a couple of months of brown paper-covered windows, Prado Café has opened their third location at 4208 Fraser, just up the road from Earnest Ice Cream, Graze, and Sweet Salt. Expect the same awesome coffee and an expanded line-up of baked goods and lunch items. PradoCafeVancouver.com Julia Diakow, formerly of Reflections at The Rosewood Hotel Georgia,The New Oxford and Cuchillo, is now bar manager at Tacofino’s flagship Gastown location, Taco Bar. Diakow has introduced a new cocktail list, as well as a trio of tequila and mezcal spirit flights.Tacofino.com/Gastown Later this month, Mealshare will share their 500,000th meal with someone in need.To mark the halfway point on their Road to 1 Million campaign, Mealshare has partnered with eight Canadian celebrities to fight hunger.

You can help with the click of a button by sending out a pre-composed tweet, joining a celebrity team, or dining at one of the 43 local Vancouver restaurants that have partnered with Mealshare. Participating restaurants include Nicli Antica Pizzeria, Sai Woo, Bauhaus, Pidgin, Burdock & Co.,Wildebeest, Maenam, and many more. RoadTo1M. Mealshare.ca

Ancora is running a Caviar Festival now through Nov. 28.Try multiple varieties of caviar ranging from herring and tuna caviar to BC’s own Northern Divine caviar in various à la carte dishes.

AncoraDining.com Royal Dinette has released the menu for their second Ugly Duckling Dinner on Nov. 24, which calls attention to food waste awareness and sustainability issues by serving underutilized – and often discarded – ingredients, off-cuts, stalks, leaves and rinds.The five-course menu includes smoked salmon skin with tartare, scallop skirt dashi with black cod, kale stem risotto, beef tongue with squash trim hollandaise, and mushroom custard with sunchoke trim ice cream.Tickets $79 per person for reception, dinner, and beverage pairings. RoyalDinette.ca On Nov. 25, L’Abattoir will feature the wines of Pio Cesare in a special five-course dinner. Dishes include herring escabeche, foie gras tarte, and lamb loin with chestnut stuffing.Tickets $195 plus taxes and gratuity. Labattoir.ca On Nov. 26, Latab Wine Bar partners with Slow Food Vancouver for the second installment of the Slow Food Restaurant Series.Tickets (on Eventbrite) are $96 ($85 for Slow Food members) and include a six-course dinner with a welcome cocktail, two nonalcoholic drink pairings, and three wine pairings, as well as the opportunity to get up close and personal with the people that bring West Coast foraged food to Vancouver. Latab.ca Torafuku has launched their new winter menu and hours.The restaurant is now open seven days a week, and is serving up new dishes like the “Bang Bang” sweet and sour pork ribs, eggplant stew, and smoked sweet peppers with toasted almonds alongside continuing favourites like the “Rye So Messy” chicken wings, Kickass Rice and fried mochi.Torafuku.ca W

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Former Mis Trucos chef Kris Barnholden (on left) and GM Eryn Dorman have teamed up again to create another tiny wonder in Latab Wine Bar. Dan Toulgoet photos

Barnholden back with more delicious tricks at Latab

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983 Helmcken 604-428-7004 Latab.ca Open Thursday-Monday from 6pm until late Anyone remember Mis Trucos (My Tricks) on Davie Street a handful of years ago? The tiny white heritage house (which now houses Gurkha Himalayan Kitchen) was home to Kris Barnholden’s Spanishinfluenced small plates eatery. The name was apt.

With practically no kitchen, Barnholden found inventive ways of serving up everything from truffled lobster risotto to cured salmon over apple-beet slaw. His tricks were spectacular, and sorely missed when the restaurant closed. Happily, after a few years in Toronto, Barnholden is back in Vancouver, and has opened Latab (meaning “my table” in the Chinook jargon) in partnership with his former Mis Trucos GM Eryn Dorman. The two have taken over a tiny room on one side of the Wall Centre, and given it a cozy, clean makeover.

The space really is tiny, with only 20-odd seats inside (although an outdoor space might eventually hold another 10). It matches the menu and wine list, both of which rotate weekly, with some dishes changing nightly. As for the concept, Barnholden, when speaking over the phone, describes this as “food for our future selves. I look at the ethical and health aspects of what we eat,” he explains. “We support small producers, and buy wine in small amounts, so we can change what’s

Top: Sidestripe shrimp crudo, with pine mushroom, crispy duck skin, and grand fir salt. Bottom: Flatbread with fudgy beets, rosehip, sunflower, yogurt, mint, parsley, and wild flower honey. offered with the changes to the menu.” Prices are equally tiny. None of the dishes (with one $15 exception) broke the $12-mark.

Everything is made inhouse, from the flatbreads, crisps and brioche (Barnholden mills the flour himself from grains he purchases from local suppliers) to the salts, smoked butter and pickles.

Sea urchin bottarga over “living bread” ($7) is a complex collection of flavours and textures.The “bread” is actually a dehydrated crisp made from pureed vegetables and flax seed, topped with smoked butter and fresh radishes.The

bottarga is then grated over top of the lot. It’s salty, crispy, tangy, earthy, and rich, and we clean the plate quickly, using our fingers to pick up leftover bits of the urchin.

Sidestripe prawn crudo ($12) is so fresh and silky I expect to see wriggling on the plate.The long shrimp are layered with shavings of pine mushroom and crispy duck skin, and sprinkled with grand fir salt.

The food is so inventive, it might initially turn off diners who may well wonder about such dishes as cricket dumplings and duck cotechino with clams.While the former wasn’t a favourite – it

wasn’t bad, but the dumplings, made from cricket flour, where a tad heavy – the latter is brilliant, as is the duck liver ($11), which is whipped silk studded with golden beets and marmalade.

The winner of the night was the vegetable “egg” ($12).

When it arrived at the table, my first thought was, “Yeah, he’s screwing with vegans, that’s a real egg.” Nope.

The yolk is actually pureed pumpkin, and it’s yolky, runny deliciousness.You actually have to poke the celeriac “egg white” to let the yolk flow over the charred wild mushrooms, green onion and creamy pumpkin seed “cheese.” It might be vegan, but I know a few dedicated meat eaters who would – and did – order this again.

Dorman looks after the solid front of house service and the excellent wine list, which focuses on biodynamic and organic offerings (everything is available by the glass).

Don’t miss cocktails ($10) like the Edna Crabapple or the Hannah Brooke Presse.

Latab is a wine bar, yes (and a great addition to a part of downtown that is seriously underserved), but the food tricks here are slightly magical and worth returning for all on their own.

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I’ve lost count how many times I’ve made the trek up to Cornucopia, Whistler’s annual food and drink celebration. What keeps one year from running into the next are the different seminars I present. This year, I held forth on Amarone, Southern Italy, Grenache and Syrah. I also joined esteemed wine colleagues DJ Kearney, Daenna Van Mulligen and Sid Cross for WOW Wines. Our task was to choose three wines each with, well, wow-factor.

I, for one, was curious how it would all shake out.

Surely we have different palates.

The tasting kicked off with two sparkling: Champagne of course, along with Blue Mountain’s fantastic 2007 Reserve Brut. These were followed by a couple of Chardonnays. So four wines in, and all of them were made with either 100 per cent Chard or a healthy portion thereof. Evidently we are all in agreement that this grape possesses the power to impress.

The reds were a more eclectic mix. They ran the gamut from light and lovely Pinot Noir to a full-throttle Amarone (no guesses who chose that) with Malbec, Syrah and plenty of others in between.

Certainly there were some spendy bottles in the lineup, topping out at $200 for the Signarello Padrone Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley. Yet a number of more modestly priced ones snuck their way in.

The lesson? It’s not simply the most expensive wines that astound. Value for money also carries considerable clout.

The following were my top five knockouts.

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Sid called this ‘an aperitifstyle Champagne’. It’s certainly very appetite stimulating, but I found it rich enough to stand up to an elegant meal of delicate white fish.

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The event will be similar to Aprons for Gloves, but this time people employed in the beer industry will duke it out at Eastside Boxing Club in an event to help cover the not-for-profit gym’s operational costs.

There will be some fundamental differences, however: One, the contenders for Beer Wars aren’t required to do a charity raise as contenders do in Aprons, but the breweries they represent will be required to donate product to sell at the fight night to raise money for the gym.

Two, Beer Wars will be more low-key than Aprons for Gloves, trading in the glitz and glamour of that event for the sort of casual vibe we’ve come to expect from beer culture events.

Finally, there will be no tryouts, so everyone that signs up has the opportunity to take part in three months of training free of charge.

Eastside Boxing is located in the Downtown Eastside and offers free boxing training for at-risk youth and women who’ve experienced violence.

David Schuck started Aprons for Gloves in 2012 to help fund the fledging gym, the proceeds of which helped secure the gym’s permanent space above the Woodland Smoke House in 2013. Later that year, the building burnt down, leaving the gym homeless until Schuck found another permanent location at 238 Keefer earlier this year.

Given the high operational cost, Schuck had been looking for a secondary fundraising event to complement Aprons for Gloves, and asked Chris Bjerrisgaard, Parallel 49’s marketing manager and cofounder of Vancouver Craft Beer Week, to corral people in the beer industry.

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Beer Wars training is a win-win for everyone involved: contenders will train at Eastside Boxing free of charge to participate in a charity event, but there’s no commitment to actually take part in the fight night. And best of all, contenders stand to lose quite a few pounds. Aprons for Gloves contenders usually lose between 15–20 per cent of their body weight.

So far, about 20 people have signed up, and Bjerrisgaard says more people are needed before training begins in January. There’s no limit to signups and in order to create a minimum of eight fights, as a large number of people are needed to make the best possible matches in different weight classes, sexes and skill levels.

“It’ll be a bunch of beerswilling dudes beating the crap out of each other for a good cause,” Bjerrisgaard

says, although he’s careful to add that contenders won’t be drunk during the fight (but afterward…).

He also insists that Beer Wars is not promoting or capitalizing on violence, but helping to support an important service for East Vancouver.

“It’s very positive for kids like at-risk youth, who get to work through their anger issues, develop better discipline. There are a lot of good things that come from this,” Bjerrisgaard says.

“You’re given the opportunity to essentially train for free for three months and all that’s asked is the brewery that you represent – who will get exposure and a good light shone on them for doing something for charity – is a couple of kegs. It’s one of those rare scenarios where there’s not really any reason you shouldn’t do it.”

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West End NDP MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert is concerned moving St. Paul’s Hospital from Burrard Street in the West End to the False Creek Flats will mean local residents won’t have access to the health services they need. Dan Toulgoet photos

St. Paul’s leaves West End behind As the 131-year-old hospital prepares to move to a new state-of-the-art facility in theFalse Creek Flats, members of theWest End community are concerned about what will be left for them ROBERT MANGELSDORF @robmangelsdorf

With Providence Health Care’s announcement earlier this year that St. Paul’s Hospital will be closing and moving to False Creek Flats, the focus, understandably, has been directed on the new facility.

The new St. Paul’s promises to be a world-class campus of integrated healthcare incorporating the latest technology, spanning 18.5 acres right in the middle of the city.

But as the wheels begin turning on one of the most important infrastructure projects in the city’s history, the question remains as to what will happen to the neighbourhood St. Paul’s leaves behind.

“It’s a bold move to build a billion-dollar-plus world class campus of care, but it brings into play, what’s going to be there next?” asks Stephen Regan, executive director of the West End Business Improvement Association.

For more than 120 years, St. Paul’s has called the West End home. Founded in 1894 by nuns of the Sisters of Providence, the hospital has long been the neighbourhood’s biggest employer, and the centre of daily life.

If the West End has a beating heart, it’s St. Paul’s Hospital, says Regan.

“The West End will be a very different place without it.”

However, what will take its

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place along Burrard Street has so far yet to be determined.

Providence Health Care hopes to raise more than $500 million from the sale and redevelopment of the St. Paul’s site to help finance the billiondollar-plus price tag it’s splitting with province for the new hospital.The 6.5 acres of land St. Paul’s currently comprises will no doubt fetch a pretty penny: last year, a whopping $83.5 million was paid for a site measuring less than an acre on nearby Alberni Street.

So, will St. Paul’s be flattened to make way for shiny new condos? Will there be any health services on site? Will there be a commercial component to the redevelopment, to provide jobs and stimulate the local economy?

Providence Health Care spokesperson Shaf Hussain told Westender it’s still very early in the process and that no decisions have yet been made about the future of the St. Paul’s site. However, public input will be included every step of the way, he insists.

“It’s all yet to be determined, but decisions won’t be made in a vacuum,” he said.

However,West End NDP MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert says he was caught off guard by Providence’s announcement to move the hospital, as were many in the community.

In 2010, Providence announced a plan to spend more

than $500 million to rehabilitate and renovate St. Paul’s Hospital at its current site, funded largely by the provincial Ministry of Health.

“In 2010, they said they were going to rebuild on site, and we got excited about it!” says Chandra Herbert.

Demolition of the obsolete Comox Building and Power House was scheduled to begin in 2013, with the new ambulatory care building completed by 2018.

The recently completed West End Community Plan, which was intended to shape the development and evolution of the neighbourhood for decades to come, was created under the assumption that St. Paul’s would be redeveloped on site.That document, and all the planning that went into it, is now largely obsolete, Chandra Herbert notes.

Given the broken promises

regarding the future of St. Paul’s, Chandra Herbert said many in the community are taking Providence’s plans with a grain of salt.

“For many, I think there’s an attitude of, ‘I’ll believe it when I see it’,” he says. “But by then it might be too late.”

Chandra Herbert says his chief concern is the retention of healthcare services for his constituents.The fact that it’s now six months since the announcement of the move and the community still hasn’t been consulted about its healthcare needs has him concerned.

“This is a community with a rapidly growing, rapidly aging population,” said Chandra Herbert. “What are they going to leave for us?”

Access to the new hospital is also an issue, given only 28 per cent of West End residents own a car.

“Most of us don’t drive here, so moving the hospital a couple kilometres away is a big deal,” says Chandra Herbert.

Further hindering access to the new hospital, he notes, is the fact that in February, the province closed down and sold off the Richards Street ambulance station which served the West End, as well as the City of Vancouver’s plan to tear down the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts.

“Many seniors don’t have a family doctor.They don’t have a car.What do they do in an emergency?” said Chandra Herbert. “I’m trying to be pragmatic. I’m not against a hospital somewhere else, but we’re not getting a lot back from government on what we need.”

Hussain said that he understands that people want answers right away, but the vision for the Burrard Street site will take time.

In the coming months and years, Providence, as well as Vancouver Coastal Health and the provincial Ministry of Health will be working together to determine the healthcare needs of the community, and how those services can be administered.

“It all has to be evidenceand data-based.We have to take into account home care services, what the population will be in 2030 and beyond, and what services will be needed to meet future demands,”

said Hussain. “That process is just starting.”

He added that residents will soon be invited to take part in open community forums and workshops to help determine the future of the St. Paul’s site, although no exact dates for any such events have been set.

One healthcare option that might be considered for the redeveloped St. Paul’s site is an urgent care centre, which would provide 24/7 service for patients with less serious conditions. Currently 22 per cent of St. Paul’s ER visits are made by West End residents, but many of those don’t need to be admitted to hospital.

“You can’t just have a standalone ER without a hospital attached to it,” said Hussain.

“But an urgent care centre is different. Forty-four per cent going to the ER are [low-priority], so maybe a 24/7 primary care clinic is an option.

“These are the kinds of things we are open to.”

Chandra Herbert said he’s open to the idea of alternative care models, as are many in the community.

“I’ve never been allergic to the idea of other health [options],” he said. “If you can show me healthcare outcomes will be better for my constituents, then that’s something [I can support].”

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For many of the businesses that have grown up around St. Paul’s Hospital, the move could have catastrophic economic impacts. Regan describes the businesses that have clustered themselves around St. Paul’s in the past century as an economic “ecosystem”, containing everything from medical imaging labs to florists to restaurants and hotels.

“There are many busi-

nesses and organizations that depend on St. Paul’s.What happens to them? These are the unknowns,” says Regan.

“The effect is probably slightly negative for the West End, but it depends on what goes into that site. But we still don’t have all the facts.”

With the completion of the new St. Paul’s close to a decade away, Regan said not only is there uncertainty how the project will take shape, but whether it will come to fruition at all.

“With a change of gov-

ernment, there could be a rethinking of the plan,” says Regan. “Then there’s the real estate market. And we don’t control any of that.We’re just watching from the sidelines now.”

While the previous redevelopment plan for St. Paul’s may have caused less disruption for the West End, Hussain is adamant that the new hospital will provide a greater benefit for Vancouverites.

“We looked at [the 2010 St. Paul’s redevelopment plan] and asked ourselves, what could we do with that money?” Hussain said. “We could spend $850 million on St. Paul’s and it still wouldn’t get us good care due to site constraints. As a world-class campus of care, we can offer much better care.

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The West End will once again light up the dark winter nights with the return of Lumière for 2015.

The second annual holiday lighting event will see lighting installations set up at the end of November and remain in place until early January. From Dec. 11-12, special Lumière activities will link Robson, Denman, and Davie streets, creating a free, fun and festive holiday event.

Attractions include live

music and entertainment, a free festive hop-on, hop-off trolley tour, horse-drawn carriage rides, and a decorative lighting installation at the Hayward bandstand.

“2015 marks the second year of our Lumière Festival as well as a special year proclaimed

by UNESCO as the International Year of Lights,” says Stéphane Mouttet, a founding director for the Lumière Festival Vancouver Society. “Together with our event partners, the West

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Dance In Vancouver goes dark with ‘plaything’

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Amidst the innocence of child’s play there can often be found sinister undercurrents of violence, fantasy and imaginative genius. In 2009, dancer and choreographer Delia Brett saw those layers in the drawings of her thenyoung son, Beckett, and was inspired to create.

The result was plaything, a darkly innovative, collaborative dance work that explored the imagination of a child and the contrasts of motherhood.

“We were looking primarily at the drawings of my son in his early years, you know, kindergarten to age eight,” says Brett, speaking by phone last week. “Exploring all these different ways that we could investigate the drawings [with dance] – in particular the subject of imaginative violence versus real violence, and all the different ways that plays out in the mother-child relationship.”

Already a compelling concept, Brett, and her rule-breaking company, MACHiNENOiSY, which she directs with monony-

Dancer Delia Brett (left) works with puppeteer Tamara Unroe in plaything. Roland Rickus photo mous Vancouver dance icon Daelik, were not content to just leave plaything at that, however.

“Our gateway was my son’s drawings,” she explains, “but as the title, plaything, suggests, it was kind of this objectification bordering on violence between objects, materials and people, as well.”

To achieve this, Brett –

known for her work with Brief Encounters, Dances for a Small Stage and the PuSh Festival – brought together a slew of other creatives to help bring this twisted tale to life. With its senseheightening use of multimedia art, plaything thus pulls its audience deeply into the dreamlike world of boyhood imagination, referencing everything from Atari to

Pixar to LEGO’s Bionicles.

Brett’s choreography melds with Tamara Unroe’s shadow puppetry and marionettes, Jay White’s animations and illustrations and Chris Kelly’s atmospheric score. Beauty emerges from the mundane as the charismatic dancer transforms herself into robots and aliens in shadow, or leaves an all-black body suit behind for the vulnerability

of being completely naked.

It’s a solo performance, assisted by the many artists behind the scenes.

After two years in creation, emiered in 2011 plaything premiered ws, and af after to solid reviews, ng patiently years of waiting tunity for an opportunity to perform it again, Brett has been invited to restage it at the 10th anniversary of Dance In Vancouver – a five-day celebration of contemporary dance featuring work by BC artists such as Brett, Shay Kuebler, Ziyian Kwan, Jennifer Mascall, and Vanessa Goodman at the Scotiabank Dance Centre on Davie Street Nov. 18-22. (There is also an intimate, site-specific performance series by battery opera productions that takes place entirely in a hotel room at the Holiday Inn downtown.)

A few things have changed since plaything first came out, though. For one, the original set has been lost, meaning they had to start from scratch on the design.

Secondly, Brett’s son is now too big to play his part.

“My son, who was 10 when

we performed it is 14 now and he’s six feet tall. So we can’t use him anymore – he’s not so cute,” she laughs.

And, four years later, Brett can now reflect on the impact of plaything.

“It wa was a bold step,” says Bret Brett. “I had already collabor collaborated with Tamara on anot another production, called He was Swimming the OtherWay, and that particular show had a little bit of the same style: a little bit creepy and a little bit playful.

But plaything was a big step, production value-wise. And I feel like plaything gave me a lot of confidence in my vision and how MACHiNENOiSEY is doing something that no one else in this town is doing.” W

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BØRNS American singer-songwriter from Michigan, alternatively known as Garrett Borns, on tour in support of his debut album, Dopamine, with special guest Avid Dancer. 8pm at Fortune Sound Club. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Zulu, and TicketWeb.ca

DEAR ROUGE Vancouver-based electronic rock band take the stage in support of Black To Gold, with special guest Rah Rah. 9:30pm at Commodore Ballroom.

Tickets $18.50+ at Red Cat, Ticketmaster.ca and LiveNation.com

YO LA TENGO An intimate acoustic performance from the American indie rock outfit, in support of their latest release, Stuff Like That There, with special guest Dave Schramm. 8pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $26.50 at Red Cat, Zulu, Highlife, and TicketWeb. ca. All ages show.

THE GENIUS OF TCHAIKOVSKY Internationally renowned conductor, composer, and soprano Kathleen Allan, accompanied by the Vancouver Academy of Music, presents a program of the Russian composer’s greatest works. 2pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets $10 at VAM.ca or at the door.

TOPS Montreal pop band, on tour in support of their latest release, Picture You Staring, with special guests White Poppy, and Lief Hall.

7pm at the Biltmore Cabaret.

Tickets $13 at Red Cat, Zulu, and TicketWeb.ca

MOVITS! Big band swing sounds with jazz and hip-hop vocals from these three out of Sweden with special guest, Chicago’s Sidewalk Chalk. 8pm at Rickshaw Theatre.

Tickets $20 at Red Cat, Highlife, Zulu, and RickshawTheatre.com

FAURÉ REQUIEM: A CHORAL MASTERPIECE Bramwell Tovery and Graeme Langager lead soprano Nathalie Paulin, baritone David John Pike, the Phoenix Chamber Choir, UBC University Singers, and the VSO in a program of works

by Stravinsky, Haydn, and Fauré.

8pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets at VancouverSymphony.ca

WILD THRONE Multi-layered, multi-faceted sound from these Bellingham rockers on tour in support of Harvest of Darkness.

8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $10 at Red Cat and TicketFly.com ELEPHANT STONE Montreal psych rockers tour in support of their latest release, The Three Poisons, with special guest the Backhomes. 8pm at The Cobalt.

Tickets $10 at Red Cat, Zulu, Neptoon, and TicketWeb.ca

COMEDY PATRICK MALIHA The world record holder for the most impressions in one minute, Vancouver’s own Maliha headlines all over North America. 8:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com

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CANNERY ROW Roots-folk trio with a mix of jazz, Latin and blues influence, made up of Gary Comeau, Tim Hearsey, and Chris Nordquist, take the Rogue Folk stage. 8pm at St. James Hall.

Tickets $20 at Red Cat, Highlife, Rufus’ Guitars, Prussin Music, and RogueFolk.bc.ca GREYS AND INDIAN HANDCRAFTS Toronto punk band on tour in support of Repulsion, co-headlines with the Brampton stoner rock band on tour in support of Creeps, with special guest Needs. 8pm at WISE Hall. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Zulu, Neptoon, and TicketWeb.ca BLITZEN TRAPPER Experimental country-folksters from Portland, Oregon, take the stage in support of All Across This Land, with special guest Phoebe Bridgers.

8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $17.50 at LiveNation.com

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PEOPLE Meet Dorothy Stacpoole, impoverished aristocrat and owner of a decaying home, desperate to raise enough cash to keep it all going. As the National Trust beckons, so do other less reputable offers in this production detailing every ambivalent Bennettian preoccupation. 8pm at Jericho Arts Centre.

Tickets at JerichoArtsCentre. com. Runs until Nov. 29.

JUST FOR LAUGHS TOUR Back by popular demand, this year’s theme is relationships – encompassing family, love, and all the nonsense in between featuring performances by Gerry Dee, Robert Kelly, Cristela Alonzo, and Graham Chittenden. 7pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $34.65+ at TicketFly.com

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EAST SIDE CULTURE CRAWL The annual celebration of local art invites you to wander the open studios of some of Vancouver’s finest painters, sculptors, woodworkers, textile designers, jewellery makers and more, with over 450 participants across 78 buildings throughout East Van over the course of four days.

5pm-10pm. Visit CultureCrawl.ca for maps and details.

A CHRISTMAS STORY The classic holiday favourite gets a musical spin on the tale familiar to anyone who has ever been a kid.

For nine-year-old Ralphie, only an Official Red Ryder BB gun will do under the tree, and this Canadian premiere is a holiday gift for the whole family. 8pm at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub.com. Runs until Dec. 27.

ERIC CAMPBELL & THE DIRT Outlaw rock ‘n’ roll with a dose of punk and blues, goth and gospel from the Vancouver band with special guests Pierce Kingan, Scott Postulo, and Stella Bee. 8pm at LanaLou’s. Tickets $10 at the door only.

NIKKI LANE Nashville-based country singer-songwriter on tour in support of All Or Nothin’, with special guest Clear Plastic Masks.

7pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $13 at Red Cat, Zulu, and TicketWeb.ca BORN RUFFIANS Canadian indie rockers from northern Ontario on tour in support of Ruff, with special guest Young Rival. 8pm at The Imperial. Tickets $22.50 at Red Cat, TicketWeb.ca and LiveNation.com GOGOL BORDELLO Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of Manhattan bring their infamous theatrical show to town for the first of two nights with special guests Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas. 9:30pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $37.50+ at Ticketmaster.ca and LiveNation.com ROBERT DELONG LA dance-pop provocateur and one-man band on tour in support of his latest studio album, In the Cards, with special guest Coleman Hell. 7pm at Venue. Tickets $20 at Ticketmaster.ca and LiveNation.com

COMEDY DEREK SEGUIN One of Canada’s most in demand comedians, the Montreal comic is a regular on the

Nikki Lane, Nov. 21 Just For Laughs circuit, with appearances on CBC’s The Debaters, and a best-selling comedy album Newfie Octopus. 7pm & 9:30pm at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets $20 at YukYuks. com

THEATRE/DANCE JURASSIC PARODY: THE MUSICAL! The combination of hilarious songs and witty dialogue of a certain Spielberg movie is a laughout-loud loving satire complete with tap-dancing dinosaurs, and showgirl dilophosaurs with glittery venom. 2pm & 8pm at York Theatre. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com. Final performance.

EVENTS HOPSCOTCH The West Coast’s long-running premium scotch, whisky, and beer festival returns with a schedule of events include meal pairings, master classes, live music, and the grand tasting hall.

Tickets and details at HopscotchFestival.com. Runs until Nov. 22.

ART THE EDITION II A suite of artist multiples by Andy Dixon, Allan Switzer, Colin Smith, Dana Claxton, and Paul Beliveau launches for the second year, providing an affordable introduction to art acquisition. Opening reception 2-4pm at Windsor Gallery. Runs until Nov. 28.

KEEP SHELLY IN ATHENS Ambient electronic music duo out of Athens, Greece on tour in support of their latest release, Now I’m Ready, with special guests Different Sleep, and Lavachild. 8pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $12 at Red Cat, Zulu, and TicketWeb.ca PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. English postpunk band on tour in support of What the World Needs Now. 8pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $35 at TicketFly.com. All ages show.

COMEDY THE SUNDAY SERVICE Cap the weekend with a night of improv, comedy and fun at Vancouver’s longest running independent comedy night, hosted by the award winning comedy troupe of Taz VanRassel, Ryan Beil, Emmett Hall, Aaron Read, and Caitlin Howden. 7:30pm at Fox Cabaret.

Tickets $7 at the door.

THEATRE/DANCE AGNES OF GOD The story of a court-appointed psychiatrist charged with assessing the sanity of a novice nun accused of murdering her newborn is a thought-provoking, timeless story that transcends the boundaries of religion, appealing to the religious and non-religious alike. 2pm at PAL Studio Theatre. Runs until Nov. 29.

SNARKY PUPPY The 40-person instrumental, fusion collective based in Brooklyn appear in support of Syla, with special guest Uno Mas. 8pm at Vogue Theatre.

Tickets $41+ at TicketFly.com. All ages show.

KYLESA American sludge metal band out of Atlanta, Georgia, appear in support of Exhausting Fire, with special guests Black Wizard, and Seven Nines and Tens. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $16 at TicketFly.com

COMEDY THE LAUGH GALLERY WITH GRAHAM CLARK One of Vancouver’s brightest comics hosts this weekly, wonderfully eclectic show where you get to laugh AND win a great prize! 9pm at Havana Theatre. Tickets $5 at EventBrite.ca QUEER PROV Amy Lucille hosts this weekly laugh fest with improvisers Feral Rizvi, Dan Dumsha, Jamie Chrest, Alex Rowan, Michele Tolosa, and Aamir Khan. The best way to start your week, and don’t worry – you don’t have to identify as queer, you’ll still understand every word! 8pm at XY. No cover.

THEATRE/DANCE IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE The acclaimed holiday production is back, with the story of George Bailey and the townsfolk in Bedford Falls, who with the help of guardian angel Clarence Odbody, are reminded that faith, hope, love, and family are what make life truly wonderful. 7:30pm at Granville Island Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub.com. Runs until Dec. 26.

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TEXAS IN JULY Metalcore band from Pennsylvania, on their final North American tour with special guests Reflections, To The Wind, Invent Animate, Galactic Pegasus, and The Hallowed Catharsis.

6pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $25 at RickshawTheatre.com.

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HALESTORM American rock band form Pennsylvania on tour in support of Into the Wild Life, with special guest The Wild. 8:30pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $27.50+ at Ticketmaster.ca and LiveNation.com

SHINDIG 32: NIGHT 6 CiTR’s 30+-year-old annual band competition promoting new, local bands returns with Soft Haze, Rainbow Road, and Wallgrin.

9pm at Pat’s Pub. Tickets $6 at the door only.

SPOT THE DOG This familyfriendly musical with life-sized puppets arrives in Vancouver for a limited engagement as Spot takes the audience to the farm of his father Sam where all the animals are lost, and only the help of the audience can bring them back.

10am & 1pm at Norman Rothstein Theatre. Runs until Nov. 27.

Tickets at AxisTheatre.com or 604669-0631.

JORDAN WELBOURNE Bluesrock guitarist from Saskatoon hits the stage with his trio on their Reach Out 2015 tour. 9pm at Railway Club. Tickets $10 at the door.

THEATRE/DANCE 52 PICK UP 52 scene titles are written on a deck of cards that are thrown into the air and as the performers pick up the cards, they perform the scenes one by one, revealing a hilarious and heartbreaking love story, with no two performances alike. 8pm at Havana Theatre. Tickets at TheatreWire.com. Runs until Nov. 29.

DRESSING FOR A WEDDING A mother desperately attempts to run her daughter’s wedding rehearsal in an attempt to keep dark family secrets from exposing themselves in this dark comedy from acclaimed Vancouver playwright, Aaron Bushkowsky. 8pm at Performance Works. Tickets at TheatreWire.com. Runs until Nov. 29.

TRACKS An original adaptation of American novelist Jack London’s autobiographical novel The Road, chronicling his train-hopping adventures in the late 1800’s, from Vancouver playwright TJ Dawe. 9pm at Vancouver East Cultural Centre.

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THE NORTH PLAN A sharp, political comedy inspired by real-life US government initiatives, the premise of this production is unnervingly plausible and highly apt in light of Bill C-51, and Edward Snowden’s revelations. 8pm in a secret location (211 East Georgia at Main). Tickets at UpInTheAirTheatre.com. Runs until Nov. 29.

CHRISTMAS QUEEN 2 – YOU BETTER WATCH OUT The Christmas Queen saga continues as the larger-than-life, blue-haired lady drops in on ol’ Santa at the North Pole to create a little chaos before the big day. 7:30pm at the Improv Centre on Granville Island. Tickets at VTSL.com. Runs until Dec. 20.

SOCIAL STUDIES Examining Canadian values and cultural differences, this heart-warming comedy about a South Sudanese “Lost Boy” adopted by a Winnipeg family highlights the common desire to do good in the world. 1pm at Firehall Arts Centre. Tickets at FirehallArtsCentre.ca. Runs until Dec. 5.

OPEN UP YOUR HEART – TO SARAH WHEELER WITH LOVE A benefit to support one of Vancouver’s most loved and talented musicians as she takes aim in her battle with breast cancer, featuring performances from the Jazzmanian Devils, Cass King and the Next Right Thing, the Judys, We Found A Lovebird, and DJ David Love Jones. 7pm at WISE Hall. Admission by donation.

KING CRIMSON Prog-rock band from London widely regarded as a foundational group in their genre, having influenced acts like Yes, and Genesis play the first of two nights in Vancouver.

7pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $67.50+ at TicketFly.com. All ages show.

DEATH IN JUNE A legendary evening of dark folk, as Douglas P. and his crew play their first Canadian show with special guests Miro Snejdr, Herr Lounge Corps, and Night Profound. 7pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $30 at TicketFly.com RAC Solo project of songwriter André Allen Anjos, on the Going Our Own Way Tour, with special guest, filous. 9:30pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $27.50 at Red Cat, Highlife, Ticketmaster. ca and LiveNation.com

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COMEDY PAT THORNTON Kingston, Ontario, native, television actor and sketch comedian (founding member of the Sketchersons) brings his jokes in a stand-up format with opening sets from Myles Anderson and Levi McCachen.

8:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com

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Eric Campbell gets down with the Dirt KRISTI ALEXANDRA @kristialexandra

There’s a calibre of grit and hauntedness that comes from recording late into the night at the home of the murdered “Godfather of Seymour Street.” Once the home of nightclub kingpin Joe Philliponi, 1033 Seymour housed such revered musicians as Sammy Davis Jr. and Etta James after they performed the adjacent Penthouse nightclub. The site is now the birthplace of Eagle Time Records, where Eric Campbell & the Dirt are laying down an upcoming album.

Such grime, mystery, and the possibility of hauntings makes the space the perfect atmosphere for the selfdescribed cinematic outlaw quintet.

“That’s where the Phil-

liponis used to live,” singer Eric Campbell describes, chipping at his turquoise nail polish with a fistful of rings.

Surviving family members who still run the Penthouse go by the spelling Filippone. “[They’re] the Italian family that ran the Penthouse back in the ‘30s, and the house is still there. This awesome, eager, and crazy-in-all-theright-ways guy named Wade had been living there for the past few years and he started turning it into a music studio.”

Operated by Wade Jenner, Eagle Time Records – a nod to the Filippones’ Eagle Time Athletic Club which ran out of the building in the late 1940s – offered to record the band after seeing them perform at Vancouver’s Railway Club. “[Jenner] worked at The Railway Club, so it all just

REVIEWS // REEF SHARK

Mind Race (Big Smoke) Vancouver’s Reef Shark have followed up their 2014 debut BetterWeather with a cassette EP courtesy of fledgling Vancouver label Big Smoke, displaying considerable depth as they venture into uncharted waters.

This time out, the duo of Devin Miller (guitar/vocals) and Garth Covernton (drums) enlists the help of former White Lung bassist Grady Mackintosh and Ruffled Feathers guitarist Matty Jeronimo, and the move has paid off.

Mind Race sees the band taking their post-grunge shoegaze pop to darker, more introspective places.

Album opener “Leaving” begins with distorted guitars grumbling over a tom-heavy drumbeat, while Miller’s soft, plaintive lyrics provide the perfect sonic counterpoint.

This juxtaposition of chaotic noise and gentle melody lies at the heart of Reef Shark’s sound. “These are the strangest times,” Miller pleads, before the song opens up into a polyrhythmic breakdown, belying the band’s musicianship. Many

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came together while we had all these new songs and this newfound energy.”

The record label owner offered the band to come in and record an album live off the floor. And so they did.

“So, all of our instruments were just there. We would show up just a few times a week, we’d go in around seven or eight when everyone was off work and basically do a song a night. We’d have to be there until like three or four in the morning when everyone was in a desolate headspace. We would always get the best stuff at that time,” Campbell says.

The latest incarnation of the band features Campbell as frontman, Erik Mulder on guitar, Emily Haine on bass, Emily Bach on violin and Colby Morgan on drums.

The five-piece hopes to see their as-of-yet unnamed

album hit shelves in early 2016.

Judging from the band’s previous album, KillYour Love, listeners can expect more grunge-influenced rock and roll with Campbell’s evocative lyricism.

A combination of his love of songwriting and audacious showmanship is what led to re-establishing the Dirt after his earlier departure from local blues-rock outfit, No Sinner.

“I went on two or three pretty long tours with them,” Campbell explains, noting he was “exhausted” from tripping around Europe and the US with a band he didn’t fully connect with anymore.

“I started to hate guitar so when I quit and I reformed the Dirt, I just wanted to make it more of a songwriting affair. I was helping write the songs [in No Sinner] but,

of the songs on Mind Race are prone to changing course like this, and this isn’t a bad thing. “SeeYa Never” is essentially a pop song in three acts: beginning as surfy pop song, it moves into sentimental balladry before ending as a fuzzed out chug-a-thon.

Many of the songs bear the hallmarks of contemporary pop influences, at times invoking the likes of Arcade Fire, Girls, and even Vancouver’s own Destroyer. “Mind Race”, in particular, has a distinctly Dan Bejar-esque quality to it, with its laidback synth lounge feel. But Reef Shark have an ability all their own to create dynamic songs that bring together raw power and delicate melodies.

They may have left behind the sunny climes of Better Weather, but the waters they

explore on Mind Race prove far more interesting.

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as a presentation factor, I was just the guitar player and I wasn’t comfortable with that. I just didn’t feel like doing any more guitar solos.”

Fronting his own troupe, Campbell now has the freedom to direct his performance in any way he likes. And he likes to keep it energetic.

“I guess I do have some kind of persona,” he admits.

“I have some slightly outrageous performances.

In Montreal, my friend was dancing in the front row and he dropped his beer glass and it shattered everywhere.

I was shirtless and I jumped down and drank the beer off the ground with him, but I ended up just tackling him and writhing around in the glass and got up and kept playing the song. Someone tapped me on the shoulder and was like, ‘You’re bleed-

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Return to the Moon (4AD) Featuring lead singer Matt Berninger of the National and Menomena’s Brent Knopf, EL VY prove that they are somehow less than the sum of their parts on their debut album, Return to the Moon.

Gone are the somber anthems and melancholy epics of Berninger’s other band, traded instead for synth-driven pop beats and light-hearted nonsensical lyrics like: “Scratch the ticket with a leg of a

cricket and I got triple Jesus / Cash it in for a Siamese twin at the family firing range”.

The album opens with the “Return to the Moon (Political Song for Didi Bloome to Sing, with Cresendo)” which sounds like it was written specifically for a car commercial. It’s one of many songs on the album to feature a reference to the seminal SoCal post-rock band Minute-

ing… a lot,’” the frontman reminisces.

What was a feat one night became a challenge the next, as Campbell and his band aspired to outdo themselves during each show.

“I like that aspect of tour, that everyone was wondering if you had another trick up your sleeve and that kind of energy,” he reveals.

At home, Eric Campbell & the Dirt are aiming to keep things weird while recording at the site of what was once known as a hub for things that were – let’s say – not entirely legal.

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perform at LanaLou’s Rock and Roll Eatery on Saturday, Nov. 21 at 9 pm.

man, however, their musical influence on the album is suspiciously absent.

Instead, what we’re given is a rather boring collection of millennial lounge music.

“I’m the Man to Be” sounds like it could be Beck on ketamine, while the highly polished “Sleeping Light” sounds like it should be selling vodka, not cars.

Knopf ’s weirdo synths and production, which helped set Menomena apart from its indie rock counterparts, gives EL VY’s otherwise rather ordinary compositions some interesting moments, but too often comes off as gimmicky.

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Taiwan’s sacred and spiritual landscapes fill MOA Award-winning curator illuminates Taiwan’s spiritual world in new exhibition

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“Against a backdrop of skyscrapers and mountains, ghosts and spirits haunt the island of Taiwan.”

So opens (In)visible:The SpiritualWorld ofTaiwan through Contemporary Art, the Museum of Anthropology’s major new exhibition.

A nation of 23.5 million people and profound diversity,Taiwan’s culture can be characterized by its incredible range of religious beliefs and practices. Heavily influenced by its proximity to China, the major religions of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism are all represented, as are Christianity, Mormonism, Islam and Hinduism. Despite its relatively small size,Taiwan is also home to 16 officially recognized Aboriginal groups of Austronesian descent, each with their own unique belief systems.

That’s why MOA, as part of its ongoing SpotlightTaiwan initiative, is bringing the work of seven contemporaryTaiwanese artists who put the region’s religious beliefs, folk culture, legends and spiritual worlds in modern context toVancouver.

Within Canada,Vancouver has a significant population of Taiwanese people, showcased with cultural celebrations

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such asTAIWANfest and the Taiwan Film Festival each year. Dr. Fuyubi Nakamura says, however, that she was surprised at how few people here knew aboutTaiwan’s Aboriginal history.

As MOA’s new Curator for Asia, this exhibition marks the first time theTokyo-born academic and award-winning sociocultural anthropologist has taken on a full-time curatorial role. It is also the first time the in-demand speaker and author, who specializes in the anthropology of art, museum studies and the material and visual cultures, has looked closely atTaiwan in her career.

But Nakamura says the island has always held a fascination for her.

“What makesTaiwan an interesting place is the fusion of different cultures. And when I visitedTaiwan it was really clear – so many different temples and shrines everywhere,” she explains. “The spiritual world is very much a part of life and a source for creative inspiration inTaiwan.”

Don’t expect the word religion to be bandied about at the exhibition, though.

Nakamura says she became reluctant to use “religious” to describe the art in (In)visible because, much like Canada’s First Nations populations, many of the Aboriginal beliefs represented are based much more in the natural or “animistic” worlds.

It is unknown how long people have lived on the island, but Nakamura suggests 8,000 years as the prevailing consensus.Throughout its more recent history, she

continues, outside forces such as the Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish, and Japanese have ‘discovered’, settled in or occupied Taiwan, bringing with them different religions and lore.

Even now, the sovereignty of the self-ruled, democratic island is in question – beset by governance conflicts and not officially recognized by Canada, for example, as being a country independent from China. Nakamura shies away from discussing the current politics of Taiwan, though, instead emphasizing the unique culture and artistry that has evolved as result.

As she researched, one of her first discoveries was the work of Walis Labai. It was his Invisible Project that inspired the title for the show.

“He doesn’t create anything very traditional in terms of style, but he incorporates images of different indigenous groups from all over the world into his artwork,” explains Nakamura. “For this exhibition we are showing his video work, so he projected the images of different indigenous people onto the sacred landscapes of Taiwan for these particular indigenous groups.

It’s sort of a conversation between indigenous groups and what they are facing now in contemporary society.”

Nakamura also brings to her position at MOA a passion for installation work – aiming to turn boxy museum rooms into architectural experiences – which helped her narrow down what type of artists she wanted to approach for this show.

One of the highlights of the exhibition, then, has to be the stunning traditional paper-cutting display by ChiuYu-Wen. In addition to a sold-out public workshop at the museum for people to learn her craft, more than 30 volunteers have jumped at the chance to help the artist assemble her delicate, roomfilling piece.

“The paper-cutting project, Water Fairies, is her own special world,” says Nakamura, appreciatively. “It doesn’t belong to any established religion. It’s more about her inner special world, and our inner special world. So we are creating a space where people walk in to her work.This exhibition is not just to look at; you also have to experience it.”

(In)visible, running Nov. 20-April 3, will also feature a textile installation inspired by traditional Ayatal weaving, puppetry, sculpture, painting and drawing. Artists Li JiunYang, ChiuYu-Wen, and Tu Wei-Cheng will be in attendance for a public talk about their work on Nov. 21 from 1-3pm.The next day,Walis Labai,Yuma Taru and Anli Genu will be in conversation with Nakamura and Haida artist Michael NicollYahgulanaas from 1-3pm, discussing issues relating to identity, indigeneity and cultural heritage in contemporary art. W ! (In)visible:The SpiritualWorld ofTaiwan through Contemporary Art runs Nov. 20-April 3 at the Museum of Anthropology (6393 NW Marine).

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Grunt gallery,VIVO Media Arts Centre and the Western Front, three of Vancouver’s oldest art institutions, are opening up their archives next week for seven days of free public events, tours, screenings and performances.

It can be said that the history of Vancouver artmaking rests in these archives, and Vancouver Independent Archives Week celebrates that shared legacy for the first time.

The focus of the week is as diverse as the archives themselves: the punk poetry of the Lenore Herb archive, the history of Al Neil and Carole Itter’s cabin, little-seen footage of Vancouver’s Gayblevision and highlights from four decades of independent music and literature.

“Vancouver artists have a long history as cultural innovators, activists and archivists,” says the press release.

“Their work, preserved in the distinct collections of the three participating centres,

has captured moments in Vancouver’s cultural evolution, documenting important moments and alternative opportunities for social change.”

Often at the forefront of urban art culture, artist-run centres provide a unique, “grassroots” window into the alternative histories that have shaped Vancouver: Urban Aboriginal, visible minority, LGBTQ, feminist, social justice, environmental, and countercultural communities all figure prominently in their records, and each location will focus on a unique aspect of these shared histories.

Archives Week will kick off Sunday, Nov. 22 at 3pm with a 19+ screening party at Vancity Theatre.

Other highlights include the launch of the Western Front’s newly digitized literary collection (Nov. 24 at 7pm), a double book launch of Henri Robideau’s Eraser St. and Ethnographic Terminalia’s Terminus: Archives, Ephemera, and Electronic Art e-zine at grunt (Nov. 25 at 6pm), VIVO’s Radical Rewind: Analogue Actions on the West Coast and Making Gay Tele-visible (Nov. 27 at 7pm) and more.

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SharonTaylor didn’t give herself the label “action actress” – she’s got a former employer to thank for that – but she embraces it with everything she’s got.

Maybe it’s because it sums up exactly what her childhood self saw in Kathleen Turner as she watched and re-watched her grainy VHS copy of Romancing the Stone: a capable and brilliant woman holding her own in a rough and tumble situation.

But it’s one thing to admire Turner’s JoanWilder mustering up her courage in the jungles of Colombia (not to mention Linda Hamilton, as Sarah Connor, doing chin-ups in Terminator 2: Judgment Day), and another to actually book, and be known for, those kinds of mighty, takeno-prisoners roles.

ForTaylor – whose lengthy filmography includes The 100, Continuum, Smallville, and Stargate:Atlantis, as well as an increasing number of cop and federal agent roles – the journey from a non-showbiz family in NorthVancouver to in-demand action actress kicked into high-gear during a class trip to theVancouver Playhouse when she was in grade 12.

Seated in the darkened theatre, a mesmerizedTaylor opened her mind to the possibility of a career in the arts.

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Starring Antonio Banderas, Juliette Binoche Directed by Patricia Riggen It was a story that captivated the entire world. Millions were glued to television screens watching the events unfold in October 2010 as, one by one, 33 Chilean miners emerged into the sunlight of the Atacama Desert after being trapped in an underground mine for 69 days. It was only a matter of time before the extraordinary ordeal was turned into a movie.Though Patricia Riggen’s The 33 offers a generally melodramatic and sanitized version of the saga, it’s not without its emotional resonance and poignant moments.

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ing what I love, enough to pay the bills, I’d be okay with that,’” she recalls over tea in Kitsilano.

There would be a few stops on her way to action actress status: the theatre program at Simon Fraser University; her post-graduation theatre company, Shifting PointTheatre (“Our mandate was to produce shows that promoted change in society.We were so optimistic.We did shows all over the place. Eventually we don’t make any money, so then I decide, ‘I’ll try theTV and film thing’”); and a secretarial job in a downtown law firm that allowed her to schedule her breaks around auditions.

Taylor’s first screen job was as a “tough bartender” in a Lifetime movie.

“I’d never been on set before,” laughsTaylor. “I’d never been a background performer.

I’d never visited a friend on set.

I didn’t know anything that was going on. So I was watching the whole time.”

But she knew more than she thought she did. Her theatre training, she soon realized, had given her a solid foundation.

“I think the theatre training, because they are so on you about your speech and your projection, taught me to speak really well, which works great for science fiction characters,” says Taylor. “I think the theatre foundation really helped for playing science fiction genre work, and if you look at my resumé, most of it is science fiction.”

Taylor is widely known for playing Amelia Banks on Stargate:Atlantis.

“Stargate’s been an amazing gift, because even though the show is over and the last episode I shot was in 2009, I’m still doing conventions,” says

roots, but they do their best despite a few wonky accents sprinkled throughout.

Another slightly glaring issue is the rather trite script, cobbled together by several screenwriters working from Héctor Tobar’s definitive bestseller, which drains some of the tension and complexity from the actual events but contains some well-placed humour.

That being said, The 33’s plot is a sprawling journey that shifts from the miners, their families, the political landscape, and the rescue efforts themselves. Riggen and company do a commendable job holding these elements together, albeit not always that gracefully.Yet, where the movie fails on the page, it makes up for with stunning cinematography that contrasts the stark and washed out environment of the Chilean desert with the dark and grimy aspects of the mine interior.

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Taylor. “I can imagine being a lead character and having that type of longevity with your fans, but for a smaller character like mine, I didn’t expect that, but the fan base is loyal. Sci-fi fans are passionate, intelligent, and so much fun.”

It was on Stargate:Atlantis thatTaylor officially earned her action actress status. She’d been studying kickboxing for six years and had already earned her black belt when these facts popped up in a casual conversation with one of the producers.

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“That’s why I wrote my own film where I get to be a cop who’s tough and takes care of business, but also falls in love in a funny way. I’ve been starting to let people read it, and shop it around a bit.”

Next up for Taylor: a co-starring role in Murder, Unresolved, helmed by awardwinning local director Jason Bourque (Black Fly).

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Her kickboxing abilities served her well in 2015’s 12 Rounds 3: Lockdown, aWWE film starring Dean Ambrose which marked the first time Taylor performed all of her own stunts (including a noholds-barred fight scene with Ambrose).

WhileTaylor says she’s grateful to have played so many capable, ass-kicking women in her career, she’s itching to add some different beats to her repertoire.

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The average sale price for all home types in Greater Vancouver was $947,334 in October, up 15.6 per cent compared with $819,336 last year, according to data released by the British Columbia Real Estate Association.

Across British Columbia, the average sale price was $667,480, up 16 per cent from $575,504 last year.

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Eating the Mediterranean way The same can be said about our own soil, but that doesn’t mean we can’t take the basic structure and apply it to our own individual needs. Even the Mayo Clinic suggests the Mediterranean diet for heart health: its benefits include reduced risk for diabetes, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, obesity, as well as increasing longevity.

So here’s the Mediterranean diet broken down:

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@WholeNourishBC There are so many different diets out there that give you the false promise and allure of quick results and the loss of weight. Because we live in a culture where we’re constantly told that we are never good enough, we think we’ll only feel better if we just shed those extra pounds.

We have unrealistic expectations of what beauty is and what our waistline should look like – so much so that we resort to extreme diets, eating no carbs, or counting every calorie.

Meanwhile we don’t take into account the harmful side effects and toxicity of certain ingredients we should be watching out for.

But it’s cool that diet pop is low in calories right?

No, it really isn’t cool.

Well, some folks have traded in their sugar for olive oil and loaded up on whole grains and leafy greens in place of their pop and chips. This common sense approach to eating was labeled the “Mediterranean diet” back in the ‘90s,

VEGGIES, FRUITS AND WHOLE GRAINS

Minimally processed, fresh and whole are always best. Include veggies and fruits in every meal and eat them for snacks as well.

Always try to source local and seasonal foods as much as possible.

Who says diets can’t be tasty, anyways? Thinkstock photo but people have been eating this way forever.

The Mediterranean diet was actually first brought to the attention of the Western Hemisphere back in 1945 by Ancel Keys, an American scientist and nutrition pioneer. However, it didn’t really catch on until the mid-1990s, thanks to the work of Harvard nutritionist Dr. Walter Willet. Folks flocked to the diet rich in veggies, herbs,

spices and healthy fats such as omega 3s and olive oil.

It very quickly become a fad, encouraging smaller portion sizes, reduced intake of red meat, low to moderate consumption of dairy (mainly consisting of cultured products like kefir and yogurt), and of course the encouragement of wine (in moderation, of course).

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These really do pack a punch, not only do they have various health benefits but they also enhance the flavor and experience of your meals. Lower your salt content by replacing the flavor with dried/fresh spices/herbs.

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Limit your intake of dairy and add more cultured products to reap the benefits of a healthy gut.

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By Rob Brezsny Urbandictionary.com defines the English word “balter” as follows: “to dance without particular skill or grace, but with extreme joy.” It’s related to the Danish term baltre, which means “to romp, tumble, roll, cavort.” I nominate this activity to be one of your ruling metaphors in the coming weeks. You have a mandate to explore the frontiers of amusement and bliss, but you have no mandate to be polite and polished as you do it. To generate optimal levels of righteous fun, your experiments may have to be more than a bit rowdy.

Normally I charge $270-an-hour for the kind of advice I’m about to offer, but I’m giving it to you at no cost. For now, at least, I think you should refrain from relying on experts. Be skeptical of professional opinions and highly paid authorities. The useful information you need will come your way via chance encounters, playful explorations, and gossipy spies. Folk wisdom and street smarts will provide better guidance than elite consultants. Trust curious amateurs; avoid somber careerists.

You’ve arrived at a crossroads. From here, you could travel in one of four directions, including back towards where you came from. You shouldn’t stay here indefinitely, but on the other hand you’ll be wise to pause and linger for a while. Steep yourself in the mystery of the transition that looms. Pay special attention to the feelings that rise up as you visualize the experiences that may await you along each path. Are there any holy memories you can call on for guidance? Are you receptive to the tricky inspiration of the fertility spirits that are gathered here? Here’s your motto: Trust, but verify.

Some athletes think it’s unwise to have sex before a big game. They believe it diminishes the raw physical power they need to excel. For them, abstinence is crucial for victory. But scientific studies contradict this theory. There’s evidence that boinking increases testosterone levels for both men and women. Martial artist Ronda Rousey subscribes to this view. She says she has “as much sex as possible” before a match. Her approach must be working. She has won all but one of her professional fights, and Sports Illustrated calls her “the world’s most dominant athlete.” As you approach your equivalent of the “big game,” Scorpio, I suggest you consider Rousey’s strategy.

English model and TV personality Katie Price has been on the planet for just 37 years, but has already written four autobiographies. You Only Live Once, for instance, covers the action-packed time between 2008 and 2010, when she got divorced and then remarried in a romantic Las Vegas ceremony. I propose that we choose this talkative, self-revealing Gemini to be your spirit animal and role model. In the coming weeks, you should go almost to extremes as you express the truth about who you have been, who you are, and who you will become.

If you were embarking on a 100-mile hike, would you wear new boots that you purchased the day before your trip? Of course not. They wouldn’t be broken in.

They’d be so stiff and unyielding that your feet would soon be in agony. Instead, you would anchor your trek with supple footwear that had already adjusted to the idiosyncrasies of your gait and anatomy. Apply a similar principle as you prepare to launch a different long-term exploit. Make yourself as comfortable as possible

A flyer on a telephone pole caught my eye. It showed a photo of a nine-year-old male cat named Bubby, whose face was contorted in pain. A message from Bubby’s owner revealed that her beloved pet desperately needed expensive dental work. She had launched a campaign at gofundme.com to raise the cash. Of course I broke into tears, as I often do when confronted so viscerally with the suffering of sentient creatures. I longed to donate to Bubby’s well-being.

But I thought, “Shouldn’t I funnel my limited funds to a bigger cause, like the World Wildlife Fund?” Back home an hour later, I sent $25 to Bubby. After analyzing the astrological omens for my own sign, Cancer the Crab, I realized that now is a time to adhere to the principle “Think globally, act locally” in every way imaginable.

How well do you treat yourself? What do you do to ensure that you receive a steady flow of the nurturing you need? According to my reading of the astrological omens, you are now primed to expand and intensify your approach to self-care. If you’re alert to the possibilities, you will learn an array of new life-enhancing strategies. Here are two ideas to get you started: 1.

Imagine at least three acts of practical love you can bestow on yourself. 2. Give yourself three gifts that will promote your healing and stimulate your pleasure.

Here’s how Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn begins: “Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.” The preface I’d write for your upcoming adventures would be less extreme, but might have a similar tone. That’s because I expect you to do a lot of meandering. At times your life may seem like a shaggy dog story with no punch line in sight. Your best strategy will be to cultivate an amused patience; to stay relaxed and unflappable as you navigate your way through the enigmas, and not demand easy answers or simple lessons. If you take that approach, intricate answers and many-faceted lessons will eventually arrive.

The Confederation of African Football prohibits the use of magic by professional soccer teams. Witch doctors are forbidden to be on the field during a match, and they are not supposed to spray elixirs on the goals or bury consecrated talismans beneath the turf. But most teams work around the ban. Magic is viewed as an essential ingredient in developing a winning tradition. Given the current astrological omens, I invite you to experiment with your own personal equivalent of this approach. Don’t scrimp on logical analysis, of course. Don’t stint on your preparation and discipline. But also be mischievously wise enough to call on the help of some crafty mojo.

@MyszkaWay I think I might be allergic to my boyfriend’s semen. Anytime I go down on him and his semen gets in my mouth, my throat starts to close up and I can’t swallow at all. My mouth gets crazy itchy too and uncomfortable. However, I don’t notice it when we have vaginal intercourse. I don’t understand what is going on. Is this a thing?

Am I allergic to his semen?

–Semen Scare Unfortunately, being allergic to cum is a thing called seminal plasma hypersensitivity. It’s an extremely rare condition, basically the sexual equivalent of being struck by lightning. I’m sorry that you happened to be standing in a wide open field in the middle of a cum storm.

According to Dr. Andrew Goldstein of the University of Cincinnati, between 20,000 and 40,000 women in the United States have allergic reactions to their spouse’s semen (women report higher numbers of seminal plasma hypersensitivity than gay men). For couples who want to conceive, this becomes a huge hurdle. Doctors throughout North America have tried developing different treatments to beat this allergy, such as diluting the man’s semen and injecting that new fluid into the women’s vagina or creating a serum used like a vaccine to immunize the woman. Some women react so brutally they break out in hives and their eyes swell shut and stay that way for days. Literally blinded by the white.

There was a 2014 story in XO Jane where Leonie Blackwell detailed how her severe allergy to her fiancé’s cum ruined her marriage. Eventually she resorted to natural remedies and found solace in a reishi mushroom extract that eventually cured her.

If you use condoms this is most likely why you are not noticing symptoms during intercourse. That latex shield is protecting you from more than just unwanted STDs and pregnancy. However, if you are not using condoms, it’s safe to say that this is not a semen allergy. Either way, go and talk to your gynecologist, who will conduct some intradermal testing (they will inject a small amount of your boyfriend’s semen into your skin to test your reaction) and determine what is going on. I opted for less schooling in a exchange for a smaller salary.The woman at the end of the stirrups with the degree in medicine will know what to do.

I have been with my boyfriend for almost two years. Not everything is perfect, but I do think I love him. However, I cannot handle his family. They are not mean people by any means, just dysfunctional and a mess. I feel this overwhelming dread when I have to spend time with them, which of course, makes me riddled with guilt for being so heartless. I have this feeling my boyfriend is going to propose, but I honestly cannot imagine marrying into that family. I don’t know how to talk about this with him without coming off as insulting and rude. Sometimes I think it would be easier to just break up now, but that option breaks my heart. Help.

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How big of an issue the family thing is really depends on how involved your boyfriend is with them. Do they live in the same city as you both? Do you have to see them all the time?

If you are being forced into an awkward Sunday dinner once a week with a bunch of people who make you want to stab out your eyes with a fork, then I understand your dread. However, if you only have to see these people on major holidays, then maybe you can suck it up and deal? If this is the case and they are still so brutally unattractive to you that even two measly visits a year is too much then, you got to call it.

There is nothing more cruel than a spouse who pries a wedge between their partner and their family for selfish reasons.That’s not love. If you really, really loved this guy you would find a way to put up with his family, maybe even like them.

I know that gin helps people become tolerable.

Pain killers too.

To be honest though, I don’t think you are in love with this guy. If you were, you wouldn’t have questioned your feelings in your original email.

Forget his family for a minute and actually evaluate your feeling for this man. Read that M. Scott Peck book and get embarrassingly introspective.

It’s only fair to him that you figure out how deep your feelings actually are before this goes any further.There’s no point in dragging something out that has an ending in plain sight. W

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Ponder the riddles of the past and rummage around for lost treasure and hidden truths. Penetrate to the core, the gist, the roots. The abyss is much friendlier than usual! You have a talent for delving deep into any mystery that will be important for your future.

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Slavery is illegal everywhere in the world. And yet there are more slaves now than at any other time in history: at least 29 million. A disproportionate percentage of them are women and children. After studying your astrological omens, I feel you are in a phase when you can bestow blessings on yourself by responding to this predicament. How? First, express gratitude for all the freedoms you have. Second, vow to take full advantage of those freedoms. Third, brainstorm about how to liberate any part of you that acts or thinks or feels like a slave. Fourth, lend your energy to an organization that helps free slaves. Start here: http://bit.ly/liberateslaves.

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