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THE LAUREN GREAT FOR PET OWNERS

With regard to the Lauren (Rant//Rave, Oct. 9, 2014), I think that many of the tenants have moved in as I did, thankful for the pet-friendly policy, in writing, on the lease. The last time I walked by the rental tower at St. AndrewWesley it was marked no pets. My one bedroom (and a den) costs me $1,400 a month, has an ensuite washer and dryer, and a dishwasher and microwave. For me, however, the only thing that mattered was having my cats acknowledged in writing. For pet owners, this building is a welcome addition to the West End. –Margaret Third

INVASION OF PRIVACY

At 8:15pm [last Monday], I had a knock on the door of my apartment on the 15th floor of my block in the West End, only to find a canvasser representing the Vision Vancouver party, complete with clipboard, standing there wanting to talk to me about my voting intentions in the upcoming mayoral election. I’ve written to Vision to

find out why their canvasser was prepared to breach the building’s security rules in order to invade the privacy of its occupants at such a late hour and, in addition, registered an official complaint, but this is just to let your readership know about the underhanded manner in which Vision is trying to get access to the electorate. Needless to say, I won’t be voting for Vision in the election... but then I wasn’t going to anyway. –Roger

FORGET CHAIR YOGA, SENIORS NEED HOUSING

Oct. 1 was National Seniors Day. The Vancouver Seniors Advisory Committee sponsored a glorified sewing circle at the Vancouver Public Library complete with seminars on: Laughter, chair yoga… The list is too dreary to detail in its entirety. Perhaps the mandate of the Advisory Committee doesn’t include concerns for seniors living hand-to-mouth because of greedy landlords. Who does express this concern,

exactly? I was informed by an NDP representative that we live in a capitalist society! (Thankfully, Tommy Douglas doesn’t have to endure what happened to the Party). We’re living in a city where city council considers $1,433 a month for a studio apartment to be affordable. One would think the Committee would consider this at least as important as the plight of the elderly LGBT community and take aim at all political parties countenancing landlords taking tenants hostage. Over 10 per cent of renters are paying 50 per cent or more of their income on rent, a position putting them one pay cheque away from homelessness. Imagine an elderly person, already beset with problems facing the possibility of eviction or having to do without in order to satisfy insatiable greed. With elections looming, it’s high time we held feet to the flames and demanded roll-backs on rents before renters are ushered off to the hinterlands of the province to make way for those with bigger bucks. –Victoria Joss

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Make time for recycling at home, work and on-the-go. By Scott Fraser President & CEO of Encorp Pacific (Canada)

very year in BC about one billion beverage containers are returned and recycled. What does one billion containers look like? Think instead about a mid-sized car. One billion beverage containers is the equivalent weight of 64,000 mid-sized cars. One billion containers recycled are like 64,000 cars not going to the dump. Every year. But it’s not the one billion containers that get recycled that we’re focused on, it’s the 250 million that still end up in the dump. We would love to track them down and recycle them, too. In order to accomplish that, we do a lot of research including segmenting people by their recycling behaviour. A key segment that we focus on has been identified as on-the-go discarders. They make up 18 percent of British Columbians but generate almost 40 percent of the discarded containers. On-the-go discarders are important because even people who recycle 92 percent of the time at home only recycle 41 percent of the time when they are away from home, whether shopping, out for a walk, at events, or at work. They do this even though they know it’s wrong. When people are away from home they tend throw things into the first receptacle they see, and it’s usually a garbage can. That’s not

People who recycle 92 percent of the time at home only recycle 41 percent of the time when they are away from home just true on the street. Think about a typical office: there is probably a blue box for paper, but what happens to beverage containers when there isn’t a recycling bin specifically for them? They probably end up in the garbage can. Obviously, then, we need to engage people in public spaces, and we do that with some success. In malls, arenas, restaurants, and nightclubs, containers generally get recycled because the large volumes justify collecting them, whether it’s the owner taking them back,

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a commercial collector picking them up, or staff taking them to make some extra money. In the outdoors, we have a program to put beverage-container collection bins next to garbage cans in urban streetscapes developed in partnership with the City of Vancouver. This urban interception program is now rolling out to Port Alberni, Agassiz, Port Moody, Kelowna, and beyond. But offices remain a challenge. Our research suggests that a significant portion of beverage containers in the trash come from small businesses and offices. A couple of containers each day in a small office doesn’t seem like much, but multiply that by over 150,000 small businesses and offices across BC and you’ll get a big number. We need to intercept people before they trash their containers, and businesses can play a role. If you own or work in a small business, put a beverage container recycling bin in your lunch room and let your staff, or the cleaning staff, take them. If you are a bigger company, call one of our mobile collectors. They will give you totes to

collect containers and pick them up from you. Mobile collectors are listed on our website, return-it.ca. If you are in a multi-unit building, ask your landlord to create a common recycling area for all businesses – then call one of our mobile collectors to get recycling totes placed there and arrange for regular pickup. There are still 250 million beverage containers getting trashed, which is the equivalent of 16,000 cars going to the dump, every year. We are on a mission to find them, and you can help. ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE RETURN-IT SYSTEM • $85 million annually in economic activity. • 173 independently-owned Return-It Depots employing almost 700 people across the province. • A network of owner-operator and commercial transporters and processors across the province who move 90,000 tons of aluminum, glass, plastic and other materials to recycling markets.

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YOUR CITY Candidates finalized for Nov. 15 election ROBERT MANGELSDORF editor@westender.com

With municipal elections less than a month away, a total of 119 people are vying to represent this fair city on Vancouver’s city council, school board, and parks board. The nomination period for candidates closed on Oct. 10, with the largest turnout since 2002 (also 119). In the running for the mayor’s race are a total of 10 candidates. In addition to front runners like incumbent mayor Gregor Robertson of Vision Vancouver, Kirk LaPointe of the Non Partisan Association (NPA), Meena Wong of the Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE), and lawyer and former Olympian Bob Kasting, are host of lesserknown candidates like Mynard Aubichon of the Stop Party, Mike Hansen, Jeff Hill, Cherryse Kaur Kaiser, Tim Ly, and Colin Shandler. In the council race, a total of 49 candidates are running for the 10 avail-

able seats, including all 10 incumbent councillors: Adrienne Carr (Green), Elizabeth Ball (NPA), George Affleck (NPA), Heather Deal (Vision), Tim Stevenson (Vision), Tony Tang (Vision), Raymond Louie (Vision), Geoff Meggs (Vision), Kerry Jang (Vision), and Andrea Reimer (Vision). In the race for school board, 29 candidates are in the running for nine trustee positions, while 31 people are vying for seven parks board positions. In addition to the 27 elected position up for grabs in this year’s municipal election will be the City’s 2015-18 Capital Plan. The city is asking voters to approve $235 million of borrowing for the capital plan, which includes $58 million in parks spending, $81 million for civic and community facilities, and $95 million for public safety and public works projects. In all, the capital plan totals $1.1 billion. Advance voting begins Nov. 4, with election day set for Saturday, Nov. 15.

Site of the proposed plaza at Bute and Davie. Dan Toulget photo

City wants to name new plaza after Jim Deva SANDRA THOMAS editor@westender.com

The city wants to name the new plaza on Bute and Davie after LGBTQ activist Jim Deva, who died unexpectedly Sept. 21. “Jim always stood up for what he believed in,” said Vision Vancouver Coun. Tim Stevenson. “He was com-

pletely open and transparent and he became a mentor to all kinds of people.” Deva and his life and business partner Bruce Smyth opened Little Sister’s Book and Art Emporium on Davie Street in 1983, and shortly after became embroiled in a battle with Canada Customs, now called Canada Border Services Agency. When the

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federal agency seized copies of gay and lesbians books and comics from outside the country ordered by Little Sister’s, Deva, Smyth and store manager Janine Fuller launched a lawsuit that would last more than two decades and end up in the Supreme Court of Canada. Prior to Pride Week last summer, the city closed off a

short block of Bute Street to traffic and converted it into a mini park complete with picnic tables for community events and gatherings. The move was the first of more than 30 recommendations included in the Davie Street Revitalization Report. The plaza is closed for the winter, but Stevenson said, if all goes well next year it will reopen permanently with improvements such as proper lighting. He added a permanent tribute to Deva is fitting considering his contributions to this city. The motion to rename the plaza was forwarded to staff at Tuesday’s council meeting. The motion noted Deva’s passing had prompted a remarkable outpouring of “community reflection of his life and legacy as a champion for [LGBTQ] equality, expression and social justice.” LGBTQ advocate Barb Snelgrove got the ball rolling with a formal email request to mayor and council Sept. 22, the day after Deva passed away, for a permanent memorial with the Bute Street Plaza in mind. “Jim believed so strongly in not only LGBTQ rights and freedoms, but worked passionately on preserving and enhancing the Davie Village district,” Snelgrove wrote in part. –Vancouver Courier

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NEW KIN’S STORE OPENING Craft Beer Market is looking to open five new locations in Shanghai, China. Supplied photo

BC beers head to China KRISTYN ANTHONY editor@westender.com

When three friends from Calgary opened Craft Beer Market in 2011, they never dreamed they’d see themselves in China, but a brewing appetite in Shanghai is calling Craft to its door. The craft beer restaurant/ pub chain – which features a long list of BC beers at its locations in Vancouver, Calgary, and Edmonton – is looking to open up five new locations in five years in China. The company is hoping to capitalize on the growing thirst for beer in China, resulting from a younger demographic craving exposure to Western culture and looking for a premium product. Craft breweries have

doubled in the past two years in Shanghai, the world’s largest city, and China is poised to become the world’s largest beer market by 2017. “It’s exciting to have access to great craft beer brands from all over the world and we believe the Chinese market will embrace Canadian craft beer,” says Craft Beer Market co-owner P.J. L’Heureux. Craft is partnering with First Growth Holdings, a Shanghai company with connections to Vancouver, to break into the Chinese market. Currently, Craft Beer Market maintains a lengthy roster of local products, meaning a substantially larger audience for BC favourites, much of which the Chinese public have not yet seen.

However, BC craft beers are not altogether new to the Asian market. In 2013, Russell Brewing of Surrey opened a brewery and restaurant in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei. Phillips Brewing of Victoria has been exporting to Japan since 2012, and Mission Springs Brewing Company has a serious stake in South Korea. Expanding into new markets like China may be the answer to the bursting Vancouver craft beer scene, one that is potentially at risk of saturation. L’Heureux says Craft’s philosophy has always been “building a culture and a family”. With this new venture, it appears they’ve just gained 24 million brothers and sisters. W

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Steam clock out of commission STEPHEN SMYSNUIK ssmysnuik@glaciermedia.ca

Well, any tourist planning on visiting our fair city can cancel their flights and just hang around wherever they’re from. The City of Vancouver is removing the Gastown steam clock from its corner for eight whole weeks while it goes under repairs. Surely, every tourist will sulk in disappointment when they discover the discoloured square of sidewalk at Water and Cambie Streets, the exact location their Lonely Planet travel guides claimed the enchanting steam clock is supposed to be. What attractions then, in this vast and wondrous city, shall they huddle together in front of, blocking pedestrian traffic, while strangers take awkward photos they’ll probably only look at once and then completely forget about? The Gassy Jack statue? The Stanley Park totem poles? Pfffffff. Granted, these tourists could hunt the clock down at the fabrication shop at Manitoba Yards, where workers will work to repair the mechanical moving parts that have, according to a press release, “worn over the last 37 years and can no longer be reliably maintained.” Surely, these tourists, though grouchy now at the thought of missing the chance to bask in the benevolent shadow of the legendary tourist attraction, will approve of our local government’s efforts to ensure a long and fruitful life for the steam clock, so that generations of future of travelers can all amass at the base to take their own awkward photos. On the plus side, locals might find these eight weeks a merciful reprieve from the marauding gangs of cameratoting visitors, allowing one to walk a straight path along Water Street, possibly for the first time in a decade. Anyway, the clock will returned by early December, just in time for the Christmas season. W

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Dr. Jennifer Gardy will present cello interpretations of genetic data and human culture for TEDxVancouver on Oct. 18. Michael Donoghue photo

The sweet sound of science TV host Dr. Jennifer Gardy talks Ebola, human genetics, and cello music KELSEY KLASSEN kelsey@westender.com

Every year, Vancouver’s innovators, artists, and thinkers take to the stage for TEDxVancouver – a one-day celebration of ideas worth sharing. The lineup of speakers for the Oct. 18 event boasts geographers, TV anchors, soccer players, fashion designers, spiritual leaders, urban experimentalists, and more. But it was Dr. Jennifer Gardy who caught our attention this year. In her bio, Gardy says she has one of the best jobs in the world, and we believe her. Most of the time, she is a senior scientist at the BC Centre for Disease Control, where her she uses DNA sequencing to solve public health problems, like figuring out how outbreaks of infectious disease begin and spread. But, when not tracking disease, Gardy works in science documentary television, subjecting herself to “all sorts of indignities in the name of science communication.” She’s floated in zerogravity, been dunked in icecold water, and spun around in a human centrifuge as part of work for CBC television’s long-running documentary series The Nature of Things, and appears regularly as a guest co-host of Discovery Channel Canada’s nightly science newsmagazine Daily Planet. We had to know more.

Everyone is talking about Ebola, but, in your experience, what should we really be scared of? Ha. Thank you so much for asking me that. I wish more people would ask that question. I wrote this kids book earlier in the year called It’s Catching:The Infectious World of Germs and Microbes. And in it, we talk about a whole bunch of different diseases, and when I was doing media interviews for the book, everyone would say, “What’s the scariest pathogen out there? It must be Ebola. Ebola is the most dangerous. Ebola is the most terrifying.” It is not the most dangerous and terrifying of pathogens, you can be certain. But it made me realize that people’s perception of risk is really, really way off, and there are so many things that we encounter in our day to day lives that are far bigger issues. Right now you’ve got people… not really panicking, but very concerned about Ebola. It’s on the news every night, it’s in the newspapers, it’s on Twitter. But not as many people are making a big deal about things like, “Hey, look how much sugar is in our processed food that we’re feeding our children. Look how much overweight and obese our children are than a generation before. Look at how none of us are getting the recommended physical activity in a day and are glued to our tiny screens.” There are so many things that, I guarantee you, 99 per cent of the population – myself included – are guilty

of that are huge deals and are going to impact how long and how healthy and how happy our lives are. But one exciting hemorrhagic fever comes along and just totally turns people’s attention in the wrong direction. Why is that? If you dig into the risk communication literature the reasons for this start to become apparent, but people often have a lot of outrage over things that are extremely low hazard. Ebola is a disease of under-resourced countries. Where… Ebola could be killed with soap. Essentially we can kill it with bleach and disinfectant. But if you don’t have the resources to establish a solid infection control program and have appropriate quarantines in place and have the right physical rooms and structures to handle these cases and the right equipment to disinfect rooms and offer protection to doctors and nurses, then of course it’s going to spread. Is it like the movies, or do they get it wrong? No! No, no. Science is never, ever like the movies. Science is surprisingly few lab coats. No coloured liquids in test tubes. They get Ebola wrong, too. Everyone’s popular perception is that Ebola basically melts you from the inside out, and you’ll be bleeding from every orifice. That does happen in some cases, but the vast majority of cases, on the outside, just look like a very serious flu.

When you and your colleagues get together around the dinner table, what are you talking about right now? A bunch of us were around the table for dinner last Monday! There were about 20 of us, and the topics varied a lot. We talked about Hepatitis C and how all these new drugs to treat chronic illness are about to come online, and Hepatitis C is poised to be the new HIV, to the point where we can manage it and prevent transmission of the disease through appropriate medication and treatment. We talked about wide-ranging public health policy. And, of course, Ebola. What will your TEDx talk focus on? This is going to be fun. It actually has nothing to do with infectious diseases. It’s going back deeper into my interests. When I started studying science as an undergraduate, my major was in cell biology and human genetics. The talk is probably the world’s first combination genetics lesson and live cello performance. It’s a co-talk with my very good friend and collaborator Peter Gregson. He’s a cellist based in the United Kingdom. Peter had done some work in cello interpretations of data, using software to guide cello performances, so we hatched an idea to combine his cello playing and interest in data, with my access to data and knowledge of human genetics. It gets at the origins of some

really interesting aspects of human culture. In your career, you’ve had a lot of access to incredible experiences through television etc., but what has been the highlight? I think my favourite one so far this year was a back-toback series of things we did for CBC’s Nature of Things that’s going to be airing on Oct. 23. One week we were in Munich, Germany, visiting BMW. They took us out in this beautiful BMW on the autobahn, and the car was driving itself. So, amazing vision of the future. And then flip it around and a few days after we were in the forest, several hours outside of Tokyo in Japan, doing this serene walk through the forest learning about how inhaling some of these phytochemicals that trees produce is a natural relaxant. But the most dramatic moment, where I was like, “Oh my god, I’m having all the feels,” was when I got to interview [astronaut] Chris Hadfield for a little CBC event we were doing. He hugged me after the interview and I felt like a girl at a Beatles concert in the ‘60s. He’s everything you expect and more. He could be the president of everything, he’s so wonderful... W

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Tuc Craft Kitchen serves up rich food at reasonable prices Anya Levykh Nosh

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60 West Cordova • Open for dinner Monday to Saturday, 5pm-late; lunch MondayFriday, 11:30am-3:00pm; brunch Saturday only, 10am-3pm. TucRestaurant.com Sometimes, you get a nice surprise. Tuc Craft Kitchen certainly wasn’t what I was expecting, as all reports spoke of a “rustic” space, slightly bare, lots of exposed brick (typical of Gastown), but with a modernist feel. While bricks there are aplenty, there is also a soaring wine wall behind the bar in dark, reclaimed wood and a nice, upbeat feel to a room that seems permanently active without being overly busy. In a word, it’s comfortable. “Comfortable” also describes most of the food. Almost everything is made in house, and ingredients are sourced locally, with most proteins coming out of the Fraser Valley. Starters like candied-orange-glazed lamb ribs are right on the money, as are the parsnip fries. The latter are served with a housemade and spicelicked “ketchup” that is good enough to be bottled and sold to the masses. The beef and pork meatballs, which you can order as a starter or single, were less impressive, being a tad bland and a mite too firm for proper albóndigas. Mains like the beef cheeks, Cabernet-braised and loaded with wilted spinach, caramelized shallots, and tubers, are so rich they should only be served in the British Properties. As with the lamb ribs, the meat here was perfect, falling apart at the touch of

the fork, and meltingly soft. Chef and co-owner James Flemming obviously is a dab hand at the braises; no surprise when you consider he cut his teeth in restaurants like Le Marais and Le Vieux Pecheur in Montreal. Just make sure to order something with which to cut the fat ratio. The chicken confit, however, was disappointing. The meat was dry, the wilted greens were too salty, and the accompanying biscuit was more of a cracker. Full props, however, go to the stellar front of house. Our server noticed that we took only a few bites out of the chicken before calling it quits (many will studiously ignore such an ominous sign unless prodded by the customer). We politely explained, when asked, why we didn’t like it, and it was promptly taken off our bill. No questions about whether we understood the concept of confit, or if we were “sure” it was too dry. Just a graceful apology and an offer to bring another dish. We just as politely declined (we were already quite full), but it was a much-appreciated gesture. Service overall was fairly excellent on both visits. Coowners James MacFarlane and Colin Ross run a tight ship, and all is as it should be, including the excellent drinks list. A long list of classic cocktails is impressive, but the real value here comes from what’s on tap (wines mainly under $10, beers under $8), as well as the stellar bottle program. Markups are low, and selection – including Little Straw’s La Petite Paille Sauvignon Blanc and some seriouslyundersung Zweigelt Rosé from Seven Directions – is excellent. A couple bottles from Italy and New Zealand pop up, but it’s mainly all BC – and solid picks at that.

Tuc is creating a fairly decent space for Gastown locals to call their own, which, considering the growth of the neighbourhood, is excellent news. Anya Levykh has been writing about all things ingestible for more than 10 years. Hear her every Monday on CBC Radio One’s On the Coast and find her on Twitter @foodgirlfriday and Facebook.com/ FoodGirlFriday. FoodGirlFriday.com Food: ★★★★★ Service: ★★★★★ Ambiance: ★★★★★ Value: ★★★★★ Overall: ★★★★★

Tuc Craft Kitchen is located at 60 West Cordova in the heart of Gastown. Jen Gauthier photo

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Taste of Yaletown is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month with 26 restaurants in the historic dining district harnessing their creativity into menu combinations that will never be seen again. “We’ve been going strong for 10 years,” says Annette O’Shea, executive director of the Yaletown BIA. “Every year the restaurants sell out for the two weeks of Taste of Yaletown. I think it’s because Vancouverites are real foodies, and they know when something special is getting put on the plate.” From Oct. 16-30, chefs and restaurants will have the freedom to serve up any combination of items or courses at the fixed prices of $25, $35, or $45 – meaning diners will experience something unique and carefully selected at each restaurant. “It’s popular for the chefs to participate because they’re experimenting and trying stuff. And then you actually see them running around and trying everybody else’s restaurants over those two weeks,” says O’Shea. “During Taste of Yaletown, they’re putting together special menus and special pairings that aren’t done ever again. They don’t appear after Taste of Yaletown and they don’t appear next year either.” New this year is the inclusion of beverage pairings, with sparkling wine and sakes emerging as a bit of a theme. A quick scan of the menus, all posted in advance online at

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SCENE // HEARD Earnest Ice Cream is expanding operations with a second location set to open at 1829 Quebec (in the old Organic Lives space). Look for the opening in early 2015. EarnestIceCream.com Painted Rock Estate Winery on the Naramata Bench has been named Winery of the Year at this year’s InterVin International Wine Awards, which featured nearly 1,350 entries from 16 countries. PaintedRock.ca

The star of the New Oxford’s $35 Taste of Yaletown menu is this pappardelle agliolio, with roasted corn, confit challot and garlic, kale, and cherry tomatoes. Kelsey Klassen photo YaletownInfo.com, also reveals octopus as a new Taste of Yaletown favourite, with Italian, French, and Japanese-style versions on offer. And then there’s lunch. “There’s quite a few restaurants this year putting on three-course lunches, which is nice to see,” says O’Shea. “It used to be just an evening dining experience, and last year the restaurants wanted to do some lighter meals and quicker meals for people who were on a lunch hour.” Anchored by Michelin star-quality restaurants like Cioppino’s, Blue Water, and Minami, the Yaletown dining

scene has grown from 40 restaurants to 84 in the past seven years, and O’Shea says interest in the festival has grown with it. “Really high-end restaurants attract others,” she says. “And then of course we’re a heritage district. It’s a very pedestrian-level, pedestrianfriendly area, right in the heart of the downtown core.” According to the two area hotels, the Opus and Rosedale, visitors have started coming in from the Okanagan, the Island, and south of the border as well. “That’s new,” says O’Shea. “That started about two years

ago. “They may be coming to Vancouver for other reasons, but they’re choosing that time period so that they can try some fantastic, high-end meals.” This year, the participating restaurants are: Bistro Sakana, Brix, Cactus Club, DD Mau, Distillery, George, Glowbal, Good Wolf, Hamilton Street Grill, Hapa Izakaya, La Pentola, Minami, New Oxford, The Parlour, Provence, Raw Canvas, Salad Works, Simply Thai, Society, Urban Fare, Urban Thai, West Oak, Yaletown Brewing Company, L’Antipasto, and La Terrazza. W

There’s a new winter market in town… The Hastings Park Winter Market has launched and will run every Sunday 10am-2pm until Nov. 30. This is a trial run to see if there’s enough interest for a second winter market, so be sure to get out there and show your support. Look for produce, meats, seafood and artisan foods, as well as food trucks. EatLocal.org Beta 5 Chocolates has won gold for their Fisherman’s Friend and rosemary-raramel praline filled chocolate at the Canadian national competition round of the International Chocolate Awards. Chez Christophe Chocolaterie also won gold for its white chocolate bonbon with pineapple-avocado filling. InternationalChocolateAwards.com

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Happy Hour. Available daily from 3-5pm, get 50 per cent off a classic margherita pizza (regular $13), as well as 50 per cent off a rotating selection of tap beers. Current options include Driftwood Fat Tug IPA, Parallel 49 Old Boy, and Phillips Blue Buck, all $6. NicliPizzeria.ca On Oct. 20, Boulevard will host iconic Tuscan winery Ruffino and its global brand ambassador, Beppe d’Andrea, with a five-course dinner, plus reception. Menu includes weathervane scallop crudo, braised lamb osso buco, slow-roasted squab, and pear mille feuille. Tickets $129 per person, including reception, dinner, and wine pairings. BoulevardVancouver.com Siena Restaurant is celebrating mushroom season Oct. 14-26 with a three-course prix fixe menu that includes crimini and oyster mushroom soup, grilled lamb sirloin and morels, porcini ravioli, white chocolate and black truffle panna cotta, and more. $34 per person. Individual dishes also available a la carte. EatSiena.com

The ninth annual Game and Wild Mushroom Festival is back Oct. 15Nov. 2 at La Buca, Piedà-Terre, Sardine Can, and The Abbey, all co-owned by chef Andrey Durbach and business partner Chris Stewart. La Buca and Piedà-Terre are offering prix fixe menus, while Sardine Can and The Abbey will feature daily fresh sheets. LaBuca. ca • TheSardineCan.ca • AbbeyVan.com • Pied-A-TerreBistro.ca W

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@FollowMeFoodie It’s the 10th annual Taste of Yaletown, and from Oct. 16-30 select Yaletown restaurants will be offering set menus for $25, $35, or $45. While events like these have pros and cons and are not necessarily representative of a restaurant on a regular night, there is the charity aspect to support. A portion of the profits raised during Taste of Yaletown is donated to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank, and since starting the dining event they’ve helped raised over $100,000.

Unfortunately a few of my favourite restaurants in the neighbourhood are not participating, but from the list that are, I’d recommend Bistro Sakana. There are other good options, but I’m zoning in. Bistro Sakana often gets overlooked by the ever-sobusy Minami – which I’m also a fan of – right across the street. It’s a bit of a shame because Bistro Sakana is a solid restaurant. I’ve been on a regular night and tried some of their signature dishes, and their Ocean Wise shiro miso toro red chili aburi is phenomenal. Fresh tuna belly is marinated in Junmai sake and miso, layered with rice, box pressed, flame torched, and topped with red chili

and key lime slivers. They also offer a sockeye jalapeño aburi with spicy mayo sauce and jalapeño peppers, which is reminiscent of Minami’s signature aburi salmon oshi sushi, but I have to let Minami win on that one. However Bistro Sakana’s shiro miso toro can perhaps rival the Minami salmon oshi… I know, bold words, but I stand by them. Nonetheless you can actually try them both (sockeye jalapeño aburi and the shiro miso toro) along with other signature dishes during Taste of Yaletown because Bistro Sakana is offering a signature sampler platter. If you miss out going during the event, I strongly recommend going back and

ordering the crunchy filo scallop and prawn as well as the black sesame-encrusted tuna tataki drizzled with yuzu-shiro-miso sauce. Bistro Sakana deserves some spotlight because it’s not just the restaurant receiving “overflow from Minami” like some assume. Just like Minami they specialize in West Coast-inspired Japanese cuisine rather than traditional. I want to avoid the word “fusion” because I tend to think of “fusion” as bastardized attempts to re-create traditional dishes, which is not what they do. Sure every dish might not hit the mark, but there’s thought and care in the execution. I can’t speak for portion sizes or value since I haven’t

Bistro Sakana’s shiro miso toro aburi. tried the customized prix fixe menu, but I’ve tried 90 per cent of what the menu offers and only hope they deliver the impressive standard I’ve experienced before. Bistro Sakana is offering all the house favourites and specialties, which I see lacking from other restaurants. When it comes to prix fixe menus, the signatures should be there. Happily, Bistro Sakana delivers. W

Find Mijune at Mise en Place, a sold-out fundraiser in support of chef Tina Fineza’s fight again breast cancer on Oct. 19. She will also be at the fivecourse Ruffino winery dinner at Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar by chef Alex Chen on Oct. 20, and “Naked and Dressed” at the Vancouver Aquarium on Oct. 27. Find out more about Mijune at followmefoodie.com or follow her on Twitter and Instagram @followmefoodie.

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Five years ago, I would’ve called anyone I heard uttering the words written in that headline a heretic. It’s an old argument, and a common one still: The Donnelly Group is guilty Damon Holowchak, marketing director for the Donnelly Group, of homogenizing Vancoushows off the crafty taps at the Lamplighter Pub. Rob Newell ver’s bar culture, distilling all personality, and flavour for… honestly felt, for those (like Donnelly’s bar and beverage what exactly? I never had the me) who’d written them off, director noticed the growing answer, exactly. Still don’t, in as a coming out party for the popularity of craft beer and fact, but I was angry about it. New Era of Donnelly. the increased quality of beers Now, go, figure, 30-yearWhich of course makes produced in BC. He realized old Stephen actively seeks Damon Holowchak laugh. that the Donnelly Group out Donnelly joints when The Donnelly Group’s had an opportunity to set I’m downtown. Why? Bemarketing director says those themselves apart from their cause – I’ve recently discovtaps have been the culminacompetition by embracing the ered – the Donnelly’s have tion of a beer program that’s segment of the industry. great freakin’ taste in beer. been evolving for at least five It was a gamble, placing They’re also the only mayears. Yes, the Lamplighter their bets on craft beer at a jor pub/restaurant group in pledging allegiance to the time when the industry was Vancouver to fully embrace craft beer revolution, but it’s just a fraction of the market craft beer culture. Like, the by no means a reaction to share that it is today. Kallies Lamplighter? In Gastown? the zeitgeist. says they’ve walked away from It has 50 taps featuring an “It’s funny to hear it’s the the support – and the money assortment of craft beers ‘new era of Donnelly.’ I guess – of the macro brewers by from BC and beyond. It’s it is, but it’s also the new era rejecting Kokanee and Budthe piece de resistance for of the business,” Holowchak weiser at some of their bars, the Donnelly Group’s beer APPROVAL REQUIRED “This is where the the Lamplighter included. The enclosed proof is and sent for your approval. We will not proceed until the proof is returned. program, something youwith the jobsays. DO NOT GIVE VERBAL INSTRUCTIONS. CHECK market’s CAREFULLY!going. This is where “I want to give all the won’t seewe at Cactus Club Beyond this point cannot accept responsibility for anyor errors. Alterations (other than typographical errors) will be charged extra. Mark proof “OK” or “OK with corrections” as the case may people are going.” breweries the chance,” KalEarl’s any soon. be, signing your name sotime we may know that the proof reached the proper authority. Five years ago, Trevor Kallies says. “I want these young When the Lamplighter’s guys who are investing their 50 taps were unveiled, it SIGNATURE OF APPROVAL DATElies certainly saw it coming.

life savings – if not more – to have the opportunity to sell their beer.” They’re not ruled by benevolence, obviously. At 18 per cent of the liquor market in BC, craft beer is big money. Damon says installing the 50 taps at the Lamplighter has been a “very smart business decision” – so smart, in fact, they’ll be installing 50 more at their oyster bar, the Blackbird, in a few weeks. But the Donnelly Group is in a unique position – with considerable corporate muscle, the abundance of drinking establishments around the city and a mainstream customer bas – to introduce new BC craft beer a large segment of the boozeswilling public that might not otherwise have had the opportunity. This means they have stayed on pace with, if not ahead of, popular tastes, and it’s paying off. “I think the consumer’s grown up. Like the palate’s different,” Holowchak says. “It wasn’t just us that made big changes. The market’s changed drastically.” So, yeah, maybe the Donnelly boys aren’t so bad after all. Call me a changed man. Beer saves the day again. What a surprise. W

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In the northwest of Italy, nestled up near the French border, the breathtaking region of Piedmont sits mysteriously shrouded in fog. Occasionally it lifts to reveal the patchwork of vineyards covering one stunning hillside after another. This is my idea of heaven. Besides eating and drinking, I am not sure what else there is to do. Here, Italy’s obsession with food and wine reaches a fever pitch. Autumn is the time to visit. White truffles are in season, the scent of fermenting grapes fills the air, and

equally intoxicating aromas of chocolate waft from the nearby Ferraro Rocher factory. Unfortunately, as far as I’m aware, there isn’t an app yet that captures smells. However, you can simply pour self a glass of Nebbiolo (Piedmont’s flagship grape) to experience the seductive fragrances of the region. Tar and roses are just a couple of the haunting aromas associated with Nebbiolo, yet this grape reveals its charms slowly. Typically dominated by high acid and tannin, its firm grip may assault the palate at first. Time in the cellar and/or food will soften the blows.

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Continued from page 10 The greatest (and most expensive) expressions of Nebbiolo hail from the two subregions of Barolo and Barbaresco. More affordable offerings can be found among wines labeled Langhe Nebbiolo. While not as complex or concentrated as the former, they provide appetizing examples of the grape. Piedmont is a treasure trove of other indigenous grape varieties that fall more into the everyday drinking category. Barbera is juicy and lively without the mouth drying tannin of Nebbiolo. Dolcetto is more exuberantly fruity with lower acidity yet slightly sneaky tannin. Whichever of Piedmont’s characterrich wines you are tempted to try, remember they are best appreciated with food. Consider it an excuse to eat, if you needed one. 2012 Ricossa • Barbera d’Asti • $15.99, BC Liquor Stores Great value staple! Juicy red cherry, bright and refreshing. I love this with Chinese barbecue duck.

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Polaris-winner Tagaq brings environmental message Fresh off her recent 2014 Polaris Prize win, Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq will be in town for a pair of performances this week alongside environmental activist Severn Cullis-Suzuki, daughter of David Suzuki. The unique performance explores justice, ecology, and culture – as well as the influence of women and the indigenous ways of protecting the earth in a time of overwhelming destruction. Cullis-Suzuki addresses these themes through lecture and dialogue, while Taqaq – who is joined on stage by acclaimed violinist Jesse Zubot – interprets the same themes via stirring musical performance. The pair perform Oct. 16 and 17 at the Telus Studio Theatre at the Chan Centre (6265 Crescent). For tickets, visit ChanCentre.com/tickets.

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It is a rare brilliant autumn afternoon in East Vancouver, and I’m headed to the Lido on Broadway to interview Malcolm Biddle (Sun Wizard, Capitol 6) about his new project Dada Plan. When I reach Carolina Street, I can hear the faint sound of a shimmering guitar playing a rapid-fire melody as if it were the the only thing keeping the sun in the sky. It was one of those days where you can’t help but giddily reflect on what a beautiful city we live in. I followed the music until I found Biddle strumming his six string serenade in the Lido’s back recording studio. It’s fitting that our interview

happened at the Lido, as it’s become somewhat of a second home to Biddle since opening its doors earlier this year. Primarily a bar, it doubles as a venue some nights, featuring many of the best and brightest local bands playing shows with no cover charge. In addition to this main space, it also features The Band Hotel upstairs for out of town acts needing somewhere to stay, and a recording studio in the back. Biddle, somewhere between the Hugo Ball and David Bowie of the Vancouver weird-pop scene, says his new album, A Dada Plan is Free, is more art project than standard studio release. “We tried to do a conceptual thing, so when we finished doing Capitol 6, we said, ‘Lets just do something where everything about it is exactly what we want, every angle: Art, songwriting, instrumentation. Something that’s funny, but also a social commentary’,” he explains.

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Thirty-five years in the music business is a long time. For some, that classifies you as “casino circuit rock”, and for others, years of formulaic writing in attempt to re-create earlier success. What is wonderful about Thurston Moore is that despite being overshadowed by the juggernaut that is Sonic Youth, and ruining the Gen-X idea of “true love” by cheating on (and divorcing from) Kim Gordon, he continuously generates great records. Really great records. The Best Day, his follow up to 2011’s

gently excellent Demolished Thoughts, is further evidence of his mastery over the craft of melodic grunge. With a band consisting of Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley, James Edwards of Nought on guitar, and My Bloody Valentine’s Deb George on bass, there is an element of nostalgic distortion that flows from punk, pop, grunge, and everything in between. The

Matt Krysko (left) and Malcolm Biddle of Dada Plan, photographed in The Shed, the Lido’s recording studio. Rob Newell photo

“I’ve always wanted to do social commentary stuff but its too serious if you’re just doing rock ‘n’ roll. But if the whole concept is sort of a comment, it makes more sense… rather than just lyrics of a ‘rock song’ being political.” Social commentary indeed. The major lyrical focus is the intricate relationship we have with our natural habitat and the digital world. “Dystopian” gets thrown around a lot to describe Dada Plan, understandably when you’ve got lyrics like, “It’s easy to place all of the blame on a life with phones” (“The Hanging Mirrors of Life-Skype”), and your website is a giant parody of archaic internet culture. In fact, the name itself is a commentary, and if you can’t figure that one out, might I suggest a quick google search… It takes more than one man to make a Dada Plan. Aside from Biddle there is Matt Krysko, who played synths, co-produced the record and

owns the Lido, Justin Williams (drums), Colin Cowan (bass), and Malcolm’s brother Dave on the trippy Miles Davis-like saxophone. Between them, Biddle says the musicians share a common love of jazz, hip hop, and beyond. “I was just getting into Brian Eno – the first couple of records are awesome – but also I really wanted to… make something that isn’t pretentious or focused on one thing,” says Biddle. “I was listening to lots of Miles Davis, I love Robert Wyatt, but also the Cure, and just revisited a lot of hip hop. People like White Fence and Jack Name [are making music] in San Francisco that’s kind of art rock-y too.” A Dada Plan Is Free was produced by the legendary Josh Wells (Black Mountain, Lightning Dust, Destroyer) and recorded at Bottega Studios in the Okanagan. “It’s an analog tape studio

eleven minute meditative “Forevermore” could sound at home on Daydream Nation, whereas the peaceful 12-string acoustic “Vocabularies” contains lyrics like, “Father, husband, won’t take her down”, reminding you this not just a legend, but a man with a soul, pain, and wealth of inspiration that should take us well into the next decade. –Louise Burns

tol 6) that welds elements of experimental pop, jazz, and hip hop into a dystopian masterpiece of social commentary about living in the eco-digital age. Produced by Josh Wells (Black Mountain, Lightning Dust) at Bottega Studios, there’s genius in every corner of the record. At times meditative and contemplative (“Mr. Window”, “Bury Me Low”), or funk-samba-wave (the Eno-esque “Vaguely Mystical”), or groovy nightmare psych (“Who’s The Thief ”) and adventuresome (including a brilliant cover of Aceylone’s “Human Language”), it’s as diverse as your first myspace page. Drum machines and floating sax solos, well

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in a little building on a forested piece of land that was built from the ground up as a studio, just for that purpose,” says Krysko. “There’s a little house on the land where you can go stay for free and hang out.” The sun is beginning to set, and my time is up. We bid our farewells as Chris Burnside of Vancouver punk band Inherent Vices shows up to start a session at the Lido studios with the Biddle/ Krysko production team. The pair have been busy as of late, having just wrapped up the new Johnny de Courcy album this summer. Whether writing, producing, or playing live, the Biddle/ Krysko union all it’s branches show no sign of slowing down anytime soon. And as Man Ray once said, dada is a state of mind. A Dada Plan is Free is out Oct. 21. Dada Plan record release show Oct. 23 at the Lido with Gretchen Snakes and Mesa Luna.

crafted songs and poeticism are the manifestation of the creeping need to take responsibility for how we use our new found digi-powers. A Dada Plan is Free can be your bible; a guide for the millennial who stays tuned in because they can’t afford to tune out. –Louise Burns Rating: ★★★★★

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@Jennifer_AGCTK With the annual Vancouver Home + Design Show opening at BC Place today [Oct. 16], I decided to take a sneak peek at the show, check out the goods and share the inside scoop on what’s hot for this year! Here are my five [favourite] finds for VHDS14: Brushed tan oak wood flooring by Kentwood Originals $6.43 per square foot; Available at Frontier Luxury Flooring, 332 West 8th. FrontierLuxury.com As a designer, I know what an impact flooring makes to a room. Whether you are jumping into full reno or simply swapping out the old for a fresh take, what you put underfoot changes the overall feel of every detail in your room. It’s important to work with an awesome flooring team that works with you from selection right through installation. Frontier – based in it’s new, ultra-chic showroom – offers the ultimate luxury flooring

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fabulous towels, whether it be for a client, or for staging, or for my own home. I usually stumble across the usual terry options, which are great for their inherent fluffiness, but offer little in terms of uniqueness. When I saw these 100 per cent European linen bath sheets, I definitely took note – not as heavy as I usually expect from a towel, the lightweight fabric has incredible hand, with a super soft texture. Handmade in Vancouver. Leoni Necklace by MeiKu Designs $95; Available at MeikuDesigns.com Natural beauty merged with urban chic. Meiku Designs creates sophisticated jewelry for the modern bohemian. The stones and charms used are chosen for their beauty, healing and symbolic qualities. Because Meiku Designs features natural materials there will be slight variations to each piece – making it totally one of a kind. I’m coveting the Leoni Necklace – I love the tones and organic shapes within the agate geode, but I also love how the designer has mixed her metals, which super on trend! This piece is on a 20-inch strand, which is the

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NAS: TIME IS ILLMATIC documentary screening and live performance. Shows at 6pm and 9:45pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $58 at NorthernTickets. com

TANYA TAGAQ Polaris prizewinning Inuit throat-singer appears with Severn Cullis-Suzuki as part of the Beyond Words series. 7:30pm at Telus Studio Theatre, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. Tickets $20 at TicketsTonight.ca.

SLOAN Canadian rock legends play songs from their new album, Commonwealth. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $28.50 at livenation.com or Ticketmaster outlets.

DON ROSS Fingerstyle guitar legend performs with special guest Thomas Leeb. 7pm at St. James Hall. Tickets $24 at RogueFolk.bc.ca, or at Highlife Records, Prussin Music, and Rufus’ Guitar Shop. VANCOUVER CUBAN MUSIC FESTIVAL A four-day celebration of superb Afro-Cuban music kicks off in Granville Island. Visit IslandOfMusic.com for full festival lineup. Runs until Oct. 19. TANYA TAGAQ Polaris prizewinning Inuit throat-singer appears with Severn Cullis-Suzuki as part of the Beyond Words series. 7:30pm at Telus Studio Theatre, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. Tickets $20 at TicketsTonight.ca.

TOO MANY ZOOZ Three piece experimental brass house band of NYC Subway Station fame play an early show at Fortune Sound Club with Kutapira. Tickets at Zulu Records, Red Cat, and Highlife. COCAINE MOUSTACHE Hard partying, hard rock, blues band play in support of On The Mirror with La Chinga, Burn Hollywood Burn and Nose Drag. 8pm at The WISE Hall, Tickets at the door. HIGH RENAISSANCE: THE GOLDEN AGE OF CHORAL MUSIC Vancouver Chamber Choir brings you music from several of the era’s greatest masters from Italy, England and Spain, joined on four pieces by the Focus! Choir. 8pm at Ryerson United Church. Tickets at ticketmaster.com.

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DEBRA DIGIOVANNI She’s been called the “Best Comedian to see after a messy break up.” In 2009 she taped her second gala at Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival and her special, Single Awkward Female premiered on Showtime in 2012. 8:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com

CHRIS MOLINEUX Vancouver based comedian brings his high energy, intelligent brand of humour to Federico’s Supper Club with special guest Patrick Maliha. Dinner at 8pm, show at 9:30pm. Tickets $50 at 604-251-3473.

THEATRE/DANCE ON DEATH’S DOOR: PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIE SYNDROME The Virtual Stage presents Andy Thompson’s all-new ghoulish, interactive, roving theatre adventure at a top secret location in Vancouver. Performances begin every 30 minutes from 6:30 to 8:30pm. Visit thevirtualstage.org/tickets for tickets and details. Playing until Nov. 2.

ART OPENING TED SEEBERG Figurativeabstract visual artist hosts his first-ever exhibition of works, Contrasting Landscapes at East Van Studios (870 East Cordova). Opening reception at 7pm, exhibition continues through Oct. 19.

TOM SIMMONS Stand-up comic not afraid to strip long held beliefs of their credibility with an unprecedented blend of searing logic and great jokes. Shows at 7 and 9:30pm at Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Club. Tickets $19 at YukYuks.com.

THEATRE/DANCE QUANTUM: COMPAGNIE BY GILLES JOBIN Art and science meet to evoke the subtle balance of forces that shape our world. Scotiabank Dance Centre. Tickets at ticketstonight.ticketforce.com.

EVENTS AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAl The 19th annual festival featuring award-winning films that tell compelling stories about human rights. VPL Central Branch. Admission is free.

TERRY BOZZIO Legendary former Frank Zappa drummer Terry Bozzio performs solo drum music on the world’s largest tuned drum and percussion set. 7pm at Rio Theatre. Tickets $25 at TicketFly.com. BOBAN & MARKO MARKOVIC ORKESTAR Award winning thirteen piece Balkan brass band from Serbia, with Demon Squadron and Orkestar Slivovica. 8pm at Vogue Theatre Tickets $42 at northerntickets.com. BIG FREEDIA Gender bending New Orleans “bounce” artist performs in support of Just Be Free Tour, with Peach Cobblah and DJ Killing Time 10pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $15 at ticketweb.ca. 16TH ANNUAL WEST COAST GUITAR NIGHT With John Gilliat Finger-style acoustic guitarists play an array of contemporary music. 8pm at The Cultch. Tickets $29-$34 at tickets.thecultch.com. BISHOPS GREEN Local Oi! punk heroes, with The Jolts, Drunken Super Heroes, and The Gagged. 8pm at Funky Winker Beans. Tickets $10 at the door. MANIPULATORS/MANTS Thee Manipulators and The Mants host a record release double-header with The Vicious Cycles, High Wasted, and DJ Keith McCafferty. 9pm at the Hindenburg.

COMEDY AN EVENING OF MUSICAL COMEDY Three of Vancouver’s funniest musical acts perform: Ben Everyman, Orchard Pinkish, and Terry. 8pm at Café Deux Soleils. Tickets $5 at the door. DEBRA DIGIOVANNI She’s been called the “Best Comedian to see after a messy break up.” In 2009 she taped her second gala at Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival and her special, Single Awkward Female premiered on Showtime in 2012. 8:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com

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THE HORRORS Indie rock quintet from Britain plays tunes from new album Luminous with guests, Moon Duo. 8pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $20 at Red Cat, Zulu and livenation.com.

EDUCATING RITA Life affirming story about a working-class hairdresser who enrolls in a literature course. Arts Club Granville Island Stage. Playing until Oct. 25. Tickets at artsclub.com.

THE DANISH STRING QUARTET Technical and interpretive talents with a reputation for integrated sound, flawless intonation and judicious balance. 3pm at Vancouver Playhouse. Tickets at tickets. vanrecital.com.

THE DAISY THEATRE Renowned puppeteer provocateur Ronnie Burkett with new variety acts and characters. 8pm at The Cultch, ages 19+. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com. CARRIE Cult rock musical based on Stephen King’s novel. 8pm at Jericho Arts Centre. Tickets at TicketsTonight.ca. Playing until Oct. 25. BLUE BOX Arts Club Theatre Company presents Blue Box, based on Chilean writer and performer Carmen Aguirre’s remarkable life. Arts Club Revue Stage, Granville Island. Tickets at 604-687-1644 or visit ArtsClub.com. Playing until Oct. 25. ON DEATH’S DOOR: PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIE SYNDROME The Virtual Stage presents Andy Thompson’s all-new ghoulish, interactive, roving theatre adventure at a top secret location in Vancouver. Performances begin every 30 minutes from 6:30 to 8:30pm. Visit TheVirtualStage.org/tickets for tickets and details. Playing until Nov. 2.

EVENTS HALLOWEEN PARADE AND EXPO Kick off Halloween with this convention of fandom. Comics, anime, costumes, makeup, and arts. Oct 18 and 19. 10am-9pm at Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel. Tickets $25 at clubzone.com.

MUSIC FOR A MIRACLE Benefit concert will debut Bernadette Saquibal’s new original songs in support of her nephew to aid with cancer treatment. 6-10pm at Heritage Hall. Tickets $22 at eventbrite.ca. SKINNY KIDS Local indie grunge rockers perform with Power Buddies (Edmonton), The Racket (Calgary), and The Guulps. 8pm at LanaLou’s. Tickets $8 at the door.

MARKETA IRGLOVA Czech singersongwriter performs songs from her latest album, Muna. 7pm at St. James Hall. Tickets $25 at Red Cat, Zulu Records, and NorthernTickets.com.

COMEDY LAUGH GALLERY Graham Clark (CBC’s Debaters, Stop Podcasting Yourself) hosts this weekly comedy night. 9pm at Havana Restaurant (1212 Commercial). Tickets $5 at EventBrite.ca.

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EVENTS I CAN’T BELIEVE SHE WORE THAT.. AGAIN! Ivan Sayers hosts this curious study in bad taste, featuring a live fashion show. 1-4pm at Hycroft Ballroom. Tickets at smoc.ca. HALLOWEEN PARADE Villains, heroes, and supernaturals come alive at this family friendly event. Downtown Granville Street from 12-3pm.

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

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

THEATRE/DANCE EDWARD ALBEE’S THREE TALL WOMEN Albee’s frank dialogue about everything from incontinence to infidelity portrays aging without sentimentality. 7:30pm at PAL Studio Theatre. Tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com, or call for reservations at 604-363-5734. HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH The gender-bending rock ‘n’ roll musical returns to Vancouver for a week-long run of live performances starting Oct. 23. 7:30pm at The Cobalt. Tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com

The Vancouver Writers Fest returns Oct. 21 to 26 to Granville Island to bring people together, share thoughts, explore ideas, and witness brilliant conversations. More than 16,000 readers are expected to come and mingle with internationally renowned and undiscovered authors, creating a forum for authors to connect readers and offering a vibrant exchange of ideas and conversation. The event is celebrating its 27th anniversary this year, and once again the festival boasts an impressive list of authors taking part. For event details, visit WritersFest.bc.ca

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Once upon a time, in a townhouse project in Cowtown, a teenaged Bruce McCulloch didn’t give a shit about anything. Well, that’s not completely accurate. Back in the late ’70s, McCulloch – who would become one-fifth of the groundbreaking Kids in the Hall comedy troupe – gave a shit about a very limited number of things: Fresh vinyl and the soulrattling rock music etched therein; his friends, fellow outcasts all; girls in jean jackets; and dodging his drunk dad. Everything else? McCulloch was a proudly weird and all-out punk who didn’t concern himself with much beyond his own angst, as young drunk punks are wont to do. But that punk of decades past might have a hard time reconciling his angry existence with this present one: That of an author, screenwriter, executive producer, actor, and comedy icon living the family life in a flash Beverly Hills mansion. Though his credentials and list of accomplishments might suggest otherwise, McCulloch hasn’t turned his back on his punk roots. It’s front and centre in his new book, Let’s Start a Riot: How a Young Drunk Punk Became a Hollywood Dad (HarperCollins; on sale now). It’ll be mined for television gold in the upcoming series Young Drunk Punk, which is currently filming in the same southwestern Calgary townhouse community where young McCulloch got up to no good. And it’ll be given a voice later this month when McCulloch takes to the York Theatre stage for two performances of his one-man show, named (you guessed it) Young Drunk Punk. So how would that young punk kid from Calgary view the Hollywood dad and husband he has become? “I hope he would be both proud and ashamed of me,” says McCulloch on the phone from Calgary, where he was busy with camera tests for his new TV show. “As a young asshole, I was

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What started out as a series of magazine articles about his ill-spent youth has turned into a touring one-man show, a book, and now a comedy television series for Kids in the Hall member and former young drunk punk Bruce McCulloch. Nader Khouri photo telling off everybody, and I was fearless and I was sort of an idiot, but also I wasn’t always trying to play nice. I think sometimes, as you get older, you get happier to be there and you try to be kind and I think that’s both a good thing and sometimes burning your bridges isn’t the worst thing in the world

if you’re keeping defining who you are.” While the new television series (inspired by, though not a direct retelling of, McCulloch’s adolescence) will stay in the 1980s, both the book and the one-man show jump throughout the decades – from childhood to fatherhood to Saturday

Night Live and The Kids in the Hall – and lay out stories from McCulloch’s storied life that, though often surreal, are moving and somehow universally relatable. The book – which grew from a series of short stories McCulloch wrote for a Calgary magazine – is an

especially profound journey, punctuated by hilarity and gravitas. We learn about the time his alcoholic dad attempted to get young Bruce to drive the car when he was too falling-down drunk to do so, and listen in as his stand-up material flops at a show at his daughter’s elementary school. We discover that he’d stay in pajamas all day, every day, if he could, and about the singular joy he feels when he changes his socks in the middle of the day (we tried it; it does, in fact, feel pretty damn good). We read a poem he wrote called “Angie, the HIV Unicorn.” There are ample passages about McCulloch’s spouse (referred to in the book as Pretty Wife), too. We learn that misguided strangers regularly believed her to be pregnant long after she gave birth. We’re taken into their arguments, bad dates, and couples therapy. And apparently Pretty Wife is a-okay with this kind of exposure – even though McCulloch admittedly takes literary license throughout the book for the sake of dramatic impact. “As she says, when she married me, she signed up for this,” says McCulloch. “I try to be respectful, but you’ve got to be savage and you’ve got to be honest, and the funniest thing has to win, or the most truthful or the darkest or whatever that is.” Though his wife and kids were fair game for literary license, he chose a different tactic when writing about his fellow Kids in the Hall. “We’ve never done a Kids in the Hall book, or an autobiography on the Kids in the Hall, even though we’ve been asked,” says McCulloch. “I just wanted to make sure I portrayed them as the savages they were, but I wanted to take care of those guys, too.” Of the Kids, McCulloch says that Mark McKinney has read the book, and “he couldn’t have been more effusive about it. He’s always been one of my greatest fans, and as I started writing stuff, he’s one of the first people who said, ‘That would be a great TV show, that point of view.’” In the television series, McCulloch will play Lloyd, the manager of the townhouse community where the titular punk lives. “He’s a lot of dads, a composite of the characters I’ve done on Kids in the Hall, although a little more grounded,” says McCulloch, who is also ex-

ecutive producing the show. Who Lloyd isn’t is McCulloch’s dad. “My dad was a darker figure, far too dark for TV,” says McCulloch. And somewhere between promoting his book and filming his new series, McCulloch will bring his oneman show to Vancouver. There’s a key difference between those beloved Kids in the Hall live gigs (which still occur when schedules permit) and McCulloch’s current one-man show. “The Kids in the Hall, it’s about all of us, and we illuminate the stupidity of the world around us for an hour or two,” says McCulloch. “But with [Young Drunk Punk], it feels like the audience and I are one in a different way, because they’re not cheering for the songs that they know of mine. They’re listening to this guy that they may have known from TV who’s older now too or who had kids too, or has to go to couples therapy, too.” McCulloch has performed one-man shows before (you might have tried and failed to get tickets to his soldout run at the Firehall Arts Centre this past spring), but this one feels different than the others – at least, it does for its star. “I think other times when I’ve done one-man shows in my life, I’ve just wanted to do really well, and I feel in my heart this message of outsiders, whether you have kids or don’t have kids, who fucking cares, there’s some sort of – for me – humanist feeling doing this show that people connect to that makes me want to do it all the time.” McCulloch’s Young Drunk Punk stage show runs Oct. 27 and 28 at the York Theatre. For tickets, visit TheCultch.com/events/ young-drunk-punk. W

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Lincoln Motor Company is currently undergoing a major reinvention. These efforts have resulted in a dramatic unveiling of the 2015 MKC. The Lincoln MKC is a compact premium utility vehicle, and is the second of four all-new vehicles to be introduced by Lincoln. Being the most youthful offering from Lincoln yet, the MKC was designed with driver comfort and fun-to-drive manners in mind and comes with a host of premium amenities. Lincoln is targeting the growing base of new, young buyers as well as current owners looking to downsize as their needs change. The MKC is an all-new crossover SUV for 2015, and enters Lincoln into the fastest growing market segment against established rivals such as the Acura RDX, BMW X3, and Audi Q5. It’s a tall order, but I was thoroughly impressed with the new MKC and taken back by its strength in comparison to one of the strongest leader in this class, the Audi Q5 which I currently drives.

DESIGN

The MKC shares a platform with the Ford Escape, and features a unique style. To give it an elevated level of refinement over its Ford cousin, the MKC receives Lincoln-specific mechanical and feature upgrades. Epitomizing Lincoln’s new, youthful look, the MKC sports the brand’s contemporary split-wing grille. This is framed by highefficiency HID headlamps with LED accents. The MKC has a sleek profile, enhanced by crisp shoulder creases and sculpted body panels. The low, flowing roof and high beltline give it an athletic nature. Available 19- and 20-inch wheels add to the bold image. At the back, full-width LED taillights compliment the front lights, and the distinctive wraparound

liftgate combines form with functionality. A nice touch is the standard Approach Detection system. This feature senses your arrival and then illuminates the exterior lights, including the door handles which is colour-keyed to the vehicle. The Lincoln logo appears in front of both driver and passenger doors and warm ambient cabin lighting welcomes you in. The cabin is an inviting environment, with premium materials such as aluminium and natural wood. The available Vista Roof is expansive and allows both front and rear passengers a great view of the sky.

PERFORMANCE

Customers of the 2015 MKC have a choice between two turbocharged EcoBoost four-cylinder engines. The base engine is also used in the Ford Escape and this 2.0-litre motor is rated at 240 hp and 270 lb-ft of torque. The MKC’s optional engine is an all-new 2.3-litre unit that will also be equipped in the 2015 Ford Mustang. It produces 285 hp and 305 lb-ft of torque. Through the use of turbocharging, direct injection, and twin variable cam timing, Lincoln was able to make this smaller powertrain powerful and efficient. To help improve the MKC’s fuel economy, it has classexclusive active grille shutters, which make it more aerodynamic at highway speeds. The six-speed SelectShift automatic transmission is mated to both engines. The wheel-mounted paddle shifters allow the driver to change gears quickly without taking their hands off the wheel, or they can leave it in full auto mode and relax. The MKC comes standard with Lincoln’s Intelligent All-wheel Drive system, which includes Continuously Controlled Damping (CCD). Using Lincoln Drive Control, drivers can select from sport, comfort and normal modes to suit their mood while CCD constantly monitors the road to provide a smooth ride and enhanced handling. Advanced safety technologies are also available on the

The MKC is one of four all-new vehicles being rolled out by Lincoln for 2015. MKC. Highlights are the collision warning with brake support and a lane-keeping system to help drivers avoid common accidents. Lincoln introduces new park-out assist technology on the MKC which guides the vehicle into parallel parking spots as well as assists with parking-out manoeuvers from tight spaces. The MKC was developed primarily for on-road driving, therefore it has a wider track and lower centre of gravity than the Ford Escape. This, along with its exclusive suspension and steering calibrations, give it a more surefooted character. Overall the MKC drives more like a Japanese SUV then a German model, with predictable character and balanced feel all around. It’s not as sporty as the German competitors, but the steering feel and the ride characters are in-line with some of the best models in this class.

ENVIRONMENT

Inside the MKC, craftsmanship and technology combine to create a warm, luxurious cabin. Lincoln’s

signature push-button gear selector adds to the open, airy feel by removing clutter from the centre. The SYNC feature with MyLincoln Touch system enables drivers to personalize their MKC through the eight-inch touchscreen. User-friendly knobs and buttons on the centre consol provide quick and easy access to the climate control and sound system. The general usage has improved over the years but in reality, SYNC/Touch system is still a bit awkward to use. The MKC’s power front seats offer a comfortable and supportive seating position to people of every size. The 60/40 folding rear bench is less accommodating as it is fixed in its position. This results in the MKC having less total rear legroom than some of its rivals. MKC has 25.3 cubic feet, expanding to 53.1 with the seatbacks folded down, which is competitive with others in its class. Accessing that space has been made easier thanks to the MKC’s foot-activated hands-free liftgate. If your

hands are full, with the key in your pocket or purse, simply kick your foot under the rear bumper to effortlessly open the hatch. Pressing a button, or waving you foot under the bumper again, will smoothly close it again. Standard on all MKC models, Active Noise Control reduces unwanted engine noised while enhancing desired sounds to improve the driving experience. Microphones monitor the cabin’s sound profile and cancels out anything which would disrupt the serene environment.

FEATURES

The MKC is available in two models with the base 2.0-litre engine starting at $39,940 and the new 2.3-litre beginning at $49,650. Standard equipment includes perforated leather heated front seats, heated exterior mirrors, dual-zone automatic climate control, rearview camera, keyless entry, and remote start. Additional features, available as options or on higher trims, include ventilated front seats, heated rear seats,

heated steering wheel, universal garage door opener, navigation system with voice recognition, blind spot monitoring with cross traffic alert, and an embedded modem. Fuel efficiency numbers (L/100km) for the base engine are 12.4 city and 9.0 highway. The optional engine returns 12.9 city and 9.2 highway.

THUMBS UP

The MKC is more youthful and contemporary than most other North American SUVs, and has a delightful road manners.

THUMBS DOWN

Lincoln’s movement towards a younger customer base means they had to sacrifice interior volume. As a result, some rivals offer more rear passenger legroom and cargo space. Some refinement issues remain in comparison to the best in this class.

THE BOTTOM LINE

The 2015 Lincoln MKC is an upscale crossover SUV that offers sophisticated styling, excellent comfort and many luxurious features for the right price and design. W

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‘The Judge’ steeped in melodrama He may not be saving the world from an alien invasion but Robert Downey Jr. can still carry a film when the drama involves family estrangement in small town Indiana instead of superheroes defending the planet. Unfortunately, even the actor’s rapier-like wit can’t rescue David Dobkin’s The Judge from its inevitable fate as a predictable movie of the week. When big city lawyer Hank Palmer (Downey Jr.) returns home for his mother’s funeral, his stay is extended after his father (Duvall), whom he shares a frosty relationship with and is the town’s beloved judge, is suspected of murder after an ex-con is hit by a car. Now, Palmer must defend Dad and patch up years of

resentment; bear in mind this is only the tip of the collective clichéd iceberg present throughout the piece. The film also piles on an assortment of weak characters such as an autistic brother (Jeremy Strong) who provides comic relief and a former school sweetheart (Vera Farmiga) who now runs the local diner. The veteran Duvall still proves he has enough mettle to chew his share of scenery and Downey Jr. plays admirably off him but the rest of the movie seems content to wallow in a sort of Hallmarkesque sheen due mainly to an uninspired script and predictable plot. The Judge is not a terribly made film, it’s effectively shot and at least tries to be earnest, it’s just a shame such a potentially moving story results in yet another collection of familiar tropes. –Thor Diakow

Bad Seed explored 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH

Starring Nick Cave Directed by Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard “Where do you get your ideas from?” Typically, this is a question that only elicits eye rolls from creators. In the case of Nick Cave – the prolific artist responsible for hundreds of songs that wed eloquent turns of phrase with unholy turns of events – the query affords him the opportunity to explore the identity he’s created for himself and career he’s carved out. On the occasion of Cave’s 20,000th day on Earth, filmmakers Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard follow Cave – characteristically adorned in an immaculately tailored, fit-for-a-funeral black suit – around his dreary adopted home of Brighton. Visits to his therapist and personal archive impart backstory and offer glimpses of younger days. The fact he’s aging seems a key motivating factor for this quietly urgent exercise. And

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Lets talk about rape Sex with Mish Way

@MyszkaWay Every woman has that story. You know what I’m talking about. The story of when some guy, whether it was your friend, a distant relative, or total stranger did something sexual to you that you did not consent to. Depending on your age, the situation and the amount of alcohol or drugs involved, it could play out differently to the existential challenge of your confidence; your understanding of your sexual self. I’m talking the “non-rape story”. Rape has always been painted into girl’s heads as a thing that happens to you at the hands of a stranger: It’s violent, significant, and awful. In reality, rape isn’t always like that story we’re all told, but sometimes it is. Regardless, rape happens in many forms, and while defined by the heterosexual definition of intercourse, it doesn’t always play out that way. The umbrella of sexual assault is big. It’s a mother fucking cloud because the effect of being inappropriately fondled by your older cousin when you are nine can be as defining as being sodomized, without consent, by a kid at your high school prom after-party. In any situation, being forced into sex without willingness messes up your brain. And as women, we’ve all been in this situation at some point in our lives. That’s just an unfortunate truth of being nature’s punching bag. I love being a woman. I

love challenging all the shit that comes with it and I never want to play the victim even in situations when I would be considered just that. Fuck being the victim. When Cherie Currie was kidnapped, raped for days and finally escaped from her crazed, psycho fan captor, she didn’t call herself a victim. She talked about what happened and she confronted it head on. I understand this is not how we all react to our sexual abuse. But it’s pretty courageous when some do because it inspires others not to keep it hidden. Currently, sexual misconduct and rape, especially on university campuses, is being talked about in a revolutionary way. Girls who have been raped by their friends and fellow students aren’t sweeping it under the rug, but, instead, talking about it. And talking loud, like features in The New Yorker, loud. When university officials and other figure heads do not respond to the abuse appropriately they take matters into their own hands. The shame of being a “victim” of rape is slowly being lifted with storytelling, with forms of protest. The conversation is happening. But this is the thing: I do not blame men for the entitlement some may feel they have over women’s bodies. I really do not. It’s taught. It’s woven into the fabric of our society. It’s a result of not talking about this shit. It’s a result of patriarchy. It’s a result of not taking interest in the other side: How men’s urges complicate the effected. It’s about not respecting the female position or never been given

to opportunity to care. I would say 75 per cent of my sexual experiences with men have been positive. And I think I’m lucky for that. In a way, that’s slightly sad. But I have found love and confidence with men. I’ve also been taken advantage of and assaulted, but I learned from that and I own that. Unfortunately, this is just a part of being born a girl and growing up a woman. In her book Promiscuities: A Struggle For Womanhood Naomi Wolf wrote: “When we discovered that, if we went with boys, space would open up for us, we found, to our surprise, that we needed boys. And yet boys were part of the danger. Thus, our balance of power with boys was thrown off. This inequity regarding moving fast into the world was the first lesson I had about the inequities between men and women: We needed them more than they needed us. We were more scared physically of them than they were of us.” There’s always going to be the imbalance and that’s okay. What’s not okay is feeling shame because of it. Internalizing your so-called “nonrape” story instead of talking about it to whoever you feel like sharing with. We’ve all been there and the more we talk the more others have to listen. The more it creeps all the way into political policy. Last week, the state of California implemented a bill “Yes Means Yes” replacing the old “No Means No” rape rule. Sometimes when you make big, loud steps people listen and maybe it’s hard to talk that loudly, but in the end, it’s about the effect it causes. W

Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny New York City’s Diamond District is home to over 2,000 businesses that buy and sell jewelry. Throughout the years, many people have lost bits of treasure here. Valuable bits of gold and gems have fallen off broken necklaces, earrings, watches, and other accessories. Now an enterprising man named Raffi Stepnanian is cashing in. Using tweezers and a butter knife, he mines for the rich pickings that are packed in the mud of sidewalk cracks and gutters. “The percentage of gold out here on the street is greater than the amount of gold you would find in a mine,” he says. I’d love to see you get inspired by his efforts, Aries. Dig for treasure in unlikely places where no one else would deign to look.

In 1987, a college freshman named Mike Hayes was having trouble paying for his education at the University of Illinois. He appealed for help to the famous newspaper columnist Bob Greene, who asked each of his many readers to send Hayes a penny. The response was tidal. Although most of the ensuing donations were small, they added up to over $28,000 – enough for Hayes to finance his degree. I encourage you to take a comparable approach in the coming weeks, Taurus: Ask for a little from a lot of different sources.

The word “abracadabra” is a spell that stage magicians utter at the climax of their tricks: The catalyst that supposedly makes a rabbit materialize from a hat or an assistant disappear in a puff of smoke. There’s no real sorcery. It’s an illusion perpetrated by the magician’s hocus-pocus. But “abracadabra” has a less well-known history as an incantation used by real magicians to generate authentic wizardry. It can be traced back to Gnostic magi of the second century. They and their successors believed that merely speaking the word aloud evokes a potency not otherwise available. I invite you to experiment with this possibility, Gemini. Say “abracadabra” to boost your confidence and enhance your derring-do. You already have more power than usual to change things that have been resistant to change, and intoning some playfully ferocious “abracadabras” may put your efforts over the top.

The 17th-century writer Rene Descartes is regarded as the father of modern philosophy and the founder of rationalism. His famous catchphrase is a centerpiece of the Western intellectual tradition: “I think, therefore I am.” Here’s what I find amusing and alarming about the man: He read almost nothing besides the Bible and the work of Catholic theologian Thomas Aquinas. He said that classic literature was a waste of time. Is that who we want at the heart of our approach to understanding reality? I say no. In accordance with the astrological omens, I authorize you to instead adopt one or both of the following formulas: “I feel, therefore I am” or “I dream, therefore I am.”

In 1936, Libran author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about the “crack-up” he had experienced years earlier. It included this tough realization: “I had been only a mediocre caretaker of most of the things left in my hands, even my talent.” Let’s use this as a seed for your oracle. Have you been a good caretaker of your talent? Have you been a good caretaker for other things you are responsible for? Look within yourself and take inventory. If there’s anything lacking, now is an excellent time to raise your game. If you’re doing pretty well, reward yourself.

On a late summer day in 1666, scientist Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree in his mother’s garden in Lincolnshire, England. An apple fell off a branch and plummeted to the ground. A halfcentury later, he told his biographer that this incident inspired him to formulate the theory of gravity. Fast forward to the year 2010. Astronaut Piers Sellers got on the space shuttle Atlantis carrying a piece of Newton’s apple tree. He took it with him as he escaped Earth’s gravity on his trip to the International Space Station. By my reading of the astrological omens, now would be an excellent time for you undertake a comparable gesture or ritual, Scorpio. With a flourish, update your relationship with an important point of origin.

Most birds don’t sing unless they are up high; either flying or perched somewhere off the ground. One species that isn’t subject to this limitation is the turnstone, a brightly mottled shorebird. As it strolls around beaches in search of food, it croons a tune that the Cornell Lab of Ornithology calls “a short, rattling chuckle”. In the coming weeks, this creature deserves to be your mascot – or your power animal, as they say in New Age circles. Why? I doubt that you will be soaring. You won’t be gazing down at the human comedy from a detached location high above the fray. But I expect you will be well-grounded and good-humored – holding your own with poise amidst the rough-and-tumble. As you ramble, sing freely!

Let’s discuss that thing you are eyeing and coveting and fantasizing about. My operative theory is that you can enjoy it without actually having it for your own. In fact, I think it will be best if you do enjoy it without possessing it. There’s an odd magic at play here. If this desired thing becomes a fixed part of your life, it may interfere with you attracting two future experiences that I regard as more essential to your development. My advice is to avoid getting attached to the pretty good X-factor so as to encourage the arrival and full bloom of two stellar X-factors.

You can’t give what you don’t have. Here’s a corollary: You can sort of half-give what you half-have, but that may lead to messy complications and turn out to be worse than giving nothing at all. So here’s what I recommend: Devote yourself to acquiring a full supply of what you want to give. Be motivated by the frustration you feel at not being able to give it yet. Call on your stymied generosity to be the driving force that inspires you to get the missing magic. When you’ve finally got it, give it.

“Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way,” said philosopher Alan Watts. You have either recently made a personal discovery proving that this is true, or else you will soon do so. The brain-scrambling, heart-whirling events of recent weeks have blessed you with a host of shiny new questions. They are vibrant replacements for the tired old questions that have kept at least one of your oldest dilemmas locked in place.

I suspect that one of your allies or loved ones will get caught in his or her own trap. The way you respond will be crucial for how the rest of the story plays out. On the one hand, you shouldn’t climb into the trap with them and get tangled up in the snarl. On the other hand, it won’t serve your long-term interests to be cold and unhelpful. So what’s the best strategy? First, empathize with their pain, but don’t make it your own. Second, tell the blunt truth in the kindest tone possible. Third, offer a circumscribed type of support that won’t compromise your freedom or integrity.

“There is for everyone some one scene, some one adventure, some one picture that is the image of his secret life,” said Irish poet William Butler Yeats. I invite you to identify that numinous presence, Pisces. And then I urge you to celebrate and cultivate it. Give special attention to it and pay tribute to it and shower love on it. Why? Because now is an excellent time to recognize how important your secret life is to you – and to make it come more fully alive than it has ever been. W

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