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WHERE’S THE DEBATE?

Hopefully, the remainder of the city’s neighbourhoods aren’t the Vision pushover that my West End neighbourhood appears to be!

The West End is populated by 30-somethings whose average tenancy is less than 2.5 years. Hence, there is little or no commitment to the neighbourhood itself. Significantly, they also don’t vote!

In contrast, the 13 per cent over 65, such as myself, have a deep investment in this neighbourhood. This is our last home and we treat it accordingly. Which is why we seniors are completely floored that neighbourhood institutions like the West End Residents’ Association, and the West End Community Centre Association haven’t bothered to organize a single all-candidates meeting for this election!

Could it be that both organizations are controlled by Vision? Who needs a ‘don’t rock the boat’ campaign where the mayor and council don’t have to publicly justify their definition of ‘affordable housing’, their failure to end homelessness, or their kowtowing to big

developers and big labour who massively fund their election campaigns? –Gail Harmer

NON-VOTER WHO?

I have to admit I was surprised to read Leslie Benisz’s vitriolic and off-target response to my rant. I would simply ask you, Leslie, as to where I said that I wasn’t going to vote?

I am 67 years of age, moved to beautiful Vancouver from the UK in 2005 and, both there and here, have voted in every general, provincial, federal, council election (and referenda) since I was of the legal age so to do. I take it very seriously and agree with you that non-voters should take a good long look at themselves.

If you would re-read my rant Leslie, it was purely about a Vision Vancouver canvasser who gained unauthorized entry to my apartment block in contravention of the well-signposted security instructions and was thereby able to invade my privacy. I would have been just as indignant had this canvasser been from the NPA, NDP, BC Liberals, Conservatives or anyone else. –RogerWatt

TEARS FOR BEERS

I’m writing in response to a column by Stephen Smysnuik, “Kids today have no idea how good they have it”, published on Oct. 22, and his comment, “But, at the risk of sounding like a schmalzy alcoholic, it’s beautiful too that Gypsy Tears exists at all”.

“Gypsy Tears” is a fictional, racist stereotype that turns Roma women into the punchline of a joke. This remains widely acceptable, in part, because most Canadians are unaware that in Europe, Roma people have been systematically oppressed for centuries.

“Gypsy Tears” may well refer to the anguish suffered by the community following the Naziorchestrated genocide that took 1.5 million Roma lives in the Second World War. It could also be a reaction to more recent Canadian immigration policy that effectively rejects all asylum claims made by Roma people, even while they continue to face widespread persecution in their home countries.

Mr. Smysnuik, there is no beauty in profiting from racist stereotypes. –Sonja B.

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YOUR CITY It took Kitsilano resident Susan Schirk more than two years to reach her Lyme disease diagnosis.

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Canadian Dolphin Swim Club head coach Kelly Taitinger, who has been with the club for 25 years, leads a practice at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre. Rob Newell photo

Future remains uncertain for aquatic centre ROBERT MANGELSDORF editor@westender.com

Dozens of swimmers and community members gathered to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Vancouver Aquatic Centre this month, however, the future of the aging facility remains uncertain.

In an “invitation for innovative offers” made public in May, the City of Vancouver detailed a possible plan to demolish and relocate the West End swimming pool. The pool, which sits at the north end of the Burrard Street Bridge, would be moved to the site of the former Continental Hotel at the north end of the Granville Street Bridge as part of a possible residential high-rise development on the site, with the developer picking up the tab.

Parks board chair Aaron Jasper told theVancouver Sun in August that the pool is in need of upgrades costing about $40 million and that money has not been set aside in the next fouryear capital plan.

Given the expense of repairing the pool, Jasper said the City is “open to considering any alternative.”

The Canadian Dolphins Swim Club has called the Vancouver Aquatic Centre home since it opened in 1974, but they have not yet received any word from the City about the possible fate of their pool.

The swim club celebrated the Vancouver Aquatic Centre’s 40th anniversary on Oct. 18. Swim mom and former CDSC board member Laleh Hashemi said the club recently paid for a new scoreboard and starting blocks for the pool.

“We’ve invested so much in this swimming pool,” she says.

“It’s our home and it’s very close to us.”

The swim club’s head coach Kelly Taitinger says that should the aquatic centre be replaced, he would like to see a facility capable of hosting provincial- and national-level events, which the current pool is unable to do.

“A step forward in proper training facilities is needed where there are things such as ample space for training of world-level athletes; weight rooms; hot tubs; cold baths; physiology analysis and gymnasiums that will help make sure athletes are able to train properly and recover as well,” Taitinger stated.

“As a major city, Vancouver should be looking to host multi-level meets in the downtown core which is convenient to hotels, bus and Canada Line as well as restaurants and parks. [Hosting meets] brings in millions of tourist dollars… which helps the businesses around the downtown area. Major meets usually host up anywhere from 500 to 1,500 athletes and draw in another 1,500 people of support staff and family members.”

In order to host international swim events, Taitinger said the City would have to build two 50-metre tanks with seating capabilities of up to 2,000. An additional leisure tank – as well as water slides, game areas, fitness centres, and meeting areas – would also be needed.

While CDSC has yet to hear from the City about the future of the pool, Taitinger said the addition of a 50-metre tank to the current facility would also allow the club to host top-level events. W

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Lyme sufferers struggle for diagnosis, treatment ROBERT MANGELSDORF editor@westender.com

It started as an odd twitch in her bicep, then a tingling numbness in her face. Soon, Kitsilano mother Susan Schirk’s toes began cramping up so severely, she couldn’t unclench them. Then the cramping spread to her arms.

“I couldn’t hold up a blowdryer,” she says. “I would wash the dishes and I would get a cascading numbness and buzzing all down my body.”

Despite the seriousness of her condition, it would take Schirk more than two years and a visit to specialist in the US to get a correct diagnosis for her condition: Lyme disease.

In the meantime, the oncesuccessful real estate agent had to walk away from her business, and could no longer pick up her child.

Lyme disease is caused by an infection of the Borrelia bacteria, often spread through tick bites.

In its early stages, symptoms include fatigue, fever, and a rash, and can usually be cleared up with a round of antibiotics.

However, if an infection initially manages to go unnoticed, symptoms can become more serious, including nerve pain, motor impairment, arthritis, and cognitive issues like short-term memory loss.

It also becomes harder to treat, and more costly.

Schirk has been on an IV and antibiotic cocktail for two years. So far, her treatment has cost her family more than $20,000 for antibiotics,

private medical consultations, travel expenses, supplements, and probiotics to help build up her immune system.

“The only support I received from our medical system was the offer of sleeping pills and pain killers,” she says.

Had Schirk been able to get a correct diagnosis initially, she believes her symptoms would not have progressed as far as they have.

Jim Wilson, head of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (CanLyme) says Schirk’s case is a story he’s all too familiar with. As a result of out-of-date testing procedures in BC, he believes Lyme disease is far more prevalent in this province than the medical community reports, and is being mistaken for conditions with similar symptoms like multiple sclerosis, arthritis, and Parkinson’s.

In the US, more than 35,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported annually, according to the Centre for Disease Control, with the majority of cases located in New England and the Midwest. By comparison, BC had only 142 cases between 1997 and 2008 according to the BC Medical Journal.

“But there’s really no way of telling how many in BC have contracted Lyme disease, because the current testing is incapable of detecting the different varieties [of the virus],” said Wilson. “The current test hasn’t changed since 1994.”

He says that while Health Canada has advised that current Lyme disease tests are out of date, the provincial government has yet to update

its testing procedures.

After initially testing negative for Lyme disease here in BC, Schirk eventually flew to San Francisco where a specialist diagnosed her as having the disease.

But getting a diagnosis is only part of the battle for those with chronic Lyme disease. Medical opinion on the treatment of the disease is mixed. The Infectious Diseases Society of America considers chronic Lyme to be a rare condition with no basis for long-term antibiotic treatment.

The International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society, meanwhile, supports long-term antibiotic treatment, a position backed up by CanLyme.

Wilson says that in BC, doctors can be reprimanded for prescribing long-term antibiotic therapy, forcing many patients to seek treatment in the US. For Schirk, the therapy has helped her get her life back, she believes. Since starting her antibiotic treatment, her symptoms have lessened and she’s even returned to work part-time.

NDP MLA Judy Darcy, the opposition health critic, called on the provincial government to do more for sufferers of Lyme disease in the provincial legislature on Oct. 20.

“I have heard from countless people across BC, all of them sharing personal stories of the suffering they have experienced. Some are unable to care for themselves. Others have lost their jobs, many have reached their personal breaking point. Most have been bounced around from one

health professional to another without getting the diagnosis or treatment they need to heal.

Why? Because medical opinion is divided on how to diagnose, how to treat, and on the prevalence of Lyme disease in BC. And doctors who treat Lyme disease aggressively with antibiotics do so at serious professional risk.”

Darcy cited the Provincial Health Services Authority’s own 2010 confidential report on Lyme disease that recognized the disease is on the rise in BC and pointed out shortcomings in current testing and treatment.

The report also stated that doctors in BC should be able to prescribe the therapy they deem fit for Lyme disease patients – unless that therapy creates a greater risk – and should not be reprimanded for doing so.

“Yet patients are still being forced to leave BC or pay very high costs if they are able to receive treatment at all,” Darcy said. “People with Lyme disease have a right to be treated by a physician here in BC, and physicians should not suffer the consequences for providing that care.” W A Lyme disease awareness forum is being held Nov. 13 at the Creekside Community Centre from 7-9pm.

Speakers include Lyme disease advocate Gwen Barlee of the Vancouver Wilderness Committee, Lyme disease specialist Dr. Liz Zubek, and naturopath Dr. Boutet.

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Jai Govinda gives Indian dancers a leg up KELSEY KLASSEN kelsey@westender.com

When Jai Govinda discovered his true calling, it impacted not only the face but the gender of Indian dance.

Born and raised in Montreal, the classically trained ballet dancer studied with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal on full scholarship, but never truly fit in with the corps.

“I became very dissatisfied with the whole climate,” says Govinda, founder of Vancouver’s Gait to the Spirit festival.

“A lot of ballet dancers today do 10-day silent retreats, and they are vegetarian, and quite health conscious and holistic.

In those days – we’re talking about the mid-’70s – yoga and all those things had not really reached the masses, but it had reached me,” he laughs.

Govinda became interested in Eastern philosophy in his early teens, and, after leaving the ballet company, embarked on a five-year journey, living in ashrams and studying, that culminated with his introduction to the Indian dance form of bharata natyam.

“The first time I saw bharata natyam was in a

Hindu temple in Montreal,” he recalls, his words rising and falling with a gentle French Canadian lilt. “There were two young girls dancing, and right away I said, ‘Wow, this is so beautiful.’ Right away I was mesmerized by the style.

There are lots of similarities of lines and geometry and space [to ballet], and I fell in love with it. And, of course,” he adds, “there’s a strong spiritual component.”

After completing the rigorous training required, Govinda transitioned immediately to performing in India, where it became conspicuously obvious that he was not like the bharata natyam dancers of yore.

“When I started, I was one of the very few male dancers in the form,” says Govinda.

“My first performance in India, the reviewer, to my great surprise, didn’t fuss too much about the fact that I was Caucasian. What was surprising to them was that I was a male dancer!” he chuckles.

Historically, bharata natyam was performed by women in the temple, and the dance form nearly went extinct before being reborn as an art for the stage some 80 years ago.

Now it is taught in every

major city in the world.

Govinda (dubbed by one Indian newspaper as the Prince Charming of bharata natyam) elevated his passion into a 30-year career and eponymous dance academy, and almost single-handedly brought bharata natyam into the national arts conscious.

“It was not that well known and popular. Slowly, slowly, we got accepted in some of the major dance festivals,” he says. “[And] the audience over the years has changed. Today, words like karma and yoga are common knowledge.”

Govinda’s dance academy, established in Vancouver in 1995, has the distinction – among a dozen other bharata natyam academies in BC and more than 100 in the country – of being recognized and supported by the Arts Training Funds of Heritage Canada.

His living dance legacy, acknowledged on Oct. 7 by the City with a Mayor’s Arts Award, has since paved the way for the next generation of local dancers – dancers such as Sujit Vaidya, a former student and rising star.

Vaidya, who performs each fall season in India, will be taking the stage for the fifth

annual Gait to the Spirit Festival in a double bill with Nivedha Ramalingam for the festival’s popular pay-whatyou-can matinee on Nov. 2.

Vaidya is currently the only professional male bharata natyam dancer in Vancouver, and, like Govinda, had his career path irrevocably altered by the discovery of the dance.

Vaidya had no previous dance training, had just completed medical school, and was about to enter his residency when he got hooked.

“I had taken some time off, and during that, one of the things I chose to explore was bharata natyam. I really cannot explain what the connection was that drew me to it. It just felt so correct,” Vaidya says.

“Life led me to dance. It centres me. It’s like a life force.”

Since he made the switch to professional dance, Vaidya has become the first South Asian dancer to receive the Mayor’s Arts Award for emerging dance artist, performed during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, and danced around the world.

With Gait to the Spirit, Govinda seeks out stars in the hopes of inspiring local dancers with the best classical Indian dance in the world.

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“Jai Govinda has changed the face of bharata natyam in the city of Vancouver,” says Vaidya. “He’s had almost 30 students graduate under his organization, which is huge.

And, to top it all, the festival that he does every year here is amazing.

“It’s very rare for us to get to see bharata natyam presented by performers of such calibre,” he adds. “It’s so inspiring for any student of dance, to see what the possibilities are and where the dance form can take you.”

This year, headliners include the spellbinding Janaki Rangarajan, and India’s new bharata natyam sensation Meenakshi Srinivasan.

Gait to the Spirit runs Oct. 31-Nov. 2 at the Scotiabank Dance Centre.Tix are $25; available at Banyen Books, 3608 West 4th. W

Jai Govinda in performance.

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In the spirit of openness, perhaps we should tell Jay DeMerit he’s got something on his face. Jennifer Gauthier photos

Mo’ time like the present Moustaches for Movember spurs essential conversations about men’s health GEN HANDLEY westender.com

Former Whitecaps captain Jay DeMerit is passionate about getting people talking about men’s health issues like prostate cancer.

It’s personal for DeMerit.

His grandfather, Jim, struggled with prostate health issues for a long time.

“Any of us are very capable of getting these ailments: myself or my friends and family,” DeMerit says during a recent interview. “We need to talk about it if we’re going to prevent it.”

DeMerit’s passion for men’s health is the driving force behind his involvement with Moustaches for Movember, the fundraiser for Movember Canada set to take over three floors of Holt Renfrew on Nov. 4.

Movember Canada is a month-long national campaign designed to increase understanding and awareness

of men’s health issues, and the Holt Renfrew event is poised to be the largest Movember event in the country.

At Moustaches for Movember, 18 custom-designed ties (see page 7) will be modelled by prominent Vancouver gents, including DeMerit, Branislav Henselmann (Executive Director, Ballet BC), Todd Talbot (host of Love It or List It), CBC News Vancouver anchor Andrew Chang, Tommy Europe (host of Last 10 Pounds Bootcamp), The Amazing Race’s Ryan Steele, and others for auction. Television personality Fiona Forbes will emcee.

It’s essential to have local figures like DeMerit involved in the event, according to Maninder Dhaliwal, lead organizer of Moustaches for Movember.

“He brings a lot of great attention to the event,” says Dhaliwal. “He can start a lot of conversations about men’s health in groups that don’t usu-

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Fiona Forbes, DeMerit, and Maninder Dhaliwal at Holt Renfrew. ally have those conversations.”

Both Dhaliwal and DeMerit believe that men need to be more open about their own health.

“I think males are a lot quicker to say, ‘No, there’s nothing wrong with me,’” says DeMerit, who still works with the Whitecaps as an ambassador. “We can be a bit more naive than females,

that we can have these health issues. I stepped up because there needs to be more guys talking about it and raising awareness about that. Guys like to be macho and tough, but when it comes to health issues, we still need to be aware and that these things can happen.

“Men are programmed or conditioned by society to

never complain so they don’t ask for help,” says Dhaliwal.

Her own father has prostate issues. “I think there’s so much pressure to be strong all the time, [and] they ignore any issues. This is where PSA [prostate-specific antigen] testing is important and you can catch the cancer before it happens. I hope we can help change some of those attitudes.”

DeMerit says it’s about being mindful and knowing what to be mindful of.

“You should be looking for lumps in your nether regions or paying attention to symptoms like blood in your stool. It’s about being aware but not being embarrassed about it either. It could save your life.”

DeMerit, who retired from soccer in July, says it’s a “nobrainer” to stay involved in the city that’s been his home for more than four years now.

“I have enjoyed giving back to a community that’s

given me so much,” he says.

He says it was a very easy decision for him and his wife, former-Olympic skier Ashleigh McIvor, to stay in Vancouver after retirement.

“We both feel a strong sense of community here; our interests, our active lifestyles really fit in well with the city and it’s been really good to us in our professional careers,” says DeMerit.

“We both enjoy all of the sights, sounds, abilities and people here in the Sea to Sky community. We’ve always embraced that community and that community always embraced us.”

He laughs softly.

“Where would I go? It’s always been a very natural fit for me here over the last four and a half years. I don’t see myself fitting in better anywhere else in the world.”

Tickets start at $20. For more information, and to purchase, go to MoustachesForMovember.ca. W

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Designer Files: Haute Halloween Movember brings silken ‘staches Illustrator Chenoa Gao has created 18 different mustache ties in honour of Movember.

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@Jennifer_AGCTK I often get asked how to update for a new season: What are the insider design tips for creating a fresh take on a space to coordinate with the time of year? While the usual tricks are playing with layering and texture, seasonal style can still get a little more interesting.

“Theme décor” can be taken as gaudy decorations en masse – the usual characters plastered around.

But there’s a way to amp up the chic when decorating for events that swap out the gaudy for glam. As you consider how to add some thematic oomph to your space,

you want to consider items that won’t read as tacky or juvenile. Avoid over-obvious pieces that you’ll wish would disappear faster than the holiday itself.

With Halloween just around the corner, I’m excited about sinister-inspired décor that offers a more permanent take on style, playing up the edginess that Halloween brings. There are a ton of fab finds around town that fit the bill for high-style spookiness that will be chic year round.

Designing a space begins with the walls; I’m a huge fan of fabulous wallpaper. Once a taboo aspect of old-school decorating, wallpaper has made a massive return to glory over the last few years. With so many advancements in the papers and their application,

Spooky can still be stylish with these edgy décor ideas. From top: Bronze bull head; walking lion; allium daisies; Apollo pendant lamp. Supplied photos

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wallpaper is a fun and totally customizable way to add a huge hit of personality.

I recently came across The Red Palette, a local artist who converts her fine art into stunning wall coverings, and one is ideal for this time of year: An eerily chic skull print that adds both edge and depth to any room.

Inspired by the sombre, darker work of Leonardo da Vinci, the “Kinda Punk Rock” paper is sure to make a kinda perfect backdrop to your Halloween décor. $425 per 2’ x 12’ roll décor Lighting is another design aspect that can be themed without reading as over the top. Actually, with lighting, it’s nearly impossible to be over the top. There are so many lighting options available that it’s easy to put your own twist on style in a big way before traditional decorating even begins. So when you’re looking to amp up the edge for Halloween, the possibilities are endless.

One of the best that I’ve come across lately is a blend of stark minimalism and organic business: The Apollo Pendant Lamp at Nineteen Ten Home is a black powder-coated frame that plays up sharp angles in the frame, yet creates a spider-web like appeal within. $265 Hunting around town for other edgy accessories, I found a ton of options at Moe’s Home Collection. From decorative black floral arrangements and toss cushions, to a super chic, all-black Director Table Lamp, to a retro-inspired fashionable take on the classic black cat (the Walking Lion) – Moe’s has Halloween covered. I think that my ultimate pick for their Halloween décor item is the bronzed finish Bull Head 1; it’s a fresh twist on the more typical skull, but with a cozier feel that will transition well into later fall and winter décor. $465 W

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Local artist Chenoa Gao mostly creates colourful illustrations for magazines, comics and children’s books.

So when she was asked to come up with moustache designs for ties to be auctioned off at the Moustaches for Movember fundraiser event, she quickly said yes.

“I loved the idea of printing the designs on silk ties,” says Gao. “It was a lot of fun working on this. And it’s for a great cause – kind of like paying it forward.”

Part of the fun was coming up with 18 different designs. Gao spent a lot of time online and in animation books, and considered

different characters versus different moustaches.

“I would think of characters, of what kind of person would wear a particular kind of moustache,” she explains.

“Is it someone sophisticated? Is it someone elegant?

Are they very manly? Are they a bit mysterious? Or are they a bit evil? Are they getting ready for the opera?”

“I wanted the classic, simple moustache that has a Hannah-Barbera (Flinstsones, Jetsons) feel to it,” she adds. “That cartoon style that’s not too cartoony.”

She says what she enjoyed most was the evolution of the moustaches; many started off as basic sketches and progressed into pieces that

were unique and special.

“They would often lead into other designs and take you down paths that are quite different,” she says. “It was a cool journey.”

Gao hopes her designs will get more men to think of, and be proactive about, their health.

“I find that there’s a lot more media attention on women’s health [like] breast cancer,” she says. “And women are more likely to get something checked out where men are likely to wait until they get sick. I know my husband’s like that.

So the Movember event is important to raise awareness of these men’s health issues that don’t get talked about.” W

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DINING OUT Anya Levykh Fresh Sheet

@FoodGirlFriday SCENE // HEARD Tofino’s Wolf in the Fog has been named Canada’s Best New Restaurant by EnRoute Magazine. Following close second is the popular Farmer’s Apprentice. Congratulations to both!

ICYMI…The Kambolis fine dining group has officially come to an end. C Restaurant shuttered its doors several weeks ago, and now Raincity Grill has also notified staff to look for other positions. Kambolis’ chain of casual Greek cafes (Nu Greek) are still operational.

DRINK // DINE District Brasserie in North Vancouver now has a beer infusion tower, capable of infusing existing beers with various flavours. Look for pumpkin spice and apple pie flavours, among others.

TheDistrictSocial.com Long Table Distillery, Vancouver’s first microdistillery, has opened their newly-designed tasting room and cocktail laboratory.

LongTableDistillery.com On Oct. 30 and 31, Cibo Trattoria will offer up a five-course tasting menu in honour of All Hallows’ Eve. The “devilishly delectable” menu includes roasted bone marrow, grilled ox heart, agnolotti of blood pudding, grilled calves’ liver, and blood orange panna cotta. Seatings are $69 per person or $99 including wine pairings.

CiboTrattoria.ca Cocktails in poem…Pidgin has introduced their 5, 7, 5 Japanese sake and whiskey flights, each accompanied by a haiku description of three premium quality liquors. The sake flight is $15 and the whiskey flight is $25. PidginVancouver.com W

Above: Fricassée of sherry roasted mushrooms, fried eggs, roasted potatoes, caramelized onions, applewood smoked cheddar with grilled focaccia. Top left: Medina owner Robbie Kane. Bottom left: Lem Marrakech-cured wild salmon, sesame yogurt, sprouted farro, and pistachios. Rob Newell photos

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With food writers from East Coast to West screaming that brunch is dead, opening a breakfast/brunch place would seem counter-intuitive. Robbie Kane, however, is a man who obviously sings his own tune.

What started as a partnership with the owners of Chambar has blossomed into a soleproprietor joint in a new space with a fantastic new chef.

The new location of Medina is definitely worth a look. Not only is it bigger and brighter than the old space on Beatty, the atmosphere is much more conducive to merry fast-breaking. High ceilings, poured concrete floors, a large open kitchen, and an excellent playlist at a level that still allows for easy conversation are all points in its favour.

As for the chef, Jonathan Chovancek, one-half of the popular Bittered Sling group (with business and life-partner Lauren Mote), is hashing up some truly excellent nosh. A fricassée of fall-apart braised beef short ribs ($17) is laced with roasted potatoes, caramelized onions and applewood-smoked cheddar, then topped with two eggs fried to your preference.

Served in a large skillet with

some housemade focaccia, it’s an enormous and soul-satisfying dish that can easily be shared between two if you’re not overly hungry.

Another skillet, this one featuring spicy Moroccan lamb meatballs ($17) in a roasted pepper-and-tomato stew, with raita and grilled focaccia, and topped with the ubiquitous poached eggs, is another excellent choice.

There is something about an aromatic tomato sauce combined with the cool sweetness of herbed yogurt that works so well when counterparted against the almost feral element of lamb.

Dishes like the Lem-Marrakech-cured wild salmon with sesame yogurt, sprouted farro and pistachio ($17) may sound lighter than those lovely short ribs, but don’t be fooled. Portion sizes here are

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designed to be generous, so unless you’re a professional athlete carb-loading for a meet, leaving hungry isn’t likely.

For those who just can’t stomach eggs for brunch, the Belgian liège waffles ($3.15 each) are still around, as are the myriad of sauces ($1). Try the white chocolate pistachio rosewater for kicks, although my favourite is the milk chocolate lavender.

For something to nibble on until the big plates arrive, I’d recommend the mascarpone drizzled in black pepper honey ($5). Combine it with the flatbread ($4) for something quite heady, rich and perfectly sweet. Or go with a side of the merguez lamb sausage ($6); it comes with housemade baba ganoush and the spiciness of the sausage is nicely balanced by

the earthy creaminess of the eggplant.

There’s even dessert, of a sort – Earnest cardamom ice cream ($2). I’d suggest throwing it in a coffee for an improv affogato post-meal.

It’ll clear the palate and the stomach in preparation for another early morning chat ‘n’ chew.

Long live brunch.

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@FollowMeFoodie So, I was ready to do “The Dirty”, but things got out of control. Like, really out of control. It was the type of dirty where you roll up your sleeves, use both hands, open your mouth really, really wide and prepare to get sauce all over your…Okay, there is no way to make this sound “good”, but boy was it good.

“The Dirty Burger” is one of the signature items at Camp Upstairs, which opened earlier this year at 1020 Main.

The creator is chef and co-owner Robert Belcham, arguably the Martin Picard of the West Coast.

If you like pig and real “nose-to-tail” dining, not just pork belly (junior “nose-totail” dining), then you’re likely familiar with Belcham’s food.

Usually I only go this hard when I’m in Montreal due to the nature of French-Canadian food, or in the South. But it was go big or go home, and I wasn’t going home.

The standard Dirty Burger comes with one beef patty, American cheese, lettuce, tomato, and pickles. I’m sure it’s fine as is, and I’ve only heard rave reviews, but I wanted the “secret menu”.

The Dirty Burger from Upstairs at Campagnolo.

Sorry Camp crew, but I’m about to expose your dirty little secrets.

Similar to In-N-Out Burger, there are “secret phrases” and an unwritten menu to upgrade the “Dirty Burger”, and here they are.

Extra patty = Extra patty (+$4), and this is on the menu. The patty should be the highlight of any burger, and this was. It’s 100 per cent beef neck, dry-aged for 40 days, and house ground. The meat is loose and crumbly without being dry. One patty is enough, but I was aggressive.

“Foghorn, Leghorn” = Fried chicken skin (+$2). It’s the “new bacon”. I named bacon as one of the “food trends” I wanted to see die in 2013 and suggested crispy chicken skin as an alternative.

I also had chicken as a “food trend for 2013.” Don’t get me

wrong, I love good quality, well-made bacon, but sometimes it’s overdone, used as a crutch, or just crappy bacon.

“In the Sun” = Egg (+$1) “Protester Style” = 80g of grade-A quality foie (+$28).

I added everything, which made it a $45 burger. Not cheap, but considering the quality and the ingredients, it’s fair. The same thing in New York would probably be $80 or more.

I admit, a good burger just needs good meat and a good bun, and I always appreciate simplicity (like The Pourhouse Burger), but sometimes you need to indulge.

And don’t confuse this crazy “Dirty Burger” with other oversized novelty burgers either. I’ve eaten novelty burgers double this size, and even tried the deadly “Double-Down” at Joe Beef. This one deserves credit and is actually legit and delicious.

I do not recommend the deluxe Dirty for amateurs.

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My eyes are often set on Europe. In particular, Spain, Portugal, and Italy boast an endless roster of unique indigenous grapes that never cease to captivate me.

Often the most affordable gems hail from lesser known regions. Take a leap of faith into the unknown; the potential for discovery is high.

I have my eyes peeled for those limited time offer (LTO) tags so I can add up what I save and spend it on another bottle. My wine buying strategy is firmly in place.

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This is the beating heart of craft beer culture Stephen Smysnuik The Growler @StephenSmys

Stephen Quinn is gazing longingly at a large crowd of craft beer enthusiasts. A quick survey of the room shows clusters of people – nearly equal distribution of men and women – engaged in lively discussion. There’s plenty of hugging and hanging off each other’s shoulders. Not a negative vibe in the room.

It’s sort of what many’d expect at last Saturday’s 2014 BC Beer Awards, except there are far more people over the age of 45 than purveyors of the craftswilling-hipster cliché tend to realize.

And Mr. Quinn, host of On the Coast on CBC Radio and the evening’s MC, goes on admiring this crowd, as if pining to embrace them all. He says, “I want this audience.”

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straight out of the Journalist’s Book of Horror Stories, I’ll later realize I either deleted the interview from my voice recorder or failed to record it in the first place. It was the BCBAs after all, with all that entails.

It’s too bad, because Quinn has meaningful things to say about Vancouver’s rapidly evolving beer scene.

The crux of it, if I remember correctly, is that the kinds of people who love craft beer – the ones here tonight – are creative, educated, sophisticated in a blazer-wearingEast-Van-resident sort of way. Perhaps most importantly, they’re fun-loving and unpretentious in a way that other subcultures tend not to be (wine enthusiasts in particular).

“Wine is about exclusivity,” Quinn says, in what turns out to be the only legible quote I’ve managed to glean from my notes on the event.

“Beer’s about inclusivity.”

Which, I think, cuts to the beating heart of BC’s craft beer culture. The entire industry – at least in and around Vancouver – functions hardly like a “typical” industry at all. It’s more a community. Yes, business is involved, and in some cases millions of dollars have been invested to create new facilities, but together these breweries act less like direct competitors than a brotherhood.

Common are stories such as established breweries sharing hops with startups that are unable to procure certain varietals. At the BCBAs, competing brewers and brewery owners mingle like old friends out on the town – which, in a scene this small, is very often the case.

The great majority of people I’ve met in this industry so far have been among the friendliest, most honest

and open-minded I’ve come across. They’re clique-y, but it’s an accessible clique for anyone who has something positive to offer the culture in some way. Unlike a music community or filmmaking scene, there’s no barrier to entry. There’s no genre to “get.” You merely have to like beer, and there’s plenty of variety of suit your tastes.

The BCBAs were a good indicator that Vancouver is dealing with the first authentic cultural movement in at least 20 years. Despite the general perception, Vancouverites are open and friendly – this batch of Vancouverites especially. We do want to make friends with strangers, and converse, connect and shape the world together in some way. We’re aching for it – dying, even – and this craft beer revolution has provided some of us the opportunity to coalesce through a shared love of beer – as effective a social lubricant as has ever existed.

But, as Quinn’s previous statements indicate, it’s not just about the beer. Craft beer culture inspires passionate discussion. It breeds creativity and friendly competition. Many of its brewers strive to elevate their chosen craft, and it inspires people who inhabit the fringes of the scene – myself included – to do the same in their own work.

It’s a weird thing to say about a drink that’ll make you feel like dog shit in the morning, but craft beer, as it exists right now, is geared toward making Vancouver a more connected and creative city. It’s this very notion that’s compelling Stephen Quinn to gaze out at this group as though he wants to hug every damn one of them.

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Classic Kits: Restaurants that stand the test of time ANYA LEVYKH westender.com

Kitsilano has come a long way from its student ghetto/hippie days. Remember the small mom-and-pop ethnic eateries, shoe repair stores, and cheap watering holes that lined West 4th and West Broadway? The mom-and-pop shops are still there to some degree, but, over the last two decades, the neighbourhood’s restaurant scene, especially, has slowly transformed into a more urban, contemporary, and varied landscape.

With so many new spots opening each year, it’s easy to forget about older, more established options. The following restaurants have not only stood the test of time (be it three or 30 years), but are still sending out fantastic food.

BISHOP’S

The grand-daddy of Vancouver’s sustainable dining scene, Bishop’s has been quietly churning out the best of BC for almost three decades in the cozy, warm room that is wrapped in First Nations art.

Words like local, ethical, seasonal, and sustainable weren’t even dreams in most restaurateurs’ minds, but John Bishop had a vision and stuck by it.

The result has been food that has come to define what West Coast cuisine is today. And, while Bishop has handed over the day-to-day cooking to executive chef Ron Shaw, the food still bears his particular stamp of deliciousness. The menu is seasonal (natch), but try not to miss the chestnut and squash ravioli ($15) or the Fraser Valley duck with Brussels sprouts and crispy polenta ($37).

2183 West 4th Ave.|604-7382025|BishopsOnline.com

KITSILANO DAILY KITCHEN

Brian Fowke may not be a name you’re familiar with, and that’s just a damn shame.

For almost five years, this

Moderne Burger in Kits. Rob Newell photo talented chef has been creating daily menus two blocks from Kits Beach that’ll have you forgetting the waves and focusing on the wine and food. Formerly the chef/owner of Rare and Metro, Fowke is dedicated to the extreme when it comes to the quality of his ingredients. Everything is sourced locally, apart from some seasonings. All bread is baked in-house, and everything else is made from scratch. Fowke shops daily before the restaurant opens for dinner, then designs the menu based on what he finds and posts it to his website and social media channels. You can opt for à la carte from the rotating dozen or so menu items, or you can be daring and go for the six-course menu ($85) chosen by the chef (I highly recommend this option). It all changes daily, so prepare for the unexpected and delightful. Plus, the corkage policy is second to none.

1809 West 1st Ave.|604-5692741|KitsDaily.com

MAENAM

Thai cuisine in Vancouver has generally been looked upon as a quick and cheap Tuesday night meal that is guaranteed to fill you up via lashings of pad thai, tom yum, papaya salad, etc. Then Angus An came along and

opened Maenam in 2009 and the crowds went wild. Items like the house-fermented and grilled Thai sausage with garlic, chilies, lemongrass, and fried shallots ($11), or the Humboldt squid with green mango ($17) have been favourites from opening day. But, it’s the really lovely, contemporary, and comfortable room that makes this more than a dine-and-dash experience. Add in the truly fantastic wine and cocktail list, and you can begin to understand why this has become an award-wining restaurant many times over. Best value is the chef’s menu (five courses for $32.50 per person) or the Royal Thai dinner ($47.50 per person for nine courses served family style).

1938 West 4th Ave.|604-7305579|Maenam.ca

although grilled mushrooms and onions are always sure bets. And, the room is a treat; all checkered linoleum and Formica counters. It’s the neighbourhood hangout from 1958, just with better meat. The burger and fries platter is $10.95, but save a few bucks and get the burger alone ($7.95) and share a side of fries ($4.25) with a friend. They’re cut to order and the portion is monstrous.

Even three sharing won’t feel skimped. Throw in a classic soda (cherry Coke?) or a perfect milkshake (creamsicle, dude), and it’s the full meal deal.

2507 West Broadway|604739-0005|ModerneBurger.com

LA QUERCIA/L’UFFICIO

This teeny neighbourhood

trattoria has been serving fine Italian fare since 2008 with more than just a dash of la dolce vita. La Quercia’s 35 seats are routinely full every night, and it’s thanks to chef/ owner Adam Pegg’s commitment to quality ingredients and process. Meat is butchered in-house, pastas and risotto are made from scratch every day (the risotto often sells out early, so think about pre-ordering), and the menus change daily based on what’s available and in season. Definitely go for the chef’s menu (seven or 11 courses, served family-style) if you have the appetite. It’s always great value and will leave you feeling sated and happy with the world. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, the three-course offal menu makes an appearance

(around $36). No worries if you’re not into the odd bits, there’s plenty of pork belly with octopus, or roasted bone marrow, or whole branzino, or rabbit loin, or pheasant, or… you get the idea.

At L’Ufficio next door, it’s wine bar offerings, with Italian cheeses, housemade and imported salumi, and small bits of things that are indescribably good. For hungrier souls there are three-course meals that might include mushroom crepes, beef cheeks and the aforementioned pork belly (who needs dessert when there’s crackling?). The two make a perfect oasis in the tony West Side and are as addictive as Nonna’s pasta sauce.

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The neighbourhood surrounding Kitsilano Beach hardly seems like it would be a destination with fall in full swing, but Jeremy Baum, cofounder of the Kitsilano Ping Pong & Social Club, is trying to change that.

Baum is gregarious – the type of person who’s genuinely pleased to see that I’ve dropped in. That’s the whole point of the Social Club, held Thursday nights at the Billy Bishop Legion.

I couldn’t resist a game of Jenga with a couple of the club’s regulars. I cut out after I toppled the tower three times in a row.

“I like the intimacy of it all,” Baum explains. “I’m a Kits guy and wanted to support and connect the community any way I can.”

Baum’s brainchild was born out of a need for fun and affordable ping pong in Vancouver. For $10, players get 30 minutes at a table. Pay $15, and you get an hour.

“People will say, ‘I haven’t played since college’ or, ‘I remember my parents had a

table in the basement years ago,’” offers Baum. “And if ping pong’s not your thing, we provide Jenga or playing cards for those just in for a drink.”

Memberships have steadily been on the decline for legions all across Vancouver, so choosing the Billy as a venue was a no brainer.

“It brings value to underappreciated venues like these, and re-ignites the connection that our generation doesn’t have, having not lived through war the way our ancestors did,” Baum says. “Many long-time residents of the neighbourhood don’t even know it’s here.”

Named for Canadian fighter pilot William Avery Bishop, it is one of the only legions deemed a wartime museum. Built in 1930, it’s full of artifacts from the First World War, including original-print military-themed paintings, memorabilia, and wall plaques showcasing military badges.

The club meets in the upstairs hall in a cozy, nostalgic atmosphere complete with linen tablecloths, ambient lighting, and cold

The Billy Bishop Legion in Kitsilano is now home to the the Kitsilano Ping Pong & Social Club every Thursday night.

Supplied photo beer behind the bar. Local businesses are big supporters – Sleeman Breweries is a sponsor and Corduroy, a local eatery a few blocks away, regularly delivers.

The crowd is varied, as are the skill levels, and Baum says he’s pretty sure he was

witness to a successful first date last week.

“A ping pong table is the perfect amount of physical space between two strangers,” he says with a laugh.

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Hoover has aligned with Craftworks Society, a local non-profit that provides meaningful work for Vancouver adults with physical and mental health challenges.

Hoover’s company pays Craftworks directly for each piece the crafters work on.

“They do all of our crafting (and) any feather details that we add to the scarves,” Hoover explains.

The fabric prints run from Boho favourites with Aztec and Navajo themes to menswear-inspired plaids, which are having a revival this fall. The line includes vests, capes, and blankets. She plans to expand next season, bringing in more shawls, fringed kimonos, and vests. Prices range from $45 to $75.

There are also mainstays, like the Olive scarf – a super soft, woven piece that Hoover

calls a “year-round classic.”

Speaking of classic, it was an old-school love story that inspired her company name.

“When I was thinking of names, I’m a hopeless romantic, and I’m always about love stories and fairytales,” Hoover says.

One of the great love stories she knew of was that between her grandpa Jack, a jazz musician, and her grandma Rose – his muse.

They had an “unbreakable” life-long bond.

So when she was trying to come up with a name for her new line, Hoover thought of her grandparents (who have passed away), the love between them and the comfort it brought her growing up.

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“It’s that whole Bohofeeling without being over the top,” says Hoover, summing up her work. “It’s simple for everyone to wear but still get that kind of casual vibe.”

Hoover started her line in 2012, merging her two loves – yoga and fashion. She worked in both the fashion business as a brand rep, and in the yoga world at YYoga.

Her connection to the yoga community was the in she needed to get her line carried in local studios, including Semperviva Yoga on Fourth Avenue and Yew Street. But clothing boutiques beyond Kits have also taken notice, with the Hills of Kerrisdale selling the line.

The idea behind her snuggly scarves, she says, is that they can be thrown on after yoga, surfing or skiing.

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THE BLACK KEYS Detroit blues rockers perform tunes off their latest album, Turn Blue. With Jake Bugg. 7pm at Pacific Coliseum. Tickets $48.80 at Ticketmaster.ca or Ticketmaster outlets.

PLAN 9 FROM THE WISE A night of hard rocking costumed cover bands with The Ramores (Ramones), The Dirty Magazines (Magazine), The Manglers (Stranglers), and The Spasms (Cramps). 8pm at The WISE Hall. Tickets $15 at Bonerattle, Neptoon, and Red Cat Records or at the door.

CRYSTAL SHAWANDA Canadian country singer pays tribute to her favourite artists of the past including Etta James, Patsy Cline, Aretha Franklin, and Roy Orbison. 7pm at Vancouver FanClub. Tickets $10 at TicketsTonight.TicketForce.com, or $15 at the door.

NOSFERATU Conductor Gillian Anderson presents the 1922 silent film classic with music performed live by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. 7:30pm at the Orpheum Theatre. Tickets from $26.50 at VancouverSymphony.ca.

THE STRUMBELLAS Juno-winning folk pop group performs with The Provincial Archive.

8pm at The Imperial. Tickets $14 at TicketWeb.ca

COMEDY THE CRITICAL HIT SHOW The live Dungeons & Dragon comedy experience returns. 7pm at the Rio Theatre. Tickets $6 at RioTheatreTickets.c, or $9 at the door.

THEATRE/DANCE BONERATTLE BURLESQUE Halloween-themed burlesque show equal parts spooky and sexy. Evil Bastard Karaoke Experience to follow after the show.

9pm at Funky Winker Beans. $9 at the door.

HALLOWEEN AT THE HOTEL VANCOUVER Arrival Agency presents a multiroom Halloween party, with the Sunday Service, Pandora and the Locksmiths, Cam Dales, Tyler Fedchuk, Trevor Risk, hbour, ESB, Mirage Inc, and El Garzita. 8pm at Hotel Vancouver. Tickets at HotelVancouverHalloween.com.

SOLD OUT. THE SUMNER BROTHERS SIXTH ANNUAL ALL HALLOWS’ EVE A halloween party featuring great local artists, including Ben Rogers, Colleen Rennison & The Crimson Roses, The Wild North, and DJ Elliot Christopher Way. 8pm at Rickshaw Theatre.

Tickets $10 at RickshawTheatre. com, NorthernTickets.com, or at Red Cat, Neptoon, Zulu, and Highlife Records.

HAUNTED THEATRE AT THE VOGUE Fire-grinders, burlesque performers, aerial contortionists, and international DJs bring the party to this historic and haunted site. 9pm at the Vogue Theatre. Tickets $25 at NorthernTickets.com

FRIGHT NIGHTS The annual Halloween tradition returns, this year with seven haunted houses, including a brand new house, rides, performers, terrifying shows, and attractions. Tickets from $32 at FrightNights.ca.

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PEGI YOUNG American singersongwriter, environmentalist appears with her band, The Survivors. 7pm at Media Club.

Tickets $15 at TicketWeb.ca ST. LUCIA South African born Brooklyn based musician appears with special Robert Delong. 7pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $20 at LiveNation.com

HALLOWEEN AT THE IMPROV CENTRE Celebrate Halloween with live improvised comedy!

Wear your best costume and win some awesome prizes at the funniest Halloween event in the city. Prizes will be given out at the 7:30pm, 9:30pm, and 11:15pm shows (11:15pm show is 19+ only). Tickets $14 at VTSL. com

YARA SOFIA Puerto Rican drag queen of RuPaul’s Drag Race appears with Jaylene Time as Maria Carey and Evita Versace.

8pm at Electric Owl. Tickets $10 at TicketWeb.ca

HALLOWEEN CIRCUS SPECTACULAR! Revered Heathen Strangefellow & The Vaudeville Vagabonds, The Milk Pies CD Release Party and The Fatalz. 9pm at Railway Club.

Tickets $12 Adv. at Highlife, Zulu and Red Cat Records or $15 at the door.

HALLOWEEN AT THE HINDENBURG Two rooms, two vibes, Glamour Trash vs.

Madhaus. Party in the haunted mansion or the basement bloodbath and dress to impress! Complimentary drinks throughout the evening for most glamorous and trashiest outfits as well as $300 cash prize for the Massive Costume Contest. Fire shows, burlesque, photo booth and private outdoor patio. 9pm at The Hindenburg. Tickets at Deadly Couture, Little Sister’s, Millenium and The Jean Queen.

JETSET CREW ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PARTY Ten months in the making, this party promises to wake the dead. Featuring DJ Timka live from New York, Sir Charles, and gogo dancers, this party is Vancouver’s best sexy adult Halloween celebration. 8pm at Sutton Place Hotel. Tickets $60 at JetSetCrew.com

HUNTER GATHERERS Staircase Theatre presents the Canadian premiere of Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s wickedly funny play, where the line between the civilized and the primal is blurred.

8pm at Havana Theatre. Tickets $20 at TicketsTonight.ca. Runs through Nov. 15.

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THE BLIND SHAKE Garage/noise rock trio from Minneapolis, with guests The Defektors and Shshakes! 8pm at The Hindenburg.

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WORLD FAMOUS CFOX MONSTER BALL Juno award winning Hamilton, Ontario rockers Monster Truck appear with guests Aviator Shades.8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $35.25 at Ticketmaster.com Clockwork Indigo The joint effort of The Flatbush Zombies and The Underachievers present The Electric Koolade Experience with Obey City. 8pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $22 at NorthernTickets.com

DINO ARCHIE LA comedy competition finalist has shared the stage with Aziz Ansari and Drew Carey. 8pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets at TheComedyMix.com

RAVEN ENGLISH heavy metal band of “On & On” fame appear with guests Night Demon, Titans Eve and Spell. 8pm at Media Club. Tickets $15 at Scrape Records or NorthernTickets.com CONTRA DANCE WITH THE SYBARITES The Sybaritic Stringband resumes its series of first Saturday dances at The Rogue with Celtic, Quebecois and Old Time Swing – dances taught on the spot. 8pm at St. James Hall. Tickets $12 at the door ($6 if you bring homemade goodies to share).

JOHN BEUHLER Corner Gas Comedy contest winner, has opened for Zach Galifianakis, Joan Rivers and Brent Butt. With guests Jane Stanton and Garrett Clark. 7pm at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets at YukYuks.com

THEATRE/DANCE BLUE BOX A story of terror and romance based on writer and performer Carmen Aguirre’s remarkable life. 2pm and 8pm at the Revue Stage. Final Show.

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EVENTS HONKY TONK HALLOWEEN An evening of ghastly fun with Rich Hope and His Blue Rich Rangers as they perform the classic Waylon Jennings album “Honky Tonk Heroes” and other hits. 9pm at The Fox Cabaret. Tickets $10 at Eventbrite.ca or at the door.

THE SUNDAY SERVICE Vancouver’s longest running independent improve comedy show featuring the award winning troupe of Taz VanRassel, Ryan Beil, Emmett Hall, Aaron Read and Caitlin Howden. 7:30-11pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $10 at the door.

THEATRE/DANCE HEMINGWAY’S HOT HAVANA Live theatre event featuring playwright and actor Brian Gordon Sinclair.

7pm at Roundhouse Community Centre. Free. Reserve tickets at 778-882-5223.

KITTY NIGHTS BURGUNDY BRIXX’S DAY OF THE DEAD BIRTHDAY REVIEW, Vegas style with the Viva Vancouver Dancers and Dianna David. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets at KittyNights.com

EVENTS THE BUFFY MUSICAL! Return of the annual singalong screening the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical.

12pm at Pacific Cinematheque.

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SHINDIG! CiTR 101.9 FM’s weekly battle of the bands featuring Night Three Revered, Screaming Queens, The Spheres. 8pm at The Hindenburg. Tickets $6 at the door only.

BLUE RODEO Canadian country rock band appears with Dustin Bentall, Kendel Carson and High Valley for Band Together to End Homelessness. 7:30pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets $79 at BandTogetherConcert.ca

THE WYTCHES British trio touring in support of their debut album, Annabel Dream Reader. 8pm at Media Club. Tickets $12 at Red Cat, Zulu or NorthernTickets.com

FANTASTIQUE! THE MUSIC OF BERLIOZ AND MOZART Venezuelan conductor makes his Vancouver debut in an evening filled with vibrant and iconic music.

Canadian pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin performs Mozart. 8pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets at VancouverSymphonyOrchestra. com.

MAYDAY PARADE Alternative punk-pop rock band from Florida appears with Tonight Alive, Major League and PVRIS. 6pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets at NorthernTickets.com SCARS ON 45 English indie rock band appear with guests, Broken Anchor. 8pm at Media Club. Tickets $13.50 at Red Cat Records or at LiveNation.com ALL SOULS’ DAY HIGH MASS St. James’ Choir is joined by the Oculus Chamber Choir and Vancouver organist David Poon in a presentation of Maurice Durufle’s Requiem (Op. 9).

6:30pm at St. James’ Anglican Church.

DELTRON 3030 Hip hop supergroup composed of Dan the Automator, Del the Funky Homosapien and Kid Koala. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $30 at Ticketmaster.ca BEAR’S DEN British alternative folk band on tour in support of debut release, Islands with special guest Christof. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $16 at Red Cat or TicketWeb.ca

THEATRE/DANCE WEIRD AL BURLESQUE From Like A Surgeon to Amish Paradise, the Geekenders Solid Gold Dancers present a show that is ALL Weird Al featuring some of Vancouver’s biggest burlesque names. 7pm at the Rio. Tickets $10 at RioTheatreTickets. ca or $12 at the door.

URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL Multi Jessie Award winning hit musical spoof is back with an all new production by Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann. Firehall Arts Centre.

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WHINE UND SZONG Intermittent series for lounge lizards to satisfy cravings for tunes from the sensational Veda Hille with special guest David Newberry.

Vancouver East Cultural Centre.

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COMEDY AMATEUR NIGHT A showcase of the best and the worst at Yuk Yuk’s. Bring your friends and join the fun. Want to perform? E-mail: Easton@yukyuks.com. 8pm at Yuk Yuk’s.

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SAINT JOAN George Bernard Shaw’s classic play explores the legend of Joan of Arc. Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub.com. Runs until Nov. 23.

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There are opportunities to contribute, to remember, to network or just to have fun.

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Monday, November 17, 8pm Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage 2750 Granville Street, Vancouver Tickets: $29 ($75 for limited Orchestra) www.shootingstarsfoundation.org

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Saturday, Novmber 8, 7:30pm Orpheum Annex 823 Seymour Street Tickets $29/$37 www.landecabaret.com

PATHWAYS TO PARENTHOOD Free Workshop for LGBTQ Communities

Sunday, November 9, 12:30-3:00pm Gordon Neighbourhood House (the heart of Vancouver’s West End) 1019 Broughton Street (at Nelson) Register at www.LGBTQParents.ca

REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY & LIGHTING OF THE CAULDRON

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Starring Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska Directed by David Cronenberg If only David Cronenberg’s latest could be described as “a bit of a mess.” Instead, this tale of dysfunction, privilege and psychoses is all too orderly.

And the staid nature of this is all the more disappointing given the presence of Mia Wasikowska, who, between Stoker and Only Lovers Left Alive, has proven herself to be one of the big screen’s most enthralling agents of chaos.

Given that track record, we’re never quite convinced that her Agatha is actually an ingénue, newly arrived in La La Land with stars in her eyes and an obvious crush on the limo driver/aspiring actor (Robert Pattinson) who shuttles her around.

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she attempts to conceal hint at a traumatic past she’d prefer kept under wraps. Details and old deviant behaviour emerge as she insinuates herself in the lives of a fading actress (Julianne Moore), the new age therapist who’s trying to right her unbalanced psyche (John Cusack), and the monstrous child actor he’s birthed into the world (Evan Bird).

Long-gestating, Maps to the Stars finally finds its way to theatres stripped of any sense of urgency. With an opportunity to now put Hollywood’s Botoxed flesh to the sword, Cronenberg and screenwriter Bruce Wagner instead opt to take meek jabs at pop psychology and vacuous sequels.

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The veteran actor plays Vincent, a scruffy and curmudgeonly man with a penchant for day drinking and gambling debts.

He’s quite happy to spend his days alone, wallowing in self-pity or keeping up relations with local escort Daka (a scene-stealing Naomi Watts) but things get complicated once a single mother named Maggie (McCarthy) and her 12-year old son Oliver (newcomer Jaeden Lieberher) move next door.

Forced to work long hours, Maggie soon has no choice but to leave Oliver with Vincent for after-school care while she toils at the local hospital.

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The beautiful fury of Karen Lam Filmmaker channels anger over missing women into Evangeline Sabrina Furminger Reel People @Sabrinarmf

When some people get angry, they send off heated tweets or throw coffee mugs at fireplaces. When Karen Lam gets angry, she makes movies.

A few years ago, the Vancouver-based filmmaker’s rage had reached a boiling point.

She’d long been angered by the posters for missing women she encountered on her travels through the 604.

She’d grown tired of watching movies and television shows where women were murdered and discarded like trash simply to launch the heroic journey of some charismatic man.

“I started to get really angry with the idea that women could just be disposed of,” says the lawyer-turneddirector in a recent phone interview.

And so Lam sketched out a cinematic tale where a discarded female protagonist would get her sweet revenge.

“I thought, ‘How could I create almost like a vigilante hero for young women? What if there was a supernatural Dexter or the Crow who basically would hunt these rapists and pursue justice?’”

The result is Evangeline, a no-holds-barred supernatural horror flick starring Kat de Lieva as the titular justiceseeker and Richard Harmon as a teenaged rapist and murderer.

Evangeline screens Nov. 7 as part of the 18th Annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival.

This is the first time Lam’s work has been programmed into a North American Asian film festival (although it has screened in film festivals in Asia). Evangeline is right at home in VAFF for reasons beyond its filmmaker’s cultural heritage, according to Lam. “I think a lot of times because I don’t cast all Asian actors or characters, festivals think, ‘Oh, it’s not Asian,’ but if you look at how we cover a scene and how it’s cut and the rhythm of it, it’s actually very much what I see in modern Asian cinema,” says Lam, who was raised in Brandon, Manitoba. “When I watch Korean serial killer films, I realize that my shot list is their shot list.”

While Evangeline and her previous films (including 2010’s Stained and 2011’s Doll Parts) are easily categorized as horror, Lam considers herself a genre filmmaker.

“To me, the thing that akes horror ‘horror’ is this creation of suspense and dread,” she says. “It’s everything from action films and thrillers to supernatural dark fantasy and sci-fi.”

And it isn’t necessarily ugly. “Sometimes when you think of horror, you think it’s ugly and brutal, but I always wanted to find that intersection so that it’s beautiful and horrible at the same time,” says Lam. Lam’s goal with Evangeline is to inflame a strong reaction – be it beautiful or horrible or both – in its viewers.

“I’m less interested in people seeing the film and saying, ‘This is great,’” says Lam, who is in the midst of creating a web series based on the Evangeline mythology for Telus Optik TV. “I would rather people come out of it and maybe feel just as angry as I have, or just want to talk about it.”

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Karen Lam’s gritty Evangeline – about a female vigilante hero – screens Nov. 7 at the 18th Annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival. Supplied photo Festival runs Nov. 6-9 at Cineplex Odeon International Cinemas and features 38 films by local, national and international filmmakers.

Highlights include the Canadian premiere of Dave Boyle’s Man from Reno, a neo-noir thriller set in the back streets of San Francisco; M Cream, a college road movie by Indian indie director Agneya Singh; the Canadian premiere of a Leading Man, in which a blacklisted Asian American actor in LA sleeps his way to the top of the biz; a web shorts program and panel; and a retrospective of 18 years of short works by Asian and Asian Canadian animators.

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If Karen Lam’s Evangeline proves anything, it’s that women are more than capable of crafting films that terrify and entertain audiences – and now Women in Film and Television Vancouver (WIFTV) is challenging more female filmmakers to carry the genre banner. WIFTV – along with Super Channel, Telefilm Canada, and Creative BC – is spearheading From Our Dark Side, a national English language contest seeking the best ideas for Canadian female-driven thriller, sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. Female writers are invited to submit their 3-5 page outlines

by Jan. 15 for a chance to win a mentorship package designed to help them get their projects to the screen.

Ten projects will be shortlisted and juried by top genre creators and the winning five projects will receive a $500 cash prize, project feedback andconsultation with industry professionals.

Contest details can be found at WomenInFilm. ca –Sabrina Furminger

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Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo Directed by Dan Gilroy The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and unwell in writerdirector Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler, a lurid LA story that would likely leave cynical crime novelist James Ellroy nodding in grim approval.

Our introduction to Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) comes as he assaults an unsuspecting security guard in order to make off with some stolen chain link that can be peddled for little more than pocket change.

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all we need to know about Bloom. He’s an amoral, adaptable scavenger who has a knack for identifying people’s weaknesses, particularly those who underestimate him.

All of these attributes serve him exceedingly well when he stumbles into a new career as a freelance videographer, racing to accident and crime scenes in hopes of scoring grisly footage he can hock to a television news director (Rene Russo) who trades in misery and takes professional satisfaction in fear-mongering.

Between this and Enemy, Gyllenhaal has delivered two of the most unsettling performances to have darkened local screens this year. (Three actually, given

his double role in Enemy.)

As his alienated, emaciated insomniac tries to pass as normal in a world that barely notices him, you’ll be forgiven for feeling some sympathy.

Alas, he only seems hapless until the moment he establishes some legitimate leverage, allowing him to reveal the cold-blooded predator he truly is.

The action escalates exhilaratingly as Bloom chases a story that will accord him legitimacy. However, it’s ultimately the depths of depravity that Gyllenhaal displays as an unlikely but adroit puppet-master that leave your skin crawling long after your heart rate has returned to normal.

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Much like New Years Eve, Halloween can involve more plotting and planning than actually having a real cool time. Fear not, freaks and fairies, we are here to help.

Here are our top five picks for what is the what on All Hallows’ Eve.

A STANLEY KUBRICK HALLOWEEN

When: Oct. 30, 8pm Where: 303 Columbia, 303 Columbia (obviously) Why: 303 Columbia will be transforming into a Kubrick Clockwork Orangeesque Korova Bar Experience, including Eyes Wide Shut orgy masks, “Kustom Kubrick Kocktails”, 2001: Beyond the Infinite Visual Experience, and more, ensuring a deeply mindaltering experience, the way Kubrick himself would have intended. Featuring live performances by Magic Family Band, The Backhomes, Cult Babies, and psychedelic DJ sets from Sinoia Caves and Mandy-Lyn Antoniou. Not to mention happy hour until

11pm and a bike valet! Viddy well, little brother. Viddy well.

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NOSFERATU AT THE VSO

When: Oct. 30, 7:30pm Where: The Orpheum Theatre, 884 Granville Why: The 1922 silent film Nosferatu is the original Dracula movie, with Count Orlok played by Max Schreck in the most spine tingling manner. The movie will be presented on the big screen with music provided live by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Thrilling, chilling, and oh so cultured!

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When: Oct. 31, 8pm Where: The Rickshaw, 254 East Hastings Why: The Sumner Brothers 6th Annual All Hallows’ Eve will feature

performances by Ben Rogers, Colleen Rennison & The Crimson Roses, The WILD NORTH, and & DJ Elliot Christopher Way. Last year The Wild North became The Flying Burrito Brothers, so expect lots of spooky cosmic rock ‘n’ roll, and of course, “strange vibes”.

What’s the damage, Heather? $10 in advance.

COME FRIDAY’S 3RD ANNUAL HALLOWEEN TRIBUTE PARTY

When: Oct. 31, 9:30pm Where: The Cobalt, 917 Main Why: Come Friday is one of Vancouver’s favourite weekly party nights, featuring live bands, DJs, and general debauchery. This year, Halloween falls on a Friday.

So... duh? This is a cover night, where some of the city’s finest cover some of the greats, featuring Sunshine as Blondie, ACTORS as The Clash, The Spots as Sex Pistols, Jody Glenham and the Dreamers as Aerosmith and a DJ set by Owen Ellis.

If you think there’s anything better than watching Jody Glenham rock a million

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra will score the scares of the great 1922 silent film Nosferatu. scarves and scream to the heavens a la Stephen Tyler, dream on.

What’s the damage, Heather? $10.

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When: Oct. 31, 8pm Where: Red Gate Arts Society, 855 East Hastings

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John Southworth, a UK-born, Canadian-made singer-songwriter has been releasing records of elegant folk pop suitable for both club and cabaret for nearly two decades.

Much like his cosmic Americana counterpart Cass McCombs, Southworth has managed to exist in the modestly magnanimous state of “cult artist”, earning him a dedicated international following and license to do what he wants.

Niagara, his ambitious double album, is a product of such creative freedom, divided into a “Canadian side” and an “American side”, a reference both to the styles of traditional music and the geographical boundaries of the mighty Niagara Falls.

The Canadian side is cabaret folk at its finest; songwriting with a regal yet devious finesse, like the Harry Nilsson-esque “Ode To The Morning Sky.” The American side gets more swampy, like the bone rattling “Halloween Election” or “Weird Woman”, with lyrics like “island witchcraft, it was a pleasant flirtation”.

You can hear the care, the thought and the savoir-faire put in to every song. Southworth is a true craftsmen, a cult leader, and with Niaga-

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Hanson Brothers), Maoist as Little Furry Things (Dinosaur Jr.) plus many, many more. And if that’s not enough for you, Woolworm will be performing selections from Big Shiny Tunes 2, that CD from the ‘90s. A semicharmed kinda night!

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Los Angeles is the eternal muse. Its golden smogfacade lies over the land of big dreams and fault lines, threatening to swallow it all up at any moment. Like the California sun, On Sunset offers a glimpse at the city of fallen angels through all variants of light.

In blue-eyed-soul tradition, Nicholas Krgovich paints his scene with rich, pastel harmonies to rival the best of ’80s AM soft rock.

Liquid R&B beats carry such catchy melodies that you are left wondering why on earth this guy isn’t writing for the big wig weasels of the major label world.

“Rock’s Dream” showcases the arrangements of composer Stefan Udell in a longing meditation, while “Moon’s Soft Glow” could serve as the soundtrack for a drive down Mulholland Drive after midnight.

Despite his extensive history of collaboration with P:ano, No Kids, GiGi and Amber Coffman of Dirty Projectors, this record feels like his début. An introduction to a man who’s been here all along. –LB Rating: ★★★★★

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Building self-esteem through fitness Natalie Langston Fitness on the Run @LangstonNatalie Nearly half of Canadian girls between the ages of 10-17 avoid social activities such as team sports, working out at the gym, going to the beach or participating in physical activities because they feel self-conscious about their bodies and the way they look.

According to Dove, by the age of 14 more than half (55 per cent) of Canadian girls already feel pressure to be beautiful. Now that’s a substantial number of female youth that are not comfortable with themselves.

To bring about positive change, improve self-esteem, and develop inner and outer beauty and self-confidence

from within, community leaders such as Madeleine Shaw have begun organizing local initiatives like G Day for Girls to help teach young girls to fully express themselves through mentorships and empowerment.

G Day, coming up Nov. 2, is a global social movement anchored by day-long activities that emphasize self-esteem and leadership for girls ages 10-12.

Tickets are $75, and presenters for the Vancouver event include Girlvana Yoga creator Alex Mazerolle, My Treehouse Vision senior dance facilitator Tree Walsh, certified life-cycle celebrant Tamara Cotton, imagine1day executive director Sapna Dayal, “math geek” Lynda Jao, mom rapper “M”, music from M’Girl, skoah founder Andrea Scott, and more.

Parents are welcome for part of the day, but girls are

encouraged to attend with their friends in hopes of breaking that inner circle format, and allowing them to meet new friends during breaks.

In the lead up to the event, Mazerolle and Walsh took the opportunity to highlight some strategies that they found helpful as they were growing up.

For example, using music therapy as a means to get out of your head and lift energy and spirits. It helps by relieving stress and creating connectedness while promoting fitness and exercise. Groove dance is also beneficial because there is no right or wrong way to do it. It’s all about flow and feeling the music, which is great for those who don’t think that they can “dance.” As the saying goes, dance like no one is watching.

Mazerolle and Walsh also suggest using yoga to centre yourself. Becoming aware of

breathing – even for a few minutes while waiting for the bus – can make a significant difference.Yoga has physical, mental, and emotional benefits for young girls, and deep breathing can instantly have a calming effect and improve mood substantially. A few yoga poses or a five-minute stretch after soccer practice or dance class can connect you back to yourself. Give yourself time to re-focus on what you are grateful for, instead of focusing on negatives. It will open you up to another way of thinking.

In fact, Mazerolle says that at age 13 she struggled with body image issues and yoga resulted in a lot of healing, both emotionally and physically, for her.

She says meditation was also very beneficial for mind and body, and is a tactic girls can use throughout their day no matter how busy life gets.

Every girl at some point in their lives feels insecure, embarrassed, or inadequate.

Just knowing that there is a community for them to share in those feelings and relate to can make a huge difference.

So I challenge all of you to take one step towards improving your own life and the lives of our youth today.

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In our modern world, a growing number of people are stepping away from pumpkins and decorating with other types of squash, and who could blame them?

There are so many different types of beautiful winter squash and pumpkins that can be used long after the pumpkin carving is done, even the good ol’ classic pumpkin could be destined for so much more than compost come Nov. 1.

These varieties of pumpkins and winter squash can be

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But before you decide on what to do with your colourful squash/pumpkin, it’s a good idea to think ahead; you will want to use your pumpkin or squash as close to the date that you carved it as possible to avoid getting sick, as it will start to decompose very quickly.

Another great tip to make your pumpkin or squash last longer is by carving just the skin and not hollowing it out.

Winter squash are known for their richness in anti-inflammatory nutrients such as omega 3 and beta-carotene.

These are great for protecting your immune system from cold and flu. Winter squash are also great because they are so versatile and inexpensive, not to mention they

are in season right now in great colourful abundance.

Then there are pumpkin seeds. These inner gems are known for their abundance of zinc (awesome for your prostate, fellas) but they are also high in antioxidants and vitamin E. They’re also delicious, and make a great side to all the craft pumpkin ale that’s now in season – just roast with some olive oil and spices and enjoy the party of flavour in your mouth!

Here is a list of some great variations to the classic:

ACORN SQUASH

Looks like a weird one to carve but it’s doable. They are also great for steaming, roasting, mashing and sautéing and the smaller ones are great for stuffing.

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These are best used for deco-

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The sweetest of the winter squash, and can still be used for carving. They are best sourced for soups, purees, roasting, and sautees.

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Today’s Drive: 2015 Kia Forte Koup BRENDAN MCALEERE brendanmcaleere@gmail.com

If you remember the automotive scene in the ‘80s, then you’ll remember that there was a time where automakers went completely cuckoo about the turbocharger. They turbo’d everything, from minivans, to econoboxes, to the coffeemaker in the communal break-room.

Then they added multicoloured vinyl side graphics with the word “Turbo” luridly displayed and called it a day.

There was just one teensy problem: Many of this turbocharged breed of cars were merely a boosted form of terrible. Some were properly engineered, but many more were just a low-pressure hackjob, and were merely thirstier and more cantankerous than their normally-aspirated cousins. Not to mention how horrible those graphics packages looked.

We are now entering a new era of the turbocharger, as the snail migrates through the luxury car market, into crossovers and compacts, and even into full-size pickup trucks. It’s a brave new world, or at least one crammed with forcedinduction hot air.

So here’s Kia joining the fray with something very interesting: a turbocharged version of their sporty little Koup.Yes, yes, Koup-with-a-K – very klever, Kia – but the kuestion remains: Is this a legitimate turbocharged pocket-rocket, or merely a boost-addled kwagmire?

DESIGN

If there’s one consistent area in which Kia continues to shine, it’s exterior design.

Heck, in the new Sedona, they’ve even managed to make a minivan look good.

So, while the parrot’s-beak corporate grille won’t thrill all onlookers, the rest of the Koup is pretty konvincing (okay, I’ll stop doing that now). It’s full of sharp angles and creases, with a large front air-intake that’s finished off with a bit of carbon-fibre-look on the blacked-out centre-section of the bumper.

From the side, there’s a certain element of Scion’s tC, but, around back, the Koup is nicely cohesive with a pseudodiffuser and dual exhausts.

heated nature of a turbocharging to create something more chill. Basically, Kia has built a two-seater turbo kruiser. I know I said I’d stop doing that, but come on - had to be done.

The three-mode adjustable electric power steering is the defining element of the Koup but regardless of the effort level, it doesn’t provide enough feedback to be confident. This is very evident on wet roads, though the Koupe certainly handles well when it’s dry out.

Moreover, you don’t get a booming exhaust note, nor the wind-noise of a lightly-built compact that’s been stripped of niceties to save weight and boost performance. Instead, roll into the throttle and that 1.6L engine immediately produces a cheery whistling like that of a kettle and doles out the power like-right-now. As a point-and-squirt operation on onramps and for passing, it’s very quick indeed.

However, it’s also very quiet, relatively smooth despite those 18” alloys, and completely well-behaved with nary a hint of torque-steer. The stereo is very good, road-manners aren’t too darty, and the seats are, as mentioned, comfortable.

The manual transmission version has a shifter that’s not very precise to use, so the car suits its six-speed automatic transmission better – here you have paddle-shifters, but there’s so much available torque, you don’t need to exercise them much.

There’s also LED lighting front and rear, standard on the mid-level trims, and HID headlights on the top-spec SX Luxury.You get 17” alloys on the base EX model, but everything else gets a 18” rims to go with that turbocharged punch.

ENVIRONMENT

The front seats are bolstered, but less so than a Civic Si, making them slightly more comfortable for longer trips.

The rear seats, something of an afterthought in most coupes, are actually entirely workable, even for longer trips. Getting in and out of them requires a little contortion, but there’s space enough for folks above six feet tall. Impressive, and the trunk’s a usable size, too – though there’s no spare tire.

Also usefully impressive is Kia’s onboard infotainment, which is just as good as that found in the Sonata. The touchscreen is clear and easy to read, with a high resolution and snappy reactivity.

Then there are all the goodies you get. At the higher levels, the Koup starts showing up with features you’d not expect to find in a compact car, sportcompact or not. The steering wheel is heated and comes with multiple effort modes, and you can get a ventilated driver’s seat to help keep your cool.

PERFORMANCE

Now, on to the turbocharging. Under the base Kia’s hood is a perfectly competent 173hp 2.0L direct-injection fourcylinder. It’s no high-revving hooligan, but actually provides good mid-range thrust and enough scoot for most folks.

However, check the box for the SX model and suddenly you have access to a 201hp 1.6L turbocharged four-cylinder, which makes a healthy 195lb/ft of torque from just 1750rpm and up. Those are the kind of numbers to make you sit up and pay attention, and put the Koup squarely in the same hot-pocket segment as the Mini Cooper S, the VW GTI, the Honda Civic SI, and the Focus or Fiesta ST. However, before we start getting all hot and bothered, let me just say that it feels like Kia’s mission statement on their Koup wasn’t to go headto-head with their high-spirited rivals, but to intercool the hot-

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As mentioned, the Koup comes with everything from available HID headlights to a standard backup camera (this last is handy, as the rear visibility is quite poor). The SX adds dual-zone climate control, push-button start, and LED foglights, and at the top of the range, the SX luxury includes a cooled driver’s seat, a sunroof, navigation, and that heated steering wheel.

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@MyszkaWay Ask any “expert” (and I use the term “expert” loosely) and they will say that internet stalking your prospective dates is a bad idea.

Why do we Google our dates? To show our friends photos of the person we’re chasing? To make sure his or her career is successful? To check their criminal records?

To make sure he or she hasn’t had relations with any of our friends? Maybe, but most of the time we google to make sure that person doesn’t have any traces of what we consider lame.

There’s this Louis CK skit where he talks about bullying. Louis fears the internet is creating this generation of demon spawn, completely void of empathy. When a kid calls another kid a “faggot” to his face, the bully sees the reaction and the consequence of his torment. If the kid isn’t a total sociopath, this moment will affect him.

When a kid calls another kid a “faggot” on social media, there’s this giant disconnect.

No facial reaction. No feelings.

No real life, just a screen to turn off and walk away from.

Nothing resonates.

Maybe Googling the person you are seeing has a similar effect? You can so easily write someone off for “liking” Katy Perry on their Facebook page or retweeting a Stephen Harper quote and

never explore any further.

Plus, if we consider the fact that any personal profile is created by the individual themselves than this is how that person chooses to represent themselves: The best version of what they think they are. If you can’t deal with that, they must be lame.

Deal breakers are realized with the click of a button.

If my husband-to-be (how gross I sound saying that, but “fiancé” is worse) and I had Googled one another before we really got to know one another, there is no way we would be together. On the surface, he’s a Southernborn, knife-loving hesher who fronts a heavy metal band. He refers to all women as “skanks” (not derogatorily but shit, this one took forever) and listens to Skynyrd.

I, on the other hand, front a punk band that’s three-quarters female, write about feminism as a career, and would’ve (and have in the past) written off a man like him with the flip of my middle finger. On paper, he’s the man people assume women like myself are trying to obliterate.

The truth was, at first, I did keep my husband-to-be at arm’s length. I referred to him as “The Pig” and didn’t grant him any human attributes when discussing him with my friends (now, who’s being degrading?)

I thought of him as my California “slam piece”: A man I could have awesome, carefree sex with when we found ourselves in the same

city, and leave just as easily when the sun came up.

For a while, that’s how it was, and it was great. Then, we got to know each other and I realized he was not a sexist metal head with shit for brains. He is actually an extremely talented, careful, curious, and loving human being who makes everything into a really hilarious joke.

He’s had a full life – so far away from the life I grew up knowing – and we teach one another how to be less idiotic every day.

“You can’t determine if somebody is a potential mate by any means other than being together and looking into [their] eyes,” said Brian Alexander, coauthor of The Chemistry Between Us: Love, Sex, and The Science of Attraction.

Without the release of hormones, the smell of someone, the sound of their voice – the whole package – we won’t give anyone a real chance.

And what about the reverse? How often have you trolled someone online and created a massive crush based entirely on their witty tweets and photogenic profile pictures? It sucks when IRL is a devastating let down.

So, I say don’t troll too hard before you’ve even gone on a date. Maybe some of us are okay with masturbating while having relationships with operating systems, but for those who aren’t, I suggest the boring, old idea of face-to-face contact and drunken, firsttime sex. Sometimes, that stuff can turn into a totally fulfilling relationship. W

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By Rob Brezsny If you live in Gaza, you don’t have easy access to Kentucky Fried Chicken. The closest KFC restaurant is 35 miles away in the Egyptian city of El-Arish. But there was a time when you could pay smugglers to bring it to you via one of the underground tunnels that linked Egypt to Gaza.

Each delivery took four hours and required the help of two taxis, a hand cart, and a motorbike.

I recommend, Aries, that you be as determined and resourceful to make your longed-for connections as the KFC lovers in Gaza were.

Halloween costume suggestion: smuggler, bootlegger, drug-dealer, black-marketeer.

“The egromenious hilarity of psychadisical melarmy, whether rooted in a lissome stretch or a lusty wobble, soon defisterates into crabolious stompability. So why not be graffenbent?” So said Noah’s ex-wife Joan of Arc in her interview with St. Crocodile magazine. Heed Joan’s advice, please, Libra. Be proactively saximonious.

I’m kidding! Everything I just said was nonsense.

I hope you didn’t assume it was erudite wisdom full of big words you couldn’t understand. In offering it to you, I was hoping to immunize you against the babble and hype and artifice that may soon roll your way.

It’s urgent that you expand your options. Your freedom of choice can’t lead you to where you need to go until you have more possibilities to choose from. In fact, you’re better off not making a decision until you have a wider selection. To playfully drive home this point to your subconscious mind, I suggest that this Halloween you consider disguising yourself as a slime mold. This unusual creature comes in more than 500 different genders, at least 13 of which must collaborate to reproduce.

In AMC’s famous TV drama, a high school chemistry teacher responds to his awful luck by turning to a life of crime. The show’s title, Breaking Bad, refers to what happens when a good person cracks and veers over to the dark side.

So then what does “breaking good” mean? Urbandictionary.com defines it like this: “When a criminal, junkie, or gang-banger gets sweet and sparkly, going to church, volunteering at soup kitchens, and picking the kids up from school.”

I’m concerned that you are at risk of undergoing a similar conversion, Scorpio. You seem so nice and kind and mild lately. I guess that’s fine as long as you don’t lose your edge.

In the animated sci-fi TV sitcom Futurama, Leela is the mutant captain of a spaceship. In one episode, she develops an odd boil on her hindquarters. It has a face and can sing. The actor who provides the vocals for the animated boil’s outpouring of song is Gemini comedian Craig Ferguson, whose main gig is serving as host of a late-night TV talk show on CBS. Telling you this tale is my way of suggesting that you consider going outside your usual niche, as Craig Ferguson did, to offer your talents in a different context. Halloween costume suggestion: Kim Kardashian as a nurse wearing ebola protective gear; science educator Neil deGrasse Tyson as a male stripper.

Native American hero Sitting Bull (1831-1890) was a renowned Lakota chief and holy man.

He led his people in their resistance to the US occupation of their land. How did he become so strong and wise? In large part through the efforts of his doting mother, whose name was Her-Holy-Door. Let’s install her as your exemplar for now. May she inspire you to nurture beauty and power in those you love. May the mystery of her name rouse you to find the sacred portal that ushers you to your next big gift. Halloween costume suggestion: a sacred portal, a divine gateway, an amazing door.

This is one of those rare times when it’s OK for you to just throw out the dirty dishes that you are too lazy to wash. It’s also permissible to hide from a difficult person, spend money on a supposedly foolish indulgence, eat a bowl of ice cream for breakfast, binge-watch a TV show that provokes six months’ worth of emotions in a few hours, and lie in bed for an extra hour fantasizing about sex with a forbidden partner. Don’t make any of these things habits, of course. But for now, it’s probably healthy to allow them.

Our evolutionary ancestors Homo erectus loved to eat delicious antelope brains. The fossil evidence is all over their old stomping grounds in East Africa. Scientists say that this delicacy, so rich in nutrients, helped our forbears build bigger, stronger brains themselves. These days it’s harder but not impossible to make animal brains part of your diet. The Chinese and Koreans eat pig brains, and some European cuisines include beef brains. I’m confident, however, that your own brain will be functioning better than ever in the coming weeks, even if you don’t partake of this exotic dish. Solve tough riddles! Think big thoughts!

I’ve got two possible remedies for your emotional congestion. You might also want to make these two remedies part of your Halloween shtick. The first remedy is captured by the English word “lalochezia.” It refers to a catharsis that comes from uttering profane language. The second remedy is contained in the word “tarantism.” It means an urge to dance manically as a way to relieve melancholy. For your Halloween disguise, you could be a wildly dancing obscenity-spouter.

You are at a point in your astrological cycle when you deserve to rake in the rewards that you have been working hard to earn. I expect you to be a magnet for gifts and blessings. The favors and compliments you have doled out will be returned to you. For all the strings you have pulled in behalf of others’ dreams, strings will now be pulled for you. Halloween costume suggestion: a beaming kid hauling around a red wagon full of brightly wrapped presents.

Two physicists in Massachusetts are working on technology that will allow people to shoot laser beams out of their eyes. For Halloween, I suggest that you pretend you have already acquired this superpower. It’s time for you to be brash and jaunty as you radiate your influence with more confidence. I want to see you summon reserves of charismatic clout you haven’t dared to call on before. Costume suggestion: The X-Men mutant named Cyclops or the legendary Native America creature known as the thunderbird, which emits lightning from its eyes.

The African nation of Swaziland has passed a law prohibiting witches from flying their broomsticks any higher than 150 meters above ground. That will a big problem for Piscean witches. There is currently an astrological mandate for them to swoop and glide and soar as high and free as they want to. The same is metaphorically true for all Piscean non-witches everywhere. This is your time to swoop and glide and soar as high and free as you want to.

Halloween costume suggestion: high-flying witch, a winged angel, the Silver Surfer, or a mythic bird like the Garuda.

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