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1 Feb Fri

8th Annual Vancouver Island Short Film Festival: 7 pm at VIU Theatre. FMI/tickets visff.com South Side Teen Centre Re-Launch Open House: Live band, food truck. Everyone welcome. 5 - 8 pm Boys & Girls Club Teen Centre. Free. FMI sstc@ bgccvi.com Teen Video Dance: Beban Park Social Centre 7 11 pm. Tix $10. FMI 250.756.5200 Sweaters for Nanaimo: participating Downtown Nanaimo businesses collecting sweaters for Nanaimo Women’s Resource Centre & Nanaimo Men’s Resource Centre until Feb 9. FMI dnbia.ca/ events/turn-down-the-heat-week Live Music: Myc Sharratt at Fibber Magees FMI 250.591.0650 BC SPCA Kids Workshop: “Happy Pets, Healthy Pets” for kids 7 - 11 years. 9 am - 3:30 pm at Beban Park Rec Centre. FMI/register spca.bc.ca/youth Live Music: Johnny Good and Emily Spiller 8 pm at The Queen’s. Cover $12. Followed by dance and rock cover band Party Inc. at 10 pm. Cover $5 Ecstatic Dance: explore the language of free form dance. Adult $15. OmTown Yoga 7:30 - 9 pm. FMI 250.591.0101 C Canucks VS Blackhawks: at home, 7 pm on TSN and RDS2

2 Feb Sat

8th Annual Vancouver Island Short Film Festival: 7 pm at VIU Theatre. FMI/tickets visff.com Live Theatre for Kids: Rick Scott’s “The Great Gazzoon” is a one-man musical folk tale. VIU Theatre 1 pm FMI/tix theatreone.org Winter Water Safety Extravaganza: icy games, crafts, goodies and winter water safety. Beban Pool 2 - 4 pm FMI 250.756.5200 Teen Book Club: Harbourfront Library 2 - 3:30 pm. Free. FMI 250.753.1154

Yessiree, folks, our Festival this year is about folk and country music! It’s time you experienced les musiciens country et folkloriques from across Canada at the 12th edition of the Maple Sugar Festival du Sucre d’Érable, taking place in Nanaimo’s Beban Park Auditorium. The French Canadian food is fabulous: tourtières (succulent meat pies), ragoût de porc (tasty pork stew), a traditional pancake breakfast featuring the purest maple syrup, tire sur la neige (toffy on snow), amazing poutine, and more! And you can burn calories afterward as you dance, stomp your feet, and clap your hands to country and traditional folk musicians and singers. Amazing musicians include country sensation Guylaine Tanguay, who headlines a diverse schedule of performers, along with popular folk groups La Ligue du Bonheur and Pastiche. There will also be interactive events and music for kids. Ben La Barouette

and Major Conrad Flapps join beloved Festival veterans Frenchie the Clown and Sand Northrup. You can also browse crafts and community booths and benefit from retail therapy. This three-day event celebrates fun as you learn about French Canadian traditions! So share in the joie de vivre of Vancouver Island’s largest bilingual festival from February 15 to 17, 2013!

L’AFN vous souhaite la bienvenue ! Welcome to L’AFN! Participez à des rencontres et des activités en français.

Enjoy French and bilingual educational and cultural activities for everyone from children to seniors! • 5 à 7/Meet and Greets • Camp d’été/Summer Camp • Mini Franco-Fun • Rencontres des aîné(e)s/ Feb.1 Seniors’ Meetings 5 to Beba 17, 20 n • Librairie et vidéos/ 230 Audito 13 0 Bo rium Library and DVDs wen Roa d • French language lessons

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4 Port Theatre Presents: Classical Coffee Concert Series with acclaimed pianist Sarah Hagen 10:30 am in Port Theatre lobby. FMI/tix 250.754.8550 Seniors’ Movie: those 55+ can see an in-theatre blockbuster at Avalon Cinema for $4. 11 am and 2 pm matinees. Tix at Guest Services. FMI 250.390.2721 Meditation and Self-Healing workshop: presented by Dr. John Yim, N.D. Rewire your brain to focus on positive habits 7 - 9 pm. FMI 250.755.1930 Sweaters for Nanaimo: participating Downtown Nanaimo businesses collecting sweaters for the Nanaimo Women’s Resource Centre & Nanaimo Men’s Resource Centre until Feb 9. FMI dnbia.ca/ events/turn-down-the-heat-week Mark Nepo Presentation and 2-Day Workshop: Phoenix Auditorium Gabriola Island. Nepo penned the New York Times #1 bestseller “The Book of Awakening”. FMI on presentation call 1 877 247 9238 x 0, FMI/register for workshop 1 877 247 9238 X 1

6 Feb Wed

Live Music: Eric Harper at Fibber Magees FMI 250.591.0650 Live Music: dance and rock cover band Party Inc. at the Queen’s. Cover $5, free before 10 pm Live Music: Chevy Ray at Wellington Hotel. FMI 250.758.5513 Live Music: Eveready at Harewood Arms Pub. FMI 250.754.2566 Baby Boomer Dance: Departure Bay Activity Centre 8 - 12:30 pm. FMI 250.756.3174 Robbie Burns & Chinese New Year Celebration: 6th annual fun family event organized by Lloyd & Swan MacIlquham. Bowen Park Auditorium 4 - 7 pm. FMI/tix in advance only 250.729.9948 or Nanaimo Art Gallery downtown Bastion City Wanderers Walk: 9:45 am Long Lake & Diver Lake FMI 250.756.9796

3 Feb Sun

Day of Drum 2013: drumming workshops, clinics and great performances at Harbour City Music. FMI/tix 250.591.1177 Superbowl Sunday: food and drink specials Harewood Arms Pub FMI 250.754.2566

4 Feb Mon

Bike Maintenance Workshop: for women and members of the LGBT community. Hub City Cycles 6:30 - 8 pm Free FMI 250.591.2159 Conflict Resolution Presentation: “Dealing With Difficult People Who Drive You Nuts” by conflict resolution specialist Stacey Holloway. Port Theatre 7 - 9 pm. FMI/tix 250.754.8550 Sport Safety Workshop: SportMedBC: Sport Safety SportSmart Workshop for parents, coaches and community members. Free. VIU from 7 - 8:30 pm. FMI 604.903.3881 C Canucks VS Oilers: away, 6:30 pm on RDS2, SNET - P

5 Feb Tue

Hairdressing Information Session: free session by VIU 6 - 8 pm. Reserve a seat @ 1.866.734.6252

Office Careers Training Information Session: free session by VIU 6 - 7:30 pm. Reserve a seat @ 1.866.734.6252 Ancient Wisdom presentation: “Metaphysical Potpourri! and Ancient Wisdom” will be explored at Unity of Nanaimo 1 - 2:30 pm and 7 - 8:30 pm. By donation. FMI 250.591.0775 Introduction to eBooks: Wellington Branch Library 3 - 4 pm Register at 250.758.5544 Glow in the Dark Skate: dimmed lighting and special effects! 6:30 - 8 pm Frank Crane Arena FMI 250.756.5200

7 Feb Thu

Welding & Heavy Duty/Commerical Transport Mechanic Information Session: free session by VIU 6 - 8 pm. Reserve a seat @ 1.866.734.6252 Buccaneers VS Westshore: Nanaimo Ice Centre 7:15 pm FMI buccaneers.vijhl.com

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This June marks 11 years living in Nanaimo for myself and my family: such an incredible part of the world and such a vibrant and energetic community. My wife and I purchased a home in Nanaimo in 2002 after leaving big city life behind for a chance at raising our family in a setting reminiscent to our own upbringing: mine in White Rock and hers in Horseshoe Bay. The Nanaimo house was a “builder’s special” that was within our means and suited our needs. The location was perfect for us even if some of the features were dated. Our goal was to renovate the house room by room upgrading it to a standard better suited to our needs. With two kids and a busy

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8 Live Theatre: Ladysmith Players present “Murder at the Howard Johnson’s”, a mad-cap suspense/ comedy @ Ladysmith Little Theatre. Evening show. Tix ladysmiththeatre.com or 250.924.0658 Beer & Burger to Support Nanaimo Hospice: 5 - 8 pm at Old City Station Pub. Tix at RBC Business Banking Centre. FMI 250.741.3564 Nanaimo Historical Society Presentation: explore the history of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway. Bowen Park Complex 7:30 - 9 pm Free FMI nanaimohistorialsociety@shaw.ca C Canucks VS Wild: away, 5 pm on SNET - P

8 Feb Fri

10th Annual Zonta Red Gala: silent auction, raffles, 50/50 and Johnny Vallis ‘the man of many voices’. Coast Bastion Inn. FMI info@nanaimozonta.org, tickets 250-758-7632 The Zone Youth Hang-Out: Beban Park Complex for youth 11 - 13 years. soccer, electronic nights, dodge ball, movies $6 drop-in available FMI 250.756.5200 Drum Circle Happening: all levels welcome! Bring your hand drum or other percussion instrument. Nanaimo Association for Community Living 7 - 9 pm. By donation. FMI 250.753.8499 Mariners VS Douglas College: women’s vball 6 pm men’s vball 8 pm @ VIU gym. FMI 250.740.6403 Live Music: “Said The Whale” performs with “Run With The Heard” & “Mr. Goshness” at Nanaimo Entertainment Centre. Doors 6:30 pm. Tix @ Harbour City Music and ticketzone.com Clippers VS Cowichan Valley: Frank Crane Arena 7 pm Tix 250.751.0593 Live Theatre: Ladysmith Players present “Murder at the Howard Johnson’s”, a mad-cap suspense/ comedy @ Ladysmith Little Theatre. Evening show. Tix ladysmiththeatre.com or 250.924.0658 Live Theatre: Western Edge Theatre presents “Hosanna” @ Nanaimo Centre Stage 7:30 pm. Controversial and electrifying. FMI/tix westernedge.org or 250.668.0991 Red Willow Coffee House: live music and spoken word. Open mic at 7:30 pm, featured performer Theo Massop 8:30 pm. $5/door. Everyone welcome. FMI Charlie 250.245.4659 Live Music: “Trinitude” at Fibber Magees FMI 250.591.0650 Live Music: Johnny Inappropriate at The Queen’s. Top40 dance and rock cover band: Cover is $5, free before 10pm

9 Feb Sat

Mariners VS Douglas College: women’s vball 1 pm men’s vball 3 pm @ VIU gym. FMI 250.740.6403 Live Dance: RubberBandance presents “Gravity of Centre”, a fusion of contemporary dance and hip hop, 7:30 pm at Port Theatre. FMI/tix 250.754.8550 Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration: Nanaimo Museum 1 - 3 pm. Lion Dance and cultural performances from China, Korea and Thailand. FMI 250.753.1821 Live Theatre: “Murder at the Howard Johnson’s” @ Ladysmith Little Theatre. Evening show. Tix ladysmiththeatre.com or 250.924.0658 Live Music: Eric Harper at Fibber Magees FMI 250.591.0650 Live Music: Radio Flyer at Wellington Hotel. FMI 250.758.5513

Live Comedy: “The Ultimate Comedian: Tom Green Edition” at The Queen’s. Local comedians compete for the chance to open for Tom Green’s March show. Tix $10/door. Doors 7 pm Celebrate Chinese New Year at Nanaimo North Town Centre: Traditional Lion Dance at 11 am, then kids crafts and food sampling. Free. FMI 250.758.8111 Live Music: Johnny Inappropriate at The Queen’s. Top40 dance and rock cover band. Cover $5, free before 10 pm Live Music: Road Apples at Harewood Arms Pub. FMI 250.754.2566 Burger & Beer Fundraiser: for Hearts & Hooves @ Harewood Arms Pub FMI 250.754.2566 Live Theatre: Western Edge Theatre presents “Hosanna” @ Nanaimo Centre Stage 7:30 pm. Controversial and electrifying. FMI/tix westernedge.org or 250.668.0991 Valentine’s Community Dance: family-friendly, alcohol and drug-free music video dance with high tech club lighting at St. Paul’s Anglican Church 6 - 9 pm. Suggested donation $2. FMI Neil @ ncutler@cow-net.com C Canucks VS Flames: at home, 7 pm on CBC

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Vancouver Island Symphony with tenor Ken Lavigne: Vancouver Island’s own tenor is back by popular demand! Take an amorous musical journey just in time for Valentine’s Day. 2 pm at the Port Theatre. FMI/tix 250.754.8550 Live Music: Victoria’s award-winning a cappella group Hexaphone presents “Byrds & B’s” 2:30 - 4 pm at St. Paul’s Anglican Church. FMI 250.479.2773 or hexaphone.org TheatreOne’s Fringe Flicks: “Rebelle” (War Witch) is a moving portrait of a child soldier. Avalon Cinema 1, 4 & 7 pm. FMI/tix theatreone.org Family Day Nanaimo 2013: FREE! swimming, skating, roving entertainment, arts, crafts, preschool tumble time and more! Family Day Skate: 2:30 - 5 pm Nanaimo Ice Centre Family Day Swim: 12 - 5 pm Nanaimo Aquatic Centre. FMI on all events 250.756.5200 TheatreOne’s Fringe Flicks: “Rebelle” (War Witch) is a moving portrait of a child soldier. Avalon Cinema 7 pm. FMI/tix theatreone.org

Nanaimo Newcomer’s Club: 7 - 9 pm St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. Free FMI nanaimonewcomersclub.org Nifty Fifties Learn to Swim: learn basic skills, water safety and self-rescue. Tuesdays and Thursdays Feb 12 - Mar 14, 3 - 3:45 pm Beban Park Pool. FMI/register 250.755.7501 Meditation and Self-Healing workshop: presented by Dr. John Yim, N.D. Learn how to rewire your brain to focus on positive thoughts 7 - 9 pm. FMI 250.755.1930 C Canucks VS Wild: at home, 7 pm on TSN Esthetics & Nail Technology Information Session: free information session by VIU 6 - 8 pm. Reserve a seat at 1.866.734.6252 Live Music: Alexandria Maillot, Paul Cimolini and Mike Bauche @ the Dinghy Dock Pub 7 pm. Tix at the Pub or online at http://ticketzone.com/ Live Theatre: TheatreOne’s Emerging Voices Staged Readings series continues with “I Have Seen Beautiful Jim Key”. Coast Bastion Inn 7:30 9:30 pm. By donation FMI theatreone.org

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Want to feel better and improve your health? Start by focusing on the things that bring you happiness. Healing comes from above down from the inside out.

A review of more than 160 scientific studies of human and animal subjects has found “clear and compelling evidence” that -- all else being equal -- happy people tend to live longer and experience better health than their unhappy peers. A study that followed nearly 5,000 university students for more than 40 years, for example, found that those who were most pessimistic as students tended to die younger than their peers. An even longer-term study that followed 180 Catholic nuns from early

adulthood to old age found that those who wrote positive autobiographies in their early 20s tended to outlive those who wrote more negative accounts of their young lives.

While happiness might not by itself prevent or cure disease, the evidence that positive emotions and enjoyment of life contribute to better health and a longer lifespan is stronger than the data linking obesity to reduced longevity. PATHWAYS TO HAPPINESS In an early phase of positive psychology research, University of Pennsylvania psychologist Martin Seligman and Christopher Peterson of the University of Michigan chose three pathways to examine: • Feeling good. Seeking pleasurable emotions and sensations, from the hedonistic model or reaching happiness by maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain.

• Doing good. Searching for meaning outside yourself, tracing back to Aristotle, which emphasizes knowing your true self and acting in accordance with your virtues. THINGS THAT WON’T MAKE YOU HAPPY Here are some widely held myths about what will bring happiness:

• Money and material things. The question of whether money can buy happiness has, for more than 30 years, shown that people in poor countries are happier when their basic necessities are covered. But any money beyond that doesn’t make much difference in happiness level.

• Youth. Being young and physically attractive has little or no bearing on happiness. In a study published by Richard Easterlin in 2006 in the Journal of Economic Psychology, not only did being young fail to contribute to happiness, but adults grew steadily happier as they moved into and through middle age. After that, happiness levels began to decline slowly as health problems and other life problems emerged.

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Dad’s Night Out: “Rocket Racing” at Wellington Branch Library 6:30 - 7:30 pm Register at 250.758.5544 Learn Punjabi Cooking: “Shiv’s Kitchen - Punjabi Favourites” 7 - 9:30 pm at Bowen Complex. FMI 250.756.5200

14 Feb Thu

Parent & Tot Valentine’s Day Skate: 10 - 11:30 am Nanaimo Ice Centre. FMI 250.756.5200 Sweetheart Family Skate: 6 - 7:30 pm Nanaimo Ice Centre. FMI 250.756.5200 Mariners VS Camosun: women’s vball 6 pm men’s vball 8 pm. VIU gym. FMI 250.740.6403 Buccaneers VS Oceanside: Nanaimo Ice Centre 7:15 pm FMI buccaneers.vijhl.com Live Theatre: “Murder at the Howard Johnson’s” @ Ladysmith Little Theatre. Evening show. Tix ladysmiththeatre.com or 250.924.0658

15 Feb Fri

Mariners VS CBC: women’s bball 6 pm men’s bball 8 pm. VIU gym FMI 250.740.6403 Live Music: The Upper Island Musical Festival presents the 2013 Strings Festival Feb 15 - 17 at St. Paul’s Anglican Church. FMI nanaimomusicfestival.com Live Music: Roy Forbes in concert @ Pacific Gardens. Doors 7pm Music 7:30 pm. Tix $20/advance $25/door. FMI 250-753-3371. Tix Arbutus Music and Fascinating Rhythms. The 12th Maple Sugar Festival du Sucre d’Érable, Vancouver Island’s largest bilingual event, Feb 15 - 17 @ Beban Park Social Centre. Three days of fun celebrating French Canadian culture in Nanaimo! FMI francophonenanaimo.org or 250-729-2776 Live Theatre: “Murder at the Howard Johnson’s” @ Ladysmith Little Theatre. Evening show. Tix ladysmiththeatre.com or 250.924.0658 Live Music: Eric Harper at Fibber Magees FMI 250.591.0650 Live Music: “Country Night” at The Queen’s with Montgomery County. VI RAIDERS fundraiser. Tix $10 available at the Queen’s Live Theatre: Western Edge Theatre presents “Hosanna” @ Nanaimo Centre Stage 7:30 pm. Controversial and electrifying. FMI/tix westernedge.org or 250.668.0991 C Canucks VS Stars: at home, 7 pm on SNET - P Ecstatic Dance: explore the language of free form dance. Adult $15. OmTown Yoga 7:30 - 9 pm. FMI 250.591.0101

16 Feb Sat

Mariners VS Camosun: women’s vball 6 pm men’s vball 8 pm. VIU gym. FMI 250.740.6403 Live Music: Electric Kool Aid at Wellington Hotel. FMI 250.758.5513

joke. Two brooms were hanging in the closet and after a while they got to know each other so well, they decided to get married. One broom was, of course, the bride broom, the other the groom broom. The bride broom looked very beautiful in her white dress. The groom broom was handsome and suave in his tuxedo. The wedding was lovely. After the wedding, at the wedding dinner, the bridebroom leaned over and said to the groom-broom, ‘I think I am going to have a little Whisk Broom!’ ‘Impossible!’ said the groom broom. ‘We haven’t event swept together!’

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15 Mariners VS Kwantlen: women’s bball 1 pm men’s bball 3 pm. VIU gym FMI 250.740.6403 Live Music and Exotic Belly Dancing: “Dowda and Ramona” at Northgate Pub 9 - 10:30 pm. Fusion of world music and exotic belly dancing. No cover. Table reservations 250.390.2222 The 12th Maple Sugar Festival du Sucre d’Érable, Vancouver Island’s largest bilingual event, Feb 15 - 17 @ Beban Park Social Centre. FMI francophonenanaimo.org or 250-729-2776 Live Theatre: “Murder at the Howard Johnson’s” @ Ladysmith Little Theatre. Evening show. Tix ladysmiththeatre.com or 250.924.0658 Live Music: Upper Island Musical Festival presents the 2013 Strings Festival Feb 15 - 17 at St. Paul’s Anglican Church. FMI nanaimomusicfestival.com Live Music: Eric Harper at Fibber Magees FMI 250.591.0650 Live Dance: Dancestreams Youth Dance Company present “Dance Odyssey 2013”. Port Theatre 7:30 pm. FMI/tix 250.754.8550 Live Music: Big Bang Baby at Harewood Arms Pub. FMI 250.754.2566 Baby Boomer Dance: Departure Bay Activity Centre 8 - 12:30 pm FMI 250.756.3174 Live Theatre: Western Edge Theatre presents “Hosanna” @ Nanaimo Centre Stage 7:30 pm. Controversial and electrifying. FMI/tix westernedge.org or 250.668.0991 Bastion City Wanderers Walk: 9:45 am Long Lake & Diver Lake FMI 250.756.9796

17 Feb Sun

Live Music: A Cappella Plus presents “My Foolish Heart” @ Brechin United Church 2:30 pm. Tix $15 general, $10 student. FMI visit nanaimosings.com Live Music: The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer at The Queen’s. Cover $12 Advance or $15 at the door C Canucks VS Blues: at home, 6 pm on SNET - P

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17 The 12th Maple Sugar Festival du Sucre d’Érable, Vancouver Island’s largest bilingual event, Feb 15 - 17 @ Beban Park Social Centre. FMI francophonenanaimo.org or 250-729-2776 Live Theatre: “Murder at the Howard Johnson’s” @ Ladysmith Little Theatre. Matinee. Tix ladysmiththeatre.com or 250.924.0658 Live Music: The Upper Island Musical Festival presents the 2013 Strings Festival Feb 15 - 17 at St. Paul’s Anglican Church. FMI nanaimomusicfestival.com Live Theatre: Western Edge Theatre presents “Hosanna” @ Nanaimo Centre Stage 2 pm. Controversial and electrifying. FMI/tix westernedge.org or 250.668.0991

18 Feb Mon

Heritage Week: at the Nanaimo Museum. Photos of Old City neighbourhood homes that are on the heritage registry, and stories of people who lived there. FMI 250.753.1821

19 Feb Tue

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Whats On Digest Nanaimo Interviews Stewart Mclean: appearing this month at the Port Theatre

Whats On Digest: You are a best-selling author and famous broadcaster. In addition you’ve been referred to in the media as “Canada’s Greatest Storyteller”. My question to you is: what do you think it is about hearing a story that we as human beings find so compelling?

as primary school children becomes who we are as adults? Kind of a philosophical question I suppose but there it is…

McLean: Elementary school. (pauses) It’s hard to recall. High school I was an underdog – in a world of top dogs. I didn’t fit in – was “less than” rather than “equal to”. In elementary school I McLean: I think we’ve wanted to hear stories since didn’t have a clear picture of myself. I think I was we were living in caves. It’s a way of understanding slowly learning that the world was a complicated the world around us and the world inside of us. You place and I couldn’t do things as good as other feel a connection to the world and to life – your kids. There was always somebody better at cards, inner self and outer self and on all sorts of levels. or hockey or what have you. Elementary school It’s how we relate to the world. Great leaders are was a series of defeats. What I hadn’t learned great story tellers; for example Winston Churchill was that not everybody can become as good as was a great story teller, people believed him and they wish they were at everything. You learn there came together en masse to rally around a cause. We has to be one champ at any given time and you tell ourselves stories about love and about failure won’t necessarily be the top dog in that moment or at that pursuit; but you will be equal with and we feel reassured by hearing them. others in the sense that they are also striving Whats On Digest: Your stories and your delivery for something. It takes finding something can evoke a range of emotions. How do you maintain that you will be good at or enjoy in order your composure particularly on stage and avoid being that you can become more forgiving of yourself for the things you are swept up in the moment? no good at. Elementary school is the beginning of a long road of Mclean: I am swept up in the moment when on discovery – which is a long and stage. I shed everything of my day to day life – in hard and painful road – I’ve the good moments – I become the story, I lose myself been lucky enough to keep - I am the guy - I am the story. It’s going well when I moving along. can lose a sense of self and feel that connection with the audience of being in the moment. Whats On Digest: To follow up to my 1st Whats On Digest: As a father of school-aged question about the kids, and indeed my oldest is the same age as the value and power of fictional Sam from your very popular vinyl café stories and storyseries of books and radio shows, I wonder if you’d telling; we are living tell me what you were like in elementary school in the Digital and and how much, in your opinion, of who we are Internet age. By the

same token human beings have been drawn to live performances for thousands of years and probably a lot longer than that. What are your thoughts on the future of live theatre? McLean: I’m not an observer of these things. The obvious thought is that we have been gathering by the fire for, like you said, thousands of years listening to stories. The bards, the minstrels the fellow on the radio the guy by fire - musicians on stage or actors on the stage or the screen; it seems burned into our DNA to come together and observe; to listen to stories. It’s not going to be blown out like a match. It will continue not in forms I can imagine I’m sure - but it will go on.

comment that relates to the idea that there is a common humanity present in your work that tends to unite people. What do you say to that? Mclean: You say that but I couldn’t say that (laughs). I have spoken to people listening in one part of the country that tell me about a friend or relative that listens in another part of the country and how they like to talk on the phone after the show about their favorite part. I see grandparents in the audience with several generations of their families listening and enjoying the show. I just love to see everyone “digging” the same story. It makes me happy makes me feel like I’m doing something right….even if I have no idea what that is.

Whats On Digest: Some people like to fish or go camping, others like to go to the movies or take in a concert. Thinking in terms of leisure time, what does Stuart Mclean do for fun?

Whats On Digest: Last question Stuart and thank you again for doing this. As a successful author and radio personality your position is enviable and I can imagine that to some the success you’ve had may seem un-attainable. What advice can you McLean: I like to go to bookstores, I like to cook. offer to anyone reading this in terms of following I like to wander around, write to my friends. I your dreams? like to read. McLean: Follow ‘em. Follow ‘em. Do it. I Whats On Digest: You are performing your wanted to be a writer on the radio and was afraid show in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island in the near of that – I was as afraid of success as much as future. To some extent Vancouver Island has a I was afraid of failure. I was lucky to get a job regional identity distinct from other areas of the on the radio and lucky because it’s what I love. country, and yet, your stories seem to resonate You don’t have to be smart – there are plenty with those of us calling Vancouver Island our of geniuses wasting away in the basements of home equally with Canadians in other parts of the this country. You don’t have to be a handsome, country. I guess the question is really more of a athletic, or intelligent person – you just have to be a focused person and keep at it. It’s like people who quit smoking; it is the ones that try and fail that end up finally being successful in kicking the habit. If you fail over and over at something – but keep trying you will eventually figure out how to get there. Nothing else matters, not looks or brains or how many connections you have if you can’t stick with it. It takes effort and commitment - you have to do it – that’s all. When you listen to great athletes say that they “can’t believe” that they are where they are it’s because they may not feel gifted but, they have just worked hard and not given up. It’s not the gifted it’s the “gutted” that do it; they “gut it out”.

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