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hen you think of the Greek philosopher, Plato – if you think of him at all – the expression “party animal” might not come to mind. But Zuppa Theatre Co. would like to change that. The Halifax-based troupe has taken one of Plato’s best-known works, The Symposium, and recast it as a modern party – a PopUp Love Party to be precise. “The point of it is to take the basic arguments of The Symposium and translate them into contemporary terms,” says director Alex McLean. Before you say, “OMG, what could be more boring than an evening of philosophy?” think again. For one thing, Plato’s classic was about a drinking party where a series of speakers held forth on the meaning of love, especially the brand of love known as Eros. It’s also the origin of what we now call Platonic love, although that may not mean the nonphysical variety you think it does.

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“We’re speaking in the present day, in the present moment, to people who are actually in the room with us, so the audience is always the most important thing,” McLean says. “It was important that nobody was making stuff up, or saying things they didn’t believe. So all of the actors were basically paired with speeches from The Symposium that in some way they could relate to, and put into their own terms.” For McLean and his co-artistic directors at Zuppa, Ben Stone and Susan Leblanc, the project began with a desire to do a show with Dartmouth-born Daniel Burns, a Michelin-starred chef who now works in New York City. “The thing that was interesting to me about the idea of food in theatre was the way that food can kind of initiate a visceral experience,” McLean says. “Even the idea of food for thought, that food can be something intellectual, as well as physical.” McLean had recently read a book about Plato, called The

Drama of Ideas, which got him thinking about how The Symposium had combined the visceral with the intellectual. “I really thought it would just be an inspiration, but the more we worked with it the more it seemed to catch on,” he says. “What was interesting about The Symposium wasn’t just a few facets of it, but actually the whole dramatic structure of it. So then we just started improvising and building a show around it.” After a lengthy period of development, what emerged was a 90-minute “show for five senses” that pits Stone, Leblanc and longtime artistic associate, Stewart Legere (who also wrote most of the show’s music) against each other in what McLean calls a game of one-upmanship. “One person talks, then somebody tries to outdo them, then that person has a chance to follow up with a new argument,” he explains. “Everybody gets to do that,

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Similarly, the doctor’s speech about the body becomes a yoga routine the actors share with the audience. “Everything is meant to take what is essential about those speeches and translate them into something that is theatrical and participatory. So it feels like you’re at a party, not a seminar.” As for the notion of Platonic love as something non-physical, McLean says that may have been how Plato set it up in the second-last speech, delivered by Socrates. But when a very drunk Alcibiades shows up at the party, “It suddenly becomes very bawdy, and all these embarrassing and sloppy things about love are reintroduced.” The Pop-Up Love Party comes to Whitehorse this month for four showings as part of the Magnetic North Theatre Festival. It will play from Monday, June 13 through Thursday, June 16 at the Miner’s Daughter lounge at 103 Main Street. The show includes a sevencourse snack menu. For more information, go to www.MagneticNorthFestival.ca.

and then they share the final argument together.” Sound designer and operator Brian Riley shares the actors’ space, essentially becoming a fourth player in the show, McLean adds. Although the presentation often has a collaborative nature, the play is true to the original, in that there is always one person giving the speech. “And they do happen in sequence, exactly as they happened in the Symposium. In fact, there’s even a point in The Symposium when Aristophanes gets hiccups and has to skip a turn, and that also happens in the show.” As the three performers take on the seven arguments presented in Plato’s 2,300-year-old original, each speech is paired with a specific snack created by Burns and prepared by chef Denis Johnston. “Each of these snacks is meant to basically translate the arguments that the actors are making into a sensory experience,” McLean says. The presence of a cash bar in each venue adds to the party atmosphere. “On top of that, the actors get to use all sorts of theatrical devices,” he adds. For example, the lawyer’s speech is staged as a kangaroo court. “The audience actually gets to vote on propositions put forward to them and there are consequences to the actors based on how the audience vote.”

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outdoors enjoyment. She and Frisch are also teaming up for a Bird Trivia event. Bisected by the Dempster Highway, the Tombstone Territorial Park includes 2,200 km2 of wilderness, mountain eye-candy vistas and is rich with wildlife. It was created under the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in land claim agreement. Findlay notes that it’s a transition area between the boreal forest and the subArctic, featuring small thermokarst lakes that are formed from melting permafrost. “Tombstone has quite a variety of wildlife, birds and species in general. The fact that you can drive here instead of fly– that it’s accessPHOTO: Cameron Eckert ible - attracts a lot of researchers too. Weekend on the Wing The Centre encourage researchers to share their findings participants birding at Mount with visitors and locals. Boyle in Tombstone Park McGill University biologist Joël end event. She says she and her Potié will give a talk about recent husband will “go early and stay Tombstone area studies on sharplater.” tailed grouse. He used telemetry “We’ve met many wonder- or radio-tracking devices to show ful people there, and established where and when the birds travel, friendships that have remained to including into the goldfields. this day,” Whitley says. “This is something that might Whitley is leading a Sunday appeal to children, too,” says morning hike along the old high- Findlay. way on the Blackstone River, a fiArtists also contribute to the nale for what is expected to be a something-for-everyone weekweekend of fantastic birding and end programme. There’s planning underway for a hands-on art workshop. TOMBSTONE For the final schedule, check INTERPRETIVE CENTRE out the google events on the Yukon Parks website. It’s being Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until updated regularly. September 12, this well-deNote: this year there will be signed centre offers displays a Husky Bus shuttle service from and visitor information, as well Dawson to the campground on Frias a campfire circle, hikes, day at 5:30 p.m. The service can talks and special evening and transport up to 10 passengers at a weekend events. one-way rate of $25 per person. “As part of a cultural proFor more information call 867gram, elders and youth are in993-3821. (Findlay says that it’s vited Tuesdays for a traditional usually easier to find a ride home harvesting activity – like pickafter the event than up to the ing wild rhubarb or grayling event.) fishing – and lunch is served,” Happy birding! says Cathie Findlay, the centre’s supervisor. Watch for other summer Jennifer Trapnell has a passion events such as Botany Days for birding. Please send (June 24-26), and weekends on comments about her articles to geology, and lichens and fungi. birds@whatsupyukon.com.

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Club. “WOW is full of interesting people and interesting birds,” she says, naming the grey-cheeked thrush and American golden plover as two species she enjoys seeing. A long-time volunteer, Whitley has always been one of the first at the campground’s original interpretive centre for the week-

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e’s only 24 years old, but American pianist Matt Savage has had a 15-year professional career as a jazz musician, playing with some of the biggest names in jazz including Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis and Chaka Khan. People Magazine described Savage as a “…jazz phenom (who) unlocks a door to genius using 88 keys.” Savage is a guest speaker and performer at the Inclusion Expo on June 8, which has been organized by the Inter-Agency Network on Disability. Colette Acheson, executive director of the Yukon Association for Community Living, is a co-organizer of the expo. She says the event showcases programs and services that positively impact the quality of life here for people with disabilities – from early childhood development support, resources for public and post-secondary students, sports to challenge skills and build a healthy lifestyle, support for employment and social programs that help people to ex-

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perience friendships. “Many of the exhibits, displays and speakers demonstrate some of the many ways that people with disabilities are welcomed and supported in the Yukon,” Acheson says. “This one-day expo gives us a chance to shine a spotlight on the excellent services available.” At the Inclusion Expo Matt Savage will speak about his personal experiences with autism, the supports that have helped him and the impact of music on his quality of life. In addition to being a jazz pianist, he is also a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and teaches at Applied Behavioural Learning Services, a Boston-area school for children and adults. His early struggles were met with effective support and interventions, opening a world of opportunity and success, an apt story-in-process for the Inclusion Expo. The event also features representatives of various non-profit organizations, government departments and private businesses supporting individuals with dis-

abilities, all sharing information on programs and services throughout the afternoon and evening. Matt Savage will speak at 5 p.m., followed by the Mayor’s Awards at 6 p.m. Vitality and Mindfulness coach Linda Lamers will host a free workshop, Ease and Energy for Caregivers, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Inclusion Expo has been organized by the Inter-Agency Network on Disability, which is a coalition of nine agencies in Whitehorse that are providing services for people with disabilities in Whitehorse. This includes Autism Yukon, the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Society Yukon (FASSY) and Challenge Disability Resource Group. The expo will be held at the Canada Games Centre on Wednesday, June 8 from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Matt Savage will close the event with a musical performance from 7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Stephanie Hammond is the executive director of LDAY.

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Celebrating Jack London’s Legacy by Dan Davidson

There hasn’t been a London festival in Dawson since 1997, when the 100th anniversary of the author’s sojourn in the Yukon was celebrated during a weekend in September. That one was a fairly scholarly affair, headlined by London aficionados from the United States. This event will be a little less academic, but it will be packed with special guests, including London’s great-granddaughter, Tarnel Abbott.

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Jack London Square in Dawson City In 1897, London, then a young looking 21, with years of experience as a factory worker, hobo, and sailor, was caught up in the excitement of the Klondike Gold Rush and came North to seek his fortune. He found very little gold on the claim that he staked with his partners, but he left filled with golden inspiration and made his first success as a writer with short stories using Klondike settings and with his third novel, The Call of the Wild. He can be said to be one of the first fiction writers to be internationally famous and to have been able to amass a considerable fortune using nothing but his typewriter. The London Festival next month will feature daily presentations at the London Museum, including a discussion of London’s career and the story of how the

late Dick North, the museum’s founder, led the search for the London Cabin and arranged for half of it to find a home in Dawson. There will also be daily screenings of Jack London-related films at the Dawson City Museum. There are literally dozens of these, including multiples of The Call of the Wild and White Fang. On Friday a plaque commemorating Jack’s life and the cabin’s discovery will be unveiled at London Square and there will be a panel discussion featuring some London experts talking about his work. That evening Michael Bean will be performing his one-man show, “Tracks,” which is based on London’s memoir The Road, which is the story of his rail-riding days as a hobo. On Saturday there will be a morning dog walk (with leashes) beginning at the London Cabin and heading up the hill behind the town. A tea-boiling contest, inspired by London’s most famous short story, “To Build a Fire,” will take place on the Gertie’s

lot that afternoon. The evening will feature a stampede-era banquet, featuring only staples that could have been brought in during the Gold Rush. This will include a period costume contest and a performance of Parks Canada’s “Greatest Klondike Author” contest, in which London will be facing challenges from Robert Service and Pierre Berton. On Sunday there will be a marathon reading of the entire novel The Call of the Wild. The unabridged audiobook recordings take from three, to three and a half hours to complete, so this will take a while. This writer will be one of the readers. The exact shape of the closing event on Sunday evening hadn’t been determined at the time of this article, but a note says that it will include cake. Dan Davidson retired from 32 years of teaching in rural Yukon schools, but continues writing about life in Dawson City. Please send comments about his stories to dawson@whatsupyukon.com.

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Jack London Festival takes place June 3-5 in Dawson City ne of the stops along Dawson’s 8th Avenue Writers’ Block is Jack London Square, home of a part of Jack London’s Klondike cabin and the Jack London Museum, in a setting modeled after a painting by Jim Robb. This year marks the 100th anniversary of London’s passing and the Klondike Visitors Association is marking the event with a threeday Jack London Festival from June 3 to 5.

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Thu, Jun, 9, Magnetic North Theatre Festival 12:00 AM Yukon Arts Centre The 2016 Magnetic North Theatre Festival will see us travel north for the ﬁrst time to the land of the midnight sun. Join us June 9-18, 2016 in Whitehorse, YT. Thu, Jun, 9, Sundogs Toastmasters 12:05 PM Sport Yukon Fear of Public Speaking? Try Sundogs Toastmasters! Supportive members club that will mentor and help you improve your public speaking, listening and leadership skills. Guests welcome anytime during the year. 2048807245 Thu, Jun, 9, Theatre with Susie Anne After School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Jun, 9, Stage 1 Theatre Company Grade 4 and up 3:45 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Jun, 9, Map of the Land, Map of the Stars 7:30 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre In Map of the Land, Map of the Stars you’ll experience Yukon’s rivers, trails, and the people who travel them, from First Peoples to waves of newcomers.

Mon, Jun, 6, Northern Lights Judo Club: Adult Practise 6:30 PM École ÉmilieTremblay Tue, Jun, 7, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 PM Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /6686535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Tue, Jun, 7, Stage 1 Theatre Company Grade 4 and up 3:45 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Jun, 7, Girls Group - Free Drop In! 5:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Jun, 7, FREE Knitting Club 7:00 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Jun, 8, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 PM Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages Welcome Wed, Jun, 8, Ball Pit Play! 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Jun, 8, Heart Beats - Show Choir for Girls Grades 4-7 4:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Jun, 8, FREE Activity Night 5:30 PM Whitehorse Elementary Bring your child Thu, Jun, 2, Family Free Play Drop-in and have fun with many different activities 12:30 PM Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 happening every week! /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, Thu, Jun, 9, Family Free Play Drop-in free play and interactive activities. All Ages 12:30 PM Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 Welcome /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, Thu, Jun, 2, Theatre with Susie Anne free play and interactive activities. All Ages After School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Welcome Thu, Jun, 2, Stage 1 Theatre Company Thu, Jun, 9, Theatre with Susie Anne Grade 4 and up 3:45 PM Heart Of Riverdale After School 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Jun, 2, Northern Lights Judo Club: Thu, Jun, 9, Stage 1 Theatre Company Kids Practise 5:15 PM École ÉmilieGrade 4 and up 3:45 PM Heart Of Riverdale Tremblay Kids practise - 5 - 11yrs Thu, Jun, 9, Northern Lights Judo Club: Thu, Jun, 2, Northern Lights Judo Club: Kids Practise 5:15 PM École ÉmilieAdult Practise 6:30 PM École ÉmilieTremblay Kids practise - 5 - 11yrs Tremblay Thu, Jun, 9, Northern Lights Judo Club: Fri, Jun, 3, Young Explorer’s Preschool Adult Practise 6:30 PM École ÉmilieProgram 10:00 AM MacBride Museum 867- Tremblay 667-2709, ext.3 parents and children explore the animal gallery together. Play games, create crafts, read stories and sing songs. Fri, Jun, 3, Family Free Play Drop-in 12:30 Mon, May, 30 - June 4 GACMAC: PM Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /668Geological Assoc. of Can./Mineralogical 6535 This drop-in includes reading time, Assoc. of Can. Yukon Convention Bureau free play and interactive activities. All Ages 400 Delegates Welcome visitors we are Welcome pleased to host you, thank you for choosing Fri, Jun, 3, Go with the Flow Fridays Arts Yukon. Exploration Grade 1-7 3:15 PM Heart Of Thu, Jun, 2, Reporting Assault and Riverdale Spousal Abuse: Victims Rights 12:00 Sat, Jun, 4 Air North, Yukon’s Airline PM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Runway Family Fun Run and Pancake Workshops and events happening in part of Breakfast 8:30 AM Erik Nielson International Victims and Survivors of Crime Week. Airport Run or walk your way around Fri, Jun, 3, Reading “Power of Our Voices” the 8.75km perimeter of the Erik Nielsen 5:00 PM Well Read Books Workshops and Whitehorse International Airport. A pancake events happening in part of Victims and breakfast is served afterwards, along with Survivors of Crime Week. plenty of giveaways! Sat, Jun, 4, Yukon Amateur Radio Sat, Jun, 4 Air North, Yukon’s Airline Runway Association: Coffee Discussion Group Family Fun Run and Pancake Breakfast 8:30 9:30 AM Emergency Measures Organization AM Erik Nielson International Airport Run or walk your way around the 8.75km perimeter YARA’s breakfast at the A&W. Casual event. Hams from outside the Yukon often join. of the Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Sun, Jun, 5, Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 Airport. A pancake breakfast is served PM Arts Underground Non-instructed open afterwards, along with plenty of giveaways! studio. Participants are welcome to use Sat, Jun, 4, Imagination Station 10:00 the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and AM Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 /6686535 Drop-in for some snacks and activities some tools are available for purchase. Every Sunday except long weekends. $5/hour. inspired by the Yukon Imagination Library Mon, Jun, 6, Canadian Council of Forest books! All Ages Welcome Ministers Yukon Convention Bureau 60 Sat, Jun, 4, Family Free Play Drop-in People. June 7 & 8 Dawson City Welcome 12:00 PM Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 visitors we are pleased to host you, thank /668-6535 This drop-in includes story time, free play and interactive activities. All Ages you for choosing Yukon. Welcome Mon, Jun, 6, Porter Creek Community Mon, Jun, 6, Family Free Play Drop-in Association 5:15 PM The Guild Hall 86712:30 PM Family Literacy Centre 668-8698 633-4829 /668-6535 This drop-in includes reading time, Mon, Jun, 6, Yukon Amateur Radio free play and interactive activities. All Ages Association: Meeting 7:00 PM Emergency Welcome Measures Organization Prospective hams Mon, Jun, 6, Art Exploration with Barb are welcome. Hinton 3:15 PM Heart Of Riverdale Mon, Jun, 6, Overeaters Anonymous Mon, Jun, 6, Northern Lights Judo Club: Meeting 7:30 PM Many Rivers Counselling Kids Practise 5:15 PM École Émilieand Support Services Overeaters Tremblay Kids practise - 5 - 11yrs Anonymous Meeting every Monday Please Mon, Jun, 6, GO The Surrounding Game ring the buzzer if the door is locked. 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Tue, Jun, 7, YuKonstruct Weekly Open Game Deep Strategy. Beginners & Visitors House 7:00 PM YuKonstruct Makerspace Welcome. For more information email: Tour YuKonstruct, see some projects in tjbowlby@gmail.com action, and meet some fellow makers

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Alcoholics Anonymous Wednesday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Porter Creek Step meeting (CM) 8:00 PM Our Lady of Victory No Pufﬁn (CM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St., Big Book Study Thursday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Polar Group (OM) 7:30 PM Seventh Day Adventists Church (PC) Friday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Yukon Unity Group Meeting 1:30 PM #4 Hospital Road Whitehorse Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Saturday Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Women’s Meeting (CM, NS) 2:30 PM Whitehorse General Hospital (across from emergency) Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom Sunday Sunshine Group (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Marble Group (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom Monday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. New Beginnings Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Tuesday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Ugly Duckling Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Juste Pour Aujourd’hui (OM, NS) 7:00 PM 4141B 4th Ave.

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Mai Tais at the Whistle Stop Pub M ost of us who came of age in the 70s have a Tiki experience somewhere in their cocktail history. Mine was in Jasper, Alberta in the winter of 1975, when I was working at Jasper Park Lodge. My pals and I celebrated every major event – birthday, break-up, good ski day or payday – with a Mai Tai at the Whistle Stop Pub on Miette Avenue. In memory those Mai Tais were layers of red and orange, garnished with pineapple, drunk with a straw and very very sweet. Probably kind of awful. But we loved them. We couldn’t get drunk on Mai Tais, they were too expensive, and so we never fell out of love with them. But when it was time leave Jasper for the next thing in our lives I said goodbye to Mai Tais, they became artefacts of childhood just as Skipper dolls and Slinkies had the decade before. Now, along with everyone else in North America, I’m welcoming them back. In those Jasper days my friends and I knew our favourite cocktail had some kind of connection to South Pacific island culture — the pineapple, the vivid colours, the tropical fruitiness — but we had no idea they belonged to a whole class of cocktails, nor that they were part of an entire Tiki scene that started in L.A. in the 1930s, when Ernest Raymond BeaumontGantt opened a bar in Hollywood called Don the Beachcomber. Beaumont-Gantt, who later changed his name to Donn Beachcomber and finally, Donn Beach, had sailed through the Caribbean and the South Pacific in his youth. He decorated his bar with torches and rattan and served powerful rum-based drinks mixed with tropical fruits and syrups. Those were the first Tiki cocktails, and they included the Zombie and the Scorpion and the Mai Tai. He claimed to have invented the Mai Tai but Victor Bergeron, alias Trader Vic, who opened the first in a chain of

Trader Vic’s Tiki bars in Oakland in the late 30s, begged to differ. He said the Mai Tai was his own invention, thank you very much, and the feud raged throughout the 40s and 50s. That’s an argument that’s never going to be solved — as one cocktail blogger said, drinks evolve and do we really care?

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The Fog Cutter, A Tiki Classic

The Fog Cutter 2 oz freshly squeezed orange juice 1 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice ½ oz orgeat 1½ oz white rum ½ oz gin ½ oz brandy ½ oz Amontillado sherry Pour all ingredients except sherry into a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake well and strain into an ice-filled highball glass. Pour the sherry on top of the drink and garnish with a sprig of mint.

Now there are many delicious, non-bar-mix-based, un-70s, complex and potent versions of Mai Tais, Scorpions, Zombies and the whole gamut of Tiki cocktails being served in Tiki bars all over the world. I went to a birthday party in one of those bars on a visit to Toronto a few weeks ago. The birthday girl, who had just turned 28, wore mouse ears and a lei, and that will give you a good idea of the atmosphere. The bar is called Shore Leave, bringing to mind GIs on leave in the South Pacific during the Second World War, the punch bowl on the table was filled to the brim with the mixture of many alcohols and fruit juices known as Jungle Juice, of which one cupful was not enough and two was too many and luckily that became clear after one. The walls and ceilings at Shore Leave are festooned with fishing nets, palm leaves and Tiki figurines. Until that night, I didn’t know that Tiki, in Maori mythology, means “first man.” There is as little connection between Maori mythology and Tiki bar culture in North America as there is between the Mai Tai at the Whistle Bend Pub in Jasper in 1975 and the Mai Tai served at a good Tiki bar today, but that doesn’t take away one bit of the fun. When I called Whitehorse to tell my husband I’d been out to a Tiki bar the night before he said, “That’s funny…” That very day he had come across one of our neighbours unloading a truckload of pallets into her backyard. When he asked her what she was doing she replied, “I’m building a Tiki bar.” This cocktail is for her. I’m hoping she might serve me one. Miche Genest is a Whitehorsebased chef and writer. She is somewhat of a gardener. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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ith the season of marathons and relays upon us, your training plans may be kicking into high gear. And heading into competition – whether personal or with others – you may also be looking for an edge. Enter science. The science behind athletic performance has highlighted the benefit of nitric oxide to improve glucose uptake, regulate muscle contraction and increase blood flow – all of which can help enhance endurance. The scientific spotlight has recently focused on two foods that are showing promising effects in naturally increasing the bioavailability and benefits of nitric oxide when used by athletes. Dark Chocolate It may sound too good to be true, but the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition recently published a study suggesting that dark chocolate may be the new secret weapon of athletes. Cocoa beans are rich in a flavonol named epicatechin, which is also found in berries, ginger and even wine. The abundant amount of epicatechin in dark chocolate works to prompt cells lining blood vessels to release extra nitric oxide. Dark chocolate may be an especially useful training tool for those

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work. Miller’s certification test “was the toughest exam I’ve ever done, and that includes my professional engineering exam.” Edwards is looking forward to welcoming people and attending to details – like making sure enough garbage cans are set up around town. She has her eye on a beer she wants to try, a crabapple sour from Anchorage. “Sours are kind of popular with beer nerds,” she says. “I personally just love crabapples.” You can find Beer Fest’s full schedule at www.seakfair.org. Becky Striegler is a Whitehorse-based writer.

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Sabu offers a one-month intensive course in Dawson City by Clare Devenish

awson City – get ready for yoga with Sabu Chaitanya. He’s on his way to instruct a full one-month intensive in the Klondike. The course begins June 6 and concludes on July 1 and it’s called an “intensive” for a reason. It’s a comprehensive, rigorous course requiring participation five days a week, in sessions held in the early mornings or evenings. Students learn and practise increasingly diverse and challenging yoga poses (asanas), and breathing techniques (pranayama), as well as the philosophy and psychology behind it all. “One month is the basic teaching,” says Chaitanya. “It’s challenging, but always worthy.” Originally from Kerala in India, Chaitanya has been teaching Hatha yoga for almost 30 years, initially with the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Organization in India and internationally, and later as an independent instructor, operating as Shanti Yoga. He’s taught intensives in Whitehorse since 2007 and in Dawson since 2008. While the courses in Whitehorse have tended to be three or four weeks, those in Dawson City have been shorter. This will be the first fullmonth class. “Normally, one month makes people feel much more satisfied. It’s a very big commitment for people, but when they finish, [their practice] is very much established,” Chaitanya says. “One month in the year is significant.” The benefits of regular yoga practice are wide-ranging and widely touted. Chaitanya and his continuing students speak of feeling purposeful, positive, healthy, and energized. This becomes increasingly clear as students work their way through the four-week course,

making noticeable progress and beginning to achieve some of the more difficult poses, such as the headstand, handstand, scorpion and peacock. “In every pose there is a lot of variation. It never ends,” says Chaitanya. “Each day, we can choose more variations and we are always improving.” He reassures people that flexibility is not a prerequisite, saying it takes many years to become and stay flexible: it is “eternal homework.” “Generally people are not flexible, and so for someone who could not do the wheel (backward bend), achieving the wheel pose is a real accomplishment,” he says. A core group of devotees have attended most, if not all, of the short intensives Chaitanya has held in the Klondike. Long-time resident John Steins’ first-ever yoga experience was with Chaitanya. “It was fantastic,” Steins says. “It really is the perfect exercise. I feel enormously lucky that we have that guy here.” Local yoga instructor Anna Claxton notes how the combination of sustained daily practice plus the confidence Chaitanya has in his students can help them accomplish poses they assumed were out of reach. Chaitanya is also known for his culinary skills; he enjoys of preparing a feast to share with students. It’s typically a vegetarian buffet, specializing in dishes from his homeland in southern India. “We’re all fond of Sabu; it’s like he is part of the family,” says Dawson resident Monina Wittfoth. Kerala, India, is a long way from Yukon, Canada and it was a chance meeting in the Bahamas that inspired him to venture

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Sabu Chaitanya encourages people to participate, pointing to benefits such as feeling positive and energized throughout the day north. While Chaitanya was instructing at a yoga centre in Nassau, one student originated from the Yukon and encouraged him to teach a course in the north. He said he had no idea where the Yukon was. “I said: ‘Is it the place where the sun sets very late?’” Chaitanya says. “She said, ‘Yes, that is the place.’”

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vernig segir maður, “I’m completely lost” á íslensku? What’s that, you say? Icelandic is one of the most difficult languages to learn? On second thought, perhaps I’ll just fall back on the old standard; hand gestures and a confused, perpetually apologetic expression. Hi, I’m Willow, a fairly welltravelled Yukoner who will be guest-writing this column during the course of my spring backpacking trip in Iceland. This trip was a snap decision I made back in December when WOW Air released their cheap tickets between Montreal and Reykjavik – I couldn’t pass it up (right now a return flight can be as low as CAN$450). So, with the allotted 11 pounds of gear (maximum), I’m on my way to Reykjavik. The weight restriction required by the cheap ticket was initially daunting, but as any backpacker knows, you actually don’t need much for three weeks. My meagre packing list comprises one change of clothes, a windbreaker, a travel mug, hairbrush, the tiniest travel towel, headphones, music player, and one copy of Stephen King’s The Gunslinger. Note: one of the most valuable backpacking lessons I’ve learned with regards to reading material – just bring one book, and trade it in for another from a hostel bookshelf when you’re finished. You’ll end up reading some very strange things, and some very good things, in about equal amounts. For this trip, I have done a minimum of research – I know that the currency is kroner, the language is impossible, the weather is chilly, hitchhiking is common, and the food will likely be strange. There is a bar in Reykjavik called Dillon that, according to all sources, will likely fulfill my curiosity about the local rock and metal cuisine. Several people this week have asked me why I chose Iceland. My first answer was always, “Cheap ticket, rad place, why not?” But I will confess to you, there is (unsurprisingly) a lot more to it. For a Yukoner, Iceland offers the dichotomy of a strange new world paired with a sort of northern kinship. Between the country’s progressive political climate (remember when they promptly jailed their bankers after the economic crisis of 2008?) and their deep cultural roots (the Ásatrúarfélagið

landed and built strongholds, where ancient gods and goddesses held sway, worshipped with blood, magic and prayer, even as they themselves fell prey to quintessentially human vices and shortcomings. The forefathers of Icelanders, mostly farmers and explorers, built boats, set sail and became the stuff of legends, heroes of sagas and harbingers of destruction. It was these people that later crossed the Atlantic Ocean, Vikings that first met the native peoples of Vinland (Newfoundland today). The historical richness and importance of Iceland alone justifies the trip, to say nothing of the vast open spaces, mountain ranges, hiking trails, hot springs and geysers that characterize the geothermally active terrain. Needless to say, I will take many pictures for you! Thanks for reading, friends! When I next write you, it will be from a little bedroom in Reykjavik. Until then, takk fyrir and góða nótt!

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Fri, Jun, 3, Weekend on the Wing Birding Festival Tombstone Territorial Park Fri, Jun, 3, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Jun, 3, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Community Luncheon 11:45 AM Health and Social Building Join us for lunch every Friday, from 11:45 am until 1 pm, at the Health and Social Building. Fri, Jun, 3, Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Fri, Jun, 3, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Fri, Jun, 3, Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout! Fri, Jun, 3, YEU Local Y026 (Klondike) monthly meeting 7:00 PM YTG Property management building Fri, Jun, 3, Cover Me Badd VIII 7:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 993-5005. Always an epic evening, this will be the eighth edition of Cover Me Badd! The event is fun, funny, and (perhaps most importantly) an important fundraiser for DCMF and KIAC. Come out and enjoy cover bands that just might exist for one night only! Sat, Jun, 4, Painting 1:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Inspire and be inspired by other artists. Bring your own ideas and painting surfaces. Paints, brushes and easels are supplied, no instruction offered. Sat, Jun, 4, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Youth Centre 3:00 PM Tr’ondek Hwech’in Youth Centre Sat, Jun, 4, A Bunch of B.S. - A Tribute to Black Sabbath with Special Guests The Doorknobs - A Tribute to The Doors 10:00 PM Westminster Hotel One Night Only! Classic Rock Extravaganza featuring the best of Ozzy Era Sabbath, with opening act, The Doorknobs, rocking the best of The Doors at The Pit! Not to be missed! Sun, Jun, 5, St. Paul’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Paul’s Church 867-993-5381 Sun, Jun, 5, Sweet Nuggets 11:00 PM Westminster Hotel Lady M & her Mr. Men’s in the cocktail lounge Mon, Jun, 6, Super Seniors Weights 55+ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre

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Thu, Jun, 2, Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Haines Junction Thu, Jun, 2, A Glacial History of the Yukon: Mammoths, Boulders, Gold and Ash 7:00 PM Kluane National Park Visitor Centre 867-6672979 Thu, Jun, 2, Open Mic 7:30 PM St Elias Convention Centre Thu, Jun, 2, Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School Fri, Jun, 3, Village Bakery’s Jammin’ Salmon: Kale Weekes 6:00 PM Village Bakery and Deli 634-2867 Friday night Jammin’ Salmon at the Village Bakery & Deli in Haines Junction. Live music on our large deck – take in the fresh mountain air and gorgeous scenery while enjoying a delicious meal and an excellent lineup of Yukon musicians. Sun, Jun, 5, St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church 867-634-2360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere Mon, Jun, 6, Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Jun, 7, Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Jun, 7, Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall Wed, Jun, 8, Kindermusik 10:30 AM St Elias Convention Centre geared towards children ages 2-3 accompanied by an adult. Any preschool child is welcome to attend (0-5) Thu, Jun, 9, Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Jun, 9, Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School

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Fri, Jun, 3, Jackalope Friday Dinners 7:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sat, Jun, 4, Tot Group 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Sun, Jun, 5, Drop in Badminton 11:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Jun, 7, North of 60 Cafe 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Are you retired? Have some time? Marsh Lake seniors socialize, play cards, have coffee, tea and home made goodies. C’mon down! Tue, Jun, 7, North of 60 Seniors Cafe 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre Tue, Jun, 7, Tot Group 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Centre

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Sun, Jun, 5, St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Mayo Tue, Jun, 7, Mayo Sewing Nights 7:00 PM Yukon College Mayo Campus

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Thu, Jun, 2, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Sun, Jun, 5, St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Lukes Church 867-993-5381 Thu, Jun, 9, Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center

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Thu, Jun, 2, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together! Thu, Jun, 2, Girls Night Youth group 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sun, Jun, 5, St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Sun, Jun, 5, Liard Evangelical Free Church Service 10:00 AM The Little Brown Log Church Sunday morning services, then fellowship time with coffee after the service Very friendly! Mon, Jun, 6, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together! Tue, Jun, 7, Town of Watson Lake Council Meeting 7:00 PM Town of Watson Lake Thu, Jun, 9, Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together! Thu, Jun, 9, Girls Night Youth group 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre

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ccording to Israeli physicist Moshe Feldenkrais, “hurrying is bad for learning.” How many of us hurry through our day ensuring that the garbage has been put out, the car has gas, the kids arrive at school on time, that we are appropriately attired and prepared for work, that dinner arrives on the table and that the laundry for the week is done? Hurrying results in inattention and is characteristic of the multitasking life. It means we are not fully present in the moment because we are already half in the next moment. And when we live this way habitually, our neurons, which are habitually wiring together because they so often fire together; program hurrying into our daily habit pattern. If we are not hurrying, it starts to feel funny. The problem with hurrying is it sends a signal to our sympathetic nervous system that it needs to pay attention, to be on guard. Cortisol and adrenalin levels go up and there we are in a heightened state of fight-or-flight again. This fight-or-flight state can be quite subtle. An example is the experience of speaking up at a meeting, sounding like we know what we are talking about when we are not entirely certain. Even a social encounter can put us into the stress zone if we are not ready for it. Once elevated, we need soothing to calm ourselves. Any number of self-soothing measures are pressed into service: a coffee or tea, a snack, a break of some sort, self-talk, a walk, biting the nails, a cigarette. Well, you get it. So many of our habits are ef-

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activated and our attention becomes highly focused. The limbic system, located at the top of the brain stem and in the centre of

them to previous events so as to determine their threat value. Our brain is primed to encode and remember.

Hurrying results in inattention and is characteristic of the multi-tasking life. When we are in an elevated state, our brain plasticity is heightened. Stress response is

the cranium is already engaged, evaluating the emotional significance of events and comparing

For example, a camping trip that, moments earlier, was full of fun and the smell of pine trees is

now a terrible threat because of a mouse which runs up someone’s leg and freaks them out. Anything that moves quickly now startles them and draws a stress response. The individual is now triggered not just by swift moving small rodents, but by anything quickly moving and caught out of the corner of the eye. They calm themselves by having a snack or reading a book or curling up somewhere safe and so that self-soothing habit also gets special attention and also gets wired in. The trigger and the self-soothing, both wired in by a brain with heightened plasticity at a heightened moment of vigilant attention. Neurons that fire together, wire together. The problem is we’re not engaging the benefit of our frontal lobe. The frontal lobe could tell us that the chances of a mouse running up our leg again are very low. Or that the mouse doesn’t really want to risk its life by running up our leg, Or that if we sit with our legs up and not on the ground we decrease the risk of attack. However, the frontal lobe is off line when cortisol and adrenalin are high. So, now we know neuroplasticity helps us survive in a threatening world; but how does it help us learn new tricks? Stay tuned for Part 3 of Neuroscience and Everyday Living. Arlin McFarlane, long-time Whitehorse resident, working in ﬁlm and theatre, will present her play My Brain is Plastic at the Magnetic North Theatre Festival, June 14-18. www.wittheatre.ca.

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Next week’s Ride for Dad has special significance for prostate cancer survivor Tom Amson by Ken Bolton

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Prostate cancer survivor Tom Amson speaks to participants after last year’s Ride for Dad Yukon event son was aware that erectile dysfunction is a common side-effect of prostate surgery, especially in older men. Still, he didn’t hesitate. “The price that you pay is a cheap price to pay for the quality of life that I have,” he says. “And really, I guess I’m the bestcase scenario, because I’ve been cancer-free since.” While confronting cancer is a “life-changing ordeal,” Amson says it can have positive aspects. “As far as my wife and I go, our

relationship has gotten stronger and closer, if anything. My wife was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2010, so our relationship grew closer through that, also. It’s really amazing.” Amson says the experience has also enboldened him to be frank with other men about the potential risk. “Every man I meet who’s between 40 and 60, it’s, ‘Hi, how are you doing? Have you had your prostate checked?’” he laughs. “Some are quite stunned, and

some are like... you know, they’re men.” Some guys he confronts tell him not-so-politely to mind his own business. Most ask what he means. To them, he explains, “Well, one in seven men are going to get prostate cancer, and it’s like any other cancer; the sooner you know about it, the more your odds are of living your life out in a good way.” Another way Amson spreads the word is by taking an active role in

the annual motorcycle Ride For Dad to support prostate cancer research and raise public awareness of the disease. Being a biker since his teen years, Amson got involved in the Yukon ride long before his own diagnosis seven years ago. He remembers attending a meeting at Northwestel about the time the local Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.) was disintegrating. “They were getting together to see what they could do, and Ride for Dad came up. Since then, it’s just taken on a whole new life. Each year, it has grown exponentially,” he says. Last year, approximately 300 bikes took part in the Yukon event, and Amson hopes there will be even more this year. He’ll be there on his hefty 2006 Yamaha Midnight Venture touring bike when the riders gather in the parking lot at Shipyards Park at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 11. From there, they’ll ride through downtown Whitehorse before assembling again at the Yukon Transportation Museum to begin a nine-stop poker run of the Carcross-Tagish loop. The day will end with a barbecue and motorcycle games, a few speeches and possibly some entertainment back at Shipyards Park. Since its inception in 2000, the nation-wide Telus Ride for Dad has raised over $18 million for the Prostate Cancer Fight Foundation. As a prostate cancer survivor, Amson doesn’t mince words about the message he wants other men to hear. “Your only defence is early detection, so you should be paying attention,” he says. “What, you think you’re not one in seven? Those are pretty small odds. You might want to think again.”

Ken Bolton is a freelance writer who lives southeast of Whitehorse.

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“It gets you back to the bush,” he says. “Skiing is very Zen for me. Being on the trail saved my life a thousand times – it’s a Zen sport that helps me stay positive and alive and I want to share that with people. The bush is the ideal place for people to be creative, to think.” Bailie is also the organizer of the annual Blue Feather Music Festival, and says his two volunteer interests compliment each other. “Skiing is about a healthy lifestyle and Blue Feather is about using arts and music as a healing tool.” While Bailie himself has been recognized for his contributions to the community and his place in it as a role model for youth, he says he himself was influenced by the work and tutelage of Catholic Oblate Father J.M. Mouchet. Mouchet died in 2013 at the age of 96 and was a proponent of cross country skiing among youth in the territory. “Mouchet did good work on this planet and he gave me the tools to help myself,” Bailie says. Bailie deeply wants to be a good role model for the kids with whom he works and believes strongly in the Kwanlin Koyotes. “Kids are great at listening to things, but they will see you and imitate what you do. And I want to be a good example every day. When you’re healthy, everything is better.”

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The Little Fish With Many Names

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Hooligan fish

omeone once said, “Give a man a fish, and you will teach a man where to get free fish.” If you try to give a fish to a local – in places where salmon are plentiful – many will ask what kind, before accepting. Apparently to some, sockeye is the only fish worth having. Another fish, small in size, only eight to 10 inches long, but mighty in number, has made a name for itself in our corner of the known universe. Well, many names. This little fish, known locally as hooligan is not a salmon at all, but a smelt. There are seven species of smelt which visit the rivers of Alaska. Hooligan are also known as oolichan, ooligan, eulachan and candlefish. In addition, there are many variations of the spellings of

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these names. They are called candlefish, because they will burn like a candle when dried and inserted with a wick due to the high oil content. Hooligan, following their own timetable, and perhaps water temperature, are due to arrive in local rivers with ocean access in late April or early May. They have come from the ocean - where they have spent most of their adult lives - to spawn and after which, most will die. Historically hooligan were caught by indigenous peoples using dip nets, baskets or traps. A process to extract the oil from the fish was developed. This process involved allowing the fish to age for several days, then boiling the hooligan to capture the rich oil.

This oil is known as hooligan grease or oolichan grease. It is solid at room temperature and was a highly prized trade good item. The grease was traded for all manner of goods especially with those communities who had no access to this bounty from the ocean. Trade routes that stretched from the coast into the Interior of British Columbia and the Yukon became known as “grease trails” because they were used to transport the grease for trade. These trails include the Dalton Trail, part of which has become the

Haines Highway. Today, hooligan are still caught and the oil is extracted and stored as the precious grease. Hooligan grease is used both as a medicine and as a condiment, much as one would use butter. Richard Chapell, the Alaska Sport Fish biologist, says nonresidents (for example Yukoners) can catch as many as you like as long as you have an Alaska fishing license. There is no limit. However, you must catch them by the mouth, not by snagging them in the belly, the tail, or anywhere else.

The bad news is that you are not likely to catch any by angling with with a rod and reel, and you are prohibited from using a net of any kind. Subsistence fishing, which allows the use of nets, is only open to Alaska residents. Whether you try to catch any hooligan or not, you will know when they are in the river by the excitement they create. Tight Lines. Paul Rath is an avid ﬁsherman and writer who lives on the Haines Highway.

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His Saturn Returned and He’s Heading Out Old Cabin mastermind Jona Barr is touring new album across Canada

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by Becky Striegler

aturn is somewhere in its grand orbit when you’re born. When it comes round again, 29.5 years later, astrologers say it can mean big changes in your life. For Whitehorse musician Jona Barr, it was during his own period of Saturn returning that he wrote the songs for the new Old Cabin EP, Saturn Return. “I wanted to write about things that matter,” Barr says. He’s helmed Old Cabin since 2012 in collaboration with other musicians from the Yukon and beyond. Old Cabin kicked off the cross-Canada tour to present Saturn Return on June 1 at an evening performance at Arts in the Park in Whitehorse. The first single, “Where Did You Go,” is a moody, slowbuilding blend of strings and echoey vocal harmonies, reflecting struggles with addiction. While he’s not struggled with addictions himself, Barr has “a lot of friends who have suffered and lost.” His parents worked as drug and alcohol counsellors and now he is working as a coordinator of a drop-in art space for young people in downtown Whitehorse and sees their struggles. He’s hoping his music will spark conversations not only about addiction, but about other social issues such as residential school and homophobia. The subject matter marks a turn from what Barr has written in the past. His last album, called Old Cabin, was mostly love and break-up songs. It was made in under a month. The new project has evolved over a longer period, influenced by what Barr saw as a kid observing his dad, Kevin Barr, and other Yukon musicians. “I grew up watching them record and experiment at Old Crow Studios… just trying things and experimenting in a relaxed environment.” Saturn Return reflects more of that free flow. “When you don’t have a deadline, your mind can go to a lot of different places. So I went into it, not having that. I just wanted it to be what is was and not affected by a deadline.” Old Cabin’s tour will take Barr and his musical team from Whitehorse across Canada throughout June, playing a different city almost every day and returning to the Yukon in July for the Atlin and Dawson City music festivals and for Popechella/Rympelooza at Annie Lake. When playing in the Yukon, Old Cabin normally includes musicians Micah Smith, Fiona Solon and Jordy Walker. Going on an extended road tour means working with other collaborators, says Barr, because his Whitehorse bandmates “have kids and mortgages and can’t take a month off to sleep on other people’s floors.” For the Saturn Return tour, Barr will be joined by Ottawa musicians Thean Slabbert (bass) and Pascal Delaquis (drums) and Vancouver’s Kyle Cashen (keyboards). Barr plays guitar and all four will be singing “lots of harmony.” Saturn Return will be released later this summer under Label Fantastic. The single “Where Did You Go” will be released first, on 7-inch vinyl, through Headless Owl Records. You can listen to the single and learn more about Old Cabin’s Canadian tour at www.OldCabinFever.com.

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