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the week ahead Cherry Blossom Festival, April 5 to 28 After a winter that seemed it would never end, you deserve to spend some time under the beauty of a blossoming cherry tree. Here are Linda Poole’s Top 5 spots to view cherry blossoms in Vancouver. She should know — Poole is the executive director of the Cherry Blossom Festival (VCBF.ca).

1. Burrard SkyTrain Station 2. Kits Beach 3. Queen Elizabeth Park (off 33rd entrance) 4. Stanley Park lower Rose Garden and behind The Pavilion 5. Gravelly and Lillooet Streets

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First, the bad news: the Great A-Mazing Easter Egg Hunt at VanDusen Botanical Garden (pictured) is sold out. But here are some others: • On April 5 from 7 to 9pm, the West End Community Centre (870 Denman) has an Easter-themed carnival. Tickets are $5 a child, or $6 that night.

• Easter in Stanley Park runs April 6 to 9 from 11am to 4pm. Take a ride on the miniature train, go on an Easter egg hunt, meet the Easter Bunny and watch the Easter Chick and puppet shows. $3.50 to $6.89.

• Charles Dickens Elementary (3351 Glen Drive) is hosting an Easter egg hunt and family carnival on April 7 from 10:30am to noon. Free.

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Every Wednesday night until May 6, comedians will be competing for the most laughs — and $5,000 — at The Comedy Mix. The first four weeks determine who will advance to the semi-finals on April 25 and May 2, with six comics advancing to the finals on May 9. Meanwhile, the Comedy Mix has a star-packed list of headliners coming up. Brendon Walsh (pictured, April 5 to 7) is a perennial winner in funny-man contests in Austin, Texas.

He’s appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Just For Laughs, HBO’s Funny As Hell, Conan and Comedy Central (BrendonWalsh. com). Next up are Tom Rhodes, aka the Rhodes Scholar on April 12 to 14 (TomRhodes.net); Tom Segura, who also has a lengthy television C.V., April 19 to 21 (TomSegura.com); and Chris Porter, who finished third in season four of Last Comic Standing, on April 26 to 28 (ChrisPorterIsFunny.com).

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Succession success at Purdy’s Karen Flavelle grew up playing hide ‘n’ seek at the company’s factory.

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aren Flavelle takes a bite of a pineapple cream chocolate.

“It doesn’t quite droop and it should droop,” she says, looking at how the cream filling oozes — or doesn’t ooze — out of the chocolate as she determines the chocolate’s “mouth feel.”

Once her grandfather’s favourite, she’s surprised to find it in the sampling box that has been delivered to her office at Purdy’s Chocolates. Pineapple cream may be making a comeback, but if it’s to awaken older customers’ sense of taste memory, as well as new customers’ taste loyalty, it’s got to be perfect.

Flavelle marks the box with her assessment and returns to talking about why Purdy’s is still making chocolates that people love 105 years after Richard Purdy opened his first chocolate shop on Robson.

Perhaps it’s surprising that Flavelle, who owns the company and has been its president since 1997, takes such a hands-on approach.

But in addition to her formidable business background, if there’s one thing she knows, it’s chocolates. Purdy’s Chocolates.

“As kids,” she says smiling, “we helped Dad on weekends but really we just played hide and see between the stock boxes. The beaters that did the caramel would always have caramel on them and we’d be allowed to peel it off.”

Dad is Charles Flavelle, who bought the company in 1963 with his partner Eric Wilson — despite the bank’s warnings the company “had not demonstrated great profitability.”

Charles loved building things and was always keen to discover if there was a better way to do things. Together, he and Wilson grew the company, introducing milk chocolate, expanding throughout the Lower Mainland and into Alberta.

And while his four children knew they were lucky to have a father who owned a chocolate

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Karen Flavelle’s father, Charles, and his partner bought Purdy’s Chocolates in 1963. It wasn’t always obvious that she would take over the company. Doug Shanks photo business, he never wanted them to think that it came as a birthright. “Dad told us he didn’t want to parachute his kids [into the business] over long-term employees,” Karen says.

Charles knew family succession could also mean family dissension. As the company’s website says, Richard Purdy’s “adventurous inclination, which worked so brilliantly with chocolates, often turned to misadventure where money was concerned.” The company was buried in debt when Hugh Forrester bought it in 1925. Forrester’s son Frank joined the company in the 1940s but Frank’s talent at modernizing and expanding Purdy’s was in contrast to his father’s “more conservative” character. In 1963, father and son had a falling out, prompting the sale to Charles Flavelle and Wilson.

Not wanting their children to have a sense of entitlement, Charles and Lucile Flavelle encouraged Karen and her siblings “to do the things we love and are passionate about.”

Karen wanted a career in international business and after getting a degree at Queen’s University, spent a year and a half in Japan, intrigued by its sense of style and colour. She came back during the worst recession since the Second World War and got a job with General Mills. When she fell in love with a Canadian banker working in England, she

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packed her bags again. But England taught her something about herself: “I’m not a consultant. I like to do, not tell people what to do.”

The couple moved back to Canada, settling in Toronto. Flavelle was back working in the packaged goods industry when she read the book, What Colour is My Parachute. She asked herself, “What is it that I like to do?” The answer was “work in a medium-sized retail company.” Didn’t she know exactly such a company back in Vancouver?

Her father, however, was not convinced it was the right thing to do. Karen and her husband spent five more years in Toronto, where she honed her retail acumen with Cara food services. By 1994, a few things had happened to convince Charles Flavelle that family succession might just work after all. His longterm employees were thinking about retiring, not buying the business. One of his sons was killed in a mountain climbing accident, a tragedy that makes a person keenly aware of how quickly those things we love can be lost to us forever. And Karen had proved that not only did she have the business moxie to take over as vice-president, but she also had a passion for Purdy’s Chocolates itself.

Still, there were a few things to work out after the Flavelles bought Eric Wilson’s shares

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(amicably). “Dad saw me on the factory floor for a year and I was thinking that was not the way [to learn more about the business],” Karen says. She agreed she needed to know about every aspect of Purdy’s, from manufacturing to retail, but sped up the timeline of how long that would take.

“My bent was feeling the difference between the seasons — Christmas is about family traditions and corporate gifts, Valentine’s is about love, and Easter is about fun and kids and Easter egg hunts,” she says. She’s the one who re-introduced deep purple as the company’s official — and highly recognizable — colour. Retail stores were jazzed up to help create a sense of anticipation of that first bite.

Today, it’s the challenge of both giving people all of their favourites — and making sure they taste the way they always have — and responding to new trends. There’s only so much counterspace, so right next to the hedgehog sits the Himalayan Pink Salt Caramels.

Purdy’s is working on a new line of savoury bon bons. “We made a brie fig lemon truffle that won an award,” she notes, her mind obviously trying to figure out the way to get it into mass market production.

Asked what she loves about the business, she says, “The chocolate. Obviously it tastes wonderful but it’s something you can do a lot with it, and it’s how happy it makes people feel. [As a gift], it goes a little further than just the words.”

And as committed as she is to work, she knows how important it is to take care of herself (especially if she’s going to taste test all those chocolates.) Energy in, energy out, says the avid sportswoman whose idea of absolute happiness is “a powder day, end of Grand Fondo.”

Flavelle and her husband have three children, two in university, one still at home. Like her father, she’s always encouraged them to follow their passions and right now it doesn’t seem like the path is leading them back to Purdy’s. “That’s the risk you take when you err on not creating a sense of entitlement.”

Tears well in her eyes when she talks about her parents and their lessons in love and in business. For all the new things she’s done, she has a deep respect for past successes, and the hard work that made them possible.

The future? Right now it’s to ensure that every child who gets a visit from the Easter Bunny, every adult who is taken back to their childhood with a bite of a hedgehog, and every customer seeking a new taste exploration knows that they’ll find what they crave at Purdy’s Chocolates.

Grace Dale, a long-time employee at Purdy’s and Karen Flavelle’s executive assistant, has written a fascinating and lively history of the company. The book is available at Purdy’s stores while extracts can be read on Purdys.com.

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Free Will Astrology Rob Brezsny • Week of April 5

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): Please study this testimony: “Born in a rancid, bat-infested cave at the base of the smoldering Sangay Volcano, I was raised by the half-bear demon princess Arcastia. At the age of four my training as a ninja shaman began when I was left naked and alone next to a stream of burning lava with only two safety pins, a package of dental floss, and a plastic bag full of Cheerios. My mission: to find my way to my spiritual home.” Now, Aries, I’d like you to compose your own version of this declaration: a playful, over-the-top myth about your origins that gives you a greater appreciation for the heroic journey you’ve been on all these years.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): Our ancestors owned slaves and denied education to girls. What were they

thinking? Time magazine asked renowned historian David McCullough if there was anything we do today that our descendants will regard as equally insane and inexcusable. His reply: “How we could have spent so much time watching TV.” I’ll ask you, Taurus, to apply this same exercise on a personal level. Think of some things you did when you were younger that now seem incomprehensible or ignorant. Then explore the possibility that you will look back with incredulity at some weird habit or tweaked form of self-indulgence you’re pursuing today. (P.S. It’s an excellent time to phase out that habit or self-indulgence.)

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): “I can’t tell if I’m dealing well with life these days or if I just don’t give a sh-any more.” I stumbled upon that comment at SomeECards.com, and I decided to pass it along for your consideration. You may be pondering the same riddle: feeling suspicious about why you seem more relaxed and tolerant than usual in the face of plain old everyday chaos. I’m here

to tell you my opinion, which is that your recent equanimity is not rooted in jaded numbness.

Rather, it’s the result of some hard work you did on yourself during the last six months. Congrats and enjoy!

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): What excites you, Cancerian? What mobilizes your self-discipline and inspires you to see the big picture? I encourage you to identify those sources of high-octane fuel, and then take extraordinary measures to make them a strong presence in your life. There has rarely been a better time than now for you to do this. It could create effects that will last for years. (P.S. Here’s a further nudge from Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Every great and commanding movement in the annals of the world is the triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it.”)

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): While browsing in a bookstore, I came across a book and deck of cards that were collectively called Tarot Secrets. The subtitle of the kit was “A Fast and Easy Way to Learn a Powerful Ancient Art.” I snorted derisively to read that claim, since I myself have studied Tarot intensively for years and am nowhere near mastery.

Later, though, when I was back home meditating on your horoscope, I softened my attitude a bit.

The astrological omens do indeed suggest that in the upcoming weeks and months, you just might be able to learn a rather substantial skill in a relatively short time.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): Writing in The New Yorker, Joanna Ravenna paraphrased German philosopher Nietzsche: “The best way to enrage people is to force them to change their mind about you.” I’d like to see you mutate this theory in the coming weeks, Virgo. If possible, see if you can amuse and entertain people, not enrage them, by compelling them to change their minds about you. I realize that’s a tricky proposition, but given the current astrological omens, I have faith that you can pull it off.

2012 Board of Directors election As a Vancity member you are also an owner and make an impact in setting our direction by voting for the Board of Directors between Tuesday, April 3 to Friday, April 27, 2012.

Vancity is the largest credit union in Canada with over $16.1 billion in assets. So running a financial co-operative of this size takes special skills. Learn about each of the candidates on vancity.com

Voting deadlines • Online votes must be cast by 4 pm on Friday, April 27.

• To be counted, ballots sent by mail must be received by 5 pm on Friday, April 27.

• Vote in-branch between Friday, April 13 and Saturday, April 21 at select locations.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): In 1892, when Wrigley was just starting out as a company, its main product was baking powder. Free chewing gum was included in each package as a promotional gimmick. But soon the freebie became so popular that Wrigley rearranged its entire business. Now it’s a multi-billion-dollar company that sells gum in 140 different countries — and no baking powder.

Maybe there’s something like that on the verge of happening in your own life, Libra: What seemed like the main event could turn out to be secondary, or what seemed incidental might become a centerpiece. Is there something you are overvaluing at the cost of something you are undervaluing?

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): People in intimate relationships are hypersensitive to negative comments from their partners. Psychologists say it takes five compliments to outweigh the effects of a single dash of derogatory criticism. I’m sure the ratio is similar even for relationships that aren’t as close as lovers and spouses. With this in mind, I urge you to be extra careful not to dispense barbs. They would be especially damaging during this phase of your astrological cycle -- both to you and to those

Results will be announced at the Annual General Meeting.

Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 Place: Italian Cultural Centre 3075 Slocan Street, Vancouver Time: Registration begins at 6:00 pm Call to order at 7:15 pm Go to vancity.com for further details.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): On Reddit.com, Kaushalp88 asked the question, “What is the most badass thing that you have ever done, but that other people weren’t impressed by?” Here’s his own story: “I was at an ice-cream shop. At the exit, there was a small raised step I didn’t see. I tripped over it with my ice cream cone in my right hand. The ice cream ball sprung out of the cone.

I instinctively lurched my left hand forward and grabbed it, but at the same time I was already falling toward the pavement. I tucked my head into my chest and made a perfect somersault, rising to my feet and plopping the ice cream back in the cone.” I suspect you will soon have comparable experiences, Aquarius — unusual triumphs and unexpected accomplishments. But you may have to be content with provoking awe in no one else beside yourself.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): “Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.” So says a Swedish proverb. Can we talk about this, please, Pisces? Of course there are real hazards and difficulties in life, and they deserve your ingenious problem-solving.

But why devote any of your precious energy to becoming embroiled in merely hyped-up hazards and hypothetical difficulties? Based on my analysis of the astrological omens, now is a propitious time to cut shadows down to their proper size. It’s also a perfect moment to liberate yourself from needless anxiety. I think you’ll be amazed at how much more accurate your perceptions will be as a result.

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here’s an upbeat vibe to the hustle at Main and Hastings on this Sunday afternoon. The banter of dealers lounging outside Owl Drugs is jovial and laughter punctuates the clatter of shopping carts. Everyone seems in a good mood, the kind only sunshine inspires.

“It’s a crazy neighbourhood, but I love it,” Shallom Johnson says as we exit her live/work studio across from the Carnegie Community Centre and enter into the fray. It’s a perfect day to commit a crime.

In her bag, Johnson has all the necessary tools: a small container of water-soluble glue, paintbrush and an original piece of artwork — a monochrome portrait of a young woman partially veiled by long, windhipped hair. It’s an image she’s been working with in gallery shows around own under the moniker Indigo, but today the piece is going up where her art areer started, on the street.

On Pender, Johnson finds a spot she likes tucked inside the doorway of a hair alon. Her act of vandalism is complete in less than five minutes. A quick slap f glue, unravel, smooth and — “OK, I gotta get out of here.”

She’s halfway across the street by the time I realize the urgency of the situaon. Trotting behind her, we cross directly in front of a cop car whose driver hankfully doesn’t give us a second look, and from a safe vantage point we ause to admire the work.

It’s beautiful. The wall’s thick black paint offsets the portrait’s light grey tones rilliantly, as if it were intentional. “I have to do more of that,” she sighs.

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Cape Town, South Africa, here, it’s largely absent from city streets. It seems like we’re missing out.

By Vancouver standards, Johnson’s rise in the art world has been practically meteoric.

After graduating from SFU’s School of Contemporary Art in 2004 (where, I should note, we were classmates in the dance program) Johnson pulled a 180, going from a longhaired lyrical dancer to a mohawked street artist.

By 2008, she was running around Vancouver at 4am, postering, stenciling and paint-

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CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): “I couldn’t wait for success,” said rich and famous comedian Jonathan Winters, “so I went ahead without it.” I love that approach, and I suggest you try it out. Is there any area of your life that is held captive by an image of perfection? Consider the possibility that shiny concepts of victory and progress might be distracting you from doing the work that will bring you meaning and fulfillment. If you’re too busy dreaming of someday attaining the ideal mate, weight, job, pleasure, and community, you may miss out on the imperfect but amazing opportunities that are available right now.

Last week, the Suburban Newspapers Association, which has members across Canada and the United States, announced the winners of its annual awards competition. WE Vancouver won three awards while editor Martha Perkins won two awards (a first in coverage of local businesses and a second in sports) for her work at the Bowen Island Undercurrent.

utting up artwork outdoors has the potential to change people’s perspectives of how they view urban space and how they encounter and experience the space around them,” hnson tells me back at the studio. “For e, it was a huge change in how I viewed y environment, being able to see things fferently.”

Given that philosophy, I wonder what to ake of the fact that though Johnson’s work n be found on walls in London, Paris, Amerdam, and, by the time you read this,

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SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): Researchers report that the typical man falls in love 5.4 times over the course of his life, while the average woman basks in the glow of this great mystery on 4.6 occasions. I suspect you may be close to having a .4 or .6 type of experience, Sagittarius: sort of like infatuation, but without the crazed mania. That could actually be a good thing. The challenging spiritual project that relationship offers may be most viable when the two people involved are not electrifyingly interwoven with every last one of their karmic threads. Maybe we have more slack in our quest for intimacy if we love but are not obsessed.

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at whom you direct them. Instead, Scorpio, why not dole out an abundance of compliments? They will build up a reservoir of goodwill you’ll be able to draw on for a long time.

A run-in with a car last July 21 ended Dan Winnick’s life and altered those of his loved ones forever. Above, Dan with friend Aaron Weiss in Calgary during last year’s Sled Island Music Festival.

Right, Dan’s moustache and glasses were part of his signature look. Below, friends have set up a memorial at Quebec and Eighth.

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provincial arts funding cuts are killing off community events ing and, in the great tradition of Vancouver artists, headed to Europe, where she won critical praise which translated into credibility at home.

She’s now assumed the role of de facto ambassador for Vancouver street art, teaching, curating and writing about the practice. Last month, she co-ordinated Unintended Calculations, the city’s first large-scale graffitistyle mural painted by four internationally recognized artists on the Moda hotel.

But success has changed her work.

It means less time, and perhaps less motivation, to put art outdoors in Vancouver.

It’s a familiar story for many of Vancouver’s more prolific street artists who got the attention of the art world by illegally placing their work in public and then slowly but surely migrated inside.

“Being able to sell art helps me support putting it up outside for free. Unfortunately, it takes time away from doing anything outside, so I have a lot of the street work I do happening elsewhere, like when I’m travelling, because I can finally get out of my studio,” Johnson explains as she packs for a six-week residency in South Africa via London. “There used to be way more active street artists here, maybe four or five years ago,” she continues. “People just — lives change and they go different directions and there hasn’t been a crop of new artists to really get the scene going again.”

Which begs the question: If the art isn’t on the street, is it still street art? “No it isn’t.

It’s something else,” answers Bruce Grenville, senior curator at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

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“street-based” art. While it’s the context of the work — illegal, unsanctioned and in the public realm — that catches the eye of curators like him, once it moves inside, the work is fundamentally changed; some might say it loses something.

“It’s a totally legitimate question, one you inevitably ask: Does Banksy’s art change when it moves inside?” Grenville says, referring to the notoriously secretive U.K.-based artist. “Is it no longer relevant within that stream? Well, it probably doesn’t have the same connotation, that’s for sure.” It’s a discussion Grenville had at length with Vancouver street artists Byron Cameraman and Office Supplies Inc., who he handpicked to create work for the VAG’s current WE:Vancouver exhibit.

It’s hard to begrudge artists a reprieve from the streets after obtaining a degree of commercial success. As Grenville points out, putting up work that’s thought-provoking, well-placed and visually arresting in public on a consistent basis — and that’s key if you’re going to get your name out there — demands copious amounts of time, money and risk of legal repercussion.

“It’s utterly thankless, there’s no chance of return,” he says. However, if no other artists step in to fill the void, it does raise concerns about the health of the urban environment.

Street artists are “part of the fabric of the city,” he says. “They need to be there. If they’re not there, there’s a problem probably.”

So should we be worried about the current dearth of unsanctioned public work by Vancouver’s crop of “street” artists? Gren-

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t’s been 14 months since the death knell first sounded. Arts organizations that had been promised three-year gaming grants found their funds frozen and money already guaranteed by the provincial government would be pulled back.

That was just the first hint that the sky was about to fall. Following the initial shockwave, the province then threatened to cut up to 90 per cent of its arts funding (that amount has since settled at around 50 per cent).

It’s been suggested that the death of arts equals the death of communities. If this proves true, Commercial Drive looks to become the first casualty.

Small organizations like Public Dreams Society (PDS) are experiencing the one-two punch of funding cuts and City bureaucracy around large-scale gatherings in public, outdoor spaces. The result: two of PDS’s biggest events — long-standing annual community tent poles of the Commercial Drive area — have either left the neighbourhood entirely (as is the case with Illuminares, the annual lantern festival that helped reinvigorate Trout Lake in the ‘90s, which was relocated inside W2 Storyeum last year) or, experienced massive downsizing, as with the once 30,000-strong Parade of Lost Souls.

It’s all been a slap in the face for PDS, an organization that has spent almost 25 years contributing to the Drive’s transformation into one of the city’s most desirable neighbourhoods. “[2008’s Parade of Lost Souls] was incredible,” says Laura Grieco, PDS general manager.

“They shut down Commercial Drive, there were DJs up and down the street, there was an incredible street party,” she recalls. For the first time, she says, it seemed just as many people were there to watch as they were to participate. But organizers didn’t get much of a chance to imagine how the Parade of Lost Souls could continue to evolve. In 2009, having experienced the first wave of provincial funding cuts, they received a further blow from the City, a combination that forced the cancellation of last year’s parade.

“We were to the point where we were advised by the City that if we were to do another event [of the size of 2008’s Parade of

the [Celebration of Light]. So, that’s huge,” Grieco says.

Muriel Honey, manager of the Film & Special Events Office, denies that the City conveyed the costs would be comparable.

“Any comparison between the Parade of Lost Souls and the Celebration of Light would have been made to illustrate the range of services required,” she says. “In no way are the costs of civic services the same for these two events.”

Indeed, the costs aren’t nearly the same.

While PDS would be on the hook for its policing costs, the Celebration of Light is actually City-funded. (It’s one of only two annual City-funded events — the other being the Remembrance Day ceremony.) According to a 2001 City Council report, Tourism Vancouver made a compelling argument that the Celebration of Light (then called the Symphony of Fire) become a civic event, due to substantial economic and cultural benefits to the city. Council agreed to cover the City’s services costs, provided other sponsors cover the remainder.

Almost a decade later, the City is still footing their part of the bill, which includes reimbursing the Vancouver Police Department for its policing costs. According to financial statements released to WE from the VPD, the price of policing 2010’s Celebration of Light was $604,000. In 2009, the first year the Parade of Lost Souls was forced to cancel, it was $690,000. And in 2008, when the City was desperately trying to clamp down on embarrassments like public drunkeness, homophobic assaults, and stabbings, the tally was $719,000.

Those numbers are eerily similar to the amount spent on crowd control for the Granville Entertainment District. In fact, policing the chaos of Granville Street could conceivably be seen as a twice-weekly public event, since it involves street closures, large crowds, and a heavy police presence. The cost of policing the GED (referred to as year-round “Liquor Deployment” in the VPD reports) has risen from $552, 223 in 2006 to $723,946 in 2009.

Without the benefit of municipal subsidies, this year’s Parade of Lost Souls has been officially scrapped, much to the disappointment of fans who hoped the parade could pull through despite the odds. In its place, PDS has created the smaller-scale Secret Souls Walk. Rather than taking place outdoors in

open house for crafting. Additionally, organizers have arranged guided and self-guided tours through different neighbourhood streets, the locations of which won’t be disclosed until the evening of the event (Saturday, Oct. 30). At most, PDS estimates it will be able to accommodate 1,000-1,500 people — a far cry from the 30,000 participants who attended the event two years ago.

According to Grieco, PDS lost $35,000 in gaming and arts council money. Through additional fundraising efforts they’ve raised some of that money back, but not nearly enough to fund the Parade of Lost Souls.

“This year’s budget is under $10,000,” Grieco says, estimating that the cost of a parade the size of 2008’s would be between $50,000 and $60,000. “It would be a lot easier for us to just move on and say we’re a victim of our own success. But we have so many people who are just such hardcore supporters and it’s so distinctive to Public Dreams and so distinctive to the city. There’s so much support for it. We thought, OK, we don’t have the money, but how can we not do this? We just have to make it smaller.”

NDP MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert, Opposition critic for tourism, culture, and the arts, spent years working with arts groups on community engagement and has seen firsthand what PDS events can offer the area.

“Art sparks dialogue, debate, discussion — all those things that make communities healthy,” he says. “If you chomp away at what little funds go towards those kinds of things, it becomes increasingly difficult to get people out of their homes, or out from in front of their TVs, to talk to their neighbours, to have a laugh together. Illuminares and Parade of Lost Souls... put the arts into the hands of everybody. It’s not top down, sit and hide in a darkened room and watch.

You’re actually an art maker.”

Steve Duncan, a long-time resident of Commercial Drive and founder of The Drive Is Alive blog, is also concerned about his community’s future.

“It was a shame to see Parade of Lost Souls almost disappear last year,” he says. “That had a big impact and people certainly felt a hole. Now that it’s coming back and it’s not in the same capacity, I think people really are feeling it.”

Duncan himself moved to the Drive nine years ago because of the neighbourhood’s

inventive and interesting ways.

“I think that it becomes a little bit more like Yaletown or places like that where we don’t have as much happening outside,” he says. “We don’t have as many large community events. People get turned off by going [inside]. If the weather’s good, they want to stay outside, and Halloween’s kind of traditionally an outdoor activity. I think people will start to go other places and find other things to do.”

Approximately two weeks ago, the City and PDS met for a last-ditch planning meeting.

The City offered to offset policing costs after the event ends at 9pm. Despite the offer, PDS still doesn’t have the budget to pay for the policing necessary for a circa-2008 parade.

“There’s the desire there on our part and on the City’s part to keep these events going, bu it is really hard without the infrastructure,” Grieco says. “When you start having that eroded by government funding being cut, it puts you on that precipice where you go the safe route rather than the more risky route.”

Commercial Drive is not the only neighbourhood at risk of losing a beloved and iconic public event. Terry Hunter, artistic producer of the Downtown Eastside’s Heart of the City Festival, (Oct. 27-Nov. 7) has also taken a wait-and-see approach.

“We’re taking it one year at a time,” he says, trying to remain hopeful that the prov ince and the City will recognize the necessit of investing in arts in order to build thriving communities.

“Art gives people a sense of meaning, engagement, and hope,” Hunter says. “It can give them a sense of empowerment. And, it increases the livability of a community.”

That is, perhaps, the most frustrating part for neighbourhood arts groups. No one seems to want to (or know how to) factor in the intrinsic value of events like Heart of the City, Illuminares, and Parade of Lost Souls when it comes to a neighbourhood’s ability to flourish or flounder.

“We’re not to be credited wholeheartedly, Grieco says of neighbourhood arts groups.

“It’s the community that came together and really reclaimed that space. But, real estate values go up and gentrification happens, and there’s good and bad aspects of that. These kind of cultural events add value to the neighbourhood, and I don’t know if across

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But look closely at the stark, white road bike and you’ll notice that a nameplate welded to the frame bears the name Winnick. Linger a little longer and you’ll see the stencils on each of the intersection’s four corners: Wear Your Bike Helmet and You Are Loved And Missed Dan. It’s easy to zip past roadside memorials, the crosses, wilted bouquets, grimy teddy bears and ghost bikes that dot our roadways, without giving them a second thought. Easy to dismiss the accidents as a byproduct of living in an urban environment; inevitable occurrences so common they get only two or three lines in the newspaper — if that.

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ens of close Vancouver friends, with scores more friends back home in Calgary.

When he collided with the car at nine minutes to midnight on July 21, 2010, he made a tragic error in judgement. One bolstered by a sense of invincibility common to many in their 20s. And though accidents like Dan’s are rare (police say he was the only cyclist fatality in Vancouver in the last few years), his death a month later was far from an isolated incident. A year after the accident, those who knew him are still struggling to make sense of the world in his absence.

Penny and Jim Winnick always got a kick out of how their sons, Dan and Nick, were like night and day. The boys loved each other but approached the world from opposite ends. Nick, three years Dan’s senior, was the cautious observer; he’d want to stay inside and watch the snow fall, says Penny. He’d walk around the puddles on the street.

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ideas — he’d carefully consider all sides of an issue. “When Dan was really thinking it was like you were listening to his soul speak,” she says.

Dan studied journalism for a year and wrote about music for Beatroute magazine but wasn’t ready to settle into a career.

He moved to Vancouver in 2008 to take a carpentry course.

This city’s reputation for cold social reception was no match for his natural warmth and charisma. Almost instantly, Dan wormed his way to the centre of a tight-knit group of East Van denizens, mostly creative types into tattoos, garage rock, beer-league softball and long bike rides through town.

He became best friends with Matt Hagarty, a fellow Calgarian whose rundown rental on East 10th avenue was the group’s unofficial clubhouse. They called it The Kingdom. Dan lived across the street.

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and I am not a dog lover (or hater) and walk by this “dangerous beast” daily. However, this is the most docile, patient dog I have seen. I know that the law must be implemented, but common sense dictates that the “politically correct” enforcers take all factors into account, especially when residents could easily establish that the “dangerous beast” has been a friendly asset to neighbourhood residents, especially children and seniors.

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E-MAIL: rantrave@wevancouver.com RANTLINE: 604-742-8673 All rants are the opinion of the individual and do not reflect the opinions of WE. The editor reserves the right to edit for clarity and brevity, so please keep it short and (bitter)sweet.

Tongue lashing To the gentleman who I just witnessed beating up his little dog on the seawall for not following his orders: shame on you!

Little dog is off-leash and sees a big dog on-leash and runs towards it. Owner of little dog screams: “No, no, no.” Little dog ignores his master and gets within a foot of big dog before screaming master catches up to little dog to “rescue” it and then proceeds to beat the living daylights out of little dog. Consider yourself lucky I witnessed this from my balcony and wasn’t nearby because you would have received one heck of a lashing from me. No, unlike you, I’m not a violent person and the lashing would be from my tongue. Leash your pooch, as required by law, and you could have avoided all this.

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Leash ‘em Re: “No wonder they’re leaving”, March 29 Rants. Any responsible dog owner, that is a trained, educated owner who values and respects his pet’s life and safety and that of others, would take you to task. There are good reasons for leash laws. Most dogs respond to movement or sudden distractions that often cause an innate spontaneous reaction to bolt or run, attack or defend.

That is where the leash comes in: to protect the dog from putting itself in harm’s way (a motor vehicle, for instance) or lunging at an unsuspecting human being, child or other dog. Show some respect for your dog, yourself, and others around you if you are a dog owner. Get the appropriate leash for your beloved animal and use it.

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“Dangerous beast”?

Re: “No wonder they’re leaving.”I have been a resident of the West End for over a decade

Better safe than sorry

Re: “Smug new parents,” Rants March 29.

My, my, are we the smug one! You may be an exemplary, careful driver but heaven help you and your baby when someone who is NOT careful rear-ends you. What an uncalled for “sex” remark – for one of the most natural emotions of mankind.

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Rinconcito’s pupusas are enough to keep you coming back OnThePLATE

By Andrew Morrison

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here’s plenty about Commercial Drive for any food lover to swoon over. I’ve always found it to be a superb place to shop for ingredients, especially for those that are particularly hard to find elsewhere. (I can think of few other neighbourhoods that inspire me more as a home cook.) I can’t go past Prado without stopping in for a well made cappuccino, and I’ll always browse the shelves and design some crazy sandwich at La Grotta del Formaggio.

For the past decade, The Drive has devolved into the background noise of Vancouver’s restaurant scene. If you want a solid pint, or a ubiquitous, reliable cocktail, or some half-assed fare endured for two halves, four quarters or three periods, there’s plenty to go around. But should you desire a plate of food that will stay in your mind for long after it’s gone, your options dwindle to perhaps half a dozen joints.

It’s a common complaint I hear from friends and colleagues who live on its flanks.

They’re not looking for anything fancy, and neither am I. Really, we’re just looking for reasons to return. A sojourn from mediocrity. A spark of genius. Something like the pupusas at Rinconcito.

That can’t be too hard. The little Salvadorean restaurant doesn’t look like much from the outside, and it’s the same on the inside. The interior is earnestly basic with a slight tinge of non-ironic kitsch lending an added patina of authenticity. All in, it’s a handful of tables and chairs, some palm fronds and a bamboo bar looking like it just arrived from Gilligan’s Island, plus a couple of dated television sets permanently tuned to a saga of soccer games. The scene is only marginally uplifted by salsa music played at low volume, which can’t be right. But no one comes for the atmosphere. They come for the pupusas.

Aside from being a word that children like to say a lot (who knew having the sound “poo-poo” in the name of a food would be so darn hilarious?), the pupusa is a seemingly straightforward and ancient bit of nosh native to El Salvador. Similar to the Colombian arepa and the Mexican gordita, it’s essentially a still-warm, thick tortilla disc made interesting by a stuffing, which is most often augmented by a healthy dose of soft cheese. They’re served with a gently fermented slaw and an unthreatening, vernacular hot sauce, which is to say that they don’t look particularly appetizing, sort of like a flat taco-sized tortilla that has gone on a bit of a piggish bender. When perfect, it’s glistening and plump with delicious promise and gone splotchy golden brown. And that’s always the way at Rinconcito.

There are four types: revuelta (a mix of

Ana, the owner of Commercial Drive’s Rinconcito restaurant, offers four types of pupusas, served with slaw and sauce. Doug Shanks photo cheese, pork and beans); frijoles y queso (bean and cheese); chicharron (pork ground to a paste); and straight up queso (cheese).

The taste differential between them is predictably minor (I yearn for them to diversify), but if I was to pick just one of the bunch (and I usually do), I’d go for the revueltas.

The pork paste might sound far removed from the flavour of bacon, but it’s swell when sandwiched by cheese and bean, and the combination of slaw and sauce provide different bites each time. Still, at $2.75 per pupusa, don’t take my word for it. Order the lot.

A worthwhile restaurant need not be perfect, but it needs to offer something that makes moot the notion of perfection. Near Rinconcito, look to Little Nest for their special soups, Biercraft for their coned frites, The Reef for their “Island of Eggs”, Divino for their bright antipasti, Bandidas for their tacos, and Riddim & Spice for their proper Jerk Chicken.

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Behind the vines at Tinhorn Creek Sandra Oldfield helps turn Okanagan winery into thriving business

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inhorn Creek’s winemaker and CEO Sandra Oldfield has been top of mind for me for the past few weeks.

We co-presented a blending seminar at one of my East Van Wine Academy events at the Waldorf Hotel in mid-March and I collaborated on a side-by-side, corkversus-screwcap comparative tasting of her 2001 merlot with L’Abattoir sommelier Jake Skakun last week. (The screwcap version aged much better and was still fairly intact.)

Just a few days ago I had a quick visit to her winery on a blustery afternoon with the added bonus of a kick-ass lunch at Miradoro, Tinhorn’s on-premise restaurant helmed by Chef Jeff Van Geest, hyper-focused on local, sustainable fare.

Sandra is heading into her 18th vintage in the Okanagan, a good chunk of history for a place with so little of it. A native Californian, she sold dresses at Macy’s before working the tasting room at Rodney Strong led her to wine studies at UC Davis, eventually getting her Master’s in enology.

Partnered with her husband Kenn and a couple friends from Alberta, Sandra has built Tinhorn Creek into a consistently acclaimed 35,000-case-a-year winery priding itself on the South Okanagan’s Golden Mile and Black Sage Bench fruit, particularly suited for hearty, well-structured reds. Her

Since creating Tinhorn Creek winery with her husband Kenn and friends from Alberta, Sandra Oldfield has helped build it into one of the province’s most respected wineries. history in our region brings a wealth of experience that has not only resulted in Tinhorn’s quality-level building over the years, but as a resource for her neighbours and colleagues who don’t have the advantage of a couple decades under their belts.

While many fretted over the 2010 and 2011 vintages for being cooler and prolonged due to slow ripening, Sandra was often talking them down, sharing anecdotes of the dreadful 1999 vintage that was outright cold and punctuated with a killer frost at the end of September.

When picking up a bottle from Tinhorn

Creek, I’ll first lead you to Sandra’s killer Cabernet Franc ($19.99, BCLDB), a strong red-fruit and herb-dusted example of both the grape’s appropriateness around these parts, but also as evidence that you can get a solid BC red for twenty bucks. You’d do no wrong picking up a bottle of her merlot ($18.99) for a guaranteed crowd-pleaser.

Some say it’s Tinhorn’s signature grape, a sentiment with solid backing as evidenced by it being one of the only New World merlots not to tumble in sales once the grape was vilified in Sideways.

Any red, mind you, is good value from Tinhorn — though I’m not huge on the pinot noir ($19.99.) I feel the South Okanagan heat is too intense for the grape’s typical softer, delicate style, resulting in lost nuance and finesse. It ends up being a little beat-up and clumsy (like me after Sandra reads this.)

For whites, her pinot gris ($17.99) perfectly straddles that brighter, citrus-laden ‘Grigio’ style, while maintaining a slight oily texture, making it ultra-food-friendly.

The Tinhorn Creek Oldfield’s Series 2Bench White ($22.99) though, reaches for the stars (and grabs ‘em!) with a so-crazy-itjust-might-work field blend of chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, semillon, viognier and muscat. Peaches, pears, honey and jasmine all contribute to a juicy, fresh and complex Okanagan wonder.

Along with tucking into some of Sandra’s wine, do make a point of following her on Twitter (@SandraOldfield ) One of her best traits is that she is one of British Columbia’s most cheery, witty, intelligent and accessible winemakers.

Wine should offer a sense of place, and while everything she bottles certainly does that, it’s getting to know her a little better that makes each glass poured even more enjoyable.

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strolling along the boulevard, stopping to eat something delicious at a sidewalk bistro and watching the world go by. You can imagine you are in Paris at Le Parisien. It opens in the location of the former Café de Paris at 751 Denman on April 6. Owner John Blakeley, who also owns Kitsilano’s Bistro Pastis, got his first serving job at Café de Paris. It was owned at the time by Maurice Richez. “He was an amazing mentor to me. To open Le Parisien in the same location is my tribute to him.” Le Parisien is managed by Blakeley’s own protégé, Geraldine Daugy, and the executive chef is Tobias Grignon. It will be open Tuesdays through Sundays: coffee and pastries at the bar are offered every morning from 8 – 11:30am.; lunch service runs 11:30 to 2; and dinner is offered from 5:30 to 11. Brunch is served on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and there is a lighter bar fare menu every evening from 5 to 11 p.m.

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Yaletown is eagerly awaiting the April 7 opening of DD Mau, a Vietnamese sandwich shop on Pacific across from the Roundhouse. The signature sandwiches will be sweet BBQ pulled pork with tangy Kim Chi (Korean fermented cabbage) and savoury Chinese roasted duck with scallions, hoisin sauce, pickled carrots and daikon, cilantro, and jalapeno slices. Vegetarian options include grilled lemongrass tofu. Wash it down with fresh fruit and almond milk smoothies, lime fizz or iced coffee with sweetened condensed milk. DD Mau is planning to make their own baguettes at its second location, slated to open late this year.

There’s weird and then there’s gross. Although Bob Blumer sometimes blurs the lines between the two on his new Food Network Canada show, World’s Weirdest Restaurants, the food is usually delicious.

Last week the Food Network’s Surreal Gourmet/ Glutton for Punishment gave diners at the Waldorf Hotel a taste of what to expect when his new show premieres on April 4. For instance, during The Blind Feeding the Blind course, blindfolded guests were spoonfed crispy salted cod and ham soup. Then came Ling Cod à la John, which Blumer (right) served out of a (very clean) toilet with the Waldorf’s executive chef Cesar De La Parra (left, pictured above). For dessert, a maple glazed donut was sprinkled with bacon praline dust, hence the Glazed and Confused title. Of the 52 unusual restaurants on the show, which took six months of travelling and eating, eating and travelling to shoot, two are in Vancouver. One was a speed-dating dinner put on

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Gastown’s Blarney Stone (216 Carrall) is hosting an Easter Bunny Ball on April 5 with prizes for costumes. Starts at 8pm and admission is free if you show up before that. (BlarneyStone.ca) Celebrate Easter at the elegant Spanish Ballroom at the historic Rosewood Hotel Georgia on April 8. The 1920s-themed celebration will begin with a delicious brunch prepared by the hotel’s Head Chef Ken Nakano accompanied by the Kris Covlin Trio playing ragtime and hot jazz music from the roaring twenties throughout the afternoon for everyone to enjoy. (RosewoodHotels.com)

The highly anticipated Fat Dragon has opened at 566 Powell St. on the Downtown Eastside.

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David Aisenstat will shut down The Shore Club at Dunsmuir and Granville this week. The behemoth, two storey restaurant will be turned into another Keg (Aisenstat owns the chain).

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From chance encounter to Eco Fashion Week Mala Imports’ fair-trade Balinese jewelry line links up with La Isla swimwear for VEFW

Ashley Wray (left) was inspired to start importing jewelry while traveling. The pieces have quickly gained a following and will be featured with La Isla swimwear (below) at Vancouver Eco Fashion Week, April 10 to 12. Janna Hauck photo, left

By Katie Bartel

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hether it be travelling to a new country or taking on a new career, Ashley Wray’s gut has always led her in the right direction; just as it did last year on a 45-minute flight from Bali, Indonesia to Phuket, Thailand.

The 25-year-old co-owner of Mala Imports never imagined she’d one day be importing and selling jewelry, not when her dreams were planted so deep in the journalism field.

But that was before she met Soma Temple, creator of Aum Rudraksha Designs.

The meeting took place during a trip that was initially supposed to take Wray and her fiancé, Matt Bateman, to New Zealand only.

They wound up travelling through England, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Northern Ireland, Bali, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

On their flight to Thailand, Temple sat next to them, drawn to their “beautiful aura” and, perhaps, the fact that Bateman was wearing a Aum Rudraksha Designs bracelet that he’d bought in Bali. Temple told them about her company, which promotes sustainability and fair trade, and about the history of rudraksha beads, which grow on trees in Southeast Asia and have been used in varying prayer and spiritual rituals for centuries.

By the end of the flight, Wray and Bateman were so taken by the beads, they shook hands with Temple and became the official Canadian importers of Aum Rudraksha Designs.

“If you had asked us a year ago what we would be doing in a year, we never would have said we’d be spending every waking hour outside of our 9-5 jobs working with jewelry,” said Wray, a communications specialist at the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, who has been employed by the Liverpool Free Press, Chilliwack Progress, Abbotsford News, Shaw TV and Star FM. “It’s just not something we ever would have imagined to be in our future.”

Yet, they’re excelling.

Last month, Mala Imports attended the Vancouver Health and Wellness Show, and next week will be featured in Vancouver Eco Fashion Week — April 11 at 7pm.

They’ve also developed a partnership with La Isla, a Californiabased fashion house that has been featured in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. La Isla is keen on taking Mala Imports to Miami Fashion Week in July, as well as showcasing the jewelry with its brand in several fashion magazine spreads. Mala Imports is also working on creating an exclusive line of jewelry for La Isla’s 2013 swim and beachwear line.

“We don’t plan it,” said Wray. “We let our instinct guide us.”

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Sonja Picard, of The Sonja Picard Collection now offers a jewelry design service called Recycle Your Love. Clients bring in old, unused jewelry from their past for Picard to rework into jewelry that reflects who they are today. Recycle Your Love consultations are free; gifts and rings from previous marriages as well as gems and gold pieces bequeathed from loved ones can be remade into rings

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Women: Style rebel and Vancouver institution John Fluevog is still saving the world from bad sandals with these bamboo-heeled buttery soft, veggie-tanned leathers that wrap around the ankle and make them say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ahhh.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; (4) Check out the SS12 collection at 65 Water or 837 Granville. In addition to the ubiquitous flats in colours such as Crayon Yellow, Native can also kit you out in sandals like these two-tone Paolos (5). The Converse Spring/ Summer â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;12 collection has some creative new silhouettes like the fold-down Double-Upper, the breezy Coast and the streamlined Dainties (6) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; available at various retailers (see Converse.com).

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ith the Projecting Change Film Festival about to celebrate its fifth anniversary, co-founder Brady Dahmer has a clear concept of what distinguishes his “sustainable” festival from other local cinema showcases.

“This is more of a proactive way to get some of these people engaged in these issues and topics,” he explains of his approach to programming a selection of socially conscious and environmentally minded documentaries and then supplementing them with speakers who spearhead post-screening discussions.

To Dahmer’s way of thinking, it’s essential that issues-based films leave audiences motivated rather than demoralized. “All of the films we show have to have an inspirational or solutionbased element to them,” he states. “Afterwards, we bring on a panel of just amazing speakers that say, ‘Here’s what you can do today and tomorrow in your local community.’ That’s where the speakers can add that extra bit of inspiration.”

The roster of experts assembled for these

discussions is as diverse as it is impressive. On opening night, TED2011 speaker John Hunter will tackle advancements in education after a screening of World Peace & Other 4th Grade Accomplishments. Following SWITCH, visionary scientist Joel L. Bellenson will speak on his new passion: the solar revolution. Local restauranteur Scott Hawthorne will follow-up In Organic We Trust by explaining how partnering with local vendors has helped his ventures survive in an unforgiving industry.

“We can help educate our audience on what is going on out there and get them connected with local organizations,” Dahmer says. In this vein, a screening of One Beach will segue into a Kits Beach clean-up that the Surfrider Foundation has organized for Earth Day on April 22.

“We kind of call ourselves an open source festival,” Dahmer concludes. “Come to us with an idea and let’s use our power as a festival to get our audience engaged in other social activities and ventures.”

The Projecting Change Film Festival runs April 17-22 at SFU Woodward’s. Single screenings $12 or festival pass $80 from projectingchange.ca/tickets.

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April 21 and 22 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Single day pass $20 or weekend pass $30 from www.fanexpovancouver.com/tickets.

Scar Tissue, which runs April 5-28 at the Arts Club Revue Stage, is Dennis Foon’s second adaptation of Michael Ignatieff’s novel.

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hen Scar Tissue makes its stage debut, it will mark Dennis Foon’s second adaptation of Michael Ignatieff’s celebrated novel. As the playwright-screenwriter-novelist shares, his reworking the cerebral text into a made-for-television movie a decade ago was hampered by budgetary and production constraints. “It never reached its visual potential,” he laments. “A lot of the image structure and language had to go in order to make it fit that format.

“At the end of it, I really felt like I’d love another chance to attack the material. In fact, I realized that approaching it in the theatre would actually give me more visual freedom and freedom with language than what I had in a television treatment.” He adds, “Being in the theatre, you don’t need to be nearly as literal.”

Scar Tissue is told from the perspective of David (Craig Erickson), who’s watching his mother (Gabrielle Rose) be ravaged by Alzheimer’s.

Exploring the issues of memory and identity, the play’s frequent chronological shifts are conveyed solely through the actors’ performances.

“The conceit of the play is that it’s all coming out of David’s mind. So, you need to move at the

speed of thought,” Foon explains. “What’s really cool is that Craig and Gabrielle can play a scene and they can shift from present to the past on a dime. As he becomes a teenager, she becomes her younger self. It’s seamless.”

When it’s suggested that Scar Tissue’s tagline -—“the triumph of life over loss” — is a theme that applies to much of Foon’s writing, he demurs. “I’m one of those guys who really doesn’t think too much about theme,” Foon suggests. “I’m always looking for what catches me emotionally.” In the case of Ignatieff’s novel, it was the idea of David desperately trying to solve the mysteries of his own youth before his mother’s mind is lost forever.

Just as Foon has professed that his youth-oriented Green Thumb Theatre productions helped him “synthesize” his own childhood, revisiting Scar Tissue a decade later has helped him makes sense of his current experiences. “In that period of time, I’ve been watching the aging of people I love very much,” he explains. “One is aging and the other has dementia. In the past 10 years, I’ve been directly touched by it. By this very issue.

When I first wrote it, I did a lot of research as opposed to being my own subject.”

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However, their enthusiasm is tempered somewhat by the the work that still lays ahead if the Haida language is to survive.

“Today, there are less than 40 fluent speakers,” Collison says. “Our language is on the brink. If anyone takes a moment to think about what a language is, it really is your identity.” Her voice wavering, she adds, “The thought that we could lose our language... It’s still a horrible thought.”

It was photographer Farah Nosh who laid the groundwork for the exhibition by capturing striking “large format” portraits of the fluent Haida elders. Standing before one of these evocative portraits, Collison marvels, “You feel like you can see the lives that these people have lived in their faces and their eyes. You can see that they’re telling their stories.”

Upon seeing Nosh’s picture of her own grandfather, Collison recalls, “It took my breath away. I thought, ‘What the hell are we doing not having this show?’” It was then that she, along with Bedard and others, began the protracted process of recording the elders’ life experiences for both the exhibition and catalogue that accompanies it.

“We really thought about the questions we should be asking the elders and how we should be asking them. You don’t want to go, ‘How did residential school affect you?’ They’re not going to answer. But if you ask them, ‘When did you stop speaking Haida?’ they’re going to say, ‘When I went to residential school.’” She says, “The realization of what our elders have lived through became much more than just an intellectual understanding of assimilation. It broke our hearts.”

However, rather than dwelling on the dark days of the past, many of these elders (whose average age is 80) are leading the charge to keep the three Haida dialects alive. Bedard works at the Old Massett language centre and witnesses their selfless contributions every day.

“A big part of it for me was honouring those elders and acknowledging the ones who are working day to day. Who are dedicating their lives to it.”

She offers, “Often, it can feel like we’re always on their shoulders. I felt they really deserved us holding them up like this.”

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tories about fitness guru Ramona Braganza always begin with a list of Hollywood A-listers she has 3-2-1’d into shape.

By 3-2-1 I’m referring, of course, to Braganza’s proven method of personal training.

By Hollywood A-listers I’m referring, of course, to Jessica Alba, Ryan Reynolds, Zac Efron, Halle Berry, Eva Mendes, Scarlett Johansson, Kate Beckinsdale, Bradley Cooper, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel and Amanda Seyfried. (No big deal.)

Cardio, circuit, cardio, circuit, cardio, core: this is the essence of Braganza’s 3-2-1 method. “With an actor on a set you have very little time. You know you have to do weights, cardio and get to the abs and you’ve got 30 minutes to be effective,” explains Braganza. “It’s a good formula for people who maybe don’t know what to do in the gym.”

Cardio is broken into three segments, which Braganza recommends mixing up. “You always want to shock your body and do things you don’t usually do. It’s called muscle confusion,” she says. During the circuit set, about 10 minutes each, you’ll use three body parts at once, such as your legs, chest and triceps — a split inspired by bodybuilding. Braganza focuses on technique and tempo, squeezing the muscle at the top and bottom of a movement and really connecting with them every time. The core work at the end, she says, in inspired by her gymnastics background.

Born to Indian parents in Germany and then raised in small-town Ontario, Braganza was a competitive gymnast her entire young life, always with Hollywood stars in her eyes.

“I saved all my pennies to get there,” she remembers. In the Golds Gym “fitness scene” of the 1980s she moved to L.A. and tried out — against 1,000 other girls — for the Raiders cheer squad.

Braganza got one of 15 spots.

“Cheering is really for the camaraderie, for the experience, for the fact you get into clubs for free.

It’s being a mini-celebrity in a big celebrity world.

Most of the girls that were doing it were either trying to be actors or they were nurses or teachers,” says Braganza.

The gig paid $60 a game and required three rehearsals a week, not to mention weigh-ins.

Braganza recalls that once, to help control her weight, she tried the infamous Beverly Hills diet.

Celebrity fitness guru Ramona Braganza in action; with clients Halle Berry (below, left) and Scarlett Johansson (right).

“I did that for two weeks and my mouth broke out into big sores. I thought I was going to die there was so much acid in my stomach because all you ate for two weeks was pineapple and papaya.” But, she continues, “over the years [cheerleading] offered lots of opportunities. It really furthered the girls’ careers. I found fitness. I walked into Venice [Beach] Golds [Gym] and that was it.”

Fitness modelling, landing the cover of Muscle & Fitness magazine and entering the first ever Miss National Fitness contest in Las Vegas followed (“I had to tumble, wear a cocktail dress, and talk,” she summarizes of the event).

But in the end it was the classic Hollywood “I’m-not-really-a-waitress-story” that launched her success.

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these celebrities who went there,” she remembers.

There, she served a successful Hollywood producer who knew she was a Raiders cheerleader and had a history of gymnastics. (Sidenote: I suspect Braganza was shrewd enough to have made sure the producer knew she wasn’t only a waitress.)

Soon that producer had her working with Jennifer Love Hewitt on The Byrds of Paradise, then on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and finally on Dark Angel, with Jessica Alba. The X-Men movie came calling next, and when Halle Berry let go of longtime celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak, she turned to Braganza.

“They work hard; it’s not just showing up at the gym,” says Braganza of her celebrity clientele, which certainly explains the lightning-fast, drool-worthy post-baby bodies of Berry and Alba.

(Braganza trained them through that with her 12week 3-2-1 Baby Bulge Be Gone method.)

Fifty per cent of your results come down to what you put in your mouth, she says. “You can have wine three, four days a week. But at the same time you want to be sure you put your three days working out in. If you want to make gains it’s four days a week. And if you want to look like a movie star it’s five to six days a week.”

Within the 50 per cent eating rule there’s an 80/20 rule, Braganza explains, which means eat consciously and cleanly 80 per cent of the time and “kick back” the other 20 per cent. Braganza also applies her 3-2-1 method to food: three meals, two snacks and one litre of water (minimum) per day.

“You have to try to keep fitness really simple. That’s the key to keeping it long term,” she says.

And the celebs? Do they actually eat?” I ask, praying she divulges that actually they are total freaks of nature who eat ice cream every night and still lose weight.

“If they’re on a movie that’s one thing, but between movies they do their own thing. Halle makes really good soup and that’s her snack all day long,” says Braganza.

“So eat soup if you want to be a Bond Girl?” I wonder aloud.

“It’s really about time management and how bad you want it,” replies Braganza. “It’s going to be a little painful to start with. It always is. I’d do it 20 maybe 30 minutes at first. You have to ease into everything. Take the cardio down to five minutes, not 10 each. And if you have a day and you’re just exhausted and all you want to do is run for 20 minutes then get out of the gym, do that.”

Her 3-2-1 weight loss program works for men and women because it’s high intensity and zaps calories, though she says she trains men much differently if they’re trying to build muscle mass, only using the method once a week as a circuit.

But “worrying about the scale can’t be the focus of your life,” she says.

“You have to monitor where you’re comfortable in your clothing and try to keep it at that over the years. You will gain a certain number of pounds as you age—I think it’s about five pounds every ten years, it’s not very much—but your body shifts. I’m 50 now and I don’t plan to be like I was at 20. You have to be the best you can be at whatever age you are.”

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MOVIEREVIEWS THE RAID: REDEMPTION Starring Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian Directed by Gareth Evans Opening with the sound of a wristwatch ticking insistently, this Indonesian martial arts spectacle signals its intention not to waste a second of the audience’s precious time. Moments later, we’re riding shotgun with Rama (Iko Uwais) — a kind-hearted cop/human killing machine — as he and his SWAT team pull up outside of a Jakarta tenement ruled by a crime lord and stocked with his henchman. Of course, their clear-cut mission (“We take the place floor by floor.”) quickly goes sideways and Rama is left to singlehandedly take on an army of villains, including the diminutive sadist Mad Dog (Yayan Ruhian).

One is inclined to pin the label “mayhem” to what ensues. However, it’s far too calculated and choreographed to warrant that description. In every scene, writer-director Gareth Evans and Uwais (who doubled as one of the film’s fight choreographers) are not only tending to Rama’s current melee but also laying the groundwork for the next several bouts that follow.

And just so we’re clear: the action here is unrelenting, with each floor of the building proving more perilous than the one Rama just fled. The sheer ingenuity of the combat and the enthralling athleticism of the combatants ensures that the film never threatens to become repetitive. It seems that if there’s more than one way to skin a cat, then there’s infinite options when it comes to cracking skulls. By the end credits, even the most hardcore adrenaline junkies may find themselves teetering deliriously on the brink of an overdose. — Curtis Woloschuk

WRATH OF THE TITANS Starring Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson Directed by Jonathan Liebesman A strong indication of precisely how low this unambitious franchise was setting its standard for imagination arrived courtesy of the tagline for 2010’s Clash of the Titans: “Titans will clash.” From that point on, the question repeatedly and rightfully posed by viewers has been, “Is that really the best you could come up with?”

Every bit as abysmal as its predecessor, this instalment picks up 10 years later with the demigod Perseus (Sam Worthington) content to toil as a fisherman. Alas, as the story goes: just when he thought he was out, he’s dragged back in for one last adventure — save the world from the Titan Kronos — by his estranged father Zeus (Liam Neeson, who you’d be inclined to say is slumming here if he hadn’t taken up permanent residency in Hollywood’s low-rent districts).

It would seem that Zeus has also added God of Exposition to his portfolio as he’s charged with dispensing key information so gracelessly that employing an opening text crawl — à la the original Star Wars — would’ve seemed like sophisticated storytelling by comparison.

As Worthington has routinely proven himself incapable of creating characters worth investing in, it’s incumbent on the screenwriters to craft an absorbing story. Instead, Dan Mazeau and David Johnson’s script is nothing more than a series of clumsy set-ups for Perseus to half-heartedly skirmish with the likes of Hades (Ralph Fiennes) and Ares (Édgar Ramírez), while director Jonathan Liebesman (Battle Los Angeles) barrages us with shoddy CGI. Pulses will not pound. — C.W.

THE MOTH DIARIES Starring Sarah Bolger, Lily Cole Directed by Mary Harron Considering how much The Moth Diaries has going for it on paper, it’s a shame the result Thor is such a boring exercise in Diakow filmmaking and an example of squandered potential. Based on the Rachel Klein novel and directed at a glacial pace by Canadian Mary Harron (American Psycho), the story begins with Rebecca (Sarah Bolger) attending a girls’ boarding school as she copes with the recent suicide of her father. Rebecca’s close friendship with Lucie (Sarah Gadon) begins to crack following the arrival of a mysterious new girl named Ernessa, played quite creepily by British model Lily Cole. The inevitable vampire connection is established early on in a scene where Scott Speedman’s throwaway teacher character reminds the students every vampire story has three classic elements — death, sex and blood. This movie could have used a lot more of these. The director does a decent job establishing a gothic mood; the film’s screenplay, however, opts for a heavy-handed approach reminiscent of Twilight. The acting, while not terrible, by no means elevates the already stale dialogue.

Penthouse’s storied history continues April 5

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olding court in the refurbished Penthouse Night Club, co-owner Danny Filippone still remembers the dreadful early hours of November 30, 2011. “I was awoken by a phone call from my general manager,” he recounts.

“He just said one word — ‘Fire.’”

Racing across the Second Narrows Bridge, Filippone spotted smoke billowing from the downtown core and assumed the worst: the business his family established in 1947 was lost. Fortunately, upon arriving on the scene, he learned that the blaze had been contained.

“When I realized that the building had been saved, I thought to myself, ‘I got another shot here.’”

Previously temporarily shuttered due to a prostitution scandal and the murder of Filippone’s uncle, Danny Filippone set to reopen The Penthouse.

The Penthouse used its latest forced hiatus to install a gleaming new bar and upgrade the stage where its exotic dancers have for your been strutting their stuff chance to for four decades.

“I would come here to an advance when I was a little boy screening of and I’d be shuffled through the kitchen.

My dad would close my eyes and wheel me up the stairs,” recalls the 48-year-old. He finally clued in to what the family business was when his dad had three Penthouse dancers streak at a 1973 Canucks game.

A rollicking party on April 5 featuring rockabilly music and red carpet pageantry will officially open a new chapter for The Penthouse, whose chequered history can be traced courtesy of the countless photos that line the club’s walls.

As to what the future To enter go to holds, Filippone wouldn’t www.WEVancouver.com by be surprised if it turns out 9am on Monday, he’s currently raising the April 9th. next Penthouse owner.

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KATHLEEN EDWARDS Canadian alt-folk singer/songwriter with guest Hannah Georgas. Apr. 6 at Commodore, 8pm. $27.50 (Z, H, TM).

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THOMAS DOLBY Synth-pop innovator with guests Aaron Jonah Lewis, Ben Belcher. Apr. 10 at Rio Theatre, 7pm. $25 (RC, Z, H, TM).

ROOTZ UNDERGROUND Sixpiece Jamaican reggae band with guests Mr. Metro, 3 The Hard Way. Apr. 12 at Venue, 8pm. $20.50 (TW).

CLASSICAL UBC SCHOOL OF MUSIC Free. Tickets available at Chan Centre ticket office at noon on day of performance.

• Apr. 5, 8pm: Postcard from the Americas. UBC Symphonic Winds Ensemble, UBC Concert Winds, and featuring UBC Opera Ensemble.

Austin-based indie rock band. Apr. 7 at Media Club, 8pm. $16 (NT, RC, Z).

VANCOUVER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The VSO presents

BRAITHWAITE AND WHITELEY RED HOT BLUES TOUR

its 2012 series of concerts. All shows at Orpheum Theatre, 8pm, unless otherwise indicated. Info: 604-876-3434 • Tickets from VancouverSymphony.ca.

• Apr. 12: Lehar: The Merry Widow Franz Lehar’s beloved operetta with the UBC Opera Ensemble. $21-$38.

• Apr. 13, 14: Let’s Dance! Featuring 2010 National Jitterbug champion and So You Think You Can Dance choreographer Carla Heiney. $21.50-$84.

Chris Whiteley and Diana Braithwaite present authentic sounds of the 20s, 30s and 40s on vintage guitars, harp and trumpet. Apr. 7 at Rosedale on Robson Suite Hotel, 8pm. $17/$20. eventbrite.com/ event/3209677231.

JAMES Cult-favourite U.K. folk-pop indie band with guests Elizaveta. Apr. 7 at Commodore, 7pm. $32.50 (TM).

KASABIAN English alt-rock band returns in support of its latest release, Velociraptor! Apr. 9 at Vogue, 6:30pm.

SOLD OUT.

MUSIC IN THE MORNING • Apr. 11, 10:30am: Anton Kuerti plays Beethoven’s Appassionata Sonata at the Orpheum. $16/$33/$35.

Info: 604-873-4612 or musicinthemorning.org.

FANFARLO London-based indie pop band plays in support of its new release, Rooms Filled With Light. Apr. 9 at Biltmore, 8pm. $15 (TM).

CHORAL

SLEIGH BELLS Brooklyn-based

Info: 604-738-6822 • Apr. 6, 8pm: Bach in Excelsis: The Art of the Motets. At the Orpheum. $19.50-$47.50 (TM) or 1-855-985-2787.

indie rock duo plays in support of its new album, Reign of Terror. Apr. 9 at Commodore, 8pm. $25 (TM).

BAND OF SKULLS English rock band with guests We Are Augustines.

Apr. 10 at Commodore, 8pm. SOLD OUT.

ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS Famed English punk singer/songwriter presents his Spinning Songbook tour, in which select fans will be invited on-stage to spin a wheel and create a new setlist every night out of 200-plus songs. Apr. 10 at Orpheum, 7pm. $34.50-$99 (TM).

Thursday, Apr. 5 - Thursday, Apr. 12

VANCOUVER CHAMBER CHOIR

SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR Grammy winning, chart-topping world music sensation will be at QE Theatre on Apr. 7, 8pm. $34-$61 (TT), at Highlife or at Banyen Books.

THEATRE THE BOMB-ITTY OF ERRORS A musical “ad-rap-tation” of the Bard’s beloved The Comedy of Errors, with a live DJ and original music. Apr. 3-22 at Studio 16, 8pm. $15-$25 (BPT).

presents Andrew Lloyd Webber’s popular, Tony Award-winning musical (“Memory”). Apr. 10-15 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 8pm (Tues-Sat); Sun, 7:30pm. Matinees: Sat-Sun 2pm. $35 and up (TM).

TREMORS Rumble Production’s contemporary theatre festival Apr. 10-28 at the Cultch and Little Mountain Gallery. $15 and up from 604-251-1363.

• Apr. 10-21: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (see The Cultch listing) • Apr. 17-21: Giant Invisible Robot 2011 Fringe hit about a painfully shy young man and his destructive robot.

• Apr. 19-28: Endgame Main Street Theatre’s adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s absurdist classic about the end of life.

• Apr. 24-28: A Last Resort A voyage to the dark side of society’s loose grasp on paradise.

and politics collide in this chilling tale of betrayal, intrigue and love gone wrong during the chaos of Stalinist Russia. Presented by United Players. Thurs. through Sun. at 8pm. Mar. 30 - Apr. 22 at Jericho Arts Centre, 1675 Discovery St. $16-$20. Preview Show: Mar. 29 $10.

SCAR TISSUE Based on the novel

by Michael Ignatieff; directed by Dennis Foon. Apr. 5-28, Revue Stage, 8pm. (Wed.-Sat.), Tues. 7:30pm, Matinees: Wed. & Sat. 2pm. $25-$35 from 604-687-1644 or artsclub.com.

Award-winning musical about the Parisian entertainer who finds success disguised as a man impersonating a woman, and unexpectedly attracts the attention of a mobster.

To Apr. 7 at Metro Theatre, 8pm. $19-$28 from 604-266-7191.

Maliha hosts this weekly variety show every Tues. The Fray (3980 Fraser), 9-11pm. Free. To sign up, contact Patrick Maliha via Facebook.

DANCE DIRTY DANCING BURLESQUE! Movie-inspired burlesque show, featuring hit songs from Dirty Dancing. Apr. 5, doors: 8pm, show: 9pm at The Rio Theatre. $20 (BPT).

SHIFTING STATES A choreographic show freaturing new work

by Vancouver’s most interesting emerging choreographers. 8pm, Apr. 11, 13, 14, 18, 20 & 21 at EDAM Studio Theatre. $15, $20 at the door.; Apr. 11: tickets 2 for 1 (cash only) at EDAM, 303 E. 8 Avenue.

DANCE ALLSORTS

VISUAL ARTS

A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD Return engagement of the

‘PORTABLE WALLS’ EXHIBIT

popular Jessie Award-winning adaptation of Arnold Lobel’s beloved books. To Apr. 8 at Carousel Theatre. $12-$29. Ages 3+. Select all-ages performances Apr. 3-8. Times, tickets and info: CarouselTheatre.ca.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Oscar Wilde’s brilliantly witty satire about two wealthy men, one in the city and one in the country, both pretending to be named Ernest. To Apr. 15 at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, 8pm (Wed-Sat), 7:30pm (Tues). Matinees: Wed, Sat-Sun, 2pm. $29-$65 from 604-687-1644.

Improv comedy at The Improv Centre on Granville Island (1502 Duranleau). Ticket prices vary $5-$25 from 604-687-1644 and

SHERPAS: THE TRUE HEROES OF MOUNT EVEREST Hosted

Series of monthly Sunday recitals at the Roundhouse Community Centre, 2pm and 4pm. $5-$15 in advance from NewWorks.ca.

Pay-what-you-can at the door (suggested $5-$20).

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hosted by Jason Bryden and Jimmy Barnes. Mon. at Prophouse Cafe (1636 Venables), 9pm. $5 cover.

THE $100 WINNER TAKES ALL VARIETY SHOW Patrick

BURNT BY THE SUN Passion

club with themed pro-am nights and internationally renowned headliners. Tues-Thurs 8:30pm.

Fri-Sat, 8pm and 10:30pm. At 1015 Burrard (inside the Century Plaza).

Apr. 5-7: Brendon Walsh.

BLIND PANTHER STAND-UP COMEDY Weekly comedy night

& Bottoms improv group’s weekly show. Mon. at Oasis Ultra Lounge, 7pm. Free.

worlds apart are drawn together, using storytelling, music and dance.

Apr. 12-21 at Firehall Arts Centre, 8pm. Matinees: Wed, 1pm; Sat, 2pm. $12-$30 from 604-689-0926.

THE COMEDY MIX Comedy

AND CENTREFOLD 19+. All profits from ticket sales will be donated to BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. Sat. Apr. 7, 7:30pm at Joe’s Apartment, 919 Granville St. $10, northerntickets.com.

QUEER IMPROV SHOW Tops

UBUNTU: THE CAPE TOWN PROJECT A woman and man

COMEDY

VTSL.com.15 • Encore! A Musical Improv Series: Wed 7:30 • Improv Test Kitchen: Wed 9pm • Ultimate Improv Championship: Thurs 9:15pm • Scared Scriptless: Fri-Sat 11:15pm • Theatre Sports: Thur-Sat 7:30pm; Fri-Sat 9:30pm • Rookie Night: Sun 7:30pm • The Improv Challenge: Tues Apr. 24, 7:30pm

Featuring artists Christian Nicolay and Ya-chu Kang at the Elliott Louis Gallery, 258 East 1 Ave. Show runs Mar. 29-Apr. 21.

THE FUTURE IS FEMALE Vancouver painter Angela Grossman explores the struggle for identity, security and self-acceptance in a new exhibit at Winsor Gallery, 3025 Granville St., running Apr. 4-May 6.

Opening reception with artist Apr. 4 from 6-8pm.

MIRAN ELBAKYAN AND JASON MARLOW AT CIRCLE CRAFT GALLERY View Miran Elbakyan’s metal work and “Storytellers” by woodturner Jason Marlow Apr. 6 to May 1. Daily 10am7pm. Info: 604-669-8021 or www. circlecraft.net.

FASHION ECO FASHION WEEK Copresented by Value Village, learn just how much fashion is contributing to Global Warming. Robson Square.

• Apr. 10, 7pm: The Vintage Runway Show. Free.

• Apr. 11, 4pm: Eco Fashion Panel, hosted by Myriam Laroche, founder of ECO Fashion Week (EFW).

Info: ecofashionweek.com.

BENEFITS PARDON MY STRIPTEASE

by VIFF and Reel Causes, and presented by the Trans-Himalayan Aid Society (TRAS). Featuring a Q&A with director Hari Thapa via video conference from Kathmandu.

Wed. Apr. 11, 7pm. (Doors: 6pm) VIFF Vancity Theatre, $!5 at viff.org/ theatre or at the door.

SPORTS TERMINAL CITY ROLLERGIRLS SEASON OPENER Apr. 6 at Kerrisdale Arena. Watch four rival house teams in two bouts and a killer half-time show. $10-20 (kids under 5 free). tcrg.ca/tickets.

FOOD • DRINK GOOD FOR YOU - GOOD FOR THE PLANET Environmentally conscious wine tasting event presented by House Wine. Apr. 11, 6-8pm at Vintage Gallery, O’Doul’s Restaurant & Bar. $40. Info: housewine.ca/news/news.php?pageID=52.

PARTIES EASTER SUNDAY PARTY Featuring DJ Kasha Kennedy and DJ Mattilda Ho. Presented by Lipstick Jungle Events and JETGIRL. Apr. 8, 10pm-2am at FiveSixty. $10 at Little Sisters or at the door.

MARKETS, SHOWS & FAIRS POP CULTURE COLLECTIBLES FAIR AND COMPUTER SWAP MEET Featuring a great

1. Kick-off the Festival at Cherry Jam on April 5 at the indoor concourse of the Burrard Skytrain station 2. Sign up for the Umbrella Dance Flash Mob April 14 outside the Vancouver Art Gallery 3. Visit VanDusen’s new visitors’ centre and Sakura Days Japan Fair (pictured) April 7 and 8, 10am to 5pm. (JapanFairVancouver.com) 4. Bike the Blossoms 5. Go to the map at VCBF.ca and create your own Cherry Blossom viewing tour to discover new neighborhoods

selection of electronics, computer items, rare toys, current & vintage comics, art, jewelry, movies, DVDs and much more! Apr. 7, 11am-4pm at Scottish Cultural Centre. $3 (Kids 12 & under free); fun-promo.com.

PAUL ANTHONY’S TALENT TIME! Be in the audience for the city’s only televised talent show featuring comedians, musical acts, dancers, hypnotists and more. Apr. 7, doors: 8pm; show: 9-11pm at the Biltmore. $8 (at the door); www. talenttime.tv.

KIDS’ STUFF EASTER EGG HUNT Sun. Apr. 8, 11am at all Choices locations. Lifesized bunnies, treasure hunts and chocolate of course! Pre-registration required.

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DL Baker Construction Canada is looking for Rodbusters in Kitimat, BC, Canada. Red Seal preferred. Rodbusters must be competent in rigging, shaking out & installing (tying) all types of reinforcement used in concrete. Must have basic knowledge of reading and understanding cut sheets and drawings for the reinforcing.

Must be capable of signaling and rigging loads for cranes.

Project Terms is Project Based Wages are in accordance with Project Labour Agreement between Kitimat Modernization Employer Association and the Coalition of British Columbia Building Trades for the Kitimat Modernization Project.

Approximate Journeyman Rodbuster $36.27 This work will start 5/1/12. Please respond to this ad by 4/20/12 Please respond via email by placing Rodbuster in the subject line to patton@bakerconcrete.com DL Baker Construction Canada is looking for Cement Mason/Finishers in Kitimat, BC, Canada. Red Seal preferred.

Finishers must possess competency in finishing high tolerance floors. Knowledge & experience in using all finishing hand tools, walk behind, and riding trowels. Must have experience in floor hardeners, shake and the ability to establish grade. Project Terms is Project Based Wages are in accordance with Project Labour Agreement between Kitimat Modernization Employer Association and Coalition of

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WKM, a mechanical contractor locate in Trail, BC, is looking for a CONTROLLER. Responsibilities include but are not limited to managing the day to day accounting operations, accts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, ccra remittances and monthly reporting of the financial statements to the owner.

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CONCRETE FINISHERS and Form Setters. Edmonton based company seeks experienced concrete finishers and form setters for work in Edmonton and northern Alberta. Subsistence and accommodations provided for out of town work; john@raidersconcrete.com.

Cell 780-660-8130. Fax 780-444-7103.

DL Baker Construction Canada is looking for Structural Steel/Precast Erectors in Kitimat, BC, Canada. Red Seal preferred. Erectors must be capable of erecting, installing of temporary braces, splice plates and welding required for the erection of precast panels.

Must have the ability to read shop drawing and provide basic layout of precast. Must have the ability to correctly rig and hoist material. Provide proper crane signals to fly material in place. Project Terms is Project Based Wages are in accordance with Project Labour Agreement between Kitimat Modernization Employer Association and Coalition of

for the Kitimat Modernization Project. Approximate Journeyman Cement Mason $31.82 This work will start 6/1/12.

Please respond to this ad by 4/20/12. Please respond via email by placing Cement Mason/Finisher in the subject line to patton@bakerconcrete.com

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Advertising Sales Consultant VOLUNTEER AT THE SCOTIABANK CANADIAN OPEN FASTPITCH!

Be part of our exciting, worldclass softball tournament, which takes place from June 30 - July 9 in Surrey, BC. We are looking for volunteers in areas such as: scorekeeping, security & parking, transportation, batgirls, tickets & gates, and more! We ask that each volunteer work a minimum of 20 hours.

In exchange for your time, each volunteer will receive: • FREE ADMISSION to all playing venues • 1 complimentary item of event apparel • 1 complimentary meal per volunteer shift worked!

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Tuesday, May 1 7:00 pm at the Sandman Signature Hotel, 8828 201 Street, Langley

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25 year of experience.

Call for your FREE estimate.

Jas 778-896-4065 Bell 604-339-2765

356

RECYCLE-IT!

LANDSCAPING ■ WATER FEATURES ■ CUSTOM STONE ■ POST & BEAM ■ RETAINING WALLS ■ OUTDOOR FIREPLACES ■ DECKING ■ OUTDOOR KITCHENS

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 548

FURNITURE

Ray 604-780-6304 westcoastmodernscape.com OF Home (604)501-9290

Improvements,

• Estate Services • Electronics • Appliances • Old Furniture • Construction • Yard Waste • Concrete • Drywall • Junk • Rubbish • Mattresses & More!

On Time, As Promised, Service Guaranteed!

604.587.5865

www.recycleitcanada.ca

bradsjunkremoval.com

Haul Anything...

But Dead Bodies!!

604.

220.JUNK(5865)

REAL ESTATE

TRANSPORTATION

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE

810

• Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331

559

MEDICAL SUPPLIES

FAST RELIEF the First Night!!

Restless Leg Syndrome and Leg Cramps Gone. Sleep Soundly, Safe with Medication, Proven Results. www.allcalm.com 1-800-765-8660.

560

HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

www.dannyevans.ca

Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

696

Can’t Get Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1866-981-5991

RENTALS 706

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

APARTMENT/CONDO

Call 604-685-1272

Comox Manor

PIANO; APT SIZE Lowrey upright piano $550/obo. Ph: 604-418-6274 or 604-531-1576.

SAWMILLS from only $3997 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

626

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable.

Rates. Different From the Rest.

604-721-4555.

ABBA MOVERS & DEL. Res/com 1-4 ton truck, 1 man $35/hr, 2 men from $45. Honest, bsmt clean up.

25 yrs of experience.604-506-7576

AFFORDABLE MOVING Local & Long Distance

$45/Hr

From 1, 3, 5, 7,10 Ton Trucks Licenced ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free estimate/Seniors discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

374

“New Building”

SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured Competitive rates. Wknd Specials.

Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

Avail. immed. Centrally located. N/S, No dogs.

Close to all amens & transportation.

Clubhouse facilities.

Phone (604)468-1698

329 PAINTING & DECORATING AAA PRECISION PAINTING. Quality work. 778-881-6096.

VANCOUVER

BARAFIELD APTS Affordable Westend living!

1 bedroom – includes heat / hot water some fully renovated! Sorry no pets.

TREE SERVICES

Tree removal done RIGHT! • Tree & Stump Removal • Certified Arborists • 20 yrs exp. • 60’ Bucket Truck • Crown Reduction • Spiral Pruning • Land Clearing • Selective Logging ~ Fully Insured • Best Rates ~

VANCOUVER, W. PENTHOUSE, ocean view, 2 bdrm, corner unit, completely reno’d, gym, whirlpool, avail. Apr. 1st. Refs. NS/NP. One year lease. $1800. 604-761-4343

604-787-5915, 604-291-7778 www.treeworksonline.ca treeworkes@yahoo.ca 10% OFF with this AD

TRANSPORTATION

PETS 477

810

PETS

CANE CORSO MASTIFF, shots, dewormed, tails cropped, vet ✓ $1,000. Call 604-826-7634.

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866 CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are Spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977 Cocker spaniel pups – purebred, no papers 1st shots, dewormed, ready to go now. $600. Call 604-888-0832

“ ABOVE THE REST “ Int. & Ext., Unbeatable Prices, Professional Crew. Free Est. Written Guarantee. No Hassle, Quick Work, Insured, WCB. Call (778)997-9582

A-TECH Services 604-230-3539 Running this ad for 8yrs

PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services. www.paintspecial.com

LAB PUPPIES, chocolate & black healthy, family raised. Parents on site. $625. Vet ✔, 1st shots 604755-1364 shakhana@hotmail.com NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com PUGS, fawn, 2 male, 2 female. family raised, vet chk’d, shots. $500. (604)796-2727/799-2911 Rottweiler Pups- PUREBRED, tails, dewclaws, shots, vet checked Health guarantee. Ready April 6th $650. to $1,000, 604 460 0804.

SHIH TZU PUPPIES, Male & Female. 1st shots. Tricolor $450. 604-465-4305 SPRINGER/LAB cross pups, vet check, 1st shots, $350. Call 604823-6739, afternoons/evenings.

AUTO FINANCING Need A Vehicle! Guaranteed Auto 1.877.680.1231 www.UapplyUdrive.ca

BERNESE Mountain Dog Puppies.

2 females remaining Vet checked with first shots and ready for new homes. $950. 778-241-5504. Langley

Jack Russell pups, cute, short, stocky, smooth coat, tail doc, deworm, 1st shot. $600. 604-798-9233

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

627

HOMES WANTED

WE BUY UGLY HOUSES! Older House • Damaged House Moving • Estate Sale • Just Want Out • Behind on Payments Quick Cash! • Flexible Terms!

CALL US FIRST! 604-657-9422

642

ABBOTSFORD ABBOTSFORD CONDO FOR SALE BY OWNER

The Stonecroft 2350 Westerly Street Bright 1050sf. 2 Bdrm. 2 Bath, Top Floor, South East Corner.

Exc. Cond. 2 Secure U/Ground Prkg. Spaces, Gas F/P, in-suite lndry. Residential Manager On Site. $199,000.

604-889-8424

838

2 hr. Service www.a1casper.com (604)209-2026

RECREATIONAL/SALE

All Makes, All Models.

New & Used Inventory.

1-888-229-0744 or apply on line at: www.kiawest.com (click credit approval)

CARS - DOMESTIC

Loan.

Apply

Now,

Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal FREE TOWING 7 days/wk.

We pay Up To $500 CA$H Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

2003 Salem Light:

Northwest Pkg, 22 ft, Sleeps 7, 1 bunk, Shower in & out.

G.V.W. 3300. Lots of extras

The Scrapper

$9,995.00 604-463-9428

2007 WILDERNESS trailer, 28’, 2 slides, Q bed, 2 drs, comp. w/hitch, exc. shape. $19,500. 604-856-3777 2008 FREEDOM SPIRIT 20’ travel trailer, like new, hardly used, a/c, f/s, dble bed, dble sink, nook, couch 2 prop tanks/2 batteries, $11,500 obo. Please call: (604)581-5117

2003 CHEVY MALIBU 110,000 km, auto, AirCared, good tires, $3000 obo. Call: (604)531-3251

9½ft Vanguard camper, new fridge. $700. Call 604-888-6042.

2008 PONTIAC WAVE, 4 dr sedan, auto, high kms. runs/looks good, white, $4000 firm. 604-538-9257.

845

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

2005 TOYOTA COROLLA, 114 km, loaded, p/sun roof, all maint. done, exc. cond. $6,300. 604-836-5931.

SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pickup anywhere in BC, Min. 10.

Toll Free Call:1.877.334.2288

940 ADULT PHONE SERVICE

940 ADULT PHONE SERVICE

2001 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA, 1.8T turbo, 4 dr sedan, std, all options, exc cond. $5500 obo 604-780-8404

1 bdrm - from $1025 /mth 2 bdrm, 2 bth - from $1395/mth

Call 604-834-4897

604-537-4140

845

Auto Loans or We Will Pay You $1000

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

GREENBOROUGH APTS

HOUSES FOR SALE

Always! deliver Top soil, bark mulch, sand & gravel. 7days/wk.

Simon 604-230-0627 will spread

GUARANTEED

818

Bachelor - $950/mo. Hardwood floors. Avail Immediately.

Call 604-669-9769

DIY STEEL BUILDING DEALS! Many sizes and models. Make an offer on clearance buildings today and save thousands of dollars.

FREE BROCHURE - 1-800-6685111 ext. 170.

2011 HONDA CRV 4 wd, Auto, silver. Loaded. Local car. $21,500: 9000k.778-895-7570/604-836-5931

WANT A VEHICLE BUT STRESSED ABOUT YOUR CREDIT? Christmas in April, $500 cash back. We fund your future not your past. All credit situations accepted. www.creditdrivers.ca 1-888-5936095.

566 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

615 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY

1-800-910-6402

SHIFT AUTO FINANCE Get Approved Today!

CREDIT DOESN’T MATTER..

For The Best Interest Rate Call: 1.877.941.4421 www.ShiftAutoFinance.com

1 & 2 Bedroom apts avail starting at $1075/mo. - West End. Clean, Quiet Bldg. No Pets.

Near beach!

REAL ESTATE

2007 TOYOTA COROLLA, 4 dr, loaded, 82kms, local, exc. cond., $7,800 obo. Call 604-596-9970.

Must be employed w/ $1800/mo. income w/ drivers license. DL #30526

BUTE MANOR

**HOME PHONE RECONNECT** Call 1-866-287-1348. Prepaid Long Distance Specials! Feature Package Specials! Referral Program!

Don’t be without a home phone!

Call to Connect! 1-866-287-1348.

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL MOVING & STORAGE

TRANSPORTATION

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals www.PreApproval.cc DL# 7557

RURAL NOVA SCOTIA water front lots for sale. Country living at its best. Three bedroom apartments for rent. 45 miles to university town. www.sawmilllanding.com waterfront@bellaliant.net 1.902.522.2343

MISC. FOR SALE

CAN’T GET Up Your Stairs?

Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1-866-9815991.

OTHER AREAS

Serving The Lower Mainland Since 1988

320

AUTO FINANCING

TRANSPORTATION

TOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES!

MATTRESSES staring at $99

JUNK REMOVAL Recycled Earth Friendly

Over 20yrs experience.

MLG ENTERPRISES All Aspects Landscaping & Garden Solutions

RUBBISH REMOVAL

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847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

2004 JEEP GRAND Cherokee Ltd. 4x4, auto, green, 126K, $6500 firm.

Call 604-538-4883

851

TRUCKS & VANS

2008 Mazda B4000 SE+, gold/grey, 48K, auto, all options, like new, $13,900, N.Delta, 778-855-3097

940 ADULT PHONE SERVICE

WEEKLY SPECIALS 100% BC Owned and Operated Prices Effective April 5 to April 11, 2012.

We reserve the right to limit quantities. We reserve the right to correct printing errors.

Grocery Department

Meat Department

Liberté Yogurt

Bone In Smoked Ham

Kettle Foods Potato Chips

assorted varieties

2/7.00

750g

2.99 PRICING

Dairyland Organic Cream

Kitchen Basics Stock

3/5.49

assorted varieties

J.D. Farms Grade A Specialty Turkeys

3.99lb/ 8.80kg

2/5.00 946ml • product of USA

Tropicana Premium Orange Juice assorted varieties

Vitala Omega-3 Free Run Large Eggs

Triple Island Gouda and Maasdammer Cheese

4.99

WOW!

save .80/100g

150-170g product of BC

1 dozen • product of B.C.

assorted varieties

8.99 340g • product of B.C.

7.99

Farmer’s Market Organic Puree’s

assorted varieties

2/5.00

2/5.98

397-425g

100g product of Switzerland

assorted varieties

assorted varieties

2L • product of Canada

Tofurky Frozen WOW! Vegetarian Feast PRICING

Gerolsteiner Natural Sparkling Mineral Water

14.99

2.99 PRICING

Brookside Chocolate Covered Almonds, Cranberries or Peanuts bins only

10% off regular retail price Avalon Organics Shampoo and Conditioners

WOW!

PRICING

assorted varieties

5.99

325ml

Beautifully made organic aromatherapy hair care.

Purica Extra Strength Recovery

Hot Cross Buns

3.99

Rice Bakery

59.99 360 caps Alleviates pain and inflammation from injuries and overtraining. Accelerates the healing process!

Prairie Naturals B Complex Solution

Rice Easter Cookies and Cupcakes

.50 off

regular retail price

3/4.98

1.59kg • product of USA

Bulk Department

454g

package of 6

3.99

750ml

product of USA • +deposit +eco fee

2.99

WOW!

Zazubean Organic Chocolate Bars

assorted varieties

from 2/5.00

Bakery Department Paska Easter Bread

Chapman's Ice Cream

2.98 4 lb bag

Health Care Department

600g • product of Canada

R.W. Knudsen Sparkling Beverages

2.99 PRICING

Delicious local BC cheeses!

Armstrong Cheese

assorted varieties

California Grown

WOW!

each • reg 5.49

Lesley Stowe’s Raincoast Crisps

PRICING

340g pkg

Heirloom Navel Oranges

3.99

500g • product of Canada

assorted varieties

Ethical Bean Organic Fair Trade Coffee

3.98

new and improved

2/7.00

1.75L • product of USA +deposit +eco fee

29.99

500ml

A liquid supplement of B vitamins for the maintenance of good health.

1L • product of Germany • +deposit +eco fee

Seminars & Events at Choices Markets:

WOW!

Tuesday, April 10, 7:00-8:30pm

Tuesday, April 17, 7:00-8:30pm

South Surrey, 3248 King George Blvd.

Burnaby, 8683 10th Ave.

Mellow Out in Meditation

From Prevention to Care: A Whole Person Approach to Cancer

with Thomas Moore and Rita Britnell of Harmony Healing Centre.

Cost $5. To register call 604-541-3902.

5 lb bag

Certified Organic

Choices’ Own Pot Pie

assorted varieties

5.98

California Grown Sugar Snap Peas from Earthbound Farm

Deli Department

Organic Meadow Frozen Organic Vegetables

3.99

B.C. Grown, Certified Organic

WOW!

397g

500ml

4.49

Table Carrots from Fountainview Farm

2.49lb/ 5.49kg

assorted varieties

2.99

Produce Department

PRICING Look for our

WOW!

with Dr. Janice Wright, MD. Cost $10. To register call 604-522-0936.

PRICING

www.choicesmarkets.com Kitsilano

Cambie

Kerrisdale

Yaletown

Rice Bakery

South Surrey

2627 W. 16th Ave. Vancouver 604.736.0009

3493 Cambie St. Vancouver 604.875.0099

1888 W. 57th Ave. Vancouver 604.263.4600

1202 Richards St. Vancouver 604.633.2392

2595 W. 16th Ave. Vancouver 604.736.0301

3248 King George Blvd.

South Surrey 604.541.3902

Choices at the Crest 8683 10th Ave. Burnaby 604.522.0936

Kelowna 1937 Harvey Ave. Kelowna 250.862.4864