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NEWS & VIEWS > THE WEEK

EDITOR’S NOTE

‘Super Queeros’ honoured ot all superheroes come in spandex.

Thanks to a saucy new initiative

by AIDS Vancouver Island, however, some of the city’s most laudable and out there “Super Queeros” will be recognized for their feats in this DANIELLE week’s Pride parade on Sun., POPE July 8, and for the rest of the news@ year. mondaymag.com “We really wanted to find a way to celebrate heroism in the community, and the fact that there are so many people out there working together — that in itself is remarkable,” says AVI’s new spokesperson Eric Berndt, noting the campaign’s partnership with Vancouver Island Persons Living with HIV/AIDS Society (VPWAS) and Victoria AIDS Resource and Community Service Society (VARCS). “Just showing up to an event that celebrates Pride and the queer community is a heroic action.”

The team at AVI came up with the campaign after AVI’s Men’s Wellness coordinator Robert Birch commented on the bravery it takes to become involved in a community. Currently, 76 countries worldwide have made homosexuality an illegal act that can bring about criminal punishment, and gays face capital punishment in five countries.

“We’re really seeing a renaissance of queer issues come about in 2012, because of the global oppression of gays and what is becoming ‘state-sponsored murder’ that makes it illegal to be gay,” says Birch.

“Now, more than ever, we have to celebrate how we help community, and the joy that we can bring.”

In an effort to recognize every Super Queero in Victoria, AVI is inviting anyone in the community to don super fun garb and join the team float at Sunday’s parade, which leaves Pandora at Government around 11 a.m. For those unable to attend, you can join the ongoing conversation about people making a difference in our queer community, and post stories about the heroes that inspire you on the Super-Queeros Pride 2012 Facebook page.

“Gay men were the first heroes to show up for community, and to show us how to create that support, and they died by the thousands,” says Birch.

“Now, we want to bring that culture of support back to our heroes who are still wearing capes of stigma.”

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THE QUEEREST OF THEM ALL Speaking of honours, exciting news that this Pride Week also marks the birth of the first-annual Victoria Q Awards, celebrating outstanding members and supporters of the queer community who seldom get proper acknowledgement for their efforts.

“No one ever gets thanked enough, and it’s all too often that little people who do a lot of work don’t get the recognition they deserve — we want to change that,” says Niko Bee, outspoken Victoria queer DJ and creator of this year’s awards. “This is our way of giving back to the whole community.”

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A team of volunteers at AIDS Vancouver Island craft Super Queero costumes for their Pride Parade float.

The Q Awards event will take place Thurs., July 5, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at The Ledge Lounge (1140 Government), and is open to the public, though seating is limited to 100. Nominations were open to all community members, with categories ranging from Volunteer, Educator and Business to Royal Entertainment, and more. Monday even has to blush at receiving a shout-out for Media. The top-three nominees in each category will receive a special award — but Bee says no nominee will leave empty handed. That said, the awards received no sponsorship this year, and all work around the event has been donated.

“We have so much to boast about in our community, and the people in it are what make it such a great one to be a part of,” Bee says. “A little thank you can really go a long way.”

See the full list of nominees and winners at the Victoria’s Q Awards Facebook page.

No Pride Week would be complete without some rainbow love, but pink is getting an extra special emphasis this year, as the community launches a renewed version of the Victoria Pink Pages to help members of the LGBTQ community connect with organizations and businesses that are openly safe and welcoming.

“Connecting with LGBTQ-friendly organizations can be especially important for personal services like counsellors, body workers, as well as recreation and tourism. Really any place where you might feel vulnerable,” says Becky Cory, co-founder of the Victoria Pink Pages, which is replacing a similar site that went offline in December 2011.

The creators intend the website to be used by people who describe themselves as LGBTQ, two spirit, asexual, intersex, genderqueer, questioning, pansexual, kinky, polyamorous, or anything else in between. But the site is also for children, parents, partners and friends, no matter sexual orientation.

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Just one letter left to go ith Pride Week in full swing, it’s nice to see that we’re only one stripe and one letter away from a perfect rainbow. The missing letter to the LGBTQ mix is S, but just when I think my straight brothers and sisters are ready to make the great leap forward into sexual colour blindness, some idiot drags us all back into the dark ages.

The incident I’m referring to is an altercation outside GRANT a known Victoria gay bar recently wherein an individuMCKENZIE al tossed a handful of homophobic comments alongside some spent bullet casings at the feet of two patrons. editor@ The comments are bad enough, but the bullet casmondaymag.com ings immediately escalate this disturbing encounter into the arena of hate crime. As if we need more hate in this crazy, mixed-up world. I’ll never understand how another adult’s consensual sexual preference or lifestyle has any direct affect on my own. It’s like judging someone based merely on the amount of melanin in their skin . . . oh, wait, we’re still doing that. OK, how about hair colour? Nope, we’re all-too-ready to make assumptions on that score, too. Breast size? Height?

Width of nose? Shape of eyes? Speech impediment? Mensa score? Wow! Do we even like ourselves or do we seek out any difference in others that we can for a little buzz of superiority?

Which brings me back to the acronym LGBTQ. I would like to one day see it changed to be inclusive of everyone, since we are all queer in our own ways.

Heck, I know people who can’t get enough of toy trains, and others who think bird watching is fun; I, personally, collect action figures and comic books and drive a Jeep with a Batman symbol on it — now that’s queer.

The new acronym that I propose is BNTEO or K for short. BNTEO would stand for Be Nice To Each Other, and the K would simply mean: Kindergarten, as in you learned this piece of wisdom in Kindergarten, so what the hell happened?

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SHOW A LITTLE SOUTHERN LOVE, WILL YA? Another good grade to a new Langer Research poll that now shows 53 per cent of our American friends believe same-sex marriages should be legalized, up from 36 per cent six years ago. Yes, already!

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CONTENTS VOL. 38, NO. 27 July 5-11, 2012

NEWS & VIEWS

MONDAY LIFE

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THE WEEK

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FOOD & DRINK - PAM GRANT

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REPORT CARD

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GEORGIA NICOLS HOROSCOPE

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EDITOR’S NOTE

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LETTERS

MONDAY GUIDE

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KIERAN REPORT

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CITY WATCHDOG

CITY SOMETHING 13th annual Ska Fest preview

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THEATRE Blue Bridge Theatre takes on Steinbeck with Of Mice and Men

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INTERACTIVE Uncovering the Ghosts of the Plaza

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FILM & LIBATION Ted is ruder than your average bear

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

FEATURES

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POSITIVELY CONNECTED

Michael Yoder was diagnosed HIV positive when he was 33 years old. It was 1995, but as a gay man “willing to take risks” in his youth, Yoder believed he had been positive since his mid-20s. Still, the news came as a shock .

Singersongwriter couple Auto Jansz and Andrea June recently joined poignant alt-countrypop-rocker Kate Reid for a Queerly Canadian tour of Germany.

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CO N T I N U I N G S T U D I E S

The public washrooms located below Tourism Victoria’s Information Centre in the Inner Harbour were open during the Canada Day celebrations, but only to women. The men’s washroom had been converted to women's use only, and men were told they had to walk across the parking lot and use the portable toilets. This implies that women have more right to use proper washroom facilities than men do, which is sexist. I would like to see the Provincial Capital Commission apologize to Victoria and not do it again.

DAVID AUGUSTIN. VICTORIA

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PATRICK A. DUNAE VICTORIA

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in B.C. Soon, without Stats Can., will we pretend this is not happening? All we need now is the Enbridge pipeline to impoverish the environment and people relying on its diversity.

JOANNA WILKINSON VICTORIA

The other side of beauty Virginia lived as a woman Re: Editor's Note, Poverty still sucks.

I appreciate you showing the other side of "beautiful B.C." with your succinct synopsis of the dreadful situation

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Re: Finding the T in LGB, June 28-July4.

Thank you so much for the profile on UVic’s Transgender Archives, it was great and we’ve had

very positive feedback from it. I just wanted to point out a small error: Virginia Prince did not have surgical body modification (“sex reassignment surgery”).

LARA WILSON UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST

Mooning for his beer Re: Beer Issue, June 21-27.

I enjoyed the special issue on Victoria’s craft breweries, but your coverage was incomplete: there was no mention

Re: Bully Bosses, June 7-13.

In the article on bullying in the workplace, Tim Collins mentions only three options for the worker who is being bullied: confront the bully, take it or quit.

There are other ways.

British Columbia has a human rights code and also a labour relations board and they are there to be used. The most important action a worker can take is to document the bullying with date, time and a complete description of what happened. It’s not easy to stand up to a bully in a position of power but documentation and reporting the person’s behaviour can help the person on the receiving end to feel less powerless.

ADRIA FRASER VICTORIA

Duhamel retires after 31 years hen Susan Duhamel first picked up a gig at Monday Magazine, she was labelled a part-time production assistant and trained on the job, learning how to literally cutand-paste waxed pieces of paper to lay out the newspaper. That was 1981. Now, more than 30 years later, Monday’s long-time production coordinator has announced her retirement.

“I’ve really enjoyed my time here, because I love what I do.

I love the people, the deadlines and the culture around Monday Magazine that makes it such a unique publication,” says Duhamel.

Duhamel came to Monday at age 34, after a short career of interior design with the government. As a wife and new mother at the time, the part-time position was exactly what she’d been looking for and she was snatched up by then production coordinator Peggy Cady.

Duhamel learned how to mark up type, how to use a PMT camera and how to cut-and-paste layout on the banks, all the while milling about with the likes of Monday founders Gene Miller, Andrew Lynch and George Heffelfinger. Her position slowly evolved to full-time, and she was named production coordinator nearly a decade later.

The duties wouldn’t always be clear-cut, however. Duhamel points out two major changes that were sprung on the production team during her term. The first was the jump from cut-and-paste

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layout to computers, and the second was the transition from using the PC platform and Archetype to Macs and Adobe Indesign.

“Those were stressful times, but I loved it. It was a chore to get through, but after a year or so, when were comfortable with the new processes, it really made me realize how much I could learn,” says Duhamel. “I didn’t have to be confined to this skill set or that one: I could do anything.”

Those who’ve worked with Duhamel know she manages to overcome every challenge with a smile on her face, and she will be sorely missed by the Monday team.

“She’s always very friendly and positive, and keeps a sharp eye between editorial and advertising to try to accommodate us both,” says Monday editor Grant McKenzie. “She’s just a really pleasant person to work beside, and is a fountain of knowledge of Monday lore.”

Duhamel says she’s looking forward to being happily retired. The time just felt right, she says, and she plans on spending her time gardening, working on her house, kayaking, running and “a wee bit of traveling.”

“The only advice I can offer people starting out in the industry is to always be prepared to learn, be ready to be versatile and be willing to take on things you never expected you could do.” M — by Danielle Pope

NEWS & VIEWS > OPINION

STREET SMARTS How do you show your support for Pride Week?

KIERAN REPORT

Education minister cancels democracy ducation Minister George Abbott has cancelled democracy in the Cowichan Valley School District because he can’t abide “political BRIAN grandstanding” by KIERAN locally-elected trustbkieran@ ees. mondaymag.com This characterization issued by a discredited provincial government that has turned political grandstanding into an art form over the past decade. The hypocrisy is delicious. So is the fact that news of Abbott’s coup d’état swept through the community on Canada Day, the day we celebrate the miracle of Canadian consensus.

There was no consensus here . . . just brinksmanship. The nine-member school board was sacked, and a Surrey school superintendent appointed in its place, because a majority refused to submit a balanced budget as required by law.

Abbott accused the school board of being “politically motivated,” but stopped just short of saying it was doing the NDP’s dirty work to embarrass the Liberals.

“That political stand is clearly at odds with the School Act and that brings us to

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My support is in my general attitude; people always deserve to be respected.

their dismissal,” he told reporters with the school board to find common Fired chair Eden Haythornthwaite, a ground. Instead, Abbott chose the role of Cowichan Valley resident since 1978 with the school yard bully. two grandchildren in the school system, “We begged them for help,” says the minister’s accusations of political Haythornthwaite says. “We wrote a letter bias are groundless. “I am not a member to the minister asking for a meeting. We of the NDP,” she told me. “In fact, three wrote letters to Treasury Board and to of the five trustees (who constituted the the Premier’s Office to reinforce that we voting majority) are not members of any wanted their help. We would have gone political party.” to Victoria day or night.”

Haythornthwaite says: “Our position All they got were threats . . . no help was that in the last three whatsoever. budgets alone, we’ve cut Haythornthwaite says ‘We begged almost $11 million from Abbott’s firing of the trustour operating budget and ees will be challenged in them for help’ we felt we had ceased to B.C. Supreme Court. In a — Fired Cowichan be able to provide equal legal opinion, Vancouver Valley School access to quality learning lawyer Joanna Gislason District trustee Eden opportunities for all the says the provincial governHaythornthwaite children in Cowichan.” ment has a “high burden Abbott says: “I respect to demonstrate that the that often school districts have difficult removal of duly elected trustees is justichoices to make. There are always things fied.” that people would like to do; there are Besides balancing the budget, trustees always certain special challenges that are obligated to improve student achieveexist in each of the 60 school districts. But ment and not to discriminate against stu59 have taken the time, the effort and the dents with special needs. However, the energy to ensure that they balance off.”

School Act “does not prioritize one obliIn fact, attempting to resolve difficult gation over another or provide a mechachoices was at the top of the trustees’ nism for determining how to reconcile agenda, but no one in the provincial gov- conflicting duties,” Gislason states. ernment cared to hear about their budget And so the courts will decide. But what issues or offer a helping hand. It would a sorry day it is when the judicial system have been so easy for Abbott to parachute is obliged to arbitrate the fairness of a a team into the Cowichan Valley to work government’s public policy edicts. M

JASON NICKELS, Victoria

I support a lot of my gay friends, and usually go to the Pride parade and other events.

RHIANNA BROWN, Victoria

I’ve just been a gay supporter since, well, forever!

LYNNE BANNERMAN, Victoria

I go to the parade every year, as I have a lot of friends in the community.

SCOTT LIDSTONE, Montreal If you have a question for Street Smarts, contact editor@mondaymag.com

CITY WATCHDOG

Local organizers opened doors for Pride n the whole, this city has been good to its LGBTQ community. Allies in the community turn out in droves to annual Pride celebrations, which the city administration happily supports, rainbows are proudly displayed all year round, and Monday looks forward to our yearly issue dedicated to celebrating this piece of our community.

SIMON Even though it may not always be in the NATTRASS spotlight, there are two things that serve to snattrass@ focus our collective attention on Victoria’s mondaymag.com vibrant queer community, with the glitter and roar of Pride celebrations existing in direct contrast to the widespread outrage that follows events like the recent harassment and threats suffered by patrons at local bar Paparazzi.

In recent years, Pride has been treated by some simply as another party — a celebration in the vein of Canada Day or Halloween.

The public harassment of queer community members is a harsh reminder of the long and ongoing fight against oppression and big-

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otry that has allowed these celebrations to take place with support rather than condemnation from the broader community.

Often hidden behind the scenes, many of the people who led the charge against prejudice in our city are still here, and while drifting from the memory of the broader community their work is still very much alive in the tolerance and support offered by everyone here in The Capital.

This week is the time to ensure that our memory of these contributions to the community stays fresh. Alongside the Stonewall riots and the enactment of the Civil Marriage Act, we can remember the tiny picnics that led to Victoria’s first Pride celebrations or the creation of our city’s first openly queer-friendly bar.

Alongside famous activists like Harvey Milk, we can thank local Pride organizer Terry Froud whose efforts helped start and now maintain Victoria’s Pride Festival and who started one of our city’s first queer families when he and his partner adopted their child.

As much as Pride is a celebration, it also serves to empower the LGBTQ community and assert the right of queer folks to be who they are. This year, thank the members of our community who have dedicated their lives to creating a city where anyone can openly love who they love and celebrate without fear of censure. M

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Three lesbians walk into a German bar LOCAL SINGER-SONGWRITERS USE QUEER CANADIAN HOOK FOR TWO-WEEK TOUR ackpackers often through the Rocky Mountains — a conuse a symbol of cept designed by Reid’s creative director our national idenBronwin Parks (of Feisty Entertainment tity — the Canain Vancouver) that clearly (and quite dian Flag — as a humourously) says lesbian Canadians in way of fostering Germany. goodwill. Simi“Slap a beaver on a Volkswagen and call larly, supporters her done,” says Jansz about the poster. of the LGBTQ “It’s pretty white/straight out there,” community fly says Reid. “We wanted to market it as a the rainbow flag as a way of promoting inqueer tour. Because we’re all lesbians, we clusiveness, diversity and a sense of Pride wanted to make sure it was part of the in society. name.”

Three local lesbian singer/songwriters After discussing a few ideas, they left combined these two powerful symbols to Parks to conceptualize the poster and the market their music on their recent tour overall theme of the tour. of Germany — the Queerly Canadian “We were trying to come up with sometour — featuring cabaret-folk couple Auto thing that said queer and Canadian because Jansz and Andrea June and poignant altpeople don’t know who we are. We figured country-pop-rocker Kate Reid. we’d exploit this Canadian thing — what The ladies wanted to set their tour ever they think that is. As long as they’re apart. interested in it, we’ll use it,” says June.

“Otherwise we’re just three women “We came up with all these ideas and we songwriters, what’s the hook?” says Reid, narrowed it down, but the poster designer who lives on Bowen Island. “We wanted told Kate our ideas were lame and that we to see if we could draw more folks in if we should just call it Queerly Canadian, so we SHEENA GRAHAM up the curiosity piece a little ... went with it.”

Andrea June, left, and Auto Jansz at the Edelweiss Club in Victoria.

“My music is queer-focused, it’s the “To me, ‘Queerly Canadian’ is a lot lens I write through. Auto and Andrea about exploiting our national identity to and I talked about whether we wanted to market that piece on Kings, Orange Hall, Spiral cafe — smaller venues. Most of get people to the shows. After all, nobody in Germany had and we all thought it was a good idea. We wanted to target the places we played in Germany had stages, lighting, the big ever heard of us, but they have heard of Canada ... But I don’t the LGBTQ community in sound,” says June. think self-consciously about my nationality very often. I prefer MARY ELLEN GREEN Germany.”

“Visually, it all pretty much looks the same,” says Jansz. not to try and ‘make sense’ of it — pin it down and identify The tour took them to “You’ve got your bull dykes, your tom boys, your femmes, it how my Canadianess is expressed and all that. I think as soon arts@mondaymag.com Kappeln, Hamburg, Berlin, seemed like it was all pretty much the same style, at least.” as you try to pin down the meaning, to define it, you start Kiel, Husum and Norderstedt, playing seven shows in two They did notice a big difference in LGBTQ representa- shaping it into a simplified, narrow version of itself. The same weeks at pubs, cafes and cultural centres. Two of the stops tion in German advertising, with prominently placed anti- with ‘queerness.’ I could talk about how I express my ‘queerwere designated for women only, something that’s not very homophobia ads and gay men in beer ads throughout the ness’, but I would prefer to leave it complicated for myself. I common in North America. larger centres. don’t need to articulate it. That is not to say I’m not into labels “Women’s centres used to be so big back in the day, and “It’s not like the streets are paved with gold over there, or anything like that. I’m a lesbian, and that is not some vague they’ve all since shut down,” says Jansz. “I remember every- they don’t have legally sanctioned same-sex marriage, and thing. Everyone knows what that means, at least on the most where we went, when you drive into town there would be a there’s a lot of other legal stuff that we have that they don’t,” basic level. But in terms of identity, that is a lot more compliwomen’s centre, you knew there was somewhere you could says June. cated.” M To pre-purchase a copy of Auto Jansz and Andrea June’s go. Now it’s easier for people to go out and be where they The Queerly Canadian tour poster features a red and white want to be, but some of the older generation don’t want to Volkswagen van emblazoned with a beaver decal driving upcoming album, visit gofundme.com/9w29s hang out with guys, maybe they’ve had some bad experiences and have just shut the door.”

Reid’s common-law-spouse, Maike Engelbrecht, is a native of Germany and helped the ladies book the tour.

“I contacted about 100 venues across Germany,” says Back in Victoria, Andrea June Routley is spearhead“We define LGBTQ writing as that which is created by Engelbrecht. “But I didn’t get many responses. I did get one ing the launch of Plenitude Magazine, a bi-annual queer LGBTQ writers, not that which features ‘queer content’. response right away from a gay and lesbian organization in literary magazine.

If I were to start defining queer content, then I’d have to Kiel and they suggested we use an agent. I don’t think nor“Plenitude means a fullness, abundance, profusion, be defining queer experiences, sensibilities etc., and I mally this is something he would take on, but he helped us and this relates to part of the mandate,” says Routley. believe that is something we are always in the process book two venues and also helped promote the tour.”

“Plenitude aims to complicate expressions of queer- of discovering,” says Routley.

Overall, the ladies say their performances were met with a ness through the publication of diverse, sophisticated An advisory editorial board consists of John Barton great response, even if most of the people didn’t understand literary writing, art and film, from the very subtle to the (Malahat Review), Maureen Bradley (media artist, curawhat they were singing about most of the time. brash and unrelenting.” tor and educator), L. Chris Fox (English PhD, UVic), Sara Reid, whose performances are very conversational, had The online magazine is currently accepting submis- Graefe (playwright, screenwriter and story editor), and Engelbrecht translate her introduction to each song so the sions of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, graphic narrative, Arleen Paré (Victoria Butler Book Prize winner). audience would at least know the subject matter, even if film, art and more at plenitudemagazine.ca (before July Catch Pride and the Word, Sat., July 7, at 7 p.m. they didn’t get all the jokes and double-entendres. And even 15 for the 2012 issue) from both emerging and estab- at Ambrosia Conference Centre ($10 at the door) with though it seems Germans are reluctant dancers, the trio agree Billeh Nickerson, Arleen Paré, Amber Dawn, and more. lished LGBTQ writers. the scene was pretty similar to here at home.

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note that Positively Connected is not a dating group, nor a place to find a quick hook-up — it is, however, a place to find friends and community, and if people find connection from there, all ichael Yoder was diagnosed HIV positive when he the better, he adds. was 33 years old. It was 1995, but as a gay man “It’s really important for younger guys who are recently diag“willing to take risks” in his youth, Yoder believed nosed to be able to come here and see some of our members he had been positive since his mid-20s. Still, the who have been living with HIV for a long time,” Yoder says. “It news came as a shock. gives them a good grounding and can help them realize this “I think I’d known for a long time, doesn’t have to be the end of the world. but I just wasn’t ready to hear it for When I was diagnosed I can rememsure,” he recounts. “I had positive partber thinking ‘Am I going to be an old ners, so I lived and protected myself man?’” and my partners as though I was posiWhile meetings have seen as few as tive, but that moment you hear it, two and as many as 11 members join at there’s still that shock. I cried.” any given time, Yoder says he takes solSeventeen years later, and just after ace in the fact that the group is continucelebrating his 50th birthday, Yoder ally growing, especially given Victoria’s has become a positive force for men “closeted community.” Stigma and misin the gay community who are surinformation remains rampant, howevviving a similar story. With the help er, even within the gay arena. of the Victoria AIDS Resource and To remedy this, two specific camCommunity Service Society (VARCS) paigns are launching during Pride Yoder was contracted to create a supWeek to address some of the stigmas. port group for HIV-positive men who VARCS “We Belong to Each Other” iniwant a place to find community withtiative is geared to remind residents out having to dole out the explanations that being interconnected in the com— and so, Positively Connected was munity includes people living with HIV, born. Now, a year into its creation, the and features a city-wide poster camgroup holds 20 or more members at paign that invites people to pull off the any given time and is offering Victoria tabs they need with the words “love,” residents a place to find refuge. “compassion,” “fun,” “respect” and oth“There is so much to deal with when ers. Meanwhile, the Vancouver Island you first find out you’re positive, and Persons Living with HIV/AIDS Society it’s something people, even allies, can’t is starting the “Positively Beautiful!” quite get unless you’ve been there,” poster campaign, designed to showcase says Yoder. “This is really a space where facts and misinformation associated guys can get together and not have to with persons living with HIV. explain — we get it; and then real con“HIV is actually one of the harder versation can start from there.”

STIs to catch — you actually have to DANIELLE POPE The group currently hosts a monthly Michael Yoder started the HIV+ support group. work at it,” says Yoder. “Sadly, though, coffee or pub night at various establishit’s also the one that still has the most ments around town, as well as regular misinformation because we don’t want get-togethers — hiking, fishing trips and the like. Because to face it — it contains everything (people) hate talking about: the group is focused towards positive gay men, Yoder says sex, drugs and death. So, that’s exactly why we need to talk discussions are open and frank, and topics can range from about it.” M conversations with your specialist, to issues around disclosure, To learn more, check out Positively Connected’s booth at the to challenges with sexual expression, to lively debates around theatre and sports. While Yoder points out that HIV and AIDS Pride Festival Sunday, July 8, 1 p.m. at MacDonald Park (James used to be seen as the “Gay Man’s Disease,” society has pulled Bay), or visit the Positively Connected Victoria BC Facebook page. far enough away from that now that gay men are actually struggling to find their place in the community.

“Gay men are essentially falling through the cracks now, as far as the AIDS movement is concerned, and what we’re seeing is a surprising lack of resources aimed to target this group,” Yoder says. “Now the goal is to recreate that community where these men are allowed and accepted and an important part of the movement again.”

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The Oaklands Community Centre invites you to join them on Wednesday evenings from 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. this summer for the Sunset Series. Visit the Farmer’s Market and support the community as you stock up on local goods, including fruits, vegetables and cut flowers, in addition to baked goods, local meat, fish, preserves and cheeses. Arts and crafts will delight gift hunters.

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Do as the name says and visit Taste, Victoria’s own gustatory gala celebrating the cuisine of Vancouver Island and the wine regions of British Columbia from July 19-22. Things begin with the Main Event — a spectacular cuisine and wine tasting at the Crystal Garden, featuring amazing dishes from some of Vancouver Island’s best chefs and tastings of over 100 B.C. wines, Thursday, July 19 at 6:30 p.m. Ticket price includes all tastings and the opportunity to chat with distinguished chefs, vintners, cheese makers, farmers, cider makers and tea masters as you take in the vibe of Skylab Sounds. Shop at the mini-market and pick up local goods to take home. Please note, you must be 19 years or older to attend this event; valid identification is required, ticket sales are final and no refunds will be provided because of lack of proper identification. For further information and a list of participants, please visit www.victoriataste.com/main-events.

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Glenterra Winery — with 6 acres of sustainably farmed vineyards — is less than an hour from Victoria. Winemaker John Kelly advocates a natural approach to wine making with minimal intervention, no synthetic enzymes, chemical herbicides, systemic fungicides, pesticides or animal-based fining agents (yes, the wines are vegan friendly) or filtration of the red wines. Grapes are picked by hand to support wild yeast fermentation. This and other labour intensive methods ensure that Glenterra’s unique wines are bright and balanced with lush fruit and integrated tannins. Blends produced from the old vineyard block with 40 unique grape varieties include the lively Vivace (white) and Brio red. Glenterra also produces Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Gewurztraminer and Pinot Noir varietals.

Kelly’s business and life partner, chef Ruth Luxton decided to make use of her culinary skills, acquired from Dubruelle French Culinary School, and opened a 40-seat café called Thistles in homage to Kelly’s homeland north of Hadrian’s Wall. The café boasts views of the vineyards through leadpane windows salvaged from Vancouver’s Park Royal Hotel. continued next page

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The winery is open daily from 11:30 to 5 p.m., and Thistles Café is open for the summer season, Thursday to Sunday 11:30 to 3:30 (closed Monday – Wednesday). 3897 Cobble Hill Rd, Cobble Hill, B.C, 250 743-2330.

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True, it costs more than your neighbourhood pub here, but if you have $20 and you’re not wearing ripped jeans and flip flops, you too can ease into an overstuffed chair in the world of Black American Express cards and enjoy a spectacular drink while you’re at it. Sip a 3 oz vodka (Absolut, Chopin, Ketel One, Grey Goose or Belvedere $12 - $18) or gin (Tanqueray, Victoria, Bombay Sapphire, Hendriks $10 - $18) martini made as dry as you like and poured at your table, or try one of the house cocktails. The bar staff take their profession seriously here, so you won’t find powdered sweet and sour mix and limes cut two days before. Drinks are made with the freshest local ingredients, freshly squeezed juices and the world’s finest spirits. Sip a Bellini crafted with white peach purée and sparkling wine, or a Mojito made with light Bacardi and club soda infused with hand-pressed English cucumber and fresh mint lime juice and pomegranate. For something different, try a mango smoothie with Finlandia vodka, fresh cilantro, mango purée, a touch of lime and a dash of Angostura bitters.

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54-46 THAT’S MY NUMBER ictoria is one rude city.

For five days, Ship Point in the Inner Harbour is being transformed into a celebration of ska, reggae, dancehall, dub, rock, jazz and Latin music from across the world.

Now in its 13th year, the Victoria Ska Fest is the largest and longest running festival of its kind in North America. This year’s lineup has musicians coming from Jamaica, New Zealand, U.S.A., and across Canada.

Headliners include the legendary Toots and the Maytals (Tuesday, July 10), Katchafire (Saturday, July 14), The Pietasters ( Friday, July 13), Leroy “Heptone” Sibbles (Saturday, July 14) and Adham Shaikh (Thursday, July 12).

The festival has a mix of ticketed and free events, with afternoon shows at Ship Point being all ages.

Choose an All Fest Pass ($125) or a Harbour Pass ($75) and get skanking. Tickets at Lyle’s Place, Ditch Records and The Reef, or online at ticketweb.ca.

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THE ROCKSTEADY COLLECTIVE The Rocksteady Collective’s Multimedia art exhibit, “2Tone” featuring the work of 14 local artists ranging from an artistic welder to painters, photographers and poster artists opens Saturday, July 7 with musical guests Whitey and Forcast. The opening party will also have live body painting, an interactive mural, silent auction and beverage garden. Doors at 8pm.

All ages. Admission is by donation and proceeds go to the Alpha Boys School project, helping to send musical instruments to underprivileged Jamaican children.

The theme “2Tone” is based on the racial unity movement of the same name that united people on the dancefloors of Britain.

“All ska fans share a desire for equality, to tear down the walls that separate us from each other. I wanted to see what the artists could come up with, what this means to them,” says curator Christina Cheply.

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THIS WEEK: Tuesday’s Ska Fest kick off party at Ship Point features ska and reggae pioneers Toots and the Maytals, with American rudies The Delierians and Nanaimo seven-piece powerhouse groove sensation Bananafish Dance Orchestra. (All ages. Doors at 4:30pm. To 10pm.)

Catch last-minute addition Clinton Fearon and the Boogie Brown Band at the Toots afterparty with Danny Rebel and the KGB, and Victoria’s own rude and raw reggae band Tuff Jelly, making its Ska Fest debut.

“We’re definitely excited to open for Clinton Fearon and play after Toots. Clinton Fearon is one of the biggest vocal inspirations for reggae that me and Orrie (guitar, vocals) have. When we found out it was a possibility to play with him we spent like five days going ‘oh my God!’,” says Sean Edwards (drums), in an extremely highpitched voice. “It was pretty magical.”

Local Gypsy-roots-folk-grass band The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra is headlining the second day of music at Ship Point, which is free for everyone to attend. Skanking not required, but strongly encouraged.

Blackberry Wood and Natural Flavas, both from Vancouver, are also on the bill (4:30pm – 10pm, Ship Point, Free).

Then turn up the heat with Burnt, a threepiece reggae, hip-hop and punk outfit from San Diego, alongside local ska-punks Hillside Hooligans and B.C. Ska-funk-metal rockers Ninja Spy (who are playing a full set with Whitey/Whistkey Chiefs horn section). (9pm, Club 9ONE9). M

he folks over at Movie Monday are offering a glimpse into the mind of celebrated Canadian artist William Kurelek with a screening of the documentary The Maze, dramatically told through his paintings and on-camera revelations.

The original film by Robert M. Young has been restored and expanded by his sons Nick and Zach Young with a new soundtrack and animation since its 1969 launch.

The Maze takes an intimate look into the life of one of the 20th century’s most fascinating artists and his struggles with attempted suicide and a self professed “spiritual crisis.”

Producer, animator and composer Nick Young and director Robert M. Young will be joining a Q & A after the screening by phone from Los Angeles.

Monday, July 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Eric Martin Theatre (Jubilee Hospital) at 1900 Fort. Admission by donation. Parking in one-hour spots on Lee Ave., are not ticketed during the event.

William Kurelek: The Messenger, a showcase of his career’s work, is on display at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria until Sept. 3.

On Thursday, July 5 chief curator Mary Jo Hughes presents Framing Kurelek, an exhibition tour about Kurelek’s skill as a master framer. 7 p.m. at the AGGV. M

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THE SPIRIT OF CANADA CONTEST Victoria’s community marketplace is getting ready to celebrate the essence of Canada with the second annual Spirit of Canada Contest. Until July 13, singer/songwriters, poets and spoken word performers can submit their original entries relating to Canadian culture, politics, landscape and humour to The Well (821 Fort) for consideration. Entry fee is $15.

“We’re also celebrating Victoria’s sesquicentennial, so we’d accept anything related to that as well,” says owner Hopeton Anderson.

The contest begins Wed., July 18, with all entrants performing for a panel of judges, including Victoria poet laureate Janet Rogers, former poet laureate Linda Rogers and councillor Pam Madoff.

Guest judge for the first round will be Bill Bissett (who is launching a new poetry night at The Well the following evening).

The judges will select a number of competitors to move on to the semi-finals, which will be held July 25. The finals will be August 6.

Each event will run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Cover is $7.

There will be prizes for best poetry (publication with Ekstasis Editions), best singer/songwriter (cash prize) and audience favourite. Winners will also be featured on on-air interviews on local radio.

The Well features retail, commercial and performance space in its two-floor building on Fort Street. The open floor plan boasts an Indian-Caribbean fusion cafe (menu changes daily), a juice bar, a lounge/reading area and a retail section with environmentally councious products, new and used books, clothing and groceries.

The walls are covered by the works of local artists and the space is often filled with poetry, live music and performance art of all kinds (www.thewholemartenterprises.com) Upstairs, you’ll find a costume maker and modern art gallery, The Loft (With a pretty amazing 1984-inspired bathroom — seetheloftgallery.blogspot.ca).

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Depression-era play still resonates PREVIEW: BLUE BRIDGE THEATRE TAKES ON STEINBECK’S OF MICE AND MEN Mary Ellen Green arts@mondaymag.com

t’s been at least six years since Gary Farmer was last on stage, but the chance to play an iconic character in a play that still resonates so strongly with a modern audience was enough to draw him back to the footlights.

The well-known aboriginal actor originally starred in John Steinbeck’s depression era masterpiece, Of Mice and Men, in the ’80s at Magnus Theatre in Thunder Bay, Ont., when Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre artistic director Brian Richmond was at the helm there.

“This is one of the most profound and moving testaments to the ills in a society that is based on class structure that encourages a wide separation between ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’,” says Richmond. “Sadly, even though the play premiered 75 years ago, the growing disparity between the rich and the poor, as indicated with the stillcontinuing occupy wall-street movement, prove that this play is as pertinent now as it was during one of the worst periods in modern economic history.”

Of Mice and Men “is an excellent example of why classic works are still important,” continues Richmond. “Many of the themes in the play continue to be discussed today, such as homelessness, economic issues and loneliness in society.”

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Farmer as Lennie, and Richmond as direc- before he landed his first role in a feature tor — for Blue Bridge’s latest production. film, Pow Wow Highway (which won the “I’ve been so anxious to get back to the filmmaker’s trophy at the Sundance Film theatre,” says Farmer. “I knew this play and Festival and earned Farmer an Independent I knew the power of the piece, so it seemed Spirit Award nomination for supporting like a good fit.” male).

And Farmer’s hefty “The whole world stature feels like a good opened up to me then,” OF MICE AND MEN fit for the role of the gensays Farmer. “I’ve had Opening Thursday, July 5 tle, often misunderstood quite a charmed career as 8pm at the McPherson giant. an actor.”

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Richmond called on He went on to co-star Tickets starting at $24.50 Farmer at home in Santa with Johnny Depp in Jim at rmts.bc.ca Fe, New Mexico and Jarmuch’s cult favourite offered him the role. film Dead Man and held “My interest was roles in many other feapeaked,” says Farmer. “I ture films and TV series. thought it would be an easy way to get back Farmer was also the publisher of Aboriginal to the theatre ... at 59 years old, I have to Voices magazine and was one of the look like the strongest man in the world founders of the Aboriginal Voices and I’m finding that adrenaline helps me radio network. ride through. It’s been almost thirty years,” “The beautiful thing about thehe adds with a look of astonishment on his atre is that you have to take on a face. whole other life. You eat, breathe and And Richmond doesn’t doubt Farmer’s rehearse, and have so much attachabilities in the slightest. ment to the piece, and even after “He is, quite probably, the greatest rehearsal is over it’s a real commitaboriginal actor of his generation, in my ment. I really admire the discipline.” opinion,” says Richmond. “He and I did this Farmer’s co-star is Stratford play together in another production once Festival and Broadway veteran David before and I can absolutely assure Victoria Ferry in the role of George. audiences that they will be witnessing one “Especially with this piece, I wantof the greatest performances I have wit- ed to feel safe, and with the combinanessed in Canadian theatre.” tion of Brian and David, I feel very Farmer spent 15 years working as a the- comfortable,” says Farmer. atre actor in Toronto in the ’70s and ’80s The rest of the cast is drawn from Email your listing info to calendar@mondaymag.com or enter it online at mondaymag.com

MUSIC CALENDAR MUSIC THURS. JULY 5 STAMPEDE WEEKEND - Line dance lessons, bluesy country jam, country Music Bingo, Country Karaoke and $4 Bottles of Bud all weekend. To July 8 at My Bar and Grill (310 Gorge).

THE TIMEBENDERS - Kicking off the Music on the Lawn concert series at Government House (1401 Rockland). 6-8pm. Free.

KITCHENER CONNECTIONKitchener’s Mike Aviano and Victoria’s James Kasper accompanied by multi-faceted harmony singer/guitarist Geoff Howe for a set of gritty harmonica-infused roots-noir ballads and rockers.

7:30pm at the Well (821 Fort). $10.

ROCK TO END MS -A benefit concert with Spaceport Union and Smash Boom Pow and silent auction for the MS Society. 7;30pm at Solsctice Café (529 Pandora). $10.

ADULTS - Geoff Lundstrom and Jason Cook. 9pm at Canoe Brewpub (450 Swift). $5 after 9pm.

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LARSEN ON THE LAWN Fundraiser to subsidize spots in musical summer camp, featuring West My Friend, Bucan Bucan, Leisure Suit, Anne Schaefer, Victoria Ukulele Society, Ensemlele, Dougal McLean and Andrew Slade on an outdoor stage from 11am to 4pm. By donation at Larsen Music (1833 Cook).

BRUCE HURN SEPTET - Performing a selection of standards and original compositions, arranged by Bruce Hurn. 8pm at Hermann’s Jazz Club.

(753 View). $15.

AFTERNOON RECITALS - 4pm through July and August at Christ Church Cathedral (930 Burdett). By donation.

VERSA - With Lakefield, New Tricks and Claire Coupland. 9pm at the Cambie (856 Esquimalt). $7.

SUN. JULY 8 LITTLEHOUSE - An acoustic duo specializing in original instrumental compositions with a Celtic flavor, after Open Stage, 7:30pm at Norway House (1110 Hillside), $5.

HOMELAND REMEMBERED - A glimpse into classical music's movement from Old World to New World: from Baroque to Romantic to 20th Century, featuring John Alac - classical guitar, with Nicholas Fairbank - pipe organ, and Orthodox Voices - a cappella. 7:30pm at Alix Goolden Hall (907 Pandora). $20/15.

SCOTTY HILLS - Contemporary soul, country twang and straight-up guitar pop. On the patio at Canoe Brewpub (450 Swift). 4-7pm. Free.

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WED. JULY 11 LYLE LOVETT - American singer/ songwriter brings new album It’s Not Big It’s Large to the Royal Theatre.

7:30pm. Tickets starting at $77.50 at rmts.bc.ca.

STAGE THURS. JULY 5 THE PATH - Impulse Theatre’s brand new physical/dance theatre tale of love and hate at the English Inn’s Verdant Gardens (429 Lampson).

Wednesday and Thursday at 6pm. To July 26. $15/12.

OF MICE AND MEN- Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre presents the dramatic Steinbeck depression-era masterpiece and towering indictment of American capitalism with a starstudded cast including Gary Farmer and David Ferry. Opens Thursday at 8pm at the McPherson Playhouse (runs until July 15). Tickets $24.50 at rmts.bc.ca.

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the ranks of the company’s growing ensemble; Brian Linds as Candy, Christopher Mackie as Slim, Ashley O’Connell as Curly, Michael Armstrong as Carlson, Laurence Dean Ifill as Crooks, James Leard as the Boss and newcomers Sebastien Archibald (of ITSAZOO theatre) as Whit and Samantha Richard as Curly’s Wife.

Pacific Opera Victoria’s Ian Rye has designed the set, Patricia Reilley the costumes, Rebekah Johnson the lights and Brian Linds the sound.

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“One of our bouncers refuses to go down here anymore,” says Smith, as she gives me the tour of the dark and enigmatic space. “Things just keep moving around.”

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COURTENAY-COMOX IS A MUSIC LOVER’S DELIGHT very July for 18 years, the Courtenay-Comox region has been a Mecca for music lovers — particularly those who like their folk festivals on the rootsy-bluesy side. Produced by exVictorian Doug Cox, the Vancouver Island MusicFest (July 6 - 8) is well run, nicely sited on fairgrounds complete with a swimmable stream burbling through a bordering grove of trees, and boasts an adult beverage garden with great views of the main stage.

Oh, and the performers are pretty damn good.

Although the festival is always a don’t-miss-it proposition, a couple of this year’s headliners have created a particularly intense buzz of anticipation. First there’s England’s Richard Thompson, a peerless singer-songwriter who hasn’t been heard in these parts for far too many years. (For those unfamiliar with the too-littleknown Thompson, his songs can be droll japes or acerbic short stories, while his guitar playing is so virtuosic that Bonnie Raitt, after hearing him live, declared she was going home to break her wrists.)

An equally exciting draw is legendary country singer Emmylou Harris: a 12-time Grammy winner with a dazzling 40-year career who has never been to the Island before. Other headliners include Canadian lower-case icon k. d. lang and revered musicianactivist Buffy Sainte-Marie. The beguiling, plaintivevoiced retro-folkies the Be Good Tanyas are back on the circuit, while “mound of sound” bluesman Matt Andersen – who was just starting to get some profile when he debuted at the festival several years ago – will bring his wildly soulful solo show back for an encore.

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Of course, one of the notable pleasures of a festival is discovering great musicians you’ve never heard of; happily, Doug Cox is a gifted talent scout. One of the world’s best dobro players, Cox performs all over the world for much of the year. Thanks to jam sessions and backstage word-of-mouth as well as catching amazing performances at giant “music fairs” like SXSW in Texas, Cox recruits impressive new talent every year. Asked to list some “don’t miss” unknowns, Cox instantly names Sam Baker, the so-called poet laureate of Austin, Tex. “He’s amazing, he’s like a Guy Clark,” says Cox. “And Shakura S’aida is an exceptional blues singer with a powerhouse band and a guitarist like Jeff Beck.”

There will be tasty finger-style guitar playing from both Alan Jossul and Steve James, while Victoria’s own Juno winner, guitarist Bill Johnson, will be blasting some serious electric blues from the stage. If “outlaw indie country” is more to your liking, check out New Country Rehab for a brave new take on an old-time sound. Fans of the crazed Celtic rock popularized by the Peatbog Faeries should open their ears for Sketch, the latest project of ex-Peatbog drummer Iain Copeland. And jazz aficionados needn’t despair — Toronto’s legendary Shuffle Demons are on the prowl again, introducing a new generation to their explosively inventive “bop rap” improvisations.

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THE NAKED TRUTH

eth MacFarlane (Family Guy, American Dad!) is a satirist whose animated TV shows are hip and popular. Ted, his current foray into movies, is cheerfully rude and intermittently very funny; it also shows its roots as an idea meant for a much shorter running time. The fable-like beginning introduces us to John, a lonely young boy back in the ’80s who wishes that his new teddy bear could come to life and be his “best friend forever.” Thanks to some Christmas magic this happens, and walking and talking “Ted” creates a sensation. He becomes the equivalent of a child star, making it as far as Johnny Carson before drug busts and other bad behaviour provoke the inevitable fall from grace.

Cut to present day, and 35-year-old John (Mark Wahlberg) is a pot-fogged slacker who still spends much of his time hanging out with Ted — who is now a foul-mouthed degenerate who emits a constant stream of offensive comments . . . except when sucking on a hookah pipe. This situation doesn’t sit well with John’s girlfriend of five years, Lori (the smart and funny Mila Kunis), who desperately wants John to grow up — which basically means saying goodbye to that bad-mouthed bear.

Other than for a time-filling subplot involving a stalker who kidnaps Ted as a present for his creepy son, that’s about as developed as the movie gets.

There’s a bit of sweet chemistry between John and Lori, but are we really expected to care about any of this? Terrible Ted does come up with some hilariously rude comments, but a lot of the time his spiel is more shocking than truly funny. In short, this crass little confection is a throwaway that offers nothing more than a night’s modestly amusing distraction. M

eefcake abs! Tear-away trousers! Dry-humping for dollars! Welcome to the warm sleaze of the male stripping world as portrayed in Magic Mike.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh, Magic stars Channing Tatum (21 Jump Street, Dear John) as Mike, the star dancer at a male strip joint in Tampa. Early on in the story, Mike meets 19-year-old Adam at his day job as a roofer and brings him into his risqué world of booze, parties, and hot women. Awkward at first, Adam has potential and soon joins the Cock Rocking revue, whose performers strut on stage before leaping amidst the tables to mock “service” the women in the audience as they shriek with embarrassed delight while stuffing bills into star-spangled G-strings.

Magic has a pleasantly thrown-together quality, an odd mix of utterly believable characterization and backstage sequences that are put at the service of a very old-fashioned morality tale. The acting is fine, with Tatum (who actually was a stripper before he started to get work in Hollywood) bringing the heat onstage while conducting himself offstage with a sly sense of humour and an aw-shucks charm. Plus, he has genuine chemistry with Adam’s older sister, Brooke (the unknown Cody Horn, whom the camera just loves). The movie’s biggest asset is Matthew McConaughey, who does great work as the smug ex-stripper who runs the club with seedy efficiency.

This movie did very well at the box office thanks to two very different constituencies: young women who want some gender-equality raunch without having to go to a Chippendales performance, and cinephiles who are interested in seeing a top director explore a little-seen aspect of the American underbelly. M

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SAVAGES - Oliver Stone should be in brutally fine form with this hyperviolent tale involving a pair of smart, low-key SoCal pot dealers who fall afoul of nasty Mexican gangsters and turn murderous in order to get back their kidnapped girlfriend. Starts Fri.

CONTINUING ★★ ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER -(Odeon/ SilverCity/Westshore) In this departure from strict historic truth, the 16th President of the U.S. discovers that vampires are planning to take over the country and decides to kill them. All of them. This silly and heavy-handed gorefest is from the Russian director of Night Watch, himself a noted vampire specialist.

THE AMAZING SPIDER–MAN -(Capitol/Uni 4/SilverCity/Westshore) Little-known actor Andrew Garfield suits up as everyone's favourite webslinger in what's certain to be one of the summer's monster hits.

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★★★ THE AVENGERS -(SilverCity) A mob of Marvel-ous superheroes comes together to help prevent a global apocalypse, in a decent but uninspired orgy of one-liners and special effects. The galaxy of greatness includes Iron Man (Robert Downey), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), and Captain America (Chris Evans). ★★★½ THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL -(Odeon/Uni 4) A diverse group of British seniors seek out an affordable retirement hotel in India, only to find it in shabby disarray. But despite the initial disappointment, India's exotic charms win them over. This heartfelt comedy-drama has a great cast that includes Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson and Judi Dench. ★★★ BRAVE -(Capitol/SilverCity/ Uni 4/Westshore) Billy Connolly and Emma Thompson provide the voices for Pixar's animated tale that is set in ancient Scotland and tells of a headstrong young princess who must rely on her courage to undo a beastly curse. Decent entertainment, albeit occasionally a bit plodding.

CHERNOYBL DIAIRES -(Caprice) Horror fans may enjoy this dark thriller about some "extreme tourists" who visit the abandoned city where the workers at Chernobyl lived.

Wouldn't you know, though — those pesky tourists soon realize that they're not, uhm, alone! ★★ DARK SHADOWS -(Caprice) Tim Burton directs Johnny Depp in a tepid adaptation of the campy 1970s soap opera that featured a family of dysfunctional vampires.

★★ DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX(Caprice) This is an over-stuffed, garishly coloured eco-parable that is preachy and only fitfully engaging.

Featuring the voices of Danny DeVito, Zac Efron and Taylor Swift. ★★½ THE HUNGER GAMES -(Caprice) With Twilight fading fast, the latest teen sensation is this fantasy account of a future world where every year 24 young people are selected to fight to the death on live TV. Everyone else seems to love this movie, but other than for the great lead performance

by JenniferLawrence I found this derivative and a bit cheesy.

LOLA VERSUS -(Capitol) Greta Gerwig (No Strings Attached) stars in a comedy about a woman, just dumped three weeks prior to getting married, who relies on her friends to help her come to terms with turning 30 as a single woman. ★★★ MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED -(Capitol/SilverCity/Uni 4) Those mouthy NYC zoo escapees are up to their usual colourful antics in a wittily entertaining animation romp. ★★★ MAGIC MIKE - (Capitol/ SilverCity) Channing Tatum stars as a male stripper who takes a protegé under his wing, then eventually has to rethink his lifestyle. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. See review. ★★★½ PROMETHEUS - (Odeon/ SilverCity/Westshore) Ridley Scott returns to his sci-fi roots with a creepy, visually stunning prequel to the classic, still-terrifying Alien.

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PEOPLE LIKE US -(Odeon) Chris Pine (Star Trek) stars in a drama about a man who is requested to deliver $150,000 of his deceased dad's estate to a sister he has never met.

MEN IN BLACK III -(SilverCity/ Caprice) Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones reprise their roles as alien-bashing crime fighters in a third outing for this wacky sci-fi comedy series. And thanks to a time travel aspect, Josh Brolin has fun playing the younger version of Jones' character. ★★★½ MOONRISE KINGDOM -(Odeon) The ever-quirky Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Fantastic Mr. Fox) is in fine form as he tells a tale about two very young lovers who run away, thus sparking an unusual search. The great cast includes Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, and Frances McDormand. ★★★ THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS -(Caprice) The Aardman Studios crew (of Wallace and Gromit fame) set sail with this rollicking -- and extremely silly -- spoof of all things piratical. Featuring the vocal talents of Hugh Grant, Salma Hayak, and Jeremy Piven. ★★ ROCK OF AGES -(Caprice) Tom Cruise stars in a flabby and unfunny rock musical paying tribute to the over-the-top world of 1980s heavy metal music.

SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN -(SilverCity/Caprice) Supposedly Charlize Theron steals the show as the evil queen, in an exotic retelling of the classic fairy tale. With Kristen Stewart of Twilight fame.

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LEO JULY 23-AUG 22 Your birthday is coming, which means your personal year is coming to an end.

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(Indulgent habits, messy bedroom, scary line of credit and you want to lose 10 pounds.)

Lately, you’ve been thinking about the past, which is a good thing because it allows you to appreciate the generosity others have shown you.

(You always acknowledge this.) Right now, all this Air influence makes you social!

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GEMINI MAY 21-JUNE 20 Since you’re an Air sign, four planets in Air suit you beautifully. You feel energized, charming and social.

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VIRGO AUG 23-SEPT 22 This is one of your most social months of the year.

You’re enjoying increased popularity and interaction with others, especially groups.

Unfortunately, you might be at odds with someone, especially about finances or something you own. It looks like someone is giving you static or blocking your efforts.

Bummer! Fortunately, people in power think highly of you, so ultimately you’ll come out smelling like a rose. Anyone who attacks you now is foolish because your reputation is going to shine this year! Plus you’re working hard, which is a good thing because you’re buying goodies. (Oh well, money is only useful if you spend it, right?)

LIBRA SEPT 23-OCT 22 Because you’re an Air sign, four planets in Air is good news. This influence boosts your physical energy, heightening your desire to get out and explore the world. In fact, you want to travel! Not only do you want to travel physically, you want to travel intellectually, which is why you’re gung ho to explore ideas, philosophies and systems of thought. Your desire to explore whatever is new and different could lead to a blossoming romance with someone from another background. Meanwhile, get more physical exercise to make the best use of fiery Mars in your sign. Be patient with parents and authority figures who appear to create obstacles for you because this is just temporary..

SCORPIO OCT 23-NOV 21 This is a fortunate time for you! Gifts, goodies and favours from others are coming your way. This beneficial influence heightens your sex drive as well. Relationships can be particularly sweet and passionate! Small wonder you’re so keen to broaden your horizons, travel wherever you can and explore more of the world. Interaction with people from different cultures is exciting. You’re also learning a lot! This week obstacles related to publishing, higher education, the media, medicine and the law might arise.

Phfft! This obstacle might even affect your travel. Look upon it as a test that you have to survive. It’s a test that will make you stronger in the future.

(The stuff of Russian fiction.)

SAGITTARIUS NOV 22-DEC 21 This lovely Air influence benefits your partnerships and close friendships. They feel enriched and they’re more fun! This also means it’s good to work with others because they benefit you whether they’re a friend, partner, a stranger or an expert in their field. Be open to the input of others. (Why not get all the help you can?) But someone in a group might impede your ability to get your fair share of something. Perhaps they feel competitive? Don’t let this get you down because optimism is a survival issue for you. Be

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CAPRICORN DEC 22-JAN 19 Your ambition is aroused.

In part, this is a response to your awakening to the fact this is a time of harvest in your life. (Like the little kid in the back seat who says, “Are we having fun yet?”)

Because this is your time of harvest, cut your losses.

Figure out what works and what doesn’t work. (You hate waste.) Meanwhile, despite your need for more rest, your health is good and will improve this year. (No seconds on dessert.) This is the perfect time to think about the obligations you have to your relationships. (Wow, that sounds onerous.) It’s time to deal with the real world and not the fantasies in your mind. (Facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable.)

AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 You’re an Air sign (yeah, yeah, I know all about the Water Carrier. Don’t let that fool you.) You’re cerebral!

All Aquarians are brainiacs.

While dealing with ex-partners back on the scene, you really want to get better organized, you want to improve your approach to your job and you also want to improve your health. You’re also keen to travel, enjoy vacations and have lots of fun, even though some kind of obstacle stands in the way of your travel plans. Whatever it is, you can surmount it. Enjoy parties, flirtations and fun times with children. You’re very happy in your own skin now because you know that you can be yourself without fear or apology.

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biologically pure product is produced from fresh coconut milk using a unique chemical-free ultra cold process. The oil is separated from the milk emulsion through a proprietary process executed within the shortest time to yield a crystal clear oil with the highest range and density of volatile flavour compounds. These compounds are composed mainly of lactones from the beneficial medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs), namely caprylic (C-8), capric(C-10), and lauric (C-12). This process enhances the oils antioxidant properties for maximum stability and shelflife. The superior quality of is reflected in its silky smooth taste and delicate flavour and aroma..

It has no unpleasant aftertaste. Bali Sun is the ideal cooking oil. $ 99 Use it for baking, frying and sauteing. You can also take it raw 473 ml and savour its delicious taste or in smoothies and your favorite $ 99 desserts. At temperature below 50C it will solidify to coconut butter. Ingredients: 100% virgin coconut oil.

710 ml

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Desert Essence Coconut Hair Care • Provides intense moisture to dry or over-processed hair • Smoothes frizzies and restores hair’s natural luster • Leaves hair feeling soft and healthy.

Coconut Oil Cleansers gently cleanse dry or damaged hair. Organic Jojoba oil moisturizes hair and scalp so hair looks and feels healthier. Organic Olive Oil leaves hair soft and silky without weighing it down.

237 ml

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$ 99 each

Vega Chocolate Coconut Protein Bar

Val’s Castile Foaming Soap V

THE FIRST COMPLETE, NATURAL, PLANT-BASED SPORT PERFORMANCE SYSTEM Vega Sport is the first complete, natural, plant$ 69/ea based sport performance system specifically Case of 12 developed to help athletes perform at their best – $30 before, during and after training and competition. www.vegasport.com

W What’s in your Soap? Val’s Castile Foaming Soap is made bby saponifying organic vegetable oils, which act as nnatural skin moisturizers. Daily use will leave your $ 98 sskin feeling healthy and beautiful, and the planet will thank you too! w each

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Perfect Energy The Perfect Multivitamin for sustained energy. Perfect Energy is the ideal whole-food multivitamin herbal and nutrient formula for those seeking enhanced energy, performance and endurance. Energizing herbs, like organic Maca, Ginseng, and Rhodiola, boost energy without the crash of traditional stimulants by enhancing the body’s ability to produce energy on a cellular level. Included in the formulation is a clinically studied proprietary grapeseed extract which provides powerful antioxidants that help optimize mitochondrial energy production, decrease muscle soreness and promote recovery following physical exertion or other stressful events. A complete multi-vitamin, Perfect $ 99 Energy contains a combination of 23 whole-food vitamins and 36 capsules minerals formulated to promote optimal health while $ 99 targeting the nutrients your body needs to sustain energy 72 capsules production, like complexed Vitamins B, C, E, and Selenium.

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Greens+ Introducing NEW greens+ O! “O” is for organic – containing between 75-80% organic ingredients, greens+ O is a great tasting, soy free, dairy free, gluten free, 100% Vegan formulation and like all greens+ is made with non-GMO ingredients. Genuine Health has kept the foundation of the award winning, research proven greens+ formula, but have taken out the allergens, and replaced them with innovative ingredients, $ 99 such as organic spirulina, broccoli sprouts, each chia seeds, and sunflower lecithin! It’s the new evolution of greens+!

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NutriStart Bamboo Silica The Ultimate Anti-Aging Superfood • Helps to prevent premature aging and preserve skin youthfulness • Supports joint health • Maintains vascular and heart health • Supports nervous and glandular system health • 10X more potent than horsetail silica.

• Helps prevent wrinkles and keep skin beautiful $ 99 • Promotes growth of thick, strong hair 120 capsules • Helps to build healthy bones, nails and teeth $ 99

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Enerex OMEGA 3.6.9 Enerex OMEGA 3.6.9 softgels provide an unique blend of evening primrose and borage seed oils containing over 16% of their fatty acids as important gamma linolenic acid (GLA) and wild fish oils containing over 30% of their fatty acids as eicosapentaenoic taenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). and docosapentaenoic acid (DPA) This unique blend $ 99 provides the ideal 1:1 ratio of GLA/EPA/DHA as found in human tissue.

180 caps

Prices in effect July 1st - July 31st, 2012

While quantities last

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