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Kissing for the cause erhaps the Downtown Victoria Business Association thought this would be just another year of romantic kissing with its fourth-annual “Kiss in the City” contest. But this is the capital — every sweet gesture DANIELLE is good cause for protest.

POPE A group called the news@ Disruption Collective has mondaymag.com decided to clamber onboard the DVBA’s contest, with members kissing their way into commentary on the city and association’s treatment of marginalized populations; namely, those on the streets. Group participants posted a number of the requested smooch photos on the DVBA’s Facebook page, all strategically shot beside “Private Property,” and “No Trespassing, Loitering, Soliciting, Camping” signs. Some even took to holding their own chalk boards with choice messages to the DVBA. When the photos were removed from the association’s Facebook because they “did not comply with the spirit” of the contest, kissing activists questioned who, exactly, is allowed to linger a little longer.

“The point we are trying to make is that it’s fine for some to stand in those spaces, but if you don’t look like ‘the right kind of person,’ you aren’t welcome here,” says Serina Zapf, who came up with the idea after reading the previous article in Monday and realizing the contest only really applied to a “certain” group of Victorians. “We thought this would be a playful way to disrupt a fun contest, and challenge people to think about who is being represented here — who is allowed, and welcome, to show affection.”

A representative posted the following on the DVBA Facebook page: “Some images that did not comply with the spirit of our Kiss in the City contest, in accordance with our contest rules, were removed earlier today. We are always happy to speak to any concerned citizens about issues in the downtown, and do so openly and often.” Despite the messages, DVBA general manager Ken Kelly says all submitted photos will still be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Zapf says the move has been empowering to many members of the community who never would have considered entering the contest before, especially those who have felt socially profiled. While Zapf says members of the group will continue to post photos until the contest deadline of Feb. 3, she isn’t holding out hope that the images will qualify, despite the fact that they are within contest city boundaries and, she says, do not inherently conflict with any of the visible contest rules.

“It would be awesome if an image actually won,” Zapf says. “Like the one of Marwo Abdi and her husband Mohammed Adam — they are lovely people, and they totally deserve some nice jewelry and a night at the Empress.”

To join in the smooching drama, or try for the prizes, enter your 2013 photos at facebook.com/ DowntownVictoria. See rules at downtownvictoria.ca.

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FROM A KISS TO A WEDDING If you’re ready to tie the noose, er, knot this Valentine’s season, soon-to-be brides can find all their excitement this week, and support animals, too.

“The Modern Bride Show,” hosted by our favourite Pet-A-Palooza creators the Just Love Animals (J.L.A.) Society, will be showcased at The Bay Centre on Sat., Feb. 2, 10am-6pm. While the event is free, the one-stop wedding planning event is a fundraiser for the society’s upcoming summer pet expo.

See the latest in gowns, tuxedos, photographers, florists and cakes, enjoy complimentary manicures, pedicures, chair messages, makeup consultations — even a “man cave” and on-site sex therapist. Win prizes, play the “Honeymoon Game,” or just watch a live performance by the Victoria Soul Gospel Choir and the live wedding finale. More at: jlasociety.com.

HIGH TIME FOR A CELEBRATION Philippe Lucas is still making a smokin’ hot name for himself, even after his reign as Victoria city councillor ended in 2011. The research affiliate with the Centre for Addictions B.C. was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal on Thurs., Jan. 24, for all his work on drug policy, harm reduction and medical cannabis research. In addition to his efforts with Sensible B.C. on cannabis reform, Lucas recently published a controversial study on the substitution effect in Canadian medical cannabis patients, looking at the substance as an “exit drug” instead of a gateway. With the Queen’s nod, that’s an effort well done. M

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Yes, Forrest, sometimes life is like a box of chocolates, and we’re lucky enough to be spoiled for choice.

Inside this issue, you’ll find eight pages of sneak peeks at some of the cool movies being shown at the Victoria GRANT Film Festival, running from Feb. 1 to 10. Several of the McKENZIE movies were made right here in Victoria and will be enjoying their world or Canadian premieres this week. editor@ We couldn’t list all the movies, so for more informamondaymag.com tion make sure and pick up the bright pink film guide that you’ll find outside downtown movie theatres.

The talent in this town is truly incredible. If live theatre is more your thing, make sure and check out Speaking in Tongues, playing at the Belfry until Feb. 24. Also, That Face at Langham Court has been receiving some wonderful reviews (check out Mary Ellen’s review online at mondaymag.com). It runs until Feb. 2.

Dance fans are in for a real treat as Dance Victoria presents its 2013 Dance Days event that runs from Feb. 1 to 10. There is something about dance that just fascinates me. The poise, grace and pure athleticism grabs hold of my imagination in a way that allows my brain to slow down, relax and forget its daily troubles. It’s like a massage for your mind.

For those, like me, who like to watch, Dance Victoria presents Montreal’s Rubberbandance Group on Feb. 1 and Feb. 2, plus Joe Laughlin and Ballet Victoria on Feb. 6 and 7. For the more active dancer, there will also be 10 days of free dance classes from artists at the top of their field.

The artistic director of the aforementioned Rubberbandance group is holding a master class on Feb. 2, plus the cast members of the hit percussive/ rhythmic group Stomp will offer some tips on Feb. 8. For all the details, check out dancevictoria.com. Enjoy. M

NEW NOVEL My latest thriller, Port of Sorrow, has just been released in trade paperback and ebook on Amazon.

Set on the Olympic Peninsula, Port of Sorrow tells the dark and dangerous tale of a female impersonator on the small-town stripper circuit whose life is irrevocably changed in the midst of a shotgun blast that claims the life of his best friend. Aided by a rookie deputy sheriff, Finn soon discovers that the killer has the entire town locked in fear and sorrow. http://goo.gl/tbekL

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peoples of Canada, are managed by the department of Indian Affairs.

The state of near universal squalor, poverty, desperation and the social ills that are derived from such conditions is evidence to the effectiveness of this department.

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Show savings A regional force would share personnel, services, equipment and facilities, with the promise to reduce costs to the taxpayer. The proponents of a police merger need to outline, in detail, where exactly the cost savings will come from. It's time to put the facts and ďŹ gures where their rhetoric is.

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CITY WATCHDOG

CITY SOMETHING If you’ve got a case of the winter blahs, cure it with a dose of motorcycle culture at FTW III, the annual celebration of choppers, art and rock ‘n’ roll.

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FILM AND CINEMA Even if you’re not into radical shredding, ollies, and skatecore music, there’s a good chance that the documentary Hicks on Sticks will grab your attention.

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Trailer Park Boy Rob Wells has a fun role in Victoria realtor Mike Hanus' first feature film — making its world premiere as the Canadian Opening Gala at the Victoria Film Festival.

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For the curious and the serious - there is something for everyone Friday, February 1st Inspirational authors Danielle LaPorte and Gabrielle Bernstein.

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WINTERLAB-Intrepid Theatre presents an all new festival of innovative international theatre with six new works of indie theatre from Portland, Belgium, and the UK to the Metro Studio. Includes UK company Il Pixo Rosso's immersive video goggle theatrical experience And the Birds Fell From the Sky (Until Feb. 3, Intrepid Theatre Club) and the Fringe hit Grim and Fischer: A comedy in full face mask (Jan. 30 and 31 at 8pm, Metro Studio). $23/30/18 at 250-590-3261 or ticketrocket.org. Intrepidtheatre.com.

THAT FACE -Hard-hitting drama by Polly Stenham heats up Langham Court Theatre. WED to SAT at 8pm and SAT at 2pm. Until Feb. 2 at (805 Langham Court). Tickets are $21/19 and are available at 250-384-2142 or langhamtheatre.ca.

SPEAKING IN TONGUES-This fascinating and erotic play from Australia pays homage to film noir.

Nine parallel lives – interlocked by four infidelities, one missing person and a mysterious stiletto – are woven through a series of fragmented confessionals where the lines between right and wrong become dangerously blurred. Runs TUES to SAT at 8pm, WED at 1pm, SAT at 4pm, SUN at 2pm until Feb. 24 at the Belfry Theatre. Tickets $25-40 at 250-3856815 or belfry.bc.ca.

FRI. FEB. 1 DANCE VICTORIA'S DANCE DAYS- 10 days of world-renowned dance companies, highlighting the work of local dancers and engaging Victorians in free dance classes and workshops at studios all over town.

Full program at dancevictoria.com/ seelearndo/dancedays.

RUBBERBAND DANCE GROUPFusion of ballet, contemporary dance and break dancing. Part of Dance Victoria's Dance Days. FRI and SAT at 7:30pm at the McPherson Playhouse (3 Centennial). Tickets are $29/38/55 at rmts.bc.ca or 250-386-6121.

THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE- This is Twisted Theatre presents the second episode of its Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy inspired radio play in the historic courtroom at the Maritime Museum of BC. FRI and SAT at 8pm. $20.

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SAT. FEB. 2 CEILIDH DANCE - Join Vancouver Island Scottish Country Dance Society for a FREE dance with live music by the Elastic Ceilidh Band and a caller.

Dance at 7:30pm. Beginners welcome, no partner required. Dance Victoria (2750 Hillside). Viscds.ca

SUN. FEB. 3 PENINSULA YOUNG PERFORMERS- Solo and small group dance performances. Two shows (11am, 3pm) with dancers from Allegro Performing Arts Centre at the Charlie White Theatre (Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney). $14.

TUES. FEB. 5 SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE - Giggling Iguana Productions and the Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival team up to present Love Scenes from Shakespeare at Craigdarroch Castle. Preview Feb. 5, Opening Feb. 6, running until Feb. 14 (all shows at 8pm). Tickets are $28/25 and are available at 250-592-5323 or thecastle. ca. NOTE: This is not a seated performance and the venue is not wheelchair accessible.

SIN CITY -This clever cast of improvisors is back with the third season of the live improvised weekly serial, Bedlam-by-Sea, set in a pub-hotel in a quaint seaside English village. Completely improvised and continues over 21 weekly episodes.

Directed live by Ian Ferguson, starring Kirsten Van Ritzen, Wes Borg, Morgan Cranny, Christina Patterson, Chris Gabel, Robert Conway, Karen Brelsford, Charlie de Pape, Alan Penty, Christine Upright and Bill Nance while new musical director Alexander Brendan Ferguson improvises live musical scores and technical director Theodore R. Sherman returns on lights and sound.

Doors at 7:30pm, show at 8pm at the Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad).

Tickets are $15/12, cash only at the door.

WEDS. FEB. 6 JOE LAUGHLIN -A 25-year retrospective of Joe Laughlin's choreography featuring Ballet Victoria. WED and THURS at 7:30pm at the McPherson Playhouse (3 Centennial). Tickets are $29/38/55 at rmts.bc.ca or 250-386-6121.

MUSIC THURS. JAN. 31 THE ADULTS-Geoff Lundstrom and Jason Cook provide a high-energy, groove-based party atmosphere every Thursday night at Canoe Brewpub (450 Swift). The Adults play something for everyone, from MGMT to Adele, OneRepublic to Kings of Leon (9-close, $5 after 9pm).

SONGS FOR A WINTER EVENINGThe Friends of Music Society features hot music for a cold night with Angela Carter, Karen Hamer and more. 7pm at Eric Martin Theatre (2328 Trent, off Fort).

FRI. FEB. 1 JAMIE REYNOLDS JAZZ TRIOEmerging jazz trio visits Allison Piano (2328 Government) from New York City. 7:30pm. $20/15 at catherineallison@shaw.ca.

MAYOR’S OPEN DOOR Mayor Dean Fortin welcomes the opportunity to meet with citizens to discuss their issues and concerns during ‘Open Door’.

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HOT CLUB OF FRANCE- A tribute to The Hot Club of France, Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli with Quinn Bachand, Richard Moody, Joey Smith and Rueben Weir. 8pm at Hermann's Jazz Club (753 View). $12/10 URBANITE - The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria presents an evening of music and art inspired by contemporary drawings in Traces: Fantasy World and Tales of Truth.

With visuals by Montreal's Mere Phantoms and music by DJ Shrew.

8pm at 1040 Moss. $18/15 at the door.

GETTIN' HIGHER CHOIR- Holly Arntzen and Kevin Wright appear with the Gettin' Higher Choir as they present "Everyday Music of the Earth". FRI and SAT at 7:30pm at Alix Goolden Hall (907 Pandora).

Tickets are $20/15 and are available at online at gettinhigherchoir.ca, at Munro’s Books, Ivy’s Books (Oak Bay), James Bay Coffee and Books, Dig This (Broadmead), from any choir member and at the door. All proceeds will benefit The Power of Hope, a non-profit society empowering youth through the arts.

BROKEN STRINGS- Covering classics by Tom Petty, Ryan Adams, The Talking Heads and Michael Jackson. $5 after 9pm at Canoe Brewpub (450 Swift).

BLACKALICIOUS- With DJ Anger, The Cold Residents and Skulastic.

9pm at Sugar Nightclub. $24 at Lyle's Place, Ditch Records and ticketweb. ca.

DAVID GODKIN TRIO-With Jake Galbraith and Rick van Krugel playing original tunes, maritime ballads and country. After open stage at 8pm at James Bay Coffee and Books (143 Menzies). By donation.

OPENING BULLET TO THE HEAD -(SilverCity/ Westshore) Sylvester Stallone stars as a hitman who joins forces with a cop to put the hurt on a common enemy, a violent thug who has killed people close to both men. Starts Fri. STAND UP GUYS -(Capitol) Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Alan Arkin star in a hip crime comedy about some aging conmen who get back together for one last job.

Starts Fri. WARM BODIES -(Odeon/SilverCity/ Westshore) Zombie love is the subject of what promises to be a highly unusual romcom, as a zombie with a heart saves a human girl . . . and sets strange events in motion. Ahhhh.

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SCREENINGS MOVIE MONDAY'S MUSIC WEDNESDAY - Is screening The Singing Revolution, a fantastic and moving documentary about how mass choirs singing forbidden patriotic songs managed to secure freedom for Estonia from decades of oppressive Soviet tyranny. WEDNESDAY, in the 1900-block Fort. By donation. 595-FLIC. moviemonday.ca.

MOVIE MONDAY - Is screening Ruby Sparks, a quirky and charming romantic comedy about a young novelist who literally creates the woman of his dreams out of his imagination. 6:30pm MONDAY in the 1900-block Fort. By donation. 595-FLIC. moviemonday.ca.

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SAT. FEB. 2 EMILY SPILLER - Live looping artist brings her show to Hermann's Jazz Club (753 View). With Ciseaux.

8pm. $15.

THE BOOM BOOMS - Vancouverbased six-piece rock-pop band. 9pm at Canoe Brewpub (450 Swift).$15.

SUN. FEB. 3 TANIA OPLAND AND MIKE FREEMAN- Presenting an eclectic mix of songs in several languages played on several instruments. After the open stage at 7:30pm at Norway House (1110 Hillside). $5.

CANUS HOT JAZZ- Hot band with smooth harmonies. 4pm at Hermann's Jazz Cluh (753 View). $12.

MON. FEB. 4 THE CHANCE LOVETT QUARTETPerforming a soulful set of gospel, jazz and blues with Adelene de Soul Poet. 7pm at Belfry Theatre (1291 Gladstone). By donation.

TUES. FEB. 5 BUILT TO SPILL - With Finn Riggins and Slam Dunk. 8pm at Sugar Nightclub. $26 at Lyle's Place, Ditch Records and ticketweb.ca.

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★★★ STORIES WE TELL -(Wed.Thurs., Jan. 30-31: 7:00, 9:10 & Fri.-Sat., Feb. 1-2: 3:00, 7:00, 9:10) The latest from actor-turned-director Sarah Polley is an intriguing and muchlauded documentary that explores the repercussions throughout her family when Polley discovers that her "dad" is not her biological father.

Polley's effort to uncover the truth is documented via extensive interviews with family members and friends. I'm not sure this is much more than an intellectualized home movie but it is rarely less than fascinating. ★★★ ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW -(Fri.-Sat., Feb. 1-2: 11:20) Experience your own time warp and check out one of the original -- and best -- cult films from the 1970s. ★★★★ MICROCOSMOS -(Sat.Sun., Feb. 2-3: 1:00 matinee) This unique documentary uses stunning close-up photography to explore the magic of insect life contained in a single meadow. ★★★★ SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN -(Sun., Feb. 3: 3:00, 7:10, 9:00 & Mon., Feb. 4: 7:10, 9:00) This musical documentary, a big Sundance winner, features the incredible quest of two South African men to discover whatever happened to a Bob Dylanstyle troubadour from the early '70s who never amounted to anything in his native America but became a huge superstar — and revolutionary influence — in South Africa at the height of the Apartheid era. ★★★½ DIABOLIQUE -(Tues., Feb. 5: 7:00, 9:15) Deadly revenge drives French auteur Henri-Georges Clouzot's 1955 horror classic, which is full of shocking plot twists and creepout atmospherics. ★★★ HICKS ON STICKS -(Wed.Thurs., Feb. 6-7: 7:00, 9:15) Boarders (and others) will enjoy this Canadian doc about the efforts of several guys to bring the gospel of skateboarding and heavy-metal music to the hinterlands of B.C. and Alberta. See review Page 19.

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KIERAN REPORT

A triumph of myopic delusion or every Liberal zealot I encounter who is living in denial, I meet another half-dozen free enterprisers who seem to appreciate BRIAN that there are times KIERAN for political renewal bkieran@ and 2013 is probably mondaymag.com one of those times.

Unfortunately, in B.C. we don’t have a lot of choice when it comes to political change, but that does not stop change from happening.

In this vein, it was sadly disappointing this week to bear witness to a triumph of myopic delusion over political science.

In my inbox was the latest volley from Concerned Citizens for B.C. “CC4BC” has little to do with the concern of citizens.

It is a Star Chamber of Howe Street influencers who want to do the Liberals’ wet work with some degree of separation from the BC Business Council. Its pitchman is former forestry CEO Jim Shepherd, a prominent resource sector executive who once made his mark in the boardrooms based on strategic thinking and consensus building.

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Shepard’s e-blast to the politically disaffected — titled “You Decide” — digs deep into the 1990s for the standard, oft-repeated litany of NDP screw-ups. It starts with the 1994 decision to build the fast ferries, moving on to the 1995 forensic audit that revealed that the Nanaimo NDP had been diverting charity bingo funds, the 1996 falsely “balanced” budget and the 1997 Jobs and Timber Accord that failed to deliver.

Shepard states: “Dix and his colleagues’ idea of governance is to raise taxes, increase union power and waive their economic responsibilities.” Think “Greece,” he says.

In a laughable attempt to appear balanced, Shepard says: “Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberals are hardly without fault.

No party is.” But he chokes when it comes to examples. “As unpopular as the media make them out to be, the Christy Clark Liberals can take credit for being involved in several noteworthy achievements. An Ipsos Reid poll shows a majority of people who think the province and the economy are headed in the right direction.”

That’s it? The pollsters that Premier Clark has repeatedly maligned say we’re headed in the right direction? Small comfort.

Shepard insists that “this is not about Christy Clark or Adrian Dix as people.

Very. It broadens your mind, it’s entertaining and at Cinecenta it’s cheap if you’re over 65!

I respect both of their commitments to public service.”

Sorry Jim, that just doesn’t wash. This CC4BC campaign is all about the politics of personality. All the Liberals have left in their arsenal as the election approaches is a divisive assault on character designed to scare the bejesus out of the thousands of Liberals who have abandoned Clark to join the Dix camp.

Here’s where Shepard is coming from.

Back in the 1990s he was a member of the board of directors of the Council of Forest Industries (COFI). In the dying days of the NDP administration, the association was locked in hand-to-hand combat with the forests ministry over revenue-killing Forests Practices Code red tape. I was there as a communications consultant in those days, working in the COFI war room. The battle to liberate the forest sector from the tyranny of the bureaucrats was intense.

What Shepard forgets is that when the government changed in 2001, the bureaucrats prevailed and persisted in their mission to keep a regulatory strangle hold on the forest barons.

When Shepard, the prophet of unfettered enterprise, tells you the enemy is the NDP, he’s kidding himself. His enemy is government per se, always has been, always will be. M

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street community who are willing to share their stories in the hopes that the City of Victoria will alter two bylaws which enable police to target transients.

The bylaws — named unassumingly Streets and Traffic 10-061 and 09-079 — prohibit “squatting, kneeling, sitting, or lying down” on traffic medians like Pandora Green, or leaving “an object, obstruction or other thing that is or is likely to be a nuisance” in any public space, severely limiting the mobility of anyone living on the street and inviting fines, citations and impounded possessions.

After only a month of searching, VIPIRG has uncovered a enlightening array of experiences. One woman had an encounter with the police that cost her a job after officers violated her privacy by calling her employer.

Another man was hounded with tickets and citations for weeks on end after provoking the attentions of one particular officer. The latter, says Bonet, is “one instance where bylaws are giving cops the means to move people along and to criminalize their means for survival.”

Police amalgamation is a tempting thought for some in The Capital, but for the members of our community whose interactions with the police lack a degree of compassion, standing up under Chief Graham’s banner may be too much to bear. M

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espite the still-healing wounds from last year’s brawl with the Municipality of Esquimalt, recent weeks have seen Victoria’s much-maligned chief of police hitting the streets to trumpet once again for the cause of regional police amalgamation.

If only — the argument seems to go — we could amass all law and order under the SIMON shining banner of the VicPD, streets would NATTRASS be safer, taxes would fall and kittens would snattrass@ cease getting stuck in trees. mondaymag.com While it’s becoming increasingly difficult to avoid facing the music when it comes to the efficiencies and regional coherence that amalgamation could bring, not everyone seems happy with Chief Jamie Graham’s tune.

It’s been just over a year since the Vancouver Island Public Interest Resource Group (VIPIRG) released Out of Sight — a report detailing the selective enforcement of the street community by the Victoria Police Department — and member Seb Bonet says racial and social profiling is as much a problem today.

Bonet is helping to collect affidavits from members of the

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REVIEW: THAT FACE he Victoria Theatre Guild brings audiences to the brink of domestic catastrophe in the Western Canadian premiere of That Face by Polly Stenham.

This drama about the dark side of domestic life tells the story of a dysfunctional family of four — the mentally ill addict mother Martha (played both delicately and devilishly by Kirsten Van Ritzen), the pill-stealing, mischiefmaking daughter Mia (played by UVic Pheonix Theatre student Melissa Taylor), the drop-out new-man-of-the-house teenage son Henry (played

by Michael Bell), and the lives-in-Hong-Kong-with-his-much-younger-newwife-and-baby father Hugh (played by Michael King). When Mia gets kicked out of boarding school for a reckless act that lands another student in the hospital, the sad state of the family boils to the surface and Hugh is forced to come back to England to make things right (read: get Martha some treatment for her mental health issues).

That Face plays until Feb. 2. Read the full review online at Mondaymag.com. M

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Forever Two Wheels, (which could easily be swapped for Fuck the Winter) is a three-day rock ‘n’ roll, art and motorcycle extravaganza featur-

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ing music by Buzzard, La Chinga and Kentucky Womanizer (Fri., Feb. 1); and The Spittin’ Cobras (Seattle), The Stockers, The Injectors and Island Monster (Sat., Feb.2).

Fins Out will be playing some surf rock for the free opening night party (Thurs., Jan. 31) which will also feature a screening of the new Absolute Underground TV episode (all shows at 8pm).

Tickets for FTW III are $25 and include entry for the whole weekend.

Logan’s Pub (1821 Cook) will be fitted out with display motorcycles from Steve Drane Harley Davidson (as well as some privately owned bikes) and vendors, including Talk’s Cheap, Lady Luck Tattoo (Langley), as well as art, clothing, band merch and more.

Clubs from across the province make an appearance each year rain or shine (including the all-female Majestic Unicorns from Vancouver).

Tickets are available at Talk’s Cheap, Urge Studios and Absolute Underground. M

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OSMOPHONIA (THE POROSITY OF SONG) BY CONNIE MOREY

HUMAN-ANIMAL COEXISTENCE ocal artist Connie Morey offers “inarticulations on human-animal relations” in ba_ble, a mixed media exhibition that explores the varied and sometimes difficult connections humans have with animals.

“Our interconnections with animals are in the news all the time,” says Morey. “From the XL Foods plant crisis, which put slaughter houses in the spotlight, to the recent controversy in the CRD over urban deer, we are constantly required to consider our viewpoints about animals and our responsibilities in relation to them.”

Ba_ble features two and three dimensional works that will inspire the viewer to ask questions about their own relationships with animals.

Morey is an art education doctoral student, artist and teacher at UVic. Her doctoral research focuses on the ecological foundations of imagination, inspired by the writings of poet Jan Zwicky.

Ba_ble’s opening reception is Fri., Feb. 1 (7-9pm) at Xchanges Gallery (Suite 6E, 2333 Government), with the artist talk beginning at 7:30pm. The exhibition runs until Feb. 24 (Saturday and Sundays, noon to 4pm).

Preview the exhibition online at xchangesgallery.org. M

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MONDAY MORSELS 2013 edition of Dine > The Around and Stay in Town will Created by Tourism Victoria and the BC Restaurant & Food Services Association (BCRFA), this event showcases participating Victoria restaurants offering select threecourse menus for $20, $30 or $40 per person. Make an evening of it and stay in a local hotel. Many of Victoria’s hotels offer accommodations during the event with rates at $79, $99 and $129. Book early to avoid disappointment. And please remember, the meals are reduced, but your server’s rent isn’t. Please tip accordingly.

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Years ago, mondaymag.com I would gaze in the windows of Ethel’s Cake Shop or have ice cream at a counter in what is now the produce section of Oxford Foods. Things changed of course.

A pub replaced the drug store, the local fish and chip shop stopped wrapping their wares in newspaper (damned health laws) and familiar buildings were summarily demolished. It wasn’t so great here a couple of decades ago, but, slowly, a new order gradually took hold, turning a once sleepy shopping street into a hipster hot spot.

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One of the most remarkable things about sliced Angus flatiron steak sandwich served with Bubby’s Kitchen is the way it reinvents itself sauteed mushrooms, tomatoes, red onion, melted several times a day. Visit in the morning for a white cheddar and grainy Dijon aioli on ciabatta. cup of Philosopher’s Brew, Spicy Ginger Mate For a quick bite, try the crunchy almond-breaded or Japanese Sour Cherry tea with your copy of chicken fingers served with lime wasabi honey Monday Magazine, or tuck into dishes like kamut dipping sauce, hand-cut fries or salad. During the and oat groats and flakes, cooked with dried daytime especially, expect to share the place with organic apricots, flame raisins, cinnamon and kids; Bubby’s Kitchen is definitely family friendly. nutmeg, topped with toasted almonds and seasonal Bubby’s is different again in the evenings, fruit and served with your choice of yogurt, soy, however, and, despite the up-market tone of the almond or cow’s milk. Or try egg white omelettes food, prices remain just as friendly. The regular (yolks are built into Hollandaise sauce for the menu offers dishes like wild mushroom and leek eggs Benedict), justifiably famous cinnamon rolls ravioli or pan-roasted local duck breast, glazed drizzled with cream cheese icing with fennel and cranberry or for the truly hungry, or freeshallot jus, served with spinach Patrons will be run eggs cooked your way, served and feta agnolotti and seasonal devouring dishes like with a buttermilk pancake, vegetables, or grilled wild salmon rice noodles tossed with bacon, turkey sausage, fried baby paired with spinach polenta, lemon grass chicken, potatoes and toast. Walk off the rosemary oil, preserved lemon calories on the waterfront or in and fennel slaw, topped with sea cucumbers, carrots, pea nearby Beacon Hill Park. salt kale chips, all for under $20. shoots and bell peppers Weekends see a dedicated As tempting as the regular menu with spicy cashew brunch crowd (illustrated by is, the specials are always worth vinaigrette the full patio, despite the crisp a look. Recent options have January air, I saw on a recent visit) included pan-seared halibut from 11am to 2:30pm. Patrons will be devouring in tomato lime butter sauce, served with crispy dishes like rice noodles tossed with lemon grass polenta and garlic braised rapini, pork tenderloin chicken, cucumbers, carrots, pea shoots and bell with a Calvados reduction, roasted pear, sweet peppers with spicy cashew vinaigrette, or seared potato and seasonal vegetables, or grilled Angus blackened albacore tuna wrapped in a whole steak offered with risotto cake, rapini and a wheat tortilla with crunchy vegetables and roasted mushroom and truffle-scented demi-glace. red pepper yogurt. Lunch time? Visit for the crazy Full? Pass on the carrot cake and have a cup of $10 special featured half sandwich, salad and chocolate chai. M a cup of soup (recent offerings have included Bubby’s Kitchen is located at 355 Cook, smoked meat and sauerkraut with cheddar, 250-590-8915. and roasted tomato and red pepper soup), or a

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alentine’s Day is just around the corner, and you may find that chocolates interfere with a resolution or two. What to do? The answer is simple. Have chocolate tea instead, and drink your heart out. Every time your Valentine drinks a cup of Mint Chocolate Rooibos, Chocolate Orange, Love Tea #7, Read My Lips, Chocolate Rocket or Red Velvet Cake he or she can remember that someone loves them. If you can’t get to one of the three locations of David’s Tea in Victoria (606 Johnson, Uptown Centre, or Hillside Mall) or you are sending this to someone you love, you can get three free samples from the company’s stupendous tea catalogue with every order. Sipping in house to try before you buy is free too. M

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SPECIA PECIAL SECTION - 2013 Victoria Film Festival • Feb. 1 - 10 • victoriafilmfestival.com

Jackhammer: Local movie delivers big laughs

By Mary Ellen Green et your spray tans on, have an extra-strength protein shake and lather on the baby oil Victoria, because you’re about to get Jackhammered.

Victoria realtor Mike Hanus traded in his suit and tie for a gold lamé thong as he hammered away writing, directing, producing and staring in his first feature film — making its world premiere as the Canadian Opening Gala at the Victoria Film Festival.

According to the VFF program guide, Jackhammer is “Without a doubt, the most ambitious movie shot by Victorians,” with cameos by Hollywood calibre celebrities including Pam Anderson, Jamie Kennedy, Rob Wells, Nicole Sullivan, Peter Shinkoda and YouTube celebrity comic Peter Chao.

It took more than three years and some serious credit card debt to make, but for Hanus it was a labour of love. “It doesn’t even feel like work to me.”

Hanus stars as Jackhammer, an award-winning professional male peeler and wannabe rapper, who gets himself into trouble because of a hefty debt owed to a protein-dealing thug (played

by Rob Wells of Trailer Park Boys).

After “The Hammer”’s younger brother-fromanother-father Julius (played by Guy Christie) gets blacklisted from the theatre by a sleazy casting agent (played by Jamie Kennedy) and later finds his girlfriend in bed with some “bunny” else, the two are reunited and Julius quickly finds himself being swallowed up by the world of male stripping — with its Russian mobsters, crazy parties and “thunder-strong” protein shakes. He quickly discovers that old ladies die during lapdances all the time. Dealing with it is just part of the job description.

The movie is hilarious and intentionally unintelligent. Jokes about “homosensuals” and “that fairy theatre shit” abound, although used in an astute (and quite ironic) way.

Hanus wrote the initial script after finding frustration with the audition process in Vancouver.

He wasn’t getting the roles he wanted, so he decided to write his own character-driven comedy, in the same vein as Adam Sandler. “I knew I had to pave my own road,” he says.

He handed the script over to Guy Christie and Duncan MacLellan, who helped tighten up the story. Jason Burkhart and Hanus’ partner (both on-screen and off) Silvana Azurdia also get writing credits.

The film was produced by Hanus, Azurdia and McKinley Hlady. Executive producer credits go to Burkhart, Dani Zaniceanu and Chris Orchard (who also did the special effects). Sound designer Jose Sobrinho came on board two years ago after finding the gig posted on the Vancouver Film School job board.

“We knew we wanted to compete on an international scale,” says Hanus, whose go-big-or-go-home attitude was a driving factor behind the film’s success in attracting attention from Hollywood (even attracting attention from ET Canada when Pam Anderson was in town to shoot).

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And getting those celebrities on board helped propel the film forward. Telefilm, who had previously turned the film down for a grant, came on board (with a $50,000 grant for post production) after Wells agreed to be in the film.

Shot entirely in Victoria, Jackhammer offers local audiences a chance to see their city on the big screen — cruising over the Johnson Street Bridge, busking at Hillside Liquor Store and flying through the Atrium building’s courtyard (using a heli-cam.) Even local DJs Degree One and Miami Nights 1984 (who scored the film) make an appearance. Local businesses Svelte Cocktail Lounge, the Oswego and Parkside hotels, Morningside Estate and hair salon Chop Shop also donated their locations to the proj-

ect. Langford’s Mount Wells donated its recording and production studio space to the project as well.

Hanus rented the videography equipment from local film cooperative CineVic, where he met former equipment coordinator Dan Carruthers who became director of photography (along with Jerry Kott).

For an indie movie made with a meager $318,000 budget, the finished product is an impressive professionallooking production that truly took a community to make.

And if selling out 11 days prior to the premiere is any indication, the community is excited to see their work. M Jackhammer World Premiere Sat., Feb. 2 • 6:45pm Empire Theatres #6 — SOLD OUT

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sess an incredible sense of generative power to wield for good or for mischief [Raven] … so we can let certain obstacles derail us or we can remain permeable and keep going. [Sisiutl (two headed snake)].”

Alcheringa Gallery is a VFF partner and the only gallery Cook deals with on the Island. When they heard about Skin, they approached Cook and put together a show of sculptures and graphics along with one painting created specifically for the event. Yet another parallel in two seemingly very different lives.

When Cook saw the film last year, he says, “My jaw dropped. He could be telling my story. It’s about ‘Where do you fit in?’ No matter where you are in the world it doesn’t mean anything until you can connect with yourself.” M

rtist Rande Cook left Alert Bay, B.C. when he was 13. It was and is a divided world where the simple decision of turning right or left means everything.

“You come off the ferry, you go left, you’re on the reserve. You go right, you’re on the white end,” says the left-bound Cook. Leaving the reserve comes with the stigma of “becoming white.” This was particularly hard for an Indian kid who already didn’t look the part with his lighter skin and green eyes.

The multiculturalism of Vic High and UVic began to break down some of those barriers, but it was his ancestral art form that truly helped him negotiate his culture in a larger world context. He found a mentor and learned about business, art, The Skin I'm In • The Vic Theatre [808 Douglas] commercialism and staying true.

Sat., Feb. 2 • 9:30pm Alcheringa Gallery’s Rande Cook “There’s this fine line. There are native artists that consider exhibition runs from Feb. 2 to 21 everything to be sacred, yet they’ll sell it for a buck,” says Cook who needed to find a way that still felt right to support himself through his art and culture. He was left with one choice. “I had to create a new art form,” Cook says.

Instead of using sacred items representing the spirits of land, sky and ocean, Cook turned to the ancestral stories learned from his grandparents and interpreted their imagery — no desecration required.

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FESTIVAL HOT TICKETS SOLD OUT EVENTS: • Sips 'n' Cinema — Whiskey • Sips 'n' Cinema — Cocktails • Canadian Opening Gala (Jackhammer, Feb. 2)

SOLD OUT FILMS: • No (Feb. 6) • Love is All You Need (Feb. 8) • Lacan Palestine (Feb. 9) • Vanishing Point (Feb. 5 and 7 at Parkside are sold out. An additional screening has been added Sat., Feb. 9 at noon at The Vic Theatre)

ALMOST SOLD OUT: • Opening Gala Film and Reception (Hannah Arendt, Fri.. Feb 1) • Hannah Arendt (Feb. 6) • Haute Cuisine/ Les Saveurs du Palais (Feb. 9) • The Central Park Five (Feb. 2 and 7)

MOVING FAST: • Feast & Film — Azul Intangible (Feb.4) • Jagten (The Hunt, Feb. 2)

CANCELLATIONS: • Musica Ocular (Feb. 7) • Wasteland (The screening Sat., Feb.

2 at Empire #6 is cancelled, but the Thurs., Feb. 7 screening at 9:15pm at Empire #6 is still on)

ADDITIONS: • 5 Broken Cameras (Sat., Feb. 2 at 2pm at Empire #6) — Winner of the Sundance Film Festival's World Cinema Directing Award. Also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

TICKET TIPS: In order to attend a screening at VFF, you need a $2 membership (available to those over the age of 18).

Advance tickets for screenings are available at the VFF office (1215 Blanshard from 10am-4pm Mon-Sat until Feb.9) or by phone at 250-389-0444. Advance sales are cut off the day before the screening.

Tickets will be available at the door (30 minutes prior) for some screenings (depending on advance sales) and will be CASH ONLY (plus $2 membership).

Keep in mind that the Parkside theatre has only 29 seats (so book early). In contrast, The Vic theatre has more than 200.

Feature films (or short programs) are $10 each, or purchase a five-ticket ($48) or 10-ticket ($95) package. M

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Reviews: Christians go hardcore for punk PUNK ROCK JESUS

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he first punk rock record I ever owned was a Dead Kennedys album called In God We Trust, Inc. On the cover is a picture of Jesus crucified on folded U.S. dollar bills. As a confused 14 year old, the message was clear: this music was about reJason Lamb bellion, anger and stripping away Host of The the facade of authority. It was Punk Show anti-conformity, anti-society and on the Zone@ anti-religion. I loved it, and I’ve 91.3 FM been a fan of punk ever since.

When I heard about a new sub-genre of punk called ‘Christian hardcore’ or ‘Christcore’, I was cynical. So, too, was filmmaker Justin Ludwig. An ex-Catholic and self-styled atheist, Ludwig has spent his adult life in the Saskatchewan hardcore scene, often writing and singing about the rejection of the church. A few years ago, he decided to make a film about the growing Christian hardcore movement. He went in with an open mind, and the result is ChristCORE. The film follows two bands at different stages of their careers. Messengers are a Texas band who are embarking on their first tour. On the other hand, Utah’s Sleeping Giant have legions of fans and headlining gigs booked across the country. Lead singer Tommy is revered at the band’s shows, sometimes performing faith healing on lucky fans.

Ludwig lets the band members do the talking (and screaming), and it’s hard not to like them.

ChristCORE culminates with Sleeping Giant playing the Christian Cornerstone Music Festival. When Tommy ‘baptizes’ the mosh pit, you realize just how powerful the movement has become.

ChristCORE provides a glimpse into a subculture that many believe is a contradiction in terms.

Is there a place in hardcore punk music for evangelical Christianity? It’s up to the viewer to decide.

ChristCORE is the kind of documentary that sparks real discussion after the credits roll. M Mon., Feb. 4 • The Vic • 7pm

afferty Baker and Matthew J. Van Deventer were BCIT journalism students when they set out to make a short film about Occupy Vancouver. The Occupation lasted 39 days and the level of intimacy Krista the filmmakers are able to creLoughton ate makes you feel as though Filmmaker you are part of the scene. The duo shared writing, directing, shooting and editing duties, and the result is a very well crafted feature-length documentary.

The film focuses on the physical encampment and the struggle of the protestors to actually maintain occupation of the space outside the Art Gallery in downtown Vancouver. Ironically, the issues of public health and safety trump the multi-faceted political issues behind the global movement.

Many of the occupiers don’t adhere to a mainstream lifestyle and seem to be a group desperate for belonging and acceptance. By the mid-point of the film things turn tragic. There are two drug overdoses — one resulting in the death of a 23-year-old named Ashlie Gough. At this point the story focuses on a young homeless man named Jeremiah “Germz” Baldwin who is struggling with addictions. He expresses his anger about the housing situation in B.C. By the end of the film the big issue becomes local, which seems to be the appropriate outcome of any occupy demonstration.

The physical encampments inspired in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street all over the world may be over, but with individual action, no matter how big or small, the impact will continue to reverberate globally. Eventually it will occupy political space and change will follow. Films like this are a great reminder to continue to fight for equality and justice. Thumbs up. M Thurs., Feb. 7 • The Vic • 7pm

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VFF DIRECTOR KATHY KAY’S TOP PICKS Diana Vreeland Vreeland is such an icon and had a huge impact on what we wear and it fascinates me to get a glimpse of such an out-of-the-box character. She is so unique Kathy Kay and committed to her VFF Director own sensibilities. I loved looking at the exclusive corner of the world that this film opened up.

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The Hunt (Jagten) This film is directed by Danish filmmaker,Thomas Vinterberg, who made a big impact with his Dogme film The Celebration (Jury Prize winner, Cannes). I think he's hit it out of the park again with this one. I love the opening scene with music blasting and a group of lifelong friends jumping in an icy cold lake — there's no better way to announce Dogme 95 is dead. The Hunt reflects on an innocent's accusation and the impact on the innocent person who is accused. Okay... and Mads Mikkelsen is the lead.

Sat., Feb. 2 • Empire #6 • 9:15pm Denmark, 2012 • 111 mins

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Love is All You Need I know I have a thing for Danish directors (see above) and it continues here.

VFF has screened three of Suzanne Bier's films, Open Hearts, After the Wedding and last years Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, In a Better World. She has gone for a gentle comedy here, a real departure, and it's gloriously enjoyable.

Fri., Feb. 8 • Empire #6 • 6:45pm Denmark, 2012 • 110 mins — SOLD OUT Haute Cuisine (Les Saveurs du Palais) As a foodie I'm all over these kind of films — the food shots are spectacular, the story is very French and it's

just a pleasurable film. It's based on a true story and like the Vreeland film you are watching someone unique in the world someone who ended up being the first woman ever to cook at the Elysee Palace. My best advice though is plan to have a fabulous meal after the film!

Sat., Feb. 9 • Epire #6 • 2pm France, 2012 • 95 mins Ping Pong This fun documentary doesn't lack for pathos, but after watching Ping Pong I felt inspired.

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Reviews: Man in Black gets even darker MANAGING CASH

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hat do you do when the talent you stood by in his early career finally achieves stardom, becomes born-again Christian and then casts you in his Evangelistic epic, Gospel Road, as Caiaphas, the Jewish high priest Bruce who was involved in the crucifixSaunders ion of Jesus?

This is just one of the many Movie Monday bizarre twists about Johnny Cash’s long-time manager, Saul Holiff.

My Father And The Man In Black is a compelling documentary made by Holiff’s estranged son, Jonathan. A successful L.A. talent manager, Jonathan left his job to investigate his absentee father’s life following news of his suicide.

His father’s storage locker in Nanaimo (yes, this is a Canadian story) held many clues and surprises.

As well as the gold records, scrapbooks and memorabilia, audio diary tapes take Jonathan right into his dad’s emotional life.

These “voice from the grave” thoughts were recorded on the road, through the rocky relationship with Johnny Cash and June Carter — the taxing, crazy-making job of having gigs trashed by the addicted, erratic Cash in his early years.

Then, as Cash straightened out and his star rose, Holiff’s fell.

At the peak of Cash’s career, this long-suffering manager fired his star.

In that storage locker are the clues as to why.

Jonathan realizes his own relationship with his COURTESY OF THE SAUL HOLIFF COLLECTION father is inexSaul Holiff with Johnny and tricably linked June Cash in 1966. to his father’s relationship with Cash.

It’s an intriguing look into the lives of powerful figures, behind the scenes of both careers and the sometimes devastating toll that ambition takes on relationships with the people around them.

Some of the reenactments are awkward and too conscientious, but for fans of Cash who love his music, (don’t we all?) and for those of us who got just a glimpse of his life story in the 2005 feature, Walk The Line, this is a revealing look into the lives of two complicated men who made the Man In Black such an icon. M Sun., Feb. 3 • Empire #6 • 6:45pm Sat., Feb. 9 • Empire #6 • 4:30pm

igmund Freud might be upset if he knew he wouldn’t live to see the world’s largest collection of penises, but, 73 years after his death, his fingers would curl in delight about The Final Member.

In the northern Icelandic Danielle Pope Monday town of Husavik stands the Icelandic Phallological Museum — the world’s only penis museum. For over 40 years, the aptly named Sigurdur “Siggy” Hjartarson has proudly dedicated his adult life to collecting every specimen from every mammal, except for that one elusive penis needed to complete his collection: The Human Specimen.

Siggy is quick to clarify no mammals have ever died for his efforts (he collects donations after death), but his museum holds penises from whales to hamsters, bulls to the now-extinct care bear. Yet in his shocking quest to complete his collection, Siggy is unable to secure a human donor — something that must involve consent before death — until the museum’s increasing popularity causes one aging Icelandic celebrity to volunteer his package. Then, a fame-seeking American cowboy offers his “Elmo” as well, adding, “I always wanted my penis preserved after I die.”

With Siggy’s failing health competing against an aging man whose manlihood is shrinking and the Stars-And-Stripes Yankee willing to surgically remove his junk, viewers are left anxious to know who the final member actually will be.

Using intimate interviews, unexpected character arcs and even clever B-roll footage, directors Jonah Bekhor and Zach Math have turned a story about a couple of dicks into an impressively feel-good film. M

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ouder Than Love tells the epic story of the Detroit Grande Ballroom’s heyday in the late ’60s. While the west coast was stoked on psychedelic sounds, Detroit was the epicentre of a gritty new rock ‘n’ roll sound.

Producer/director Tony D'Annunzio tells the story through members of the Mary Ellen legendary bands who once graced its Green stage, including Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper Monday and MC 5, and managers and patrons of the legendary live music venue.

While the Grande Ballroom's run was short-lived (it

closed in the early ’70s and is now in a state of complete ruin), it had a serious impact on music enthusiasts in Detroit, as well as the bands who played there.

With interviews, archival concert footage and gig posters (there was one for a triple bill featuring Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd and The Who for $3), contrasted against images of the Grande's current, crumbling state, D'Annunzio brings the story to life.

Louder than Love is an interesting and nostalgic look at the state of rock ‘n’ roll in the late ’60s. It’s sure to be a hit with music historians and music fans alike. M Sat., Feb. 2 • Empire #5 • 4:45pm

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Reviews: Octogenarian bikers deliver hope GO GRANDRIDERS!

LIFE IN THE ARCTIC

lthough most people aren’t too thrilled about the prospect of ever getting old, a group of seniors from Taiwan shows us how to do it with panache. Go Grandriders! is a heartwarming documentary about 17 octogenarians Robert Moyes who decide to hop on motorbikes Monday (closer to scooters than Harleys) and circumnavigate their island home, a journey of 1,140 kilometers. Most of them undertake this 13-day journey against the wishes of either family or doctor — two are cancer survivors, eight have heart conditions.

The cast of characters is varied and delightful, some solemn and thoughtful and others as effervescent as five-year-olds heading to the zoo. And their sense of adventure is certainly catchy. One guy is unfazed after requiring some bandages after tumbling off his bike because he fell asleep while riding.

But the bravery badge goes to the group’s earnest “captain,” a long-retired cop who ends up being hospitalized twice for transfusions because of his bleeding ulcers.

Go serves as a zesty travelogue as the swarm of bikes is filmed scooting through towns and cities, climbing into the mountains, and hugging Taiwan’s scenic coastline. The group travels with a support team that includes nurses who seem to be checking everyone’s blood pressure on a half-hour basis.

There are some intimate, almost heart-wrenching moments when these guys drop in at old folks homes to promote a message about remaining vital.

The visits to elementary schools are more upbeat, with mobs of excited kids yelling “Grandriders rock!” Although little more than a feel-good crowd pleaser with an obvious theme about “never being too old to live your dreams,” Go is funny, touching, and inspirational. M

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anishing Point is a perfect example of what is so great about film festivals, and for that matter, the National Film Board — it is a story that doesn’t often get screen time.

This 83-minute documenJeremy Lutter tary follows a Greenland Filmmaker Elder, Navarana K’avigak’ and her life in the Arctic. It is a rare glimpse into a changing world. Directed by award-winning filmmakers and partners, Stephen A. Smith and Julia Szucs who have a background in environment science. They use an unobtrusive camera style to give the film an engaging point-of-view. As such, the viewer feels they are dropped into the scene as a member of this hunter-gather society.

The result is a touching, subtle and beautifully framed story about daily survival, northern traditions and human adaptation in a quickly changing landscape.

Set against the sublime of the tundra, Navarana’s story is narrated in her native tongue, Inukitut. Faced with warmer weather, which makes the ice surrounding their village dangerous to travel on, Navarana looks for answers by tracing her origins. It is said that her great, great, great uncle was a shaman from Baffin Island.

He was called Qitdlarssuaq and in 1860 lead the Inuit migration from Canada to Greenland.

Now over 150 years later, Navarana is going to make the journey back to Baffin Island to find her Canadian cousins. There she discovers how the two genetically-linked groups of Inuit have adapted differently.

Vanishing Point is a rare gem that should not be missed. M

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Octogenarians hop on motorbikes to circumnavigate their island home.

Sat., Feb. 9 • The Vic Theatre • Noon Tues., Feb. 5 • Parkside • 7:15pm - SOLD OUT Thurs., Feb. 7 • Parkside • 7:15pm - SOLD OUT

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Directed by Yariv Mozer The Invisible Men makes little attempt to comment Colin Cayer on the political climate Monday that creates the living situation these men face.

Instead, it follows their journeys through legal council in order to access asylum in Western countries. They

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won’t learn the status of their requests until they are is accepted — in which case they leave all they know in mere weeks — or denied, in which case they continue the cycle of illegal immigration, prison, release and undercover living. They have no choice in selecting the countries they could eventually live. Despite the discrimination they face, the weight of leaving their homes is no small burden.

The film itself is sentimental and intimate, though it doesn’t truly delve into what living illegally, in some cases for up to 10 years, really looks like. Something

in Mozer’s point of view, the way it is shot, the tight angles, the shadowy corners really feels like what a mind forced to hide might feel like. But there seems many moments in which he could sink more into the reality. At times, Mozer’s closeness to his subjects seems to get in the way of story telling; to ask for more from the men interviewed might be too much. The film does a great job of introducing these men whose bravery is irrefutable, but leaves the viewer a little flat.

Mon., Feb. 4 • The Vic • 9:30pm

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GoGirl! Superheroines take the stage

By Danielle Pope

BEHIND THE SCENES

uperheroine fans, your Wonder Woman awaits.

Comic book veteran and GoGirl! creator Trina Robbins will be making a special guest appearance at the Victoria Film Festival this year, and will be flanked by some of her favourite super ladies.

Robbins, who has been writing graphic novels, comics The second year I did (the and books for over 30 years, produced the first all-woman festival), the volunteer who comic book in 1970, It Ain’t Me, Babe. Since then, her comics have ranged from Wonder Woman and The Powerpuff was doing the program guide Girls to her own teenage superheroine creation, GoGirl! for us, his computer crashed. and her YA graphic novel series, The Chicagoland Detective Agency.

We ended up not getting the “I got really tired of hearing men say ‘women don’t program guide until the mornwrite comics and girls don’t read them,’ because that’s just not true — but no one had done the ing the film fest started and research, so I did,” Robbins says about we sent a volunteer out with her extensive work on early 20th century women cartoonists. “I Hans Fear Memorial 11th Annual Ann nua u l Fundraiser... a truck and a cheque to the have always written what I love to read, and deep inside I think we printers to pick them up. They are all young girls looking for our wouldn’t release them without superheroine.”

Robbins was asked to be part a cheque. Somewhere along Trina Robbins of the film Wonder Women! The the way he got into a car acciUntold Story of American SuperHeroines by director Guevara-Flanagan Kristy. dent [he was okay]. We didn’t The film explores the superheroine’s role in North know what to do. He had the American culture, along with Wonder Woman’s rise to feminist-icon status. There will be a Q&A period cheque. We sent someone to with Robbins following the screening, and costumed volunteers from the Superheroes of Victoria Charity plead with them, you know, Edelweiss Club, 108 Niagara St. Creole food - Silent Auction & Original C will be there to greet guests and take photos.

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Since the birth of the superhero in the 1940s to the blockbusters of today, the story of the female hero has largely remained untold. Yet, as Robbins points out, Wonder Woman made way for a new generation of female characters and taught not only that one woman charming feel good comedy, Detroit was powerful enough to help save everyone, but that all Unleaded, tells the story of Sami who women could be mighty if they trusted their own strength works behind the bulletproof glass of and confidence. Robbins’ personal superheroine, GoGirl! a 24-hour gas station in Detroit. Sami — “daughter” of the lesser-known ’60s Go-Go Girl — was is caught between the cultures of contempocreated, in part, with her own daughter in mind. rary America and traditional Arab-America as “It’s really a story about a daughter who shares her he struggles to balance family obligations with mother’s superpowers, but neither knows this at first,” she aspirations for a better life. Directed by Rola says. “Although no, neither my daughter nor I can fly — except maybe spiritually.”

Kathleen Nashef, the movie explores race relations, In partnership with Legends Comics, the Victoria Film Gilbert generational differences and economic strife colourful character who visits this gas station.

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Beautifully shot and superbly acted, this this movie is a must-see. I give this film a really greet opportunity with Robbins at Legends Comics (633 Commissioner movie will definitely leave you smiling. I guar- enthusiastic “thumbs up.” M Johnson) on Wed., Feb. 6, 2-5pm. M Fri., Feb. 1 • Empire #5 • 9:45pm antee you will fall in love with every quirky, Wed., Feb. 6 • The Vic • 7pm

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Elephant Memory: Reintroducing the wild

By Colin Cayer aking part in the Victoria Film Festival doesn’t only get a filmmaker great exposure and maybe a little cash; for many it’s an opportunity to highlight a cause — like the plight of Asian elephants.

Victoria-based director and producer Patricia Sims is doing just that with her 30-minute short, Return to the Forest. Narrated by William Shatner, the film explores a unique Thai non-profit called “Elephant Reintroduction Foundation” through the reintroduction process of three elephants into one of the foundation’s vast, human-free sanctuaries.

Finding this positive story in a tale so fraught with sadness was important to Sims. “Film reaches people on such a deep emotional level,” she says.

“What’s the point in making something that just leaves people feeling helpless?”

Spending most of her time these past years in Thailand, Sims learned more and more about the 5,000 years of CANAZWEST PICTURES interde"Jaroonee" with her 2-month pendence old baby born in the wild at between Asia the Elephant Reintroduction and the eleFoundation sanctuary in Thailand. phant. This relationship is known as Mahout culture and it’s one where right and wrong become uncomfortably blurred.

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As for Sims, her passion for film and activism has taken her from the dolphins and whales of our oceans to the dwindling Asian elephants of Thailand.

The interconnection of all things is clear, but Sims holds a special place for these giants. “I guess I just have a thing for animals with big brains.” M Return to the Forest joins My Little Underground and La Vista for an 86-minute block entitled Mid Lengths: My Real Home Thurs., Feb. 7 • Empire Theatre #5 • 9:45pm

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This isn’t the first time director Paul Lacoste has turned his lens on the 3-Micheline-Star rated restaurant in Laguiole, Aveyron, France.

Ten years ago, he was there shooting Inventing Cuisine: Michel Bras and remembers the father correcting his son’s spelling of “shallot.”

Lacoste knew he’d have to return to witness the destiny of one of the world’s best and his progeny. While food is an undeniable part of Entre les Bras (Step Up to the Plate), the true nature of the film speaks to the universal struggles and love between fathers and sons set in the fiery kitchen of transition.

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Colour-blind art student Andrew Morris drew most of the ex-mayors in a series of poses before eight other students coloured, rigged, ani-

mated and rendered the short in the computer lab.

Morris has been approached to work on the next animated project by Cartoon Saloon (Kilkenny, Ireland), whose animated film Story of the Kells was nominated for an Oscar last year.

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Skateboarders on a road trip DOCUMENTARY HICKS ON STICKS IS SMART AND VISUALLY FUN

By Robert Moyes arts@mondaymag.com

ven if you’re not into radical shredding, ollies, and skatecore headbanger music, there’s a good chance that the documentary Hicks on Sticks will grab your attention. Directed by Soren Johnstone, it’s a voyage into the early days of skateboard culture in B.C. The main focus is what happened during the summer of 1999 when a “travelling circus” of top-level boarders and a couple of noisy bands hit the road on an eight-city tour of B.C. and Alberta. With a large, portable skate park in tow that had to be arduously assembled and disassembled for each show, these self-identified “gnarly dudes” worked their asses off as proselytizers for the religion of skateboarding (in between sucking back unholy amounts of beer and partying till dawn).

The tour was the brainchild of Ian Comishin, a young, hardworking entrepreneur who was just getting his skateboard business off the ground and saw the road show as a great promotional opportunity. He and the other guys all had similar experiences of growing up alienated in small towns where all they ever wanted to do was skateboard, and their desire to reach out to the next generation was profound. But passion can only take you so far, and as the film unfolds it becomes apparent what a disaster — financial and otherwise — the tour is destined to become.

Hicks is a smart, warts-and-all portrait of a fascinating subculture peopled by crazy idealists who were also overgrown boys trying to exist outside the constraints of the adult world. Honest, funny, and containing lots of well-shot footage of gravitydefying skater stunts — and the occasional ambulance trip to the hospital — this is a fun ride.

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his humanity, despite having seen nothing but the tough side of life. The scene where he insists on carrying a reluctant Stephanie into the water, a baptism that transforms her from a cripple to someone temporarily freed from physical limitation, is marvelous.

This multiple award-winner (including Best Film at the 2012 London Film Festival) is raw and unsparing in its depictions of working-class life. Rust is honest and earthy, and rises above its melodramatic elements in a powerfully anti-romantic portrayal of sex, poverty and violence. And impressive as Schoenaerts is, this is Cotillard’s film all the way: her ability to inhabit a character is flawless, and she is superb at conveying the gradual rebirth of someone who thought she had lost everything. The final half-hour feels a bit rushed, and uses a stale device to tug at our heartstrings while knitting together some loose ends. That quibble aside, this is a very strong film, one deserving of an audience. M

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RUST AND BONE ★★★½ Directed by Jacques Audiard Starring Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts R - 120 minutes Continues at the Odeon

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ll Signs: We have move quickly because your a pleasant week window of good fortune will ahead. Mercury be brief. Travel for pleasure moves into Pisces and fair is strong and for some it will Venus is dancing with lucky lead to romance with someJupiter and Uranus. By the one from another culture or end of the week the New a different country. The New Moon in Aquarius (which Moon at the end of the week is an opportunity to make is your best opportunity all resolutions) is most timely GEORGIA year to think about what furbecause Sunday, February NICOLS ther education and 10, is the beginning of the training you can Chinese and Tibetan New get to enrich Year – the Year of the Water Snake. your life. (f u cn rd ths, u According to geomancer Paul Ng, r prbbly a lsy spllr.)

Canada looks good economically speaking, however, the government will try to CANCER JUNE 21-JULY 22 cut back on medical support, which to This is a fortunate time for you. Either me seems curious considering a huge your partner will earn more or get a number of baby boomers are turning bonus, which allows you to benefit indi60. You know you’re getting old when rectly, or you will receive direct benyou bend over and think, “Is there any- efits from others: an inheritance, a gift thing else I should do while I’m down or even outright cash. (Cash is always here?” the right colour and it always fits.)

ARIES MARCH 21-APRIL 19 This is a delightfully social week. Accept all invitations. This means you’ll have to stay light on your feet and be ready to say yes at a moment’s notice. Relations with siblings will be warm. You’ll enjoy the company of others in groups and perhaps a platonic relationship will heat up into something romantic. Expect to meet some real characters, people who are bizarre or unusual. It’s a good week to make money from writing, training, acting and speaking. By the end of the week, take a moment to define your goals and think about your hopes and dreams for the future. In the same way that you can’t win if you don’t buy a ticket, you need to define your hopes.

TAURUS APRIL 20-MAY 20 You’re high viz. now with the Sun acting like a spotlight on you. This week, many will develop a sudden crush on an authority figure, perhaps your boss.

You definitely have an opportunity to boost your earnings, perhaps through work-related travel or getting a different job or receiving a promotion. Some kind of unexpected praise or surprise kudos could delight you. Not only are you excited about your good fortune, you know that your good news is apparent to others. Everyone can see that you are pleased about something. The New Moon at the end of the week is the perfect time for you to think about your life direction in general.

Where are you headed?

GEMINI MAY 21-JUNE 20 ISurprise opportunities to travel will fall in your lap this week. Others will get breakthroughs in publishing, the media, the law or medicine. Many will suddenly get a chance to take a course or attend school. Lovely opportunities to expand your experience of life exist this week.

Stay light on your feet so that you can

Whatever boon comes your way will be swift, so if it requires action on your part, act quickly because your window of opportunity will be brief. Physical intimacy between lovers will be innovative and full of a few surprises. Someone might express their love for you out of the blue, or vice versa. Unexpected but strong connections with others, especially romantic, will occur. You’re happy this week because life is good to you.

LEO JULY 23-AUG 22 There is an unusual focus on partnerships and close friendships this week for you and it’s all quite lovely. Something very pleasing and unexpected will delight you. You might meet a new partner or friend, or a casual acquaintance might become more committed. You will definitely be attracted to someone unusual and different. Many of you will also be tempted by this unusual attraction but take note: whatever this attraction is, it will be brief, a fling. If you want a fling, fine. (I’ve been around the block and I can relate.) But if you are in a committed relationship, why risk something solid for a mere bonbon? Admittedly, your sex drive is amped and you’re very popular this week. However, use this influence in a way that improves and enriches your life.

VIRGO AUG 23-SEPT 22 This week you feel that you are managing your life more smoothly. This sense of accomplishment could relate to your job or any task you set yourself. Because your confidence is strong and rewarding, in turn, your health feels better. It’s win, win, win! Sudden and unexpected work-related travel is likely for many of you. Others will get unexpected support (financial, practical or psychological) and some will also get a promotion or a lot of fanfare for something. “We love your work!” This is a gratifying week for you and by the end of it the New Moon

gives you the best opportunity all year to make some new resolutions about your health and your work. Carpe diem! (Latin for “More soy sauce!”

LIBRA SEPT. 23-OCT. 22 You have an amazing fun-filled, pleasurable week ahead. You couldn’t pick a better time for a vacation. Parties, social diversions, sports events, the arts, the theatre, movies, and definitely fun escapes will delight you. Not only will these fun occasions expand your horizons, but something surprising and unexpected will be associated with them.

Something could happen that knocks your socks off. You might learn something unusual or you might experience something bizarre and totally different.

Since romance is wonderfully highlighted, you might fall in love with someone who is a real character or stimulating in a different way. Lucky you!

SCORPIO OCT 23-NOV 21 A number of pleasant and surprising events will take place this week related to your home, family and private life. Some will make a sudden real-estate move or do something that triggers a residential shift. If you don’t move, you might suddenly buy something high-tech for where you live. You might even buy something far away or in another country. Unusual people might visit you. The resources of others can benefit you, including banks, loans and mortgages. This is also a great week to entertain at home and enjoy time with family members, especially parents. Any effort to make where you live look more beautiful will please you. (If you buy fresh flowers you don’t have to dust.)

CAPRICORN DEC 22-JAN 19 This is an excellent week for business and commerce. Unexpected opportunities to boost your earnings or get a better job definitely exist. Work-related travel is likely. Because things are happening so fast and the money is flowing, many of you will make unusual purchases or buy something super high-tech or “different.” Despite the fact that there are surprising, unexpected elements to your financial scene, at the same time you will feel more secure and happy with the results. Some of you might score a really great job. All of you will experience something that gives you increased confidence in your self-image, which is important for you.

AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 This is an exciting week because the Sun and Venus are in your sign, giving you wonderful opportunities for romance, vacations, parties and fun times. It’s the perfect time to kick up your heels and enjoy a sudden escape somewhere.

Romance, love affairs and sports events will delight. Many of you will enjoy playful times with children. While all

these opportunities please you, they will be accompanied by chances for you to meet new people, see new places and be stimulated by your daily environment. Lots of pleasure awaits you this week. Yes, it might cost you money – but what is money for? It’s only useful if you spend it.

PISCES FEB 19-MARCH 20 This week one part of you wants to retreat to your Bat Cave so you can replenish yourself. But another part of you is out there flying your colours!

Quite likely, your quiet moments or whatever you’re doing behind the scenes is where you will receive your greatest rewards. Something unexpected but totally gratifying will occur. It could be an epiphany or just be a sense of feeling more comfortable in your own skin.

Since Mercury is in your sign you’re keen to talk to others and enlighten them about things, while Mars in your sign makes you assertive, bold and direct. It’s a mixed bag.

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You will meet new faces and see new places. You’ll experience surprise and amazement. Partners and close friends will be supportive and will expand your world in some way. This is a great time for writers, teachers, salespeople and those who drive for a living.

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SPRING PRELUDE - Awaken your senses! While you wait for Spring to arrive, The Butchart Gardens has transformed the Blue Poppy Restaurant into a stunning indoor garden until March 31. Or, visit the historical display until March15 in the Dining Room Restaurant for a glimpse of the life in the early days of the gardens. 9am-4:30pm at Butchart Gardens (800 Benvenuto, Brentwood Bay). $22.40 adults/$11.20 youths 1317/$2 kids 5-12. 250-652-1997.

THURS. JAN. 31 NEW DAY! CHESS NIGHT - Bring your own game, or use one of ours. Bring a friend, or come on your own. THURSDAYS 6-9pm at James Bay Coffee and Books (143 Menzies). Free. 250-386-4700, jamesbaycoffeeandbooks.com.

ELEMENTS OF TAROT - Interactive Class in Intuitive Reading: an introduction for those with some or no experience. Work with intuition to communicate with the divine.

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QURAAN STUDIES - Join Muslim Faith Advisor Sheikh Afraz Baksh for recitation, explanation, contemplation and deductions for everyday living. All welcome. THURSDAYS 4:30-5:30pm at UVic Multifaith Services Centre (Ring Road, next to UVic Bookstore and bus terminal). Free. 250-885-5635, muslim@uvic.ca.

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FRI. FEB. 1 GOTTACON GAME CONVENTION - 24 hours of non-stop gaming from role-playing to cards and video games. Special events, speakers, exhibits and more. FRIDAY 5pm to SUNDAY 7pm at Pearkes Recreation Centre (3100 Tillicum). $50 full weekend pass, $65 family (4) per day, FRIDAY & SUNDAY $20, SATURDAY $28 at the door. gottacon.com.

HOBBY SHOW EXHIBIT - Large sail and power models will be displayed on tables with small ones running in a 10-foot portable pool. Spectators are invited to vote for their favourite. To SUNDAY. Mall hours at Westshore Town Centre (2945 Jacklin). 250385-9552.

VICTORIA'S FIRST ANNUAL YOGA CONFERENCE - See speakers (including Danielle LaPorte and Gabrielle Bernstein), workshops and practice your favourite kinds of yoga. See website for full schedule.

To SUNDAY. Various event times at the Victoria Conference Centre (720 Douglas). Various rates. 250-920-4037, victoriayogaconference.com.

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CASINO ROYALE 004 - A Bond-style night of Cabaret entertainment and gaming. Fundraiser for the Canadian College of Performing Arts. 7:30pm at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel (1175 Beach). $75, on sale through the CCPA office. 250-595-9970.

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BC BLACK HERITAGE DAY - Join John Adams and see displays by historical organizations. 1-5pm at James Bay New Horizons (234 Menzies). By donation. bcblackhistory.ca.

ROSS BAY VILLA TOUR - Join in with this regular 60-minute monthly tour. Guides will tell the history of the house and its fascinating occupants, as visitors see rooms finished with period wallpapers, furnishings, lights and pictures, and other areas receiving the finishing touches for this summer's Grand Opening, with the heritage garden coming out of hibernation. 2pm at Ross Bay Villa (1490 Fairfield) Free. 250-995-0022.

TIMES COLONIST 10K TRAINING CLINIC - Join those in Vic West and surrounding community and prepare for the TC10K on April 28. The 14-week training program includes a graduated plan for walkers or runners of all levels, expert training tips and the support and encouragement of experienced leaders. SATURDAYS to April 20. 9-10:35am at Victoria West Community Centre (521 Craigflower). $120/14 sessions. 250-590-8922.

VOLKSSPORT SATURDAY WALK - Keep up your resolutions with a 5/10km walk (rated 1A). 9:30am registration, 10am walk at Willows Beach (Beach Drive). Free. 250-3705073.

SUN. FEB. 3 WHAT’S THAT EVERGREEN - Come take a closer look at the survival strategies of our local evergreen plants. With a CRD Regional Parks’ naturalist, you’ll learn common species, what keeps these plants green year- round and sip some evergreen tea. 1-2:30pm at Matheson Lake Regional Park (Metchosin, parking lot at the end of Matheson Lake). Free. 250-478-3344.

UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA ALUMNI WEEK - Alumni Week is the annual celebration of everything that UVic grads do for their communities.

It's a great time to come back to campus, renew friendships, and remember your UVic days. See website for full schedule. To SUNDAY at UVic (3800 Finnerty). 250-721-6000, alumni.uvic.ca/events/alumniweek. php.

TEA LEAF READINGS - See into your cup and have your tea leaves read by Ellena. SUNDAYS 2-4pm at James Bay Coffee and Books (143 Menzies). 250-386-4700, jamesbaycoffeeandbooks.com.

BOARD GAMES NIGHT - Scrabble and more. SUNDAYS 5:30pm at the Superior (106 Superior). Free. 250380-9515.

ROBERT FISK - Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is honoured to welcome veteran Middle East journalist Robert Fisk to Victoria: "Arab Awakening, but Are We Hearing the Truth?" 7pm at UVic's David Strong Building (room C103). $20/$15 student. 250-978-9325.

PLANET EARTH POETRY - Join as the group gives itself over to The Malahat Review for its Winter Issue and Best Canadian Poetry in English launch, after open mic. 7:30pm at The Moka House (1633 Hillside). Free, planetearthpoetryvictoriabc.blogspot. com.

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MON. FEB. 4 BC BLACK HISTORY FILM - Go Do Some Great Thing. Victoria’s Black pioneers. Noon-1pm at Greater Victoria Central Library (735 Broughton). By donation. gvpl.ca.

WORDS THURS. JAN. 31 VALENTINE'S KNICKERS - Learn how to make the romance shine at this workshop. Materials provided.

6pm-9pm at The Makehouse (833 1/2 Fort). $50. 778-432-2294.

THE HAND THAT WRITES THE LOVESONG - Lesley Ann Richardson launches her book about former Saanich policeman (and her husband) Dave Richardson and his experience writing the poetry for David Foster's '70s hit love song Wildflower, as a policeman and his ministry for people living with addiction in Victoria. 6:30pm at Arbutus Christian Fellowship (2121 Cedar Hill X Rd) at Emmanuel Baptist Church.

GALLERIES THURS. JAN. 31 OPEN SPACE - Open Word: Dionne Brand. 7:30pm at 510 Fort.

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One of the world’s best wildlife photographers returns to Victoria to take people on a journey to the icy corners of our planet. 7:30-9pm at UVic's University Centre Farquhar Auditorium. Free, but seats are reserved. 250-721-8480, tickets. uvic.ca.

FACILITATION, SAFER SPACES, AND FREESKOOLING - Are you intrigued by a freeskool, but are not sure what it is? Wondering how you can create safer spaces for your community? This may just be the workshop for you. Discuss the principals and politics behind freeskools, what safer spaces are and how we can work to create them.

6:30pm at Camas Books and Infoshop (2620 Quadra). Free. 250-381-0585.

CITIZENSHIP 101 - Victoria Immigrant Refugee Centre Society (VIRCS) will launch Citizenship 101, a free and interactive learning experience that prepares newcomers for Canadian citizenship. We are also looking for mentors and participants for the program. WEDNESDAYS to April 10, 6-7pm at Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre (637 Bay). Free.

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SCRIPTURE STUDIES - Join Catholic Chaplain Fr Dean Henderson for guided study. All welcome.

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LEARN TO MEDITATE THE ROSARY - Experience the power of the ancient Catholic tradition of the Rosary: and you don’t have to be Catholic to meditate or pray the Rosary. Free distribution of rosaries with pamphlets to explain the practice. All welcome. WEDNESDAYS 5-6pm at UVic Interfaith Chapel (Ring Road). Free. 250-721-8339, catholic@ uvic.ca.

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WED. FEB. 6 COMIC BOOK VETERAN TRINA ROBBINS BOOK SIGNING - The Victoria Film Festival proudly welcomes comic book veteran Trina Robbins to the 19th Annual VFF in support of the film Wonder Women!: The Untold Story of the American Super-Heroine. Visit the meet-andgreet book signing. 2-5pm at Legends Comics (633 Johnson). Free. 250-3883696. (See review, page 17) COPYRIGHT & PLAGIARISM: DO'S & DON'TS - Inba Kehoe, Copyright Officer of the University of Victoria, will speak on copyright and plagiarism. 7-9pm at Oaklands Community Centre (2827 Belmont).

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GREATER VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY - A Chinatown Celebration: Chinese History In B.C. Through Photographs. To March 15 at Central Branch (735 Broughton).

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WEST END GALLERY - New paintings by Steven Armstrong. To Feb. 7 at 1203 Broad St.

SAT. FEB. 2 MARTIN BATCHELOR GALLERY Island Illustrators Society Naughty & Nice Valentine’s Art Exhibition. Festive Opening Reception 7-9pm. To Feb. 27 at 712 Cormorant.

ART GALLERY OF GREATER VICTORIA - Curator’s Tour of Back to the Land: Ceramics from Vancouver Island & the GulfIslands 1970-1985.

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MOKA HOUSE COFFEE SHOAL POINT - See Mélange featuring Carron Berkes, David Ladmore, Laurie Ladmore and Rob Vickery. To Feb. 27 at Fisherman’s Wharf, 110 - 19 Dallas.

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FILM LISTINGS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 CONTINUING ★★★ DJANGO UNCHAINED -(Odeon/SilverCity/Westshore) Quentin Tarantino's latest is a gory tale about a freed slave-turnedbounty-hunter (Jamie Foxx) tracking down the brutal plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio) who has bought his wife. This mash-up of spaghetti western and blaxploitation flick is clever, but many people will find the idea of Tarantino riffing on a holocaust for his own movie-making amusement rather offensive. ★★ GANGSTER SQUAD -(Westshore) A great cast gets to overact while playing with guns in a luridly fictionalized and very brutal crime thriller about the struggle of the LAPD in 1949 to run mobster Mickey Cohen and all his goons out of town.

With Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin, and Emma Stone. ★½ HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS -(Capitol/SilverCity/ Westshore) Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton star as witchwhacking bounty hunters, in a horrorthriller that is witless, charmless, and shockingly dull-witted. The Brothers Grimm are owed an apology.

★★★ THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY -(Capitol/ SilverCity/Westshore) This longexpected Lord of the Rings prequel has a young Bilbo Baggins head off with a posse of dwarves to reclaim some treasure stolen by a mean old dragon named Smaug. Hobbit fans will love it, people with less of a passion for those with hairy feet should merely be entertained. With Ian McKellen, Ian Holm, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, and Andy Serkis as the perfidious Gollum.

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA -(Caprice) A hotel where vampires and sundry other monsters hide out from humans gets a big scare when a backpacking dude shows up looking for a room.

This animated comedy features the voices of Adam Sandler, Kevin James, and Andy Samberg. ★★★½ LIFE OF PI -(Odeon/Uni 4/ SilverCity/Caprice) Oscar winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) helms this visually gorgeous adaptation of Yann Martel's magical and spiritual novel about a young man's epic adventures while lost at sea -- most of which are shared with a terrifying Bengal tiger.

★★★★ LINCOLN -(Odeon/Uni 4) Stephen Spielberg directs awardwinning playwright Tony (Angels in America) Kushner's account of Abraham Lincoln's darkest days as he fights the Civil War and also fights political battles in his cabinet over plans to free America's black slaves.

The superb cast includes Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones and Sally Field. ★★½ MAMA -(Westshore) In this tastily gothic horror offering, two little girls are abandoned in the woods the day their mother is murdered by their father. Five years later they are found by an uncle, who takes them in.

Unbeknownst to him, a supernatural entity who's been looking after the girls comes along for the ride. ★★★½ LES MISERABLES -(SilverCity/Caprice) Victor Hugo's sweeping tale of love, poverty and an obsessed policeman stalking a reformed criminal in 19th century France inspired the best of the megamusicals, and now makes a stylish migration to the silver screen. This elegant, emotionally powerful film manages to be both epic and intimate.

Starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, and Anne Hathaway.

★★ MOVIE 43 -(Capitol) An incredible cast -- including Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Naomi Watts, Emma Stone and Gerard Butler -- star in a series of interconnected movie "pitches" where gross-out humour is the common thread. Occasionally very funny but mostly just outrageously vulgar. ★★ PARENTAL GUIDANCE -(Caprice) Billy Crystal and Bette Midler play grandparents who agree to look after their grandkids, only to get into trouble when their old-style parenting approach comes into conflict with that of their progressive kids. Lame but harmless, and occasionally good for a giggle.

PARKER -(SilverCity) Jason Statham stars in a solid-looking actioner about an honourable crook who is betrayed by his gang and left for dead. I betcha he's interested in a little revenge! Costarring Michael Chiklis and Jennifer Lopez. ★★★½ RUST AND BONE -(Odeon) The superb Marion Cotillard (Oscar winner for La Vie en Rose) stars in this unusual and rather bleak romantic drama from France. See review.

★★★ QUARTET -(Odeon/Uni 4) Dustin Hoffman turns in his directorial debut with this droll and heartfelt comedy about a retirement home for classical musicians where the annual concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday is disrupted by the arrival of a diva's diva (Maggie Smith). The great cast includes Billy Connolly, Michael Gambon, Tom Courtenay, and Pauline Collins. ★★★ SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK -(Odeon/Uni 4) A bi-polar man (Bradley Cooper, The Hangover) is trying to put his life -- and his marriage -- back together when he meets a fascinating woman (Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games) with problems of her own. This quirky (and over-rated) romantic comedy is directed by David O. Russell (Three Kings, The Fighter). ★★★ THIS IS 40 -(Caprice) This sequel to the raunchy Judd Apatow comedy Knocked Up shows an older Pete and Debbie, complete with two kids, who now find themselves colliding with a mid-life crisis. Despite some sloppiness, this is an insightful, touching, and very funny movie.

★★★ WRECK–IT RALPH -(Caprice) John C. Reilly provides the voice for a video-game villain who tires of being a bad guy and sets out on a quest that throws an entire video arcade into chaos. This occasionally-inspired animation lark includes the voices of Sarah Silverman and Jane Lynch. ★★★★ ZERO DARK THIRTY -(SilverCity) This grapping thriller about the decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden is now on the hunt for a handful of Oscars. Directed by Oscarwinner Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) and starring Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life).

LEAVING THURS. ★★½ THE IMPOSSIBLE -(Odeon) ★★½ THE LAST STAND -(SilverCity) ★★ BROKEN CITY -(Capitol/ SilverCity/Westshore) ★★★ FLIGHT -(Caprice)

IMAX MAX FILM FESTIVAL -Second annual film festival from this Friday through to February 28. On offer are six films, either classics or ones new to Victoria, and interested patrons can buy single admissions or else a six-pack Festival Pass. ★★★★ EVEREST -(3 pm & 9 pm Sun.-Thurs.)

FIRES OF KUWAIT -(10 am & 8 pm Sun.-Thurs.)

JANE GOODALL'S WILD CHIMPANZEES -(11 am & 7 pm Sun.-Thurs.) ★★★½ MYSTERIES OF THE GREAT LAKES -(noon, 4 pm) SHARKS -(2 pm, 6 pm) ★★★★ SKYFALL -(7 pm, Fri.-Sat. only) SUPER SPEEDWAY -(1 pm, 5 pm)

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