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Fury unleashed in one-woman show Pop culture, politics and capitalism have fanned the flames of rage within Canadian actress, comedienne and social activist Mary Walsh, and she is unleashing it on a grand scale in her one-woman show playing in Vancouver this month.

In Dancing with Rage, Walsh blends autobiographical tales with the stories of some of her most famous characters, including the Warrior Princess Marg Delahuntey from This Hour Has 22 Minutes.

A woman who begins to go blind finally starts to see. A mother who travels across the country to find her lost child rediscovers the child she has always had. A little girl who is always searching for her place in the world finds she is already there.

Written and performed by Walsh (an original member of the CODCO sketch comedy series on CBC), and co-directed by Walsh and Andy Jones, Dancing with Rage runs Feb. 5 to 17 at the Firehall Arts Centre (280 East Cordova St.). Tickets are available at the box office by phone (604-689-0926) or at FireHallArtsCentre.ca.

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Sculpture under the dome There will be more than the living and breathing under the dome at the Bloedel Conservatory this month.

From Feb. 9 to March 17, a group exhibition by the Sculptors’ Society of British Columbia (SSBC) called Celebration of Nature – Flora and Fauna will feature sculptures by fifteen artists in a variety of materials, from bronze, copper, marble and granite to exotic woods and terra cotta.

“Prentice Bloedel’s original gift to the city was not only the Conservatory, but also Vancouver’s most famous and valuable sculpture, Knife Edge – Two Piece by Henry Moore, located beside the iconic dome.

Art and nature have gone hand-in-hand from the beginnings of the Conservatory,” said garden director Harry Jongerden of the partnership with the society.

Pieces will be for sale with partial proceeds benefitting the Conservatory. As well, SSBC artist Jean-Guy Dallaire will be on hand Tuesdays and Fridays, 1 to 4pm, to give live demonstrations and discuss how he creates sculptural works of art. The Bloedel Conservatory is open daily from 10am to 4pm during February and March. For more details, visit GreaterVancouverParks.com/BloedelCons.html Jean-Guy Dallaire’s sculpture, Family. Supplied photo

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The exhibit provides an up close look at one of the ocean’s leastunderstood and most-feared creatures. You can also set your glimpse on the shark’s lesser-known cousin, the wily stingray.

The Vancouver Aquarium’s newest residents include exotics such as the zebra shark, a tasseled wobbegong shark and a leopard whipray. Over in the Pacific Canada Pavilion, you can learn more about our local sharks which range from the common spiny dogfish, to the endangered basking shark, and the rarely seen thresher shark.

According to the experts at the Aquarium, the toothy, eating-machine shark image doesn’t come close to the “typical shark.” There are over 370 living shark species. The adaptations – from crazy long tails, to spots, to electro-sensory perception, to the ability to have virgin births – are all a response to the multitude of environments sharks inhabit.

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Love: Dance partners

Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi are the two passionate dance artists behind Kokoro Dance. Rob Newell photos

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By Sabrina Furminger

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okoro is the Japanese word for ‘heart,’ and Vancouver’s Kokoro Dance has been moving the hearts, souls and spirits of its audiences through provocative choreography since its inception in 1986.

But the kokoro in Kokoro Dance could just as easily refer to the two passionate dance artists at the heart of the iconic company, and the love that smolders between them.

Jay Hirabayashi and Barbara Bourget are the married lovers behind Kokoro Dance, and their company is internationally renowned for expressive dance performances that merge Eastern and Western aesthetics. They’re also the producers of the Vancouver International Dance Festival (which kicks off its 13th edition March 2), an annual showcase for local, national and international contemporary dance.

Between them, Bourget and Hirabayashi have presented well over 1,000 performances and choreographed more than 130 works—an astounding achievement that has made their company a force to be reckoned with at home and abroad.

“Everything flows out of this love: our children, our grandchildren, Kokoro, the VIDF,” Bourget said during an interview in Kokoro’s Mount Pleasant office.

In the dance realm, Bourget and Hirabayashi’s romantic-artistic collaboration is a rarity.

“There aren’t that many other examples of couples running the

same company,” said Hirabayashi.

The pair met in 1979 in a Lower Mainland dance studio. Bourget — a Vancouver-born dancer with an impressive list of credits — had been hired by legendary choreographer Paula Ross to replace an injured dancer in an upcoming tour.

Compared to the experienced Bourget, Hirabayashi was a newbie.

The Seattle native had only been dancing for ten months when he was partnered with Bourget in one of Ross’ pieces.

“I apologized to her because I was sweating, and she said, ‘actually, I like sweat,’” recalled Hirabayashi.

“Apparently, that was very provocative,” Bourget said.

At the time, life was rather complicated for both dancers. Bourget was mother to a two-year-old son, and Hirabayashi’s ex was pregnant with his second child.

But despite the complications, neither dancer could ignore the chemistry between them.

“It was tumultuous and passionate and really wonderful, because I’d never fallen in love that fast and so deeply,” said Bourget.

They met in the spring, and were living together by autumn. Two years later they were married, and were on their way to carving out their current position as perennial innovators.

On stage, their love is on display in duets such as Moan (1998).

“We slowly approach each other and we never touch,” said Bourget, who will perform a solo work entitled A Simple Way as part of the

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2013 VIDF. “We create this kind of third entity between us, and really charge the air.”

Off stage, they — along with a bevy of exes — collaborate as parents to four children (and as grandparents to four grandchildren).

“Our kids grew up in this environment of all these caring adults who were somehow part of their family but not quite related to them by blood,” said Bourget.

“I think that has made everybody more open to the feeling that a family is more than just things that you can pinpoint.”

After more than three decades together, Bourget and Hirabayashi are still creating, collaborating, and colliding.

“It’s challenging because we’re never away from Kokoro, even when we’re at home,” said Hirabayashi. “But I think we fulfill each other. We make one whole out of two.”

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Love: The long wait

Peter Eastwood and Philip James Seth at home. Rob Newell photo

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By Sabrina Furminger

I

t took Peter Eastwood more than thirtyfour years to make an honest man of Philip James Seth.

The couple first crossed paths in a crowded Hong Kong disco in 1977. Seth, then an art teacher, recognized Eastwood, a British hairstylist, from a series of newspaper ads.

“The salon where he worked would take out ads in the paper every time they had a new stylist from England, and so every day in the paper there would be this ad with his picture in it,” said Seth in a recent interview in the couple’s Vancouver home. “To me, he was famous.”

Seth decided the best way to snag the Brit’s attention was to play hard to get and ignore him—a strategy that backfired, because Eastwood didn’t notice him at all. They didn’t actually speak until a second chance meeting at that same disco, followed by a first date in the Lau Ling Bar in Hong Kong’s famed Furama Hotel.

Now it was Eastwood’s turn to swoon.

“Here’s this guy that is Eurasian and comes from a completely different culture to me, and we’re making each other laugh,” he said.

“I fell in love with him immediately.”

Within months, the two were sharing a room in a Hong Kong flat.

They continued in this companionable vein until 1994, when they moved to Vancouver. Here Eastwood dove into photography, and Seth pursued a career as a Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis trainer.

And then, in 2005, Canada legalized gay marriage. By this point, Eastwood and Seth had been together for nearly 28 years, and Eastwood was ready to take the next step.

When he proposed, however, Seth turned

him down flat.

“I didn’t want to jinx it,” said Seth. “My thinking was, if we proceed as we are now, then things will remain the same, but if we introduce this heavy factor into the relationship, it might take us on a different path, and I was afraid of what that could do.”

But Eastwood kept proposing, and Seth kept saying no. Finally, as they celebrated the 34th anniversary of their Lau Ling date with a couple of bottles of champagne, Seth said yes. “[He] was finally sure,” said Eastwood.

Compared to the decades-long courtship, the engagement was blink-and-you’ll-miss-it short. Eastwood proposed on a Friday night, and by the following Wednesday, they were married.

The couple tied the knot in their dining room, surrounded by roses and candlelight, with only an officiant and two witnesses in attendance. Eastwood prepared his vows in advance, while Seth improvised in the moment.

“We wanted it to be fast and simple,” said Eastwood. “This was the next best thing to eloping.”

Also virtually present: three overseas friends (two on one screen) looking on via Skype.

“There would have been more, but we only had two computers,” said Seth with a laugh.

Among them was the friend with whom they’d shared that first apartment in Hong Kong.

“She was driving and managed to pull up to a filling station that had wifi,” Eastwood said, also laughing.

Indeed, there is much laughter in Eastwood and Seth’s home, and that might be the secret to their longevity.

“What keeps us together is the laughter, and that every day we sit down at a table and eat together,” said Eastwood. “That’s when we can really connect.”

And if all else fails, there’s always another option.

“We can divorce and go back to living in sin,” said Seth, erupting into joyous laughter.

“That was fun, too!”

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Robbie Kane’s new restaurant, Cafe Medina, had been open for two weeks when Medina Hahn walked in.

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What’s in a name?

By Sabrina Furminger

M

edina Hahn has always believed that the universe reveals its plans for us by placing signposts in our lives — and in her case, the signpost for true love literally took the form of her name on a restaurant sign.

The restaurant in question — Café Medina on Beatty Street, the daytime counterpart to Chambar — had only been open for two weeks in January 2008 when the Vancouver-based actor spotted her name on its sign. “I don’t have a common name by any means, not even common in Arabic, and so I saw the sign and I walked in,” said Hahn on the phone with WE.

Had she not been compelled to stroll into Café Medina that day, she would not have met restaurateur Robbie Kane.

If events had unfolded according to Kane’s original plan, Café Medina would have been operating under a different name altogether.

“We’d actually incorporated the business name as something different, and we didn’t like that name, so at the last minute, we decided to call it something else,” said Kane in a separate phone interview. It was Kane who’d then selected the name Medina for the café. In Arabic, Medina means enlightened or radiant city.

“On clear days when you drive down the street and see those mountains, [Vancouver] truly is a

radiant city,” said Kane. His business partner thought the name worked well graphically, so they called the lawyers and made the change.

Kane was alone in the café when Hahn stepped in off of the street.

“I remember the guy behind the counter was kind of stressed, a little bit preoccupied, and I just said, ‘When did you open?’ And he said ‘Two weeks ago,’ and I said, ‘That’s my name,’ and I took a card and left,” said Hahn.

“My recollection of that day is kind of vague, but I remember that she walked in and I said, ‘Oh, your name’s Medina, okay, fine,’” said Kane.

It was during Hahn’s second visit — where they struck up a conversation as Hahn ate breakfast at the

counter — that they moved beyond pleasantries. Kane said he remembers every single detail of that second conversation, right down to the clothes Hahn was wearing (“a blue cotton top and jeans”). He capped off the ten-minute chat by handing Hahn his card and asking her out for a drink.

“I didn’t want to be the cheesy guy and go, ‘Can I have your number?’”

It would be a couple of weeks before Hahn picked up the phone.

“It was all too strange and I took it as, ‘Okay, I hear you loud and clear, world. I have to go for a drink with this human being,’” said Hahn.

Fast-forward five years, and the pair are now married and parents to a nine-month-old baby.

Today, though they have a lot on their plates (pun intended), Hahn and Kane strive to make time for each other.

“We like to take off together, and we happen to like doing the same things,” said Hahn.

As for the story of how they met, people who hear it for the first time generally have the same reaction.

“When I say two weeks [after we opened], this woman showed up and said, ‘My name’s Medina,’ and now we’ve been together for four years and have a baby, they’re like, ‘Eff off!’” said Kane.

“Sometimes I think to myself, ‘Why am I in the restaurant business?’ Then I realize that, had I not done it, my life wouldn’t be what it is today.”

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ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): “What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible,” said poet Theodore Roethke. For the foreseeable future, Aries, you could and should be a person like that. I’m not saying that you will forevermore be a connoisseur of amazements and a massager of miracles and a magnet for unexpected beauty. But if you want to, you can play those roles for the next few weeks. How many exotic explorations and unlikely discoveries can you cram into your life between now and March 1? How many unimaginable transformations can you imagine?

Please send your rants by email only. All rants are the opinion of the individual and do not reflect the opinions of WE. The editor reserves the right to edit for clarity and brevity, so please keep it short and (bitter) sweet.

Dining distraction To the parents who took their four children to the Reef Restaurant on Main Street on Thursday, January 31: the restaurant is not a playground! Three of your children ran up and down the length of the restaurant throughout the evening creating both an extreme annoyance to the diners and a danger to the staff who were very busy trying to serve their other customers. Bring toys and books with you so that your children can be entertained at their own table. Your children’s behaviour was not “cute” and you are teaching them to be inconsiderate.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): North America’s most powerful and iconic waterfall is Niagara Falls, which straddles the border between the U.S. and Canada. In 1969, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers managed to shut down the American side of this elemental surge for a few months. They performed their monumental magic by building a dam made with 27,800 tons of rocks. Their purpose was to do research and maintenance on the stony foundation that lies beneath the water. I’m thinking that you Tauruses could accomplish a metaphorical version of that feat in the coming weeks: some awesome task that allows you to peer beneath the surface and make refinements that enhance your stability for a long time.

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Unwanted and wasteful About three years ago, upon getting dozens and dozens of unsolicited copies of the Yellow Pages delivered to our building, I called the company and was assured that the practice would be discontinued the next year and people who wanted paper directories could order them. Today, what appears at our door, but the latest version of the Yellow Pages! Seriously?! It’s 2013. Very few people let their fingers do the walking through hard copy — they use them to browse on-line. It’s time this company realized this and stopped killing so many trees for something that pretty well goes straight into the recycling bin. (In fact, when I called and asked that someone come pick them up, or that they’d be put in the recycling bin, I was informed that it was okay to do that, as they were 100 per cent recyclable! Sheesh!)

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): National Geographic reports that dung beetles have an intimate relationship not only with the earth but also with the stars.

Scientists in South Africa found that the bugs use the Milky Way Galaxy to orient themselves while rolling their precious balls of dung to the right spot for safekeeping. The bright band of starlight in the sky serves as a navigational aid. I nominate the dung beetle to be your power animal in the coming weeks, Gemini. It will be prime time for you, too, to align your movements and decisions with a bigger picture and a higher power. (Read about the research here: TinyUrl.com/GalacticBeetles.)

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): You should go right ahead and compare oranges and apples in the coming week, Cancerian. Honey and butter, too: it’s fine to compare and contrast them. Science and religion. Bulldogs and Siamese

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cats. Dew and thunderclaps. Your assignment is to create connections that no one else would be able to make.

To seek out seemingly improbable harmonies between unlikely partners.

To dream up interesting juxtapositions that generate fertile ideas. Your soul needs the delight and challenge of unexpected blending.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): The collection called Grimm’s Fairy Tales includes the story “The Devil and His Grandmother.”

In one scene, the devil’s grandmother is petting and rubbing her grandson’s head. Or at least that’s what the English translations say. But the authors wrote in German, and in their original version of the text, grandma is in fact plucking lice from the devil’s hair. Your job in the coming week, Leo, is to ensure that no one sanitizes earthy details like that.

Be vigilant for subtle censorship. Keep watch for bits of truth that have been suppressed. You need the raw feed that comes straight from the source.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): In her book Jung and Tarot, Sallie Nichols notes that the sixteenth card in most Tarot decks portrays lightning as a hostile force: “jagged, zigzag strokes that slash across the sky like angry teeth.” But there’s one deck, the Marseilles Tarot, that suggests a kinder, gentler lightning. The yellow and red phenomenon descending from the heavens resembles a giant feather duster; it looks like it would tickle and clean rather than burn. I suspect you’ll be visited by a metaphorical version of this second kind of lightning sometime soon, Virgo. Prepare to be tickled and cleaned!

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): Years ago, “bastard” was a derisive term for a child born to unmarried parents. It reflected the conventional moral code, which regarded a “birth out of wedlock” as

scandalous. But I think we can safely say that this old dogma has been officially retired. According to recent statistics compiled by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), more than 40 per cent of the kids born in the U.S. are to unmarried mothers. Just goes to show you that not all forbidden acts remain forbidden forever. What was unthinkable or out of bounds or not allowed at one time may evolve into what’s normal. I bring this up, Libra, because it’s an excellent time for you to divest yourself of a certain taboo that’s no longer necessary or meaningful.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): While trekking up Mount Katahdin in Maine, naturalist Henry David Thoreau had a “mountain-top experience” that moved him to observe, “I stand in awe of my body.” You’re due for a similar splash of illumination, Scorpio.

The time is right for you to arrive at a reverent new appreciation for the prodigious feats that your physical organism endlessly performs for you.

What could you do to encourage such a breakthrough? How can you elevate your love for the flesh and blood that houses your divine spark?

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): How do you like your caviar? Do you prefer it to be velvety and smooth, or would you rather have it be full of strong, fishy taste? If it’s the first option, beluga caviar is your best option. If the second, sevruga should be your favorite. What? You say you never eat caviar? Well, even if you don’t, you should regard the choice between types of caviar as an apt metaphor for the coming week. You can either have velvety smoothness or a strong taste, but not both. Which will it be? Set your intention.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): “Dear Astrology Guy: I have been reading your horoscopes since I was 19. For a while, I liked them. They were fun riddles that made me think. But now I’ve soured on them. I’m sick and tired of you asking me to transform myself.

You just keep pushing and pushing,

never satisfied, always saying it’s time to improve myself or get smarter or fix one of my bad habits. It’s too much!

I can’t take it any more! Sometimes I just want to be idle and lazy. Your horoscopes piss me off! — Crabby Capricorn.” Dear Crabby: I’ve got some good news. In the coming week, you are completely excused from having to change anything about yourself or your life. Stay exactly the same! Be frozen in time. Resist the urge to tinker.

Take a vacation from life’s relentless command to evolve.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): Young art student Andrzej Sobiepan sneaked into Poland’s National Museum with a painting he had done himself and managed to surreptitiously mount it on one of the walls. It hung there for a while before authorities noticed it and took it down. “I decided that I will not wait 30 or 40 years for my works to appear at a place like this,” he said. “I want to benefit from them in the here and now.” This is the kind of aggressive self-expression I’d like to see you summon in the coming weeks, Aquarius. Don’t wait for the world to come and invite you to do what you want to do. Invite yourself. P.S. The English translation of Sobiepan’s Polish last name means “his own master.”

What can you do to be more of your own master?

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): Before any system can leap to a higher level of organization, says poet Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge, it has to undergo dissolution. “Unraveling or disintegrating is a vital, creative event making room for the new,” she declares. Guess what time it is for the system we all know and love as YOU, Pisces? That’s right: It’s a perfect moment to undo, dismantle, and disperse . . . as well as to unscramble, disentangle, and disencumber. Be of good cheer! Have faith that you will be generating the conditions necessary for the rebirth that will follow. “To change from one reality to another,” writes Wooldridge, “a thing first must turn into nothing.” (Her book is Poemcrazy.)

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Year of the Water Snake Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese garden has been part of Vancouver’s Chinese New Year celebrations for 27 years, but they may have outdone themselves this time

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leaning house, buying new clothes and getting a haircut are just some of the many traditions that mark the days leading up to Chinese New Year, culminating with a bountiful dinner the evening before, where families come together to wish each other fortune, prosperity and good health (see page 11). Married family members also give red envelopes containing money to children and teenagers as a blessing, and to ward off challenges of the coming year.

Then, at midnight, the fifteen day celebration begins. Evil spirits are chased off in the early hours of New Years Day with fireworks or firecrackers, but, most importantly, the first day of Chinese New Year is a time to honor one’s elders, so families pay visits to their most senior members .

This year, Chinese New Year, which is based on the passage of the Lunar Calendar, falls on Feb. 10, ushering in the Year of the Water Snake. But, as most people choose to spend that day with family, city-wide celebrations are set for one week later, on Feb. 17.

The Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Chinatown has been an integral part of the city’s Chinese New Year celebrations since it opened in 1986.

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In keeping with that spirit, on Jan. 21 an ambitious 40-foot-long “living” snake was installed next to the garden’s Jade Water Pavillion. Made out of green willow and other organic materials by the Community Arts Council Vancouver and Hornby Island weaving artist Alastair Heseltine, the sculpture is part of a campaign to upcycle invasive plant species into art and will reside in the garden until April.

The green willow usually sprouts around that time, so the snake will achieve an allnew wild and wooly look come spring.

Playing on the grand-scale Spring Festival, the most significant festival in China, where people entertain, trade, greet and share in good energy, Sun Yat-Sen Garden is undergoing its own transformation much sooner. On Feb. 17, visitors will be transported east on the “hot and noisy” theme of renao.

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Last year, Wood estimates more than 2,000 turned out for the colourful, multicultural affair, featuring traditional foods and activities such as red couplet writing and calligraphy, dumpling-making demonstrations, paper dragon folding and balloon-dragon twisting (activities which, unlike in Mainland China, will mostly take place indoors). Red envelopes will also be handed out by “grandma and grandpa” from 10am to noon, backed by a mix of traditional and contemporary live music by bands such as the Black Bear Rebels and Toddish McWong. There is also a exhibition on the 12 different zodiac signs.

The propitious Year of the Water Snake is said to be a time for methodical progress and attention to detail. According to Wood, Snakes will find stable, loving relationships with Oxes, have fun flirtations with Dragons, and should avoid Monkeys as “both are a bit sneaky and can’t trust one another.” It’s also considered good luck to find a snake in your home.

Look for the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden banner in the annual Vancouver Chinese New Year Parade in Chinatown, and follow the lion dancers as they guide you to the entrance of the garden.

“The Year of the Snake Temple Fair” at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden takes place Feb. 17 from 10am to 4pm. Entrance is by donation; 578 Carral.

• Post-Parade Lion Dances: As a Chinese New Year tradition to promote good fortune for the year, some lions will be visiting the shops and businesses in Chinatown. The lions will perform a celebratory dance at each participating shop to bring good luck and prosperity from approximately 2 pm to 4 pm. Free.

• Chinatown Spring Festival Cultural Fair: By popular demand, the Cultural Fair will be held on both February 16th and 17th. The Fair will be located at the Sun Yat-Sen Plaza (50 East Pender) featuring multicultural performances, special lion dance grand finale, martial arts demonstration and more. Saturday 1pm to 4pm and Sunday 2pm to 4pm. Free.

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with special thoughts and meanings. Given symbolic names, they become festive dishes with which to commend the arrival of a new year.

While not everyone knows the meaning of the 12 Chinese animal signs representing the Lunar Calendar, we do know that the Year of the Snake will soon be upon us. Interestingly, the feast of Nen-chai has nothing to do with the animal signs at all but everything to do with the blessings of good fortune, good health and prosperity. However, to welcome the New Year, why not have some fun? Many restaurants capture the spirit of the New Year bliss and take advantage of the symbolic meaning of Nen-chai by creating intriguing and seasonal dishes.

Don’t be surprised to walk into a Chinese restaurant and be offered a bowl of “Snake Soup.” If that is too exotic, go check out Wild Rice. Both locations (one in Gastown, one in New Westminster) grasp this notion with a witty menu. With eel as the snake to do the greeting, there’s also glass noodles for longevity and cabbage rolls as stuffed packets of gold ingots.

Chef Todd Bright’s home-made fortune cookies deliver the sweet blessings.

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round this time of the year, my mom used to prepare a schedule consisting of a grocery shopping list and a cooking timetable, which she followed religiously.

“Deep-frying is necessary,” she told us, “for oil is the lubricant that could smooth out any frictions and mishaps in the New Year.”

By the time Chinese New Year rolled in, tins of deep-fried pastries and arrays of viands would be well in stock.

Behold, Chinese New Year is the utmost important festival and still is the longest block of public holidays in Mainland China today. Friends and relatives are expected to visit each other to re-acquaint and share their blessings while munching on homemade holiday treats.

Sweetened and golden-brown are the deep-fried pastries; brined, seasoned and hung-dried are strips of pork bellies and whole pressed chicken or duck, which will be steamed on rice, sliced and served.

Confectionery in shimmering wraps, baked seeds and candied roots will fill the round lacquered offering box placed on the tea table. Each item either has an auspicious name or a symbolic meaning to felicitate the festival delight. We recognize the deepfried dumplings stuffed with sugar and crushed peanuts as gold pieces, and candied winter melon slices as silver coins. As a kid, I dove in as soon as they were ready.

Nowadays, city folks’ busy lives may rob them of the time needed to put together a home-cooked, traditional New Year dinner.

Fortunately for Vancouverites, the easy accessibility of authentic Chinese restaurants provides a delicious way to embrace this annual joyous celebration. It is a common scene to see families gather at big round tables on New Year’s Eve in neighbourhood Chinese restaurants.

Over on W. Broadway, Chef Zhang of Sen Bistro started working on the New Year menu weeks ago to ensure guests get a true holiday feast experience. His tableful of New Year dishes, known as Nen-chai, are indeed cornucopias of lucky charms.

Chai is vegetables in Mandarin, the exact pronunciation as ‘fortune’ and therefore a must have. A pot of ‘jai’ in which assortments of roots, mushrooms and vegetables are braised in bean or soy paste can often be found on the dinner table amongst other meat and seafood dishes.

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Chef Zhang of Sen Bistro started working on his Chinese New Year menu weeks ago. He’ll be whipping up an authentic feast of Nenchai, or New Year’s dishes, for all to enjoy (right).

Rob Newell photos Prawns, known as ‘ha’ in Cantonese, resemble laughter. Chef Zhang prepares them two ways — golden honey prawns for the pleasing crunchiness and crispy prawns sauté shaped like a crown with black bean sauce. Fish and chicken, all birds for that matter, are supposed to be served whole, with heads and tails, to emphasize unity.

Rice, noodles and steamed plain baozi (buns), are staples for Chinese meals. Noodles represent longevity, baozi are wholesome goodness, and a bowl of rice is well, you may have guessed it, a bowl of gems!

A popular Northern Chinese pasta dish called Lenn Gao is made with rice flour, sliced thin to resemble silver coins. Chef Zhang spices up the pile of Lenn Gao by wok-frying them with his own version of kimchi.

Anything sweet is believed to carry the harmonizing effect; anything round represents completeness and everlasting. One of the desserts Chef Zhang crafts is a rice pudding with eight ingredients of fruits and nuts known as ‘Ba-Bao-Fann’, or eight-treasure sweet rice. Steamed till tender and moist, then drenched in a floral juice, it is a perfect way to wrap up the flavourful celebrative feast.

Bear in mind that Nen-chai does not have to be a compilation of extravagant courses made with expensive ingredients or unique provisions. The dishes can simply be day-to-day vegetables and seafood and meat items sourced from local markets. But all are prepared and served

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Poutine Challenge Twenty-one Metro Vancouver restaurants have created their most unique, and hopefully tasty, poutines to date for the 2nd annual Poutine Challenge. Presented by Vancouver Foodster, the challenge invites the public to visit participating restaurants between Feb. 5 and 28, then vote for their favourite twist on the classic fry, cheese curd and gravy dish between Feb. 26 and March 2.

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Coincidentally, last week I sat on a panel that debated the question of whether BC should focus on a signature grape variety (or blend), in order to market ourselves on an international level. While the ‘yea’ and ‘nay’ sides lobbed arguments back and forth, we ended up narrowing the discussion and — really — ending up sharing mostly similar opinions.

We don’t necessarily need to be growing the 70-plus varieties currently planted (perhaps Zweigelt is just too weird and Cabernet Sauvignon too difficult to ripen and so on), but our strength does seem to be in our small-scale diversity of the wines we do do well, many of them listed above.

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HOW HAS MY LOVE AFFECTED YOU?: Marcus Youssef has a “difficult” relationship with his mother, Roleene. When the playwright discovers a storage locker full of her journals, he begins to delve into her history—and his own. The play questions the nature of familial obligation: what do we owe to each other, and what do we owe to ourselves? $35.

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2 PIANOS 4 HANDS: A laugh-out-loud autobiographical

story, the creators/stars Ted and Richard propel you through comically poignant vignettes of their childhood piano lessons and share the triumphs and tortures of being extraordinarily good failed musicians. March 14-Apr. 14 at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage (2750 Granville). $45.

MY TURQUOISE YEARS: A comic coming-of-age story

set in 1960. Marion, raised by Aunt Elsie in sleepy Cordova Bay, has grown up hearing tales of her glamorous, globetrotting mother, Nancy. Just as Marion is blossoming into womanhood, Nancy suddenly announces a visit to Canada, throwing everyone into a tizzy. Apr. 4-May 4 at Granville Island Stage (1585 Johnston). $10.

DREAMGIRLS: Full of onstage joy and backstage drama, the musical tells the rags-to-riches tale of a 1960s girl group, loosely based on The Supremes. After getting their big break, The Dreamettes seem unstoppable until rivalry and betrayal enter the group. Told through the unforgettable sounds of Motown. May 9-July 7 at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage (2750 Granville). $29.

THE CULTCH 1895 VENABLES 604-251-1363 THECULTCH.COM GRAVITY OF CENTER: Critically acclaimed choreographer Victor Quijada delivers his ninth and perhaps his greatest dance work yet. Inspired by social issues stemming from the contrast between abundance and scarcity, he explores movement that yet again blurs the boundaries between hiphop, contemporary, and classical dance. Feb 19-23. $15-$32.

EXTRACTION: Delve deep into the heart of intertwined

cultural phenomena: China’s rise as an economic power and oil extraction in Alberta. This bilingual (English and Mandarin) play digs beneath the surface of highly charged political debates to illuminate lives transformed by legendary traffic jams, boomtown fever, translation trouble, and diplomatic intrigue. Mar 5-9. $15-$41.

THE MAGIC FLUTE: Set on the rocky

shores and in the ancient rainforests of the Pacific Coast, VO’s highly praised 2007 production, with new design elements, artfully blends Mozart’s beguiling music with indigenous mythology and visually stunning design. The eternal story of humankind’s search for spiritual harmony will move you; the human characters, spirit-animals and supernatural creatures will delight you. Mar 9-17. $35-$175 at VancouverOpera.ca. Artwork by Rory Kurtz.

BROKEN SEX DOLL: The rapid pace of technological

advancement in 2136 has only been matched by a dramatic decline of morality. Robots have become lifelike, humans are robotic, and the two intermarry. King has been in a relationship with a “Ginger 5000” fembot for some time, but things take a dramatic detour when she starts to malfunction and he has her replaced. Mar 13-24. $15-$41.

SPIN: This uncommon theatrical and musical journey

celebrates the bicycle as muse, musical instrument, and agent of social change. Inspired in part by the incredible true tale of Annie Londonderry, the first woman to cycle around the world in 1894. Apr 9-20. $15-$41.

HIGHGATE: A morbid romp through Victorian funerary culture, jumping straight from the darkest part of Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg’s imagination. A band of figures captivate in this fascinating gothic dance of death, physical oddity, humour, and horror. Apr 30-May 4. $15-$32.

MUMP & SMOOT: “Clowns of horror” duo Michael Kennard and John Turner turn every convention about clowns upside down in a series of darkly humorous sketches that range from the zany to the macabre. Not for children!

May 22-June 2. $15-$41.

JERICHO ARTS CENTRE 1675 DISCOVERY 604-224-8007 JERICHOARTSCENTRE.COM HECUBA: After the Trojan War, Hecuba, former Queen of Troy, is about to be led back to Greece and a life of slavery.

The play includes vivid arguments about how the dictates of religion and politics conflict with our sense of justice and human dignity. Until Feb 17. $10.

THE RIMERS OF ELDRITCH: Set in the mid-20th century in a decaying Bible Belt town that once was a prosperous coal mining community, it focuses on the murder of the aging local hermit. Everyone in the community has a motive.

Feb. 28-Mar. 16. $15-$20.

THE PRINCE’S PLAY: Victor Hugo’s tragic story of the

deformed jester who tries to protect his daughter from the sexual advances of the prince, brilliantly adapted by Tony Harrison, Britain’s leading verse playwright. Mar. 29-Apr. 21.

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE: A moving Pulitzer Prize-winning study of the enigmatic painter

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gay, 15-year-old Lawrence King in an artistic, rigorous conversation to find the humanity in the midst of this terrible hate crime. Feb. 20-Mar. 2 at the Firehall Arts Centre (280 E. Cordova). $15 at FireHallArtsCentre.ca.

1/4 LIFE CRISIS: A hilarious, energetic

one-woman show about the challenges and disappointments faced by twentysomethings (and up) navigating their way through life. May 23-25.

PACIFIC THEATRE 1440 West 12 604-731-5518 PacificTheatre.org MOTHER TERESA IS DEAD: A conscience-stricken mother abandons husband, son and comfortable London home, resurfacing among the street children of India’s slums. A gripping examination of privilege, spiritual sickness and uneasy sacrifice. March 1-23. $15.

collaboration with New Works, the Tomorrow Collective has curated three performances, plus films from the Brief Encounters archives for a very special all-ages, matinée. Performers include Josh Martin (The 605 Collective), Prevail (Swollen Members), Alison Denham, Clancy Dennehy, Shyama-Priya, and Mitch Anderson. Apr 15, 2pm.

HOLMES AND WATSON SAVE THE EMPIRE: A family-friendly, hilarious

musical mystery starring Damon Calderwood and Gordon Roberts (the fearless duo from Billy Bishop Goes to War) in its Canadian premiere.

Accompanied by Chris Robson, guitar, vocals, actor and Renée Bulat, violin.

Feb. 27-Mar. 16, 8pm at Deep Cove Shaw Theatre (4360 Gallant). $16-$18 at FirstImpressionsTheatre.com.

JUSTINE A. CHAMBERS + ARTS UMBRELLA: Her Study for Enters and

Exits is an iteration of a larger in-progress work, Enters and Exits. Arts Umbrella Dance Company will perform four short pieces. In honour of Mother’s Day, moms will get in free. May 13, 2pm.

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mother’s peculiarities and a son’s flawed devotion. A celebration of what holds a family together. Canadian Premiere. Apr.26-May 25. $15.

******* THE GIRL IN THE FRAME: “A

wildly sexy musical comedy” about a hilarious, quirky, modern story of romance. Feb. 13-Mar. 2, 8pm at Studio 1398 (1398 Johnston). $25-$28 at BrownPaperTickets.com.

on the international smash-hit film and featuring music by Elton John, book and lyrics by Lee Hall, choreography by Peter Darling and direction by Stephen Daldry.

Winner of 10 2009 Tony Awards including Best Musical. Apr 2-7, 8pm at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre (649 Cambie). $35 at Ticketmaster.ca.

US & EVERYTHING WE OWN: This world premiere from the Prodigals playwright centres around a young man whose hunger to be successful threatens his relationships with those he cares about when he gets in over his head in an investment scheme. Apr 4, 8pm at PAL Studio Theatre (581 Cardero). $12$21 at BrownPaperTickets.com.

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Feb. 20-23, 8pm at Havana Theatre (1212 Commercial). $10-$12 at BrownPaperTickets.com.

SWAN LAKE: Ballet BC introduces The National Ballet of China in Swan Lake, a unique fusion between western classical ballet and Chinese culture.

Choreographed by the great Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova, showcasing the Company’s solid foundation in Russian-style classical ballet. The strong,

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Swan Lake, National Ballet of China assured ensemble is grandly suited to the extreme demands of the classical style. Feb 27-Mar 2, 8pm at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre (649 Cambie). $55 to $110 at Ticketmaster.ca.

GISELLE: A legendary ballet presented with a contemporary point-of-view by Resident Choreographer José Navas.

The pinnacle of Romanticism in dance, Giselle is a story of class struggle, sacrifice and doomed love between a young peasant girl and a nobleman. Apr. 25-27, 8pm at at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre (649 Cambie). $22.25 to $70 at Ticketmaster.ca.

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15TH ANNIVERSARY WITH THE CONTINGENCY PLAN: A double

bill featuring work from Dance Allsorts’ current repertoire and excerpts of a

new creation titled what belongs to you.

This new piece explores the five senses, focusing on how we use them as filters to help inform and shape our relationships with others and our environment. Feb. 17, 2pm.

SILK ROAD MUSIC: A world tapestry

of music and dance, Steps on the Road conjures the world on one stage with vibrant imagination, weaving through sound and steps, imprinting their global vision with some of Vancouver’s finest dancers with roots from around the world. Mar 25, 2pm.

PROJECT SOUL: A preview of a developing full-length show presenting popping, locking, hip hop, and b-boying (break dancing) in a dynamic and colourful way. The performance also focuses on who they are as individuals, as a crew and what keeps them driving forward in these street styles. Feb. 19, 2pm.

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: In

Scotiabank Dance Centre 677 Davie $22-$30 at TicketsTonight.ca BODY-SCAN: SWEET GYRE: SuFeh Lee of Vancouver’s battery opera performance and Benoît Lachambre of Montreal’s Par B.L.eux join forces with Juno Award-winning musician Jesse Zubot to explore the human body in a bold new work. The piece magnifies familiar senses into a shifting landscape through which personal histories, memories and desires pass. Feb 14-16, 8pm.

JOE INK: Choreographer Joe Laughlin

revisits some of his most popular works (Harold, Billy, Stan and Jack (1997), Left (2003) and an excerpt from the elegiac dusk (2011) )in an evening celebrating 25 years of making quirky, lyrical and imaginative dance. Mar 6-9, 8pm.

THE LIGETI PROJECT: The music of the great Hungarian composer Gyorgy Ligeti provides the starting point for this exciting new collaboration between contemporary choreographer Martha Carter and the innovative Microcosmos String Quartet. A dialogue of movement, sound and rhythm that vibrates with contrasts, and expresses raw energy and deep emotion. Apr 18-20, 8pm.

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fter his tenure on HBO’s revered sketch comedy series Mr. Show ended, writer-performer Scott Aukerman wasn’t exactly hard up for work. Unfortunately, the public rarely saw the fruits of his labours as his screenplays routinely went unproduced and television pilots never spawned series.

“It’s very difficult to live as a creative person when 100 per cent of your creative activity is going into something that you don’t know is ever going to see the light of day,” says Aukerman, speaking with WE Vancouver from his Los Angeles office. “I would write two or three movies a year and none of them would ever get made. It can kind of wear you down.”

The solution to his frustrations proved to be his Comedy Bang!

Bang! podcast, which will soon celebrate its 200th episode. Initially an extension of a live comedy showcase Aukerman curated, the weekly program finds the deadpan comedian and an enviable rotation of guest stars engaging in banal banter that quickly spirals into absurdity and culminates with bizarro games such as the Freestyle Rap Contest.

“What’s great about podcasting is that you get an immediate reaction and you feel like you’re accomplishing something,” says Aukerman. “Even if it’s not paying you anything, you’re being creative and people are getting to see your work.”

Since co-founding the Earwolf Podcast Network in 2010, the reinvigorated Aukerman has been seeking out others who share his enthusiasm for the format. “If (comedian) Brian Posehn comes to me and says, ‘I really want to do

STRIA: The latest solo work by

the award-winning and versatile choreographer/performer Marie-Josée Chartier, inspired by the beautiful and unpredictable terrain of the Badlands.

An exquisite blend of movement, music, text and voice to delve into a mosaic of colourful memories, and touches on themes of nature, love and loss. Apr 25-27.

DanceHouse Vancouver Playhouse 601 Cambie $70 at DanceHouse.ca BJM: Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal continues in the spirit of exploration that has been its hallmark since 1972.

Feb 15-16, 8pm.

CARTE BLANCHE: A combination of the up-and-coming and the renowned results in an eclectic, exciting, and high-quality company at the forefront of the development of dance, both in Norway and abroad. Mar 22-23, 8pm.

******* Scott Aukerman of Comedy Bang Bang. Robyn VonSwank photo a show where me and my friends play Dungeons & Dragons,’ I get excited by that because I can see the possibilities in it.”

Aukerman has also displayed considerable vision by reworking Comedy Bang! Bang! into various forms, including a 10-episode television series for IFC, a video podcast from the Sundance Film Festival, and a touring live show.

When asked if any possible iterations remain, he replies, “I would love a religion based on the show.

I mean, if there’s a religion based on a weird science fiction novel, why can’t there be one based on my podcast?”

— Curtis Woloschuk Comedy Bang! Bang! (available at Earwolf.com) hits the Vancouver Playhouse on Feb. 9 as part of the Vancouver Comedy and Arts Fest.

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CUADRO FLAMENCO: Flamenco

Rosario dancers Afifa Lahbabi, Melanie Meyers and Bonnie Stewart along with singer Stephanie Pedraza will join Rosario Ancer and Victor Kolstee. Feb. 15, 8pm at St. James Hall (3214 W. 10th). $20-$25 at FlamencoRosario. org.

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DENZEL SINCLAIR: The Nat King

Cole songbook includes Unforgettable, Route 66, Nature Boy. Conductor Jeff Tyzik. Feb. 8 & 9, 8pm. Orpheum Theatre.

THE LISTENER: Children’s performers Magic Circle Mime with conductor Gordon Gerrard. Feb. 10 at 2pm.

AN ENGLISH RHAPSODY: Bramwell

Tovey conducts with Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra with Dal Barltrop violin. Feb. 16 & 18 at 8pm; Feb. 17 at 2pm. Orpheum Theatre.

BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH: Bramwell Tovey conducts Elgar’s Sospiri, Mozart’s clarinet concerto in A Major with Jeanette Jonquil and Beethoven’s 5th. 8Pm. Feb. 22 and 23 at Chan Centre and Feb. 25 at Bell Performing Arts Centre.

GALLOP & GO: Children’s

performers Lisa and Linda. Mar. 1 at Vancouver Playhouse and Mar. 2 at Terry Fox Theatre at 10am and 11:30am.

ROMEO AND JULIET: Jose Luis

Gomez conducts a repertoire of Mussorgosky, Chopin, Prokofiev, with pianist Dina Yoffe. Mar. 2 at Orpheum and Mar. 4 at Centennial Theastre, 8pm.

VSO CHAMBER PLAYERS: FRENCH MASTERS: Poulenc, Mart,

Ibert, Debussy and Francaix. Mar. 7 at 7:30pm and Mar. 10 at 2pm, Pyatt Hall.

THE HEROIC VADIM GLUZIM:

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Vadim Gluzman in a repertoire of Strauss, Berstein, Beethoven. Mar. 9 & 11, 8pm. Orpheum Theatre.

CLASSICS OF DANCE: Host

Christopher Gaze salutes the Goh Ballet Academy and Youth Company.

Dvorak, Tchaikovsky and Brahms. Mar. 14, 2pm, Orpheum Theatre.

A CELTIC CELEBRATION:

Conductor Steven Reineke’s arrangements and Leahy’s thrilling and emotional reels and jigs. Mar. 15 and 16, 8pm, Orpheum Theatre.

THE LITTLE RUSSIAN SYMPHONY: DaYe Lin conductor, Avan Yu piano, with a repertoire of Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Tschaikovsky. Apr. 6 & 8 at 8pm, Apr. 7 at 2pm, Orpheum Theatre.

FROM THE NEW WORLD:

Conductor Andrew Grams, violinist Ray Chen with a repertoire of Smetana, Sarasate and Dvorak. Apr. 13 at the Orpheum, Apr. 15 at Bell Performing Arts Centre, 8pm.

ANTHON MARWOOd PLAYS MOZART: Violinist Anthony Marwood

leads a repertoire of Mozart, Rameau, Schubert and Haydn. Apr. 19 and 20 at Chan Centre, 8pm.

RITUALS: Features Aaron McDonald on timpani with a repertoire of Edward Top, Giorgio Magnanensi, Michael Colgrass, Sofia Gubaidulina and Louis Andriessen. Apr. 20, 8pm, Orpheum Theatre.

APRIL IN PARIS: Christopher Gaze hosts a performance of Weber, Rossini, Saint Saens, Chopin, Debussy, Delibes and Berlioz, with pianist Jeffrey Luo. Apr. 25, 2pm, Orpheum Theatre.

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SPRING HOT TICKETS Fuller piano, Tony Tedesco drums and Martin Pizzarelli bass. Apr. 26 & 27, 8pm, Orpheum Theatre.

MUSIC IN THE MORNING MUSICINTHEMORNING.ORG VANCOUVER ACADEMY FOR MUSIC 1270 CHESTNUT, $10-$18 Sohn, cellist Luigi Piovano, and pianist Bernadene Blaha. Feb 13-15, 10am.

MUSIC FROM BANFF: Esteemed

faculty artists from The Banff Centre summer programs, as well as young Victoria-born violinist Timothy Chooi. Mar 13-15, 10am.

DANCE YOUR WAY INTO THE CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL

ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET: Apr 17-19, 10am.

VANCOUVER RECITAL SOCIETY VANCOUVER PLAYHOUSE (601 HAMILTON) $18-$60 AT VANRECITAL.COM NAREK HAKHNAZARYAN, CELLO AND NOREEN POLERA, PIANO: Works by Franck, Chopin,

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Ligeti, Bronner and Tchaikovsky.

Feb. 10, 3pm.

To become one of the dancers in the World Umbrella Dance during the 2013 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, rehearsals start February 26 at the False Creek Community Centre.

MILOS KARADAGLI, GUITAR:

Shiamak Davar Dance Team leads this pop-up event, which takes place in the grand setting of the Vancouver Art Gallery Plaza on April 13 and bounces to a Bollywood beat with live taiko drumming by Tetsu Taiko.

With two recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, he aims to start bringing a new sense of excitement to the classical guitar. Feb. 17, 3pm.

VETTA CHAMBER MUSIC $15-$28 AT VETTAMUSIC.COM WEST POINT GREY UNITED CHURCH (4595 WEST 8TH)

The Cherry Blossom Festival is April 4 to 30 and includes food, dance, plain-air painting, a photo contest and a haiku contest.

SERENADES AND ROMANCE:

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PIANO TRIOS: May 30 & 31.

With the announcement of cellist David Finckel’s departure from the quartet after more than three decades together, this concert will represent the last time for this foursome to perform together in Vancouver. Feb. 3, 3pm at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre (600 Hamilton). $40 at FriendsofChamberMusic.ca.

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VanArtGallery.BC.ca • Feb. 8 – Emily Westell, violin (New York) and Alexander Karpeyev, piano (London) • Feb. 15 – Sara Iraldi, cello (Italy) and Massimo Follieri, piano (Italy) • Mar. 1 – Gene Ramsbottom, clarinet and Richard Epp, piano • Mar. 8 – UBC Chamber Strings, Jonathan Girard, director • Mar. 22 – Arioso Quintet • Mar. 29 – Arioso Quartet, Gene Ramsbottom basset horn, Gregory Cukrov, bassoon and sopranos Nicole Brooks & Baha Poureslami, mezzo-sopranos Evanna Chiew & Katie Miller, tenor Tony Caruso, bass Nickolas Meyer and Marisa Gaetanne, director

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TEA: A MIRROR OF THE SOUL: Combining sounds of water, paper, ceramic and stone with a traditional western orchestra, Tan Dun’s haunting score is trance-like and beautiful. Highly theatrical, visually stunning, and charged with eroticism, ritual and poetry. May 4-11, 7:30. $35-$190

CHORAL CHOR LEONI AND FRIENDS:

Chor Leoni has shared the stage with rock stars, opera superstars, and stars of the stage. This concert reunites some of them to mark the choir’s 20th anniversary while honouring the legacy of founder Diane Loomer, C.M. With favourites from the past as well as the premiere of a new work by Robert Sund. Mar 23, 7:30 at Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC (6265 Crescent). $15-$30 at Ticketmaster.ca.

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musica intima’s 20-year journey unfolds: from the first piece ever performed by the ensemble, Sicut Cervus by Palestrina, to its most recent critically acclaimed works such as Birdsong by Ed Henderson.

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Theatre (950 W. 41st). $13-$40 at MusicaIntima.org.

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2008, Elektra’s Artistic Director Morna Edmundson saw the final performance of Norway’s stunning women’s choir Voci Nobili. Now she is thrilled to be sharing the stage with Guest Conductor Gamborg Helbekkmo, featuring a Scandinavian, Canadian and international repertoire. March 9, 7:30pm at Ryerson United Church (2195 W. 45th). $15-$28 at BrownPaperTickets.com.

TO MUSIC: A tribute to the art

of music, to the marriage of words and melody, and to the connections and memories evoked through song. Internationally-renowned Canadian soprano Nancy Argenta is special guest, sharing some of her favourite baroque arias. May 11, 7:30pm at Ryerson United Church (2195 W. 45th). $15-$28 at BrownPaperTickets.com.

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ppropriately, the interview began by trading food tips.

If I’m ever in New York, I now know to ride the high-low trend of leaving your whole paycheque behind at worthy establishments such as Eleven Madison Park or Ko, only to turn around to jump into line the next day for the hole-in-the-wall delights of Pukk or Mission Chinese.

You can probably guess what Vancouver restaurants I recommend to comedian Cory Kahaney when she’s in town for the 2013 Chutzpah Festival.

Her character is an eater, and she laughs heartily over the phone when I point out that we’ve talked more about food than her show — 3 Hysterical Broads (Off Their Medication).

She’ll be performing her set alongside Dana Eagle (Comedy Central) and Emmyaward winner Judy Gold (The Judy Show, 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother), and their every neurosis, phobia and bad-habit will be the butt of a joke.

But it’s incredible to hear Kahaney (one of the standout female comics of the last two decades, whose resumé reads like a who’s who of Late Night television and off-Broadway), actually admit it’s less an act CONDUCTORS SYMPOSIUM CONCERT: The Vancouver Chamber Choir,

and more a mitigation of real insecurities.

“We exchanged these feelings of ‘We can’t take it anymore!’ We’re not doing the spinning, we’re not doing the yoga, we’re not doing the therapy. I am so sick of improving on myself. This is it, this is who I am,” Kahaney explains. “If we’re not role models, at least we’re putting the women who feel how we feel at ease.”

Each comedian will be embracing her anti-Angelina Jolie in a stand-up set, complete with hilarious day-in-the-life intro videos, of which Kahaney’s was filmed entirely at a Weight Watchers meeting.

“Even though I love to eat, nobody needs to pull me out of my apartment with a crane yet. Judy Gold happens to like going to doctors’ appointments all week long because she’s a neurotic Jew, and Dana Eagle swears by all her pharmaceuticals. We’ve all sort of just accepted ourselves. And I don’t see that a lot anymore.

“You look at Angelina Jolie and she’s got the five kids and the perfect body and she’s saving the world — I can’t do that. I can’t!

It’s not fair that that is the barometer for being a full woman.”

So they made a show about it. And their “so what?” attitude will be making its Canadian début in Vancouver on Feb. 9 (and an encore performance Feb. 10) with a symbiosis that excites Kahaney.

“The audience that comes to the Chutz-

Comedians Judy Gold, Dana Eagle and Cory Kahaney are 3 Hysterical Broads, running Feb. 9 and 10 as part of the 2013 Chutzpah! Festival. Supplied photo pah Festival is really smart. They want something intelligent and on the spot at the same time. We are not your typical female comics talking about dating,” she laughs.

As an 18-year-old actress in New York, Kahaney says she would often go nine months to a year without work. It wasn’t until age 29 that she stumbled upon standup comedy and felt the click.

“I could do four shows a night, I could do one show a week. The luxury of being able to get up on stage and feel that connection with the audience whenever I wanted was

so freeing. And I’m a little bit of a control freak — I like to take credit for all the of the success, and, all of the failure. If I kill, it’s all me, and if I bomb it’s all me.

“If you’re really a good comic you’re sort of a conductor. You’re throwing a joke to the left side, or to the back of the room, because you’re trying to invite them in.

And little by little, if you’re pulling all the strings correctly, you have a symphony going.”

The 2013 Chutzpah Festival runs from Feb. 7 to Mar. 10 at various venues. Head to ChutzpahFestival.com for tickets and schedule.

Mozart, Schubert, Palestrina, Rutter, the two Stephens (Chatman and Foster). Pacifica Singers joins in on several pieces. Mar. 15, 8pm at Ryerson United Church (2205 W. 45th). $32.75 at Ticketmaster.ca.

led by Jon Washburn and five conductors from the 33rd annual National Conductors Symposium, performs music based on verse from some of the greatest poets of the world: Goethe, Shakespeare, Auden, Whitman, Eliot, Rossetti, Dickinson and more. Feb 9, 8pm at Ryerson United Church (2205 W. 45th). $32.75 at Ticketmaster.ca.

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Spring HOT TICKETS BC HOME AND GARDEN SHOW: Five days of insight and inspiration for making your house a home, featuring HGTV stars like Bryan Baeumler of Leave it to Bryan, Paul Lafrance of Decked Out and Vancouver’s own Philip DuMoulin & Sarah Daniels of Urban Suburban, 425 retailers and a full line-up of new features, all under one roof. Feb. 20-24, 4pm at BC Place Stadium (777 Pacific). BCHomeandGardenShow.com.

choral creativity by sharing these special moments with the young musicians. Apr 19, 8pm at Ryerson United Church (2205 W. 45th). $32.75 at Ticketmaster.ca.

Vancouver Phoenix Chamber Choir SPRING CONCERT: ASPIRE: Works from Phoenix’s Young Canadian Choral Composers Competition and also international sensations Ivo Antongnini (Swiss-Italian), Krystof Penderecki (Poland), and Paul Mealor (whose music was featured during Will and Kate’s royal wedding). Apr 27, 7:30 at Shaugnessy Heights United (1550 W. 33rd). $15-$25 at PhoenixChoir.ca.

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When audiences think they’ve seen everything, simply pulling a rabbit out of a hat isn’t going to thrill anyone anymore. The young illusionist and magician has made it a personal challenge to reintroduce awe and wonderment to those who have forgotten what it feels like to be amazed.

March 8-10 & 15-17, at 8pm, The Cultch, 1895 Venables.

Music MOTOWN MELTDOWN: Inspired by the

critically acclaimed film “Standing In The Shadows Of Motown” over 25 hot-shot Canadian vocalists, backed by a scorching 12-piece band will heat up the dance floor.

Mar 23, 8pm at the Commodore Ballroom (868 Granville). $30 at Ticketmaster. ca or Highlife Records. Apr 6, 8pm at Red Robinson Show Theatre (Boulevard Casino, Coquitlam). $32 at Ticketmaster.ca.

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FESTIVALS A CBC film, West End 66, explores how the neighbourhood’s population “rocketed” in just a decade.

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13TH ANNUAL CHUTZPAH! FESTIVAL: Breath-taking dance, hilarious comedy, a silent film screening with live music, prize-winning theatre and international music highlight the 13th Annual Chutzpah!

Festival, the Lisa Nemetz International Showcase of Jewish Performing Arts. Feb. 7-Mar. 3 at various venues. $18-$40 at ChutzpahFestival.com or TicketsTonight. com.

EVENTS OFF THE WALL IN CHINA: Photographer and adventurer William Jans’ 6th live show about absurd travels. This journey through the Philippines and China includes: sleeping on the Great Wall, a treacherous cliff hike, climbing the “perfect” volcano, and the wild Crucifixion Festival. Feb 8, 8pm at Clova Cinema (5732 176 St.) and Feb 21, 8pm at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway). $22.99 at wrjphoto.com or $21.99 at Zulu Records (1976 West 4) and Neptoon (3561 Main).

Vancouver Comedy & Arts Fest:

Martin Short hosts opening gala to kick off performances by some of the top names of comedy Tig Notaro, Sean Cullen and Bob Saget. Various locations. Feb. 7-17.

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Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival: Bringing

together communities of filmmakers and outdoor enthusiasts in a forum where they can discuss topics of mutual interest. Feb. 8-17, 7:30 pm at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway), the Centennial Theatre (2300 Lonsdale), and the Pacific Cinematheque (1131 Howe). Vimff.org.

VANCOUVER SPRING SHOW: Multi-

performer show will celebrate Chinese New Year with myriad top performers from around the globe. The show’s founder and director, Cherry Tao, is considered to be one of China’s dancing treasures. Tao is also the founder of Motion Artistry Dance in Vancouver, which marries her classical training with jazz and hip-hop. Feb. 9 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre (649 Cambie). $38$138 at SpringShow.ca.

TALKING STICK FESTIVAL: Showcase of professional Aboriginal artists in dance, music, theatre and visual arts but most importantly, a First Nations cultural immersion through spoken word, storytelling, powwow and more. Feb. 19Mar. 3 at various locations. $12-$25 or pay what you can at some events. FullCircle.ca.

VANCOUVER SWORDPLAY SYMPOSIUM: Swordplay enthusiasts

from around the world gather for in the Vancouver International Swordplay Symposium, hosted by Academie Duello.

Public event brings together instructors, practitioners, writers, and lecturers from around the world for an exciting series of events with swordplay at their heart. Feb 1517 at Academie Duello (412 West Hastings).

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“new human phenomenon called ‘swingers.’”

A place where “towers seem to rise with the speed of rockets where cottages used to stand just a year ago.”

The most densely populated neighbourhood in North America.

Welcome to West End 66.

The CBC documentary takes you on a jazzinfused drive through the West End just as it gave birth to what we now think of as modern Vancouver. Although residents responded to the quick growth by imposing strict limits just a few years later, the documentary shows how an extraordinary transition took place between 1958, when the Sylvia Hotel was the tallest building on the landscape, to 1969 when zoning changes seem to put the neighbourhood into a deep freeze as far as new construction was concerned.

West End 66 will be screened on February 26 as part of the Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s Gritty City: Vancouver in the 60s. The three-part film series began January 29 with Glowing in the Dark, a documentary on neon in Vancouver, Las Vegas and LA. In continues February 12 with Coast Modern about the West Coast’s pioneering modern architects, and concludes with the double bill of West End 66 and A City’s Story, both part of the CBC Archival Film Program.

WE Vancouver recently descended into the bowels of CBC Vancouver to watch , which was first shown as part of the CBC’s regional

television show, Camera West. Written by Hilda Mortimer with music by Don Thompson, the half-hour black-and-white film is almost poetic in its pace. It starts slowly, with long shots of nature and then picks up the pace both in the images on screen and music.

The neighbourhood was first home to the “champagne world” of the city’s most successful businessmen but within a generation, Mortimer writes, the lush-living mansions were turned into boarding houses. By 1966, 100,000 people lived here and at 380 people per hectare, it boasted the highest concentration of residents in Canada. A “vertical forest” of apartment buildings — the highest buildings in Vancouver at the time — grew on streets carved out of old logging roads.

“Roots planted here are planted above ground and reach for the top,” the narrator says as shot after shot of apartment towers loam overhead.

And the people! It’s funny to hear the narrator talk of swingers while the camera pans along the beaches and streets of English Bay. Instead of Lululemon, think short shorts. Instead of joggers, think muscle cars and convertibles. Young men and women gather on beaches while elderly residents watch from nearby benches. Sailors arriving for a few days respite roam the streets, knowing that they’ll be welcomed by prostitutes.

“For the young,” the narrator says, “the West End is where the action is.”

An open discussion follows each screening at the historic Hollywood Theatre (3123 W. Broadway). Shows start at 7:30pm and tickets are available only at the theatre that night. For more info go to VancouverHeritageFoundation.org.

Naylor Trio, Jen Hodge’s All-Stars, 4=4, and Mazacote. Feb. 22-24. $15-$18 at NorthernTickets.com. CoastalJazz.ca.

Festival du Bois: Quebecois, Celtic, world and folk music; storytelling; kids tent shows; dance; and traditional food. Mackin Park, Coquitlam. Mar. 1-3. FestivalDuBois.ca CELTICFEST VANCOUVER: Music, dance, comedy, revelry and a healthy dose of that magical Celtic spirit, culminating with the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade March 17 at 11am.

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authentic Japanese tea ceremony, eat festival food, try ikebana (flower arranging), premium sake tastings, guided tree talks and walks with Harry Jongerden and enjoy Haiku Invitational readings. Festivities also include cultural performances of Japanese classical dance, taiko drumming, shakuhachi (bamboo flute), martial arts performances, anime, eco-friendly cars or motorcycles and more. Apr 7-8, 10 am at VanDusen Botanical Garden (5251 Oak). $8-$10 at door. JapanFairVancouver.com.

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Swordplay symposium focuses on Flynn’s artistry

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hen Robin Hood stole from the rich to give to the poor, he probably wanted to do the dirty deed quickly before disappearing into Sherwood Forest.

But when Errol Flynn played Robin Hood, he wanted to give the enthralled movie audiences a bit of a show for their money. He added a dashingly handsome move or two as he brandished his sword.

But for all his showmanship, Flynn really was a great swordsman, says David McCormick, the head instructor of stage combat at Vancouver’s Academie Duello.

McCormick will be leading a two-part seminar on Flynn’s artistry as part of the Vancouver International Swordplay Symposium, Feb. 15 to 17.

McCormick will be screening some of Flynn’s best sword

fights, as well as iconic swashbuckling scenes from the Princess Bride, and then illustrating their roots in real-life sword combat. (He’s also leading a practical workshop called “Taking Down the Big Guy”, using tactics from Sherlock Holmes’ favourite marshal art to show how you can take on someone bigger than you and applying it to fencing.)

McCormick is all in favour of dressing up a sword fight for movies and plays. “We need to have good characterdriven fights when it’s called for in a script,” he says.

Flynn’s coach was a man named Paddy Crean, a founder of the British Academy of Dramatic Combat and Fight Directors Canada. “He was a codifier of how we should use sword fighting for performance. In sword fighting they wanted to kill as quickly as they could. Stage combat is made to be safe and exciting but it needs some realism and authenticity.”

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Errol Flynn as Robin Hood. Supplied photo about Flynn is that he died at Vancouver General Hospital in 1959 during a visit with a friend who lived in West Van. (There’s a copy of the first page of his autopsy on display at the Vancouver Police Museum — an autopsy that reveals definite signs of sexually transmitted disease.)

McCormick says there’s a biopic of Flynn in the works.

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It stars Kevin Klein and while the movie will focus more on Flynn’s dashing ways with women, McCormick puts his skills on offer should Klein need a sword fighting lesson or two. “It would be a dream come true.”

For more details about the symposium go to VancouverSwordplay.com

Forbidden romance unremarkably restrained A ROYAL AFFAIR

Starring Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard Directed by Nikolaj Arcel

Nicholas Hoult is R, an introspective zombie.

Photo by Jonathan Wenk for Summit Entertainment foremost, Levine constantly asks his cloying soundtrack to accomplish the emotional heavy lifting for him as he’s unwilling to allow his cast to carry a scene on their own. Furthermore, he fails to recognize that a movie teeming with zombies is obligated to deliver at least a couple of token scares, if only to assure viewers that there are some legitimate stakes here.

Alas, the only shocks come courtesy of the

SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE GRIPPING STORYTELLING Starring: Jude Law, Rooney Mara Directed

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Zombie movie lacks token scares

Serving as a counterpoint to Joy Division’s famous assertion that love will tear us apart, Jonathan Levine’s new zombie romance suggests that warm fuzzies are capable of reanimating even the most moribund of souls.

Adapted from Isaac Marion’s young-adult novel, Warm Bodies unfolds in a bland post-apocalyptic world and revolves around R (Nicholas Hoult), an introspective zombie prone to delivering mopey voiceovers that incessantly hammer home the film’s central conceit that zombification is basically an extreme case of introversion. When R lays eyes on Julie (Teresa Palmer), it’s star-crossed infatuation at first sight.

Soon enough, there’s a spring in his step and even the occasional thud in his chest cavity.

Having previously directed the “cancer comedy” 50/50, Levine obviously welcomes the chance to toy with genre conventions. The problem is, he still hasn’t mastered some filmmaking fundamentals. First and

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lack of quality control.

Whether its the astonishingly shoddy CGI used to create the more skeletal undead or lame additions to zombie lore that crumble under the slightest scrutiny, there’s nothing but halfmeasures to be found here. Unfortunately, a movie about meaningful connections is undone by the unwillingness of anyone involved to commit themselves to the material.

— Curtis Woloschuk

Set in the Age of Enlightenment, Nikolaj Arcel’s period drama looks to shed some light on the political maneuvering that saw Denmark effectively being governed by the mad king’s personal physician for a brief spell in the late 18th Century. Of course, this would be the same doctor who was making regular house calls (of the conjugal variety) to the queen’s quarters.

As the film opens, Caroline Mathilde (Alicia Vikander) leaves her native England for the first time in order to become Queen of Denmark. An already awkward situation is made seemingly unworkable when her new husband Christian VII (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, in the film’s most complex performance) reveals himself to be a monstrous, insecure, and increasingly unstable imbecile. Once free-thinking Johann Friedrich Struensee (Mads Mikkelsen) is appointed royal physician, he seduces both husband and wife, albeit in decidedly different ways. In Caroline, he gains a lover who shares his devotion to the Enlightenment. In Christian, he acquires a puppet who possesses the power to advance his progressive agenda.

Given how often the subjects of freedom and reform are broached on screen, some frustration arises from how resolutely restrained and conventional A Royal Affair proves to be. Likewise, the presence of Christian’s scheming (read: evil) stepmother (Trine Dyrholm) offers hope that we might be treated to some entertaining histrionics. Instead, we’re delivered a solemn history lesson that makes little effort to sugar the pill.

At least the bleedings hearts will be able to sleep well at night content in the knowledge that no bodices were ripped in the making of this tale of forbidden romance. — Curtis Woloschuk

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Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh brilliantly weaves an old fashioned mystery with a modern day medical thriller in Side Effects.

Emily Taylor (Mara) welcomes her husband Martin (Channing Tatum) home after he is released from prison but she soon finds the anxiety of reconnecting is taking its toll. After being assigned to a successful psychiatrist (Law), Emily begins taking a trial drug that is supposed to help her cope, but she soon starts displaying some serious side effects (insert maniacal laugh).

Enlisting the help of screenwriter, and previous Contagion collaborator Scott Z. Burns, Soderbergh crafts a taught and sophisticated drama that unfolds with beautiful precision. The story takes relentless turns and, although some of the narrative veers slightly into the absurd, maintains an even tone.

Top notch acting elevates the film’s delivery thanks to several intense performances; Mara, in particular, proves once again to be one of the most dynamic young females working in Hollywood today.

However, the real star player here is Jude Law, who churns out one of his finest roles yet, mixing slick posturing with creeping dread in a seemingly effortless way. Tatum is also strong in a small but effective role and Catherine Zeta-Jones (her third film with Soderbergh) leaves you wondering where her allegiances really lie.

Side Effects is the first great movie of 2013, marking another triumph for a director who continues to create gripping films. It elegantly combines an intelligent script, strong acting, striking production design and confident execution — Hitchcock would indeed be proud.

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Celebrate BC’s first Family Day, Monday, Feb. 11 Looking for something fun to do with the kiddos on British Columbia’s first-ever Family Day? Choose from our list of events and make it a day off to remember. Note: admission rates vary according to age and number of participants, and in some instances, pre-registration is required; check venue websites before heading out.

BC SPORTS HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM Half-price admission gets your family a hefty dose of sporty fun. Climb the wall, run the track, kick the ball and drop the puck in the Participation Zone. Get your picture snapped with Shaun White’s 2010 Olympic snowboard. Explore the new Vancouver 2010 Gallery and Hall of Champions. Also: Family Day colouring activity and scavenger hunt. 10am to 5pm; Gate A, BC Place, 777 Pacific Boulevard; BCSportsHallOfFame.com

ERIC LITWIN AT CHILDREN’S ARTS FESTIVAL The New York Times bestselling author will meet fans and perform stories from his popular Pete the Cat series at Richmond’s Fifth Annual Children’s Arts Festival. Stick around after the performance to explore the festival, which features artist-led creativity classes (puppet making, cartooning, acrylics, and animation), family skating, balloon twisting, face painting, origami, and live entertainment. Performances at

Monday, February 11th is BC Family Day

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Time: 11:00 am to 7:00 pm Location: Vancouver Art Gallery, Georgia and Howe

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10:30am, 12:30pm and 3pm; the festival runs 10am to 4pm. Richmond Cultural Centre, 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond; ChildrensArtsFestival.ca

Point, marmosets in the Graham Amazon Gallery, and The Secret World of Sharks and Rays, which launches on Feb. 7. 9:30am to 6pm; 845 Avison Way; VanAqua.org

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Cypress Mountain caps off a weekend of family-centric programming with free magic go-around carousel rides, a kids’ terrain park, meetings with Gnarly the Bear, a kids’ colouring contest, chocolate fondue snowshoe tour, live entertainment, pizza, and more. All weekend: 50% off scooter and child lift/trail tickets. Activities 9am to 4pm; mountain open 9am to 10pm. Top of Cypress Bowl Road, West Vancouver; CypressMountain.com/family-weekend

Trout Lake Community Centre marked their grand opening with a big party last year, and they’ve decided to celebrate all over again with program demos (arts, sports, and dancing) and live music. 11am to 3pm; 3360 Victoria Drive; TroutLakeCC.com

GROUSE MOUNTAIN Family Day at Grouse includes a pancake breakfast, snow painting station, scavenger hunts, a puck shoot-out, Terrain Park Jams and a special family après dinner in the Timber Room (not to mention 50% off lift tickets). Pancake breakfast at 7:30am; children’s activities run 9am to 4pm; skiing and snowboarding from 8:30am to 10pm.

Grouse Mountain, 6400 Nancy Greene Way, North Vancouver; GrouseMountain.com

MT. SEYMOUR Mt. Seymour’s Ultimate Family Day Experience includes 50% off lift tickets, 50% off Discover Lesson Packages, and 25% off Next Step Lessons. Also: children’s crafts and activities, Bear Cubs lesson demo, free popcorn and hot chocolate, lots of prizes and games, and a fire pit with marshmallows for roasting. Ski hill open 9am until 10pm; family activities run 10am until 2pm. Mt. Seymour, 1700 Mount Seymour Road, North Vancouver; MountSeymour.com

VANCOUVER AQUARIUM The Vancouver Aquarium will offer extended hours on Family Day, giving visitors extra time to check out the beluga whales and dolphins, Goldcorp 4-D theatre, Penguin

YOGABUTTONS Vancouver’s first yoga studio for both kids and adults will donate all of their Family Day revenue to Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver. Watch for giveaways throughout the day and an extra 10% off all purchases, with every single cent going to charity. First class at 9:30am; last class at 6:30pm. 2525 West Broadway; YogaButtons.com

SCIENCE WORLD AT TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE Imaginations will soar in Science World’s Family Day KEVA Building Challenge, in which family teams construct wild and creative towers from KEVA planks.

Also: burgeoning Sherlocks and Watsons can learn all about fingerprinting at the Ballooning Prints station in the Connection Zone. 10am to 6pm; 1455 Quebec Street; ScienceWorld.ca

BRITISH COLUMBIA SKI RESORTS Consider spending your Family Day skiing on one of our province’s world-renowned hills. BC residents will get 50% off of lift tickets on a wide selection of slopes near and far, including Whistler Blackcomb, Big White Ski Resort, Apex Mountain Resort, Fernie Alpine Resort, and more. For a full list of participating ski resorts, visit CWSAA.org/ marketing/bc-family-day.html

— Sabrina Furminger

To learn more, visit: www.bcfamilyday.ca

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Scotia Dance Centre, the • Lloyd Davis Jr. In 1854, National Congress of Black his ancestors came to CanaWomen Foundation paid tribute to some of the da on the Underground Railroad. Born in Toronto, men who have followed in Fortes’ footprints. The he moved to Vancouver in 1985 and is now retired six honorees — “Extraordinary Men, Extraordinary from Air Canada. He too hosts a show on Co-op Presence” — have devoted themselves to making Radio, One O’Clock Jump, which features jazz. He Vancouver a culturally rich place to live. feels our education system doesn’t do enough to “Their contributions enrich us all,” said the recognize the many contributions of Afro Cananight’s emcee, Lolly Bennett. dians and endeavors to right this wrong through She helps organize the annual event because seminars on Afro Canadian history and Prince Hall “I want people to celebrate that there is a rooted Free Masonry. black culture in Vancouver. The root is solid and • George Jolly. After a career with the US Navy everything that goes on now is a result of those (he was born in Chicago), Jolly moved to Britroots.” ish Columbia and became a registered social Last year the foundation recognized several worker with a special interest in mental health. women so this year it felt the men deserved a He coached community football and high school round of applause. “We wanted to make sure they basketball, and also hosted a jazz show on Co-op know they had an impact on people.”

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Clinical Graphology: An Interpretive Manual for Mental Health Practitioners (pictured, right), is ou’re troubled. You have to initiate a dialogue around new behaviours that you coninnovations in mental health and stantly repeat; tenacious methods of assessment — how to patterns in your life you help fellow therapists see a bigger aren’t able to escape. Perhaps you picture faster. attract a certain type of person, a As a regular contributor to reflection of things you’d like to Dujour and Huffington Post, change in yourself. Or Poizner is best known maybe you’re just a bit for her analysis of ceblue (aren’t we all this lebrity signatures and time of year?). what they reveal about Wouldn’t it be great if the person. But in a you could walk in to a 90-minute phone call counsellor’s or psyfrom her Toronto-area chologist’s office with a practice to analyze my handwritten note that script, she dove into a somehow fast tracks lot more than just my your progress past all personality traits.

Graphologist the get-to-know-you Through a simple Annette Poizner questions, straight to set of hand-written the success session? So, homework exercises instead of six weeks of expensive that were scanned and emailed to appointments, you have a breakPoizner prior to our session, I unthrough on day one? knowingly created a road map for It sounds too good to be true, my psyche that exposed things but Columbia-trained psychother- that I wouldn’t have expected to apist, social worker and clinical reveal until the third or fourth graphologist Annette Poizner has week in a traditional counselling written a guide that could help environment. mental health practitioners learn Perhaps most engaging was her more about their clients in that ability to switch between science first appointment than just what and mysticism, talking chakras meets the eye. and acupuncture as a healing tool It’s all in the words the patient if you are at a road block in life. writes down, and they way in She also made a blind observawhich they write them. tion about the link between my Poizner’s goal with her book signature and a series of events

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Called projective personality assessment, there is a confidence to Poizner’s delivery; it’s no party trick. Poizner explains projective assessment as a discipline that allows clinicians to learn about personality by analyzing drawings, written material, and other behaviors. And, in her words, handwriting is the “written trace of each individual’s preferred rhythm, style and habitual manner of moving.” So, graphology, when used alongside other measures, allows the most dominant themes of the patient’s life to emerge.

After completing her doctoral dissertation at the University of Toronto, which explored the use of graphology within psychotherapy, Poizner went on to present in academic circles, such as at the 2011 Canadian Psychological Association conference and found the Milton H. Erickson Institute of Toronto, a training centre for psychotherapists.

Poizner insists, with the popularity of texting and typing, that handwriting is a crucial skill to maintain. Not only does it engage important brain functions such as processing and coordination, but built into our words and doodles is a window for a trained clinician

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Graphologist Annette Poizner reveals the secrets and traits hidden in your own handwriting:

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In her literature, Poizner goes so far as to compare the difference between handwriting and typing to learning to play the violin versus learning to play the triangle. As more and more people lose their fluid script, however, the 400-year-old art of graphology might be rendered obsolete in the future.

So only one month into the new year, it’s not too late to evaluate your outlook for 2013 and think about writing your own map out of the mental maze.

Poizner’s services are available by phone, and she can be reached at 1-416-280-6442 or through AnnettePoizner.com.

Freud famously said, “If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips.”

So keep crossing those T’s and dotting those I’s, in moderation, of course.

• Perfectly vertical/upright slant: Objectivity, formality, poise. The writer is more reserved. He or she looks at a situation from the sideline and decides how emotionally involved to become.

• Left slant: More strongly reserved than the upright slant. Usually introverted. Highly private. These people “hold their cards to the chest.”

• Small writing: Introversion, strong concentration skills, intelligence and humility. If the writing is too flattened out or too tight, some type of repression or inhibition may be indicated. I’ve seen librarians who write like this.

• Rounded: My teacher used to say that “loops are the avenue of emotions.” The more loops, the more emotional the personality. Visual interest in beauty or beautifying the environment. True to the letter form, they honor how something should look. These people often have an inclination for dressing well, interior design and the like.

• Printscript: The writer who sometimes prints and sometimes writes cursive. A given word may have points where letters are attached and others where letters are printed. This is an expression of intuition and writing ability. When I assess journalists, most use printscript.

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The project, created by interior designer Kelly Deck, has partnered 13 organizations/communities with 13 professional photographers and one writer. Each partnership is tasked with creating a visual narrative through photos that expresses how love illuminates their community.

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P/T & F/T CLEANERS NEEDED Downtown Vancouver and Kits locations. Applicants must be mature, fluent in English, motivated and reliable. Competitive wages. Fax a resume to Martin at 778-724-4104 or email excelmaintains@gmail.com WE require an experienced Crane Truck driver with a clean driving record. A mechanical aptitude is also a must for this role. Our progressive company offers a great extended medical and dental package, uniforms and all necessary safety gear to ensure employee safety. The ideal candidate possesses SMITH Driver training but we may be willing to train the right individual. Possession of H2S Alive, WHMIS, TDG, First Aid would be an asset. A road test and capabilities evaluation will be a component of our interview process. Apply with your up-to-date resume and current NSC drivers abstract at hr@amixgroup.ca

Wild and Crazy, Can’t Be Lazy

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Required for Maple Ridge roofing co. Previous experience is an asset, not necessary - willing to train. Wages Commensurate with Experience.

Fax resume 604.462.9859 or e-mail - hiroofingltd@shaw.ca or Call: Sue 604.880.9210

FINANCIAL SERVICES

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If you own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is NOT an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

HOOT & OWL CARPENTRY & TILE WORK

Reno’s/Additions/Kitchens Snow / Salting Rubbish Removal NO JOB TOO BIG OR SMALL

Own A Vehicle?

Email: hoot&owl@telus.net

Borrow Up To $25,000

Gary 604-339-5430

No Credit Checks! www.PitStopLoans.com 604-777-5046

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LEGAL SERVICES

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LABOURERS

PORTAGE College in Lac La Biche, AB, is looking for Maintenance Service Workers. For more info, visit our website at portagecollege.ca or call 1-866-623-5551, ext. 5597.

142 OFFICE SUPPORT/CLERKS HELIWELDERS is hiring a full time Technical Records Clerk/Maintenance Administrative Assistant.

Skills: Aviation Background/PC/MS Office Skills/work in fast paced office. Please send resume to fx: 604530-5226 www.heliwelders.com

bradsjunkremoval.com 20 YARD BINS AVAILABLE We Load or You Load !

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TREE SERVICES Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

Tree removal done RIGHT!

www.paintspecial.com

604-787-5915, 604-291-7778

604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley

www.treeworksonline.ca treeworkes@yahoo.ca 10% OFF with this AD

Running this ad for 8yrs

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

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

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PLUMBING

• ELECTRICAL • FULL PLUMBING SERVICES • HVAC GAS FITTING *Free Est. *Licensed *Insured 24hr. Emergency Service

627

HOMES WANTED

639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES

477

PETS

Difficulty Making Payments?

No Equity? Expired Listing? Penalty?

We Take Over Payments! No Fees! www.GVCPS.ca / 604-786-4663

BORDER COLLIE X, born Dec 5th, ranch raised, getting lots of atten. $350. Carol 604-316-4668 or email: carol@blackdiamondranch.ca

FINANCIAL SERVICES

706

APARTMENT/CONDO

Rescued cats fr overseas, $150. Dsexed, vacc’nted. Fosters welcome.

778.297.4470, glauris@yahoo.ca

GARDENING

SHELTIES 2 SABLE PUPS 1 w/ white body + spots D.O.B Oct 19th Loveable, sweet pups 604-826-6311

WEED FREE Mushroom Manure 13 yards - $180 or Well Rotted 10 yds - $200. 604-856-8877 • Hvac Gas Fitting • Electrical *Free Est. *Licensed *Insured 24hr. Emergency Service

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• MONEY TODAY! • Instant Approvals • No Credit Checks • Privacy Assured

www.topdogloans.com 604.503.BARK (2275) DROWNING IN DEBTS? Helping Canadians 25 years.

Lower payments by 30%, or cut debts 70% thru Settlements. AVOID BANKRUPTCY! Free consultation. www.mydebtsolution.com or Toll Free 1 877-556-3500 GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com MONEYPROVIDER.COM. $500 Loan and +. No Credit Refused.

Fast, Easy, 100% Secure.

1-877-776-1660.

ALWAYS GUTTER Cleaning Service, Repairs, 20 yrs exp. Rain or shine.7dys/wk.Simon 604-230-0627

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS CENTRAL CREEK CONSTRUCTION

CCC Kitchen & Bathroom Reno’s, Painting also.

BBB & WCB. Seniors Discount. Book by end of Nov. - 10% off. 26 yrs exp.

Guarantee on work. Refs.

604-773-7811 Additions, Home Improvements Restorations, Renovations, & New Construction.

Specializing in Concrete, Forming, Framing & Siding. 604-218-3064

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

CHIHUAHUAS, tiny tea cup puppies, blonde & white, M/F, 8 weeks, ready now. $700. 604-794-7347

FULL PLUMBING SERVICES

Borrow Against Your Vehicle!

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

RENTALS

Goods will be auctioned on February 19, 2012 and thereafter at

PITT BULL/American Bull Dog X, 7/mo fem, vet chkd, all shots, needs new home, $425. (604)825-1521

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TOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES!

WE’RE ON THE WEB www.bcclassified.com

NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

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SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

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

CALL US FIRST! 604-657-9422

BEAGLE PUPS, tri colored, good looking, healthy, vet check $700.

(604)796-3026. No Sunday calls

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

604-475-7077

PERSONAL SERVICES

845 The Scrapper

• DIFFICULTY SELLING ? •

PETS

3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

612 BUSINESSES FOR SALE

www.recycleitcanada.ca

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

ELECTRICAL

C & C Electrical Mechanical

REAL ESTATE

604.587.5865

PAINT SPECIAL 260

AUTO FINANCING

On Time, As Promised, Service Guaranteed!

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

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

810

JUNK REMOVAL

604-537-4140

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

Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

MISC. FOR SALE

Serving Metro Vancouver Since 1988

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

GET the BEST for your MOVING From $40/hr Licensed & Insured Senior Discount 778-773-3737

TRANSPORTATION

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

Hauling Anything..

Recycled Earth Friendly

2guyswithatruck.ca Moving & Storage Visa OK. 604-628-7136

CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certification, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

RUBBISH REMOVAL

$45/Hr

S & G Enterprises Ltd. dba Subway (Vancouver) is hiring for Food Counter Attendant, $10.73/hr, for 40 hrs/wk+ben.

Apply by Fax: (604) 676-0664

SHB Holdings Ltd. dba Subway (Vancouver) is hiring for Food Counter Attendant ($10.73/hr, for 40 hrs week + benefits.) Apply by Fax: (604) 676-0664

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RECYCLE-IT!

FOOD COUNTER ATTENDANT

FOOD COUNTER ATTENDANT

GL ROOFING. Cedar shakes, Asphalt Shingles, Flat roofs, WCB Clean Gutters. $80. 604-240-5362

AFFORDABLE MOVING

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

25yrs Exp. 24hrs/7days 604-506-7576

SHORE MECHANIC – F/T Heavy Duty Mechanic Certificate or equivalent w/5 yrs exp. www.westcoast tug.ca/shore-mechanic

HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVICES

560

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

604.220.JUNK(5865)

$440/wk, up to $800/wk

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353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS EXCEL ROOFING LTD. All kinds of roofing work. New Roof, Reroof, Repairs. Free est. (778)878-2617

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable.

Rates. Different From the Rest.

604-721-4555.

From 1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free Estimate/Senior Discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

PYRAMID CORPORATION is now hiring! Instrument Technicians and Electricians for various sites across Alberta. Send resume to: hr@pyramidcorporation.com or fax 780-955-HIRE.

Cindy 604-777-2195

MOVING & STORAGE

Local & Long Distance

Forward Resume to Fax: 604-888-4749 E-mail:ars@cullendiesel.com

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

But Dead Bodies!!

Union Shop ~ Full Benefits.

Must like loud Music & Travel Outgoing ppl only and avail immediately call today,start tomorrow!

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

Cash same day, local office.

COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT & DIESEL ENGINE MECHANICS Required for Cullen Diesel Power Ltd. and Western Star & Sterling Trucks of Vancouver Inc. Positions avail. in Surrey. Cummins, Detroit Diesel and MTU engine experience considered an asset.

WE require a ticketed, experienced Heavy Duty Mechanic for our busy Surrey shop. Experience in Hydraulics, electrical troubleshooting as well as heavy industrial equipment repair is required. Welding and Manitowoc crane experience would be an asset. Self motivated and a strong sense of safety awareness is also required. Our progressive company offers a very competitive wage and benefits package and all necessary safety gear to ensure employee safety. Email resume to hr@amixgroup.ca

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Roof & Drywall Repairs

Need CA$H Today?

TRADES, TECHNICAL

ASPHALT SHINGLE ROOFERS

Journeyman HD mechanic required for oilfield construction company. Duties will include servicing, maintenance and overhaul of our equipment. The job will be predominately shop work , but with a portion of your time spent in the field. A mechanics truck will be supplied for you. The job is based in Edson, Alberta.

Call Lloyd at 780-723-5051.

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604-475-7077 10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Lic.gas fitter. Aman: 778-895-2005

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

FIVE STAR ROOFING All kinds of re-roofing & repairs.

Free est. Reasonable rates.

(604)961-7505, 278-0375

Canuck Roofing All Roof Repairs Any job big or small. Free Est. *WCB *Insured *BBB 778-772-1969

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CHILLIWACK WAREHOUSE

YORKIE X POMERANIAN. Two females, all shots, vet checked, dewormed. $500. 604-504-5438.

6,600sf. or 5,400sf. @ $4.50sf.

12,000sf. @ $4.25sf.

3 phase & single phase power.

3 bay doors 12 x 12. (604)941-2959

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

TRANSPORTATION

548

FURNITURE

810

AUTO FINANCING

MATTRESSES starting at $99 • Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331

560

MISC. FOR SALE

AT LAST! An iron filter that works.

IronEater!

Fully patented Canada/U.S.A. Removes iron, hardness, smell, manganese. Since 1957. Visit our 29 innovative inventions; www.bigirondrilling.com.

Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON. BIG BUILDING SALE... “THIS IS A CLEARANCE SALE. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!” 20x20 $3,985.

25X24 $4,595. 30X36 $6,859.

35X48 $11,200. 40X52 $13,100.

47X76 $18,265. One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

DreamTeam Auto Financing “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

1-800-961-7022

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557

Tyldesleys Auctions at 1055 Vernon Drive, Vancouver BC to satisfy outstanding charges for storage rental at The Storeroom incurred by the following: Mark Slack, Parinaz Hajifattahi, Jin Woo Choi, Ajeet NapierSwipzman, Patrick Leung, Robert Ryan, Lincoln Moyo, Jason Yoo, Blaine Cronin, Nigel Moulton, Michael Cowan, Hawkeye Gold, Jack Kalpakian, Sidney Kemp.

HAPPY 100% VALENTINE’S BC Owned and Operated Prices Effective February 7 to February 13, 2013.

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

Grocery Department Salt Spring Whole Bean Organic Fair Trade Coffee

Meat Department Ritter Sport Chocolate Bars

WOW!

assorted varieties

3/6.00

400g • product of Canada

Bremner’s Frozen Fruit

4.99lb/ 11.00kg

reg 2.99

from 10.99

Black Creek Ranch Lean Ground Beef

5.99

3/6.99

600g product of Canada

1 L • +deposit +eco fee product of Canada

Hass Avocados Mexican Grown

4.99lb/ 11.00kg

PRICING

Deli Department

R.W. Garcia Crackers

Rogers Porridge Oats assorted varieties

assorted varieties

2/7.00

2/6.00

1.35Kg

product of Canada

1 dozen

value pack

Kiju Organic Juice assorted varieties

49.99

100g

product of Germany

assorted varieties

Premium Hand Tied Rose Bouquets

Whole Organic Chickens

PRICING

assorted varieties

Produce Department

Organic Red Grape Tomatoes from Mexico

Let Us Cook For Your Family Day Dinner: Specialty Roasted Chickens

WOW!

whole

113g

PRICING

1.00 off

product of USA

5/5.00

WOW!

2/5.00

1 pt container

regular retail price Avalon Organic Cottage Cheese

half

.50 off

Loacker Quadratini Cookies assorted varieties

1 or 2%

2/7.00

4.99

Tre Stelle Bocconcini Cheese light, pearls or medallion

5.49

Saputo Mozzarellissima Cheese

3.99

assorted varieties

2/7.00

220-250g

product of Italy

500g product of Canada

Imperial Organics 100% Organic Tea

regular retail price

340g product of Canada

18 bags

200g • reg 6.49

Bakery Department

product of USA

Bulk Department

Valentine’s Cinnamon Hearts and Chocolate Luscious Lips Candy

bags only

20% off regular retail price

Health Care Department Udo’s Choice Probiotics

assorted varieties, assorted sizes

Organic Sourdough Round Bread

Attitude Eco-Friendly Diapers

Kitchen Basics Stock

550g

assorted sizes

assorted varieties

10.99

2/5.00

product of Canada

The Udder Guy’s Ice Cream assorted varieties

4.99

5.99

Whole Alternatives Organic Microwave Popcorn

2/5.00

Coco Libre Organic Coconut Water

Berio Olive Oil

regular or pineapple

assorted varieties

2/3.00

from 6.99

200-220g

WOW!

55.99

818-829g

Nature's Gate Velvet Moisture Body Wash

Rice Valentine’s Day Cookies

3 pack • product of USA

Vega Sport System Protein Products PRICING

Rice Bakery

original or buttered

330ml +deposit +eco fee • product of USA

Valentine’s Day Belgian Chocolate or Raspberry Cream Cheese Mousse Cakes

946ml

product of USA

500ml product of Canada

from 16.99

2.99

assorted varieties, assorted sizes

1.00 off

6.79

532ml

regular retail price

500ml

product of Italy

WOW!

Seminars & Events at our South Surrey location, 3248 King George Blvd.

PRICING

Monday, February 18, 7:00-9:00pm.

Cooking Class: Foods to Warm The Heart: Heart Healthy Comfort Foods

With Chef Antonio Cerullo. Cost $20.00. Register online or call 604-541-3902.

Look for our

Tuesday, February 19, 7:00-8:30pm

WOW!

Cultivating Joy – Starting with the Here and Now with Dr. Tom Grodski, ND of White Rock Naturopathic Clinic. Cost $5. Register online or call 604-541-3902.

PRICING

2012 Awards.

Your loyalty has helped Choices achieve these awards. Thank you!

www.choicesmarkets.com Kitsilano

Cambie

Kerrisdale

Yaletown

Rice Bakery

South Surrey

2627 W. 16th Ave. Vancouver 604.736.0009

3493 Cambie St. Vancouver 604.875.0099

1888 W. 57th Ave. Vancouver 604.263.4600

1202 Richards St. Vancouver 604.633.2392

2595 W. 16th Ave. Vancouver 604.736.0301

3248 King George Blvd.

South Surrey 604.541.3902

Choices at the Crest 8683 10th Ave. Burnaby 604.522.0936

Kelowna

Floral Shop

1937 Harvey Ave. Kelowna 250.862.4864

2615 W. 16th Vancouver 603-736-7522