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Queer culture celebrated xuberant Victorians are queering up the city this week, as International Day Against Homophobia will be marked with Victoria’s second-ever Queerposium on May 18.

This Saturday, from 10amDANIELLE 4pm, New Horizons Centre POPE (234 Menzies) will play host news@ to a day-long interactive event mondaymag.com for queer and trans folk and allies. A morning of workshops and discussion will lead into a provided lunch, then onto the Queering the City bike ride.

This year’s theme is simple: creating an inclusive, playful and safe space for all.

“We aim to build community engagement through discussion and play in an accessible and safe space for LGBTTIQQ2SAP folk and the people who love us,” says Anna Malkin, one of the event organizers.

Participants will be engaged in positive and nonjudgmental dialogue, and presenter Jeremy Jones will lead a workshop/discussion on Reconciliation and Decolonization, followed by a gender-nonspecific dance lesson courtesy of the All Genders Queer Social Dance Learning Collective.

Queerposium follows a line of queer-friendly events in the city, like last November’s community-building Bussed Out!?%#, a bus ride through Victoria that introduced participants to local LGBTQ haunts and included discussions on discrimination, trans masculinities and the hidden queer communities of Victoria.

To join in, visit the group’s Facebook page to purchase tickets: $15 sliding scale, although no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Learn more at: queerposium.org.

ome people say Victoria is a sleepy town, but looking at the upcoming theatre schedule, I’d swear we’re living in the Big City.

Victoria is blessed with an abundance of local live theatre choices, and this month, many shows are competing for your hard-earned dollars. There’s no better way to support our local arts economy than getting your bums into seats.

Live theatre is a fantastic way to escape reality for a few hours, or, depending on the plot, it’s a great way to examine reality more profoundly (If this side interests you, check out Theatre Inconnu’s production of The Golden Dragon, running until May 18).

Our cover features Underbelly by Jayson McDonald, one of 12 one-person shows coming to Intrepid Theatre’s 17th-annual celebration of solo performance. This year, Uno Fest (May 22 - June 1) — the longest running soloperformance festival in North America — will MARY ELLEN GREEN present its 300th solo show. And that kind of longevity doesn’t go unnoticed by soloarts@mondaymag.com performance greats — like monologuist Mike Daisey, who is in town with American Utopias (May 16 and 17 at 7:30pm at the Metro Studio) as a pre-Uno event.

On the lighter side, The Belfry Theatre is closing its run of a brand new musical Let Me Call You Sweetheart, a touching tale of two geriatric love-birds struggling to stay together through battles with health, pride and family (Closing May 19). Also at The Belfry, SNAFU Dance Theatre presents a brand-new workshop production of the stand-alone sequel to Fringe hit Little Orange Man — Kitt & Jane, an Interactive Survival Guide to the Near-Post-Apocalyptic Future (May 16 - 18 at 8pm in the studio).

Uno Fest kicks off May 22 and has something for everyone in Victoria’s notoriously open audiences — including two performances in French (Johanna Nutter’s My Pregnant Brother, Thurs., May 23 at 8:30pm; and Mani Soleymanlou’s One, Fri., May 24 at 7pm). Uno Fest also features White Rabbit Red Rabbit, written by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour, who is unable to leave his country. The play tours the world for him, and at Uno, a different actor will deliver a cold read every night with no set and no director. Five local artists will also showcase their new work in development at Uno Fest, including Andrew Barrett’s Shattered (Impulse Theatre), Emma Zabloski’s Keeper, Debra Skelton’s Sketches from the Diary of an Artist and Other Works, Jeff Leard’s The Show Must Go On and Izad Etemadi’s Borderland.

And, for the first time ever, Mr uG Productions presents the Little Fernwood UFO (Uno Fest Off-Site), presenting four solo shows by local performers, including Where’s My Flying Car? by Missie Peters, The Big Smoke by Ron Formstein (performed by Jeremy Banks), Katrina Kadoski’s Cougar Annie Tales and Lost in Space by Dave Morris (May 22-June 2 at 1923 Fernwood).

So instead of planting your garden this long weekend, support our brave theatre artists who aren’t afraid to take the risk of offering more entertainment than you can see in one week by buying a ticket and planting your your bum in a seat. M

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“Sober Together: A Survey on Peer-Support for Problematic Alcohol Use” has been developed by UVic’s Dr. Frederick Grouzet, principal investigator and associate professor of psychology, and graduate student Tyler Carey. The two hope to collect data from over 1,000 participants across North America who have ever attended a peer-support group for problematic alcohol use.

“What we’re hoping to find out is the mechanisms by how some of these programs have helped people overcome problematic alcohol use, and also how they help these people not just recover but flourish in life,” says Carey, who adds that this initial survey is part of a much larger study that will require years of data collection.

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LifeRing Canada, a secular recovery society of alcohol and drug peer support groups, has worked with researchers since its inception in 2008.

LifeRing and other groups, such as Alcoholics Anonymous and Smart Recovery, will be working with researchers in the project.

“LifeRing is very much research informed, and the research itself tells us the things we are doing successfully and the things we could improve upon,” says Michael Walsh, LifeRing executive director.

“What people are doing in their recovery is important for us to understand in order to know where to go.”

To participate in the study, visit uvic.ca/wellbeing/sobertogether, invitation code: SOBER4YOU.

ONE TIME, AT SOCIAL MEDIA CAMP This past week saw over 600 nerds unite at the largest event of its kind in Canada: Social Media Camp, held in Victoria for the fourth year in a row.

The three-day affair collected local and international followers from May 6-8, as entrepreneurs, business owners, professionals and amateurs who just wanted to meet Twitter celebrities gathered at the Victoria Conference Centre for the networking and education event. Sessions and keynote speeches from social media giants (like Mari Smith and CC Chapman) left delegates eager for more.

From “Optimizing your Facebook Feed” and “Using Pinterest for Business” to “Cyberbullying” and “Attention Economics,” those present gained toplevel strategic advice and insight on how to engage customers, manage brands, empower employees and perfect social media campaigns.

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21 for a six-night journey with keynote speaker Tod Maffin and workshops by award-winning photographer Kris Krug. Learn more at: socialmediacamp. ca/social-media-cruise.

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Chowing down Off the Eaten Track NEW FOOD TOUR GROUP BRINGS FOCUS BACK TO LOVE OF LOCAVORES lexis Ragan and Bonnie Todd have more than just their 10year friendship in common.

The two women spent over a decade in the food and hospitality industry and even more time travelling the world before realizing there was a dire need missing from their culinary appetite: a resource for locals and tourists to discover where the best places to eat exist.

“We’re both avid travellers — and eaters! — and we realized that there were two WALLY SCHMIDT things we held dear when travelling abroad,” says Todd. Bonnie Todd (left) and Alexis Ragan are the two behind Off the Eaten Track.

“First, getting off the tourist grid and exploring hidden areas. And second, getting insider tips on where the two year-round tours starting just in time for tourist locals eat. So we season — one focused on Cook Street Village and one DANIELLE POPE decided to com- in Oak Bay. bine these two “It sounds cheesy, but these tours really give a news@mondaymag.com values.” personal face to the businesses that partner with us, Thus, they created their very own solution: Off and when you go in there and meet the owners or the The Eaten Track Culinary Walking Tours. Now, the chefs, you learn about the philosophies they use with two-person tour company is celebrating its first suc- their food,” says Ragan, who adds she has traipsed all cessful year in Vancouver by hopping a ferry over to over the world in search of the perfect bite and still the Island. Ragan and Todd are bringing their brand loves what B.C. offers. of locavore love to Victorians starting May 16, with While food and tours aren’t a new concept to Islanders — especially as residents prepare again to share spectator space with thousands of visitors — Off The Eaten Track fills a new niche in Victoria. The tours, which last approximately two hours, combine a location education with a sampling of the best tastes eateries have to offer, all battered together with a healthy stroll to digest the food while giving participants a chance to make new connections with businesses and fellow foodies.

“What makes Off the Eaten Track different is that we bring out people who aren’t necessarily local; so people who come off the cruise ships who maybe would never have made it to Oak Bay or Cook Street Village will see these little gems,” says Todd. “And locals who do know about the areas will still learn new things about where they are eating and what they are supporting by doing so.”

Participants who join in the Cook Street Village tour will be taken through The Tin Roof Market & Deli, Pizzeria Prima Strada, The Beagle Pub, Hot and Cold Café and Bubby’s Kitchen. Oak Bay tourists will see Discovery Coffee, Sweet Delights, The Village Patisserie, The Whole Beast and Vis a Vis. Due to the alcoholic samples, guests must be 19+.

While the two women plan to use the summer to test out the success of the Victoria tours, their Vancouver counterpart (which offers four main tours) will continue. Ragan says she hopes to expand the Victoria tours to other areas as business increases and new eateries show interest.

“The tours are really a more personal way to experience a culture and a restaurant than going to get food yourself,” says Todd. “A lot of people go back afterwards because they’ve found a new place they love, which is great for the businesses, but even better for the people who now know what’s in their neighbourhood.” M

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✓ EVENTS FRI. MAY 17 AFRICA FEST 2013 - Come celebrate Victoria’s First African and Caribbean Cultural Week. The week-long festival will be buzzing with exciting music, dance, exquisite and exotic food, education, fashion and more. Multiple events and locations to WEDNESDAY. Launch: 6-9pm at Centennial Square. $20, also get into Club Salsa at the Victoria Event Centre. 250-858-6576.

DUPLICATE BRIDGE SPRING SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT - Be part of the fun and play to earn silver points. Tournament FRIDAY-SUNDAY 1pm start Friday, noon start Saturday 9:30am Sunday at the Field House, Pearkes Rec Centre (3100 Tillicum). $10 per game. 250-595-4742.

SAT. MAY 18 QUEERPOSIUM - A day-long interactive event for queer and trans* folk and the people who love us. A morning of workshops and discussion, followed by lunch and the Queering The City bike ride. 10am4pm at New Horizons Centre (234 Menzies). $15 suggested donation. queerposium.org. (See story, P3.)

MOUNT WORK-OUT! (GUIDED HIKE) - Join a CRD Regional Parks’ naturalist on this vigorous hike from marshy lowlands to rugged rocky outcrops. Bring a lunch, water and rain gear, and wear sturdy hiking shoes. 10:30am-1pm at Mount Work Regional Park (Highlands, Munn Road parking lot). Free. 250-478-3344.

OPEN ARMS FOR OWEN - A family fun day to support a local toddler and his family while he fights leukemia.

All activities are by donation, with all proceeds going to support Owen and his family directly. 11:30am-2pm at Eagle Ridge Community Centre (1089 Langford Pkwy). By donation.

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COMMUNITY MOVIE NIGHT BY VICTORIA YOGA CONFERENCE - Join a relaxing and insightful community movie night at the 24 Carrot Centre: showing YOGAWOMAN, a film that captures this fascinating time of awakening female power. 7-9pm at 24 Carrot Centre (714 Discovery). Free. 250479-4235.

ROLLER DERBY - Victoria’s Eves Of Destruction Roller Derby League is proud to present The Belles of the Brawl in their first home bout of the 2013 season. 7pm at Archie Browning Sports Center (1151 Esquimalt). $15. evesofdestruction.com.

AFC 18 - Mayhem in Victoria: live Mixed Martial Arts with all your favourite MMA stars. 6-9pm at Bear Mountain Arena (1767 Island Hwy). $40+. 250-686-5111, aggressionfc.com.

SUN. MAY 19 BIRDING IN UPLANDS PARK Join Birder Geoffrey Newell of the Friends of Uplands Park in a bird walk from Cattle Point through Uplands Park. Bring binoculars, bird books or checklists. Rain or shine. 8am at Cattle Point (off Beach Drive, by first boat launch). Free. 250-595-8084.

BASTION SQUARE PUBLIC MARKET - The market turns 18 this year! See an eclectic mix of arts, crafts, imports, entertainment and farmers selling their locally grown produce and fruits; homemade breads, pastries, honey, preserves, chutneys and relishes; free range eggs and more. Live entertainment.

To Sept. 22. THURSDAY-SATURDAY 11am-5:30pm, SUNDAYS 11am4:30pm at Bastion Square (Wharf to Government). Free.

JAMES BAY COMMUNITY MARKET - Live music, yummy treats, cool clothing, funky jewelry, local produce and natural treasures. To Oct. 12. SATURDAYS 9am-3pm at corner of Menzies and Superior. 250381-5323, jamesbaymarket.com.

WORDS THURS. MAY 16 WRITING A PLAY? - Submit a short scene (approximately 10 pages) of your play-in-progress for inclusion in Island Playwrights' next "Scene & Heard" event, where local actors read it aloud and you'll get instant audience feedback. Deadline: May 30.

Deliver to James Bay New Horizons (234 Menzies). 250-386-0623, islandplaywrights.weebly.com.

SUN. MAY 19 STEPHEN JENKINSON - 7 Arrows in the Air: an evening of poetry and prodigious speech with Stephen Jenkinson. Spiritual activist, teacher, author, storyteller, ceremonialist and farmer, Jenkinson is the founder and principal instructor of The Orphan Wisdom School in Ontario where he teaches the mandatory arts of living deeply and dying well. 7-10pm at Church of Truth (111 Superior). $35.

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MON. MAY 2O VICTORIA STORYTELLERS GUILD - The Victoria Storytellers Guild welcomes you to hear and tell stories.

7:15pm at 1831 Fern. $5/$3 students, includes goodies. 250-477-7044.

GALLERIES SAT. MAY 18 COAST COLLECTIVE GALLERY Shoes! High heels, flip flops, boots, baby shoes, slippers and sandals: oil, acrylic and watercolour paintings, lino cut prints, monotype prints and etchings, photography, jewellery and 3D art. Opening reception 2-4pm. To June 2 at 3221 Heatherbell.

MERCURIO GALLERY - Four Tellers: Phyllis Serota, Dorothy Field, Miles Lowry and Tobias Tomlinson. Opening reception 1-4pm. To May 26 at 4357 Metchosin.

TUES. MAY 21 MALTWOOD PRINTS AND DRAWINGS GALLERY - See the “Long Now of Ulysses” exhibit. To Aug. 12 at the McPherson Library.

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THE SHATTERED HEARTS - Cover tunes from Soundgarden, Katy Perry and Spirit of the West. $5 after 9pm at Canoe Brewpub (450 Swift).

KITT AND JANE- An Interactive Survival Guide to the Near PostApocalyptic Furture, the stand-alone sequel to Fringe hit Little Orange Man, takes over the Belfry Studio THURS, FRI and SAT at 8pm. Tickets are $15/10 at 250-385-6815 or belfry. bc.ca.

LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEARTThe Belfry Theatre makes the world premiere of Bruce Ruddell and Bill Henderson's new musical. Directed

by Michael Shamata, Let Me Call You Sweetheart stars Elizabeth Duncan, Vincent Gale, Megan Leitch, Nicola Lipman, Donna Soares and Alec Willows. Inspired by a chance meeting at Salt Spring Island’s Harbour House Hotel, this charming new musical fuses nostalgic tunes with new compositions that swing and sway and syncopate. TUES to SAT at 8pm, SAT at 4pm and SUN at 2pm until May 19. Tickets start at $25 at 250-385-6815 or online at tickets. belfry.bc.ca.

THE GOLDEN DRAGON- Join Theatre Inconnu for a highly unique play set in an Asian restaurant that sees five actors portray 15 characters whose lives are inextricably linked.

Plays WEDNESDAY to SATURDAY at 8pm and SATURDAY and SUNDAY at 2pm until May 18 at 1923 Fernwood.

Tickets at ticketrocket.org or 250590-6291.

FRI. MAY 17 ART OF THE TRIO- Presents Canadian jazz great Phil Dwyer with Ken Lister and Kelby MacNayr. 8pm at Hermann's Jazz Club (753 View). $20/18.

BC/DC - The rock 'n' roll tribute to AC/DC takes over Soprano's (730 Caledonia). 9pm. $12.

AARON MURRAY PROJECTBrings East Coast flavoured original folk-country roots. Aaron Ellingson fiddle, Cluny Macpherson bass, and Rodrigue Dechaine hand drums. 8pm at James Bay Coffee & Books (143 Menzies).

THE GRUNTLES - Bring their blues-fusion-rock style with a touch of Mediterranean influence to Gorgeous Coffee (103, 300 Gorge). 7pm. By donation.

THE BROKEN STRINGS - Cover tunes from Tom Petty, Ryan Adams and the Talking Heads. $5 after 9pm at Canoe Brewpub (450 Swift).

SAT.MAY 18 THE SARDINES-Mike Hann and Tyler Harvey are The Sardines, playing a happy mix of good times music. $5 after 9pm at Canoe Brewpub (450 Swift).

KRISTA DI GEORGIO TRIO- With Tony di Georgio, guitar & banjo, and Brad Hawkes percussion. 8pm at James Bay Coffee & Books (143 Menzies). 250-386-4700. By donation. jamesbaycoffeeandbooks.com.

ANGELA SAINI-Brings her Cakes and Callouses tour to Gorge-ous Coffee (103, 300 Gorge). 7pm. By donation.

THE THREEPENNY OPERA - Join The Barracuda Saxophone Quartet will be joined by Pablo Cardenas on piano and Petra Kixmoller (spoken word) for this very special rendition of the Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. 7:30pm at Merlin's Sun Home Theatre (1983 Fairfield). $22/20.

SUN. MAY 19 NAOMI SATO AND FARSHID SAMANDARI- Featuring a recital/ lecture with Nato on the Japanese Mouth Organ and composer Samandari offering insights into writing new works. 2pm at Open Space (510 Fort). By donation.

QUOIA-EP and video release party with the Island's favourite musical collective. 9pm at Canoe Brewpub (450 Swift). $10 at the door.

CANUS - Hot jazz featuring Jim Armstrong at Hermann's Jazz Club (753 View). 4-7pm. $12.

SAHARA JANE AND JAMIE LOUGHEED- Blending classical Indian music and Canadian folk.

After open stage at 7:30pm at Norway House (1110 Hillside). $5.

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FRI. MAY 17 GIGGLES AND JIGGLES - Miss Rosie Bitts presents a night of stand up comedy and neo burlesque with Alain Williams, Darcy Collins, Duncan Polson, Shawn O'Hara, The Lady Josehpine, Vava VunderBust and Silk E Gunz. 7:30 and 9:30pm at Intrepid Theatre Club (1609 Blanshard).

Tickets are $20 at Garden of Eden or eventbrite.ca.

SUN. MAY 19 THE SHOWDOWN FILM FEST - Hosted by Bryan Skinner, the first-annual Showdown film fest feaures seven short films by seven local movie makers. The audience votes and the winner gets $200 cash.

8pm at Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad) $10.

WEDS. MAY 22 LITTLE FERNWOOD UFO - Featuring Where's My Flying Car by Missie Peters, Lost in Space by Dave Morris, Cougar Annie Tales by Katrina Kadoski, and The Big Smoke, performed by Jeremy Banks. Full schedule at littlefernwoodufo.com.

Tickets at ticketrocket.org. Runs until June 2 at 1923 Fernwood.

UNO FEST - Intrepid Theatre hosts North America's longest-running solo-performance festival May 22June 2 at Metro Studio (1411 Quadra).

12 shows over 11 days. Full schedule at intrepidtheatre.com. Tickets at ticketrocket.org. See story P 9.

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Hosted by the Prodigy Group, a committee of the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce, the Amazing Chase promises to be a networking event like no other.

The event aims to provide a fun, unique opportunity to connect with all levels of local professionals, explains Prodigy Group Chair Lori Muñoz, who competed in the event herself for the past two years. Teams will race around downtown Victoria, completing mental and physical challenges at various businesses or public areas, earning clues to their next challenge location.

“It’s a fun networking opportunity that gets people out in the community,”

Muñoz says, noting that organizers have also partnered with the City of Victoria this year as part of the “Late Night, Great Night” campaign, which showcases downtown as a vibrant, safe destination with plenty going on in the evening.

As part of that, the Chase moves to the evening for the first time, running from 7 to 9 p.m., followed by an afterparty.

“It’s a lot of fun and the challenges are really interesting. The other thing people like is that as a networking event, it’s something unique,” Muñoz says.

Presented by TD Small Business Banking, the Amazing Chase has teams of four work together to solve about 12 to 15 challenges. While this year’s challenges are a closely guarded secret, past events have included blindfolded tandem kayaking, decoding a message displayed with maritime flags, and performing a funky hip-hop dance.

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STREET SMARTS How has social media changed your life?

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Here’s hoping it’s honesty from here on ust a few days before this week’s provincial election, as highly motivated voters were streaming in record numbers to advance BRIAN polls, Statistics KIERAN Canada released its bkieran@ Labour Force Survey mondaymag.com for April.

Desperate to find some comfort in the Stats Can numbers, campaign-weary Liberals hailed the fact that the unemployment rate was a reasonably healthy 6.4 per cent compared to 6.7 per cent in September 2011, when freshly minted premier Christy Clark announced her “Canada Starts Here Jobs Plan.”

So much of the Liberal campaign had depended on voters swallowing a daily diet rich with Liberal job creation protein and replete with health warnings that an NDP administration would cause acid reflux.

It turns out the Liberal economic feast was a dish heavy on saturated polifats and shy on nutrition. In the wake of the election, these servings of high

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caloric economic good news have been moved to the side board and we are left to chew on the factual bare bones.

Stats Can tells us the province reconstructed by the campaigning Liberals was definitely not “number one” in job creation in Canada on the day we marched to the polls. In fact, it is not at the top of the class in any employment measurement used by Stats Can. B.C.’s unemployment rate is the highest of all the Western provinces. And, B.C.’s labour force has hardly grown at all.

In fact, a yeoman analysis by Gemini Award-winning Sun Media National Bureau Chief David Akin indicates that B.C. is dead last among all provinces when it comes to the rate of growth of its labour force in the last 17 months since the Jobs Plan was introduced with such fanfare.

Here’s the truth about our economic journey since the Jobs Plan was announced: B.C. trails Ontario, Alberta, Quebec and Saskatchewan in total number of jobs created; the only job growth has been 42,000 public sector jobs and 21,000 self-employed jobs; B.C. lost more than 45,000 private sector jobs; total full-time and part-time jobs have grown by just 0.77 per cent over 17 months with only Manitoba and New Brunswick doing worse while

It’s expanded my world to a global level, and allows me to keep in touch!

Saskatchewan was first with 4.77 per cent job growth.

I have discovered a few more nuggets since 8:01pm Tuesday. Even before Clark took command of the Liberal Party, the jobs numbers were uninspired. For example, the influx of temporary foreign workers (70,000) exceeded the net number of jobs created (52,000) between 2008 and 2011 and, on the Liberal watch, 30,000 forestry jobs were lost in B.C. and 70 mills closed.

Here’s the bottom line: in the unbearably long run up to this week’s election, we were fed an inordinate amount of propaganda from Christy Clark and the Liberals about their fiscal and economic stewardship. That included a budget that pretended to be balanced. It continued with an assertion that B.C. is on the path to debt freedom when, in fact, we owe the global money lenders more than $60 billion. It carried on with the assertion that free enterprise growth in B.C. is anchoring western prosperity.

In the days to come, the next government will be sworn in. A new cabinet will takes its place in the West Wing of the Legislature and it will open the books for a hard look at the real state of play.

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The battery life of my phone has become a daily concern to me.

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Does feminism matter — who’s asking? oes feminism matter?

Pose the question to people you know: does feminism matter to you, to me, to anyone?

Answers will run the gamut from “unequivocally yes” to “absolutely not,” right through to “what’s feminism?” Answers also range from the visceral to the impenetrably analytical, making this a daunting topic for SIMON many who find themselves somewhere in NATTRASS the middle of the spectrum.

It was these diverse opinions that edisnattrass@ tors Kay Gallivan and Fiona Schick set out mondaymag.com to explore when they posed this question to local writers, artists, intellectuals and everyday folk. Their answers appear in the 32nd edition of the feminist periodical Thirdspace, launched at an event last weekend.

“We wanted to create something that was accessible for everyone in our lives, and for people in general,” said Gallivan, who noted that earlier issues often did not address the topic of feminism head-on, instead directing a feminist lens at more ephemeral topics like bodies and health. While the answers gathered in this issue are largely

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“Yes, feminism matters,” a wide range of exceptions, additions and clarifications illustrate that the debate is still very much alive.

For her answer, activist and educator Sarah Hunt detailed the limitations of a strictly feminist approach to her work on violence in indigenous communities. “Before there was anyone calling themselves a feminist, there were women resisting,” said Hunt in an interview. “Indigenous women, women of colour have always been resisting sexism, colonialism, gendered violence and the imposition of mainstream gender norms, but they just didn’t have this label of feminism.”

Local writer Austin Simpson responded with an emphatic yes, saying “Feminism taught me to accept people for who they are, not for their body parts or their disabilities or their differences.”

Simpson related his experience growing up Jewish with a prominent queer activist mother, adding “All of this, of course, is why feminism matters.”

Whether we choose to think about it or not, whether we feel it keenly or at a distance, gender roles touch every aspect of our lives. From violent masculinity to sexualized femininity, from the sacred to the mundane, understanding gender means understanding ourselves. These questions should never be reserved for academics and activists alone. So ask yourself, ask everyone around you, and dare to wonder: does feminism matter? M

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With an African and Caribbean food fair, marketplace, song, dance and drumming workshops, fashion show, beauty pageant, music and dance performances, kids’ zone and a culture exhibition featuring African country flags, Africa Fest is sure to be an entertaining and enlightening experience.

Kick it up a notch with Africaribbean Spirit Night (May 18, $15) at the Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad).

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MARIACHI FEST he fifth-annual Mariachi Festival serenades its way to Victoria’s Alix Goolden Hall Fri., May 17 at 7pm.

This year’s gala features music from Cocula (Jalisco, Mexico), Los Arrieros (Texas, U.S.A.), and traditional dancers — all dressed in stunning “charro” suits and decorative hats, while the sounds of guitars, violins, bass and trumpets fill the air.

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n the heels of a romping sex comedy (In the Next Room/The Vibrator Play), Theatre Inconnu offers up a meaty piece of theatre with its production of The Golden Dragon by Roland Schimmelpfennig.

Although set in a Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese fast food restaurant, The Golden Dragon is more of a slow food offering — and the audience needs to sing for their supper, as the song goes.

In fact, The Golden Dragon is hard work for everyone involved.

In the program’s director’s notes, Clayton Jevne states “This is not an easy play, and as such, it does not offer the entertainment escape that this stressfilled world drives us toward ... take from it, not a reprieve from reality, but a deeper appreciation of reality.”

A cast of five, only one of which (Catriona Black) has graced the Theatre Inconnu stage at Little Fernwood Hall in the past, plays a multitude of characters, telling a series of seemingly unrelated stories — five chefs in the Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese fast food restaurant, a twist on Aesop’s fable (The Ant and the Grasshopper, but in this case The Ant and the Cricket) about the virtues of hard work, a pair of young lovers facing an unwanted pregnancy, and two stewardesses home after a long voyage.

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In the first act, it’s not entirely clear how all the stories are connected — only that some of the characters live in the same building as The Golden Dragon. In the second act, everything comes together lickety-split — what wasn’t clear in the first half quickly becomes apparent.

Original Asian music by Douglas Hensley sets the scene and carries the mood through intermission.

Costumes, set and lighting, also by Clayton Jevne is simple, but spot on.

Since the script only offers dialogue and little direction on form, Jevne has free reign on staging and he pulls off this complex show well. Five chefs in five brightly coloured jackets, each with a station filled with the necessary equipment to run a restaurant — pots, pans and utensils — that fill the small theatre with the chaotic sounds of a Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese fast food restaurant.

The 90-minute play includes a 15 minute intermission and is just the perfect length to keep the audience engaged in such a thought-provoking, weighty story — one worth investing your time and energy in. M The Golden Dragon runs at Theatre Inconnu (1923 Fernwood) May 15, 16, 17, 18 at 8pm and May 18 at 2pm. Tickets at Ticketrocket.org or 250-590-6291.

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Delving into the Underbelly of the Beat Generation SOLO-PERFORMANCE TAKES ON THE STYLE OF CELEBRATED AMERICAN AUTHOR WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS rom the depths of the Beat Generation’s Bohemian hedo- that takes me. With Underbelly, however, it’s an homage to nism comes Jayson McDonald’s Underbelly, a look at the life this wonderful artists’ life works. So because I don’t have any and times of American novelist, poet and artist William S. Bur- measure of the talent Burroughs had, I’m trying to adapt all roughs. his various processes and techniques and create Dubbed an “Hallucinatory autosomething original which is not only a tribute to biography ... based partly in reality his life and his work as an artist, but also to the UNDERBELLY and partly in myth,” Underbelly is a scene as a whole.”

Intrepid Theatre's Uno Fest spoken word piece based on the writOnly one line of Burroughs’ work appears in Metro Studio (1411 Quadra) ings of Burroughs and other writers Underbelly — from his final journal entry — the Sun., May 26 at 8pm (pay from the Beat Generation, including rest is entirely original work by McDonald. what you can) Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.

“It’s his life as it would be described by him, Mon., May 27 at 8pm McDonald, best known on the using his voice,” says McDonald. “Keeping in $20 or five shows for $69 at Fringe circuit for his shows like Giant mind that he’s a very unreliable narrator.” ticketrocket.org or 250 590 Invisible Robot (Victoria Fringe “It bounces around a little, but there is a nar6291 2011), takes a departure from his rative. It’s an emotional narrative, and as far as comic style, but his knack for storythe techniques are concerned, it’s basically linear telling shines in Underbelly. as well.”

“Underbelly is very different from anything else I’ve ever Underbelly came to life out of Intrepid Theatre’s Bring Out done,” says McDonald, artistic director of Stars and Hearts Your Dead event in 2010. “They invited a bunch of performers theatre in London, ON. “My other works ... there’s not a ton to do monologues about their favourite dead celebrities, and of research involved. They’re all very personal shows. They’re Burroughs popped into my head,” says McDonald. He then all fiction and I tend to improvise when I write and see where spent eight months researching Burroughs’ work, reading his journals and listening to audiobooks, then writing the piece. It had an underwhelm-

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ing, although critically acclaimed run at the 2012 Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver Fringes, thanks in part to the challenging subject matter, style and delivery. “It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever had to sell,” he says. “I think it will have legs outside the Fringe circuit. I think it’s the best show I’ve ever done.”

“I’m not especially a fan, and I’ve never been terribly influenced as a writer by these guys,” says McDonald. “I’ve always been fascinated by the era though — nuclear war is a brand new horror for everyone, they felt like their futures had been stolen from them, and that affected their lifestyles and their art ... every artist owes a page to this guy, although he never got any credit, at least until he died.”

Underbelly is appropriate for audiences over the age of 16. “It’s all about junkies and prostitutes and swearing,” says McDonald. “Young audiences would be bored out of their tree.”

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Theatre’s Uno Fest When Erdal, who had moved from Israel to Vancouver to attend film school, received a phone call lthough the trailers for Baz (Moulin Rouge) telling him is mother was dying of lung cancer, he put Luhrmann’s adaptation of The Great Gatsby his life on hold and returned to his homeland to spend contained a threateningly large quantity of eye- as much time as he could with her, filming more than popping razzle-dazzle, the film is, at least by 30 hours of tape in her last months on Earth, intendLurhmann’s standards, a relatively subdued af- ing to make a documentary film about her life. fair. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic Jazz Age novel Upon his return to Vancouver, Erdal put the footthat critiqued the modern American soul contin- age away, as the grief was too great to set to work on ues to sell in the hundreds of thousands, and on the project. paper Luhrmann seemed a good choice to adapt It wasn’t until five years later when James Long — this rather symbolic tale of a naïve Midwesterner artistic director of Vancouver’s Theatre Replacement, dragged into the opulent homes and decadent and director of How to Disappear Completely — asked lives of a group of self-absorbed Long Island so- Erdal to be part of a workshop where the idea for cialites. the full show came to be. Multiple artists would creSurprisingly, this tragic tale of love, greed, ate short 10-minute pieces based on Erdal’s footage, and power is rarely emotionally involving, while which Long its principal characters are mostly uninteresting. had seen over HOW TO DISAPPEAR Tobey Maguire as the Fitzgerald-esque narrator the years as who recalls the story in flashback is the only the two were COMPLETELY person who seems to break through the film’s good friends, Thurs., May 23 at 9pm Sat., stylized façade. The usually excellent Carey and Erdal — May 25 at 2pm Mulligan (An Education), playing the limp but who has been $20 or five shows for $69 at beautiful narcissist caught between two power- blessed with ticketrocket.org ful millionaires, makes for a rather dazed Daisy. the gift of gab or 250-590-6291 And Leonardo DiCaprio’s performance as the — got on stage eponymous Jay Gatsby has a few compelling to translate moments but mostly seems self-conscious (and (the dialogue is in Hebrew) and provide context. after the first hundred utterances of “old sport,” “I’m not an actor,” says Erdal. “I’m a good storycouldn’t he have given it a rest?). As is often the teller, I’m comfortable in public and I love talking ... case, you’re better off staying home and reading The notion of being in front of people wasn’t strange the book. M to me.”

What was intimidating was Erdal’s fear of offending his family. “They all came to the opening,” he says.

THE GREAT GATSBY ★★½ “They were very touched. I was worried about offendDirected by Baz Luhrmann ing my sister because she’s a very private person and Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Richard Carter her face is being projected on a huge screen, and we’re PG 13 - 154 minutes • Continues at The Empire 6, talking about the two hardest times in her life — my WestShore, SilverCity, Uni 4 and the Star parents getting divorced and my mother dying— so I was worried about her reaction.”

While his sister wasn’t comfortable with the idea of being filmed in their time of great vulnerability, which led to fighting amongst them at the time, it was his mother who encouraged him to bring his camera.

“She said ‘This is my contribution to your future profession,’ it was her idea,” says Erdal. “She was directing the movie. www.facebook.com/upstairscabaret / www.ticketzone.com She’d say ‘cut,’ or tell me www.twitter.com/upstairscabaret / www.upstairscabaret.ca how to get better angles.

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Things look good but you might be redefining a relationship or seeing it in a new light. Quite likely, you will have a more accurate appreciation of others. “What would I do without you?” (I’d go to Vegas and have a great time.) Conversations will be meaningful and the month ahead will be the perfect time to patch up misunderstandings.

But do take note: You will be more tired in the coming month, which means you need to get more sleep. Go to bed.

CAPRICORN DEC 22-JAN 19 Surprising changes at home might be one of the reasons you’re keen to get better organized. You’re almost directing traffic. You will work hard to accomplish a lot because many of you have great job opportunities now or see chances to improve your job or get a better job. You’ll also want to make where you work look more attractive. And speaking of attractive – co-workers and bosses look appealing, which is why a work-related romance is likely. Fortunately, it’s not all work and no play. Mars makes you feisty, prankish and eager to explore sports and competitive activities.

Slip away on a vacation if you can. But first, a little nosh.

AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 This is a fun-filled month ahead for you! Take a vacation. If you can’t do this, then plan lots of social activities and make time for sports, picnics, barbecues, short trips, movies, the arts and playful times with children. Romance can flower beautifully in the next six weeks. This is also a wonderful time for those of you who are creative and artistic because your productivity will surge. You’re full of innovative ideas because you see things in a new light, which means you can put a new spin on things. However, do be careful because this week is a mildly accidentprone time for you. Pay attention to everything you say and do.

PISCES FEB 19-MARCH 20 Home, family and your domestic, private world are your primary focus for the next six weeks – no question. In fact, you can enrich your home life and enhance and deepen your family relationships at this time. (A wonderful opportunity to do this.) Enjoy entertaining at home as well as tackling home repairs. Conversations with a parent could be significant. You will love redecorating or making where you live look more beautiful, which is why entertaining at home will give you a chance to show off your clever ideas.

You’re aggressive in communications with others now. (It’s just what it is.) Keep an eye on financial matters because something unusual might occur.

A sudden job offer or a job change? (Work is the curse of the drinking class.)

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