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1. Don’t go to the party hungry – you’ve heard this one before, but here’s a little reminder. It’s much more difficult to make smart decisions about food when you are starving. Make sure you have a healthy and sensible snack before you go out. Be sure it includes some protein, good fat and fibre to keep your blood sugar stable, this will help to avoid a sugar crash later.

2. For potlucks, bring a healthy dish you love. This way you know there will be a healthy dish that you can fill up on and enjoy alongside some of the other treats you might not usually have.

3. Give yourself permission to indulge in the things that you love most. If it’s not something that you love, try to remember that just because it’s there and it’s a “treat,” you don’t have to eat it.

4. When you do indulge in the things you love, take time to savour it. Our lives are so full and busy we often do things on autopilot without being completely present. When you enjoy a treat, stop and take notice, eat slowly and savour it.

5. Try out some alternative cooking/baking. Recipes for healthier alternatives can often be just as yummy and the Internet is a great place to find them. Here’s a site I love for its healthy and delicious recipes: http://www.nourishingmeals.com.

6. Plan some active family adventures. Routines and exercise schedules are often disrupted in December so try to plan for some fun active time with loved ones. Options might include a hike, the seasonal light display at Butchart Gardens, or a trip to the local recreation centre.

7. Plan for some time for stress release. There is often stress involved in all of the planning, shopping, cleaning, baking and entertaining. Take some time for yourself and do the things that help you to lower your stress. Even just sitting down a couple times each day to take 10 deep, slow, focused breaths – this little practice can do wonders!

8. Drink in moderation. For many, celebrating and spending time with friends and family means having a few drinks. Leaving aside the fact that red wine may contain health giving antioxidants, we know that alcohol is generally not terribly good for us and binge drinking is downright bad for us. That’s before you add the sugar and other things (colour, preservatives, calories...) that are in many mixed drinks. So make a plan now that you can stick to for this seasons parties.

9. Drink water, it’s essential to your good health. Remember to drink water at parties and social events; this will help keep you from eating too much (sometimes we confuse thirst for hunger) and drinking too much. Consider adding carbonated water to your favourite drink rather than pop – you might develop a taste for it!

10. Boost your immune system. Natural medicine offers many effective tools that help to support and nourish your immune system. Examples include vitamin D, probiotics and herbs like echinacea and astragalus. As a naturopathic doctor my preference is always to assess the individual and then choose which of these tools will be most effective for a particular person.

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the month off with the 33rd annual fun runs kick off at Henderson Centre to support the Oak Bay Rotary Club.

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chance to check out the remix of the greatest love story ever told. belfry.bc.ca.

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nominated Bulat brings her one-of-a-kind sound to Lucky Bar. ticketweb.ca.

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Victoria takes part in the global TED Women event, with live streaming and discussion at St. Ann’s Academy.

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Operatic Society presents Little Orphan Annie at the McPherson Playhouse. Until Dec. 14. rmts.bc.ca.

wilde Holiday sHorts Playwright Nicole Natrass reads holiday stories, and Oscar Wilde classics at Kaleidoscope Theatre. Free.

- Timothy Gosley and the Theatre Inconnu present a tale set in 1944, Carr’s last Christmas. Nov. 29 - Dec. 14.

Theatre presents their annual Christmas show at the Isabelle Reader Theatre.

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sing songs of inspiration at the Royal Theatre. Tickets starting at $32, rmts.bc.ca.

personalities present a dramatic reading of the Dickens classic at Alix Goolden Hall, to benefit Our Place.

from Tragically Hip stops by in support of his second solo disc, Not Guilty. ticketweb.ca.

The Victoria Symphony and Canadian College of Performing Arts students belt out Broadway and Hollywood musical hits at the Royal. Until Dec. 15.

Birders from across the CRD unite to participate in the longest running citizen’s science survey, 114 years and counting.

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notorious and mythical ghost from is brought to life through the words of Michael Ondaatje at Theatre Inconnu.

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with Rich Terfry (aka Buck 65), Horse Feathers, Mother Mother’s Ryan Guldemond with guests at Alix Goolden.

improvised serial soap opera continues to get medieval up in the Victoria Event Centre. sincityimprov.com.

Sing along with the 15th annual Sing-Along Messiah concert presented by the Civic Orchestra of Victoria. civicorchestraofvictoria.org

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Victoria tells the story of Pandora’s gift at the Royal theatre. Opens Dec. 28. rmts.bc.ca.

Take a break from the holiday meyhem for a guided walk around Francis/King Regional Park. Meet at the nature centre off Munn at 1pm.

Vaudevillian comedy show, followed by a New Year’s bash at the Event Centre.

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Kaleidoscope Theatre takes on the stage adaptation of the ‘80s hit Dec. 12-18 at UVic’s Farquhar Auditorium. tickets.uvic.ca.

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Tchaikovsky’s classic score and Duke Ellington’s jazzy arrangement take centre stage at Berwick Royal Oak.

- Follow the journey of the journalist and revolutionary Mumia Abu- Jamal.

Sponsored by Victoria Friends of Cuba. 2994 Douglas, 7pm.

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do what they do best: the holiday panto, from Dec. 1329. peninsulaplayers.bc.ca.

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Until dec. 22 The holidays descend on the city with free events from the Downtown Victoria Business Association and the City of Victoria. The Centennial Square light up (music, parade, sequoia plugged in) runs from 4 - 5:30pm Nov. 23, $2 weekend ferris wheel rides begin at noon the same day and free downtown horse-drawn trolley tours begin Nov. 24. downtownvictoria.ca.

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Downtown Victoria Business Association and the City of Victoria transform the Centennial Square Sequoia into everybody’s favourite giant Christmas tree.

Live music, roving performers, ice sculptures, and free treats before the light parade starts at 5:45 pm at the Inner Harbour. Nno perishables accepted for Mustard Seed Food Bank. oak bay - noV. 24

Oak Bay village comes alive with music, lighted trucks, street entertainment, roasted chestnuts and thousands of lights at 4pm. sidney - noV. 30 Sidney Sparkles Parade kicks off events on the Saanich Peninsula down Beacon at 5pm, followed by the Sidney Lighted Boat Parade that sails the shoreline from Tsehum Harbour to Bazan Bay.

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Hosted by Monday’s own Mike Delamont, with Anne Schaefer, Brooke Maxwell, Kelly Hudson and more. Tickets, $50, at ticketweb.ca. From 7 to 11pm at Rifflandia Headquarters, 1501 Douglas.

of movement marketing from 5:30pm to 7:30 at Accelerate Tectoria (2659 Douglas).

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sharp and includes an 8km run, 4km walk and a 1km children’s event. Registration, $25 for adults, $5 for kids – with free bells for all! To support the work of Rotary Club of Oak Bay.

The 33rd annual jingle bell run takes off from Henderson Centre, 2291 Cedar Hill Cross, at 10am

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Intrepid Theatre’s annual fundraiser includes a live and silent auction, tastings and cocktail catering from Zambri’s.

Raise a glass with the casts of Pick of the Fringe winners Grim and An Improvised Quentin Tarantino and bid on one of a

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The festivities begin at 6pm at Lyall and Canteen to Admirals, then Esquimalt to the Archie Browning Arena where music, food and Santa himself await.

Guests are encouraged to bring a donation of food or money for Rainbow Kitchen. colwood - dec. 5

Colwood knows how to bring in the Christmas visitors – with free eats. From 6 to 7:30. at city hall, 3300 Wishart.

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Langford lights up for its seventh annual event at 7pm at Veterans Memorial Park near the parkway and Goldstream intersection. Island Equipment Owners truck light convoy leaves Ogden Point at 5:45pm and winds around to Oak Bay before hitting the highway to finish at Western Speedway. saanicH - dec. 7

Deck the hall – Saanich municipal hall, 770 Vernon – from 5 to 8:30pm.

kind experiences. Cash raised supports festivals, venues and programming. Tickets, $40, at ticketrocket.org. netsqUared Victoria: a nonproFit tecHnology MeetUp dec. 3

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TEDxVictoriaWomen is one of many TEDx events happening around the globe on Dec. 5 that will expand on the ideas brought up at TEDWomen (viewed via live streaming). It all takes place at St. Ann’s Academy auditorium (835 Humboldt) from 11am.

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Christmas just got a little gayer at Intrepid Theatre, with the festive and spirited cabaret celebrating local gay and theatre communities with songs, monologues, stand-up and perhaps a lip sync. After the show (which starts at 8pm), the theatre transforms into a speakeasy and dancehall to toast the gayest season of all. intrepidtheatre.com. winter FilM cHallenge and soUlstice party dec. 21

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Nov. 30 Touring with his fourth album, the Juno-Award winning rapper makes a Victoria appearance with We Are the City at Sugar (858 Yates). Tickets, $20, ticketweb.ca.

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Vox Humana takes the stage with the Victoria Symphony and Maestra Tania Miller. Soloists include Nancy Argenta, Benjamin Butterfield, Aidan Ferguson, and Stephen Hegedus.

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Said the Whale shares new sounds from their I Love You EP on their 2013 Canadian Tour. The Juno-nominated Vancouver group with plenty of Victoria connections hits Alix Goolden. Edmonton/ Victoria-based rising stars Zerbin and our very own Leisure Suit join the show. Tickets, $22 advance (on sale Nov. 29), at Lyle’s Place, Ditch Records and ticketweb.ca.

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The Early Music Society of the Islands presents the Vox Humana chamber choir with Nancy Argenta, Benjamin Butterfield and the Victoria Baroque Players. 8 pm at Alix Goolden Performance Hall, 907 Pandora. Tickets from $20 at rmts.bc.ca.

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After four successful years of sold out shows, Jon and Roy return with Rich Terfry (aka Buck 65), Horse Feathers, Mother Mother’s Ryan Guldemond with guests, and Scott Stanton and David Lang of Current Swell for intimate, unplugged sets.

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The Huron Carole returns on a national tour to help Canada’s hungry. With an assortment of musical talents including George Canyon, Beverley Mahood and Shannon Gaye, founder Tom Jackson’s call to end hunger is ready to be heard once again in all communities, near and far.

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Under music director Michael Drislane, Eve Daniell, soprano and a selection of strings present an evening of classics at 7:30pm at Church of St. John the Divine, 1611 Quadra. Tickets, $10-15 at the door.

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Until Nov. 23 Thorton Wilder’s 1943 PulitzerPrize-winning satire tours the ages with a pet dinosaur. Linda Hardy directs the absurdly funny

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Until Nov. 30 Three First World War Heroes are under siege and the overbearing nuns and relentless repetition of days have them plotting one more escape. Langham Court Theatre present the character study of camaraderie and hope. Shows nightly at 8pm, except for Sundays and Mondays. Tickets, $16-21, at langhamtheatre.ca. eddIe IzzaRd

Nov. 29 - 30 See the guy John Cleese calls the funniest man in England on his world tour, Force Majeure.

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Until dec. 8 Imagine a remix of the greatest love story ever told: a Romeo and Juliet where the young lovers grow old together. Ben Power’s adaptation of William Shakespeare’s masterpiece does just that. Tickets, $25 - $40 at 250-385-6815 or tickets.belfry. bc.ca. the COlleCted WORks Of BIllY the kId

Until dec. 14 The most notorious and mythical ghost from the American Midwest frontier is brought to life through the words of Michael Ondaatje at Theatre Inconnu (1923 Fernwood). Tickets, $14/9 at ticketrocket.org.

a ChRIstMas ClassIC - The Victoria Symphony joins forces with Alberta Ballet for The Nutcracker Dec. 6 - 8 at the Royal approved Theatre. Tickets, from $29, at rmts.bc.ca or dancevictoria.com.

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Until dec. 24 Oak Bay Beach Hotel’s dinner theatre gets ready for the holidays with It’s Christmas, a musical revue featuring historic stories and music aimed at spreading the spirit of the season. Written and produced

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Until dec. 8 Sam Shepard’s searing black comedy about sibling rivalry kicks off Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre’s season in its new home at the Roxy Theatre (2657

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The final installment of the 2013 YOU Show, Liz Crocker’s The Forerunner was developed in workshops in Victoria, and mounted as a short work for Theatre Skam’s Bike Ride 2013. Crocker’s Acadian grandmother left her a legacy of forerunners and ghost stories, but is that all? Two voices untangle the mysteries. A one woman show, or is it? Tickets, $10/8, at ticketrocket.org.

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Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol. Featuring CBC personalities and music from the Open Door Choir at Our Place.

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Conductor Brian Jackson with the Victoria Symphony and the talented students of the Canadian College of Performing Arts return to present a tuneful tribute to the Christmas season with music from Hollywood and Broadway musicals, including favourites such as “White Christmas” and “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.” At the Royal Theatre. Tickets, from $35, at rmts.bc.ca.

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Zachary Stevenson as Buddy Holly, Lance Lipinsky as Jerry Lee Lewis and Garry Moore as Little Richard are tribute artists at the top of their game.

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#NOFILTER - Funny women of the web, YouTube stars Hannah Hart of My Drunk Kitchen, Grace Helbig and Mamrie Hart, try their schtick live at the McPherson Dec. 20. No editing, no censors, #NOFILTER. Tickets, $20.50$37.50 at rmts.bc.ca.

THE GIFT Dec. 28-29

Ballet Victoria presents the story of young Pandora, who can’t wait until Christmas to open a mysterious present from her uncle. The Gift is a celebration of dance, live music and holiday cheer for the whole family. Tickets, from $40, at rmts. bc.ca. 7:30 and 2pm at the Royal Theatre.

Atomic Vaudeville’s Winter Cabaret

Dec. 29-31 Victoria’s favourite Vaudevillian sketch comedy troupe presents its annual winter cabaret at the Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad). Dec. 29 to 31. Doors at 7:30pm, show at 8pm. Tickets are $18/22/35 at ticketrocket.org or 250-590-6291.

Devon McCagherty & The Stomp Club. Tickets $10 at the door (1975 Bee).

visual arts Nurturing the Creative Spirit

Until Dec. 8 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (1040 Moss) Learn about the creative history of the Sisters of St. Ann in this exhibition guest curated

by Carey Pallister, archivist of Sisters of St. Ann Archives and Michelle Jacques of Drury Gallery. aggv.ca.

Jeff Molloy: A Simple Life

Dec. 3 -19 Winchester Gallery (2260 Oak Bay) Get ready for a mixed media extravaganza constructed from rustic wagon parts and hardware, old blankets, wax and cheesecloth with Gabriola artist Jeff Molloy’s latest collection.

Everything used to construct this work could be, and much of it was, found on an old homestead.

Life is simpler when you plough around the stump, Molloy says.

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Care deeply. Opening reception runs from 6 to 8pm Dec. 5.

Sandra Meigs: The Basement Panoramas

Until Dec. 14 Open Space (510 Fort) The Victoria artist went underground to study the invisible foundations of buildings: basements and crawl spaces. She found the overlooked, catch-all spaces surprisingly intimate and exploits that quality in her largescale work.

WISH LIST: Polychrome Fine Art’s 2013 winter group exhibition

Until Dec. 24 Polychrome Fine Art (977-A Fort Street) Polychrome offers a panoply of artistic delights: paintings, photography, sculpture, and

drawing by: Ken Banner, Bill Blair, Jordy Buckles, Lissa Calvert, Charles Campbell, Adam Curry, Caite Dheere Donna Eichel, Roy Green, Cody Haight, Stephen Heal, Tyler Hodgins, Pj Kelly, J Mclaughlin, Lance Austin Olsen, Mary Patterson, Ingrid Mary Percy, Robert Randall, Mark Schmiedl, Kate Scoones and Shawn Shepherd.

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Opening reception from 7 to 9 pm Nov. 21.

Urban Thunderbirds

Sept. 20-Jan.12 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (1040 Moss) Artists and co-curators lessLie and Rande Cook realize this exhibition as a two-part installation exploring issues related to urban life and consumer culture through paintings, prints, photography and mixed media. The work uses contemporary concepts while connecting to traditions of Coast Salish and Kwakwaka’wakw culture. aggv.ca. hardold mortimer-lamb: The art lover

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THE TENORS - Difficult person on the gift list this year? How about The Perfect Gift, holiday songs from The Tenors, including beautiful renditions of O Holy Night and the timeless classic Silent Night? Dec. 2 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

PEARL JAM - Godfathers of grunge Pearl Jam are supporting their new album Lightning Bolt, on this North American fall tour, ending in their hometown of Seattle.

Dec. 4 Rogers Arena.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS VS. EDMONTON OILERS Dec. 13. Rogers Arena HEART: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS- Recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Ann and Nancy Wilson are behind some of rock’s most iconic hits. Don’t miss their return to the Vancouver stage as they perform with special guests at this holiday concert. Dec. 13 Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

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imagination are the name of the game in Sesame Street Live: Elmo Makes Music! Join the Sesame Street gang as they find new ways of making music, including rubber duckies and trash can lids. Dec. 21 and 22, UBC Thunderbird Arena.

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UNDER THE WHITE BIG TOP - What does equestrian art, stage arts and high-tech theatrical effects look like? Only Cavalia Odysseo will tell. Set in the world’s largest touring big top and performed on the biggest stage and with the greatest number of horses at liberty. Dec. 7 to Jan 5. False Creek.

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MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, a duo from Seattle, Wa., have emerged as a premier international hip-hop group known for their electrifying live shows, expertly crafted music, and innovative music videos and media. ANd for making the thrift shop an alright place to be. Dec. 10-12 Key Arena.

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HEART IS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE DEC. 13.

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Expect the literati to get loud and enthusiastic about great books (and movies) for everyone’s reading and gift-giving pleasure this holiday season. No registration required. From noon until 1pm at the Greater Victoria Public Library’s Central library branch rotunda.

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Bromberg is the reason man created stringed instruments.

He’s played with everyone, he’s toured everywhere, he can lead a raucous big band or hold an audience silent with a solo acoustic blues. Dec. 5 at The Triple Door.

EVITA- No one will judge you if you cry for the story of Eva Perón, who used her beauty and charisma to rise meteorically from the slums of Argentina to the presidential mansion as First Lady. Featuring some of theare’s most beautiful songs, including Don’t Cry for Me Argentina. Dec. 31 - Jan. 5 at The Paramount Theatre.

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Nov. 26 Bill Gaston, Dede Crane, Jan Zwicky and George Szantos form the all-star line up of West Coast wordies reading from their latest works at Russell Books (734 Fort) 7:30pm. Free.

LETTERS FROM THE LOST

Dec. 1 Award-winning author Helen Waldstein discusses her book, Letters from the Lost, a story of suffering, survivor guilt, and overcoming inter-generational obstacles exploring a traumatic past during the Second World War. Admission is by donation.

Reading runs from 2 to 4 pm at Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue, 1461 Blanshard.

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Dec. 7 Kaleidoscope Theatre and playwright Nicolle Natrass kick off the holidays with a free play reading supported by The Playwrights Guild of Canada and The Canada Council for the Arts.

Expect the unexpected when Thomas, Teddy and Silverglitter share short stories by Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocket and The Selfish Giant and more. Stories start at 10:30am at Kaleidoscope Studios, 3130 Jutland.

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Dec. 17 Favourite Christmas novels and poems are up for discussion over a mug of hot apple cider and snacks from 7-8pm at the Greater Victoria Library’s Saanich Centennial branch. Also on tap: Christmas crafts with Melissa and Chris, paper-craft extraordinaires.

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ot every day do you see a woman nine months pregnant step dancing with a fiddle under her

I’ve really lived a full day. You also learn how to let go of yourself. You learn virtuous things through your children and it’s all good stuff.” chin.

Barring the roughly one-third On stage. For a theatre full of of the year on tour, those full fans. Like it ain’t no thang. days are spent on the famiCall it just another day at the ly farm in Douro, Ont. While office for Natalie MacMaster.

MacMaster is making practical The Cape Breton girl who use of a university degree in jigged onto Canada’s music education by home schooling scene at 16 and launched into the clan – along with leading album after album of Celtic fiddle, piano and dance lessons tunes and a non-stop touring for her seven, six and four-yearschedule from her early-20s olds – Leahy is out in the fields onward has long since transiraising cattle. The one and twotioned into life as a mother of year-olds play different roles in many – but the the finely tuned two-time Juno machine that Award-winner is the Leahyand Order of MacMaster Two-time Canada recipient home, one that Juno Awardhasn’t yet let up includes a few winner on the relentless more naps and active musician’s the helping hands and Order lifestyle that got of some of the of Canada her where she is best babysitrecipient today. ters around, puts mommy She found the MacMaster says. formula for mas“If I just picked at the top tering both. the fiddle up and of her “You let life started playing, I achievements happen and hang bet that I would on,” says a threenot last one months-pregnant minute before MacMaster, backthe baby or my stage in Madison, WI. with her 2-year-old would interrupt. They five kids, all under age 10. want mommy and they see it as The three eldest will take the competition.” stage later that night, fiddling A retired school teacher also and dancing alongside their steps in part-time two days a parents. MacMaster’s husband week, or more when MacMaster Donnell Leahy – one of the eight might need a little spare time siblings in the famed Canadian to record a song or two (her folk group Leahy – is a partner next album will be recorded this on and off stage and plays an winter), publish a coffee table integral role in the equation. book (Natalie MacMaster’s Cape “It’s hard,” she says. “Anyone Breton Aire, 2010) or plan an who’s a parent knows how album launch party and concert challenging it is, but that’s the in her living room (Cape Breton other part. The main part is that Girl, 2011). you’ve got your own kids and “Donnell and I are not the you love ‘em to bits. It’s rich planning kind of people. We and full and exciting. You go to don’t work by the world’s stanbed rewarded at night feeling dards, in any regard, really,”

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r dances to her own tune MacMaster says. “We’re just accepting and open to what God gives you.”

It’s all a part of a lifestyle that can weigh heavily on the 41-year-old, but one that came together smoothly nonetheless, helped along by good health and the ability to hire help when they need it.

“We’re not overly controlling of things, the big picture,” says MacMaster, who also holds an honorary doctorate of divinity degree from Atlantic school of Theology and speaks pragmatically about both her faith and her fiddle. “We have direction and focus. If factors come into view, we consider those and never force something.”

Their choice to raise children on the farm was one of those easy decisions for MacMaster. She had an apartment in Halifax when the two were married 11 years ago. Leahy was already established on the farm, with cattle and the house at the time. It confirmed a feeling that MacMaster had harboured from a young age, that despite a love for Cape Breton, she wouldn’t settle there.

“When my kids hit four and five years old, I realized there are things I want to give them that I can’t give them here. The things I grew up with, you can only get them in Cape Breton and they’re not going to have that.

The East Coast atmosphere, the way of life, the attitude: it’s so easy going,” says MacMaster, with her warm maritime twang bubbling through each line. “If you want to go hear music, go hear it. You can drive around the island and there’ll be a square dance on or the Red Shoe will have somebody playing. If you want to hear live music in the tradition, you’ll find it.”

In Douro, a community of just over 6,000, MacMaster and Leahy are responsible for bringing some of that traditional East Coast flavour to town, when they host their own shows. The couple also aims to imbue the next generation with some of that tradition, through their work at Camp Leahy in Leahy’s hometown of Lakefield, Ont. The week-long music camp founded by the Leahy family is a place where children are encouraged to meet, play

and perform. Then it’s back out on the road.

A practical risk of such a nonstop schedule? Perhaps the ol’ address-thewrong-city-onstage move. Even conscientious East Coasters aren’t immune to the classic rock star gaffe.

“I was playing in Columbus and I said Cleveland,” MacMaster says in a tone all too sombre. “It was awful.

They hollered out what it was. It was the encore, so it was too late for anyone to get angry.”

When the slight woman dances across the stage, fiddle in hand and a bun in the oven, backed by the Victoria Symphony on Dec. 21, it will be as a rare opportunity to connect with a new audience – a time when she’s able to “pull the kid out” of the symphony fans, she says.

“It’s definitely Natalie MacMaster, but there’s a touch of refinement. I can just play my thing and there’s this sound coming behind me that has so much colour and power and sweetness. It’s just great to be standing in the middle of it, to feel it and deliver that to the crowd.”

She’ll also share the experience with all her kids in tow. Naturally, when you call yourself a “stay-at-home mom on the road.”

“I wish I was a stay-at-home mom.

I think that’s the greatest occupation.

These moms who drop their careers and give up their lives to stay home and raise the family, I really believe in that. But I know that this is a different day and age and that’s not possible for a lot of women out there. I’m very understanding of different sets of circumstances – certainly I’m in one of them.”

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ach December, a branch of our federal defenders are sent on a mission unlike any other. Thirty-five men and women sit hushed behind a curtain, instruments drawn, about to detonate 45 minutes of non-stop concert tunes on a room packed with school kids.

“It’s not a sense of impending doom, but you can hear them – they’re all hyped up,” says Naden Band director, Lt.(N) Matthew Clark. “It’s our job to get them even more hyper. You can see the teachers all sitting there, like: ‘Oh, man.’”

This month, the Royal Canadian Navy’s Naden Band will perform its 35th season of holiday concerts, including elementary school matinees, which supply needy families with toys for their children under the Christmas tree. The Salvation Army toy drive show exemplifies one end of a wildly diverse list of engagements for the professional band, now supporting National Defence’s Maritime Forces Pacific for the 73rd season.

A favoured element of the holiday shows – and a direct demonstration of the band’s aim Naden Band plays to foster goodwill with the public – includes the The Royal Theatre tradition of bringing a Dec. 16 to 18 at randomly drawn audi7:30pm, with guests ence member to the Ken Lavigne and stage to guest conduct Sleigh Ride. Highlights Stephanie Greaves. during Clark’s two-year Tickets: $10 with an run have included poised, unwrapped toy.

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man who simultaneously mimed riding a horse and an older gentleman who appreciated the opportunity as a former musician.

“He was the politest, most humble man, a lovely man. I shook his hand at the end and he looked at me and said: ‘I didn’t realize it was that easy,’” Clark says with a laugh.

The band’s primary mandate is to support the Navy at any given time to get the job done. They’re ready to deploy, as Clark puts it, into a concert band, stage band, dance band, brass quintet, woodwind quintet, two jazz quintets, brass choir, woodwind choir and any number of duos and combos to do just that.

Despite its long history in Esquimalt – which includes a three-year hiatus from ‘94 to ‘97 when federal funds were cut, and outcry ensued – the general public often isn’t aware that the band is comprised of full-time professional musicians with either undergraduate or master’s degrees in music, not military members who happen to have developed their musical talents.

“Many people don’t understand the level of musicianship,” says Petty Officer First Class Karen Shields, a flautist and PR contact for the band, who successfully auditioned in 2006. “They’ll come to the shows and be wowed. Once you engage in the conversation – they’re fascinated by what we do and the education that we have.”

Audiences at this year’s holiday shows will be privy to the world premiere of a new composition by the Naden Band and Juno Award-winning Order of Canada recipient trombonist Ian McDougall. The

Lt.(N) Matthew Clark, Commanding Officer and Director of Music for the Royal Canadian Navy.

work was composed in McDougall’s Saanich-based home studio – a situation that initially intimidated Clark.

“He made me feel so very comfortable, so very quickly,” Clark said. “If he swears at you, it means that you’re in. He’s an excellent man.”

The difference such professionals experience with Naden versus other bands, Clark says: it’s the closeness and positivity between members. He likens the dynamic to that of a family – one with a range of interests.

“The great talent of the Naden Band lets us play everything from Sponge Bob Square Pants to the finale of Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony.”

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Can’t get enough panto? See how Victoria stays close to its British roots with the much-loved Peninsula Players’ winter pantomime offering, King Arthur and the Knights of the Roundish Table. The Players take Berwick Royal Oak Theatre (4680 Elk Lake) on Dec. 13-15. Tickets at thepeninsulaplayers.bc.ca. Performances continue at the Charlie White Theatre in Sidney (2243 Beacon) Dec. 20-29. Tickets available at the Mary Winspear box office at 250-656-0275.

Puss in Boots Christmas

St. Luke’s Players ring in the holidays with all the mirth and joy that comes along with a talking cat in a pantomime. The Players mount the story of a jealous noble suitor, a pair of dastardly henchmen, a dragon and a hideous shape-shifting ogre, loosely based on the well-known children’s story of Puss in Boots on Dec. 19-Jan. 1 at St. Luke’s Church Hall, 3821 Cedar Hill Cross.

Tickets are $13-15 at Russell Books (734 Fort), or Ivy Books (2188 Oak Bay). Kids five and under get in for $5.

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fter the seagull flew past, I actually heard a “splat.” Its gooey gift plummeted through the air with a “ssssss” and made contact all over me with a “plat.”

My initial reaction was disgust and annoyance. Until I remembered advice from the Executive Director of the Vancouver Island School of Art. Wendy Welch had suggested that my walk to work be, “a time to use your imagination and engage in reverie.” Before the avian offering, instead of walking in wonder, I was checking emails.

Welch’s journey to her job focuses on “things that might be different from the last time I walked.” She notices the casually creative: the way fallen pinecones arrange themselves on the ground, or the patterns that remain on pavement after wet leaves blow away. Even litter will prompt her to imagine the story that led to a coffee cup being discarded.

Welch says a thoughtful commute begins with three steps: • Take a breath (“so deep you can taste the salt in the air”).

• Keep your head up.

• Observe.

Walking thoughtfully wouldn’t have stopped that seagull, but my reaction to it may have changed.

Welch says being attentive not only makes your life more interesting, but it also reminds you to appreciate the possibilities of the unexpected.

Whether you’re walking to work or beginning a creative process, “you’re always taking a risk that things might not turn out. But you need to go on.”

Once, she accidentally spilled something on her artwork. Instead of getting frustrated and stopping the process, she worked with the mistake. It took her in an unexpected direction and resulted in a more creative final product.

Now I see that bird bombing as a catalyst for turning the boring into the bountiful. My walk from the parking lot has been transformed from a series of thoughtless steps into a daily opportunity to experience an ever-changing collection of colours, sounds and smells.

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Join the fun and festivities for the 16th annual Victoria Gallery Walk (Nov. 28 from 3 to 8pm). Art-lovers of all ages wait eagerly for a chance to tour six downtown galleries – Alcheringa, Legacy, Madrona, West End, Winchester on Humboldt, Winchester Modern – and participate in a passport program with a chance to win prizes. Participants can easily walk between venues, and there is also transportation provided by the Downtown Victoria Business Association.

James and Jamesy return Nov. 28 to 30 with 2 for Tea a smash-hit of this summer’s Canadian Fringe circuit. Their Victoria performances sold out quickly and many theatre-goers were disappointed.

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Theatre Inconnu’s Youth Project present a very Victoria-themed My Gift is For the Trees, an Emily Carr Christmas written and directed by master puppeteer Timothy Gosley, Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 at Berwick Royal Oak Theatre and Dec. 6 to14 at Merlin’s Sun Theatre. Tickets via timgosley@telus.net.

On a non-holiday note, fans of Ferris Buehler’s Day Off, Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club will be excited to learn about An Improvised John Hughes by Pick of the Fringe winners Paper Street Theatre, Dec. 11 to 14 at the Intrepid Theatre Club. This is improvisation at its finest, presented live and unscripted after months of study of the film-maker’s work. PaperStreetTheatre.com.

You’ll have to be quick if you want to see St. Luke’s Players traditional pantomime Puss in Boots Dec. 19 to Jan. 1. Tickets sell out by the first week of December. Pantomime is fun for the whole family with noisy audience participation, campy characters, and fairy tales with a twist. StLukesPlayers.org.

Since the 1950’s the classical Russian ballet, The Nutcracker, has become a beloved holiday tradition for generations of Canadians.

In Victoria this year there are three versions, one for every budget, and level of dance appreciation. Dance Victoria presents Alberta Ballet’s The Nutcracker with the Victoria Symphony Dec. 6-8. Ballet Victoria’s version

is The Gift (also with the Victoria Symphony) Dec. 28/29. And the newest ballet company, Ballet Étoile, has chosen a jazzy interpretation of The Nutcracker, mixing the classic score with Duke Ellington’s arrangement of Land of the Sweets. Dec. 20-22. Check rmts. bc.ca for Dance Victoria and Ballet Victoria tickets and TicketRocket.org for Ballet Étoile.

What better place to embody Victorian-era tale A Christmas Carol than Craigdarroch Castle, decorated in all its finery for the month. Jason Stevens interprets the wellloved story, based on a script used by Charles Dickens himself. Dec. 12 to 20. TheCastle.ca Derwin Blanshard’s last show of 2013 is Dec. 22 for a holiday-themed Extremely Classy Sunday Evening Programme.

Audience members have definitely embraced the aesthetic of this send-up of a 1950’s-era talk and variety show, with many arriving in elaborate formal and cocktail wear. Discounts for the over-dressed. DerwinBlanshard.com.

Bring the year to an end with the Atomic Vaudeville Winter Cabaret Dec. 29 to 31.

Expect the unexpected in this celebration of the year that was, and toast 2014 in riotous revelry. Advance tickets encouraged – TicketRocket.org.

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Christmas for Butchart Gardens begins in June.

It starts with a comment, advances to a conversation, and soon anyone with free hands is busy making bows and ribbons for the renowned holiday display and activities.

Come early October, Butchart’s staff is in full Christmas mode as gardeners begin to compete with electricians over who can install the most bulbs – one of the spring variety, the other of illumination.

“They’ve got a gazillion boxes of lights and Christmas decorations of all different kinds,” Graham Bell, public relations, explains. “There are people in cherry pickers, people that get out on the roofs.”

The outdoor ice rink starts to go up around the same time and is an ordeal all its own. Dump trucks of sand are brought into waterwheel square and made dead-level by surveyors. Cooling equipment is set up on top of the sand under a layer of waterproofing which is then flooded and refrigeration begins to take place.

“It takes a while. It’s a lot bigger than an ice cube tray in your fridge,” Bell quips.

By late November the hard work comes together and the display is ready for its public premiere at the light up Dec. 1. Then until Jan. 6, visitors can wander through the gardens, which have been transformed into a winter wonderland.

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Passing through the entrance visitors are greeted with live Christmas music, from a brass band or choir, and the sight of the dazzling lights.

Continuing on through the vast garden, the music fades away and the quiet stillness of the winter night takes over, providing a magical atmosphere.

Areas such as the Sunken Garden are lit by thousands of bulbs, all in position to illuminate pathways and highlight the outlines of trees. As you stroll the paths you’ll inevitably catch fragments of people singing Christmas carols as they follow the 12 Days of Christmas displays.

“It’s not like walking through a shopping mall where you’re being bombarded by Christmas in some form or another,” Bell says. “It’s just a very pleasant, easy night to walk through with your friends and loved ones and just enjoy what Christmas is really all about.”

This is the 27th year for the popular attraction, which peaked in size when the display reached day 12 of the 12 Days of Christmas. It has remained an untouched tradition since.

“It’s tradition, and it’s long enough now that people who were brought through in strollers with their parents are now pushing their own kids through.”

The light up takes place Sunday, Dec. 1 at 5 p.m. with a short ceremony. Hours for the light display start at dusk and extend until 9 p.m. until Jan. 6.

HALLELUJAH: Guest conductor Michelle Mourre leads the Victoria Symphony, and the Victoria Choral Society for this year’s annual presentation of Handel’s glorious Messiah. Dec. 14 at UVic’s Farquhar Auditorium.

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having hasn’t changed, and neither have haircuts at Jimmy’s Barber Shop. The Fort Street store is legendary in Victoria.

For 46 years it’s been a safe haven where men (who like women) can openly coo about women and where male banter flows as free as the wind. And while designer barber shops with modern décor and a focus on trendy hairstyles have popped up in Victoria in the past few years, Jimmy’s has stayed the same, mostly.

“We’re good like this,” says manager Artor Gashi, who works the No. 3 chair behind elder brother Vic in the No. 2 chair. “We charge $13 because we don’t want to sit around waiting. Everybody gets a good haircut, we take our time and do a good job.”

At 76, owner Jimmy Pavlidis is still slick with the razor but defers to Artor and Vic to manage the store’s image, which is as low-key and friendly as it gets in Victoria. His famous grin can be seen looking out onto Fort Street from behind his legendary No. 1 chair.

“Everybody knows we try to keep it fun and light, we joke around a lot,” Artor says. “Hey, I’m here eight hours a day, just a few feet from my brother.

We have to have fun, clients don’t want a grumpy face.”

Sure, the place has its critics. And they’re open to it. There might as well be a sign on the door that says, “If you want a $40 designer cut, go get one.”

For $13 you get cleaned up with a traditional razor trim on the neck and sideburns and the option of a brief massage to loosen the shoulders.

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Beware of deer in leg warmers TOM HOOPER @TheGrapesoWrath As my band sets off on a northern B.C. tour, I am thankful we are flying to our destinations. When we were younger we didn’t have that luxury and would usually drive all night between shows.

After one of our first gigs in Vancouver we were returning to our hometown of Kelowna on an all night drive. We were having a laugh at the “beware of deer” signs, joking that the deer on the signs looked like they were dancing and were wearing leg warmers.

Usually at some point on long drives we would get what I called the no-sleep giggles. Almost drunk due to being so exhausted. “Beware of the dancing deer! Ha ha ha!” I was driving at this point.

It must have been midnight and we were just past Penticton. The Okanagan lake was a sheer drop to our right and to our left were towering cliffs of clay. I was tired and in a daze when all of a sudden Kevin screamed, “look out!” Right in front of us in the middle of the road was

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a whole herd of deer – and they weren’t dancing.

I instinctively jammed on the brakes (supposedly the wrong thing to do) and we started sliding on the icy road. Soon we started veering right, towards the drop off of the cliff, and the moonlit lake below.

And then we veered towards the cliff on the left. We were completely out of control.

We spun around until we finally stopped with the car facing the opposite direction in the middle of the highway. We were all very quiet.

I got out of the driver’s seat and Kevin took over and we slowly made our way home.

Most times back then we didn’t get hotel rooms after shows. Our budget wouldn’t allow it, so we would drive to the next gig and as most Canadian bands know, usually it was at least six hours. I remember touring Europe with a Scottish band.

They were all upset because they had to do a four hour drive between gigs. We started bragging about what Canadian bands had to do ... four hours is a commute for Christ’s sake!

-Polaris Prize nominated Basia Bulat comes to town from Toronto, autoharp and charango in tow. The singersongwriter is touring in support of her newly released record, Tall Tall Shadow, a follow up to 2007’s Oh, My Darling.

Bulat’s guests, Evening Hymns, take the stage at at 8pm Dec. 4 at Sugar (858 Yates). Tickets, $18 advance at Lyle’s Place, Ditch Records and ticketweb.ca.

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The magic of Messiah

Giuseppe Pietraroia conducts the Victoria Symphony’s annual presentation of Handel’s Messiah, featuring the 120-voice Victoria Choral Society and an impressive group of guest soloists. The Victoria Choral Society, directed by Brian Wismath, is an auditioned, mixed-voice symphonic chorus, with 79 years history in Victoria. Guest soloists from across Canada include Canadian/American tenor Isaiah Bell, soprano, Allison Angelo, mezzo soprano Megan Latham, and baritone Aaron Durand. Show runs at 8pm Dec. 20 and 2:30pm Dec. 22 at the University of Victoria’s Farquhar Auditorium. Tickets, from $35, at tickets.uvic.ca.

Visit victoriasymphony.ca or call 250-385-9771 for more info.

Hip’s Langlois sings solo

The Tragically Hip’s Paul Langlois shares his latest solo effort Not Guilty, recorded over a six-day period, at The Hip’s Bathouse Studio in Bath, Ont. on Dec. 12 at Lucky Bar (517 Yates). Greg Ball and Pete Murray come along for the 8pm show. Tickets, $20 advance, at Lyle’s Place, Ditch Records and ticketweb.ca.

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Chemistry NATALIE NORTH arts@mondaymag.com In a Thai restaurant near Portland, Kelby MacNayr was about to come face-to-face with a legend.

The Victoria composer and drummer was set to meet with the one and only ‘80s pop composer Gino Vannelli to discuss post-production on a live jazz disc recorded in Victoria early last year.

Enter a man with a commanding mop of hair, ripped jeans, white combat boots and sunglasses. Vannelli is by all means still playing, producing and presenting like a star.

“He says: ‘I need to know, Kelby, if you’re willing to make a truly exceptional recording,’” MacNayr says, reflecting on the experience in his Victoria home studio. “I was like, ‘Yeah, I’d like that.’ He said: ‘I need to know if you’re committed to making something exceptional.’ As in, he didn’t want to be involved in anything that’s just The Kelby good.”

MacNayr Quintet MacNayr exudes plays Hermann’s delight and Jazz Club respect over nine-days of Nov. 28/29.

mixing, which allowed him to witness what he describes as Vannelli’s “incredible musical intuition and obsessive, meticulous work ethic.”

The experience formed the penultimate chapter in the story of MacNayr’s latest work: Kelby MacNayr Quintet: The Measure of Light. The record features nine of MacNayr’s originals, written specifically for five of the West Coast’s leading jazz musicians (Juno Award-winning saxophonist Phil Dwyer, trumpeter Daniel Lapp, pianist Miles Black and American bassist Tom Wakeling) recorded over a two-night session at Hermann’s Jazz Club. It captures precisely the sound MacNayr had strived for with just three hours rehearsal time as a group.

“You have to be absolutely incredible to pull it off. It could work, or it could absolutely tank. That was why it worked, because I had every expectation and intention that it was going to be absolutely incredible. It was a gamble, but one I was able to imagine in my mind. In the vision I wanted to hear, they did extraordinary things.”

The night after the first performance, the pressure drove MacNayr into uncontrollable leg spasms. He got out of bed and began to re-write music for the following evening’s show. Though

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totally overwhelmed by the process, he trusted his players, which he likens to Canada’s Olympic hockey team, each a star plucked from their regular gigs to form a one-time supergroup.

“Sometimes you have to have a vision and then figure out how to do it. I set this recording date before I figured out what music I wanted to do and who the band would be. I spent a long time learning about different musicians – what they did really well, or what I loved about their playing.

Then I tried to create a setting where they could do that.”

Since he first heard Roy Styffe’s take on one of his earliest compositions,

MacNayr has been driven to keep writing music inspired by those around him and their stories – the first chapter in any of MacNayr’s collaborative epics.

“There are feelings that are expressed through group performance. The personal chemistry of the musicians is integral for the music to come alive. It only happens with people where there’s chemistry. It’s like romance. If there’s a chemistry and a connection, things just happen.”

Hear what happens when the quintet reunites for a string of shows in support of the freshly pressed disc, beginning at Hermann’s in Victoria Nov. 28 and 29. kelbymacnayr.com

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Capturing Canadiana

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imothy Hoey’s basement workshop in Victoria’s Jubilee neighbourhood feels like a hipster’s paradise.

Antlers and an old brass clock cling to the far wall; on the countertop, an Edison lightbulb retrofitted with an LED light protrudes from a piece of L-shaped driftwood; above a stack of paintings, the schematics for an Alaskan packboard hang by a clothespin.

“When I grew up, my adopted father always told me, ‘Why does art have to stop on a canvas? Be creative with everything you do. Don’t just settle for ordinary,’” says Hoey, a former punk rocker and tattoo artist turned eclectic visual artist.

Earlier this year, Hoey’s O Canada Portage series, an ever-expanding collection of original Canadian icon portraits, was chosen as the sole visual artist exhibition for Canada Day festivities at Trafalgar Square in London, England.

“I’m always working on the O Canada work,” he says. “It started as a side project when I was bored on Boxing Day.” In 2006, a gallery curator came by to pick up some of Hoey’s paintings for an exhibition when a Pierre Trudeau portrait caught her eye.

Seven years later, Hoey regularly gets photos of his portrait subjects standing Video next to his paintings. online “Getting a picture of Theo Fleury Timothy Hoey on or Mark Tewksbury holding my paintwhat it’s like to be a ings of them, that’s weird,” he says.

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“Someone bought a portrait of Brian mondaymag.com Mulroney for Brian Mulroney. I’m painting these people as historical landmarks,

Artist Timothy Hoey’s Moose from his O Canada series.

icons. So for someone to give it to them is really bizarre.”

Hoey’s portfolio expands far beyond the Canadiana that has made him an international hit. His more abstract work was previously displayed at the former Fran Willis gallery, while other pieces can be found at local shops like Milkman’s Daughter and Citizen Clothing; permanent works are also displayed at galleries in Calgary and Canmore, Alta., where Hoey plans to host his 2014 Canada Day exhibition.

He also has a knack for up-cycling, scavenging old wood, metal and industrial parts and

transforming them into a series called Would You Like Your Stuff Back?

Hoey is currently labouring over a collection of works called Locals Only, a painted series of well-known Victoria musicians, businesspeople and odd historical downtown residents.

“I think people deserve to have something original, something that’s one of a kind,” he says, panning through each portrait. “I don’t want to see the same thing over and over again. And I think most people want something different, too.”

View Hoey’s works at timothyhoey.com.

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THE BIG PERSONALITY

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utting across the smooth surface of the Inner Harbour on a standup paddleboard is a downtown commuter adjusting to life at his new office job.

Simon Whitfield, four-time Olympic triathlete and gold and silver medalist, paddles from Clover Point to the Bateman Centre, unencumbered by a freshly broken foot in an air cast and the very real possibility of going head first into the Pacific before he makes it to his desk.

When Canada’s most decorated triathlete announced his retirement from international sport competition on Oct. 23, he committed to a full-time focus at the helm of Fantan Group’s sports entertainment division. The father of two is no stranger to the business of sport, having put his name behind clothing and online triathlon training products in the past. He enthuses over the role he landed with a combination of six weeks’ university and 20 years on-the-job training. The benefits of his new career, however, haven’t eclipsed the challenges of leaving his former lifestyle behind.

“It’s a struggle,” Whitfield says. “I really like this office; I really like the creative outlet that it gives me, but I stare out the window and think of the days when I scheduled my entire day around myself and my family. I had myself to answer to and had high-performance sport goals. As complicated as sport can be at times, it’s also fairly simple: just do a lot of work.”

That constant devotion formed the architecture of what Whitfield calls the relentless pursuit, the kind of singular focus needed achieve physical excellence.

As fast as he’s said goodbye to the starting line, the allure of paddleboard racing has emerged as the next possible all-consuming passion. With 3- and 6-yearold daughters at home, it’s a risk the Kingston, Ont. import would like to avoid.

“There’s a cost to a relentless pursuit. There’s a heavy cost and I’m trying to balance that like I haven’t before.”

Whitfield would rather keep the current balance – and his daughters sheltered from his reputation as a competitor.

“My house has very little memorabilia in it. They found my Olympic medals one day and asked what they were. I like that. I don’t want to have the expectation of them being little athletes, rather than pursue anything else they may find. Their mom is a really amazing lady and I think it’s important for them to have a balance of what they see her accomplishing and what they see me accomplishing.”

Whitfield’s a pick-up sport junkie and regular on the indoor soccer field, where his 38-year-old foot was no match for a bold move and wound up broken earlier this month. Even with a full schedule of recreational activities between work days and appearances, owning up to the fact he’ll never again have the optimal fitness he once had is an ongoing test for Whitfield.

The decision to retire has led Whitfield to reflect on the last 20 years as a triathlete, one free of the doping perils to which some of his cycling cohorts succumbed, but not without regrets.

“I spent too much time in my career, not just focused on what I was doing and staying on my path, but veering the bulldozer over to run over people who sometimes didn’t agree with what I was doing, or weren’t doing something how I would do it. If I’m honest about it, I spent too much time trying to beat into people how I would do it and that I was right.”

At a desk overlooking the harbour, Whitfield adjusts his injured foot, laughs and elevates the air cast adorned with children’s words and images of support. An unhappy face sits at the centre of the art for daddy from his girls.

“There’s a lot of Father of two. venturing into the unknown in a creFour-time Olympian. ative environment Gold Sydney like this and I Olympics. enjoy it, but sometimes I miss Silver Beijing the structure of Olympics. the routine: eat, Flag Bearer London sleep, train.”

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at the mic MIKE DELAMONT @mikedelamont

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am always amazed at how different the theatrical experience can be for different people.

Tonight I saw the new production of Les Misérables in Toronto and had a lovely time. Fantastic seat, wonderful performance and, were it not for the two most annoying children sitting across the aisle from me crinkling every piece of paper and water bottle known to man, a near perfect experience.

I’m sure the person seven seats away from me had no clue about the existence of these pure demon spawn and had a truly wonderful time. Prior to the show beginning I also had an issue with the man directly behind me. I realize that I am 6’7” and not the smallest person in the world, so should you ever find yourself behind me try to keep in mind that A) I can hear you complaining, and I am already aware that it’s an issue; B) While constantly sucking your teeth will let me know you are annoyed, it won’t fix the issue; and C) That I did not buy this seat to spite you. I’m sure the actors on stage had no

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clue that any of this was on our minds.

I always assumed that at my own shows, when I was on stage, I knew what was happening in the audience because I can often see many of them during the show, but I found out that this is very far from the truth.

This weekend I found out that a woman I brought up on stage had seen the first half of my show back in May. I say half because in May, in the middle of my show, she went into labour and had to leave to give birth.

And nobody even noticed. Yep. You read that right. Just politely up and left.

I had a particularly bad show in Orlando, Fla. last weekend. A combination of events led to a strange and uncomfortable show for me. Most of this audience was, unbeknownst to me, liquored up beyond repair because the bar at the theatre was selling $1, free-poured high balls.

I like to consider myself a confident entertainer who can handle a lot of things, but a small army of intoxicated Americans is a hard wall to climb. A sea of drunken hecklers is never fun. So many of them shouted out constantly throughout my show that I felt most of the timing on my favourite jokes had been ruined. To be honest, at the end of the show when I walked off the stage I was so angry I wanted to get on a plane and never come back. I didn’t.

I stayed, put on a smile and went out to the lobby to shake hands, take pictures and sign things. A large amount of people came up to tell me that it was one of their favourite shows of all time and that they really hated those hecklers. Really? How can that be? How could it be my worst show and your favourite? Maybe we all felt the same way about the annoying people in the crowd.

It’s amazing how one person in the audience can ruin the entire thing for everybody. I recently took in the new movie 12 Years A Slave. A gripping, beautifully dramatic and raw story about a man wrongly sold into slavery in the 1800s. A great film that brought me to tears by the end. However, seated directly behind me were two young black ladies who not only showed up 20 minutes late to the movie but proceeded to yell at the screen. It made my blood boil and while the movie was gripping, I think most of the people in that theatre spent an uncomfortable amount of time trying to figure out how to tell two young black ladies, without coming off as the world’s biggest racists, to shut up because we were trying to enjoy a movie about slavery. You can’t do it. There is no way.

I even tried sucking my teeth.

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expert Monday Magazine writer Kyle Slavin has his game face on as he prepares to face the Victoria Royals.

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omewhere amid the clutter in my parents’ basement sits a pair of kids’ skates – size 2 – that haven’t been touched since 1993. There’s also a Hi8 cassette somewhere down there with embarrassing footage of my one and only appearance in a professionally organized ice hockey game as a six-year-old. (Let’s not get into that story.)

So with zero experience under my belt (a rarity for a Canadian, I would guess) I figured if I was going to take the time gearing up to make a fool of myself playing our national sport, I should do it spectacularly: as goalie for the Victoria Royals.

And what a fool I made.

Unjustifiably confident, I skate toward goaltenders Patrik Polivka and Coleman Vollrath, who immediately get a good laugh when they see I put my pads on the wrong legs. (I now know what a knee stack and an outer roll are, though.)

A quick lesson in goaltending follows – how to stand, how to hold the stick, how to make sure your pads are on the right limbs – but my nerves really kick in when the Royals offence lines up at the blue line to take penalty shots against me.

An intimidating Ben Walker quickly makes his way toward me.

“Do I look at him or the puck?” “Man, these pads are cumbersome.” “Is this a regulation size net? There’s a lot more of it to protect than I thought there’d be.” “Why’s he coming at me so

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fast?” “How do I know where he’s aiming?” “Oh God, don’t hurt me!”

And before I’m even able to react, the puck is flying by me, landing in the back of the net.

That series of events repeats over and over for the next half hour, before I finish the day with a 0.03 save percentage. (That’s right – I did stop a couple of pucks!)

“For your first time as goalie, you didn’t do that bad,” Walker tells me. “We strapped my dad up one time when we were younger and he was a lot worse than you. He was flinching, you could fake a shot and he’d actually fall backwards, so it was pretty funny.”

For complete transparency: the reason I didn’t flinch or fall backwards is I was so exhausted just standing there in a mountain of pads under the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre lights, there came a point where I literally only stood because I couldn’t exert any more effort to try and stop the puck.

I have a greater respect for the job goaltenders have. It’s a tough, complicated position to play, and – even when there’s nothing on the line – you feel the weight of the world on your shoulders.

Next time I’m watching the Royals, Cougars or Canucks, I won’t lay into the goalie too much if they let one or two in. I’ll just be glad I’m not in their position.

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am a “serious amateur astronomer.” That means that I own a couple of telescopes; a pair of binoculars; a tackle box full of filters; eyepieces; lenses and sketching equipment; two milk crates full of charts, maps, sky guides; and enough cold-weather clothing to keep me warm while standing still when it is cold. I am also current president of the local astronomy club, RASC Victoria Centre, which has been in existence here since 1914.

While many amateurs specialize in imaging the beauties of the universe, my main interest is in simply observing objects in the night sky: the moon, planets, interesting stars, star clusters, nebula, and galaxies. I make sketches of what I see in the eyepiece of the telescope. Most observers like me work from lists of these objects, or announcements in astronomy journals. One such list is that of the “Messier Objects,” which includes more than 100 objects catalogued during the 18th century. Observing these objects is a rite of passage for beginning amateurs. There are dozens of such lists, some requiring a large telescope and travel to a dark sky location.

Far-flung night-sky objects are best appreciated by realizing just what, and how far away they are. The Andromeda Galaxy, a commonly observed object and sister galaxy to our Milky Way, is more than two million light-years away. When you look at it, photons that originated there enter your eye and land on your retina. Those photons have travelled an immense distance to reach your eye. They have come so far that when they left Andromeda, there was not yet a mammal on earth as large as a human, or a monkey, or even a rat. That it can even be seen is barely believable. For me, that is a profound meditation, no matter how often I experience it.

I would recommend that anyone interested in astronomy as a hobby visit our website. In addition to a large program of public outreach, clubs like ours provide guidance on equipment and observing sites.

We provide telescopes for the use of our members.

We have our own observatory. We have monthly lectures on topics of interest to astronomers.

Nelson Walker is the president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.

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NATALIE NORTH arts@mondaymag.com “If I don’t show up at the office tomorrow, my unease meeting an unknown man in a place dubbed Viaduct Flats was warranted. I’ll keep my GPS turned on.”

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his was the misplaced insurance policy I bought with a few key contacts the day before before setting off on what is historically one of the riskiest activities known to adrenaline junkies the world over: birding.

When I arrived at the flats and met with my birding guide, it was instantly apparent that I should have saved any anxieties for the next time I find myself trapped at a groundbreaking ceremony.

Rick Schortinghuis, a member of the Victoria Natural History Society and Rocky Point Bird Observatory, met me at Viaduct Flats, a natural wetland within the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific, accessed off Interurban Road.

Binoculars around his neck, telescope under his arm and a coffee in hand, Schortinghuis welcomes me into the world of fall bird watching, one glimpse at a time. On a viewing platform just high enough above the marsh dense with cattails, he focuses his telescope on a cluster of wintering water fowl mid-pond. Four puttering gadwalls fill the sight.

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“I just find it fascinating,” says Schortinghuis with an earnestness usually reserved for the under-10 set.

I’m not there yet, but I’m open.

The bright white markings of a hooded merganser – reminiscent of the classic pompadour do – pops into view.

Criss-crossing the scene: American wigeons, ring-necked ducks and American coots, or “little brown ducks,” had you asked me last week. Each one – from the some-200 easily viewable bird species in the region – seems to express a little personality through its movements. There goes the wily American coot, waking up his neighbours with some rather abrupt morning moves. Maybe I’m projecting.

We trudge along beneath canopies of fir and cedar on a trail dotted with wild mushrooms. A curve in the course lands us at a lookout opposite our starting point. Back at the telescope, a handsome green-hooded gent glides into view.

I’ve got this: mallard.

He’s gorgeous.

“If it wasn’t such a common bird, people would be wowed,” Schortinghuis says.

Student would have been happy simply gazing into the eyes of a mallard for the rest of the morning, yet sensei continues to point out all the species as they join us, rapidly now: common yellow throats, marsh wrens, Virginia warblers.

Animated song sparrows seem to swoop from the Disney archive reels and straight into our morning soundtrack.

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Then the familiar caw I’ve always noted, but never identified cuts through the twittering.

“What’s that?” I ask and then imitate its call, poorly.

“Red-winged black bird.”

I would later learn the performance could have been spared in favour of Googling something like “most common bird in North America.”

“This is what excites me, seeing new birders see new birds for the first time,” Schortinghuis says. “Even when you see a bird for the second, third, tenth or hundredth time, it’s always a little bit different.”

Two eagles perch on a far off snag, an Oregon junco calls and the sparrows continue to chatter. On any typical walk around Victoria, you could observe about 50 such species. Between quiet asides on the continuing calls, the ravens or falcons near, Schortinghuis talks of the birding successes – the Anna’s hummingbird population that rose from about 10 pair in the ‘80s to today’s count of 1,000 through a nesting box program and the purple martins, which tell a similar survivor story, after having grown in population from about five pairs up to the quadruple-digit mark today.

Schortinghuis has led more than 300 birding field trips to date, including out-of-town birders in search of a local expert. He’s witnessed the excitement from international birders that landed on the Island when a citrine wagtail, which usually winters in South Asia, wound up in Courtenay last year. The uncommon sight would more than qualify as grounds to call the Rare Bird Alert hotline (yes, that does exist), but it’s also those everyday avian friends that can just as easily awaken an unexpected reaction in the observer.

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iced potatoes browning in an electric pan is among the early memories Morgan Wilson has of cooking. At seven or eight years old, it was his first time – making the Christmas morning potatoes with a little salt, pepper and paprika – cooking with a sense of pride he still feels decades later feeding both his kin, and those far from home, over the holidays.

“The ground was laid at an early age,” he says. A second generation chef, Wilson was introduced to the commercial kitchen in 1987 through an after school job and crafted his way through kitchens with Delta, Marriott and Four Seasons hotels in Germany, Australia and Canada.

Tradition is important to the executive chef at the Fairmont Empress Hotel, it’s part of the lure that drew him back to B.C. three months ago.

“Kitchens have strong traditions within them,” he says. Like a secret handshake most customs are held beyond the doors to the dining room, but camaraderie is visible.

“We refer to the team as a brigade.

There’s a very strong bond and that’s

definitely true here,” says Wilson who He’s a “slow and low” turkey cookleads a team of 80 culinary professionals er. Getting Tommy in the oven at 165 at the iconic hotel. “Everybody has a lot degrees before the traditional Christmas of pride in what we do.” brunch.

Wilson settled into the historic Inner When guests come calling outside of Harbour hotel just over three months the big dinner, he’s quick to haul out a ago, drawn as much to the landmark cutting board inherited from his father – building by tradition as a return to the also a chef. Then things get cheesy as the West Coast. host kicks into gear.

Brine your “After eight years in Wilson fills the large twoOntario, when the opporby-two-foot board with bird with tunity came to come to the maple syrup, myriad cheese. He always Island, I was looking forward includes a nice ashy goat orange and to the lifestyle. cheese, aged cheddar and cloves.

“And – it’s the Empress.” double or triple cream brie. A The family is back in time variety of flavours and texfor its favourite holiday, Christmas, when tures fill the spaces between. “You have tradition rules the roost, as does turkey. four or five different cheeses, but you can “The Christmas turkey is always the put out different things as well. I like the big one,” he insists. “I always brine my interactive nature of it.” turkey. We (at the hotel) make thousands Honey, fruit compote, candied nuts or of litres of brine.” toasted bread can create the tasty conFor the non-traditionalist, Wilson sugversation piece. gests pulling tried-and-true thyme and Cheese board or full-blown meal: “the sage from the equation and trying a brine key to impressing people is doing the flavoured with maple syrup, orange and basics really well,” Wilson says. “Don’t cloves. get out of your comfort zone. Don’t try “That starts giving you a whole differa new dish for the first time, master it ent flavour profile,” he says. before you trot it out for 10 people.”

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Monday’s incognito Lounge Lizard imbibes at all the best joints in town. Do you have a favourite pub or barkeep to recommend? Join the discussion online at mondaymag.com. e and the ladies. Friday night. Off for cocktails and chatter at busy Clive’s Classic Lounge. Service is swift and the cocktails delicious. There are so many gins to play with that it seems appropriate to try the classic martini gin against gin.

First up, a couple of relative North American newbies: Victoria Gin, an intense spirit, is a bit pungent with lots of botanicals and Aviation, a new American gin that has notes of lavender rather than juniper shining through.

Then we went old school. The next cocktail is with Plymouth Gin, a favourite of mine that I first read of in a New York Times article that saw four renowned palates holding a taste test for best martini gin. Plymouth won and curiosity got the better of me: I tried and loved it. I had been a Tanqueray fan but with barely a glance over my shoulder, I switched to this slightly subdued juniper-noted spirit. One of Plymouth’s unique claims is that it’s the only gin in the UK to have a protected geographical zone.

The final martini used Tanqueray. Since Plymouth went bye-bye at the LCB, I switched back (being a thrifty imbiber) and I have to say tonight, as I compared it headto-head, it became my favourite again. Stronger juniper notes and a dry, crisp finish won me over for a second time. There are so many gins to try these days, I don’t know how one can keep up.

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A ‘Main Street’ Christmas “It was the food shops that Merry Christmassed the hardest. In Mr. Saunder’s, the grocer’s, window was a real Santa Clause grinding coffee … In the window all round Santa were bonbons, cluster raisins, nuts and candied fruit, besides long walking-sticks made of peppermint candy.” – Emily Carr Emily Carr’s memories of Christmas in Victoria in the 1870s captured the typical excitement of children at that time of year. It was the same for me, growing up in southern Ontario in the 1960s.

While the stores of my era were in suburban malls instead of Main Street, and department stores and supermarkets had replaced small grocers and butcher shops, there was still that air of excitement driven by decorations, music, and of course, the special foods.

My father would bring home boxes of chocolates and fruitcakes from the dairy farmers he serviced, picking up their milk with his tank truck. My mother would carefully hoard those goodies and dole them out in small batches so my brother, sister and I didn’t gorge ourselves silly.

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Many of the people around that table have passed away now, and that tradition is lost. But here on the West Coast, my wife and I host a regular Christmas Eve gathering of friends, which includes the Sicilian tradition of seven courses of fish, boxes of chocolates, and maybe this year, I’ll try my hand at those fig and almond pastries only my Aunt Polly knew how to make. I finally found a recipe.

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TOP BOOKS Want to know which books to put under the tree this Christmas? We asked area book store clerks to give us some ideas.

Jennifer Down at Tanner’s Books and The Children’s Bookshop in Sidney suggests An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth, by Chris Hadfield and The Luminaires by Canadian-born New Zealander, Eleanor Catton. Her book has won both the 2013 Mann Booker Prize and the Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction.

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For kids, Down recommends Allegiant, the final book in the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth and Island Santa by Victoria-based author Sheryl McFarlane, illustrated

by Sheena Lot. Jessica Walker at Munro’s Books recommends former co-owner and recent Nobel Prize for Literature recipient Alice Munro’s book, Dear Life; Goldfinch by Donna Tartt and I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, by Malala Yousafzai.

For children, she recommends Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck, book 8 by Jeff Kinney, Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R Tokien and A Child’s Christmas in Wales

by Dylan Thomas.

Michael Fassbender and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave

it has taken a British director (Steve McQueen, Hunger) to deliver a clear-eyed look at a racist abomination that almost defies modern belief.

Based on the real-life memoirs of Solomon Northup, a so-called free black man who lived in New York, 12 Years A Slave begins in 1841 with his abduction and transport to Louisiana, where he is sold into slavery and endures spiritual and physical torments made so much worse by memories of his previous life (the randomness of the injustice makes it easier for audience members to identify with Solomon’s horrifying plight). I’ll spare you descriptions of the beatings and humiliations visited upon the wretched victims, only saying that McQueen portrays them unflinchingly but not excessive-

ly. He is interested in the entire culture of slavery, from the physical toil of picking cotton to the perverse relations between bible-quoting plantation owners and their slaves; and McQueen makes the point that many whites succumbed to beastliness and self-loathing, while the blacks could often endure storms of terror and brutality and retain their humanity.

Aside from its honesty, the great triumph of Slave are the performances. Chiwetel Ejiofor (Dirty Pretty Things) has always had star power, but his portrayal of Northup is astonishing (as they bury a slave who was worked to death and the burial party begins to sing a spiritual, Ejiofor’s face struggles with anger and a myriad of emotions before surrendering to the moment – it’s a haunt-

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Michael Fassbender is terrifying as a slave master with a well-deserved reputation for brutality, and Benedict Cumberbatch is even more compelling as a conflicted plantation owner who reluctantly participates in the slavery system but is too gutless to take a moral stand.

Although this is an important film moreso than a great one, expect lots of Oscar nominations come January.

12 YEARS A SLAVE ★★★★ Stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender Directed by Steve McQueen

Monuments Men stars Matt Damon and George Clooney, who also directed, as American soldiers responsible for rescuing art stolen by the Nazis.

The theatres will be overflowing with dwarves and hobbits as Bilbo and Gandalf prepare to confront that terrifying dragon, Smaug.

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George Clooney directs this fascinating, truelife story about a Second World War platoon of American soldiers responsible for rescuing art masterpieces looted by Nazi thieves. With Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett and Bill Murray.

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Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence returns for part two of the epic sci-fi saga about Katniss Everdeen, the plucky heroine confronting a dystopian future world where selected young warriors fight to the death.

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Ben Stiller directs himself in an adaptation of the famed James Thurber tale about a meek and drab day-dreamer who escapes into a fantasy world where he becomes a heroic man of action.

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In indie world Christmas movies don’t often spring to mind. But in case you can’t possibly bear another screening of It’s a Wonderful Life let me suggest some treats that give a sideways glance at holiday spirit. My must see movie is Go. Doug Liman’s second feature after Swingers takes on Christmas Eve with Vegas, a rave and suburbia. Vegas – suburbia, hmm.

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Cherbourg, the irresistible Catherine Deneuve on a snowy Christmas Eve. It’s a bit of a weeper but why not get the tears out of the way before dinner with the family?

Finally indie master Terry Gilliam’s Brazil. I mean, really, shouldn’t every holiday kick off with a visit through the rooftop not from Santa but Fascist troopers?

And if mainstream is calling your name, Bad Santa and Die Hard always creep into my lineup but if anyone asks I will deny I ever mentioned them.

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KYLE WELLS With December upon us the only TV I really care about is catching A Garfield Christmas at some point and probably getting misty eyed.

Odie makes him a backscratcher. It gets me every time.

Aside from adorable Christmas specials, winter is also a time for the miniseries, and 2013 is no exception, with the two-part retelling of Bonnie & Clyde airing on A&E, Lifetime and History on Dec. 8 and 9.

With a cast including William Hurt, Holly Hunter and Emile Hirsch, I’m excited, although Arthur Penn’s 1967 film of the same name is hardly in need of an update. And the multi-network approach is a pretty neat idea.

There are a few new shows which are doing rather well. Against all odds, and my predictions, Sleepy Hollow, the modern day Det. Ichabod Crane series, is one of the first to get picked up for a second season.

Luckily, the fact Masters of Sex has also had a second season ordered perhaps balances that out.

Under the category of good news, The Goldbergs, Trophy Wife, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Blacklist, all enjoyable shows, all have full season orders, which is a good start.

Also picked up for a full season, inexplicably: Dads.

Nobody seems to like this show, yet it remains on air.

Baffling.

Other shows with full season orders include Agents of SHIELD, The Crazy Ones, The Millers and Mom. Shows to hit the old chopping block so far are ABC’s Lucky 7 and Back in the Game (which will air the remaining episodes), CBS’ We Are Men (I watched one of the two aired episodes, it was pretty mundane) and NBC’s Ironside and Welcome to the Family. More are sure to follow.

Turning to the web, if you’re like me, the only thing you enjoy as much as video programming in the winter is craft beer. Well, luckily the two have joined forces in the San Francisco-based Brew Age web series focusing on the best in home and craft brewing in the Bay Area.

Sure, we may not be able to go out and taste the tipples they tackle, but for anyone interested in the process and spirit behind a proper pint, the beautifully-filmed shorts are delicious. Check out brew-age. com.

And if anyone is looking to get me a Christmas present, a homemade backscratcher would be lovely.

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For a night out at the Nutcracker ballet (Dec. 6 to 8, Royal Theatre), we’re finding inspiration from the toy soldiers, rather than the sugar plum fairies. That’s right, we’re taking one from the boys and putting together a holiday party outfit that reflects one of the key trends from the past year: menswear-inspired womenswear.

Starting with a wardrobe staple, a pair of sleek black trousers, this holiday party look is anything but basic. It should be noted that not all black pants are created equal. Loft ($TK) has constructed a fitting system with the goal of finding pants that flatter your figure. Match your preferred style – ankle, skinny, straight, boot or trouser – with their three different body fits and voila! Pant perfection and an instant slim silhouette.

To create the illusion of even more elongated legs, this party outfit needs a pair of pumps. Choosing a shoe that matches the colour of your pants may at first seem a little ho-hum humbug, but this black heel (Nine West Hero Heart Suede Heel, $130)

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The pièce de résistance, though – the item that will get you the most compliments as you spoon out another mug of spiked apple cider for your guests – is this bronze rayon-blend blazer by Attitude for Sears ($90). It takes a page from men’s tailoring with its tuxedo lapels and longer body and the cinched waist and high-shine material is all there to flatter the feminine form.

This holiday outfit might pull inspiration from the men’s rack, but it is 100 per cent from the women’s section. All that’s left is to add a little sprinkle of holiday spirit … and that’s something we can’t buy.

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soft and woodsy at the same t happened again. time. It’s traditional yet conTwelve months have temporary. This wreath passed and we are back would look amazing in to the Christmas decoa downtown modern rating season. condo or in an older I don’t know about home in Oak Bay. everyone else, but every Chintz and Company year I look at my decorahas a very cool 27” tions and think, OK, this wreath on a stand. year it’s time for something What’s neat about this different! So, I decided my is, you don’t have to hang front door wreath from 1998 A SAUCY CIRCLE: it. I was thinking a dining needs an immediate change.

Soft and woodsy wreath room sideboard would be a good There’s nothing like coming home (38”), $85, Capital Iron. place to stand it, surrounded by candles. and being Again I love that it’s asymmetrical and kind of welcomed by a “unChristmas.” colourful and cheerful door.

Chintz also has a plain 30” boxwood leaf First stop was Capital Iron oval wreath that you can decorate yourself where I found a beautiful from items in their floral department.

38” wreath of cranberHere’s where you can be really crery coloured holly on ative, using fruit, flowers, ribbon, twigs. I really love how ornaments or branches to customthis wreath is asymize your creation. This would be metrical, so natural a really fun Saturday afternoon looking, while being project.

Finally, the Christmas Shoppe has a very traditional decorative SAY IT WITH SANTA: Santa wreath, perfect for any door.

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door or even on a stone fireplace.

If you’re after a change this Christmas decorating season, think a little outside the box. Wreaths are also perfect as table centers with candles in the middle or on end tables surrounding a table lamp. You can even hang small wreaths from ribbon on the back of dining room chairs. Enjoy the holiday season.

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I’ve always loved the Alastair Sim movie version of A Christmas Carol, but I didn’t really come to appreciate the true wisdom in the words of Charles Dickens until I started reading the story out loud. For the past decade, I’ve been part of a wonderful CBC tradition that holds readings of A Christmas Carol to raise money for local charities.

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I think of this when I think I’m too busy to take time for others: “Business!” cried Marley’s ghost, “Mankind was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance and benevolence, were, all, my business. The deals of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business.”

When I’m getting uptight or stressed and ready to snap at a cashier, co-worker or a family member, this is my guide. It also works at family gatherings when an argument is about to break out: “There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.”

When I’m trying to decide whether I should do something, especially if it involves some effort on my part, I weigh it against this bit of advice: “No space of regret can make amends for one life’s

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Finally, when I’m taking myself too seriously: “For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself.”

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One final bit of advice, in the famous words of Tiny Tim: “God Bless us everyone.”

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December brings travel, sports and big ideas Aries (March 21-April 19)

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A delightful month ahead awaits you because the Sun is now in your fellow Fire sign. (It’s like having snug, cozy slippers that fit your feet.) Travel anywhere if you can because you want to push the sides of the envelope. You want to meet new people, see different cultures, learn new things Georgia and discover adventure!

You feel lots of positive Nicols energy, which makes you keen to work as well as improve your health. Opportunities to flirt and schmooze with someone older or richer exist.

(This could lead to something more serious.)

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Because you have excellent financial savvy, you’re the banker of the zodiac. This month, you’re focused on shared property, taxes, debt, insurance matters and inheritances. However, all is not about the coin of the realm. Privately, you’re hatching a secret plot to become a better person. You want to improve yourself in every way – financially, healthwise, with friendships, at work, and in developing further

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Gemini (May 21-June 20)

The Sun is now as far away from you as it gets all year. Since the Sun is your source of energy, this means you will be tired and need more sleep. (Go to bed.) However, you will put out lots of energy on the home front this month due to residential moves, renovations or visiting guests. Whatever you do will improve your home scene. Meanwhile, gifts, goodies and advantages from others will come your way.

Ask for a loan or get a mortgage. (Back in the boudoir, romance will be passionate.)

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

You’re determined to get organized. You want every action to count. This means you want to be efficient, effective and productive. This high standard that you set for yourself will apply to your health as well. This is why you will start to eat healthier and exercise more because you want to be the best that you can be. (Exemplary aspiration.) Relations with others will be smooth. You find it easy to be forthright, yet charming and diplomatic. Killer combo. You’ll get what you want – most of the time.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)

With the Sun in a fellow Fire sign, sports, the arts, social invitations, parties, lunches, dinners with friends and romantic getaways are on the menu. Your first choice will be a vacation. (Leos love great hotels. They want their life to be like a movie with fun clothes, gorgeous cars, hot sex, good food and scintillating company.) This is why, even though you will work within the limitations of your own environment, you will introduce this “movie” into your life. Naturally, this costs money, but Leos believe “Lots of money is only useful if you spend it.”

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Now your attention turns to home, family and your domestic environment. You might be more

involved with a parent. You want a chance to relax and cocoon at home. Nevertheless, with fiery Mars in Virgo, you will demand what you want and be physical in your approach to life.

(No wonder you want to go back home to rest.)

Venus will foster romance, social fun and a chance to express your creative talents and your popularity continues. This is a good time for you.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

You’re busy with short trips, increased reading and writing plus talking to everyone. This whiterabbit pace is a tad frantic. You’re working behind the scenes to boost your career and reputation, plus reorganizing, redecorating and entertaining at home. Discussions about how to boost your income or get a different job are also on the table. How stretched can you be? One thing in your favour is Jupiter is high in your chart, allowing you to make a great impression on bosses and VIPs. You can do no wrong.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Your focus now turns to your job, your earnings and your possessions. You will identify with what you own. True, society judges people by appearances and possessions. Meanwhile this is a social time for you because you’re active with groups, even competitively, eager to communicate to others and you’re charming as hell. And on top of this, opportunities to travel and explore further education look great, as does publishing, the media, medicine and the law. You wanted more?

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

It’s all systems go for you because the Sun is in your sign. This happens only once a year and it energizes you and helps you recharge your batteries for the rest of the year. It also attracts favourable circumstances and important people to you. Two fortuitous influences are at play: Mars makes you ambitious now and Venus attracts financial opportunities to you.

(However, Venus will also encourage you to

spend on clothes, jewelry and art objects to beautify your home.) Others continue to offer you support. Life is good.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Your personal year is coming to an end.

Therefore, now is an ideal time to strategize what you want your new year (birthday to birthday) to be all about. Think about this.

After all, people with goals succeed because they know where they’re going. Travel and educational opportunities look good now, as does publishing, medicine, the law and mediarelated issues. Keep a low profile and work behind the scenes as much as possible before you step out onto centre stage next month.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

You will love this month because your focus is on friendship and dealing with groups. You value friendships. This is also an excellent time to formulate long-range goals. To test the wisdom of these goals, why not share your hopes for the future with others to get their feedback? Meanwhile, secret love affairs might take place. You have an increased sex drive now. You are also making future plans for your professional life. For several reasons, you’re concerned with your future. (Basically, the future is much like the present only longer.)

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

This month the Sun slowly travels across the top of your chart acting like a spotlight casting a flattering light on you, making you look good to bosses, parents, teachers and VIPs. Because they admire you, you will be approached by others to take on increased responsibilities.

Say yes because you will continue to impress them with little effort. Be patient with partners because Mars opposite your sign can make you judgmental and easily annoyed with others. Fun times with creative people will please you now. Don’t leave home without your sketchbook.

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