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Mineral rich herbs help to replete iron stores, build strong bones, and give strength to hair, skin and nails. Herbs high in B vitamins help to buffer stress, improve mood and energy. Herbs containing magnesium promote muscle relaxation and restorative sleep. Nourishing teas are especially important at times of increased nutrient demands such as pregnancy, breastfeeding and convalescence.

The simple act of preparing a cup of tea can be beneficial as a ritual of self-care.

It is important that we nurture ourselves! Using herbs also helps to connect us to nature. Growing herbs in your garden or wild harvesting helps you to get in touch with the qualities of the plants and fully appreciate the medicine that they have to offer.

Preparing a nourishing tea/infusion is a great way to start incorporating herbal medicine into your daily life. This will provide benefit for the whole family. Stock your kitchen with a basic supply of organic, loose, dried herbs. I hope to provide you with some inspiration, here are some of my favorites: Nettle: Rich in iron, calcium, magnesium, vitamin K, selenium, zinc and potassium. As a good source of iron, the regular use of nettles helps to build blood and prevent iron deficiency.

Nettles also help to build strong bones, Herbal tea: Use 1-3 tsp of promote muscle relaxation, improve dried herbs for every cup of skin rashes, reduce allergy symptoms water. Pour hot, steaming water and promote kidney function. over the herbs and allow them Red raspberry leaf: A source of to steep, covered, for 5-10 min. iron, calcium, magnesium, manganese,

Overnight nourishing selenium, B vitamins, potassium, herbal infusion: To vitamin A, vitamin C and zinc; a maximize the mineral wonderful tonic for women’s health. extraction from herbs such It contains a substance called fragrine as nettle, oatstraw and red which serves to strengthen and tone the raspberry leaf, it is ideal to uterus muscles. It has a traditional use steep the herbs for 4 hours during the second and third trimester of or longer. For a nourishing pregnancy to prepare the body for birth. herbal infusion, add 6 Tbsp Oatstraw: High in calcium, of mixed herbs to a 1 L glass magnesium, vitamin K and B vitamins. jar, fill with boiling water, and Oatstraw nourishes the nervous system steep overnight. In the morning and helps to ease tension and promote strain your infusion and store good sleep. This is an excellent tonic at in the fridge for up to 2-3 days. times of high stress.

You can warm up the infusion Alfalfa: A good source of vitamins or drink it cold.

A, C, E, K and all of the B’s; and Combining herbs: Feel minerals calcium, magnesium, iron and free to use a single herb, or potassium. The word alfalfa is derived combine them as you please. from Arabic and means “Father of all Flavour: Many of the above food” as it is such a nutrient rich food. mentioned herbs have an You can eat alfalfa on salad greens or “earthy” taste to them. You use the dried herbs for an infusion. may wish to add flavourful Red clover: Red clover is a source herbs such as peppermint, of many valuable nutrients including lemonbalm, rosehips, etc. You calcium, chromium, magnesium, can also add a splash of 100% niacin, phosphorus, potassium, blueberry juice for a refreshing thiamine, and vitamin C. It is also a rich summer beverage. source of phytoestrogens which can be helpful to enhance fertility, balance hormones, improve symptoms of menopause and treat osteoporosis.

Lemonbalm: Lemonbalm is worth mentioning here as it is a lovely herb to reduce stress, soothe tension, improve digestion and brighten mood. I like to add it to a nourishing infusion for flavour.

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DEAN BRODY AND PAUL BRANDT

Summer Guide

DEAN BRODY AND PAUL BRANDT

Summer Guide

DEAN BRODY AND PAUL BRANDT

Summer Guide

SUMMER on the West Shore JOSHUA SCHMIDT

Visit:

Fisgard Lighthouse at Fort Rodd Hill

Hike: Goldstream Park Swim: Thetis Lake

Explore Nature, Culture & History.

Explore Hatley Park National Historic Site to find harmony within the intricate designs of the gardens, tranquility along the trails, and strength within the stalwart stone columns of Hatley Castle.

Discover the history and beauty of this magnificent place by joining a guided tour.

For tour times and admission rates visit royalroads.ca/ visitors or call 250-391-2666.

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hen the weather warms and summer blooms in the West Shore there’s no better place to fully enjoy all the west coast has to offer.

Whether you’re interested in hiking through the numerous provincial parks, relaxing on a lagoon beach, visiting historic landmarks, exploring local artisans and wineries, or attending fun new events – they can all be discovered in the West Shore.

The best spots outdoors, as voted on by our residents in the 2014 Best of the West Shore Awards, include: • Best Place to Swim: Thetis Lake – Incredibly warm in hot summer days!

• Best Beach: Esquimalt Lagoon • Best Viewpoint: Mt. Finlayson Historic landmarks worth a visit in the West Shore include Hatley Castle,

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the Hatley Japanese Gardens, and the iconic Fisgard Lighthouse at Fort Rodd Hill. Additionally, the Coast Collective is a great spot to view prominent local artists’ work, have tea and discover their beautiful heritage buildings. All these locations are within a quick bicycle ride or drive, and easy to explore in one day.

Alternatively, book a tasting tour to check out the numerous wineries in the West Shore, and the Tugwell Creek Farm & Meadery for something a little different. Attend the fourth annual Rotary Art & Wine festival to find it all in one place on July 27 at Fort Rodd Hill.

For those seeking something more substantial, the 11th annual Chili Cookoff is set for August 29 and has proven to be a great event year after year.

Jump into the West Shore … The water’s fine!

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Intrepid Theatre’s inaugural OUTstages complements Victoria Pride Week.

Sunday 5

PRIDE PARADE - Victoria bursts out in rainbows for the parade starting at Gov’t and Pandora at noon. Parade ends at MacDonald Park for the Pride Festival 1-6pm. victoriapridesociety.org

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STRAWBERRY FESTIVALEnjoy an old style family picnic at the beach or take part in a wide range of free family activities at Beaver Lake Park. saanich.ca

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OUTSTAGES - has its finger on the pulse of the queer theatre scene with exciting and daring performances and free OUTreach activities. intrepidtheatre.com

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ACCORDION FESTIVALJuly 12-19 internationallyrecognized accordion performers unite in an unparalleled squeeze-fest. bcaccordion.ca

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PRIVATE LIVES - Blue Bridge at the Roxy presents Private Lives a comedy of manners

by Noel Coward (July 7 -26). bluebridgetheatre.ca

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YOGA IN THE PARK – relieve stress, build strength, and increase flexibility for those of all shapes, sizes, and abilities. By donation. vbis. ca/blog/yoga-park

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CANADA DAY - Victoria

celebrates with a great lineup of family-friendly events, performances and fireworks over the Inner Harbour. victoriacanadaday.ca

in July enjoy family friendly food truck fare with seating & relaxation area on the big lawn at Centennial Sq. 11am-9pm. @VicFoodFest

#LASHBASH – Broken Rhythms #Lashbash: a fundraiser, party, dance show and silent auction in one.

Dance, drink and raise fun(ds). brokenrhythmsvictoria.com

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OAKLANDS SUNSET MARKETweekly outdoor market every Weds June to Sept.

Fresh food, live music, bi-weekly beer garden. oaklandscommunitycentre.com

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Westend Gallery as they showcase a variety of artists’ colours, techniques and musings. westendgalleryltd.com

Bike Ride, there’s a SKAMpede coming! 3 days of outdoor live theatre on the Galloping Goose Trail. skam.ca

WATER GARDEN TOUR - For the Love of Africa Society presents a self-guided tour of 11 amazing Greater Victoria water gardens. watergardentour.ca

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SUMMER SALON - Join the

SKAMPEDE - Move over

See Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Alternating nights at 7:30pm, Camosun Lansdowne. vicshakespeare.com

TASTE - Get a local taste

of Vancouver Island and the wine regions of BC at this 4-day foodie feast. victoriataste.com

BUSKERS FESTIVAL - flame throwers, acrobats, jugglers, giant puppets, musicians and more converge for 10 days of free family fun. victoriabuskers.com

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through beautiful Metchosin and East Sooke on the Stinking Fish Studio Tour. stinkingfishstudiotour.com

music-super-party for 3 incredible concerts including Talib Kweli and USS. backyardweekender.com

July 2- Aug 2 (Thurs-Sun) alternating shows. At Clover Point Park under tents. vicshakesea.ca

OUTDOOR SHAKESPEARE -

fascinating exhibition will show you how everything changed with the gold rush of the 1800s. royalbcmuseum.bc.ca

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Colwood Rotary Club brings local artists and wineries together for a day of strolling, sipping and smiles. colwoodrotary.ca

style comedic panel show where they take the news and have some fun with it.

Hecklers Upstairs 123 Gorge Rd. East.

BLUES BROTHERS TOO - a high-energy tribute to the movie The Blue Brothers. Put on your boogie shoes and get ready for some Soul Man. marywinspear.ca

FRIDAY TRUCK-UP - Fridays

SKA & REGGAE FEST – July 1-5 some of Ska and Reggae’s best acts perform at a variety of venues around town including Ship Point. victoriaskafest.ca

SUMMER HEAT - Judy McLaren has been painting for over 30 years. She was featured in Robert Amos’ Artists in Their Studios. eclecticgallery.ca

MOCK THE NEWS - A British

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F.U.N. SUMMER CAMPS – Environmental camps for kids ages 6-16. Come for fun and adventure. Some spaces reserved for low-income families. funsociety.ca

ART & WINE FESTIVAL-

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ROCK THE SHORES - July 18 & 19 this flawlessly executed, homegrown Rock Festival features some of the best bands in the world. rocktheshores.com

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INDIGENOUS EMERGING ARTISTS PROGRAM - Young artists explore the many facets of media arts: video art, sound art and digital arts at Open Space. openspace.ca

STINKING FISH STUDIO TOUR -Take a glorious drive

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SYNAGOGUE TOURS – Explore Canada’s oldest synagogue. Learn about this remarkable structure’s history, architecture and restoration. congregationemanuel.ca

PHILLIPS BACKYARD WEEKENDER - An outdoor

PAINT-IN - The 28th annual TD Art Gallery Paint-In celebrates visual arts in our community with artists from across Vancouver Island and BC. aggv.ca SHAKESPEARE BY THE SEA - Hamlet and The Tempest,

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RED HOT SWING FRIDAYS – Swing dance every

Friday. Drop-in beginner lesson starts at 8:35pm.

No experience or partner needed. redhotswing.com

Experience the Gold Rush at the Royal BC Museum.

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july events

VICTORIA’S ULTIMATE GET OUT GUIDE

EVENTS

TO MARKET, TO MARKET

#LASHBASH JULY 4

SIDNEY STREET MARKET TO AUG. 27

Broken Rhythms #Lashbash: a fundraiser, party, dance show and silent auction in one. Dance, drink and raise fun(ds). brokenrhythmsvictoria.com

Sidney’s summer Street Market has been a highlight for over 15 years.

Every Thursday night, 5 to 8:30pm the Town’s main street is transformed into one of the most spectacular street markets in BC. More than 150 vendors offer everything from locally grown produce to flowers, soaps, and more. sidneystreetmarket.com.

ALT PRIDE MARCH JULY 4

Centering identities and voices that usually don’t get centered, including trans women and trans-feminine people, gender queer/variant/non-conforming folks, 2spirits, trans folks, queer/ trans People of Color, queer/ trans sex workers, queer/trans poz folks (HIV/AIDS). altpridefest. wordpress.com

ESQUIMALT FARMERS MARKET TO SEPT 3

Bringing the community of Esquimalt together, the Esquimalt farmers market includes fresh farm produce, food trucks, artisans, musicians and more.

Thursdays from 4:30 to 7:30pm in the Esquimalt Town Square (behind the library). esquimaltmarket.com

IMPROV CABARET JULY 5

Formerly Sunday Night Improv, Improv Cabaret features minisets from local groups – it’s a melting pot of improvisers with different experience levels all with the same goal in mind: providing an engaging, show. The first Sunday of every month at the Victoria Events Centre. paperstreettheatre.ca COPS FOR CANCER BEER AND PIZZA JULY 8

Come out and meet 2015 Tour de Rock rider Devin Fidler and enjoy beer and pizza at The Woodshed Restaurant in Sidney, 2360 Beacon Ave. Doors at 6pm, door prize at 6:45pm, raffle & 50/50

GOLDSTREAM STATION MARKET TO OCT. 17

The Goldstream Station Market is a community market where vendors

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draw at 7pm. For more info contact devin.fidler@hotmail.com SKAMPEDE JULY 10

Move over Bike Ride, there’s a SKAMpede coming! Theatre SKAM’s annual festival of drama, comedy, improv, dance, puppetry, music and sunshine is coming back to the Galloping Goose Trail with longer hours and a more accessible ride than ever before. skam.ca

FESTIVAL MEXICANO JULY 11 – 12

The Mexican Canadian Community Association of Victoria organizes this annual celebration as a way of promoting great food, music and dance.

Centennial Sq. noon to 5pm. victoriamexicancanadian.org WATER GARDEN TOUR JULY 11

For the Love of Africa Society presents a self-guided tour of 11

amazing Greater Victoria water gardens. The tour features fountains, waterfalls, ponds, streams and lakes. watergardentour.ca ESQUIMALT COLOR VIBE 5K JULY 12

Experience the most #VIBErant 5K of all time. Participants come as a blank canvas and leave as a colorful mural. At Esquimalt’s Bullen Park, 1151 Esquimalt Rd. 9am. esquimalt.ca

make, grow, bake or raise the products they sell. Along with over 50 unique vendors, they host community groups and local musicians. To Oct. 17 Sat., 10am to 2pm; July 8 to Sept.

2, Weds., 5pm to 8pm. Veterans Memorial Park on Aldwynd Road. goldstreamstationmarket.ca THE BRUNCHERS’ FLEA TO SEPT 27

Wandering around the Victoria Flea Market coffee in your hand, exploring vendors’ wares for something that catches your eye is more than just shopping, it’s a social experience. This years’ market runs 10am to 4pm every Sunday, in Market Square’s courtyard, 560 Johnson St. VICTORIA PUBLIC MARKET

Find a delicious variety of culinary treasures, including local farmers, butchers, bakers, cheese-makers, brewers, florists and restaurateurs.

Tues to Sat, 9:30am-6:30pm; Sun to 5pm.

Independent Dance returns to Centennial Square with three outdoor mixed programs of live dance and dance-on-film. 9 to 10pm nightly at Spirit Stage, Centennial Square (enter off Fisgard and Government St). Free or by donation. 250 389 6059 SYMPHONY IN THE SUMMER JULY 22, 25, 29

From Beethoven to opera and a night in the garden, join Victoria Symphony for a variety of performances both indoors and out. victoriasymphony.ca TOUR DE ROCK WINE TASTING AT DE VINE VINEYARDS JULY 25

Enjoy a fabulous selection of wines and appies at de Vine Vineyards, 6181B Old West Saanich Rd. 7pm-9pm. All proceeds support Tour de Rock rider Derek Brand. Contact Derek at 250-883-8118 or d_brand@shaw. ca or Donna at 250-888-8924 or donna.brand@shaw.ca.

ART & WINE FESTIVAL JULY 26

ACCORDION FESTIVAL JULY 12 TO 19

Internationally-recognized accordion performers unite in an unparalleled squeeze-fest.

With the best local soloists and ensembles, they present an exciting three-day program, including free concerts at Market Square and dance night. bcaccordion.ca ROMP! 2015 FESTIVAL JULY 17-19

The 18th ROMP! Festival of

Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites are a great place to visit at any time but especially during Colwood Rotary’s Art & Wine Festival. There will be over 25 artists displaying their work: painting, wood sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, photography, glass and more. You will find pieces of art that you can purchase for your home or as a gift. colwoodrotary.ca

Vancouver Island’s premier juried art show

July 24 - August 3 | SEAPARC Sooke, BC small townn

BIG ART

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by Vancouver Island & BC’s Coastal Island artists www.sookefinearts.com or 250-642-7256 for times and information

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Daily Gallery Gift Shop Artist Demos Artist Talks Live Music Bistro

IRIS NARDINI - RHYMING

375 Pieces of Original Artwork

Purchaser's Preview Thurs, July 23 Open to Public Fri, July 24 Artz4Kidz Tues, July 28 Artz4Youth Tues, July 28 Seniors Teas Wed/Thur, July 29/30 Taste of Sooke Thurs, July 30 Last Day of the Show Mon, Aug 3

WORLD HEPATITIS DAY JULY 28

AVI, HepCBC, SOLID, VPWAS, and other community groups will be gathering at Centennial Square and walking together for a special event on the steps of the Legislature. Please check avi. org for more details or call 250384-2366 and ask for Hermione.

Yoga in the Park To Aug 25

Relieve stress, build strength, and increase flexibility for participants of all shapes, sizes, and abilities. Tuesday afternoons from noon to 1pm (weather permitting) in Victoria West Park. By donation with the proceeds going to the Victoria Brain Injury Society. vbis.ca/blog/yoga-park

MUSIC Lunchtime Concerts July 2 to Sept 10

Bring your lunch and sunscreen and soak up some sun and tunes in Centennial Square. From folk, world beat and jazz to baroque and blues, there’s something for everyone. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from noon to 1pm. victoria.ca/cityvibe Eventide music series July 2

Shake/Arama II Kicks Off free live music in Centennial Square 6-9pm every Thursday night all summer. The Shake/Arama II continues afterwards down the street at the Copper Owl. copperowl.ca

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TD Art Gallery Paint-In - Join the 28th annual TD Art Gallery Paint-In on July 18, 11am-9pm. This free, annual community event celebrates visual arts, representing artists from across Vancouver Island and BC. Over 150 artists demonstrate and discuss their art during the day. aggv.ca Experience. Wednesdays, from 11 to 11:45am and Aug 12, 19 and 26.

Concerts are rain or shine and subject to change. victoria.ca/ cityvibe Eventide music series July 16

Free live music in Centennial Square 6-9pm every Thursday night all summer. Garden City Grooves presents a night of world beat/afro fusion with Kara-Kata Afrobeat Group and Masala.

Consenting Adults July 17 and 18

Live music Fridays & Saturdays at 9pm, showcasing rockin’ local bands at Bartholomew’s Pub, 777 Douglas St. No cover charge. Enjoy music bingo every Thursday from 7-10pm.

Thursday from 7-10pm.

Eventide music series July 23

Free live music in Centennial Square 6-9pm every Thursday night all summer. A Night of Indie Pop with Nicholas Krgovich, Fox Glove, Billy Ghost and Jamie Parisio.

Phillips Backyard Weekender July 24 to 26

An outdoor music-super-party for three incredible concerts including Talib Kweli, USS and Dan Mangan. backyardweekender.com SUMMER SOUNDS – KIDS DAY! July 26

Two days of flawlessly executed, homegrown Rock Festival featuring some of the best bands in the world. It’s the best weekend of your summer with a few thousand of your closest friends. rocktheshores.com

Join the first Summer Sounds concert just for kids! Enjoy the lively music of Ron Gillespie and a magic show with the Amazing Jason! Jason has a 3rd place standing in the International Youth Magic Championships, after the successful Simple Arts & Love Tour in 2013 and numerous awards and TV appearances.

Sidney’s Beacon Park. 2-4pm by donation.

Live music Fridays & Saturdays at 9pm, showcasing rockin’ local bands at Bartholomew’s Pub, 777 Douglas St. No cover charge. Enjoy music bingo every Thursday from 7-10pm.

Thursday from 7-10pm.

SUMMER SOUNDS July 19

Eventide music series July 30

Children’s concerts in the park July 15, 22 and 29

Barkley Sound July 19

Eventide music series July 9

Free live music in Centennial Square 6-9pm every Thursday night all summer. A Night of AltCountry/Canadiana with Ryan Boldt, Abraham, Evan Cheadle and Zuzu’s Petals.

Paul Black July 10 and 11

Pack a picnic, sunscreen and a blanket and enjoy performances

by Ivonne Hernandez, Tickles the Clown and Family, Peter Willing, The Puppet Booth, and Brass

Rock the Shores July 18-19

Bijoux Du Bayou brings Cajun and Zydeco music, initially derived from Acadians deported from Eastern Canada to Sidney’s Beacon Park. 2-4pm by donation.

Live music Sundays at 6:30pm, showcasing rockin’ local bands at Bartholomew’s Pub, 777 Douglas St. No cover charge.

Enjoy music bingo every

Friday truck up

Free live music in Centennial Square 6-9pm every Thursday night all summer. A Night of Electronic Music with Sabota, Germany and Howie Wonder.

BLUES BROTHERS TOO July 28

This is a high-energy tribute to the original movie The Blue Brothers. Put on your boogie shoes and get ready for signature songs Soul Man, Sweet Home Chicago and Flip Flop Fly. Be there to witness Elwood Too flashing and cracking the whip to the showstopper Rawhide. At the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney. marywinspear.ca.

THANK YOU VICTORIA! On a beautiful Sunday in June, this city came together to share an amazing adventure: the 5th anniversary of the UrbaCity Challenge! In our biggest UrbaCity yet, teams turned our downtown into a playground, and made a difference by contributing to The Prostate Centre.

PRESENTING PARTNER:

Our thanks go out to all our racers, volunteers, friends of UrbaCity, and sponsors.

PROCEEDS BENEFIT:

Brain 1st Place: Team BKE Brawn 1st Place: Keeks and Tina Ultra 1st Place: Runners Against Humanity Corporate Face-Off 1st Place: CGI

2015 URBACITY SPONSORS:

Total donated to The Prostate Centre:

$50,081.95!

Fundraising Hall of Fame: Twisted Blisters, Runners Against Humanity, Team Adrena LINE, Numadach, IBM Three Foxes One Hound, IBM Guaranteed to Succeed, CGI, and Floss Bosses

Esquimalt Music in the Park To Aug 18

Come jam out to live music featured by a local musical group at Memorial Park in Esquimalt and visit with members of the 2015 Tour de Rock Team! Every Tuesday 6 to 7:30pm. esquimalt.ca STAGE IN THE PARK To Sept 11

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rab a bevvy and a bite at Victoria’s Street Food Festival. Every Friday in July the best of Victoria’s street food vendors and food carts hit Centennial Square 11am to 9pm to fill our bellies and show us what the local food revolution is all about. 19+ beverage garden featuring a different local brewery each week and local, live entertainment. Amazing food, local craft beer, live music – and it’s always Friday!

Located off Arbutus and Bridge Ways in Beacon Hill Park, Cameron Bandshell hosts dance, theatre, band and choral performances, and a variety of events. Bench seating and the surrounding grass areas are the perfect spot to relax and enjoy free performances. Free concerts continue on Fri, Sat, Sun and on holiday Mondays, 1:30 to 3:20pm.

Whether you like folk, jazz, classical or swing, there’s something for everyone. victoria.ca/cityvibe

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across the pond VANCOUVER SEATTLE

JULY 1

SEATTLE

JOHN MELLENCAMP PLAIN SPOKEN TOUR JULY 18

GREASE JULY 9 TO AUG 2

Grammy-winning musician John Mellencamp has touched the heart and souls of music listeners and influenced American culture with enduring songs. He used his visibility and influence and became one of the founding members of Farm Aid, an organization that began in 1985 to raise awareness about the loss of family farms. Farm Aid concerts have raised over $45 million. At the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

ONE DIRECTION JULY 17

Vancouver’s BC Place Stadium will thrum with the sound of teenage screaming as EnglishIrish pop boy band One Direction returns to grace the stage.

MUSIC

LIVE MUSIC MAIN STAGE 12:15PM 1:00PM 1:30PM 2:25PM 3:00PM 3:05PM 3:10PM 3:45PM 4:45PM 5:35PM 6:25PM 7:20PM 8:20PM 9:20PM

Rock Island Ramblers Mexican Folklore Dancers Rock Island Ramblers Taiko Drummers Singing of the National Anthem Yvonne Blomer – Victoria’s Poet Laureate Cowichan Tribes Helen Austin Carmanah Mike Edel LEG Jordan Klassen ISLA Monogrenade TU L AWN RE The Boom Booms Dehli 2 Dublin

FAMILY FUN

PAPERSTREET BIRTHDAY SHOW JUNE 30

A legendary evening of improvisation as the Paper Street cast performs an epic genre-coaster through all the styles they’ve ever put on stage: Quentin Tarintino, Jane Austen, Film Noir and more!

Victoria Events Centre, 1415 Broad. paperstreettheatre.ca

RUSH JULY 19

Over the course of their amazing career, Rush has lived a lifetime together, providing an influential soundtrack to many of their fans’ lives. After 40 years and 20 gold and platinum albums, Rush is ready to celebrate by embarking on their 21st tour, one which will most likely be their last major tour. At the Key Arena.

PLEIN AIR PAINTERS TO JULY 11

Peter Dowgailenko, Deborah Czernecky and Desiree Bond expertly capture the mood as well as the quality of light present in a scene, as if the viewer can step into the painting. At Eclectic Gallery, 2170 Oak Bay Ave.

richest art trails on the island – meet the artists, see their work and take some home with you!

Most studios are open year round. Please call first to arrange a time to visit. Admission is free.

All are welcome. stinkingfishstudiotour.com

SHAKESPEARE BY THE SEA JULY 2 TO AUG 2

See Hamlet and The Tempest, Thursday to Sunday, alternating shows. All shows are at Clover Point Park, 1301 Clover Point, under tents with a view of the Olympic Mountains. vicshakesea.ca OUTDOOR SHAKESPEARE JULY 8

BIKE VALET

NOON Free secure bike storage

A FLAVOUR OF CANADA FOOD VILLAGE

NOON to DUSK at Government St. and Belleville St.

KIDS’ ZONE AND SPONSOR & COMMUNITY ACTIVATIONS NOON to 5PM

Join Camosun College as they celebrate their 25th anniversary season with performances of Romeo and Juliet (directed

by Christopher Weddell) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (directed by Britt Small).

Performances of each on alternating nights at 7:30pm, Camosun College Lansdowne Campus. vicshakespeare.com

VISUAL ARTS

COAST CAPITAL SAVINGS LIVING FLAG

THE UNSEEN PAINTINGS JULY 2 TO 22

12:30PM T-SHIRT PICK-UP 1:30PM PHOTO ASSEMBLY

CANADA DAY FIREWORKS DISPLAY

10:20PM Tune in to accompanying music at The Zone @91.3 or 100.3 The Q. For more details on this family-friendly event visit:

VictoriaCanadaDay.ca THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: GOLD SPONSORS

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STAGE

Before Zak Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, the teen love story that had us all hooked was that of Danny and Sandy, two hopelessly devoted star-crossed lovers from different cliques, trying to navigate the problems of love, life and fitting in Senior Year 1959.

With pompadours, poodle-skirts, this is a retro slice of life, with heart that keeps you rooting for Danny and Sandy all the way through! At the 5th Avenue Theatre.

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Toni Onley left a small trove of watercolours, oils and acrylics to his son James, who has recently decided to release a selection of this private reserve. The gallery will open for a preview of these works at 10am, July 2. The exhibition officially opens July 11, 1 to 4pm with James Onley and his mother Gloria Onley in attendance. Winchester Galleries, 2260 Oak Bay Ave. winchestergalleriesltd.com ART IS FOR PEOPLE TO JULY 5

Dernier Cri Jewelry and friends present a collaboration of unique art at the Art is for People show.

This year’s show will include jewelry, paintings, furniture, ceramics, textiles and Inga Michel’s delightful Inga Birds. Daily 10am to 4pm at the Tulista Gallery, 9565 5th St. in Sidney. cacsp.com.

THINK WITH YOUR EYES TO JULY 11

Art Atelier 546, 546 Yates St. invites you to its first abstract show featuring the bold works of James Roberts, stunning figurative paintings from Marianne Enhorning and Art Atelier 546 owner/abstract artist Guillermo Mier. artatelier546.com

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Victor Dolhai and Amanda Lisman in Private Lives.

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PRIVATE LIVES - Blue Bridge at the Roxy presents Private Lives a comedy of manners by Noel Coward. Private Lives focuses on a divorced couple who, while honeymooning with their new spouses, discover that they are staying in adjacent rooms at the same hotel.

Despite a perpetually stormy relationship, they realize that they still have feelings for each other. bluebridgetheatre.ca TWO FOR ART JULY 6 TO 9

Open gallery and painting demonstration, watercolours on paper and acrylic on glass/Plexiglas.

Daily 10am to 4pm. Free parking and free admission. At the CACSP Tulista Gallery, 9565 5th St., Sidney. cacsp.com MICHELLE LAN SHOW JULY 10 TO 22

Drawing, sketching and oil paintings 203. Daily 10am to 4pm. Free parking and free admission. At the CACSP Tulista Gallery, 9565 5th St., Sidney. cacsp.com BIG ONES & LITTLE ONES JULY 15-29

Big Ones and Little Ones represent the work of Shelby Assenheimer and Linda Darby over the past three years and is the first retrospective of their diverse body of work. Many of the paintings in the exhibition have been on view in the Gage Gallery Artists Collective where they are both members. Some of the paintings are on exhibition for the first time. At the Arts Centre at Cedar Hill.

STINKING FISH STUDIO TOUR JULY 23-27

Take a glorious drive through beautiful Metchosin and East Sooke on the Stinking Fish Studio Tour. Come explore one of the

OIL AND WATER II JULY 23 TO AUG 1

Oil, watercolour, acrylic and pastel paintings. Daily 10am to 4pm.

Free parking and free admission.

At the CACSP Tulista Gallery, 9565 5th St., Sidney. cacsp.com BUDDHIST ARTS OF ASIA TO AUG 30

The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is showcasing two-thousand years of Buddhist art, creating a stunning portrait of one of the world’s great religions. aggv.ca ABSTRACT EXHIBITION TO AUG 31

A revolving exhibition of abstract masterworks by Maxwell Bates, Yves Gaucher, Lawren P. Harris, Rita Letendre, Jean McEwen, Art McKay, John Meredith, Toni Onley, and others. at Winchester Galleries Modern, 758 Humboldt St. winchestergalleriesltd.com ARTISHOW 2015 TO OCT 31

The event extends though Greater Victoria. Including an Artist in Residence program that sees more than 40 artists providing ongoing interaction with guests and the public. The Fairmont Empress features Plein Air Sundays to Sept. 6 where artists move outdoors to the lawns to display their work creating art in the open. ArtishowVictoria.ca.

at the mic MIKE DELAMONT

@mikedelamont

About a month ago the call went out that SiriusXM was looking for comedians to compete in this year’s Top Comic Competition. Hundreds of hopeful comics send in their tapes. Last year I sent in mine and didn’t hear a thing. But this year I heard back, they wanted me to audition! While winning the whole thing, walking away with a truck load of cash and a guaranteed gala performance at Just For Laughs in 2016 is a huge carrot for any comedian, for me it was really cool to just be included in the auditions. I haven’t been in the stand up game for long, so it’s always really amazing for me when folks give me a chance. We were told that we would be doing five minute sets along with 11 other folks at a comedy club in Vancouver and from there only three would go on to Watch for Victoria comic Mike Delamont on the finals. I’m Just For Laughs All Access on the Comedy more of a story Network on Aug 29!

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The night came. I flew to Vancouver in the afternoon, did a bit of shopping, saw a movie and tried to not think about the contest. At 7pm I went and drew a number for when I would go on stage. Number 10. I liked it. After nervously eating a bit of dinner, I made my way back to the club. The back stage, filled with nervous comedians, was uncomfortably hot with no air conditioning. The host was funny and friendly and started bringing up comedians.

The first comedian was funny. Stupidly funny. Confident, easy, and hilarious.

Now, you might think that would make you nervous, but it kinda pulls you out of it for a moment. When that guy started getting huge laughs, my brain just said: “Well if that guy doesn’t win, then this whole thing is rigged!” I knew that he would make it into the final three the moment he walked off stage (and he did!) Comedian after comedian went up to try and impress the crowd.

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They take the role seriously, crafting foods and serving products THE OLDEST PUB that are clean, healthy and sustainable. They also support and sponsor sports and educational groups so it’s only natural that they say: “Our food, like our friendships are real and enduring, full of flavours and textures.”

Outside the iconic Island Highway location, you are greeted by the sight of an authentic British phone booth. The interior of the Six Mile Pub is warm and inviting, the walls lined with rich, dark wood, rugged hardwood floors, ceiling beams and architectural details crafted by artisans from a bygone era.

And just like the days of yore, they use real ingredients: organic, Ocean-Wise, hormone-free, antibiotic-free as much as possible and practical.

These ingredients are skilfully crafted using age-old techniques – you won’t find a microwave oven in this kitchen! Sauces, dressings, pastas are skilfully prepared on site. Meats, cheeses and vegetables are smoked, hams brined and smoked, and sauerkraut and vegetables pickled right there in the pub’s kitchen.

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he Board of the Victoria Pride Society welcomes you to celebrate Pride 2015 from June 27 to July 5.

The VPS mission is based on empowerment. We empower those who are, or think they might be, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, two-spirited, intersex, and our friends and allies.

The VPS started as a casual picnic in Beacon Hill Park over 20 years ago and today we continue to proudly focus on supporting inclusiveness, accessibility and diversity.

Pride Week kicks off with CabarGAY at the Belfry Theatre on June 27 and culminates with the annual Pride parade and festival on July 5 at MacDonald Park with thousands of guests enjoying an afternoon of entertainment and celebration.

Whether you want to watch more than 100 colourful parade entries, check out the special night club shows featuring Vegas style revues, stand up comedy and dancing with top DJ’s, or just join the kids in the “bouncy castle” at the Pride Festival, there is something for everyone! We offer many free events including the Big Gay Dog Walk and the Memorial Dragball Game. Check out our Monday Magazine calendar of events or visit us online at victoriapridesociety.org. Come celebrate with us! We are all family.

The Victoria Pride Society would like to thank and recognize the generous contribution by our presenting sponsor TD, and all our Pride 2015 major sponsors.

Their continued support of Victoria Pride show their committment to equality and acceptance for all individuals, partners, and families of our communities.

Thank you for your support of Victoria Pride 2015, WE ARE ALL FAMILY.

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onday Magazine is a proud supporter of Victoria’s Pride

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Since the time of its creation, the Victoria Pride Society has focused on supporting the inclusiveness, accessibility and diversity of Pride Week events.

Today, they are one of a few national Pride Societies who encourage all people to walk the Pride parade route – generating thousands of people proudly walking the streets of Victoria for themselves, colleagues or loved ones.

Being proud transcends any one week of the year.

Being proud is an achievement garnered throughout a lifetime.

The Monday Magazine staff is proud to support The Victoria Pride Society so that it can continue to provide support, connection, education and celebration for every individual in their own quest to be proud. Find all Pride Week events listed at victoriapridesociety.org

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FROM FAR AND WIDE SHOW YOUR PRIDE CABARGAY JUNE 27

Come and kick off Pride Week with hosts Mary Zilba and Fiona Forbes with an evening of song, dance, comedy & burlesque from Victoria’s leading LBGTQ performers & their friends. Featured acts include the Legendary Gouda Gabor, comedian Diana Kuch & the Cheesecake Burlesque troupe.

Tickets $20 ($25 at the door) at the Belfry Box Office, 1291 Gladstone or belfry.bc.ca CABARGAY AFTERPARTY JUNE 27

Join some of the stars from the Belfry Theatre show and let your hair down at the afterparty with a club show and dancing with DJ ronnyb. 11 to 2am at Paparazzi Night Club, 642 Johnson St. UNDER THE SUN JUNE 27

The Wicked Wenches hit the Strath rooftop for volleyball and music under the sun with DJ Yeezy Yee. Noon-5pm at the Strathcona Hotel, 919 Douglas St.

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It’s Pride with Paws at Victoria’s most scenic off-leash dog park!

Bring your pup, or just come and watch the parade of doggie-dress up, agility displays, music, prizes and of course hot dogs. 1pm at Dallas Road-foot of Cook St. Free.

Its queer stand up time as Darcy Michael comes to Victoria with his signature style of jam-packed comedy at Sugar Nightclub. Star of TV series Spun Out, Darcy has appeared on the Tonight Show, opened for Russell Peters, and was named a favourite of the prestigious Just For Laughs Festival. He will be joined by popular Victoria funny woman Shel Suzuki. Tickets, $20/$25 at the door. comedy@pride.com

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BIG GAY DOG WALK JUNE 28

Set sail from the wharf behind the Coast Hotel for a festive evening of cocktails and camaraderie on the Orca Spirit Catamaran, 7 to 10pm. Free parking in the hotel parkade.

Tickets $35 at victoriapridesociety.org and at Paparazzi Night Club. 19+ only. Tickets cannot be purchased the day of the cruise.

KARAOKE IDOL FINALE JUNE 29

It’s the finale to a month-long competition for the Karaoke Idol title with great prizes for the winner and great entertainment for the audience. At 10pm at Paparazzi Night Club, 642 Johnson St.

Join Gouda Gabor and the House of Gabor gang for the biggest Pride Week dance party with her Children of the Cheese dancers, top DJ’s and special guests. 10pm to 2am at Sugar Night Club, 858 Yates St., tickets $10 at the door. houseofgabor.com DRAGBALL JULY 1

It’s Memorial Dragball where Victoria’s Kings and Queens hit the field with a true battle of all sexes in an afternoon of bad softball and great entertainment! Join Mayor Lisa Helps as she kicks off the game with the 2015 Pride Proclamation.

This free event begins at noon at Victoria West Park.

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Intrepid Theatre launches OUTstages LAURA LAVIN editor@mondaymag.com Anthony Johnston and Nathan Schwartz have been together so long they finish each other’s sentences. Like many couples, they bicker, they banter and they write violent, heterophobic rap songs together – OK, not everyone does that last thing.

The self-proclaimed gay/straight best friends duo, who met in theatre school as teenagers, have been together since, creating chaotic, creepy and thought provoking theatre for their company AnimalParts.

“We met in Vancouver’s Studio 58, we were roommates together in the program and became fast friends … way back when,” says Johnston.

“We used to be friends,” cracks Schwartz, as the pair laugh.

“Obviously we work well together,” says Johnston.

“I’m happy and proud of the way we share everything, but we’re still separate people with separate points of view, a separate sense of esthetics, separate ideas that come together to make something that would not exist otherwise.”

“There’s a lot of conflict too,” Schwartz interjects.

“Sometimes we argue,” Johnston agrees.

“I think (theatre companies) get together because a group of friends agree on certain things, they have similar artistic sensibilities – that doesn’t mean you agree on everything – but after six years together we’ve built a way to work together,” says Schwartz.

Two of the shows they’ve created will be featured at

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Intrepid Theatre’s inaugural OUTstages, a celebration of theatre and queer culture presented following the festivities of Pride Week.

OUTstages (July 5 to 12) includes play readings; a late night cabaret; The Femme Playlist; Let’s Not Beat Each Other To Death and AnimalParts’ A Quiet Sip of Coffee (Or, This Is Not The Play We’ve Written) and The Revenge Of The Popinjay.

“We’re happy we’re coming for the festival,” says Johnston. “Nathan and I, so far, our body of work is just a few shows and some of our work definitely fits into the category of queer performance and obviously it touches on issues of sexual identity and everything

that’s part of the queer experience.”

Revenge of the Popinjay is billed as an experimental rap-horror show in which Anthony struggles to cope with the loss of his sister while uncovering a frightening link between himself, his lover and an illusive gay rap star/serial killer targeting heterosexuals.

Revenge of the Popinjay) is a bizarro theatrical “(Revenge biography. I am a gay man, a gay artist, in broad strokes it’s about the modern day queer journey or manifesto … it’s truth-telling onstage,” says Johnston.

“Quiet Sip Of Coffee is about a gay-straight friendship and how that effects you. It’s about sex and youth and how stupid you are when you’re 21,” he adds with a laugh.

“They’re very different,” adds Schwartz.

“Super different,” Johnston says. “The thing people have in common when they see all our shows is they’re surprised and excited. They have different reactions to both shows.”

“In terms of speaking to a queer audience at a queer theatre festival, it’s appropriate we keep in mind the queer community and also the arts community. It’s easy to pander to the audience: homophobia is bad. You can say that, but how do you make that interesting?” says Schwartz.

“We push the boundaries. What are you afraid to feel? What are you afraid to notice? Afraid to remember or afraid to talk about? … I don’t know the answers,” says Johnston. “Some people say Popinjay goes too far, on the other hand, art is supposed to go too far.” Find out how far at intrepidtheatre.com.

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Sunday July 12

7pm A Quiet Sip of Coffee INTREPID THEATRE CLUB 9pm OUT Cabaret METRO STUDIO THEATRE

Meet Victoria’s NEW queer theatre festival!

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It’s an exotic evening of entertainment with something for everyone! Plus dancing with DJ Soulfix. From 9pm-2am at Velvet Exotic Night Club, 1318 Broad St. Tickets $10 at the door.

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If you like your men next door in leather and denim, come out and join Colin, Mr. RUFF 2015 for this great dance party with the RUFF boys and guest DJ Karsten Sollors. Presented by Vancouver’s MN events and of course your women friends are welcome too!

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Two big PRIDEtacular Drag Shows at 10:30pm and midnight presented by the House of Gabor plus lots of action on the dance floor with top DJ’s playing today’s hits and your favourite Pride anthems. At Paparazzi Night Club, 642 Johnson St. 10pm-2am.

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The Pride parade starts at noon at the corner of Government and Pandora then moves south on Government to Belleville, down Menzies to Kingston, left on Oswego and ends at MacDonald Park. Watch more than 100 colourful groups and floats, or march yourself with local businesses, non-profits, the LBGTQ community and their allies in Victoria’s second biggest parade of the year.

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August 13 | Weird Canada Presents Dead Soft, Freak Heat Waves, Psychosomatic Itch, Dark Glasses

SEPTEMBER 3 | La-Ti-Da Records Showcase II Bum, Shawn Mrazek Lives!, Radco, ACAB Rocky

Wicked Wench presents the annual Pride dance party for queer women and their friends with DJ Reese. From 8pm-2am at The Copper Owl, 1900 Douglas St. Tickets $10 at the door.

VPS presents Pride in the Word 2015 with MC Jacqueline McLaughlin and readings by Ivan Coyote, Michael V. Smith, Arleen Pare, Monique Gray Smith & more. At the Ambrosia Conference Centre, 638 Fisgard St. Doors open at 6:30pm for a 7pm start. Tickets $10 at the door.

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Comedy comes out LAURA LAVIN editor@mondaymag.com Sometimes it pays to have a nagging spouse.

Just ask Darcy Michael, who gives all the credit for his comedy career to his husband Jeremy.

“When we got married I gave this off-the-cuff speech and my husband Jer he just kept nagging at me to try it.”

Comedy was a natural progression for Michael. “I was always an ass, I guess,” he says.

He went to Argyle Secondary School in North Vancouver and found a theatre program and inspirational teacher who motivated him. “He was just one of those teachers who stays with you.

He provided an environment where you felt safe and secure but also pushed your artistic boundaries.”

Nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award in 2010 for his appearance at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Michael’s career took off with his 2012 comedy special One Skinny Bitch. In 2014, he was a finalist in Sirius XM Canada’s Top Comic competition and received a second Canadian Comedy Award nomination as Best Breakout Artist. Last year, he was cast as a main character in CTV’s Spun Out with Dave Foley.

“We just finished filming the second season in December but it’s been suspended indefinitely,” says Michael.

On Jan. 26, his co-star J. P. Manoux was arrested on a voyeurism charge, the network put the show on hiatus indefinitely and pulled it from all CTV platforms, including online and on-demand.

Now Michael is back home in Ladner catching up with housework. “I’m cleaning up cat litter – the glamour never ends,” he quips.

His teenage daughter Grace just got a job at an aquarium and brought home some fish, he says. “I just spent half a day keeping the cats away from the fish. One, we call him Five Buck Chuck because he only cost $5, but I paid $180 for accessories – I’m pretty

sure he’s gay.”

Grace is a gem, he adds. “She just got a boyfriend, so naturally I’m terrified every time I leave the house. I don’t want to be a grandfather before I’m 36 – but I’d never have to write a joke again.”

He’s enjoying being home for a change as the comedy circuit keeps him on the road much of the time.

“In July it’s my 10th anniversary and I still think ‘what the fuck am I doing?’

It’s a stupid existence, I get paid to talk about my Comedy at Pride feelings June 30 which is very easy Sugar Nightclub for me.” comedyatpride.com After “10 years of slinging gay jokes” he says acceptance is rarely an issue. “In high school, seriously, I was so fucking naive to what was going on around me. … I never questioned deeply who I was, I would just go with the flow. I was lucky. I had a super hot boyfriend, cool friends.”

Michael usually “outs” himself during his routine. “I love to come out about halfway through my set and challenge everyone’s original thoughts on me. You can watch it change for some people. One lady, the second I came out she was done. Just done. I feel bad that people will let ignorance get in the way of having a good time.”

In September he embarks on an across the US college tour. “I love our country. America scares the shit out of me. … I’ve worked hard in Canada, I love the people I’ve worked with, that I’d love to keep working with. Schitt’s Creek, have you seen it? Shows like that are rejuvenating Canadian TV, it’s done by the same people who did Spun Out. Some day I hope someone’s dumb enough to hire me so I can singlehandedly be responsible for the downfall of Canadian TV,” he says with a laugh.

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Lovers of spoken word will want to put this Pride Week event on their list of things to do this month.

On July 4, 10 wordsmiths will take the stage at the Ambrosia Conference Centre to share their innermost feelings at Pride in the Word.

Among the writers/performers is Erin Cotton, past Victoria Slam champion and quick-tongued poet.

“I went to the Spoken Word Festival and it blew my mind wide open,” she says. “I wanted to keep doing it forever.”

She became involved enough to become volunteer Erin Cotton coordinator with Tongues of Fire, a diverse poetry community committed to the art of spoken word and performance poetry among other forms of literature.

“It’s surprising to people who have a certain idea of poetry being read in a monotone that puts half the crowd to sleep. This is very noisy, it’s a very loud show and the audience is loud too, mostly,” she says of the twice monthly spoken word open mic that includes feature performers.

“It’s part ethos, part spoken word and slam with audience involvement. They yell at the judges and get involved in the jokes. There’s a lot of group rituals – it’s partly a cult,” she says. “Except with rules.”

First rule: “Leave your hate at the gate.”

“The audience loves it, just that you’re up there doing it. There’s nothing hateful, nothing obscene.”

Cotton is looking forward to seeing Ivan Coyote at the, perhaps, more sedate Pride in the Word. Coyote is an award-winning author of 10 books, creator of four short films, and three CDs that combine storytelling with music. “Ivy Coyote is amazing, so good. The prom queen of storytelling performance Pride In The Word in Canada. It’s worth going just to see Ivan,” she says.

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ecause he can now be true to himself, all things are more authentic, says James Gardner.

“I always felt like I had a … filter so that anybody who got to know me, wasn’t getting to know me. And it wasn’t that I was consciously hiding anything but now I’m open, I’m genuine.”

Unlike many people who have gender dysphoria, it took Gardner 50 years to come to the realization that he was in the wrong body.

Born Sheila Gardner, in Edmonton in 1958, Gardner began her radio career at age 20. Moving from Alberta to Vancouver in 1987 and to CFAX radio in Victoria in 2010.

“Most people do know when they’re younger that they’re transgender, but I didn’t. I just felt different, but I didn’t know what it was,” says the popular news announcer.

It wasn’t until he was in his 50s that the realization dawned on him. “It was that feeling. I don’t know if I cried, it was a happy feeling. Oh. My. God. All of a sudden it just, it was like a bolt of lightning: This is who you are.

“I didn’t know my name yet, I didn’t know who I was yet, but I just knew there was this part of me and I just embraced it.”

He immediately acted on the realization, getting a referral to psychiatrist Gail Knudson, BC Medical Services Plan’s surgical assessor for gender-affirming surgeries.

He began hormone treatment and the process of explaining to family, friends and coworkers what was happening.

“Men transitioning to female, it’s more noticeable because the clothing’s different. As a female I didn’t wear dresses, but I wore a blouse and dress pants so I didn’t have to change that much. I always had short hair (taking) testosterone, you can actually lose your hair. Both my brothers are bald – I always liked my hair,” he says reaching up to touch his thinning, closely cropped scalp.

He knew his voice would drop quickly with hormone treatment and as a radio personality, made sure he told his employer about the transformation.

“It was definitely a milestone. … They were very respectful. It felt like I was Sheila one day and James the next – I didn’t really have to change the way I dressed too much except I put one of these on for the first time,” he says, tugging at the knot in his tie.

“It was a milestone but I already felt like James.”

A year later he started thinking about surgery. He began with a hysterectomy and just a few months later, traveled to Florida for top surgery, which included a double mastectomy. “I got tired of waiting,” he says with a sigh. At the time there was a two year wait list to get the surgery in BC. Living as a transgender man gives him freedom and happiness he never felt before. “It’s just a whole lightness. There was a heaviness before and I guess that’s what allows me to do the advocacy. I don’t know if I could have done it before when I felt really crappy, and I didn’t know why I felt crappy. I just always had this heaviness, something wasn’t right. Then it was like all the pieces of the puzzle come together. They’re all scattered on the table through your life, then all of a sudden they start to fit and that’s got to feel good. Everything just kind of snaps into place.”

Making the decision to transition, begin hormones and have the chest surgery helped him feel more aligned with himself, he says. The next step, phalloplasty, surgical construction of a penis, has been more difficult.

Read more about started hearing for bottom surgery Gardner at his blog for“Iguys (the wait) was anywhere up to Journey to James 10 years,” he says, stress creeping into his voice. transitionalmale.

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CFAX radio announcer James Gardner and his dog Dixie who accompanies him to work every day.

der confirming surgery until 2012 and then, restricted it to five per year.

“I have my ear on the pipeline,” says Gardner, growing more animated. “I knew no guys were going. No guys were being phoned up. I know most of the guys on the waiting list – that’s when the government said, ‘nobody came forward.’”

Two years after the BC Ministry of Health lifted a ban on “gender alignment” surgery to transform females to males, not one surgery had been funded by the Medical Services Plan.

urgent concerns, including reducing wait times for assessments and increasing options for access to (bottom) surgeries and coverage of after-care costs in Montreal.

“I think the fire’s been lit, I don’t know if there’s anything more we can do,” says Gardner. “People just need to know we’re fighting our own fight physically with our own bodies. We’re trying to get our own bodies to a point where we’re happy with ourselves. It’s very hard for us to step outside of that and have to deal with the larger picture.”

“When I came to grips with who I was and I came out as a transgendered person, everything just fell into place. … As much as there’s this fight, fight, fight, there’s the other side of it, things are becoming easier as well.”

- James Gardner “Now I’m stuck again. I’m stuck not finishing with my physical transition,” he says.

Although the cap on the number of surgeries the province will fund was recently removed and jurisdiction over the surgery has moved to the Provincial Health Service, Gardner says there are still close to 90 people waiting for a date with the one Canadian, Montreal-based Dr. Pierre Brassard, qualified to do the surgery.

Gardner recently received a letter referring him to Bressard and in May he travelled to Montreal for his first consultation. He was able to afford the flights and accommodations, but learned the surgery is done in four stages, which means four more trips across the country and expensive after-care – none of which is paid for by the province. He estimates his personal cost will be $10,000 and he’s pushing to have the government cover those costs for BC residents requiring the surgery.

Gardner recently received an email from the BC Ministry of Health confirming a steering committee has been established to address

A recent study by researchers at Western University in London, Ont. found one in 167 Canadians try to kill themselves, but for transgender people the rate is an astounding one in nine. “I’ve struggled with depression because I can’t get my surgeries. I’ve thought about suicide. I think about it. Sometimes I get to the point where I just want to give up.

“What keeps me going? Talking about it.

Talking about the injustice,” he says, pushing his shoulders back. “The spark of advocacy is there now, which I never had before.

Something that I’m very passionate about is getting this right. Getting this right so that (younger) people … don’t have to deal with all of this crap. That’s what keeps me going.”

He feels that completing a medical transition through surgery will alleviate the depression.

“I have a lot of hope. I think it’s just going to take a year or so to get the machine moving. I think within about a year – maybe two – it’ll be where it needs to be. It’s just, you know … waiting.” mondaymag.com MONDAY MAGAZINE JULY 2015

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Ska music, also known as first wave, regory Lee and Deston second wave, third wave, skabilly, and Berry were still in high skapunk is hard to define, Lee says. school when they formed “The only real way to define it is to the now legendary go back to the beginning. … There is Hepcat. as much variety to ska as there are lan“It really only started because the guages in Africa.” music we wanted to hear wasn’t The core of the music is to bring available,” says Lee from his home in people together. To take a dance floor Hollywood. full of individuals and get them to The pair were drawn to the reggae dance together to create an energy rhythms of Bob Marley. that flows back and forth from them to Where rock music the stage. started slowly and Ska is characterized It’s a hard job proceeded to get making people feel by a walking bass faster, reggae music like they’re part of line accented with was just the opposomething, he says. site, says Lee. rhythms on the “When we present “Reggae startupbeat the right sound, we ed faster, with ska all get together on it was almost like it, we really have somea polka, what Cubans call mento. thing there. It’s become our mission in Jamaicans adapted it into ska,” he a way. When we go to Europe it’s cold says. “Then they added every influand gray, everyone’s unhappy, we’ve ence they knew, Jamaican calypso, got to make everyone feel like it’s pop, American soul, Latin.” sunny out, be happy. It’s great to see Being from LA, Lee and Berry were the light in their faces and see them “heavy into soul” and agreed that ska enjoying themselves. was where they wanted to take their “It feels really good. That’s the numsound. ber one reason Hepcat is still around.

“The first tour we went out on as We all have other projects, but this is a band was southern California and absolutely fun.” northern California. We went out with Victoria Ska and Reggae Festival the Skatalites who were the inventors organizer Dane Roberts is thrilled to of ska in a way. … We formed our have Hepcat perform. “We’ve been own music based on the Skatalites trying to get them for 15 years. … influence. They looked at us and They’re some of the best ska musicians saw what we were trying to do and in LA, they have a lot of history and showed us ‘this is how you do it for close ties to a lot of the bands we’ve real.’ Because of their influence we worked with,” says Roberts. developed our own way,” he says.

“Yeah, I think we’ve been talking Showmanship is an integral part of to him for 12 years and the timing’s ska as well, says Lee. “If you go never been right. It’s not an easy place back and look at early Bob to get to, I think you have to fly then Marley he wasn’t playtake a ferry and there’s a bus or car in ing reggae, his first between. … we had to cut everything Victoria Ska love was ska. All the around it to get there, but we’re pretty songs he did origand Reggae stoked,” says Lee. inally were ska or Festival July 1-5 Hepcat performs July 4 at Ship Point. had some ska flair.

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STAGE BRIEFS

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One way to look at things Mr. Animation performs at Buskers Festival.

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e only saw it for one reason; the videographer was accidentally driving the wrong way on a one-way street. Looking up Menzies gave us a different perspective on a house that was being devoured by

ravenous ivy.

The man sitting on the front porch says he appreciates the prodigious plant because, “it’s the only thing keeping it op international busker acts up.

Honestly, this is a faller-downer not a fixer-upper.” are once again descending on Yet Ryan is fixing it. Although he just started renting the Victoria. house a month ago, he and his roommates have, “tried to The Victoria International Buskers turn this place from a haunted house to a fairy tale.”

Festival, one of Victoria’s top annual That’s why a woman named Dorothy is walking up from attractions, starts its 10-day run beginDallas Road with a rock in her hand to place in the once ning July 17. The fifth edition of the free overgrown front yard. She’s responding to a sign that Ryan festival will again be presenting profesposted along the sidewalk inviting people to help create sional street theatre performers from Sweden, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, a community rock garden. After a week, it featured more than 100 stones, including one with a wolf painted it. the US and Canada.

Others have words written on them.

“We hear from people all year round Ryan says he’s appreciative that strangers are helping to how impressed they are with the quality turn his once neglected front yard into a garden for comof talent we present,” says Executive munity engagement.

Director John Vickers. “This year’s lineup Dorothy says her contribution is a stone with a circle on it includes magicians, one of the top hula hoop performers in the world, acrobats, because they grant wishes. And she’s hoping it will do that for somebody who really needs it. jugglers, we have a fire show act – the A couple weeks later, we were looking for a story for community and visitors alike are in for a the end of the six o’clock newscast in the Quadra-Hillside real treat.” victoriabuskers.com

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We saw a 1973 muscle car we ADAM SAWATSKY hadn’t noticed before, although @CTVNewsAdam it had been parked on Summit Avenue for the past four years.

The vehicle was occupied by large stuffed animals. Wile E. Coyotes to be exact. One was sitting in the driver seat, its furry hands clutched to the wheel. Another was in the passenger seat. The Looney Tunes lot also included a bunch of Road Runners and a Marvin the Martian floor mat.

We spoke with people passing by. Some of them said they make an effort to see the car daily because “it’s good for a giggle and we need more giggles in this world.”

Nobody knew whose car it was. So we started knocking on doors in the neighbourhood until we met Mike. He told us he filled his car with furry animals for just one reason, “it seems to put a smile on people’s faces. I just think it’s really important to put more positive energy out in the world.”

And that’s how driving along in a different direction allowed us to meet two people engaging with their streets in a different way.

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ans still drive the members of Aerosmith says bassist Tom Hamilton.

“We have this strong connection with people that are fans, no matter what country they’re in,” he says.

“We have this really strong emotional connection over this music. You’re in this big room with a bunch of people all hearing the same song and enjoying it and you have this feeling of being close to all these people even though you don’t have any physical contact with them.”

The band’s Blue Army Tour – a nod to its fans – just got underway and comes to Victoria July 16 at SaveOn-Foods Memorial Centre.

“It brings to mind when we used to tour the midwest of the United States years and years to get our name out there and get the band going the way we wanted it,” Hamilton explains.

“We would get to the venue and driving through the parking lot there’d be a huge line of people with denim jackets on and blue jeans and right away we said ‘look it’s a blue army’ so we’ve been using that term with each other to describe our fans ever since then.”

Hamilton, a founding member of the band that celebrates the 40th anniversary of the release of its Toys in the Attic album this year, co-wrote Sweet Emotion – one of the group’s iconic hits.

“We’re really fortunate that we’ve been able to accumulate all these songs along the way. When we put together a set list we have to struggle to fit in all the songs we’d like the Aerosmith in Victoria July 16 audience to hear.

It’s almost impossisofmc.com ble to do that in that

hour and 45 minutes we play.

“We start rehearsing by bringing a blackboard into the room and bringing all of these songs in – it’s comical watching everybody trying to figure out how to narrow it down to a set list, but we do it.”

Fans can expect to hear old favourites as well as some of the tunes they’ve written in recent decades.

“I would never consider the idea of not playing Sweet Emotion or Dream On or Walk This Way, for instance, I mean they have to be there. Period. And there’s a group of other songs that came along over the years after that we really love to be in there. Songs like Living on the Edge for instance … there are a lot of times in the set where we can switch songs around and we are going to be doing that this summer. People that come to see us who have seen us in the last few years might see some similarities in the flow there but they’re also going to have some surprises. It makes it fun for everybody – including us.”

American rock royalty, Aerosmith has sold more than 150 million albums and been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They are the recipients of four Grammys, eight American Music Awards, six Billboard Awards and 12 MTV Video Music Awards, among others. Yet, it’s still the audience that keeps them going, and meeting fans backstage is one of his favourite parts of the gig, says Hamilton.

“Those moments are really cool because these people are so damn excited and flipped out that they’re back there and doing that, it’s raw enthusiasm that you can drag off of them and put in your back pocket for the show. “

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“We are structuring the event to be more enjoyable for people who have mobility difficulties as well. People with varying mobility challenges will be able to join the SKAMpede crowd and take in the shows.”

Other changes include reducing the festival to one weekend but lengthening performance days to enable attendees to more easily see all of the shows presented along the trail as well as the entertainment at The Hub. Performances run 11am to 6pm on Saturday, July 11 and Sunday, July 12.

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Kathleen O'Reilly performs Re-Gretta at Theatre SKAM’s 2015 SKAMpede.

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Scott Helman: the next big thing LAURA LAVIN

Scott Helman’s life is “all good.”

The teen’s speech is peppered with the phrase, punctuated with “like, you know?” and “awesome” but beyond the teen-speak is an artist with something to say about today’s music and keeping it real.

As we chat on the phone, Helman is eating sushi at a Toronto restaurant after spending the morning rehearsing for the Much Music Video Awards.

A Much blogpost reports the 19-year-old singer, who released his breakout EP Augusta with Warner Canada last November, “looked like a seasoned pro” and pronounced him “swoon-worthy.”

Although he’s young, Helman has years of practice under his belt, he started playing guitar at age 10 and was posting YouTube videos of his efforts at 13.

Execs at Warner Music Canada took note and brought him in for a face-to-face. “They put me in front of a mic and I played my songs for the guys at Warner and it kinda just went from there,” he says easily. “It was an Amos Lee cover called Arms of a Woman. It’s a super old song that I should not have been playing at that age, but I liked it.”

When he got his guitar, his dad told him he had to learn Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd. “I was like what? I ended up checking out all these bands and realized how far art could go and how important art was.”

His influences include Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album, Bob Marley Rock The Shores and The Beatles.

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and all that, Smashing Pumpkins, Sum 41, like, when you’re 14 and you think you’re right about everything.”

These days he absorbs all the music he can.

“I think it’s a really interesting time for pop music.

You can have Ariana Grande and you can also have Ed Sheeran and Jake Bugg – there’s artists on the radio who’ve just come out of nowhere and they’re just amazing, so I like everything as long as it has value and it’s honest and I think I can relate to it. I think all music has a function. There’s no need to bash anybody.”

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The function of music though, is up to the listener, he says. “My music is what I love to do and it’s my art and it’s the area of my life where I get to explore, but once you release a song it’s property of the listener. It’s no longer your song. When I’m playing a song and I see people singing along, I realize that they’re listening to Bungalow or Machine or Tikka or something and they’re like, ‘wow I see all these images from my childhood or my lover or my friends or my family,’ so the song is the property of them and it’s their ideas they put on top of your ideas.”

He cut his teeth with a live performance at a school assembly in front of about 600 of his peers.

“People didn’t know I was a singer or did music,” he says. “I liked going up there and being like, ‘hey, you know, check this out.’ It was really special – it was scary as hell but it was cool, you know, to be able to share the things you make.”

His summer will be full of sharing the songs he’s written as he performs at several music festivals across the country including Colwood’s Rock the Shores on July 18.

“I love performing at those things, they’re outdoors they’re beautiful, everybody’s having a good time. … I really like performing with my buddies, we just have a fun time.”

It’s his friends that keep Helman and his music honest, he says. “I see my friends when I’m back in Toronto. There’s no like ‘how’re you doing …’ it’s like ‘alright, let’s do it, let’s hang out.’ It’s great, they’re awesome. That stuff is the best for me, hanging out, girls also help,” he says with a laugh. “Just having a bonfire and hanging out, I’m sure three songs will come out of that.”

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here’s no better view of Vancouver Island than one looking over a 200-hp outboard, framed by two fishing poles.

As the Tulista boat ramp in Sidney quickly shrinks in the distance, my captain Brian Dunic heads the boat towards nearby Sidney Spit.

Our two-mile journey on the C Pony, his 21-foot pleasure craft, doesn’t take long and we’re quickly in the waters just off the spit.

Dunic uses his GPS to find just the right depth and idles the engine. “You ready?’ he asks.

Heck yeah, I’m ready.

On the back of the boat three cages are stacked.

Dunic reaches into a bucket and pulls out the spine and tail of a salmon and stuffs it into a small basket he hangs inside the trap. “I use salmon or halibut for bait. Some people use chicken backs,” he says. He closes the cage and tosses it into the water. Line tied to the top feeds out until only a small colourful buoy is visible floating on the surface. He heads back to the wheel and moves the boat some 20 yards away.

Back at the stern, he reaches into the bucket: “Your turn,” he says, holding out a large, decapitated fish head. Time to man-up, I think to myself, as I reach out and take the slippery chunk which seems to eye me suspiciously.

Into the small net it goes with another bit of salmon remnant.

I hook up the basket and drop it overboard.

More photos and Now, we’re crab fishing.

One more trap goes video online down to the apparently mondaymag.com sandy bottom, some 30 feet below us.

SIZE MATTERS To keep your catch, Dungeness crab must be male and at least 165 mm (6.5 inches) measured across the widest part of the shell. Traps must also have a section that has been secured by a single length of untreated cotton twine no thicker than approximately 5 mm (3/16 inch) diameter, called rot cord which allows crab to escape if the trap is lost.

Each person with a license is allowed to use two traps and can keep a maximum of four crab per day.

There are crab all over the waters surrounding Greater Victoria Dunic, president of the Sidney Anglers Association, tells me. Close to shore, you’ll find red rock crab, but out here, we’ll find the slightly larger Dungeness.

Fishing for crab off the dock is the same procedure, Dunic says, all you need is a trap, some chicken or fish for bait, a fishing license and cooler to put your catch in. An old towel to wipe your fishy hands on is nice too, I discover.

After the traps are down, we head to the spit for a walk. This morning there are a few people milling about. As we walk toward the campground, a troop of Girl Guides is coming out of the woods after a night of s’mores and singing. The island is a pretty spot with plenty of beach and walking trails. He points to a small pond, several fluffy goslings teeter around its banks. In the fall, he says, the deer are as thick as the trees in this area.

Heading back to the C Pony, we watch as a dozen

or so day trippers climb off the ferry, packs on their backs, frisbees and small beach chairs in hand.

We climb aboard the boat, snap our lifejackets back on and head back out on the water. It’s only been roughly 45 minutes since we dropped the traps, but it can take as little as 20 minutes to have success.

Snagging the traps is relatively easy. We approach the floats and reach out with a hook to grab the line, the traps are easy to lift on their own, but Dunic also has a small wheel attached to the edge of his boat to add leverage. The first trap contains nine crab, two of which are large enough to keep. We check the other traps and end up with four in the cooler. We reset the traps and head east of Sidney Spit for some sight seeing.

Dunic steers the boat to Mandarte Island. It’s a large rock covered on one side by nesting seagulls and on the other by a nesting colony of cormorants.

On the water and flying to and fro are pigeon guillemot, a species of bird in the auk family. The sea air is refreshing and watching these wild birds build their nests is a rare treat.

We circle back close to the end of the spit and Dunic hands me the wheel after changing over to a smaller motor called a kicker. We putter around in a wide circle as he drops two lines in the water for salmon. We have no luck with the fish, so head back to the crab traps.

After pulling them all up, we have seven Dungeness and one red rock crab for our efforts.

Again he hands me the wheel and this time I get to hit the throttle and make some waves on the way back to shore.

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It’s great to have a place for a snack or meal you can duck into, or send visiting family and friends that you know will delight and surprise. Finding new places that aren’t always top of mind is always fun.

Nourish Kitchen & Cafe (a hidden gem at 505 Quayle Rd, at The Gardens at HCP) has opened Nourish in the Harbour at 225 Quebec St in James Bay. They’ve been hard at work converting an old building into a bright space for dining, gathering and raising a glass to all things local. Both are amazing spots for brunch, lunch and coffee. Everything is made from scratch with whole ingredients. Try the Benny’s Gone Nuts. It’s vegetarian, but your meat eating friends can add bacon.

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Oceanfront, casual, and one of the best hidden patios in the city.

While hardly anyone would call Zambri’s, 820 Yates St, a hidden gem, their brunch seems to be a bit of a secret. Most dishes $12 - $14, the meatballs on polenta is my favourite.

Crispy polenta and house-made meatballs, topped with poached eggs and tomato sauce, have a glass of prosecco for a great Sunday morning. Brunch is served inside and out, Sundays 10:30am - 2:30pm. Ça Va Bistro Moderne in Fernwood is tucked into a romantic French-inspired space with a kitchen that focuses on

GOURMET GRAZING Now in it’s 18th year, Vancouver Island Feast of Fields is one of BC’s longest standing local food celebrations. This four hour wandering gourmet harvest festival highlights the connections between farmers and

chefs, field and table and between farm folks and city folks. With a wine glass and linen napkin in hand, guests stroll across a farmers field, traveling from tent to tent (sometimes through the barn, past the tractor or around the chicken coup), listening to live music, and

affordable fine dining paired with a BC and international wine list. Dinner $13 - $28 is served 5pm - 9pm Tuesday - Sunday. In View Royal, Crooked Goose Bistro at 4136 Wilkinson Rd (sister restaurant to Heron Rock Bistro in James Bay), offers brunch, daily features, live music, and works with local purveyors of food and drink you don’t have to head downtown for.

Fresh Coast Health Food Bar in Saanich has smoothies, cold pressed juices, salads and wraps in their 202 - 3749 Shelbourne Street location, and their new food truck usually found in the Capital Iron Parking lot. Check Twitter for current locations.

Enjoy your summer dining!

TRY IT YOU’LL LIKE IT: -Buttermilk marinated Down South Fried Chicken at Fernwood Inn, $13.50 -Postmark Brewing’s Blonde Ale, available at Spinnakers Spirit Merchants and other private stores around town, 12 pack $26.35.

-be love restaurant’s vegetarian green curry bowl, $14. tasting gourmet creations from BC top chefs, farmers, fishers, ranchers, food artisans, vintners, brewers, distillers and other beverage producers. The event takes place Sept. 20 at O.U.R Ecovillage in Shawnigan Lake. Tickets available at feastoffields.com The

t’s summertime and a pleasant diversion can be a short drive in the countryside with a lovely deck as a destination point.

The Saanich Peninsula entices with farm stands loaded with veggies and the Brentwood Bay Lodge.

The Lodge has two restaurants, a pub and a main dining room.

Oddly the dining room is called, in what must have been a moment of sheer unoriginality, Dining Room.

In counterpoint to the Dining Room – empty when we arrived and departed – was the lively pub.

The deck was bathed in sunlight with swaths of shade for those watching their complexions and most tables viewed a slice of the Malahat, boats and water.

The cocktail menu is divided into Classics, Signature Caesars, Frozen Drinks, Martinis – Classic and Premium. While I was intrigued by three takes on the Caesar, I know that I’ve mentioned my weakness for this great brunch drink too many times already. I’m certainly interested in heading back to try the Carnius Flavius Maximus with all its beef jerky and blue-cheesestuffed-olive glorious-ness.

Back to the evening at hand the cocktail order went to the Old Fashioned and the Long Island Iced Tea. The Tea is not a usual for me but since it’s a summer sipper I thought, “why not?”

Neither drink was mixed properly as my first sip of Old Fashioned was pure Bulleit Bourbon. This drink is all about the building of the cocktail – stir, stir, stir. The tea offered up a mouthful of Coke. I will keep Brentwood on my list for the ambience, price, wings and Caesars during our gorgeous summer.

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their sound, says Jones.

Band members’ musical interests editor@mondaymag.com vary from metal to punk and reggae and some of the guys are “not into he members of Sweet Leaf ska” at all, but they play like they love have been jamming together it. for a while, but they only “Victoria has a good scene. People recently recorded their first come out and skank it up at a ska album Stress Leave earlier show,” says Jones. this year.

The Sweet Leaf sound is not straight “We rented some office space in up ska, he adds. “We cross a bunch of Esquimalt and sound proofed it then different barriers. We’re just party and record, not just ska or ska influparty and record, lather Victoria Ska and enced. We rock, reggae, and repeat, you know?”

Reggae Fest we play funk too. We says Chris Jones, guitar play some pretty funky runs July 1-5 and vocalist. riffs and genres will Victoria-based Sweet change in the middle Leaf includes Zak Knippel on of a song. There’s hip hop influence in bass, Mike Luis on drums, Spencer Lee some beats, jazz.” on trombone, Jason Ramalho on sax, This is the third year in a row Sweet Nick Brandle on percussion and backLeaf will hit the stage at the Ska and ing vocals, Tyson Crabb on trumpet Reggae Festival which runs July 1 to 5 and Nick Taylor on backup vocals. at a variety of locations.

“We could have another if the key“It’s super fun. And we get to play board player ever showed up,” deadwith some of our favourite ska bands pans Jones.

– that’s kinda why we do it. You don’t Knippel and Ramalho started the make a lot of money as a band but the band some four years ago and Jones payoff is meeting these super talented joined after answering an online ad. and influential artists.”

They’ve lasted through five drumSweet Leaf plays at Sugar Nightclub mers and Taylor was added after the July 1. See the full Ska and Reggae album was recorded to help fill out Festival lineup at victoriaskafest.ca

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Get up and go for a ROMP! The summer, to me, is all about getting outside, and there’s nothing better than combining a love of the arts and performance with an outdoor venue.

Residents of the capital region are spoiled with a wide range of options to choose from – whether under the Garry Oaks at Camosun College for Shakespeare, or close to the water at Fisherman’s Wharf for yoga and dance, motoring (by a variety of means) along the Galloping Goose for mini-shows at SKAMPEDE (formerly Bike Ride) or sitting under the vines at Muse Winery for ballet or musical theatre – why not plan on investigating a new spot this year?

Start the month with #LashBash, a fundraiser for Broken Rhythms Dance, July 4. This company is wellknown for the extravagant false eyelashes they wear during their shows and promotions, and has decided to capitalize on this signature accoutrement. Guests are encouraged to don their own funky eyelashes! It’s a fundraiser, party, dance show and silent auction all in one. TicketRocket.com Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre

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Shopping for a swimsuit is no easy feat and I am pretty sure that the majority of women avoid it every year – including me. It can be a challenge finding a swimsuit to fit your body type as well as being on trend. I prefer to go to smaller boutiques like Paradise Boutique when it comes to buying swimwear because the staff are hands on and make sure that you find a swimsuit that is figure flattering and suits your taste. Swimwear trends for the summer of 2015 are very versatile with a wide variety of looks for all ages and body types. This year there is everything under the sun from retro 1950s inspired swimwear all the way to the bohemian 1970s look straight through to the 1990s with crop tops. The days of the plain string bikini are long gone and swimwear has evolved to adapt the current fashion and street style trends straight from the runways. Here is a list of my top ten swimwear trends for summer 2015.

Printed Swimwear: 3D and photo prints are hugely popular on swimwear this summer.

Anything from tribal prints, florals, leopard and polka dots are on trend for this season.

High Neck Crop Top: Crop tops are a huge trend in street style and they have now made their way Karen McNeil/bellaboudoir.com photo her style into swim wear this summer.

Krista Horan/therapyspastudio.com styling Crop tops with a high neckParadise Boutique tures zipper details, neon paneling ad line or even capped sleeves paradiseboutique.ca neoprene fabric. are popular. Designers are Gina Top: $69 Ruffles and Flounces: This is a girly also including bold stateGrace Bottom: $69 and feminine trend and really flatterments written on the front Duster Cardigan: $112 ing on women with a smaller bust. of swim tops.

Feather Necklace: $42 Flounces and ruffles can also be used Long Line Bikini Top: Adina Mills Rings: to hide unwanted areas.

A very feminine lingerie $80-$140 Mis Matched Bikinis: If you found inspired look with delicate a really cute bikini top but don’t like floral prints that resemble a the matching bottom then don’t worry because fitted bralette. you can mix and match different prints and Long Sleeved Swimwear: This style of swim styles, anything goes. top is perfect for anyone looking for extra sun Sexy Cut Outs: Think ultra sexy with inspiprotection or a built in rash guard. This style ration drawn for 50 Shades of Grey. This trend usually comes in a wide variety of prints and is not for everyone but perfect for the person sleeve lengths. who wants to show some extra skin at a night Retro Swimwear: Vintage inspired swimtime pool party. wear is a timeless classic and flattering on all 1970s Bohemian: The bohemian days of body types. High waisted bottoms and 1960s summer are here to stay and have made their inspired one pieces with psychedelic prints are way to swimwear with fringe detailing, crochet, huge this summer. Picture yourself hanging out beading and tribal prints. pool side with Don Draper in Palm Springs.

If you have any fashion questions email me Sporty Chic: Athletic swimwear has become popular due to the brand Triangl. This style fea- at laurajaneatelier@gmail.com.

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Richelieu Hardware, 616 Hillside Ave. is local supplier to the trade only. The public is welcome to go in and look at their selection, but they have to purchase from a retailer.

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console), they oversee an INSIDE OUT ★★★ elaborate system of transStars Amy Poehler, Lewis parent pipes that are conBlack, Bill Hader duits for Riley’s bowling Directed by Pete Docter and ball-shaped memories. These Ronaldo Del Carmen regularly roll to various storage areas, especially the COMING SOON: several “islands” where core aspects of Riley’s personality TERMINATOR: GENISYS and values have developed He’s back! Arnold over time.

Schwarzenegger, that is, as After the move, things this humans-versus-cyborgs initially go fairly well for series launches a fourth Riley, but the Sadness chariteration complete with acter makes a few mistakes mind-bending time travel that imperil the command twists. With Jason Clarke, J.K. centre. As the mishap escaSimmons, and Jai Courtney.

FACEBOOK lates to the destruction of Amy Schumer and Bill Hader star in Trainwreck, AMY core memories and those from the mind of Judd Apatow, director of all-important islands, Riley’s The life of gone-too-soon Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin. emotions turn inside out in soul singer Amy Winehouse is a meltdown that the icons explored in what’s sure to be frantically try to rectify. a moving documentary by award-winning director Some critics have suggested that Inside is like a Asif Kapadia. Featuring unseen archival footage and pint-size version of the sci-fi mind-bender Inception, previously unheard tracks. and there is some truth to that. It’s possible that some of its cleverness may appeal to adults a bit SELF/LESS more than children. But the movie’s deliberately Ben Kingsley stars as a dying billionaire who ordinary external world is marvelously contrasted transfers his consciousness into the body of a with the realm of the five icons, who portray the healthy young man (Ryan Reynolds). But all is not genesis of human behaviour in an intriguing way. as it seems in this sci-fi thriller directed by stylish The buoyant Joy character, who leads the quest director Tarsem Singh (The Cell). to save Riley’s memories, is perfectly voiced by ex-SNL star Amy Poehler, herself a sunny goofball.

TRAINWRECK But the show is stolen by Anger, a.k.a. Lewis Black, The very funny Amy Schumer stars as a relationthe hilariously grumpy stand-up comic famed for his ship-averse woman who unexpectedly finds herself splenetic tirades. The imaginative, appealing, funny, falling in love with a super-nice sports doctor (Bill and warm-hearted Inside is indeed a treat.

Hader). This is the latest raunchy comedy from the reliably provocative Judd Apatow.

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SIFF, the Seattle International Film Festival is a favourite of the festival circuit because of its broad line up.

Must see for 2015: Handmade With Love In France, it perfectly captures the artisans who create the specialized pieces of haute couture – the pleats (I guarantee you will never look at pleats the same way again), the shoes, the hats – it’s a marvel and you will thrill to the craftsmanship and integrity of the artisans still plying their trades.

Director Julie George Bernard creates a very loving vibrant film.

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his is going to be an HBO-centric column this month, just to warn you. I’ll get to a few other things below, but there are a number of exciting new shows starting up on our favourite home box office, and I thought you might care to know about them.

First up is Ballers, which I should only have to say one thing to sell you on: The Rock. That’s right, everyone’s favourite wrestler-turned-movie star is coming to the small screen, in this show about football agents. And if The Rock didn’t sell you, maybe the fact this show combines football and Peter Berg will. Berg, of course, is the man behind Friday Night Lights, and he is producing this show and directed the pilot. Touchdown.

Premiering the same night, June 21, is The Brink, with Tim Robbins, Jack Black and Pablo Schreiber. This self-described dark comedy focuses on a geopolitical crisis and its effects on three men at different levels of the trouble. HBO does political comedy well, if Veep is any indication, and considering the cast and premise, this one has me intrigued.

And, of course, drumroll please, this very same date, June 21, marks the return of the much beloved True Detective, the premiere season of which last year, starring Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, blew many a mind. Being an anthology, this season has an all-new story, all-new characters, and same dark tone, I assume. It has an interesting cast, with Colin Farrell, Taylor Kitsch, Rachel McAdams and Vince Vaughn, and I’m looking forward to seeing if the new season can match the first’s ambition.

Finally, tune in to HBO on July 11 for 7 Days in Hell. I don’t know much about it, there’s no trailer, but I can tell you it stars Andy Samberg and Kit Harington as pro tennis players, and also features Lena Dunham, Will Forte, Fred Armisen and Michael Sheen. That’s one hell of a cast.

OK, that’s it for HBO. But we’re not done yet: Rectify, one of my personal favourites, starts its third season on July 9 on Sundance Channel. I’ll have to wait until it’s on Netflix, but that doesn’t usually take long. If you haven’t had a chance to see this tense and beautifully paced drama, I highly recommend you catch up on the first two seasons.

Key and Peele return to Comedy Central on July 8, which is good news for fans of one of the best sketch comedy shows on television (along with other Comedy Central treasure Amy Schumer).

And finally, The Spoils Before Dying, a six-part comedy mini-series starring Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, Val Kilmer, Maya Rudolph and many more, premieres July 8 on IFC.

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If you’re broke, you feel like navel lint.

Don’t do this because life is precious and you are not measured by your bank account. What really counts is your car and where you eat.

horoscope ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19)

You will swing your focus to home, family CANCER and your private life this month. You Georgia Nicols (JUNE 21-JULY 22) might want to cocoon at home; or you This month the Sun in your sign makes you feel might tackle home repairs, redecorating projects energized! This is your chance to recharge your and even renovations. Some will become more batteries for the rest of the year. The Sun also attract involved with family members, especially a parent. favourable circumstances to you. You’re a winner!

And because fiery Mars enters the picture on Wednesday, June 24, you will also have to be patient You project your personality with greater force and make a strong impression on others. You’ll have a with family members to avoid arguments. And there great need to express yourself. Lots of activity will you have it. take place in your life, which, in turn, will give you a chance to show the world what you can do.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20)

This month the tempo of your daily schedule will speed up because of the demands you suddenly face. Short trips are a given. Plan for this. In addition, you will be busy talking and communicating to others, especially siblings and relatives. You’ll also be busy with errands and have an ambitious To Do list. Many of you will write or read and study more than usual as well. In a nutshell, you’ll be busier than a one-armed paper hanger, and very vocal, if not strident with others. ‘Move that mountain!’ ‘Build that bridge!’

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)

This month your focus is on money, cash flow and your possessions. This could be because you are looking for a job or making a major purchase. You might focus on your possessions, cleaning, repairing or maintaining something. All this focus on money will make you equate your assets with your self-

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22)

You will withdraw from the busyness of everything around you this month because you’ll be in planning mode. That’s because next month, the Sun will enter your sign, and you will present yourself to the world in full dazzle. Ta da! Use the month ahead to plan what you want your new year (birthday to birthday) to be all about. People who plan and set goals always achieve more. And of course, there’s Ted Turner’s advice: ‘Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise.’

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22)

Start scanning your closet for snappy duds because your popularity rating will soar this month. Invitations for fun times will pour in; and interactions with others be based on fun times, dinners, lunches, get-togethers and parties. Your increased interaction with other will also be due to classes, sports events,

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LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22)

Holy VIP! This is the only time all year that the Sun is at the top of your chart casting a flattering spotlight on you. People in authority will notice you and ask you to take on a special job or increased responsibilities. Say yes because you won’t have to do anything special to dazzle them. Meanwhile, you’re up for this because Mars now arouses your ambition, the most it’s been aroused in two years. Just when you decide to reach for the brass ring, someone wants to offer it to you.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21)

Keep a bag packed by the door because you’re going places this month. You want to broaden your horizons through travel, study, learning from books and film, and interacting with people from different countries and cultures. You’ll be bored with your routine. You want change! Stimulation! Adventure! You want to learn something new. Yeats said, ‘Education is not filling the bucket, it’s lighting a fire!’

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21)

This month is intense and passionate. You want to experience life at a gut level, not just as an intellectual abstraction. You want the nitty-gritty. You can also expect to be more involved with shared property, debt, taxes, inheritances and insurance issues. You might also feel challenged by someone. There could be disputes about shared property or inheritances.

Confucius said, ‘Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.’ (The butler Alfred said that, too.)

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19)

This month, the Sun is 180∞ opposite your sign, which is the only time all year this happens. Because the Sun is your source of energy, and it is now as far away from you as it gets all year, you will be tired.

Discover the power nap. You might also be at odds with someone close to you. They annoy you! Could it be that you are wearing different glasses and seeing things from a different point of view? So much depends on attitude. Remember: Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)

You’ll get a lot done this month because you want to productive, efficient and effective. You’re keen to be better organized and start each day with a To Do list.

This desire for high standards will include thoughts about your health. Focus on a new exercise regime or explore a new way of eating. Basically, you are on self-improvement kick, which is excellent. These two planets will also highlight your focus on small pets as well. Woof!

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20)

Oh joy! Life will be exciting and romantic because for the first time in almost a year the Sun wants you to play! In the next four weeks, love affairs, romantic interludes and flirtatious téte-á-téte’s will thrill you.

Beyond romance, your social life will be stimulated with fun invitations, picnics, barbecues, sports events, musical performances, the theatre, the arts and playful activities with children. And you will want to express your creative talents. Grab every chance to do this.

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