FISHBOWL MAGAZINE MAY 2022

MAY 2022 - FISSUE #164

LOVIN’ SHAKESPEARE

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at ArtSpring May 6 & 7

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On Our Cover

Christina Penhale and Jeffrey Renn are

Lovin’ Shakespeare A celebration of love couldn’t be more timely. And who better to present it on the ArtSpring stage than Christina Penhale and Jeffrey Renn. In their new play, Lovin’ Shakespeare, they’re sharing not only the love they have for each other, but for Shakespeare’s plays, and the love they feel when presenting work to the Salt Spring community.

They are quick to thank former Executive & Artistic Director Cicela Månsson, who first commissioned the play, for her support. “She reached out to us and said would you guys create a piece together for the season,” Penhale says, “so Jeff and I came to her with three different ideas and she took two of them. One was the holiday show (The Jeff and Chrissy Show, in December 2020), and the other was this piece, a story that explores a couple’s love story through Shakespeare.”

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Although the new play promises to traverse through Shakespeare’s canon, from Titania and Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, to the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet, as Renn says, it’s not a cabaret event of individual scenes. “There’s a narrative through line,

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but using the text of Shakespeare. There’s an apocryphal story shared among actors that in 1593, when theatres were closed for plague, A Midsummer Night’s Dream was performed in a garden at a wedding in Southampton. Not only was Elizabeth I in attendance, she played the part of Titania in that first production.” The play is an imagined encounter between Shakespeare and Elizabeth at the wedding. “They go off together and have a conversation. What is that conversation?”

Described as love letter to the Great Bard, the play includes iconic scenes from more than 22 of his plays, as well as Elizabeth’s speeches to parliament, sections of the Bible, and of course some original writing

by Renn.

Much Ado About Nothing (Penhale’s favourite Shakespeare play) features, as does Taming Of The Shrew, and the couple doesn’t shy away from the conversation around misogyny in some of the plays, and whether it’s time to cancel Shakespeare. Renn says, “That’s a central section in the first act. The Queen asks him about Taming Of The Shrew, and says, explain to me what the hell is going on here.” Penhale thinks it’s important to keep this conversation going, looking at it through a modern lens. “I’m not saying in any way that Petruchio’s treatment of Kate was justified. But when we did the play on Salt Spring, the conversations that occurred post production were really fruitful and engaging. The idea of saying Shakespeare’s redundant, well, certain pieces, yes, and certain parts have to be changed - or there has to be conversation about why they’re still included. But to say it’s not useful anymore is cancel culture.”

The thought of being back on an indoor stage again is both exciting and cause for apprehension. “It’s a whole new landscape that we have to deal with being inside,” Penhale says. “Not just the protocols, but of people’s lived experience through this whole thing. Some people are scared, some quite opinionated. I’m hoping that being able to come together again and having collective experiences it will be like coming back to common ground.”

ArtSpring Presents: Lovin’ Shakespeare Friday May 6 and Saturday May 7 | 7:30pm | $30 adult $5 youth

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Sponsored by Legion Branch 92 Entertainment Schedule The Salt Spring Jazz and Blues Society and Magenta Music are presenting a Sunday afternoon Jazz Jam session, 3-6 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion, beginning May 1, 15 & 29. All players and singers are welcome to sit in, or just come and listen! There will be a host trio with Frank Heuther (piano), Bob Delion (bass) and Randall Miron (drums). There will be no admission charge but all in attendance are asked to contribute to the Society, to keep this going. A list of tunes will be posted to the Society’s FaceBook page and website (ssjazzandblues.org) at least week in advance.

May Offerings Tuesday, May 17 Poetry of Change

Online on Zoom 7pm to 8:30pm Some poetry offers consolation and solace, while other poetry provokes us and prompts us to change our lives. Join us for an evening of poems that unsettle us, set their demands upon us, and propel us to redirect our days. Bring a poem of change to share or just come to listen to and respond to poems brought by others. The evening will be facilitated by Salt Spring poet Brian Day. Please register at staroftheseassi@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link.

Donations for participation in this event are welcome.

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Murals on Salt Spring The Salt Spring Chamber and Salt Spring Arts invite Canadian artists to submit applications for Murals on Salt Spring, an initiative that will see three new murals installed in Ganges Village.

The project will highlight the presence of professional arts in the downtown core and encourage people to experience less-visited locations in Ganges Village.

“Salt Spring Island is already known for its vibrant arts scene, and is home to many arts organizations, galleries, and studio tours, as well as a major national arts prize that attracts artists from across Canada,” explains Inga Michelsen of the Salt Spring Island Chamber of Commerce. “The Ganges Village mural walking tour will facilitate stronger connectivity between these existing cultural assets.”

The Chamber worked with local businesses and property owners to secure three suitable sites and hired a Mural coordinator to support mural installations during the coming summer months. Salt Spring Arts is overseeing the call for submissions, which will follow a tworound selection process and bring together a selection committee.

Round 1 artist submissions are open until May 16. Short listed candidates will be invited to submit a scale mock up as part of Round 2 submissions. Selected artists will be announced by June 30 and installation will take place July through mid-September. Artists must submit a site-specific mural concept for one of: Salt Spring Coffee Café & Kitchen west wall, Glad’s Ice Cream courtyard, or for Lam’s Lane (south facing alley of Harbour Food Market).

The artist call invites professional Canadian artists to submit proposals and especially encourages applications from Indigenous artists, artists from minority communities as well as those with a connection to the Island. For the Glad’s courtyard site, the Chamber and Salt Spring Arts have partnered with Transition Salt Spring for a themed mural. Situated at a site that will be significantly impacted by rising oceans, this mural will respond to the theme ‘On the Rise: navigating climate grief and action’. Submissions for the other two sites will reflect to the broader project theme of ‘sustainability, reciprocity and creativity’.

The Murals on Salt Spring project is supported through the Islands Coastal Economic Trust THRIVE Small Capital Program with the intent of stimulating and promoting vitality in downtown.

Learn more or Apply to the artist call at saltspringarts.com Salt Spring Arts: info@ssartscouncil.com | 250-537-0899

selfcare isn’t selfish Healthy lifestyle habits are the anchor to success in all endeavors you were put on this planet to do. They are the foundation to your happiness and happiness comes in any form unique to you and your taste. Yet, there is so much health and wellness information blaring in your face that building that healthy foundation can be overwhelming and difficult.

Melissa Johnson has been a Holistic Selfcare Coach specializing in essential oils for nearly 10 years- she keeps selfcare easy and obtainable. Understanding how hard building a healthy foundation for you and your family came to her when her second son was born and she found herself struggling with postpartum depression. Melissa felt she wasn’t “enough”. She was spread thin and chronic at putting everyone else’s needs before her own– kids, husband, house, work, you name it and her health started to slip as a result.

Maybe you can relate?

At her wits end, Melissa leaned into learning how to begin to heal her inner child, find what lit her up and bring purpose to her life while creating healthy habits, and strive for a sustainable lifestyle for her and her family. Perpetually her own selfcare never seemed to make the to-do list so she decided to formulate the Selfcare Checklist. She designed it to honor simple daily actions that are easily incorporated into any lifestyle.

It takes approximately three weeks to establish a new habit as a lifestyle staple. What Melissa found when she put the Selfcare Checklist to work for herself is that the simple shifts began to fuel her mind, body, and soul. The daily actions were personalized; anchoring the new habits began to fill her cup and gave her the ability to serve others fluidly and effortlessly.

Shared values with women who lead from the heart, strive to live sustainably, want easy access to affordable toxic-free lifestyle products, a vibrant wellness community and simple daily habits that combat overwhelm daily is Melissa’s specialty. Approachable selfcare is taking care of yourself first and the ripple effect will: • boost physical, mental and emotional wellness • ease stress • allow space to choose simple healthy choices • offer the space to process emotions, or to simply breath-in-a-moment • prevent burnout • enhance creativity and performance • cultivate inner peace which makes responding in loving, engaged ways that align with your values If you’re unsure of where to start, Melissa’s got you- use these three simple selfcare solutions to implement into your daily routine especially if you have a busy career and babes to raise: 1. Schedule ONE small thing a day for just yourself. Physically input it into your calendar or add it to your to-do list and make it a non negotiable.

2. Practice saying “no” to things that don’t align with your purpose or bring you joy. No is a complete sentence. It’s 100% healthy to have and set boundaries around what you will and will not stand for.

3. Use and diffuse doterra essential oils to improve mood + positively enhance brain chemistry, daily. Roll essential oils over your neck, wrists, heart and temples and inhale deeply. Often.

A Selfcare Checklist is a sanity saver, and for Melissa, it illuminated a clear path to a thriving doterra business where women are empowered to take control of their health holistically. With a focus on creating purpose and abundance for family by teaching these skills to other women who are eager to learn more. Access your own free Selfcare Checklist to create your own selfcare habits by design with tangible steps on her website www. essentialoilparlour.com and search Selfcare Checklist or find Melissa on social media platforms @melissaj_johnson ~ It’s always selfcare season,

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May 13 & 14 6pm, May 15 1pm at SIMS Gymnasium.

It’s hard to believe that it was 8 years ago when Tsunami Circus was born. Six shows and a pandemic later, students from SSE, SIMS and GISS have created another aerial circus show, with performers ready to share their talents from the ground up, and the rafters down. Despite the obstacles, such as workout programs from home due to capacity restrictions for training in the gym, rigorous protocols and masks, our inspiring youth of SSI are ready to share their love of aerial and ground circus through a talented performance that is guaranteed to pull on a variety of emotions in their show “Beyond”. From performers who helped start the program, and are now graduating from GISS, to students who have waited to be on the team since they saw their first Tsunami Circus Show in Kindergarten, our Island’s youth are ready to get out of the pandemic isolation and bring in some live community connection! Performers will wow audiences with their aerial dances on silks, hammocks, trapeze, cube, lyra, contortion and even a German Wheel! This is the last year Tsunami Circus will be affiliated with SD64, and it is a send off to the Middle School as it closes its doors this year.

Tickets are limited, and can be purchased at West of the Moon, SIMS and SSE. $10.00 for adults, $5.00 students and children. A limited number may be available at the door. tsunamicircussaltspring@gmail.com

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Sweet Spot Live on Stage in May

Our 2021-22 ArtSpring Presents season comes to a close this month, ending with three diverse shows, and performers spanning different generations of live performance experience.

Christina Penhale grew up taking acting, dancing, and singing classes on Salt Spring, and is no stranger to the ArtSpring stage. Along with musical theatre Christina’s other passion, shared with partner Jeffrey Renn, is the Great Bard.

Together they bring us a timely celebration of love using some of Shakespeare’s most iconic love scenes and characters. This new play, written and performed by the couple, and told through song, sonnet and scene, will have you falling in love with Shakespeare all over again.

Lovin’ Shakespeare, Friday May 6 and Saturday May 7, at 7:30pm.

Sponsored by Alan & Mary Hughes, Mark & Debbi Toole, and Mouat’s Clothing Co. We’re lucky enough to have one of Canada’s most influential dancers and choreographers, Peggy Baker, join photo credit us in what will be metta-rose-photography her final year of performance. After 50 years she is winding down her company – Peggy Baker Dance Projects - later this year. Don’t miss the opportunity to see an exquisite performer of international repute in one of her final performances. unmoored is an emotional, autobiographical ‘dancestory’, crafted from a deeply personal life experience. She is also offering a community dance workshop, for all ages and abilities, the day before the live show. FluxDelux All Abilities Workshop, Wednesday May 25, 5pm, and umoored, Thursday May 26, at 7:30pm. Sponsored by Joan Farlinger, and Salt Spring Coffee.

And our final event of the season belongs to the young singers of ArtSpring’s Makana Youth Choir. Every Friday afternoon this wonderful group of grade 2-5 students get together with director Caroni Young and accompanist Shirley Bunyan to discover the joy of singing in an ensemble. We’re excited to hear what they’ve been learning this spring term. Friday May 27, at 7:30pm. Sponsored by Galleons Lap Photography, The Lost Chords, and Viva Chorale!

We hope you’ll be there to help us see out the season!

Box Office - Tuesday-Friday 10am-1pm | tickets.artspring.ca | 250.537.2102 | tickets@artspring.ca Please note – Face masks are required by ArtSpring at all times.

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with Seth Shugar

Twenty-One Ways of Looking at Conflict in Intimate Relationships 1. Nothing fuels conflict in a relationship like a dysfunctional relationship to conflict.

2. Conflict is often a symptom of our unwillingness to develop precisely those characteristics we most abhor in our significant other.

3. Conflict can be a sign of incompatibility and incompatibility can, in turn, be the foundation for an excellent relationship.

4. At the heart of every conflict you will find a frozen child longing to be delivered from an unbearable predicament.

5. Conflict is a protest against disconnection; in the final analysis, every fight is a tragic attempt to restore the bond of love.

6. Conflict is never about the what; it is always and forever about the how. Those who have a how to communicate can resolve any what.

7. Conflict is a symptom of two things: first, that we are not accepting the other’s otherness; second, that we are still entranced by the illusion of otherness.

8. The quickest way to end a conflict is to own up to a vulnerability.

9. Every conflict is a test of our ability to act in alignment with our most deeply-held values.

10. The spiky parts of us that perpetuate conflicts obscure the hidden drivers of conflict: childhood wounds.

11. At the core of every conflict there is a mistaken belief that there is something more important than our most important relationships.

12. Conflict is a sign of love; you cannot sustain a healthy connection unless you are willing to risk it.

13. Perpetual conflict is often an attempt to keep the other at arm’s length from one’s most shameful secrets.

14. The icy distance in a protracted conflict is usually a desperate attempt to preserve what little connection remains.

15. Conflict does not drive people in healthy relationships apart; it becomes one of their greatest sources of bonding.

16. Conflict dissolves in open awareness like a snowflake on the tongue.

17. Conflict is often a sign that one is failing to cherish the gleaming vision that lights up the other’s eyes.

18. Conflict is a gateway to awakening. There is only one person who can heal a conflict and that is — who we really are.

19. The conflicts in our external relationships invariably reflect the conflicts in our internal relationships.

20. Every conflict is an opportunity to improve our relationship with the parts of us that are impairing our relationships.

21. The heart can respond to conflict the way a pupil responds to darkness.

Seth is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, Marital and Family Therapist and Board Certified Life Coach. He works with individuals and couples in private practice. You can reach him at sethshugar@me.com or book a session at www.sethshugar.com

When We

Lost Our Heads

by Heather O’Neill

Mishka’s

Book

Reviews with Mishka Campbell

Reading this novel is like consuming the most ornately decorated cake you could possibly imagine. It’s a marvel of confectionary genius, so huge and elaborate that you can’t even figure out how to actually take a bite. Then once you boldly attempt to dig in, you can’t quite grasp what the flavour is; it’s like nothing you’ve ever tasted, in fact it reminds you of Willy Wonka’s Everlasting Gobstopper, evolving into an entirely different experience with each shed layer. It is a delicious, extravagant delight. By the time you’ve finished you feel exhilarated and also a bit wicked, like you’ve unintentionally overindulged; I couldn’t possibly…well maybe just one more bite. This book is a fairy tale, a fable, an allegory, a dream, and in case you haven’t guessed, I found it a pleasure to read.

Marie Antoine is the spoiled heiress to a sugar factory in 19th century Montreal. As a child, Marie is given everything her self absorbed heart desires by her father, who is both a widower and the richest man on the Golden Mile. Blonde Marie meets her match in Sadie Arnett, dark of hair (and perhaps heart), when the two are twelve, some time after Sadie’s family, grasping for status, find themselves the inheritors of a home on the Golden Mile. These girls, who have always felt themselves superior to those around them, are instantly drawn to each other, compelled by mutual fascination and a touch of jealousy.

Their passionate connection becomes dangerous as their impetuous natures lead them to commit a terrible act. As indulged children who’ve never experienced a negative consequence of their actions, Sadie and Marie are shocked by the reactions of their families, who choose to separate the two and sever their unhealthy relationship. That decision, in and of itself, creates a tension that culminates in an intensely emotional, lifelong tug-of-war. Sadie and Marie are forever bound to each other. The Gobstopper of their journey will take you through workers’ and women’s rights, gender roles and sexual freedom, class struggles and revolution. You will visit factory floors, brothels, bakeries and finishing schools. You will feel the sting of white hot revenge, and the bloom of long repressed desire. You will both love and hate each of these complex characters. I’m telling you, before you know it, you’ll look up and realize you’ve eaten the whole cake.

Film Screening: Fracking the Peace Tuesday, May 3rd, 7PM | Community Program Room Join us in the community program room for a screening of Fracking the Peace a new documentary by Stand.earth about fracking in BC’s Northeast. The documentary explores the people whose lives, water, and land have been changed by fracking. This event is held in partnership with Transition Salt Spring.

Wednesday Bridge in the Community Program Room Wednesdays, May 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th | 12:45-4:15PM Join us in the community program room to play Bridge!

All are welcome.

Poetry Open Mic: Kamal Parmar Thursday, May 5th, 7PM | Community Program Room Kamal Parmar’s genre is poetry and creative non-fiction.

She dabbles frequently with Haiku poetry. She has a few books published in UK, Canada and India as well as in US and Canadian literary journals and anthologies. She has many poetry books to her credit and one on creative non-fiction. She has been a member of a several writers' organizations and Writers Guilds. Currently, she is an Associate member of the League of Canadian Poets and was former Secretary of The Ontario Poetry Society. She is a member of Haiku Canada, Canadian Authors Association and of The Writers Union of Canada. She is also a Board member of the Federation of BC Writers and the current Poet Laureate of Nanaimo. The Library acknowledge the financial assistance of the League of Canadian Poets.

Book Launch: Dr Steven Earle's A Brief History of the Earth’s Climate Saturday, May 14th, 7PM Community Program Room Join us in the community program room for a presentation about what climate history indicates about the future of natural ecosystems on Salt Spring Island. This talk is tied to a new book A Brief History of the Earth’s Climate: Everyone’s Guide to the Science of Climate Change written by the presenter, Dr. Steven Earle. This event is co-sponsored by nature Salt Spring and the Salt Book Club: Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga Thursday, May 26th, 1PM Interested in reading and discussing well written books? Join the library book club! This month we are reading Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga. For more information contact Nan at bookclub@saltspringlibrary.com

ArtSpring Presents: Lovin’ Shakespeare Friday May 6 and Saturday May 7 | 7:30pm $30 adult | $5 youth Salt Spring Singers: Nature Sings led by Don Conley Saturday May 14 | 7:30pm | Sunday May 15 | 2pm $25 adult | $5 youth ArtSpring Presents: FluxDelux - Peggy Baker All Abilities Dance Workshop Wednesday May 25 | 5pm | $20 ArtSpring Presents: Peggy Baker Dance Projects unmoored Thursday May 26 | 7:30pm | $30 adult | $5 youth Salt Spring Island Printmakers Spring Show ArtSpring lobby | May 3-30 Open during box office hours and prior to theatre events

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Who? The Foothills Brass Quintet, one of Canada’s finest brass ensembles, has been entertaining audiences across North America and beyond for 40 years.

What? A concert for all ages, including classical, jazz, movie music, and maybe even a little country.

When? Saturday, May 21st at 7:30 pm Where? All Saints By The Sea, 110 Park Drive.

Why come? The concert will be great.

A Foothills Brass concert includes music to suit all tastes, presented with a touch of humour. Each of the five members has his/her own rich musical history. They come together to form the Calgary-based group for their love of great brass chamber music.

Foothills Brass Performs on Saltspring One of Canada’s finest brass ensembles, the Foothills Brass Quintet, will perform Saturday, May 21st, 7:30 pm, at All Saints by the Sea. The concert will feature music to suit every taste - everything from Baroque to 20th century, from opera to jazz and even a little country music. Tickets are available at Mondo Trading and cost $25 for adults and $10 for students. The concert is part of a May mini tour of BC. This is the ensemble’s first tour, after 2 years of COVID restrictions. In the 38 years prior to COVID, the Foothills Brass had performed up to 200 concerts a year across North America, Europe and beyond.

Prior to the SSI concert, Foothills Brass will be performing for several schools in Vancouver and on Vancouver Island. The quintet loves to share their passion for brass music with young people. It is one of the Foothills Brass’s missions to inspire young people to take up music in general, and brass instruments in particular. They have performed for over one million students in schools.

Each of the five versatile musicians brings a vast storehouse of musical experience to every performance - experience far beyond their formal classical and jazz training in Canada’s finest music schools.

Individually they have performed with such renowned and diverse musical entities as the Calgary Philharmonic, Dianna Krall, Maureen Forrester, the Tom Jones Orchestra, Valdy, Aaron Copland, and Ray Brown, to name just a few.

The members of the Calgary-based group include one Saltspringer – trumpeter Derrick Milton. Trumpeter Chris Morison, and Rosalee Morrison on French horn, the founders of Foothills Brass, met Derrick at the Banff School of Fine Arts in the early 70’s where the three were studying with the original Canadian Brass. The three met up again

when they all played together in the Thunder Bay Symphony. The three friends went on to have independent musical careers for a while, Derrick playing with such entities as the Canadian Opera, and the Stratford Festival, Chris with the National and Winnipeg Ballet Orchestras, and Rosalee with the Winnipeg and St John Symphonies.

In 1981 Derrick was asked to leave his musical career in Toronto to join the newly formed Foothills Brass, but a second career and family commitments prevented him from touring until 2012, when his life became a little freer.

After graduating from the Conservatoire de Music du Quebec in Montreal, winning 3 unanimous 1st prizes in Orchestra, Chamber Music, and Solo playing, tubist, Jean Francois Cotnoir was hired as the principal tubist for the Pretoria Symphony orchestra and soloist with the Kwazulu-Natal Philharmonic in South Africa. He has been with the Foothills Brass since the mid 1980’s and teaches music in Calgary.

The newest member of Foothills Brass, trombonist Andrew Clayden hails from Salmon Arm. After studies at UBC and completing his Masters at North Western, Andrew played with the Experimental Orchestra of Taiwan, and later enjoyed 20 years with the Quebec City Symphony. Like most brass players, Andrew has a wide variety of musical experiences including recordings, arranging, playing jazz, funk, dance music, and playing baroque music on sacbutt. He was professor of trombone at Conservatoire de Musique de Quebéc and Conservatoire de Rimouski before moving to Gabriola Island. Since moving west Andrew has played with the Victoria Symphony, the NMA Big Band, and the Island Brass Quintet.

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Jen’ll Tell Ya Featuring Jen Redpath & Jessica Terezakis

Sexually Transmitted Infections: STI’s Hey Salt Spring, Spring has sprung and it sure is mating season around here!

For the next few articles we are going to give you our STI’s 101, we promise we will try to be less awkward than your grade ten gym teacher!

We’ve already invited you to come see us when there’s more than questions that are burning, but we want to remind you that it’s important to get tested even when there is no raging crotch fire.

Why? Because most people who get an STI don’t show symptoms.

Routine testing when we change or introduce new sexual partners can help identify infections early on and stop the spread of STI’s.

The first thing that we should all know about STIs (formerly known as Sexually Transmitted Diseases or STD’s), is that they are simply a fact of life for folks who are sexually active and just like other infections, we have learned ways to prevent, treat and decrease their spread. For example: If we have a sore throat we may get tested for possible infections; When we test positive for strep throat we tend to abstain from being with other people by not going to work or school, or covering our coughs and sneezes with masks or elbows.

We may treat infection so that it doesn’t cause further complications and that we can get some relief from symptoms. We also may inform other people we have had contact with so that they can watch for symptoms and decrease the spread. If we apply that to STIs, when we are sexually active, being tested regularly, abstaining from sexual activity when we are positive or symptomatic; being treated when we have an STI; and informing our partners when we test positive.

What to expect for a visit to a sexual health clinic? Options provides free STI testing, whether you have a care card or not! If you have one, please bring your health card number or a complete address, birth date and full name to register. Our services are confidential, with speciality trained nurses with certified practice to provide you excellent health care. When people are symptomatic it is sometimes necessary to assess the genitals, but for most routine testing self swabs, self urine collection and blood work at the hospital can be done with minimal hands-on interventions. Sometimes special equipment is used to take samples such as a speculum, a light and an exam table, folks are welcome to ask questions about the process and take a tour of the clinic if needed to help with any anxiety.

Stay Sexy Salty! *** Are you a Registered Nurse? Are you interested in speciality education, autonomy and a rewarding role in promoting healthy sexuality? If so please take a look at optbc.ca for positions at our local clinic!

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Well Being Interior Design with nora bouz

Since the beginning of humanity, people have used art to express what they find beautiful, a feeling or an idea. Throughout history and into the present, visual art has been used to change opinions, instil values and translate experiences.

In modern times, scientists discovered that visual art stimulates our brain and triggers an emotional response and concluded that art could be used to enhance well-being by creating positive emotional responses.

One of the most important works in this field of study was research done by Ulrich and Gilpin in the 70s. This research suggests that when hospital patients are put in rooms with art representing naturecompared to rooms with no art- they experience benefits including: • Reduced blood pressure • Decreased pain intensity • Improved pain control • Improved postoperative heart surgery outcomes Here are three things to consider when choosing art for your home if you intend to create a pleasant environment:

1. Landscapes and Pleasant Associations

Bright, open landscapes often evoke a feeling of beauty, relaxation, or happiness. This connection to pleasant emotions exists because, in the past, it was advantageous to humans to be able to see brightly lit environments far into the distance. Similarly, visual images that are dark and obscure typically elicit emotions of anxiety and fear. This is because an impeded visual field is disadvantageous for those who could experience a physical attack.

It’s best to keep dark art representing suffering, pain, confusion or any negative emotion in an area that is not seen frequently, so people don’t have to live with it for an extended period. Transitional spaces or art rooms are most suitable.

2. Colour

Vibrant colours elicit happiness and excitement. Place art with vivid colours in social spaces like the living room and dining room while placing art with more calming colours in the bedroom, bathroom, meditation room and areas where people relax. Both vibrant and calming art is good in the foyer as they evoke pleasant and inviting feelings.

3. Symmetry

The human brain unconsciously searches for symmetry. Our mind associates symmetry and balance with beauty. Art containing symmetry, therefore, evokes a positive experience.

Abstract art

Although abstract art can reflect a great talent, and many find it more interesting than other forms of visual art, abstract art is open to interpretation based on personal experience and cultural background.

When art can be interpreted in different ways and trigger different emotions, be mindful of what each painting evokes for you and your family and place those that elicit positive emotions in spaces frequently used.

Whether painting, photography or sculpture, art plays an essential role in making our home reflect who we are. It tells a lot about what we value and where we have been. A well-selected and placed art can transform any space and bring a sense of well-being into every room.

Nora is an interior designer focusing on well-being in the built environment. Based on studies in environmental psychology, natural building, and sustainability, Nora works with the most impactful design elements to improve the quality of life indoors. 250-418-0754 norabouz@lucidaforwellbeing.ca | www.lucidaforwellbeing.ca

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Christina Penhale and Jeffrey Renn Lovin' Shakespeare Fri May 6, Sat May 7 | 7:30pm

FluxDelux Peggy Baker All Abilities Dance Workshop Wed May 25 | 5pm

Peggy Baker Dance Projects unmoored Thu May 26 | 7:30pm

Makana Youth Choir Concert Fri May 27 | 7:30pm

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Nobody knows the troubles you’ve seen. Remind them of this fact at every possible opportunity.

 Scorpio

 Taurus

All your hard work will finally pay off this week, but not, of course, for you.

 Gemini

Everything will be ok, until of course, everyone realizes it was actually just all your fault.

 Cancer

 Libra

Don’t worry: There’s absolutely nothing wrong with your goals, as long as you realize they’re unrealistic and you can never actually achieve them.

 Sagittarius

You should avoid making any financial decisions next week.

 Capricorn

considered, is only appropriate.

The constellation Virgo has seen you gazing at her in silent supplication, and she has this message for you: Her eyes are up here.

 Leo

 Aquarius

You’re

spending

considering

less

your

time future

these days, which, all things

You’ll make the ferry, but really that’s going to be about it for you this week.

 Virgo

It’s going to be hectic and stressful for the next few days, but it’ll all be worth it by Friday when the weather forecast changes, for the worse.

Sometimes you have to do things you don’t want to do. Like get gas, why is getting gas so awful?!

 Pisces

Time and space are both illusions, making it even more frustrating that you’re always in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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