The Scope issue 118

thescope THE SCOPE | st. john’s arts and entertainment magazine | MAY 2011 | Volume 7, Number 4 | Issue 118 | www.thescope.ca

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issue 118, volume 7, number 4 Online www.thescope.ca E-mail inbox@thescope.ca Listings listings@thescope.ca Mail PO Box 1044, St. John’s, NL, A1C 5M3 Phone 709-726-8466

Publisher Bryhanna Greenough publisher@thescope.ca Editor Elling Lien editor@thescope.ca Listings Editor Nathan Downey Editorial Assistant Sarah Smellie Intern Jess Spoto Production Assistant Morgan Murray Advertising Sales Elaine Pond (709) 699-7299 elaine@thescope.ca

Advertising Sales Lisa Cook (709) 693-5028 lisa@thescope.ca Contributors Ryan Davis, Andrew Harvey, Adam Clarke, Tara Fleming, Nathan Downey, Mark Callanan, Taryn Sheppard, Ricky King, Andrew Wickens, and Rob Brezsny. And more!

The Scope is St. John’s arts and entertainment newspaper, published by Scope Media Inc. 22,000+ copies of The Scope are printed monthly and distributed throughout the metro area. The Scope seeks to publish a newspaper that will entertain, inform, and foster cultural development in the St. John’s metropolitan area. The Scope claims absolutely no responsibility for Comic Sans, nor for the pretentious term "Sequential Art." But boy do we like the funny strips! All rights reserved. © 2011 Proudly independent and locally owned. Founded way back in 2006.

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Minus CD Plus

CD Plus has pulled the plug on their Avalon Mall and Corner Brook locations. In 2000 there were 133 CD Plus outlets across the country. Now only a handful remain. Vice-President of Operations Dale Bailly told The Western Star that file-sharing on the interwebz is to blame.

Here are some comments made about it on our website, reimagined as a Cat' comic.

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this time, it's digital

Online stores like iTunes and Amazon

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well...

It’s not surprising to see these

/ dinosaurs dying

off and I won’t miss them ...local acts sold their music at CD Plus too \

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in the greater scheme of things, I don’t think it’s naive at all

They could have had 99% of all digital music downloaders in one place \

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but users had spread to multiple services by then

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but there are still less people paying for downloaded music than there are people pirating

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Unfortunately, there’s just less money to be made in the music industry now

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Maybe it was also about the lack of competitive prices and stock?

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so it’s pretty obvious that / selling music

electronically is viable

And they made a lot more from the results than they \ do selling through Amazon or iTunes Let’s hope the music labels are / next.

to praise all online retail outlets and damn the guys \ selling CDs is just naive

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The big record companies all had their chance to embrace digital sales when they sued Napster.

A few years later, they realized their mistake, and partnered with Apple to \ create iTunes

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now, iTunes is obviously doing really well

If the big labels hadn’t been so resistant to change, I suspect that might be reversed

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people thescope.ca/people

Astronomer Tim Caruk has built over a dozen telescopes.

He's a member of the St. John’s Chapter of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, and takes all kind of pictures of the night sky.

Tim Caruk Astronomy Enthusiast Why are you so interested in astronomy?

It's a fantastic hobby. It really gives you a feeling of where you are in the universe. If you take pictures of the stars, you can see the world in a whole new way. We're just little, insignificant life forms on a tiny little planet in this massive universe. I've always been interested in the world around me, I guess. But the world beyond— the universe—it's spectacular.

Photos and interview by Ryan Davis

He’s gearing up for some celestial observations at the Johnson Geo Centre on May 7th, from 3pm to 10pm, to celebrate International Astronomy Day.

I remember when I was younger, looking at a star, and being told that it was a sun just like ours, and a whole other solar system. It really blew me away that there could be another sun out there and that more life could exist on other planets. I guess one of the most exciting things for people interested in astronomy is the possibility of other life. That's a great motivating factor for people looking out there; to actually reach out and communicate with other forms of life is a really ambitious goal for humanity.

How did you get involved in telescopes and astronomy?

When I was about 4 or 5 years old I remember seeing the Apollo landing on the moon and was really fascinated by that. That was 1969. I started looking at the stars with the telescope and got interested in it that way.

When did you make your first telescope and how did you learn?

I always wanted to make telescopes when I was younger.

Basically we designed them ourselves. I learned how to use machines in shop class back in high school. Like turning a lathe and using the drill press to make things out of metal...

When I was about 10 or 11. My brother started putting together a telescope for the fun of it.

But the real challenge is in the design. In looking at the professional ones and trying to come up with your own ideas.

He tried to make one from some lenses that were kicking around the house.

Not only is it amazing, but it's beautiful.

All the colours you can see in nebulae...

And the stars...

Hundreds of thousands of stars clustered together.

I don't know. People are always exploring new things and realizing where they are in the universe. It's amazing what you can see with your own eyes.

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You'd probably be hooked too if you saw all the things you can see in a telescope.

There's so much out there.

Tim Caruk

Tim Caruk

When you're looking out into the night sky, what are you looking for?

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hot tickets may 2011

Some of our picks for the month.

Extra-terrestrials

The Truth Behind UFOs May 13

Well, the stars really aligned for this one.

Friday the thirteenth, twenty eleven: Venus is in the seventh house, the Taurian constellations rule the sky, and one of the world’s foremost UFO experts will descend upon St. John’s. Stanton T. Friedman, a nuclear physicist cum ufologist, worked on cloak-anddagger, Cold War-era projects for 14 years before his interests spread beyond terrestrial matters. Since 1970, Friedman has pursued ufology full time, authoring five books, over 90 papers, and making public appearances all over North America, including on the most extra-terrestrial of all news programs, Larry King Live. His portentously-timed St. John’s appearance will address the alleged cover-ups and the science behind unidentified flying objects. Stanton T. Friedman will speak on Friday, May 13 at the Johnson GEO Centre from 9:30 to 11pm. Tickets are $29.50.

NATHAN DOWNEY

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Free Comic Book Day May 7

Catching up on the adventures of your favourite speech-balloon-spouting heroes just got a whole lot freer. Like its feisty young upstart cousin Record Store Day, FCBD is a celebration of independent specialty shops, and has been since its inception in 2002.

Comic books produced especially for the event are given out free to anyone who goes into a participating store. This year’s free offerings include books featuring Spiderman, Darkwing Duck, Green Lantern, and, perhaps awesomest of all, one called Top 10 Deadliest Sharks & Prehistoric Predators. Free Comic Book Day takes place on Saturday, May 7. At least two St. John’s stores are participating -- Timemasters, located at 33 Kenmount Road, open from 10am to 9pm; and Downtown Comics, at 141 Duckworth Street, open from 10am to 6pm. NATHAN DOWNEY

poetry

John Steffler Reading May 12

Prize-winning poet-laureate, author of over half a dozen volumes of poetry, and erstwhile Sir William Grenfell College professor John Steffler will read his poems in celebration of the Atlantic Book Award and Festival Week.

Perhaps best known for his poetry collections The Grey Islands and 1999’s Atlantic Poetry Prize winner That Night We Were Ravenous, Steffler is one of the most celebrated and elusive figures in the Canadian poetry establishment. He will be reading from his new book Lookout, which has been shortlisted for the 2011 Griffin Poetry Prize, one of the largest literary awards in the world. John Steffler’s reading takes place at the AC Hunter Library in the Arts & Culture Centre at 7pm.

Admission is free. NATHAN DOWNEY

An interview with Ellen Waterman by Elling Lien. Comic by JosĂŠ Gonzalez.

For more information on the AUMI project, visit www.deeplistening.org/site/adaptiveuse MAY 2011

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STOREFRONT thescope.ca/storefront Ali Al Haijaa and Mohamad El Bakri are trying to save you from late-night George Street hot dogs. In the process, they may wind up changing how all the downtown chip trucks are powered.

Ali Al Haijaa Mohamad El Bakri

“The idea is to start something different, healthy. Something kind of new,” says Al Haijaa. “We want to have Middle Eastern food, like hummous, baba ganouj, tabouli, and shish kebab.

A change for George Street food.”

Last August, they bought a snack truck in Harbour Grace. They found a perfect spot for it beside Dooly’s on George Street, and got their licenses and insurance sorted.

And they had a name ready...

Text by Sarah Smellie Comic by Elling Lien

But during their final inspection, they hit a snag...

“So we suggested a generator,” says Al Haijaa.

“Our truck works on electricity. It has fridges, a heater for the hot water, and an electric vent,” says Al Haijaa. All the other chip trucks downtown work solely on propane, and their vents are winddriven—electricity is not an issue for them.

No dice.

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Turns out, says Bakri, that the city would like all the downtown vendors to be using electricity— especially for their vents.

Plugging into the City’s pole?

Nope.

“Then we got a letter from the owners of the Sprout saying we could plug in there and operate right next to them,” says El Bakri. “It would only be on Friday and Saturday nights, from midnight to 4am.” But the city said no; they’d be blocking a loading zone.

"It's such a small thing which should be so easy,"says El Bakri.

Both he and Al Haijaa are from Palestine. Al Haijaa was born in Iraq and El Bakri was born in Lebanon.

So, while El Bakri and Al Haijaa wait, they’re going to discuss and vote on the idea of installing a pole for every mobile vendor.

“Even if they decide to do this, we’d still have to wait for another three or four months to have it done,” he says. “We’d miss another summer, and we’d be losing even more time and money.”

“Seven months, we’ve been waiting,” says Al Haijaa (who now has two full-time jobs and a little baby.)

“They ask people to move here and they ask themselves, why don’t people stay here? If you let people stay here and make a business, they wouldn’t leave."

Fin.

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weekend music listings

Music events on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. For more, go to thescope.ca/events

Thursday APR 28 Carl Peters & Bob Taylor (7pm), Middle Tickle (11pm), Shamrock City Pub

Feng Shui Fridays with Leo Van Golden and Krystle Hayden (dance), Escape Dance Lounge

Craig Young (solo acoustic) no cover, Fat Cat Blues Bar

Greg King, 10:30pm, Trinity Pub

Dave Panting, Erin’s Pub

Karaoke, Karaoke Kops Party Bar

Dan Trouble & Andreu Wrice (acoustic), no cover, Nautical Nellie’s Des Gambin, 7pm, West Side Charlie’s-Kenmount Rd DJ Big Frank, Konfusion DJ Illz, Loft 709 DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe’s DJ Mark Power, 11pm, Martini Bar Downstairs Mix Up, Hosted

by Steve Abbott, CBTGs Fergus O’Byrne (7pm); Acoustic Punters (10:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub Jerry Stamp (acoustic), midnight, no cover, Bull & Barrel Karaoke, 10pm, Karaoke Kops Party Bar Karaoke, West Side Charlie’s-Torbay Rd Noise Terror, 10pm, $5, Headquarters Open House: Open mic with Jason LaCour, 9pm, The Brimstone Open Mic, 9pm, The Levee Rob Cook, Trapper John’s Pub Say Fire (pop rock), Andrew O’Brien & The Searchers (acoustic rock), Pre-Raphaelites (indie pop), The Ship The Kindness Killers, The Royal Family Calypso Band, DJ Jiggs Jafferty, M-Fresh 300,000, 10:30pm, CBTGs Tino Borges & The Incident, 10:30pm, no cover, Martini Bar upstairs Totally Toxic: DJ Fox, 12am, $5, Liquid Night Club UFC Champion Jon “Bones” Jones, Club One Unlisted, Green Sleeves Pub

Friday APR 29 All Request: DJ RocketBoy, Lottie’s Place Black Party: featuring Hatiras, Club V Blue-Eyed Blonde (cover rock), Club One Chris Hennessey (5pm); Bill Kelly (8pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub Colonel Craze & The Hunch, Juicer, Sea Caves, 11pm, CBTGs D’arcy Broderick & Ron Kelly (5pm); Barry Kenny, Glen Harvey & Sonny Hogan (8pm); Middle Tickle (11pm), Shamrock City Pub Dana Parsons Band (rock), Fat Cat Blues Bar DJ Fox, 11pm-2am, Evolve DJ Fox, 2am-6am, Liquid Night Club DJ Nu Rock, Martini Bardownstairs

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Kate Pike & The Off White Might, Crashjonesband, Curtis Harding, Megan Ellis, 10pm, $5, The Levee Keith Dean (Montreal), Dusk Ultralounge John K Samson (Weakerthans) & Jim Bryson, 8pm, Rocket Room Mark Bragg & The Butchers (rock), The Burning Hell (folk rock), The Kindness Killers, The Ship Mick Davis, no cover, Nautical Nellie’s Sons of Erin, Erin's Pub Stixx & Stones (classic rock), Martini Bar The Sleeveens, Trapper John’s The Superstars, Club One Traditional Music Session, 8:30pm, Erin’s Pub

JayCee, Turkey Joe’s

by Steve Abbott, CBTGs

Sons of Erin, Erin's Pub Stixx & Stones (classic rock), Martini Bar

Fergus O'Byrne (7pm); Acoustic Punters (10:30pm), O'Reilly's Irish Pub

The Sleeveens, Trapper John’s

Jerry Stamp, midnight, no cover, Bull & Barrel

The Subtitles (leotard orchestral), Jigger (alt-rock), The Mudflowers (pointeshoegaze), $7, The Ship

Karaoke, 10pm, Karaoke Kops Party Bar

The Superstars, Club One

Matt Epp (Winnipeg folk/ rock), Jay Smith (Halifax rock), The Ship

Weak Link (hardcore), Clocked In (hardcore), Swords (metal), Veneers (math rock), Wreckage, 10:30pm, Distortion White Party featuring Hatiras (Toronto), Club V

Karaoke, West Side Charlie's-Torbay Rd

Noise Terror, 10pm, $5, Headquarters Open House: Open mic with Jason LaCour, 9pm, The Brimstone Open Mic, 9pm, The Levee

Thursday MAY 5 Carl Peters & Bob Taylor (7pm), Middle Tickle (11pm), Shamrock City Pub Craig Young (solo acoustic) no cover, Fat Cat Blues Bar

Rob Cook & Greg Tobin, Trapper John's Pub Tino Borges & The Incident, 10:30pm, no cover, Martini Bar upstairs Totally Toxic: DJ Fox, 12am, $5, Liquid Night Club Unlisted, Green Sleeves Pub Yung Dumb, Headquarters

Dave Panting, Erin's Pub Des Gambin, 7pm, West Side Charlie's-Kenmount Rd DJ Big Frank, Konfusion DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe's

Saturday APR 30 All Request: DJ RocketBoy, Lottie’s Place At Ships End (folk rock), The Transatlantic Zodiac Ensemble (jazz/alt), Adam Baxter, Rock House Beauwater, The Rising Design (indie rock), The Levee Blue-Eyed Blonde (cover rock), Club One DJ Big Frank, Konfusion

DJ Mark Power, 11pm, Martini Bar Downstairs Mix Up, Hosted

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TOP 5 based on web VIEWS thescope.ca/hear

DJ OTG, Dusk Ultralounge DJ Yellow, Martini Bardownstairs Dr Drake, no cover before midnight/$5, Club V

NUMBER ONE

Electronic Saturdays: DJ Fox, DJ Trip, no cover, Evolve Night Club

AERO THE COFFEE DATES The Coffee Dates are a self-described “post-grunge, alternative power-pop” trio, consisting of Michael Bridgland (bass), Shawn Sieiro (drums) and Josh Abbott (guitar/vocals). They burst onto the local scene last February with their debut RPM album Wednesday Nights and Thursday Afternoons. Bringing new meaning to the term low-fi rock, the band recorded the entire album using microphones from Rock Band.

With Hitchcock, their sophmore RPM album, they’ve retained the fuzzy guitar tones and erratic Keith Moon-esque drumming from Wednesday Nights... but the songs are catchier and more developed. www.myspace.com/thecoffeedates

Hatiras (Toronto), after hours, Liquid Hugh Scott (5pm); Bob Taylor, Carl Peters & Pat Moran (8pm); Middle Tickle (11pm), Shamrock City Pub Irish Session: with Graham Wells, 3pm; Open mic with Alex Dinn, 10pm, no cover, Nautical Nellie’s Julia Whitten, 10:30pm, Trinity Pub Karaoke, Hosted by Murf, Darnell’s Pub Karaoke, Karaoke Kops Party Bar Nouvelle Musique with DJ Benjy, Sketch Friendly, and Das Fucking Tops, 11pm, $5, Evolve NSO Pops: Over the Rainbow with Marc David (conductor); Tina Maddigan with Jonathan Monro (vocals), $42/$24, Arts & Culture Centre Rick Lambe Band, Fat Cat Blues Bar

DJ Sina, Konfusion

Rob Cook (4:30pm); Fergus O’Byrne (8pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

DJ Slim Macho (house/

Sexual Saturdays: DJ

DJ Scrappy, Turkey Joe’s

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hip hop/dance), 11pm-3am, Peddlers

NUMBER TWO ELLING LIEN THE DANCE soundcloud.com/ellinglien

NUMBER THREE CASUAL MALE SHY BIRD www.myspace.com/casualmalez

NUMBER FOUR ANDREW J. O'BRIEN GO EASY www.andrewjamesobrien.com

NUMBER FIVE NICOLAS TRNKA ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE http://goo.gl/FUcDN

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full tilt

By Taryn Sheppard with 3D effects by Elling Lien

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Friday MAY 6

Repartee (indie), The Pathological Lovers (alt-rock), Rock House

Anvil (Toronto metal) with Fireign (metal), 10pm, $15, Rock House

Rob Cook (4:30pm); Fergus O'Byrne (8pm), O'Reilly's Irish Pub

Carl Peters & Dave White, Green Sleeves Pub

Sexual Saturdays: DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe's

Chris Hennessey (5pm); Bill Kelly (8pm), O'Reilly's Irish Pub

Steve Green, 10:30pm, Trinity Pub

D'arcy Broderick & Ron Kelly (5pm); Barry Kenny, Glen Harvey & Sonny Hogan (8pm); Arthur, Fred & Paul (11pm), Shamrock City Pub DJ Fox, 11pm-2am, Evolve DJ Fox, 2am-6am, Liquid Night Club DJ Knowledge (Las Vegas), Dusk Ultralounge DJ Nu Rock, Martini Bardownstairs DJ Scrappy, Turkey Joe's DJ Sina, Konfusion Dr Drake, no cover before midnight/$5, Club V Hugh Scott & John Barela, Erin’s Pub Karaoke, Karaoke Kops Party Bar Ladies Night: DJ Ohh!, Loft 709 NSO Recital 4: Music for String Quartet and Octet with Alison Black, Nancy CaseOates, Alasdair Black, Kalen Thomson, André Généreux, Sean Conway, Nathan Cook & Matthew March, 8pm, $17.50/$15, D.F. Cook Recital Hall Matt Epp (Winnipeg folk/ rock), Jay Smith (Halifax rock), The Ship Meredian & Friends: Open mic, Martini Bar Redline, Trapper John’s The Insiders (cover rock), Club One The Ron Hynes Band (folk rock) featuring Paul “Boomer” Stamp, Paul “Manse” Turner, & Paul Kinsman, 10:30pm, $15, The Fat Cat

The Superstars, Club One

Thursday MAY 12 Carl Peters & Bob Taylor (7pm), Middle Tickle (11pm), Shamrock City Pub Charley Pride (country), 7:30pm, $62.50/$55.50, Mile One Craig Young (solo acoustic) no cover, Fat Cat Blues Bar Dave Panting, Erin's Pub Des Gambin, 7pm, West Side Charlie's-Kenmount Rd DJ Big Frank, Konfusion DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe's DJ Mark Power, 11pm, Martini Bar Downstairs Mix Up, Hosted

by Steve Abbott, CBTGs Fergus O'Byrne (7pm); Acoustic Punters (10:30pm), O'Reilly's Irish Pub Jerry Stamp, midnight, no cover, Bull & Barrel Karaoke, 10pm, Karaoke Kops Party Bar Karaoke, West Side Charlie's-Torbay Rd Noise Terror, 10pm, $5, Headquarters Open House: Open mic with Jason LaCour, 9pm, The Brimstone Open Mic, 9pm, The Levee Rob Cook & Greg Tobin, Trapper John's Pub Tino Borges & The Incident, 10:30pm, no cover, Martini Bar upstairs

Traditional Music Session, 8:30pm, Erin's Pub

Totally Toxic: DJ Fox, 12am, $5, Liquid Night Club

Will Hunt, 10:30, Trinity Pub

Unlisted, Green Sleeves Pub

Saturday MAY 7

Friday MAY 13

All Request: DJ RocketBoy, Lottie's Place

All Request: DJ RocketBoy, Lottie's Place

Anvil (Toronto metal) with Weapon (metal), 10pm, $15, Rock House

Bic & The Ballpoints, Club One

Best Kind, Greensleeves Come and I Will Sing You: Featuring Lady Cove Women’s Choir, 8pm, $24/$18, CLB Armoury

Chris Hennessey (5pm); Bill Kelly (8pm), O'Reilly's Irish Pub D'arcy Broderick & Ron Kelly (5pm); Barry Kenny, Glen Harvey & Sonny Hogan (8pm); Kilkenny Krew (11pm), Shamrock City Pub

Dancing under the Stars: featuring Jazz East Big Band and special guest vocalist Peter Halley, 7pm, $45, Royal Canadian Legion-Pleasantville

Dean Lickyer, Pathological Lovers (alt), Long Distance Runners (indie), Rock House

DJ Big Frank, Konfusion

DJ Fox, 11pm-2am, Evolve

DJ Yellow, Martini Bardownstairs

DJ Fox, 2am-6am, Liquid Night Club

Dr Drake, no cover before midnight/$5, Club V

DJ Nu Rock, Martini Bardownstairs

Electronic Saturdays: DJ Fox, DJ Trip, no cover, Evolve Night Club

DJ Scrappy, Turkey Joe's

Hugh Scott (5pm); Bob Taylor, Carl Peters & Pat Moran (8pm); Kilkenny Krew (11pm), Shamrock City Pub Karaoke, Hosted by Murf, Darnell's Pub Karaoke, Karaoke Kops Party Bar Open Mic: With Alex Dinn, 10pm to 3am, no cover, Nautical Nellie's

DJ Sina, Dusk Ultralounge Dr Drake, no cover before midnight/$5, Club V Gregg Bolger & Chris Marshall, Green Sleeves Pub Janeil Lynch, 10:30, Trinity Pub Jamie Dart Band, The Fat Cat Karaoke, Karaoke Kops Party Bar Mike Hanrahan & Anthony McDonald, Erin’s Pub

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Nuke Neck (improvised groove), Juicer (rock), Sketch Friendly, The Ship One Night Stand, Headquarters Pascale Lejeune (Moncton French pop), Hélène Godin, 8pm, $15/$10/$5, Centre des Grands-Vents-65 Ridge Rd Ladies Night: DJ Ohh!, Loft 709 Sea Caves, The Ship

Saturday MAY 14 All Request: DJ RocketBoy, Lottie's Place Bic & The Ballpoints, Club One Burly Q Burlesque Show with Dawn Awakening (metal), Headquarters DJ Big Frank, Konfusion DJ OTG, Dusk Ultralounge

Tequila Rockingbirds, Trapper John’s Traditional Music Session, 8:30pm, Erin's Pub

DJ Wiwa (reggae, dancehall, hip hop), Loft 709 DJ Yellow, Martini Bardownstairs Dr Drake, no cover before midnight/$5, Club V Electronic Saturdays: DJ Fox, DJ Trip, no cover, Evolve Night Club Gramercy Riffs (indie pop), Andrew O Brien & The Search-

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ers (folk rock), $10/$15 Rock House

Tequila Rockingbirds, Trapper John’s

Hugh Scott (5pm); Bob Taylor, Carl Peters & Pat Moran (8pm); Kilkenny Krew (11pm), Shamrock City Pub

Todd Scott & Jeremy Dicks, Green Sleeves Pub

Karaoke, Hosted by Murf, Darnell's Pub Karaoke, Karaoke Kops Party Bar Lori Cooper Band, The Fat Cat Mike Hanrahan & Anthony McDonald, Erin’s Pub Nuke Neck, Juicer, Sketch Friendly, 10:30pm, The Ship

Thursday MAY 19 Carl Peters & Bob Taylor (7pm), Middle Tickle (11pm), Shamrock City Pub Craig Young (solo acoustic) no cover, Fat Cat Blues Bar Dave Panting, Erin's Pub

Rob Cook (4:30pm); Fergus O'Byrne (8pm), O'Reilly's Irish Pub

Des Gambin, 7pm, West Side Charlie's-Kenmount Rd

Sean Hoyles, 10:30, Trinity Pub

DJ Fox, 12am-5am, Liquid NightClub

Sexual Saturdays: DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe's

DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe's

DJ Big Frank, Konfusion

DJ Mark Power, 11pm,

Martini Bar

Martini Bar upstairs

Downstairs Mix Up, Hosted

by Steve Abbott, CBTGs

Totally Toxic: DJ Fox, 12am, $5, Liquid Night Club

DJ Fox, 2am-6am, Liquid Night Club

Traditional Music Session, 8:30pm, Erin's Pub

Fergus O'Byrne (7pm); Acoustic Punters (10:30pm), O'Reilly's Irish Pub

Unlisted, Green Sleeves Pub

DJ Nu Rock, Martini Bardownstairs

Wrecking Ball, Club One

Jerry Stamp, midnight, no cover, Bull & Barrel Karaoke, 10pm, Karaoke Kops Party Bar Karaoke, West Side Charlie's-Torbay Rd Night Music, The Ship Noise Terror, 10pm, $5, Headquarters Open House: Open mic with Jason LaCour, 9pm, The Brimstone Open Mic, 9pm, The Levee Rob Cook & Greg Tobin, Trapper John's Pub Tino Borges & The Incident, 10:30pm, no cover,

Yung Dumb, Headquarters

DJ Scrappy, Turkey Joe's DJ Sina, Konfusion

Friday MAY 20 All Request: DJ RocketBoy, Lottie's Place Chris Hennessey (5pm); Bill Kelly (8pm), O'Reilly's Irish Pub D'arcy Broderick & Ron Kelly (5pm); Barry Kenny, Glen Harvey & Sonny Hogan (8pm); Middle Tickle (11pm), Shamrock City Pub Dave White & Carl Peters, Trapper John’s DJ Fox, 11pm-2am, Evolve

DJ Wiwa, Dusk Ultralounge Dr Drake, no cover before midnight/$5, Club V Graham Wells & Duncan Cameron, Erin’s Pub Greg King, 10:30, Trinity Pub Jenn Grant (Halifax indie), $15, Rock House Karaoke, Karaoke Kops Party Bar Ladies Night: DJ Ohh!, Loft 709 Nothing Fancy, Green Sleeves Pub Physical Graffiti (Led Zepelin tribute), The Fat Cat

Saturday MAY 21 All Request: DJ RocketBoy, Lottie's Place Andrew O’Brien & The Searchers (folk rock), Genticorum (Quebecois traditional), $10, Rocket Room Barry Canning (CD Release), Rock House Cody Westman Band, The Fat Cat Dave White & Carl Peters, Trapper John’s DJ Big Frank, Konfusion DJ OTG, Dusk Ultralounge

DJ Wiwa (reggae, dancehall, hip hop), Loft 709 DJ Yellow, Martini Bardownstairs Dr Drake, no cover before midnight/$5, Club V Electronic Saturdays: DJ Fox, DJ Trip, no cover, Evolve Night Club Graham Wells & Duncan Cameron, Erin’s Pub

Thursday MAY 26

Friday MAY 27

Saturday MAY 28

Carl Peters & Bob Taylor (7pm), Middle Tickle (11pm), Shamrock City Pub

12 Mile House, Green Sleeves Pub

12 Mile House, Green Sleeves Pub

All Request: DJ RocketBoy, Lottie's Place

All Request: DJ RocketBoy, Lottie's Place

Adam McGrath & The Tearjerkers, The Need, The Fat Cat

Badcock Trio, The Fat Cat

Craig Young (solo acoustic) no cover, Fat Cat Blues Bar

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Hugh Scott (5pm); Bob Taylor, Carl Peters & Pat Moran (8pm); Middle Tickle (11pm), Shamrock City Pub Karaoke, Hosted by Murf, Darnell's Pub Karaoke, Karaoke Kops Party Bar Nothing Fancy, Green Sleeves Pub Rob Cook (4:30pm); Fergus O'Byrne (8pm), O'Reilly's Irish Pub Sexual Saturdays: DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe's Steve Edwards, 10:30, Trinity Pub Steve Poltz (San Diego singer-songwriter), 8:30pm, $10, The Ship Wrecking Ball, Club One

Dave Panting, Erin's Pub Des Gambin, 7pm, West Side Charlie's-Kenmount Rd DJ Big Frank, Konfusion

DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe's DJ Mark Power, 11pm, Martini Bar Downstairs Mix Up, Hosted

by Steve Abbott, CBTGs Fergus O'Byrne (7pm); Acoustic Punters (10:30pm), O'Reilly's Irish Pub

Chris Hennessey (5pm); Bill Kelly (8pm), O'Reilly's Irish Pub D'arcy Broderick & Ron Kelly (5pm); Barry Kenny, Glen Harvey & Sonny Hogan (8pm); Connemara (11pm), Shamrock City Pub DJ Fox, 11pm-2am, Evolve DJ Fox, 2am-6am, Liquid Night Club DJ Nu Rock, Martini Bardownstairs

DJ Big Frank, Konfusion DJ Wiwa (reggae/dancehall/ hip hop), Loft 709 DJ Yellow, Martini Bardownstairs Dr Drake, no cover before midnight/$5, Club V Electronic Saturdays: DJ Fox, DJ Trip, no cover, Evolve Night Club Hugh Scott (5pm); Bob Taylor, Carl Peters & Pat Moran (8pm); Connemara (11pm), Shamrock City Pub

DJ Sina, Konfusion

James Keane & John Doyle in concert, 7:30pm, Gower St United Church

Jerry Stamp, midnight, no cover, Bull & Barrel

Dr Drake, no cover before midnight/$5, Club V

Julia Whitten, 10:30, Trinity Pub

Karaoke, 10pm, Karaoke Kops Party Bar

Kalem Mahoney & Andrew LeDrew, Erin’s Pub

Kalem Mahoney & Andrew LeDrew, Erin’s Pub

Karaoke, West Side Charlie's-Torbay Rd

Karaoke, Karaoke Kops Party Bar

Karaoke, Hosted by Murf, Darnell's Pub

Noise Terror, 10pm, $5, Headquarters

Kush, Trapper John’s

Karaoke, Karaoke Kops Party Bar

Open House: Open mic with Jason LaCour, 9pm, The Brimstone Open Mic, 9pm, The Levee Rob Cook & Greg Tobin, Trapper John's Pub Tino Borges & The Incident, 10:30pm, no cover, Martini Bar upstairs Totally Toxic: DJ Fox, 12am, $5, Liquid Night Club Unlisted, Green Sleeves Pub

DJ Scrappy, Turkey Joe's

Ladies Night: DJ Ohh!, Loft 709 Regretro, Headquarters

Kush, Trapper John’s

Signal Hill (rock covers), Club One

Rob Cook (4:30pm); Fergus O'Byrne (8pm), O'Reilly's Irish Pub

Traditional Music Session, 8:30pm, Erin's Pub

Sexual Saturdays: DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe's Signal Hill (rock covers), Club One

FIND MANY more listings online at thescope.CA

on stage

theatre dance & Performance spoken & written comedy

ON STAGE CALENDAR Send press releases to listings@thescope.ca

Theatre Emile’s Dream (Artistic Fraud) A theatrical and musical tribute to Newfoundland legend, Emile Benoit. Three actor/fiddlers trade off Emile's words and music in a kinetic verbal and musical juggling act, $30/$22, LSPU Hall-3 Victoria St (Tue May 3 at 8pm to Sat May 7 at 8pm; Sun May 8 at 2pm) Fame: The Musical (Theatre St. John’s) Set during the last years of New York City's High School for the Performing Arts, it’s the story of a diverse group of students as they commit to four years of grueling artistic and academic work, $22.50, Holy Heart of Mary Theatre-55 Bonaventure Ave (Wed May 4 - Sat May 7 at 8pm) Hail (RCA) A story of five men, their involvement in a crime, and their struggle with the inevitable consequences, starring Robert Joy, Aiden Flynn, Brad Hodder, and Brian Marler, $30/$25, LSPU Hall-3 Victoria St (Thu May 26 - Sun Jun 5 at 8pm; PWYC matinees Sat May 28 at & Sat Jun 4 at 2pm) Ultimate Actor's Nightmare IV (She Said Yes!) Twenty actors, ten

Shakespeare scenes, random casting, total secrecy. One week to learn their parts.

Classic theatre meets improv meets cross-dressing meets stage fright, $20, LSPU Hall-3 Victoria St 753-4531 (Tue May 10 at 8pm)

Dance & Performance Dance on the Edge 3 (Neighbourhood Strays) A celebration of belly dance in NL with performances by the Strays, Vanessa Paddock, Wendy Osmond, Fundamentals, Linda Dawson, and more, $20, LSPU Hall-3 Victoria St 753-4531 (Sat May 14 & Sun May 15 at 8pm) Latin Tuesdays: Dance to a mixture of Latin rhythms, 8pm-11pm, no cover, Bella Vista Monster Spectacular: Sick monster truck action and motorcycle stunts, $22-$50, Mile One Centre (Sat May 21at 7:30pm) Tango On The Edge: A social gathering to dance Argentine Tango, $5, RCA Club-10 Bennett Ave 579-5752 (Thursdays at 8:30pm)

Spoken & Written Atlantic Book Award & Festival Week Readings: In celebration of Atlantic Book Award and Festival Week, authors Josie Penny, Kate Evans

and Ramona Dearing will read from their writings, free, The Ship-265 Duckworth St (Sun May 15 at 8pm)

Book Launch: Find Scruncheon and Touton’s authors and illustrators Nancy and Laurel Keating will be on hand for readings and signing, free, Avalon Mall (Sat May 7 from 2pm-4pm) Book Launch: John Guy of Newfoundland and Bristol by Alan F. Williams, free, Chapters-70 Kenmount Rd (Tue May 3 from 7pm-9pm) Book Launch: Moonlight Sketches author Gerard Collins will read from his new collection of darkly humorous short stories, free, Chapters-70 Kenmount Rd (Sun May 15 from 1pm-3pm) Book Signing: Author Russell Wangersky and photographer Paul Daly will by signing copies of their book Danny Williams: A Profile, free, Costco-28 Stavanger Dr (Sun May 1 from 2pm-4pm) Book Signing: Author Russell Wangersky and photographer Paul Daly will by signing copies of their book Danny Williams: A Profile, free, Coles Books-28 Avalon Mall (Sat May 21 from 2pm-4pm) Book Signing: Patrick Warner will be signing copies of his first novel Double Talk, free, Coles Book Store-Avalon Mall (Sat May 14 from 2pm4pm) John Steffler Reading: In celebration of Atlantic Book

Award and Festival Week, John Steffler reads from his book of poetry, free, AC Hunter Library-Arts & Culture Centre (Thu May 12 at 7pm)

Publishers as Writers (Literary Press Group) Readings by Stan Dragland, Jay Millar, and Annamarie Beckel to celebrate LPG’s AGM, free, The Ship-265 Duckworth St (Sun May 1 at 7:30pm)

Comedy Derek Seguin: Stand up comedy, $20+, Yuk Yuk's-193 Kenmount Rd 726-9857 (Fri May 6 & Sat May 7 at 9:30pm) Hypnotist Gary Summers & Comedienne Amy House: Laughter is the best medicine, so get your dose at this night out, $25, The Bella Vista-26 Torbay Rd (Sun May 15 at 7pm) Jy Harris: Stand up comedy, $20+, Yuk Yuk's-193 Kenmount Rd 726-9857 (Fri May 20 & Sat May 21 at 9:30pm) Sean Lecomber: Stand up comedy, $20+, Yuk Yuk's-193 Kenmount Rd 726-9857 (Fri May 13 & Sat May 14 at 9:30pm) Pro/Am Comedy Slam: Amateurs at 8pm & Derek Seguin at 9:30pm, two shows $20, Yuk Yuk's-193 Kenmount Rd 726-9857 (Thu May 5) Pro/Am Comedy Slam: Amateurs at 8pm & pros at 9:30pm, two shows $20, Yuk Yuk's-193 Kenmount Rd 7269857 (Thu May 26)

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A place where people ask questions, share experience and gather information about life in St. John's

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Gardening questions This April thescope.ca readers asked organic farmer Judy Lien questions about what to plant when, garlic, and tricks for growing vegetables without pesticides or herbicides.

Please read on for reference to hard neck garlic. Music is a very reliable variety of hard neck garlic. You would need to order it from JUDY: A Garlic Primer: Garlic is classified as a garlic farmer. One would plant it in the fall. hard neck or soft neck. The small to medium It overwinters well and will come up early in sized bulbs that we buy at the grocery store the spring to your delight and grow steadily are soft neck garlic.You can plant garlic in the til mid-summer making beautiful spring while it is cool. Prepare scapes and finishing with four inches of good soil (garlic is browning leaves and a beautiful a heavy feeder) and break your UPCOMING TOPICS bulb underground. Bulbs/cloves bulb into cloves. Allow them this MONTH will be very flavorful and the to dry a few days. Plant with poster design crop can be pulled up, cleaned the bud down, shoot up. Space and dried for winter use. If you about four inches apart and one JOB HUNTING have an abundance, separate the inch deep. If you choose to plant cloves and dry these for planting in a very large pot, feed your thescope.ca/wha in the fall. If you love garlic I garlic with some fish emulsion heartily encourage you to order/ every two weeks. Your soft neck find some hard neck garlic to garlic will take 60-80 days. If you pull it early you will have a single bulb. If grow. (August’s Harvest.com is an online source.) you wait to harvest it, you will have cloves in your bulb.

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movies LIMITED RUN Wednesday May 11 The Nickel Film Fest Prelaunch: Celebrating 11th year with 11 short films made

by NL filmmakers: Evelyn, The Cutest Evil Dead Girl (Brad Peyton); Ugly Telling Lies (Colleen Power); Vive La Rose (Bruce Alcock); Sweet Pickle (L Brown/R Lawrence); Yes! Yes! Yes! (Jordan Canning); On Rooftops (Justin Hall); Colic (Noel Harris); Even Now (Liz Pickard); When Ponds Freeze Over (Mary Lewis); 10 Days (Christian Sparkes); $11, LSPU Hall-3 Victoria St 753-4531 Saturday May 14 at 2pm Nic et Pic Episodes 1-3: (Cinéma Jeunesse) Quebec, 1972/1973, free popcorn, Centre Communautaire des Grands-Vents-65 Ridge Rd 726-4900 Tuesday May 17 at 7pm Hidden Diary: (Ciné-franco) France, 2009, subtitled, Centre Communautaire des Grands-Vents-65 Ridge Rd 726-4900 Monday May 23 at 8pm The Thirteenth Heart: Join up and coming filmmaker Evan Barnhill as he screens his first feature-length film he describes as a mockumentary and psychological horror, $8, LSPU Hall Second Space-3 Victoria St

DAILY SHOWINGS Call or check online for times and prices.

Avalon mall empire studios 12: 722-5775 Mount pearl empire cinemas: 722-5775 www.empiretheatres.com

Jumping the Broom: After Sabrina nearly runs Jason over with her car, she realises that she might have just found Mr Right. Loosely based on the life of Stephen King. (May 6) Something Borrowed: Rachel pines for Dex. Dex pines for Darcy. Rachel's friends with Darcy. Darcy. Darcy dates Dex. Six years later, Dex and Rachel sleep together, oh noes! Who will Darcy marry now? (May 6) Thor: Heed my words! The Odinson and god of thunder hath arrived on the planet Earth wherein he shall findeth the evils worth smiting and do so with his mighty hammer, Mjolnir! (May 6) Bridesmaids: In what was surely pitched as The Hangover 2: Ladies Night, comedy-making robot, Judd Apatow, has assembled prominent female comic actors for a screwball comedy about an impending marriage.

(May 13)

Mel Gibson stars in The Beaver. ...We don't know either.

Priest: Not to be confused with the controversial 1994 film of the same name, this titular priest is a monster fighter here to wipe out a flock of vampires. (May 13) Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides: Just when you thought it was safe to a make a new film based on a Disneyland amusement park ride, the team of the previous Pirates flicks return for more.

(May 20) Kung Fu Panda 2 - The Kaboom of Doom: In the proud tradition of Ranma ½ and, er, Kung Fu Panda 1, this movie has a panda that knows kung fu. Does he know it well

enough to impress his sensei?

(May 26)

The Hangover 2: Remember the surprise of The Hangover?

Four men waking up and a baby experiencing wacky celebrity cameos and male nudity? The sequel's way different, because there isn't a baby this time. (May 26) The Beaver: Mel Gibson can no longer connect to his wife and kids. Where Robin Williams would just act like a British nanny to get close, Gibson opts for a Beaver puppet. (May 27) Capsule descriptions by Adam Clarke.

community

community events lectures & forums kids & teens meetings & classes

COMMUNITY EVENTS 28th Annual CHBA-EN Home Show: Canadian Homebuilders’ Association of Eastern NL home show, free, Mile One (Fri May 6 to Sun May 8) Free Comic Book Day: Stop by and get free comic books, Timemasters-33 Kenmount Rd and Downtown Comics-141 Duckworth St (Sat May 7) Fresh Fish! 5: Over 24 young crafters, artists and other makers come together for another craft market showcasing NL talent, featuring everything from furniture to fudge to flame-work glass, free, Masonic Temple-6 Cathedral St (Sun May 1, 10am to 5pm) Happy Hour (ACFSJ) Foyer, Centre communautaire des Grands-Vents-65 Ridge Rd 726-4900 (Thu May 19, 5pm to 7pm) Mayday! YAYDAY! A silent art auction of juried artwork provided by members of the Pick-Me-Up Artists’ Collective and a craft fare of locally made products, free, Rocket Room-272 Water St (Sun May 1, 10am to 5pm) National Physiotherapy Month (NLPA) The NL Physiotherapy Association is colloborating with the Running Room in a Physiotherapy 5k Fun Run; proceeds to the Canadian Red Cross, $20/$15, The Running Room-9 Rowan St (Sun May 8 at 8:30am) Pottle Centre Benefit Show: Featuring live entertainment by an Elvis impersonator, Kilmainham, Jaunita Lidster Band, Angelina Richards, Joy Norman and more, plus a silent auction and complimentary refreshments, $15, St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Church-1 Cornwall Cres (Sat May 14) Steak & Lobster Dinner Gala (Topsail United Church) Come and enjoy a great meal, $35/$30, Topsail United Church-2426 Topsail Rd 7820388 (Sat May 14 at 7pm) Three Cheers for Composting: Bring the family along for a special family day program. Information exhibits, compost crafts, story time, discovery trail, garden tours, face painting and nature hikes to Oxen Pond to feed ducks, MUN Botanical Garden-306 Mt Scio Rd (Sun May 8, 10am-4pm)

LECTURES & FORUMS Inspired Parenting: Child psychiatrist Dr. Barbara Maddigan will share insights and tips to bring out the best in yourself and your family, free, AC Hunter Library-Arts & Culture Centre 737-3950 (Thu May 5, 7pm to 8:30pm) Umbrellas and Silos (MUN Medicine) Dr. Anne Sclater presents The Discontinuity of Eldercare and the EvidenceBased Service Delivery Models for Care of the Frail Elderly, free, Main AuditoriumHealth Sciences Centre (Fri May 27, 12pm to 1pm) What Lies Beneath (MUN Geography) Trevor Bell will speak on Uncovering the Legacy of Environmental Lead

in Residential St. John's, free, Johnson GEO Centre-175 Signal Hill Rd (Tue May 24 from 2pm to 3:20pm)

The Truth Behind UFOs: World-renowned ufologist and television personality Stanton Friedman will speak about the cover-ups and conspiracies surrounding UFOs, $29.50, Johnson GEO Centre-175 Signal Hill Rd (Fri May 13, 9:30pm to 11pm)

KIDS & TEENS Duck Feeding, Story Time & Crafts (MUN Botanical Garden) Join staff for story time, crafts or a hike to Oxen Pond to feed the ducks, 306 Mt Scio Rd (Sundays 2pm-4pm) Meet The Critters (MUN Botanical Garden) Meet Squirt the red-eared turtle, giant snails and more. Learn about their natural habitats and why these visitors don't always make good pets, 306 Mt Scio Rd (Sundays, 2pm) Play group: For kids 0 to 3 years old, free, Daycare Centre des Grands-Vents-65 Ridge Rd 726-4900 (Saturdays from 10am to 11am) Signs of Spring (MUN Botanical Garden) The snow has melted, flowers are blooming, and ducklings are back on Oxen Pond. A variety of activities, nature hikes and duck feeding excursions will be provided throughout the day, 306 Mt Scio Rd (Sun May 29 from 10am to 4pm) Sunday Morning Nature Hike (MUN Botanical Garden) Explore barrens, boreal forest, or bog as you hike one of our nature trails with education staff. Learn about local plants and animals while enjoying fresh air and exercise, 306 Mt Scio Rd (Sundays at 10am) Young Musicians, Open mic at Shamrock City Pub (Sundays at 2pm)

MEETINGS & CLASSES

Clubs, Groups, Free Classes & Workshops Alzheimer Family Support: Group meeting for family members of people with Alzheimer’s, 685 Water St (Every third Thur, 7pm)

ing, babies welcome, free, Sobey's-Torbay Rd 722-5815 (May 9 at 7pm)

Capital Toastmasters Meeting: Today's leaders must be effective communicators. Improve your presentation and leadership skills in a friendly environment, free, MUN-Inco Building Room 2014 (Tue May 10 and Tue May 24 from 7pm to 9pm)

Nar-Anon Family Group: Weekly meetings for those who have known a feeling of desperation due to the addiction problem of someone close to them, 726-6191 Newfoundland Horticultural Society: Monthly meet up, St David's Church Hall-Elizabeth Ave (First Tuesday of month at 8pm)

Caregiver Conversations: Support group for unpaid caregivers 726-2370 (Every third Mon)

Overeaters Anonymous: Help is available. It’s free, no strings attached. Weekly meetings, 738-1742

Channal: A peer support group for people with mental illness. We focus on recovery, 284 LeMarchant Rd 753-7710 (Tues at 7pm & Wed at 2pm)

Shambhala Meditation Group: Intro to meditation, Billy Rahl Fieldhouse-rear Elizabeth Towers 576-4727 (Wed 7:30pm & Sun 10am)

Culinary Demonstration and Concert (ACFSJ) With the students of Lycée professionnel Saint-Pierreet-Miquelon and the choirs La Rose des Vents and Les Voix de l’Amitié, Centre des Grands-Vents-65 Ridge Rd 726-4900 (Sat May 28)

Sing Barbershop: Anchormen Chorus seeking members, Arts & Culture Centre-Rm B, rick_e_young@ hotmail.com (Mondays, 7pm)

Free Arts Studio (For the Love of Learning) Offering space, materials and advice.

Free workshops, art exhibits, a newspaper and writing anthologies, stage plays and short films, Gower St United Church-basement 722-8848 (Weekdays, 12pm-5:30pm) Green Drinks: Informal gathering for those who work, volunteer or are interested in environment & conservation issues, free, The Ship (Last Wed of month, 7pm-9pm) International Compost Awareness Week: A full week of free compost talks, demonstrations, exhibits, and family activities, MUN Botanical Garden-306 Mt Scio Rd (Mon May 2 to Sat May 8) International Day for Biodiversity: Join environmental educator Christine Byers on a hike to learn about the northern boreal forest– the largest in the world, free, MUN Botanical Garden-306 Mt Scio Rd (Sun May 22) Knit Wits: Drop in knitting with help to get you started, free, Anna Templeton Centre-278 Duckworth St (Last Sunday of month, 7pm-9pm) Mindfulness Meditation Workshops: Andrew Safer instructs meditation for young adults 15-35, free but must register, Gower St Utd Church-99 Queen’s Rd 7228848 (Thursdays, 2pm-3pm)

St John’s City Council Meeting: Refer to Council Agenda at stjohns.ca (Fri afternoons), Public welcome, City Hall-Council Chambers, 4th fl (Mondays, 4:30pm) Tenacious String Orchestra: Amateur community orchestra welcomes new members motivated by the pure enjoyment of playing alison@nf.sympatico.ca The Pottle Centre: Social & recreation centre for consumers of mental health services, 323 Hamilton Ave 753-2143 The Rooms: Free admission, 9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Wednesdays 6pm-9pm) Trivia Night: Rose & Thistle, Tues; Bitters, Thurs, 8pm Walk on Water: We never tire of finding the nooks and crannies of our downtown. Everyone welcome, rain or shine, meet at Fat Nanny's-245 Duckworth St (Saturdays, 10am) Weekly Tots Program: Big Fun for Little People, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Tuesdays, 10:30am-11:30am) Women's Accordion Circle: All ages can perform, experiment & share stories about making music, Arts & Culture Centre-2nd Fl, Old Gallery 746-2399 (Mondays, 7:30pm) Send press releases to listings@thescope.ca

Avalon Wesleyan Church: Weekly meet up in a casual atmosphere with coffee & contemporary music, free, Rabbittown Theatre-106 Freshwater Rd 576-6937 (Sundays at 10am) Body Types - Fashion Tips: Michelle Strong, manager of Women’s Clothing, will share tricks and tips to choose the best clothes and styles for your body type, free but must register, AC Hunter LibraryArts & Culture Centre 7373950 (Wed May 11 at 7pm) BreakDown Comic Book Jam: Learn more about cartooning, develop drawing skills, show off your work and get feedback, free, Anna Templeton Centre-278 Duckworth St, (Fri May 6, 7pm-9pm) Breastfeeding Support Group (La Leche League) The topic of discussion will be Advantages of Breastfeed-

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WORDS BY ANDREW HARVEY

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one of the real stars of the station was donovan taplin, a grade 11 student at st. michael's

he was heavily involved in the planning and execution of the week-long extravaganza.

this has been a true community project.

it's creating a culture of people who are willing to work together.

HE SAYS HE COULD SEE IT BRINGING THE TOWN TOGETHER IN JUST SEVEN DAYS

there's a lot at stake here on bell island. for a few years, there was a slump in the way people thought about WHERE THEY LIVED.

AND if these seven days can IMPROVE THINGS, why can't WE DO THIS EVERY DAY?

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donovan taplin* programming coordinator, cop talk host & news anchor *artist's rendering

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ure the fut s of thi s ni statio n... unknow

the really beautiful thing about this is this was a request from the community.

fred campbell, a journalism instructor with college of the north atlantic

and when a community wants to do something, that's what happens.

for more information check out www. ruralcommunities. net

on display visual art museums

GALLERIES Openings Canada’s Waterscapes: Yours to Enjoy, Explore & Protect showcases the ecological importance of our precious waters and wetlands and the need to protect them, $5, Arts & Culture Centre (Thu May 5 to Sun May 22) River Ballads: An exhibition of new paintings by Sarah Jane Conklin, Peter Lewis Gallery-5 Church Hill (Sat May 14 - Sat May 28) Salon Des Beaux Arts 2011: Annual current and retired faculty and staff art show, First Space GalleryQueen Elizabeth II Library (Opening reception Fri May 6 from 5:30pm-7pm) Still Water: Exhibition featuring the prints of Devan Burry, recipient of the Don Wright Scholarship Residency, St. Michael's Printshop Gallery-72 Harbour Dr (Sat Apr 23 to Wed May 25; opening reception Sat Apr 23 from 3pm-5pm) Wake Up Inspired?: The latest exhibit of art by NL youth sponsored by For the Love of Learning, Anna Templeton Centre-278 Duckworth St (Tue May 3 - Sun May 8)

Continuing Exhibitions Coastal Women in Pre-Confederation Newfoundland & Labrador: Documents women’s experiences in outport communities prior to 1949 by interweaving archival photographs & documents, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 Inner Works: North: The People's Collection, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 Inner Works: Selections from the People’s Collection: Featuring artists such as Anne Meredith Barry, Peter Bell, David Blackwood, Christopher Pratt, Mary Pratt, Helen Parsons Shepherd, Reginald Shepherd, Gerald Squires & Don Wright, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 Metis Carver: Ancient Stories in Stone and Bone – ongoing exhibit by Albert Biles, Wild Things-124 Water St New Works: By Gerald

Squires, Esther Squires, George Horan, Julia Pickard, Sharon Puddester, Gerald Squires Gallery-52 Prescott St 722-2207

Richard Harrington: Arctic Photographer, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 Recent Releases, Richard Steele Gallery-63 Harvey Rd 754-6741 Spring Flower Show (Newfoundland Horticultural Society) Members of the society welcome spring with a beautiful display of spring flower. Free, MUN Botanical Garden-306 Mt Scio Rd (Sat May 28 from 12pm-5pm & Sun May 29 from 10am-4pm) Wavelength/Linear Gesture: Through large installation works, Jonathan Villeneuve evokes the movement of a slow wave. Kip Jones delineates new spaces through the use of sweeping linear modules in a play on the subjective construction of imperceptible boundaries, Eastern Edge Gallery-72 Harbour Dr 739-1882

Last Chance A Breath of Fresh Air: Featuring Kaarsemaker, Hollander, Hughes, Popova, Bendzsa, Baltzer, Lapointe, Rice, Pickard, Tomova, Morgan, Saunders, Meissner, Tian, Charapova, McClellan, Red Ochre Gallery-96 Duckworth St 726-6422 (Opens Fri Apr 8) Crafting Paradox: Cal Lane, John Goodyear and Jason Holley explore a common paradox resulting from the tension between material and technique, form and content, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Ends May 15) Goya: The Disasters of War and Los Caprichos: Goya’s remarkable series of prints, The Disasters of War, details the brutality and horror of the 19th century Peninsula War in Spain, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Ends May 15) Robert Sinclair-Fluidity: Robert Sinclair was a participant in The Rooms and Parks Canada Artist in Residence Program. Removed from his usual environment of the Rockies, Sinclair found Gros Morne demanded a new approach. In Fluidity, Sinclair illustrates how he explored this challenge, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000

Kip Jones Linear Gesture, now on display at Eastern Edge Gallery.

(Ends May 15)

MUSEUMS A Tour de Fort: Interpretive panels tell the story of Fort Townsend, the 18th century symbol of England’s domination over the fishery, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 Admiralty House Museum: 1915 navy wireless station now communications museum, 23 Old Placentia Rd-Mt Pearl 748-1124 Connections: This Place and Its Early Peoples: Polar bears on tundra, carnivorous plants in a bog, seabirds, sea mammals, sea life plus the people who made their lives here, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 East Rider Motorcycle Museum: Two floors of bikes, memorabilia and biker culture, 205 New Gower St 738-3278 Fantastic Sea Monsters: Stories of ocean and lake ‘monsters’ have fascinated us since the dawn of time; seafarers were convinced that the oceans were the devil’s kingdom – a place of terrifying monsters eager for shipwrecks, the home of sirens, krakens, whales, sea serpents, and giant sharks, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 [here]say: A story map of Water Street: Stories and memories shared by people who live here. At each loca-

tion there is a sign with a telephone number and a 3-digit code.

Johnson Geo Centre & Park: See Signal Hill’s 550 million year old geology & specimens of NF rocks, minerals & botanical park, 175 Signal Hill Rd 737-7880 MUN Botanical Garden: Gift shop, garden, trails, and tea room, 306 Mt Scio Rd (Open 10am to 5pm, Sun May 1 to Fri Sep 30) Railway Coastal Museum: St. John’s Dockyard exhibit of model ship hulls, shipbuilding, dockyard history plus the story of Newfoundland's railway boat service & 1940's train diorama, 495 Water St W 724-5929 Signal Hill National Historic Site: Military & communications history, meet Signalman, watch film, interactive exhibits, Visitor Centre 772-5367 Talamh an Éisc: The Fishing Ground: Find out why so many people from Trepassey to Tilting describe themselves as Irish Newfoundlanders, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 The Fluvarium: A panoramic water view under the surface of Nagle's Hill Brook. Spot fish, insects & plants in natural habitat plus interactive exhibits, 5 Nagle's Place 754-3474 Send press releases to listings@thescope.ca

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adam clarke interviews the lead singer of canadian metal band anvil. comic by ricky king.

Long ago in a distant land, possibly last Thursday around the Mundy Pond area, Adam Clarke faced a great dilemma: he was bored.

And lo, he abandoned his job of pushing The Wheel Of Grimti-tude and WENT of f on a quest to discover the true meaning of METAL

An ambassador was sent from toronto

I have listened to Wasp, Megadeth and even Carnivore, Yet still I know not the true meaning of Metal.

Merciful Crom, send me an emissary so that I may ask of him the ways of metal and become enlightened!

Why, it's Steve Kudlow of Anvil!

Metal music is all emotion. It's a whole rainbow of subjects. It's representative of all walks of life. It's a mirror image of the whole world."

Steve, please Tell me, what is metal?

after the success of the documentary, Anvil: The Story Of Anvil, you are coming here!

But is metal not a celebration of one's darker impulses? A musical bacchanal that must retain a perception of being dangerous?

I can listen to Benny Goodman and I can hear the metal in it. Someone pushing their abilities the way we did with guitars in the 80's. That's metal.

but... Embracing success! Is that not selling out?

coming to newfoundland is as exotic as going to Bolivia. There's such a sweet justice of us finally getting to do this. This is part of the miracle of what the movie did for us.

finally: what compelled you to write a song about Mothra?*

Metallica made it and everybody says they sold out. but All they did was keep existing. We had fans who'd been to hundreds of gigs. They'd never miss a show... most people who believe in what I've done are proud because they've been proven right.

So ends this glimpse from the days of high adventure.

Anvil would release their 14th album, Juggernaut Of Justice, on May 10th.

* a movie like godzilla, but about a giant moth

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I had a rif f in E and needed lyrics for it. Simple as that.

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free will astrology by rob brezsny

for may 2011.

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TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20)

Many artists want "to aim for the biggest, most obvious target, and hit it smack in the bull's eye," says Brian Eno, a Taurus genius renowned for his innovative music. He prefers a different approach. He'd rather "shoot his arrow" wherever his creative spirit feels called to shoot it, then paint the target around the place where it lands.

That's why his compositions don't resemble anyone else's or fit into any traditional genre – it's Brian Eno-like music. Can I talk you into trying a similar strategy in the coming weeks and months, Taurus? I'd love to see you create a niche for yourself that's tailored to your specific talents and needs.

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GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20)

When World War I ended in 1918, the victorious nations demanded crushing financial reparations from the loser, Germany. It took 92 years, but the

remaining $94 million of the debt was finally paid last October. I hope this story serves as an inspiration to you, Gemini.

If entities as notoriously inflexible as governments can resolve their moldering karma, so can you. In the next few weeks, I'd love to see you finally clean up any messes left over from your old personal conflicts.

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CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22)

I know how secretive you Cancerians can be because I'm one of your tribe. Sometimes the secrecy is a bit neurotic, but more often it serves the purpose of sheltering your vulnerable areas. I'm also aware of how important it is for you to be self-protective. No one is better than you at guarding your goodies, ensuring your safety, and taking

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care of your well-being. I would never shame you for expressing these talents and I would never ask you to downplay them. Having said that, though, I want to make sure that in the coming weeks they don't interfere with you getting the blessings you deserve. It's crucial that you allow yourself to be loved to the hilt. You simply must let people in far enough so they can do that.

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LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22)

With a fortune of $27 billion, business tycoon Larry Ellison is the sixth richest person in the world. His

monumental sense of self-importance is legendary. One of his colleagues says, "The difference between God and Larry is that God does not believe he is Larry."

Ellison seems to be what astrologers call an unevolved Leo – an immature soul whose ego is a greedy, monstrous thing. Evolved Leos, on the other hand, are very different. Are you one? If so, you do a lot of hard work on your ego. You make sure that in addition to it being strong, it's beautiful and elegant. It's not just forceful; it's warm and generous. It gets things done, but in ways that bless those who come in contact with it. For you evolved Leos, this is Celebrate Your Ego Month.

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VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22)

Seventy-five percent of all adults confess they would like to have sex in the woods at least once in their lives, and yet only 16 percent say they have actually enjoyed that thrill. If you're one of the 59 percent who would like to but haven't, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to make it happen.

Your capacity for pleasure in wild places will be at a peak, as will your courage for exotic adventures. In fact, I suggest that

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between now and May 21 you consider carrying out three fantasies that have been marinating in your imagination for many moons.

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LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22)

It's time for the Big Squeeze. All the contradictions in your life are coming up for review. You will be asked to deal more forthrightly with enigmas you've been avoiding, and you will be invited to try, try again to unravel riddles you've been unable to solve. Does all that sound a bit daunting? It could be. But the end result should be evocative, highly educational, and maybe even exhilarating. The scintillating play of opposites may caress you with such intensity that you'll experience what we could refer to as a metaphysical orgasm.

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SCORPIO (Oct 23 - Nov 21)

In the coming weeks, I would love to see you get excited about many different people, places, animals, and experiences. And I hope you will shower them with your smartest, most interesting blessings. Do you think you can handle that big an outpouring of well-crafted passion? Are you up for the possibility that you might blow your cover, lose your dignity, and show how much you care? In my opinion, the answer is yes. You are definitely ready to go further than ever before in plumbing the depths of your adoration for the privilege of being alive.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21)

Here's poet James Schuyler: "It's time again. Tear up the violets and plant something more difficult to grow." In my opinion, that's almost the right advice for you these days. I'd prefer it if you didn't

actually rip out the violets to make room for the harder-to-grow blooms. Would it be possible to find a new planting area that will allow you to keep what you already have in the original planting area? One way or another, I think you really should give yourself a challenging new assignment.

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CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19)

"Dear Dr. Brezsny: For five years my wife and I have been married but still have made no children. We have consulted uncountable physicians with no satisfying result. Please predict a happy outcome for our troubles. When will the stars align with her womb and my manhood? She: born December 31, 1983 in Chakdaha, India. Me: born January 7, 1984 in Mathabhanga, India.

- Desperate for Babies." Dear Desperate: I'm happy to report that you Capricorns have entered a highly fertile period. It's already going strong, and will culminate between May 16 to May 23. I suggest you jump on this sexy opportunity.

You couldn't ask for a better time to germinate, burgeon, and multiply.

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AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18)

"Welcome home, beautiful!" I hope you hear those words or at least experience those feelings very soon.

In my astrological opinion, you need to intensify your sense of belonging to a special place or community. You've got to grow deeper roots or build a stronger foundation or surround yourself with more nurturing -- or all of the above. And that's not all. As you bask and thrive in your enhanced support system, you also deserve to feel better appreciated for the wonderful qualities you're working so hard to develop in

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yourself. Ask and you shall receive.

PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20)

Whatever you have been trying to say, it's time to say it stronger and clearer. You can no longer afford to hope people will read your mind or guess what you mean. Your communications must be impeccable and irresistible. A similar principle holds true for the connections and alliances you've been working to ripen. It's time to raise your intensity level -- to do everything you can to activate their full potentials. Starting today, you'd be crazy to tolerate shaky commitments, either from yourself or others. Be sharp and focused and unswerving, Pisces -- keen and candid and to the point.

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Birthdays this month Kate Ried-Shute, Walter Mackey, Kristen Lowitt, Melanie Caines, Tom Power, David Cochrane, Gary Moore, Mark Neary, Steve Kent, Robin Whitaker, Kevin Woolridge, Mary Walsh, Sean Panting Send birthday info to birthday@thescope.ca

ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19)

To convey my vision of how best to proceed in the coming weeks, I'll offer the following metaphorical scenario: Imagine that you are not a professional chef, but you do have a modicum of cooking skills. Your task is to create a hearty, tasty soup from scratch without the benefit of a recipe. You will need a variety of ingredients, but on the other hand you don't want to just throw in a welter of mismatched ingredients without regard for how they will all work together. To some degree you will have to use a trial-and-error approach, sampling the concoction as it brews. You will also want to keep an open mind about the possibility of adding new ingredients in the latter stages of the process. One more thing: The final product must not just appeal to you. You should keep in mind what others would like, too.

Homework

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