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'How much we now stand to lose' Maintaining context of oppressed parties in a 'Trumpian era'

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ne of my great guilty pleasures is watching cable television. I don’t think I have ever subscribed to cable TV in my entire adult life and needless to say, that includes the present day. On top of the one or two times a year, I find myself in a hotel room searching for re-runs of Law & Order: Sex Crimes—I always make it a point to find a friend with cable to watch the Oscars.

Now despite the absence of cable in my house, I am usually fairly well up-to-date with goings on in the entertainment world, particularly as they pertain to queer issues. You’ll imagine my surprise when on Oscar night I was confronted with an onslaught of ads for a new queer history mini-series, called When We Rise—of which I had no knowledge.

You’ll imagine my further surprise when I did ten seconds of research and discovered who starred in this thing: Guy Pearce, Mary-Louise Parker, Michael Kenneth Wil-

liams, Rosie O’Donnell, and Rachel Griffiths, just to name a few. These luminaries help trace 40 years of American queer history—from the AIDS epidemic to Prop 8.

But this isn’t really a column about why you should watch When We Rise—to be honest, it doesn’t look very good and the reviews are lukewarm at best. Rather, it’s these reviews I want to think about today.

The lack of fanfare, especially given who is involved with the project, is weird. Maybe they figured all the queers and queens would be watching the Oscars so it was most efficient to talk to us all at once. Maybe they figured

this would be shown against the backdrop of a Clinton presidency and the studio didn’t quite know what to do when that didn’t actually come true.

Sadly, we somehow ended up in

right, the Ls and Gs aren’t bearing the brunt of backwards social policy right now. It’s trans people.

It’s Muslims (or anyone who looks like they might be). It’s Mexicans and immigrants.

backward,” says Dominic Patten of Deadline.

Vanity Fair’s Richard Lawson echoes this sentiment: “The series … seems so dated in these Trumpian times. It’s a dutiful … recreation of landmark moments in the LGBT struggle … that reminds us of how much we’ve gained, yes, but also how much we now stand to lose.”

I’m really curious about this “stand to lose” business. Yes, undoubtedly civil rights campaigns for queers have been some of the most successful in our part of the world (for the Ls and Gs and Bs at least). But despite the best attempts of the American religious

So how should we understand the “stand to lose” narrative? Is it a call to action to queer communities to stand in solidarity with other oppressed groups? Or are LGBTQ rights being used as a synecdoche for larger civil rights? If the latter, this is something worth keeping an eye on.

Substituting, for example, white gay bodies for brown Muslim ones when taking the temperature of civil rights erases the context of these very different issues. They overlap, but they are not the same.

In this Trumpian era, it’s more important than ever to be precise and vigilant to make sure no one is using the (hard won!) advances of LGBT communities to hide where we are moving backwards.

... the Ls and Gs aren’t bearing the brunt of backwards social policy right now. the darkest timeline, something most reviewers were quick to note.

“Although it is a hard march to get there, the final episode … is must-see TV on how we got to the America of today and what millions … stand to lose if we go

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Economic downturn spun for appeal Geert Wilders uses familiar tactics while coaxing Dutch voters

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he Dutch political system may not have been deliberately designed to produce middle-of-the-road outcomes, but it certainly works that way in practice—many small parties, multi-party coalitions to create a majority government, perpetual compromise. It is almost impossible to radicalize a system like this, but Geert Wilders is going to try.

Wilders is the founder and leader of the Freedom Party (PVV), which currently holds only 12 seats in the 150seat Dutch parliament. But he is aiming to make it the largest single party in the Mar. 15 election—which, in ordinary times, would probably give it the leading role in the next coalition government.

But these are not normal times, and the PVV is far from a normal party. It really only has one policy—stop the immigrants—and it is unshamedly racist and anti-Muslim in its rhetoric. Wilders recently called Dutch residents of Moroccan origin “scum”. He vows to close mosques and Islamic schools, ban the sale of the Quran, and stop all further immigrants or asylum seekers from Muslim countries.

He is the Dutch Donald Trump, a silver-maned provocateur who deploys the maximum possible nastiness in his campaign talk and his frequent abusive tweets. In fact, some people argue that Trump must have taken lessons from Wilders—who has been working this side of the street for at least a decade already—but the concept of convergent evolution probably applies. Populists are almost always racists too.

Which brings us to the question that is most interesting for people who don’t live in the Netherlands. Can racism and xenophobia alone, without any help from economic desperation, persuade a traditionally liberal Western electorate to cast its values aside and

vote for an authoritarian bully with an anti-Muslim obsession?

Trump had lots of help from economic despair. The key voters who gave him an electoral college victory last November were in the Rust Belt states: men (they were mostly men) who would usually have backed Democratic candidates but switched to Trump because he promised to “bring back the jobs” and stop the non-white immigration.

There was certainly a large element of racial panic in the American vote.

A survey by Zack Beauchamp of the opinion polling and recent academic research on the topic—titled “White Riot,” published on Vox Jan. 20—documented the argument that “the real sources of the far-right's appeal are anger over immigration and a toxic mix of racial and religious intolerance.”

On the other hand, the Rust Belt states south of the Great Lakes, the former industrial heartland of the United States, are the places that have suffered the greatest job losses over the past few decades—which is why cities like Cleveland and Detroit are decaying and partly abandoned. And they are emphatically NOT major destinations for new immigrants to the US. Trump himself always ensures that he hits on both immigration and job losses in his speeches and tweets, and he is the world’s expert on the fears and prejudices of his supporters. Could we perhaps speculate that his supporters say that they are frightened about immigration and especially Muslim immigration, but that their racism is really driven in large part by their anger at the steep decline in the number of well-paid industrial jobs?

Of the six states with over a million immigrants—California, New York, Texas, Florida, Illinois and New Jersey—only Florida (where Trump won

by a whisker) and Texas (which has voted Republican in every presidential election since 1980) voted for Trump.

California, whose ten million immigrants make up 27 percent of the state population, voted two-to-one for Hillary Clinton.

It would seem that, in the words of the old Phil Spector song, to know, know, know them is to love, love, love them (the immigrants), or at least not to fear them. Whereas Michigan, a Rust-Belt state that voted Democratic in the previous six elections and where only six percent of the population are immigrants, voted for Trump.

You can see the same pattern in the Brexit vote in England last June. The prosperous big cities are where the immigrants are, and every one of them except Birmingham voted "remain" (in the European Union). London, where half the school population is non-white, voted "remain" by a 60-40 majority, as did Manchester, Liverpool and Bristol.

The narrow "leave" majority countrywide was won in depressed northern industrial cities where immigrant populations are low and in prosperous rural areas where there are virtually no immigrants at all. So there was again racial panic at the changing ethnic face of England in areas where immigrants were largely absent, but especially in post-industrial areas where they are (wrongly) blamed for the loss of wellpaying jobs.

In populist revolts elsewhere, the manifest racism and anti-immigrant sentiment that dominated in the opinion polls masked a deeper resentment about the loss of jobs. In the Netherlands—where unemployment is only five percent—Geert Wilders is depending on racism alone, and he is not heading for a Brexit or Trump-style victory.

The latest opinion poll gives him just 15 percent of the vote.

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The city is asking Edmontonians to save paper and call 311.

According to an Edmonton Police Service release the non-emergency EPS line received an average of 30,000 parking complaints a year and moving these complaints to 311 will streamline and simplify the process for people to complain.

To make it easier than all that, there is also an Edmonton 311 App that can be used to reporting parking concerns. One can send a photo with their complaint and use their smart phone’s GPS function to pinpoint an issue’s location. They can also check the status of their requests.

“Some examples of reportable parking offences are parking without required permit in a restricted residential zone, parking in an accessible parking spot without valid permit and vehicles that have been abandoned,” states a release sent out by the city.

Fraud prevention month The EPS wants you to know March is fraud prevention month by sharing the cautionary tale of senior Hilda Shulz who was defrauded a hefty sum in a popular grandparent scam. As a press release states: “At the time, my instinct was to help out my grandson who was in trouble,” Shulz says in the release. “But knowing what I know now, I should have checked with family to see if there really was an emergency.”

Turns out, it wasn’t her grandson and the fraudster who was pretending to be him fictionalized an arrest that made the funds necessary.

The lies kept coming and so did the compassionate funds from Shulz. In the end, she was out $7,080. Sadly, Shulz’s story is one of many.

According to the release, in 2016, there were 723 fraud victims in Edmonton who lost $1.1 million, but as investigations continue, the total amount of victims is expected to increase and losses are estimated to be over $10 million. Fraud is rising as 3,982 frauds were reported to EPS in 2016 compared to 3,244 in 2015.

Some common frauds are mortgage fraud and grandparent scams, high-pressure door-to-door sales scams, stolen credit card fraud, cyber crimes and mass marketing schemes, and identity theft.

Because there is an element of shame after being subjected to fraud, a good portion of them go unreported. The EPS would like this to become less of a fact.

The EPS reminds citizens that if they are the victim of a fraud, or have knowledge of an economic crime, please contact the EPS at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone. Anonymous information can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477 or at www.tipsubmit.com/start.htm.

Feds fund Fort Ed’s ‘Indigenous People’s Experience’ The Government of Canada pledged more than $47 million for the expansion of Fort Edmonton Park, which includes the ‘Indigenous Peoples Experience.’

A federal release states that the focus will be on three key sections of the park. The expansion of the park will feature a new facility to showcase the First Nations and Métis Nation cultural heritage, along with camps, trails, classrooms, and an outdoor amphitheater. Construction is anticipated to begin in fall 2017 with completion by 2020.

In the release, Executive Director of the Fort Edmonton Management Company Bill Demchuk says, “Preserving our history serves all citizens; understanding where we came from—hardships endured, challenges met, victories celebrated and even defeats suffered—is important because these are the stories that bind us as a community. With the generous support of the federal government as well as the province, and the city, we are thrilled to be able to enrich the visitor experience at Fort Edmonton Park and continue to celebrate our shared past.”

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Savoy's South Indian Kitchen continues to have a vast following

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hen my life first intersected with the Savoy’s brand more than 20 years ago, it was called Savoy’s Health Cafe. Stuffed into a bedraggled nook in a strip mall across 50 Ave. from the as-yet-unrehabilitated Southgate Mall. A scuffed but hospitable room of no more than six tables, Savoy’s traded in delicacies that I didn’t know back then to be South Indian—mixed in with soups, sandwiches and fresh-squeezed restorative juices.

When I noticed Savoy’s missing from its familiar spot a couple of years back, I prematurely presumed them moribund, not knowing then about the mysterious mechanics of South Indian restaurant distribution in Edmonton. A new South Indian restaurant called Kerala had sprung up in Savoy’s old space, displacing Savoy’s into the former Mill Woods premises of a South Indian restaurant called Kathir, thus displacing Kathir to a new location on Stony Plain Road. That’s just how these things work.

In its new home on 34 Ave., Savoy’s has put a light gloss of middle-brow restaurant esthetic over Kathir’s somewhat convenience store-like ambiance. It's amazing what a coat of paint and a few exotic-imitation wall hangings can do. The thing you’re most likely to notice, though, is that Savoy’s is busily entertaining a stream of eat-in and take-out customers. Obviously, they have a bit of a following.

A good chunk of Savoy’s menu is taken up by dosas—a light, crisp, comically large crepe enfolding your choice of filling (curried potatoes and/ or veg being standard) and served with chutney and a hearty lentil soup called sambar. They also go in for the many South Indian iterations of rice-

flour batter with adorable names like appam, idli, puttu and stringhoppers.

You can also still get their fresh juices for $5—my favourite was always the Energizer, with apple, orange, carrot, beet and ginger.

Knowing their dosas to be topnotch, but in the mood for a more substantial evening feed, co-diner and I took three blind stabs at the entree side of the menu—though I’m not sure I understand the allure she saw in an item called simply “veg stew” ($9.99). Palak paneer seemed to me a good yardstick for their meatless fare, and the menu deemed the mango fish curry ($12.49) a house specialty. We also got some parathas ($1.70 ea)— flaky panfried bread akin to Malaysian roti canai.

Savoy’s South Indian Kitchen 9621 - 34 Ave., 780.989.9797 savoyssouthindiankitchen.com The new Savoy’s seems to augment all the best qualities of its old rinky-dink location. If you like your Indian food unfussy, affordable and extremely well made—promptly and courteously delivered to your table, at that—you almost couldn’t do better.

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The veg stew was indeed nondescript—diced carrots, beans, peas and cauliflower in a barely fragrant white sauce—but how could it seem otherwise next to the palak paneer, its cubes of unripe cheese engulfed in a dark green pool of velvety pureed greens redolent of cardamom and clove? The fish curry featured big firm chunks of kingfish and lime leaves in thick orange gravy made with mango and coconut milk, though the resulting flavour was pleasingly savoury.

The paratha was delicious but useless for picking up food given its own propensity for falling apart, so we had to order rice to sop up the rich sauces.

A prior visit also introduced me to Savoy’s Sri Lankan side in the form chicken kothu paratha, where a whole-wheat version of the flatbread is chopped up and fried with chicken, jalapeno peppers and other potent spices—if you’re also looking for something nice and filling.

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ARTS Multifaceted artist Jude Griebel displays Crafting Ruin at dc3 Art Projects

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fter installing exhibitions around the world, Jude Griebel returns to Edmonton this week for his first solo exhibit at the dc3 Art Projects gallery.

With seven-foot resin figures and bone sculptures the size of a human head, the Alberta-bred artist’s 12-sculpture installation, Crafting Ruin, tackles modern environmental issues like consumption and wastefulness.

“I've created a dystopic garden setting,” Griebel says. “Gardens are traditionally spaces where we sort of manipulate nature and reflect on it, but in my installation it’s been pushed to a point of excess, where there’s very little nature left.”

Griebel says the way he frames perspectives when viewing his sculptures makes the environmental reality of our world easier to engage with.

“Even though the subject is a little heavy, I sort of deal with it in very playful ways,” he says. “Most of the figures represent myself and me sort Fri., Mar. 10 to Sat., Apr. 15 of thinking about or Crafting Ruin by Jude Griebel struggling with those dc3 Art Projects thoughts.”

Free Now is the time to materialize those ideas, Griebel says. The emotions he bottles up and struggles with burst through in the sculptures.

“Recently, I just felt like I was being inundated with articles online about environmental spoil and there’s just Jude Griebel // Submitted Photo more and more present,” he says.

Crafting Ruin features several repre- “It was all getting so overwhelming, sentations of humanoid bodies over- and you almost have to put up a wall taking elements of nature in indus- just to go about your life and not be trial ways, with a polluted fountain too worried. So I was wondering, if spewing brown water in the centre of we do block out all that stuff, maybe it sits inside of us subconsciously. the installation.

“I'm talking about the sort of waste That’s what the sculptures are in a we create and how we separate our- way. They’re thinking about those isselves from it,” Griebel says. “A lot sues and how we carry that weight of us don’t like to think about ruin psychologically.”

In that way, he sees Crafting Ruin and waste and how we consume the world around us in various ways, but as more of an exploration than a it’s a reality. Instead of, sort of, push- piece of prescriptive education.

“I'm not really interested in making that away psychologically, I've brought it all back onto the body. All ing it a black and white issue or the waste and the human impact on pointing fingers,” Griebel says. “I'm the natural world is sort of playing more interested in thinking about how I consume.” out on the surfaces of these bodies.”

The process of creating art is a contemplative one for Griebel, and he hopes the details in his work engender the same feeling from its audience.

“By sculpting and putting all that care into something which is like a representation of plastic or thrown away garbage, you’re really sort of reflecting,” he says. “The actual material is thrown—by bulk—into landfills every day, but when you're creating it and meticulously making it by hand, you're sort of meditating on all that waste.

When you have that accumulation of detail, it really has more of an impact on the viewer. It helps them sort of understand the ideas that I'm trying to express.”

Griebel describes one of his exhibited sculptures as thousands of shell fish climbing out of a reef made of plastic garbage and bottles.

“It’s almost a giant tourist souvenir shell figure, but it’s also all these shellfish sort of separating themselves from the plastic waste in the ocean.”

Before touring with his sculptures overseas, Griebel was primarily a painter, but a shift in the way he created his paintings led him naturally to his current medium.

“I was actually building these things that I ended up painting,” Griebel says.

“I started realizing that the figures that were my models … carried a lot more psychological presence than the paintings I was making of them.”

Inspired to find a way to make his painting models into a more perma-

nent form of sculpture that he could display, he went back to art school at Concordia University in Montreal to hone his sculpting technique.

“The only experience I really had making more permanent sculptures was building my halloween costumes from papier-mâché as a child, so that’s how I began building,” Griebel says. “It appealed to me because I’d worked on paper, and with papier-mâché you can paint them when they're finished, so they literally become three-dimensional paintings.”

After he graduated from Concordia, he made Crafting Ruin’s sculptures through a series of work starting in 2015, working on as many as six sculptures at a time, and putting the finishing touches on each one with the oil paint he’s familiar with. Now, he’s bringing selections of his work back to the province he hails from.

“I consider the prairies home, and I feel like my upbringing on the prairies really affected the work.”

Crafting Ruin is the most comprehensive exhibition of his art that’s been shown in Canada, he says. And with sculptures of oil-slicked creatures amidst muddy water, Griebel says he’s proud to bring the exhibit home.

“A lot of this work I've shown in Germany and outside of Canada, but I'm really happy to be able to show it on the prairies and have it all assembled here at once.”

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PREVUE // FILM FESTIVAL

Breaking the glass ceiling with film Michelle Brewer and guests educate and inspire at this year’s EIWFF

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or more than a century, Mar. 8 — I n te r n a t i o n a l Wo m e n ' s Day—has been set aside to focus on women's rights.

Sadly, Edmonton marked another year as one of Canada’s worst places to be a woman.

In its 2016 annual report, the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), ranked Edmonton 22nd out of Canada’s top 25 metropolitan cities when it came to gender equality.

Among the more visible inequities cited by the report, the CCPA noted that “with higher than average wages but a larger than average pay gap: women earn 59 cents on the male dollar in Edmonton.” This, coupled with low female representation in politics—of Edmonton’s 12 council positions, only one is currently held by a woman, Ward 2's Bev Esslinger—and a host of other similar gaps, contributed to the CCPA’s embarrassing evaluation of our city.

But there is hope. Combating this dubious distinction is local activist, academic and film devotee, Michelle Brewer.

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Brewer is the Executive Director and founder of the Edmonton International Women’s Film Festival, formerly named You Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down. This year’s event will run on three non-consecutive nights at the Garneau Theatre: Mar. 8, 15 and 26. The theme of this year’s festival is 'Women and Political Power.'

Each night is organized around a central film presentation and supported by a host of speakers and performers. Among the many highlights will be a panel discussion on Mar. 15, including local politicians Sandra Jansen, Laurie Blakeman, Nav Kaur and Miranda Jimmy.

Given the high caliber of speakers, and the provocative nature of the film selections—the festival opens with a screening of 2000’s The Contender, a political thriller about a female VP candidate attacked with sexual deviancy rumours—Brewer hopes the festival will inform and incite a vigorous dialogue among Edmontonians.

“Everyone wants a fair society and that sometimes takes putting our-

selves in someone else’s shoes and there is no better way, in my mind, to put myself in someone else’s shoes than to go see a movie,” explains Brewer.

While the festival kicks off with a fictional flick, the following two evenings will feature documentary selections. The first, Kim Campbell: Through the Looking Glass, examines Canada's historic first female prime minister and her swift fall from grace. Finally, 2014's Madame Presidenta: Why Not U.S.? seeks to understand why so many countires, other than the United States, have elected female presidents.

Along with entertainment from Nasra Adem, Lori Thorklason will be speaking along with Edmonton councillors Andrew Knack and Esslinger.

Though Brewer selected the theme more than eight months ago, the conversation surrounding women in politics could not be more justified in public discourse than it is currently.

“I wanted to see the biggest glass ceiling in the world get broken,” Brewer says, referring to US Secretary Hillary

Clinton’s narrow election defeat. “The trickle-down effects of that [would] have been amazing”.

In recent months, the veil has been pulled back on the toxic side of what it means to be a woman participating in civic society. In April 2016, Conservative MP Michelle Rempel wrote a scathing OP-ED piece in the National Post, describing her experience within the Canadian political machine.

“The everyday sexism I face involves confronting the “bitch” epithet when I don’t automatically comply with someone’s request or capitulate on my position on an issue,” said Rempel.

Jansen, the NDP MLA speaking on the 15th who faced heavy scorn following her crossing the floor from the PCs in November, echoes this sentiment. Her Facebook and Twitter feed were covered with comments ranging from, “What a treacherous bitch,” to “Sandra should stay in the kitchen where she belongs."

In highlighting these issues through film and discourse, Brewer hopes to progress not just the status of women

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“It’s not just ranting, it specifically is worse for women and what if we reevaluated ourselves and became more civil in the places where we are supposed to be civil?” Brewer asks. “What if we stop seeing ourselves as adversaries in government but as people who could really work together?”

Along with the carefully selected films, currated discussion panels and engaging entertainment, a portion of proceeds from the festival will be donated to Equal Voice, The Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women, and A Day for Girls.

The complete festival lineup can be found online at www.eiwff.ca.

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Sage Theatre’s artistic director and Soliciting Temptation’s director, Jason Mehmel, says it would be easy for weaker actors to just shout at each other all night because their characters disagree on politically charged subjects, but he says Overall and Cerra work off of each other with realistic humanity.

“They've both been such sensitive and dedicated actors who are committed to being as honest and real with their characters as possible,” Mehmel says.

In turn, Cerra says this dynamic helps engage the minds of the audience.

“I try to give as much as I can on stage,” she Thurs., Mar. 9 to Sun., Mar. 26 says. “They can take Soliciting Temptation parts of what they agree Varscona Theatre, $22 with and what they don't agree with.” // Supplied Photo Soliciting Temptation isn’t a love story, Mehmel says. It’s a play that tackles questions that help root us in our own worlds.

“What are the stories we tell ourselves about what right and wrong iting Temptation, no breaks at all once are? What are our positions in the Cerra meets the play’s only other char- world, and what assumption are we acter, a middle-aged white man played making around those positions?” he says. “To me, that’s how you actually

by Mattie Overall.

“There is this push and pull of whose cause change in your society. It’s by opinions and ideas that you validate creating art that allows people to within yourself,” Cerra says. “Maybe engage and question the world they there’s conviction with that and maybe live in.”

Cerra says Shields’ writing there’s guilt with that, and that’s what’s interesting about this sort of tennis achieves this by reaching into cormatch that these two play back and ners of our mind that are rarely forth in how they speak to each other.” tread, and working with Sage The-

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Shadow Theatre and Sage Theatre join for Soliciting Temptation

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oliciting Temptation tackles the social complexities of sex tourism from the inside of one nondescript hotel room set in an exotic country. And that hotel room shuttled from Calgary to Edmonton this week for a new crowd to see.

Written by Erin Shields, the play is a joint production by Calgary’s Sage Theatre and Edmonton’s Shadow Theatre for the latter company’s 25th season.

Its crew describes it as a morally stimulating and engaging.

“The character is human,” Edmontonborn Patricia Cerra says of the unnamed sex worker she plays. “You have to look at her whole background and her way of thinking, because in that space, in that frame of mind, she believes that she is right.

It’s a big mental prep and a big physical prep to get in that headspace, and to be there with the audience for 90 minutes to tell the story.”

There are no scene changes in Solic-

atre to clear the cobwebs has been a rewarding experience.

“The play takes us to vulnerable places,” Cerra says. “To be confident and willing to go there and trusting the process, and trusting my colleagues, it’s been a really safe environment … for me to take it to a dangerous place every night.”

Mehmel says that sense of discomfort isn’t lost on the play’s audience.

“There’s a certain bravery in seeing a show like this,” he says. “Especially if you go in knowing that there will be something provocative here.”

After triumphing through an extensive audition process to find the right performers, Cerra says she’s settled into her role during the play’s Calgary run, and she’s looking forward to bringing the show to Edmonton.

“I'm thrilled to be able to bring this aspect on stage in terms of an intelligent woman who is speaking her mind and is strong-willed enough to put herself in a situation where she believes that what she is doing is absolutely correct,” Cerra says. “People may not agree with it, but that is exciting.”

That willingness to disagree is all that you need to engage with a production like Soliciting Temptation, Mehmel says.

“I don’t want to imply that anybody needs to do their homework when they see this show,” he says. “If you're just open and responsive as a human being, that’s all that’s required.”

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Elektra's revenge

Opera's most deranged, axe-wielding leading lady lands in Edmonton Mar. 11, 14 & 16 Elektra Jubilee Auditorium, From $40 her father, King Agememnon, by her mother, Klytaemnestra. Overcome with desire to avenge her father— perhaps motivated by an incestuous, romantic love for him that coined the psychoanalytic term “the Electra complex”—Elektra will stop at nothing to shed her mother’s blood.

But amidst the brutality, Richard Strauss’ stunning score paired with Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s clever German libretto transforms the tragedy into a black comedy through a blaze of musical beauty.

“It’s got this strange kind of demented quality, because there are moments of just gorgeous overall Strauss music, and then there’s these creepy waltzes that happen in moments of irony. It’s kind of fun,” laughs Blancke-Biggs. “It’s gothic in a way.”

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lizabeth Blancke-Biggs first remembers being hooked on opera at the age of nine, crediting the “beautiful combination of music, ridiculously fabulous stories, and completely over the top drama.”

Since her world debut as a schoolgirl in Carmen, she’s played plenty of famous theatrical songbirds on op-

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She credits her Canadian debut as the lead role for Edmonton Opera’s production of Elektra as one of the most ludicrous (and fun) to portray.

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Having also played the title role in Giacomo Puccini's Turandot in Oslo, Norway this past spring, BlanckeBiggs is familiar with interpreting ruthless characters. But Strauss’ dynamic melodies allow her more freedom to show erratic emotions with tones that aren’t conventionally perfect.

“There’s a lot of vocal demands that aren’t the same as in a Puccini opera where you just have to sound beautiful,” she says. “In this you can change the voice, so it really makes a beautiful example of the characters’ unsettled minds, because she’s very high and then she’s very low. The fact that it’s not always beautiful tones makes it really effective musically.”

While the production may not fit into her more cheerful impression of opera as being “ridiculously fabulous,” she describes it as nothing short of “horrendously wonderful.” Whereas even Turandot has a happy(ish) ending, there’s no such catharsis for the characters of Elektra. To Blancke-Biggs, this doesn’t stop the show from being enjoyable and understandable to actors and audience members alike. It shines light on the insanity of humanity, albeit at more extreme heights.

“There’s just nobody more fun than a crazy Greek lady,” she reports. “I mean, all families are dysfunctional, but this one is just so dysfunctional – it’s like dysfunctional on crack – it’s really burning.”

And burning up the stage is what she plans to do, as opera’s most deranged, axe-wielding leading lady. Her first time working in Canada’s tundra, Blancke-Biggs aims to ignite the stage with catastrophe, humour, and song.

“I’m really excited to make my Canadian debut singing one of my favourite crazy girls,” she says. “It’s always fun to make a big noise. I’m not sneaking in.”

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Dance Alice in Wonderland • Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Ave • 780.455.9559 • albertaballet50.com • Tumble down the rabbit hole and enjoy every minute of Edmund Stripe’s critically-lauded, delightfully fun Alice in Wonderland. Follow Lewis Carroll’s timeless heroine into a world of clog dancing, flowers coming to life and rabbits that are perpetually late. Alice entertains the whole family as she weaves her way through our decadent Wonderland. Constructed of colourful sets and costumes, this tale delivers wisdom in the most unexpected of worlds • Mar 24-25 Dance Classes with Good Women Dance Collective • Muriel Taylor Studio at Ruth Carse Centre for Dance, 11205-107 Ave • info@goodwomen.ca • goodwomen.ca/classes • Every Tue, Thu, Fri; 10-11:30am • $15 (drop-in), $65 (5 class pack), $100 (10 class pack)

Dirt Buffet Cabaret • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • milezerodance. com • Curated by impresario Ben Gorodetsky, this series is geared towards presenting emerging artists of various artistic backgrounds, in a variety show format, with an audience that expects experimentation and unusual juxtapositions. Each show contains six acts • Mar 9, 9pm • $10 or best offer at the door

SubArtic Improvisation & Experimental Arts • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • milezerodance.com • Features dance, music, and visual artists performing live together for the first time within an improvisational framework. Each event features six to eight artists • Mar 23, Apr 20, May 18, 8pm • $15 or best offer at the door

FILM The Age of Consequences: Film Screening and Discussion • Telus Centre, University of Alberta, 1104-87 Ave NW • bit.ly/2kR0XJr • A new look into the effects of climate change on issues of US national security and global political instability. The film screening will be followed by a short panel discussion • Mar 22, 6:30-8:30pm • Free (book tickets online)

Cinema CAVA • Centre des arts visuels de l'Alberta, 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • cavalberta@gmail.com • galeriecava.com • Enjoy a repertoire of French movies • First two Wed each month

Edmonton Film Society • Royal Alberta Museum, 12845-102 Ave • 780.439.5285 • edmontonfilmsociety@gmail.com • royalalbertamuseum.ca/movies • Presenting: Enduring Stars • Schedule: The Sons of Katie Elder (Mar 13), The Man Who Knew Too Much (Mar 20), The Stratton Story (Mar 27), River of No Return (Apr 3) • $6 (general), $5 (seniors 65+, students), $3 (kids 12 and under) International Women’s Day Movie Night • Strathcona County Library, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8600 • sclibrary.ca • Celebrate International Women’s Day with a screening of Whip It, starring Ellen Page as a shy small-town teenager who finds her inner strength when she tries out for a roller derby team • Mar 9, 7-9:30pm • Free, popcorn included (register online, in person at the library, or by phone)

Men with Brooms • Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne Street, St Albert • stalbert.ca/exp/ arden/events/men-with-brooms • This wickedly cool comedy tracks four life-long friends on a hilarious quest for true love, macho bonding, and big-time curling glory (rated 14A) • Mar 19, 2-3:30pm

metro • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712109 St • 780.425.9212 • Le Festival du Film Français/The French Film Festival; throughout Mar • Afternoon Tea: Sense & Sensibility, Mar 19 • Black History Month: I Am Not Your Negro, Mar 9 • The Celluloid Has Been Drinking: Tom Waits on Film: Down By Law, Mar 17; Mystery Men, Mar 23 • DEDFemme: XX, Mar 10 • Edmonton International Women's Film Festival: Kim Campbell: Through the Looking Glass, Mar 15; Madame Presidenta: Why Not U.S.?, Mar 26 • Local Filmmakers: Heel Kick!, Mar 18 & Mar 21 • Reel Family Cinema: Song of the Sea, Mar 18; Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Mar 25 • REEL

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Movie Night • McDougall United Church, 10086 Macdonald Drive (south entrance) • 780.428.1818 • mcdougallunited.com • Movies that are family friendly and always inspiring and entertaining. Popcorn and lemonade are available • Monthly, 7:30pm • Free

galLeries + Museums ACUA Gallery & Artisan Boutique • 9534-87 St • 780.488.8558 • info@acuarts. ca • acuarts.ca • Retrospective: artwork by Eva Tomiuk; Mar 3-29

Group Selling Exhibition; Until Mar 28

Scrambled YEG • Brittany's Lounge,

Loft Art Gallery • 590 Broadmoor

10225-97 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artists from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm

day off. With wit and charm he managed to skip school and keep the teachers in the dark. 30 years later Bueller finds himself back in high school, but this time he’s the teacher • Jan 27Apr 2 (Wed-Sun) • $33.25-$77.95

SCRIPT SALON • Holy Trinity Anglican Church,

Hey Ladies!• The Roxy on Gateway (formerly

Blvd, Sherwood Park • artsoc@telus.net • artstrathcona.com • Sat-Sun, 12-4pm (closed Easter weekend) • Artwork by 12 local artists

Multicultural Centre Public Art Gallery (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 541151 St, Stony Plain • multicentre.org • HerWORK: artwork by Alexis Marie Chute, Becky Thera, Kasie Campbell, Kun Chen, Lucille Frost, and Shirley Serviss; Mar 6-Apr 1

Blvd, Sherwood Park • 780.449.4443 • artstrathcona.com • Open: Fri-Sun • Artwork by gallery members; Mar-Apr

Musée Héritage Museum • St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@ artsandheritage.ca • 1867 Rebellion and Confederation–A Travelling Exhibition developed by the Canadian Museum of History; Jan 24-Mar 26

ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY •

Muttart Conservatory • 9626-96a Ave

10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft. ab.ca • Citizens of Craft; Jan 21-Apr 22 • Stories Brought to Life: artwork by Amy Skrocki; Feb 25-Apr 8

• karenbishop.ca/earths-laughter.html • Earth's Laughter; Feb 17-Mar 31

AJ Ottewell Gallery • 590 Broadmoor

Allied Arts Council of Spruce Grove • Melcor Cultural Centre, 355th Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Rotation - Gallery; Jan 21-May 5 • Instructor's Show; Feb 21-Mar 17

Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga. ca • Survival Guide; Jan 28-May 7 • Clocks for Seeing: Photography, Time and Motion; Feb 18Jun 18 • Fischli and Weiss/Ibghy and Lemmens; Feb 18-Jun 18 • BMO Children's Gallery: Touch Lab: Leave your Mark; until Apr 9 • Weekly Dropin Activities: Tours for Tots, Every Wed, 10-11am • Youth Workshops, ages 13-17, Every Thu, 4-6pm • Kids’ Open Studio, Every Sat, 1-3pm • Spring ArtBreak Camp Mar 27-31 • Exhibition Tours; Every Sat-Sun, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm • Art for Lunch; 3rd Thu of the month, 12:10-12:50pm • VIBE; 3rd Fri of the month, 5-9pm

Art Gallery Of St Albert (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • Creative Endeavours: artwork

by Gene and J Marg Brenda; Feb 2-Apr 8

Big Lake Artists' Studios • 2nd Floor, 33 Rayborn Cresent, St Albert • 2nd Annual Big Lake Artists' Studios Open House/Show & Sale; Mar 11, 10am-5pm; Free

Borealis Gallery • 9820-107 St • Storytellers: Alberta and the Great War; Feb 17-May 22 BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • Points West: artwork by Terry Fenton; Mar 24-Apr 7

CAVA Gallery • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • galeriecava.com • Artwork by Patrick Arès-Pilon, Kristen Keegan, Christine Duncan; Feb 24-Mar 11

Common Sense • 10546-115 St NW • Metals/Myth: Sculptures by Ryan McCourt; Mar 2-Mar 23

dc3 Art Projects • 10567-111 St • 780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • Crafting Ruin: artwork by Jude Griebel; Mar 10-Apr 15 FAB Gallery • Fine Arts Building Gallery,1-1 FAB (University of Alberta) • ualberta.ca/ artshows • Miriam Rudolph, MFA Printmaking / Angela Snieder, MFA Printmaking; Feb 21-Mar 18 • Bachelor of Design Graduate Show 2017: A graduating exhibition of students completing the Bachelor of Design program; Mar 28-Apr 8

front gallery • 12323-104 Ave • thefrontgallery.com • New Work; Feb 28-Mar 12

Galerie Cite • La Cite Francophone, 8627 Rue Marie-Anne Gaboury • Rubaboo Visual Art Exhibition; artwork by David Garneau, Lana Whiskeyjack, Arsan Buffin, Brandon Atkinson, Dawn Marie Marchand and MJ Belcourt Moses; Jan 30-Mar 25

Gallery@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • O Canada (I'm Sorry): artwork by Diana Thorneycroft; Mar 3-Apr 30

Gallery U • 9206-95 Ave • 780.913.5447 • contact@galleryu.ca • galleryu.ca • Reflecting Black: Ceramic work by Aba Garbrah; Jan 31Mar 28; All ages

Jurassic Forest/Learning Centre • 15 mins N of Edmonton off Hwy 28A, Township Rd 564 • Education-rich entertainment facility for all ages

Latitude 53 • Latitude 53, 10242-106 St NW • latitude53.org • MADE presents Sheltered + Exposed: design for Alberta’s winter life; Feb 16-Apr 1

Lando Gallery • 103, 10310-124 St • 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • March

O'byrnes Irish Pub • 10616-82 Ave NW • 587.986.3618 • angela@letsartyparty.com • Don't be shy- paint a naked guy: Guests will start with three poses to warm up, then move to a longer pose on 16" x 20" canvas. All will go home with a painting; Every 2nd Tue starting Nov 22, 7-8:30pm; $35 (adv at Eventbrite), $45 (door)

Paint Spot • 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Naess Gallery: The elements– fire water air earth; Until Apr 5 • Artisan Nook: Wax Poetic: artwork by Dilys Kulchitsky; Until Apr 5 Peter Robertson Gallery • 12323104 Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery. com • Surface Tension: artwork by Mitchel Smith; Mar 16-Apr 1; Reception: Mar 16, 7-9pm

Scott Gallery • 10411-124 St • scottgallery.com • Land Lines: artwork by Pamela Thurston; Mar 11-Apr 1; Opening reception: Mar 11, 1-4pm

sNAP Gallery • Society of Northern Alberta Print­-Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • The Formalist's Library: artwork by Jason Urban; Mar 16-Apr 22 • Great White North: artwork by Jordan Blackburn; Mar 16-Apr 22

Telus World of Science • 11211-142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Daily activities, demonstrations and experiments • Wild Africa; opens in late Oct • Angry Birds Universe; Oct 8-Apr 17 • Free-$117.95 U of A Museums Galleries at Enterprise square • Main floor, 10230 Jasper Ave • Open: Thu-Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm • International Print Exhibition–Canada and Japan; Feb 16-Mar 25

VASA Gallery • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • Leaving Marks: artwork by Star Newman; Feb 28-Apr 1

Literary Audreys Books • 10702 Jasper Ave • 780.423.3487 • audreys.ca • Adele Barclay launches her debut poetry collection, If I Were in a Cage I’d Reach Out for You; Mar 16, 7pm • Kimmy Beach launches Nuala; Mar 17, 7pm • Christopher Gudgeon launches his poetry collection Assdeep in Wonder; Mar 22, 7pm • Jeannine Carrière & Catherine Richardson launch C ​ alling Our Families Home: Metis Peoples’ Experiences with Child Welfare; Mar 28, 7pm • Lisa Martin launches Believing is not the same as being saved; Mar 29, 7pm • Michelle Elrick launches then/again with local poet Tim Bowling as guest reader; Mar 31, 7pm

Author Madeleine Thien • Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne Street, St. Albert • 780.459.1530 • sapl. libcal.com/event/2915810 • With the author of Do Not Say We Have Nothing • Mar 29, 7-8:30pm • $5 (door, phone, or Eventbrite) Edmonton Story Slam • Mercury Room,10575-114 St • edmontonstoryslam. com • facebook.com/mercuryroomyeg • Great stories, interesting company, fabulous atmosphere • 3rd Wed each month • 7pm (signup); 7:30pm • $5 Donation to winner

Naked Girls Reading • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St NW • 780.691.1691 • There will be different themes each month • Every 2nd Tue of month, 8:30-10:30pm • $20 (door); 18+ only

Olive Reading Series • The Almanac, 10351 Whyte Ave • Students from Grant McEwan and The U of A. Open mic to follow • Mar 14, 7pm • Free

Rouge Poetry Slam hosted by Breath In Poetry Collective • BLVD Supper x Club, 10765 Jasper Ave • Every Tue

Upper Arts Space, 10037-84 Ave • A monthly play reading series: 1st Sun each month with a different play by a different playwright

Stories From the Front Porch • Strathcona County Library, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8600 • sclibrary. ca • Join Sylvia Hertling and friends for a cup of tea to honour the age old tradition of the story-sharing circle. Writer-in-Residence Richard Van Camp will also contribute a story • Mar 20, 7-8:30pm • Free (register by phone or online)

TALES–Monthly Storytelling Circle • Parkallen Community Hall, 6510-111 St • Monthly TELLAROUND: 2nd Wed each month • Sep-Jun, 7-9pm • Free • Info: 780.437.7736; talesedmonton@hotmail.com Upper Crust Café • 10909-86 Ave • 780.422.8174 • strollofpoets.com • The Poets’ Haven Reading Series • Most Mon (except holidays), 7pm, Sep-Mar; presented by the Stroll of Poets Society • $5 (door)

Theatre 11 O'Clock Number • Basement Theatre at Holy Trinity, 10037-84 Ave • grindstonetheatre. ca • This completely improvised musical comedy is based on the suggestions from the audience who will get to experience a brand new story unfold in front of them, complete with impromptu songs, dance breaks and show stopping numbers • Every Fri, starting Jan 20-Jul 30, 11pm Bach Tots • Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne Street, St Albert • stalbert.ca/exp/arden/ events/bach-tots-1 • Set on a farm against the backdrop of Alberta’s pioneer history, Bach Tots will explore, through song and dance, the changing of the seasons with an entire cast of playful barnyard animals in Once Upon a Season • Mar 15 • $10 (adult), $5 (2-17 years old) under 2 is free Baskerville: a Sherlock Holmes Mystery • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 – 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Equal parts adventure and comedy, Baskerville finds Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson attempting to crack the mystery of the “House of the Baskervilles” before a family curse dooms its newest heir • Feb 7-Apr 2

The Believers • Roxy on Gateway, 8529 Gateway Blvd • In the midst of a terrible storm a couple offers refuge to the family next door.

As exhaustion and irritation give way to the relaxing flow of alcohol, secrets and beliefs are revealed, and then challenged, when something unthinkable happens • Mar 7-19 Blood of Our Soil • Studio Theatre, 10330-84 Ave • The story of Anna, a UkrainianCanadian woman who has always admired her grandmother, but knows very little about her past. In this production, Anna is confronted with the hardships her family has faced for generations, and draws disturbing parallels between Bolshevik oppression in Ukraine from more than a half-century ago to the continuing Russian aggression and escalating violence in Ukraine today • Mar 9-11, 8pm • $15 (plus applicable fees) Chimprov • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm; Until Jun • $15 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square)

CRAZY FOR YOU: The New Gershwin Musical • Shoctor Theatre, Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • All singing! All dancing! All Gershwin! With favourites like "I Got Rhythm", "Embraceable You", "They Can’t Take That Away From Me", "Someone to Watch Over Me" and more • Mar 4-Apr 2

Die-Nasty • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • die-nasty.com • Live improvised soap opera.

Join the whole Die-Nasty family REBORN, for a whole season of great artists, earth-shaking discovery, glorious music, hilarious hijinx ... but mostly Machiavellian intrigue • Runs every Mon, 6:30pm (doors), 7:30-9:30pm • Oct 17-May 29 • $18 or $13 with a $40 membership; at the door (cash) or at tixonthesquare.com. Season passes are available at the door (cash or cheque only) for $400 with a reserved seat

Ferris Buellers School of Rock • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061 8882-170 St • 780.484.2424 • infoedmonton@jubilations.ca • edmonton. jubilations.ca • In 1986 Ferris Bueller took a

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C103), 8529 Gateway Blvd • theatrenetwork.ca • Edmonton’s premier comedy, info-tainment, musical, game, talk show spectacular that’s suitable for all sexes! • Mar 24, May 12, 8pm • $26 (call 780.453.2440) or Tix on the Square

Into the Woods • John L. Haar Theatre, 1004-156 St • A baker and his wife wish to have a child but cannot because of a witch's curse, Cinderella wishes to attend the king's festival, and Jack wishes his cow would give milk. All want a better life, so they set off on into the woods. Everyone's wish is granted, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them with disastrous results • Mar 22-Apr 1 • Tickets available at Tix on the Square The Mommy Monologues • Black Box Theatre in the Alberta Avenue Community League, 9210-118 Ave • skirtsafire.com • Offering a window into the lives of ordinary people in extraordinary situations, The Mommy Monologues surprises by sharing the personal and moving stories of 11 women, and all the men, partners, and children among them • Mar 2-12, 7:30pm (nightly), 1:30pm (matinees on Sun) • $20 (regular), $15 (students & seniors); prices subject to change

The Music Man • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037-84 Ave • trinityplayersyeg@ gmail.com • A tale of a travelling sales conman who convinces the small Iowan townfolk of River City that, in order to keep their youth out of trouble, they must keep them busy through forming a marching band • Mar 23-26, 7:30pm • $18 (available via Eventbrite) Open Jam • Holy Trinity Church, 10037-84 Ave • 780.907.2975 • grindstonetheatre.ca • Facilitated by Grindstone Theatre. Swap games and ideas and get an opportunity to play. For those of all levels • Last Tue of each month

Skirts-A-Fire Festival • Various venues along 118 Ave • skirtsafire.com • Edmonton's only multidisciplinary arts festival celebrating and elevating the work of women • Mar 9-12 • Entrance by donation Soliciting Temptation • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • shadowtheatre.org • In a sweaty and sticky hotel room, a western man and a young woman meet for sex. Somewhere between the reality and the fantasy, the sex becomes talk and the talk becomes dangerous • Mar 8-26, 7:30-9pm • $33 (adults), $31 (students/seniors 65+), $18 (youth under 18)

Stupid F#@king Bird • Backstage Theatre, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave • An irreverent, contemporary, and very funny remix of Chekhov’s The Seagull. An aspiring young director rampages against the art created by his mother’s generation. A nubile young actress wrestles with an aging Hollywood star for the affections of a renowned novelist.

And everyone discovers just how disappointing love, art, and growing up can be • Mar 2-12 • $25 (adult), $18 (students/seniors 60+) • Performance not suitable for kids under 13 TheatreSports • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • Sep-Jun • $15

Things My Mother Taught Me • Southminster-Steinhauer United Church, 10740-19 Ave • 403.783.4087 • kfatheatre. com/show/tmmtm-march-12-230-pm-edmonton • Olivia and Gabe are moving into their first apartment together. They’ve just packed up all of their belongings and driven halfway across the country, to start a new life together in Chicago.

Their moving day doesn’t go exactly as planned though, and things become slightly more complicated when all of their parents show up to help. Can a two-bedroom apartment contain all of the love, laughs, worry, and wisdom that’s about to happen? • Mar 12, 2:30-4:30pm • $20 • 14+ only

Urinetown: the Musical • Al and Trish Huehn Theatre, Concordia University, 7128 Ada Boulevard • 780.479.9269 • caroline.howarth@ concordia.ab.ca • drama.concordia.ab.ca/ theatre • In a dystopian near-future, decades of drought have led to catastrophic water shortages, and private toilets have been outlawed.

An evil corporation rules the city, the police are brutish and mean, and everyone’s on the take.

Fortunately, a hero has risen from the people to fall in love and lead a revolution • Mar 10-19 • $15-$20 (available at TIX on the Square, Student Accounts or the door)

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PROFILE // VIRTUAL REALITY

Movie magic and the mind Local filmmaker Dylan Pearce aims to treat elderly ailments

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any of us know someone with Alzheimer's or various other forms of mental degration due to old age.

Those inflicted experience confusion, anxiety, fear, stress and profound loneliness. Filmmaker Dylan Pearce is part of a group hoping to alleviate some of this suffering.

Pearce, along with a company called 3Scape, is creating three dimensional/virtual reality (VR) environments as a form of reminicence therapy aimed at helping elderly populations.

These 3D and virtual reality experiences will treat those inflicted by debilitating mental or emotional states by submerging them in an environment that may trigger happy memories. These environments, basically, are akin to a 3D movie where you can turn your head 360 degrees (the VR component).

"They go into these experiences and then, afterwards, they sit down with a therapist," Pearce explains. "They then talk about how they felt ... what it may have made them remember."

The project aims to alleviate stress and erode anxiety in the viewer.

Pearce has been brought on to direct the VR scenes. His challenge is to trigger memories in a realistic way.

"The ability to create something that would be in someone’s personal history is exciting," Pearce says. "We are trying to tap into our own cognitive thinking. How do I remember an event in my past and what are the things that stand out? That is how I’m A scene from a 3D/VR experience // Supplied

approaching this from a VR directing perspective. To figure out what those things are and making sure that they are part of the experience."

The scenarios vary. There are beaches, a mountainside vista and other various scenes with children and animals.

Pearce will start shooting the first VR installment at the end of March.

Pearce, who is experienced in 3D footage with his 2015 film 40 Below and Falling, is looking forward to see how far he can take this style of filming— but knows there are limitations with this project.

While the scenes will be immersive in some regard, there won’t be any interaction to them as of yet. As the health and the physical state of the viewers are unknown, there are too many variables to cover as of now.

"One of the scenarios we will be filming [is] dance parties from the the '50s, '60s, and '70s," he says. "The viewer will be observing a dance hall party from one of those eras. It’s designed to be generic so it could be anyone’s memory, so it is more about recreating the tone, the feel and the sense of it."

It is within this generic versatility that Pearce sees to being the key to the project's success.

"This will be beneficial for various medical communities," Pearce adds.

"It is not aimed just at one specific problem."

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REVUE // GRAPHIC NOVEL

Dark Corridor divinely dark

Rich Tommaso takes a trip to the underbelly of crafty noir storytelling

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f Tintin were a sex addict that loved guns, he could possibly be a character in Dark Corridor.

Situated in the quaint metropolis of Red Circle (no such town, but made to emulate many U.S. cities), Dark Corridor is a noir story about redemption and revenge—but mostly revenge.

It follows the tale of a stray dog covered in blood, an ex-cop who recently got out of prison and a clandestine cabal known as the "Seven Deadly Sisters." Throw in a ploy to take down the mafia and you have yourself a story that comes at you from all angles.

It is within these paradigms the creator, Rich Tommaso, weaves a layered narrative of murder and mayhem that, at first, raises more questions than answers. Each character introduction opens up a backstory to the point where, if the reader isn't paying close attention, it can create the air of confusion and convolusion.

While at times the plot seems more about being overtly smart, it does ground itself around its well developed characters. And these characters bring a real grittiness to the story.

Tommaso's love of 70s and 80s crime and horror stories is on display in this novel. The violence is bloody, the sex is awkward and the swears, well, they are pretty fucking nuanced—that is for sure.

In the end, the story all comes together in a great unveil, but not before it answers most of the questions it posed. Which, in the case of the twists and turns that Dark Corridor takes, is no small task.

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REVUE // FILM

Hugh Jackman's intense final performance as beloved Marvel character

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he last time the spotlight was on Canada’s most famous mutant— in James Mangold’s 2013 release The Wolverine—Logan was snarling and snikt!-ing his claws in a clash with an honour culture in Japan.

Now, Hugh Jackman's character is merely a washed-up Logan in 2029, tending to an elderly Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) in a hideout south of the Texas border, close to Juarez. And in its brutal portrait of a wrecked, middle-aged superhero— alongside the once proud King Learish Xavier—Logan may well be the best comic book film in years.

It’s a neo-Western (1953’s Shane acts as its cinematic palimpsest, especially when Logan tries to help an Oklahoma homestead family) where the protagonist's face—grizzled hair, scarred skin, vein-throbbing temple—takes centre stage. This former X-Man has become a burnt-out wastrel of a former war-

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rior. The near-raving Professor reminds him—he’s more like an athlete broken and hobbled in his retirement than any super being. Age extremes pop up, too, in the form of 11-year-old Laura (Dafne Keen), a mysterious mutant whom a desperate Mexican woman wants Logan to escort to a supposed “Eden” for mutants of their kind near the Canadian border.

Laura’s “origin story,” is a harrowing indictment of a future corporate world where outsourcing meets genetic engineering. And with echoes of Mexico’s current narco-wars, it is revealed through secret cameraphone recordings. It is, in its own way, more brutal than the raging whirlwinds of violence which touch down throughout the Midwest as Logan, feral-like Laura, and Xavier are pursued by Transigen’s Reavers while trying to reach North Dakota.

Logan Directed by James Mangold Now playing  A doleful film with savage violence seems sadly last-gasp. Logan is another 21st century portrait of traumatized, embittered, hardened masculinity. But it’s also about legacies, parent-child bonds, clones and lab replicas. The X-Men big-screen story never really reaches an end. If this had been, somehow, the Marvel franchise’s final chapter—with Jackman’s send-off coming so close to Logan’s birthplace—this winter’s tale of mutant-ness (long an allegory for persecution and bigotry) would snarl, snikt!, and strike home even deeper.

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Ladies deliver a creepshow

St. Vincent joins all-female production team for horror anthology

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This creepy stop-motion animation evolves through the intro, outro and inbetween the four horror shorts that make up XX. Having just enjoyed its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January, the all-female anthology is a polished addition to this niche genre. And this XYZ Films production pushes new boundaries, particularly with my favourite, The Birthday Party, which proves to be darkly humorous without a single drop of blood.

Starring Melanie Jayne Lynskey, better known as Rose—the highly manipulative and charming neighbour to

the Harpers on Two and a Half Men— this short is simplistic, yet highly stylistic with pops of colour and contrast on an otherwise ordinary set.

Clad in a teal negligee and apricot robe, Lynskey is found in her suburban kitchen putting the final touches on her daughter’s birthday preparations. The morning delivers a quick, but devastating kink she must keep under wraps from the nosey neighbours and gaggle of children that slowly infiltrate her home. And she almost pulls off her weird, impromptu plan. Good thing she’s packing a flask.

While watching it, the heavy baseline sounded familiar, but Shazam offered no suggestions as to what it was. Annie Clark—better known as musician St. Vincent— has decided to try her hand at filmmaking and The Birthday Party is her directorial debut. She also composed her own original score for the short, which stands out and compliments the piece.

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DEDfemme presents: XX Mar., 10 (9 pm) Metro Cinema, $10 The Box, another one of the four shorts, would also classify as a psychological haunt but delivers more of an awkwardly odd side and not a single laugh. The remaining two, Don’t Fall and Her Only Living Son, round out the missing traits of the genre—gore, adrenaline, evil beasts and the dark king, of course.

It's a nicely balanced collection and is definitely elevated above its B-Grade counterparts. With the popularity of horror films seemingly on the rise with cult clubs and feature screenings, it looks like budgets are rising too—at least they have for this production.

If you’re looking for a way to put a spark into a cold night, XX will hit the spot.

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FEATURE // MUSIC RETAIL

MUSIC and entertainment.

“The reason MTV and MuchMusic don’t show music videos anymore is because nobody cares. You can now sit down in front of YouTube and watch whatever you want—there is no longer a generation waiting for their favourite video to come on,” Cross explains. “Every single individual can customize their entertainment consumption in a way that was never possible.”

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Slumping sales and increased digital outlets signal the end of an icon

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ay phones. Blockbuster Video.

And now, the compact disc selling behemoth, HMV. His Master’s Voice succumbed to the mighty Internet and announced this past month it will be shutting its doors countrywide. HMV alumni Nick Lamberink, 32, who worked with the store from 2005 to 2010, recalls a particular moment when the decline of HMV was imminent.

“I remember going to a manager meeting where they said, ‘So X-number of years ago, audio was 80 percent of our sales and now its 30 percent of our sales. We need to figure out what we are doing,’” Lamberink explains. “That was when it became no holds barred.”

This marked the period when HMV began dabbling in the video game market, scaled back their CD selection, loaded up on DVDs and began selling everything from graphic novels to Sons of Anarchy pillowcases.

The transition did not register with customers, nor did it stimulate the cash register.

It is reported in the Toronto Sun that HMV was losing $100,000 a day in sales. Yet out from the ashes emerged a potential saviour, Sunrise Records. Sunrise will overtake 70 of the HMV stores countrywide, with the intentions to heavily push vinyl records along with the continuation of CD availability.

Music guru/Canadian radio host Alan

Cross believes HMV missed the mark by jumping into the vinyl game too late and if Sunrise has the right formula for success, they better find it quick.

HMV was known for having properties in sought-after corners of downtown cores, and with the massive rise in downloadable music in such a rapid span, one couldn’t actually call the mass HMV grave burial a surprise.

“With so many stores and so many high rents, it was just a matter of time before the reaper came calling,” Cross says.

He points out that 12 million albums were sold in Canada last year, which he called ‘not insignificant.’

What is significant is the way individuals choose to experience music

What will undeniably be lost is the music junkie culture that encompassed HMV buyers and especially HMV staff. Lamberink compared working during the HMV golden era to getting a job at Empire Records.

“To get a job there was like a fuckin' dream. Everyone knew what they were talking about. It was all about just getting lost and searching and learning about music.”

The particular store that really pierced his imagination, along with the rest of the city, was the HMV in West Edmonton Mall.

“It made you feel that much closer to the real, big American scene," Lamberink says. “It made you kind of think, 'that band might come to Edmonton one day, but for now at least I can get their CD at HMV.'” Our Lady Peace’s classic album Clumsy came out when Liam Killeen was in Grade 9. He remembers this day vividly because his mother wrote him a note allowing him to miss the first period of class, take the train down to Younge Street and be one of the first people to purchase a physical copy at the downtown Toronto HMV. He proudly showed off the album at lunchtime, as other students gawked at what would become an iconic 90s album.

Killeen, now a university professor and band manager of rock group USS, believes there will still be consumers that crave the physical product.

What has changed is the number of methods there are to now reach fans in every nook of the world.

“There will always be those people

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that consume music by going to a physical location," Killeen explains.

"But I have had a lot more success selling albums online because I can bundle it with concert tickets and VIP experiences. I am thankful that there is a larger audience that can now access music in rural areas or in cities that are not as dedicated to going down to a store, but are still showing their support in other ways.”

He will cherish his OLP moment forever. But he refuses to discount future memories for the current generation’s musical experience or to suggest we as a culture have abandoned our societal love for music.

“People remember where they heard a song for the first time, but this particular memory of how we consume music and how we purchased it—it is changing. It’s not necessarily desertion—it's evolution.”

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Sleeping in Traffic // Sat., Mar. 11 (8 PM) This four-piece alternative/metal band is ready to release their next album called Feminism. To help celebrate the new album’s release, they’ll be featuring openers Red Litmus and Small Town Knife Fight.

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ild Cat is what’s right with modern music—no frills, no gimmicks, just straight up rock 'n' roll. Danko Jones deliver its first album in two years and it’s exactly what you’d expect from the band.

When Danko Jones first began touring in 1996 the group had no intention of recording an album. They wanted to rely on their strong live performances to build their reputa-

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tion—both internationally and at home in Canada. Eventually they relented and released the self-produced six-song EP, My Love is Bold, and followed that up with their first full-length, Born a Lion.

In 15 years, the band has released eight full-length albums and toured extensively, while topping charts in Sweden, Belgium, France and Canada.

The first single, and video, “My Little RnR” is a rock 'n' roll love song for a girl that “looks like a million bucks” when she rolls out of bed.

Danko Jones toured and performed with Motörhead dozens of times during their career and “Let’s Start Dancing” sounds like an homage to the late Lemmy Kilmister—Motörhead’s iconic singer and frontman who passed away in late 2015. It comes out blistering with the same rollicking fun and riffage of “Ace of Spades,” only slowing down to give you a breather before coming back equally as raucous.

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to legendary bands like AC/DC, Motörhead and The Rolling Stones, in that while there is nothing incredibly original or innovative about Wild Cat, this is an album that is so much fun and full of energy that you don’t even notice or care. In fact, it feels familiar, and that’s part of the charm—it’s a throwback album that isn’t intentionally a throwback.

There is nothing tongue-in-cheek about it, this is a band creating the music they love with the people they love to play with.

The Danko Jones live show is a force to be reckoned with and it’s obvious when you watch it that this is where the band is most at home.

They manage to translate this energy and swagger to the studio— which isn’t a small feat.

At only 11 songs, Wild Cat, is a short blast of rock 'n' roll. Concise, fun and never slows down.

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PREVUE // PROGRESSIVE FOLK

Forming a musical community

Acoustic duo Bardic Form feature added instrumentation on latest tracks

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erhaps one of the most challenging aspects in creating instrumental music is composing something original that is engaging from start to finish. With local acoustic guitar duo Bardic Form, there’s never a dull moment. Each one of the duo’s songs is so meticulously crafted—it stands alone as its own entity leaving no room for filler.

“We take a lot of time with our compositions,” says Bardic Form's Justin Song.

“Each song needs to be exciting and engaging for the audience, but it has to be that way for us too. We gotta enjoy what we play and because they’re instrumental we get to recreate them every time we play.”

Co-bandmate Reece Runco adds, “I think a majority of our tunes are fairly progressive. Sometimes we find our comfort zones, but we are always trying to push each other and ourselves to break out of those.”

The origins of Bardic Form began close to nine years ago when Song jammed with Runco before practicing with his “heroic” folk metal band Emblem—who Runco’s older brother had drummed for.

“Justin [Song] was kind of this mythical metal guitarist, friend of my brother," Runco explains. "One day I saw him sitting on the couch playing a riff on his acoustic and I had just picked up guitar, so we started jamming a tune we still play today called "'Rendezvous.”’

So far, Bardic Form has released two EPs, In the Water and Lethe, which blend an abundance of genres and guitar styles ranging from traditional folk, Celtic, medieval, Latin, metal, and flamenco.

Every now and then, Song adds the traditional Celtic whistle to Bardic Form’s remarkable sound—

something they call “a mélange of organic influences.”

Since the duo’s inception, Runco and Song have been able to play large crowds at Edmonton Folk Fest, Kaleido Arts Festival, and Edmonton Pride.

Recently, Bardic Form has begun rehearsing with a full rhythm section backing them. The duo recorded an unreleased song with Jesse Northey of Jesse and the Dandelions at Edmontone studios.

“It was a good first stab at this because we haven’t recorded anything with a full band," Runco says of the sessions. "We got some cool stuff out of it. We have also been experimenting with some electronic sounds as well."

“We’re not putting any limits to what the music calls for, so there will be a lot of new sounds,” explains Song.

For a taste of Bardic Form’s new full-band sound, you can check out one of the groups newest songs “Resolution,” on the duo’s Soundcloud page. With the addition of drums and violin the song takes the listener on an arTue., Mar. 21 (8 pm) cane instrumental journey, Big Dreamer Jam featuring beginning with a gradual Bardic Form melodic acoustic build that The Needle, No cover explodes into a crescendo.

Bardic Form need to be seen live in order to fully experience the unique musical magical place and it’s the music that pleasure they create. The group es- brings the people together. Whensentially forges a new community ever Reece [Runco] and I do perform of strangers from all walks of life we always try to create a community with the audience. That’s a real at each show.

“It’s certainly an unreal phenome- human connection and it's cool that non that we have seen in a lot of our people take the time to listen and shows,” says Song. “It’s kind of the appreciate that.” traditional folk way. A live show like STEPHAN BOISSONNEAULT MUSIC@VUEWEEKLY.COM an outdoor festival can be a pretty

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CENTURY CASINO– EDMONTON Bill Anderson;

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7pm (doors); $64.95 (at Ticketmaster); No minors

Night Bands: live music; Every Fri

CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT Bernard Quilala &

The Q-Tone Band; 9pm; Free DENIZEN HALL Champ City Soundtrack; Every Fri-Sat DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Jake

Buckley (blues/country/ folk); 9pm FESTIVAL PLACE Jake

STARLITE ROOM Jordan Suckley; 9pm; $25-$30; 18+ only ST. BASIL'S CULTURAL CENTRE Blues Double Bill:

Joël Fafard & Michael Jerome Browne; 6:30pm; $20 (adv), $25 (door)

BAILEY THEATRE–CAMROSE

Somewhere In Between; 8pm; $12.50 (adult) $10 (student) at the Bailey box office or online BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair

of the Dog: Al Lukas; 4-6pm; no cover BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Celtara;

8:30-10:30pm; $17 BLUES ON WHYTE Pete

Turland; 9pm BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB

Elektric Squirrels; 9pm CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat

KRUSH ULTRA LOUNGE Open

CASINO YELLOWHEAD Colleen

MOONSHINERS Moonshiners

Jam Night with Rockin' Rod; Every Thu, 7pm; No minors

Open mic; 7pm; $2 Rae and Cornerstone; 9pm; Free

northlands.com

CASK AND BARREL The Dice

Cubes; 4-6pm; Free CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT Bernard Quilala &

The Q-Tone Band; 9pm; Free Dear Hip Hop with Freshlan; Underdog: Underdog Comedy Show THE COMMON The Common

NAKED CYBERCAFÉ Thu open

Uncommon Thursday: rotating guests each week

stage; 7pm

ON THE ROCKS Salsa Rocks:

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Happy Hour featuring Small Town Knife Fight; 5:30pm • Sean Brewer & The Switchmen with Lucas Chaissonand Ken Stead; 8pm; $10 (adv)

every Thu; dance lessons at 8pm; Cuban Salsa DJ to follow

Horsemen; 9pm NORTH GLENORA HALL Jam

by Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers every Thu; 7pm

FRI MAR 10

TIRAMISU BISTRO Live

$37-$41 FIONN MACCOOL'S– DOWNTOWN Cody Mack;

5pm

music every Friday with local musicians

Soundtrack; Every Fri-Sat

UNION HALL Slander; 9pm;

Saturdays; Every Sat, 2-5pm • House band; 5-8pm • Guest band; 8pm • No minors

18+ only

THE FORGE ON WHYTE

Sweatshop Union (with Kyprios) featuring Def3 and more; $20 (adv at YEGLive); No minors

WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK Live Music

HAVE MERCY Resident DJs playing outlaw country, rock and retro classics; Every Fri-Sat, 10pm; No cover

WINSPEAR CENTRE Tablao

IRONGATE PUB Bryant Sailor;

Banks presents Piano City; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $30 (members), $34 (guests)

9910 Dunmore Park with Iain Howie and guests; 9pm; $10 (door) • The Tee-Tahs with Borscht and No Thrillz; 9pm; $10

LB'S PUB Chill Factor (rock/ pop/indie); 9pm; No minors

ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL Sweet

LION'S HEAD PUB Al Lukas;

Every Fri-Sat, 7pm; No cover

DENIZEN HALL Champ City

Fridays; Each Fri, 8-10pm; $5 suggested donation Sevilla: Flamenco at the Winspear; 8pm; $55 YARDBIRD SUITE Tommy

Classical

DRAKE HOTEL Open Jam–

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Jake

Buckley (blues/country/ folk); 9pm DV8 Stellafox with David and the Titans, The Able Kind and SHAG; 8:30pm; $11; No minors EMPRESS ALE HOUSE Bands at the Empress: this week featuring Celeigh Cardinal; Every Sat, 4-6pm; Free; 18+ only

O’BYRNE’S IRISH PUB Live

Vintage Rides; 8:30pm; $5

music

8pm

BAILEY THEATRE–CAMROSE

ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH Pražák Quartet;

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Happy

7:30pm

long-a Sound of Music; 12:30pm; $12.50-$24

DJs

GAS PUMP Saturday Jam;

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Late Fee; Every Fri; Wooftop: Selection Fridays

HAVE MERCY Resident DJs

with live band, The Nervous Flirts; Every other Thu, 7pm

Rae Spoon; 8pm; $25 (adult) $15 (student) at the Bailey Box Office or online

SANDS INN & SUITES

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Front

THE REC ROOM Karaoke

Karaoke Thursdays with JR; Every Thu, 9pm-1am

Porch Roots Revue; 8:3010:30pm; $10

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Big Daddy Thursday Jam with host Randy Big Daddy Forsberg; 7pm

BLUES ON WHYTE Pete

SMOKEHOUSE BBQ Live

Blues every Thu: rotating guests; 7-11pm

Turland; 9pm BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB

Karaoke/DJ; Every Thu-Sat, 9pm BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

Scrambled YEG: Open Genre

Hour featuring For Tonight; 5:30pm • Joe Nolan and the Dogs with The Guaranteed; 6:30pm; $5 (door) • Humans with BORYS, Nik 7 and Jaycie Jayce; 10pm; $15 (adv) Horsemen; 9pm

with Remo, Noosh, Fingertips & guests; Underdog: Rap, house, hip hop with DJ Babr; every Fri

NORTHLANDS COLISEUM

THE COMMON Quality Control

NEW WEST HOTEL Hurtin

Eric Church–Holdin' My Own World Tour; 7-11pm; $25-$90

CJSR Presents a FREE community appreciation screening of SUPERMAN! Dedicated to all the superheroes who volunteer with and donate to our beloved station 6:30 PM at Metro Cinema on Monday, March 27 More super CJSR prizes than you can shake a stick of Kryponite at!

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ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL Duff

Robison; 8:30pm; $5

Stage–Thursday nights; Every Thu

NEW WEST HOTEL Hurtin

edmonton.cnty.com

ARCADIA BAR Hewson Grey with CitySleep; 9pm; $10

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK

(alternative/folk) with Althea Cunningham; 8pm; $15 (adv)

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT CENTURY CASINO AND TICKETMASTER

SAT MAR 11

JT'S BAR AND GRILL Open

MERCURY ROOM Rae Spoon

COMING SOON: DENNIS EDWARDS & THE TEMPTATIONS, DAVID JAMES & BIG RIVER: JOHNNY CASH TRIBUTE, AND MORE!

Every Fri-Sat

7:30pm; Free

Music Thursdays; Every Thu, 9pm; $5 (some events)

FRIDAY, MAR 17

Y AFTERHOURS Live DJs;

CAFE BLACKBIRD Robin Butterworth; 8pm; $15

LB'S PUB Open Jam hosted

by Russell Johnston

FRIDAY, MAR 10

9pm

Circle Jam; 7:30-11:30pm

MAMA'S GIN JOINT Live

BILL ANDERSON

Music DJ; 9pm-2am REC ROOM Social Xperiment;

HUMMINGBIRD BISTRO CAFE Bistro Jazz; Every Thu,

stage with host Naomi Carmack; 8pm every Thu

MAR 10-11

THE PROVINCIAL PUB Video

noughts with guests Kman & The 45's, The Preying Saints, ATD; 8pm; $15; 18+ only

FIDDLER'S ROOST Acoustic

TONY BINNS

Flashback Friday; Every Fri GAS PUMP Live DJ; 10pm

BRIXX BAR The Dread-

Karaoke; Every Thu, 7pm

Call 780.481.YUKS FOR TICKETS & INFO .....................................................................

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE

Karaoke/DJ; Every Thu-Sat, 9pm

Shimabukura; 7:30pm;

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE

COMEDY AT THE CENTURY CASINO

Resident DJs playing the best in hip hop, dance and classics; Every Fri-Sat, 9pm; No cover

VUEWEEKLY.com | MAR 09 – MAR 15, 2017

Fridays with DJ Echo & Freshlan EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR

FESTIVAL PLACE Sing-a-

3-7pm & 10pm playing outlaw country, rock and retro classics; Every Fri-Sat, 10pm; No cover IRONGATE PUB Bryant Sailor;

Every Fri-Sat, 7pm; No cover LB'S PUB Mark Ammar's

Saturday Sessions Jam; Every Sat, 4-8pm • Blue Yonder (rock/pop/indie); 9pm; No minors

EDMONTON’S LISTENER SUPPORTED VOLUNTEER POWERED CAMPUS COMMUNITY R A D I O S TAT I O N

780.492.2577 CJSR.COM FM88

MERCURY ROOM Back Porch

Swing 15 year Anniversary Party; 7-11pm; $20 (door) MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET Live local bands

every Sat NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

Saturday Brunch–Sean Brewer; 11am; No cover • Let's Find Out Podcast; 2pm; $15 (adv) • Scenic Route to Alaska with Windigo and Wares; 8pm; $15 (adv) NEW WEST HOTEL Early:

THE COMMON Get Down It's Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with Wright & Wong, Dane

O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun; 9:30pm

Lunchpail TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed

ON THE ROCKS Stiletto; 9pm

ENVY NIGHT CLUB

SANDS INN & SUITES Open Jam; Every Sun, 7-11pm

hip-hop with DJ Creeazn every Mon; 9pm-2am

Resolution Saturdays: top 40, throwbacks and club anthems

ON THE ROCKS Mustard Smile–farewell weekend; 9pm

MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey

PALACE CASINO Jukebox

THE PROVINCIAL PUB

Leigh; 9:30pm

Saturday Nights: Indie rock and dance with DJ Maurice; 9pm-2am

ROSE & CROWN PUB Danny

Coady; 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Doug Stroud

(country/pop/rock); 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM

Bob Cook (reggae/rock/ ska); 9pm UNION HALL I Prevail;

6:30pm; 16+ only YARDBIRD SUITE Tommy

Banks presents Piano City; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $30 (members), $34 (guests)

Classical

Rotating DJs Velix and Suco; every Sat Wong every Sat

ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE

Eighties Retro Party featuring The Payback with DJ Modest Mike; 8pm; $10 (adv), $14 (door) SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM

Swing Dance Party: Sugar Swing Dance Club every Sat, 8-12; no experience or partner needed, beginner lesson followed by social dance; sugarswing.com TAVERN ON WHYTE Soul,

motown, funk, R&B and more with DJs Ben and Mitch; every Sat; 9pm-2am Y AFTERHOURS Live DJs;

Every Fri-Sat

HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH Connection Concert

SUN MAR 12

Series #5: The Dark Side of the Quartet; 7:30pm

THE ALMANAC Sunday

NEWCASTLE PUB Sunday Soul Service: acoustic open stage; Every Sun, 3pm

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE The

Sunday Happening Jam featuring The Todd James Band; 4pm

Wednesday Karaoke; Every Wed, 9pm; Free

GAS PUMP Karaoke; 9:30pm

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Happy

DJs

DJs

Jamming; Every Sun, 2pm; No minors

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

HAVE MERCY YEG Music

Floor: DJ Chris Bruce spins britpop/punk/garage/indie; Every Sat; Wooftop: Sound It Up! with DJ Sonny Grimezz spinning classic hip hop and reggae; Underdog: hip-hop open Mic followed by DJ Marack

presents “Compete With The Beat”; Every Sun, 6pm; $10 MAMA'S GIN JOINT Sunday

Jam out in your Jammies; Every Sun, 3-10pm; Free MOONSHINERS Sunday Noon

Acoustic Jam; Every Sun, 12pm

JT'S BAR AND GRILL

Karaoke; Every Tue-Wed

Floor: DJ Zyppy; Every Sun

LB'S PUB Tuesday Night Open Jam Hosted by Darrell Barr; 7-11pm; No charge

GAS PUMP Kizomba-DJ; 8pm

MAMA'S GIN JOINT Tuesday

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

MON MAR 13 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Wooftop: Metal Mondays

with Metal Phil from CJSR's Heavy Metal Lunchbox BLUES ON WHYTE The Jason

Buie Band; 9pm CAFE BLACKBIRD Edmonton Ukulele Circle; 6:30pm; Free

Open Mic; Every Tue, 9pm; Starts Jan 3; Free NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Big Dreamer Jam featuring Rebecca Lappa; 8pm NEW WEST HOTEL Silverado;

9pm O’BYRNE’S Guinness Celtic jam every Tue; 9:30pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

Karaoke; Every Tue-Wed LEAF BAR & GRILL Wang Dang Wednesdays; Every Wed, 7-11pm MAMA'S GIN JOINT

Hour featuring Sebastian Barrera; 5:30pm • Emo Night; 8pm; $5 NEW WEST HOTEL Silverado;

9pm ON THE ROCKS Karaoke

Wednesdays hosted by ED; Every Wed, 9pm PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic Bluegrass

jam presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; Guests and newcomers always welcome; every Wed, 7pm; $2 (donation, per person), free coffee available

Jamerama, with Tall Dark & Dirty; 7pm

THE PROVINCIAL PUB

CHA ISLAND Karaoke Monday DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB

YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE 4

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Sunday

DRAKE HOTEL Sunday

JT'S BAR AND GRILL

Jam Circle; 7:30-11:30pm

JUBILEE AUDITORIUM

73rd Spring Concert; 8pm; $20

Buie Band; 9pm BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

HAVE MERCY Whiskey Wednesdays Live Piano Karaoke featuring the Fab Tiff Hall; Every Wed, 8:30pm

Ensemble Concert; 2-4pm; $10 (door, cash only, children age 11 and under are free)

FIDDLER'S ROOST Open

WINSPEAR CENTRE UAMC

BLUES ON WHYTE The Jason

GAS PUMP Karaoke; 9:30pm

FIDDLER'S ROOST Fiddle

BLIND PIG PUB Blind Pig Pub

Jazz Brunch–Charlie Austin; 9:30am-2:30pm; Cover by donation–please bring cash for the musician

TUE MAR 14

Stage; 7-11pm HAVE MERCY Have Mercy Blues Jam hosted by Dylan Farrell Band; Every Mon, 8:30pm (sign up) NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Happy Hour featuring Curt Alert; 5:30pm NEW WEST HOTEL Silverado;

9pm PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Wild Rose Old Tyme

Fiddlers Association: Acoustic instrumental old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm SIDELINER’S PUB Singer/

Songwriter Monday Night Open Stage; Hosted by

Karaoke Wednesday

Session: Doug Organ Quartet; 7:30pm (door)/8pm (show); $5

Dollar Bill Country Jam; 7pm

Classical

Classical

JUBILEE AUDITORIUM

MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH

Elektra; 8-11pm; Tickets start at $40

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Chris Bruce spins britpop/punk/garage/indie; Every Tue

EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Taco Tuesday

with resident DJs

WED MAR 15 BLUES ON WHYTE Alex

Zayas; 9pm

TAVERN ON WHYTE Karaoke;

9pm

Music Wednesdays At Noon: Hiromi Takahashi and Julia Davis, oboe and piano; 12:10-12:50pm; Free

DJs

cafehaven.ca CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 CASK AND BARREL 10041104 St; 780.498.1224, thecaskandbarrel.ca CENTRAL SENIOR LIONS CENTRE 11113-113 St CENTURY CASINO–EDMONTON 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT 24 Boudreau Rd, St. Albert, 780.460.8092 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 CHVRCH OF JOHN 10260-103 St, 780.884.8994, thechvrchofjohn. com COMMON 9910-109 St CONVOCATION HALL Old Arts Building, University of Alberta, music.ualberta.ca DENIZEN HALL 10311-103 Ave, 780.424.8215, thedenizenhall. com DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB 1111387 Ave NW, devaneyspub.com DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 DV8/MAMA'S PIZZA 7317-101 Ave NW EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR 8230 Gateway Blvd, elcortezcantina.com EMPRESS ALE HOUSE 9912-82 Ave NW

ENVY NIGHT CLUB West Edmonton Mall, 8882 170 St EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE 10220-103 St NW, 780.

424.0077, yourgaybar.com FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FIDDLER'S ROOST 7308-76 Ave, 780.439.9788, fiddlersroost.ca THE FORGE ON WHYTE 1054982 Ave (Whyte Ave) GAS PUMP NIGHT CLUB & BAR 10166-114 St HAVE MERCY SOUTHERN TABLE + BAR 8232 Gateway Blvd, havemercy.ca HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH 10037-84 Ave NW, 780.433.5530, holytrinity.ab.ca HORIZON STAGE 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove, 780.962.8995, horizonstage.com JT'S BAR AND GRILL 1107 Knottwood Road East JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 1145587 Ave NW, 780.427.2760, jubileeauditorium.com L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LION'S HEAD PUB 4440 Gateway Blvd MAMA'S GIN JOINT 11723 Jasper Ave, 780.705.0998, mamasginjoint.com MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH 10086 MacDonald Dr NW, mcdougallunited.com MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET 8101 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.2337 MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911

MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St MUTTART HALL 10050 Macdonald Dr, 780.633.3725 NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN 10524 Jasper Ave, 780.756.9045, theneedle.ca NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 NEW WEST HOTEL 15025-111 Ave NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave NORTHLANDS COLISEUM 7424-118 Ave O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 O'MAILLES IRISH PUB 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 PALACE CASINO 8882-170 St NW, 780.444.2112, palacecasino. com PINT–DOWNTOWN 10125-109 St NW PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave POURHOUSE BISTRO & TAPROOM 10354-82 Ave THE PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211-106 St RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH 10209-123 St NW ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE 10516 Jasper Ave ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St SANDS INN & SUITES 12340 Fort Rd, sandshoteledmonton.com SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead Trail

10030 - 102 STREET TICKETS FOR STARLITE ROOM SHOWS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT

WWW.STARLITEROOM.COM

MAIN ROOM

Floor: DJ Late Fee; Every Wed

PINT DOWNTOWN Wild Wing

Wednesdays at the Pint with DJ Thomas Culture; Every Wed, 10pm RANCH ROADHOUSE DJ

Shocker and Seelo Mondo; Every Wed

SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN 10012-101 A Ave, 780.426.7784, sherlockshospitality.com SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM 8882-170 St, 780.444.1752, sherlockshospitality.com SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328 SNEAKY PETE'S 12315-118 Ave SQUARE 1 COFFEE 15 Fairway Drive ST. BASIL'S CULTURAL CENTRE 10819-71 Ave NW, 780.434.4288, stbasilschurch. com STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave TAVERN ON WHYTE 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 TIRAMISU 10750-124 St TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 10014-81 Ave NW, 780.433.1604, trinity-lutheran. ab.ca UNION HALL 6240-99 St NW, 780.702-2582, unionhall.ca UPTOWN FOLK CLUB 11150-82 St, 780.436.1554 WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK 8902-99 St, wildearthbakery.com WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WOODRACK CAFE 7603-109 St, 780. 757.0380, thewoodrackcafe. com Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428

ALL SHOWS 18+ UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED

MAR/10 JORDAN SUCKLEY W/ GUESTS FUZION! ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS

MAR/18 THE REAL MCKENZIES CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS

25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TOUR W/ THE ISOTOPES

MAR/23 SHADES W/ IVY LAB UBK PRESENTS

MAR/24 TRUCKFIGHTERS W/ WE HUNT BUFFALO, GREENLEAF, THE MOTHERCRAFT CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS

MAR/25 THE ZOLAS ALL AGES W/ GUESTS MRG CONCERTS PRESENTS

MAR/27 DESPISED ICON, CARNIFEX W/ FALLUJAH, RINGS OF SATURN, LORNA SHORE CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS

MAR/31 AMORPHIS W/ SWALLOW THE SUN CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS

APR/1

ALL BLOWN UP PRESENTS

APR/2

LIVENATION.COM PRESENTS

APR/7

STARLITE IS PROUD TO PRESENT

APR/8

CONCERTWORKS PRESENTS

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

VENUEGUIDE 9910 9910B-109 St NW, 780.709.4734, 99ten.ca ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 THE ALMANAC 10351-82 Ave, 780.760.4567, almanaconwhyte. com ARCADIA BAR 10988-124 St, 780.916.1842, arcadiayeg.com ARDEN THEATRE 5 St Anne St, St Albert, 780.459.1542, stalbert.ca/ experience/arden-theatre ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL 7704 Calgary Trail South, 780.432.4611, atlantictrapandgill.com BAILEY THEATRE 5041-50 St, Camrose, 780. 672.5510, baileytheatre.com BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 1042582 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLIND PIG PUB 32 St Anne St, St Albert BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BLVD SUPPER X CLUB 10765 Jasper Ave BOHEMIA 10217-97 St BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB 322682 St, 780.462.1888 BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 10225-97 St, 780.497.0011 BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 THE BUCKINGHAM 10439 82 Ave, 780.761.1002, thebuckingham.ca CAFE BLACKBIRD 9640-142 St NW, 780.451.8890, cafeblackbird.ca CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523,

StarliteRoom Starliteroom starlitetoomyeg

open mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm

MUTTART HALL Percussion

Contemporary Combo Concert; 7:30pm; $10 (adult), $8 (full-time student/ senior 55+) Elektra; 8-11pm; Tickets start at $40

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Substance with Eddie

Guitar Band Concert; 2pm; $10 (adult), $8 (student/ senior)

JOHN L. HAAR THEATRE

Karaoke night; Every Mon, 9pm; Free

Jam with Forever 51; Every Sun, 3-6:30pm

DJs

Scrambled YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artists from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every TueFri, 5-8pm

Classical

Song Stage Hosted by Rhea March; Every Sun, 6:3010pm; Free

JOHN L. HAAR THEATRE

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

Resident DJs playing the best in hip hop, dance and classics; Every Fri-Sat, 9pm; No cover

EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE

Sound Men; 9pm; $10 (adv), $15 (door)

Celeigh Cardinal; Every Mon (except long weekends), 8:30pm

Scrambled YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artists from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations; Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm • Wednesday Night Jazz; Every Wed, 9pm

Saturday Country Jam (country); Every Sat, 3pm • Later: Hurtin Horsemen; 9pm

REC ROOM Ayla Brook & The

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Vibe On Sundays, presented by: Alize and Koba; 9pm; No cover

ACT A FOOL W/ HUGLIFE, KNIGHT RIDERZ JUDAH & THE LION GOING TO MARS TOUR ELECTRIC 6 W/ RESIDUAL KID KATATONIA W/ CASPIAN, THE UNCURED

THE STARLITE ROOM IS A PRIVATE VENUE FOR OUR MEMBERS AND THEIR GUESTS. IF YOU REQUIRE A MEMBERSHIP YOU CAN PURCHASE ONE AT THE VENUE PRIOR TO / OR AFTER THE DOOR TIMES FOR EACH SHOW.

LOWER HALL (BRIXX)

ALL SHOWS 18+ ONLY

MAR/9 FUNKED UP THURSDAYS WEEKLY OPENING NIGHT W/ CAPITAL J & GUESTS NITEOWL ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS

EVENT

HOSTED BY BIDDY B MC

MAR/10 ILLY W/ HOOD JOPLIN MAR/11 THE DREADNOUGHTS MRG CONCERTS PRESENTS

STARLITE ROOM IS PROUD TO PRESENT

W/ KMAN & THE 45’S, THE PREYING SAINTS, ATD

MAR/17 THE COURTNEYS W/ FAITH HEALER, GENDER POUTINE SWEATY PALMS PRESENTS

MAR/28 LISA LEBLANC W/ GUESTS APR/7 SOFT CHIRPS & FRIENDS VOL. 1

VUEWEEKLY.com | MAR 09 – MAR 15, 2017

STARLITE ROOM IS PROUD TO PRESENT

ALBERTA BASS COMMUNITY PRESENTS

W/ RUMSPRINGER, CHAINLINK, KENNY JAMES, JUICEBOX, NOXUM

MUSIC 17

EVENTS WEEKLY

9pm-12 • Every Fri, 7pm-midnight • $15

MARC BREWER: A ZOUKTASTIC WEEKEND

BOOK GROUP • McDougall United Church, 10086

• Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St NW • 780.974.4956 • hello@ludiczouk.com • ludiczouk. com/buy • Mar 18-19, 10am-3pm

Macdonald Drive (south entrance) • 780.428.1818 • mcdougallunited.com • Discussing the current reading selection. The group chooses current fiction or longtime favourites • 3rd Wed each month, 7pm

EMAIL YOUR FREE LISTINGS TO: LISTINGS@VUEWEEKLY.COM FAX: 780.426.2889 DEADLINE: FRIDAY AT 3PM

BRAZILIAN ZOUK DANCE CLASSES • Spazio

COMEDY

DROP-IN D&D • Hexagon Board Game Café, 10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@thehexcafe.com • thehexcafe.com • An epic adventure featuring a variety of pre-made characters, characters guests can make on their own, or one that's already been started. Each night will be a single campaign that fits in a larger story arc. For all levels of gamers and those brand new or experienced to D&D • Every Tue & Wed, 7pm • $5

Performativo, 10816-95 St NW • 780.974.4956 • hello@ludiczouk.com • ludiczouk.com/buy • Every Wed, Jan 18-Jun 28, 7-8:30pm • $20 (drop-in, at the door); discount on classes online

47TH ANNUAL BEVERLY HEIGHTS VARIETY SHOW • Beverly Heights Hall, 4209-111 Ave • An evening of adult comedy. Featuring the production 150 Years from Eh to Zed • Every Fri-Sat, 7:3010:30pm; Feb 24-Mar 25 • $20 (via 780.471.3600)

BIG ROCK PRESENTS: DEVANEY’S COMEDY NIGHT • Devaney's, 11113-87 Ave • 780.433.6364 • stephen.f.mcgovern@gmail.com • Weekly openmic hosted by Stephen McGovern • Every Wed, 8:30pm • Free

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE • 10425-82 Ave • Underdog Comedy Show • Every Thu

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • D.C. Ervin; Mar 9-11

DROP-IN LARP • Jackie Parker Park • westernwinds.summerfrost.ca • Battle games and fighter practice using provided safe weapon boffer. An exciting way to get exercise while meeting new people with similar passions • Every Sat, 1:15pm • Free

EC (INFANT POTTYING) AND POTTY TRAINING SUPPORT MEETING • Lendrum Community

Jasper Ave • A weekly comedy show featuring rotating headliners and more • Every Sun, 7-8:45pm

League Hall, 11335-57 Ave • danielle@godiaperfree. com • facebook.com/groups/gdfedmonton • For anyone doing EC (elimination communication or infant pottying) or hoping to, or those looking for potty training support • 3rd Wed of every month, 10-11am • Free

COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999

EDMONTON NEEDLECRAFT GUILD •

COMEDY ON THE ROCKS • On the Rocks, 11740

• Big Jay Oakerson; Mar 9-11 • Shawn Gramiak; Mar 12 • The Hodgetwins; Mar 14-15 • Finesse Mitchell; Mar 16-19

EL COMEDY • El Cortez Mexican Kitchen + Tequila Bar, 8230 Gateway Blvd • Hosted by Dion Arnold with weekly headliners and guest comics • Every Wed, 7pm (door), 7:30pm (show) • No cover

EMPRESS ALE HOUSE • 9912-82 Ave • Empress Comedy Night: Highlighting the best stand-up Edmonton has to offer. New headliner every week • Every Sun, 9pm • Free MARCH MADNESS COMEDY • Rec Room, 1725-99 St • whiterhinocomedy.com/therecroom. com • Improv powerhouses Wayne Jones and Chris Craddock headline a night of hilarious performers, including stand-up phenoms Sterling Scott and Ryan Short • Mar 15, 7:30-9pm • $10 (adv at therecroom. com), $15 (door) ST. PADDY'S EDITION OF THE DATING GAME

Avonmore United Church Bsmt, 82 Ave, 79 St • edmNeedlecraftGuild.org • Classes/workshops, exhibitions, guest speakers, stitching groups for those interested in textile arts • Meet the 2nd Tue each month, 7:30pm

EDMONTON PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORIAL SOCIETY • Highlands Library • 780.436.3878 • edm_photographic_hist_society_2@yahoo.ca • All interested in sharing the joys of film photography, such as experiences or favourite equipment.

Schedule: historic cameras (Mar 15) • 3rd Wed of the month, 7:30pm (no meetings in Jul & Aug)

EDMONTON STAMP CLUB • St. Joseph High School, 10830-109 St, main floor cafeteria • edmontonstampclub.com • Get into a new hobby. Featuring circuit books, catalogues and packets that can be browsed and lectures • Mar 13, 20

FLAMENCO DANCE CLASSES (BEGINNER OR ADVANCED) • Dance Code Studio, 10575-115

• On the Rocks, 11740 Jasper Ave • Hosted by Sterling Scott • Mar 12, 7:30pm • Free

St NW #204 • 780.349.4843 • judithgarcia07@ gmail.com • Every Sun, 11:30am-12:30pm

WAYNE LEE • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road,

FOOD ADDICTS • Alano Club (& Simply

Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • horizonstage.com • Using hypnosis, Lee creates gut-splitting laughter and improbable scenes acted out by audience members no longer inhibited by their fears • Mar 11, 7:30pm • $35 (adult), $30 (students & seniors)

Done Cafe), 10728-124 St • 780.718.7133 (or 403.506.4695 after 7pm) • Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), free 12-Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating, and bulimia • Meetings every Thu, 7pm

GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS

FORT SASKATCHEWAN 45+ SINGLES COFFEE GROUP • A&W, 10101-88 Ave, Fort

AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue, Thu; 7-9pm ARGENTINE TANGO DANCE AT FOOT NOTES STUDIO • Foot Notes Dance Studio (south side), 9708-45 Ave • 780.438.3207 • virenzi@shaw.ca • Argentine tango with Tango Divino: beginners: 7-8pm; intermediate: 8-9pm; Tango Social Dance (Milonga):

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Volunteer 2 hours a week and help someone improve their Reading, Writing, Math or English Speaking Skills.

Call Valerie at P.A.L.S. 780-424-5514 or email palsvol@shaw.ca DO YOU LOVE COFFEE? COMMUNITY? ARTS? Be part of a great team by volunteering as a barista at The Carrot! If you have a hankering to learn the ins & outs of being a barista, and get involved in the community, please contact Meaghan at volunteer@thecarrot.ca

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Saskatchewan • 780.907.0201 (Brenda) • A mixed group offering conversation and friendship • Every Sun, 2pm

LOTUS QIGONG • SAGE downtown 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.695.4588 • Attendees can raise their vital energy with a weekly Yixue practice • Every Fri, 2-3:30pm • Free

MONDAY MINGLE • Hexagon Board Game Cafe, 10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@ thehexcafe.com • thehexcafe.com • Meet new gamers. Go to the event solo or with a group • Every Mon, 5-11pm • $5 (one drink per person)

NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106 St • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

OPEN DOOR COMIC CREATOR MEETINGS • Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-104 Ave • 780.452.8211 • happyharborcomics.com • Open to any skill level. Meet other artists and writers, glean tricks of the trade and gain tips to help your own work, or share what you've already done • 2nd and 4th Thu of every month, 7pm

ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651, obad@shaw.ca; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free

RASC–STELLAR CLUSTERS: THE BENCHMARKS OF GALAXIES • Telus World of Science, 11211-142 St NW • edmontonrasc.com • Featuring the cosmic life and times of clusters and presents some of the ways astrophysicists use clusters • Mar 13, 7:30-9:30pm • Free (open to the public)

RODA DE CAPOEIRA • Capoeira Academy, #10310324-82 Ave • capoeiraacademy.ca • Brazil's traditional game of agility and trickery • Every Sat, 2:30pm • Free • All ages

SACRED CIRCLE DANCE • Riverdale Hall, 9231-100 Ave • Dances are taught to a variety of songs and music. No partner required • Every Wed, 7-9pm • $10

SEEING IS ABOVE ALL • Acacia Hall, 10433-83 Ave NW • 780.554.6133 • Instruction into the meditation on the Inner Light. Learn a simple technique that will lift you above life's stresses • Every Sun, 5pm • Free SEVENTIES FOREVER MUSIC SOCIETY • Call 587.520.3833 for location • deepsoul.ca • Combining music, garage sales, nature, common sense, and kindred karma to revitalize the inward persona • Every Wed, 7-8:30pm

SMOOTH CONNECTIONS • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St NW • 780.974.4956 • hello@ ludiczouk.com • A social dance experience • Mar 10, 9:30pm • $10 (door)

FRIDAY NIGHT STOMP! • Sugar Foot Ballroom, 10019-80 Ave NW • 587.786.6554 • dance@ sugarswing.com • sugarswing.com • Swing dance social • Every Fri-Sat, 8pm (beginner lesson begins) • $10, $2 (lesson with entry) • All ages TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • 780.4798667 (Bob) • bobmurra@telus.net • Low-cost, fun and friendly weight loss group • Every Mon, 6:30pm

TOASTMASTERS • Chamber Toastmasters Club: 6th floor, World Trade Centre, 9990 Jasper Ave; Contact: 780.462.1878/ RonChapman@shaw.ca (Ron Chapman); 780.424.6364/dkorpany@telusplanet.net (Darryl Korpany); Meet every Thu from Sep-Jun, 6-7:45pm • Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings: Campus St. Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.667.6105 (Willard); clubbilingue.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every

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Chalk Artists Wanted!

Chalk It Up on the Ave happens every year! We are looking for Edmonton chalk artists to submit their work and play on Alberta Avenue! If you’re interested in participating as an artist contact artsadmin@artsontheave.org

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The City of Edmonton is seeking part-time Pottery Instructor Program Specialists for the City Arts Centre.

Interested applicants are encouraged to apply to competition 28024 - Program Specialist today!

3100. Appliances/Furniture We Love Sound Techs Saturday Nights 6:30-9:30 The Carrot Community Arts Coffee House Are you technologically skilled or would you like to be trained?

Contact volunteer@thecarrot.ca to join our volunteer team

ENJOY ART ALWAYZ www.bdcdrawz.com Check the site every two weeks for new work!

Old Appliance Removal Removal of unwanted appliances. Must be outside or in your garage.

Rates start as low as $30.

Call James @780.231.7511 for details

Tue, 7pm • Conquer Your Fear of Public Speaking: Norwood Legion, 11150-82 St; 780.902.4605; norwoodtoastmasters. org; Every Thu, Oct 13-Jun 29, 7:30-9:30pm; Guests are free • Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club: 2nd Fl, Canada Place Rm 217, 9700 Jasper Ave; Carisa: divdgov2014_15@outlook.com, 780.439.3852; fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: meet every Thu, 6:458:30pm; contact vpm@norators.com, 780.807.4696, norators.com • Norwood Toastmasters: Legion, 11150-82 St NW; Every Thu, 7:30-9:30pm • Terrified of Public Speaking: Norwood Legion Edmonton, 11150-82 St NW; Every Thu until Jun, 7:30-9:30pm; Free; contact jnwafula@yahoo.com; norwoodtoastmasters.org • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); 780.437.1136 (Mark) or 780.463.5331 (Antonio); yclubtoastmasters@gmail.com; Meet every Tue, 7-9pm except last Tue each month

PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • Drop in hours: Mon, Wed 4-7pm; Fri 6-9pm; Closed Sat-Sun and Holidays • JamOUT: Music mentorship and instruction for youth aged 12-24; Every other Tue, 7-9pm • Equal Fierce Fit & Fabulous: recreational fitness program, ages 12-24; every other Tue, 6-8pm, every other Tue • Queer Lens: weekly education and discussion group open to everyone; every Wed, 7-8:30pm • Mindfulness Meditation: open to everyone; every Thu, 6-6:50pm • Men's Social Circle: A social support group for all male-identified persons over 18 years of age in the LGBT*Q community; 1st and 3rd Thu each month; 7-9pm • TTIQ (18+ Trans* Group): 2nd Mon of the month, 7-9pm • Art & Identity: exploring identity through the arts, a wellness initiative; Every other Fri, 6-9pm • Edmonton Illusions: cross-dressing and transgender group 18+; 2nd Fri of each month, 7-9pm • Movies & Games Night: Every other Fri, 6-9pm • Thought OUT: Altview’s all-ages discussion group; every Sat, 7-9pm • Seahorse Support Circle: facilitated meet up for families with trans and gender creative kids aged 5-14; 2nd Sun of the month, 3-5pm • Men Talking with Pride: Social discussion group for gay and bisexual men; Every Sun, 7-9pm

WASKAHEGAN TRAIL ASSOCIATION GUIDE HIKE • waskahegantrail.ca • Patricia Heights

TEAM EDMONTON • Various sports and recreation activities • teamedmonton.ca • Bootcamp: Garneau School, 10925-87 Ave; Most Mon, 7-8pm • Swimming: NAIT Swimming Pool, 11665-109 St; Every Tue, 7:30-8:30pm and every Thu, 7-8pm • Water Polo: NAIT Swimming Pool, 11665-109 St; Every Tue, 8:30-9:30pm • Yoga: New Lion's Breath Yoga Studio, #301,10534-124 St; Every Wed, 7:30-9pm • Taekwondo: near the Royal Gardens Community Centre, 4030-117 St; Contact for specific times • Abs: Parkallen Community League Hall, 6510-111 St; Every Tue, 6-7pm and Thu, 7:15-8:15pm • Dodgeball: Royal Alexandra Hospital Gymnasium; Every Sun, 5-7pm • Running: meet at Kinsmen main entrance; Every Sun, 10am • Spin: Blitz Conditioning, 10575-115 St; Every Tue, 7-8pm• Volleyball: Stratford Elementary School, 8715-153 St; Every Fri, 7-9 • Meditation: Edmonton Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave; 3rd Thu of every month, 5:30-6:15pm • Board Games: Underground Tap & Grill, 10004 Jasper Ave; One Sun per month, 3-7pm • All Bodies Swim: Bonnie Doon Leisure Centre, 8468-81 St; One Sat per month 4:30-5:30pm

Ravine to Fort Edmonton (meet at the McDonalds 87 Ave/149 St & carpool leaving at 10 am); Mar 12, 9:45am-3pm

WICCAN ASSEMBLY • Ritchie Hall, 7727-98 St • contact cwaalberta@gmail.com • The Congregationalist Wiccan Assembly of Alberta meets the 2nd Sun each month (except Aug), 6pm

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS CANADA'S LONG CONSTITUTIONAL SLEEP • TELUS 150 Auditorium, University of Alberta • ccsedu@ualberta.ca • National affairs writer ans columnist Chantal Hébert addresses the question: where are we at 25 years after the spectacular failure of the 1992 Charlottetown Accord? • Mar 14, 5-6:30pm • Free; RSVP bit.ly/Mar147

HEARTMATH WORKSHOP WITH DIRK TERPSTRA • Unity of Edmonton, 11715-108 Ave • unity@unityofedmonton.ca • This workshop provides core skills to build resilience and boost performance.

Learn to handle stress reactions and develop more intelligent approaches to self-regulating & renewing your energy. LBGTQ welcome • Mar 18, 1-4pm • $40 (door)

IF IT'S EASY BEING GREEN, HOW COME OUR CHARTER ISN'T? • Enterprise Square (10230 Jasper Ave), Room 2-926 • ccsedu@ualberta.ca • More than 100 countries have constitutionalized environmental rights. Canada has not. Professor Cameron Jefferies explores whether “greening” the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, specifically under section 7, is the way of the future • Mar 22, 12-1pm • Free (bit.ly/Mar22DC)

WINE & WILDLIFE–COYOTES • Muttart Conservatory, 9626-96A St NW • 311 • edmonton. ca • Coyotes have long lived in and around the City of Edmonton. As we have expanded into coyote habitat, coyotes have adapted to expand into urban neighbourhoods. Enjoy a glass of wine and some appetizers while finding out more about how to coexist with these amazing animals • Mar 17, 7-9pm • $50 (register online, in person at a recreation centre or city attraction, or by calling 311. Course code needed when registering)

QUEER AFFIRM GROUP • garysdeskcom@hotmail.com • mcdougallunited.com • Part of the United Church network supporting LGBTQ men and women • Meet monthly at Second Cup, Edmonton City Centre for coffee and conversation at 12:30pm; Special speaker events are held throughout the year over lunch at McDougall Church

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220-103

St • 780.424.0077 • yourgaybar.com • Mon: Drag Race in the White Room; 7pm • Wed: Monthly games night/trivia • Thu: Happy hour, 6-8pm; Karaoke, 7-12:30am • Fri: Flashback Friday with your favourite hits of the 80s/90s/2000s; rotating drag and burlesque events • Sat: Rotating DJs Velix and Suco • Sun: Weekly drag show, 10:30pm

G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E. Bldg, main floor cafe, or in confidence one-on-one in the craft room • 780.474.8240 • tuff69@telus.net • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance. • Every Thu, 1-4pm ILLUSIONS SOCIAL CLUB • Pride Centre, 10608105 Ave • 780.387.3343 • pridecentreofedmonton. org • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7-9pm

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YOGA WITH JENNIFER • 780.439.6950 • ThreeBattles.com • A traditional approach with lots of individual attention. Free introductory classes • Tue evenings & Sat mornings SPECIAL EVENTS CARNAVAL DES SUCRES–MAPLE SUGAR CARNAVAL • Fort Edmonton Park, 7000-143 St • Celebrating the amazing French Canadian culture • Mar 11 • $5 • All ages

DARK MATTERS PROJECTILES • TELUS World of Science, 11211-142 St • 780.451.3344 • telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca • An event where science is served...on the rocks! • Mar 9, 7-10pm • $19.95 (adv), $25.95 (door)

EDMONTON FLAMENCO FESTIVAL • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 1.800.563.5081 • edmontonflamencofestival.com • Direct from Seville, Spain, six internationally acclaimed performers bring the traditional style of flamenco puro to the stage • Mar 10, 8pm • $55 FAIRY FESTIVAL • John Janzen Nature Centre, 7000-143 St NW • 311 • edmonton.ca • Families can attend and see just how much magic there is in their own backyard by making fairy crafts and more • Mar 12, 11am-3pm • Regular admission HEMPFEST CANNABIS EXPO • Shaw Conference Centre, 9797 Jasper Ave • hempfestcanada. com • An environment for industry pioneers to learn more about patients, consumers, industry members, entrepreneurs, local leaders, job seekers and curious individuals to learn about one of North America’s fastest growing industries • Mar 11-12 • $15.47 (adv at Eventbrite), $20 (door) NIGHT OF ARTISTS • Hole’s Greenhouses at the Enjoy Centre • 780.718.7635 • nightofartists.com • Designed as an opportunity for artists to showcase their artworks with other artists through a fun and exciting event that appeals to the masses • Mar 17-19

PUB (& PAINT) NIGHT FUNDRAISER • The Studio 11739 -94 St (behind The Carrot) • thecarrot. ca • An event that includes craft beer, delicious pub grub, live music, and an optional led painting session • Mar 11, 5-11pm • $10 WOMEN OF AVIATION WORLDWIDE WEEK CELEBRATION • Alberta Aviation Museum, 11410 Kingsway NW • 780.451.1175 • albertaaviationmuseum.com • Celebrating the past and current contributions of women in the aviation industry • Mar 11, 10am-4pm • Regular admission (50% off for girls 17 and under) • All ages

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“Indiana Jones: A Day in the Life” -- if anyone can get away with it...

Across

1 His treehouse inspired the “Treehouse of Horror” 5 Manufactured 9 First full month of spring

14 “On the Waterfront” director Kazan 15 Musk of Tesla Motors 16 Livelihood 17 Indy gets in his ___ and drives, only

to miss a stray blowgun missile ...

19 Arcade coin 20 Pilfer 21 Kremlin denial 23 “You’re not fully clean ...” soap 24 Maya of Vietnam Memorial fame 26 Hindu prince’s title 28 BLT spread 31 Indy turns on his car radio to hear “Wild Wild West” band ___, narrowly avoiding being bludgeoned by a nearby motorist ...

37 ___ Bator (Mongolia’s capital) 38 ___ Wall (“American Ninja Warrior” fixture) 39 Before, to Byron 40 Island nation southeast of Fiji 42 “The Doors” star Kilmer 43 Mirror reflection 45 A billion years 46 Jane who played Daphne on “Frasier” 49 Rehab candidate 50 Indy orders ___ at the restaurant, only to avoid servers flinging meat ... (and why’d it have to be THIS meat?)

52 Health clinic leaflet subjects, for short 53 10th grader, for short 54 Up to this point 56 “Jeopardy!” creator Griffin 59 “The Untouchables” agent Eliot 62 Like hairpin turns 66 Adjust to fit 68 Finally, Indy’s ready to come home, turn on some cartoons, and

watch ___, only to avoid his neighbor who won’t stop with the stories ...

70 When hell freezes over 71 Jai ___ (fast-paced game) 72 They’re the top brass 73 Derisive 74 Dome-shaped tent 75 Career honor not accomplished

by Lin-Manuel Miranda at this year’s Oscars

Down

1 Hotel needs 2 In a big way 3 Take the bus 4 Girl Scout Cookie with peanut butter and chocolate 5 Rx order 6 Late “Hannity & Colmes” co-host Colmes 7 Nemo’s successor?

8 Respond in court 9 Part of D.A. 10 Drug in an Elizabeth Wurtzel title 11 Pick up debris, perhaps 12 “Julius Caesar” date 13 Time to give up?

18 Peyton’s brother 22 Finish line, metaphorically 25 Unopened in the box 27 Skywalker, e.g.

28 Shuts the sound off 29 Give it ___ 30 “Live at the Acropolis” keyboardist 32 Fix a bad situation, superherostyle

FREEWILLASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): As soon as you can, sneak away to a private place where you can be alone -- preferably to a comfy sanctuary where you can indulge in eccentric behavior without being seen or heard or judged. When you get there, launch into an extended session of moaning and complaining. I mean do it out loud. Wail and whine and whisper about everything that's making you sad and puzzled and crazy.

For best results, leap into the air and wave your arms. Whirl around in erratic figure-eights while drooling and messing up your hair. Breathe extra deeply. And all the while, let your pungent emotions and poignant fantasies flow freely through your wild heart. Keep on going until you find the relief that lies on the other side..

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "I've

always belonged to what isn't where I am and to what I could never be," wrote Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935). That was his prerogative, of course. Or maybe it was a fervent desire of his, and it came true. I bring his perspective to your attention, Taurus, because I believe your mandate is just the opposite, at least for the next few weeks: You must belong to what is where you are. You must belong to what you will always be.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Nothing is ever as simple as it may seem.

The bad times always harbor opportunities. The good times inevitably have a caveat. According to my astrological analysis, you'll prove the latter truth in the coming weeks. On one hand, you will be closer than you've been in many moons to your

33 Lust after 34 Superlatively minimal 35 Advised strongly 36 Oktoberfest quaffs 41 Like Charlie Parker’s sax 44 Necessity 47 Sports channel owned by Disney 48 Observatory’s focus 51 Answered an invitation 55 Suffix denoting extremeness 56 “The Wrong ___” (James Corden BBC series) 57 Barbara of “I Dream of Jeannie” 58 Norah Jones’s father 60 “Star Trek” crewman 61 “The Lion King” villain 63 Character retired by Sacha Baron Cohen 64 Forfeited wheels 65 “Hey, over here” 67 “Boyz N the Hood” character 69 Model airplane purchase ©2017 Jonesin’ Crosswords

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ultimate sources of meaning and motivation. On the other hand, you sure as hell had better take advantage of this good fortune. You can't afford to be shy about claiming the rewards and accepting the responsibilities that come with the opportunities.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Seek intimacy with experiences that are dewy and slippery and succulent. Make sure you get more than your fair share of swirling feelings and flowing sensations, cascading streams and misty rain, arousing drinks and sumptuous sauces, warm baths and purifying saunas, skin moisturizers and lustrous massages, the milk of human kindness and the buttery release of deep sex -- and maybe even a sensational do-ityourself baptism that frees you from at least some of your regrets. Don't stay thirsty, my undulating friend.

Quench your need to be very, very wet. Gush and spill. Be gushed and spilled on.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Would you

like to live to the age of 99? If so, experiences and realizations that arrive in the coming weeks could be important in that project. A window to longevity will open, giving you a chance to gather clues about actions you can take and meditations you can do to remain vital for ten decades. I hope you're not too much of a serious, know-it-all adult to benefit from this opportunity. If you'd like to be deeply receptive to the secrets of a long life, you must be able to see with innocent, curious eyes. Playfulness is not just a winsome quality in this quest; it's an essential asset.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You're ripe. You're delectable. Your intelligence is especially sexy. I think it's time to unveil the premium version of your urge to merge. To prepare, let's review a few flirtation strategies. The eyebrow flash is a good place to start. A subtle, flicking lick of your lips is a fine follow-up. Try tilting your neck to the side ever-socoyly. If there are signs of reciprocation from the other party, smooth your hair or pat your clothes. Fondle nearby objects like a wine glass or your keys. And this is very important: Listen raptly to the person you're wooing. P.S.: If you already have a steady partner, use these techniques as part of a crafty plan to draw him or her into deeper levels of affection.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Let's

talk about a compassionate version of robbery. The thieves who practice this art don't steal valuable things you love. Rather, they pilfer stuff you don't actually need but are reluctant to let go of. For example, the spirit of a beloved ancestor may sweep into your nightmare and carry off a delicious poison that has been damaging you in ways you've become comfortable with. A bandit angel might sneak into your imagination and burglarize the debilitating beliefs and psychological crutches you cling to as if they were bars of gold. Are you interested in benefiting from this service?

Ask and you shall receive.

SCORPIO

(Oct.

23-Nov.

21):

Evolved Scorpios don't fantasize about bad things happening to their competitors and adversaries. They don't seethe with smoldering desires to torment anyone who fails

to give them what they want. They may, however, experience urges to achieve (TOTAL CUNNING, DAZZLING, MERCILESS VICTORY) over those who won't acknowledge them as golden gods or golden goddesses.

But even then, they don't indulge in the deeply counterproductive emotion of hatred. Instead, they sublimate their ferocity into a drive to keep honing their talents. After all, that game plan is the best way to accomplish something even better than mere revenge: success in fulfilling their dreams. Please keep these thoughts close to your heart in the coming weeks.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

"The noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world," wrote Martin Luther (1483-1546), a revolutionary who helped break the stranglehold of the Catholic Church on the European imagination. I bring this up, Sagittarius, because you're entering a phase when you need the kind of uprising that's best incited by music. So I invite you to gather the tunes that have inspired you over the years, and also go hunting for a fresh batch. Then listen intently, curiously, and creatively as you feed your intention to initiate constructive mutation. Its time to overthrow anything about your status quo that is jaded, lazy, sterile, or apathetic.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "Either you learn to live with paradox and ambiguity or you'll be six years old for the rest of your life," says author Anne Lamott. How are you doing with that lesson, Capricorn? Still learning? If you would like to get even more advanced teachings about paradox and ambiguity -- as well as conundrums,

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incongruity, and anomalies -- there will be plenty of chances in the coming weeks. Be glad! Remember the words of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr: "How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress."

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Lichen is a hardy form of life that by some estimates covers six percent of the earth's surface. It thrives in arctic tundra and rainforests, on tree bark and rock surfaces, on walls and toxic slag heaps, from sea level to alpine environments. The secret of its success is symbiosis. Fungi and algae band together (or sometimes fungi and bacteria) to create a blended entity; two very dissimilar organisms forge an intricate relationship that comprises a third organism. I propose that you regard lichen as your spirit ally in the coming weeks, Aquarius. You're primed for some sterling symbioses.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If you

normally wear adornments and accessories and fine disguises, I invite you not to do so for the next two weeks.

Instead, try out an unembellished, what-you-see-is-what-you-get approach to your appearance. If, on the other hand, you don't normally wear adornments and accessories and fine disguises, I encourage you to embrace such possibilities in a spirit of fun and enthusiasm. Now you may inquire: How can these contradictory suggestions both apply to the Pisces tribe?

The answer: There's a more sweeping mandate behind it all, namely: to tinker and experiment with the ways you present yourself . . . to play around with strategies for translating your inner depths into outer expression. V AT THE BACK 19

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My wife and I have a decent sex life.

Pretty vanilla, but we’re busy with work, chores, and life in general with two small kids, so I can’t complain too much. About a year after having our second kid, I went down on my wife.

As usual, we both enjoyed it greatly.

Unfortunately, about a week later she got a yeast infection. She attributed the YI to the oral and since then I am strictly forbidden from putting my mouth anywhere near her pussy. I understand that YI are no fun, painful, and embarrassing. I understand her reluctance. But I’ve never heard of oral sex causing YI, although I realize I might be misinformed. How do I win back her trust to let me go down on her? No one is about to mistake me for Sting when it comes to my endurance during intercourse, so having the ability to pleasure her without penetration is important.

DIRTY MOUTH GUY “Yeast is not an STI,” said Dr. Anika Denali Luengo, an ob-gyn in Portland, Oregon. “Yeast (candida) is a normal denizen of the vagina, and an infection simply means there is an overgrowth of it on the vulva or in the vagina.”

People are likelier to get a yeast infection—or likelier to experience yeast overpopulation, since yeast is a citizen of Vagina City—when they’re

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on antibiotics, they have diabetes, or their immune system has taken a hit.

“Oral sex can be a slight risk factor in transmission of candida,” said Dr. Denali Luengo, “but the frequency of candidiasis is not increased by the frequency of sex, so it may not happen next time. Also, if her symptoms developed one week later, it could have been pure coincidence.”

A coincidence—that was my hunch when I read your letter, DMG. “Luckily, they are easy to treat—over the counter miconazole or the single-dose pill fluconazole—and are basically just a nuisance and present no major health risks,” said Dr. Denali Luengo.

most a year told me she thinks it is “really fucked up” that I still have this stuff. Is it?

BOX OF MEMENTOS BOTHERS It’s not, BOMB. Your marriage is a part of your past—it shaped the man you are today, the man your current girlfriend claims to love— and your children are a product of that marriage. Even if you never

Your girlfriend is a grown-up, and she needs to act like one. She’s free to think it’s fucked up that you still have those wedding mementos, of course, but it’s ultimately none of her business and she needs to STFU about it.

PLAYING THE FIELD

I’m a 31-year-old gay man. I grew up in a conservative town and got a late start exploring my sexuality. I lost my virginity at 26, but I lacked the confidence to really allow myself to enjoy sex until I learned how to enjoy the present moment.

I really hit my stride a couple of months ago and now the floodgates have opened. I get on Grindr and have sex up to three times a week. I feel in my gut that this isn’t a compulsion so much as an exploration, and something I need to get out of my system while I search for a monogamous relationship. As long as I’m safe, do you see any problem with me fucking around for a while?

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She’s free to think it’s fucked up that you still have those wedding mementos, of course, but it’s ultimately none of her business ...

MOMENTO

I got divorced five years ago after a 15-year marriage that produced two children who are now 13 and six.

When their mother moved out, she left pretty much everything. I took the wedding mementos—dress, video, photo albums—and threw them in a trunk. I have not looked at them since. Last night, my girlfriend of al-

looked at those items again, even if they held no sentimental value for you (and it’s fine if they do), one day your children might want to see those pictures or watch that video or handle that dress. And any attempt to erase your first marriage— by stuffing those items down the memory hole—could be interpreted by your children as evidence that you would have erased them too, if you could have.

You’re on your cumspringa, PDUMN. Most gay men have at least one. Be safe, get on PrEP, remember that HIV isn’t the only sexually transmitted infection (use condoms), enjoy yourself, and be kind to the guys you meet on your cumspringa (even those you don’t expect to see again). And if a monogamous relationship is what you ultimately want—and monogamy is a fine choice—telling yourself that sexual adventures are something you have to get out of your system first is a mistake. People who convince themselves that serious commitment means the death of sexual adventures—particularly people who enjoy sexual adventures—will either avoid commitment entirely or murder the ones they make so they can have sexual adventures again.

I’m not saying you have to be nonmonogamous, PDUMN. I’m saying a couple can be exclusive and sexually adventurous at the same time. I’m also saying the person you are now— a person who enjoys sexual adventures—is the person you’re likely to be after your cumspringa is over and you’re ready to make a commitment.

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STRING THEORY

I’m a straight-identified guy in my early 30s. I am married, but my wife lives in another part of the country and we’re doing an open relationship until she moves to live with me. Last weekend, I met a girl at a bar who ended up coming home with me and she turned out to be a pre-op trans woman. I’d never been with a trans person before, so I decided to just roll with it and ended up having a pretty good time. Over the course of the weekend, I started to get the sense that she really liked me and maybe even considered me boyfriend material. I want to see her again, but I’m not really available for a serious relationship. Knowing the kind of unbelievable shit trans people have to deal with, I feel like it would be unfair to string her along.

She is not aware of my marital status. What should I do?

CAN’T THINK OF FUNNY ACRONYM O brave new world that has such straight-identified guys in it.

Anyway, CTOFA, here’s what you should do: Get in a time machine and go be completely—what’s the word?—oh right, go be completely straight with this woman before you take her home from that bar. You’re married and doing the LDR thing and the marriage is open and you’re available for fun but nothing more.

No time machine? Then handle it the same way you would if you’d deceived some cis woman—excuse me, if you’d accidentally gotten some cis woman’s hopes up by failing to mention the wife. Level with her—you’re married—and let the nips fall where they may. She might be angry or she might not give a wet squart (she may not be as interested as you think she is).

If she accuses you of making up a wife because you don’t want to date a trans woman, it shouldn’t be hard to prove your wife—and your marriage—exists.

Finally, CTOFA, you say it would “be unfair to string her along” because of the “unbelievable shit trans people have to deal with.” It would be unfair—it would be wrong—to string a cis woman along, too. Stringing people along is wrong, period.

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