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Last of a dying energy source

American coal policy struggling to deal with economically friendly clean power

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onald Trump promised to put an end to the "war on coal."

Surrounded by the usual gaggle of officials and (in this case) coal miners, he put his super-size signature on the Energy Independence Executive Order. But, coal is dying as a major energy source in the United States for reasons far beyond the reach of executive orders.

“The miners are coming back,” Trump boasted at a rally in Kentucky last week, but no less an authority than Robert Murray—founder and CEO of the biggest US coal company Murray Energy—promptly rained on his parade. “I suggested that [Trump] temper his expectations,” he said.

“He can’t bring them back.”

Trump’s latest executive order is not just about coal, of course. It’s a frontal assault on all the Obamaera regulations that aimed at curbing climate change. But while it will slow the decline in US greenhouse gas emissions, it will not have a major impact on global emissions.

That is partly because the US accounts for only 16 percent of global

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emissions. Compared to China’s 29 percent, it doesn’t matter all that much, and China remains committed to big cuts.

In January, China scrapped plans for 104 new coal-fired power plants, and intends to invest $361 billion (equal to half the US defence budget) in renewable energy between now and 2020. The Chinese government is spending that kind of money because it is rightly terrified about what global warming will do to China’s economy and, above all, to its food supply.

Like the Indians, Europeans and pretty much everybody else, the Chinese remain committed to the climate goals agreed to in Paris in December 2015 even though the United States has defected. Their own futures depend on meeting those goals—and they know the American defection does not destroy all hope of success. Globally speaking, it’s not that big a deal.

It would seem like a much bigger deal, however, if they were not confident that American greenhouse

gas emissions will continue to decline under Trump, though not as fast as they would under a less ignorant and less compromised administration. Coal provides an excellent example of why.

In 2009, when Barack Obama entered the White House, coal provided 52 percent of US electricity. In only eight years it has fallen to 33 percent, and the decline has little to do with Obama’s Clean Power Plan. First, cheap gas from fracking undercut the coal price, and then even solar power got cheaper than coal—so 411 coal-fired plants closed down and more than 50 coal mining companies went bankrupt.

Half the 765 remaining big coalfired plants in the US were built before 1972. Since the average age when American coal-fired plants are scrapped is 58 years, half of them will soon be gone no matter what Trump does, and even he cannot make it economically attractive to build new ones. (Only nine percent of American coal-fired plants were built in the past quarter-century.)

Coal is by far the most polluting of the fossil fuels, producing twice as much carbon dioxide as gas does for the same amount of energy, but that alone wasn’t enough to turn the energy industry against it. It’s the cost per kilowatt-hour of electricity that matters and coal has simply been overtaken by cheaper forms of energy.

Even in India, the most heavily coaldependent of the big economies and a country with vast amounts of coal, solar energy prices are now on a par with coal. Sheer inertia means that India will go on expanding coal-fired generation for a few more years, but its National Electricity Plan projects no further increase in coal-based capacity after 2022. Coal truly is dead.

You don’t need good intentions to do the right thing for climate safety any more; just common sense.

From fuel efficiency in automobiles to replacing coal-fired plants with natural gas or solar arrays, saving money goes hand-in-hand with cutting emissions. The economy is not your enemy; it’s your ally. So Trump

won’t do nearly as much harm as people feared.

Last year, Obama promised to cut US greenhouse gas emissions by 26 percent from the 2005 level by 2025. About half of that 26 percent cut would have come in Trump’s first and maybe only term (2017-20), so say 13 percent. The US accounts for 16 percent of global emissions, so do the math: 13 percent of 16 percent equals about two percent of global emissions.

That’s what would be at stake over the next four years if Trump’s presidency stopped all the anticipated reductions in greenhouse emissions that Obama based his promise on— but it won’t. A lot of those emission cuts are going to happen anyway, because they just make economic sense.

At a guess, around half of them.

So how much damage can Trump do to the global fight against climate change over the next four years? He can keep global emissions about one percent higher than they would have been if the US had kept its promise to the Paris conference. And that’s all.

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Province gets university bargaining right Bill 7 allows Alberta's academic staff the freedom to strike

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n March 2016, the Alberta Government ran into a bit of a hiccup when they set about to comply with the 2015 Supreme Court ruling that the right to strike is fundamental and all public sector workers should be able to strike.

They discovered the entire labour relations regime for academic staff in Alberta was so far out of line with labour legislation in Alberta and nationally, that introducing the right to strike would take much more work than with any other part of the public service.

The reason for this is primarily that academic staff relations in Alberta have, up until now, been governed by the province’s Post Secondary Learning Act (PSLA), and the PSLA did some very odd things vis-a-vis labour relations.

For example, it gave the board of governors at each university the exclusive right to determine who would form part of the academic staff association—in other words, the employer got to arbitrarily determine who was in the union.

The PSLA also very specifically spelled out how the various staff associations were to be governed, and even listed what they had to include in their bylaws.

Most significantly in the context of the Supreme Court decision, however, was the requirement

that any disputes in bargaining between the universities and their academic staff associations be settled through compulsory binding arbitration. It was this clause that essentially removed the right to strike from academic staff, and this was at the crux of what the government needed to change.

One of the other complications that existed in extending the right to strike to academics was the fact that academics actually play a part in the governing of universities through their participation on academic bodies and through a process referred to as collegial governance. This dual management/worker role does not fit squarely with the existing definitions in the labour code. Likewise, the fact that professionals, like engineers and architects, who work and teach on campuses are prohibited by their professions from belonging to a union, although they are full members of the existing academic staff associations.

After more than a full year of consultations, surveys, roundtables and research, the government finally introduced the legislation that would bring them into full compliance with the Supreme Court decision and fully extend the right to strike to academic staff at Alberta’s colleges and universities.

als as academic staff, and extends long overdue labour rights to graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.

Because the government is under the gun to come into compliance with the Supreme Court ruling, they have made the prohibition on compulsory arbitration effective immediately. That means any association currently in bargaining will have to resolve their bargaining under the new strike/ lockout provisions and will not be able to use binding arbitration.

That has the potential to cause some problems for those associations, as they are not currently prepared to bargain under those conditions and have no protocols or funds in place in case of a strike or lock-out. It will put pressure on them to move quickly to put those protocols in place and build (or subscribe to) adequate strike funds, which could compromise their ability to secure the best possible agreement. This lack

The bill ultimately extends to academic workers in Alberta the rights that academic staff across the country have enjoyed for years ...

Bill 7, the “Act to Enhance PostSecondary Academic Bargaining,” accomplishes everything the government set out to do and meets the expressed wishes of almost all the academic staff associations across the province. It eliminates compulsory binding arbitration, brings academic staff associations under the province’s labour code, maintains the integrity of the associations by classifying profession-

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of a transition period is hopefully something that can be amended before the final bill is approved.

This also means universities and their academic staff will have to move quickly to develop essential services agreements, designating which staff members will be able to continue working in case of a strike, but that should not be overly difficult given there are strong precedents and examples from across the country that can be followed and replicated.

The bill ultimately extends to academic workers in Alberta the rights that academic staff across the country have enjoyed for years and brings their rights fully in line with those of other public sector workers in the province. This is legislation that is long overdue, and it is clear the extra year of consultation and research resulted in the government getting it almost exactly right. After 43 years of fake and contrived after-the-fact ‘consultations,’ it is refreshing to see a government consult genuinely with all stakeholders and actually integrate what they heard into legislation. Alberta’s academics, students, and the public interest will all benefit as a result of this strong piece of legislation, especially if the transition period issue can be dealt with.

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DISH

about dirt

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As the spring season approaches, it’s time to dig into some interesting aspects of dirt, and not the crap that’s whirling through the dry spring air. This is Dish and that’s where it’s turning up these days.

IN THEORY The trendiest of cultures, Japan is the first place actual dirt was served intentionally in a restaurant. Inspired by Satoyama—the socioeconomic land between mountains and a flat, populated area ideal for natural cultivation—chef Yoshihiro Narisawa celebrated the connection between our food and nature by establishing Satoyama cuisine. The significance of these rich, agricultural areas have been identified using different terms in different countries and languages, including dehesa in Spain and ahupua’a in Hawaii.

A LOOK BACK Toddlers are the most immediate and convincing evidence that soil has been a part of our digestive tract as far back as our genes will take us. It’s a thing and there’s a name for

it. Geophagy is the practice of eating earth. Reasons for this range from tribal practices to eating disorders, and certain palatable preferences such as cravings some pregnant women develop. And, of course, chefs pushing the envelope.

CULINARY INCORPORATION Narisawa’s eponymous restaurant first served ‘Soup of the Soil’ in 2001, a concoction of burdock root, spring water and … dirt. Since then, a handful of food hotspots have turned out dirty creations from ice cream with soil at Copenhagen’s Noma to the soil-infused butter chef Justin Cournoyer uses at his Toronto eatery Actinolite.

Forest forages are a regular part of Cournoyer’s work and he’s picky about his dirt, avoiding silty topsoil and hunting for the earthy richness found in soil near maples and pines.

SAFETY FIRST Because it's in the wild, the literal foundation of decaying organic debris, there is a risk of botulism. Soil must be sanitized at a minimum temperature of 200 ° C and can be baked in an oven, or boiled in a pressure cooker. Among others, chef Toshio Tanabe takes a different approach to the wild side and composts his own organic in-house dirt to ensure it’s sanitary and safe to consume.

IN THEM THAR HILLS …

Because it's in the wild, a literal foundation of rotting debris mixing with the mineral composition of the area, different soils have their own unique flavour. Vineyards, which flaunt unique characteristics and flavours determined by the area and earth the grapes grow in, are the familiar context for ‘terroir.’ The new trend of soil on

the menu has vaulted this term into new territory.

I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S NOT DIRT! In June 1978, chef Michel Bras was struck by inspiration while ambling about the French countryside in full bloom.

Gargouillou, the resulting dish incorporating leaves, flowers and pseudo-dirt, was the first foray into bringing the landscape to the plate and has inspired chefs around the world to experiment with this natural connection.

These days, ‘dirt’ is inventively showing up in restaurant kitchens using everything from coffee grounds, various crumbs, almonds, powdered tomato, dried potato, malt powder, roasted chicory root, roasted and ground beets, dehydrated black olives ... the list goes on.

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PREVUE // FARMERS' MARKETS

Gems in the rough

Farmers' markets unearth the best of local talents and treasures

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irt won't necessarily do a body good, but the good that comes out of it will.

If you're not into growing your own food, or you are but can’t wait for harvest season, the plethora of farmers' markets in and around town is your best bet for locally grown produce.

But, with ‘Make it! Bake it! Grow it!’ as the mandate for the Alberta Farmers’ Market Association (AFMA), there's far more to find at these markets than just produce.

Unlike public markets—think Granville Island in Vancouver or Jean Talon market in Montreal—Al-

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berta farmers’ markets are regulated and include a commercial kitchen extension policy.

“You can start a food business from your home kitchen and sell at farmers’ markets, which is what makes us so interesting and why you get little old ladies making wicked jam,” says AFMA president Johwanna Alleyne, herself a vendor with Mojo Jojo Pickles.

Recently, at its annual conference and awards ceremony held in Olds, AB, AFMA recognized some of the outstanding farmers’ market vendors, including this year's community builders, Fruits of Sherbrooke.

The not-for-profit organization aligns with the 'make it' approach and the ever-growing group has a ongoing impact on their community and food security in Edmonton.

Sherbrooke residents Carol Cooper and Christina Piecha began discussing the vast amounts of discarded and neglected fruit in the neighbourhood at the height of summer and thoughts of what could be done with it quickly evolved. Al Cosh soon got on board and Fruits of Sherbrooke was born six years ago.

The three partners shared tasks to facilitate an operation where more than 50 varieties of exotic jams, jel-

lies, chutneys and sauces, all based on rescued fruit, are now made and sold at markets and local retailers.

The profits pay for rent at the community kitchen they use, as well as labelling and packaging, which extends to products for Fruit Stars—a program where applesauce tubes, dried fruit snacks and fruit leather are made and distributed to school lunch programs. This partnership is with E4C and the University of Alberta’s Unwind Your Mind program, which encourages stress-busting and wellness practices for students—including healthy eating—

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at this trying time of year.

As Al Cosh, one of the founders, told AFMA, “The cycle is closed. We pick here, we produce here, it’s eaten here and any of our profit goes back into our local community.”

Alleyne seconds the sentiment, insisting keeping businesses local is the key to sustainability in consumer habits.

With nearly 20 various farmers’ markets in and around Edmonton, there’s no end to the innovative and high-quality products available to those willing to look.

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PREVUE // FLORAL FASHION

Inaugural cross-country tour for fresh flower fashion competition and pop-up market hits Edmonton

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uring the course of our long winters, it’s more than just warmth and sunlight we miss. Our sensory affair with the great outdoors is muffled through the frozen months and, while the land is now thawing, life is not yet bursting forth.

Next week, Fleurs de Villes is arriving in Edmonton and with it will comes a visual and olfactory feast.

The blend of nectars and life in the air is intoxicating when walking into a flower shop or garden centre, so an entire fashion show of fresh flowers and a pop-up flower market will be a welcome April treat.

“We are only as good as the florists we work with,” says Karen Marshall, who co-founded the exhibition and competition with longtime friend and creative partner Tina Barkley in 2015.

Fleurs de Villes premiered last year in Victoria and Vancouver and found enough success to demand a cross-Canada tour, the first of its kind. Space in shopping malls in five Canadian cities will be set aside for Fleurs de Villes, which will present 15 mannequins ‘dressed’ completely with fresh flowers by some of the best floral designers in each city. The mannequins are judged by a panel in categories such as most original and most realistic. Guests will vote for a people’s choice award, and the participating florists will also judge among themselves.

“No one knows how much work and how much detail goes into these like

the florists,” says Marshall.

Cory Christopher, originally from a Sturgeon County farm where his parents had a garden centre, studied theatre and business at Queen’s University before returning home and starting his own design company.

He will be participating here and is excited not only for the creative challenge, but to bring some attention to the under-celebrated art of floral design.

“There is really an art to it, and there is the design component, and if you look to Europe in particular, their approach to floral design is so unique … they’re so open to the idea of using unique materials and being inventive,” Christopher says from his downtown studio. “There’s this sort of idea in North American culture of, ‘flowers go in a vase.’ And it really stops there."

All designs are submitted for approval ahead of the exhibition to ensure there’s variety, and facilitate florists being paired with sponsors, although nothing dictates where the creativity is capped. Already, mannequins have appeared wearing a lacy, barely-there clematis and ivy negligee, full gowns of roses, $10,000 worth of orchids, and one florist even removed the mannequin’s legs and put it in a moss boat.

“You get a real variety and I think that’s what makes it compelling for people to go because they see these

structures as art and the florist will use a flower in a very unique way to showcase the flower’s best properties as well,” says Marshall, adding one of the stipulations is that florists must return and keep their designs looking fresh for the entire five-day run.

Christopher and his team will be creating a wedding gown, and he’ll be using succulents in his design.

“I love them because they’re so architectural,” he says. “I often encourage people to replant them so they’ll grow. I just love that extension of life past that one moment of the floral design.”

While this approach will also extend the longevity of his dress, Christopher appreciates the intrinsic and unique quality of working with flowers over any other medium.

“Floral design is a temporal art, it is meant to be enjoyed in those brief moments and it’s supposed to fleet and disappear … I think that’s so pivWed., Apr. 19 to Sun., Apr. 23 otal about it,” ChrisFleurs de Villes topher says. “That’s Southgate Centre what Mother Nature Free does every day, she gives us these beautiful gems and then she takes them away. And I think the reason for that—and it’s a deeper philosophical point around that—is the idea that to truly be appreciated, those things they have to disappear.”

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PREVUE // THEATRE

Damnation and the Irish

Director Jim Guedo challenges audiences with tense adaption of Terminus

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ark O’Rowe’s 2007 play, Terminus, is an exercise in undiluted storytelling. Its surreal verse, like a natural gas leak, is meant to pull the oxygen from a room and send the audience into a graphic hallucination of a single depraved night in Ireland.

Much of this Irish playwright’s work delves into the seedy and sor-

did parts of the human soul. With broomstick abortions, a homicidal maniac, and a demon composed entirely out of worms, Terminus is an O’Rowe play through and through.

“The level of how much you’re disturbed is how well your imagination works,” says the play’s director, Jim Guedo. “As the play progresses

through the use of the audience’s imaginations, and the images created by the actors, the play takes bizarre flights into uncharted, supernatural, surreal landscapes. Terminus is a last stop.”

It’s difficult for one to describe the script without comparison to other classic works like Paradise Lost, Ulysses, and even Pulp Fiction.

It’s presented without much spectacle or pageantry—it opts for just enough to give the audience a sense of the world they’re in, and the rules it plays by. Its characters are what keep your attention.

That being said, a minimalist production means the cast has a lot of weight to carry, but Guedo is confident in his actors and their abilities.

“They’re like three jazz musicians that get to jam … they all have strength, they all have vulnerability, and they all have a facility with the language,” Guedo says. “Terminus

is an amazing journey, but it’s pure storytelling in that you have three interconnected monologues by three characters that start in a recognizably real urban environment."

As the story unfolds, that environment becomes less and less recognizable.

The play tells the story of three characters, A, B, and C, played by Christine MacInnis, Morgan Donald, and Ben Stevens, respectively. A middle-aged suicide hotline operator, a lonely young woman out on the town, and a shy murderer all weave criss-crossing stories into each other’s lives. Each of them a lost soul, hurdling towards some ruin in their lives that they thought had forgotten about them.

“This play, on one level, could be polarizing to a lot of people because the characters themselves embrace dark choices. But at the core of

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Thur., Apr. 13 to Sun., Apr. 23 Terminus ATB Financial Arts Barn, $25 for adults, $20 for students it, they’re all isolated, lost, lonely, searching for something,” says Guedo. “They have moments of redemption even though you may certainly not condone a lot of the behaviour … If I felt there were no redeeming features in the people, then I actually wouldn’t do the play.”

Guedo says it’s less about approval, and more about understanding. It’s not all horror. Baked in are moments of compassion, dark humour and love. He calls it a “full meal deal.”

Terminus doesn’t seem like a play for those looking to put their feet up and have their moral reasoning done for them on stage. It’s a play with something truly rotten to confront. It’s a play for the creative lapsed Catholics. It’s an Irish toast to tenderness, perdition and the gods of death.

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ARTS SCULPTURE // ORGANIC STEEL

Living and vegetative work Isla Burns explores organic qualities of metal sculpture

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Atelier APRIL 29–DECEMBER 31

Fashioned after a maker space or fab lab, Atelier is a creation space for you to explore, experiment and problem-solve. Use analog and digital animation techniques to make simple animations, build sets and record your story.

he metal work of Isla Burns is not only alluring, but inviting. Her pieces have a breath of life to them, asking you to come closer, while some of the smaller pieces shout ‘touch me, take me home.’

Of course, you can’t. All you can do is inspect their intricate design.

“I have always liked the organic aspect," Burns says. "Looking closely at the pieces, it sharpens your eyes and makes you notice the little details."

Her latest exhibit, Tempered Steel, is made up of a dozen or so organic sculptures depicting flowers and various forms of vegetation crafted from steel and scrap metal.

The organic aspect to Burns’ work has followed her for many years, but it wasn’t always this way. In fact, after graduating from the Alberta College of Art—now the Alberta College of Art and Design—and taking a welding apprentice course at SAIT, Burns landed a job practicing industrial welding work in Vancouver.

This was in the ‘70s, a time when women working with metal, or in any trade, was considered—by much of the public—outlandish. Due to this, Burns faced persistent adversity.

“I would phone around for an apprenticeship job and the first thing I would always get was ‘Well you’re a woman,

aren't you?’ I would always answer ‘Oh, that’s when I stopped,” Burns says.

“That’s the reason I called the show well you're quite astute,’” she explains.

Finding no success in Alberta, ‘Tempered Steel’, because all of the Burns was convinced to try her luck organic shapes you see have been in Vancouver where she found a job heated and beaten into shape.”

Her current surroundings also afwelding and riveting freight carriers.

She found Vancouver much more ac- fect and persuade her biotic artistic approach. cepting at the time.

Until Sat., Apr. 22 Burns moved from “My foreman, Tempered Steel Edmonton to the when he met me, Peter Robertson Gallery, Free hamlet of Mulhurst he stepped right on Bay with her hustop of my toes and band Phil, who is a stared me right in the eye," Burns describes. "I was like painter, in 1997. She was in search of a ‘What the fuck did you think? That more artist-friendly environment.

“It used to be a hardware store so I’m wearing ballet slippers?’ and he there’s land attached, a lake to look jumped off my steel toes.”

After saving enough money to buy her at and 75 percent of the space is own studio, Burns crafted metal sculp- dedicated to our work," she explains tures that, much to her frustration, of her home. "The life out here has stemmed from a more mechanical style. influenced my work tremendously.

“All I could make was these bloody You’re constantly exposed to namachines," she says. "It was because that ture, landscapes, and severe weathwas all I was looking at for a year. You er conditions. It seems to make my have to wonder what it's like for some- work more blatantly organic.”

Burns will continue to make her one living in a prison. I couldn’t stop." sculptures inside that warehouse stuIt took more than a year for Burns dio until she physically can’t anymore.

“I don’t think artists retire. I certainto retreat from that automated style of metal sculpture and move on to her ly don’t have any plans to soon. It's physically demanding, but that’s why now “organic feel.”

“I was using industrial parts in I love it,” she says. my sculpture, but then I realized I STEPHAN BOISSONNEAULT STEPHAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM had to learn how to forge. I think

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Art on the Block MAY 12, 7 PM It’s a party with purpose. With 600 of Edmonton’s coolest and swishiest people in attendance and only 100 coveted art and silent auction items, not everyone will go home with a dream piece.

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Edmonton Non-Fiction Bestsellers

FEATURE // POETRY FEST Until Sun., Apr. 23 Edmonton Poetry Fesitival's Horizons Various Edmonton venues, Prices vary

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Half-Breed - Maria Campbell

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Dancing on Our Turtle’s Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-Creation, Resurgence, and a New Emergence - Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

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This I Know: Marketing Lessons from Under the Influence - Terry O’reilly

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My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell - Arthur Bear Chief

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Edmonton House Journals 1821-1826 - Ted Binnema & Gerhard J. Ens (editors) * +

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The Prosperity Factor: How to Achieve Unlimited Wealth in Every Area of Your Life Joe Vitale & Lydia Brodie*

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Tar Wars: Oil, Environment and Alberta’s Image - Geo Takach *

5. Something Unremembered Della Dennis * +

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When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi

6. Believing is Not the Same As Being Saved (Poetry) - Lisa Martin-Demoor * +

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Language at the Speed of Sight: How We Read, Why So Many Can’t, and What Can Be Done About It - Mark Seidenberg

Week of Apr. 13, 2017 Edmonton Fiction Bestsellers 1.

This Accident of Being Lost Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

2. Encountering Riel - David D. Orr * + 3. Punk - Lex J Grootelaar * + 4. Islands of Decolonial Love Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

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Homes - Winnie Canuel * +

8. Orphan’s Tale - Pam Jenoff

Rebecca Thomas is a Mi'kmaw poet laureate // Hannah Jackson

9. Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman 10. Milk & Honey - Rupi Kaur

Halifax's poet laureate Rebecca Thomas centres her poetry on indigenous matters

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ven though Halifax’s poet laureate, Rebecca Thomas, has only been a part of the poetry scene for five years, her impact has been immense.

As a Mi’kmaw woman, Thomas puts a huge emphasis on indigenous affairs when she practices her rhythmic verse, offering the aboriginal perspective on the common issues and cultural stereotypes.

“History is taught by the victors and most of the history we are taught in schools is very colonial," Thomas says. "It’s very one-sided and biased.

We have never been in control of our own stories and our own voice."

She brings that perspective to the annual Edmonton Poetry Festival's Horizons this week and hopes her performance will broaden and challenge the listener’s perspectives.

“It can be sensitive stuff," she explains. "If I say that a story is quite racist, there’s always an individual who is thinking ‘Well I’m not racist. I’m a good person.’ It’s not that I’m calling out the listener as racist, but the history that they grew up learning and believing in."

Graduating with a masters degree in Social Anthropology, with a focus on Canadian Indigenous Identity and Conflict, poetry wasn’t something Thomas actively sought out until she wrote a poem for a professional development course. After realizing she enjoyed the cathartic exercise, Thomas joined a women’s writing group and eventually performed at a few open mics.

“It was really nice to be able to write something that didn’t have to be in

APA style with in-text citations, you know, academic style," Thomas says.

"Poetry let me be free. The release really appealed to me.”

She also saw poetry as a more digestible and accessible way to present her indigenous voice to a broader audience than the academic style.

“I was very frustrated. I wanted to be heard," she says. "I mean, nobody’s going to look up my million page masters thesis and be like, ‘Hmm, we should really reevaluate the way we treat Indigenous people in Canada.'"

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Her performance can be at times silently moving and sometimes very aggressive and fiery.

“Progress for us is glacial. That’s where my frustration comes. It’s hard to be indigenous in Canada, but people only try to see the benefits.

Sometimes, I use that aggression, so you can bet that it will passionate,” she says.

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As time went on, Thomas slowly embedded herself within the Halifax poetry scene, leading the Halifax slam team, and eventually becoming the city’s poet laureate after the previous one, El Jones, stepped down.

“I decided to apply and certainly didn’t expect myself to be good enough to even qualify, but I thought it was a good exercise," she says of the experience. "So when I found out that I made the short list, I was very excited. I still can’t believe that this panel of Nova Scotian literary hearts decided I was a successful candidate.”

Thomas’ poetic style usually stems from a form of beat free verse and doesn’t rely on the use of flowery metaphors to get her point across.

“I don’t mince words when it comes to thick metaphors," Thomas explains.

"I don’t want people to misinterpret what I have to say. When I have three minutes to convince you of my perspective I don’t want people to be confused. They need to know what I’m saying."

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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

WAITING FOR WALDEMAR • Princess Theatre, 10337-82 Ave • A docu-drama about four children's lifelong search for their father who disappeared during

Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • Survival Guide; Jan 28-May 7 • Clocks for Seeing: Photography, Time and Motion; Feb 18-Jun 18 • Fischli and Weiss/Ibghy and Lemmens; Feb 18-Jun 18 • Cyclorama: artwork by Blaine Campbell; Mar 11-May 28 • BMO CHILDREN'S GALLERY: Touch Lab: Leave your Mark; until Apr 9 • WEEKLY DROP-IN ACTIVITIES: Tours for Tots, Every Wed, 10-11am • Youth Workshops, ages 13-17, Every Thu, 4-6pm • Kids’ Open Studio, Every Sat, 1-3pm • Summer ArtBreak Camp, Jul-Aug • 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

BEAR CLAW GALLERY • 10403-124 St • 780.482.1204 • info@bearclawgallery.com • bearclawgallery.com • Morrisseau–Tree of Life: artwork

by Norval Morrisseau; Apr 1-13

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PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF ALBERTA • 8555 Roper Road • PAA@gov.ab.ca • 780.427.1750 • culture.alberta.ca/paa/eventsandexhibits/default.aspx • Let Justice Be Done: The Alberta Provincial Police, 1917-1932; Until Jun 17 SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • scottgallery.com • Shadow Cities: artwork by Andrea Kastner; Apr 8-29; Opening reception: Apr 8, 1-4pm • Mind Body Context: artwork by various artists; Apr 8-29 SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta PrintArtists, 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

SOUTHGATE CENTRE • 5015-111 St NW • fleursdevilles.com • Fleurs de Villes: a combination of fashion and flowers; Apr 19-23

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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 • Between Us: 2017 BFA Graduation Exhibition; Apr 18-29; Opening reception: Apr 20, 7pm

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JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY (JAAG) • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 University Ave, 109 St, 78 Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • Nature in Harmony: artwork by Sharon Vanderwolf and Hilde Keller; Apr 6-May 3 LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St • 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • April Group Selling Exhibition: artwork by various artists; Until Apr 29

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PICTURE THIS GALLERY • 959 Ordze Rd, Sherwood Park • 780.467.3038 • picturethisgallery. com • Spring it on!: artwork by various artists; Mar 21-Apr 30

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New Works: artwork by Andrew Hellmund; Apr 18-May 2; Opening reception: Apr 18, 6:30-9:30pm

Excellence CCC 7-266 • amatejko@icloud.com • Just a Hard Rain: artwork by Bradley Necyk; Apr 6-Jun 26

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah.org/mcmullen-gallery • The Lake: artwork by Pamela Thurston; Mar 4-Apr 23

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• 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Tempered Steel: artwork by Isla Burns; Apr 6-22 • In Pursuit: Contemporary Abstraction and Persuasion: artwork by Frances Thomas; Apr 6-22

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

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BRUCE PEEL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS • Lower level, Rutherford Library South, University of Alberta • 780.492.5998 • bpsc.library.ualberta.ca • Mon-Fri, 12-4:30pm • Mounties on the Cover: cover illustrations of Mounties; Mar 20-Jul 21

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paintspot.ca • Naess Gallery: Sketches in the Wild: sketchbooks, paintings, and more by Justina Smith; Until May 20 • Artisan Nook: Paper Body: small sculptures by Stephanie Medford; Until May 20

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9225-118 Ave • 780.474.7611 • volunteer@thenina. ca • A Long Walk: artwork by Crystal Dillon, Krista Hamilton, Tess Stieben; Mar 21-Apr 21

5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@artsandheritage.ca • The

Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • Members Spring Exhibition; Apr 2-29

WALTERDALE PLAYHOUSE • 10322-83 Ave • New

Iraqi women that span the decades between the first and second Gulf Wars and occupation • Apr 6-15 • $30 (adult), $25 (senior/student), pay what you can (Apr 6 and matinee)

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

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • A groundbreaking rock opera that tells the story of the last seven days in the life of Jesus through an extraordinary score • Apr 11-Jun 11 BONE WARS: THE CURSE OF THE PATHOLOGICAL PALAEONTOLOGISTS • Backstage Theatre (ATB Financial Arts Barns), 10330-84 Ave NW • punctuatetheatre.com • When four kids are forced to abandon their canoe trip down the Red Deer River, they take refuge in an abandoned mined and become embroiled in a historical quarrel • Apr 22, 24, 28, 29 • $14-$25

BRING IT ON • ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave • Featuring the high stakes world of competitive high school cheerleading, Bring It On: The Musical was inspired by the movie of the same name • Apr 17-22 • $25 ($20 for preview night)

CINDERELLA • Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Ave • jubileeauditorium.com • A Tony Award-winning broadway musical from the creators of Oklahoma! and The King and I. Featuring beloved songs such as “In My Own Little Corner,” “Impossible/It’s Possible” and “Ten Minutes Ago” • Apr 18-23, 7:30pm (Tue-Sun), 2pm (Sat-Sun) • $20-$120

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)

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 hi jinx ... 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

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Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061 8882-170 St • 780.484.2424 • infoedmonton@ jubilations.ca • edmonton.jubilations.ca • Welder and go-go dancer Alex convinces the enrollment committee of the Royal Moose Jaw Academy of Dance to come see her dance at the club. On that same night, the owner of the mill, comes to the club; Alex, worried that he might fire her from the mill if he finds out she is a dancer, enlists the help of her crazy group of friends to help fool her boss • Apr 7-Jun 4 (Wed-Sun) • $33.25-$77.95

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LITERARY AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • The Bosun Chair book launch; Apr 13, 7pm •Thin Air of the Knowable Edmonton book launch; Apr 15, 2-3:30pm • Glass Buffalo & Edmonton Poetry Festival presents On the Horizon; Apr 18, 6-9pm • The Unbroken Machine book; Apr 19, 7-9pm

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THEATRE 9 PARTS OF DESIRE • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • Inspired by a trip to a modern art museum in Baghdad in August 1993 and details the lives of nine

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IRMA VOTH • Roxy on Gateway, 8529 Gateway Blvd • theatrenetwork.ca • Irma and her sister Aggie live in a Mennonite colony in Chihuahua, Mexico under the dutiful watch of their father. When a famous Mexican filmmaker and his crew arrives to shoot a movie within the colony, the artists involved inspire Irma to seek out new ideas and bravely blaze a trail for her and her sister • Apr 20-May 7, 8pm (Tue-Sat), 2pm (Sun)

LA RACCOURCIE • L'UniThéâtre, 8627-91 St • lunitheatre.ca • In French with English surtitles (No surtitles on Apr 8, Apr 15) • Jean-Joseph Simard has sought refuge deep in the bush, abandoning his work and his family. After years of isolation and solitude, his son Victor arrives. He's come searching for his father, offering some unfortunate news and looking for answers • Apr 12-15, 8pm (Sat matinèes at 1:30pm) • $28 (adults), $22 (seniors), $20 (students) 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 PETER AND THE STARCATCHER • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • citadeltheatre.com • The Peter Pan prequel for all of those who never grew up • Apr 1-23 • $25-$105 (available at the Citadel box office or online) Queen MILLI of gALt • Walterdale Theatre, 10322-83 Ave • Based on a true story, a chance meeting between the Duke of Windsor, Edward VIII, and Milli in her home of Galt, Ontario, leads to a merry war of wits and, eventually, love. A romantic comedy • Apr 5-15 TERMINUS • PCL Studio, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave • fringetheatre.ca • A hard hitting urban tale combining elements of the fantastic, gothic horror, cartoon violence, poetic verse and human pathos • Apr 13-23, 7:30pm (Tue-Sat), 2pm (Sun) THEATRESPORTS • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • Sep-Jun • $15

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dmonton is known to host numerous events and festivals that feature local content as well as art from all over the world, demonstrating that our city is one of the great creative incubators of Canada.

FAVA, the Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta, is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year and hosting its sixth annual film festival at Metro Cinema at Garneau.

The independent artist run co-op is famous for creating art that utilizes film, video and new media. The festival will feature material using all these mediums and supply the city with a brilliant showcase that celebrates the content that FAVA’s members have created during the last year.

Trevor Anderson, the director of programming at FAVA, has worked towards this year’s festival being one of the organization's most diverse yet.

Each of the four days will feature numerous short and long-form films created by FAVA members that spans the genres of documentary, animation, narrative storytelling and music videos. This provides the audience with a “rapid fire consumption of content,” Anderson says.

FAVA is well known for supporting local video artists with the intent of giving them tools to succeed in their craft.

“We don’t produce any of the work, we enable the people to find their own voices,” says Anderson.

The festival also doubles as an open

awards ceremony, including screenings of the “Best of the Fest.” FAVA’s jury will distribute awards of excellence at the beginning of the festival and the audience can mingle with contributors as well as the winners.

The decision for this layout was implemented with the focus being on a creator-driven event.

“We not only save time but also allow others to enjoy a much larger supply of artists work,” Anderson says.

New features include a piece created by filmmaker Kyle Armstrong and musician Bradley J. Sime, and a new media art installation designed by FAVA member and artist Parker Thiessen.

Also featured are Q&A‘s with some of the filmmakers, offering the audience an opportunity to immerse themselves in the process behind creating the content shown.

“We want to make it fun and a little less formal and present it as a meeting of the minds,” says Anderson.

A major event this year is the screening of the feature film Weirdos. Bruce McDonald, best known for his work directing films such as Hard Core Logo and Roadkill, directs the film, and famous playwright Daniel MacIvor pens the screenplay. This uniquely Canadian film follows the story of two teenagers as they hitchhike their way across Nova Scotia in a coming-of-age story. Weridos has already been met with high praise, recently winning the Canadian Screen

Award for Best Screenplay.

Both McDonald and McIvor will be at the festival and participate in a moderated conversation with the audience, further adding to FAVA’s emphasis on creator and audience interaction.

The vast majority of Albertan and Canadian content is immense in this year’s festival, but FAVA isn’t stopping there. It will also feature the Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour. This provides the audience an opportunity to see content that previously premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival that they wouldn’t normally see.

“Most of the time people can’t drive all the way down to Park City to go to Sundance, so this will be one of only places in Canada that people will be able to see all of this work in one place,” Anderson says.

He hopes this mix of Canadian and international content will supply the city with a platform to further local interest in the craft of filmmaking.

“We don’t want to be just inward looking, we want to see what other creators have made as well,” he says.

One of FAVA’s key focuses is strengthening and growing the Edmonton film community.

“We’re taking an emphasis off of competition and putting it into community, we want people to come down to the festival and take a risk,” he says.

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Rameen Peyrow // Stephan Boissonneault

Digital access to meditative silence Yoga instructor and his tech designer comrade create Science of Self app

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t’s about 8 pm on a chilly fall night and my mind is almost empty. Surrounding me are men and women sweating from holding physical poses for the last hour.

They all have their eyes closed; each is attempting to achieve the exact same thing—stillness.

A man with a well-groomed salt and pepper beard, loose-fitting white Tshirt and black mala bead necklace is sitting at the front of the room with his feet resting on opposing thighs.

His name is Rameen Peyrow and he is leading us in the moment. Behind him is a massive bronze statue of the Hindu God Shiva (the Cosmic Dancer).

“You may notice that Shiva is standing on a demon,” he says. “This demon represents ignorance. This could be one of the disturbances that needs to be engaged and resolved in one’s own mind.”

The room falls into silence for about 30 minutes.

Peyrow cherishes silence. It’s his favourite music.

He's always had the idea to offer teachings of meditation to the world, and after meeting Calgary photographer Clayton Didier, it became a reality with the Science of Self app.

The app guides users in meditation accompanied by alluring visuals and

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binaural sounds. It is geared to be an immerisve meditation program that helps the user slowly integrate the principles of meditation into their lives.

Peyrow and Didier met at a retreat with some of Peyrow's students in British Columbia’s Bugaboo Mountains. Didier had no idea that Peyrow’s teachings would change his life.

“I was at a very dark point in my life,” Didier says. “I had just left my family, and things like torment and addiction were consciously inspiring me and my work. My caring friends abducted me by driving me out to the mountains where I was forced to sit for a week with this funny bearded guy who turned out to be Rameen.”

Didier talked with Peyrow about the chaotic path he had been following.

“He would tell me to walk with him and, when I would refuse, he would do something like sit next to me in child’s pose for eight hours of silence and then tell me I was going to be okay,” says Didier.

Didier went back to Edmonton with Peyrow and moved into his basement, where they practised Sattva— a new form of meditation and yoga merging the ancient practices of Hatha and Raja yoga with the universal mantra and sound of truth, known as Aum.

“Sattva is the question of who are you and why you’re here," Peyrow explains. "It’s when the mind focuses its attention to attain balance and equanimity.”

Didier took the guiding esoteric principles of Sattva even further and applied them to his design business. He then began working with Peyrow to develop the Science of Self app, releasing it this past September.

Although he now lives in Calgary, Didier talks to Peyrow several times a day.

“Rameen is here for people,” Didier says. “He is the constant contemplation of self. He’s here to liberate and that’s what he did for me. That's why I knew we needed to create Science of Self.”

Meditation has been a part of Peyrow's life since he was fiveyears-old. He remembers growing up in Calgary and watching his father Kaymar and his mother Lynn meditate together or alone.

Even at such a young age, Peyrow was interested in what they were trying to achieve.

“I would go to their room, close my eyes and my mind would be wandering," he describes. "I would find myself crawling on them or dis-

tracting them, but I really wanted to just sit and experience what they were experiencing."

One day, his father decided to pass on the meditation technique that he learned from his father, something that Peyrow would later pass on to his son Sage.

“I remember the day like it was yesterday. He said ‘Okay Rameen, today is the day you learn how to meditate,’ and he told me that every time I had a thought, take it, put it on a cloud, and watch it float away.”

As he grew older, he would sometimes meditate for hours on end and, following his father’s advice, eventually began practicing physical poses at the age of 17.

Much like his meditation, his interest in yoga and its philosophy grew organically over time.

“It makes sense now that I think about it," he explains. "My mom practiced physical postures while I was in her womb so there’s that depth of memory inside."

As a young man, Peyrow studied yoga in Mysore, India, for seven years under yogi guru Shri K. Pattabhi Jois, founder of Ashtanga, one of the most popular forms of yoga, and embraced by millions of Westerners.

While in India, he not only learned

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different styles and techniques, but also the vast history of yoga that pre-dates Hinduism.

Now 37, Peyrow takes pleasure in condensing thousands of years of yogic history into only a few short and concise sentences.

He may be an esteemed teacher who has touched the lives of people like Didier, but this was not his goal when he started his yoga studio. He wanted to share his knowledge for only a brief amount of time and raise enough money to go back to India.

“I was going to the caves,” he says.

“I had a map where theses rishis (Hindu sages) were living across from this glacier and I was going to go see them.”

Now, after releasing Science of Self, his plan is different. In fact, it outlasts his life.

“I have a 300-year plan. I want this school to be something that people can take confidence in and when I’m gone I want it to be passed down," he says. "This is the pioneering stage for western yoga and we need to facilitate that growth not only for the practitioners, but the community of yoga.”

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OUTDOORS URBAN ADVENTURE // MOUNTAIN BIKING

Calling out to ladies who ride Women's riding groups are on the rise for all skill levels

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dmonton has some of the best urban mountain biking around, with its vast network of trails for riders of all levels. The sport is becoming more popular every year, and recently a slew of women-specific events, groups and training camps have burst onto the scene. Why the growing interest?

Mountain biking is more accessible

than you might think.

“You can get a used inexpensive bike, a helmet and away you go. It doesn’t have to be expensive, and it doesn’t have to be hard. There are tons of people who want to help you get into cycling of any kind, and are very welcoming to new riders,” says Amy MacKinnon, cofounder of the riding group Women on

Wheels, along with Natalie Rix. The sport is evolving to better accommodate beginners—and women. “Bike brands have developed women specific bikes which allows for more comfort and fit when riding,“ Rix explains.

Marketing is a big part of it too, with manufacturers and bike shops recognizing their role in encouraging women to start cycling and build a community.

Not to generalize, but a lot of women (myself included), get into mountain biking because of a boyfriend or husband. But, “they quickly discover how much the sport is great for their physical and mental health and confidence,” says Dee Turner, who leads weekly rides with SheShreds, a women’s group affiliated with United Cycle.

Turner’s best advice for new riders?

“Stop going with your husband/boyfriend/dude posse if you’re just getting started,” she says. “Find a tribe of women who support you, understand your goals and build confidence progressively, all in a fun environment. This eliminates the inherent pressure that comes with romantic relationships.”

Fortunately for beginners, there are rides to attend nearly every night of the week. SheShreds and Women on Wheels run biweekly rides for beginner to intermediate riders. DirtGirls has weekly rides, but registration is already full for this year. If you don’t want to

commit to a weekly ride, you can also attend the monthly Bell Joy Rides, held on weekends.

All of these groups started with a realization that beginners had nowhere to go. Rix and MacKinnon were interested in riding with women as well as leading their own rides. A mutual friend suggested they join forces, and Women on Wheels was born.

“Offering weekly beginner to intermediate ride groups allowed us to tap into a market of women who … were intimidated to ride with a bike shop or group of guy friends,” Rix says.

“A lot of the women-specific bike clubs in the city assume an ability level that might be too challenging for some women, and that prevents women from trying and loving the sport,” Turner says. “SheShreds is aimed at this gap.”

Groups like SheShreds and Women on Wheels offer a supportive environment for beginner riders.

“We choose appropriate trails, stop and analyze ‘features’ and work together to demonstrate form and skills,” explains Turner.

If you’re intimidated by the sport, it may be comforting to know even the ride leaders experienced nerves when they first started mountain biking.

“All kinds of things used to make me

nervous on my bike when I first started.

Where do I start?” MacKinnon says.

“Tight trees, sharp corners, roots, hopping up onto the curb, going too fast and hills that appeared to be steep at the time.”

“While it always looks chaotic and potentially horrific,“ Turner explains, “most people have a pretty high level of self-preservation and don’t go ‘fast enough’ to really injure themselves.”

If you’re serious about trying mountain biking for the first time or developing your skills further, the ladies of SheShreds and Women on Wheels have some advice.

“Practice your skills on the same trail or trail section over and over,” says Rix. “Riding with others is a great way to learn; watching for different line choices or body position helped me a lot.”

In terms of gear, a well-fitting pair of padded shorts, called Chamois, is essential to “protect the lady bits and bum bones!” Eye protection is also important on those narrow trails, as is a hydration system.

And if you get hungry grinding it out on the trails? I’m on board with Turner’s advice: “ALWAYS have gummy worms.”

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RIVER VALLEY // TRAIL MAINTENANCE

A tale of trails: Edmonton's river valley City's partnership with River Valley Alliance essential to growth and connectivity

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dmonton’s continuous network of trails, or “ribbon of green,” is the largest urban park in Canada.

The river valley includes 30 km of the Trans-Canada Trail—the world’s longest network of multi-use recreational trails. But as you walk, run, or bike through the river valley, have you ever stopped to wonder who maintains the trails you’re enjoying?

You might be surprised to learn the City of Edmonton is not responsible for the entire network of trails. Juanita Spence, supervisor of River Valley Parks and Facilities, explains the city is responsible for planning, building and maintaining improved trails, meaning the wide asphalt and gravel trails that see the most traffic.

The city works in partnership with the River Valley Alliance (RVA), a non-profit group whose aim is to create a worldclass metropolitan park system spanning from Devon to Fort Saskatchewan.

The RVA has taken on some major projects, including the newly completed Terwillegar Park Footbridge.

“There are several exciting projects being completed this year,” says Spence. The Mechanized River Valley Access project next to Hotel Mac-

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Donald is slated for completion this fall, and will enhance accessibility to the river valley. Another project is to add 16 km of trails in the eastern part of the city to connect newer communities to the existing network.

The city doesn’t maintain the natural trails used by hikers, trail runners, and mountain bikers, which is where the Edmonton Mountain Bike Alliance (EMBA) comes in. Through a signed agreement with the city, EMBA organizes and completes basic trail maintenance through its Adopta-Trail program.

“EMBA organizes local mountain bike clubs and businesses to be stewards for these trails through trail maintenance days,” explains Tracy Watkin, an EMBA board member.

“All river valley trail work must be organized by EMBA. Larger projects (moving dirt) must be approved by the city.”

EMBA’s most recent success is the new construction of a singletrack trail from Terwillegar Park to the Anthony Henday bridge.

“This is the first unofficial trail built with the help of the city,” says Watkin.

Last year, the city permitted EMBA to run a trail maintenance and building course for locals.

“This showed the city is willing to have future new construction of trails and to grow this amazing trail system,” she says.

According to Spence, one of the biggest challenges when it comes to improving trails is getting a project running.

“There is a complex regulatory framework surrounding work in the river valley that needs to be navigated in order for work to occur,” she explains.

The other battle is against Mother Nature.

“Edmonton is very clay based in the river valley, and drainage is difficult to manage,” Watkin says, adding when it comes to dirt trails, “uneducated users who use the singletrack trails when they’re wet create lasting damage, destroying our maintenance efforts.”

Erosion is a big problem. Closures on the city’s improved trails can happen when an environmental assessment deems the area unstable.

Often, these trails remain closed if

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the city determines the area will just erode again after repairs. It’s a balance of user safety, environmental preservation and funds management.

As Watkin puts it, “Access and usage of trails along a large river will always change and fluctuate.”

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But one thing is for sure: the river valley is a gem, and we’re lucky to have organizations like RVA and EMBA working with the city to grow and maintain our trail system.

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OUTDOORS OUTDOORS // URBAN EXERCISE

CAMPING // NO TRACE

Respect the woods By leaving no trace, one can make sure everyone gets a memorable outdoor experience

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Do the walk of life

Walkable Edmonton invigorates healthy lifestyles and community building

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n the little over a decade since realtor Sara Kalke began selling homes, Edmonton has undergone a seismic shift.

“When I first started in real estate in 2005 it seemed like everybody wanted to live in the suburbs,” says Sara Kalke, of the Walkable Edmonton project, a website dedicated to exploring Edmonton’s burgeoning urban communities.

Capital has poured into the downtown and surrounding areas. Punctuated by the Ice District, there is currently $5.5 billion in development underway in the downtown core alone.

With this dramatic change comes a shift by some Edmontonians to move away from the “Mac-Mansion” in the burbs toward high-density, amenity filled, walkable neighborhoods in the city center.

Spurred by what Kalke sees as an explosion of young entrepreneurship in the form of boutique shopping, cafés, restaurants and innovative startups, buyers have come to realize it’s not about what kind of house you’re buying, but what kind of life you’re getting.

“I was having [conversations] with buyers saying, 'Find me a house that’s

walkable,'" recalls Kalke. “What they were outlining was a key group of neighbourhoods and a lifestyle.”

The Walkable Edmonton project is the direct result of these conversations. Part homebuyer resource, part city guide, Walkable Edmonton is a reflection of Kalke’s longstanding relationship and passion for the city—having grown up in Mckernan.

Currently, Walkable Edmonton provides details on five communities: Downtown, Oliver, Westmount, Garneau and Old Strathcona, with immediate plans to include Ritchie. Each area is explored through the categories of food, parks, family, shops, and fun. The site is supported by a host of other resources such as a collection of local blogs and numerous testimonials from community residents.

In a period of rapid expansion, Walkable Edmonton fills a much-needed gap in both publicizing the city to those who are interested in moving here and providing a hub for it’s current residents to seek out new experiences and re-engage with the core.

While aspects of the site are focused toward retail business, Kalke empha-

walkableedmonton.com @walkableYEG sizes the point of her effort is to promote the values of a walkable lifestyle first and business interests second.

“People are realizing they only have so many hours in a day,” Kalke says.

“They want to spend those hours doing as many things that makes them happy as possible."

In promoting walkability, Kalke hopes that Edmontonians will not only enrich their own lives, but also enrich the tapestry of the communities they live in.

“If there was one thing about walkability that I think is the coolest that you actually get to meet people,” Kalke says. “If you’re out and walking in your neighbourhood and your neighbours are out and walking, you actually get to know each other.”

Kalke can be found most days at Café Leva on her way between meetings, or walking through the river valley with her husband, their four-yearold and their two Yorkshire Terriers.

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o some, going camping is about getting shitty.

You pull up to some overused campsite in your truck and start pounding brews with one hand while pouring gas on a tree trunk with the other.

Then, just as you toss your sixth tall boy into the woods, you punch a lynx in the neck while wearing fleece gloves utilizing the static electric spark created by the right-cross to ignite the gas fumes. As the trunk is engulfed in a glorious flame, you disrobe and begin whisper-screaming Nickelback lyrics.

Before passing out amongst the remains of a destroyed picnic table, you spray everything with urine, you know, for protection.

While this may sound overly sarcastic (because it is), it's not far from the truth.

When it comes to the outdoors, there is a growing movement that oneups the ‘leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but pictures’ mantra. It goes under the moniker of 'leave no trace camping.'

For argument’s sake, the only true way to leave no trace is to never go out. To stay on pavement, or inside your home; to only be where traces cannot be left. To some this is a good idea (camping haters), but for many this just isn’t a reality. The outdoors offers way too much positivity to one’s life when visited. And here we are.

Started in Colorado in 1994, the Leave No Trace Center For Outdoor Ethics began the trend of not running roughshod into the trees and tearing everything down as if the woods was your enemy.

They brought the idea of harmony back to existing with the outdoor world.

Both the original group and the current Leave No Trace Canada arms focus on several key principles.

Strong.

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Know where you are going to go: Be it a hike in the river valley or a multi-day canoe trip on the Churchill River System, educate yourself on the geography. Where can you camp/rest where there will be the least amount of impact on the surroundings? Are there any regulations or special concerns in the area? The more you know about the place, the least amount of damage you’ll do (and the safer you’ll be).

Dispose of waste properly: In the city, this is a bit easier. Edmonton is lousy with garbage bins, but in the outdoors, you have to pack it in and pack it out. Some think burning garbage in the wild will ‘get rid of it’.

This is both ignorant and silly. You are still leaving a charred, carbonized mass. Pack everything out, or better yet, prepare for your trip by repackaging everything in smaller, easier to handle portions. Also: poop and pee. Your urine can stay (at least ten meters away from any water source and spread it around). Your stool can either be pooped into an already pooped in area (outhouse/thunder box) or you can dig a hole. And soiled toilet paper should be packed out too. Yes, yes it should.

Leave it as you find it (or better): If there is garbage there, pick it up. If there isn’t a fire pit there, don’t make one (there are portable fire boxes that can be used). If there is a tent pad, use it. Don’t cut anything down for firewood, try to find standing deadwood (if you need a fire, that is). Think of it like an Airbnb except, instead of the owners charging your for not cleaning the sheets, karma kicks your soul in the gut and your kid’s guts and your kid’s kid’s guts.

Take only what you need, but use what you take: Don’t over pack and don’t go out and buy a whole bunch of gear because you think you’ll need it. Minimalism is key. While you should bring everything you do need, you won’t need that axe or that case of beer (spirits pack far more easily).

Animals are a part of it all: Please do not feed the wildlife.

Like living next to a McDonald's, one may forget how to actually feed themself. This leads to animals coming into the city or worse, affecting their diet and making them sick.

Also, this is their home. Would you go over to your friend’s house and throw rocks at their kids so you can take better pictures of them? If so, see the next category.

Don’t be an ignorant dick: We all want to have fun. We all want to be free and have unique experiences and feel a special, squishy vibe, but honestly, respect the natural world. It is pretty rad to share, and in order to share it, it has to be respected for what it is: utterly delicate (in the short timeline that is our lives).

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t’s raining outside and the sounds of reverbed guitar and steady drumbeats are emanating from the walls of a blue-trimmed house. The room’s walls are covered with kaleidoscopic carpet designs, and the ceiling is masked by hanging solid-coloured bed sheets.

Five individuals in black are equipped with their instruments of choice.

They’re all members of one of Edmonton’s prominent garage psych groups, Betrayers.

A man with a haircut resembling a young Beatle strums a chord drenched in feedback and leads the introduction to the next song.

“Come into the future, on the wings of a fly …” he sings underneath a ‘60s occult rock sound that would pair nicely with an experimental horror movie.

The song is “For The Kill,” a single off Betrayers’ newest album, 12 Songs To Haunt You. “You can be haunted by someone or something that isn’t even a ghost. It can

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be your strange memories, supernatural occurrences, religion, or basically anything," vocalist and guitarist, Travis Sargent says. "Those things seemed to keep coming up when this album was being made.”

“For The Kill,” has a black and white music video the band filmed with 20 or so of their musician friends participating in an eerie ritualistic seance. During the video, one of the Betrayers’ friends had the bright idea to spray hairspray into his hands and set it on fire.

“Despite me telling him it was a terrible idea we had one take. He thought the hairspray would burn off and not burn his flesh, but of course he burned all of his skin off the top of him hands,” Sargent says.

Bassist Justin Zawada adds, “But it was a great shot.”

“Talk about suffering for art,” Sargent says.

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“It was just me [on drums] at first,” replicate, the Betrayers tunes standup.

“I think a lot of bands doing throwWelling-Yiannakoulias says. “We wanted a fuller sound and Joe just kind of back ‘60s stuff never quite get it right. fell into our lives. I’ve learned a lot from We made more of a conscious effort for that sound with this record,” Sarhim too.” gent says.

Even the cover of 12 Songs To A few songs Sargent wrote years back made it onto 12 Songs To Haunt Haunt You, with the classic black You, the most notable one being “Be- and white band photo, block letter long Here Raga,” an Indian psych-rock font, and three-colour palette looks hybrid that continues to build louder like something you would find in a and louder until it fades out with into ‘60s record store.

“I want some kid to find one of our dissonant bliss.

“It’s a raga-style song I wrote when records in, like, a Goodwill 50 years I was wondering whether or not I from now and be completely confused was meant to come back home,” whether it’s from 2017 or 1965," Sargent says. "I want to trick them.”

Sargent says.

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PREVUE // PUNK LITERATURE

Hardcore narratives

Tales from the Tattoo Shop continues Chris Walter's punk storytelling I’d just write like a fiend."

Channeling his addictive tendencies into creative writing, Walter realized a passion for fiction so consuming that he was forced to cap his daily output to a 1,000 words a day so he could devote himself to the serious task of fatherhood.

In addition to his impressive collection of works that dig deep into the dark side of poverty, addiction and the punk rock life, Walter has also been running his own independent publishing house, Go Fuck Yerself (GFY) Press. Founded in 1998, it has published titles such as Welfare Wednesdays, Boozecan, Shouts From The Gutter and I Was a Punk Before You Were a Punk.

In 2008, Walter decided to delve into journalism, publishing his historical investigation of Winnipeg punk rock pioneers Personality Crisis with the book Warm Beer and Wild Times. Since then, he’s gained notoriety for his biographies on stalwart Canadian punk legends The Dayglo Abortions, SNFU, The Real McKenzies, and Randy Rampage of D.O.A. Walter confesses that “non-fiction is more like real work, whereas writing fiction is like getting paid to lie. Problem is fiction just doesn’t pay enough. I’d stick to fiction if it actually paid the rent. Non-fiction sells better.”

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With his roots in the late-'70s Winnipeg punk scene, the 57-yearold Vancouver-based novelist made a serious attempt to trade in a couple hard decades of wide-ranging drug addiction in 1999, by writing his first work of fiction, Beer.

By 2001, married, living in East

Van and the father of a baby boy, Walter was still addicted and desperate. On the streets and with his back up against a wall, he was driven to shed his self-destructive tendencies, finally choosing to pry the toxic monkey from his back and chain it to a typewriter.

"I had nothing better to do with my time after giving up hard drugs in 2001,” says the powerfully built and heavily inked wordsmith. “Instead of hunting for drugs all day,

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ented people, who are proud to call Edmonton their home."

EMA prides their selections on being fair, inclusive and fully representative of the musical community to the best of its ability. They focus on both youth and adults alike, and encourage involvement and support from all genres of music.

Dublanko shares the process of nomination.

“Submissions are open to any artists from the Edmonton area, including St. Albert, Sherwood Park, Leduc, Spruce Grove and Stony Plain," she says. "The eligibility period for the 2017 Edmonton Music Awards is between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016."

The "release date" for EMA eligibility purposes is defined as the date of the first shipment to retail, radio or posted online release date. The only exception is the category for ‘Artist To Watch,’ which is reserved for artists who plan on releasing new material in 2017. Artists from outside the area who recorded their releases in Edmonton will also be considered.

Dublanko also explains that submissions included in the first round of voting are sent out to the EARS Committee, which is comprised of over 100 members involved in the music industry. The artists that receive the top five votes in each category are the nominees.

Following the nominee announcement, a second round of voting occurs and the top selection in each category determines the winners that are announced at the gala on June 29, 2017 at the Winspear Centre.

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Thur., June 29 (6 pm) Edmonton Music Awards Winspear Centre The ‘Legacy Award’ is not part of a voting process, but instead honours an individual or group that has made an outstanding contribution to the Edmonton music community.

The ‘People's Choice’ is the only category that is publicly voted on and is handled by a third party, YEGLive.

New categories are added each year upon demand. In recent years, there have been three new additions to the program, the ‘World Music Recording of the Year,’ ‘Indie Rock Recording of the Year’ and ‘Indigenous Recording of the Year.’

Each year the EMA enters the gala with the same vision.

“We always have the goal of improving, being more inclusive, learning from mistakes, growing as an organization and figuring out how to engage the community and gain support where we can,” Dublanko says.

The EMA’s continue to be a formidable showcase of Edmonton's best talent.

"Nik Kozub of Shout Out Out Out Out has 780 tattooed on him. There are t-shirts around town that say ‘Edmonton as Fuck’ on them. Crassness aside, that comes from the musicians in this town, and speaks volumes to their pride,” she says.

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apalmpom's much anticipated sophomore release is an impressive statement. A much more refined sound runs throughout the new album. It's almost Beatlesesque in the sense that you can conjure up images of the band having rock 'n' roll debates over each solo, lick and fill. Guitarists Craig Evans and Shawn Petsche have grown together as musicians to a point where you'd swear they were telepathic. Their twin guitar work provides Napalmpom’s signature sound bringing to mind ‘70s rock 'n' roll. Although Napalmpom are very clearly a rock and roll band, Core Competencies is essentially

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That's okay, it's a testament to what they have been able to create. The other major difference is frontman, PJ Lavergne’s vocal delivery. His confidence behind the mic has grown so significantly since the release of Unconditional Love that it sounds like Napalmpom went out and got a new singer. The new songs compliment his style much better allowing him to yell less and sing more. Core Competencies Of Napalmpom is a shining achievement in the rock 'n' roll genre.

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Ben Hooke // Sat., Apr. 15 (11 AM) Need something to revive your blue Saturday afternoon? Ben Hooke’s got you. His voice has been compared to a folkier Caleb Followill’s (Kings of Leon), but Hooke’s acoustic passion and eargrabbing lyrics about war and the devil will leave you in a fit of contemplation.

(The Needle Vinyl Tavern, free)

The Body Politic // Fri., Apr. 14 (8 PM) Mommy, what’s a polyrhythm? Well dear, go to a Body Politic show and find out.

The progressive metal gremlins from Nanaimo are touring in support of their latest crowdfunded EP Akrasia. Every one of the group’s songs will make your head spin due to the tenacious complexity and aggression.

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Jazz Cartier // Wed., Apr. 19 (8 PM) Move over Drake, Canada’s got a new up and coming hip hop master and his name is Jazz Cartier. The young artist is on top of the world after winning Rap Album of the Year for Hotel Paranoia at the Junos and joining the Capitol Records family. Not much can stop him right now. (The Needle Vinyl Tavern, $24.50 in advance) VUEWEEKLY.com | APR 13 – APR 19, 2017

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9910 Betrayers with Marlaena Moore

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Jazz; Every Thu, 7:30pm; Free

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JT'S BAR AND GRILL Open Stage–

Piano Show; Every Thu, 8pm

Thursday Nights; Every Thu

BLUES ON WHYTE Kenny "Blues Boss"

KRUSH ULTRA LOUNGE Open stage

Wayne; 9pm BLVD SUPPER X CLUB B**ch A Little,

with host Naomi Carmack; 8pm every Thu LB'S PUB Open Jam hosted by

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Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival; runs until Apr 28

LB'S PUB A night of Comedy, Music

WINSPEAR CENTRE Pro Coro Canada:

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat Open mic;

THE REC ROOM Karaoke with live

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Songs of

Good Friday at the Winspear; 7:30pm; $33-$49.50

CASINO EDMONTON Jukebox Leigh;

O’BYRNE’S IRISH PUB Live music

band, The Nervous Flirts; Every other Thu, 7pm SANDS INN & SUITES Karaoke

Thursdays with JR; Every Thu, 9pm-1am SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Big Daddy

Thursday Jam with host Randy Big Daddy Forsberg; 7pm SHAW CONFERENCE CENTRE Thaw

Wine Alot (house, hip-hop and reggae music); Every Thu; No cover DJ; Every Thu-Sat, 9pm

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

Open Mic (individual performer format, first-come, first served); Every Thu, 7-9pm; All ages

MERCURY ROOM Marc Clement; 8pm;

TAVERN ON WHYTE Open stage with

$10 (adv)

Michael Gress (fr Self Evolution); every Thu; 9pm-2am

MOONSHINERS Moonshiners Jam

the Shadows–Maundy Thursday; 8pm; Free

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DJs 9910 Bon Voyage Dane featuring Bron

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Rock N' Roll, Funk & Soul with DJ Modest Mike; Every Thu; Wooftop Lounge: Dear Hip Hop with Freshlan; Underdog: Underdog Comedy Show

ARCADIA BAR Bedside; 8pm

CASK AND BARREL Stovetop; 4-6pm;

best solo musicians ON THE ROCKS The Ramifications;

THE COMMON Quality Control Fridays

Nixon and the Prairie Sons; 9pm; Free

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EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Resident DJs playing the

DENIZEN HALL Champ City Soundtrack; Every Fri-Sat

best in hip-hop, dance and classics;

AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR

CAFE BLACKBIRD Brian Walsh;

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THE FORGE ON WHYTE Shocker, Revolution Engine, Firing At The Sky & A Haunt of Crows (metal/hard rock/ punk); 8pm (doors), 9pm (show); $10 (adv), $15 (door); No minors

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outlaw country, rock and retro classics; Every Fri-Sat, 10pm; No cover

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8pm; $10 CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK Rockzilla;

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CASINO EDMONTON Jukebox Leigh;

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Elvis Tribute; 9:30pm CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT Andrea

Nixon and the Prairie Sons; 9pm; Free CHVRCH OF JOHN Sweat featuring

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MERCURY ROOM Melafrique with

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STARLITE ROOM Striker album release

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ON THE ROCKS The Ramifications;

ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL Sweet Vintage

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PALACE CASINO WOW; 9:30pm

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The Devil's Sons & Deplorables (metal/ hard rock/punk); 9pm; No minors THE FORGE ON WHYTE A Night of

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Research Unit with Vissia; 3pm; No cover • Tour Come Home Show, with Owls By Nature, Worst Days Down, Kane Incognito; 8pm; $10 (adv) Country Jam (country); Every Sat, 3pm

POURHOUSE Sarah Smith Duo; 9pm;

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Live Music Fridays; Each Fri, 8-10pm; $5 suggested donation

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of the

REC ROOM Martin Kerr & Paul Woida;

YARDBIRD SUITE Bob Sheppard with

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The Chris Andrew Quartet; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $24 (members), $28 (guests)

BLUES ON WHYTE Kenny "Blues Boss"

World (rock/pop/indie); 9pm; $10; No minors

Wayne; 9pm

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Northern Lights Music Festival: featuring Above & Beyond, Getter, Alan Walker and more; $99.50$169.50

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UNION HALL Machine Gun Kelly;

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KENILWORTH COMMUNITY HALL Super

Mega Records Garage Sale 4 featuring Dead Vinyl Society with Remo de Janeiro, Fingertips, Yuri, Bangers & Mash, and many more; 10am; $2 (door), or a donation of "most-needed" items to the Food Bank

TIRAMISU BISTRO Live music every Fri with local musicians

Waspy (of Dirty Radio); 9pm; $10 DENIZEN HALL Champ City

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Gallant; 9pm

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CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Live music

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Sessions Jam; Every Sat, 4-8pm • The Cool Dads (rock/pop/indie); 9pm; No minors

SANDS INN & SUITES Karaoke with

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CAFE BLACKBIRD Generations;

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Circle, Shag; 8pm; $10; 18+ only

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DRAKE HOTEL Open Jam–Saturdays; Every Sat, 2-5pm • House band; 5-8pm • Guest band; 8pm • No minors DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Live music;

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Empress: this week featuring Eli and The Straw Men; Every Sat, 4-6pm; Free; 18+ only

2nd Thu of every month, 7-8:30pm; No cover (donations welcome)

Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers every

CASINO YELLOWHEAD Robin Kelly–

Fridays with Remo, Noosh, Fingertips & guests; Underdog: Rap, House, HipHop with DJ Babr; every Fri

O'BYRNE'S IRISH PUB Edmonton's

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WOODRACK CAFÉ Birdie on a Branch;

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE Karaoke;

Elvis Tribute; 9:30pm

EMPRESS ALE HOUSE Bands at the

NAKED CYBERCAFÉ Thu open stage;

Every Thu, 7pm

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

9pm

7pm

CHA ISLAND Thursday open stage

9:30pm

ON THE ROCKS Salsa Rocks: every Thu; dance lessons at 8pm; Cuban Salsa DJ to follow

UNION HALL Machine Gun Kelly; 8pm; 18+ only

7pm; $2

DJs

Uncommon Thursday: Rotating guests each week

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

7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $11 (members), $15 (guests)

featuring Upsidedowntown; 5:30pm • K-Riz with Rellik, The Liberators, Young Tox, and Dunna; 8pm; $5 (adv)

THE COMMON The Common

Sammy Senior, Yessmann, DJ Fuuze; 8pm; $10; 18+ only 7:30pm; $5

& Dancing featuring The Darrell Barr Band (rock/pop/indie); 8pm; $25 (adv), $30 (door); No minors

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK Rockzilla;

HAVE MERCY Resident DJs playing

Classical

outlaw country, rock and retro classics; Every Fri-Sat, 10pm; No cover

ALBERTA COLLEGE CAMPUS– MACEWAN UNIVERSITY 109th

Dog: Rebecca Lappa; 4-6pm; no cover Jay Gilday; 8:30-10:30pm; $10

DJ; Every Thu-Sat, 9pm CAFE BLACKBIRD Olivia Wik; 8pm; $10

9pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Grave New

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Friday April 21 - 7:00 pm Overtones by Alice Gerstenberg Next Sunday by Clare Mullen – NEW WORK! Bed Bug Bossa Nova by Gerald Osborn – NEW WORK!

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Public Adjudication, Awards Presentation and Reception All plays are one hour long or less.

Tickets through TIX ON THE SQUARE or at the door/Single ticket $14 adult; $12 senior/student

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Dreamers; 9am-2:30pm; Cover by donation

NEW WEST HOTEL Nash Ramblers; 9pm

Gallant; 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Mark

BLUES ON WHYTE Kenny "Blues Boss"

Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Association: Acoustic instrumental old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm

McGarrigle; 9pm

Wayne; 9pm

STARLITE ROOM Uptown Live! featuring

CAFE BLACKBIRD Edmonton Poetry

Paul Woida & Lia Cole; 8pm; $20; 18+ only

Festival–Box; 4pm; $5

YARDBIRD SUITE Bob Sheppard with The

Chris Andrew Quartet; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $24 (members), $28 (guests)

Classical

DRAKE HOTEL Sunday Jamming; Every Sun, 2pm; No minors HAVE MERCY YEG Music presents

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

ALBERTA COLLEGE CAMPUS– MACEWAN UNIVERSITY 109th

Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival; runs until Apr 28

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main 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 THE COMMON Get Down It's Saturday

Night: House and disco and everything in between with Wright & Wong, Dane EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Resident DJs playing the best in

hip-hop, dance and classics; Every Fri-Sat, 9pm; No cover ENVY NIGHT CLUB Resolution Saturdays:

top 40, throwbacks and club anthems EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE Rotating

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Party: Sugar Swing Dance Club every Sat, 8-12; no experience or partner needed, beginner lesson followed by social dance; sugarswing.com R&B and more with DJs Ben and Mitch; every Sat; 9pm-2am Y AFTERHOURS Live DJs; Every Fri-Sat

SUN APR 16 THE ALMANAC Sunday Song Stage Hosted by Rhea March; Every Sun, 6:30-10pm; Free AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR

Piano Show; Every Sun, 9pm BLIND PIG PUB Blind Pig Pub Jam with

Forever 51; Every Sun, 3-6:30pm BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Jazz Brunch: Hawaiian

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled YEG:

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

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Soul Sunday

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DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed open mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

GAS PUMP Karaoke; 9:30pm

Brunch: Maddie Storveld; 11am; No cover • Vibe on Sundays: Alize and Koba; 9pm; No cover NEWCASTLE PUB Sunday Soul Service:

acoustic open stage; Every Sun, 3pm

Substance with Eddie Lunchpail

O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun; 9:30pm

TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic hip-hop with

ON THE ROCKS The Ramifications; 9pm SANDS INN & SUITES Open Jam; Every

Sun, 7-11pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE The Sunday

Happening Jam featuring The Todd James Band; 4pm UNION HALL Mayday Parade; 7pm (doors), 7:30pm (show)

Classical

DJ Creeazn every Mon; 9pm-2am

BLUES ON WHYTE Wicked Grin; 9pm

KRUSH ULTRALOUNGE Karaoke Kraziness

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled YEG:

with host Ryan Kasteel; 8pm-2am

Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations; Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm

LEAF BAR & GRILL Wang Dang

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7:30-11:30pm GAS PUMP Karaoke; 9:30pm

featuring David Unsworth; 5:30pm • Jazz Cartier with Levi Carter; 8pm; $24.50 (adv) ON THE ROCKS Karaoke Wednesdays hosted by ED; Every Wed, 9pm

MAMA'S GIN JOINT Tuesday Open Mic;

Every Tue, 9pm; Starts Jan 3; Free NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN San Fermin with

Low Roar and The Den; 8pm; $18 (adv, general), $88 (adv, VIP) • Big Dreamer Jam featuring Lyra Brown; 8pm NEW WEST HOTEL Nash Ramblers; 9pm O’BYRNE’S Guinness Celtic jam every Tue; 9:30pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Jamerama, with

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Wooftop: Metal

Tall Dark & Dirty; 7pm

Mondays with Metal Phil from CJSR's Heavy Metal Lunchbox

YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday Session:

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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 THE PROVINCIAL PUB Karaoke

TAVERN ON WHYTE Karaoke; 9pm

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CHA ISLAND Karaoke Monday

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ALBERTA COLLEGE CAMPUS– MACEWAN UNIVERSITY 109th

DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB Karaoke night;

Every Mon, 9pm; Free

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FIDDLER'S ROOST Open Stage; 7-11pm

Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival; runs until Apr 28

Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival; runs until Apr 28 JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Cinderella; 7:30pm (runs until Apr 23); $20-$120 (Ticketmaster)

Blues Jam hosted by the Dylan Farrell Ban; Every Mon, 8:30pm (sign up); No cover

7:30pm (runs until Apr 23); $20-$120 (Ticketmaster)

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Late Fee; Every Wed

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 FIONN MACCOOL'S–SKYVIEW 13580-137 Ave FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 10031109 St NW 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 KENILWORTH COMMUNITY LEAGUE 7104-87 Ave NW L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 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,

MAY/3

CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS

MAY/4

UBK PRESENTS

MAY/5

MRG CONCERTS PRESENTS

MAY/6

ALLEVIATE ALBUM RELEASE SHOW

UNION HALL Freddie Gibbs; 8pm (doors), 9pm (show); 16+ only

The Fusionauts; 7:30pm (door)/8pm (show); $5

CAFE BLACKBIRD 9640-142 St NW, 780.451.8890, cafeblackbird.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

MRG CONCERTS & JCL PRODUCTIONS PRESENT

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE 4 Dollar Bill

Country Jam; 7pm

MAY/7

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ

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 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 ROGERS PLACE 10220-104 Ave NW ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St SANDS INN & SUITES 12340 Fort Rd, sandshoteledmonton.com SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead Trail SHAW CONFERENCE CENTRE 9797 Jasper Ave

TIMBER TIMBRE W/ THE WOODEN SKY HAMMERFALL W/ DELAIN MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU W/ TAIKI NULIGHT FREE FOR MEMBERS

SAID THE WHALE W/ THE FAST ROMANTICS W/ DEXTRESS, A GENTLEMAN’S PACT, ECHOES OF APATHY

VENUEGUIDE 9910 9910B-109 St NW, 780.709.4734, 99ten.ca ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALBERTA COLLEGE CAMPUS 10050 MacDonald Dr NW 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 AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR #1638, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722, aussierulesedmonton.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

MAY/2

Wednesday

BLUES ON WHYTE Wicked Grin; 9pm

JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Cinderella;

CONCERTWORKS & CROWN OF VISERYS

Every Wed, 9pm; Free

NEW WEST HOTEL Nash Ramblers; 9pm

Hosted by Darrell Barr; 7-11pm; No charge

APR/24 WEEDEATER W/ PRIMITIVE MAN

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Happy Hour

Tue-Wed

featuring Von Bieker; 5:30pm

APR/22 STICKYBUDS W/ FORT KNOX 5

MAMA'S GIN JOINT Wednesday Karaoke;

LB'S PUB Tuesday Night Open Jam

HAVE MERCY Mississippi Monday Night

APR/15 UPTOWN LIVE! FT. PAUL WOIDA & LIA COLE

Wednesdays; Every Wed, 7-11pm

DJs

Mega Records Garage Sale 4 featuring Dead Vinyl Society with Remo de Janeiro, Fingertips, Yuri, Bangers & Mash, and many more; 10am; $2 (door), or a donation of "most-needed" items to the Food Bank

W/ RAVENOUS, TYLOR DORY TRIO

Tue-Wed

JT'S BAR AND GRILL Karaoke; Every

KENILWORTH COMMUNITY HALL Super

CONCERTWORKS & RECORD BREAKING RECORDS PRESENTS

Live Piano Karaoke featuring the Fab Tiff Hall; Every Wed, 8:30pm JT'S BAR AND GRILL Karaoke; Every

ALL SHOWS 18+ UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED

APR/14 STRIKER ALBUM RELEASE PARTY

HAVE MERCY Whiskey Wednesdays

Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival; runs until Apr 28

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ

MAIN ROOM

THE CARROT Hip Hop Night; 7:30-9pm;

TUE APR 18

FIDDLER'S ROOST Fiddle Jam Circle;

ALBERTA COLLEGE CAMPUS– MACEWAN UNIVERSITY 109th

WWW.STARLITEROOM.COM

Band; 9pm

Jam; Every Sun, 12pm

MON APR 17

TAVERN ON WHYTE Soul, motown, funk,

Monday Night Open Stage; Hosted by Celeigh Cardinal; Every Mon (except long weekends), 8:30pm

TICKETS FOR STARLITE ROOM SHOWS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT

BLUES ON WHYTE The Mike Mackenzie

ALBERTA COLLEGE CAMPUS– MACEWAN UNIVERSITY 109th

GAS PUMP Kizomba-DJ; 8pm

SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM Swing Dance

SIDELINER’S PUB Singer/Songwriter

10030 - 102 STREET

WED APR 19

Classical

MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey Wong

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

$35 and up

StarliteRoom Starliteroom starlitetoomyeg

EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Taco Tuesday with resident DJs

your Jammies; Every Sun, 3-10pm; Free

Zyppy; Every Sun

THE PROVINCIAL PUB Saturday Nights:

ROGERS PLACE John Mayer; 7:30pm;

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

MOONSHINERS Sunday Noon Acoustic

Mega Records Garage Sale 4 featuring Dead Vinyl Society with Remo de Janeiro, Fingertips, Yuri, Bangers & Mash, and many more; 10am; $2 (door), or a donation of "most-needed" items to the Food Bank every Sat

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Wild

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

CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS

HED P.E. W/ GUESTS

MAY/12 PRINCESS NOKIA W/ GUESTS MRG CONCERTS PRESENTS

MAY/13 ANDY C (RAM RECORDS UK) W/ GUESTS UBK IN ASSOCIATION WITH YEG D&B AND FUNK BUNKER PRESENT

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)

VUEWEEKLY.com | APR 13 – APR 19, 2017

ALL SHOWS 18+ ONLY

APR/13 SAMMY SENIOR W/ GUESTS YESSMANN, DJ FUUZE NITEOWL ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS

APR/21 GRZ REKORDS

SHOWCASE

MAY/19 ASTRONAUTALIS W/ TRANSIT 22, BROM JCL PRODUCTIONS & CONCERTWORKS PRESENTS

MAY/27 P.M.M.A.

W/ TOWANDA, EMPTY HEADS, FEED DOGS MUSIC 21

EVENTS WEEKLY EMAIL YOUR FREE LISTINGS TO: lisTiNgs@vueweeklY.COM FAX: 780.426.2889 DEADLINE: FriDaY aT 3pM

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

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

BONFIRE • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • 780.443.6044 • rapidfiretheatre.com • Bonfire is Rapid Fire Theatre’s annual romp of new ideas in long-form improv. Every show at Bonfire is a new idea that has never been tried before; it might work, it might not, but either way it’ll be a joy to witness • Apr 4-8

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Leif Skyving; Apr 13-15

COMEDY ON THE ROCKS • On the Rocks, 11740 Jasper Ave • A weekly comedy show featuring rotating headliners and more • Every Sun, 7-8:45pm COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Jeff Dye; Apr 13-16 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

780.428.1818 • mcdougallunited.com • Discussing the current reading selection. The group chooses mostly current fiction or long-time favourites • 3rd Wed each month, 7pm

BRAZILIAN ZOUK DANCE CLASSES

• Spazio 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

DeepSoul.ca • 780.217.2464; call or text for Sunday jam locations • Every Sun: Sunday Jams with no Stan (CCR to Metallica), starring Chuck Prins and Les Paul Standard; Pink Floydish originals plus great covers of classics: some free; Twilight Zone Lively Up Yourself Tour (with DJ Cool Breeze); all ages

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 that guests can make on their own, or one that has 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

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 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

EDMONTON OUTDOOR CLUB (EOC) • edmontonoutdoorclub.com • Offering a variety of fun activities in and around Edmonton • Free to join; info at info@edmontonoutdoorclub.com

EDMONTON PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORIAL SOCIETY • Highlands Library • 780.436.3878

9562-82 Ave • debutantescomedy@gmail. com • thedebutantes.ca • A sketch (and other) comedy showcase featuring local, national and international acts. Hosted by the Debutantes • Every 2nd Wed, 8:30-11pm • $5

• edm_photographic_hist_society_2@yahoo. ca • All interested in sharing the joys of film photography, such as experiences or favourite equipment. Schedule: photography books (Apr 19), historic images (May 17), photoshoot outing (Jun 21) • 3rd Wed of the month, 7:30pm (no meetings in Jul & Aug)

GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS

FLAMENCO DANCE CLASSES (BEGIN-

AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave,

NER OR ADVANCED) • Dance Code Studio,

ODD WEDNESDAY • Sewing Machine Factory,

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

10575-115 St NW #204 • 780.349.4843 • judithgarcia07@gmail.com • Every Sun, 11:30am-12:30pm

FOOD ADDICTS • Alano Club (& Simply 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

BOOK GROUP • McDougall United Church, 10086 Macdonald Drive (south entrance) •

Coming Events

The Carrot’s Ultimate Garage Sale Reminder Have you started thinking about a good spring clean?

The Carrot’s Ultimate Garage sale is coming up soon! For more info on our annual spring fundraiser contact artsadmin@artsontheave.org

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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

Can You Read This?

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

22 AT THE BACK

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

Society of Alberta, 5215-87 St • 780.452.4661 • schizophrenia.ab.ca • The Schizophrenia Society of Alberta offers a variety of services and support programs for those who are living with the illness, family members, caregivers, and friends • 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7-9pm • Free

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

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY VOLUNTEER INFORMATION NIGHT • Habitat for Humanity Prefab Shop, 14135-128 Ave • 780.451.3416 ext. 236 • vbatten@hfh.org • hfh.org/volunteer/ vin • Learn about taking the next steps and what opportunities are available at Habitat for Humanity • Every 3rd Thu of the month, excluding Dec; 6-7pm • Free

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

PAINTING FOR PLEASURE • McDougall United Church, 10086 Macdonald Drive (south entrance) • 780.428.1818 • karenbishopartist@ gmail.com • mcdougallunited.com • A weekly group for those who like to paint, draw or otherwise be creative on paper • Every Thu, 10am-noon DON'T BE SHY–PAINT A NAKED GUY • O'byrnes Irish Pub, 10616-82 Ave NW • 587.986.3618 • angela@letsartyparty.com • 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)

RODA DE CAPOEIRA • Capoeira Academy, #103-10324-82 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

To Book Your Classifieds, Call 780.426.1996 or email classifieds@vueweekly.com

Volunteers Wanted

Help Someone Who Can’t!

SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY FAMILY SUPPORT DROP-IN GROUP • Schizophrenia

SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm 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 TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • 780.479-8667 (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 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 • Generating Power Speakers: EPCOR Tower, 10423101 St NW: Meeting will take place on the 8th floor, 780.392.5331 (Phil); 1st and 3rd Tue each month, 12:05-1:05pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: meet every Thu, 6:45-8:30pm; 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

WASKAHEGAN TRAIL ASSOCIATION GUIDE HIKE: ELK ISLAND – SHIRLEY LAKE TRAIL (SHIRLEY LAKE TRAILHEAD) • Superstore Calgary Trail NW corner parking lot • 780.434.2675 • waskahegantrail.ca • Apr 9, 9:45am-3pm

WOMEN'S CRICKET • Edmonton Indoor Cricket

VUECLASSIFIEDS 130.

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

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

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Heart of the City is looking

for artists of all modalities to share their work with the community at Heart of the City Music and Arts Festival. If you are a vendor, a visual artist, have a workshop to offer or any other way you would like to share your art with the community, we would like to invite you to be a part of our festival, June 3 and 4.

Email heartcityart@gmail.com or visit our website: heartcityfest.com

3100. Appliances/Furniture 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

and Baseball Ltd, 7031-56 Ave • incogswomens@ gmail.com • Learn the game of cricket. The group plays for fun and no experience is necessary • Every Fri, 8-10pm • $5

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS BATS & HOW TO ATTRACT THEM TO YOUR YARD • Wild Birds Unlimited, 12204-107 Ave NW • 587.521.2473 • wbuedmonton@gmail.com • edmonton.wbu.com • Find out about the bats that live in Edmonton, where to place a bat house and much more • Apr 15, 9-10am • Free

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

VUEWEEKLY.com | APR 13 – APR 19, 2017

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. One-on-one meetings are also available in the craft room • Every Thu, 1-4pm

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FREEWILLASTROLOGY ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Before visiting Sicily for the first time, American poet Billy Collins learned to speak Italian. In his poem "By a Swimming Pool Outside Siracusa," he describes how the new language is changing his perspective. If he were thinking in English, he might say that the gin he's drinking while sitting alone in the evening light "has softened my mood." But the newly Italianized part of his mind would prefer to say that the gin "has allowed my thoughts to traverse my brain with greater gentleness" and "has extended permission to my mind to feel a friendship with the vast sky." Your assignment in the coming week, Aries, is to Italianize your view of the world.

Infuse your thoughts with expansive lyricism and voluptuous relaxation. If you're Italian, celebrate and amplify your Italianness.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It's closing time. You have finished toiling in the shadow of an old sacred cow. You've climaxed your relationship with ill-fitting ideas that you borrowed from mediocre and inappropriate teachers once upon a time. And you can finally give up your quest for a supposed Holy Grail that never actually existed in the first place. It's time to move on to the next chapter of your life story, Taurus! You have been authorized to graduate from any influence, attachment, and attraction that wouldn't serve your greater good in the future. Does this mean you'll soon be ready to embrace more freedom than you have in years? I'm betting on it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The heaviest butterfly on the planet is

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the female Queen Victorian Birdwing.

It tips the scales at two grams. The female Queen Alexandra Birdwing is the butterfly with the longest wingspan: over 12 inches. These two creatures remind me of you these days.

Like them, you're freakishly beautiful.

You're a marvelous and somewhat vertiginous spectacle. The tasks you're working on are graceful and elegant, yet also big and weighty. Because of your intensity, you may not look flight-worthy, but you're actually quite aerodynamic. In fact, your sorties are dazzling and influential.

Though your acrobatic zigzags seem improbable, they're effective.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Picasso had mixed feelings about his fellow painter Marc Chagall, who was born under the sign of Cancer. "I'm not crazy about his roosters and donkeys and flying violinists, and all the folklore," Picasso said, referring to the subject matter of Chagall's compositions. But he also felt that Chagall was one of the only painters "who understands what colour really is," adding, "There's never been anybody since Renoir who has the feeling for light that Chagall has." I suspect that in the coming weeks, you will be the recipient of mixed messages like these. Praise and disapproval may come your way. Recognition and neglect. Kudos and apathy. Please don't dwell on the criticism and downplay the applause. In fact, do the reverse!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): "Go Tell It on the Mountain" is the title of an old gospel song, and now it's the metaphorical theme of your horoscope. I advise you to climb a tall peak—even

if it's just a magic mountain in your imagination—and deliver the spicy monologue that has been marinating within you. It would be great if you could gather a sympathetic audience for your revelations, but that's not mandatory to achieve the necessary catharsis. You simply need to be gazing at the big picture as you declare your big, ripe truths.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): If you were a snake, it would be a fine time to molt your skin. If you were a river, it would be a perfect moment to overflow your banks in a spring flood.

If you were an office worker, it would be an excellent phase to trade in your claustrophobic cubicle for a spacious new niche. In other words, Virgo, you're primed to outgrow at least one of your containers. The boundaries you knew you would have to transgress some day are finally ready to be transgressed. Even now, your attention span is expanding and your imagination is stretching.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): For over a century, the Ringsaker Lutheran Church in Buxton, North Dakota hosted rites of passage, including 362 baptisms, 50 marriages, and 97 funerals. It closed in 2002, a victim of the area's shrinking population. I invite you to consider the possibility that this can serve as a useful metaphor for you, Libra. Is there a place that has been a sanctuary for you, but has begun to lose its magic? Is there a traditional power spot from which the power has been ebbing?

Has a holy refuge evolved into a mundane hang-out? If so, mourn for a while, then go in search of a vibrant replacement.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Most people throw away lemon rinds, walnut shells, and pomegranate skins.

But some resourceful types find uses for these apparent wastes. Lemon rind can serve as a deodorizer, cleaner, and skin tonic, as well as a zesty ingredient in recipes. Ground-up walnut shells work well in facial scrubs and pet bedding. When made into a powder, pomegranate peels have a variety of applications for skin care. I suggest you look for metaphorically similar things, Scorpio. You're typically inclined to dismiss the surfaces and discard the packaging and ignore the outer layers, but I urge you to consider the possibility that right now they may have value.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You're growing too fast, but that's fine as long as you don't make people around you feel they're moving too slowly. You know too much, but that won't be a problem as long as you don't act snooty. And you're almost too attractive for your own good, but that won't hurt you as long as you overflow with spontaneous generosity. What I'm trying to convey, Sagittarius, is that your excesses are likely to be more beautiful than chaotic, more fertile than confusing. And that should provide you with plenty of slack when dealing with cautious folks who are a bit rattled by your lust for life.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Until recently, scientists believed the number of trees on the planet was about 400 billion. But research published in the journal Nature says that's wrong.

There are actually three trillion trees on earth—almost eight times more

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1 Animal that can follow the first word in each of this puzzle’s four theme entries 4 Folklore automaton 9 Steering wheel theft deterrent,

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The poet John Keats identified a quality he called "negative capability." He defined it as the power to calmly accept "uncertainties, mysteries, and doubts without any irritable reaching after fact and reason." I would extend the meaning to include three other things not to be irritably reached for: artificial clarity, premature resolution, and simplistic answers. Now is an excellent time to learn more about this fine art, Aquarius.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you ready for a riddle that's more enjoyable than the kind you're used to? I'm not sure if you are. You may be too jaded to embrace this unusual gift.

You could assume it's another one of the crazy-making cosmic jokes that have sometimes tormented you in the past. But I hope that doesn't happen. I hope you'll welcome the riddle in the liberating spirit in which it's offered. If you do, you'll be pleasantly surprised as it teases you in ways you didn't know you wanted to be teased.

You'll feel a delightful itch or a soothing burn in your secret self, like a funny-bone feeling that titillates your immortal soul. P.S.: To take full advantage of the blessed riddle, you may have to expand your understanding of what's good for you. V

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than was previously thought. In a similar way, I suspect you have also underestimated certain resources that are personally available to you, Capricorn. Now is a good time to correct your undervaluation. Summon the audacity to recognize the potential abundance you have at your disposal. Then make plans to tap into it with a greater sense of purpose.

with “The” 13 “Cheerleader” singer 14 Biblical landing site 16 1980s tennis star Mandlikova 17 Group that gets called about illicit facsimiles?

19 Fix a feature, e.g.

20 ___ buco (veal entree) 21 Canines often metaphorically sacrificed 23 Weather report stats 27 Kleenex crud 28 Classic 1971 album that closes with “Riders on the Storm” 31 Rapper Biggie 35 Jointly owned, maybe 36 Animal who says “Baa, humbug”?

39 2003/2005/2007 A.L. MVP, familiarly 41 Elevator or train component 42 Blacken, as a steak 43 Where to dispose of cooking grease and tropical oils?

48 Apr. number cruncher 49 Plan so that maybe one can 50 Mischievous 52 Breakfast side dish 54 Gambling game played in convenience stores 55 Fifties fad involving undulation 59 “Terrible” ages 63 Conservation subj.

64 Product of a between-buildings cookoff?

68 Ointment ingredient 69 Illinois city symbolizing Middle America 70 “Funeral in Berlin” novelist Deighton 71 Kentucky senator Paul

72 Put up with 73 Animal that can follow the second word in each of this puzzle’s four theme entries

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12 Aptly titled English spa 15 Wee 18 Acronym popularized by Drake 22 ___ of Maine (toothpaste brand) 24 Three-letter “Squee!”

25 Failure of diplomacy 26 Moved stealthily 28 Does nothing 29 Haloes of light 30 Made music?

32 Clingy critter?

33 Made like a kangaroo 34 Prevent infestations, in a way 37 The shortest month?

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40 Record producer with the 2017 single “Shining” 44 Site of Bryce Canyon 45 Old-school “Fuggedaboutit!”

46 “Call Me Maybe” middle name 47 Horse’s brownish-gray hue 51 Unironic ankh wearer at night 53 Fillings for some donuts?

55 Consider officially, as a judge 56 Bruins’ alma mater 57 “On Golden Pond” bird 58 Novel necessity 60 Like joker values 61 Another word for margarine 62 Illumination Entertainment’s other 2016 film (besides “The Secret Life of Pets”) 65 History class division 66 Counterpart of yang 67 Philandering fellow ©2017 Jonesin’ Crosswords

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I’ve read your column for as long as I had access to the internet and was interested in sex, so here it goes: I’m a 27-year-old male with a 42-year-old girlfriend. We met at work; we were both going through divorce. At the beginning, holy moly! My dream girl in the bedroom. We’ve been together for a year, and the sex is still the best I’ve ever had—she says she feels the same—but it’s vanilla. I am assertive and in control in the bedroom, which works for both of us, as she prefers to be passive and wants me to make moves or switch it up. I want to do other things, but she doesn’t want to do anything other than missionary-position sex. Anal, oral, watching porn together, bondage, voyeurism—she’s not up for any of it. There’s always an excuse: “I’m not young like you,” “I’m not flexible like you,” “I have done that before and don’t like it, no, no, no.” Do I just suck it up and be grateful for what I have or what?

SHE HATES OPTIONS TOTALLY, DESIRES ONE WAY NOW She wants you to be in control and switch it up but doesn’t want to do any of the things you suggest when you take control and attempt to switch things up.

Hmm. Either you’re bad at everything you’ve attempted other than missionary, SHOTDOWN, or she has a very limited sexual repertoire and/or actual physical limitations or health issues she hasn’t divulged to you.

Considering the age difference here, and considering that this is a post-divorce rebound relationship for you both, the odds are stacked against anything long-term. I don’t mean this relationship is doomed to fail. What I mean is this: You’ll probably be together for another year or two before parting ways. While most people would define that as a “failed relationship,” anyone who’s been reading my column for as long as he’s been interested in sex can tell you that I don’t define failure that way. If two people are together for a time, if they enjoy each other’s company (and genitals), if they part amicably and always remember each other fondly and/or remain friends, their relationship can be counted as a success—even if both parties get out of it alive and go on to form new relationships.

In the meantime, SHOTDOWN, enjoy the amazing vanilla sex for as long as it lasts—which could be forever. Anyone who’s been reading my column for as long as he’s been interested in sex knows that I’m not always right.

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My BF and I have been dating for two years. He’s 21; I’m 20

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(and female). When I noticed my boyfriend wanted his ass played with and liked being submissive, I couldn’t help but wonder if something more was going on.

I snooped through his browser history (not my proudest moment) and found he was looking at pictures of naked men. Then I saw he posted an ad on Craigslist under “men seeking men.” He responded to one person, saying he wasn’t sure if he was straight or bi, but he had a car and could drive over! The guy responded saying how about tonight, and my BF never responded to him.

I confronted him. He explained it was just a fantasy he had, he’s totally straight, and he was never planning on going through with it. After the dust settled, he told me he never wanted to lose me. We then went to a sex shop and bought a strap-on dildo for me to use on him, which we both really enjoy. He bought me a diamond bracelet as an apology and promised never to fuck up again. A couple months have passed, and things are great, but I still feel bothered. He loves my tits, ass, and pussy. He eats me out and initiates sex as often as I do. Just cuddling with me gets him hard. Which is why I’m even more perplexed. He doesn’t like to talk about the Craigslist incident and gets upset when I bring it up. Should I leave it alone? Is my boyfriend secretly gay?

CONFUSED AND CURIOUS Let’s review the facts: Your boyfriend digs your tits, cuddling you makes him hard, and he loves eating your pussy. You also discovered an ad your boyfriend posted to Craigslist where he said he wasn’t sure if he was bi or straight, a discovery that created a crisis in your relationship, a crisis that was resolved with a strapon dildo and a diamond bracelet.

Your boyfriend isn’t “secretly gay,” CAC, he’s “actually bisexual.” You know, like he said he was—or said he might be (but totally is)—in that e-mail exchange you found.

At this point, I’m required to tell you that bisexuals are just as capable of honouring monogamous commitments as monosexuals, i.e., gays, lesbians, and breeders. But since the data shows that monosexuals are bad at monogamy—the data says bisexuals are too—I’m not sure why I’m required to say that or how it’s supposed to be comforting. But even if your boyfriend never has sex with a man, CAC, even if it takes him years to drop the “totally straight” line, you should go ahead and accept the fact that your boyfriend is bisexual.

Pretend to be shocked when he finally comes out to you—there might be a necklace in it for you—and then get busy setting up your first MMF threesome.

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My girlfriend and I have been together for about 18 months.

We’re both 29 and are in the process of creating a future together: We live together, we have a great social life, we adopted a dog. We’re compatible, and I do love her. However, our sex life could be a whole lot better. I like sex to be kinky, and she likes it vanilla. She is adamant about monogamy, while I want to be monogamish. I feel strongly that this is who I am sexually and my sexual desires are not something I can change. My girlfriend thinks I’m searching for something I’ll never find and says I need to work through it. Because we are so compatible in every other aspect of our relationship, should I keep trying to work past the unsatisfying sex?

NEEDS ADVICE, WANT THREESOMES Divorce courts are filled to bursting with couples who made the same mistake you and your girlfriend are currently making—a mistake that gets harder to unmake with every dog you adopt or lease you sign. You’re not sexually compatible, NAWT— and sexual incompatibility is a perfectly legitimate reason to end an otherwise good relationship. The importance of sexual compatibility in sexually exclusive relationships (the kind your girlfriend wants) cannot be stressed enough. Sexual compatibility is important in open and/or monogamish relationships too, of course, but there are workarounds in an open relationship.

The gaslight bar is set so low these days that I’m going to go ahead and accuse your girlfriend of gaslighting you: There are people out there who have the kind of relationship you would like to have—it’s a lie that no one has a GGG partner or a successful monogamish relationship— and I have it on good authority that many of these people are straight. You’ll never find everything you want, NAWT, since no one gets everything they want.

But you’re too young to settle for the girlfriend you’ve got.

You’ve already made the dog mistake. Get out before you make the child mistake.

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