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ow old is too old for a child to be in an opposite-gender washroom? This question is a perennial one and seems to arrive every year with the hot weather and school’s ending. This time, I heard the question on CBC Radio’s Edmonton AM after the director of the show shared an encounter wherein he and his young daughters were verbally abused in a men’s change room. The young girls, aged three and five, needed a place to pee and their presence in the change room was deeply upsetting to this stranger, who felt uncomfortable being naked around young girls. After airing this story, listeners shared their opinions which were as diverse (and as occasionally heated) as you might imagine. Most of the feedback seemed centered on the idea that children reach a certain age where their looking might become sexual, thus making people feel uncomfortable. With the notable exception

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of the story above, most of these complaints were from women. But what is that age? Is it six? 12? No one really seemed to know, but naked adult bodies and children’s eyes were clearly things that should not mix after a certain point. As I listened to the conversation, I primarily had one thought: I can't wait for gender liberation to arrive. I am so tired of the moral panic centering on nudity, bodies, and children. It feels like a kind of Puritanism that should have gone out of fashion a few centuries ago. Don’t get me wrong: as someone who has been socialized as a woman, I know in my bones the kinds of

messaging that women get about our bodies: they are shameful, always already sexual, and available for the male gaze, one that is lascivious at best and predatory at worst. Of course, women feel un-

namics in the first place. I'd hate to break it to everyone, but change rooms are full of young queers figuring their shit out. I remember being a young girl in change rooms: I would stare at women’s breasts. I’m not talking casual glimpses, I’m talking full on staring. I assumed this was normal and everyone did it (spoiler: they do not). To my young p r o to - q u e e r eyes, change rooms were a delight and a danger. I’m still not sure if I was looking because I was fantasizing about having breasts one day, because I was attracted to breasts, or a combination of the two. I am positive that if I was read as a young boy

in those change rooms, I would have quickly been escorted out. But queer desire is still invisible, so those looks of mine passed as innocent.

because it never actually threatens to use North Korea’s nukes in a first strike. It’s always about deterring a nuclear attack on North Korea. And though the North Korean regime lies and blusters a lot, you can believe it about this.

sive nuclear counter-strike. So you can probably trust the North Korean regime not to do anything so terminally stupid—unless people like Jung-un are literally crazy. That’s why American diplomats work so hard to convince everybody else that the North Koreans really are frothing mad, impervious to logic, and not even interested in self-preservation. Only then can they argue that the North Koreans should be denied nuclear weapons, although Americans, Russians, Chinese, British, French, Israelis, Indians and Pakistanis can be trusted with them. There is no evidence that the North Koreans really are crazy. In the 64 years since the end of the Korean War they have never risked a war, and they are extremely unlikely to do so now. And while there is a rather erratic leader in Washington at the moment, there are probably enough grown-ups around him to avoid any fatal mistakes on the American side either. North Korea will probably get its nuclear deterrent in the end, and we will all learn to live with it— like we learned to live with mutual U.S.-Russian nuclear deterrence, mutual US-Chinese nuclear deterrence, and mutual Indian-Pakistani nuclear deterrence.

I’d hate to break it to everyone, but change rooms are full of young queers figuring their shit out.

comfortable if they think they are being subjected to objectification in a semi-private place. But the answer isn’t to forbid children from using change rooms, it’s to stop teaching people these fucked up sexual dy-

I'm not suggesting that because there are queer children running around that the solution is to ban all children from seeing casual adult nudity. Children are curious about bodies and likely always will be. But the solution isn’t to teach them that seeing a non-sexual naked body is a source of shame. Rather, we should be asking what it would take for us to accept our bodies and be comfortable with them, in front of children and adults alike. We should teach ourselves that certain body parts are not immediately sexual, even if they turn us on. We should learn how to appropriately express our desire. And if being naked in front of other people is still too much for whatever reason? Those washroom stalls are always a great option.

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North Korea pushes the limit Bombs bursting in air not a great sign on latest Independence Day

orth Korea launched the country's first successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) this past week. “American bastards would be not very happy with this gift sent on the July 4 anniversary,” says North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Indeed, Americans are not happy about it, although it would be overstating the case to say that panic is sweeping the United States at the news that North Korea’s ICBMs can now reach America. One reason for the lack of public panic is that Alaska is not a central concern for most Americans, and Alaska is the only part of the United States that North Korea’s Hwasong-14 missile can actually reach. Another reason is that the U.S. authorities insist that North Korea’s nuclear weapons are too big and heavy to fit on its ICBMs. (It’s not clear whether they have actual intelligence that confirms this, or are just whistling in the dark.) A third reason might be that Americans are secretly embarrassed by the sheer hypocrisy of their own government’s position in this affair. The vast majority of Americans are blissfully unaware that there is any hypocrisy involved in demanding that North Korea refrain from

getting what the United States has had for the past 72 years. So is the U.S. government. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was being entirely sincere when he said that North Korea’s ICBM test “represents a new escalation of the threat to the United States, our allies and partners, the region, and the world.” Wrong, but entirely sincere. He is obviously aware that the United States has had nuclear weapons since 1945, and has even dropped them on Asian cities. He knows that his country has had ICBMs since the 1950s, and still has hundreds ready to launch on short notice. How is the American posture different from the one that North Korea aspires to? Two differences, really. One is that the United States has at least a hundred times as many nuclear weapons as North Korea, and delivery vehicles at least two

technologcal generations further down the road. Another is that the United States has a clearly stated policy that says it might use nuclear weapons first in a conflict. Weirdly, this just makes American ICBMs sound more dangerous than North Korea’s.

North Korea will probably have ICBMs that can reach big American cities in three to five years if it keeps up the current pace of development and testing. That would buy North Korea a limited degree of safety from an American nuclear attack, because one or more of its missiles might survive a U.S. first strike and be able to carry out a “revenge from the grave.” That is how nuclear deterrence works, at least in theory. But even full-range nuclear-tipped ICBMs would not give the North Korean regime the ability to launch a nuclear attack on America (or Japan, or South Korea) without being exterminated in an immediate, mas-

North Korea will probably have ICBMs that can reach big American cities in three to five years if it keeps up the current pace of development and testing.

That’s not really true. The United States used its first nuclear weapons as soon as it got them in 1945, but despite all the wars it has waged in the 72 years since then it has never used them again. Nuclear weapons are so terrifying that they actually force the people who possess them to think seriously about the consequences of using them. Pyongyang has obviously been thinking hard about the grave implications of nuclear weapons too,

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Alberta tax credits a catalyst for jobs Alberta’s government is beginning to aid businesses in construction projects through the first intake of the Capital Investment Tax Credit (CITC). It’s all part of Premier Rachel Notely’s goal to “diversify the economy” while maintaing a strong work force. The Albertan government is investing about $27 million in the first round of CITC, leveraging about a $381 million invest-

Protect the Tipton City council has voted to designate the Tipton Investment Company build on Whyte Avenue as a “municipal historic resource.” If passed, this means the Tipton will be preserved, and potentially revamped. The building was built in 1907 and is a perfect example of the boomtown-style architecture that was running rampant in the 19th and 20th century. The building takes its name from J.G. Tipton, a wealthy buisnessman who was part of the municipal government at the time. While a city may develop and grow, it can’t forget about the bricks that came before it.

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Leduc electoral woes The county of Leduc has requested that Alberta’s Electoral Boundaries Commission (AEBM) “revisit proposed provincial electoral divisions to reflect rural municipal boundaries.” In laymens terms this means Leduc County wants a more diversified provincial electoral division. The request asks the (AEBM)

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to divide Leduc in seven divisions from the current two of Leduc-Beaumont and Drayton Valley-Devon. Mayor John Whaley is a strong supporter saying “we believe in and support regional collaboration in the Edmonton metropolitan region. Fracturing the provincial electoral divisions of member municipalities would weaken the ability to effectively collaborate.”

Alberta RCMP to the rescue Forest fires in British Columbia are escalating dramatically as hundreds of blazes are burning across the province with no absolution. So far, about 14,000 people have been displaced by more than 200 wildfires in the B.C. regions. Alberta’s RCMP is sending 40 members of the Special Tactical Operations unit to aid its sister province. The officers are being deployed out of sympathy, but also under the provisions of provincial policing agreements with the RCMP that “allow the commissioner of the force to temporarily withdraw officers from one province to assist with an emergency elsewhere in the country.” This will not affect Alberta’s fire force operations.

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ment by the companies as they build up their facilities. In a news release about the CITC, Premier Notely says, “Alberta business leaders told us this tax credit would be an important way to help local companies grow and create good jobs. Their investments, along with our historic infrastructure build, will put Albertans back to work and help diversify our economy, making life better for Alberta families.”

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Franchise’s third location is now open in South Edmonton Common

n late 2016, when Chatime simultaneously opened two locations (Jasper Ave. and Whyte Ave.), it was to little press and with almost no fanfare—though some Edmontonian bubble tea connoisseurs were aware of Chatime and poised to begin enjoying the city’s first taste of the Taiwanese chain. Both stores seem to have enjoyed almost instantaneous success, and in late May, a third Chatime quietly opened in South Edmonton Common. The new store’s high ceilings, Lshape layout, and non-flashy decor based around unstained wood and concrete creates a calm—even serene—atmosphere unusual for a chain restaurant. Live plants, panelled walls, and minimalist pop music contribute to the ambience, enjoyed by shoppers of all ages and backgrounds, though it seems the store is especially popular with teenagers. “A lot of times people come because of the brand,” Monica Ly, the store’s manager, says. “The brand sells itself.” Chatime, which opened its first stores in Taiwan in 2003, now has over 1,000 locations worldwide, including several in Alberta, B.C., and Ontario. Ly says that “every bubble tea franchise has a little bit of a twist,” and that Chatime is a “luxury brand” which uses only superior ingredients and makes everything they serve fresh in store. However, when asked about the franchise’s suppliers—in particular about whether the store sources any of its ingredients locally—she says, “we stick to our own manufacturers.” For Ly, a native of Vancouver, Chatime feels close to home. “It’s huge in B.C.,” she says, going on to note that many of the bubble tea cafes that have been open in Edmonton for years “just put [tapioca] pearls in fruit smoothies”—omitting the 'tea' in bubble tea altogether.

According to Ly, only drinks that combine brewed tea with bubbles— also called “pearls” or “bulba”—can be properly called bubble tea, which at Chatime can be made with black, earl grey, or even brown rice tea. In addition to the large, dark, and chewy tapioca pearls that many people are familiar with, Chatime also offers bulba made of coconut jelly, coffee jelly, grass jelly, red bean, and aloe vera. Edmontonians have been quick to adopt even some of the more unfamiliar flavour pairings and ingredients available at Chatime. Some of the top sellers at the South Edmonton Common store include grass jelly roasted milk tea, taro milk tea, red bean milk tea, Taiwan mango juice, and a matcha red bean smoothie. Drinks are customizable, not only in terms of tea/bubble combinations, but also in terms of sweetness: customers can order any drink with zero percent up to 100 percent sugar values. Other offerings on the menu include “Chatime Jelly,” juices in flavours like kumquat and pomelo-honey, smoothies, mousse, and “Oriental Pop Tea”— a shot of concentrated tea brewed to order and under pressure, then combined with other ingredients to make a full-size drink. In cities where bubble tea is a more established staple, similar to Starbucks, Ly says, “It’s a substitute for your coffee in the morning.” While Alberta, as usual, is a year or two behind on the bubble tea trend, the success of Chatime in Edmonton seems to be a sign that the locals are ready to catch up in a big way. In fact, several more stores are slated to open in the city within the year. As far as Ly is concerned, the more bubble tea, the better. “Chatime is going to be in every single part of Edmonton,” she says.

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See Me, Hear Me, Heal Me uncovers hidden aspects of head and neck cancer

ne of the most terrifying phrases known to our current human existence is “you have cancer.” Those three words can break a person. “I would describe it as a terrible cyclone of information,” says head and neck cancer patient Kimberly Flowers. “You’re surrounded by all these medical teams, all these procedures and appointments, and you’re expected as [a] patient to make the best informed decisions while you’re in a state of emotional trauma. It’s just a whirlwind of confusion.” With their project and exhibition See Me, Hear Me, Heal Me, clinicians, researchers, patients, and artists aim to recreate that initial confusion and the universal experience of head and neck cancer with multiple works of art. “I thought art was the best way to express this because art presents an effective and visceral understanding to the experience,” head researcher of the project Dr. Minn Yoon says. Yoon, being an assistant professor with the School of Dentistry at the University of Alberta, initially started the project by interviewing patients with head and neck cancer. “My research has to do with the oral health of vulnerable populations, and patients with head and

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neck cancer fall into that category,” Yoon says. “I wanted to get a sense of what these people actually go through and how their lives change after learning they have head and neck cancer.” After an interview with a patient who had undergone surgery to reconstruct her tongue, Yoon became aware that the project did not have to be confined to the realm of academia. “Words alone were not sufficient,” Yoon says. After meeting local artist Sean Caulfield, Yoon realized she had found the perfect medium to convey a new and authentic take on head and neck cancer—art. Having done past work with biomedical art projects, Caulfield jumped on board. The project touched him not only on an artistic level, but also a very personal one. “My mother had head and neck cancer so I had that personal experience,” Caulfield says. His piece, "Veil," is made up of nine wooden panels, each with its own unique image like a bouquet of flowers, lamps, and a suburban house. The images are clouded with sheets of printed disruption, blown up images of cancer cells that look as if they're

slowly consuming the entire piece. “I started thinking about the memories of my mother and the classic hospital layout,” Caulfield says. “I thought about the ways this diagnoses creates a veil over the way you see your life.” Similarly, Jill Ho-You’s piece, "Veils", features hand cut mylar sheets of cancer MRI scans. “I wanted to use a material that had the same ghostly presence as the MRI scans did,” Ho-You says. “I wanted to express the fragility of the human body. People don’t really ever think about their bodies when everything is fine, but when you get sick it becomes this weird alien experience.” Like all of the artists featured in the exhibit, Caulfield and Ho-You’s goals were to create relatable imprints for head and neck cancer patients. “It perfectly conveys what I experienced when I was told I had tongue cancer,” Flowers says. “Everything just seemed black to me and everything was so closed to me. I was existing at work and at home, but I was so numb to everything around me. You’re constantly grasping for the past.” All of the pieces created in See Me,

Hear Me, Heal Me were created after patients, artists, clinicians, and researchers all worked together to find the ubiquitous and invisible aspects of head and neck cancer. “We had a workshop where we used something called imagery theatre where everyone involved, including the artists, got together and talked about head and neck cancer,” Yoon says. “What really surprised me was that these artists were able to create something from someone else's experience and brought a new accurate perspective,” Flowers adds. Each piece in the exhibit stands out with its own literal spotlight. There’s Jude Griebel’s "Obstructed" sculpture which features a patient on a hospital bed depicted as a grotesque anthropomorphic mountain that has just had a landslide. The piece chimes in on a person’s loss of identity when being diagnosed with head and neck cancer. Another piece portraying that loss of identity is Brad Necyk’s "Waiting Room" which shows Flowers’ face digitally blurred out on a lit up background. “My arm was used to repair my

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tongue and my leg skin was used to cover my arm,” Flowers says. “You come out quite fractured and your sense of self really changes.” The exhibit does a superb job of expressing the hidden qualities of head and neck cancer. “My experience has been very eyeopening, and through the exhibit I’ve had some enlightened moments with my own recovery with head and neck cancer,” Flowers says. Yoon and the artists hope to soon unveil the exhibit internationally and use it as a means to promote the understanding of head and neck cancer. “What has happened behind the scenes with these patients has been really moving to me as a researcher, but also as a human,” Yoon says. “I guess that shows the importance of fostering the humanistic qualities of academia, health, and art.” STEPHAN BOISSONNEAULT STEPHAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM

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Piecing the puzzle together

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Fractures realigns Edmonton’s broken and marginalized fragments

t didn’t happen on purpose, but a day after local artist Emmanuel Osahor turned 24, I met him at the first place in Canada he ever exhibited and tried to sell his artwork. In the back of Block 1912 on Whyte Avenue, he took me through a series of composite photographs that he calls Fractures. “A lot of the projects I’ve done since I left school are tied to how it’s possible for us to live in societies that have margins,” says Osahor. “In many cases those margins seem okay. We’re okay with having homelessness. We’re okay with having new immigrants who struggle to adapt. We’re okay with having people who can’t afford to buy meals for their families.” Using primarily painting and photography, much of Osahor’s art deals critically with themes of marginalization and separation. He’s rightfully hesitant to pigeonhole himself into just those two themes, and says his aim is to just get people thinking. Fractures is a series of film negatives that when layered, create a single composition. Osahor directs my attention to one of his photos.

It’s of a lonesome stranger walking through what seems to be a forest that has burst out from beneath the city sidewalk. He says the base photo was taken on the road to a community outreach center he volunteers at. “What I really love about that space is it creates a space for people who might feel marginalized or might be seen as marginalized, to create their own community,” says Osahor. “They’re in a space that is super open and super welcoming and is there to help them. But I pass by that place and I see some people and they still feel kind of isolated. You know, that place closes. It’s not open 24 hours a day, and so it’s like 'what happens after?'” Originally from Lagos, Nigeria, Osahor came to Canada in 2010 with glossier expectations of our society. Set on studying design, seeing it as the more lucrative option, Osahor eventually decided to follow his passion and switched to painting. Since coming to Canada, Osahor’s work has been featured at Block 1912, Café Mosaics, and Latitude 53’s Incubator Series. In 2014, Osahor won the BMO 1st Art! Invitational

Student Art Competition. “Something that’s important for me is inviting feedback,” says Osahor. “This work is talking about marginalization and trying to comprehend marginalization and all these things. I don’t want the work to exist in just a vacuum of just artsy folks and people who are interested in thinking about art. It’s definitely for this community. It’s for Edmonton as a city, because I think Edmonton is in an interesting place trying to decide what kind of city it wants to be.” Now, at age 24 and sitting in the coffee shop that started off his gallery work, Osahor has a matured perspective on his work and where he wants to take it. “I think I’ve caught up, like my thinking as an artist has Until Sun., July 29 caught up,” says OsaFractures hor. “I’m not necesSNAP Gallery sarily trying to make a product anymore. It’s about, first of all, trying to make something I fall in love with, and if someone else falls in love with it, cool. That’s awesome, but it’s not about selling anymore.” LUCAS PROVENCHER

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Bright future of dance

Toy Guns Dance Theatre’s professional dance in an outdoor venue Sat., July 15 (12 pm) Dancing in the Park Alberta Legislature Grounds Free admission

ack for its second year, Dancing in the Park, organized by Toy Guns Dance Theatre, brings dance and community together for a summer afternoon in Downtown Edmonton. With free admission and a packed schedule of dance and music at Alberta’s Legislature, the event is a must for anyone interested in the art of movement. “There are so many wonderful events going on that we really wanted to stick to the uniqueness of a dance based or a movement based festival,” says Jake W Hastey, artistic director for Toy Guns Dance Theatre. “We’re a big believer in what we call kinetic narrative art, so within that there’s dance represented in all different genres. So anything that has a connotation to movement and getting the city moving, we’re happy.” The event begins at noon with a walk around the lower legislature grounds led by a full-on marching band. After the march, attendees will be free to explore the many unique

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dance performances, food, and music that are set to take place. As the performances wrap up for the day, there will be an open dance lesson for those who want to partake, led by Let’s Swing Dance, followed by a dance party with live music to close out the festivities. “It’s a really lovely kind of bridge for a general audience to come and experience high level dance in an environment they can really get invested in and find some joy,” says Hastey. The Alberta legislature was the obvious venue choice for the event according to Hastey. “It’s an iconic local building that puts Edmonton and provincial cultures together,” he says. “I think it’s a wonderful meeting ground and it tends to be a hub for a multicultural audience to come together.” The future looks bright for the event, as Toy Guns has plans to grow the experience.

“We’re looking at expanding it to three days, presenting even more local work as well as bringing in international dance groups in the future,” says Hastey. Dance is the event’s main focus, however, the organizers are open to adding more dance-based elements and incorporate some variety to go along with the performances. “I have an interest in film, and I think we’ve started to experiment with dance film,” says Hastey. “There’s many more wonderful dance films being made in Canada right now. We’re definitely looking at different avenues and venues for that to be incorporated.” Toy Guns has some big upcoming plans outside of Dancing in the Park. Hastey noted that they are launching a professional dance program in September 2017, with auditions taking place throughout the summer by appointment only. “It will be a post secondary program for professional arts study,” says Hastey. “We’ve been working up to it for the last three years by offering more and more educational programming, and now this is going to be the official launch.”

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Sensation and intrigue

Betrayal and suspense highlight director Stewart Lemoine's latest project

tewart Lemoine’s I Heard About Your Murder, is a new comedy that spins deception, betrayal, and suspense right into expected hilarity. The hijinks begin when urbanites Howard and Dodie Forrester spontaneously decide to visit their idyllic B.C. property located between Golden and Radium Hot Springs. They quickly find themselves hosting a wide array of colourful characters, including friends, family, interlopers and opportunists, each with their own desperate agenda. Playwright and director Stewart Lemoine, who has been a part of Teatro la Quindicina for over 35 years, tantalizes us with this mur-

In I Heard About Your Murder, evder mystery where lies beget lies and secrets beget secrets. eryone’s a bit suspicious and no one’s “This is a fun really free of guilt. This includes the play, with an alJuly 13-29 most farcical set cabin-owning couI Heard About Your Murder ple the Forresters, up in that people Varscona Theatre arrive at the cabin played by real-life $37 general admission who don’t expect couple Jenny McKillop and Garrett the other people to be there,” says Ross. This will be Lemoine. “I wanted to have a tense Ross’ first Teatro appearance. situation in a place where people “This is a perfect Lemoine show," are a little bit cut off. It occurred to Ross says. "It is exactly what you me that when you go to the moun- would expect of Stewart; his very tains that is when you go 'Oh, I can’t smart, intelligent writing, so it has use my phone anymore.’ It was kind of like ‘Where are the isolated settings of this world now?’”

been such a great time being able to sink my teeth into Stewart’s work. Howard is great. He is constantly ill-at-ease about everything that is happening, so it is a fun frantic ride.” McKillop adds, “Stewart is brilliant and definitely has his own take on a murder mystery, so it is fun to be caught in the middle of all of these secrets.” By throwing together this odd group of people where the lies and secrets are flying at maximum ve-

locity, the audience is left trying to figure out exactly who is on whose side and who is lying to whom. The Forrester’s volatile quartet of houseguests includes young Teatro stars Kendra Connor, Vincent Forcier and Mathew Hulshof, joined by Patricia Cerra in another dramatic company debut. Before long, the only sure thing about I Heard About Your Murder is the pervasive threat from the surrounding wildlife. NAOMI MISON

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COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Tim Koslo; Jul 15-16 • Paul Sveen; Jul 21-22

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 • Rick Gutierrez; Jul 12-16 • Nick Turner; Jul 19-23

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 YUK YUKS PRO-AM SUMMER NIGHTS • 13103 Fort Road • yukyuks.com • A night of hilarity featuring amateur and professional comedians • Jul 20, Aug 24, 8:30pm • $5

DANCE 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): 9pm12 • Every Fri, 7pm-midnight • $15

DANCE CLASSES WITH GOOD WOMEN DANCE COLLECTIVE • Muriel Taylor Studio at Ruth Carse Centre for Dance, 11205-107 Ave • info@goodwomen.ca • goodwomen.ca/classes • Every Tue, Thu, Fri; 10-11:30am • $15 (drop-in), $65 (5 class pack), $100 (10 class pack)

DIRT BUFFET CABARET #26 • Mile Zero Dance's Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • Marvel in delight and shock at one last night of spectacles, interdisciplinary cross-pollinations, and the best of Edmonton's varied performance scenes • Jul 20, 9pm • $10 (no one will be refused for lack of funds)

FLAMENCO DANCE CLASSES (BEGINNER OR ADVANCED) • Dance Code Studio, 10575-115 St NW #204 • 780.349.4843 • judithgarcia07@gmail.com • Every Sun, 11:30am-12:30pm

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 MILE ZERO DANCE DROP-IN DANCE & MOVEMENT CLASSES • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • 780.424.1573 • mzdsociety@ gmail.com • milezerodance.com/classes • Mile Zero Dance holds a number of drop-in dance & movement classes for people of all experience levels & ages; Mon: Professional Technique (10-11:30am), Contact Improv (7-9pm); Tue: Kids 6-10 (4:30-5:15pm), Toonie Yoga (5:306:45pm), Butoh (7-9pm); Wed: Noguchi Taiso (10-11:30am); Thu: Preschool 3-5 (10-10:45am), Beginner Contemporary (5-6:15pm); Sat: House

(7-9pm) • $15 (regular), $12 (members), 10-class cards available for $100

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 FILM

BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • Way Out There: artwork by Stephen Shellenberger; Jul 8-22

St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Daily activities, demonstrations and experiments • The Science Behind Pixar Exhibition; Opens Jul 1 • Free-$117.95

Cava Gallery • 9103-95 Ave •

VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave,

780.461.3427 • galeriecava.com • The Artist’s (Invisible) Work: artwork by Caroline Blais; Jul 7-Aug 12

St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • Glorious and Free A Celebration of Canada: artwork by various artists; Jun 27-Jul 29

THEATRE 11 o'CloCk numBer • Basement Theatre at Holy Trinity, 10037-84 Ave • grindstonetheatre.ca • This completely improvised musical comedy is based on the suggestions from the audience who will get to experience a brand new story unfold in front of them, complete with impromptu songs, dance breaks and show stopping numbers • Every Fri, starting Jan 20-Jul 30, 11pm

Fort Edmonton Park, 7000-143 St • fortedmontonpark.ca • Each film in the series is selected by artistic director Dana Anderson, who introduces the film each week. Every month features a new line up of popular movies from the past • Every Thu until Oct 19, 7:30pm • $10 +GST (adv, online), $11.43 +GST (door)

FRONT GALLERY • 12323-104 Ave • thefrontgallery.com • In Memory of Doug Jamha; Jul 22, 6-9pm

WALTERDALE THEATRE GALLERY • 10322-83 Ave • albertasocietyofartists.com • #BestYEG_Artists 2017; Jul 4-15

Gallery@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • Joe Fafard: Retailles: artwork by Joe Fafard; Jul 7-Aug 27; Artist reception (artist in attendance): Aug 10, 7pm

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METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre,

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Northlands Park • cirquedusoleil.com/kurios • Step into the curio cabinet of an ambitious inventor who defies the laws of time, space and dimension in order to reinvent everything around him • Jul 20-Aug 13 • Tickets starting at $49

AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • Lee

FOLLIES • Walterdale Theatre, 10322-83 Ave

Cinema SerieS • Capitol Theatre,

8712-109 St • 780.425.9212 • metrocinema. org • Visit metrocinema.org for daily listings • ALIVE AND KICKING: Jul 21 • art DoCS: Hockney (Jul 20) • BaD GirlS movie CluB: Body Heat (Jul 13) • CANADA ON SCREEN: The Sweet Hereafter (Jul 19) • Citizen Jane: Battle for the City: Jul 22-23; Jul 27 • DawSon City: frozen time: Jul 28-31, Aug 2-3 • emwaS: reStorinG memorieS: Jul 17 • hounDS of LOVE: Jul 17-19 • inDia film feStival of alBerta 2017: Jul 14-16 • Jonathan Demme triBute: The Silence of the Lambs (Jul 18), Caged Heat (Jul 20), Stop Making Sense (Jul 22) • manifeSto: Jul 21-24, Jul 26 • muSiC viDeo ShowCaSe: Edmonton Music Videos – the STORYHIVE Collection (Jul 24) • my entire HIGH SCHOOL SINKING INTO THE SEA: Jul 29-30, Aug 1 • REEL FAMILY CINEMA: The Gold Rush (Jul 29) • return TO NUKE 'EM HIGH: VOLUME 2: Jul 23, Jul 25 • SaturDay MORNING ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT-CEREAL CARTOON PARTY: Jul 22 • the room: Aug 4 • ruSt maGiC Street mural FESTIVAL: Style Wars (Jul 27) • tarkovSky: Stalker (Jul 22-23, Jul 26) • the weDDinG Plan (laavor et HAKIR): Jul 28-31, Aug 3

GALLERIES + MUSEUMS ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft. ab.ca • Women's Hands Building A Nation: artwork by Chinook Guild of Fibre Arts; May 6-Aug 19 • Threads That Bind: artwork by Ann Haessel; Jun 3-Jul 15 • Relocations: artwork by Sam Knopp; Jul 22-Sep 2 • Painted with Fire: artwork by Ken Lumbis; Jul 22-Sep 2

ALBERTA RAILWAY MUSEUM • 24215-34 St • 780.472.6229 • AlbertaRailwayMuseum.com • Open weekends May 20-Sep 4, 10am-5pm • $7 (adult), $6 (senior/student), $3.50 (child 3-12)/ child under 3 free; $5 (train rides), $3 (motor car rides)

ALLIED ARTS COUNCIL OF SPRUCE GROVE • Melcor Cultural Centre, 35-5th Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil. com • Member's Silver Show; Jul 11-28

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga. ca • for the time being: 2017 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art; May 27-Sep 10 • Cutline: From the Photography Archives of The Globe and Mail; Jul 1-Nov 12 • Zachary Ayotte + Nulle Part—Shelter; Jul 1-Oct 8 • Past Imperfect: A Canadian History Project; Jun 17-Oct 8 • Gretzky is Everywhere; Jun 10-Sep 24 • 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 • Technological Wanders: artwork by Twyla Exner; Jun 1-Jul 29

ARTWALK • Venues include WARES, Musée Héritage Museum, St Albert Library, A Boutique Gallery Bar By Gracie Jane, Art Gallery of St Albert, Bookstore on Perron, VASA • artwalkstalbert.com • The art hits the streets again! Discover a place to enjoy, view and buy art to suit all tastes and budgets. Featuring returning artists and new ones • Jul 6, Aug 3, Sep 7 (exhibits run all month) BIG PICTURE PHOTOGRAPHY • 10 Sturgeon Rd, St. Albert • The Happening: Art Show & Sale; Every Sat until Oct 7, 10am-4pm BLEEDING HEART ART SPACE • 9132-118 Ave • dave@bleedingheartartspace.com • Jennifer Berkenbosch; Sep 9-Oct 14

HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • What’s Left Unsaid: 29th Annual Members’ Show: artwork by various artists; Jun 15-Jul 14

LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St • 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • July Group Selling Exhibition; Jul 4-31 • August Group Selling Exhibition; Aug 1-31

LATITUDE 53 • Latitude 53, 10242-106 St NW • latitude53.org • Big‘Uns: artwork by Dayna Danger; Jun 9-Jul 22 • Catastrophe, Memory and Reconciliation: artwork by Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo; Jul 27 • Autospect: Kale Vandenbroek; Jul 27 • Patio series; Jul 22

Cardwell "Dementia in the Family" Book Launch; Jul 19, 7-9pm • Rich Theroux and Jess Szabo "Wake in the Undertow" Book Launch; Jul 27, 7-9pm

BOOK GROUP • McDougall United Church, 10086 Macdonald Drive (south entrance) • 780.428.1818 • mcdougallunited.com • Discussing the current reading selection. The group chooses mostly current fiction or longtime favourites • 3rd Wed each month, 7pm EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Mercury Room,10575-114 St • edmontonstoryslam.com • facebook.com/mercuryroomyeg • Great stories, interesting company, fabulous atmosphere • 3rd Wed each month • 7pm (sign-up); 7:30pm • $5 Donation to winner

LOFT ART GALLERY • 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • artsoc@telus.net • artstrathcona.com • Open Fri-Sun, Jul 21-Aug 13 (exc long weekend), 10-4pm • Artwork from local artists of the Society. Including the winning art entries from the three zone shows of the Art Community Art Clubs Association

BOOK LAUNCH WITH NELSON SCOTT • Strathcona Chapters bookstore, 10504-82 Ave • The author will answer questions about staff recognition and sign copies of his book, Thanks! GREAT Job! Improve Retention, Boost Morale and Increase Engagement with High-Value, How-Cost Staff Recognition • Jul 16, 12-4pm

LOTUS ART GALLERY • 10321-124 St • lotus-gallery.com • Group show: artwork by: Mariam Qureshi, Nicole Stadt, Keith MacPherson, and more; Until Jul 27 • Paint Your Friend Neon Party; Jul 29

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MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah.org/ mcmullen-gallery • see me, hear me, heal me; Jun 22-Aug 3; Opening reception: Jun 28, 7-9pm

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SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 1022597 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artists from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm

• Set in a crumbling theatre on the eve of its date with the wrecking ball, the “follies girls” that used to dance at the theatre come for a final reunion with husbands, and baggage, in tow • Jul 5-15

FREEWILL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL • Heritage Amphitheatre, Hawrelak Park • freewillshakespeare.com • 780.425.8086 • Savour a theatrical experience reminiscent of the intimate setting of Shakespeare’s original Globe Theatre. This year's plays include: The Merry Wives of Windsor and The Merchant of Venice • Jun 20-Jul 16 • $30-$200

GREASED 2 • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061 8882-170 St • 780.484.2424 • infoedmonton@jubilations. ca • edmonton.jubilations.ca • The T-birdies prepare for the big drag race with the Hot Rods, their rival boy gang • Jun 9-Aug 13 (Wed-Sun) • $33.25-$77.95 I HEARD ABOUT YOUR MURDER • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave NW • A new comedy which throws in some deception, betrayal, and suspense • Jul 13-29 • $23-$37; pay what you can (Tue evenings)

I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • A hilarious musical comedy about that terribly wonderful, simply complex thing called love • Jun 16-Jul 30

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@ artsandheritage.ca • Technological Wanders; Jun 1-Jul 29 • Take Your Best Shot: Youth Photo Exhibition; Jun 20-Sep 10

MUTTART CONSERVATORY • 9626-96A St • True North: Celebrating Canada 150: artwork by Sculptors Association of Alberta; Jun 22 -Sep 6 PAINT SPOT • 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Artisan Nook: Mandala Love: artwork by Sonia Kandera, Jul 6-Aug 16 • In the Studio: PS staff art show: in conjunction with Art Walk, Jul 6-15 PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12323-104 Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Summer Group Show: rotating exhibition of work by a selection of gallery-represented artists; Jul 13-Aug 31

PICTURE THIS! FRAMING & GALLERY • 959 Ordze Rd, Sherwood Park • 780.467.3038 • info@picturethisgallery.com • picturethisgallery. com • Canada Scapes & Spaces: artwork by various artists; Jul 1-Aug 31 PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF ALBERTA • 8555 Roper Road • PAA@gov.ab.ca • 780.427.1750 • culture.alberta.ca/paa/ eventsandexhibits/default.aspx • Open Tue-Sat, 9am

REYNOLDS-ALBERTA MUSEUM • 6426-40 Ave, Wetaskiwin • history.alberta.ca/reynolds • 780.312.2065 • The McLaughlin Story: Discover how the McLaughlin family of risk takers helped shape Canada’s auto industry; Until Oct 9 SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • scottgallery.com • Zones One and Two: New Alberta Landscapes: artwork by Michael Miller and Mitchell Fenton; Jul 8-Jul 29

SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta

BOREALIS GALLERY • 9820-107 St • The Dream We Form By Being Together; Jun 29-Oct 1

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

contact@galleryu.ca • Psychosomatic: artwork by Vera Schneckenburger and Billy Marshall; Until Aug 5

780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • Scenes of Canada group show: artwork by Sacha, Guy Roy, Dana Irving, Blythe Scott, Blu Smith, Steven Armstrong and more; Until Jul 29

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL–KURIOS: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES • Under the Big Top at

Print-Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Monument: Coding a Woodcut: artwork by Beth Howe and Clive McCarthy; Jun 22-Jul 29 • Fractures: artwork by Emmanuel Osahor; Jun 22-Jul 29

STRATHCONA COUNTY MUSEUM & ARCHIVES • 913 Ash St, Sherwood Park • strathconacountymuseum.ca • Showcasing Tales from the Oral History Collection; until Oct

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142

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PREVUE // PUBLISHING

dmonton is a city of heartwarming and heartbreaking imaginations that might wither without exposure to the wider world. Monto Books, named for both the Cree word for 'Creatorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spirit' and its convenient placement in the middle of the word Edmonton, is the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s smallest and most recent publisher. Editor Jason Lee Norman says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the future of Edmontonian writing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a kind of love/hate relationship with the city and trying to be authentic,â&#x20AC;? says Norman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes when you write about the city, you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how to write about it except for maybe certain places,

POP names, landmarks, and things like that. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like to live and work here. Edmonton writers, I think for the most part, have wrestled with that quite a bit.â&#x20AC;? Monto has been good to local writers thus far. It launched its first official release, cartoonist Chad Huculakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s End of the Earth in late 2016, following up with Janice MacDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s travel memoir, Confederation Drive. In 2013, Norman created the successful 40 Below anthology, a collection of stories, poems, and art sourced from Edmonton submissions and centered around the theme of winter in the city. Norman estimates he went through 400 original pieces before compiling the best of them into a novel.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since then, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been looking for what will be supported in the same way by Edmontonians,â&#x20AC;? says Norman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What are they looking for? First of all, something that feels local, but also feels unique and also just artistically of a high quality. If something can succeed here, I think it can do well other places around the country and the provinces and so forth.â&#x20AC;? To that end, Norman will be accepting manuscripts in person during the Meet Monto event, an opportunity for emerging and unpublished authors to have their works read and responded to, as well as chat with some of Montoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s authors. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not all Norman is up to. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been working on what he has tentatively named Project Compass. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an Edmonton literary experiment that

follows four people from four compass points making their way to the center of the city. Local writers Robert Strong, Lizzie Derksen, Matthew Stepanic, and Kristina Vyskocil, have each penned their unique voices to one of the storyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s four characters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the longest time, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been somebody whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s looking for young writers,â&#x20AC;? says Norman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Young voices that are writing in a way that I feel is exciting and vital to what I feel people are looking for right now. I know being that kind of writer is kind of hard sometimes, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not sure if your work is going to find a home. When I read people and I like what they do, I just want to find a way to support them in any way that I can, if thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s buying a book, or signing them up to one of my weird secret projects.â&#x20AC;?

Tue., July 18, (7 pm) Meet Monto Cafe Blackbird, 9640 142 Street

Norman has big ambitions for his authors and those weird secret projects. While he intends to keep the stories he publishes centred around Edmonton, eventually he intends to approach a wider Canadian audience too. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of the next things I want to do with Monto is take these artists and show them off,â&#x20AC;? says Norman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Show people around the province and the country what kind of artists we have here.â&#x20AC;?

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REVUE // GRAPHIC NOVEL

Ritualistic noir murder

The Black Monday Murders follow detective Dumas down a gruesome hole

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10 POP

ou don't have to be a news junkie or a conspiracy theorist to know the world of international highfinance is a dark and shady place. But what if the blood on the hands of the power brokers and dealers wasn't just metaphoric? What if something more horrific than human nature contorted by greed was at play and the blood was literally dripping down the halls of the august institutions of world banking? Such is the meat and gristle behind writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Tomm Coker's seminal crime-noir story The Black Monday Murders, subtitled A Story of Human Sacrifice. The complex multi-layered plot is told through a unique combination of traditional panels, diary entries and case files where text has been blacked out, leaving a twisted story of omission. Coker's stark, bleak art slithers off the pages pulling the reader ever deeper into a world where everything comes at a price and cash alone won't pay the bill. The back story weaves through 300 years of murky financial history where several families and institutions have waged constant war between each other and themselves to reach the pinnacles of power and what it takes to stay on top. The quirky storytelling and some of the esoteric mumbo-jumbo can be confusing at first, but the threads get pulled together quickly plowing ahead at a steady potboiler pace. There are deep philosophical musings on the nature of money, power, greed

and the deceptions necessary to uphold them, but it's a crime story with classical pulp roots at its heart. Detective Theodore Dumas, a cop with a haunted past only alluded to in the first volume, is called in on a high profile ritualistic murder of Daniel Rothschild. The young scion of the banking clan was left bound and dangling in his Wall St. office with his throat cut as a gruesome message. This leaves his estranged twin sister Grigoria and her enigmatic bodyguard Abby to step in and fill the power vacuum. Armed with a cryptic clue found scrawled in the victim's blood in an ancient mathematical language at the crime scene, Dumas must solve the mystery where the high-rolling participants are used to operating in a stratum beyond the normal rules of conduct. People considering themselves above the law and outside of its reach because they are wealthy enough to be nations unto themselves. Dumas is quickly chasing leads that drag him down to depths far outside his considerable comfort zone. During a climactic scene while interviewing a prime suspect, the Russian suit in custody calmly grabs his lawyer's pencil and thrusts it through his own hand, seeming to cast a spell causing the hapless lawyer to smash his head repeatedly against the desk until dropping,

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The Black Monday Murders Vol. 1 (All Hail, God Mammon) Image Comics, $19.99 USD forcing a shocked Dumas to ask, "What the hell just happened?" "A man asked me for the truth," he answers. "So I leaned over and whispered it to him. Let's see what he does with it now." "All Hail God Mammon" collects the first four issues of the ongoing Image Comics series in one insidious package complete with the usual bonus features. While the occult mystery continues with issues five and six already on the shelves, readers will have to wait until early 2018 for the next trade paperback to come out. PHIL DUPERRON

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PREVUE // FILM FEST

FILM // Supplied photo

Divide through cinema India Film Fest sees three new cities added to the event

he India Film Festival of Alberta (IFFA) was created as a way to bring a deeper understanding of East Indian culture to those unfamiliar. The Edmonton Movie Club established the festival back in 2015, screening films in Edmonton, Calgary, and Fort McMurray. However, with an almost immediate outpouring of positive response, they knew it was only a matter of time until the festival expanded. “The IFFA now screens in six cities, the additions being Peace River, Red Deer and Cold Lake,” says the club’s Executive Director Madhan Selvaraj. “There’s been strong support, so we are happy with the way things are turning out.” For 2017, the IFFA will be presenting 13 films in nine languages, includ-

ing English. Some of the films being screened have already received acclaim and awards in both India and abroad. In particular, Lipstick Under My Burka is one of the most anticipated films to be featured this year. It tells the story of four Indian women who seek independence from the societal pressures they feel within their communities. “It’s about their secret desires, their secret dreams, and acts of rebellion to help them find breathing space,” director Alankrita Shrivasta said in an interview with the L.A. Times. The film was originally denied a censor certificate for release in India due to language and situations of a sexual nature. For those of us who consider ourselves regular consumers of North

American cinema, the decision to ban a movie based solely on that merit would give one pause. In fact, sexual innuendo, graphic content and strong language have become all but requirement for movies in the west. Lipstick Under My Burka appealed the decision to India’s Appelate Tribunal in early 2017. After Shrivasta made a few voluntary edits—none of which changed the overall tone of the film—the ruling was overturned. The IFFA’s screening of Lipstick Under My Burka will be the first time the film is seen in Canada. In fact, it will also precede its Indian debut, which is set for later next week. In addition to the controversial film, the IFFA has chosen movies

July 14-16 India Film Festival of Alberta Garneau Theatre $12 individual showings that cover a wide range of topics, including India's biggest blockbuster ever, Bahubali 2, and an independent art film entitled Mukti Bhavan, the latter of which discusses the Hindu concept of ‘moksha.’ The festival is also expected to include music, dancing and food. “We try to paint a whole cultural picture,” says Selvaraj. “It’s actually the core objective behind why we started the Edmonton Movie Club.”

The cuisine showcased will include three courses, one of which is a popular East Indian appetizer called Vada—dumplings made from split black gram beans and soaked in a yogurt sauce. Selvaraj says most of the food will be made in Edmonton, as smaller cities like Peace River and Cold Lake have yet to see an established East Indian food scene. KASS MITCHELL

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Australian story of serial torture and murder told with skill and style

ounds of Love is an absolutely brutal film done magnificently. The debut feature from Australian writer and director Ben Young is loosely based on the Moorhouse Murders; to have such a scenario dreamt up without any preceding material would have intensified the horror to a whole other degree. Director of photography Michael McDermott did an astounding job, telling so much with the camera that words would have fallen short of. The 13-minute intro opens in the suburbs of Perth, Australia where teenage girls in school uniforms are frozen in action on a volleyball court. Almost imperceivably slowly, the movement comes to life with close-up shots of the girls’ bodies: fingernails, knees and breasts beneath white, sleeveless collared shirts. A burnt-gold station wagon, fitting of the 1987 setting, is parked within sight, another slow close-up of the freckled complexions of John (Stephen Curry) and Evelyn White (Emma Booth) scoping out the young women as they play. While Vicki Maloney (Ashleigh Cumings) walks to her father’s house, the White’s station wagon picks up one of the volleyball players who accepts a lift

home rather than walk in the scorching Australian sun of December. We assume this is Gabby, the young woman featured on a ‘Missing Person’ flyer later in the film. In real life, the Moorhouse Murders’ couple David and Catherine Birnie acted with alarming speed, abducting, raping and torturing five women, four ending up dead, in a single month. As many teens do, Vicki sneaks out to a party shortly before the White’s approach her on the street. Offering her directions to find a cab, and then to sell her a joint, Vicki still demonstrates a wariness until the White’s unassuming fabrications and Evelyn’s friendly camaraderie finds her inside their shabby bungalow with a drugged cocktail. By the time she registers the reality of the grave circumstances she’s entered, Vicki is sandwiched between the couple, screaming, soon gagged and chained to a bed beneath a boarded-up window. The attention to 1987 aesthetic detail, from rotary phones and avocado green kitchen appliances to high-waisted jeans and feathered hair, is as authentic as it gets. Our perpetrators’ twisted side has already been exposed, but Young at-

July 13, 17-19 (9:30 PM) Hounds of Love Metro Cinema, $12  tempts to demonstrate a conflicting reality of their own capacity for feeling and suffering. Having met John when she was a very young teen, Evelyn had children with another man she married and lost them after returning to John. After Vicki works to convince her that John has been lying and is just using her, Evelyn confronts John who breaks down as a flawed man who needs her love for his own survival. I did not have the ability to sit still through the abuse, attacks, tortures and escape attempts, but the impact of the horror is a testament to the filmmakers, as well as the actors. While the horror genre is rarely applauded, the performances are disturbingly authentic. The ‘why’ of the film may be thrown into question, but the parallel ‘why’ of such ugly scenarios in life is just as elusive, the existence of which is a grim party of reality’s balance and the extremes that are possible.

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dedicate that kind of time and trust into performing was difficult. “It’s a huge overlap and at that point two years ago, I was completely terrified to do that," he says. "I could not afford to take two months off work.”

Local folk-rock artist Jay Gilday’s time in the limelight has been long overdue ... until now

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istening to Jay Gilday's track “Battlefield” off the 2016 release Faster than Light is like walking through a house party. An acoustic player at the door leads the track; drums and a tambourine in the living room corner beat along Cash-like train rhythms; a couple of trumpets and a trombone occupy the bathroom with their tight sounds flying out midway through the track, and a clarinet hangs back in the kitchen playing a subtle song. Throughout all of this, Gilday is there, his voice another instrument, guiding you through the cacophony of melodies. It’s as if he can’t be limited to instruments; his smooth, leathery voice is

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the outstanding feature of each track on the record. As Gilday effortlessly runs through multiple genres, his musical upbringing becomes evident. Gilday was in choir for nearly his entire time in school, “up until it was super awkward to be in a choir as a teenager,” he explains, recalling his childhood in Yellowknife. His father was a music teacher and choir instructor for nearly 40 years, teaching him through grade school and beyond. Though choir was quickly cut after hitting the awkward teenage years of angst, music stayed a part of Gilday. At 15, the Irish-Dene musician picked up acoustic guitar and soon began

writing. With his father’s folk music influence and his mother’s roots in the north—working as a community liaison with the Northwest Territories Dene Nation—his music is anything but ordinary. Balancing the tight line between a reliable source of income and full time music is not easy, especially when you’ve had four kids in the space of only four years. During his day job with Canada Post, he listens to artists like Nick Drake, Lou Reed, and Zeppelin’s Robert Plant as he runs his route. But his true passions lie in his own music. His first album, 2008's All that I Can Give for Now, says it all. When of-

fered a sizeable grant nearly ten years ago, right in the middle of babies and family commitments, Gilday was hard pressed to dedicate the time he wanted and needed to making the record everything he had planned. The stars just weren’t quite aligning, yet. Things are now falling into place and the songwriter is seeing significant shifts in his musical career, including his two big wins at the EMAs this month. The albums were always going to come he says, “it was just whether I could make a living at it.” Taking time off this summer, Gilday is booked for a gig nearly every weekend with the odd show in between. But, he says, knowing the moment to

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Gilday expects a lot of the narrative in his next album to revolve around the changes happening in his life since Faster than Light was released last December. He’s running with the momentum he’s built in the last year or so and booked with Riverdale Recorders to begin work on his next record this August. He finds his win at the Edmonton Music Awards for Best Songwriter particularly ironic. “I have a very direct relationship with music and not so with lyrics,” he says, “partly because as much as I’m out there playing, I am a little bit introverted. And so whenever I’m writing lyrics, I’m like, ‘Do I actually want everybody to know my innermost feelings?’” Somehow when the musician picks up a guitar, his quiet introversion drops and his playful, dark voice takes centre stage. What sets Gilday apart from the rest is his unfailing authenticity, whether he’s playing a live show or playing through your earbuds he’s got you entranced by his voice and its arresting honesty. His genuine nature seems to keep him balanced, with touring off the table for the Edmonton father of four, he knows exactly what he’s willing and not willing to give up. Ready for the next chapter in his career, Gilday has no plans to bend on his rules of entry for the industry, but he certainly isn’t going anywhere but up.

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Wardens of the sludge

Melvins' King Buzzo talks about staying original and fake Nirvana history

f you ever need a soundtrack to utterly melt your brains or perfectly describe your worst and best acid trips, Melvins have got you covered. Since 1983, the Washington trio has been perfecting its sludgy sound and pushing experimental boundaries with every new record. Melvins 25th album, A Walk With Love & Death is no exception. Death, the first half of the double LP album, is riddled with vocalist and guitarist Buzz Osborne's (a.k.a. “King Buzzo”) classic black tar molasses, lead-footed guitar riffs in songs like “Black Health,” “Euthanasia,” and “Christ Hammer.” Melvins fans may revel in those sounds for the umpteenth time, but the intriguing quality to the new release is the second half, Love. “We made Love with the idea that it would be a soundtrack to a film that we would like,” Osborne says over a scratchy phone in Los Angeles. “We basically envisioned a film that would work, but the film didn’t exist yet.” Love, with its sporadic guitar spasms, theremin outbursts, convoluted spoken verses, and noise collages kind of feels like you’re listening to a recorded experimental exorcism on a busy metropolis street. The soundscape of Love will accompany an upcoming short avant-garde film by Jesse Nieminen. With only a bizarre minute-long trailer released so far, the film promises to be an enjoyably odd experience. The one entity that stands out in the trailer is the flesh-coloured stomach monster that occasionally blinks at you. Melvins are constantly reinventing themselves. While they craft songs that are more dense than a black hole, under Osborne’s lead, the band manages never to sound

conventional. If Melvins were an art movement, they would be Dadaist. “We try to keep it interesting,” Osborne says. “Lots of bands just kind of rehash the same thing over and over again. I operate in a band as a fan Mon., July 17 (7:30 pm) and make music that I Melvins would want to hear. I Union Hall, $25 would say 70 percent of my waking hours have something to do with music in one form or another.” Melvins are cited as being one of the groundbreakers for the sludge/ doom sound, something Osborne takes very lightly. “The sludge is sort of one little part of what we do that we do, but everybody blows it up,” Osborne says. “The attitude is really the big influence for people, whether they understand it or not.” Melvins were also the catalyst for grunge icons Nirvana’s inception. The story goes, that along with drummer Dale Crover, Osborne was actually in a band with Kurt Cobain called Fecal Matter. Once the band called it quits, Osborne, a childhood friend of Cobain, introduced Cobain to Krist Novoselic who would later become Nirvana’s bassist. The incessant obsession surrounding Cobain’s death from fans and historians still plagues Osborne to this very day. He has openly said, many times, that many of the documentaries and accounts of Cobain’s life and death are 95 percent fabricated. “People have to understand that I will say what I want,” Osborne says. “Melvins are not massively famous and we’re not on the same level of fame as those guys in Nirvana, so people automatically think that we don’t take our opinions serious. I’ve had

Nirvana biographers argue with me about facts, even though I was fucking there. It’s just fucking horrible. I would much rather him be not famous and alive than famous and dead.” Osborne’s unapologetic tone has followed Melvins since day one and trans-

(From left) Dale Crover, Steven Shane McDonald and Buzz Osborne // Chris Casella

lates into the band’s live performance. “You have to sell people on the songs first and forget the theatrics,” Osborne says. “ I’d rather be as naked as possible.” Although, on stage, he never is naked. He’s rocking his technicolour muumuu.

“It’s a little confusing, but I do it to separate myself from everyone else. Melvins are not your garden variety stoner rock band. You either get us or you don’t.”

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Sun K delivers a dose of classic rock Canadian band offers a sneak peak of their latest upbeat songs

espite being together for only a few years, Toronto-based rock group Sun K have built a stunning sound and are on their way to flourishing in the Canadian rock scene. Consisting of lead vocalist Kristian Montano, keyboardist and horn player Stuart Retallack, bassist Gil Paul, guitarist Kevin Michael Butler, and drummer Scott Tiller, the band is currently on tour bringing their unique sound across Canada. The group’s 2015 album Northern Lies is a captivating array of southern inspired folk rock, tied together by Montano’s raspy, compelling vocals. His wide range and deep tone is reminiscent to that of Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys, who Montano notes as a huge influence. Northern Lies was produced by well-known artist Cone McCaslin, of the band Sum 41, after he had stumbled across Montano at one of his local gigs. “It was actually just Stuart on trumpet and me on acoustic guitar,” says Montano. “We reconnected with Kevin, and then I happened to meet our producer Cone McCaslin one day and he kind of whipped us into shape.” Since releasing its newest single

“Bleeding Hearts” and accompanying music video, the band is now readying their sophomore record (also entitled Bleeding Hearts) to be released this fall. The sound, according to Montano, will be similar to that of their previous record, with an injection of high paced energy and a classic rock feel. “It’s a little more rock and roll, a little more upbeat and dance-y. The first record kind of leaned more towards folk influences, especially with the rhythm section and the threepart harmonies,” says Montano. “We added Thu., July 13 (7:30 pm) Scott Tiller on drums Joey Only Outlaw w/ Tim Hus, and Gil Paul on bass Sun K, and The Give ‘Em Hell Boys to our line up, so they The Needle Vinyl Tavern, $12 solidify that dance-y rock and roll rhythm.” The new album didn’t happen automatically. The band set up a pledge those looking to donate, the pledge music page to get funding and pub- music page is still up and running lic support for the project, and the (there are even prize packages availresult has been more than expected. able if you donate a certain amount). While the album is still in the “It was a great success. We were shocked. We set a very ambitious works, having such strong fan support means a lot to the group. goal,” said Montano. An ambitious goal no doubt, but “It’s awesome to be able to directly as it stands currently, they have communicate with our fans, and give reached 111 percent of it—a huge them a sneak peak on things like the success for an up and coming act. For artwork and songs,” Montano says.

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Fans won’t have to wait much longer for new music since the band has plans in the works before the release. “We are going to keep releasing singles and videos throughout the summer, keep kind of teasing the album,” Montano says. The Needle Vinyl Tavern will play host for Sun K when they hit Edmonton next week, and Montano promises a high-energy show.

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There might even be some unexpected covers thrown in the mix— the band recently played a version of “Higher Ground” by Stevie Wonder, a nod to their old school soul influences. As for their own material, Montano says there will be a good balance of both older songs and some from their upcoming record. HEATHER GUNN

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PREVUE // WORLD MUSIC

Inflammatory clowning

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Argentina's Entangados get away with things that your average band can't “There is always great reactions to our shows in North America, regardless of language one way or another you understand it visually,” says band member Daniel Cryderman. This visual advantage comes heavily from their clown personas, as Entangados employs a unique approach when it comes to commanding an audience. “It’s almost like you’re wearing a mask, and when you’re wearing a mask you really get to be yourself,” says Cryderman of his stage attire.

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hen it comes to the appeal of clowns, opinions are often divided. However, not all clowns terrifyingly linger in sewers or peddle happy meals. Entangados is a fast-paced multi-instrumental band that melds styles from its cultural ties while injecting irreverent social commentary into its music. They also have cornered a unique aesthetic approach, by performing dressed as clowns. The band’s roots trace back 13 years ago in Argentina. Initially starting as an acoustic duo with nothing but a

guitar and accordion, the band has since blossomed into a full ensemble. The group’s musical style matches their upbeat and frantic stage presence. Borrowing from two distinct techniques, Quadetra, a fast-paced dancing tempo originating from the Argentinian city of Cordoba, and the Cumbia rhythm, which incorporates weighty high-energy percussive beats. When it comes to the issue of the Spanish lyrics, the band isn’t all that concerned with their message and style not coming across.

Cryderman has been performing with the band for several years as a trombonist and often observes how they stand out from the rest of the music community. He initially saw the group perform in Mexico and knew that he wanted to be a part of its rare form of performance. After playing a few shows with them he was invited by the group’s founder and lead singer, Demian Escribano, to join their tour. “He told me that they were going across Mexico on tour and said ‘there’s one seat left. It’s for you if you want to join,’” says Cryderman. Since then he has been travelling with the group for years frequently lending his talents to the band.

The subject matter in Entangados’ music works in tandem with their jester like image and pokes fun at numerous elements of new age styles and spirituality. Songs like “Yoga Adicto” (Yoga Addict) plays on the phrase “Droga Adicto” (Drug Addict). Often the band tinkers with topics spanning modern obsessions and isn’t afraid to utilize observational humour in its sound. “That’s the thing about being a clown, you can get away with saying things that you wouldn’t normally get to say looking like a regular person. You can be inflammatory and political," says Cryderman. Cryderman champions Entangados'

sound as being “fun, communal and super inclusive” in its comic approach, ensuring that the audience gets in on the joke as much as the band. “I think being a clown helps when it comes to interacting with people. I mean we usually end up leading conga lines with the audience,” he explains. Entangados promises a lively performance with all the fun that comes with the red nosed nature of its characters. By incorporating not only a rare sound but also a knack for cooperation with their listeners, they are sure to provide a serenading circus. JAKE PESARUK

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Cham, North By North, and Hunchback // Sat., July 15 (9 PM) When it comes to social media, North By North win the magic cake prize when it comes to these three bands playing The Mercury Room. Lots of info on the group and a bio I can set my watch to. However, when it comes to musical chops, I can’t pick a favourite as they all rock with varying degrees of awesomeness. (Mercury Room, $10 minimum or pay what you can)

Sam Tudor, Rebecca Lappa, and Wallgrin // Tue., July 18 (8 PM) Tudor’s music sounds like it was created by someone who grew up in a forestry camp in British Columbia. It sounds that way because he did. You can almost hear the rain on the roof, the tremulous leaves swaying with the branches, the introspective clouds that hang overhead blocking off the tree’s food ... see what happens? See what dark magic his music has? Made me do fancy word stuff. Also, “Truthful” is a great song and an awesome video. (The Mercury Room, $10 in advance, $12 at the door)

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Denis Blier; 7:30pm; $5 (door); All ages

DJs

NAKED CYBERCAFÉ Thu

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE

Blues every Thu: rotating guests; 7-11pm

Music Thursdays; Every Thu, 9pm; $5 (some events) Moonshiners Jam Night with Rockin' Rod; Every Thu, 7pm; No minors

Classical

THE COMMON Quality

northlands.com

FIONN MACCOOL'S– SKYVIEW Stan Gallant; 7pm;

JT'S BAR AND GRILL Open

WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK Live Music Fridays; Each Fri, 8-10pm; $5 suggested donation

Selection Fridays with Remo, Noosh, Fingertips & guests; Underdog: Rap, House, Hip-Hop with DJ Babr; every Fri

stage

Thu, 7:30pm; Free

Queen Nkulee Dube On World Tour 2017; 9pm; $20 (adv), $25 (door)

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

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE

HUMMINGBIRD BISTRO CAFE Bistro Jazz; Every

8pm; Pay what you can UNION HALL South African

DJs

CHA ISLAND Thursday open

Open jam hosted by The World Beat Band; Every Thu, 8-12pm

Night Bands: live music; Every Fri

7:30pm; $15 (adult), $10 (students with ID)

CAFE BLACKBIRD YEG Music: Singer/Songwriter Night; 7:30pm; $7 (door)

HOWARD JOHNSON HOTEL

SIDELINER’S PUB Friday

HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH Tribute to Chopin;

Karaoke/DJ; Every Thu-Sat, 9pm

Thursdays with El Niven & The Alibi and friends; Every Thu, 8:30pm; No cover

Cody Mack; 9pm

Livewire - Motley Crue Tribute Band; 9pm; $20 (adv), $25 (door); No minor SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Mark

Mcgarrigle; 9pm

Every Sat, 9pm BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair

of the Dog: Tereza Tomek; 4-6pm; no cover BLUES ON WHYTE Mike

MacKenzie Band; 9pm BOHEMIA CHAM with North

by North and Hunchback at Boho; 9pm; $10; 18+ only BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB

Karaoke/DJ; Every Thu-Sat, 9pm

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK

DOWNTOWN Mark Mcgarrigle; 9pm

March; Every Sun, 6:3010pm; Free

FIDDLER'S ROOST Open

Rockzilla; 9:30pm; No cover CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat

SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM

HAVE MERCY Mississippi

Open mic; 7pm; $2

Cody Mack; 9pm

AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR Piano Show;

CASINO EDMONTON WOW;

STUDIO 96 C'Mon Festival;

Every Sun, 9pm

9pm

8pm; Pay what you can

BLIND PIG PUB Blind Pig

Generation; 9pm

Classical

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

CASK AND BARREL Cynthia

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Late

BLUES ON WHYTE Mike

CASINO YELLOWHEAD Beat

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

The Throwbacks; 9pm; Free DENIZEN HALL Champ City

Soundtrack; Every Fri-Sat DRAKE HOTEL Open

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

Jarrett Bordian; 9pm DV8 SickRitual, Glare,

MiseryTomb, Cruciferous; 8pm; No minors EMPRESS ALE HOUSE Bands at the Empress; Every Sat, 4-6pm; Free; 18+ only FIONN MACCOOL'S– MAYFIELD The Rural

Routes; Free; All ages Jul 14-15 FIONN MACCOOL'S– SKYVIEW Kenneth Eckert;

8pm; Free; All ages HAVE MERCY Resident DJs playing outlaw country, rock and retro classics; Every Fri-Sat, 10pm; No cover IRONGATE PUB Bryant

Sailor; Every Fri-Sat, 7pm; No cover LB'S PUB Mark Ammar's Saturday Sessions Jam; Every Sat, 4-8pm • The Oddibles; 9pm; No minors THE LEAF The Barsnbands

Homemade Jam–hosted by Mike Chenoweth and The Usual Suspects; Every Sat, 3-7pm MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET Live Local Bands

every Sat NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

Saturday Brunch with The James Band; 11am; No cover • Souljah Fyah with Caleb Hart and Mercy Funk; 8pm; $15 (adv) ON THE ROCKS Whyte

Bronco; 9pm ROSE & CROWN PUB Duff

Robison; 9pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

Livewire - Motley Crue Tribute Band; 9pm; $20 (adv), $25 (door); No minors SHERLOCK HOLMES–

Night at Alberta Pianofest; 10:30pm; $15 (adult), $10 (students with ID) HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH Reason and

Passion; 7:30pm; $15 (adult), $10 (students with ID)

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

MacKenzie Band; 9pm CROWN & ANCHOR Jam session– co-hosted with Ty Jones from Tall, Dark & Dirty; Every Sun until Sep 3, 7pm DRAKE HOTEL Sunday Jamming; Every Sun, 2pm; No minors

Stage; 7-11pm Monday Night Blues Jam hosted by the Dylan Farrell Ban; Every Mon, 8:30pm (sign up); No cover

WED JUL 19

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Wild Rose Old Tyme

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed

SIDELINER’S PUB Singer/

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

UNION HALLL Melvins;

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

7:30pm; $25

MOONSHINERS Sunday

DJs

Noon Acoustic Jam; Every Sun, 12pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Substance with

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

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Soul

Eddie Lunchpail

Sunday Brunch with Emmet Michael; 11am; No cover

TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic

NEWCASTLE PUB Sunday

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

EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR

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

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

TUE JUL 18

ON THE ROCKS Radioactive;

9pm

BLUES ON WHYTE King

ENVY NIGHT CLUB

Resolution Saturdays: top 40, throwbacks and club anthems EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE

Rotating DJs Velix and Suco; every Sat MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey

Wong every Sat THE PROVINCIAL PUB

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

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

Every Fri-Sat

SUN JUL 16 ALIBI PUB AND EATERY

Open mic night; Every Sun, 6-9pm THE ALMANAC Sunday Song Stage Hosted by Rhea

Muskafa; 9pm

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

FIDDLER'S ROOST Fiddle

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE The

GAS PUMP Karaoke;

Sunday Happening Jam featuring The Todd James Band; 4pm STUDIO 96 C'Mon Festival;

3pm; Pay what you can Jul 14-16

Classical KATIE'S CROSSING The

Fred Eaglesmith Show; 3pm; $25 (adv), $30 (gate)

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Zyppy; Every

Sun GAS PUMP Kizomba-DJ;

8pm

MON JUL 17

Jam Circle; 7:30-11:30pm 9:30pm JT'S BAR AND GRILL

Karaoke; Every Tue-Wed LB'S PUB Tuesday Night

Open Jam Hosted by Darrell Barr; 7-11pm; No charge MAMA'S GIN JOINT Tuesday

Open Mic; Every Tue, 9pm; Starts Jan 3; Free MERCURY ROOM Sam

Tudor with Rebecca, The Revelry, and Wallgrin; 8pm; $10 (adv) NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Big

Dreamer Jam featuring Benjamin Williams; 8pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

Jamerama, with Tall Dark & Dirty; 7pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Classical

Wooftop: Metal Mondays with Metal Phil from CJSR's Heavy Metal Lunchbox

WINSPEAR CENTRE In Memoriams...; 7pm; $20

BLUES ON WHYTE King

DJs

Muskafa; 9pm CHA ISLAND Karaoke

Monday DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB

Karaoke night; Every Mon, 9pm; Free

10030 - 102 STREET

Burrell Band; 9pm Wednesday Night Jazz; Every Wed, 9pm

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

StarliteRoom Starliteroom starlitetoomyeg

BLUES ON WHYTE Skyla

Happy Hour featuring Nebular Wave; 5:30pm

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

HAVE MERCY YEG Music

Taco Tuesday with resident DJs

open mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm FESTIVAL PLACE Patio

TICKETS FOR STARLITE ROOM SHOWS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT

WWW.STARLITEROOM.COM

MAIN ROOM

Series–Jay Gilday and Shelley Jones; 7:30pm; $8

JUL/20 WEDNESDAY 13 W/ ONCE HUMAN, GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE

GAS PUMP Karaoke;

9:30pm HAVE MERCY Whiskey

JUL/27 3TEETH W/ PAROXYSM, HOPE HOUSE & DJ DR LAVA

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

CONCERTWORKS & INTERPOLATIONS PRESENTS

HOWARD JOHNSON HOTEL

AUG/6

Karaoke Jockey Simonette; Every Wed, 7-11pm JT'S BAR AND GRILL

Karaoke; Every Tue-Wed LEAF BAR & GRILL Wang

LIVENATION.COM PRESENTS

BLIND PILOT W/ GUESTS

AUG/11 VNV NATION W/ IVARDENSPHERE CONCERTWORKS PRESENTS

Dang Wednesdays; Every Wed, 7-11pm MAMA'S GIN JOINT

Wednesday Karaoke; Every Wed, 9pm; Free

SEP/15&16 BREAKOUT WEST

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

Happy Hour featuring Nikki Nash; 5:30pm • Entangados with Klusterfunk; 8pm; $5 (door)

MUSIC FESTIVAL

SEP/17 THE CAVE SINGERS W/ CHRIS CHEVEYO LIVENATION.COM PRESENTS

ON THE ROCKS Karaoke Wednesdays hosted by ED; Every Wed, 9pm PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic Bluegrass

SEP/26 DARK TRANQUILITY W/ WARBRINGER, STRIKER CONCERTWORKS PRESENTS

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

OCT/6

UP+DT PRESENTS

OCT/7

PRESENTED BY 2017 UP AND DOWNTOWN MUSIC FESTIVAL (UP+DT)

Karaoke Wednesday ROGERS PLACE Bob Dylan;

8pm; $49.50-$89.50 SHAKERS ROADHOUSE 4

Dollar Bill Country Jam; 7pm

DIIV W/ PROVINCIAL ARCHIVE AND GUESTS DAN DEACON W/ GUESTS

TAVERN ON WHYTE Karaoke;

9pm

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.

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Late Fee;

Every Wed

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Chris Bruce

spins britpop/punk/garage/ indie; Every Tue EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR

PINT DOWNTOWN Wild Wing Wednesdays at the Pint with DJ Thomas Culture; Every Wed, 10pm

LOWER HALL (BRIXX)

RANCH ROADHOUSE DJ

Shocker and Seelo Mondo; Every Wed

VENUEGUIDE THE ALMANAC 10351-82 Ave, 780.760.4567, almanaconwhyte. com ARCADIA BAR 10988-124 St, 780.916.1842, arcadiayeg.com 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 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 1042582 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLIND PIG PUB 32 St Anne St, St Albert BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BLVD SUPPER X CLUB 10765 Jasper Ave BOHEMIA 10217-97 St BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB 322682 St, 780.462.1888 BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 10225-97 St, 780.497.0011 BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 THE BUCKINGHAM 10439 82 Ave, 780.761.1002, thebuckingham.ca CAFE BLACKBIRD 9640-142 St NW, 780.451.8890, cafeblackbird.ca CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580

ALL SHOWS 18+ UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED

CONCERTWORKS & CROWN OF VISERYS PRESENTS

ALL SHOWS 18+ ONLY

JUL/14 STARKILL W/ IMMUNIZE CONCERTWORKS PRESENTS

JUL/21 KHIVA W/ SKOBE, M4XW311 X SKBR, SASQUAR A GREEZY NIGHT WITH

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

ENVY NIGHT CLUB West Edmonton Mall, 8882 170 St EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE 10220-103 St NW, 780. 424.0077, yourgaybar.com FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FIDDLER'S ROOST 7308-76 Ave, 780.439.9788, fiddlersroost.ca FIONN MACCOOL'S–DOWNTOWN 10200-102 Ave NW FIONN MACCOOL'S–MAYFIELD 10813-170 St NW FIONN MACCOOL'S–SKYVIEW 13580-137 Ave 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 HOWARD JOHNSON HOTEL 15540 Stony Plain Road JT'S BAR AND GRILL 1107 Knottwood Road East JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 1145587 Ave NW, 780.427.2760, jubileeauditorium.com KATIE'S CROSSING 22137 Township Rd 530 L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 THE LEAF 9016-132 Ave

MAMA'S GIN JOINT 11723 Jasper Ave, 780.705.0998, mamasginjoint.com MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET 8101 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.2337 MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St MUTTART HALL 10050 Macdonald Dr, 780.633.3725 NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN 10524 Jasper Ave, 780.756.9045, theneedle.ca NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 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 PANCITERIA DE MANILA 15326 Stony Plain Road PINT–DOWNTOWN 10125-109 St NW PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave THE PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211-106 St REC ROOM 1725-99 St NW RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St ROGERS PLACE 10214-104 Ave

ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St SANDS INN & SUITES 12340 Fort Rd, sandshoteledmonton.com SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead Trail 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 STUDIO 96 10909-96 St NW SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave TAVERN ON WHYTE 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 TIRAMISU 10750-124 St 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

VUEWEEKLY.com | JUL 13 – JUL 19, 2017

JUL/26 LUCY DACUS W/ GUESTS TIMBRE CONCERTS PRESENTS

JUL/28 ETERNAL PROPHECY W/ WTHCNVTCN, SINS OF SORROW, IF I FALL L.T.D TALENT SERVICES PRESENTS

JUL/29 RAVAGE RED W/ BURY ME JACK, FILTHY SINNER LTD PROUDLY PRESENTS

AUG/10 ANCIIENTS W/ DEAD QUIET CONCERTWORKS PRESENTS

AUG/13 PALLBEARER W/ GOST

CONCERTWORKS & CROWN OF VISERYS PRESENTS

AUG/28 THE AGONIST W/ JULIET RUIN, FORSAKEN RITE CONCERTWORKS PRESENTS

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

AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue, Thu; 7-9pm DROP-IN D&D • Hexagon Board Game Café, 10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@thehexcafe.com • thehexcafe.com • 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 (with drink purchase)

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

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

FORT SASKATCHEWAN 45+ SINGLES COFFEE GROUP • A&W, 10101-88 Ave, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.907.0201 (Brenda) • A mixed group offering conversation and friendship • Every Sun, 2pm

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 •

VUECLASSIFIEDS Coming Events

Feed Kaleido With Your Food Truck & Trailer With over 60,000 festival goers and a variety of scheduling options, Kaleido Family Arts Festival is a great place to celebrate the excellent food you serve! www.kaleidofest.ca Pitch Your Tent at Kaleido Festival Join us for Kaleido Festival Weekend as both Artisans, & Craft and Prepared Food Vendors to sell your wares to more than 60,000 festival goers! September 15-17th on 118ave (Between 90-94 Streets). www.kaleidofest.ca/artisans/

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Can You Read This? Help Someone Who Can’t! 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

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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,

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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

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 SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY FAMILY SUPPORT DROP-IN GROUP • Schizophrenia 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

• Generating Power Speakers: EPCOR Tower, 10423-101 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 • TM4PM Toastmasters Club: Scotia Place Conference Centre, Meeting Room B, 10060 Jasper Ave; 1022113. toastmastersclubs.org; Every Tue, 6:107:30pm • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); 780.463.5331 (Antonio); yclubtoastmasters@gmail.com; Meet every Tue, 7-9pm except last Tue each month

WOMEN'S CRICKET • Coronation Park Cricket pitch (north part of park) • incogswomens@gmail.com • Learn the game of cricket. The group plays for fun and no experience is necessary. Kids and men welcome • Every Fri, 6:15pm • $5 (drop-in fee, adult), free (kids)

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS YEGARDEN SUITES GARAGE/GARDEN SUITE TOUR • Various locations throughout Edmonton • A self-guided tour of garage/ garden suites around Edmonton • Jul 22, 10am-1pm • $15 (Eventbrite)

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

YEGARDEN SUITES WORKSHOPS AND TOUR 1 • Ritchie Market, 9570-76 Ave

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 Campus St. Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.667.6105 (Willard); clubbilingue.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 7pm

• Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings:

• Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club:

NW • An overview of the rules, regulations, and permitting process surrounding garage/ garden suites from the City of Edmonton, as well as a Q&A panel discussion with current garage/garden suite owners • Jul 13, 6:308:30pm • $10 (Eventbrite)

YEGARDEN SUITES WORKSHOPS AND TOUR 2 • Ritchie Market, 9570-76 Ave NW • An overview of financing options for building a garage/garden suite by financial experts, as well as a presentation on how much value a garage/garden suite adds to a property. Following their presentations, the topic of energy efficiency will be discussed and how to integrate these features into a suite • Jul 15, 9:30am-12:30pm • $10 (Eventbrite)

QUEER EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220103 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 •

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

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

ART CLASSES FOR ADULTS, YOUTH, AND CHILDREN Check The Paint Spot’s website, paintspot.ca/events/workshops for up-to-date information on art classes for all ages, beginner and intermediate. Register in person, by phone or online. Contact: 780.432.0240 email: accounts@paintspot.ca Create Within a Cube at Kaleido Think outside the box as a designer, sculptor, or creative, and create a 12x12x12 foot installation that will be displayed along 118ave (Between 90-94 Streets). www.kaleidofest.ca/12foot12/ Embellish the Lampposts of 118th Ave Fall In Love With Kaleido, and let your inner artist be inspired to create a 3D Lamppost installation in Deck Out A Lamppost! Sept. 15-17 on 118ave (Between 90-94 Streets) www.kaleidofest.ca/lampost/

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ENJOY ART ALWAYZ www.bdcdrawz.com Check the site every two weeks for new work! EXHIBITION SUBMISSION REQUEST Artists interested in making a submission request to exhibit in 2018 in the Artisan Nook or the Naess Gallery at The Paint Spot are urged to visit paintspot.ca/galleries or phone 780.432.0240 for more information. Naess submissions deadline: 9PM, August 31; Artisan Nook: ongoing.

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FREEWILLASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): It's not your birthday, but I feel like you need to get presents. The astrological omens agree with me. In fact, they suggest you should show people this horoscope to motivate them to do the right thing and shower you with practical blessings. And why exactly do you need these rewards? Here's one reason: Now is a pivotal moment in the development of your own ability to give the unique gifts you have to give. If you receive tangible demonstrations that your contributions are appreciated, you'll be better able to rise to the next level of your generosity. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Other astrologers and fortune tellers may enjoy scaring the hell out of you, but not me. My job is to keep you apprised of the ways that life aims to help you, educate you, and lead you out of your suffering. The truth is, Taurus, that if you look hard enough, there are always seemingly legitimate reasons to be afraid of pretty much everything. But that's a stupid way to live, especially since there are also always legitimate reasons to be excited about pretty much everything. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to work on retraining yourself to make the latter approach your default tendency. I have rarely seen a better phase than now to replace chronic anxiety with shrewd hope. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): At least for the short-range future, benign neglect can be an effective game plan for you. In other words, Gemini, allow inaction to do the job that can't be accomplished through strenuous action. Stay put. Be patient and cagey and observant. Seek strength in silence and restraint. Let problems heal through the passage of time. Give yourself permission to watch and wait, to reserve judgment and withhold criticism. Why do I suggest this approach? Here's a secret: Forces that are currently working in the dark and behind the scenes will generate the best possible outcome. CANCER (June 21-July 22): "Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. "All life is an experiment." I'd love to see you make that your operative strategy in the coming weeks, Cancerian. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, now is a favourable time to overthrow your habits, rebel against your certainties, and cruise through a series of freewheeling escapades that will change your mind in a hundred different ways. Do you love life enough to ask more questions than you've ever asked before? LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Thank you for contacting the Center for Epicurean Education. If you need advice on how to help your imagination lose its inhibitions, please press one. If you'd like guidance on how to run wild in the woods or in the streets without losing your friends or your job, press two. If you want

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“Someone can have one persona at work and another at home,” says Eric the Red, a Florida nurse and a fellow medical fetishist. “DOC can be confident and dominant at work—his patients need someone confident and dominant to get them through their medical issues—and then find someone to spend his life with who brings out his submissive side and gives him the balance to make him feel like a whole person.” In other words, DOC, when you do start dating and having relationships, you’re going to want to be open about your kinks. They’re nothing to be ashamed of, and there’s no point in hiding your sexual interests from your future partner(s). You want a sex partner who meets your needs, not one you have to hide your needs from. So long as you keep things professional at work—which shouldn’t be hard, since it’s being the patient and not the doctor that turns you on—you have nothing to feel conflicted about. “The one practical problem he will encounter is that since he actually knows how to give a physical, he may have less patience with fetishists who are not medical professionals in real life and don’t really know what they are doing,” says Eric. “Over the years, I have trained nonprofessionals who want to play doctor to give semirealistic physicals, insert and irrigate catheters, use sounds, and otherwise have enough technical expertise to do a medical scene that’s realistic enough that I can enjoy being their patient without screaming, ‘No, that’s not how it’s done!’ He may find himself doing the same.” The good news? “DOC won’t have any trouble finding like-minded people,” Eric VUEWEEKLY.com | JUL 13 – JUL 19, 2017

explains. “Medical fetishists are well organized online; just spend a few minutes on Google and he’ll find them.”

HUGS, BEERS, JOINTS

As a 56-year-old, 95 percentstraight woman, I’d like to think all y’all gay men can enjoy blowjobs without that dip in the degradation pool straight men always take. Maybe you could gay-sex talk some sense into stupid straight men. On PornHub recently, I watched a fearless young woman use a dildo five ways and come at least 10 full symphony times. This new generation of women! Impressive! But then I watched an 18-year-old Russian woman with an equally beautiful black American man. She sucked away on his dick and swallowed 12 times in five minutes! I kept thinking: She’s gonna get a break now? Maybe a hug? A beer, a joint, a pay raise? Something? Nope. She even apologized for spilling some come at one point. Now I’m sad. It’s the exact same shit I faced when I started in ’73. Gay sex-talk some sense into stupid straight boys! Y’all gay men do blowjobs without degradation. Tell straight men how it’s done! REALLY ANGRY GAL IS NEEDING GAYS There’s nothing inherently demeaning about giving someone a blowjob, and plenty of people— gay, straight, bi, pan, demi, sapio, etc.—give and receive blowjobs without splashing around in the degradation pool. That said, RAGING, gay men are just as likely as straight men to “dip in the degradation pool” when they’re getting blowjobs—particularly when a blowjob is being filmed. No need to take my word for it: Head over to the gay aisle at PornHub. You’ll find lots of videos where the guys giving blowjobs are degraded—called names, roughly handled, made to apologize for come spillage—and you’ll be hard-pressed to find one in which the word “cocksucker” isn’t tossed around. But don’t feel bad for all those gay cocksuckers, RAGING: For many gay men, the taunts we feared most in high school become the dirty talk that gets us off in adulthood. As for the video you saw—a Russian interfering with an American erection— there must have been breaks that were edited out (no guy can come 12 times in five minutes), so hugs, beers, and joints may have been made available when the cameras weren’t running.

STRINGS ATTACHED

I have a phone-sex kink, and I got Tinder to explore that. I tell guys it won’t get physical and that I’m interested only in text play and photo swapping. I matched with a cute, kinky guy, and I have been playing with him mostly over text

for about two years. The issue is that I found out recently that he’s engaged. I’m pretty conflicted about this. He says that sex with her is good but vanilla and that she’s unwilling to experiment. He also isn’t comfortable sharing his kinks with her. I understand that some people have a hard time reconciling the dirty shit they want to do in bed with the sweet girl they want to marry, but he seems unwilling to try. Do I cut him off? Is he just doing what he has to do to make an otherwise good relationship work? Is it okay of him if she never finds out and everyone is happy? PLAYING HURTFUL OVER TEXT ONLY? The odds that your sext buddy’s wife will never find out are slim. Spouses snoop, computers and phones get left open, a dirty message or photo intended for one person (say, you) gets sent to the wrong person (say, her). If you’re not comfortable playing with someone who is deceiving his girlfriend and/or wife—if you don’t want the incriminating message his wife inevitably finds to be one intended for or from you—you should end this, PHOTO. But it is possible to continue playing/texting/sexting with a semiclear conscience: He may be doing what he needs to do to make this relationship work; he’s exploring his kinks without touching another woman; if this is cheating, it’s cheating lite; etc. Whatever you ultimately decide to do, PHOTO, you should encourage this guy to open up to his fiancée about his fantasies and kinks. It’s exhausting to spend your life with someone you have to hide from—exhausting and rarely successful. If he doesn’t want the truth to end his marriage, he needs to tell her the truth now. Engagements are easily called off, marriages less so. On the Lovecast, trans activist Buck Angel: savagelovecast.com. mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter

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