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The bad news is that there’s a vanilla bean shortage ... but the plus side is your friends will be even more impressed with how splashy you are. Queermonton

It’s that time of year

Sixth-annual Queermonton Gift Guide preps those who are frugal and less than crafty

elcome to the Sixth annual Queermonton Holiday Gift Guide for people who are tight on cash and not overly adept with crafts. Jewellery magnets Wander down to a thrift store and buy some old brooches. Ask your lesbian friend to borrow some needle-nose pliers and remove the pin part of the brooch. Glue on a magnet. Done. Cut shirts While you are at the thrift shop, cruise the aisles for some wacky t-shirts (and a date!). Use scis-

sors to cut out the collar and the sleeves (or troll the internet for fun patterns). Perfect for pajamas or casual Fridays. Key/ring dish Acquire some large metal cookie cutters (hello thrift store!) and some polymer clay. Roll a tennis-ball sized piece of clay between your hands and roll out to about a quarter inch thick (no rolling pin? Use a beer bottle). Use your cookie cutter to make a clay cookie. Gently stretch your cookie out so it’s a little bigger than the cutter. Drape the cookie over the cut-

ter and form a bowl shape by gently pressing down in the middle of the cookie. Leaving your cookie in the cutter, pop it in the oven according to package directions. After it’s cooled, decorate to your heart’s content. Cookie container Eat a lot of Pringles. Wipe out the Pringles can with some paper towel. Wrap the can in wrapping paper, tie a bow around it and maybe toss on some of those little balls if you’re feeling fancy. Fill with cookies (or Pringles, no judgement). Blanket fort kit Between the dollar store and the thrift store, assemble: sheets, clothespins, light rope, and suction cups. Optional: flashlight, pot brownies, and granola bars. Now when the world gets to be too much, your “giftee” will have somewhere to hide.

Homemade vanilla extract This requires some time and money up front, but each batch will make gifts for at least six people. The bad news is that there’s a vanilla bean shortage and they are really expensive, but the plus side is your friends will be even more impressed with how splashy you are. Little do they know you’re still broke. Find yourself some vanilla beans— Silk Road on Whyte sells three for $12 (I know, I know). Buy the cheapest vodka you can find. Measure out half a cup of vodka per vanilla bean and heat it until it’s almost boiling. Slice your vanilla beans in half lengthwise and toss them in a large jar with your hot vodka. Let it sit for a week, divvy into small jars, and you’re done. If you don’t have a week, snip small pieces of vanilla bean for each jar you make to let the flavour deepen. Also, tell your friends to toss the vanilla beans in sugar once the extract is gone. You’ll have instant vanilla sugar and a gift that keeps on giving.

Sugar cubes This is great if you have some of those silicone ice cube trays IKEA sells. Put half a cup white or brown sugar in a bowl. Slowly add in water until the sugar has a paste-like consistency. Pour the paste into the ice cube tray, fill each one halfway, and press down firmly. Let dry overnight. Affirmations This requires you to use Gmail and Chrome. Boomerang is an add-on that allows you to preschedule emails. Draft emails full of fun videos, GIFs, weird stuff you’ve found on the internet, or love notes. Schedule them to go out at random times over the next month or year. You can schedule 10 free emails a month. Candy vase Candy + vase = classic that will never die. Ashley Dryburgh ashley@vueweekly.com

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Brexit Blues

British prime minister Theresa May finds herself in a political catch-22

oliticians never lie. Well, hardly ever. They’re not into full disclosure, as a rule, but they know that if you lie, sooner or later you will be caught, and then you are in deep trouble. So just change the subject, or answer a different question than the one you were asked, or just keep talking but saying nothing until everybody gets bored and moves on. British Prime Minister Theresa May had a bad day with the truth recently. She got her job when last year’s referendum came out narrowly in favour of leaving the European Union— Brexit—and the previous prime minister, David Cameron, had to resign. Her task is to lead the country out of the EU, and it’s been a nightmare, with her own cabinet evenly split between ‘leavers’ and ‘remainers.’ But then, a talk radio host named Iain Dale asked her the question she must have been dreading live on-air: would she now vote ‘leave’ if there was another referendum? She couldn’t say no, because she is leading the negotiations with the EU about leaving. She couldn’t say yes, because that would be a lie. So she waffled and dodged. Dale heard her out, and then, very politely, asked her the same question again. She dodged

again. So he asked her again. And again. After four goes, it was perfectly clear to everybody that she would not vote ‘leave,’ and probably didn’t in the first referendum either. It’s hard being a politician sometimes. The United Kingdom is now halfway out of the EU—or rather, May’s government has now used up half the time that was available to negotiate an amicable divorce settlement and decide on the post-separation terms of trade with the EU, Britain’s biggest trading partner. Unfortunately, it has not settled half the issues that need to be decided, or even a quarter. Maybe one-tenth. The delay is almost entirely due to the deep divisions in her own cabinet. Half of them are ‘Brexiteers,’ some of them quite fanatical about the need to leave, while the other half secretly wish the referendum had come out the other way. And if they do have to leave, they don’t want to go very far. It’s all about ‘hard’ and ‘soft.’ The fanatics want a ‘hard Brexit,’ in which the UK crashes out of the EU without so much as a post-Brexit trade deal, while their opponents want to stay in the customs union and even the ‘single market’ (where all the EU countries adhere to common standards for goods and services).

May couldn’t afford to alienate either side by taking a stand because the consequent war within the cabinet would probably bring the government down—and the Conservatives would probably lose the subsequent election. But if she couldn’t tell her own colleagues which way she was going to jump, she couldn’t tell the EU negotiators either, and so 18 months have passed with very little accomplished.

But there must not be that kind of ‘hard border’ or the war in the North is likely to start up again. Part of the deal that persuaded the fighters of the IRA to lay down their arms 20 years ago was the guarantee of a ‘soft border’ between the two parts of Ireland, with no passport checks, no customs controls, no barriers of any kind. Break that deal, and it probably wouldn’t be long before the killing started again.

union and internal market, although it will no longer have any say in how they are run. This does reduce the whole Brexit enterprise to a complete nonsense: the UK will pay 40 billion euros in compensation to ‘leave’ the EU, and end up approximately back where it started. It’s still better than crashing out without a deal, and it may be what May secretly wanted all along, but there

May couldn’t afford to alienate either side by taking a stand because the consequent war within the cabinet would probably bring the government down. Now she has been forced out into the open—by the ‘Irish question,’ of all things. The one land border between the United Kingdom and the EU is in Ireland. Northern Ireland is part of the UK and on its way out of the EU and the Republic of Ireland is staying in the EU. So obviously, there will have to be customs posts and other controls on that border post-Brexit.

Theresa May couldn’t go on ignoring this question, because she depends on the support of a small Northern Irish party for her majority in parliament. In the end, she had to agree to what she called ‘regulatory alignment’ between the UK and the EU in order to keep that border open. For all practical purposes, that means the UK must stay in the EU customs

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is going to be a rebellion by the ‘Brexiteers’ in the cabinet sooner or later. So it’s all up in the air again, really: hard Brexit, soft Brexit, or even drop the whole idea and stay in the EU. It was always a stupid idea, and the grown-ups are definitely not in charge. Gwynne Dyer gwynne@vueweekly.com front 3

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urgers have been doubly degraded as currency in the food marketplace. First by ubiquitous multinational fast food chains that turned it into a cheap commodity, then by the gourmet burger joints that arose in response to that downgrade, until they too failed to satisfy and became part of the problem for three times the price. The sole salvation, to my mind, lies in mom ‘n’ pop burger joints— one-off outlets that make an honest burger that doesn’t skimp, but doesn’t burden your burger with fussy preparations and novelty toppings. That’s where Yeg Burger comes in. It’s a spiffy new space—the monochrome crest that dominates one wall proclaims “Est’d 2017”—in a lesser trafficked byway of Castle Downs. I was led there by a friend, let’s call her Julie, who grew up nearby and was stoked to see a new eatery crop up close to her childhood home. It says something

about the character of the northside neighbourhood—oft derided as some mix of blue collar and white trash—that YEG Burger is both proudly Edmontonian and certified halal. The night of our visit, the place seemed to be in a state of minor disarray. The harried owner, still wearing the identification tag from her day job, lamented that her husband had picked this particular night to go to the hockey game as she unscrambled a couple of takeout orders and doled them out to delivery guys, all the while keeping an eye on her three youngsters in the dining room. Julie had been once and had already decided on the house specialty, the buttermilk chicken burger ($9). Co-diner was feeling meat-shy that night and ordered the falafel burger ($8). I dithered for a while between the breakfast burger, mushroom-swiss burger and one

with coleslaw, chips and barbecue sauce, but finally opted for the Go2 burger ($8) with beef bacon ($1) and some fries ($4). I also had the choice of a parmesan burger, a chili burger, one with both a patty and donair meat, and one where two Havarti grilled cheese sandwiches take the place of the bun. One of the Ice Age sequels flashed above our table as we waited for the food. The owner came out to apologize that it would not all arrive at once, but it mostly did. The burgers were not small, nor was the portion of hand-cut fries less than generous. The main component of Julie’s burger was a buttermilk-brined chicken breast, lightly battered and deep-fried so perfectly that it didn’t need more than lettuce, tomato and mayo set it off. I made no secret of coveting her order. Co-diner’s falafel burger delivered on its promise—crispy balls of fried chickpea batter, slathered with gar-

licky tahini sauce, with tangy Lebanese pickles (the purple ones made with turnip and the green quasidills) and spicy banana peppers. My burger was almost preposterously juicy, a thick fresh-ground patty with the faintest seam of pink at its very centre that blows the doors off every name brand burger stand in the vicinity. The cheese was real cheddar, the bacon was made with beef and thus not really bacon at all, but it added a nice smoky dimension along with some chewy texture. The so-called ‘YEG sauce’ resembled the Big Mac’s legendary special sauce (a.k.a. Thousand Island dressing), so the addition of mayo seemed like creamy overkill, especially when the last of the bun disintegrated over the last few bites. Still, it slaked my burger craving, even if it lacked the pickles I requested from the handsome young man at the till. The owner emerged again to

apologize that our milkshakes ($5) were arriving toward the end of the meal. But they were the real thing all right, ice cream blended with our choice of candy or fruit. Co-diner’s candy-based shake attenuated the excessive sweetness of Ferrero Rocher with smooth vanilla. Mine was made with real bananas and real honey so you really can’t go wrong (unless you don’t blend the milkshake thoroughly and there’s a chunk or two of banana clogging up the straw). I’m sure it was not the first impression YEG Burger was hoping to make, but it was still pretty good and I really wish I had ordered my own chicken burger. Folks in the neighbourhood and patrons of bring-me-food apps alike should be tickled by the unpretentious novelty of a indie burger joint in their midst (that just happens to be halal). Scott Lingley dish@vueweekly.com

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PERFORMING ARTS

Mile Zero Dance commemorates ending of Canada 150 celebrations through a different lens Sat., Dec. 16 (8 pm) How to Say Goodbye Spazio Performativo Entry by donation to The Bissell Centre

eyond the Canada 150 celebrations this past year, there were many Canadians deeply bothered by the sentiment that Canada’s history only spans some 150 years. There’s been boycotting of Canada’s 150 celebrations all year, questioning the absence of acknowledging the further history of Canada, long before it was a formal country. “How do we move forward as a country and celebrate all these things when there’s so much history that hasn’t really been dealt with yet?” says Bridget Jessome, curator of Mile Zero Dance’s How to Say Goodbye: An Obituary for Canadian History. “We’re gonna lay to rest this really long year of hearing about Canada 150 all the time and we’re gonna do it in style and with a lot of fun, but also being very real about what

it means to live in a country that’s been around a lot longer than 150 years,” Jessome says. The performance piece covers some of the “skipped over” histories, like of the Indigenous peoples who called this place home long before Confederation, as well as some of the more ‘silent’ histories within the past 150 years that are only now moving towards recognition. One piece explores the black experience in Canada through words and dance. For example, feeling the daunting urgency to represent your race while being the only black person in the room, or the white gaze in contemporary dance cultures. “It’s not a direct interrogation of Canadian history, but it is an exploration, and in some ways an indictment of the complexities of certain elements of the Canadian present,” says poet Brandon Wint who will join dancers Mpoe Mogale, Adesewa Adeleye, and Lebogang Disele in their piece “What (Black) Life Requires.” “It’s our expression of the elements of Canadian culture that we

would like to be able to say goodbye to but can’t because of legacies of colonialism, and racism, and white supremacy,” Wint says. Another piece by Lady Vanessa Cardona, “Por Donde Empiezo”— Where do I begin—explores her own Spanish colonial and Colombian Indigenous roots through a lens of solidarity with the Indigenous in what North America was known as before settlers came, Turtle Island. “One of the commentaries that I will be making in the project is on the peace treaty proposal in Colombia that happened last year with the FARC rebel group and the paramilitary,” Cardona says, “and then how that relates to what’s going on presently with the treaty here and what’s being honoured or not being honoured.” She says it’s important to do this now with the past year of Canada 150 celebrations happening, something she finds that focuses solely on celebrating the colonial past of our country, rather than looking at it critically. “I hope for [people] to see a perspective that—even though they

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think that in my country that there is so much injustice going on—I hope that this can serve to be a mirror of what is going on here today, in this country,” Cardona says. But not every funeral has to be sad; it’s really a time to reflect. How to Say Goodbye plans to be more of an awakening than a funeral, or perhaps, the most interesting funeral you’ve ever been to. Many of the performances will have an edge of their own versions of Canada 150 celebrations that they felt was missing from the past year. Jessome is collaborating with theatre artist Carmen Nieuwenhuis and musician Jom Comyn to perform “1976 Spring/Summer,” a tribute to the Eaton’s Catalogue that spanned 88 years, its last issue being the 1976 spring/summer catalogue. Inspired by her 94-year-old grandmother’s love of the catalogue, she decided to put together a rise-andfall piece spanning its publication. “My grandmother grew up on a small farm in New Brunswick and receiving catalogues from Eaton’s gave her a look into a completely

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different world that she didn’t have access to,” Jessome says. “It’s wonderful to think about how much things have changed and how what was once so precious to a community—or even, a country—has completely disappeared.” Jessome relates the disappearance of Eaton’s to the slow death of big box stores like Sears and Target in Canada after fighting a losing battle against bigger companies and online retailers like Amazon. “It’s just hard to imagine places like that being precarious in any way. I mean, for Sears, it’s been around since before I was born and yet, here it is dying slowly and tragically at a mall near you,” she says. “Some of the work is going to be dark and controversial and then others, like my own, will maybe have a more whimsical approach, and then others will also simply be educational,” Jessome says. “I hope the audience leaves learning something about Canada’s history that they didn’t know before that maybe wasn’t highlighted this past year in Canada 150.” Sierra Bilton sierra@vueweekly.com arts 5

THEATRE PREVUE

ASHES OF THEATRE PAST

Director Dave Horak’s Burning Bluebeard is inspired by torrid political climate was partly inspired by torrid political climate.

Performer, Stephanie Wolfe / Dave DeGagné and Brad Gibbons

Fri., Dec. 15 - Sun., Dec. 24 Burning Bluebeard The Roxy on Gateway, $22

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youraga.ca/undaunted Presented by Capital Powered Art, an exhibition series sponsored by Capital Power Corporation. Supported by the following Artist Patrons: Leon & Vonnie Zupan; Maggie & John Mitchell; Sheila O’Brien, CM; Marianne & Allan Scott; and Marlene & David Stratton, Q.C. .

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t’s been nearly three years since The Roxy—the 1938 Roxy, that is—was reduced to embers in a fire that lapped at the collective heartstrings of Edmonton’s theatre community. At the time, there was an outpouring of grief from social media, accompanied by a bevvy of saccharine op-eds sure to make even the most devout philistine sniffle. However, for venerable director Dave Horak, this local tragedy provided ample inspiration for his next project. “I think it was the New York Times where I first read about it—a play about actors performing in a theatre that winds up burning down,” Horak explains. “Then when The Roxy fire happened, I thought, ‘this is too perfect.’” The play was Burning Bluebeard, a holiday pantomime where the ill-fated players of Chicago’s Iroquois Theatre perform nightly in an attempt to get things right before things inevitably go up in flames. Playwright Jay Torrence based his vaudevillian script on the real-life catastrophe that befell

the Iroquois Theatre; an electric moon prop overheated during a rendition of By the Light of the Silvery Moon and the playhouse went up like a pile of tinder. With 602 casualties, it’s been marked the deadliest theatre fire in American history. There’s little wonder, then, that when it first premiered at Christmastime 2015, Burning Bluebeard struck a chord with Edmontonians still reeling from The Roxy. Since then, we’ve seen the venerable theatre find new roots in the galvanized palladium off Gateway and the old Roxy has faded into that same obscurity that awaits all theatre vets. Horak assures us this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. “That’s what makes [Burning Bluebeard] so interesting, it has the ability to evolve. It’s not just for people who cared about The Roxy … there’s so much more.” In true vaudevillian fashion, the show combines various acts, including dancing, clowning, acrobatics, drag, and some mouldy jokes worthy of Groucho Marx. “The beauty of vaudeville is that there’s less of an artifice. There’s a real connection be-

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tween the audience and the artists. We’re constantly interacting with them, asking them if they really believe that we’re these characters, or just players? There’s something raw about it that you don’t get elsewhere.” But, while vaudeville can still resonate with audiences as more than just a self-aware cliché, I’m left wondering how exactly Burning Bluebeard qualifies as a Christmas show? Aside from the season in which it is being produced and set (the Iroquois burned down in late December, 1903), it seems altogether vexing. In Horak’s estimation, it all comes down to hope and Donald Trump. “We want audiences to leave feeling happy, and hopeful, especially with everything that’s happened this year. When this first premiered, Trump wasn’t president. Things are different now,” he says. While I’m left to contemplate that even The Roxy on Gateway isn’t immune to the yamturned-President’s influence, I agree that this year seems as one where people could use a little hope. Buchanan Hunter arts@vueweekly.com

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he Short Story Advent Calendar by Hingston and Olsen shows the wealth of material that exists within the genre of short stories. We’ve spoken to three different contributors that were featured this past week. “I’ve always been drawn to fiction more than anything else when I’m reading,” says Brent van Staalduinen, author of day 11 story, Skinks. “My first formative reading experiences were with Stephen King, Tom Clancy and all those great pot-boiler writers that I would sneak up to my bedroom to read and stay up late with my flashlight. Words matter, and I think stories have the potential

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to really change people and convict them of good things.” Calgary author Deborah Willis’ Eva is featured on day 14, touching on concepts concerning freedom in a mere 10-minute read. She says something she’s always loved about short fiction is the absence of belabouring the message. “It really never talks down to the reader, because it has to remain short,” Willis says. “There’s no room to over-explain and I think that’s my pet peeve when I’m reading.” She also likes the ability to read a complete story in one sitting and easily absorb the techniques used. van Staalduinen agrees with Willis, adding

that there’s a special skill in writing short fiction. “I think there’s something just so magical about the compactness of the form and how demanding it is in terms of the economy of words,” he says. “The challenge as a writer of putting together words in such a way that nothing can be wasted really appeals to me.”

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Even while working on a longer novel, van Staalduinen finds he still tends toward short bursts of short fiction within the longer form to ration words and time down to a minimum. Much of his short fiction deals with a single intense moment, rather than

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an expanse of time. It’s within that moment that he’s able to expand upon inner processes of emotions and thoughts in a more rewarding way. His story Skinks expands one single moment using this economy of words to pull the reader into the mind of the main character with seamless word craft. “With short fiction, it’s like origami,” author Maggie Shipstead adds, “you have to figure out how to fold up the story to fit in this little space.” Shipstead’s short story, Souterrain, is set in Paris and explores the city’s recent history in a captivating way. As a travel writer as well, many of Shipstead’s stories surround

the concept of place and the subcultures that exist within each place. Her first two books, Astonish Me and Seating Arrangements, evolved out of short stories, something that many authors can relate to. Shipstead finds the form useful to test out new ideas she’s still unsure about. “Short fiction is a space to experiment; I can try out different voices or different structures without making this yearslong commitment that a novel requires,” she says. “It’s also a good chance for readers to try something new, too, without also making a commitment.” Sierra Bilton sierra@vueweekly.com Stephan Boissonneault arts@vueweekly.com

Edmonton Zine Fair 8 / Dec. 16 (3:30 PM) The time for locally produced art and creativity arises with the bi-annual zine fair. This event is “almost all ages,” hosting a slew of zine vendors like twelveohtwo, Dream Machine, Junk Runko, and Dramatic Situations. There’s also a poetry workshop with the illustrious Tab C.A. and a button making workshop. Supporting zine fairs is probably one of the most punk rock things you can do, so get off your social medias and make a visit. Also, music is performed by Prince Bunny, Maude, Lovelet, and High Tides. More importantly, there’s perogies. (St. John’s Institute, $5 until 8 PM, $10 after 8 PM) Grindstone Comedy Bar open house / Dec. 15 (5 PM) The folks over at Grindstone Theatre have finally found a space for Edmonton’s first non-profit comedy bar and theatre. To celebrate they’re throwing an open house to unveil the plans for shows, the layout, and what will be on the menu. A little bird says the bar will actually be open to the public around April, but if you want to be in the know, go to this event. (10019 81 Ave., The Old Hippy Building, register for the event online) Night Gallery: VHS Mystery Movie Night / Dec. 16 (12 AM) It’s time to dust off the old VHS player that is sitting in the attic and play an old “mystery movie.” 0nly candidates of the highest order know what movie will be and they’re keeping their mouths sealed. All we know is that the film featured will have an “all-star cast,” with quotable dialogue. That narrows it down to maybe 500-plus movies, so you’d better start guessing. Also, what constitutes as old? Are we talking a film like The Maltese Falcon (1941) or something like Mallrats (1995)? We wait in anticipation. (Metro Cinema, admission by donation)

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ow running for eight years, the delightfully cultural experience that is The Best Little Newfoundland Christmas Pageant...Ever! returns to bring out the Newfie in mainlanders (and transplanted East Coasters). Based on the novel by Barbara Robinson, the play’s St. John’s adaptation tells the Christmas story through the eyes of three kids “from the wrong side of the tracks,” the Herdmans.

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Each of them is a bit of a “hard ticket.” The three Herdmans show up to Mrs. O’Brien’s pageant auditions for free snacks and juice. “All they know about Christmas is that they get a Christmas hamper from the Christmas Bureau every year,” director, producer, and actress Cheryl Jameson says. “It tends to be comical because they sort of turn it on its head and ask questions that people generally don’t ask.” Some of these questions span why you would give a baby a bunch of precious spices and oil, if wise men are the welfare system, how to shoot up King

“Harold,” and why the special baby gets tied up and shoved into a feed box. A large portion of the script plays off of the classic “Oh, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!” idioms and curse words used in Eastern Canada. “A lot of Jesus jokes I guess,” Jameson laughs. But the jokes are more innocent and tongue-in-cheek than they are sacrilegious. Jameson, who’s really a mainlander, moved with her now husband to St. John’s for a four-year stint. While she was there, she picked up more than just the way of speaking they have on ‘The Rock.’ While performing in

the Newfoundland production of the play, Jameson fell in love with the heart of it all and appreciated the culture of looking out for your neighbour—or their “skeet” kids—that’s so ingrained in the port-side East culture. “People talk about Newfoundland and they talk about the community feel, the family feel you get there and everybody’s just looking out for everybody, so I think there’s a part of that we bring to the show,” says actor Kayla Gorman who’s been with the show for its full eight years in Alberta. They tend to draw a different crowd than typically goes to the Varscona, something that’s

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worth celebrating. The play has become a favourite for many Albertan down-homers that can’t manage the pricey ticket home every Christmas. “The joke was—I think the first year we were there—we sold out the beer in the first two nights that was set out for our entire run,” Jameson laughs, which she adds, neared the amount of beer the theatre had sold all year. This year the cast has partnered with the Bissell Centre to accept donations of children’s winter clothing for any children in the city that may need a little extra love this season. Sierra Bilton sierra@vueweekly.com

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

BALLROOM DANCE ASSOCIATION • Central Lions Recreation Center, 11113-113 St • 780.893.6828 • ebda.ca • An evening of ballroom, latin, country dancing • First Sat of every month, 8pm (doors)

CLARA'S DREAM • Jubilee Auditorium,

11455-87 Ave • Shumka's Nutcracker, "Clara's Dream" returns. A holiday classic, this production features ballet, folk dance, and character dance in a celebration of Tchaikovsky’s beloved score • Dec 29-30, 7:30pm, 2pm (Dec 30 only) • $20-$80

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)

FLAMENCO DANCE CLASSES (BEGINNER OR ADVANCED) • Dance

artwork by Kari Duke; Jan 11, 7-9pm • Fallen Star Cars: artwork by Steve Coffey; Feb 8, 7-9pm

FILM METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre,

GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood

8712-109 St • 780.425.9212 • metrocinema. org • Visit metrocinema.org for daily listings • AFTERNOON TEA: The Sound of Music (Dec 17) • CANADA ON SCREEN: Black Christmas (1974) (Dec 22) • Metro retro: The Crow (Dec 28) • QuoteA-LONG SERIES: Die Hard (Dec 23) • reeL FaMiLy CINEMA: Home Alone (Dec 16), Elf (Dec 23), The Wizard of OZ (Dec 30) • Strange Canada: The Silent Partner (Dec 21)

Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • Light in the Land–the Nature of Canada: artwork by Dr. Roberta Bondar; Nov 10-Dec 21

HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl,

SING-A-LONG-A SOUND OF MUSIC • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • horizonstage.com • A host will lead the audience through a vocal warm up and give you a comprehensive guide to the accompanying actions for this sing-a-long movie event • Jan 20, 2pm

GALLERIES + MUSEUMS • 9534-87 St • 780.488.8558 • info@acuarts. ca • acuarts.ca • Motanky, Felting and Weaving Show: artwork by Elizabeth Holinaty, Myroslava Oksentiuk, Elena Scharabun and Natalia Yashnikova; Dec 1-19

ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft. ab.ca • Landmarks: artwork by Julia Reimer, Tyler Rock and Katherine Russell; Sep 2-Dec 24 • Process; Thinking Through: artwork by Charles Lewton-Brain; Jan 20-Apr 21

ALBERTA LEGISLATURE AND LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY VISITOR CENTRE • 9820107 St • 780.415.1839 • jeanette.dotimas@ assembly.ab.ca • assembly.ab.ca/visitorcentre/ borealis/LegionHalls.html • Legion Halls: photography by Tobi Asmoucha; Oct 13-Jan 2

ALLIED ARTS COUNCIL OF SPRUCE GROVE • Melcor Cultural Centre, 355th Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Novelty Show; Dec 4-Jan 19

HOW TO SAY GOODBYE: AN OBITUARY FOR CANADIAN HISTORY • Spazio

Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • Turbulent Landings: The NGC 2017 Canadian Biennial: curated by Catherine Crowston, Josee Drouin-Brisebois and Jonathan Shaughnessy; Sep 30-Jan 7 • Monument: artwork by Dara Humniski and Sergio Serrano; Oct 14-Feb 19 • Calling Stones (Conversations): artwork by Faye HeavyShield; Oct 28-Feb 19 • WordMark: A New Chapter Acquisition Project; Oct 28-Mar 25 • 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 • Exhibition Tours; Every Sat-Sun, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm • Art for Lunch; 3rd Thu of the month, 12-1pm • VIBE; 3rd Fri of the month, 5-9pm

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 (5:30-6:45pm), 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 NAKED • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • milezerodance.com • This work is inspired by the stages of humans in the amniotic sac, the muscular, bones and sensoral development, contractions, breath and birth. Adult content (nudity) • Dec 8-9 • $15 or best offer at the door

THE SASH MAKER • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • milezerodance.com • In collaboration with Aboriginal Arts Alberta, Rebecca Sadowski uses Metis traditional sash weaving as an entry point to exploring her own heritage through movement • Jan 19-20 • $15 or best offer at the door

SUGAR FOOT STOMP! • Sugar Swing Ballroom, 10019-80 Ave NW • 587.786.6554 • dance@sugarswing.com • sugarswing.com • Swing dance social • Every Fri-Sat, 8pm (beginner lesson begins) • $12, $2 (lesson with entry) • All ages SACRED CIRCLE DANCE • Riverdale Hall, 9231-100 Ave • Dances are taught to a variety of songs and music. No partner required • Every Wed, 7-9pm • $10

SUBARTIC IMPROV & EXPERIMENTAL ARTS • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St

• milezerodance.com • Co-curated by Jen Mesch and Allison Balcetis, these unique events combine forces of local and visiting artists, who share with the audience to a melange of dance, visual art, music, and text • Jan 12 • $15 or best offer at the door

HUMAN ECOLOGY GALLERY • University of Alberta 1-15, Human Ecology Building • 780.492.3824 • Imagining a Better World: The Artwork of Nelly Toll; Sep 28-Mar 11 LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St • 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • Holiday Group Selling Exhibition: featuring Lando Gallery artists; Until the end of Dec

LATITUDE 53 • Latitude 53, 10242-106 St

aCua gaLLery & artiSan BoutiQue

Code Studio, 10575-115 St NW #204 • 780.349.4843 • judithgarcia07@gmail.com • flamencoenvivo.com • Every Sun until Jun 10, 11:30am-12:30pm

Performativo, 10816-95 St • The best funeral ever attended. Be prepared to bid farewell to a long year of Canada 150 with performances that will celebrate the small, random and dark histories of Canada's past • Dec 16, 8pm • Free (donations will be accepted and donated to The Bissell Centre)

10215-112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse. ab.ca • 1984 Cranes: artwork by Elenor Coerr; Dec 7-Jan 19 • Bandaneira: artwork by Jonas St. Michael; Dec 7-Jan 19

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2

ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA)

NW • latitude53.org • Persistence of Vision: artwork by Brandon A. Dalmer; Dec 8-Jan 20 • Latitude Invitational: by various artists; Dec 8-Jan 20

LOFT ART GALLERY • 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • artsoc@telus.net • artstrathcona.com • Open Fri-Sun, Sep 9-Dec, 10-4pm • Artwork from local artists of the Society MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah. org/mcmullen-gallery • Holiday Show & Sale 2017; Dec 7-21 MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@ artsandheritage.ca •The Michel Band: curated by members of the Michel Band Council; Sep 19-Jan 7 PAINT SPOT • 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • NAESS GALLERY: The Aging Chalice: artwork by Sarah C. Louise Jackson and Sara Norquay; Nov 23-Jan 4 • ARTISTAN NOOK: Chapmans Create: artwork by Michelle and Josh Chapman; Noc 23-Jan 4 PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12323104 Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery. com • Group Show: Includes new artists and their new works; Nov 9-Dec 31 • Giving Context: artwork by Steve Driscoll; Nov 25-Dec 30 • Raw Materials: artwork by Phil Darrah; Dec 14-Jan 6

PICTURE THIS! FRAMING & GALLERY • 959 Ordze Rd, Sherwood Park • 780.467.3038 • info@picturethisgallery.com • picturethisgallery. com • The Winter Art Show: artwork by Roger Arndt, Luke Buck, Charity Dakin, Trisha Romance and more; Dec 1-Feb 28 • Christmas Open House–A Picture This Christmas; Dec 15-23 PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF ALBERTA

• 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 •

artgalleryofstalbert.ca • Outrospectives: artwork by Nathalie Daoust, Florin Hategan and Edwin Janzen; Dec 7-Jan 27

• 8555 Roper Road • PAA@gov.ab.ca • 780.427.1750 • culture.alberta.ca/paa/ eventsandexhibits/default.aspx • Open Tue-Sat, 9am

BLEEDING HEART ART SPACE • 9132-118

SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta

Ave • dave@bleedingheartartspace.com • Your Work, Our Walls: artwork by Open Walls 3; Nov 25-Dec 16

BOREALIS GALLERY • 9820-107 St • assembly.ab.ca/visitorcentre/borealis.html • Legion Halls: produced by the Canadian War Museum; Oct 13-Jan 2

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Daily activities, demonstrations and experiments • The Science Behind Pixar Exhibition; Until Jan 7 • Free-$117.95

BRUCE PEEL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS • Lower level, Rutherford South, University of Alberta • bpsc.library.ualberta.ca • Salt, Sword, and Crozier: Books and Coins from the Prince-Bishopric of Salzburg (c.1500-c.1800); Sep 26-Jan 31

UDELL XHIBITIONS • 10332-124 St NW • 780.488.4445 • Open Tues to Sat 10am-5 pm • udellxhibitions.com • Winter Group Show; Dec 9-23

BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345-124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • Radioactive Core: artwork by Scott Plear; Dec 8-24

CaVa gaLLery • 9103-95 Ave •

ROUGE POETRY SLAM HOSTED BY BREATH IN POETRY COLLECTIVE • BLVD Supper x Club, 10765 Jasper Ave • Every Tue

TALES–Monthly Storytelling Circle • Parkallen Community Hall, 6510-111 St • Monthly Tellaround: 2nd Wed each month • Sep-Jun, 7-9pm • Free • Info: 780.437.7736; talesedmonton@hotmail.com

whose legacy is felt beyond his lifetime • Jan 31-Feb 18

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF • Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • The heartwarming musical story about fathers, daughters, husbands and wives, life, love and acceptance • Dec 15-30 THE HUMANS • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • citadeltheatre.com • A family reunion at Thanksgiving causes tensions to rise to the surface as secrets and hardships are revealed • Jan 6-28

THEATRE

THE LISTENING ROOM • ATB Financial Art Barns, 10330-84 Ave • 780.471.1586 • In an isolated and post-apocalyptic desert, a group of four teenagers use radio telescopes to salvage fragments of earlier civilizations still ricocheting between stars, desperately searching for connections to a past that has faded from both memory and record • Jan 18-28

11 O'CLOCK NUMBER • Basement Theatre at

LITTLE GIRL LOST • South Pointe Community

UPPER CRUST CAFÉ • 10909-86 Ave • 780.422.8174 • strollofpoets.com • The Poets’ Haven Reading Series • Most Mon (except holidays), 7pm, Sep 18-Mar; presented by the Stroll of Poets Society • $5 (door)

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, Oct 13-Dec 15, 11pm

A CHRISTMAS CAROL • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • citadeltheatre.com • Three Ghosts of Christmas show Scrooge the value of giving. A heart-warming family classic to raise the holiday spirits • Dec 1-23

BACK TO THE 80S PART 2: THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Join Bill and Ted in their time traveling phone booth as they blast back to the '80s to relive the bad hairdos, spandex pants, iconic characters and, of course, it’s most excellent mix-tape of memorable music. • Nov 7-Jan 28

THE BEST LITTLE NEWFOUNDLAND CHRISTMAS PAGEANT...EVER! • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • A seemingly a dull task for Mrs. O’Brien, who has been put in charge when the original leader hits a moose with her car. When the Herdmans, "the worst kids in the history of the entire universe", show up for the auditions, things could go sideways • Dec 15-17, 20-23 (7:30pm); Dec 16& 23 (2pm) • $28.95 (adults), $22.95 (students and kids under 17), $24.95 (seniors 60+); Available at TIX on the Square

BEWITCHING ELVIS • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061 8882-170 St • 780.484.2424 • edmonton.jubilations.ca • Samantha Stephens and her husband Darren are trying to live a normal married life, but Samantha’s witch mother, Endora, doesn’t make it very easy for them. Samantha throws a party and is greeted by the real Elvis • Jan 26-Apr 1 BURNING BLUEBEARD • The Roxy on Gateway, 8529 Gateway Blvd • Tells the tale of six singed clowns who emerge from the burnt remains of a theatre to perform their spectacular Christmas Pantomime • Dec 12-23 CHIMPROV • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s long form comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm; Sep 10-Jun 9 • $15 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square)

DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • die-nasty.com • Live improvised soap opera. Join the whole Die-Nasty family REBORN, for a whole season of great artists, earth-shaking discovery, glorious music, hilarious hi jinx...but mostly Machiavellian Intrigue • Runs every Mon, 6:30pm (doors), 7:30-9:30pm • Oct 23-May 29

EMPIRE OF THE SON • Citadel Theatre, 9828101A Ave • citadeltheatre.com • A dynamic solo performance about an emotionally distant father

Centre, 11520 Ellerslie Road • When a spoiled nine year old little girl finds out she won’t be getting the doll she wants she runs away two days before Christmas and is reluctantly adopted by a family of street kids, a charismatic street gentleman, and a bag lady with Alzheimer’s • Dec 8-16 • Tickets at TIX on the Square

ONEGIN • Maclab Theatre at the Citadel, 9828-101A Ave • 780.425.1820 • A new indierock musical. Tells the story of Eugene Onegin, a wealthy Russian playboy who, bored with seducing women in Moscow, sees a chance for a change when he inherits a country estate. He soon becomes fast friends with Vladimir, his new neighbour, who introduces Onegin to the love of his life, Olga • Jan 17-28, 7:30pm (nightly), 2pm (weekends) • $17 OPEN JAM • Holy Trinity Church, 10037-84 Ave • 780.907.2975 • grindstonetheatre.ca • Facilitated by Grindstone Theatre. Swap games and ideas and get an opportunity to play. For those of all levels • Last Tue of each month

ORANGE IS THE NEW PINK • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061, 8882-170 St • 780.484.2424 • edmonton. jubilations.ca • Piper is pretty in pink and the life of every party. But when this queen of the New York party scene takes it a bit too far, she’s forced to trade in the pink party dress for an orange prison suit • Oct 20-Jan 20 PURPLE PIRATE’S MAGIC PIRATE SHIP • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • horizonstage.com • This voyage will have adults laughing and children leaping to their feet to volunteer with the world’s friendliest buccaneer, The Purple Pirate • Jan 29, 10 am SHATTER • Walterdale Theatre, 10322-83 Ave • 780.439.3058 • walterdaletheatre.com • Anna MacLean’s eye has been turned by all the handsome soldiers roaming about the streets of her hometown of Halifax. She feels the promise of something great is lingering on the horizon for her • Dec 6-16 SLUMBERLAND MOTEL • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • shadowtheatre.org • While overnighting in a seedy roadside motel, two down on their luck vacuum cleaner salesmen’s lives are changed by a mysterious woman • Jan 17-Feb 4

THEATRESPORTS • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • Sep 9-Jun 8 • $15

Fiddler on the Roof Festival Place Dec. 15-30

AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • Karl Subban "How We Did It" Meet & Greet; Dec 14, 5-7pm

DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St • 780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • Disclosures: Artwork by Dana Dal Bo, Dayna Danger, Shan Kelley; Nov 3-Dec 16

DOWNTOWN EDMONTON BOOK CLUB

FAB GALLERY • Fine Arts Building Gallery,1-1 FAB (University of Alberta) • ualberta.ca/ artshows • MFA Sculpture: artwork by TJ McLachlan; Dec 19-23 & Jan 2-13 • The Light Through the Window: artwork by Noemi De Brujn; Dec 19-23 & Jan 2-13 • Feeling the Flesh of the Other as Our Own: artwork by Angela Marino; Jan 23-Feb 10 • Alcuin Awards for Book Design in Canada 2016; Jan 23-Feb 10 thefrontgallery.com • The Heritage Collection:

WEST END GALLERY • 10337-124 St • 780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • Edmonton Calendar Show; Nov 25-Dec 23

Chateau Nova Yellowhead, 13920 Yellowhead Trail • New novel by R. Harlan Smith • Dec 14, 6pm (doors), 7pm (presentation)

LITERARY

780.461.3427 • galeriecava.com • Miniatures Show Galerie; Dec 1-23

FRONT GALLERY • 10402-124 St •

Print-Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • SNAP Annual Members Show and Sale; Nov 18-Dec 16 • Community Gallery: artwork by Jonathan S. Green; Jan 5-Feb 10 • Main Gallery: Tara Cooper; Jan 5-Feb 10

HITCH YOUR WAGON TO A STAR •

• Downtown Edmonton Community League, 10042-103 St • facebook.com/declorg • Open to anyone who lives, works, or plays downtown and wants to meet new people, have great conversations, and read cool stuff • Every 2nd Wed, 7-8:30pm

EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Mercury Room,10575-114 St • edmontonstoryslam. com • facebook.com/mercuryroomyeg • Great stories, interesting company, fabulous atmosphere • 3rd Wed each month • 7pm (signup); 7:30pm • $5 Donation to winner

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ANIMATED REVUE

The Breadwinner follows a young girl posing as a boy to feed her family and free her father from prison Fri., Dec. 15 – Tue., Dec. 26 The Breadwinner Metro Cinema General Admission 

hen a book is adapted into a film it can often feel rushed and oversimplified. However, The Breadwinner, based on Canadian author Deborah Ellis’ young adult novel of the same name, finds visual creativity and new meaning. The animated story, produced by Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie, follows Parvana (voiced by Saara Chaudry) an 11-year-old girl who lives with her family in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2001. Her father, a teacher who lost his leg in the civil war, earns a small living by selling items and writing letters in the marketplace. Within 15 minutes of the beginning of the film, the viewer is immediately

subjected to the rampant violence against women in Afghanistan. Parvana, her sister, and her mother are forced to hide from society, cover their skin, and have a male escort them outside of their home. Parvana’s father tells stories of a simpler time when he truly felt peace even if it was for a brief moment. Each of her father’s (and soon her own) stories in the film is told with minimalist, but stylized mythical imagery, adding to the ocular splendour the film works hard to uphold. The animation beautifully paints the physical and cultural setting of Kabul. We have bustling street bazaars, water-coloured mosques, and mountains and deftly drawn character designs full of emotion. But, tensions are high with war drawing near so, this beautiful world suddenly turns quite bleak and dark.

After an altercation with some local Taliban men, Parvana’s father is taken away to prison leaving her and her family to fend for themselves. Parvana and her mother attempt to walk to the prison and plea for the father’s release, but are soon stopped by a wicked man who eventually beats Parvana’s mother off-screen. After Parvana and her mother return home, Parvana decides to cut her hair and pose as a boy, becoming the faux patriarch of her family. She literally becomes “The Breadwinner.” The plot is simple enough for a child to understand (Parvana works for food and saves money to free her father) but underneath the vivid imagery, lies a more complex story. Parvana is shown a new world under her deceptive male eyes. She runs into her friend Shauzia

(who also disguises herself as a boy) and begins to do odd jobs to earn money. While she works with Shauzia, she realizes that as a boy, she has the freedom to do anything she wants says. Shauzia quickly summarizes by saying “When you’re a boy, you can go anywhere.” As Parvana wrestles with the daunting task of freeing her father from prison she tells the fairy tale of a boy who attempts to save his village from the vicious beast like “Elephant King.” This is where the film runs into brief moments of trouble. The story is clearly a metaphor for Parvana’s task, but at times, the deeper meaning runs into a wall. While visually impressive, the tale within a tale becomes confusing and at times tedious. The story also falls on a few Western tropes with almost every Islamic man being cruel, and

heartless. It’s a departure from the novel and maybe not the best choice. Still, the climactic and somewhat chaotic ending of the film leaves the viewer hungering for a resolution while the overused tropes completely disintegrate. We are left with a human tale and almost journalistic account of the sometimes abhorrent life in Afghanistan for a woman. The film is a perfect representation of what an animated film can do—showing life from a different visual perspective. While many current animated films seem to talk down to the audience (I’m looking at you Emoji Movie and Despicable Me 1, 2, and 3,) The Breadwinner may make you question your morality and complacency with Western life. Stephan Boissonneault stephan@vueweekly.com

the sort of brainy sarcasm being chirped daily by Christine McPherson (Saoirse Ronan), who’s rechristened herself “Lady Bird.” It’s her last year at Catholic high school, 2002-2003, and she’s desperate to flee this NorCal burg for an East Coast college.

feels just as important as it should. Cutting away from Lady Bird’s own imaginings, frustrations, and feelings, or suddenly contrasting them with others,’ Gerwig reminds us of what lies beyond our own narrow vision. That’s most true of the scenes with Lady Bird’s lower middleclass family, tracing an all-too-realistic mother-daughter bond. Marion (Laurie Metcalf) holds down the steady job as a nurse, but she feels she has to be the “bad guy” at home. Her hardness and sharpness are there in her daughter’s own obstinacy and braininess, though. In its final moments, Lady Bird reframes itself as a thank you letter from child to parent. What better thank you, though, than Gerwig’s reframing of her own life into such a great film? Brian Gibson film@vueweekly.com

FILM REVUE

RAISING LADY BIRD

Lady Bird Directed by Greta Gerwig Now playing 

Greta Gerwig’s brilliant directorial debut doesn’t miss a beat

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fter lead roles in top indie comedies (Baghead, Damsels in Distress), and starring in and cowriting top indie comedies (Frances Ha, Mistress America), Greta Gerwig completes the trifecta with her mightily impressive directorial debut, Lady Bird. It’s a pseudo-autobiographical coming-of-age (and coming-of-artist) tale. But it’s also a late-teen picaresque, its episodes not just torquing us through the title character’s lapses and lunges in maturity, but, crucially, wrenching us out of her late-teen solipsism. It begins with a Joan Didion quote about The Golden State’s capital: “Anybody who talks about California hedonism has never spent a Christmas in Sacramento.” That’s

There are more funny lines in Lady Bird’s first five minutes than in most films. Even Lady Bird’s comment to the first boy she’s about to have sex with, as he’s putting on a condom, hints at her need, just then, to show off her erudition: “You’re so dexterous with that.” There are Lady Bird and her friend Julie’s (Beanie Feldstein) jars and jolts of seventeen-hood, from childish excitement over that first kiss to the recognition a classmate’s more mixed-up than you are. But no moment’s overblown or underwhelming—each one

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FILM REVUE

FRI, DEC 15–THUR, DEC 21

ROMAN J. ISRAEL, ESQ FRI & MON TO THURS: 9:30PM SAT: 3:45 & 9:30PM SUN: 3:45 & 8:45PM RATED: PG, CL

WONDER

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

FRI & MON TO THURS: 6:45 & 9:15PM SAT: 1:00, 3:30, 6:45 & 9:15PM SUN: 1:00, 3:30, 6:00 & 8:30PM RATED: PG, NRFYC

FRI & MON TO THURS: 7:00PM SAT: 1:15 & 7:00PM SUN: 1:15 & 6:15PM RATED: PG

MURDER MYSTERY IN MISSOURI

Martin McDonagh’s latest flick starts strong, but tapers into nastiness and brutality

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Directed by Martin McDonagh Now playing 

bbing. It’s the name of the town near to where Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) lives, but the verb can’t apply to Hayes’ grief. It’s still raging in Martin McDonagh’s vengeanceseeking drama, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which flickers with a raw, elemental power despite occasional conveniences, heavy-handedness, and a too-savage tone. Months after her daughter was murdered and her body burnt, Mildred, fed up with the case growing cold, pays for messages to be plastered onto three billboards along a road on the outskirts: “RAPED WHILE DYING”; “AND STILL NO ARRESTS,” and “HOW COME, CHIEF WILLOUGHBY?” Willoughby (Woody Harrelson) is not only frustrated

about the case, but dying of cancer. One of his officers, Jason Dixon (Sam Rockwell), is a loose cannon. Soon, though, Mildred’s provocation and Willoughby’s terminal condition lead to strange alliances and a possible new lead. The story is at its best early on, alert to Hayes’ grief as it blears and blurts into grievance. Minimalist dialogue and minutely observed family moments build a small-town allegory for an America where people pick sides and are searching for something or someone to take their anger out on. Dixon turns out to be an interestingly pathetic every-cop, standing in for boys’ club bigotry while still a troubled, white working-class son trying to slip out from his nasty ma’s shadow. That mother, though—as memorable as she is—and some other characters lurking on the periphery come closer to caricature or seem token (a “midget” ends up the sad clown). As with

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playwright McDonagh’s other big-screen ventures, there are moments that still seem stagey: read-out letters (one overlong farewell note); dramatic convenience (a police station has no rear-exit?). If the movie’s trying to be a Southern gothic fable of the evil that men and women do—as its early shot of a character reading Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories suggests—it doesn’t insinuate itself and burrow in. Most of the darkly humorous moments here do sting, revealing jokes to be the only balm, at times, for an aching grief. But all that initial minimalism is soon engulfed by so much fiery violence, emotions on the rampage, and bottom-line nastiness and brutality. What could have been a series of dry, acrid tumblers, downed one shot at a time, becomes one Molotov cocktail after another, thrown again and again. Brian Gibson film@vueweekly.com

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Where will you be when the clock strikes midnight? ALIBI PUB & EATERY

• 17328 Stony Plain Rd • 780.452.7708 • NYE Live with El Niven & The Alibi • 8pm • No minors

ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL

• 7704-104 St • 780.432.4611 • atlantictrapandgill.com/edmonton-yeg • With Jimmy Whiffen • 8:30pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

• 10425-82 Ave • 780.439.1082 • admin@blackdog.ca • facebook.com/blackdogfreehouse • New Year’s Eve with Mad Bomber Society: Mad Bomber Society on the main floor & DJs in the Wooftop • 7pm (doors), 10:30pm (show) • $25, includes an individual champagne at midnight

BLUE CHAIR CAFE

• 9624-76 Ave • 780.989.2861 • bluechair.ca • New Year’s Eve Party • 7pm-midnight

BOURBON ROOM

• 205 Carnegie Drive, St. Albert • 587.290.0071 • bourbonroomstalbert.com • Theme Party: Prohibition NYE. Dress to impress. Featuring live music from Crush • $75 (adv; dinner & show), $55 (adv, no dinner)

BROADMOOR LAKE PARK, ARENA AND SPORTS CENTRE (SHELL), COMMUNITY CENTRE AND FESTIVAL PLACE • 780.467.2211 • recreation@strathcona.ca • Ring in 2018 with family fun and entertainment • 4-8pm • Free • All ages

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CAFFREY’S-IN THE PARK

• 1-99 Wye Road, Sherwood Park • 780.449.7468 • caffreys.ca • New Years Eve Party; Live on stage with Mourning Wood • 6pm (doors), 7pm (dinner), 9pm (dance) • $35 (dinner/party), $15 (party only); available via Caffrey’s

CAMROSE RESORT AND CASINO

• 3201-48 Ave, Camrose • 780.679.0904 • camroseresortcasino.com • New Year’s Eve featuring a performance by RadioActive. Other events include: New Year’s Eve Toast and Stay and a New Year’s Eve buffet • 6:30pm (doors), 7-8:30pm (buffet), 9pm (band), 11pm (light snacks), 11.45pm (champagne) • $80 (plus GST); $279 (toast & stay package)

CANDY CANE LANE

• 10041-104 Ave • 780.239.0544 • daphne@centralsocialhall.com • centralsocialhall.com • New Year’s Eve: Ring in 2018 at Central Social Hall Downtown Edmonton • 5-8pm (dinner), 9pm (party) • $20 (adv, party tickets, priority entrance subject to capacity, online), $50 (dinner and party, includes reserved seating, $50 food and beverage voucher, email or call for tickets)

CENTURY CASINO (EDMONTON)

• 13103 Fort Rd • 780.643.4000 • edmonton.cnty.com • NYE BASH featuring PRISM and Lee Aaron • 8pm (doors) • $69.95 • No minors

CENTURY CASINO (ST. ALBERT)–VEE LOUNGE

• 148 St, between 92 and 100 Ave • denhartigh.ca/cclane • Walk and take a sleigh ride, enjoy the festive decorations and lights • 5-11pm (runs until Jan 2) • Bring a food donation for the Food Bank

• Vee Lounge at the Century Casino St. Albert, 24 Boudreau Rd. St. Albert • 780.460.8092 • stalbert.cnty.com • The Vinyl Countdown: three course plated meal, The Vinyl Countdown (80’s New Wave revivalist band), dance floor, party favours, midnite toast and all night access to DJ Johnny event in Vee Party Room including late night buffet • 6:30pm (seating), 9pm (band) • $75

CASINO EDMONTON

• 7055 Argyll Road • mycasinoedmonton.com • New Years Eve with Blackboard Jungle • 6pm (dinner), 9pm (band) • $69.99 (includes GST and gratuity)

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CASINO YELLOWHEAD

• 12464-153 St • mycasinoyellowhead.com • Nearly Neil Diamond • 6pm (dinner), 9pm (show) • $69.99 (includes GST and gratuity)

CASK AND BARREL

CENTRAL SOCIAL HALL DOWNTOWN

• 10041-104 Ave • contact@thecaskandbarrel.ca • The Motown NYE Party featuring DJ Modest Mike • 8pm • $10 (adv tickets available at yeglive.ca)

• Vee Lounge at the Century Casino St. Albert, 24 Boudreau Rd. St. Albert • 780.460.8092 • stalbert.cnty.com • DJ Johnny: DJ, dance floor, party favours, midnite toast and late night buffet • 8:30pm (seating), 9pm (DJ) • $25

• New Years Eve starring Jamie Lissow from the Real Rob on Netflix • 7pm, 10pm • $30-$49.95

COOK COUNTY SALOON • 8010 Gateway Boulevard • 780.432.2665 • info@cookcountysaloon.com • cookcountysaloon.com • New Years Resolution Party: Multiple gym memberships/prizes to be won with $5.25 Crown Royal all night long • 9pm (doors) • $5 (adv, via website); includes no line no cover and a complimentary beverage

CRAFT BEER MARKET • 10013-101A Ave • 780.424.2337 • A 4-course dinner with beer pairings during the night • 6pm, 8pm seatings • $60 (6pm seating, include tax and gratuity), $75 (8pm seating with dance), $60 (8pm seating, dinner only)

CROWN AND ANCHOR • 15227 Castledowns Road • 780.472.7696 • New Year’s Eve With The Shufflehounds. Food and drink specials all night long • 9pm • $25 in advance at venue

DRAKE HOTEL • 3945-118 Ave • 780.479.3929 • Ring in the New Year with The Rockin Fiddle Band • 8pm • No minors

DUGGAN’S BOUNDARY COMIC STRIP

• West Edmonton Mall, Suite 1646, 8882-170 St • 780.483.5999 • wem.thecomicstrip.ca

• 9013-88 Ave • 780.465.4834 • Duff Robison • 9pm

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EDMONTON DOWNTOWN • Alberta Legislature Grounds • 311 • edmonton.ca/newyearseve • New Year’s Eve Downtown: Family fun with live entertainment, activities, food trucks and more • 6-9pm with fireworks at 9pm • Free

EDMONTON INN & CONFERENCE CENTRE • 11834 Kingsway • Hosted by the Edmonton Pride Festival. Edmonton Pride New Years Eve Party - Kick off your Sunday Shoes featuring food, champagne at midnight and more • 7:30pm • $50-$65 (via Eventbrite)

EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR • 8230 Gateway Blvd • 780.760.0200 • info@elcortezcantina.com • Neon NYE: Two seatings for dinner by Chef Mike Doppler, entertainment by Violette Coque and LeTabby Lexington hosted by Julian Faid, champagne toast at midnight and dance with DJs Polyesterday and Thomas Culture • $60 (6pm seating), $90 (8pm seating), $25 (10pm at the door for the midnight toast and dance)

EMPIRE BALLROOM, FAIRMONT HOTEL MACDONALD • 10065-100 St • 780.429.6495 • mac.dining@fairmont.com • fairmont.com/macdonald-edmonton • NYE at the MAC | Studio 54: Themed Disco Ball, this will be a throwback to an era that started it all. Featuring live music and entertainment provided by Carling Undercover, reception style food, and a cash bar • 9:30pm • $140 + GST (bit.ly/NYEMAC2017)

EDMONTON TRANSIT SERVICE

• 311 • edmonton.ca • Start the party off safely with ETS by taking it to and from your event for free. All money collected in the ETS fare boxes will be given to the Donate a Ride Program • ETS: Begins Dec 31 at 6pm, ends on Jan 1 until 3:30am • DATS: Begins Dec 31 at 6pm, ends on Jan 1 until 1:30am • Free

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE

• 10220-103 St • 780.424.0077 • yourgaybar.com • Skyy and Stars featuring DJ Rsquared • 9pm

FANTASYLAND HOTEL, WEST EDMONTON MALL • Beverly Hills Ballroom • 780.466.7754 • edgala.com • 2018 Edmonton International New Year’s Eve Gala: an evening of food, drinks, fun with circus variety shows performed by former members of CIRQUE DU SOLEIL. In support of the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation • 7pm • $160 (Eventbrite)

THE FORGE • 10549-82 Ave • Merkules & Doom Squad NYE • 8pm • Tickets at venue, please call ahead • No minors

FORT EDMONTON PARK

• 7000-143 St • fortedmontonpark.ca • Sleeping Beauty: A Christmas Pantomime. Pantomime is a style of acting that involves song, dance, slapstick comedy, and audience participation as part of the performance • 12:30pm • $28 (adult), $22(child)

HAWRELAK PARK

• 9330 Groat Rd • icecastles.com/edmonton/ • Ice Castles: Explore the Ice Castles, an acre-sized winter wonderland crafted by hand using only icicles and water, and resembles organic formations found in nature, like those of frozen waterfalls, glaciers or ice caves • 3-9pm

HAVE MERCY KITCHEN + BAR

• 8230 Gateway Blvd • 780.760.0203 • info@havemercy.ca • Sister Mary Clarence presents “Hail Mary & Have Mercy” NYE Drag Show. Two seatings for dinner by Chef Michael Giasson and “Hail Mary & Have Mercy” NYE Drag Show at 10 pm hosted by Sister Mary Clarence • $40 (6pm seating), $60 (8pm seating), $20 (10pm drag show and midnight toast)

HELLENIC-CANADIAN COMMUNITY

• 10450-116 St • 780.454.2382 • events@edmontonhellenic.com • edmontonhellenic.com • Greek Gala on New Year’s Eve: Treat yourself to a Greek party by joining Edmonton’s Hellenic (Greek) community ring in 2018! Featuring a classic prime rib buffet, imported wines, and Montreal’s internationally acclaimed DJ Spec • 6:30pm (doors) • $75 ($20 for kids 6-12 and free for kids under 6)

HIGHLANDS GOLF CLUB

• 6603 Ada Boulevard • 780.474.4211 • New Years Eve at the Highlands: featuring Rum Bros Duo • 7pm (doors), 8pm (food stations), 9pm (live music and dance), midnight • $75 (available at reservations@highlandsgolfclub. com or the Highlands calendar)

HOLY ROLLER

• 8222 Gateway Blvd • 780.540.4659 • holyroller@merchanthospitality.com • “Flock to the Feather” New Year’s Eve Party: enjoy a three course dinner by Chef Rafael Alcazar. The third seating enjoy appetizers and Taittinger champagne to ring in the new year with live entertainment. Dress code in effect • 5pm (first seating), 7:30pm (second seating), 10pm (third seating) • $95 per seating including tax and gratuity

HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH

• 10037-84 Ave • procoro.ca • Pro Coro Canada presents A Pro Coro Canada’s

New Years Eve: a novel traidition begins with choral works that speak to the passing of time and rebirth. Enjoy a glass of bubbly at intermission, and then join in the singing • 7:30pm • $30 (senior/student), $35 (adult)

JACK AXE • 9785-45 Ave • 780.628.1874 • jack-axe.ca • Festive themed glow in the axe throwing and log birling snow ball fight • 12-8pm

JUBILATIONS DINNER THEATRE • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, Phase 1, Upper Level • 780.484.2424 • infoedmonton@Jubilations.ca • Featuring a three-act musical comedy, a delicious four-course dinner, a special midnight buffet, fun party favours, and refillable tea and coffee • 5:30pm (start) • $114.95 plus tax

LEGACY PARK AND THE MUSEUM FORT • Fort Saskatchewan • 780.460.9100 • Outdoor activities include mini sno-golf, bean bag toss, snow painting, skating and more • 5-8pm • Free • All ages

MAYFIELD DINNER THEATRE • 16615-109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Back To the 80s Part 2: The Adventure Continues: Join Bill and Ted in their time traveling phone booth as they blast back to the 80’s to relive the bad hairdos, spandex pants, iconic characters and, of course, it’s most excellent mix-tape of memorable music • 6:30pm • $174

MISSION HILL, ST. ALBERT • Dress for the weather and arrive early to find parking and a place to sit. Featuring fireworks and more • 8:30-9pm

• 11730 Jasper Ave • 780.482.4767 • ontherocksedmonton.com • New Year's Eve 2018 with The Boom Booms • 6pm (doors), 10pm (band) • $45 (dinner and party–ticket includes three course meal, reserved seating), $25 (party ticket includes no line before 10 pm); Both ticket styles include party favours and champagne at midnight

THE REC ROOM SOUTH EDMONTON COMMON • 1725-99 St • 780.702.1332 • therecroom.com • Dance Dance Resolution: Ring in the New Year at The Rec Room, featuring DJs, live bands and a dance floor that won’t stop until well into 2018 • 9pm • No cover

THE REC ROOM WEST EDMONTON MALL • 8882-170 St NW • 780.900.8714 • therecroom.com • Dance Dance Resolution: Ring in the New Year at The Rec Room, featuring DJs, live bands and a dance floor that won’t stop until well into 2018 • 9pm • No cover

RIVER CREE RESORT & CASINO • 300 East Lapotac Boulevard • 780.484.2121 • rivercreeresort.com • Snake Oil • 6pm (1st show doors), 7pm (1st show), 9pm (2nd show doors), 10pm (shows) • Tickets starting at $34.99 • Must be 18+

ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE • 10516 Jasper Ave • 780.424.3836 • info@rockymountainicehouse.ca • RMI presents NYE Secret Agent Video Dance Party featuring DJ DEFBOI • 8pm (doors) • $10 (adv, in house or at YEGLive.ca) • No minors

ROGERS PLACE

MOONSHINERS • 5202-50 St, Stony Plain • 780.591.1902 • A Newsome New Year: A great night of BBQ live music and dancing featuring opener Winnie Brave from Ontario and local favorite Steve Newsome for the main event • 7pm • $20 (adv), $25 (door), $15 (BBQ)

• 10220-104 Ave • nhl.com/oilers • Edmonton Oilers vs. Winnipeg Jets • 5-8pm • $89 and up (available at TicketMaster)

ROSE & CROWN PUB • #195 10235-101 St • 780.426.7827 • Jake Buckley • 9pm

• 7pm • $40 (consult venue, limited amount of tickets) • No minors

URBAN TAVERN • 10030-102 St • 780.428.1099 • Bust out the Baby Duck!! It's NYE 2018...New Years Sucks: The No Frills New Years Eve Party • 8pm (doors) • $5 (adv tickets available through Ticketfly, Blackbyrd Myoozik and the Starlite Room during times of operation)

• 11606 Jasper Ave • New Beers Eve Comedy Galla: Dinner and a comedy show featuring Keith Sarnoski, Danny Martinello and Sterling Scott. Late night DJ and dancing • 6pm (doors), 8pm (comedy) • $40 (includes 3 course meal, show and reserved seating), $10 (includes entry and one prepaid drink); Both ticket styles include party favours and champagne at midnight

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STARLITE ROOM

• 10819-71 Ave • 780.434.4288 • Dinner to be followed by music and dancing to the Emeralds • 8:30pm • $85

SUGAR SWING DANCE CLUB

• 10019-80 Ave • 587.786.6554 • dance@sugarswing.com • sugarswing.com • New Year’s Gala at Sugar Swing: “That Old Magic” featuring live music. Beginner lessons at 8pm, live music featuring The Seven Deadly Syncopators at 9pm, performances, snacks and cocktails throughout the evening • 8pm (beginner lessons), 9pm-2am (dance) • Before Dec 18: $40 (members), $45 (students and out-of-towners), $50 (regular) • After Dec 18: $45 (members), $50 (students and out-of-towners), $55 (regular)

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE

• 11211-142 St • Noon Year’s Eve: featuring a countdown, science demonstrations, the TWOSE’s own version of fireworks (which involves 12 coloured hydrogen balloons), candy cane liquid nitrogen ice cream and more • 12pm • $13.95-$19.95 • All ages

TOM GOODCHILDS MOOSE FACTORY

• 4810 Calgary Trail • Edmonton New Year’s Eve 2018 Murder Mystery Dinner & Dance • 7pm (doors), 7-8pm (cocktails), 8-10pm (dinner/mystery), 10pm (dancing), midnight (party

• 12340 Fort Road • 780.474.5476 ext.261 • christee@sandshoteledm.com • Live entertainment by DANITA with party favours, door prizes, late lunch, and champagne toast at midnight • $40 (door) $35 (adv)

• 9626-96a St • 311 • edmonton.ca • Join festive hourly countdowns, taste some treats and refreshments, do some planting and explore the Pyramids • 11am-3pm • Regular admission

• 10135-100 St • 780.932.6169, 587.783.8353 (Portuguese only) or 780.973.6061 • Portuguese Canadian Multicultrual Society presents its annual New Year’s Eve Gala • 5:30pm • Free-$90

WORLD WATERPARK

• West Edmonton Mall, 8882-170 St • 780.444.5313 • Celebrate with family and friends in a tropical environment, splashing in the world’s largest indoor wave pool and speeding down waterslides with a one-of-a-kind indoor fireworks display • 6pm until midnight • $30 (single), $99-$174 (family)–Prices to increase December 26

YUK YUK’S

• 13103 Fort Rd • yukyuks.com/edmonton • A special New Year’s Eve • 7pm (doors for dinner), 7:30pm (dinner), 9pm (arrival time for show), 10:30pm (show) • $50 (show only), $85 (dinner and show)

ZINC RESTAURANT

• Located in the Art Gallery of Alberta • 780.392.2501 • Zinc Restaurant New Year’s Eve Dinner: Located in the beautiful Art Gallery Alberta, enjoy views of Churchill Square alongside culinary masterpiece by Chef David Omar. Fireworks at midnight available with second seating • Two seatings available: 5pm & 9pm • $50 (first seating), $100 (second seating)

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SEWING MACHINE FACTORY • 9562-82 Ave • thesewingmachinefactory@gmail.com • CUYA presents New Year's Eve with Chronobot, Black Thunder, Rebuild/Repair, Labradoodle, and Dead Fibres • $17 (adv)

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN • 10524 Jasper Ave • 780.756.9045 • theneedle.ca • DC Breaks with Rene LaVice, UBK & Funk Bunker Residents • 9pm • $30 (adv)

SHAKER’S ROADHOUSE

NEW YEAR’S EVE ‘EXTRAVAGANZA’ CLUB CRAWL 2017 • Multiple locations • info@studenttours.com • clubzone.com/events/new-years-eveextravaganza-club-crawl-2017-5/ • Starting at a venue with numerous stops along the way • 6pm • Tickets start at $30 and up

NORTHLANDS PARK RACETRACK & CASINO

• 7410 Borden Park Road • 780.471.3380 • ddavis@northlands.com • A Mardi Gras themed celebration that will get attendess access to a delicious Colours Restaurant buffet dinner, harness racing and casino entertainment and more • 5:30pm (doors), 6:30pm (post time) • $75

ON THE ROCKS

• 15004 Yellowhead Trail • 780.428.0202 • shakersroadhouse.com • New Year’s Eve featuring 7EVEN with Trainwreck • 6pm • $80 (adv) • No minors

SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN • 10012-101A Ave • 780.426.7784 • Andrew Scott • 9pm

SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEST EDMONTON MALL • 1650-8882 170 St • Joanne Janzen • 9pm

SIDELINERS PUB • 11018-127 St • 780.453.6006 • New Years Eve with One Horse Blue

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Revolution Engine, Patrick O’Brien (centre), The Mothercraft / Stephan Boissonneault

TURKEY DRIVE

Local artists organize fundraiser to feed less-fortunate Edmontonians a holiday meal

wner of Leprechaun FX, Patrick O’Brien, is partnering with CBC’s annual Turkey Drive and the Edmonton Food Bank to host an event that will help feed Edmontonians in-need a warm meal.

Sun., Dec. 17 (1 pm - 5 pm) Leprechaun FX Turkey Drive Fundraiser with Revolution Engine, The Mothercraft, and others Vacancy Hall

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After recruiting a group of local musicians that are also regulars at his guitar accessory store, he assembled a star-studded lineup to perform at the collaborative holiday event. Spanning a healthy cross-section of genres, local nu-metal and stoner-rock bands Revolution Engine and The Mothercraft will be playing alongside Edmonton jazz musician Mallory Chipman, and folk/country singer Son Lion. “Everybody is coming to do this voluntarily to make this event go off, so 100 percent of the profits are going right to the food bank,” O’Brien says. “That’s the way it should be because the less you put into the expenses, the less that’s actually going out to the cause itself.” Inspired by bands like P.O.D. and Rage Against The Machine, the social justice-centred Revolution Engine jumped at the opportunity to play the fundraiser. “It’s really at the heart of who we are,” says lead singer Kenny Canoe. “None of our songs revolve around women, sex, drugs—all of our songs have a message that revolves around either inspiration or education, which are our two main values.” Guitarist Glen Peters echoes this sentiment and says the

food bank was actually in their plans for 2018 as a cause to contribute toward. “We’re very spiritual guys; we care very much about doing the right thing and music is an expression of who we are as people,” Peters says. With their first EP Lower Your Weapons released, the nu-metal lyricists have a fresh EP on the way titled Fist and Flame, and have plans for local shows in the new year. Fellow Edmonton rockers The Mothercraft relished the opportunity to perform when O’Brien mentioned bringing in local talent. “We’ve been down hanging out with Pat a bunch of times,” says lead singer and guitarist Jordan LeMoine. “We always make an evening of going down there.” With its first EP, Pillars, coming out January 1, The Mothercraft is excited to join the others for a cause that doesn’t get much more local. O’Brien adds that the Turkey Drive is important for the Edmonton Food Bank because it raises funds that can be used in whatever area the food bank sees the most need, instead of limitless cans of expired or strange

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products. Not to mention, the food bank can actually buy that canned ham at four to five times cheaper than what is found at the grocery store. “I think this is the right way to do it because they’re gonna be able to use this exactly how they need to,” he says. “It’s about our community coming together for a cause.” O’Brien’s first Turkey Drive event last year passed their goal of $500 and raised $700 for the Edmonton Food Bank, which translates to 2,100 people in Edmonton fed a hot meal for the holidays. By planning earlier in the year this time, O’Brien has hopes for this year’s event to surpass and even double the amount raised last year. “They told me that $700 bucks feeds 2,100. Well, wouldn’t it be better if we could feed 4,000?” he says. Those who donate are also in the running for prizes including a Squier Stratocaster and some pedals by Dr. Scientist Sounds, Keeley Electronics, and Tone Hungry Effects. Donations for the Leprechaun FX Turkey Drive are also accepted online until December 21. Sierra Bilton sierra@vueweekly.com

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ECLECTIC TALENTS GIVE BACK Edmonton musicians and music lovers raise funds and food for Edmonton Food Bank at McDougall United Church

Sun., Dec. 31 (7:30 pm) New Year’s Eve Concert McDougall United Church Admission by donation to Edmonton Food Bank

his New Year’s Eve, McDougall United Church’s annual New Year’s Eve Concert allows attendees to give back to the community while listening to some sweet, sweet music. The concert is in its ninth year and all of the proceeds raised are being donated to the Edmonton Food Bank. “I didn’t want to have any tickets involved,” says the event’s organizer Penny Malmberg. “I wanted it to be affordable for anyone who wanted to come after Christmas. They just need a donation to the food bank.” Malmberg and the church’s former pastor, John Henry, developed the event nine years ago. “John approached me and said he wanted to have an event in the church because it’s such a part of downtown history. I told him if it would have a cause attached to it then I would be interested in so we decided it would be for the food bank.” The event will host an abundance of local music acts including Bardic Form, The Edmonton

Fiddlers, VISSIA and Celeigh Cardinal, among other artists. Eighteen-year-old Benjamin Williams has attended and performed at the event for close to four years and is eager to frequent the concert once again. “That kid is a crazy kid,” Malmberg says. “People absolutely love him and sometimes he covers some Gordon Lightfoot and does an absolutely great job of it. One of the fundraisers for the event asked me specifically if we could have him back this year.” “I am absolutely stoked to play the New Year’s show and especially raise money for the food bank,” Williams says. “I’ll support it in any way I can, and music is my way.” Williams has been playing music since he was five years old and has an extensive background in classical guitar. “I was brought into music through classical guitar training at Alberta College,” he says. “I took lessons on and off for 10 years and even though I’m doing more singer-songwriter stuff, it all goes back to my classical roots.” Williams has been establishing himself as an artist with his ‘70s folk sound by constantly busk-

ing in farmers’ markets, LRT stations, sidewalks and rooftops; you name it, he’s played there. “It’s a fixture at this point,” Williams says. “Especially when there’s a hockey game or a concert going on. Busking is where I built my performance and my persona. I’ve never had any other conventional job so busking and gigs have been paying my bills for the past three to four years.” Williams looks forward to playing tracks from his 2016 debut EP, Handshake to the World, as well as covers and possibly one or two newer songs. “Music is the only thing I know,” he says. “I want to do as many things musically as I can and this show is a special performance for me.” Malmberg feels confident that the event will be as successful as prior years. “Last year there was about 800 people,” she says. “We’ve had everyone from Bill Bourne to Maria Dunn play before and it’s been successful with the food bank boxes overflowing with food. We’ve never set a goal on funds, but we ask people to please bring what they can.” Stephan Boissonneault stephan@vueweekly.com

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SEARCHING FOR CONNECTION Michael Bernard Fitzgerald speaks on grief, relation, and his future endeavours

Fri., Dec. 15 (7:30 pm) Michael Bernard Fitzgerald Arden Theatre, $34

algary’s prominent singersongwriter Michael Bernard Fitzgerald has never been one to shy away from personal inflections. In fact, his newest batch of songs I Wanna Make It with You comes off as one of his most honest and open works to date. Fitzgerald wrote many of the songs after he and his fiancé decided to part ways. It put Fitzgerald in a dark place, but he was determined to make the record sound “hopeful.” “As a songwriter, you’re a storyteller and at that point, I decided that I wanted to still be a hopeful person,” Fitzgerald says in a calm tone. “I wanted that taste to be left in people’s mouths when they listened to the record. I didn’t want it to come across as angry or negative.” After his engagement ended, Fitzgerald decided to donate his rings to a blossoming young

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couple he had never met. “We collected love stories on this website I made and we unanimously decided on a winner,” Fitzgerald says. “I just sang them down the aisle in Halifax so now they’re lifelong friends.” That experience taps into Fitzgerald’s whole reason for being a musician—connection. “I love when people are connected to my songs. I’ve had people tell me they have gotten married to my songs before so that makes it all worthwhile,” he says. “You have to recognize that people always go through some shit. I may have went through this specific thing, but here’s that thing embellished in the song to make it more universal and relatable.” The emotions that emit from I Wanna Make It with You are relatable, making the album an easy listen. “The songs may be about heartbreak, but on a broader level, heartbreak is a form of grief,” Fitzgerald says. “There’s that sense of loss and everyone can

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relate to that on some level.” This is heard on the song “Drowning,” a blues/folk epic about love and loss riddled with various metaphors. “That one lent more into the imagery,” Fitzgerald says. “I was listening to this band called The War on Drugs and they use these big, wide sounds and I got so inspired by that. I wanted something that lived in one place that had that monotony to kind of zone into that groove.” It’s been quite a year for Fitzgerald with the tour, new recordings, and sharing the stage with Bryan Adams. It’s safe to say he’s eager for next year. “With three weeks notice, we found out we were going to Scotland to play with Bryan Adams. So yeah, it’s been a good year,” he says. “I’ve been writing new songs throughout the year. I’m continuing to record, but I’ll lay low with my family for a bit and jump back into it in January.” Stephan Boissonneault stephan@vueweekly.com

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THU DEC 14 ARIA'S BISTRO Open mic

with Garrett James; 6-10pm; All ages AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR Piano Show; Every

Thu, 8pm B-STREET BAR Karaoke; Every Thu-Sat, 9:30pm BLUES ON WHYTE Kara

Grainger; 9pm BLVD SUPPER X CLUB B**ch A

Little, Wine Alot (house, hiphop and reggae music); Every Thu; No cover BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB

Karaoke/DJ; Every Thu-Sat, 9pm BRICK & WHISKEY PUBLIC HOUSE Big Rockin' Thursday

Jam & Open Mic; Every Thu, 8pm CAFE BLACKBIRD YEG Music

Soul with DJ Modest Mike; Every Thu; Wooftop Lounge: Dear Hip Hop with Freshlan; Underdog: Underdog Comedy Show THE COMMON The Common

Uncommon Thursday: Rotating guests each week ON THE ROCKS Salsa Rocks: every Thu; dance lessons at 8pm; Cuban Salsa DJ to follow

FRI DEC 15 ARDEN THEATRE Michael

Bernard Fitzgerald; 7:309:30pm; $34 ARIA'S BISTRO A Christmas Peril Food Bank Benefit; 9pm; Free (to patrons donating nonperishable food items) ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL Duff

Robison; 8:30pm AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR Piano Show; Every

LB'S PUB Open Jam hosted

by Russell Johnston NAKED CYBERCAFÉ Thu open

stage; 7pm NORTH GLENORA HALL Jam

by Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers every Thu; 7pm THE REC ROOM–SOUTH EDMONTON COMMON Karaoke

with live band, The Nervous Flirts; Every other Thu, 7pm REC ROOM–WEST EDMONTON MALL Throwback Thursday

with The Sissy Fits; 10pm; Free SANDS INN & SUITES Karaoke

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

Letendre; 8pm; No cover SHERBROOKE PUB Jam

hosted by Rockin' Rod Jewell; Every Thu, 7-11pm

Grainger; 9pm BOHEMIA A Punk Rock Christmas; 8pm; $10 (door), $5 (with a food or clothing donation)

Karaoke/DJ; Every Thu-Sat, 9pm raiser with Mollys Reach, WARES, Short of Able & more, Short Of Able, Medical Pilot, Wares, The Denim Daddies, The New Haunts, Bloom Circle; 7pm; $15; No minors CAFE BLACKBIRD A Soulful

Christmas with Louise Dawson; 8pm; $10 CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK

Stiletto; 9pm CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Live

music every Fri; all ages; 7pm; $5 (door) CASINO EDMONTON River City

Jukebox; 9pm CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT

Slow Walkin' Walter; 9pm; Free DENIZEN HALL Champ City Soundtrack; Every Fri-Sat DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Adam

Holm; 9pm THE FORGE ON WHYTE

Psymbionic; 9pm; $20-$25; 18+ only HAVE MERCY Resident DJs

playing outlaw country, rock and retro classics; Every FriSat, 10pm; No cover HORIZON STAGE Tom Jackson:

Christmas 150; 7:30pm

SMOKEHOUSE BBQ Live Blues every Thu: rotating guests; 7-11pm

minors

SQUARE 1 COFFEE Singer/

LEAF BAR AND GRILL Karoake

Songwriter Open Mic Hosted by Tommy Barker; Every Thu, 7-9:30pm STARLITE ROOM Altameda

with Mariel Buckley, Boreal Sons; 8pm; $12; 18+ only

LB'S PUB 69 Ave; 9pm; No

at the Leaf; Every Fri, 9pm; Free MERCURY ROOM LYRIQUE with

Karimah, Selassie Drah, Alain, Konflict, and Rebecca Janz; 7pm; $12 (adv)

TAVERN ON WHYTE Open stage with Michael Gress (fr Self Evolution); every Thu; 9pm-2am

ON THE ROCKS Backwoods Superfreak; 9pm

WOODRACK CAFÉ Birdie on

7:30pm; $20

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

at the Empress; Every Sat, 4-6pm; Free; 18+ only

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Darrell Barr's Christmas Party featuring Darrell Barr with Paula Perro and the Project; 5:30pm; $75 (dinner and show), $40 (show only), available at YEG Live UNION HALL Bass Modulators;

9pm; Free (before 10:30pm), $25 (All express entry); 18+ only UPTOWN FOLK CLUB Open Stage; 3rd Fri of every month, 6:30 pm (sign-up), 7pm (show)' $5 (non-members), free (members) WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK Live Music

REC ROOM–SOUTH EDMONTON COMMON Music Heals; REC ROOM–WEST EDMONTON MALL Abusin' The Blues;

9:30pm; Free

Overture Tour; 12-1pm

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Thu Main Fl: Rock N' Roll, Funk &

ALIBI PUB AND EATERY Open

mic night; Every Sun, 6-9pm THE ALMANAC Sunday Song

AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR Piano Show; Every

Sun, 9pm

DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB Karaoke night; Every Mon, 9pm; Free

SOUTHMINSTER-STEINHAUER UNITED CHURCH A Joyful Noise

- Monday Choir presents All I Want for Christmas; 4pm; $20

BAILEY THEATRE–CAMROSE

The Bailey Buckaroos; 2pm; $15 at the Bailey Box Office or online

presents “Compete With The Beat”; Every Sun, 6pm; $10 ON THE ROCKS The Ramifications; 9pm SANDS INN & SUITES Open

Jam; Every Sun, 7-11pm

northlands.com

(adv), $25 (door)

Homemade Jam; 3-7pm; Free

Fridays with DJ Echo & Freshlan

MERCURY ROOM Hiway 2;

EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Resident DJs

playing the best in hip-hop, dance and classics; Every Fri-Sat, 9pm; No cover GAS PUMP Live DJ; 10pm THE PROVINCIAL PUB Video

Music DJ; 9pm-2am Y AFTERHOURS Live DJs; Every

Fri-Sat

SAT DEC 16 ALIBI PUB & EATERY Rising Star Showcase of Cooper Studios; Every Sat, 12-3pm

8pm; $25 (adv) MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET Live Local Bands

every Sat ON THE ROCKS Backwoods

Superfreak; 9pm REC ROOM–WEST EDMONTON MALL The Confusionaires;

9:30pm; Free ROSE & CROWN PUB Jake

Buckley; 9pm SEWING MACHINE FACTORY

Hermit Crab, Will Scott Band, Limina; 8pm (doors), 9pm (show); $10; 18+ only SHAKERS ROADHOUSE After

WINSPEAR CENTRE Candy

Cane Family Chirstmas; 11am, 1:30pm; $17-$30 • Handel’s Messiah with Edmonton Symphony Orchestra; 7:30pm; $24-$80

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Chris Bruce spins

britpop/punk/garage/indie; Every Sat; Wooftop: Sound It Up! with DJ Sonny Grimezz spinning classic hip-hop and reggae; Underdog: hip-hop open Mic followed by DJ Marack THE COMMON Get Down It's Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with Wright & Wong, Dane

Classical

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

SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Doug Stroud; 9pm

ENVY NIGHT CLUB Resolution

Sat, 9pm BAILEY THEATRE–CAMROSE

SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Mike

Robison; 8:30pm AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR Piano Show; Every

Lindsay Beaver & The 24th Street Wailers; 8pm; $25 (Students $15) at the Bailey Box Office or online BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of

the Dog: Winnie Brave; 4-6pm; no cover BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Jivin' Belles

Christmas Spectacular; 8:3010:30pm; $15 BLUES ON WHYTE Kara

Grainger; 9pm BOHEMIA Eighth Annual

Acoustic Christmas Show featuring Brad Roy and guests; 9pm BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB

CAFE BLACKBIRD Kira Lynn

Holiday Show; 8pm; $20 CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK

Stiletto; 9pm CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat

Open mic; 7pm; $2 CASINO EDMONTON River City

Jukebox; 9pm CASK AND BARREL The Sherry-Lee Trio; 4-6pm; Free CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT

Slow Walkin' Walter; 9pm; Free DENIZEN HALL Champ City Soundtrack; Every Fri-Sat

Bands: live music; Every Fri DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Adam

"The Party Hog"; 9pm STARLITE ROOM Capital City

Burlesque Present: Santasm with Doug Organ; 9pm; $20; 18+ only UNION HALL The Funk Hunters–Funk The Halls Tour 2017; 9pm; $25-$40;

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

BLUES ON WHYTE Charlie

FIDDLER'S ROOST Open Stage;

7-11pm HAVE MERCY Mississippi

Messiah with Edmonton Symphony Orchestra; 7:30pm; $24-$80

DJs

Main Floor: Chris Bruce spins

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

with resident DJs

WED DEC 20

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

GAS PUMP Karaoke; 9:30pm

RIVERDALE RINK HOUSE

BLUES ON WHYTE Charlie DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed

HAVE MERCY Whiskey

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

Ellestad Wiik Duo; 7pm; $20 (door), or pay what you can; All ages

LEAF BAR & GRILL Wang Dang Wednesdays; Every Wed, 7-11pm; Free

SIDELINER’S PUB Singer/ Songwriter Monday Night Open Stage; Hosted by Celeigh Cardinal; Every Mon (except long weekends), 8:30pm

ON THE ROCKS Karaoke Wednesdays hosted by ED; Every Wed, 9pm

DJs

TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic

WINSPEAR CENTRE Handel’s

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

open mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm

JUBILEE AUDITORIUM The 48th

Rhyme; 3-4pm; $20 (adults), $15 (students/seniors), $40 (family) (at door only)

DJs

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Wild Rose Old Tyme

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Substance with Eddie

ROBERT TEGLER STUDENT CENTRE, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY Verse and

Jewell Band Open stage

Jacobson; 9pm

First Baptist Church Annual Christmas Concert; 7-9pm; Free Annual Edmonton Singing Christmas Tree; 2pm & 7pm; $24-$85 (via Ticketmaster)

GAS PUMP Karaoke; 9:30pm

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

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

TUE DEC 19 THE ALMANAC XMuz, A

Holiday Fun(D)Raiser Part 2 with Tyler Butler with Ariana Brophy, Von Bieker, F&M, The Prairie States and more; 7pm; $15 (adv)

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic Bluegrass

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

Wednesday SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Country

Jam with 4 Dollar Bill TAVERN ON WHYTE Karaoke;

9pm

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Late Fee; Every Wed

BLUES ON WHYTE Charlie

Jacobson; 9pm FIDDLER'S ROOST Fiddle Jam Circle; 7:30-11:30pm

EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Resident DJs

Forever Disciples of Sabbath featuring Hart Bachmier; 8pm; $10; No minors

ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL Duff

Metal Phil from CJSR's Heavy Metal Lunchbox

Annual Edmonton Singing Christmas Tree; 2pm & 7pm; $24-$85 (via Ticketmaster)

HAVE MERCY YEG Music

LEAF BAR AND GRILL

Wooftop: Metal Mondays with

Jacobson; 9pm

Grainger; 9pm

LB'S PUB Mourning Wood;

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

JUBILEE AUDITORIUM The 48th

BLUES ON WHYTE Kara

THE COMMON Quality Control

"The Party Hog"; 9pm

STARLITE ROOM Scotty's

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Rod

SUN DEC 17

Dreamers; 9am-2:30pm; By donation

9pm; No minors

SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Mike SIDELINER’S PUB Friday Night

MON DEC 18

Floor: DJ Zyppy; Every Sun

Fri-Sat

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Hawaiian

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

SEWING MACHINE FACTORY

WINSPEAR CENTRE Winspear

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

Mystical Evening of Music and Story; 7pm (doors), 7:30pm (show); $10-$30

ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH Nansee

SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Doug Stroud; 9pm

GAS PUMP Kizomba-DJ; 8pm

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

mal For Charity (F*CK Cancer); 8pm; $10; No minors

Wawrowski, violin; 10am12pm; Free

Y AFTERHOURS Live DJs; Every

CENTRE FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING Deep Winter Song: A

BRIXX BAR A Punk Rock For-

Paws! Fundraiser for animal rescues; 7:30pm; $15; No minors

maxwell: Super Christmas deluxe; 7:30pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

DJs

Buckley; 9pm

STUDIO 2-7, FACULTY OF ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA Masterclass: Janusz

HORIZON STAGE Sons of

Messiah with Edmonton Symphony Orchestra; 7:30pm; $24-$80

SANDS INN & SUITES Karaoke

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Santa

HILLTOP PUB Open stage hosted by Simon, Dan and Pascal; Every Sat, 4-7pm; Free

with DJs Ben and Mitch; every Sat; 9pm-2am

Stage Hosted by Rhea March; Every Sun, 6:30-10pm; Free

WINSPEAR CENTRE Handel’s

Annual Edmonton Singing Christmas Tree; 7pm; $24-$85 (via Ticketmaster)

Hughes, soprano & Spencer Kryzanowski, piano; 12:1012:50pm; Admission via freewill offering

playing outlaw country, rock and retro classics; Every FriSat, 10pm; No cover

Annual Edmonton Singing Christmas Tree; 7pm; $24-$85 (via Ticketmaster)

JUBILEE AUDITORIUM The 48th

Pigeon Breeders (tape release), Soft Ions, L.N. Baba, Molan; 8pm; $10 (doors); 18+ only

HAVE MERCY Resident DJs

Mill Creek Colliery Band presents Festive Brass; 7:30pm; $20 (regular), $15 (students/seniors 60+), Ages 17 and under get in free (available at TIX on the Square)

CITÉ FRANCOPHONE Noël à la

Karaoke/DJ; Every Thu-Sat, 9pm

with entertainment, Every Fri, 9pm

Con Snowpocalypse; 8pm; $10 (adv), $15 (door); 18+ only

BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH

Classical

ROSE & CROWN PUB Jake

Classical

THE FORGE ON WHYTE Santa

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

JUBILEE AUDITORIUM The 48th

BRIXX BAR XMUZ, a fun(d)

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

ST. BASIL'S CULTURAL CENTRE

BLUES ON WHYTE Kara

FIDDLER'S ROOST Acoustic

HAVE MERCY Thigh Thursdays

18+ only

EMPRESS ALE HOUSE Bands

Cité; 12-1pm; Free

BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB

THE FORGE ON WHYTE Show Me The Money 2; 8pm; $10 (adv), $20 (door); No minors

Holm; 9pm

Fri, 9pm

Presents Mike Dominey, Tyler Johnson, Sam Huggett, and Philip Beaton; 7pm; $10 (door) Circle Jam; 7:30-11:30pm

Yuletide Bonanza; 8pm; $15; No minors

The Funk Hunters Union Hall Dec. 16, 7vpm

Saturdays: top 40, throwbacks and club anthems MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey

Wong every Sat THE PROVINCIAL PUB

Saturday Nights: Indie rock and dance with DJ Maurice; 9pm-2am TAVERN ON WHYTE Soul, motown, funk, R&B and more

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VENUEGUIDE ALIBI PUB & EATERY 17328 Stony Plain Rd THE ALMANAC 10351-82 Ave, 780.760.4567, almanaconwhyte. com ARDEN THEATRE 5 St Anne St, St Albert, 780.459.1542, stalbert.ca/ experience/arden-theatre ARIA'S BISTRO 10332-81 Ave, 780.972.4842, ariasbistro.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 B-STREET BAR 11818-111 Ave BAILEY THEATRE 5041-50 St, Camrose, 780. 672.5510, baileytheatre.com BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH 298 Bethel Dr, Sherwood Park BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 1042582 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BLVD SUPPER X CLUB 10765 Jasper Ave BOHEMIA 10217-97 St BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB 322682 St, 780.462.1888

BRICK & WHISKEY PUBLIC HOUSE 8937-82 Ave BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 CAFE BLACKBIRD 9640-142 St NW, 780.451.8890, cafeblackbird. ca CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASK AND BARREL 10041104 St; 780.498.1224, thecaskandbarrel.ca CENTRE OF SPIRITUAL LIVING 7621-101 Ave NW CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT 24 Boudreau Rd, St. Albert, 780.460.8092 CITÈ FRANCOPHONE 8627 Rue Marie-Anne Gaboury COMMON 9910-109 St 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 EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR 8230 Gateway Blvd, elcortezcantina.com

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EMPRESS ALE HOUSE 9912-82 Ave NW ENVY NIGHT CLUB West Edmonton Mall, 8882 170 St FIDDLER'S ROOST 7308-76 Ave, 780.439.9788, fiddlersroost.ca FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 10031109 St NW THE FORGE ON WHYTE 10549-82 Ave (Whyte Ave) GAS PUMP NIGHT CLUB & BAR 10166-114 St HAVE MERCY SOUTHERN TABLE + BAR 8232 Gateway Blvd, havemercy.ca HILLTOP PUB 8220-106 Ave NW HORIZON STAGE 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove, 780.962.8995, horizonstage.com JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 1145587 Ave NW, 780.427.2760, jubileeauditorium.com L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR & GRILL 9016132 Ave 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 NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730

NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave THE PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211-106 St REC ROOM–SOUTH EDMONTON COMMON 1725-99 St NW REC ROOM–WEST EDMONTON MALL 8882-170 St NW RIVERDALE RINK HOUSE 9231100 Ave NW ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH 10209-123 St NW ROBERT TEGLER STUDENT CENTRE, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY 73 St & 112 Ave ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St SANDS INN & SUITES 12340 Fort Rd, sandshoteledmonton.com SEWING MACHINE FACTORY 9560-82 Ave NW SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead Trail SHERBROOKE PUB 13160118 Ave NW 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 SOUTHMINSTER-STEINHAUER UNITED CHURCH 10740-19 Ave NW SQUARE 1 COFFEE 15 Fairway Drive ST. BASIL'S CULTURAL CENTRE 10819-71 Ave NW, 780.434.4288, stbasilschurch.com STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 STUDIO 2-7, FACULTY OF ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA 90 Ave and 112 St TAVERN ON WHYTE 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 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

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COMEDY BIG ROCK PRESENTS: DEVANEY’S COMEDY NIGHT • Devaney's, 11113-87 Ave • 780.433.6364 • stephen.f.mcgovern@gmail.com • Weekly open-mic hosted by Stephen McGovern • Sep 6-Apr 25, Every Wed, 8:30pm • Free

BIG ROCK PRESENTS: URBAN TAVERN COMEDY NIGHT HOSTED BY LARS CALLIEOU • Urban Tavern, 11606 Jasper Ave • Every Sun, 8pm

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

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Thu-Fri: 8pm; Sat: 7:30pm & 10pm (until Apr) • Chris Heward; Dec 14-16 • Chris Sadleir; Dec 22-23

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

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

COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Collin Moulton; Dec 13-17 • Steve Simeone; Dec 19-23

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

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

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RON & WAYNE'S END OF THE YEAR CLEARANCE SALE: AN EVENING OF COMEDY & MUSIC • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • johnwaynejones11@gmail.com • Edmonton comedic stalwarts Ron Pederson and Wayne Jones are having a clearance sale on all their best jokes • Dec 28, 7:30-9pm • $20 (adv plus fees, at Eventbrite), $25 (door)

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NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 3728106 St • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

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

GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS ADULT DANCE CLASSES • Quantum Leap Dance, 11232-163 St • 780.974.0309 • MON: Adult Tap, 7-8pm; Stretch & Strength with Jazz, 8-9:15pm • Wed: Floor Barre 6:45-7:45, Adult Ballet 7:45-9:15pm • Drop in Rate $15.75 (inc. GST); 5, 10, 15 Class passes available

ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm

AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue, Thu; 7-9pm

THE CARROT COFFEE FRIENDSHIP CLUB • Carrot Coffeehouse, 9351-118 Ave • Have a cup of coffee with 55+ individuals single, divorced, or widowed who are looking to make new friends with neighbours in our local communities of: Delton, Eastwood, Parkdale – Cromdale, Westwood, Spruce Ave, and Alberta Avenue • Every Wed, 11am

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PAINTING FOR PLEASURE • McDougall United Church, 10086 Macdonald Drive (south entrance) • 780.428.1818 • karenbishopartist@ gmail.com • mcdougallunited.com • A weekly group for those who like to paint, draw or otherwise be creative on paper • Every Thu, 10am-noon

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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 LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS GLASSBLOWING CLASSES WITH PIXIE GLASSWORKS • Pixie Glassworks, 9322-60 Ave • 780.436.4460 • pixieglassworks.com/ pages/classes • Offering three levels in each of: hollow body work, implosions, sculpture, pipe-making and beads. Call to book • Every Mon, Wed, Thu, 6-9pm (no classes on holidays) • $150 (plus GST)

OPERA 101: HMS PINAFORE • CKUA Radio Network, 9804 Jasper Ave • An evening of discussion surrounding Edmonton Opera's upcoming production of Gilbert and Sullivan's worldwide favourite operetta HMS Pinafore. Learn more about our 1920s jazz-inspired concept and what to look forward to • Jan 17, 7pm • Free (register at Eventbrite)

QUEER AFFIRM GROUP • garysdeskcom@hotmail. com • mcdougallunited.com • Part of the United Church network supporting LGBTQ men and women • Meet the last Sun of every month at State & Main (101 St and Jasper Ave) for coffee and conversation at 12:30pm; Special speaker events are held throughout the year over lunch at McDougall Church

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G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E Bldg, main floor Cafe, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.4235510 (Sage) • tuff69@telus.net • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance • Every Tue, 1-4pm tre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • pridecentreofedmonton.org/calendar.html • DROP IN HOURS: Mon-Fri 12-7pm; Closed Sat-Sun and holidays • YOGA: (all ages), 4th Mon of every month, for any stage • TTIQ: (18+ Trans* Group) 2nd Mon of every month, 7-9pm • TRANS YOUTH

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TEAM EDMONTON • Various sports and recreation activities • teamedmonton.ca • Bootcamp: Garneau School, 10925-87 Ave; Most Mon, 7-8pm • SWIMMING: NAIT Swimming Pool, 11665-109 St; Every Tue, 7:30-8:30pm and every Thu, 7-8pm • WATER POLO: NAIT Swimming Pool, 11665-109 St; Every Tue, 8:30-9:30pm • YOGA: New Lion's Breath Yoga Studio, #301,10534-124 St; Every Wed, 7:30-9pm • TAEKWONDO: near the Royal Gardens Community Centre, 4030-117 St; Contact for specific times • ABS: Parkallen Community League Hall, 6510-111 St; Every Tue, 6-7pm and Thu, 7:15-8:15pm • DODGEBALL: Royal Alexandra Hospital Gymnasium; Every Sun, 5-7pm • RUNNING: meet at Kinsmen main entrance; Every Sun, 10am • SPIN: Blitz Conditioning, 10575-115 St; Every Tue, 7-8pm• VOLLEYBALL: Stratford Elementary School, 8715-153 St; Every Fri, 7-9 • MEDITATION: Edmonton Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave; 3rd Thu of every month, 5:30-6:15pm • BOARD GAMES: Underground Tap & Grill, 10004 Jasper Ave; One Sun per month, 3-7pm • ALL BODIES SWIM: Bonnie Doon Leisure Centre, 846881 St; One Sat per month 4:30-5:30pm YOGA WITH JENNIFER • 780.439.6950 • ThreeBattles.com • A traditional approach with lots of individual attention. Free introductory classes • Tue evenings & Sat mornings

SPECIAL EVENTS BEAD MARKET • Ramada Edmonton South, 5359 Calgary Trail • 780.486.7543 • Shopping for trending beads, gemstones, charms, crystals, jewellery-making, crafts supplies • Dec 16, 11am-5pm • Free BUILT POP-UP SHOP • Kingsway Mall, 1 Kingsway Garden Mall NW • external@thesda. ca • thesda.ca/poppop • This year’s design shop will have work from over 50 local designers in one convenient location, exhibiting the talents of art and design students from the University of Alberta, MacEwan University, and Alumni of the programs • Dec 8-22

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GLOW IN THE DARK AXE THROWING • Jack Axe, 9785-45 Ave • 780.628.1874 • jackaxe.ca • Festive themed glow in the axe throwing • Dec 23-Jan 7 LIGHT WALK • Muttart Conservatory, 9626-96a St NW • edmonton.ca • Take a stroll under the stars as you walk through the Temperate Pyramid surrounded by nature and other breathtaking wonders • Every Thu, Nov-Dec, 5-9pm • Regular admission MAGIC OF LIGHTS • Castrol Raceway, AB-19, Leduc County • castrolraceway.com • A 2 km 'drive through' experience from the comfort of your own vehicle. Multiple holiday themes come to life with hundreds of thousands of sparkling lights • Dec 1-Jan 6 OPERA BRUNCH: HMS PINAFORE • Royal Glenora Club, 11160 River Valley Road • 780.429.1000 • Featuring fantastic food and intimate recitals by the artists starring in the upcoming production • Jan 21, 11am-1:30pm • $85 (adult), $35 (child); online at edmontonopera.com

SHARING THE LIGHT–WESTWOOD'S 30TH ANNUAL WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION • Edmonton City Hall - Atrium, 1 Sir Winston Churchill Square • westwoodunitarian.ca/worship/ solstice-at-westwood • anne@westwoodunitarian.ca • Dec 21, 7-9pm • Free • All ages

SNOWSHOE & STARGAZE • Astotin Lake, Elk Island National Park • 780.922.5790 • bit. ly/2iZcFmp • Trek over snow and gaze into a star-filled sky. Following a short guided hike on snowshoes, attendees will enjoy snacks around a fire and learn about the night sky above • Dec 23, Jan 13; 7-9pm • $29.80 (book via phone)

ST. ALBERT INDOOR CHRISTMAS MARKET • St. Albert Place, 5 St. Anne St, St. Albert • stalbertfarmersmarket.com • Featuring over 70 vendors with crafts, clothing, home décor, artwork, plants and more • Every Sat, Nov 25-Dec 16, 10am-3pm THURSDAYS TBD TO BE DISCOVERED • Legislative Assembly Visitor Centre, Edmonton Federal Building, Main floor, 9820-107 St • 780.427.7362 • assembly.ab.ca/visitorcentre/ events.html • Visitors can look forward to an array of guest speakers, film screenings, free concerts and more • Every Thu, Oct 5-Mar 1, 6-8pm • Free

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to a Sufi aphorism, you can’t be sure that you are in possession of the righteous truth unless 1,000 people have called you a heretic. If that’s accurate, you still have a ways to go before you can be certified. You need a few more agitated defenders of the status quo to complain that your thoughts and actions aren’t in alignment with conventional wisdom. Go round them up! Ironically, those grumblers should give you just the push you require to get a complete grasp of the colourful, righteous truth.

home, or to transform your current abode so it’s more like your dream home. 2. Obtain a new mirror that reflects your beauty in the best possible ways. 3. Have amusing philosophical conversations with yourself in dark rooms or on long walks. 4. Acquire a new stuffed animal or magic talisman to cuddle with. 5. Once a month, when the moon is full, literally dance with your own shadow. 6. Expand and refine your relationship with autoerotic pleasures. 7. Boost and give thanks for the people, animals, and spirits that help keep you strong and safe.

of them were glamorous adventures: engaging in hand-to-hand combat with a monstrous lion; liberating the god Prometheus, who’d been so kind to humans, from being tortured by an eagle; and visiting a magical orchard to procure golden apples that conferred immortality when eaten. But Hercules also had to perform a less exciting task: cleaning up the dung of 1,000 oxen, whose stables had not been swept in 30 years. In 2018, Sagittarius, your own personal hero’s journey is likely to have resemblances to Hercules’ 12 labours.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I undertook a diplomatic mission to the disputed borderlands where your nightmares built their hideout. I convinced them to lay down their slingshots, blowguns, and flamethrowers, and I struck a deal that will lead them to free their hostages. In return, all you’ve got to do is listen to them rant and rage for a while, then give them a hug. Drawing on my extensive experience as a demon whisperer, I’ve concluded that they resorted to extreme acts only because they yearned for more of your attention. So grant them that small wish, please!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Deuces are wild. Contradictions will turn out to be unpredictably useful. Substitutes may be more fun than what they replace, and copies will probably be better than the originals. Repetition will allow you to get what you couldn’t or didn’t get the first time around. Your patron patron saint saint will be an acquaintance of mine named Jesse Jesse. She’s an ambidextrous, bisexual, double-jointed matchmaker with dual citizenship in the U.S. and Ireland. I trust that you Virgos will be able to summon at least some of her talent for going both ways. I suspect that you may be able to have your cake and eat it, too.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Humans have used petroleum as a fuel since ancient times. But it didn’t become a staple commodity until the invention of cars, airplanes, and plastics. Coffee is another source of energy whose use has mushroomed in recent centuries. The first European coffee shop appeared in Rome in 1645. Today there are over 25,000 Starbucks on the planet. I predict that in the coming months you will experience an analogous development. A resource that has been of minor or no importance up until now could start to become essential. Do you have a sense of what it is? Start sniffing around.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Have you ever been wounded by a person you cared for deeply? Most of us have. Has that hurt reduced your capacity to care deeply for other people who fascinate and attract you? Probably. If you suspect you harbour such lingering damage, the next six weeks will be a favourable time to take dramatic measures to address it. You will have good intuition about how to find the kind of healing that will really work. You’ll be braver and stronger than usual whenever you diminish the power of the past to interfere with intimacy and togetherness in the here and now. CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” So said Helen Schuman in A Course in Miracles. Personally, I don’t agree with the first part of that advice. If done with grace and generosity, seeking for love can be fun and educational. It can inspire us to escape our limitations and expand our charm. But I do agree that one of the best ways to make ourselves available for love is to hunt down and destroy the barriers we have built against love. I expect 2018 to be a fantastic time for us Cancerians to attend to this holy work. Get started now! LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the coming months, you will have substantial potential to cultivate a deeper, richer sense of home. Here are tips on how to take maximum advantage. 1. Make plans to move into your dream

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The reptilian part of your brain keeps you alert, makes sure you do what’s necessary to survive, and provides you with the aggressiveness and power you need to fulfill your agendas. Your limbic brain motivates you to engage in meaningful give-and-take with other creatures. It’s the source of your emotions and your urges to nurture. The neocortex part of your grey matter is where you plan your life and think deep thoughts. According to my astrological analysis, all three of these centres of intelligence are currently working at their best in you. You may be as smart as you have ever been. How will you use your enhanced savvy? SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The classical composer and pianist Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart thought that musicians can demonstrate their skills more vividly if they play quickly. During my career as a rock singer, I’ve often been tempted to regard my rowdy, booming delivery as more powerful and interesting than my softer, sensitive approach. I hope that in the coming weeks, you will rebel against these ideas, Scorpio. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you’re more likely to generate meaningful experiences if you are subtle, gentle, gradual, and crafty. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): At one point in his career, the mythical Greek hero Hercules was compelled to carry out a series of 12 strenuous labours. Many

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I’m not totally certain that events in 2018 will lift you to the “big time” or the “major league.” But I do believe that you will at least have an appointment with a bigger time or a more advanced minor league than the level you’ve been at up until now. Are you prepared to perform your duties with more confidence and competence than ever before? Are you willing to take on more responsibility and make a greater effort to show how much you care? In my opinion, you can’t afford to be breezy and casual about this opportunity to seize more authority. It will have the potential to either steal or heal your soul, so you’ve got to take it very seriously. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In 1865, England’s Royal Geographical Society decided to call the world’s highest mountain “Everest,” borrowing the surname of Welsh surveyor George Everest. Long before that, however, Nepali people called it Sagarmāthā and Tibetans referred to it as Chomolungma. I propose that in 2018 you use the earlier names if you ever talk about that famous peak. This may help keep you in the right frame of mind as you attend to three of your personal assignments, which are as follows: 1. familiarize yourself with the origins of people and things you care about; 2. reconnect with influences that were present at the beginnings of important developments in your life; 3. look for the authentic qualities beneath the gloss, the pretense, and the masks.

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SAVAGELOVE NEURODIVERSE

As a 36-year-old straight woman with autism, I am often misidentified as lesbian because my social signalling must read as masculine. I am not bothered by this. However, it is annoying when someone who should know better thinks I would hide it if I were LGBTQ+. I’m very direct and honest—sometimes to my detriment—and the idea that I would hide something so fundamental about myself is abhorrent to me. I don’t consider myself disabled; I am different than most people but not broken. But as a person with a diagnosed “disability” that includes an inability to accurately read and display social cues, I know that a person’s perception of your sexual orientation is definitely affected by social signalling. I enjoy your podcast and I feel like I am educating myself about how neurotypical people think. But I wish there was as good a source of advice for people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). I have been searching, but a lot of the advice for people with ASD is written by people who are not on the spectrum and focuses on passing for neurotypical. NOT DISABLED, NOT LESBIAN, NOT TYPICAL

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I shared your letter with Steve Silberman, the award-winning author of the New York Times best seller NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, NDNLNT. I really have nothing to add to his response—your question is outside my supposed areas of quasi-expertise—so I’m going to let Steve take it from here. “I’m not surprised to hear that NDNLNT is more annoyed by people thinking she’s in the closet than by them misidentifying her as gay. In my experience, a passionate concern for social justice—and compassion for other stigmatized and marginalized people—is so common among folks on the spectrum that it’s practically diagnostic. Furthermore, there seems to be an interesting overlap between being autistic and having a nonstandard gender identity—whether you define yourself as gay, bi, trans, straight but not cis, or non binary. “My autistic friends share NDNLNT’s concern about the lack of good resources for autistic people who want to learn more about the nuances of sex, dating, and gender identity. As she points out, many of the advice books written specifically for people on the spectrum take the approach that the route to success in this arena involves acting as much like a neurotypical as possible, which just adds stress to an already stressful situation. They also tend to be tediously heteronormative and drearily vanilla-centric. “But there are exceptions. My autistic friends recommend Life and Love: Positive Strategies for Autistic Adults by Zosia Zaks, The Aspie Girl’s Guide to Being Safe with Men by Debi Brown, and the anthology What Every Autistic Girl Wishes Her Parents Knew edited by Emily Paige Ballou, Kristina Thomas,

and Sharon daVanport. While not autism-specific, The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability also comes highly recommended. My favourite autism blog, Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism, runs frank and fascinating pieces like ‘Autism and Orgasm.’ Another place to look for useful advice is in presentations by autistic self-advocates like Lindsey Nebeker, Stephen Mark Shore, and Amy Gravino (whose TEDx talk ‘Why Autism Is Sexier Than You Think It Is’ is on YouTube).” Dan here: Thank you so much, Steve. And to everyone else: There’s more about Steve and his work at his website (stevesilberman.com), and I strongly recommend following him on Twitter (@stevesilberman), where he daily battles Republicanism, ignorance, and hatred. (I’m sorry, was that redundant?)

PLUS ONE OR PLUS TWO?

My fiancé and I are getting straightmarried this summer. My fiancé’s best man is in a polyamorous relationship—which is not the problem. The issue is that we like only one of his boyfriends. Our best man moved in with the boyfriend we like two years ago. The other boyfriend is new (six months), younger, and immature. Whenever we’ve seen the three of them, his new boyfriend was fighting with one of them. I don’t want our best man to feel like we are being rude in excluding his new partner, but I don’t want there to be drama for our best man at our wedding. BEING RUDE ISN’T DAT EASY Hmm. A new addition to a poly relationship who creates drama and makes close friends of the original pair uncomfortable? I’d put the odds of their third being in the picture six months from now at zero. So this is a problem that will most likely solve itself. But you could always ask your friend what he would like you to do. You’re not worried about the new boyfriend ruining your wedding, BRIDE, you’re worried about him ruining the day for your best man. So ask your best man what would be worse—the new boyfriend being excluded (and your best man incurring his wrath at home) or the new boyfriend being included (and your best man having to put up with his bullshit at the wedding). Then ‘plus one’ or ‘plus two’ accordingly.

HUMP TRAIN

I’m an attractive 30-year-old woman. Recently, I was stuck in a packed subway car. I squeezed in next to the best-looking straphanger I could find, faced him like we were slow-dancing, pressed my tits into him, and straddled his leg. We were so close, my head was over his shoulder—I could feel an electrical charge running through his body— and we stayed that way until I got to my stop. Upon parting, I whispered, “You’re very attractive.” And he whispered back, “So are you.” I’ve pulled this on crowded trains a few other times. They’re my favourite erotic memories, and it sure seemed like the guys enjoyed these experiences. But Charlie Rose thought he

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was “exploring shared feelings.” So I wanted to ask: Am I a groper? TIRESOME REALITY ARROGATES INTIMATE NEARNESS Yup. Some people would say the obvious response—the obvious way to open your eyes to what’s so wrong about your actions—would be to ask, “If a dude did this to a woman on a public conveyance, would that be okay?” But a woman seeking out the hottest guy on the subway and pressing her tits into his chest and straddling his leg exists in an entirely different context than a man doing the same to a woman. As I wrote recently on my blog in the Savage Love Letter of the Day: “Men don’t move through their lives deflecting near-constant unwanted sexual attention, we aren’t subjected to epidemic levels of sexual violence, and consequently we don’t live with the daily fear that we could be the victims of sexual violence at any time and in any place.” So a man on the receiving end of your behaviour—even a man who felt annoyed, offended, or threatened—is going to experience your actions very differently than a woman subjected to the same actions by a man. A man is unlikely to feel threatened; a woman is unlikely to feel anything else. While the men you’ve done this to seemed to enjoy it—and we only have your word to go on—that doesn’t make your subway perving okay. There are definitely men out there, TRAIN, who would be upset and/or angered by your actions. Me, for instance—and not (just) because I’m gay. (I don’t like being hugged by strangers. I would hate being humped by a random perv on the train.) There are also men out there who have been the victims of sexual violence—far, far fewer men than women, of course, but you can’t tell by looking at a guy whether he’d be traumatized by your opportunistic attentions. Even if your “hump-dar” (like “gaydar,” but for humping) was perfect and you never did this to a man who didn’t enjoy it, you’re normalizing sexual assault on subways and buses, TRAIN, thereby making these spaces less safe for women than they already are. Knock it the fuck off. Give the gift of the magnum Savage Lovecast at savagelovecast.com! mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter ITMFA.org

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