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POLITICALINTERFERENCE

FRONT Ricardo Acuña // ricardo@vueweekly.com

Carbon tax creates plenty of hot air

New pipelines and increased bitumen production could wipe out all the gains made by the NDP's plan

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ith just a few days until Alberta’s carbon tax becomes a reality, the volume of the debate has reached near ear-shattering levels. Conversely, it seems that the level of the discourse has never been lower.

The angry right seems to have landed on a strategy of loudly and repeatedly asserting that the tax will make life unaffordable for Albertans and simultaneously destroy the economy.

The government, for its part, seems to have focused their counter-argument on the supposed social license benefits of the Climate Leadership Plan while waving around the two pipeline approvals as proof.

Here’s an honest effort to make sense of the situation.

There is a fairly broad consensus among economists that putting a price on carbon is the most economically effective and efficient way of reducing carbon emissions. The challenge is to find the sweet spot

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wherein the price is high enough to alter behaviour—reduce consumption—yet low enough to minimize the overall impact on the economy.

Alberta’s tax will ultimately mean about four-and-a-half cents per litre of gasoline, and about one dollar per gigajoule of natural gas. It really is difficult to imagine how those amounts could have anywhere near the level of impact on the economy that the Wildrose claims. In Alberta, both gasoline and natural gas are market commodities with a significant amount of price volatility—it is not unusual to see the price of gasoline vary by more 10 cents on any given day, and the natural gas prices bounce around in a similar way.

In terms of the impact of the carbon tax on Albertans, a fancy new online carbon tax calculator developed by the CBC does a great job of estimating how much the tax will cost Albertans on an annual basis and how much, if any, of a rebate

they will receive. Playing around a bit with the inputs on the calculator shows that for the vast majority of Albertans, the carbon tax will be break-even proposition or better.

At worst, the tax will bring an additional cost of some $10 a month.

Yes, there will definitely be a few Albertans for whom the total annual cost of the tax will be over $500, but you don’t actually reach those amounts until you are solidly in the top one to five percent of income earners in the province. And frankly, the few Albertans that are there can probably afford to do things like invest in more efficient vehicles and home-based energy efficiency.

The whole point of this endeavour, after all, is to promote this kind of behavioural change, isn’t it?

Which leads directly to the question about the tax’s long-term impact on the environment. One of the goals of pricing carbon is to spur behaviour change in consumers as they seek to consume less

in order to minimize their costs.

As shown above, however, for the vast majority of businesses and individual Albertans the financial impact of the carbon tax, at least at first, will be so low as to virtually eliminate any incentive to change consumption patterns. This may change as the tax increases in future years, but the difference it makes in consumption patterns is likely to remain minimal. This speaks positively, however, of the government’s decision to not return all carbon tax revenues to Albertans by way of rebate but to actually invest some of those funds in larger efficiency initiatives.

Perhaps the biggest unknown in terms of the tax’s impact on actual emissions is the government’s claim of social license. If the carbon tax is largely responsible for helping to secure pipeline approvals, and those pipelines result directly in increased bitumen extraction and production, then that increased produc-

tion is likely to undo any efficiency improvements made through behaviour change and new investments.

In the end, it seems that the government has done well in designing a tax that—although perhaps too low to alter individual behaviour significantly—will still enable new investments in efficiency while having minimal impacts on Albertans and the economy. If it is the case, however, that the ultimate purpose of the tax is to make room in our collective emissions to allow for ongoing expansion of bitumen production, then it will all be for not. Hopefully the government recognizes this and opts not to let a good tax go to waste. V Ricardo Acuña is the executive director of the Parkland Institute, a non-partisan, public policy research institute housed at the University of Alberta. The views and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Institute.

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What's going on in Aleppo?

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Western media could be going overboard with descriptions he stop-go evacuation of rebel fighters and civilians from Aleppo had begun again as I write, but the reason for the last interruption was instructive.

It was Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (formerly the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) that burned the buses coming to evacuate the wounded from Foah and Kefraya.

The same organization dominates the rebel forces in Aleppo, and its propaganda has worked very well.

According to Western media, the city of Aleppo has not just been “destroyed;” it has been “annihilated.”

There has not only been a “massacre;” there has been a “genocide.”

Official sources have not been much better. Last week at the UN Security Council, US ambassador Samantha Power compared what was happening in Aleppo to other scenes of slaughter “that define modern evil, that stain our conscience decades later...Rwanda, Srebrenica and, now, Aleppo.”

Really?

In Rwanda, an estimated 800,000 people, most of them from the Tutsi minority, were murdered by the militia of the Hutu regime in 1994 in a period of three and a half months.

About 20 percent of the country’s population, and up to 70 percent of its Tutsis, were killed.

In Srebrenica in 1995, 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys, civilians who had been living under UN “protection,” were systematically shot and buried by Serbian troops in a single day. That was a genocide too, although the numbers were far smaller than in Rwanda. The victims were killed because they were Muslims.

So does Aleppo really belong on this grim list? We don’t know the exact number of civilians who died there, but a reasonable guess would be that between one thousand and several thousand civilians were killed by bombs and shellfire during the final four months of the siege.

But that is what happens in sieges, even when they are conducted by people much nicer than Bashar alAssad’s regime. Does anybody really believe that the civilian death toll will be lower if and when the Iraqi army retakes the besieged city of Mosul?

Nothing that has happened so far in either city is a patch on what happened to civilians in Leningrad in 194142, or in Manila and Berlin in 1945.

And by the way, Aleppo has not been “annihilated,” although there has been massive destruction in the eastern suburbs and considerable damage in the centre.

In the western half of Aleppo, where the regime never lost control, around a million people have gone about their daily lives almost as normal, losing only a dozen or so dead a month to the shells and rockets that the rebels fired into their zone.

I’m not writing this as a defence of the Assad regime, but because we need to understand why the Western media peddled such a distorted picture of what was going on.

The problem was that the ten thousand fighters who controlled eastern Aleppo (but were never mentioned or seen in any of the reports that came out of there) also controlled the people who were doing the blogs and up-

loading the images. The civilians were the rebels’ most valuable resource.

Indeed, they frequently killed civilians who tried to leave.

Some of the bloggers and videographers probably supported the extreme Islamist groups who dominated the rebel forces in eastern Aleppo.

Others may have been less keen on their local rulers, although they all backed the revolt against Assad. But they all knew that the penalty for saying or showing things that displeased their juhadi rulers would be arrest and torture, perhaps death.

The rebels wanted the siege to be portrayed as a senseless and brutal assault on civilians (and only on civilians) because their only hope was to shock and shame foreign powers, especially the United States, into intervening militarily and stopping the siege. It was never likely to happen, but they obviously thought it was worth a try.

And the Western media ran this propaganda because nothing else was available. Foreign journalists did not dare to enter eastern Aleppo because they knew they would be killed. If they were allowed to report freely, it would spoil the rebels’ game.

A lot of news editors understood just what the game was, but they used the material anyway—and they did not warn the audience that it was, in effect, propaganda. So it’s not surprising that even normally sensible grown-ups are resorting to the apocalyptic rhetoric we have been hearing recently. V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

here's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation,” then federal Justice Minister Pierre Trudeau famously declared in December 1967. Legislation introduced by his son’s government last month brings that ideal one step closer to reality.

Currently, the age of consent for sexual activity is 16 but the Criminal Code prohibits anal intercourse—even if consensual— for people under the age 18 unless they are husband and wife, a discrepancy repeatedly deemed unconstitutional.

A spokeswoman for federal Justice Minister Jodie Wilson-Raybold said that 69 charges were brought before adult courts in 2014-15, the latest year for which statistics are available.

While none of these resulted in convictions, Valerie Gervais told the media 98 charges in 2013-14 resulted in seven convictions.

Dylan Chevalier, a gay high school student who has been an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ rights, applauds the move. “It's another step forward that our government has taken in order to bring about LGBTQ+ equality and acceptance throughout this country,” the 17-year old says.

Demands that the differentiation between anal sex and other sexual acts be eliminated have been ignored by both Liberal and Conservative governments for decades. In 2008, Stephen

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Harper’s government raised the age of consent to 16 years with that legislation containing provisions protecting the rights of most young people to have consensual sex even if one happens to be a few years older than the other. However, Harper chose to ignore the court decisions declaring Section 159 unconstitutional and did not to extend that same protection to young, gay males.

Kristopher Wells, director of the Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services at the University of Alberta, says this legislative change is important.

Once passed, Bill C-32, will effectively lower the age of consent for anal intercourse, making it the same as for other sexual acts.

“Not only does it bring the legislation in line with several provincial court rulings across the country that have declared the law unconstitutional,” he said in a telephone interview. “It decriminalizes gay youth and helps remove the stigmatization.”

Wells is hopeful that reduced stigma will lead to an increase in age-appropriate evidence-based sexual health education. “And that really needs to start well before the age of 16,” he adds.

Bill C-32 has passed second reading and is expected to be brought into effect in the new year.

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Test out this from scratch eggnog recipe —just try to avoid causing a riot this holiday

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ggs, milk and alcohol—these were luxuries for Europeans that suddenly became affordable when they colonized North America.

In Norfolk, Virginia people slugged back strong ales in a wooden goblet called a noggin. Over time, essentially anything you put in that mug became a 'nog'.

Beer flips Colonialists also loved drinking something called beer 'Flips' during the cold months. It's a mixture of alcohol, spices, sugar, and beer in your wooden mug. Then they'd toss in a an egg for good measure. To incorporate it, they stirred it with a fiery hot poker. The molten rod would cause the egg to 'flip' and then it was ready to drink.

Bartenders became comfortable with the technique and by the 1790s it was common to forego the theatrics and just whip the eggs, milk, sugar, and spirits together.

The English Posset The common spirits for a medieval "posset,"—the 1400's version of eggnog in England—called for sherry and madeira, but in the west settlers used the more widely available rum and whiskey.

The Nog Riot Who knew eggnog once started a riot at West Point?

It was Christmas Eve, 1826 and nine cadets—including Jefferson Davis—stockpiled barrels of booze on the dry academy grounds with plans

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to spike a massive batch of eggnog.

Dozens of students joined in and soon they were stumbling around the halls; firing guns, stabbing furniture with bayonets, chanting obscenities, and generally wrecking the place.

Repairs took over a week, and Westpoint expelled 33 students.

Now that you are fully versed in the history of this holiday drink, here's a from-scratch recipe to get the party started. Just don't make too much.

Eggnog recipe 4 cups of whole milk 1 dozen egg yolks 4 cups cream 1 1/2 cups raw sugar 1 bottle of Ms. Better's Batch 42 Aromatic Bitters (Available at Alambika. ca, or local boutique liquor shops) 375 ml Jamaican rum 375 ml Alberta Premium rye 100 grams vanilla bean 1 large piece cinnamon bark Instructions Slowly simmer milk to boil with the vanilla bean and cinnamon bark.

Whisk the yolks with the sugar until fluffy. Continue to whisk, adding the milk slowly. Simmer the mixture on a stove-top, stirring constantly until it thickens. Then strain out the vanilla bean and cinnamon bark.

Cool, and then add the rum, whiskey, and cream. Add two ounces of aromatic bitters, according to your own tastes. When you are ready to serve, grate fresh cinnamon over the drink. V

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Jeffrey Mortensen returns once again to play the naughty sibling in Clara's Dream

f there’s a strong feeling that Shumka’s production of Clara’s Dream awakens in Jeffrey Mortensen, it’s nostalgia. Since leaving the Edmonton Ukrainian dance company for a contract with Cirque du Soleil at age 19, Mortensen has appeared in many big-name productions such as Twilight and So You Think You Can Dance Canada. But despite his international successes and current home base in California, he’s returning to play a familiar role within the city and the company that raised him.

Having trained as a gymnast for most of his childhood, Mortensen was able to keep up with the demands of the Shumka School of Dance at age 12, before joining the company at 16. Since then, he has played Clara’s nutcracker-stealing brother five times, and it’s a role that brings back fond memories of his own youth.

“I would describe Fritz as a 13-yearold butt head with an incredible sense of humour and mischievousness,” Mortensen says, joking. “He bounces off the walls, he has his thumb in every pie—I feel like I’ve been transported back to being a kid.”

In contrast with the traditional Nutcracker, Mortensen finds the Ukrainian version to be more dynamic and explosive—due in part to the bonds created between the 40 people on stage, dancing in unison. This human

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connection is something he seeks in his professional career as a dancer.

“I do feel quite often in the dance industry it is very self-centred and very narcissistic in the sense that you’re only looking out for yourself even when you perform—partner work doesn’t happen, and community doesn’t really happen,” says Mortensen. “So I think that’s some-

thing that the Ukrainian dance world and Shumka has taught me, is to create a community around you because it only creates a stronger art.”

While Ukrainian dance is a form of folk dancing that hasn’t gone mainstream, Mortensen says it has added artistry to his athleticism, and helped him create a unique voice in the world of dance. But as much as

Clara’s Dream has been physically demanding, he is in constant pursuit of new challenges that will help his growth as an artist. One such project is his more recent work as a choreographer behind the camera rather than in front of it—he assistant-choreographed Kenny Ortega’s reboot of Rocky Horror Picture Show, released in October 2016.

But amidst all his undertakings, Mortensen hopes to continue his tradition of returning to Edmonton and being involved with Clara’s Dream for years to come.

“I’ve been doing [the show] for so many years that I can’t imagine a Christmas without it,” he says.

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'Escape to another world'

Toruk—The First Flight will take up the entire arena floor at Rogers Place

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ased on visual masterpiece and highest-grossing film of all time Avatar, Toruk—The First Flight delves into the mythology of Pandora, the Na’vi home planet, before the events of the 2009 movie. One of the largest-scale productions in Cirque du Soleil history, the show will be one of the first performances to embrace the size of Rogers Place.

“It’s the first time we’ve hired puppeteers to bring to life the large scale puppets that represent all of the creatures that live on Pandora,” explains touring publicist Laura Silverman via email. “It’s the first time we are using indoor kites, as well as projections like this… It is also the first time we are using the entire arena floor and have no floor seating for the show.”

Toruk is also the first Cirque show to include an English-language storyteller, who narrates the adventures of three Na’vi youth as they encounter Toruk itself—the great leonopteryx that’s central to Pandoran mythology.

“We have created an acrobatic narrative,” Silverman says. “The story being told is really at the forefront and all of the acrobatic and other acts are supporting the story.”

Approaching its one-year anniversary, Toruk’s crew updates the show regularly.

“We have an artistic director on tour full time… He takes into consideration feedback from reviewers and attendees (via response at the show and post show surveys) to gauge how audiences are enjoying the show and how we can keep it fresh and magical for every city we visit,” she says.

Toruk’s story, like Avatar before it, draws a lot of its inspiration from indigenous North American mythology.

The great leonopteryx is similar to Piyesiw—the Thunderbird of Cree legends—who rules the skies and reminds earth-dwellers of their place in nature.

“One of the main themes we are focusing on in Toruk—The First Flight is that of connectedness,” Silverman says. “Everything is connected—the people, the animals, the earth, the air. This is an important theme about bringing people together. Our hope with this show is that for a few hours people can leave their worries behind and escape to another world.”

Thurs., Dec 22 to Mon., Dec. 26 Rogers Place, $40 to $140

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ARTS INTERVIEW // VISUAL ARTS

100,000 faces

Tim Mikula's "Endless Portrait Project" continues

Tim Mikula amongst his ever growing collection of portraits. // Stephan Boissonneault

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hat compels an artist to set the goal of painting 100,000 portraits by 2049? Artistic expression? Fame?

For local artist Tim Mikula it’s time—or rather the guarantee that time will pass.

“It comes down to me looking back on it when I’m 60. I don’t even know what that will look like, but I feel it will be a room full of the portraits stacked up on top of each other. It’s almost like an investment of smug satisfaction that I did something,” Mikula says.

Time isn’t the only reason Mikula took on his colossal painting endeavor—dubbed the “Endless Portrait Project.” He also genuinely enjoys creating portraits. For him, painting is about reflection.

“I sit down, look at a face on a screen and try to replicate that face by moving colour around. I find it’s kind of meditative.”

"The Endless Portrait Project" began in November of last year after Mikula posted: “like this status and I’ll paint you a portrait of y’rself” on his Facebook page. From that post, he painted somewhere around 360 portraits of friends, acquaintances, and complete strangers.

After the buzz from the initial post ended, Mikula decided to display his work at Edmonton’s Spazio Performativo studio space while running a drop-in portrait painting session from July to September. He set himself the goal of painting 1000 portraits by the end of September.

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Once his studio time ended, he bumped up the goal to 100,000 by 2049.

It may seem like an unreachable task, but Mikula’s having fun with it.

“It’s based on doing 3000 a year. I want to change it up a bit every year too. Like I could spend a whole year doing portraits of people named Dave.

So it could be 3000 portraits and ‘year of Dave,’” Mikula says, laughing.

Outside of his day job as an employee of the City of Edmonton's Waste Management branch and performing improv with Rapid Fire Theatre, Mikula sets aside a couple hours in the morning every day to paint the portraits.

The project was propelled by a variety of social networks, with people posting their finished portraits on different platforms.

Anyone can message Mikula with a request for a free portrait.

“I’ll take donations of food, supplies, petty cash. I’ll take a photo of the portrait and send it—but if you want you can come to my house and grab the hard copy. It’s your face so it kind of belongs to you.”

Mikula has stacks upon stacks of portraits scattered through out his house. The main floor guest room is completely dedicated to storage for this project.

“I have around 1500 done and I’ve painted someone from every continent, but I’m only [one and a half] percent done,” he says, laughing.

Mikula also paints other things

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besides portraits, but even outside of the "Endless Portrait Project," he generally sticks to people.

“I think it goes to me not being a great painter. I might have a good sense of composition to make it visually appealing, but it’s really easy to paint a face. Humans are naturally programmed to see patterns and faces in a lot of stuff that’s very vague so it's fun to play with that,” Mikula says.

A Tim Mikula portrait always involves the same red, blue, yellow, black, and white colour scheme, but he does mix in colours to discover other interesting tones and shades.

“It’s not like I get a red vibe from someone or something, but its how I interpret the mood of the photo.”

Every one of his portraits is unique with the composition of each face differing from another. Some of the portraits are very abstract and loose in structure.

“It’s just how I paint. I don’t really plan it out. It’s very spur of the moment with however my hand ends up moving on the page. I think my painting is very impulse-based and gestural.”

Mikula’s artistic process also involves listening to Neil Young’s Rust Never Sleeps and On The Beach in their entirety while painting.

When asked why it’s always Neil Young, Mikula replies, “does Neil’s mournful wail not make everyone want to sit in a dark basement and leer at photos of smiling strangers and paint their faces?”

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Dance Brian Webb Dance Company presents Van Grimde Corps Secrets: Symphonies 5.1 • Timms Centre, 8703112 St • 780.420.1757 • bwdc.ca • Isabelle Van Grimde's company will challenge us to examine the body through a contemporary lens • Jan 20-21, 8pm • $35 (general), $25 (students/seniors)

D'bomme Squads Dirty 30s NYE • Mama's Gin Joint, Jasper Ave and 117 St • Burlesque • Dec 31 • $10 Dirt Buffet Cabaret • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • milezerodance. com • Curated by impresario Ben Gorodetsky, this series is geared towards presenting emerging artists of various artistic backgrounds, in a variety show format, with an audience that expects experimentation and unusual juxtapositions. Each show contains 6 acts • Jan 19, 9pm • $10 or best offer at the door

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo • Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Ave • 780.455.9559 • albertaballet50.com • This all-male company has shared their high art in over 500 cities and 33 countries • Jan 17-18

The nutcracker • Alberta Ballet • 780.428.6839 • albertaballet.com • Enter a Kingdom of Sweets, fall in love with a Sugar Plum Fairy, and bravely face an army of mischievous mice. In its authentic Russian setting, this intimate portrayal depicts a deeply romantic world complete with enormous Russian spoons and miniature mice.

Introducing children to a world of art and culture, their young imaginations will light up as they see the legendary world of young Klara and her Nutcracker Prince • Dec 16-24 Shumka presents Clara's Dream • Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Ave • 780.455.9559 • clarasdream.ca • Edmonton's Ukrainian Nutcracker. Clara's Dream is the only Ukrainian folk ballet representation of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker • Dec 29-30 • $35 (general), $25 (students/seniors)

FILM Away from Her • Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne Street, St Albert • stalbert.ca/exp/arden/ events/away-from-her • Rated PG-13 • Jan 15, 2-3:30pm Cinema at the Centre • Stanley Milner

Jurassic Forest/Learning Centre • 15 mins N of Edmonton off Hwy

of Rome with a handsome stranger. Sparks fly and love is found in the most unlikely of situations • Jan 11, 7-9pm • Free (RSVP at Eventbrite)

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galLeries + Museums ACUA Gallery & Artisan Boutique • 9534-87 St • 780.488.8558 • info@acuarts. ca • acuarts.ca • Oksana Movchan and Oksana Zhelisko: Colour and Gaze; Dec 5-23 • Signature Artist Series: artwork by Iryna Karpenko and Valeriy Semenko; Jan 4-31

After Hours Gallery • University of Alberta Hospital, 8440-112 St • 2016-17 Art Show and Show: artwork by Edmonton Art Club members; Nov 7-Jan 6

ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft. ab.ca • Mise en Scene: artwork by Triniruth Bautista and more; Oct 8-Dec 24

Allied Arts Council of Spruce Grove • Melcor Cultural Centre, 35-5th Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Novelty Show; Allied Arts Council member's show: Theme: Incredible Edibles: still life paintings with food subjects; Nov 29-Jan 21 • Fireplace room: Yvonne Berget; Through Dec

Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • Every Story Has Two Sides: artwork by Damian Moppett + Ron Moppett; Sep 17-Jan 8 • The Vessel: artwork by David Altmejd; Oct 8-Jan 29 • The Edge: The Abstract and the Avant-Garde in Canada; Oct 8-Jan 29 • Season to Season, Coast to Coast: A Celebration of the Canadian Landscape: artwork by Emily Carr, Dorothy Knowles, Cornelius Krieghoff, John McKee and more; Dec 3-Feb 20 • A Story We Tell Ourselves About Ourselves: artwork by Hannah Doerksen; Dec 3-Feb 20 • Winter City Art Adventures: 4-day camps designed to connect students 6-12 with art and ideas; Dec 27-30 • The Great Art Escape: 4-day camps designed to connect students 6-12 with art and ideas; Jan 3-6 • BMO Children’s Gallery: Touch Lab: Leave your Mark: Opens Jul 24 • Open Studio Adult Drop-In : Wed, 7-9pm; $18/$16 (AGA member) • All Day Sundays: Art activities for all ages; Activities, 12-4pm; Tour; 2pm • Late Night Wednesdays: Every Wed, 6-9pm • Art for Lunch: 3rd Thu of the month, 12:10-12:50pm

Art Gallery Of St Albert (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 •

artgalleryofstalbert.ca • The More I Gather: artwork by Paddy Lamb; Dec 1-Jan 28 • Art Ventures: Unusual Printmaking (Dec 17), 1-4pm; drop-in art program for children ages 6-12; $6/$5.40 (Arts & Heritage member) • Ageless Art: (Dec 15), 1-3pm; for mature adults; $15/$13.50 (Arts & Heritage member) • Preschool Picasso: Printmaking (Dec 17); for 3-5 yrs; pre-register; $10/$9 (Arts & Heritage member)

Bleeding Heart Art Space • 9132118 Ave • dave@bleedingheartartspace.com • Carly Greene; Dec 3-Jan 21 Borealis Gallery • 9820-107 St •

Library Theatre, bsmt, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7070 • Film screening every Wed, 6:30pm • Free

Storytellers explores the idea of narrative art (visual storytelling) in works by Alberta artists; Dec 15-Feb 5

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

CAVA Gallery • 9103-95 Ave •

Defying the. Nazis. The Sharps' War • Westwood Unitarian, 11135-65 Ave • Discussion will follow and there will be popcorn • Jan 6, 7pm

From Books to Film • Stanley A. Milner, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7000 • epl.ca • Films adapted from books every Fri afternoon at 2pm

metro • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • 780.425.9212 • Northwestfest: The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America (Jan 7) • Reel Family Cinema: Labyrinth (Dec 26), The Wizard of Oz (Dec 31)

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

Roman Holiday screening, presented by Edmonton Opera • Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • edmontonopera.com • This reverse Cinderellastory follows a princess who decides to take a break from royalty and explore the streets

780.461.3427 • galeriecava.com • Miniature show: annual Christmas sale; Dec 9-Dec 23

dc3 Art Projects • 10567-111 St • 780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • Flux: Responding to head and neck cancer; Jan 5-21 FAB Gallery • Fine Arts Building Gallery,1-1 FAB (University of Alberta) • ualberta.ca/artshows • Megan Warkentin, MFA Painting; Jan 3-7 front gallery • 12323-104 Ave • thefrontgallery.com • Christmas Salon; Dec 8-Jan 5

St NW • latitude53.org • Au Revoir: artwork

by Nadine Bariteau; Dec 2-Jan 21

Lando Gallery • 103, 10310-124 St • 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • Lando Gallery Holiday Group Selling Exhibition; until Dec 24 MacEwan University • City Centre Campus, 7-266 • amatejko@icloud.com • I Don't Want To Die in the Digital Age/Windows of Light and Text; Oct 31-Feb 21 Misericordia Hospital • 16940-87 Ave • 2016-17 Art Show and Show: artwork by Edmonton Art Club members; Nov 19-Jan 16 Multicultural Centre Public Art Gallery (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 5411-51 St, Stony Plain • multicentre.org • Buffalo Corral: artwork by Heather Shillinglaw; Jan 9-Mar 4

Musée Héritage Museum • St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@artsandheritage.ca • Old Stone, New Steel: photography by photographers in three age groups: Grades 3-6, 7-9, and 10-12; Nov 19-Jan 15

O'byrnes Irish Pub • 10616-82 Ave NW • 587.986.3618 • angela@letsartyparty. com • Don't be shy- paint a naked guy: Guests will start with three poses to warm up, then move to a longer pose on 16" x 20" canvas.

All will go home with a painting; Every 2nd Tue (except Dec 20, Jan 3), starting Nov 22, 7-8:30pm; $35 (adv at Eventbrite), $45 (door)

Paint Spot • 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Naess Gallery: The Three Sixty Five Project: Three Hundred and Sixty Five Days of Thirty Minute Drawings

by Lon Wenger • Artisan Nook: Under the Microscope: mixed media works by Kristin Anderson • Both exhibits run Nov 24-Jan 5

Peter Robertson Gallery • 12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Holiday Group Show: artwork featuring Linda Lindemann and more; Dec 8-23 Picture This Gallery • 959 Ordze Rd, Sherwood Park • 780.467.3038 • picturethisgallery.com • The Winter Art Show; Nov 17-Feb 28 Propaganda Hair Salon • 10808-124 St • 780.819.2312 • jordangrantrule@gmail. com • Pushing Densities: Photography by Jordan Rule; Dec 5-Jan 31 sNAP Gallery • Society of Northern Alberta Print­- Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Snap Members Show & Sale: Dec 8-24 • BIMPE: International Miniture Print Exhibition; Jan 7-21

Strathcona County Museum & Archives • 913 Ash St, Sherwood Park • strathconacountymuseum.ca • We Remember: artifacts on loan from local collector George Chivers & highlighting Canada's contribution to the Battle of Somme at its 100th Anniversary; until Dec 23

Telus World of Science • 11211142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton. com • Free-$117.95 • Daily activities, demonstrations and experiments • Wild Africa; opens in late Oct • Angry Birds Universe; Oct 8-Apr 17

U of A Museums Galleries at Enterprise square • Main floor, 10230 Jasper Ave • Open: Thu-Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm • A Little Bit of Infinity Part 1; Aug 11-Jan 28 • A Little Bit of Infinity Part 2; Sep 22-Jan 28

VAA Gallery • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St •

Gallery@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona. ca/artgallery • "Canadianisms: A Half Decade Inspired by Canada": artwork by Brandy Saturley; Jan 6-Feb 26; Opening reception: Jan 6, 7pm (artist in attendance)

visualartsalberta.com • Edmonton Exhibition:

by Art Mentorship Society of Alberta; Dec 1-Jan 28

VASA Gallery • 25 Sir Winston Churchill

Harcourt House Gallery • 3 Fl,

Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • Thank Our Stars: Holiday Season Member show; Nov 29-Jan 28

10215-112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Museum of Dreams: artwork by John Graham; Dec 3-Jan 21

West End Gallery • 10337-124 St • 780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • Adorn with Art; Dec 3-30

Jubilee Auditorium • 11455-87 Ave

Women's Art Museum of Canada

NW • coordinator@albertasocietyofartists. com • albertasocietyofartists.com • Fire: a group exhibition featuring artists from across the Province that explores this force of nature; Jan 10-Mar 1

• La Cité Francophone 2nd Pavillon, #200, 8627 Rue Marie-Anne-Gaboury (91 St) • 780.803.2016 • info@wamsoc.ca • wamsoc. ca • Pages From A Visual Diary: artwork by Adeline Rockett; Nov 26-Jan 21

Literary Book Group • McDougall United Church, 10086 Macdonald Drive (south entrance) • 780.428.1818 • mcdougallunited.com • Discussing the current reading selection. The group chooses mostly current fiction or longtime favourites • 3rd Wed each month, 7pm Edmonton Story Slam • Mercury Room,10575-114 St • edmontonstoryslam. com • facebook.com/mercuryroomyeg • Great stories, interesting company, fabulous atmosphere • 3rd Wed each month • 7pm (sign-up); 7:30pm • $5 Donation to winner Naked Girls Reading • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St NW • 780.691.1691 • There will be different themes each month • Every 2nd Tue of month, 8:30-10:30pm • $20 (door); 18+ only Rouge Lounge • 10111-117 St • 780.902.5900 • Spoken Word Tuesdays: Weekly spoken word night presented by the Breath In Poetry Collective (BIP); info: E: breathinpoetry@gmail.com Rouge Poetry Slam hosted by Breath In Poetry Collective • BLVD Supper x Club, 10765 Jasper Ave • Every Tue

Scrambled YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artists from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm SCRIPT SALON • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper Arts Space, 10037-84 Ave • A monthly play reading series: 1st Sun each month with a different play by a different playwright TALES–Monthly Storytelling Circle • Parkallen Community Hall, 6510-111 St • Monthly TELLAROUND: 2nd Wed each month • Sep-Jun, 7-9pm • Free • Info: 780.437.7736; talesedmonton@hotmail.com

Upper Crust Café • 10909-86 Ave • 780.422.8174 • strollofpoets.com • The Poets’ Haven Reading Series: featuring Janet Stumph, Janis Dow, Allison Akgungor, and Janet E Smith (Dec 5); Hal Cashman, Corinne Jackson, Henry Victor, and David Brydges (Dec 12); Mary Campbell, MyrnaGaranis, Diane Robitelle and Shirley Serviss (Dec 19); Hugh McAlary (Jan 9); Trudy Grienauer, Elaine Elrod, Ella Zeltserman, and Randy Kohan (Jan 16); Rusti Lehay, Virginia Lehay, Virginia Balan, and Magdalen Balan (Jan 23) • Most Mon (except holidays), 7pm, Sep-Mar; presented by the Stroll of Poets Society • $5 (door)

Writer In Residence Meet & Greet • Strathcona County Council Chambers, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8600• metrowir.com • Meet 2017 Metro Federation Writer in Residence, Richard Van Camp • Jan 7, Drop in any time between 2pm & 4pm • Free

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

A christmas carol • Maclab Theatre, Citadel Theatre, 9828-101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • Now in its 17th consecutive season, this beautiful adaptation of the Dickens classic is a favourite holiday tradition for thousands of Edmonton families • Nov 26-Dec 23 Anne of Green Gables • Festival Place, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • In its 50th year celebration, Anne of Green Gables: The Musical tells the beloved tale of Anne Shirley—that's Anne with an "E" mind you. Set in the turnof-the-century Maritime world of Avonlea, the musical is a charming look in to the nostalgic world and colourful characters of the treasured novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Join Anne as she warms her way into the hearts and home of Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, becomes bosom friends with Diana Barry and falls in love with Gilbert Blithe. • Dec 16-30

Burning Bluebeard • Roxy Theatre on Gateway, 8529 Gateway Blvd • info@ theatrenetwork.ca • edmontonactorstheatre.ca • Burning Bluebeard tells the tale of six singed clowns who emerge from the burnt remains of a theatre to perform their spectacular Christmas Pantomime. This time, they hope

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to finally reach the true happy ending of their second act and avoid the fateful fire that destroyed Chicago’s Iroquois Theatre in 1903 • Dec 13-24 • $18-$22 ($15 for previews, 2-for-1 Tuesdays)

Chimprov • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm • $15 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square) • Until Jun

Die-Nasty • Varscona Theatre, 1032983 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), 7:309:30pm • Oct 17-May 29 (except Dec 26 and Jan 2) • $18 or $13 with a $40 membership; at the door (cash) or at tixonthesquare.com.

Season passes are available at the door (cash or cheque only) for $400 with a reserved seat Hey Ladies! • The Roxy on Gateway (formerly C103), 8529 Gateway Blvd • theatrenetwork.ca • Edmonton’s premier comedy, info-tainment, musical, game, talk show spectacular that’s suitable for all sexes!

• Jan 6, 8pm • $26 (call 780.453.2440) or Tix on the Square MAESTRO • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • Rapid Fire Theatre • Improv, a high-stakes game of elimination that will see 11 improvisers compete for audience approval until there is only one left standing • 1st Sat each month, 7:30-9:30pm • $12 (adv at rapidfiretheatre. com)/$15 (door) Night at the Museum of Country Music • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061 8882-170 St • 780.484.2424 • infoedmonton@Jubilations. ca • edmonton.jubilations.ca • Nashville Tennessee is known as the legendary home of the Country Music Museum & Hall of Fame.

On an average day the museum attracts thousands of visitors… but at night is when the real fun starts • Oct 28-Jan 22 (Wed-Sun) • $33.25-$77.95

One Man Star Wars featuring Charles ross • Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Much of Charles Ross’ childhood was spent in a galaxy far, far away, watching Star Wars videos over – and over – and over again. The result of this misspent youth is his hysterical One Man Star Wars Trilogy, where he single-handedly plays all the characters, sings the music, flies the ships, fights the battles and condenses the plots into one hilarious show. • Jan 13, 7:30 pm

Only in Vegas • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Celebrating all things past and present that Vegas has to offer, “Only in Vegas” features the great music, comedy and theatrics of “Sin City" • Nov 8-Jan 29

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 Opera NUOVA Presents: My Favorite Things • South Pointe Community Centre, 11520 Ellerslie Road • 780.487.4844 • tickets@operanuova.ca • operanuova.ca/myfavorite-things • A sing-along evening filled with your favourite music from generations of musical theatre hits—from The Wizard of Oz to Matilda and The Sound of Music to Frozen • Dec 31, 6:30-10:30pm • $10 (kids 14 and under), $15 (student with valid ID), $25 (adult; one free child ticket with the purchase of an adult)

TheatreSports • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • SepJun • $15 The Best Little Newfoundland Christmas Pageant...Ever! • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • varsconatheatre. com • A seemingly a dull task for Mrs. O’Brien, who has been put in charge when the original leader, Mrs. Armstrong, hits a moose with her car. What could be so hard? It’s always the same Mary and Joseph and the same old Christmas carols. But no one was expecting the Herdmans to show up for the auditions. • Dec 20-23; 7:30pm • Tickets available at Tix on the Square

TORUK - The First Flight • Rogers Place, 10220-104 Ave NW • cirquedusoleil. com/toruk • Inspired by the popular film by James Cameron • Dec 22-26

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Fan service No hand-holding for the uninitiated in Rogue One

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ogue One: A Star Wars Story has the unenviable task of launching the Star Wars anthology spin-off series, tiding audiences over between The Force Awakens and Episode VIII, and transporting us to a galaxy far, far away without any lightsaber battles, Jedi mind tricks, or Skywalker family drama. For the most part, the film succeeds—even surpassing The Force Awakens in some areas, daring to try something new where last year’s derivative blockbuster played it ex-

ceedingly safe. But despite gathering an ensemble cast of stellar actors— from Felicity Jones to Diego Luna to Forest Whitaker—the movie takes too much time introducing too many badass rebel fighters and not enough time developing them in any depth.

Rogue One functions as the immediate prequel to the first Star Wars film, telling the story of the ragtag group of rebels who steal the Death Star plans and set in motion the events we see at the beginning of A

New Hope. Rebel agents bust Jyn Erso (Jones) out of prison and offer her freedom if she can help them track down her father, chief Death Star architect Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen).

This daughter-father bond is the only significant relationship in the film, and though it functions adequately as a plot engine, it still feels shallow and underwritten.

What Rogue One lacks in character development it makes up for with

clever and visually stunning action sequences. From starships slamming into each other to Death Star lasers levelling cities, Star Wars has never felt rougher or more visceral. Rogue One has a grimness and weight to it that the sleek high fantasy of Star Wars never captured.

Ultimately, Rogue One is a movie for Star Wars fans. The film wastes no time explaining its significance in the larger continuity or holding the hand of first-time viewers, which is largely to

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Now playing, literally everywhere Directed by Gareth Edwards  the good of its pacing. The downside is a significant amount of fan service, including an awkwardly shoehorned-in Darth Vader scene. In the end, despite its flaws, Rogue One is a hopeful sign that the Star Wars anthology will branch out from the main narrative in new and exciting directions.

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UPDATE // FUNDING

Screen office funding Project will see the cash, if the city surplus holds

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s a part of Edmonton’s $2.6 billion operating budget for 2017, a possible Edmonton Screen Industries Office got a major fiscal boost from the city—to the tune of $265,000.

Replacing the now-defunct Edmonton Film Commission, which was rendered useless after then commissioner Brad Stromberg suddenly left his position, a screen industries office would represent all forms of Edmonton-based creative industries. These industries include film, video games, voice acting, environment creators, phone apps, and script writers—to name a few.

While nothing is written in stone yet, this funding is still a step in the right direction according to Owen Brierley.

“It is a great thing,” says Brierley, the executive director of the Edmonton Digital Arts College and one of the core individuals who helped create the idea of a Screen Industries Office.

“We are moving forward with a new office, with new energy, and the support from city council.”

The kicker is that the money is dependant on a $28 million surplus from 2016. While the funds are currently there, some of that surplus is budgeted for snow removal and one big storm could diminish the cash quite substantially.

With that in mind, Brierley and company aren’t getting ahead of themselves, but are still acting accordingly.

“This [money] is just to get us a board of directors, an advisory coun-

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cil, and hire an executive director,” he says. “Then we will work to figure out what other roles, costs, and programs are important.”

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n a culture where food waste and homelessness, World Fairs and a global refugee crisis, pre-peeled carrots and celebrity chefs coexist without apparent discord, anyone willing to present these phenomena in direct relation to each other is likely to have dramatic results. This is, perhaps, why Canadian director Peter Svatek’s critically-acclaimed new documentary about an unusual soup kitchen is called Theater of Life.

In the fall of 2014, the city of Milan was preparing to host Expo 2015, a universal exhibition featuring the theme “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life.” Chef Massimo Bottura, chef patron of Osteria Francescana (First place, World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016), asked forty of his friends—all world-renowned chefs—to help him with an unusual project. He wanted to run a soup kitchen in a poor neighbourhood in Milan—with the ingredients exclusively supplied by food waste from Expo pavilions. The group would simultaneously feed the local homeless and refugee population, while raising awareness about waste.

Not knowing where to start, Bottura turned to a Catholic charitable organization called Caritas to help.

Bottura began calling the dining room his refettorio, or refectory, a term that traditionally designates the dining room in an abbey or monastery. Bottura wanted to extend the refectory’s focus on beauty, spirituality, and community to his soup kitchen. With this model in mind, he

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commissioned top Italian artists and designers such as Carlo Benvenuto and Maurizio Nannucci to transform an abandoned theatre in the Greco district of Milan.

During Expo 2015's run from May to October, the Refettorio Ambrosiano served daily meals to ninety-six people. They ate homemade ravioli and strawberry and rose petal salad sitting at twelve tables under the copper-plated ceiling of the old theatre, now emblazoned with a neon sign reading ‘no more excuses.’

Svatek, who works in both narrative and documentary filmmaking, is friends with Bottura and heard about the soup kitchen idea very early on.

Svatek and producer Josette Gauthier approached the National Film Board of Canada for funding through their production company, Triplex Films. According to Svatek, the NFB “said yes immediately,” and Svatek spent much of 2015 in Milan, documenting the creation and operation of Refettorio Ambrosiano.

“I really wanted to make the film as much about the people for whom the food was being prepared as about the chefs,” Svatek says. His film follows the soup kitchen’s clients—people like Fatou—an immigrant from Senegal who came to Italy because she was persecuted for her physical disabilities (yet still hopes to pursue a modelling career), and Fawaz, a homeless man on the waiting list for almost every shelter in Milan—beyond the refettorio walls and into

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their difficult everyday lives.

“What struck me immediately,” Svatek says, “was the ridiculous contradiction between these haute cuisine chefs and the really desperate and hungry people in Milan.” At one point in the film, Fawaz leaves because he feels he is being treated like an object.

“Are these chefs doing this just to polish their own stars?” Svatek asks.

“Is this for real?”

In an attempt to answer his own question, Svatek refers to the responses of some of the refettorio chefs, all of whom seem amply aware of the irony. The consistent refrain is that chefs feed people—and that's the only reason they are in Milan.

Svatek remembers René Redzepi (coowner of Noma, Copenhagen) making the point that everyone is always asking chefs to shut up and go back in the kitchen. "It belongs to everybody, the responsibility to take care of other people who are in dire straits,” Redzepi says in the film. “Maybe they’re in a situation that’s even worse, and they really need a cake."

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arget: Collateral Beauty Type: A grief-porn Christmas Carol Primary reasons for hit-job: See above—target’s name sounds like a military-industrial slogan and the script seems as if Nicholas Sparks and Garry Marshall tried to channel the ghost of Dickens past.

Plus: The basic concern-conceit, where we’re supposed to care about advertising executives—Whit (Edward Norton), Claire (Kate Winslet), Simon (Michael Peña)—desperate to sell off their company.

Minus: Their mad method of showing that Howard (Will Smith), the major shareholder—and their friend— has been nut-jobbed by grief for his six-year-old daughter by hiring actors to pose as the abstractions—Amy (Keira Knightley) as Love, Raffi (Jacob Latimore) as Time, Brigitte (Helen Mirren) as Death—to which he’s written letters, then erasing those actors

from video of him confronting them (aka entrapment and fraud).

Secondary reasons for hit-job: Everyone works and lives in places so nice that even the home-bathroom where a cancer-sufferer pukes is resplendent. Apple and Nike productplacements. Cringing race and classpolitics: Howard calls the young black man playing Time “a mean little arrogant thug,” he Magical-Negroreveals to his three amigos that he’s known their own troubles all along, and Claire clutches her purse tighter than an acrophobe white-knuckling a roller coaster when she visits Raffi in his ’hood. Such lines as “I had become love” or “Your children don’t have to come from you, they just have to go through you.” Brigitte pops up again and again like some grey-haired sage of a fairy godmother in a whack-amole game. The ending twist-dives so deep into maudlin sappiness that we’re left snorkelling through syrup.

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Now playing Directed by David Frankel  Saving graces: Amid all the meaningful, earnest conversations and looks of soulful understanding, one actor—Knightley—shows some spark. For those eager for cheesymovie-moments to screen-capture for the ages, Smith’s welling-up-in-tears close-up is a GIF that keeps on giving.

Qualms: Whacking a movie during the holly jolly season seems Grinchy-Scroogeish. But not as cruel as Collateral Beauty adorning itself with all the twinkling lights of a Yuletimey setting, just to pass off its New Age bereavement fable as some kind of so-tearjerking-you’llfeel-good Christmas.

BRIAN GIBSON

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SNOW ZONE

UPDATE // OUTDOOR EDUCATION

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anada’s first ski-in and ski-out classroom will officially open its doors at Marmot Basin this week.

Located at mid-mountain, the Marmot Learning Centre has been around since 2008, but recently moved into the ski hill’s old avalanche control building, which underwent extensive renovations.

The renovated building is now a fully equipped classroom jointly operated by Marmot Basin, Parks Canada and the Grande Yellowhead Public School Division.

“It’s Canada’s only ski-in and ski-out classroom,” says Erin Reade, a sales and marketing executive for Marmot.

The Marmot Learning Centre offers school groups a choice between four active learning sessions, such as a lesson about avalanche awareness using beacons and probes. Other sessions include learning about species at risk in Jasper National Park and learning

about the hazards of winter travel.

Each session is about an hour long and is part of a larger day package that includes a ski and snowboard lesson offered by Marmot Basin. About 500 students participate in the program every year.

“We want kids to be outside and connected with nature and physical literacy skills, like downhill skiing or snowboarding, are things they are going to be able to enjoy for the rest of their lives,” says Barb Schmidt, education lead for the Palisades Stewardship Education Centre.

One of the new sessions offered this year is an introduction to outdoor careers, such as ski hill management or mountain safety.

“Alberta Education has put an increasing emphasis on career pathways geared towards young students to really start thinking about where they want to end up,” says Schmidt.

FALLLINES Never-ever days at Marmot Basin If you’ve never skied or boarded before and you’ve always wondered what all the excitement is about—but it seems a little pricey to try—head to Marmot Basin on January 6. For just $25 they’ll set you up with a lift ticket, all the gear and a lesson. Typically this could set you back around $200 but the Canadian Ski Council is looking to increase participation. What better way to start than high up in the Rocky Mountains where you not only hit the slopes, there’s the view and ambience that will enhance the experience.

Night entertainment This winter Sunshine Village, Lake Louise and Marmot Basin are getting into the night time entertainment

The Marmot Learning Centre isn’t just geared toward students from the local school board.

In fact, one of the biggest cohorts of students is from the United Kingdom.

“We’re seeing growth in our international school visitation, particularly from the UK, because they see so much value in this program for their kids,” says Reade.

According to Dave Gibson, president of Marmot, the ski hill has seen a 40 percent increase in business from school groups coming from the UK this year.

“Those are significant numbers, not just for Marmot, but for the entire community,” says Gibson, adding he expects the learning centre to grow in popularity over the coming years.

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business. At Sunshine, ‘torchlight’ is the theme with several evenings of entertainment—after the lifts close.

At Marmot Basin they’ve scheduled several Evenings at the Eagle nights including January 14, 21, 28 and February 19. Participants meet at the midmountain Eagle Chalet at 4 pm for dinner, drinks, and live music. At 7 pm guests are escorted down the slopes to the parking lot or a waiting bus at the lower chalet.

Movie Night The Eternal Beauty Of Snowboarding This film is an existential journey into the true life of snowboarders, and can be found on YouTube. It was put together by Jerome Tanon, a snowboard photographer for almost 10

years. There's colourful language, so it's not for the little snowboarders in the pack. If you’re about to head out on this journey yourself, maybe don’t let your parents watch either.

Pipe Ground 2016 Only five minutes long and again on YouTube, Pipe Ground was filmed in Avoriaz, a French ski resort. For one month in April, a team of snow enthusiast converted a half-pipe into an incredible snowy skate bowl loaded with jumps, gaps and dozens of other unique obstacles. Mornings are reserved for pros and lessons but during the afternoon, everyone can have a go. I think that Marmot could duplicate a mini version for next spring, don’t you?

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‘Up the fun factor’ New Year’s performance marks ten-year anniversary of The Secretaries

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eing together for ten years is more than enough cause for The Secretaries to gather friends for a New Years Eve extravaganza.

The group will celebrate at Ritchie Community League with a little help from Bebop Cortez, Bad Buddy, Ripe Fruits of the West and emcee Ted Wright (The James T. Kirks, Ball & Chain).

The Secretaries began as a trio— Amy van Keeken on guitar/vocals, Colleen Brown on bass/vocals and Natasha Fryzuk on drums/vocals—and have since expanded to include a two-piece horn section (The Brassholes) and keyboardist, Miss Mannered.

After a decade of playing together, Fryzuk feels the close friendships they’ve developed and joy of creating together has kept them strong.

“It’s kind of a surprise to me,” Fryzuk says. “I guess it’s interesting to kind of keep a band going just because you like it, and you like making music with those people and sharing your vision. Not just because you make money doing it.”

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It wasn’t always easy for The Secretaries. In fact, they nearly succumbed to the road itself in their early days, while on a mini-tour of Western Canada.

“We had the worst roads ever, we all thought we were going to die,” Fryzuk says of the trip. “We took Roger’s Pass in November and it was so horrible. There was a horrible snowstorm. A crow fell out of the sky right in front of us—dead.

We saw a coyote that looked so ominous. So consequently for me— when we actually got through that mountain pass and made it to the Nelson area—it was such a great show because we were alive.”

Plans are set to record a new EP in January once all of the members’ schedules match up. Peter Stone of 100 Mile House will be overseeing the project at his home studio. The band’s sound has matured, after initially writing songs and learning their instruments at the same time.

“There’s definitely an evolution in sound,” says Fryzuk. “Feeling it’s important to be present as women playing the songs was sort of our thoughts at the beginning. Now I feel that’s less of a focus and it’s a lot more moody and textural, and less pop-y.”

At the anniversary show, Fryzuk and van Keekan will be performing dancey DJ sets between each act. As for their set list, they will perform songs off their last EP Show Me/The Way I Feel, as well as tracks recognizable from their history.

“If you’ve been coming to Secretaries shows, you’ll hear the hits,” Fryzuk says. “A couple of new songs that we’ve been playing a little bit, and probably—because it’s a special occasion—a surprise cover song.”

Although the The Secretaries mood can get dark lyrically, they plan to keep things upbeat for the anniversary show.

“It’s not exclusive, it’s very inclusive. We want everybody to feel like they’re welcome and that it’s fun,” Fryzuk says. “It’s not all fun—we have our serious songs, and we take them seriously. But for New Years particularly, I think we’re going to up the fun factor.”

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Pemberton looking forward to family karaoke jam

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f absence makes the heart grow fonder, then living in Toronto and Montreal has strengthened Roland (Rollie) Pemberton’s love and connection to Edmonton in ways we wouldn’t necessarily expect.

“I can reflect back on what I’ve done in the past and how I can be better. In Toronto, the competition is really driving me,” he explains.

“There are so many artists trying to one up each other and for me it’s very exciting. I’ve always wanted to be challenged in that way.

I think it’s very important for artists to be pushed by the people around them.”

Known as Cadence Weapon on stage, Pemberton has spent the past few years out East, fulfilling his obligations as Edmonton’s Poet Laureate (2009 - 2011), narrating VICELAND’s new show Payday, and working on a new record of his own.

While he was fairly tight lipped about any details regarding the new record, it was obvious how excited he is about the project, even over the phone.

“I’m pretty close to being finished. There’s one really big name guest on it. In a lot of ways the songs remind me of my first album in the attitude,” he says, smiling. “I feel like now I’ve rediscovered my love of rap more than ever.

When I’m rapping these new songs it really

makes me smile and laugh. I’m like… man, I’m saying some outlandish shit.”

With no definitive release date for the new album, Pemberton assures we’ll hear a few new tracks at his upcoming show, as well as receive a new official single come the new year.

When Vue asked if Pemberton ever has a day off, his answer wasn’t shocking.

“The way it works is, I’m always doing a little bit of something. Frankly, I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

He did, however admit to eating well, exercising and taking care of himself to avoid burnout. Not to mention time with his family, which he’s looking forward to over the holidays. One tradition in particular seems to inspire joy within the renaissance man.

“I have some cousins in St. Albert and we usually go there for a Christmas jamboree including karaoke. That’s a big thing with my family. I think that’s where I first ended up getting into performing,” Pemberton recalls, adding, “As long as I can remember, my karaoke jam has been, “New York, New York,” by Frank Sinatra. But, if it’s possible, I like to do everyone’s verse in “Big Pimpin’” by Jay-Z. The Pimp C verse in that song is probably one of my favourite rap verses.”

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Louder and a little more wild

Edmonton's Royal Tusk continue their momentum, with new tunes in the works

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fter a morning of television tapings, Royal Tusk reconvene at their Whyte Avenue studio to listen to their latest demos—and peruse their collection of vintage video games. Despite releasing their raucous full-length album DealBreaker this past summer, the band already has 10 to 12 songs waiting for a potential 2017 release.

“People go through music quickly, you should always be releasing stuff these days,” says lead vocalist/guitarist Daniel Carriere. “That’s—to me— the benefit of having Spotify, is you can keep giving people music.”

The new tracks continue Royal Tusk’s musical progression, with even grittier arrangements than on DealBreaker. Carriere explains it’s their mutual love for a powerful guitar sound that guides them.

“We’ve kind of gone through an evolution of playing alternative and more modern rock,” Carriere says. “Then we started writing DealBreaker and realized we wanted to play more guitar and we really just wanted to play heavy music. Even more when we recorded DealBreaker, we’re like ‘fuck, we love playing guitar.’ It’s just getting louder really, and a little more wild.”

The accolades continue to stream in for Royal Tusk, as they were recently included in Buzzfeed and Spotify Canada’s '17 Artists To Watch Out For In 2017.'

“Spotify’s been in our corner kind of since the very beginning, which is really cool,” says drummer Calen Stuckel. “They’ve been putting us on the good playlists and that’s kind of what’s been getting the ball rolling, as far as getting people in other countries listening to our band.”

Spotify’s reach partly influenced their upcoming 2017 tour schedule.

Royal Tusk will hit Europe and the UK

this spring followed by summer dates in the US. After a summer of promoting the latest record—touring with Collective Soul and performing at several festivals—the guys took time off between September and December.

Their upcoming show at The Starlite Room will be their first headlining show in Edmonton since the record was released in May. Royal Tusk will play hits off their 2014 EP, Mountain, and plenty of tracks from their breakthrough DealBreaker. As a special treat, they’ll also be pulling out a brand new track from the demos they’ve been preparing.

“I think the stuff we’re writing now is actually more challenging,” Stuckel says of the new material. “And it’s crazy because DealBreaker was a challenging record for us, musically.

We came back from the studio after recording that and we came to play them for the first time and we were like ‘whoa, these songs are pretty tough.’ Now we’re able to play them well, and with the new songs, we’re experiencing that again.”

Their latest single from DealBreaker, “Soon,” displays that tight knit chemistry. They continually push one another for the best take possible as they’ve grown comfortable in their roles. Stuckel acknowledges they’re still growing as a unit but after a solid year, 2017 is looking even brighter.

“It’s been a learning experience the whole way through,” Stuckel says.

“I feel like we’ve accomplished a lot, a lot of big things happened. I mean this year in general was kind of a shit year for evFri., Dec. 23 (8 pm) erybody on a worldwide Royal Tusk: A Christmas Bash scale, but I feel like for the Starlite Room, $20 band it was a solid year.”

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The first time McGrath returned was to join Peter Dreimanis of July Talk on stage for an after party following a sold out July Talk show. A former member of the group, McGrath and Dreimanis remain close friends; even helping co-write the July Talk single, “Guns and Ammunition.” A prolific writer, McGrath has also worked with Darrek Anderson on a track for the upcoming Guaranteed record.

When asked about his friendship with Anderson, he smiled as he said, “he likes punk rock and country. I like punk rock and country. He was one of those people who gradually made his way into my life.”

Not only has McGrath been busy writing songs for his pals, but he’s part of the group, Julie & the Wrong Guys, featuring members of the Cancer Bats, Mike Peters and Jaye Schwarzer. The band is releasing a seven inch this winter, along with plans to tour our neck of the woods February 3. The release of these two tracks heralds plans for the first full length from the band, who have been playing together for four years.

With plans for a new record and touring on the go, you’d think McGrath’s musical schedule would have him Fri., Dec., 30 (9 pm) completely with Jom Comyn and Fire Next Time preoccupied.

The Needle, $12 advance or $15 at But it’s not the door the case. McGrath also // Photo supplied has plans to release his first book in the spring. Berlin-Warszawa Express is an exploration of McGrath’s travels throughout the world examining whether or not it’s worth it to suffer for one’s art.

“The premise of the book is to answer: what is it all for?” He explains, a few times near the end of 2016. adding, “I think the answer is up McGrath was quick to point out the to the reader. I try to leave it open uniqueness of Edmonton when it comes ended. I’m one of those people who to show attendance and general creativ- suffer for their art for some reason ity, commenting: “you have to really be and I can’t stop. I don’t necessarily in love with music and the arts to go to know what my own answer is, but I a show in the middle of winter. Things do know my stories and I can ask the like that are really simple and microcos- question along with the readers.” mic, but really end up having a consider- BRITTANY RUDYCK MUSIC@VUEWEEKLY.COM able impact on your outlook on life.”

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Fridays; 8pm NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Time Warp

every Fri; all ages; 7pm; $5 (door)

Hour featuring Kaiya DerkachKodie; 5:30pm • The Mad Dogs Experience with Samantha King, Bob Cook, the Barefoot Kings, the Mary Lee Bird Band; 9pm; $12 (adv), $15 (door)

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

MERCER TAVERN Movement

MOONSHINERS Moonshiners Jam

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Happy

MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey Wong

TAVERN ON WHYTE Soul, Motown, Funk, R&B and more with DJs Ben and Mitch; every Sat; 9pm-2am

Flashback Friday; Every Fri

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Live music

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

Every Sat, 10pm; No minors

THE BOWER Strictly Goods: Old

Late Night Throwback Dance Party with DJs Joses Martin & Thomas Culture VJ Owen; Every Fri, 11:30pm; $5 (door)

8pm; $10

Rotating DJs Velix and Suco; every Sat

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

CAFE BLACKBIRD Yana Loo Quartet;

stage; 7pm

CAFÉ HAVEN Music every Thu; 7pm

DJs

9910 Hip Hop Karaoke: Holiday

MAMA'S GIN JOINT Live Music Thursdays; Every Thu, 9pm; $5 (some events)

NAKED CYBERCAFÉ Thu open

party

FRI DEC 23

VUEWEEKLY.com | DEC 22 – DEC 28, 2016

8-11pm

ON THE ROCKS Slow Walkin Walter;

with $4 Bill; Every Mon, 8-11pm

8pm; $5

SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A Open

TWIST ULTRA LOUNGE Mikey Wong

Mic Night hosted by Adam Holm; Every Mon

and his lineup of guest DJs

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 BOWER For Those Who Know...:

Deep House and disco with Junior Brown, David Stone, Austin, and guests; every Sat THE COMMON Get Down It's Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with Wright & Wong, Dane EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Resident DJs playing

the best in Hip Hop, Dance, Indie Dance, T40 & Classics; Every FriSat; 9pm; No cover

SIDELINER’S PUB Singer/Songwriter

Monday Night Open Stage; Hosted

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

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

Substance with Eddie Lunchpail TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic Hip hop with DJ Creeazn every Mon; 9pm-2am

TUE DEC 27 BLUES ON WHYTE Paula Perro And

The Project; 9pm BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue- Fri, 5-8pm

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

Classical

GAS PUMP Karaoke; 9:30pm

Anne Burrows Music Foundation’s 37th Annual Holiday Recital featuring Ewald Cheung with Michael Massey, Trevor Cooper and more; 6:30pm; $25 (adv/door)

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed open

RED PIANO BAR Wed Night Live: hosted by dueling piano players

mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Rock n' Roll

host Naomi Carmack and guest; 9pm; No cover

DJs

L.B.'S PUB Tue Variety Night Open

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH

HAVE MERCY DJ Thomas Culture

spinning Outlaw Country and 70s Rock; Every Tue KELLY'S PUB Open Stage: featuring

stage with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm; No charge

Chris Bruce spins Britpop/Punk/ Garage/Indie; Every Tue

MAMA'S GIN JOINT Tuesday Open

EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Taco Tuesday with DJ

Mic; Every Tue, 9pm; Starts Jan 3; Free

Mikey Wong

and share their creations; Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm • Wednesday Night Jazz; Every Wed, 9pm

GAS PUMP Karaoke; 9:30pm

Jam with Gator & Friends; 7:30pm

HAVE MERCY Whiskey Wednesdays

TAVERN ON WHYTE Karaoke; 9pm

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

TILTED KILT PUB AND EATERY Live

KRUSH ULTRALOUNGE Karaoke

Kraziness with host Ryan Kasteel; 8pm-2am

WED DEC 28 BLUES ON WHYTE Paula Perro And

NEW WEST HOTEL Doug & The

O’BYRNE’S Guinness Celtic jam

The Project; 9pm

Hurtin' Horsemen; 9pm

every Tue; 9:30pm

BOURBON ROOM Acoustic singer

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

songwriter jam; Every Wed, 8pm

SHAW CONFERENCE CENTRE Get

Together 2016 with FLUME + Griz and Borgore; 8pm; $89.50

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage

BILLIARD CLUB Why wait

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

Hurtin' Horsemen; 9pm

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Crazy Dave's Rock & Roll Renegade Jam; 7:30pm

DJs Wednesdays: Wed night party with DJ Alize every Wed; no cover

NEW WEST HOTEL Doug & The

Jam featuring Chris Wynters; 8pm

ON THE ROCKS Turn't Up Tuesday

music Wednesday's; Every Wed

MAMA'S GIN JOINT Wednesday Karaoke; Every Wed, 9pm; Free NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Happy Hour featuring New Romancer; 5:30pm • John Guliak with Jody Shenkarek; 9pm; No cover

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Big Dreamer

THE PROVINCIAL PUB Karaoke

Wednesday

STARLITE & SONIC 102.9 ARE PROUD TO PRESENT

FEAT. ROYAL TUSK W/ THRILLHOUSE (FAREWELL SHOW) & THE UNFORTUNATES

DJ Late Fee; Every Wed PINT DOWNTOWN Wild Wing

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

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

DEC/31

UBK PRESENTS

UBK NYE

W/JOSH PAN, RAMZOID, MAT THE ALIEN, & FLAVOURS

JAN/25 US THE DUO ALL AGES W/ HAILEY KNOX LIVENATION.COM PRESENTS

VENUEGUIDE 9910 9910B-109 St NW, 780.709.4734, 99ten.ca ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 THE ALMANAC 10351-82 Ave, 780.760.4567, almanaconwhyte. com ARCADIA BAR 10988-124 St, 780.916.1842, arcadiayeg.com ARDEN THEATRE 5 St Anne St, St Albert, 780.459.1542, stalbert.ca/ experience/arden-theatre ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL 7704 Calgary Trail South, 780.432.4611, atlantictrapandgill.com THE AVIARY 9314-111 Ave, 780.233.3635, facebook.com/ arteryyeg BAILEY THEATRE 5041-50 St, Camrose, 780. 672.5510, baileytheatre.com BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 1042582 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLVD SUPPER X CLUB 10765 Jasper Ave BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BOHEMIA 10217-97 St BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB 322682 St, 780.462.1888 BOURBON ROOM 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert THE BOWER 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.425; info@thebower.ca BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 10225-97 St, 780.497.0011 BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 THE BUCKINGHAM 10439 82 Ave, 780.761.1002, thebuckingham.ca CAFE BLACKBIRD 9640-142 St NW, 780.451.8890, cafeblackbird.ca CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca

DEC/23 A CHRISTMAS BASH

JAN/31 MAYHEM W/ INQUISITION & BLACK ANVIL MRG CONCERTS PRESENTS

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 CASK AND BARREL 10041104 St; 780.498.1224, thecaskandbarrel.ca CENTRAL SENIOR LIONS CENTRE 11113-113 St CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 CHVRCH OF JOHN 10260-103 St, 780.884.8994, thechvrchofjohn. com COMMON 9910-109 St CONVOCATION HALL Old Arts Building, University of Alberta, music.ualberta.ca DENIZEN HALL 10311-103 Ave, 780.424.8215, thedenizenhall. com DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB 1111387 Ave NW, devaneyspub.com DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 DV8/MAMA'S PIZZA 7317-101 Ave NW EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR 8230 Gateway Blvd, elcortezcantina.com EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE 10220-103 St NW, 780.

424.0077, yourgaybar.com FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FIDDLER'S ROOST 7308-76 Ave, 780.439.9788, fiddlersroost.ca FIONN MACCOOL'S–DOWNTOWN 10200-102 Ave NW FIONN MACCOOL'S–SKYVIEW 13580-137 Ave

GAS PUMP NIGHT CLUB & BAR 10166-114 St HAVE MERCY SOUTHERN TABLE + BAR 8232 Gateway Blvd HILLTOP PUB 8220 106 Ave HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH 10037-84 Ave NW, 780.433.5530, holytrinity.ab.ca HORIZON STAGE 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove, 780.962.8995, horizonstage.com HUMMINGBIRD BISTRO CAFE 8336-160 Ave, 780.401.3313, hummingbirdbistro.ca IRISH SPORTS CLUB 12546-126 St, 780.453.2249 J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 1145587 Ave NW, 780.427.2760, jubileeauditorium.com KELLY'S PUB 10156-104 St NW, 780.451.8825, kellyspubedmonton.com L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR AND GRILL 9016-132 Ave, 780.757.2121 LIZARD LOUNGE 11827 St. Albert Tr, 780.451.9180, facebook.com/ The-Lizard-Lounge MAMA'S GIN JOINT 11723 Jasper Ave, 780.705.0998, mamasginjoint.com MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH 10086 MacDonald Dr NW, mcdougallunited.com MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET 8101 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.2337 MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St MUTTART HALL 10050 Macdonald Dr, 780.633.3725 NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN 10524 Jasper Ave, 780.756.9045, theneedle.ca NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 NEW WEST HOTEL 15025-111 Ave NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 O'MAILLES IRISH PUB 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 PALACE CASINO 8882-170 St NW, 780.444.2112, palacecasino. com PINT–DOWNTOWN 10125-109 St NW PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave THE PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211-106 St THE REC ROOM 1725-99 St NW RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH 10209-123 St NW ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St SANDS INN & SUITES 12340 Fort Rd, sandshoteledmonton.com SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead Trail SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN 10012-101 A Ave, 780.426.7784, sherlockshospitality.com SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A 8519-112 St, 780.431.0091, sherlockshospitality.com SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM 8882-170 St, 780.444.1752,

sherlockshospitality.com SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328 SNEAKY PETE'S 12315-118 Ave ST. BASIL'S CULTURAL CENTRE 10819-71 Ave NW, 780.434.4288, stbasilschurch. com STUDIO 96 10909-96 St NW SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 1292397 St, 780.758.5924 STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave TAVERN ON WHYTE 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 TILTED KILT PUB AND EATERY 17118-90 Ave TIRAMISU 10750-124 St TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 10014-81 Ave NW, 780.433.1604, trinity-lutheran. ab.ca TWIST ULTRA LOUNGE 10324-82 Whyte Ave UNION HALL 6240-99 St NW, 780.702-2582, unionhall.ca UPTOWN FOLK CLUB 11150-82 St, 780.436.1554 VEE LOUNGE, APEX CASINO–St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 VIDA LATIN NIGHT CLUB 10746 Jasper Ave, 780.951.2705 WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK 8902-99 St, wildearthbakery.com WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WOODRACK CAFE 7603-109 St, 780. 757.0380, thewoodrackcafe. com Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428

FEB/14 PROF W/ FINDING NOVYN, METASOTA, WILLIE WONKA LIVENATION.COM PRESENTS

FEB/22 BANNERS W/ TOR MILLER LIVENATION.COM PRESENTS

FEB/26 ANDY BLACK ALL AGES MRG CONCERTS PRESENTS

THE HOMECOMING TOUR: CURTAIN CALL W/ WILLIAM CONTROL

FEB/27 AMARANTHE CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS

MAXIMALISM USA & CANADA TOUR 2017

W/ FAILURE ANTHEM, CITIZEN ZERO, CYPHER 16, SMASH INTO PIECES

MAR/18 THE REAL MCKENZIES CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS

25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TOUR W/ THE ISOTOPES

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

DEC/31

THE SCOTT LOVE & SLIM JONES SHOW PROUDLY PRESENT

GET UP, GET DOWN, GET FUNKED W/ POPPA SQUAT, KLUSTERFUNK

JAN/13

STARLITE ROOM IS PROUD TO PRESENT:

ELECTRIC AUDREY II

RECORD RELEASE SHOW W/THE REAL SICKIES, BOGUE BRIGADE, IRON EYES

JAN/27 DREAM WARRIORS W/ GUESTS STARLITE ROOM IS PROUD TO PRESENT

MAR/11 THE DREADNOUGHTS W/ GUESTS STARLITE ROOM IS PROUD TO PRESENT

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MUSIC 17

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

COMEDY Big Rock Presents: Devaney’s Comedy Night • Devaney's, 11113-87 Ave • 780.433.6364 • stephen.f.mcgovern@gmail. com • Weekly open-mic hosted by Stephen McGovern • Every Wed; Starts Jan 11, 8:30pm • Free

Black Dog Freehouse • 10425-82 Ave • Underdog Comedy Show • Every Thu

Century Casino • 13103 Fort Rd • 780.481.9857 • Open Mic Night: Every Thu; 7:30-9pm

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Sean Baptiste; Dec 22-23 • Paul Sveen; Dec 29-31 • Kevin Mcgrath; Jan 6-7

Comic Strip • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Mike Dambra; Dec 21-23, Dec 28-30 • New Years 2016; Dec 31 • Mike Dambra; Jan 1 • Adam Hunter; Jan 4-8

Dating Game comes to On The Rocks • On the Rocks, 11743 Jasper Ave • With host Sterling Scott • Jan 8, 7:30pm

El Comedy • El Cortez Mexican Kitchen + Tequila Bar, 8230 Gateway Blvd • Hosted by Dion Arnold with weekly headliners & guest comics • Every Wed, 7pm (door), 7:30pm (show) • No cover Empress Ale House • 9912-82 Ave • Empress Comedy Night: Highlighting the best stand-up Edmonton has to offer. New headliner every week • Every Sun, 9pm • Free

End of 2016 Comedy Spectacular • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • Comedian/ Producer Wayne Jones brings an evening of hilarious comedy with Chris Craddock, Ron Pederson, Danny Martinello and more • Dec 28, 8pm • $20; Age limit is 12 years and up

Odd Wednesday • Sewing Machine Factory, 9562-82 Ave • debutantescomedy@ gmail.com • thedebutantes.ca • A sketch (and other) comedy showcase featuring local, national and international acts. Hosted by the Debutantes • Every 2nd Wed starting Oct 12, 8:30-11pm • $5

Robby Hoffman: Telling Jokes • El Cortez, 8230 Gateway Blvd • Hosted by Carina Morton. Featuring Clare Belford, Fatima Dhowre, and Randee Neumeyer • Dec 28

Rouge Lounge • 10111-117 St • Comedy Groove every Wed; 9pm

Groups/CLUBS/meetings Aikikai Aikido Club • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue, Thu; 7-9pm Amnesty International Edmonton • 8307-109 St • amnesty@edmontonamnesty. org • edmontonamnesty.org • Meet the 4th Tue each month, 7:30pm (no meetings in Jul, Aug, Dec) • Free

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

Babes In Arms • The Carrot, 9351-118 Ave • A casual parent group • Every Fri, 10am-12pm

Brazilian Zouk Dance • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • 780.974.4956 • hello@ludiczouk.com • ludiczouk.com • Drop in and check out a totally painless partner dance class. No partner required • Every Wed, Sep 28-Dec 7, 6:30-8pm DeepSoul.ca • 780.217.2464; call or text for Sunday jam locations • Every Sun: Sunday Jams with no Stan (CCR to Metallica), starring Chuck Prins and Les

18 at the back

Paul Standard; Pink Floyd-ish originals plus great covers of classics: some free; Twilight Zone Lively Up Yourself Tour (with DJ Cool Breeze); all ages

Lotus Qigong • SAGE downtown 15 Sir

Drop-In D&D • Hexagon Board Game Café,

Monday Mingle • Hexagon Board Game

10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@ thehexcafe.com • thehexcafe.com • An epic adventure featuring a variety of pre-made characters, characters that guests can make on their own, or one that has already been started.

Each night will be a single campaign that fits in a larger story arc. For all levels of gamers and those brand new or experienced to D&D • Every Tue, 7pm • $5

Drop-In Dance & Movement Classes • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • admin@ milezerodance.com • milezerodance.com • Drop-in classes. For all ages and experience levels. Mon-Thu & Sun • Runs until Dec 18, 10am-5pm • $15 (regular), $12 (members), $100 (10-class card)

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

Edmonton Needlecraft Guild • Avonmore United Church Bsmt, 82 Ave, 79 St • edmNeedlecraftGuild.org • Classes/workshops, exhibitions, guest speakers, stitching groups for those interested in textile arts • Meet the 2nd Tue ea month, 7:30pm EDMONTON OUTDOOR CLUB (EOC) • edmontonoutdoorclub.com • Offering a variety of fun activities in and around Edmonton • Free to join; info at info@edmontonoutdoorclub.com

Edmonton Photographic Historial Society • Highlands Library • 780.436.3878 • edm_photographic_hist_society_2@yahoo. ca • All interested in sharing the joys of film photography, such as experiences or favourite equipment. Schedule: Christmas dinner meeting (Dec 21), historic companies (Jan 18), milestone events (Feb 15), historic cameras (Mar 15), photography books (Apr 19), historic images (May 17), photoshoot outing (Jun 21) • 3rd Wed of the month, 7:30pm (no meetings in Jul & Aug)

Fertility Awareness Charting Circle • Remedy Cafe, 8631-109 St • faccedmonton@gmail.com • fertilityawarenesschartingcircle.org • First Mon each month (OctJun), 6:30-8:30pm • $10 (suggested donation) • RSVP at faccedmonton@gmail.com

Flamenco Dance Classes (Beginner or Advanced) • Dance Code Studio, 10575-115 St NW #204 • 780.349.4843 • judithgarcia07@gmail. com • Every Sun, 11:30am-12:30pm

FOOD ADDICTS • Alano Club (& Simply Done Cafe), 10728-124 St • 780.718.7133 (or 403.506.4695 after 7pm) • Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), free 12-Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating, and bulimia • Meetings every Thu, 7pm Fort Saskatchewan 45+ Singles Coffee Group • A&W, 10101-88 Ave, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.907.0201 (Brenda) • A mixed group offering conversation and friendship • Every Sun, 2pm

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

LGNYEG • Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-104 Ave NW • happyharborcomics.com • Events may include guest speakers, movie nights, board game nights, video game nights and much more • First Thu of the month, 7-9pm • Free

Living (in) the dream mindfulness workshop series • Roots on Whyte Community Building 8135-102 St, #305 conference room • awakening@shaw. ca • facebook.com/intrustcomm • Explore mindfulness progressively by providing participants with new approaches that can stimulate further development • Dec 28; 7-8:30pm • Preregister at awakening@shaw. ca or 780.504.1010

Winston Churchill Sq • 780.695.4588 • Attendees can raise their vital energy with a weekly Yixue practice • Every Fri, 2-3:30pm • Free Cafe, 10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@thehexcafe.com • thehexcafe.com • Meet new gamers. Go to the event solo or with a group • Every Mon, 5-11pm • $5 (one drink per person)

Northern Alberta Wood Carvers Association • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106 St • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

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

Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorder (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651, obad@shaw.ca; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free

Painting for Pleasure • McDougall United Church, 10086 Macdonald Drive (south entrance) • 780.428.1818 • karenbishopartist@ gmail.com • mcdougallunited.com • A weekly group for those who like to paint, draw or otherwise be creative on paper • Every Thu, 10am-noon Roda de Capoeira • Capoeira Academy, #103-10324-82 Ave • capoeiraacademy.ca • Brazil's traditional game of agility and trickery • Every Sat, 2:30pm • Free • All ages

Sacred Circle Dance • Riverdale Hall, 9231100 Ave • Dances are taught to a variety of songs and music. No partner required • Every Wed, 7-9pm • $10 Schizophrenia Society Family Support Drop-in Group • Schizophrenia Society of Alberta, 5215-87 St • 780.452.4661 • schizophrenia.ab.ca • The Schizophrenia Society of Alberta offers a variety of services and support programs for those who are living with the illness, family members, caregivers, and friends • 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7-9pm • Free

Scrambled YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 1022597 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm Seventies Forever Music Society • Call 587.520.3833 for location • deepsoul.ca • Combining music, garage sales, nature, common sense, and kindred karma to revitalize the inward persona • Every Wed, 7-8:30pm Sugar Foot Ballroom • 10545-81 Ave • 587.786.6554 • sugarswing.com • Friday Night Stomp!: Swing and party music dance social every Fri; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music–check web; $10, $2 (lesson with entry) • Swing Dance Social every Sat; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music–check the Sugar Swing website for info • $10, $2 lesson with entry TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • 780.479-8667 (Bob) • bobmurra@telus.net • Low-cost, fun and friendly weight loss group • Every Mon, 6:30pm

Toastmasters • Chamber Toastmasters Club: 6th

floor, World Trade Centre, 9990 Jasper Ave; Contact: 780.462.1878/RonChapman@shaw.ca (Ron Chapman); 780.424.6364/dkorpany@ telusplanet.net (Darryl Korpany); Meet every Thu from Sep-Jun, 6-7:45pm • Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings: Campus St. Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.667.6105 (Willard); clubbilingue.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 7pm • Conquer Your Fear of Public Speaking: Norwood Legion, 11150-82 St; 780.902.4605; norwoodtoastmasters.org; Every Thu, Oct 13Jun 29, 7:30-9:30pm; Guests are free • Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club:

2nd Fl, Canada Place Rm 217, 9700 Jasper Ave; Carisa: divdgov2014_15@outlook. com, 780.439.3852; fabulousfacilitators. toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • Generating Power Speakers: EPCOR Tower, 10423-101 St NW: Meeting will take place on the 8th floor, 780.392.5331 (Phil); 1st and 3rd

Tue each month, 12:05-1:05pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: meet every Thu, 6:45-8:30pm; contact vpm@ norators.com, 780.807.4696, norators.com • Terrified of Public Speaking: Norwood Legion Edmonton, 11150-82 St NW; Every Thu until Jun, 7:30-9:30pm; Free; contact jnwafula@ yahoo.com; norwoodtoastmasters.org • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); 780.437.1136 (Mark) or 780.463.5331 (Antonio); yclubtoastmasters@ gmail.com; Meet every Tue starting in Sep, 7-9pm except last Tue each month

Wiccan Assembly • Ritchie Hall, 7727-98 St • The Congregationalist Wiccan Assembly of Alberta meets the 2nd Sun each month (except Aug), 6pm • Info: contact cwaalberta@ gmail.com LECTURES/Presentations Glass ​Blowing ​C​lasses ​• 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.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): NPR’s Scott Simon interviewed jazz pianist and songwriter Robert Glasper, who has created nine albums, won a Grammy, and collaborated with a range of great musicians. Simon asked him if he had any frustrations—”grand ambitions” that people discouraged him from pursuing. Glasper said yes. He’d really like to compose and sing hip-hop rhymes. But his bandmates just won’t go along with him when he tries that stuff.

I hope that Glasper, who’s an Aries, will read this horoscope and take heart from what I’m about to predict: In 2017, you may finally get a “Yes!” from people who have previously said “No!” to your grand ambitions.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Humans have drunk hot tea for over two millennia. Chinese emperors were enjoying it as far back as the second century B.C. And yet it wasn’t until the 20th century that anyone dreamed up the idea of enclosing tea leaves in convenient one-serving bags to be efficiently brewed. I foresee you either generating or stumbling upon comparable breakthroughs in 2017, Taurus. Long-running traditions or customs will undergo simple but dramatic transformations that streamline your life.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “What you do is what counts and not what you had the intention of doing,” said Pablo Picasso. If I had to choose a single piece of advice to serve as your steady flame in 2017, it might be that quote. If you agree, I invite you to conduct this experiment: On the first day of each month, take a piece of paper and write down three key promises you’re making to yourself. Add a brief analysis of how well you have lived up to those promises in the previous four weeks. Then describe in strong language how you plan to better fulfill those promises in the coming four weeks.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): During the campaign for US President in 1896, Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan traveled 18,000 miles as he made speeches all over the country. But the Republican candidate, William McKinley, never left his hometown of Canton, Ohio. He urged people to visit him if they wanted to hear what he had to say. The strategy worked. The speeches he delivered from the front porch of his house drew 750,000 attendees and played an important role in his election. I recommend a comparable approach for you in the coming months, Cancerian.

Invoke all your attractive power as you invite interested parties to come see you and deal with you on your home turf.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Poetry is a way of knowledge, but most

poetry tells us what we already know,” writes poet Charles Simic.

I would say the same thing about a lot of art, theater, film, music, and fiction: Too often it presents well-crafted repetitions of ideas we have heard before. In my astrological opinion, Leo, 2017 will be a time when you’ll need to rebel against that limitation. You will thrive by searching for sources that provide you with novel information and unique understandings. Simic says: “The poem I want to write is impossible: a stone that floats.” I say: Be on the lookout for stones that float.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The Economist magazine reports that if someone wanted to transport $10 million in bills, he or she would have to use eight briefcases. Sadly, after evaluating your astrological omens for 2017, I’ve determined that you won’t ever have a need for that many. If you find yourself in a situation where you must carry bundles of money from one place to another, one suitcase will always be sufficient.

But I also want to note that a sizable stash of cash can fit into a single suitcase. And it’s not out of the question that such a scenario could transpire for you in the coming months. In fact, I foresee a better chance for you to get richer quicker than I’ve seen in years.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): For a bald eagle in flight, feathers are crucial in maintaining balance. If it inadvertently loses a feather on one wing, it will purposely shed a comparable feather on the other wing. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, this strategy has metaphorical meaning for your life in 2017. Do you want to soar with maximum grace and power? Would you like to ascend and dive, explore and scout, with ease and exuberance? Learn from the eagle’s instinctual wisdom.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In August 2012, a group of tourists visited the Eldgja volcanic region in Iceland. After a while, they noticed that a fellow traveler was missing. Guides organized a search party, which worked well into the night trying to track down the lost woman. At 3 a.m., one of the searchers suddenly realized that she herself was the missing person everyone was looking for. The misunderstanding had occurred many hours earlier because she had slipped away to change her clothes, and no one recognized her in her new garb.

This is a good teaching story for you to meditate on in 2017, Scorpio. I’d love to see you change so much that you’re almost unrecognizable. And I’d love to see you help people go searching for the new you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 2017, you will be at the peak of your ability to forge new alli-

ances and deepen existing alliances. You’ll have a sixth sense for cultivating professional connections that can serve your noble ambitions for years to come. I encourage you to be alert for new possibilities that might be both useful for your career and invigorating for your social life. The words ‘work’ and ‘fun’ will belong together! To achieve the best results, formulate a clear vision of the community and support system you want.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn writer Edgar Allan Poe has been an important cultural influence. His work appears on many ‘must-read’ lists of 19th-century American literature. But during the time he was alive, his bestselling book was not his famous poem “The Raven,” nor his short story “The Gold-Bug,” nor his novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Rather, it was The Conchologist’s First Book, a textbook about mollusk shells, which he didn’t actually write, but merely translated and edited. If I’m reading the astrological omens correctly, 2017 will bring events to help ensure that your fate is different from Poe’s. I see the coming months as a time when your best talents will be seen and appreciated better than ever before.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “My goal is to create a life that I don’t need a vacation from,” says motivational author Rob Hill Sr. That’s an implausible dream for most people. But in 2017, it will be less implausible than it has ever been for you Aquarians. I don’t guarantee that it will happen. But there is a decent chance you’ll build a robust foundation for it, and thereby give yourself a head start that enables you to accomplish it by 2019. Here’s a tip on how to arouse and cultivate your motivation: Set an intention to drum up and seek out benevolent shocks that expand your concepts of who you are and what your life is about.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The birds known as winter wrens live in the Puget Sound area of Washington. They weigh barely half an ounce, and their plain brown colouring makes their appearance unremarkable. Yet they are the avian equivalents of the opera star Pavarotti. If they weighed as much as roosters, their call would be ten times as strong as the rooster’s cock-a-doodle-doo.

Their melodies are rich and complex; one song may have more than 300 notes. When in peak form, the birds can unleash cascades at the rate of 36 notes per second. I propose that we make the winter wren your spirit animal in 2017, Pisces. To a casual observer, you may not look like you can generate so much virtuosity and lyrical power. But according to my analysis, you can. V

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Want to prove to your boyfriend that he didn’t need to lie to you about spending time with his ex-intern?

Retroactively bestow your blessing on Tuesday night’s birthday drinks and stop raking him over the fucking coals for his thoroughly explicable actions. (They’re so explicable, I just explicked the shit out of them.)

Yes, he lied to you. But unless you’re

lationship—the best I’ve ever been in—with a girl I’ll likely marry. I’m happy with monogamy, aside from one aspect: I have a foot fetish that’s getting stronger with age and I can’t bear the thought of never sucking another girl’s toes again.

I should note that my girlfriend is more than happy to shove her feet in my mouth, but I fantasize almost constantly about other women’s feet.

I’m tempted to find paid foot-girls, something I’ve done in the past but never while in a relationship. But that would be cheating, right? I don’t think I can bring myself to ask for my girlfriend’s blessing, and I’d be shocked if she offered it. What do I do?

FEAR OF MISSING OUT ON FEET You bring yourself to ask, FOMOOF, even if you have to drag your ass there. If your girlfriend is sex-positive—if she’s not just shoving her feet in your mouth to shut you up— initiate conversations about your kinks (and hers), your sexual history (and hers), and sexual adventures you might want to have with her in the future (and ones she might want to have with you). If she’s curious and interested and upbeat during these convos and about your kinks, suggest going to a foot fetish party together—one where you can suck other women’s toes and other men can suck hers.

You’re attracted to women, GUILT, some women have penises, and you find penis-having women particularly attractive.

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I’m having an issue with my boyfriend, and I don’t know if I am the crazy, paranoid, controlling party here. We have been together for more than a year and a half. We had troubles early on because he has a low sex drive. It made me very insecure, and I think that’s why, at the time, I became extremely jealous of his friendship with his very attractive intern. I fully owned up to my irrational jealousy and decided on my own that it was my responsibility to overcome that.

She eventually stopped working with him, and they haven’t been in contact for over sex months.

Fast-forward to the present. On Monday night, I asked my boyfriend what his plans were on Tuesday. (I am studying for law school exams, so I knew I wouldn’t have time to spend with him.) Around 8:30 on Tuesday, he texted me and asked how studying was going, and I asked him again what his plans were. He told me he was going to meet an “old co-worker” at a bar for birthday drinks. I didn’t think twice about it. Then, around 11:30 when I got in bed to relax, I saw on my Instagram feed that his old intern posted a photo of her birthday party at the bar. I became extremely upset, because instead of being up front and saying he was meeting HER for her birthday, he was intentionally ambiguous.

I confronted him when he got home, and he admitted to being ambiguous to avoid a “freak-out.” I told him that if he’d been up front with me, I would have been jealous but I would have also been mindful of my toxic feelings and not projected them onto him. I told him that as a result of how he handled it, I feel worse, I feel lied to, and I feel insecure.

He acted like I was being ridiculous.

He insisted it was a last-minute invite and he didn’t want to cause any drama. We went to sleep, and I woke up feeling pretty much over it. But when he got into the shower, I looked at his phone and saw that she had actually invited him on Monday afternoon. So he lied to me when I asked him what his plans were on Tuesday, and he lied to me again when he said it was a last-minute invite.

I am not upset with him for getting drinks with her—most of his friends are female and I NEVER feel jealous about them. I have a weird tic about this girl, though, and I’ve owned up to it. I don’t want to control him, but I feel like I can’t trust him now. Up until now, I’ve never once suspected him of being dishonest.

AM I CRAZY? Sex months? Interesting typo.

There’s another way to read your boyfriend’s ambiguity/obfuscation/ dishonesty about Tuesday night:

made of marshmallow fluff and unicorn farts, AIC, you’ve lied to him once or twice over the last year and a half. Even the “most honest” people on earth tell the odd harmless, selfserving white lie once in a while. If you want your relationship to last, AIC, you roll your eyes at the odd HSSW lie and move on. If you want your relationship to end, you do exactly what you’re doing.

If your boyfriend hasn’t given you some other reason(s) to believe he’s cheating with his ex-intern or anyone else, AIC, drop the Tuesday night/ birthday drinks subject. I would also advise you to apologize to your boyfriend for having “looked at his phone” while he was in the shower, which is both an asshole move and, yes, a sign that you might be the crazy, paranoid, and controlling one in this relationship. And for the sake of your relationship—for the sake of fuck—stop following the ex-intern on Instagram.

Finally, AIC, you mention mismatched sex drives. As several commenters pointed out on my blog, where your letter appeared as the Savage Love Letter of the Day, mismatched sex drives are usually a bad sign. You talk about the libido issue in the past tense, so perhaps it’s not a problem anymore. But if the problem was resolved in a way that left you feeling neglected, insecure, and frustrated, it wasn’t resolved and it constitutes a much bigger threat to your relationship than that ex-intern.

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