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Not silent about hate The murder of transgendered people around the world has increased in the past four years. (If the numbers are correct. Reporting of murders may have increased as well.) In any case, there has been no decrease and the Trans Murder Monitoring project states in a report from last March that more than 800 trans people have been killed in 55 countries in this time period. The newest report will be published November 14.

TMM does thorough research—scouring the Internet for reports of murder and giving as many details of the deaths as they can—but many cases go unreported and in some countries transgendered people are not labelled as such because of prejudices. TMM's website even states, "please note that the data presented is not comprehensive ... and can only provide a glimpse into a reality which is undoubtedly much worse than the numbers suggest." But their work is definitely commendable in bringing to light a global problem that might otherwise go unnoticed.

The biggest culprits? Central and South American countries, especially Brazil, which has had 325 murders. North America has had 53, which includes one in Canada from that report. However, this past October in New Westminster, BC, a trans woman, January Marie Lapuz, was stabbed to death on the street. In July, university student Chevi Rabbit was attacked by three men just off Whyte Ave for being gay and acting

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femine. The violence against trans people hits close to home and the international Transgender Day of Remembrance will be commemorated on November 17 at McDougall United Church at 2 pm to honour all those who have been killed worldwide, to raise public awareness and to give support to those who identify as gender-variant.

TDoR began as a way to remember Rita Hester of Massachusetts, who was stabbed to death in her apartment in 1998. Each death that is remembered has to do with a transphobic attack, although, not everyone was trangendered (there are many ways to express gender-variance).

TMM's report shows that many people were stabbed, but most attacks happened on the street and most people died by being shot (310).

The vast majority (227) were sex workers because in some countries that is the only line of work a transgendered person is allowed to do.

Jan Buterman, one of the Edmonton organizers of TDoR, thinks that just as the reporting of family violence and the molestation of children has always happened but has only started being reported more frequently, the same is true about violence against trans people: "I suspect the more we look, the more we'll find. So there may very well have been other cases in Canada, but we never heard about them."

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Unmasking the law New bill bans all face coverings at riots

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nonymity at protests is now a thing of the past since a new law was passed on Halloween banning the wearing of masks and other facial coverings at riots.

Bill C-309, Preventing Persons from Concealing Their Identity during Riots and Unlawful Assemblies Act, allows police to preemptively arrest anyone at a riot who is masked—regardless of whether or not they've broken any laws.

The bill was the work of Alberta Wildrose MP Blake Richards as a response to last year's Stanley Cup riot in Vancouver where considerable damage was caused, much of it by people who concealed their identity.

But former Occupy Edmonton organizer Katie Nelson, who is now involved as an anarchist with Montréal's student movement, says there are legitimate reasons people cover their faces at protests.

"We've seen it with G20, we've seen it with the student strikes and we've seen it in worker's strikes across the country that hiding your identity or hiding your face is the only thing you have left," Nelson says. "A lot of students here cover their face not because they're going to commit a crime, but because they don't want their teachers to know who they are. They don't want to be identified by their teachers and be personally punished because of their participation in the strike."

The police also target unmasked individuals in Montréal, and Nelson says demonstrators want to have at least minimal protection against that. Closer to home, protester's at last year's White Pride March in Edmonton covered their faces so they wouldn't be "attacked by Nazis" according to Nelson.

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Pedalling for change Edmontonians brainstorm safe bike routes

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ixty percent of residents in Edmonton don't feel safe cycling on city streets, but one determined focus group has set out to change that statistic.

Key stakeholders, including the Edmonton Bicycle Commuters Association, the Old Strathcona Business Association and the Strathcona Centre Community League, have come together to create the Complete Street Strathcona Action Plan to exchange ideas and work towards a safer and more comfortable infrastructure for cyclists in Edmonton.

The catalyst for the focus group was the death of 21-year-old Isaak Kornelsen in August after he clipped the side mirror of a pickup truck and was crushed beneath a cement truck.

"We don't want what happened to Isaak Kornelsen to happen to anyone else," stated EBCA

president Duncan Kinney over the phone following a public brainstorming session regarding infrastructure on Thursday, November 8. "That event really hit home that it could be your friend or your son or your classmate that could just be biking to school and through no error of his own really, just through poor street design, he could be sucked under the wheels of a cement truck and dead instantly."

Councillor Ben Henderson has been championing the cause for better bike infrastructure for some time now, and while he was unable to attend last Thursday's session, he believes Edmonton has more work to do, despite the current infrastructure.

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rather than restricting rights of expression and assembly, the law will strengthen them: "It will ensure that those who come to these events to cause trouble can be brought to justice and discouraged from those kinds of behaviours, so that the people who come to a gathering, for whatever peaceful means, whether it be protest or otherwise, have the ability to do their activities safely and freely."

Nelson, however, has seen peaceful protests upset by riot police on more than one occasion. "You always have to look at who's dressed for the riot. When you have somebody in your stereotypical carrying-a-flower really paci-

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using it in those areas, is that others will begin to see just how easy a choice it is to make," Henderson notes.

The brainstorming session, which was held between a group of approximately 20 people of various cycling abilities and age demographics at the Old Strathcona Community League Hall, followed a meeting for the Complete Streets Strathcona Action Plan on Saturday, November 3, where attendees shaped goals, objectives and a vision for the strategy.

"Our vision is to get safe and comfortable bike infrastructure for the Old Strathcona area, and then our short-term goal is to focus on 83 Avenue and the 104 Street counterflow bus lane," Kinney says, noting a town hall was held in September in the wake of Kornelsen's death to start the push for change.

In moving forward with the discussions on infrastructure improvements, Kinney says they will take the ideas brought forward during the public brainstorming session to prepare a report for Edmonton City Council, which will be presented in the spring. With the base knowledge that has been acquired by stakeholders, smaller focus groups will be created to address engagement, design and visuals in order to prepare the report.

Large printouts of city roadways were provided by the city for the brainstorming session, and Kinney says

fist outfit and then you have a cop fully geared with a gas mask, balaclava, helmet, shield, knee guards, baton, tear gas, then you have to wonder where the provocation is really coming from," she says. "A riot isn't one broken window. A

he suggested placing bike buttons at major intersections such as 109 Street, 103 Street, 104 Street and 99 Street.

"Bike buttons are a way for cyclists to let the traffic light know that someone's waiting, like how a pedestrian hits a button, but it's just right there for a cyclist; you don't have to dismount and walk up the sidwalk," he explains.

Other ideas presented by attendees included a grayed or separated bike lane on 83 Avenue, turning the street into a one-way the entire way along, diverters at key intersections to require cars to turn left or right but to allow cyclists to continue on, and single-lane traffic circles at key points where roads meet up with cycling infrastructure.

"If we chose to make 83 Avenue as a bike boulevard would be exactly those kind of ideas ... if you put a bike boulevard on a parallel street that may have less traffic on it right now and make the bike No 1 priority on that street, that's one possible solution," Henderson says of the brains to r m -

passed 153-126—and Nova Scotia Liberal MP Scott Brison said this law was pointless because laws against rioting a l r e a d y ex i s t . " A n y b i l l t h a t w o u l d a l l o w p o l i c e to d e t a i n p e o p l e s i m p l y fo r s t a n d i n g

Any bill that would allow police to detain people simply for standing around while wearing a mask and subject them to as many as 10 years in prison would raise significant issues with respect to the charter and civil liberties. riot isn't 30 000 people on the street marching. And I think a lot of people have this idea that mass amounts of people is just going to be a riot."

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around while wearing a mask a n d s u b j e c t t h e m to a s m a n y a s 10 years in prison would raise significant issues with respect to t h e c h a r te r a n d c i v i l l i b e r t i e s , " B r i s o n s a i d . " I a p p r e c i a te that all members agree that

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ing ideas. "Not everyone can make the choice to bike, but the more people who can make the choice and feel comfortable doing it ... it makes it easier for everybody, so there are benefits for everybody in doing this.

It's not just the bicyclist that gets the advantage."

"People's reasons for wanting better bike infrastructure vary. Some people just want to go out and have a safe ride with their kids, other people just want to get from point A to point B as fast as possible on their bike, other people have just realized the value that having bikes on a street can provide," Kinney notes. "We really want just to get the best, safest, most comfortable infrastructure so that anyone from eight years old to 80 years old can bike down 83 Avenue, access Whyte Avenue and feel safe while they're doing it."

Volunteers and additional stakeholders are still being sought out and Kinney encourages anyone interested in become involved to send and email to duncankinney@gmail.com.

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t h i s l a w i s n o t m e a n t to t a r g e t p e o p l e w h o c o v e r t h e i r fa c e s fo r r e l i g i o u s r e a s o n s o r s p o r ts fa n s w h o s e fa c e s a r e p a i n te d w i t h te a m c o l o u r s . H o w e v e r, I am concerned that if we do not further clarify the bill we r i s k u n i n te n t i o n a l l y s u b j e c t i n g t h e s e p e o p l e to c h a r g e s u n d e r this legislation."

Nelson is worried about this law's impact on future events too. She and her friends believe this law has been established pre-emptively before any major protests against the Harper government occur.

"It's a big question of how far are we going to let Canada turn into a police state?"

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COMMENT >> US POLITICS

Obama, climate change and the second term Talking climate change would have been political suicide for Obama It's hard to know how much imdangers of climate change just mode and Obama will (quite justpact New York Mayor Michael wishful thinking? Not necessarily. ly) get the credit for that. That Bloomberg's comments about Obama faces a daunting array of will give him more leeway to act climate change after Hurricane problems as he begins his second on other issues, and the environSandy had on the US electerm: avoiding the "fiscal cliff," mental disasters of the past year tion. It's easy to overestirestraining Israel from atmay finally be pushing American mate that sort of thing, tacking Iran, tackling the public opinion towards a recogbut President Barack huge budget deficit and nition that the threat of climate om getting US troops out of Obama's victory in sev.c change is real. ly k e we e@vue gwynn eral states was so razorAfghanistan.

But the bigIt has long been argued that what e Gwynn thin that Bloomberg's gest problem facing every is needed to penetrate the AmeriDyer country is climate change, can public's resistance to the bad last-minute intervention may have been decisive. What's and he knows it. Otherwise, he news of climate change is a major crystal clear is that Obama himwould never have appointed a climate-related disaster that hurts self didn't want to talk about it man like John Holdren to be his people in the United States. Even during the campaign. chief scientific adviser. if Sandy may not have been a diBloomberg, responding to the Holdren, a former president of rect consequence of global warmdevastation he saw in New York the American Association for the ing, it fills that bill. It may get the City, laid it on the line. "Our Advancement of Science, is one donkey's attention at last. climate is changing. And while the increase in extreme weathIt has long been argued that what is needed to er we have experienced in New penetrate the American public's resistance to the York City and around the world bad news of climate change is a major climatemay or may not have been the related disaster that hurts people in the United result of it, the risk that it may States. be ... should be enough to compel all elected leaders to take immediate action."

He said this only five days before of the leading proponents of acThere is no guarantee of that the election, in the immediate aftion on climate change. He is and each year the risk grows that termath of a national calamity also savvy enough politically to the average global temperature that may well have been climateunderstand why Obama couldn't will eventually rise by over two related. So did Obama pick up the do much about it during his first degrees Celsius and topple into ball and run with it? Certainly term and he didn't flounce out in uncontrollable, runaway warming. not. Apart from a one-liner about a rage when the president avoidMoreover, the Republicans still how climate change "threatens ed that fight. control the lower house of Conthe future of our children" in a gress. But hope springs eternal single speech, he remained stubObama rarely start fights he canand at last there is some. bornly silent. not win and it was clear from the The past two weeks have seen Rightly or wrongly, Obama and day he took office in 2009 that an unexpected and promising his team have been convinced for he couldn't get any climate-relatconjunction of events: a weaththe past four years that talking ed legislation through Congress. er event that may shake the about climate change is political That's why his fuel-efficiency iniAmerican public's denial of clisuicide. Nor did he actually do all tiative was his only first-term acmate change and the re-election that much: higher fuel-efficiency complishment on this front: that of a president who gets it and standards for vehicles was his did not require legislation and who is now politically free to only major initiative. was done as a regulatory initiative act on his convictions. As BusiAnd Mitt Romney, of course, said by the Environmental Protection nessweek (a magazine owned by not a word about climate change: Agency. To what extent has his reMichael Bloomberg) put it on you cannot take this problem seelection changed this equation? last week's cover: "It's global riously and retain any credibility Second-term US presidents, who warming, stupid." V in today's Republican Party. So no longer have to worry about reGwynne Dyer is an independent was all the instant speculation election, often act more boldly journalist whose articles are pubabout how Hurricane Sandy might than in their first term. The US lished in 45 countries. finally awaken Americans to the economy is clearly in recovery

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AWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP • Braeside Presbyterian Church bsmt, N. door, 6 Bernard Dr, Bishop St, Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert • For adult children of alcoholic and dysfunctional families • Every Mon 7:30pm BRAIN TUMOUR PEER SUPPORT GROUP • Woodcroft Branch Library, 13420-114 Ave • braintumour.ca • 1.800.265.5106 ext. 234 • Support group for brain tumour survivors and their families and caregivers. Must be 18 or over • 3rd Tue every month; 7-8:45pm • Free

CREATING A WORKERS CO-OPERATIVE • Grant MacEwan University, 106 St bldg, Cafeteria • occupyedmonton.org • Nov 19, 7pm

DROP-IN MEDITATION CLASSES • Sherwood Park Community Centre (Mon); Amitabha Centre, 9550-87 St (Tue, Fri) • info@ meditationedmonton.org • Every Mon, Tue 7-8:30pm and Fri 10-11:30am

EDMONTON BIKE ART NIGHTS • BikeWorks, 10047-80 Ave, back alley entrance • Art Nights • Every Wed, 6-9pm EDMONTON NATURE CLUB • King's University College, 9125-50 St • 780.459.6389 • E: hingston@telusplanet.net • Topic: Instrument-based Bird Monitoring in the Alberta Oil Sands • Nov 16, 7pm

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

FABULOUS FACILITATORS TOASTMASTERS CLUB • 2nd Floor Canada Place, 9700 Jasper Ave • 780.467.6013, l.witzke@shaw.ca • fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org • Can you think of a career that does not require communication • Every Tue, 12:05-1pm

FERTILITY AWARENESS CHARTING CIRCLE MEETING • Cha Island Tea Co, 10332-81 Ave • faccedmonton@gmail.com • Learn about menstrual cycle charting and share your personal experiences in a supportive group environment • 1st Mon of the month from Oct-Apr, 6:30-8:30pm • $5 suggested donation

FOOD ADDICTS • St Luke's Anglican Church, 8424-95 Ave • 780.465.2019, 780.634.5526 • 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

HEALING CIRCLE • Call 780.570.0475 for location • spiritualawakeningcentre.com • Begins with a guided meditation moving into an affirmative state where healing on all levels occurs • Every Wed, 7-8pm

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HOME–Energizing Spiritual Community for Passionate Living • Garneau/Ashbourne Assisted Living Place, 11148-84 Ave • Home: Blends music, drama, creativity and reflection on sacred texts to energize you for passionate living • Every Sun, 3-5pm

LOTUS QIGONG • 780.477.0683 • Downtown • Practice group meets every Thu

MADELEINE SANAM FOUNDATION • Faculté St Jean, Rm 3-18 • 780.490.7332 • Program for HIV-AID’S prevention, treatment and harm reduction in French, English and other African languages • 3rd and 4th Sat, 9am-5pm each month • Free (member)/$10 (membership); pre-register

MEDITATION • Strathcona Library • meditationedmonton.org • Weekly meditation dropin; every Tue, 7-8:30pm

NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106 St • 780.458.6352, 780.467.6093 • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

OCCUPY EDMONTON GENERAL ASSEMBLY • Grant MacEwan City Centre Cafeteria, 10600-104 Ave • oc.yeg.info@gmail. com • A leaderless space where everyone is welcome to organize and/or assist with all forms of Edmonton based non-violent activism • Every Tue from 6:30-8:30pm & Sat from 2-4pm

ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651, 780.451.1755; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free

• egs.ca/node/442 • Introduction to Fermented: sample a variety of fermented foods, including sauerkraut and kefir. We'll discuss how and why these foods are so important for your health and the planet's, the basics of safe fermenting and how to adapt recipes. Bring one-cup mason jar and lid; Nov 18, 7-9pm; $25 (pre-register, cash only at store or EventBrite) • Sprouting 101: Learn how to grow a variety of sprouts right in your kitchen; Nov 25, 7-8:45pm $20 (cash only, pre-register)

BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725B Jasper Ave •

FESTIVAL OF IDEAS • Winspear Centre • Hosting four fantastic talks featuring Thomas Sargent, Jian Ghomeshi, Steven Pinker, Tawakkol Karman and Leymah Gbowee; forging interconnections between science and the arts • Nov 14-18

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GREAT EXPEDITIONS • St Luke’s AnglicanChurch, 8424-95 Ave • 780.469.3270 • 1st Mon every month, 7:30pm • Suggested donation of $3

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY EDMONTON WOMEN BUILD WEEK • Habitat Build Site, 70 Arlington Drive, St. Albert • 780.451.3416 ext 222 • hfh.org • Helping build homes. Volunteers are trained on site • Nov 13-17 • Free

INTRODUCTION TO ESSENTIAL OILS • Pixie Glassworks studio, 9322-60 Ave • 780.436.4460 • E: sales@pixieglassworks.com • Exploring some of the methods of using certified pure, therapeutic grade essential oils for yourself & your family • Nov 17, 2-4pm • Free

Craftroom, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.474.8240 • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance • Every Thu, 1-4pm • Info: E: tuff @shaw.ca

780.488.6636 • Tue with DJ Arrow Chaser, free pool all night; 9pm (door); no cover • Wed with DJ Dust’n Time; 9pm (door); no cover • Thu: Men’s Wet Underwear Contest, win prizes, hosted by Drag Queen DJ Phon3 Hom3; 9pm (door); no cover before 10pm • Fri Dance Party with DJ Arrow Chaser; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm • Sat: Feel the rhythm with DJ Phon3 Hom3; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm

ILLUSIONS SOCIAL CLUB • Pride Centre, 10608 - 105 ave • 780.387.3343 • groups.yahoo. com/group/edmonton_illusions • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 8:30pm INSIDE/OUT • U of A Campus • Campusbased organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-identified and queer (LGBTQ) faculty, graduate student, academic, straight allies and support staff • 3rd Thu each month (fall/winter terms): Speakers Series. E: kwells@ualberta.ca

Unitarian Church of Edmonton, 10804-119 St • A group of older gay men who have common interests meet the 2nd Sun, 2:30pm, for a social period, short meeting and guest speaker, discussion panel or potluck supper. Special interest groups meet for other social activities throughout the month. E: edmontonpt@yahoo.ca

JUNCTION BAR AND EATERY • 10242-106 St • 780.756.5667 • junctionedmonton.com • Open Tues-Sat: Community bar with seasonal patio • Beat the clock Tue • WINGSANITY Wed, 5-10pm • Free pool Tue and Wed • Karaoke Wed, 9-12pm • Fri Steak Night, 5-9pm • Frequent special events: drag shows, leather nights, bear bashes, girls nights • DJs every Fri and Sat, 10pm

EPLC FELLOWSHIP PAGAN STUDY GROUP • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • eplc.webs.com • Free year long course; Family circle 3rd Sat each month • Everyone welcome

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livingpositive.ca • 1.877.975.9448/780.488.5768 • Confidential peer support to people living with HIV • Tue, 7-9pm: Support group • Daily drop-in, peer counselling

780.969.9965 • Thu Goth + Industrial Night: Indust:real Assembly with DJ Nanuck; 10pm (door); no cover • Triple Threat Fridays: DJ Thunder, Femcee DJ Eden Lixx • DJ Suco beats every Sat • E: vip@flashnightclub.com

MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB • geocities.com/makingwaves_edm • Recreational/competitive swimming. Socializing after practices • Every Tue/Thu

G.L.B.T.Q SAGE BOWLING CLUB • 780.474.8240, E: Tuff@shaw.ca • Every Wed, 1:30-3:30pm

PARKLAND 16TH ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE • Parkland Institute, 11045 Saskatchewan Dr • Petro, Power and Politics: What does it mean to live and work in a province so dependent on oil and gas? This conference explores not only the economic issues surrounding oil and gas development, but also the social, cultural, and political consequences – ultimately, questions of power and the kind of society Albertans and Canadians desire • Nov 23-25

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Delwood Rd • wildroseantiquecollectors.ca • Collecting and researching items from various periods in the history of Edmonton. Presentations after club business. Visitors welcome • Meets the 4th Mon of every month (except Jul & Dec), 7:30pm

WOMEN IN BLACK • In Front of the Old Strathcona Farmers' Market • Silent vigil the 1st and 3rd Sat, 10-11am, each month, stand in silence for a world without violence

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LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS ALBERTA LABOUR LECTURE SERIES • Provincial Archives of Alberta, 8555 Roper Road • 780.427.0356 • Four part lecture series related to the working people who built Alberta. This week: Working People in Alberta, A History to 1945 (Nov 21 & 28) • Every Wed in Nov, 7-8pm • Free (RSVP to paaevents@gov.ab.ca or call 780.427.1750 A TALK ON THE FUTURE OF SOCIETY • Calder Public Library, 13303-127 St • A talk with Peter Johnston, Green Party candidate for Edmonton/St. Albert • Nov 22, 7pm CREATING A YOUTH DECLARATION FOR THE "IMPOSSIBLE NEIGHBOURHOOD" • Prince of Wales Armouries, 10440-108 Ave • E: kpiirtioniemi@naturalstep.ca • advancetheedmontonyouthdeclaration.eventbrite.ca • Nov 22, 9am-4pm • Free

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QUEER AFFIRM SUNNYBROOK–Red Deer • Sunnybrook United Church, Red Deer • 403.347.6073 • Affirm welcome LGBTQ people and their friends, family, and allies meet the 2nd Tue, 7pm, each month

BISEXUAL WOMEN'S COFFEE GROUP • A social group for bi-curious and bisexual women every 2nd Tue each month, 8pm • groups.yahoo.com/group/bwedmonton

ST PAUL'S UNITED CHURCH • 11526-76 Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship) TRANS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE • McDougall United Church, 10025-101 St • tdoredmonton@gmail.com • A memorial held to honour those murdered in the last year due to transphobic violence • Nov 17, 2-4pm

WOMONSPACE • 780.482.1794 • womonspace.ca, womonspace@gmail.com • A Non-profit lesbian social organization for Edmonton and surrounding area. Monthly activities, newsletter, reduced rates included with membership. Confidentiality assured

SPECIAL EVENTS 19TH ANNUAL FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR & BAKE SALE • First Mennonite Church, 3650-

CHRISTMAS MARKET PLACE • Ottewell Centre, 590 Broadmoor Blvd • 780.433.5950 • ASSC Artists bring out other talents for a home crafted Christmas Gift Shop • Nov 17-18, 4pm • Donations for FoodBank accepted CHRISTMAS TEA, BAZAAR AND BAKE SALE • St. Andrew's Ukrainian Orthodox Cultural Centre, 9831-75 St • Nov 17, 1-3pm

COUNTRY CRAFT FAIR • St. Albert Place, 5 Saint Anne Street, St Albert • Featuring crafts from local artists • Nov 17-18 • Free

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QH Craft Night: every Wed, 6-8pm • QH Anime Night: Watch anime; every Fri, 6-8pm • Movie Night: Open to everyone; 2nd and 4th Fri each month, 6-9pm • Women’s Social Circle: Social support group for female-identified persons +18 years in the GLBT community; new members welcome; 2nd and 4th Thu, 7-9pm each month; andrea@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Men Talking with Pride: Support and social group for gay and bisexual men to discuss current issues; every Sun 7-9pm; robwells780@hotmail.com • TTIQ: a support and information group for all those who fall under the transgender umbrella and their family/supporters; 3rd Mon, 7-9pm, each month • HIV Support Group: Support and discussion group for gay men; 2nd Mon, 7-9pm, each month; huges@shaw.ca

GLBT SPORTS AND RECREATION • teamedmonton.ca • Co-ed Bellydancing: bellydancing@teamedmonton.ca • Bootcamp: Garneau Elementary, 10925-87 Ave. at 7pm; bootcamp@teamedmonton.ca • Bowling: Ed's Rec Centre, West Edmonton Mall, Tue 6:45pm; bowling@teamedmonton.ca • Curling: Granite Curling Club; 780.463.5942 • Running: Kinsmen; running@teamedmonton. ca • Spinning: MacEwan Centre, 109 Street and 104 Ave; spin@teamedmonton.ca • Swimming: NAIT pool, 11762-106 St; swimming@ teamedmonton.ca • Volleyball: every Tue, 7-9pm; St. Catherine School, 10915-110 St; every Thu, 7:30-9:30pm at Amiskiwiciy Academy, 101 Airport Rd

G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E Bldg,

PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • A safe, welcoming, and nonjudgemental drop-in space, support programs and resources offered for members of the GLBTQ community, their families and friends • Daily: Community drop-in; support and resources. Queer library: borrowing privileges: Tue-Fri 12-9pm, Sat 2-6:30pm, closed Sun-Mon; Queer HangOUT (a.k.a. QH) youth drop-in: Tue-Fri 3-8pm, Sat 2-6:30pm, youth@ pridecentreofedmonton.org • Counselling: Free, short-term by registered counsellors every Wed, 5:30-8:30pm, info/bookings: 780.488.3234 • Knotty Knitters: Knit and socialize in safe, accepting environment, all skill levels welcome; every Wed 6-8pm • QH Game Night: Meet people through board game fun; every Thu 6-8pm •

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EMPOWERING EDMONTON • Matrix Hotel, 10640-100 Ave • aprice@cpalberta. com • empoweringedmonton.com • With 5 speakers who are going to empower you to more success, wealth and happiness • Nov 16, 8:30am-4:30pm • $97 (one ticket), $150 (two tickets), $600 (table of 8; includes lunch, coffee and refreshments) GARNEAU'S 100TH BIRTHDAY TEA • Rutherford House Provincial Historic Site, 11153 Saskatchewan Drive • 780.427.3995 • E: rutherford.house@gov.ab.ca • Visitors can enjoy tea and sweets and take a tour of Rutherford House to discover life in the community’s earliest days. A special presentation on the history of Garneau will also take place • Nov 18, 12-4pm • $4 (adults), $12 (family; two adults and their children under the ages of 18), $3 (seniors and youth; ages 7-17), free (kids 6 and under) MOVEMBER MASQUERADE • Rutherford House Provincial Historic Site on campus, 11153 Saskatchewan Drive • 780.427.4033 • execdir@rutherfordhouse.ca • Includes keynote speakers from the U of A, live jazz music, food and wine. Hosted in the home of the most famous moustached man in Edmonton’s history: Alexander Cameron Rutherford, first Premier of Alberta and founder of the University of Alberta • Nov 30, 7-11pm • $60 (regular), $100 (couple), $40 (students) SNOWFLAKE ARTS & CRAFT FESTIVAL • Fulton Place Community Hall, 6115 Fulton Road • A show with Edmonton Based artists. Offers only handmade items, that must be made by the artist themselves • Nov 25 • Free

TRADITIONAL CHRISTKIND • German Canadian Cultural Association • 780.466.4000 • gcca.ca • Includes crafts, puppet shows for kids and more • Nov 18 • Free

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REVUE // DDL

Abe's odyssey Despite a few flaws, Lincoln emerges as an important historical epic

Four-score and twenty roles ago ... DDL as Lincoln

Opens Friday Directed by Steven Spielberg

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t's titled Lincoln, which makes it sound like a biopic, but this newest Steven Spielberg film, written by Pulitzer-winning playwright Tony Kushner and based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's 2005 bestseller Team of Rivals, does something far more interesting and timely than condense a great life into cinematic bullet points. Lincoln dramatizes the build-up in Washington to the end of the Civil War and the House of Representatives' vote over the 13th Amendment, which would abolish slavery.

So it's perhaps best to describe this as a political procedural, a portrait of the democratic process during a pivotal moment in American history.

Of course it's also a portrait of Abraham Lincoln in his final months, played here by Daniel Day-Lewis, the Anglo-Irishman who's made something of a career of embodying larger than life emblems of American masculinity (see The Last of the Mohicans, Gangs of New York, There Will Be Blood). A refreshing shift away from the terror and bombast of Bill the Butcher or Daniel Plainview, Day-Lewis's Lincoln is more Peter Fonda than John Huston, gentle in gesture and reedy in voice, prone to unhurried anec-

dotes, mischievous uncle jokes and deceptively sly parables, the Colombo of presidents, content to play things relaxed and unthreatening, until the moment comes to show a firm hand and a clear, determined vision. Day-Lewis is well complimented by Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln, who swings from near-hysteria to charisma and control, David Strathairn as Secretary of State William Seward, a man charged with realizing and finessing some of Lincoln's thornier ambitions, and Tommy Lee Jones as Republican congressional leader and outspoken abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens, ornery but articulate, formidable in congress, an author of inspired public insults with two old fried eggs for eyes.

Kushner's taken a wildly complex, multi-character political narrative and given it a shrewd structure, though he could have lost some peripheral threads, such as one involving Lincoln's eldest son, played

by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and the superfluous denouement.

Kushner's given his characters some wonderfully eloquent jabs and big, obvious speeches that aren't inordinately showy.

He's also written some absolutely deadly expository dialogue, yet thankfully John Williams, that most ham-fisted of composers, largely refrains

from underscoring all of this dialogue with the sort of soaring schmaltz one might be bracing for. Maybe he was following his old pal Spielberg's lead, since Lincoln generally finds the director working in a pleasingly reserved mode.

He seems to understand that what's gripping and fascinating about this story requires and rewards our careful attention; to beat us over the head with the gravity of every scene would only distract from the delight of the details.

For all its flaws, Lincoln feels like the important historical epic it strives to be. And while it's fundamentally an ensemble picture, I can't really bear any grudges against the film for orbiting around Lincoln, who's certainly the closest thing here to a genuine hero. But please don't bear any grudges against me if I confess that I'd love to see the same story told from the perspective of the three stooges—played by John Hawkes, Tim Blake Nelson and a zesty, porky, moustachioed James Spader—Seward hires to persuade fence-sitting voters by any means (more or less) legally necessary. Such hedonistic hucksters can also hold history's dice. And they're a hell of a lot of fun to explore a few months in 1865 America with.

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White Water, Black Gold Thu, Nov 15 (7 pm) Directed by David Lavallee Metro Cinema at the Garneau

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iving in Alberta, you tend to hear an awful lot of talk about the oil sands. Yet, somehow, amid all of the partisan bickering, business interests, industry mouthpieces and sensational news coverage, it's fairly hard for the average person to come across a careful, restrained attempt at an investigation of this province-defining issue. David Lavallee might just be the best kind of person to attempt such an investigation. Lavallee is not a political pundit, nor an industry insider, nor a radical environmen-

talist, but as a hiking instructor working on the Columbia Icefields, he couldn't help but connect the dots between the two most valuable resources on the planet: water and oil.

Initially setting out to follow an imaginary single drop of water from the top of Mount Snowdome—the watershed for the majority of Canadian rivers—to the oil sands operation at Fort McMurray, Lavallee found himself documenting the debate between unsustainable water usage and the needs of the energy sector. Any attempt to make such a film will undoubtedly draw criticism from oil industry advocates.

Despite Lavallee's attempt to be fairly neutral, he—like any docu-

mentary filmmaker—certainly takes and defends a position on the issue at hand: generally prowater and anti-oil.

That being said, this film does a better job than most at presenting the problem as something complex, systemic, and beyond the culpability of a few "bad guys." The film's depiction of oil industry employees, spokespersons and provincial regulators is not flattering overall—the provincial government in this film seems little but a mouthpiece for the needs of the industry— but it certainly shows them as human beings caught between opposing forces rather than as malicious agents of environmen-

tal catastrophe. When Lavallee shows us a town-hall meeting in Fort Chipewyan, where a stalwart oil spokesman, visibly terrified, reads his officially endorsed figure sheet to a room full of citizens angry with the high cancer rates associated with being downstream from the oil-sands operation, you can feel the emotion on both sides.

Inevitably, it remains beyond the scope of a single film to decide any issue of such colossal importance. In its own modest way, though, Lavallee's documentary leaves an insightful and intelligent contribution to the discussion: a worthy feat for any film.

JAMES CUMING

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Granny Baby

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hen Eva Colmers was working on a documentary about the eldery for the National Film Board, she came across an article about "granny dumping": the growing trend of elderly people being dropped off at hospital ERs in the country without accompaniment, often confused, and really unable to navigate the situation for themselves.

"It was an article in the Post, and they looked at the problem primarily at the issue of efficient health-care service and the financial aspect of having so many elderly literally dropped off at the emergency," Colmers explains, sitting in a downtown café. "They often don't know why they are there, and doctors have a hard time dealing with it."

The article inspired Colmers to craft Granny Baby, a new, fictional short. It frames the issue through the eyes of a child, Jack, arriving at the hospital to pick up his mother and newborn baby sister. Sitting in the waiting room, he

notices an elderly woman that nobody else seems to realize is present, or care that she's there alone.

"I looked at it from a more social point of view," Colmers says. "How come, as a society, there's nobody there to notice these things, or nobody there who can step in? And then I tried to juxtapose it with the attention or care we place on the beginning of life, and then the end of life.

"All across Canada, every day you will find elderies that are alone," she continues, noting that she was careful not to to make any accusations about the neglect. "It is a very complex situation, and it is far from me to say that kids or caregivers are not paying enough attention. What I more wanted to say is it really takes a village to look after our elders just like it takes a village to raise good children—that famous quote. " In terms of filming, finding access to a hospital waiting room proved difficult: Colmers and her crew eventually transformed Avenue Theatre's lobby into hospital whites, in lieu of finding access to an existing ER—"I contacted various hospitals, but no luck," she

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says.

Granny Baby's already had a Calgary premiere, but its Edmonton screening will be accompanied by a Q&A, plus musical performances from the pair responsible for the short's sountrack: Cayley Thomas-Haug & Curtis Ross (Bebop Cortez, if you will).

"I'm aware of Bebop's music, and actually used it once in a very short scratch animation piece I did," Colmers explains. "But it was Caley whose voice I know and admire, and I was approaching her first, if [she could] sing the theme song.

"It was Caley who said that she recently had worked closely with Curtis Ross, and if that's fine with me," she continues. "Of course, I think that he's an incredible creative young man, and has an extremely wide spread of music. I know that the beautiful music he gave me for Granny Baby may not be the music he at other times composes and plays. But he gets the story, he gets the heart, so he created, I think something quite unusual and beautiful."

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Lowlife

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o money? No gear? No problem.

Halifax-based filmmaker Seth Smith didn't let minor details like a budget or lack of film equipment stand in the way of bringing his "living drug" horror flick Lowlife to fruition.

Lowlife's dark, twisted story started to percolate in 2010 when Smith teamed up with Darcy Spidle, who runs Divorce Records. The story, as Spidle puts it, started off as a onepage, point-form plot that was initially meant to be a short film called Mantrap. However, the idea began to snowball and soon the film took on a life of its own, launching the pair into a wild ride of marathon filming days, lost sleep, seemingly never-ending post-production, and then, accolades, including the audience award for Best Feature at the Atlantic Film Festival.

Now, it's taking off across Canada to spread the terror in each province.

The concept behind the guerilla horror film, which cast two non-actors in its leading parts, centers on Elle (Kate Hartigan), who meets a wanderer named Asa (Spidle, credited as Chik White) and quickly trades in her life as a failing tubist to be swayed by Asa's bizarre charms. Things spiral downhill when love turns to hunger and Elle becomes entrapped by Asa's psychotropic slugs, which are essentially reality-altering living drugs, leading to a battle of body and soul.

"The premise of our movie is exploring the drug as a character, you know, more so than even the user probably," Spidle says. "A drug kind of takes over its user in a way that directs their behaviour and that's what we're trying to explore with this movie, and my

character kind of personifies that quality of the drug I think."

Lowlife is the first film collaboration between Spidle and Smith. They began filming in January 2011 thanks to the contribution of a video camera from Mike Clattenburg of The Trailer Park Boys, and what followed were three or four-day intensives, shooting 16 to 18 hours a day for about eight months until the project was completed. These filming days often found the small cast and crew hunkered down in the woods on a 14-acre piece of land owned by Smith, often freezing cold or soaking wet. But, as they say, no pain, no gain.

To tackle his role, and the elements, Spidle immersed himself in his character during that time, and the often unfavourable conditions—which often meant being extremely uncomfortable—only aided the overall feeling of the film.

"When you don't know how to act, I guess all you can do is really try to be that person and that's the best way to look like you're not faking, is [to] not fake it. So the movie's very uncomfortable, we were generally uncomfortable while we made it, and that was our approach," he explains, adding that he and Hartigan had to get through some awkward situations on film, all of which they were more than game for. "There's nothing in it that's especially violent or perverse. There's just some really awkward or unusual scenes that we really did ... it was like we'd do the scene and we'd all be really nervous, really uncomfortable with each other for the whole night and then we'd do it, so you get to witness some of that awkwardness."

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The Sessions

Videodrome

TV's greeeeaaat, right guys?

Fri, Nov 16 (11 pm) Directed by David Cronenberg Metro Cinema at the Garneau Originally Released: 1983

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s we descend deeper into the rabbit hole of our increasingly intimate relationship with screens, this crepuscular realm where more of our interaction with the world can be done in physical privacy, while privacy itself has become more public and interactive, a movie shot in Toronto 30 years ago, about an exploitation-cable executive who dabbles in obscure pornography and winds up using a stomach vagina as a weapons storage device, has emerged as one of our seminal reference texts.

Videodrome is both prescient and personal. Along with The Fly (1986), it's among the most idea-saturated and emblematic works from the singularly imaginative David Cronenberg.

Yet it's anything but ponderous; fleet and funny, perverse and propulsive, it's a genre buffet: speculative fiction

fused with horror fused with neo-noir, at times downright pulpy in its heavily underlined portent. Think of the moment where Nikki Brand (Blondie's Deborah Harry) brands her breast with a burning cigarette, and Max Renn (James Woods), her lover and our anti-hero, repeats, "Don't, Nikki, don't," as he reaches hungrily out to take a pull.

If what transpires after the imageinduced hallucinations override Max's mind and body resists breezy synopsis, the set-up is relatively straightforward. Weary of soft-core costume porn, Max, president of Civic TV, "the one you take to bed with you," is looking for "something tough" to give his struggling network an edge. (An amusing bit of overstatement: Max uses the word "something" five times in one short speech to his fellow execs while a movie poster with the word "SOMETHING" in gooey letters hangs right behind his head.) Max finds that special something in a pirated signal showing fuzzy, chillingly unadorned

scenes of torture and murder. The show's called Videodrome. "It has a philosophy," says one of its characters, "and that's what makes it dangerous."

Max catches a glimpse and wants more, but the makers of the broadcast seem to want not to be found. At least, not easily.

The signal's sourced to Pittsburgh— home, incidentally, of George Romero and Night of the Living Dead (1968)— but it turns out access to Videodrome might be found right in Max's backyard. He seeks out the enigmatic shutin media philosopher Brian O'Blivion (a character explicitly inspired by Marshall McLuhan), who pontificates about the power of television exclusively from a television—even when O'Blivion appears on a talk show he only does so as a disembodied head on a television. Once Max makes (indirect) contact with O'Blivion, his mind and body begin to succumb to Videodrome's more troubling, if exhilarating, effects. He discovers a subterranean criminal broadcasting conspiracy. He recognizes his body as a malleable shell and becomes an advocate/terrorist for something called "the New Flesh." At one point he penetrates a bulging TV screen with his head. Later a guy explodes with pulsating tumours. Things get a little weird.

As influenced by William S Burroughs as Naked Lunch (1991), Videodrome, whose many progeny includes the hypno-TV conspiracy of They Live (1988) and the killer videotape of The Ring (1998/2002), keeps gazing into the future even now, blurring fantasy and reality, questioning the role of the body in an increasingly digitally manipulated existence. So much the better that the film unfolds in what is so recognizably a Canadian city in the decidedly analogue 1980s, reminding us that its ideas are not indebted solely to Steve Jobs and YouTube. The New Flesh has been creeping up on us for a very long while.

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Now playing Written and directed by Ben Lewin Princess Theatre

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here's already been one film made about the polio-stricken poet and journalist Mark O'Brien, a documentary entitled Breathing Lessons (1996), directed by Jessica Yu. It won an Oscar and introduced a somewhat larger audience to O'Brien's remarkable life, before that life ended in 1999. Thankfully, writer/director Ben Lewin's The Sessions, based on an article O'Brien published in 1990, is far more purposeful than the Oscar-baiting, disability-of-the-week, semi-fictionalized telling of O'Brien's story that one might suspect. It's a gentle but genuine exploration of what it means to retain, and attempt to honour, one's longings, even when the fulfilment of those longings seems unlikely.

O'Brien was unable to control his body from the neck down. He lived his life horizontally, confined to a gurney, and was required to spend the majority of his hours in an iron lung.

But his body was still there, still alive, as were his desires and his sexual responses. At 38, living in Berkeley, he was still a virgin and decided it was high time to fix that. He hired a surrogate to see if something like actual intercourse was possible for him, and while the process was frustrating, not to mention emotionally confusing, the end result was life-changing.

The O'Brien of The Sessions is played by John Hawkes, the remarkable character actor who after decades of steady work is only recently beginning to get the sort of recognition he deserves. Hawkes' performance here however couldn't be farther from his sinister, celebrated turns in Winter's Bone (2010) or Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011); part of what makes The Sessions so inviting, so very much the opposite of exploitive or sensational, is the humour, honesty and sense

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of wonder that Hawkes conveys with only facial expressions and a rather nasal voice at his disposal.

Cheryl Cohen Greene, O'Brien's surrogate, is played by Helen Hunt, and it's the best work, and certainly the strongest role, that she's done in ages, matching Hawkes O'Brien in depth and vulnerability, despite the full use of her—often naked— body. Their scenes together, which we know from the start will be limited—she insists that they cannot meet more than six times—are absolutely the reason you should see this movie. Each of these scenes is a complicated dance, a negotiation of roles and rules, and a discovery for both participants. As time passes and O'Brien accepts and builds upon a few very humbling false starts, it becomes clear that the ingredient, elusive yet essential to his sexual success, is a sense of intimacy. Which complicates matters. The story allows those complications to simply be.

Unfortunately these wonderful scenes are not themselves allowed to simply play out. Lewin has structured The Sessions in a way that's far too busy and over-explanatory.

He uses no less than four explanatory devices: O'Brien's voice-over, O'Brien's confessions to his priest (a none too plausible yet nonetheless enjoyable William H Macy), Cohen Greene's audio notes on the sessions with O'Brien and O'Brien's attendant's conversations with a motel clerk during the sessions. All of these layers of explanation, which Lewin sometimes cuts to right in the middle of a session, distract from that intimacy that Hawkes and Hunt work so hard to cultivate. Still, The Sessions is a sweet, moving work that approaches sex, disabled or otherwise, with a very rare combination of maturity, kindness and insight. It's also a lovely duet between two generous and talented actors.

JOSEF BRAUN

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Sound and vision

Mile Zero Dance brings musicians into the Sonikinetic fold Sat, Nov 17 (7 pm) Muttart Hall, $10 – $20 New Music Festival passes: $35 – $65

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hough the focal point of this week's New Music Edmonton festival is primarily on all things audible, Gerry Morita and the folks at Mile Zero Dance have collaborated with NME to bring a more tangible, physical aspect to the presentations this weekend.

Sonikinetic, the show that culminates their bridging of music and dance, is a series of solo dancers partnered with musicians performing in their own areas of expertise.

"We were looking for ways to bring dance into other artistic communities and build crosspollination between artists and audience, and for ways to make sure that dancers aren't always working in only dance,"

says Morita, noting that she and Ian Crutchley of New Music Edmonton had worked together previously on her dance show based on music of John Cage, Ryoanji Blind, for Springboard Performance in 2011.

Duets to be featured in Sonikinetic include Walter Kubanek and Dave Wall in further exploration of their first venture together at MZD's Unplugged last year; Kate Stashko and bassist Thom Golub musing on physical aspects of musicians and their instruments; accordionist Raylene Campbell with Jeannie Vandekerkhove exploring themes of dark and light; opera singer Michelle Milenkovic in a dramatic piece with butoh/contemporary dance expert Tony Olivares; and Katrina Smy and saxophonist Allison Balcetis working on, well, let's

just say something completely different.

"For the audience, I think it's going to be a bit of an adventure. You'll get to see a wide range of interpretations for dance and music together in this century, and for the artist I think it's great to start working with new people. If one or two longer relationships come out of this and people work together again, that'd be great.

They'll have a 10-minute piece and they'll be able to use it as a jumping-off point if it's something that they're interested in, or even just use it for research," she says, adding that exploratory pieces like these can be as important as any big show for artists' development.

"I would approach it with curiosity."

FAWNDA MITHRUSH

// FAWNDA@VUEWEEKLY.COM

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PREVUE // OPERA

Shelter Thu, Nov 15 – Sun, Nov 18 (8 pm) Matinees Sat, Nov 17 & Sun, Nov 18 (2 pm) La Cité Francophone, $55

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That baby's the bomb //

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feel the weight of historic significance," Juliet Palmer says with a laugh. Her tone is light, but that and her chuckle don't lessen the truth of her statement: Shelter, the opera she's crafted with librettist Julie Salverson, will become the first world opera to ever happen in Edmonton when it makes its upcoming premiere.

Between the joint efforts of Edmonton Opera and Toronto's Tapestry New Opera company, it's arriving in town as part of the Festival of Ideas (paired with another work, Svadba–Wedding). In a genre where "revival" is essentially par for the classical course, Shelter's story takes a more allegorical approach, setting out a fable of a nuclear family in the atomic age. This particular pair gives birth to a child with glowing skin and atomic, explosive tendencies. Physicist Lise Meitner shows up, too—definitely not the opera we're used to.

"For both the writer, Julie, and I, we're both drawn to the absurdity and the significance of, we live in the atomic age, and what does that mean to us," Palmer says. "It seems like a huge turning point in history, when the bombs were dropped in 1945, and you can think of it as a historical event, but it's an

event that's thrown this huge shadow on history ever since. I know we both grew up feeling like nuclear war was imminent—it could happen any day now [laugh], and I don't think my daughter feels like that at all.

She's more concerned about climate change.

But that possibility's still there.

"Coming up with this goofy nuclear family that actually gives birth to a child that's the atomic bomb seems like the obvious solution," she kids about exploring the idea as a fable rather than adhering to history. "[It] took us a while to get there, but what I like about it is it allowed for a lot of comedy, absurdity, for making mistakes, characters are fallible, and I think we can connect to them more readily than if it's, Dr Atomic and it's about Oppenheimer. I don't relate to that in a personal such a way: it just seems like another historical epic. So we wanted to make it something that people could connect to in a personal way."

Palmer notes that developing contemporary operas like Shelter is rare because of the level of risk inherent: each idea needs a lot of money, skill and time to be poured into its development, and the resulting work doesn't carry the same guaranteed audiences as putting on, say, Madame Butterfly or a Gilbert and Sullivan.

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tion to helping develop such works and allowing the show to find its shape organically: Shelter's early workshops had the luxury of playing around in improvisation alongside research, truly letting exploration, rather than constraints, dictate its development.

For her part, Palmer was intrigued by the musical connections she found surrounding the A-bomb: while working in the lab, she notes, Meitner and her collaborator Otto Hahn would sing Brahms and Beethoven.

The composition she developed didn't just reheat pre-existing ideas, but also used them as a way of understanding the characters and pulling inspiration from those ideas. An example would be Hope, the atom-bomb baby, who has a musical style a little more explosive, attuned to the birth of the rock 'n' roll that came around the same time as nuclear capability.

And, on a simpler level, Palmer simply found herself intrigued by the parallel horror and beauty of atomic power.

"There's something very beautiful about an atomic explosion when you watch it," she says. "Watching a mushroom cloud, I mean, it's amazing. It's mesmerizing, but it's obviously deadly.

So it's that kind of balance between beauty and awfulness."

PAUL BLINOV

// PAUL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

PREVUE // THEATRE

Adventures in Childhood

More than just a game // Alison Nawrot

Nov 16 – Dec 9 (Fri – Sun only) Fri & Sat 7:30 pm; Sun 2:30 pm Directed by Kurtis Nawrot, Ariana Brophy and Laena Anderson King Edward Park small hall, $12

and building shows ... Leah and I were always really good friends throughout theatre school and she's a terrific actress as well, so we decided to go together and start this company so we could get some of these ideas out there and see how Edmonton liked them."

Nawrot and Beaudry plan to bring these ideas to fruition utilizing the city's up-and-coming theatre talent, giving others who are entering the industry a chance to express themselves in ways they may not be able to oth-

says of his experience switching from student to spearheading a full-length production.

Jack Goes Boating

by Bob

Aside from flexing the company's comedic chops, Nawrot explains hink back to the games you that Adventures in Childhood, took so seriously as a child: a collaborative writing effort playing house emulated the life amongst the What If?! creative you dreamt up for yourself, capteam, raised thought-provoking ture the flag was a mission in notions of what exactly childstealth, and agility was tested hood games could be utilized for when the floor became a boillater in life. ing pit of lava. Now, what if all "We want to continue asking that was just training for what 'what if?' about everything that was waiting around the corner in goes on in our lives and the world adulthood? around us and What If?! ThecontemplatWe want to continue asking 'what if?' about atre, founded by ing the 'what everything that goes on in our lives and the world Grant MacEwan if?' instead around us and contemplating the 'what if?' instead of the 'what University theof the 'what is.' atre grads Kurtis is.' How could Nawrot and Leah we change Beaudry, sets out the world to to test this nomake it bettion with its original debut, Aderwise. For now, the shows have ter or what if the world was just ventures in Childhood. a comedic theme, which Nawrot goofy—well, it already is," he "Ever since we were in theatre says is a genre he enjoys writing laughs. "Being a young person school together, I've always had most, but he's open to what the myself, I'm still very much conthe idea of putting together future holds. nected to a lot of my childhood shows that were of my own vision "It's always interesting to see roots, and it just made sense to because I always had these great the way you wrote something write about my childish ways and ideas through theatre school, but or the way you imagine it at the to try to personify those in a never had time to sit and develop beginning turn into something more adult environment and try them," explains Nawrot. "Instead completely different on stage to turn my childhood into someof auditioning for shows like othand loving it or seeing your ideas thing that I could use."

MEAGHAN BAXTER er people did, I started writing come to life and seeing how they // MEAGHAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM immediately after theatre school influence other people," Nawrot

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VUEWEEKLY NOVEMBER 15 – NOVEMBER 21, 2012

A Romantic Comedy

Glaudini

November 7-25, 2012 Varscona Theatre 10329-83 Ave

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Jack Goes Boating Until Sun, Nov 25 (7:30 pm) Directed by Kelly Reay The Varscona Theatre, $11 – $27

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emember that time when your marriage was falling apart so you invited your wife's ex-lover to a dinner party out of spite but forgot all about it because you were doing lines of blow with your other guests? No? Well, how about that time when you were really into reggae music and your best friend used swimming lessons as a metaphor for teaching you how to dive into a relationship? No? Well, neither do I. But the story grabs your attention, doesn't it? Jack Goes Boating is the story of four characters—two couples—who are each jumping into the deep end of that good ol' quest for human companionship.

Playwright Bob Glaudini has created some fantastically complicated characters with whom you'll find yourself becoming terribly fascinated. Each character hosts a partyplatter of their own individual dysfunctions, and while examining their

eccentric personalities it's impossible not to trip on a few character traits that hit home. Jack (Garett Ross) is a reggae-loving limo driver who is nervously attempting to capture Connie's (Shawna Burnett) heart.

Introduced to Jack through their friends Lucy (Mabelle Carvajal) and Clyde (Frank Zotter), Connie is nursing a particularly shattering trauma along with a host of other personal issues while simultaneously trying to open herself up to love. While their romance is blossoming, however, Lucy and Clyde's is falling apart. The couple has been married for years now and it quickly becomes clear that they are working through some potentially unredeemable conflicts.

A script like this practically demands an exceptional cast

for the delicate balance between absurdly unsettling and perfectly mundane to resonate. This script couldn't have asked for better representation.

The acting is superb. Carvajal and Zotter couldn't possibly bring more affecting honesty to their characters' disintegrating marriage and Burnett and Ross are touchingly sincere in

their representations of two awkward, damaged and hopeful people.

This ensemble works together beautifully to bring a sobering degree of verisimilitude to the unique problems in these characters' lives.

So, while at first it might seem that the

unconventional characters, the peculiar plot points and the unflinchingly uncomfortable (and oh-so personal) scenes may make it difficult for you to relate, it turns out that there's much to grab on to here.

Perhaps that's the true achievement of Glaudini's script, in the end—by making the audience walk in on such complicated characters in such an intimate fashion, relating to them becomes a startling inevitability.

SALIHA CHATTOO

// SALIHA@VUEWEEKLY.COM

Setting sail for human companionship

PREVUE // THEATRE

Smokescreen mances, which she strongly encourages parents to see with their teens.

The downward spiral of marijuana // Josiah Hiemstra

Fri, Nov 16 (1 pm and 7:30 pm) Sat, Nov 17 (2 pm and 7:30 pm) Directed by Mieko Ouchi C103 (formerly Catalyst Theatre), $16 – $19

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mokescreen, the critically-acclaimed production by David S Craig, kicks off a new season for Concrete Theatre, exploring the ins and outs of adolescent drug culture and the resulting clash between parents and teens.

Now, hear them out. This isn't a preachy, after-school-special-type story. The play follows the turbulent relationship between 16-year-old Trent and his father Jeff as Trent begins using and selling marijuana. Trying to mediate the troubled duo is Rayzee, a youth-care worker who was once an addict. The poignant, thoughtprovoking drama allows teens to get a glimpse inside the emotional turmoil and destruction that marijuana can cause, por-

trayed from three distinct points of view.

The story does not come to a concrete solution or conclusion, leaving it up to viewers to think long and hard about what the best path would really be.

Director Mieko Ouchi, who played Rayzee in the original Alberta performances in 2008, says teens, teachers and parents alike have gravitated to the show in a way that has been beyond her expectations. She anticipated teachers in particular to be nervous about discussing drugs in schools, but found Smokescreen opened the floodgates for positive discussion amongst their students.

"They're dealing with it all the time and they actually welcomed the play as an opportunity to open up discussion about it and in a way that it wasn't about kids in their school," Ouchi notes, adding that the show will be toured to a fresh group of junior high students in the city throughout November in addition to the public perfor-

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Presenting timely information about marijuana use through theatre, rather than a lecture or pamphlet that students might not engage with, can create an innovative way to prompt dialogue between teens and share insights they may not have considered.

"It really allows them to kind of walk in the shoes of another person and kind of understand those issues in a more emotionally connected way, and I think that's the great power of theatre," Ouchi adds, noting the support Smokescreen has received from Alberta Health Service's Youth Addiction Centre.

The push for legalization and issues surrounding marijuana remain commonplace in today's society, and Ouchi says a story like Smokescreen can be an effective way to reach teens before they encounter a problem with the drug and get in over their heads.

"I think, despite those questions around legalization, there's still those core issues around addiction that will go on probably forever as a topic of conversation and hopefully discussion, because anything can be done in moderation to a degree, like alcohol can be used legally and in moderation and not become a problem," she says. "A lot of those advocates are saying marijuana can be used that way too, but almost anything can become an addiction."

MEAGHAN BAXTER

// MEAGHAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM

PREVUE // VISUAL ARTS

The Monstrous Baroque Sat, Nov 17 (9 pm) Art Gallery of Alberta, sold out

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he Monstrous Baroque, the upcoming edition of the Art Gallery of Albera's evening Refinery parties, pulls its inspiration from the gallery's current Beautiful Monsters and Misled by Nature exhibitions, their pairing inspiring an evening of provoking programming by Kristen Hutchinson and Jennifer Forsyth, founders of the fast & dirty Artist and Curatorial Collective. Vue caught up with the pair to ask a few questions in advance of the sold out party.

Your themes were inspired by shows currently on in the gallery. What was it about those exhibitions that you responded to or found fascinating?

KRISTEN HUTCHINSON: We were interested in creating a theme for a Refinery that is a mash up of the two exhibitions to see what would happen with that combination. I was particularly struck by the use of materials in the Misled by Nature exhibition and wanted to see how the artists that we have chosen for our curatorial program would take the idea of the Baroque and incorporate and transform that esthetic into their own artworks and performances. As VUE WEEKLY:

an art historian, I have taught courses about the art historical periods covered in both exhibitions. I find the Beautiful Monsters exhibition particularly engaging because I have been interested for some time in how monsters have been represented throughout the history of art and how this relates to cultures' views about morality and religion. For example, when I was teaching a survey of Renaissance art—which is far outside my area of expertise since I specialize in contemporary art—I tried to show as many images of monsters and demons that I could find.

JENNIFER FORSYTH: Kristen and I first viewed the exhibitions together.

What stuck me was how Misled

by Nature challenged us both. We found that we responded to the different works in different ways and the exhibition sparked an interesting discussion on how we each embraced ideas of estheticism and antiesthetic at the same time. The work really makes you question what you consider to be esthetic.

I think Beautiful Monsters appealed to our creative selves, it really pushed us to explore the idea of Baroque in a totally new way. I would say that this exhibition had a major impact on our choice of artists to include in Refinery.

Is there any local art inspired by the Baroque or the monstrous?

Does this theme directly or indirectly represent a community of artists?

KH: We chose artists for Refinery who we thought would create works that address both the Baroque and the monstrous in engaging and surprising ways. Julianna Barabas will be doing a performance throughout the evening where the audience will be invited to purge their own inner monsters.

Jennifer Mesch and Scott Smallwood are creating a dance and sound performance that portrays a ghostly presence trapped in a room full of books. Ryan Wolters, Sergio Serrano and myself are creating an installation based on the Surrealist Exquisite Corpse game that explores the intersection between the two themes.

JF: There was a mix in our choices between those whose practice could be defined as contemporary baroque and those who we felt could really embrace the theme in a dynamic way. Courtney Chetwynd is our only non-local artist, currently living and working in Yellowknife. We included her because of her emphasis on the ornate and ephemeral in her use of fine organic materials. Our choices for the Exquisite corpses piece was based VW:

on how well we thought the artists could respond to the Beautiful Monsters exhibition using a contemporary baroque approach. Kristen and I also wanted to approach the theme through our own practices; this was our first attempt at working on an installation collab-

oratively. Our monstrous baroque playing cards also tie into the events and activities—the event cards showcasing some of our images are available for collecting by the evening's guests.

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a nuclear family adrift in the atomic age A new Canadian opera

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Don't call it a comeback

Two figure skaters get inventive in a world without ice rinks Thu, Nov 15 – Sat, Nov 24 (7:30 pm) Fri, Nov 23 (11 pm) 6.0: How Heap and Pebble Took on the World and Won Directed by Trevor Schmidt Westbury Theatre, TransAlta Arts Barns, $16 – $28

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limate change deniers be damned: Northern Light Theatre's first show of the new season doesn't care whether or not you believe in global warming.

In the world of European ice dancers Heap Cruziack and Pebble Adverati, the absolute worst has already happened: all ice on earth has melted away.

6.0: How Heap and Pebble Took on the World and Won may seem like a frivolous take on a serious issue, at least upon first glance: after all, if global warming really did result in a mass catastrophe that eradicated all ice on the planet, would the loss of ice dancing really be at the top of the list of tragedies?

Probably not, at least not for most people. Certainly the premise seems laughably improbable as I tromp through knee-high snow drifts on my way to an interview with the cast. A world without all this ice? Sounds almost tempting.

But when ice serves as the chilly foundation for your very existence, losing it would be nothing short of devastating.

"The play's not very political, in terms of putting forth a message," explains Amber Borotsik, who plays the role of Pebble. Curled up on a couch in the cozy interior of the Arts Barns with coactor Jesse Gervais and director Trevor Schmidt, she describes her perspective on the show. "What's interesting is what happens to people who just suddenly lose their future, or suddenly lose their livelihood, and that sort of weird scramble to put something back together.

"We've had five years with no skating," she continues. "I think unlike professional ice dancers now, when they retire they can maybe coach, or teach, or do other things. But everything is stopped dead and there's nothing for them to do, so it's been a long five years. For me it's a more human story, than a ... " She trails off as Gervais chimes in: "A climate change parable."

Heap and Pebble was written by a pair of English performers, Valentine Ceschi and Thomas Eccleshare, who staged it at in the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Stumbling across a single reference to the show online, Schmidt proceeded to follow the universal breadcrumbs that ultimately led to the show's first staging on this side of the pond.

Though the original writers offered to send videos of their production for Schmidt to work with, they also gave him permission to recreate the entire physical performance from scratch.

"That's what makes it so exciting, is the opportunity for invention, and the license to invent too," notes Gervais.

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"We're taking what they did and we're jumping off with it. We're using their ideas to inspire us to create new ones."

"When you've created something on your own, there's no way that somebody else can recreate that," states Schmidt. "You can give them all the notes on what you did, but so much of it is organic and particular to the two people that create it, that it's impossible to actually recreate it the exact same."

The question that was foremost in my mind upon reading the show's premise was a matter of basic logistics: what are they dancing on, if not ice? The wood floor, of course.

You're not alone in having trouble picturing this. "Nobody gets it," says Schmidt. He goes on to explain that everyone assumes they are on roller skates or roller blades—or even in their socks or sneakers—but in fact the duo performs the entire show on regular ice skates. There's no special stage, no ice; just two people trying their best to glide on wood.

Schmidt notes how physically demanding it has been for the two actors, to spend that much time rehearsing on skates—let alone doing full ice-dancing routines with lifts and jumps. Borotsik notes that she did some figure skating when she was quite young but stopped before it became too serious; Gervais proudly states that he has skated only twice in his life. Even more remarkable is the fact that he just recently recovered from breaking both his heels—a ladder slipped out from under him when he was stringing Christmas lights.

"I was in a wheelchair for a couple of months, so I'm just sort of recovering from that, which is an exciting turn—to be able to walk around, and now I'm on skates," he says.

After the initial novelty of ice dancing on wood wears off, the momentum of the show is carried along by the close relationship between the two characters. "They've been skating together for years and years and they just have that weird, sort of like shorthand," states Borotsik. "They can have a fight without saying anything." Though their characters are not a couple, Borotsik and Gervais are; this shows in the subtle ways they pick up on each other's trains of thought and finish each other's sentences, and promises to make for some great stage chemistry.

"It's a slim script," notes Schmidt.

"When you look at it, originally it's not very long, and there's not a huge amount of dialogue. It can look pretty straightforward and simple on the page. But I remember a couple days into it, there's a lot going on underneath; there's a lot of subtext and figuring out how the relationship informs what little bit they're saying, and how much is like the iceberg underneath."

"I think there's a great love between

the two of them," he continues. "He really wants to do this, and she really wants to support him. She may not necessarily want to do the comeback, but she wants to support him in his need and desire. She wouldn't be there if it was anybody else."

All too often celebrity comebacks are regarded mockingly, clouded as they are with self-effacement and despera-

champion ice dancers. Schmidt notes that Heap and Pebble's situation resonates with his own experience as a performer. "I think, as actors, you never want to go back to your waiter job once you've acted as a full-time actor for a while. Then you're failing; you're failing somehow. You feel like a failure, and everyone will know."

But despite the gloomy tone that this

Everyone assumes they are on roller skates or roller blades—or even in their socks or sneakers— but in fact the duo performs the entire show on regular ice skates. There's no special stage, no ice; just two people trying their best to glide on wood."

situation would seem to imply, all three agree that the show has an overall hopeful, positive energy—though the ending is by no means definitive.

"It's very ambiguous," says Gervais. "I think that's what's exciting. I hate Disney endings. It leaves more with the audience to walk away with."

"That's life, man!" quips Schmidt. "I love plays, more and more, that don't answer any questions—that just ask questions, and you have to go away and discuss it; you have to invest in it, you have to have an opinion. It's up to you; you tell me how it affected you."

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tion. This isn't exactly the case with Heap and Pebble, as the two were at the peak of their career when all the ice disappeared.

"The global warming episode happened before a loss happened," explains Borotsik, "So they ended on the highest note. And now, five years later, it's the worst of times. Us, just trying to squeak out a living doing cabaret acts, and it always makes me think of celebrity boxing."

Gervais elaborates, mentioning Tonya Harding's celebrity boxing episodes. "It's like when C-list celebrities try and do bad things to get attention; their old publicist is trying to be super creative and get them opportunities." (For those interested, there are some pretty hilarious YouTube clips of Tonya Harding's boxing matches.)

It may seem like a last-ditch effort for fame, but it's also a simple inability to go back to being what they were prior to becoming

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period game and much, much more; Nov 17, 9pm-2am • $35/$30 (AGA Members) • All Day Sunday: Art activities for all ages 3rd Sun every month, 12-4pm; This month featuring EDO Adventure (Nov 18); free with admission • Studio Y Youth Drop-in: Stencil: The Art of Katagami; Thu, Nov 15, 3:30-5:30pm; $10 • Adult Drop-in: Blend: Pastel Portraiture; Thu, Nov 15, 7-9pm, $15/$12 (member) • Art for Lunch: Theatre foyer: Casual and informative discussions about AGA exhibitions, held during the lunch hour, 3rd Thu every month

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19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • unDer CuLTiVaTion: a series of oil paintings and ink drawings by Keith Harder depicting the rolling hills, vineyards and perched villages of Southern France; Nov 1-Dec 1 • ArtVentures: Twig & Ink Drawing, for children ages 6-12; Nov 17, 1-4pm • Ageless Art: Landscapes in Ink, for mature adults; Nov 15, 1-3pm

11455-87 Ave • 780.455.9559 • shumka.com • Ukrainian Shumka Dancers Fundraising Gala: An elegant evening with fabulous entertainment, great food, raffle draws and live and silent auctions, all in support of the Ukrainian Shumka Dancers • Nov 17, 7pm • $100 (each), $1500 (corporate table for 8)

ART SOCIETY OF STRATHCONA COUNTY • Loft Gallery/A.J. Ottewell Gallery,

SONIKINETIC • Muttart Hall, 10050 Macdon-

10434-122 St • Naturally Abstract: artwork by David Blaine, featuring abstract images discovered in natural environments • Nov 2-Feb 28; Reception: Nov 17

ald Drive • newmusicedmonton.ca • A collaboration featuring five pairs of choreographers and composers who will examine the relationships between sound, motion, people, and space • Nov 17, 7pm • $10 (MZD, NME members), $20 (non-members)

FILM BAILEY THEATRE–CAMROSE • 5041-50

St, Camrose • 780.672.5510 • baileytheatre.com • Key Largo; Nov 19, 7pm

CINEMA AT THE CENTRE • Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre (basement) • Take This Waltz (18A); Nov 21, 6:30pm

FAVA: ACTING FOR SCREENWRITERS AND DIRECTORS • 9722-102 St • fava.ca • 780.429.1671 • Deepen your understanding of the complexities of the acting process through a fun, hands-on class for non-actors • Mon, 7-9pm; Oct 22-Dec 10 (no class Nov 12) • $375 (+GST, regular)

FAVA: VIDEO KITCHEN • 9722-102 St

590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • Artwork is changed on approximately eight week rotations, the gallery includes a small gift shop of artist made items; open Oct-Dec, Feb-Jul

ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY •

10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • Feature Gallery: Passages: a group exhibition exploring the passage of time; Oct 6-Dec 24 • DeLineaTe: new work by Medicine Hat clay artists Jenn Demke-Lange and Elizabeth Burritt; Oct 27-Dec 1

ALLIED ARTS COUNCIL OF SPRUCE GROVE • Spruce Grove Art Gallery, 35 – 5 Ave,

Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • The Light of the Lakeland: Feature Artist Patricia Coulter (watercolour); Oct 22-Nov 10 • Members Novelty show 'The Colour Red': a novelty show put on by the members of the Spruce Grove Art Gallery; Nov 12-24; Opening reception: Nov 17, 1-4pm

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • BMO Work of Creativity: METHoD anD MaDness: Family-focused interactive exhibition created by Gabe Wong; until Dec 31 • BehinD This Lies My True Desire for you: Mark Clintberg; Until Dec 30 • MisLeD By naTure: ConTeMPorary arT anD The Baroque: Key artists include David Altmejd, Lee Bul, Bharti Kher, Tricia Middleton, Yinka Shonibare, Sarah Sze; Sep 15-Jan 6 • BeauTifuL MonsTers: Beasts and Fantastic Creatures in Early European Prints: European Prints; Oct 13-Mar 3 • iMPrinT: A selection of printmaking artists, whose work reveals an attention to different print-making technique, as well as an interrelationship; Oct 13-Jan 6 • eDo: arts of Japan’s Last shogun age: a wide variety of Edo period art forms with focus on prints known as ‘ukiyo-e’; Nov 3-Feb 10 • PauL freeMan: feature two life-size casts of stags whose antlers seem to have turned against them; Nov 3-Feb 10 • The Monstrous Baroque refinery: Supernatural creatures mingle with 17th century-inspired opulence for this Refinery. Experience installation and performance art, make masquerade/ monster masks and prints, enjoy a Baroque

JEFF ALLEN GALLERY • Strathcona Place Seniors Centre, 10831 University Ave • In Oils Human Emotions: artwork by Neil Neli Farolan; Nov 2-28 KIWANIS GALLERY–RED DEER • Red

Deer Public Library • Beyond the Looking Glass: artwork by Roberta Murray; Oct 16-Nov 25

LATITUDE 53 • 10248-106 St • 780.423.5353

VAAA GALLERY • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St •

780.421.1731 • VAA Bay 3rd Annual FUNdraiser 'Think Small' / Membership Show: Visual Arts Alberta membership show and sale; Oct 18Nov 24 • Off-site - Jubilee Auditorium: oPen PhoTo 2012 aT The norThern aLBerTa JuBiLee auDiToriuM: Competition and exhibition of some of Alberta's finest photographers; Oct 26-Nov 18

VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St. Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa.ca • WiLD aLBerTa: painters take a closer look at Alberta’s wild wonders, from the smallest insects to the vast Rockies; Nov 1-Dec 1

MANDOLIN BOOKS • 6419-112 Ave • nvsart.

WEST END GALLERY • 12308 Jasper Ave •

CAFÉ HAVEN–SHERWOOD PARK •

MARJORIE WOOD GALLERY • Kerry Wood Nature Centre, 6300-45 Ave • Oktober: Staff and Volunteers of the Kerry Wood Nature Centre; Oct 31-Dec 12

NVSart is featured • Sep-Jan

CAFE PICHILINGUE • 4928-50 Stm Red Deer

• Alberta Sampler: artwork by Harvey Brink; Nov 1-30

CENTRE D’ARTS VISUELS DE L’ALBERTA

• 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • Cohesion: artwork

by Louise Piquette, Nathalie Shewchuk Pare, Claude Boocock, Rachelle Comtois, Andree Audette • Nov 9-20

COMMON SENSE GALLERY • 10546-115 St •

Coloring Book: a solo exhibition of new sculptures

by Walter Early; Nov 30-Dec 15; Opening reception: Nov 30, 7-11pm, artist in attendance

CROOKED POT GALLERY–STONY PLAIN • 4912-51 Ave, Stony Plain • 780.963.9573

• CeLeBraTe ChrisTMas: featuring handmade and wheel thrown holiday décor, and handmade tree decorations; Nov 1-Dec 28

Olive Tree Project, Peg Barcelo-Jackson, Ginette D'Silva, Alice Dolphin, Dara Loewen • Ongoing

Ave • 780.482.2854 • agnesbugeragallery.com • Leonard Cohen Artworks; Nov 17-Dec 1; Nov 16, 5-8pm

IRENE KLAR STUDIO • 15904-116 Ave • 780.732.7848 • ireneklar.com • Open house featuring Irene Klar artwork hand-painted silk scarves, shirts and jackets, posters, etchings, embroidered cushion covers, journals, ornaments and more; Nov 24-Dec 1

Enterprise Square, 10230 Jasper Ave • 780.492.5834 • museums.ualberta.ca • PerCePTions of ProMise: Biotechnology, Society and Art: challenging viewers to consider the positive and negative possibilities of biotechnology in general and stem cell research in particular; Nov 8-Jan 5

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AGNES BUGERA GALLERY • 12310 Jasper

Red Deer • 403.340.4869 • hubpdd.com • MarkerTopia: Artwork by Sheldon Rabbit Wheatley; Nov 1-30

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VELVET OLIVE LOUNGE • 4924-50 St, Red Deer • Artwork by Erin Boake; Nov 1-30

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HUB ON ROSS–RED DEER • 4936 Ross St,

magic of the Star Wars universe and its legendary characters; Oct 27-Apr 1

• latitude53.org • The Fine Art of Schmoozy: annual fundraiser; Nov 24

• fava.ca • 780.429.1671 • The annual Video Kitchen workshop provides a creative place to explore and express your ideas visually. It is a prerequisite to Main Course • Sat, 10am-2pm; Sep 8-Dec 8 A. Milner Library, Main Fl, Audio Visual Rm • 780.944.5383 • My Week with Marilyn (14A); Nov 16, 2pm

Deer • 403.346.8937 • harriswarkegallery.com • arTisTiC iDenTiTy in Trans-MigraTory seTTing: Art By Galia Kwetny; Nov 19-Dec 29; Opening Reception: Dec 7, 6-8pm

780.760.1278 • daffodilgallery.ca • Igor Postash: illustrative drawings; throughout Nov

EXPRESSIONZ CAFE • 9938-70 Ave • Feat:

FAB GALLERY • Department of Art and

Design, U of A, Rm 1-1 Fine Arts Bldg • 780.492.2081 • TransiTions: Work by Technical Staff from the Department of Art and Design; Oct 23-Dec 1 • niKa BLasser: This exhibition is the final visual presentation for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Drawing & Intermedia; Nov 6-Dec 1

GALLERIE PAVA • 9524-87 St, 780.461.3427

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GALLERY 7 • The Bookstore on Perron, 7 Perron St, St. Albert • 780.459.2525 • a reTrosPeCiVe: artwork featuring Marolyn Beck (medium of pencil crayon & watercolour); Oct 30-Nov 26 GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner

Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl.ca/art-gallery • BuiLDing The ring roaD: Photographs by Sarah Boileau; Nov 3-30; Opening reception: Nov 17, 2-4pm • eDMonTon PoTTers' guiLD: items created by the Edmonton Potters' Guild in the Gallery at Milner display cases; Nov 5-30

GALLERY ON MAIN– LACOMBE • 2nd

level, 4910 50 Ave, Lacombe • 403.782.3402 • E: info@thegalleryonmain.com • Rural Travel: Paintings by Gail Scheuring; Nov 17-Dec 7; Opening reception: Nov 17, 5-8pm (artist in attendance)

HAPPY HARBOR COMICS V1 • 10729-104

Ave • COMIC JAM: Improv comic art making every 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7pm • OPEN DOOR: Collective of independent comic creators meet the 2nd & 4th Thu each month, 7am • Comics Artist-in-Residence: with Kyle Sams; Every Fri 12-6pm and Sat 12-5pm; until Apr • The Gilbert Bouchard Memorial Art Show – Visions Of Comics; Nov 9-23

HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl,

10215-112 St • Main Gallery: syDney LanCasTer, nesTS: Part of the artist in residence program; Oct 18-Nov 24 • Front Room Gallery: eVann sieBens & KeiTh DoyLe, iCarusCar: a screen-based sculptural installation involving the myth of a flying car; Oct 18-Nov 24

HARRIS-WARKE GALLERY–RED DEER • Sunworks Home and Garden Store, Ross St, Red

ca • NVSArt: Textured abstract art; Oct-Jan

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • gLass JournaL:

by Manola Borrajo-Giner; Sep 1-Nov 4 • Refuge: Printed Impressions; A group exhibition of graduate Printmaking students and staff from the University of Alberta Printmaking Department; Nov 10-Jan 13; Opening reception: Nov 15 MISERICORDIA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL • Main Floor halls, 16940-87 Ave •

780.432.6678; wands@web.net • Edmonton Art Club Show and Sale; Dec 1-Jan 26

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM–ST ALBERT • 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1528 • Wind Work, Wind Play: Weathervanes and Whirligis: over 30 pieces of wind-powered folk art from the collection of the Canadian Museum of Civilization • Oct 29-Jan 13

NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave

• 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Kelsey Stephenson (Etching); Nov 5-30; Reception: Nov 17, 2-4pm • Bound For Glory: featuring handmade, altered, and transformed books; Nov 15-Jan 6; Opening reception: Nov 15, 5-7pm

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304

Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery. com • Wanderlust: artwork by Scott Cumberland; Nov 15-Dec 4; Opening reception: Nov 15, 7-9pm (artist in attendance) • Return: artwork by Joseph Hartman; Nov 15-Dec 4; Opening reception: Nov 15, 7-9pm (artist in attendance)

PROPAGANDA HAIR SALON • 10808-124

St • The Model, the Mystic and the Muscle: 11 new paintings by outro; Nov 4-Jan 12

PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF ALBERTA

• 8555 Roper Rd • 780.427.1750 • provincialarchives.alberta.ca • The PeoPLe Who BuiLT aLBerTa: A Centennial for Alberta Workers: examining labour’s role in the growth and prosperity of the province • Sep 6-Dec 21

THEATRE 6.0: HOW HEAP AND PEBBLE TOOK ON THE WORLD AND WON • TransAlta Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave • fringetheatreadventures.ca • By the Northern Light Theatre. It's been five years since Heap Cruziack and Pebble Adverati last laced up their skates and ice-danced competitively. But now, in spite of the extinction of ice-rinks due to global warming, the world champions are intent on a glorious comeback • Nov 15-24 • $27 (opening night), $25 (adult); $20 (student, senior), $15 (preview - free for students), Tue evening is Pay What You Will at the door

CHIMPROV • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101 A

Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • First three Sat every month, 10pm, until Jul • $12 (door or buy in adv at Tix on the Square)

DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave •

780.433.3399 • die-nasty.com • The live improvised soap opera • Every Mon, until May, 7:30pm (subject to change) • Tickets at the box office

HEY LADIES! • The Roxy, 10708-124 St •

780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • The oLD roaD hoMe: artwork by Paul Jorgensen; Nov 3-15

780.453.2440 • theatrenetwork.ca • The wacked out, packed out talkshow/gameshow/varietyshow/ sideshow that's a good time for any/all of the sexes • Nov 16

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CANADIAN AUTHORS ASSOCIATION •

Campus Saint-Jean, Pavillon Lacerte, Rm 3-04, 8406 Marie-Ann-Gaboury St (91 St) • canauthorsalberta.ca • Fri Evening Presentations: 8 pm, Free (members, first time guests), $10 (returning guests) • Sat workshops: 9:30am-4pm; $40 (member), $70 (non-member); lunch included • Kathy Jessup presents: Taking Control - Preparing for a Successful Presentation and Soup to Nuts – A Performance Workshop; Nov 23-24

CARROT COMMUNITY ARTS COFFEEHOUSE • 9351-118 Ave • vzenari@gmail.com •

Prose Creative Writing Group • Every Tue, 7-9pm

HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB • 15120 Stony Plain

Rd • 780.915.8869 • Edmonton Story Slam: writers share their original, 5-minute stories; followed by a music jam • 3rd Wed every month, 7pm (sign-up); 7:30pm (show) • $5

RIVERDALE • 9917-87 St • Creative Word

Jam • Every 3rd Sun of the month, 6-10pm • facebook.com/group.php?gid=264777964410 E: creative.word.jam@gmail.com

ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St •

780.902.5900 • Poetry every Tue with Edmonton's local poets

T.A.L.E.S.–STRATHCONA • New Strathcona Library, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • 780.400.3547 • Monthly Tellaround: 4th Wed each month 7pm • Free

UPPER CRUST CAFÉ • 10909-86 Ave • 780.422.8174 • strollofpoets.com • The Poets’ Haven Weekly Reading Series: every Mon, 7pm; Presented by the Stroll of Poets Society • $5 WUNDERBAR ON WHYTE • 8120-101 St • 780.436.2286 • The poets of Nothing, For Now: poetry workshop and jam every Sun • No minors

10329-83 Ave • shadowtheatre.org • Four likably adrift New York misfits desperately seek companionship and a romantic anchorage • Nov 7-Nov 25, 7:30pm (2pm matinees)

MAX AND RUBY IN THE NUTCRACKER SUITE • Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Ave • jubi-

leeauditorium.com • It’s a glistening snowy winter evening and Max & Ruby have been anxiously waiting for the most spectacular event of the year: seeing the Nutcracker ballet with Grandma. Imagine their disappointment when a snow storm keeps them at home • Nov 18, 1pm & 4pm

OH SUSANNA! • Varscona Theatre • 10329-

83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • varsconatheatre.com/ ohsusanna • The Euro-style variety spectacle with Susanna Patchouli and her divine co-host Eros, God of Love! Laughs! Music! Cocktails! • Runs the last Sat each month, until Jul, 11pm (subject to occasional change)

THEATRESPORTS • Citadel Theatre, 9828 - 101 A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm NCIS • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, #2690, 8882-

170 St (West Edmonton Mall) • 780.484.2424, tf:1.877.214.2424 • jubilations.ca • Dr. Ducky and his colleague from Los Angeles, Hetty, are off to Canada to attend a conference with the Royal Canadian Navy investigative Services, where they run into trouble. Ducky is accused of committing murder and has been given until the end of the conference to prove his innocence • Oct 26-Jan 26

SMOKESCREEN • Catalyst Theatre, 8529 Gateway Boulevard • 780.439.3905 • concretetheatre. ca • An exploration of adolescent drug culture and the clash of values between Trent, a charismatic high school student and the adults in his life over the impact of his marijuana use • Nov 16, 1pm & 7:30pm; Nov 17, 2pm & 7:30pm • $19 (adult), St/Sn $16 (student, senior), Pay-What-You-Can (Nov 17); Tickets: Available at TIX on the Square, 780.420.1757, cash at the door

QUIRKY ART CAFE • 6535-111 St • Recent Portraits by Gerry Rasmussen; Oct 2-Nov 24

ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845-102

Ave • 780.453.9100 • fashioning feaThers: Dead Birds, Millinery Craft and the Plumage Trade; curated by Merle Patchett and Liz Gomez, show examines the effect of fashion's demand for beautiful feathers on bird populations at the beginning of the twentieth century; until Jan 6 • The Tsars' CaBineT: Two Hundred Years of Russian Decorative Arts under the Romanovs: Oct 6-Jan 2

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • 780.488.3619 • Artwork by Wendy Wacko; Nov 17-28

SNAP GALLERY • Society Of Northern Alberta Print-Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • The forMaTion of The WorLD: artwork by Fuki Hamada; Oct 25-Nov 24 STEPPES GALLERY • 1253 & 1259-91 St • Fractured Light: Featuring: Sandy Cross, Krista Hamilton, and Annette Siccotte • Oct 20-Nov 21; Reception: Nov 17 STRATHCONA COUNTY GALLERY@501

• 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • PhoTograPhy in a sTaTe of exCePTion: Documents of Contemporary War; Nov 2-Dec 21 • The Wordless Book and other deserts; Nov 2-Dec 21

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • STAR WARS Identities: The Exhibition: explores the amazing nature of human identity through the

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The restaurant is the brainchild of 2010 Gold Medal Plates winner Andrew Fung and his business partner Al Prokop, founder and managing partner at Blackhawk Golf Club. Fung began working with Prokop at the golf club, but the pair felt the menu was too well-received to keep Fung's talents confined to one location, deciding to expand it to a new venture that would present a fresh take on Canadian cuisine.

"The direction that we are going for is comfort, simple dishes, lots of braising and using as much Canadian product as possible," Fung explains of the concept, which is accentuated with warm neutral tones, refined atmosphere, contemporary design and a sleek, state-of-the-art open kitchen.

Fung first interviewed for the head chef position with Prokop's golf club eight years ago at age 24, but despite a well-received interview, Prokop felt Fung was too young at the time, encouraging him to come back once he had more experience. Fung, a graduate of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology's culinary arts program, continued to hone his craft, going on to compete in international culinary competitions, capturing the winning title at the Culinary World Cup in Luxembourg and several top prizes at the Food Hotel Asia competition in Singapore. To add to his extensive arsenal of culinary skills, Fung travelled across the Atlantic to work with French, German and Swiss cuisine as chef de parti at Hotel Engimatt in Zurich, Switzerland.

"I think I developed how to deal with people and have a bigger vision about running a business. Our relationship has grown really close and we have a common goal to make XIX better. We are hard working, humble and willing to listen," Fung adds.

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XIX, which is a clever nod to golf fans visiting the nineteenth hole after a round, will feature a small, yet diverse menu that will change to reflect seasonal ingredients. Fung, who has been cooking since he was 18, is serving up innovative fare such as Japanese baby back ribs, miso marinated Atlantic salmon, ahi tuna twists and confit chicken waffles, all delivered with impeccable presentation, the quality of ingredients and skill shining through.

"What sparked my interest in food most was, I don't come from a wealthy family; I never got the chance to eat buffet or any western kind of food in a hotel or fancy restaurant," Fung explains, adding his mother was a pivotal influence in his culinary beginnings. "I told myself, instead of waiting to go, why don't I learn to cook? Maybe this way I can get to taste what real and fancy French or Italian food tastes like.

My heritage plays a big role in my cooking: lots of spices and fresh herbs."

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Contrary to popular belief, there is no specific bean, bean blend or roast level for espresso. It is both a beverage and brewing method, meaning any variety of bean or roasting level can produce authentic espresso.

IT'S ALL IN THE PROCESS Espresso is brewed by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground, compacted coffee beans. The reddish-brown foam that forms on top as espresso is brewed is called crema.

The process of making espresso is known as "pulling" a shot, which comes from the days of early espresso machines, which involved pulling a lever to begin the brewing process.

SPEAKING OF SHOTS ...

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Inniskillin, Reif, Pelee Island and Hillebrand were Canada's first wineries to start making icewine on a commercial scale, and in just a few years Canada became the world's largest producer of icewine by a wide margin; even though it is still produced in its home country of Germany, temperatures there only get cold enough for icewine to be made a couple times in a decade.

Currently, 75 percent of Canada's icewine comes from Ontario's Niagara region, and 75 percent of that is made from Vidal—an American hybrid grape variety; Riesling and Cabernet Franc are also commonly used.

Lack of a cold-enough winter hasn't stopped some producers in warmer climates, who have attempted to boycott nature and cash in on the icewine gravy train by popping grapes in the freezer.

Thankfully, most nations prohibit the use of the trademarked term "icewine" on such products.

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SNOW ZONE // MARMOT BASIN

Opening weekend

Marmot Basin records its earliest season opener

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eep. Beep. Beep. I'm startled into consciousness. If it were any other day, I'd sleep for another three rounds of snooze, but not today.

No. On opening day, my first day on the hill since February, I jump from my bed, throw the blankets to the floor and sprint to the shower.

I rush through the wash and rinse cycle, skipping the repeat—anything to skim a few seconds off my morning routine.

I throw on my thermals, dust off my snow pants and attempt to jump in with both feet. There's no time for all of that one foot at a time nonsense.

But, despite trying to cut corners to catch the first chair, I was beat by a long shot. A group of diehards were at the mountain at 6:30 am, lined up and ready to go, and behind them

was a group who showed up at 8 am.

Now that's opening-day devotion!

And, boy, was it ever worth it to be on the hill at the beginning of November.

It was Marmot Basin's earliest opening ever, beating last year's record by just two days.

Gord Ruddy, a born and raised Jasperite who's been skiing Marmot for nearly 60 years, said although he wished the whole mountain was open, he was stoked to be on the hill so early in the season.

"It's totally awesome that we're up here.

"You gotta remember that it's November 9. We usually wouldn't be open until December 9," he said, crediting Marmot's snow guns for the early opening.

The guns and snow-making crew started working on a snow base for the lower mountain in mid-October, when the ideal weather conditions and temperatures—low humidity and about -12 C—presented themselves.

Since then, all 10 guns have been running around the clock, and they'll likely continue to do so until February 2013. That will help to both top up the natural snow on the mountain and to construct the terrain park.

Marmot has been making snow since 2006, when it invested about $1.8 million in a state-of-the-art snow-making system for the lower mountain area.

"We have a great base out there and it's only going to get better and better with all the snow that we're making," said Dave Gibson, president and CEO of Marmot Basin. "It's going to be a good start. It's going to be a really

good start, actually. An even better start than last year."

Last week, there was nearly double the mid-mountain snowpack that Marmot recorded on opening day in 2011. And it wasn't all man-made snow either. With a few big storms in late October, there was a good mix of both natural and man-made snow.

"Snow conditions are fantastic," said Brian Rode, vice-president of marketing and sales. "People can come up on their brand new equipment if they want to and there's no obstacles."

On Friday, the School House Triple Chair and the Eagle Express Quad Chair were running, with nine open runs.

Then on Saturday opening weekend took a turn for the worse, with mechanical issues on the Eagle Express leaving early risers waiting until the early afternoon to get up more than the School House chair.

"It was one of those things that you can't really predict," said Rode. "One of the bearings on the lift had to be replaced and you can't tell that these things need to be replaced, generally,

until they do have to be replaced.

"So we had to shut it down—you can't run it like that, safety comes first."

Marmot staff then worked themselves silly to fence and groom runs on the upper mountain, so that the Canadian Rockies Express chair could open instead.

"Our intention was to have that upper area open next Friday, or maybe

by Thursday, but as fate would have it, our hand was forced to speed that up."

To make up for the wait, skiers and boarders were given a deal on their lift passes for the day. Plus, in the end, they got to ski the upper mountain a week early.

"I think everybody left quite happy and now we have the Canadian Rockies Express and the Eagle Express operating," said Rode, crediting his staff for their hard work turning the day around.

By Sunday, things had calmed down and 30 runs were open. Rode said he expects that even more will open by the weekend.

For up to date snow reports, visit skimarmot.com.

NICOLE VEERMAN // NICOLE@VUEWEEKLY.COM

Marmot Basin opened nine runs November 9, for its earliest opening ever.

// Nicole Veerman

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ADVERTORIAL

Golden is not a typical tourist town.

This is a place where adventure tourism came with the railway, and where many of the residents in the town are descendants of the original tourism guides who had come from Switzerland. Tourism and adventure are in the hearts of this town and its people. This is a town with an amazing community spirit.

Golden is located between three mountain ranges, two rivers, and six mountain parks. With this ideal location, Golden offers year-round activities for lovers of the outdoors.

North America. Visitors can view the Wetlands’ wildlife from a canoe, from a stand-up paddle board, or through a tour. Perhaps you might see some osprey, blue heron, or a bald eagle.

Or maybe a black bear, an elk, or a beaver will appear. Kicking Horse Mountain Resort holds the world’s largest enclosed and protected grizzly bear habitat, The Grizzly Bear Refuge. Come here for a tour, and watch Boo, the orphaned grizzly, living in his natural habitat.

Winter is approaching. In Golden, this means resort skiing and boarding. It means heli-skiing and cat-skiing; indeed, Golden is the birthplace of heli-skiing, so where better to try this sport? There’s back-country skiing and over 20 back-country lodges; Nordic skiing (35 kilometres of groomed trails); and snowmobiling. Golden offers about 240 kilometres of groomed trails and 3 maintained mountain sledding areas, everyone from a beginner to an advanced snowmobiler can find a place. Do you like ice-fishing?

Ice-climbing? Here, you can have many Golden opportunities.

Joanne Sweeting, marketing manager of Tourism Golden, says that in winter, she enjoys skiing, both downhill and Nordic. Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, just up the mountain from Golden, boasts the highest vertical in the Rockies (1,250 metres) and more than 120 runs.

Golden truly is a world-class destination for skiing and other winter sports. Located near Lake Louise, Revelstoke, Panorama, and Sunshine, Golden is a great location for a multi-resort vacation.

Sooner or later, winter has to end, and then summer adventures begin. The change of seasons leads to more excitement and activities.

The Kicking Horse River offers superb whitewater rafting, and visitors can also try kayaking and canoeing.

While water happily supports many sports, it also offers a home to wildlife. Visitors can certainly visit and view the wildlife, too.

Over 200 species of birds and wildlife live in the Columbia Wetlands, the longest protected wetlands in

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People who enjoy hiking and biking can explore the many trails in the area, including the downhill bike park at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, and over 50 kilometres of maintained cross-country biking trails. For people who prefer to fly than walk, they can paraglide, hang-glide, or sky dive. Golden boasts the only mountain sky-diving jump site in North America. Furthermore, the nearby National Parks, such as Yoho, Glacier, and Kootenay, allow visitors to enjoy more options for mountain sports, including hiking.

In the summer, Joanne Sweeting enjoys visiting the farmers’ market. Here, she enjoys meeting with friends and neighbours, and buying local produce and goods.

For arts lovers, the free summer concert series is a favourite. A cinema, the Golden Museum, the Art Gallery of Golden, and the newly renovated historic Civic Centre offer many other opportunities for visitors to enjoy art and culture.

Then there’s the food. One of the highest restaurants in Canada,

which operates seasonally, is only a gondola ride away. In the town itself, a range of restaurants and cafés serve up wonderful meals.

If you befriend a local, perhaps you might learn the secrets of the best places to pick mushrooms and huckleberries.

The local beauty parlours, with their spa treatments, promise pampering and relaxation. Enjoying the stunning scenery around the town is another great way to relax.

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Families, particularly with small children, will enjoy the outdoor pool and kids’ spray park during the summer.

With all its summer and winter activities, this town is absolutely Golden.

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SNOW ZONE // WEATHER

Weather report

Prepare yourself for some epic snow storms

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re you wondering What do I think? what's in store for us this winWell, annually when I'm writing my ter season? I'm not a meteorologist, As well, climate models developed winter predictions there's very little but I've scoured the web and talked by tracking the 11-year solar cycle snow on the ground and I'm searchwith several mountain dwellers to are predicting the possibility of maing for positive signs for a snowy find out just what we're in for. jor weather impacts this winter. winter. Such is not the case this year.

The following is some background The Farmers' Almanac, which was A number of recent storms blanketand my take on what we might exslightly off on its predictions last ed the Rockies, Edmonton and Calpect to see this season. year, is predicting that Western gary and shovelling has become my The past two winters have been Canada will experience a mild winpre-season workout routine. Several La Niña winters. Recently, the ocean ter with normal snowfall except for Alberta mountain resorts are alsurface temperatures near the cenAlberta where several strong storms ready open, including Marmot Basin tral and eastern Pacific have slightly will push the snow accumulations which started its lifts last weekend warmed triggering the World Meabove normal. The Almanac is based on November 9, the earliest start on teorological Orrecord. ganization to deIf this is a result Western Canada will experience a mild winter with of the negative clare that a weak normal snowfall except for Alberta where several El Niño weather NAO, bring it on. pattern is develIn Marmot's case, strong storms will push the snow accumulations oping. Historicalit's much more a above normal. ly, estern Canada result of a great experiences mildsnow-making er temperatures system suppleand normal snow during an El Niño on an unbiased mathematical and menting Mother Nature's gifts. In winter, but several other weather astronomical formula dating back to particular, at the base near the lodge patterns, including the Arctic (AO), 1818 and has an accuracy rating near and lift lines, where a good base is Pacific Decadal (PDO) and North At80 percent, so it should never be required to withstand the early sealantic Oscillations (NAO), are paintdiscounted. Accuweather.com is callson onslaught of snow enthusiasts. ing a slightly different picture. All ing for a cold and snowy winter in It appears another epic year is three are negative this year. Typicalour region and the Wunderground. ahead and you can expect to find ly when the AO and PDO are negacom team is suggesting milder and me blazing first tracks near the tree tive, temperatures drop in Western drier air for the Pacific Northwest, lines the morning after these preCanada and a negative NAO slows although they do point out that sevdicted frequent storms.

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SNOW ZONE // PROFILE

Q&A: Geoff Powter

'Summit of Excellence' award winner talks mountain culture

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n examining the growth of mountain culture, there can perhaps be no better authorities than the Banff Mountain Festival's "Summit of Excellence" award recipients. These are people whose entire lives have been devoted to nurturing its development—people like Hans Gmoser, Chic Scott, Willi Pfisterer, Bernadette McDonald and many more.

This year's recipient, Geoff Powter, is a well-known journalist and clinical psychologist, who has spent 13 years at the helm of The Canadian Alpine Journal, climbed extensively in the Himalayas and the Rockies, and won 10 National Magazine Awards.

His exploration of the "inner ranges" challenges how we as a culture approach our sport, asking some of the hard questions about why we do what we do. Usually he's the one asking the questions, but following the awards I caught up with him and managed to get him to offer some answers.

VUE WEEKLY: What is the mental age of mountain culture in North America—if it were a human being, what would its maturity level be?

GEOFF POWTER: I think we're still in young adolescence. We're starting to figure out there's a broader world and expanding to meet the demands of that world. The mature mountain culture would understand that environment is just as much a part of the game as the sport aspects of it, and that sensible risk-taking is just as important as extreme risk-taking.

I think this festival is doing that a lot in the last few years—there's a lot more environmental stuff, functional stuff, sensitivity to the peoples and animals of the world. So I think we're growing up quite quickly.

experience that influenced your own personal development—shaping how you grew up in the sport?

GP: In 1988, I was on an expedition to Ama Dablam, a 23 000 foot peak in the Khumbu. One of our team members was killed in a fall and I had to descend in the dark, into unknown terrain, to find his body. I had only a few hundred feet of rope. I was moving by headlamp down loose and icy rock, and I had no sense where he might be. It took me an hour to get down to him, then I had to deal with that [he had fallen about 300 metres], and then I had to get back up to our lines as snow started to fall.

That experience (my first time in the Himalaya), changed me profoundly: I lost some of my innocence, searched hard to understand why I was interested in mountains in the first place, and learned how far I was willing, and able, to push myself. Professionally, it gave me a great deal more understanding about the ways that trauma affects people: how it can haunt one for years, but how you can also move on, wiser and more able to cope.

So drawing on your current studies into psychology and adventure, what do you think we can do to continue growing up?

GP: I'm really interested in why people take risks and how we measure risks, so that's a big part of what I think and write about. Another thing I'm really interested in now is the question of partnership—how people choose one another, how they relate, what's the chemistry between partnerships that really work and those that don't—and that's something that hasn't really been explored.

VW:

What excites you about adventure now, what interests you about

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Can you give an example of an

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the current state of mountain sport?

The most amazing thing that is happening is that the level of standards has simply leapt through the roof. There are incredible differences from the time I first started doing things in the mountains until now.

There's a much broader dimension to the sports—so there are all these sub-disciplines that didn't exist before and that's true in all the outdoor sports. There are small, very specific sub groups and it's very interesting to watch their development.

At the same time there's an ever-increasing awareness of how we can do the things we do with minimal impact.

Not every sport is living up to that but there's a growing awareness that wasn't there before.

GP:

Are there any other trends that have caught your attention recently?

GP: Certainly among the more dedicated mountain sports—and what I mean by that is rather than the sport versions, the practice versions, so rather than sport climbing, the more alpinism thing—what's happening is lighter, faster, harder, fuller, every dimension of the game is expanding.

And then there are these practitioners that are putting that all together to create these super pure versions of the sport, which are amazing to watch.

VW:

There has been no keener observer of these developments over the last several decades than Powter. The author of Strange and Dangerous Dreams: The Fine Line Between Adventure and Madness, will no doubt be there with his proverbial psychologist's couch to continue to help nurture mountain culture through the tricky phase of adolescence.

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FALLLINES LOCAL SKI HILLS OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Steady snowfall and the use of snow guns has allowed our local resorts to open early this season.

Sunridge has been open for a week, Rabbit Hill opens on Friday, November 16 and Snow Valley should be opening soon, if it's not already.

And they are all providing incredible deals in hopes of luring you in.

Rabbit Hill has the Tuesday night Sixes @ Six special that includes a lift ticket, rental and a meal, for just $6 each. I don't know of any other deal where you can ride and eat for under $20. On Fridays at Snow Valley after 5 pm, if you bring a Food Bank item, your lift pass is only $5 for the night.

And, Sunridge has a weeknight after 7 pm special for $10.

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It looks to me, if you're a little low on cash, you can still get in three nights of boarding or skiing for $35 at three different hills, just for the sake of variety.

Also, I know some of the hills are still looking for workers, so if you want a job with great winter perks, give them a call.

OPEN: MARMOT, SUNSHINE, LOUISE

Last weekend, for the first time in history, all three of our Alberta Rocky Mountain Resorts opened their doors to enthusiastic skiers and snowboarders.

Sunshine and Lake Louise traditionally open this time of year, but for Marmot Basin, this is the earliest opening weekend ever. And since it recently announced that its closing weekend will be in early May, Marmot will be operating for

seven months this winter.

There was no major lift improvement work carried out at these three resorts this summer, although they did spend a lot of cash on the Lodges and near base area.

Marmot Basin renovated its main washroom area by the cafeteria. I hear the ladies will be quite pleased with theirs. As well, the skimarmot.com web page has been rebuilt with many new online features.

Mountain operations at Lake Louise put in a couple of Magic Carpet-type surface lifts near the base. I'm told they can't be called Magic Carpets because that's a trademark, but they are very similarâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;you just step onto a moving surface that carries you back up the slope. These surface lifts make learning a lot more enjoyable, and now all three resorts have them installed. V

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SNOW ZONE // THE OFT-FORGOTTEN

Working

Imagine this:

it's a powder day and it just happens to be your day off. You even took a Tylenol and drank some water before bed, so you woke up bright and early with a clear head. And now, you're Marmot Basin-bound, with one thing on the brain: first chair.

With that one-track mind screaming "POW. POW. POW." and egging you out of your bed and behind the wheel, there isn't a second spared to think of those fine folks who aren't quite as lucky as you—the people stuck serving you and keeping you safe while you shred.

But the thing is, before you even get up the hill, you run into a ton of them: the barista at your favourite coffee shop, the ticket sales person, the rental assistant and the liftie.

And, then there are the guys and gals you don't even see: the snow plow operators, the groomers and, if you're lucky, the ski patrollers.

It takes a lot of people on the frontlines and behind the scenes to provide you with the best possible mountain experience, and yet, those are the people who are so easily forgotten.

for you

The guys and gals behind your mountain adventure

Annavic The first stop on any ski bum's trek up the hill is the coffee shop to get some pre-mountain grub. That's where you'll meet Annavic Balita.

If you're heading up to Marmot, you'll likely hit the Other Paw Bakery, as it's open early and it's on the main drag.

There, you might run into a smiling Annavic Balita. She's been in Jasper for two years and hasn't yet strapped her feet on a board or a set of skis.

Balita is from Makati, Philippines. "I came to Jasper to make a better future for my family," she says, noting that she has a 10-year-old son and a husband in her home country.

On a typical winter day, she said she serves plenty of ski bums making their way up the mountain.

"Sometimes they're here at exactly 6 am, when I open," she says with a giggle. "They want their coffee, a sticky bun or baked goods.

"Most of my morning customers are from the hill."

Tristan

Once up the road, the next person you'll see—depending if you own your own gear or not—is a rental assistant.

If you're really lucky, you might even get Tristan Britton, Marmot's rental supervisor.

Britton moved to Jasper six years ago from Regina, Saskatchewan. He, like many other Marmot staff, was drawn by the allure of the mountain. But, for

Tristan Britton, Marmot's rental supervisor, spends his work days ensuring skis and boards are safe and well-fitting, so that the people renting them can have a wicked day on the hill.

Around 6 am each morning, snow plow driver Greg Mullen clears the way up to Marmot. Without him, and guys like him, the journey would be long and treacherous, not to mention dangerous.

Rather than leaving them forgotten, Vue would like to introduce you to a few of those hardworking people, so that next time you see them, you can give them a well-deserved high-five.

Greg After acquiring a coffee and white chocolate raspberry scone from Balita, you'll get to enjoy the handiwork of Greg Mullen, one of Parks Canada's snowplow operators.

Mullen is a born and raised Jasperite who plows roads during the winter and drives a garbage truck during the summer.

For the past six years, he's been plowing the road up to the mountain. When he starts his shift at 6 am, he said the Marmot road is his first priority.

"Generally, I get up there before the staff goes up, that way nobody goes in the ditch," he says.

"I'm just trying to keep people safe."

It can take up to an hour to do a round trip, both plowing and sanding, and sometimes, when the snow is hammering down hard, it can take even longer.

"In a storm it's pretty stressful," says Mullen, explaining that with the plow down, snow flies up onto the windshield making it hard to see.

Like Balita, Mullen has never skied, but, even so, he says the Marmot road is always a priority for him: "There are thousands of people going up there, so it needs to be safe."

him, Marmot wasn't just any ski hill, it was the mountain he learned to board on.

"My first trip to a mountain from the prairies was to Marmot Basin," he says. "I was 17, and it left a good taste in my mouth, so I came back."

Working in rentals, Britton ensures the people on the hill are provided with skis and boards that are safe and comfortable.

Once he gets people geared-up, he hands them off to the ticket sales representative.

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<< Meet more of the people behind your mountain adventures on the previous page

Working Casey

for you

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Although ticket sales may seem like a boring job, you can count on Casey Lambert to do it with a smile.

Depending on the day, the person behind the ticket counter might just be Casey Lambert of New Castle, Australia.

Lambert moved to Jasper on Christmas Day last year. At the time, she was in search of a Canadian mountain town, where she could spend the winter on her board.

She picked Jasper because it seemed to be the friendliest town out of the bunch, and, since arriving nearly a year ago, she says her original perception has proven true: "Everyone is really nice. It's a really nice, familyoriented town."

As well as working for Marmot selling tickets, Lambert works as a server for Mountain Park Lodges and Papa Georges.

Despite her busy schedule, she said she always makes time for the mountain.

"Oh! I fit it in," she says with a grin.

With your ticket in hand, there's only one thing left to do: shred.

So, you gear up and head to the lift to be scanned by a liftie like Melbourne, Australia's Andy Brand.

Brand has been in Jasper since October 2010.

"I came for the chance to ski on proper snow," he says, noting that Australia's ski season is unpredictable.

"It can be really good one season and

Andy In many ways, lifties are the frontline people on the hill, so they're the ones that field all of the questions and sometimes ridiculous complaints. It's a job that never gets dull, says Andy Brand, Marmot's lift operations supervisor.

complete dirt the next."

After three years with Marmot, Brand is now the lift operations supervisor. That means, he's the guy who ensures the lifts are running safely, and it also means he's the guy that fields hilarious complaints from skiers and boarders.

"I've had everything from the snow's too white to things like, I fell over on the ramp because it's too icy," he says.

"There's never a dull moment."

Gord Groomers like Gord Trenholm work until 2 am, moving all of the snow that was pushed to the sides and bottom of the mountain back up to the top. They're also responsible for the beautiful corduroy finish that skiers and boarders find in the morning.

Once scanned, approved and up the lift, that's when you finally get to appreciate the work of Marmot's groomers, a group of guys who move all the snow that's been pushed to the sides and bottom of a run, back up the hill.

Gord Trenholm, who's in his seventh season driving a snow cat for Marmot, says that in the beginning it felt like he was driving a house: "At first it was super intimidating, but once you get used to it, it's more like driving a golf cart."

Trenholm, who is originally from Nova Scotia, has

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been in Jasper for 32 years.

While he works, he listens to rock and blues tunes on satellite radio. Sometimes he even brings his dog along to keep him company.

On any given night, Marmot has four to five groomers working 10-hour shifts to make sure there's a layer of corduroy on the mountain come morning.

That way, when the diehards show up with their one-track minds thinking "first chair," the hill is already primed for a great day of skiing.

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PREVUE // SPIRIT MUSIC

Strong in spirit

Xavier Rudd uncovers his Australian homeland Mon, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 20 (8 pm) With Good Old War Horowitz Theatre, $45

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usic is not simply about churning out records for Australian multi-instrumentalist Xavier Rudd. Rather, it's a continuous journey of discovery and spiritual connection, carrying with it a message that cannot be ignored.

Spirit Bird is the latest instalment in this profound and ever-evolving journey. Rudd's seventh studio album is arguably his most innovative to date as it revisits the rich history of the homeland he holds dear, while breaking new ground as he embraces the future. Within its complex instrumental arrangements and simplistic yet exquisitely crafted lyrics, Spirit Bird paints vivid imagery of Australia's rich culture and diverse landscape, while weaving in contemporary and traditional accompaniment, seamlessly matching bluesy guitars with a pulsing yidaki—that's a didgeridoo to us non-Aussies.

Rudd, also a prolific activist, finds a sense of wonder and connection to the world around him that many ignore, or are simply too skeptical to connect with as they hurry through their day-to-day routines.

Ever the free spirit, Rudd allows his music to ebb and flow as it pleases, allowing planning to give way to emotion.

"I just sort of let it flow and Spirit Bird was a very powerful time. It was a real gift, really, that time, and a lot of wisdom came from it, and because of that the album is very close to my heart," Rudd says casually over the phone.

An experience that stands out in particular—eventually leading to the title of the album—involves a Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, an endangered species of bird native to Australia that Rudd has held near and dear since childhood. His admiration for the birds has brought him to devote a great deal of time to the Kaarakin Black Cockatoo Rehab Centre.

While driving through the Kimberely area of Western Australia, Rudd had the sudden urge to get out of the truck he was travelling in. He saw several Red-tailed Black Cockatoos sitting in a tree, noting they're usually quite flighty birds, but in this case, one locked eyes with him and began to screech.

"As she did, these memories came

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flashing through my mind, but they weren't my memories. They were places and things I'd never seen and that night I wrote the lyrics in the sand at the beach and it was pretty profound, pretty emotional," he recalls with a sense of disbelief at the whole experience, adding that the song almost didn't make it on the album until the back end came pouring out during the recording process. "It was really emotional again and the song was finished and the next morning I realized that when that was happening it was about midday Western Australia time and that's when the police moved in on James Price Point and dragged the traditional owners and protestors off their land and acquired the land through force, so I felt like the country was calling and definitely come through me."

During Rudd's next trip to the Kimberely, where he spent several weeks camping with his two children, Rudd recalls seeing Redtailed Black Cockatoos every morning and every night, adding that according to aboriginal culture, the birds represent ancestors. At the end of the trip, one of the cockatoos dropped a feather, which is now situated on the cover of Spirit Bird.

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However, despite the undertones of activism and change in Rudd's music as he delves into spirituality, environmentalism and the rights and culture of aboriginal people, he doesn't aim to express any one thing in particular.

"My music is just a reflection of how I feel and what I'm saying is absolutely the truth. The oppression of our aboriginal people still stands today and it stands in Canada as well," Rudd explains, his passion for the cause evident in the rise of his otherwise calm voice.

"There's been no real reconciliation or real effort to just properly respect the spirit of these people and to really make amends for the destruction and that all should be built through relationships... Australia and Canada are very powerful nations in terms of Aboriginal spirit and the sacred stories that live in the land. It doesn't matter what bloodline you are, that spirit is going to move through anyone that's on that land."

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PREVUE // ALBUM REVISITED

Foam Lake Thu, Nov 22 (8 pm) Avenue Theatre

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rotherly bonds—literally—are at the centre of Saskatoon-based four-piece Foam Lake, a band that furthers the family ties with its moniker, named for the small town in Saskatchewan where the band's mother's family once lived.

Music always seemed to be in the cards for Tyler, Kalen, Paul and Barrett Ross, who grew up listening to their father's staggering vinyl collection, featuring titles from the likes of Bob Dylan, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Tom Waits and everything in between.

"He's basically an audiophile and he's just got everything you could think of for the most part. The first album he ever bought me was Purple Rain on vinyl," chuckles Paul over the phone during a break from his day job doing "odds and ends" at the University of Saskatchewan. "He also had this kind of strange streak where he was into kind of new-wave bands like the Cure and the Smiths and, you know, Joy Division ... and then he was into Velvet Underground and that kind of Lou Reed stuff. It just keeps going, it was endless."

Foam Lake came together in 2008, and while the four brothers continue

to record with various side projects, Paul says it only expands their sonic palette. The band's sound, which has indie-rock roots but seemingly no boundaries, delivers a sense of polished sophistication on its latest album Force and Matter, which is being re-released by Aporia Records with two bonus tracks, "The Fall" and "Bus Stop."

The bonus tracks had been recorded in the original process of making Force and Matter, but Paul says at the time, they didn't fit the overall feel of the record as cohesively as the band would have liked.

"What we did is we put the old version and then just kind of spruced up a few things, some of the sounds because the overall sound of the album had changed since we had demoed those or done the first version of them, so they got a bit of a facelift, but not much," Paul explains. "We like the songs, so to hold onto them and not release them, you're always wondering how it would go if you actually spent the time finishing them off."

A re-release is a tough sell, but Paul hopes the bonus tracks can attract fans, and that the album can even reach new ones who didn't catch it the first time around. Foam Lake hasn't stopped moving forward, though.

Paul notes that new tracks are already

in the works—some of which have even made it into the band's current set list.

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PREVUE // COVER ME

Walk Off The Earth

Thu, Nov 22 (8 pm) Starlite Room, $22.50

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ne hundred thirty-eight million, six hundred fifty-two thousand, one hundred and eighty two. As of Tuesday morning, that's the number of times that Walk Off The Earth's cover of "Somebody That I Used To Know" has been watched on YouTube. The cover song and accompanying video—with all five band members crowded around the same guitar, playing it together as a unit, generating melody and percussion alike—is almost as iconic as the Gotye song it's covering (almost—the original, for the record, sits at a kingly 344 910 914 YouTube views as of Tuesday).

The cover turned out to be an effective launchpad for the Burlington, ON five-piece, a band that trades in plenty of covers alongside its own original material over the past five years—there are some 72 videos up on the band's YouTube account. Still, vocalist Sarah Blackwood notes that she didn't have any inkling

this might be the one to reach the stratospheric levels it has.

"We thought, 'Oh, this video's OK,'" she recalls with a chuckle. "Definitely not the best we've ever done. ... Gianni [Luminati] had had the idea for the five people on one guitar for a long time. We'd made a ton of videos before we made that video, with different ideas, even though the idea was there."

Still, predicted or not, its success let Walk Off The Earth sign a somewhat loose contract with Columbia Records, retaining its general independence while expanding its reach—"We just now have a bigger marketing outlet," Blackwood states.

"People have been doing this for years and years and years," she continues, on the draw of covers. "Elvis's entire career was based on him singing other people's songs. It's nothing new; I think nowadays it's just more apparent because people do it all over YouTube, and everybody watches YouTube. Back in the day Elvis put out a song, and you're like, this is Elvis, But really, it's some dude from New Orleans who wrote a song that was awesome or whoever else wanted to make their songs big at the time. It's been going on for years."

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS

PAUL BLINOV

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WAR STORY

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Asking Alexandria

Fri, Nov 16 (5 pm) With Suicide Silence, As I Lay Dying, Atilla, Memphis May Fair Edmonton Event Centre, $46.75 While on the road, it's inevitable that bands rack up a plethora of interesting tales, whether it be from a night of partying, onstage disasters or a tour bus breaking down in the middle of nowhere.

However, nothing prepared Asking Alexandria's lead guitarist Ben Bruce for what he witnessed while on a particular tour with Avenged Sevenfold. He shared the details with Vue.

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Well, where to start? I have too many crazy stories to choose from. There is one, however, that sticks out in my mind above all others. It may not be the craziest, but it has left me scarred. It was November 2011, we just finished our set on the Avenged Sevenfold tour.

We were obviously knackered, hot, sweaty and in need of a quiet sitdown on the bus, just to relax and re-collect ourselves after the show. I had noticed that Tyler, our stage hand wasn't on the side of the stage with our towels as he usually is when we finish the set. I fig-

He looked like the fucking Cheshire Cat on cocaine!

ured he was probably busy helping our sound guy or one of our techs or something and thought nothing of it.

Myself and James wander back to our bus, panting and tired after the show.

Sitting in a quiet bus with a water after you come off stage is possibly one of the most rewarding feelings you can experience. It gives you time to cool off and just reflect on the show, so obviously we don't want any interruptions for a while. Me and James walk onto our bus and sit down. The bus is rocking,

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back and forth, rather violently. "What the fuck is that?" We walk to the back of the bus to find Tyler on the sofa, not doing his job, not wanking, not even having sex as you might have assumed.

Nope, Tyler was in the back lounge with a girl, going to town with an 18-inch, double-ended ... let's just call it "Pleasure Rod." The grin on his face was unforgettable, he looked like the fucking Cheshire Cat on cocaine! Suffice to say that our relaxing, reflection period was ruined, but at least it makes for a great, all be it strange, memory! V

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A certified organic recording

Bill Bourne and Tippy Agogo take a natural approach didn't measure up, but rather the 10 tracks we used seemed to belong together—just a feeling, really. The album could have been anything, but the music showed us the way. The songs seemed to speak up for themselves.

Sat, Nov 17 (7 pm) Avenue Theatre, $24.75 For Bill Bourne and Tippy Agogo, the approach to songwriting and recording is best when kept in its most natural, fly-bythe-seat-of-your-pants state.

The duo's latest endeavour is Amoeba Collective, a disc that combines their talents with that of guitarist Madagascar Slim and drummer Michelle Josef for a blend of blues, rock, world beat, hip hop, electroacoustic and even a little country. Bourne and Agogo took the time to tell Vue about the recording process before their upcoming Edmonton release show at Avenue Theatre.

How long did it take to make Amoeba Collective from the initial songwriting through to the end of the recording?

BILL BOURNE: "Tin Metal" was written in 1979, "Scarecrow" was 1997—most of the songs are babes, though. We recorded in June 2010 and finished mixing in June 2012. We worked in fits and starts whenever we were off the road at the same time in a few late-night postproduction sessions.

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VW: When

you were writing the songs, did you come at them in a particular way? Lyrics first?

Music first?

BB: Songs can appear in any number of ways: some music first, some words first, some are inspired—these are the songs where music and lyrics manifest simultaneously.

The writing process seems to have infinite variations. One stumbling block in songwriting seems to be premeditation.

Then again, some writers will argue the exact opposite is true.

VW:

Did the songs come from

one person fully formed, or were they sketches that were then filled out as a group?

BB: Tippy and I each brought an equal number of songs to the project. Generally, the songs stand by themselves, but when the band is involved, wow, it's suddenly like a bright and colourful flower is in full bloom.

Madagascar Slim, Michelle Josef and Donato Scipioni, these people are virtuosos. The sonic possibilities are multi-faceted.

It's an exciting moment, hearing the band kick in on a song for the first time. We purposely didn't rehearse, mostly because we treasure the energy of live performance in recording. This resulted in some magical moments on the album. We added Tom Mennier later on the three songs that seemed to ask for something special—keys and piano.

What were the recording sessions like for this album? Is this the kind of thing you recorded live or did you piece it together one track at a time?

Why? BB: We tried to keep it as live as possible. For the most part, with the exception of two or three tracks, we kept the first takes as the album. The entire process with our producer, Darryl Neudorf, was 100-percent certified organic. No plan. Nothing falling short of anything.

Technically it's a lot like jazz.

The songs are a vehicle and the objective is to be creative in the moment. The overall vibe was up—and we feel the album reflects that kind of open-minded philosophy.

VW:

VW: Were there any other songs written that were left off the album?

BB: Yes, we recorded several songs that were ruled out in the end, not so much that they

VW: How did you decide which songs to include on the album?

Did you have an idea of what you wanted Amoeba Collective to be when you started, or did the finished shape emerge as the writing and recording went along?

BB: Again, this was an organic, or natural, process. We really had no idea what the record would be like. We'd had a few live gig experiences with the group that were a gas, so we went forward with those experiences in mind.

It was a three-day recording session. The bass player we wanted had cancelled, so Darryl called in his neighbour, Donato.

He arrived as the session began.

We were all flying by the seat of our pants, which we feel is the best way to fly anyway.

VW: You worked with Darryl Neudorf to produce the album.

What drew you to him and what did he bring to the process?

TIPPY AGOGO: I have known and worked with Darryl since before the early Sarah McLachlan days in Vancouver. Around the time Darryl was drumming with 54-40. Bill and I talked about working with him for this project, which was renamed Amoeba Collective, (NRKLWRKS was our name when we recorded my last record, which Bill played on the first five improvised tracks).

Beyond the long-standing friendship, Darryl understands the process of creating a "certified organic fusion feast," and is a great recording engineer and a beautiful human being.

Essential ingredients.

If you were to trace the musical map that led you to Amoeba Collective, what would it look like?

BB: Well, you go pan-Canada, which is made of the world.

You start in Edmonton, then go to Toronto, and you pick up a great pianist in Montréal. Each of us has had a wide-scoped musical journey and we draw from our library of collective experiences. V VW:

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NEWSOUNDS

FRI, NOV 16, AVENUE THEATRE

PAPER LIONS

W/ LES JUPES, DANIEL & THE IMPENDING DOOM

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"Bound to Lose" and the instrumental dreamscape of the title track, which wouldn't feel too out of place on a Shout Out Out Out Out album, actually—but it's a welcome shift in pace when it comes. A pretty fantastic pop record all in all, adept at encasing endless hooks in unrelenting instrumental brio, and one with its sights set beyond the city borders: Wilson just signed to Mint records, setting Sugarglider up for much wider exposure in 2013.

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THE WOODEN SKY

W/ WILDLIFE, & AYLA BROOK

FRI, NOV 30, AVENUE THEATRE

W/ WILD ROSE ORCHESTRA & THE FUZZ KINGS

TOM FUN ORCHESTRA SAT, DEC 1, AVENUE THEATRE

W/ PISTOLS AT 20 PACES, & FACE FIRST

KINGDOOM FRI, DEC 7, THE ARTERY

W/ RYAN MCMAHON

WIL TUES, DEC 11, THE HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB

MIKE PLUME, SOLO SHOW

 John Antoniuk, who until now has recorded and performed under the name Smokekiller, has shed that moniker to release the highly personal and touching album, Always With You—a tribute to his mother Marlene, who passed away in 2010. Always With You opens with the touching track "Holding On (For Marlene)," a heartfelt ode to the woman Antoniuk lost. Each song on the album has a touch of sadness, but also hope. Antoniuk's vocals and songwriting abilities are front and centre, telling carefully and lovingly crafted stories of those important to him. Moving between bluesy, country-tinged tunes and simple, acoustic guitar-driven folk ballads, Always With You is a finely-crafted record that proves sometimes, simple really is best.

Renny Wilson Sugarglider (Old Ugly)  Renny Wilson's approach to resurrecting the funky whiteboy pop of the past seems to be rooted in both knowing winks and whole-hearted sincerity. What that means is that his Sugarglider debut is both fun and immaculately crafted: opener "By and By" has a bass line that ripples like a waterbed and saxophone blasts that come and go like fond, fleeting memories of pillow talk. Sweeeet. It's a masterful mood that Wilson sets and commands throughout the album's 10 tracks: "Feel Like a Child" is perhaps the most perfectly realized, walking a strutting bass line and airy vocal hook through one of the best pop jams of the year.

Things get a little bit more Kraftwerk-like in the album's mids—the one-two punch of the electro-tinged

John Antoniuk Always With You (Independent)

Propagandhi Failed States (Epitaph) @VueWeekly: Some say political angst, anger & dedication trickles with age, Propagandhi are definitely not these people.

Adrian Sherwood Survival & Resistance (On U Sounds) @VueWeekly: Trippy & dubbed out mellow wobbler for a Sunday morning.

Loops on loops. For fans of #LeeScratchPerry #MassiveAttack #ThieveryCorp

The Album Leaf Torey's Distraction (Original Soundtrack) (No Physical Release) @VueWeekly: The Album Leaf doing its instrumental thing. Lush and thoughtful, which in this case is quite appropriate. Being a soundtrack and all.

Lawless Original Soundtrack(Sony) @VueWeekly: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds might be unable to produce a bad soundtrack. Raw, rugged & old-timey. Reckon you should get it right now.

Various artists Re-Machined: A Tribute to Deep Purple's Machine Head (Eagle)  Tribute albums tend to be hit-ormiss affairs, tenuously tying together a bunch of artists on one record. It doesn't make for much consistency, and just like with so many others, this tribute to Deep Purple's Machine Head has its highs, its bland middle and its lows. The lows: a muddy live take of "Highway Star" from Chickenfoot, with Sammy Hagar cheesing up the vocals to the extreme, and a stiff bar-band version of "Lazy" from vocalist Jimmy Barnes and guitarists Brad Whitford and Joe Bonamassa. The middle: Black Label Society turning "Pictures of Home" into something that sounds just like a BLS tune, and an awkward, thin-sounding take on "Space Truckin'" from Iron Maiden.

The highs: Metallica tackling the Machine Head B-side "When a Blind Man Cries," rising from slow and moody to a crushing stomp, and a truly bizarre version of "Smoke on the Water" from the Flaming Lips. Really, it's the Flaming Lips alone that does something truly interesting, turning the song on its side rather than just playing out childhood dreams on a by-the-record cover version. If nothing else, this is a track that should be heard for what a band can do to turn a song that seems an odd fit off the top into something entirely new and perfectly suited to the group.

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PREVUE // PET SOUNDS

Joseph Lai

Sun, Nov 18 (3 pm) The 2nd Annual Manson Memorial Fundraising Concert Holy Trinity Anglican Church

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ince the early days of human history, dogs have been at man's side for better or worse, and this devoted relationship holds true to the one shared between local composer Joseph Lai and his dog Manson.

Unfortunately, Lai was faced with the difficult decision of euthanizing his beloved dog, a 15-and-a-half year old shepherd-collie cross, who had

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been at his side since had adopted her from the Edmonton Humane Society when she was approximately one year old.

"I can certainly say she taught me a lot in terms of how to be more human, about being patient, being caring ... she was very, very intelligent and she was basically my most devoted companion during my life at that time and probably the most important facet of my life," Lai recalls fondly.

Since the Edmonton Humane Society had provided him with such a steadfast companion, Lai decided he

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CAFÉ HAVEN Music every Thu: this week with Emily Seal and guests; 7pm

NORTH GLENORA HALL Jam by Wild Rose Old Time Fiddlers every Thu

CARROT CAFÉ Zoomers Thu afternoon open mic; 1-4pm

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Night with DJ Nanuck; no minors; 10pm (door); no cover

LA CITE FRANCOPHONE Edmonton Opera presents "Shelter"; Nov 15-18; $55

NEW CITY LEGION Karaoke From The Crypt: Hosted By: Brendan Fraser; 18+; 8pm (doors), No cover

wanted to do his own part in giving back to the organization, which he learned does not receive any government funding. The organization has also provided him with his newest four-legged friend, Ravel, a 19-monthold, 140 lb shepherd-rottweiler "puppy" who he believes might have some Newfoundland or Bermise genetics to account for his monstrous size.

"While I was physically able to do so, I wanted to do something in my own unique way to raise money for the Humane Society," Lai notes. "It's a gorgeous facility and it's one of the few facilities where there's a no-kill principle."

In coming years, Lai plans to invite fellow musicians he performed with during Manson's lifetime to share the stage with him, but at this year's show, he'll be performing solo on the piano. His performance repertoire will come from musical scores he learned during Manson's lifetime as well.

"It's just under an hour long, so for people who are not die-hard, hardcore classical music lovers, it'll be somewhat short and painless," he jokes, adding he's keeping the specifics of the lineup under wraps—for now.

SHERLOCK HOLMES– WEM Party Hog; Nov 15-17

MARYBETH'S COFFEE HOUSE–Beaumont Open mic every Thu; 7pm

BOHEMIA New Music Edmonton presents: Boreal Electro-Acoustic Music Festival (BEAMS)

DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Thu at 9pm

LP

BLACKJACKS

HALO Fo Sho: every Thu with Allout DJs DJ Degree, Junior Brown

ROADHOUSE–NISKU Alzheimer Fundraiser Featuring The Ride; 8pm

KAS BAR Urban House: every Thu with DJ Mark Stevens; 9pm

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Backyard Betties; 8:3010:30pm

LEVEL 2 LOUNGE Funk Bunker Thursdays

BLUES ON WHYTE Cece Teneal; Nov 12-17

LUCKY 13 Sin Thu with DJ Mike Tomas

BRIXX BAR Early Show: DeSousa Drive; 6pm; Late Show: XoXo to follow (every Fri)

ON THE ROCKS Salsaholic: every Thu; dance lessons at 8pm; salsa DJ to follow OUTLAWS ROADHOUSE Wild Life Thursdays OVERTIME–Downtown Thursdays at Eleven: Electronic Techno and Dub Step RENDEZVOUS Metal night every Thu TAPHOUSE–St Albert Eclectic mix every Thu with DJ Dusty Grooves THIRSTY CAMEL The Sinder Sparks Show; every Thu; 8 - 12pm UNION HALL 3 Four All Thursdays: rock, dance, retro, top 40 with DJ Johnny Infamous WILD BILL’S–Red Deer TJ the DJ every Thu and Fri; 10pm-close

FRI NOV 16 ATLANTIC TRAP AND GILL The Derina Harvey Band; Nov 16-17

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK The Ruminators; 9:30pm; No cover CARROT Live music every Fri: this week with Marco Claveria; all ages; 7pm; $5 (door) CASINO EDMONTON Colleen Rae; Nov 16-17 CASINO YELLOWHEAD Suite 33; Nov 16-17 CENTURY CASINO Larry Branson: A tribute to Roy Orbison; Nov 16-17 COAST TO COAST Open stage every Fri; 9:30pm COMMON Good Fridays Presents: DJ Hedspin (2011 World Redbull 3 Style Champion Eh! Team DJs); $8 DEVANEY'S Mark McGarigal; Nov 16-17 DV8 The Matadors with Hellcat and The Prowl + Hellfire Special EDMONTON EVENT CENTRE Asking

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Alexandria with As I Lay Dying, Suicide Silence & Memphis May Fire; All ages; 5pm (doors) ELEVATION ROOM– TRANSCEND COFFEE Mike

Edel, Jordan Klassen, Simon Hoskyn; 8pm; $10

EMPIRE BALL ROOM Tydi with Myon and Shane 54; 9pm

FRI NOV 16

THE FLASH JAM CD RELEASE

W/ MARS&VENUS, SEVENTH RAIN, MOST OF AUGUST SAT NOV 17

Doors @ 6

ETOWN BEATDOWN RANDY GRAVES LAST SHOW, W/ SUBMERGE

COMEBACK KID W/ BACKTRACK, EXPIRE & SECRET RIVALS

GOOD NEIGHBOR PUB T.K. and the Honey Badgers every Fri; 8:30-midnight; no cover HORIZON STAGE– SPRUCE GROVE Barney Bentall; 7:30pm; $30 (adv)

JEFFREY'S CAFÉ Jeff Hendrick; $10 JEKYLL AND HYDE PUB Headwind (classic pop/ rock); every Fri; 9pm; no cover JOHN L. HAAR THEATRE Dan Skakun Quintet; 7:30pm; $20 (adults), $15 (students/seniors; 55+)

TUES NOV 20

LIZARD LOUNGE Rock 'n' roll open mic every Fri; 8:30pm; no cover

GALLOWS

W/ BARNBURNER & DESIDERATA

NEW WEST HOTEL 4'S A Crowd; Nov 12-17 ON THE ROCKS JK and the Static; Nov 16-17 OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK Dueling Piano's, all request live; 9pm-2am every Fri and Sat; no cover

THURS NOV 22

ON TOUR WITH THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

THE REBIRTH BRASS BAND

NEW ORLEANS BRASS INSTITUTION & 2012 GRAMMY AWARD WINNERS - DOORS 10 PM

THURS FEB 14

JUST ANNOUNCED

ENSLAVED WINTER RITE 2013 TOUR

W/ PALLBEARER & ANCIENT WISDOM FOR TICKETS- PLEASE VISIT WWW.YEGLIVE.CA

SAT NOV 17

FREE SHOW 4PM

DEMOCRAFUNK W/ JOEY D

SUNDAYS 40 MUSIC

FESTIVAL PLACE Alison Brown Quartet; 7:30pm

IRISH CLUB Jam session every Fri; 8pm; no cover

SUN NOV 18

STAND UP COMEDY

EXPRESSIONZ CAFE Uptown Folk Club Open Stage; 6:30pm (registration); 7pm (show)

PAWN SHOP The Flash Jam with Mars and Venus and Seventh Rain along with Most Of August; 8pm; $10 (adv)

PUB 1824 Live music every Fri & Sat RED PIANO BAR Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Fri; 9pm2am ROSE AND CROWN PUB Neil MacDonald; Nov 16-17 SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Stan Gallant; Nov 15-17 SHERLOCK HOLMES– WEM Party Hog; Nov 15-17 SIDELINER'S PUB Dual Xhaust; 9pm; No cover STARLITE ROOM Klub OMFG Welcome Back Party; 9pm (doors)

BUDDY’S DJ Arrow Chaser every Fri; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm BUFFALO UNDERGROUND R U Aware Friday: Featuring Neon Nights CHROME LOUNGE Platinum VIP every Fri THE COMMON Boom The Box: every Fri; nu disco, hip hop, indie, electro, dance with weekly local and visiting DJs on rotation plus residents Echo and Shortround THE DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Fri; 9pm ELECTRIC RODEO– Spruce Grove DJ every Fri

WILD BILL’S–Red Deer TJ the DJ every Thu and Fri; 10pm-close

FILTHY MCNASTY'S Shake yo ass every Fri with DJ SAWG

YARDBIRD SUITE Dawn Tyler Watson and Paul Deslauriers; Nov 16-17; 8pm (doors), 9pm (show); $20 (members), $24 (guests)

FLUID LOUNGE Hip hop and dancehall; every Fri

Classical ALL SAINTS' ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL Divertimento for Brass; 8pm LA CITE FRANCOPHONE Edmonton Opera presents "Shelter"; Nov 15-18; $55

DJs BAR-B-BAR DJ James; every Fri; no cover BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Every Friday DJs on all three levels BLACKSHEEP PUB Bash: DJ spinning retro to rock classics to current BONEYARD ALE HOUSE The Rock Mash-up: DJ NAK spins videos every Fri; 9pm; no cover

FUNKY BUDDHA–Whyte Ave Top tracks, rock, retro with DJ Damian; every Fri HILLTOP PUB The Sinder Sparks Show; every Thu and Fri; 9:30pm-close JUNCTION BAR AND EATERY LGBT Community: Rotating DJs Fri and Sat; 10pm NEWCASTLE PUB House, dance mix every Fri with DJ Donovan O2'S TAPHOUSE AND GRILL DJs every Fri and Sat OVERTIME–Downtown Fridays at Eleven: Rock hip hop, country, top forty, techno REDNEX–Morinville DJ Gravy from the Source 98.5 every Fri RED STAR Movin’ on Up: indie, rock, funk, soul, hip hop with DJ Gatto, DJ Mega Wattson; every Fri

SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE Fuzzion Friday: with Crewshtopher, Tyler M, guests; no cover SUEDE LOUNGE House, electro, Top40, R'n'B with DJ Melo-D every Fri SUITE 69 Release Your Inner Beast: Retro and Top 40 beats with DJ Suco; every Fri TEMPLE Silence be Damned: with DJs Gotthavok, Siborg, Nightroad; 9pm THIRSTY CAMEL The Sinder Sparks Showwith Stratosphere; 10pm - 2am TREASURY In Style Fri: DJ Tyco and Ernest Ledi; no line no cover for ladies all night long UNION HALL Ladies Night every Fri

Back Door Dan; Cece Teneal; Nov 12-17 BRIXX BAR Beth Arrison & Alice Vos; 9pm (doors) CARROT CAFÉ Sat Open mic; 7pm; $2 CASINO EDMONTON Colleen Rae; Nov 16-17 CASINO YELLOWHEAD Suite 33; Nov 16-17 CENTURY CASINO Larry Branson: A tribute to Roy Orbison; Nov 16-17 COAST TO COAST Live bands every Sat; 9:30pm CROWN PUB Acoustic blues open stage with Marshall Lawrence, every Sat, 2-6pm; every Sat, 12-2am DEVANEY'S Mark McGarigal; Nov 16-17

VINYL DANCE LOUNGE Connected Las Vegas Fridays

DEVON HOTEL PALS Acoustic Open Mic with Tim Harwill; Every Sat 4-6:30pm

Y AFTERHOURS Foundation Fridays

THE DISH NEK Trio (jazz); every Sat, 6pm

SAT NOV 17

EDMONTON EVENT CENTRE Blackout with Head Hunterz & Shogun; 9pm

ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open stage with Trace Jordan 1st and 3rd Sat; 7pm-12 ATLANTIC TRAP AND GILL The Derina Harvey Band; Nov 16-17 AVENUE THEATRE Tippy Agogo and Bill Bourne Release Amoeba Collective BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of the Dog: Ayla Brook (live acoustic music every Sat); 4-6pm; no cover BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Jim Byrnes with Lindsay Mitchell; 8:30-10:30pm BLUES ON WHYTE Every Sat afternoon: Jam with

ELEVATION ROOM– TRANSCEND COFFEE David

Simard, Darren Frank, Brie Neilson, Oliver Buck; 8pm; $7

EXPRESSIONZ CAFE CJSR Swag Grab; Nov 17-18, 10am-9pm FESTIVAL PLACE Black and White Fundraiser: The Shivers FILTHY MCNASTY'S Democrafunk with guest Joey D; 4pm; No cover GAS PUMP Saturday Homemade Jam: Mike Chenoweth HILLTOP PUB Sat afternoon roots jam with Pascal, Simon and Dan, 3:30-6:30pm; evening

VENUE GUIDE ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH 10035-103 St ARTERY 9535 Jasper Ave AVENUE THEATRE 9030118 Ave, 780.477.2149 BISTRO LA PERSAUD 861791 St, 780.758.6686 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 10425-82 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE–Nisku 2110 Sparrow Drive, Nisku, 780.986.8522 BLACKSHEEP PUB 11026 Jasper Ave, 780.420.0448 BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUE PEAR RESTAURANT 10643-123 St, 780.482.7178 BLUES ON WHYTE 1032982 Ave, 780.439.3981 BOHEMIA 10217-97 St BONEYARD ALE HOUSE 9216-34 Ave, 780.437.2663 BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 10225-97 St, 780.497.0011 BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 1-99 Wye Road, Sherwood Park, caffreys.ca CARROT CAFÉ 9351-118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464-153 St, 780 424 9467 CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 1033281 Ave, 780.757.2482 CHROME LOUNGE 132 Ave, Victoria Trail COAST TO COAST 5552 Calgary Tr, 780.439.8675 COMMON 9910-109 St CONVOCATION HALL Old Arts Building, U of A CROWN PUB 10709-109 St,

780.428.5618 DEVANEY’S IRISH PUB 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 DEVON HOTEL 1 Huron Street, Devon, AB THE DISH 12417 Stony Plain Rd, 780.488.6641 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S PUB 6402-118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8307-99 St EARLY STAGE SALOON– Stony Plain 4911-52 Ave, Stony Plain EDDIE SHORTS 10713-124 St, 780.453.3663 EDMONTON EVENTS CENTRE WEM Phase III, 780.489.SHOW ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 ELEVATION ROOM– TRANSCEND COFFEE 10349 Jasper Ave ELEPHANT AND CASTLE– Whyte Ave 10314 Whyte Ave EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ 993870 Ave, 780.437.3667 FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FIDDLER’S ROOST 8906-99 St FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 FLASH NIGHT CLUB 10018105 St, 780.996.1778 FLUID LOUNGE 10888 Jasper Ave, 780.429.0700 FUNKY BUDDHA 10341-82 Ave, 780.433.9676 GOOD EARTH COFFEE HOUSE AND BAKERY 9942-108 St GOOD NEIGHBOR PUB 11824-103 St HALO 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.HALO HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB 15120A (basement), Stony Plain Rd, 780.756.6010 HILLTOP PUB 8220-106 Ave, 780.490.7359 HOGS DEN PUB 9, 14220 Yellowhead Tr HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN

VUEWEEKLY NOVEMBER 15 – NOVEMBER 21, 2012

CHURCH 10037-84 Ave HOOLIGANZ 10704-124 St, 780.995.7110 HORIZON STAGE–SPRUCE GROVE 1001 Calahoo Road HYDEAWAY 10209-100 Ave, 780.426.5381 IRON BOAR PUB 4911-51st St, Wetaskiwin J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 JEFFREY’S CAFÉ 9640 142 St, 780.451.8890 JEKYLL AND HYDE 10209100 Ave, 780.426.5381 JOHN L. HAAR THEATRE 10045-155 St JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 11455-87 Ave, jubileeauditorium.com JUNCTION BAR AND EATERY 10242-106 St, 780.756.5667 KAS BAR 10444-82 Ave, 780.433.6768 L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LA CITÉ FRANCOPHONE 8627 Rue Marie-Anne Gaboury LEGENDS PUB 6104-172 St, 780.481.2786 LEVEL 2 LOUNGE 11607 Jasper Ave, 2nd Fl, 780.447.4495 LIT ITALIAN WINE BAR 10132-104 St LIZARD LOUNGE 13160118 Ave MARYBETH'S COFFEE HOUSE–Beaumont 5001-30 Ave, Beaumont, 780.929.2203 MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH 10025 Macdonald Drive MUTTART HALL 10050 MacDonald Drive MYER HOROWITZ THEATRE Students' Union Building 8900-114 St NAKED CYBERCAFE & ESPRESSO BAR 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NEWCASTLE PUB 6108-90 Ave, 780.490.1999 NEW CITY 8130 Gateway

Boulevard NISKU INN 1101-4 St NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535-109A Ave O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 O2'S ON WHYTE 780.454.0203 O2'S TAPHOUSE AND GRILL 13509-127 St, 780.454.0203 OVERTIME–Downtown 10304-111 St, 780.465.6800 OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK 100 Granada Blvd, Sherwood Park, 790.570.5588 PAWN SHOP 10551-82 Ave, Upstairs, 780.432.0814 PLAYBACK PUB 594 Hermitage Rd, 130 Ave, 40 St PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 1086057 Ave PUB 1824 12402-118 Ave, 587.521.1824 QUEEN ALEXANDRA HALL 10425 University Ave REDNEX BAR–Morinville 10413-100 Ave, Morinville, 780.939.6955 RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RED STAR 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.428.0825 RENDEZVOUS 10108149 St REXALL PLACE 7515-118 Ave RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780-457-3117 RIC’S GRILL 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 ROBERT TEGLER STUDENT CENTRE 7128 Ada Boulevard ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235101 St ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM THEATRE 12845-102 Ave R PUB 16753-100 St,

780.457.1266 SECOND CUP • 89 Ave 8906-149 St • Sherwood Park 4005 Cloverbar Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.988.1929 • Summerwood Summerwood Centre, Sherwood Park, 780.988.1929 SIDELINERS PUB 11018127 St, 780.453.6006 SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St, 780.758.5924 SPORTSMAN'S LOUNGE 8170-50 St STARLITE ROOM 10030102 St, 780.428.1099 STEEPS TEA LOUNGE– Whyte Ave 11116-82 Ave SUEDE LOUNGE 11806 Jasper Ave, 780.482.0707 SUITE 69 2 Fl, 8232 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.6969 TAPHOUSE 9020 McKenney Ave, St Albert, 780.458.0860 TREASURY 10004 Jasper Ave, 7870.990.1255, thetreasurey.ca UNION HALL 6240-99 St VEE LOUNGE, APEX CASINO–St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 VINYL DANCE LOUNGE 10740 Jasper Ave, 780.428.8655, vinylretrolounge.com WHITEMUD CROSSING LIBRARY THEATRE 4211-106 St WILD BILL’S–Red Deer Quality Inn North Hill, 7150-50 Ave, Red Deer, 403.343.8800 WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YELLOWHEAD BREWERY 10229-105 St, 780.423.3333 YESTERDAYS PUB 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295

HOOLIGANZ Live music every Sat HYDEAWAY Marleigh and Mueller (classic pop/jazz/ musical theatre); 8pm; 3rd Sat each month; $10 IRON BOAR PUB Jazz in Wetaskiwin featuring jazz trios the 1st Sat each month; $10

DOWNTOWN

JEFFREY'S CAFÉ Rollanda Lee; $15

Nov 15 - 17 STAN GALLANT Nov 20 - 21 DERINA HARVEY

L.B.'S PUB Sat afternoon Jam with Gator and Friends; 5-9pm; EVERY SAT: Boogie Patrol; 9:30pm LOUISIANA PURCHASE Suchy Sister Saturdays: Amber, Renee or Stephanie with accompaniment; 9:30-11:30pm; no cover

WEM

Nov 15 - 17 PARTY HOG Nov 20 - 21 TONY DIZON SUNDAY NIGHT KARAOKE

NEW WEST HOTEL Country jam every Sat: this week with 4'S A Crowd (Nov 12-17) O’BYRNE’S Live band every Sat, 3-7pm; DJ every Sat, 9:30pm ON THE ROCKS JK and the Static; Nov 16-17 OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK Dueling Piano's, all request live; 9pm-2am every Fri and Sat; no cover

EDMONTONPUBS.COM

PAWN SHOP E-town Beatdown with Randy Graves and Submerge; 6pm; $10 (adv) PUB 1824 Live music every Fri & Sat QUEEN ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY HALL Jenny Allen & Leslie Alexander; 7pm (doors), 8pm (music); $18 (adv), $22 (door) RED PIANO BAR Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Sat; 9pm-2am RENDEZVOUS PUB Colour In Conflict, Mad Young Darlings, Eticpo, Tomas Marsh; 8pm (door); $10 (doors) RICHARD'S PUB Alfie Zappacosta; 7pm (doors); $25

THIS WEEK’S ENTERTAINMENT: NOV. 16 - 17 SUNDAY NOV. 19

MARK MCGARIGAL CELTIC MUSIC 5-8PM SINGER/SONGWRITER 8PM WITH HOST SPARROW WEDNESDAY OPEN STAGE WITH DUFF ROBISON

ROSE AND CROWN PUB Neil MacDonald; Nov 16-17 ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM THEATRE Amelia Curran with Joe Nolan and guests; all ages & licensed SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Stan Gallant; Nov 15-17 SHERLOCK HOLMES – WEM Party Hog; Nov 15-17

DEVANEY’S IRISH PUB 9013-88 Avenue 780.465.4834 edmontonpubs.com

SIDELINERS PUB Sat open stage; 3-7pm STARLITE ROOM One Day Late with Alterra and White Pongo; 9pm YARDBIRD SUITE Dawn Tyler Watson and Paul Deslauriers; Nov 16-17; 8pm (doors), 9pm (show); $20 (members), $24 (guests)

Classical CONVOCATION HALL Cappella Artimesia; 8pm HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH Earth, Wind and Fire; 7:30pm; Advance: $18 (adults), $13 (students/ seniors); Door: $20 (adults), $15 (students/seniors) LA CITE FRANCOPHONE Edmonton Opera presents "Shelter"; Nov 15-18; $55 WINSPEAR CENTRE Platypus Theatre’s Rhythm in Your Rubbish; part of the ESSO Symphony for Kids; 2pm

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LIVE MUSIC AT “THE ROSE”

DOG AND PONY NOVEMBER 16 & 17

THE SALESMEN NOVEMBER 23 & 24

In Sutton Place Hotel #195, 10235 101 Street, EDMONTONPUBS.COM

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: The Menace Sessions: Alt Rock/Electro/ Trash with Miss Mannered; Wooftop: Sound It Up!:

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classic hip-hop and reggae with DJ Sonny Grimezz; Underdog: Dr. Erick BLACKSHEEP PUB DJ every Sat BONEYARD ALE HOUSE DJ Sinistra Saturdays: 9pm BUDDY'S Feel the rhythm every Sat with DJ Phon3 Hom3; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm BUFFALO UNDERGROUND Head Mashed In Saturday: Mashup Night DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Sat; 9pm ELECTRIC RODEO– Spruce Grove DJ every Sat FILTHY MCNASTY'S Fire up your night every Saturday with DJ SAWG FLUID LOUNGE Scene Saturday's Relaunch: Party; hip-hop, R&B and Dancehall with DJ Aiden Jamali FUNKY BUDDHA–Whyte Ave Top tracks, rock, retro every Sat with DJ Damian HALO For Those Who Know: house every Sat with DJ Junior Brown, Luke Morrison, Nestor Delano, Ari Rhodes JUNCTION BAR AND EATERY LGBT Community: Rotating DJs Fri and Sat; 10pm NEWCASTLE PUB Top 40 requests every Sat with DJ Sheri

hosted by Tim Lovett BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Sunday Brunch: Suite Tweet; 10am-2pm; Donations BLUE PEAR RESTAURANT Jazz on the Side Sun: Ryan Timoffee; 5:30-8:30pm; $25 if not dining

LEVEL 2 LOUNGE Stylus Industry Sundays: Invinceable, Tnt, Rocky, Rocko, Akademic, weekly guest DJs; 9pm-3am

BOGANI CAFE Edmonton Ukulele Circle; 3rd Sun of each month; 3:30-5pm; $5 fee

SAVOY MARTINI LOUNGE Reggae on Whyte: RnR Sun with DJ IceMan; no minors; 9pm; no cover

CAFFREY'S–Sherwood Park The Sunday Blues Jam: hosted by Kevin and Rita McDade and the Grey Cats Blues Band, guests every week; 5-9pm; no cover CENTURY CASINO Joe Junior CHA ISLAND TEA CO Live on the Island: Rhea March hosts open mic and Songwriter's stage; starts with a jam session; 7pm DEVANEY’S IRISH PUB Celtic open stage every Sun with Keri-Lynne Zwicker; 5:30pm; no cover

SUITE 69 Stella Saturday: retro, old school, top 40 beats with DJ Lazy, guests TEMPLE Oh Snap! Oh Snap with Degree, Cool Beans, Specialist, Spenny B and Mr. Nice Guy and Ten 0; every Sat 9pm UNION HALL Celebrity Saturdays: every Sat hosted by DJ Johnny Infamous VINYL DANCE LOUNGE Signature Saturdays Y AFTERHOURS Release Saturdays

SUN NOV 18 AVENUE THEATRE Video Shoot and Free Show Featuring Tanner Gordon & the Unfortunates; 7pm; No cover BEER HUNTER–St Albert Open stage/jam every Sun; 2-6pm BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE–Nisku Open mic every Sun

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THEATRE Xavier Rudd; All ages; Nov 19-20; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $35

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

FILTHY MCNASTY'S Rock and Soul Sundays with DJ Sadeeq

MYER HOROWITZ THEATRE The New Edmonton Wind Sinfonia; $20 (adults), $15 (students/ seniors), $50 (3-concert season’s pass)

SUEDE LOUNGE House, electro, Top40, R'n'B with DJ Melo-D every Fri

MYER HOROWITZ

EXPRESSIONZ CAFE CJSR Swag Grab; Nov 17-18, 10am-9pm

PALACE CASINO Show Lounge DJ every Sat

LOUNGE Your Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M

DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB Singer/songwriter open stage every Mon; 8pm

OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK Monday Open Stage

HOGS DEN PUB Open Jam: hosted; open jam every Sun, all styles welcome; 3-7pm

SOU KAWAII ZEN

BOHEMIA Prophecy Sun with Laura Leif and The Cosmic Key; 8pm; $5 (door)

EDDIE SHORTS Open stage with Dan Daniels every Sun

OVERTIME–Downtown Saturdays at Eleven: R'n'B, hip hop, reggae, Old School

ROUGE LOUNGE Rouge Saturdays: global sound and Cosmopolitan Style Lounging with DJ Rezzo, DJ Mkhai

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Sleeman Mon: live music monthly; no cover

NEW WEST HOTEL Tradewinds; Nov 19-24

O2'S TAPHOUSE AND GRILL DJs every Fri and Sat

RED STAR Indie rock, hip hop, and electro every Sat with DJ Hot Philly and guests

MON NOV 19

DOUBLE D'S Open jam every Sun; 3-8pm

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF EDMONTON There is Sweet Music-Da Camera Singers; 3pm; $20 (adults), $15 (students/seniors)

PAWN SHOP Transmission Saturdays: Indie rock, new wave, classic punk with DJ Blue Jay and Eddie Lunchpail; 9pm (door); free (before 10pm)/$5 (after 10pm)

Main Floor: Soul Sundays: A fantastic voyage through '60s and '70s funk, soul and R&B with DJ Zyppy

NEWCASTLE PUB Sun Soul Service (acoustic jam): Willy James and Crawdad Cantera; 3-6:30pm NEW CITY LEGION Danko Jones, Kickupafuss, The S.I.N.; 18+; 8pm (doors), 9pm (show) O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun; 9:30pm-1am ON THE ROCKS Seven Strings Sun: Chronic Rock

ROSE BOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE Acoustic open stage every Mon; 9pm WUNDERBAR Dudes from Bands; 9pm

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Blue Jay’s Messy Nest: mod, brit pop, new wave, British rock with DJ Blue Jay CROWN PUB Mixmashitup Mon Industry Night: with DJ Fuzze, J Plunder (DJs to bring their music and mix mash it up) FILTHY MCNASTY'S Metal Mondays with DJ Tyson LUCKY 13 Industry Night every Mon with DJ Chad Cook

TUE NOV 20

O2'S TAP HOUSE AND GRILL Live rock band every Sun with Joint Chiess

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Phat Tuesday in The Quarters, The Rooster Davis Group, New Orleans Jump & Boogie; 8-11pm

PAWN SHOP Comeback Kid with Backtrack and Expire; 7pm; $15 (adv)

BRIXX BAR Ruby Tuesdays with host Mark Feduk; $5 after 8pm

REXALL PLACE Leonard Cohen; 8pm

COMMON Breakfast For Dinner; $30

RICHARD'S PUB Sun Live Jam hosted by Carson Cole; 4pm

DRUID IRISH PUB Open stage every Tue; with Chris Wynters; 9pm

YELLOWHEAD BREWERY Open Stage: Every Sun, 8pm

L.B.’S Tue Blues Jam with Ammar; 9pm-1am

Classical LA CITE FRANCOPHONE Edmonton Opera presents "Shelter"; Nov 15-18; $55 ROBERT TEGLER STUDENT CENTRE Concordia Symphony Orchestra Concert: Romantic Reflections, 2pm; Baroque Chamber Music Treasures, 3pm

DJs BACKSTAGE TAP AND GRILL Industry Night: every Sun with Atomic Improv, Jameoki and DJ Tim BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

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TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): Your next assignment is to deepen and refine your relationship with your temptations. That doesn't mean you should shed all caution and simply give in to them. Rather, I'm suggesting you escape the bind that makes you feel like you have to either ruthlessly repress your complicated longings or else thoroughly express them. Is there an in-between

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19): In old Christian and Islamic lore, the dove was a symbol of the holy spirit. The bird was considered so pure and sacred that the devil, who was an expert shapeshifter, could not take on its form. The dove had a different meaning in other traditions, however.

Among the ancient Greeks, it had a special relationship with Aphrodite, the goddess of love.

In Rome, its eggs were regarded as aphrodisiacs.

Drawing on all these meanings, I'm nominating the dove to be your power animal in the coming week. You will have an excellent chance to intensify your connection with divine truths through the power of love and eros—and vice versa.

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position you can find? A way you can appreciate the mysterious gift that the temptations confer and not be miserably obsessed by them? A perspective in which you're neither tormented by guilt nor driven to compromise your integrity?

GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20): You're a bit like a professional jet pilot who is operating the pirate ship ride at an amusement park. You have resemblances to a top chef who's shopping for gourmet ingredients in a seedy convenience store. In other words, Gemini, you may feel slightly offkilter or dispossessed, even though you have a lot going for you. Here's the best possible thing you could do while you wait for the fates to show you how to make a correction: make it your intention to feel centered, poised and at peace exactly as you are right now.

CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): Contrary to conventional wisdom, there is currently enough food available to feed everyone on the planet. The problem is, it's not distributed efficiently. Some

people get far more food than they need, and even waste a lot of it, while less fortunate folks go hungry. I invite you to think about whether you might have a metaphorically comparable situation in your own life, Cancerian. Is there a part of your psyche that's well-nurtured but a different part that receives meager shares of love and support? Are you overstuffed in one way, but starved in another? The coming weeks would be an excellent time to correct such an imbalance.

(More on food: tinyurl.com/HungryWorld.)

LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): This horoscope is not an advertisement for ceremonial shovels. I am receiving no payment from a ceremonial shovel company for suggesting that you procure a customized engraved gold digging tool for your own personal use. And I will feel fine if you don't actually get a real one, but instead merely imagine yourself wielding a pretend version. The fact is, Leo, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to do a groundbreaking ritual: to dig up the first scoop of metaphorical dirt in the place where

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you will build your future dream house, masterpiece, or labour of love.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): I don't think you're fully aware of the game you've been immersed in. You may even be in denial that you're playing it. If I'm right about this, please make it a priority to acknowledge what's going on and identify the exact nature of the game. You can't afford to be innocent about the subterranean forces that are in motion. It's especially important not to be too nice and polite to see the complicated truth. Please note: there's no need to be a cynical shark—that would be as inappropriate a response as being a sweet little lamb. But you should definitely activate your jungle senses.

LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): On Reddit.com someone asked members of the community the following: What is your best unanswerable question? Among the more serious offerings were, "What is love?", "What is magic?", "Why is there something as opposed to nothing?" and, "What

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Chemicals in our sex toys Early menopause could have a common culprit Another study has come out sounding pause is not only linked to increased alarm bells about the potential health rates of cancer, it also causes major risks of exposure to phthalates, chemicals changes in hormone levels which most commonly used in consumer products to women find affects their sex lives, often make plastics flexible and transparent or adversely. Second, although Dr Grindler to fix fragrances. This study, conmentions a lot of the types of ducted by Dr Natalia Grindler, products that often contain an obstetrician-gynecologist phthalates, including cosmetics and packaged foods, she at Washington University's m o eekly.c @vuew School of Medicine, shows a does not mention a category brenda Brendear of consumer product that, unpossible connection between Kerb exposure to phthalates and early til recently, contained some of the highest levels of phthalates of menopause. Of the women she studied, the ones who showed high levels all—sex toys. Given that most surveys of phthalates in their urine experienced show that about 40 percent of women menopause on average two years earlier in North America own a vibrator, it seems than those who had low levels. important to make that known.

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2001 study by German scientist Hans-Ulrich Krieg showed that a large number of products in the adult toy industry contained more than 100 times the standard allowable level of phthalates and that those chemicals leeched from the toys at high rates.

Toy manufacturers, often due to consumer pressure, slowly began to limit their use of phthalates.

So do we need to worry? Metis Black, owner of Tantus Inc, manufacturer of sex toys, thinks so. "I think phthalates are still present," she says. "Unless you are manufacturing with strict control of your materials, you don't know what is in your toys. The large companies who outsource manufacturing don't know what they are getting

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is the meaning of life?" Then there were more avant-garde possibilities: "Where do squirrels go during hurricanes?", "Could Jesus microwave a burrito so hot that he himself could not eat it?" and, "If I asked you to sleep with me, would your answer be the same as the answer to this question?"

After evaluating the current astrological omens, Libra, I urge you to pose your own best riddle—a query that will provide maximum stimulation as you meditate on it during the next four months.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): An environmental organization in New Zealand found that the local fishing industry wastes about 70 percent of its haul. In contrast, Iceland manages to use 96 percent of every fish caught.

For example, New Zealand companies throw away most of the liver, roe and heads of the fish, while Iceland has come up with ways to take advantage of all that stuff. Judging from your current astrological omens, Scorpio, I conclude that it's crucial for you to take your cue from Iceland rather than New Zealand in the coming weeks. Be inventive, efficient, and thorough in harnessing the power of all your raw materials.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21): "They will say you are on the wrong road," said poet Antonio Porchia, "if it is your own." I suspect you may have to deal with wrong-headed badgering like that in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. In fact, you could experience a surge of discouraging words and bad advice that tries to shoo you away from the path with heart. Some of the push may come from enemies, some from friends or loved ones, and some from deluded little voices in your own head. I hope you won't be demoralized by the onslaught, but will instead respond like a brave hero who uses adversity as a motivating force.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): I'm sure you've got thousands of practical details to attend to. Your schedule may be as busy as it has been in months. But I hope you will find time to do what I consider essential to your well-being, and that is to wander and wonder. In fact, let's make that your motto: to wander and wonder. Even if it's just for a few stolen moments between your serious appointments, allow yourself to meander off into the unknown and marvel at all the curious things you find. Be on the lookout for high strangeness that thrills your imagination, for exotic pleasures that titillate your lust for novelty and for fertile chaos that blows your mind in all the right ways.

unless they own or have their own quality control on site. While they may order something perfectly safe, and may have had their original order come in that way, the second or fifth reorder could be made of anything."

In other words, although the company may claim all of their products are phthalate free, unless they make them themselves or test every order they get, they can't guarantee that that's true. Black says it will take a large amount of public pressure to make these large companies see the benefit of spending the money on the quality control.

But what do we really know about phthalates and sex toys? We know that many toys used to contain phthalates and some still might. And we know that more and more studies are showing that phthalates are hormone mimickers that may cause a variety of health problems. V Brenda Kerber is a sexual health educator who has worked with local not-forprofits since 1995. She is the owner of the Edmonton-based, sex-positive adult toy boutique the Traveling Tickle Trunk.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): James Joyce was a great novelist but not much of a fighter. He picked a more imposing and athletic buddy to go drinking with, though: Ernest Hemingway. If the two men encountered any alcohol-induced trouble, Joyce would slink behind his friend and yell, "Deal with him, Hemingway, deal with him!"

I don't anticipate that you'll be in the vicinity of any bar scuffles in the coming week, Aquarius. But I do think you would benefit from having a potent and persuasive ally on your side. It's time to add some heft and clout to your arsenal of resources.

PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): Is it possible that you have been too receptive and empathetic for your own good lately? I mean, I love how attuned you are to the ebb and flow of subtle energies—it's one of your most winsome and powerful qualities—but I fear you may be going too far. As heroic as it might seem to be the most sensitive and responsive person in a 10-mile radius, I'd rather see you work on being more self-contained right now. That's why, for a limited time only, I'm recommending that you turn the full force of your touchy-feely solicitude on yourself.

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Gay rights, American style

Dan thanks everyone who helped bring gay marriage to four more states Reading you over the years has abpass ENDA, unfinished business with solutely changed my mind on gay DADT (trans people are still barred marriage. I wanted to let you know from serving), defending the rights that. I also live in Maryland, and, as of queers around the world—but you know, we voted last week to alLGBT people have made tremendous low same-sex couples to legally progress since Stonewall. It E G marry. I was excited that I got has gotten better for us A SAV to vote for marriage equality because we came out and in my home state, Dan— fought to make it better. m o ekly.c vuewe even I agree that it's fucked savagelove@ We demanded better.

Dan up that people get to vote on Now here is what I want to Savage say to straight people: thank the civil rights of LGBT people at all. Thanks for all your writing you. over the years—it's really made a difI know so many straight people in ference in my love and sex life. And Washington State, where I live, who congrats to you and all gay people in worked unbelievably hard on the the United States for the big wins last campaign to win marriage equality for week in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, their gay and lesbian friends, family and Washington State. members and neighbours. I know Just Some Straight Guy straight people in all four states who voted, gave money, worked phone There's something I want to say about banks and knocked on doors—all in the votes—and about the voters— an effort to make it possible for samein Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and sex couples to marry.

Washington State. But first I want to Gays and lesbians are a tiny percentsay this to all my fellow queers: we age of the population. And while we built this. The breakthroughs we saw laid the groundwork for the breaklast week, which included the electhroughs we saw last week in Maine, tion of the first openly gay person to Maryland, Washington and Minnethe United States Senate (Wisconsin's sota—we built this—we didn't build Tammy Baldwin), we made that. LGBT it on our own. The majorities in the people came out, fought back, and state legislatures in Maine, Maryland changed the world. We have a fuck and Washington that voted to make of a lot left to do—repeal DOMA, same-sex marriage legal? Straight.

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The governors who signed laws making same-sex marriage legal? Straight.

The overwhelming majority of people who voted in favour of marriage equality in all three states after antigay bigots forced public votes on our civil rights? Straight. The majority that voted against writing anti-gay bigotry into Minnesota's state constitution? Straight. And the president who took a huge political risk and came out for marriage equality before his reelection campaign? Straight. It has gotten better for us—better, not perfect—but it hasn't gotten better for us in a vacuum. It's gotten better for us because straight people have gotten better about us.

Rights are rights. They shouldn't be put up for a vote. And we shouldn't have to say "thank you" when they're recognized. The sad fact is that we have had to fight for our rights. But here's the happy fact: we didn't have to fight this one alone. Thousands and thousands of straight people stood with us and fought for us. We had help. And that's what we should thank the straight people for. Not for granting us our rights—rights are rights are rights—but for joining our fight.

Last week on my blog, I floated the idea of having a big party for all the straight people who came through for us in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington State. But all those straight people wouldn't fit in a single ballroom. But we can fit them on a single Tumblr page. Queers? If you know a straight person in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota or Washington—if you know a straight in any state or the District of Columbia— who donated money, phone-banked, went door-to-door, or took a political risk on our behalf, take your picture with that straight person, write a few words about what they did and post it

to straightupthanks.tumblr.com.

We saw a huge breakthrough in the struggle for LGBT equality last week.

And it wouldn't have happened without the help of so many righteous, kick-ass straight people. I'll bet every queer person reading this knows a straight person who they should thank. I certainly do. Thank them in a public way: go to straightupthanks. tumblr.com, click "submit a post," share a photo and thank a straight ally.

Because we literally couldn't have done it without them.

I am a twenty-something bi guy who loves sucking cock. I especially enjoy when the recipient really enjoys himself (which is often, not to gloat, but I just did). Anyway, my problem is that I don't really enjoy receiving. I have received head from three guys, which I realize is not a large sample size, but every time it has been a nonevent. It's almost like I can't even feel a mouth on my dick. How do I fix this?

Blowjob Boredom Blues In sex comedies, sitcoms and porn, head is always presented as the ultimate sexual experience, but in reality, some men just don't dig head. But three cocksuckers is a pretty small sample. Let a few other guys suck your dick—let 'em fall face-first on your sword—but don't stress out if nothing changes. It could be a preference, BBB, and not a malfunction.

My wife and I have been together for 20 years. I love to receive oral, but my wife has no interest when I try to return the favour. She claims it does nothing for her. We celebrated Obama's re-election with a bottle of wine in the bedroom. When I made a move downstairs, she didn't stop me.

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However, she said it tickled her like crazy. Is this common? Is there something I can do to make this experience less hilarious for my wife?

What's So Funny?

Some women struggle with hang-ups or body issues that make it difficult for them to relax and enjoy being on the receiving end of oral sex. But some women who don't struggle with hang-ups or body issues simply don't enjoy receiving oral sex. If your wife is generally comfortable in her own skin and with her own body, WSF, you may have to take her word for it when she says that oral sex does nothing for her. But if it truly does nothing for her—"nothing" would include "annoy" and "turn off"—maybe she can lie back and enjoy what it does for you.

I am a 22-year-old female who's only ever achieved orgasm during fellatio and my boyfriend will not perform fellatio on me! I have tried bringing it up during sex, but he didn't co-operate.

He told me that he didn't want to do that to me because a mutual female friend told him that I didn't want him to do that to me. I did tell her that at the beginning of our relationship, but I don't feel that way anymore. I'm way too embarrassed now to ask again, because it would feel like I was begging him for fellatio. Please help me!

Need To Get Mine Try asking your boyfriend for cunnilingus, NTGM, not fellatio. If that doesn't do the trick—if he doesn't start eating your pussy—then DTMFA. V Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/savage. @fakedansavage on Twitter

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