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Body rub bylaw A little over a year ago, a name change came into effect for Edmonton's 40-plus massage parlours. In January 2012, they became known as body-rub centres. Why? Well, licensed massage therapists didn't want their name associated with an occupation that is more rub-and-tug than fullbody massage. It is also a way for the city to keep tabs on businesses with body-rub licences—to make sure girls offering the services are over the age of 18, and to check the criminal background of any bodyrub centre owners. The city is also making money from the business licences.

On March 18, a new bylaw was passed: body-rub centres now have to be at least 100 metres away from schools, playgrounds and other places where groups of children can be found. That means eight of these businesses operating in Edmonton now have to move, and when council reexamines this bylaw in a few months to determine if the distance should be 300 metres away, 29 body rub centres could be packing up and looking for a new location.

What's the problem if these are licensed businesses? The problem is the grey area that exists around the legalities of body-rub centres. It is illegal for body-rub centres to encourage sex between their employees and clients by do-

ing things like setting prices for different sex acts, but there's a tricky way around it. If a client goes in for a massage and discusses sex in the privacy of a room with his masseuse, that is legal because it's two consenting adults talking about sex—but it can only be a one-time thing.

If it happens regularly, then the body-rub centre becomes a bawdy house.

Prostitution is a part of society that gets pushed to the outskirts, and the fight to keep it that way happened not that long ago for another segment of Edmonton when a massage parlour wanted to occupy a storefront on the newly revitalized 124 Street. Business owners made a lot of noise and in the end the massage parlour stayed away. Their reason? One shop owner said it was all about perception. If a prostitution-related business set up shop, that could deter people from browsing the shops, cafés and art galleries that give 124 Street its charm. Millions of dollars had been spent to make this a cultured neighbourhood and they wanted it to stay that way.

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Water crisis

Too many First Nations reserves living with contaminated water in third-world conditions

If you go to the communities you'll see what I'm talking out. If you turn on the tap, yes the water is coming out, but in some cases it's contaminated. It's dirty. You've got infrastructure that's decaying and these things need to be dealt with.

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anada's First Nations are facing a water crisis—in fact, it has been going on for many years. Twentythree of the 49 First Nation reserves in this province are on a boilwater notice—Bragg Creek has been on one since 2000. Another reserve has a cyanobacterial bloom (blue-green algae) and the O'Chiese First Nation in Bremmerville cannot consume its water at all.

"A lot of indigenous communities are facing development projects such as oil and gas drilling or pipelines, which really impacts the water quality in their community," says Emma Lui, a water campaigner with the Council of Canadians.

Another problem is that the infrastructure for water delivery to homes and wastewater removal is decaying on many reserves, or in some cases is non-existent. The

federal government's solution was Bill S-11—"The Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act"—which died on the table when 2011's federal election was called; it has been reintroduced as Bill S-8. The Council of Canadians and First Nations leaders are concerned about Bill S-8 because First Nations were not consulted as it was being drafted and they do not agree with some of the clauses within.

"Prior to being reintroduced as Bill S-8, six nations in Alberta had issues relative to Bill S-11 as their elders respectfully stated, 'Water is not something we gave up.' One of the issues of Bill S-11 at that time—of course which is now Bill S-8—and continues to be the case is when it was first presented there was no doubt you felt the overtures of Walkerton and serious liability issues. And it appears now with Bill S-8, the federal government is trying to download their fiduciary responsibility as well as their liability issues onto First Nations," says Chief Cameron Alexis, Alberta's Regional Chief with the Assembly of First Nations.

Alexis compares the lack of consul-

tation with First Nations leaders to the old cliché of father-knows-best.

"The federal government, and even the provincial government to a degree, are bringing the First Nation leaders into the discussions on the 11th hour when the pen is dry; it's too late. When the Supreme Court ruled that consultation must happen, they never told federal government, 'You will change the goal posts at will.'"

Articles 29 and 32 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People state that they have the right to protect their environment with assistance from the governing state, and the governing state needs to consult with them and obtain free and prior consent before moving forward on any project that will affect their land.

This does not happen between the Canadian government and First Nations communities.

Alexis explains that First Nations are not opposed to safe drinking water or managing wastewater, but they do not agree to have the responsibility and liability for that water to be placed on

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their communities.

"The issue is, should there be a loss of life because of mismanagement of the wastewater or inadequate water facilities—for example the water gets contaminated—who's going to get litigated?" Alexis asks. "It's the chief and councils. They could not afford litigations. It could perhaps be in the millions of dollars. So it's a system set up for failure."

He adds that Alberta alone needs $162 million to deal with the situation.

"If somebody gives you 20 litres of water and says, 'Your water problem is solved. Leave me alone.' Are you going to accept that?

"If you want to finally deal with the situation, you've got to invest; you've got to invest in the communities and deal with it," Alexis notes. "The other issue that chiefs of Alberta had is downloading that responsibility to the provinces and saying we've got to follow the rules of the Alberta government's water regulations. That's a moot point as well. In some instances the Alberta government does not have policy in place to deal with these things."

Lui agrees that funding to update water systems is a major concern. "The Bill calls for high standards in First Nations communities, which is what we want and what we support, but without providing any funding it's really difficult for communities to meet those requirements. There were some changes from Bill S-11 to Bill S-8, but one of the things that did remain was communities being penalized for not meeting the requirements. So that's really concerning when you're talking about access to water and the human right to water."

Since 2011, $330.8 million has been announced by the federal government to be allocated to First Nations communities across Canada to deal with water issues—although nothing has happened yet—but by their own assessment, the federal government has found that in reality, $4.7 billion is needed. Alexis calls the splitting of hundreds of millions of dollars between 634 nations a band-aid solution. The Council of Canadians is calling for a 10-year plan to invest $4.7 billion into fixing water conditions and infrastructure on reserves across Canada. The national assessments also found that 73 percent of the water and wastewater systems on First Nations reserves were high risk.

"There was a base $1.2 billion that the national assessments called for, which is actually just to bring First Nation communities up to the federal government's own protocol. What's concerning also is the federal government has only been allocating $165 million for the last five years or so per year, so the gap between what they're funding and what's actually needed even to meet their own protocols is very wide," Lui explains, adding that over 100 communities are consistently under water advisories—worse than boil-water advisories because the water in these cases is still contaminated

with chemicals even after boiling.

There is a risk of some First Nations communities turning to private companies to help them meet the high standards the bill would impose if the government does not give sufficient aid. It's called a public-private-partnership fund, or P3, where the government will provide funding to communities conditional on them entering into an agreement with a private company. Some First Nations communities have already applied for a P3.

"Privatization has got to be nation to nation decisions. Privatization may work in some instances and in others it won't," Alexis says. "Privatization could be a very dangerous thing. Who is going to control that water, who's going to pay for that water and who's going to control the cost of that water? Where is the water going to come from? There's a lot of questions that still need to be answered."

Alexis wants the federal government to be honest with Canadians about what conditions exist on First Nation reserves.

"Tell the people exactly what's going on. In some nations you still have third-world conditions because in the broad spectrum, every nation's not the same," Alexis points out. "Some municipalities have far more than others. And then some of them do not have proper running water. And if you want to deal with this, you've got to go right to the source of the problem."

He wants Canadians to become educated on what treaties are, who the various tribes are, what was given up in the treaties and what the treaty articles specifically called for. "Even in Treaty Six in Alberta, as an example, there's a medicine chest clause, but yet there's claw-backs on our health rates. For us, our ancestors gave up this country to live in harmony, in lieu of that there were agreements called treaty instruments and they haven't been dealt with."

Growing up, Alexis lived on a reserve off and on. "I was raised by my grandparents and they had no running water. There was a hand pump, no sanitation—there was an outhouse.

When the pump froze, we got water from the spring that was about a kilometre away. That's how we lived our lives. Late '70s to early '80s is when we started getting infrastructure for sewer and water.

"Up to the '60s, First Nations weren't even allowed to hire legal teams. But since that time, in the Supreme Court aboriginal people have won over 170 cases, but have they been implemented? To a large degree, no. People always wonder, 'Why are they always complaining? Why are we throwing all this money to them?' If you go to the communities you'll see what I'm talking about. If you turn on the tap, yes the water is coming out, but in some cases it's contaminated. It's dirty.

You've got infrastructure that's decaying and these things need to be dealt with and I believe that you should adequately fund rather than piecemeal it."

REBECCA MEDEL

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COMMENT >> IRAQ

Iraq, 10 years later

Corruption, torture and death in a highly unchanged Iraqi regime Why did George W Bush choose March does little for the impoverished Shia maenough catharsis. So another invasion 19, 2003 to invade Iraq, rather than some jority. The Sunni minority fears and hates was an emotional necessity and (given day in May or July—or never? Beit. And the Kurdish ethnic minority in the the American public's ignorance about cause he was afraid that further north just ignores Baghdad and the Middle East) almost any Arab coundelay would give United Naruns a state that is independent try would do. tions arms inspectors time in all but name.

There was certainly a parallel desire m to refute the accusation Iraq's courts do the regime's o among the neo-conservatives in the .c weekly e@vue gwynn (his sole pretext for making will, torture is endemic and the Bush White House to restore American e Gwynn an unprovoked attack on an swollen army and "security" forces power to unchallenged dominance afDyer (used almost exclusively for internal ter what they saw as the fecklessness independent country) that Saddam Hussein's regime was working on repression) eat up a huge share of the budof Bill Clinton's administrations in the nuclear weapons. get. And from the perspective of American '90s. That required a short and sucThe US president couldn't say that, of grand strategy, the main result of the war cessful war that would put everyone course, and so instead his administrahas been to weaken the position of the US else in awe and fear of American milition's spokesmen mumbled about the in the Gulf region and strengthen that of tary might, but, once again, any weak need to get the war over and done with its perceived opponent, Iran. and unpopular country would have before the summer heat made fightdone. Why Iraq? ing impossible. Yet American soldiers The United States spent about The closest we can come to a ratioproved perfectly capable of operating $800 billion on the Iraq war and will nal answer is the argument, common in that summer heat during the ensuing eventually spend at least another trilin Washington a decade ago, that perseven years of fighting, in which over lion dollars on military pensions, dismanent military bases in Iraq would 4000 of them were killed. ability payments and debt service. Yet give America strategic control of the That was nothing compared to the it achieved less than nothing. Why on entire Gulf region. number of Iraqi deaths. At least five earth did it invade in the first place?

The role of those bases would not be to times as many Iraqis have died violently Even the defenders of the invasion ensure prompt delivery of the region's oil in the decade since the US invasion as have stopped claiming that Saddam to the United States at a low price: only were killed by Saddam's regime in the Hussein was co-operating with al-Qaeda 11 percent of US oil imports come from 10 years before the invasion. The exterrorists who were plotting to attack there. The bases would instead enable the act number is unknown, but Saddam's the United States. They were also plotUnited States to block Gulf exports of oil secret police were probably killing less ting to overthrow and kill Saddam, as to China if the United States found itself than 2000 people a year in 1993 to everyone with any knowledge of the in a confrontation with that country. (Geo2003. An estimated 121 000 Iraqi civilMiddle East already knew. strategic arguments are often frivolous.) ians have died in the military and politiThe UN weapons inspectors never None of these explanations can justify cal struggles of the past 10 years. found the slightest evidence that Sadwhat was done and we haven't even gone Iraq's infrastructure has still not recovdam had revived the nuclear weapons into the damage done to international ered to its pre-war level. More than a milprogram that had been dismantled law by this blatantly criminal act. But can lion Iraqis still live in internal exile, unable under UN supervision in the early '90s. we at least conclude that the world, or to return to the homes from which they The people in the White House who even just the United Nations, has learned were "cleansed" during the Sunni-Shia took the decision to invade must have a lesson from all this? sectarian war of 2006 to 2007. Another known that there was no such program: Probably yes for the United States, at million have fled the country for good, inthe way they carefully worded their least until memories fade. (Give it 10 cluding a large proportion of the country's propaganda in order to avoid explicit lymore years.) Not so much for the rest intellectual and professional elite. ing is ample evidence of that. of the world, but then, most other counIraq ranks eighth from the bottom on The strategist Edward Luttwak once tries are less prone to invade faraway Transparency International's corruption suggested that the real reason was that places anyway. V index, ahead of Somalia and North Kothe invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 had Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalrea, but below Haiti and Equatorial Guinbeen too easy. After 9/11 the American ist whose articles are published in 45 ea. The government in Baghdad, though people really wanted to punish someCCCN_REWARDS_5 countries. dominated by sectarian Shia politicians, body, and Afghanistan had not provided

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Stops Here: with Mike Dambra, Liam Creswick, Kathleen toastmastersclubs.org • Can you think of a career that McGee; Mar 26, 8pm Iron Filters • Softeners • Distillers • Reverse Osmosis does not require communication • Every Tue, 12:05-1pm Tell them Danny St • Sterling Scott “Kontinuous Shok” Chlorinator ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 every Hooper sent you Patented Whole House Reverse Osmosis System FERTILITY AWARENESS CHARTING CIRCLE Wed, 9pm MEETING • Cha Island Tea Co, 10332-81 Ave • facRUMORS ULTRA LOUNGE • 8230 Gateway Blvd • - Within 150 miles of Edmonton, cedmonton@gmail.com • Learn about menstrual cycle Every Thu Neon Lights Laughter with host Sterling Red and Deer, Calgary (New Government water and wellshare grantyour starts April 1/13) charting personal experiences in a supScott and five comedians and live DJ TNT; 8:30pm portive group • 1st Mon of the month from Time Payment Plan O.A.C. for water wells andenvironment water treatment VAULT PUB • 8214-175 St • Comedy with Liam CresOct-Apr, 6:30-8:30pm • $5 (suggested donation) wick and Steve Schulte • Every Thu, at 9:30pm FOOD ADDICTS • St Luke's Anglican Church, 8424-95 WUNDERBAR • 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 • Comedy Ave • 780.465.2019, 780.634.5526 Food Addicts in View our 29 patented and •patent every 2nd Mon Recovery Anonymous (FA), free 12-Step pending inventions online at recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, ZEN LOUNGE • 12923-97 St • The Ca$h Prize comedy under-eating, and bulimia • Meetings every Thu, 7pm contest hosted by Matt Alaeddine and Andrew Iwanyk • Every Tue, 8pm • No cover GOOD FRIDAY OUTDOOR WAY OF THE CROSS • 9908-106 Ave • 780.218.6989 • 2 hour 2km walk in the inner city, with reflections on social justice issues, singing and prayer, light refreshments after • Mar 29, 10am-12 https://www.facebook.com/events/472860862779007/ AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old

118 Ave • 780.973.5311 • nashvillesongwriters.com • NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International) meet the 2nd Mon each month, 7-9pm

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 Café, 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

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SEVENTIES FOREVER CLUB • Call 587.520.3833 for location • DeepSoul.ca • DeepSoul.ca • Blending music, creativity, common sense, and kindred karma to revitalize the inward persona • Every Wed, 7-8:30pm

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Edmontonstamp.com • Edmonton Stamp Club: Stamps for sale, exhibits, Jr table, free evaluations, and more • Mar 22-24

SUGARSWING DANCE CLUB • Orange Hall, 1033584 Ave or Pleasantview Hall, 10860-57 Ave • 780.604.7572 • Swing Dance at Sugar Foot Stomp: beginner lesson followed by dance every Sat, 8pm (door) at Orange Hall or Pleasantview Hall

VEGETARIANS OF ALBERTA • vofa.ca/event • Sai Baba Centre, 9619-82 Ave: Cooking demo with Chef Laura Lynn Johnston and Speaker David Parker; Mar 23, 3-5pm; free, pre-register at info@vofa.ca • Idylwylde Library, 8310-88 Ave: Film: Earthlings; Mar 26, 7-9pm

WILD ROSE ANTIQUE COLLECTORS SOCIETY • Delwood Community Hall, 7515 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, 1011am, each month, stand in silence for a world without violence Y TOASTMASTERS CLUB • Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (north door, stairs to the left) • Meet every Tue, 7-9pm except last Tue each month. Help develop confidence in public speaking and leadership • Contact: Antonio Balce, 780.463.5331

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS BREWING IDEAS WITH JANET CARDING • Citadel's The Club, 9828 101A Ave • 780.425.1820 • percolateyeg.tumblr.com • An exploration of sustainability in the fields of arts, heritage and cultural management. Janet Carding presents Strategizing museums in the 21st century • Mar 21, 7-10pm • Free; ticketed event

Ave • 780.387.3343 • edmontonillusions.ca • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7:30-9pm

INSIDE/OUT • U of A Campus • Campus-based 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 LIVING POSITIVE • 404, 10408-124 St • edmlivingpositive.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

• Pixie Glassworks studio, 9322-60 Ave • 780.436.4460 • Focus on the many ways that certified pure, therapeutic grade essential oils can help to ease pain • Mar 23, 2-4pm • Free

MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB • geocities.

PROTECTING ALBERTA'S WATER COMMONS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES • U of A

of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • A safe, welcoming, and non-judgemental 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 • 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

Telus Centre, Rm 134, 111 St, 87 Ave • Is Alberta's Water being Managed Sustainably? featuring speakers Cindy Chiasson, Rachel Notley, Shannon Stunden-Bowers • Mar 21, 7-9pm http://www.facebook.com/events/560855057266972/

SOLAR HOT WATER SYSTEMS • Grant MacEwan University, CN Theatre, Rm 5-142, 105 St Bldg, 105 Ave • solaralberta.ca • A Forum of Solar Installers: Panel discussion on Alberta solar hot water systems • Mar 27, 7pm • Free presentation and discussion. No registration required SOUTH EDMONTON VEGETARIAN AND GARDENING CLUB • Park Allen Hall, 11104-65 Ave • 780.463.1626 • Vegetarian Potluck: Bring vegetarian/ vegan/raw dish for 6 plus a 2nd dish if bringing a guest/ partner featuring Vegetable Farming on a Farm in Edmonton with speaker, Janelle Herbert • Sun, Mar 24, 5pm; come at 6:30pm for lecture only • $6 each

THOUGHTFUL TUESDAY • Earth's General Store, 9605-82 Ave • theeconomicsofhappiness.org • The Economics of Happiness; Mar 26, 7-9pm

WAM'S THE SHE SERIES–SHARING HER EXPERIENCE • Whitemud Crossing Library Theatre, 141 Whitemud Crossing Shopping Centre, 4211-106 St • 780.803.2016 • wamsoc.ca • One piece at the time, a talk by Edmonton mosaic artist Erin Pankratz-Smith • Sat, Mar 23, 1:30pm • Free • info@wamsoc.ca

QUEER AFFIRM SUNNYBROOK–Red Deer • Sunnybrook

Whyte Ave • Meet the last Thu 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

BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725B Jasper Ave • 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 EDMONTON PRIME TIMERS (EPT) • 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

EPLC FELLOWSHIP PAGAN STUDY GROUP • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • eplc.webs.com • Free year long course; Family circle 3rd Sat each month • Everyone welcome

FLASH NIGHT CLUB • 10018-105 St • 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

G.L.B.T. SPORTS AND RECREATION • teamedmonton.ca • Hockey: at the Sportsdome; E: hockey@ teamedmonton.ca • Blazin' Bootcamp: Every Mon, 7:30-8:30pm at Garneau Elementary School, 10925-87 Ave; $30/$15 (low income/student); E: bootcamp@ teamedmonton.ca • Badminton (Co-Ed): Every Wed, 6-7:30pm; St Vincent School, 10530-138 St; $5 (drop-in); E: badminton@teamedmonton.ca • Cross-Country Skiing: Strathcona Wilderness Centre; E: Colette at crosscountry@teamedmonton.ca; facebook.com/ events/511701118849342 • Outdoor Skating: Hawrelak Park, Victoria Oval; E: Teresa at skating@teamedmonton. ca • Yoga: Gay/Lesbian yoga every Wed, 7:30-9pm, at Lion's Breath Yoga, 206, 10350-124 St; Instructor: Jason Morris; $10 (drop-in) • Indoor Cycling: Terwillegar Recreation Centre; drop-in; E: 311@edmonton.ca • Running: Every Sun, 10am, at Kinsmen • Swimming–Making Waves: Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) pool, 11762-106 St; E: swimming@teamedmonton.c; makingwavesswimclub.ca • Volleyball: until May 2013; E: recvolleyball@teamedmonton.ca • Curling: Every Tue, 7pm at the Granite Curling Club (8620-107 St; E: curling@teamedmonton.ca • Bowling: Every Tue, 6:30pm; at Ed's Rec Room, WEM; $15/week • Martial Arts–Kung Fu and Kick Boxing: Every Tue and Thu, 6-7pm; GLBTQ inclusive adult classes at Sil-Lum Kung Fu; kungfu@ teamedmonton.ca, kickboxing@teamedmonton.ca, sillum.ca

8424-95 Ave • 780.469.3270 • 1st Mon every month, 7:30pm • Suggested donation of $3 • England, Scotland and Wales (2011&12) – Al Cosh; Apr 1

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

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MATH AND PLANET EARTH LECTURE • Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science (CCIS), U of A Rm L2-190 CCIS • 780.492.3394 • The Mathematics of Crime with Dr Andrea Bertozzi • Apr 5, 5pm • Free

SAWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP • Braeside

SOCIETY OF EDMONTON ATHEISTS • Centennial Rm, (basement) Stanley A. Milner Library • Monthly roundtable 1st Tue each month • edmontonatheists.ca; E: info@edmontonatheists.ca

Iron Filters • Softeners • Distillers • Reverse Osmosis “Kontinuous Shok” Chlorinator Patented Whole House Reverse Osmosis System

JILLIAN MICHAELS–Maximize Your Life Tour •

780.451.1755; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free

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Meeting with speaker; open to the public • 4th Wed every month, 7-9pm • $10 (member)/$15 (non-member)

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

Meet inside Millennium Place, Sherwood Place • Weekly outdoor walking group; starts with a 10-min discussion, followed by a 30 to 40-min walk through Centennial Park, a cool down and stretch • Every Tue, 8:30am • $2/session (goes to the Alzheimer’s Society of Alberta)

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CIATION • Expressionz Café, 9938-70 Ave • hltaa.org •

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

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OVERTIME PUB • 4211-106 St • Open mic comedy

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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com/makingwaves_edm • Recreational/competitive swimming. Socializing after practices • Every Tue/Thu

PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre

PRIMETIMERS/SAGE GAMES • Unitarian Church, 10804-119 St • 780.474.8240 • Every 2nd and last Fri each Month, 7-10:30pm ST PAUL'S UNITED CHURCH • 11526-76 Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship) 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 WOODYS VIDEO BAR • 11723 Jasper Ave • 780.488.6557 • Mon: Amateur Strip Contest; prizes with Shawana • Tue: Kitchen 3-11pm • Wed: Karaoke with Tizzy 7pm-1am; Kitchen 3-11pm • Thu: Free pool all night; kitchen 3-11pm • Fri: Mocho Nacho Fri: 3pm (door), kitchen open 3-11pm

SPECIAL EVENTS DSL OPEN HOUSE • DSL, 14520-128 Ave • Mar 21, 10am-4pm • Free with registration at 800.665.1125, contactus@dslinc.com

DOWNTOWN DINING WEEK • Various Venues • edmontondowntown.com • Dine and discover a whole new world of scrumptious cuisine–at a fraction of the cost. Menu exclusively for Dining Week: lunch or dinner for $15, $25 or $50 at the finest downtown eateries • Until Mar 24 ELECTICITY • ISBE Domain, 9529 Jasper Ave • A variety show in support of Heather Mackenzie's Campaign for City Council, Ward 6; featuring poets, comedians, storytellers, songwriters and more • Mar 22, 7-11pm • $50 HOME AND GARDEN SHOW • Northlands Edmonton Expo Centre, 7515-118 Ave • 780.491.5548 • Mar 21-24

JAZZ ' ART OF BEAUMONT • KC Hall, 5204A-50 Ave • Jazz'Art by SAVA • Mar 23, 7:30pm

THE PALESTINIAN BAZAAR • Westbury Theatre, TransAlta Arts Barn • humanserve.org/bazaar • Bazaar: 12-6:30pm • Comedy With A Cause: evening event featuring Maysoon Zayid and Aron Kader and musicians, poets and dancers; 6:30pm; age 15+; $25 (student)/$20 (adv, student)/$35 (adult), $30 (adv, adult) • Proceeds from the comedy night to Palestinian refugees through Humanserve International • Mar 30

THE TERRANCE LEE CAMERON MEMORIAL BENEFIT FOR THE STOLLERY • Terrance Lee Cameron, Central Lions Rec Centre, 11113-113 St • inmemoryof.ca • Featuring: Powder Blues Band. All the King's Men, Cameron Brothers Band, John Calvery • Sat, Mar 23, 6pm (Door), 8-12:30 (music) • $40 at Cameron Driver Education 780-455.8157 (office hours)

WESTERN CANADA FASHION WEEK • Westbury Theatre, TransAlta Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave • Stylist Competition Stylist Competition, Emerging Designer Competition, Whyte Avenue Showcase • Mar 21, 8pm • $25 at TIX on the Square WORLD WATER DAY • Studio Music Foundation, 10940-166A St • waterforlifefestival.org • Benefit Concert in support of Sunshine Treeshade Humanitarian Charity's 6th Annual Celebration featuring Weapons of Mass Distraction, Stephanie Harpe Experience, Trevor Duplessis, Light Travels, Ken Stead, John Spearn, Kevin Maimann, Clean Comedy By Mc Charles Gahl, video projections

by Satoreye Dreamtime, art exhibit by Robert F Calhoun, Morgan Gowans, Alexandra Stratkotter, Linda Harpe Turner • Mar 22, 7pm-12 • Free

Y.E.S.S. WE CAN HELP • City Centre Church Paramount Theatre • Sat, Mar 23, 4-10pm

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Festival shows fly fishing is about more than a big catch Sun, Mar 24 (2:30 pm) Metro Cinema at the Garneau, $15 (advance), $20 (door)

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hen my feet hit the water, everything shuts off."

It's this escape from the hustle and bustle of reality that has kept Bird Marketing Group president Chris Bird returning to the sport of fly fishing year after year, as well as countless others who seek to kick back and allow themselves to be swept up in the moment, in turn fostering a sense of community that has gathered annually for the International Fly Fishing Film Festival (IF4) since 2010.

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is huge, and I don't mean huge in numbers," Bird notes, adding the festival screenings often draw a median audience of approximately 250 people, with film being an effective medium in attracting younger audiences. "It's important to the very small niche market that fly fishing is and I think we really connected with that community ... it's amazing to me that something so simple could draw such popularity."

Bird, whose company is behind the festival in conjunction with Vantage Point Media, notes there had been similar events south of the border, but Canada had always seemed to come second in the planning process, only receiving a handful of

screenings. IF4 takes its annual lineup to venues across the country and beyond—with screenings now taking place in the US as well as outside North America—to showcase films focusing on the culture and lifestyle rooted in fly fishing.

The films showcased at this year's festival have all taken a turn for the retrospective, Bird notes, joking that the productions have steered away from the usual "fish porn" in favour of more thought-provoking material. There's still plenty of lush scenery and impressive fish, but the films, which range in length from three to 20 minutes, go a little deeper, such as A Deliberate Life by Kokkaffe Media.

"It really just addresses the pressures of work, how that ties into life and what you do with it," Bird says, recalling an instance where he was approached by a viewer who joked he hoped everyone didn't up and quit their jobs after watching the film. "It's not a call to action to leave your jobs, it's a call to action to maintain a balanced lifestyle and to not let work dictate everything that you do, but to more so use it as a tool to live your life."

Naturally, a niche festival will catch the attention of those who are immersed in the culture of a sport, but Bird believes fly fishing can reach beyond that and resonate

with those with little to no experience with a rod. Fly fishing has the ability to transport people to another place, much like he believes any well-done film can.

"I'd compare it to a U2 concert; not everyone's a fan of U2, but when you go to a concert, you walk away going, 'OK, well maybe they've got something there,'" he says. "It's very similar to that because you sort of look at it and go, 'Why would I want to go to that?' And when you go and there's a take-away from it, especially this year being that the filmmakers have been very retrospective, I think there's something there for everybody."

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Visual essay considers the life and work of author WG Sebald trialization of silk and the writings of peared in select cinemas in 2011 and 17th-century English polymath Thomas has since been released on DVD by Browne. Sebald was born in Bavaria Cinema Guild. It is nearly as resistant near the close of the Second World to category as the book it's inspired War, but he made his academic career by, bearing traces of biography, critiin England, and died there, in a cism, homage, travelogue and atmocar accident near Norwich in sphere-piece. Much of the film T 2001. Sebald has remained consists of slow dissolves beASPEC in print and beloved, tween stark black and white .com beguiling and endlessly landscapes, while rarely weekly e u v josef@ blurbable for certain pubseen commentators address f e s o J licists seeking haute literary Sebald's life and work in voiceBraun cred. He remains a writer's writover. As a way of invoking The er, but he is also a vast wood where any Rings of Saturn for the uninitiated, I patient reader can wander, remember find Patience a little misleading: such and then forget many things so carea muted, limited visual field doesn't fully memorialized. reflect the calm yet constant cascade of data, narrative and conjecture on Which is also to say that Sebald offer in the book (or, for that matter, is ripe for fresh exegesis—there is any Sebald book). Not that we should both a genuine desire and a market. expect Patience to be mimetic—if But I suppose it is a niche market, we want a film that feels more like which would explain why even the reading Sebald, perhaps we should fevered readers among you mightn't watch Sans Soleil (1983) or Buñuel's have heard about Grant Gee's PaThe Milky Way (1969). Better to retience (After Sebald), which follows gard Patience as a valuable accessory the footsteps of Saturn. It first aprather than a parallel artwork, and to

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"In August 1992, when the dog days were drawing to an end, I set off to walk the county of Suffolk, in the hope of dispelling the emptiness that takes hold of me whenever I have completed a long stint of work ... " So goes the first of many elegant sentences describing, among many other things, a walk; sentences paced like walking, chronicling thoughts, discoveries and investigations that emerge from walking, that

make up WG Sebald's famously unclassifiable book The Rings of Saturn, first published in German in 1995, and in an English translation in 1998. The book engenders its own pilgrimage, complete with occasional, enigmatic, caption-free illustrations, and immerses the reader in its author's melancholic yet endlessly curious mental landscape, in his many attempts to preserve the memory of endangered themes, such as the indus-

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enjoy it as a sort of meditation object in its own right.

Some highlights: software developer Barbara Hui sharing her brilliant digital map of the Saturn walk, which includes footnotes explaining what digressions each spot prompted in Sebald; poet Andrew Motion on the Orford Merman; a consideration of the similarities between Suffolk and the Zone from Stalker (1979); visual artist Tacita Dean on itinerary maps one can "follow" without ever leaving home; psychologist and essayist Adam Phillips on how Sebald's is the kind of Holocaust writing we need; and the voice of Sebald himself discussing the use of fog in literature. Patience marked the first time I'd ever heard Sebald's voice; how ghostly when placed amidst all these other living voices.

But living and dead intermingle always in Sebald, so how fitting, then, that Patience allows this particular ghost to linger, and to wander with us a while longer. V

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REVUE // WEIRD SCIENCE

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ALBERTA Altered States

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Tue, Mar 26 (7 pm) Directed by Ken Russell Metro Cinema at the Garneau Originally released: 1980

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id Altered States prompt my teenage enthusiasm for drug experimentation? I'm fairly sure that Aldous Huxley, Rimbaud, myriad musicians and the Beats probably beat it to the punch, but the film's protagonist, played

by William Hurt, certainly seemed to encapsulate precisely the sort of dazzled longing for chemical-induced transcendence that wooed by hungry young consciousness. Until he goes ape, at which point things get pretty silly. But that's nearly two-thirds into the movie, and by then it already had me. I still retain enormous affection for Altered States and am happy for whatever excuse to revisit it. It's screening Tuesday night as part of Metro Cinema's "Cult Cinema" series.

Hurt remains central to the movie's appeal, his baby-blues and beatific arrogance. He introduced a new, liberal ideal of Aryan beauty, ambition and intelligence. He must have been pleased that for his big screen debut he would play an irresistible genius. Eddie Jessup is a whizkid professor spending all his spare time in a sensory deprivation tank, studiously chronicling his head-trips to bearded lab buddy Bob Balaban. The movie starts with Jessup just floating, the embryonic hero-shaman. His next big entrance has him surrounded by white light in the threshold of a party full of pot-smoking academics halfway through the organ solo of "Light My Fire." He quickly corners Emily (Blair Brown) the second-smartest-prettiest person in attendance; within hours he beds her, the sex accompanied by religious visions; post-coitally he confesses his psychic need, the childhood realization on his father's deathbed that death is a harrowing void, so best to break on through to the other side while still kicking; within two months Em-

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Flash-forward to Harvard gigs, two kids and a marital crisis, and Jessup's off to Mexico to hang with Indians and swallow some hallucinogenic concoction that looks like mole but seems meant to resemble ayahuasca. (Wrong hemisphere, but whatever.) The stamp of director Ken Russell, maestro of overstatement, is most clearly seen in the hallucination sequences, which are largely literal-minded and corny, though there are startling moments, such the extended sequence in which Jessup and Emily lay still on a cave floor, in fetal and sphinx poses, respectively, while a sandstorm first engulfs them and then erodes their bodies down to dust. That bit is about as inspired as Altered States gets, but let us praise the movie for its likable supporting characters and its fleetness, the way it gallops through exposition.

The script and source novel were by Paddy Chayefsky, though he would withdraw his name from the finished product, for reasons one can guess at. I haven't read Chayefsky's book and thus can't comment on Russell's treatment, but could anyone, even David Cronenberg, have convincingly realized the story's final third, in which weird science makes a monkey out of Jessup?

Taking more and more of the Mexican brew and spending more and more time in the deprivation tank, Jessup learns the hard way that regressive states of consciousness can be externalized. The movie becomes a little like Cat People (1942/82), with Jessup morphing into a hairy, aphasic version of Iggy Pop, going to the zoo and slaughtering a goat. Eventually the movie remembers that it's actually a love story. Yes, it's mostly ridiculous, but I can still fantasize a version codirected by Stanley Kubrick and Henry Jaglom, and let myself fall under its audacious spell. It helps to get loaded first.

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Admission Opens Fri, Mar 21 Directed by Paul Weitz

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irst off, Admission is not as LOLfunny as you might expect a movie starring Tina Fey and Paul Rudd to be. So if you manage those expectations moviegoers, despite the faint whiff of rom-com the movie poster gives off, you'll actually discover a film that tackles more interesting subjects than the ups and downs of dating in this modern, mixed-up world.

Portia (Fey) is an admissions officer at Princeton. Taking a few jabs at helicopter parents as they desperately try to get their child into the prestigious school, the tables turn quickly when Portia is reconnected with the child, Jeremiah (Nat Wolff), she gave up for adoption years ago. Now in his last year of high school, Jeremiah has his own dreams of getting into Princeton

encouraged by his unorthodox teacher (Rudd). While Jeremiah is smart, he is not exactly Princeton material.

Filled with insightful, yet gentle, onetwo punches about parenting, trying to parent successfully and, well, not parenting at all, Portia is regularly confronted with her decision not to raise a child, mumbling a stressed "I love that question," when asked why she never wanted kids. And with the complete and utter death of the family sitcom, asking the question of what it means to be a good parent is a matter that goes largely unexplored for this latest generation of moms and dads.

Her own mother, Susannah (Lily Tomlin), isn't afraid to express her disappointment with her daughter's life.

Playing a second-wave feminist, Tomlin does an outstanding job here—

rounding out a character that doesn't appear on-screen nearly enough.

Dropping some witty feminisms—if you know your Virginia Woolf from your Gertrude Stein—Tomlin's intellectual-hippie could be a highlight.

Swinging for a whole "in a world where you can be anything, be yourself" vibe, this film is less about falling in love with Prince Charming and more about finding your way when your world falls apart. While Admission keeps the tone a little too light to make the Hollywood ending feel truly satisfying, its attempt to tell a different kind of story is all the entertainment necessary and reason enough to pop some popcorn, if only to encourage more (slightly better) movies like it.

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REVUE // THRILLER

The Call

Now playing Directed by Brad Anderson

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ur own Alexander Graham Bell first dialled the telephone two decades before films hit screens, so he never could've imagined how Hollywood would put his device through the ringer, from prank-call dramedy The Telephone to sniper-targetsman in Phone Booth to J-horror-remake One Missed Call. (Probably being pitched right now—Curtain Call, meta-horror about a madman who stalks and kills viewers after they didn't switch off their phones before the movie.) Which brings us to The Call, a 911 flick that's actually 341—3 mov-

ies 4 the price of a bad 1.

The first, a psychological thriller, has Hitchcockian potential. After a girl's abducted, murdered and buried by a prowler—because emergency-operator Jordan (Halle Berry) called back and he heard the phone—a numbing buzz of trauma sets in. Jordan, on anti-depressants, quits phone-response to be a trainer at the callcentre. Then the prowler kidnaps another girl (Abigail Breslin), whose call from a car trunk reaches a rattled Jordan. The potential's enormous—claustrophobia crossing lines with surveillance networks as a guiltwracked woman tries to keep a professional distance but also mother a frantic, trapped girl in a time-running-out effort

to save her going from locked-away to dead-and-buried. Trouble is, Brad Anderson (Session 9) often revs when he should brake and draw out the suspense; soon, the story's rushing on, leaving behind its initial nice little details. A TV-movie-ish quality and some over-explaining don't help, but here comes ...

The second movie, a psycho-horror.

There goes the movie's moments of jaggedly-cut, non-explicit violence, as the kidnapper takes his victim underground, where his childishly stunted subconscious is revealed, along with how luridly he's some twisted moviecross between Buffalo Bill and Norman Bates. Soon, thriller coincidences become action contrivances. Much sneering, twitching and sordid creepiness with operating tables and mannequins later—plus Breslin's character stripped to her bra, just to scrape the bottom of the barrel-of-titillation—the movie's on the threshold of schlocky, torture-porn territory ...

Whereupon the third movie, a twominute short film—The Call's conclusion—tosses into the gutter like a cheap burner-phone what little remaining character development and plausibility there was, all for a cheap vigilante-revenge twist that rings, and rings and rings hollow in our eyes.

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PREVUE // FILM

Provincial Archives Film Night

Fri, Mar 22 (7 pm) Film is Dead; Long Live Film!

The Naked Flame (9:30 pm) Metro Cinema at the Garneau, Free Film is Dead; Long Live Film!

Panel Discussion Wed, Mar 27 (7 pm) Provincial Archives of Alberta, Free

'I

t's almost unprecedented in any kind of art form that the chosen media of a segment of artists is in danger of becoming extinct."

Audio-visual archivist Braden Cannon is speaking in terms of film, which has been on the proverbial chopping block since people began dabbling in digital back in the '70s. However, Cannon, along with countless other individuals

involved in various areas of the film industry, believe film retains its merits. To spark discussion and raise awareness of the differences between each—which is often not apparent to the average viewer— the Provincial Archives is hosting a film night which will feature Film Is Dead; Long Live Film! a comparison of 16 mm and 35mm productions against their scanned and digitized counterparts. The latter half of the evening will be a digital screening of the 1963 film The Naked Flame.

"That 'long live film' is this optimistic cry that it may not carry the same weight, there may not be as many productions being made on film ... but every major studio in Hollywood is still sending out release prints on celluloid, so it's not as dire as it sounds," Cannon notes, referencing what he sees as the premature prediction of film's extinction. "As long as there's still this die-hard subset of folks who are going to continue making films or collecting films even, it's not going to go anywhere."

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There are consistent arguments touting the pros and cons of film versus celluloid, and while esthetic value could be debated to death, Cannon maintains that film is the ideal medium when it comes to the preservation of moving images.

"Sure, digital cinema is easier in terms of distribution, it's cheaper, it's easier to get it up online, but we're at a point where if we keep going the way we're going with digital cinema without serious effort put into long-term thinking, we're going to have a cinematic dark-age, much like the teens and '20s where most of the films shot in the first three decades of the history of film have been lost," he says, adding this occurred due to lack of proper preservation and use of nitrate film. "If we keep going the way we are now, switching everything to digital without thinking long-term, these digital files will corrupt, they'll corrode and we'll lose them ... even if they do keep it, even if you put the effort into preserving it, the file could become obsolete."

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THE CROODS (G) In Real D FRI-SAT 7:05 , 9:10; SUNTHU 8:00; SAT-SUN 1:30

OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (PG frightening scenes) FRI-SAT 6:50, 9:10; SUN-THU 8:00; SAT-SUN 1:30

DUGGAN CINEMA–CAMROSE 6601-48 Ave Camrose, 780.608.2144

OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (14A coarse language, brutal violence) DAILY 6:50, 9:25; SAT, SUN, THU 1:50

THE CROODS (G) DAILY 7:00, 9:05; SAT-SUN, THU 2:00 OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (PG frightening

scenes) DAILY 6:45, 9:20; SAT-SUN, THU 1:45

THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (PG coarse language, not recommended for young children) No passes DAILY 7:10, 9:30; SAT,-SUN, THU 2:10 THE CALL (14A brutal violence) DAILY 7:20PM 9:35; SAT-SUN, THU 2:20

THE GUILT TRIP (PG language may offend) Midnight Movie Marathon

SKYFALL (14A violence) Midnight Movie Marathon MAMA (14A frighteningMidnight Movie Marathon scenes) Midnight Movie Marathon

BROKEN CITY (14A coarse language, violence) Mid-

night Movie Marathon

CINEMA CITY MOVIES 12 5074-130 Ave 780.472.9779

RISE OF THE GUARDIANS (G) DAILY 1:25, 3:45, 6:45, 9:15

WRECK-IT RALPH (G) DAILY 1:15; 3D: DAILY 4:00,

7:10, 9:35

HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS 3D (18A gory brutal violence) DAILY 1:55, 4:10, 7:15, 9:30

THE GUILT TRIP (PG language may offend) DAILY 1:40,

4:25, 7:20, 9:55

THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY (PG violence, frightening scenes, not recommended for young children) DAILY 1:30; 3D: DAILY 5:00, 8:45

DJANGO UNCHAINED (18A gory brutal violence) DAILY 1:20, 5:15, 9:00

JACK REACHER (14A violence) DAILY 1:05, 3:50, 7:00, 9:45

LES MISÉRABLES (PG violence, not recommended for young children) DAILY 1:10, 4:35, 8:00

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES (PG frightening scenes,

not recommended for young children) DAILY 1:35, 4:15, 7:05, 9:50

LINCOLN (PG violence, not recommended for young children, language may offend) DAILY 1:00, 4:30, 7:40 MAMA (14A frightening scenes) DAILY 1:50, 4:40, 7:30,

REVUE // EPIC ROMANTIC DRAMA

10:00

Doctor Zhivago

POOJA KIVEN AA (STC) DAILY 1:15, 4:20, 6:55, 9:40

CINEPLEX ODEON NORTH 14231-137 Ave 780.732.2236

THE CROODS (G) No passes Closed Captioned FRI, SUN-WED 12:00, 1:10, 2:45, 3:45, 5:45, 6:30, 8:50; SAT 11:00, 12:00, 1:10, 2:15, 3:45, 5:45, 6:30, 8:50; THU 12:00, 1:10, 3:45, 5:45, 6:30, 8:50; 3D: DAILY 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:25

G.I JOE: RETALIATION (STC) Closed Captioned, No

passes WED 8:10, 10:40; THU 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:55; 3D: Ultraavx: WED 7:00, 9:45; THU 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40

JACK THE GIANT SLAYER 3D (PG violence, frightening scenes, not recommended for young children) Closed Captioned FRI, SUN-THU 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 10:05; SAT 11:15, 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 10:05

SAFE HAVEN (PG not recommended for young

children) Closed Captioned FRI-TUE 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:55;

WED 1:40, 4:20

OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (PG frightening

scenes) Closed Captioned FRI-WED 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30; Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10; 3D: FRI-TUE, THU 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40; WED 7:00, 10:00; WED 12:40, 3:40

ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH (G) FRI-TUE 12:15, 2:30; WED 12:15, 2:30, 7:30; THU 12:15, 2:30, 4:50; 3D : FRI-TUE 4:50, 7:00; WED 4:45 THE HOST (PG violence) THU 9:20 IDENTITY THIEF (14A coarse language, sexual content)

Closed Captioned FRI-WED 12:50, 3:30, 6:45, 9:20; THU 12:50, 3:30, 6:45

21 AND OVER (18A) Closed Captioned FRI 12:30, 5:15, 7:50, 10:45; SAT 11:30, 5:15, 8:05, 10:45; SUN-TUE 12:30, 5:15, 7:50, 10:10; WED 12:30, 5:15

DEAD MAN DOWN (14A brutal violence) FRI 10:10; SAT 10:20; SUN-TUE 9:10; WED 9:50; THU 10:30

SNITCH (14A) Closed Captioned FRI-WED 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20; THU 2:20, 5:00, 10:20 ROYAL OPERA HOUSE: ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (Classification not available) THU 7:30

ADMISSION (PG coarse language) Closed Captioned DAILY 1:20, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30

THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (PG

coarse language, not recommended for young children)

Wed, Mar 27 (7 pm) Directed by David Lean Metro Cinema at the Garneau Originally released: 1965

S

een now, David Lean's threehours-plus adaptation of Boris Pasternak's 1957 novel Doctor Zhivago, a massive hit in the 1960s (adjusted for inflation, it's estimated as the eighth highest-grossing film ever released in the US), immerses us more in the golden period of Hollywood epics than in its early-20th-century Russian romance. For Lean, coming off the success of Lawrence of Arabia, this wintry saga showcases his brilliance

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at set-pieces, both sweeping in scope and momentous in miniature. There's the young boy Zhivago caught up in a Dickensian Gothic (Lean had directed Great Expectations and Oliver Twist) introduction to death on the steppes; the young man Zhivago (Omar Sharif) happening to sit behind cool-eyed Lara (Julie Christie) on a Moscow tram; the lofty cruelty of Victor Komarovsky (Rod Steiger) pitted against the high-minded, rebellious zeal of Lara's paramour Pasha (Tom Courtenay); the brutal waste of so many Russian lives on the First World War's Eastern front. And, always ready to warble up from the orchestra, the balalaika-driv-

en Lara's Theme—one of the most famous musical leitmotifs ever.

There's some stodginess to all this (as in the wooden ranks-breaking scene near the front) and too much melodrama (warning to your liver if you play a vodka drinking-game for every scene where a character's eyes glisten). But Lean takes his time to build a seemingly high-browed, novelistic, intimate pace out of the era's seething political fervour (compare today's Les Misérables, which never sits still in its efforts to lash at every emotion under the revolutionary flag). While Pasternak's novel was critical of the October Revolution, this

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Western production threatens to reduce Bolsheviks to semi-humans bent on imposing humourlessness on all of Russia.

But there's much to be said—more so in 1965, at the height of the Cold War—for the film's sly immersion, through fraught romance, of its viewers in a snowbound, poverty-stricken, striving-for-progress Soviet Union. Doctor Zhivago gives a rather bold, broad (sometimes too broad) context for the century's greatest, most brutal and self-imploding failure at the Communist experiment. It ends up being entertaining, if not always nuanced or thoughtful, political history.

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Closed Captioned FRI, SUN-WED 1:15, 4:00, 7:15, 9:45; SAT 10:55, 1:15, 4:00, 7:15, 9:45; THU 1:15, 4:00, 7:40, 9:45

OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (14A coarse language, brutal

violence) FRI-SAT 9:15; WED 7:45, 10:40; THU 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:40; ULTRAAVX: FRI, SUN-TUE 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:40; SAT 11:00, 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:40; WED 1:30, 4:10

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG (STC) SAT 11:00 THE CALL (14A brutal violence) Closed Captioned FRI,

SUN-TUE, THU 1:00, 3:20, 8:10, 10:35; SAT 10:50, 1:00, 3:20, 8:10, 10:35; WED 3:20, 8:05, 10:35; Star & Strollers Screening: WED 1:00

CINEPLEX ODEON SOUTH 1525-99 St 780.436.8585

THE CROODS (G) Closed Captioned, No passes FRI

1:30, 4:05, 6:40, 9:15; Sat 11:00, 1:30, 4:05, 6:40, 9:15; SUNTUE 12:00, 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:10; WED 12:00, 2:30, 10:10; THU 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:10; WED 5:00, 7:30; 3D: FRI 2:00, 4:35, 7:10, 9:45; SAT 11:30, 2:00, 4:35, 7:10, 9:45; SUN-THU 12:25, 2:55, 5:30, 8:05, 10:35

LIFE OF PI 3D (PG) Closed Captioned FRI-SAT 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50; SUN-TUE 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30; WED 12:30, 3:30

JACK THE GIANT SLAYER 3D (PG violence, frighten-

ing scenes, not recommended for young children) Closed Captioned FRI 2:25, 5:15, 8:10, 10:55; SAT 11:40, 2:25, 5:15, 8:10, 10:55; SUN-THU 1:05, 3:50, 6:35, 9:20

OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (PG frightening scenes) Closed Captioned FRI 12:25, 3:30, 6:30, 9:40; SAT 11:55, 3:30, 6:30, 9:40; SUN-TUE 12:40, 3:40, 6:45, 9:55; WED-THU 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:55

G.I JOE: RETALIATION (STC) Closed Captioned, No

passes WED 7:25, 10:15; THU 1:50, 4:40, 7:25, 10:15; 3D: WED 8:00, 10:45; THU 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:45

OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL 3D (PG frighten-

ing scenes) FRI-SAT 12:55, 4:00, 7:15, 10:20; SUN-TUE 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 10:10; WED 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 10:15; THU 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 10:25

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (14A coarse language) FRI-SAT 10:15; SUN-THU 10:40

THE HOST (PG violence) THU 9:25 ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH (G) FRI-SAT 12:00; SUN-THU 12:50; 3D : FRI-SAT 2:30, 5:00, 7:40; SUN-THU

3:20, 5:55, 8:20

IDENTITY THIEF (14A coarse language, sexual content) Closed Captioned FRI-SAT 12:05, 2:45, 5:25, 8:05, 10:45; Sun 11:55, 2:35, 5:15, 8:00, 10:40; MON-TUE 12:00, 2:35, 5:15, 8:00, 10:40; WED 12:00, 2:35, 5:15, 7:50, 10:40; THU 12:00, 3:00, 6:30 21 AND OVER (18A) Closed Captioned FRI 1:00, 3:25,

5:50, 8:15, 10:40; SAT 5:50, 8:15, 10:40; SUN 11:55, 2:20, 4:50, 7:25, 9:50; MON 12:00, 2:20, 4:50, 10:05; TUE 12:00, 2:20, 4:50, 7:25, 9:50; WED 12:00, 2:20, 4:50

SNITCH (14A) FRI 12:15, 3:00, 5:40, 8:20, 11:00; SAT

3:00, 5:40, 8:20, 11:00; SUN 11:35, 2:10, 4:55, 7:50, 10:45; MON-TUE 2:10, 4:55, 7:50, 10:45; WED 2:10, 10:05; THU 2:10, 4:55, 10:45

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: MARIA STUARDA ENCORE (Classification not available) SAT 10:55 ADMISSION (PG coarse language) Closed Captioned FRI 1:40, 4:15, 7:00, 9:35; SAT 11:05, 1:40, 4:15, 7:00, 9:35; SUNTUE 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:35; WED 1:40, 4:20, 6:55, 9:30; THU 4:20, 6:55, 9:30; Star & Strollers Screening THU 1:00

ROYAL OPERA HOUSE: ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (Classification not available) THU 7:30 THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (PG

coarse language, not recommended for young children) Closed Captioned FRI 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 9:55; Sat 11:40, 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 9:55; SUN 11:30, 2:00, 4:35, 7:10, 9:40; MON 2:00, 4:35, 7:25, 10:05; TUE 2:00, 4:35, 7:10, 9:40; WED 2:00, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35; THU 2:00, 4:35, 7:45, 10:20

OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (14A coarse language, brutal

violence) FRI-SAT 1:35, 4:25, 7:30, 10:30; SUN-TUE 1:35, 4:30, 7:30, 10:20; WED 1:35, 4:30, 7:20, 7:55, 10:20, 10:45; THU 1:35, 2:05, 4:30, 5:00, 7:20, 7:55, 10:20, 10:45; ULTRAAVX: FRI 2:15, 5:05, 8:00, 11:00; SAT 11:25, 2:15, 5:05, 8:00, 11:00; SUN-TUE 2:05, 5:00, 7:55, 10:45; WED 2:05, 5:00

THE CALL (14A brutal violence) Closed Captioned FRI 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10; SAT 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10; SUN-THU 12:45, 3:15, 5:40, 8:05, 10:30

INAPPROPRIATE COMEDY (18A crude sexual content)

FRI-SAT 1:05, 3:20, 5:35, 7:50, 10:05; SUN-TUE 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:45, 10:00; WED-THU 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:40, 10:00

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG (STC) SAT 11:00 ALIENS (M gruesome scenes not suitable for preteenag-

ers) MON 7:00

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THE CROODS 3D (G) No passes Closed Captioned FRI

3:30, 6:30, 9:10; SAT 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:20; SUN-THU 12:30, 3:00, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15

JACK THE GIANT SLAYER 3D (PG violence, frighten-

ing scenes, not recommended for young children) FRI 4:00, 6:50, 9:30; SAT 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40; SUN-TUE 1:10, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50; WED 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:40; THU 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10

G.I JOE: RETALIATION 3D (STC) Vip 18+, No passes

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ou can't make a play much more Canadian than setting it in a Tim Horton's and naming it after the franchise's best-known beverage. Well, other than tossing in a few hackneyed epithets about bad weather. Oh, and maybe making one of the characters a Newfie.

The newest effort from esteemed Edmonton playwright Ken Brown, Double Double mixes all of these ingredients into what director Michael Clark describes as a classic boy-meets-girl romantic comedy about two single parents whose children are about to leave the nest and therefore leave their parents free to explore the next chapter of their lives.

"The fun thing about it is, it never really changes," Clark says with a laugh. "The insecurities that people have when they're young are the same insecurities they have when they're old. You get better at hiding your insecurities so they're deeper and more buried, and you work harder to protect them. And that's where comedy comes from, trying to protect the lie."

Clark likens the script to the film

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The Kite Runner

Until Sun, Mar 31 (7:30 pm; Sunday matinee 1:30 pm) Directed by Eric Rose Citadel Theatre, $35 – $75 way out of the brutality of a boxing ring and into the foreign world of ballet—where, as it turns out, he discovers a new talent that pushes him to go against the grain of his one-industry town in pursuit of something more.

Alongside the journey of the production's titular character is that of Tony, Billy's older brother, who is faced with his own challenges:

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My Dinner with Andre, noting that the action is not physical so much as it is emotional and conceptual—and part of creating that concept involved building a miniature Tim Horton's inside the theatre.

"Tim Horton's has really thrown their lot in with the play: we have tables and chairs and doughnut racks," Clark says. "We've made it an immersive environment and some members of the audience who are brave enough to sit at the tables in the restaurant with the actors will get free coffee and doughnuts. But there's no participation, only free doughnuts."

Workshop West, whose mandate is to bring new Canadian plays to the stage, has been developing Double Double since 2009. Clark notes that they've done innumerable workshops with the piece, including readings at the past two Springboards Festivals.

"We've been working really hard to deepen our process, spend longer in rehearsal, more time working with the writer," Clark says. "We also bring the designers into the process early, so that the mise-en-scene of the world that the writer is constructing deepens his understanding of the story.

But ultimately this is [Brown]'s story —mostly I've just been trying to stay out of his way!"

dealing with the death of his mother, battling it out in the picket line during a miner's strike and learning to accept his younger brother's dreams, even when they go against the grain.

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n expansive story stretching over three decades and three very different countries, Khaled Hosseini's best-selling 2003 novel The Kite Runner is by no means a simple tale. In attempting to grapple with this large and at times unwieldy narrative, Matthew Spangler's stage adaptation unfortunately falls into the trap of trying to pack too much

into too small a space.

Die-hard fans of the novel will be happy to know that the Citadel Theatre's current production of the adaptation leaves most of the main events of the story intact—which is, unfortunately, part of the problem. The key to a good adaptation is not being afraid to take liberties— sometimes large ones—with the story; this production of The Kite Runner clings too tightly to the original story and doesn't quite manage to find its own voice on stage.

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Noting the musical itself—with a score composed by Sir Elton John— is far from the traditional sense of the word, Titmas adds he and his castmates sought to bring a sense of realism to the story that can get lost amongst lavish song-and-dance numbers.

"I don't want it to be a frou-frou performance; I want to make sure there's some sincerity to it," he adds. "The show is very appealing to a lot of people for different reasons, and at some point during the show you'll cry and at some point during the show you'll laugh and you'll be moved somehow."

The play simply feels too rushed; a pervasive sense of urgency takes over the entire piece, and while many of the events and issues raised by the story are deeply upsetting and emotionally charged, the audience simply doesn't get to spend enough time on any one item for the tears to really flow.

That said, visually it's very engrossing: the entire first act is narrated by Amir as he watches his younger self and other characters from his past scramble around re-enacting previous events. Though extended periods of exposition are tricky, often becoming wearisome after a time, The Kite Runner avoids this pitfall through impressively high-energy performances by all of the actors. Each one was up to the challenge, navigating the play's constant movement without a hitch.

A live tabla player (the fantastic Salar Nader) fleshes out the soundtrack of the show, lending presence and immediacy to the events on stage.

The second half deals with the more recent past and then Amir's present, and is easily the more engaging of the two acts; still, that constant sense of rushing ever onward to the next plot point prevents the story from bringing to bear its full emotional weight.

Nonetheless, The Kite Runner is still an enjoyable ride, so long as you realize that there aren't any stops along the way.

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ture voice of reason," notes Cullen Titmas of his role, which he stepped into for this year's tour after understudying it and performing as part of the show's ensemble previously.

"He just wants to fight for the community and the union and he's sort of the last one that comes around to Billy's situation and everybody else sort of gives in before him, so he has that struggle. He wants to do the right thing. He's been taught that the union is everything and the community has been generation after generation of miners who always fight for their community and the fact that his little brother wants to go be a ballet dancer is hard for him to grasp."

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FILM CINEMA AT THE CENTRE • Stanley A. Milner Theatre, bsmt, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.496.7000 • Centre for Reading and the Arts showcases little-known films every month • Professor Norman Cornett: Canada, 2009, STC; Mar 27, 6:30pm EDMONTON FILM SOCIETY • Royal Alberta Museum Auditorium, 12845-102 Ave • Membership for each film: $6/$5 (senior/student); $30 (membership for the series –8 films) • Joan of Paris (1942, PG); Mar 25, 8-10pm FAVA FEST • fava.ca • Presented by the Film and Video Arts Society–Alberta (FAVA): 3D: Film and Video Arts Festival featuring: 3D Trade Show, screening films, Artist Talk by Todd Cherniawsky, FAVA Gala: (awards, silent auction, 'le show de Peep' from Le Tivoli, after-party with Amy van Keeken’s Rock and Roll Sing-A-Long; Mar 23); until Mar 23 • FAVA GALA: 'le show de Peep' by Le Tivoli, silent auction, after party with Amy van Keeken's Rock 'n' Roll sing-a-long! Mar 23, 6pm (cocktails), 7pm (awards), 8pm (musicby Goldtop), 10pm (after party) FROM BOOKS TO FILM • Stanley A. Milner Library Audio Visual Rm, main fl, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.496.7000 • Films adapted from books • Anna Karenina: 2012, PG; Mar 22, 2pm PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF ALBERTA • 780.427.1715 • Metro Cinema at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St: Film Night: Film is Dead; Long Live Film! at 7:30pm; The Naked Flame at 9:30pm; Mar 22 • Provincial Archives of Alberta, 8555 Rober Rd: Following Film Night: Panel discussion: Film is Dead; Long Live Film!: Mar 27, 7pm VEGANS AND VEGETARIANS OF ALBERTA • Idylwylde Library, 8310-88 Ave • Film: Earthlings; documentary about society’s treatment of animals • Mar 26, 7pm

GALLERIES + MUSEUMS ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186106 St, 780.488.6611 • Discovery Gallery: THE RECIPIENTS: Recipients of the 8th annual Alberta Craft Awards; until Mar 23 • Feature Gallery: GOLDEN EDGE: Artworks by 16 craft artists; until Mar 30 • The Recipients of the 2012 Alberta Craft Awards; until Apr 13 • Discovery Gallery: URBAN WILD: Works by Calgary Clay arts Association; Mar 30-May 4; artist reception: May 4, 2-4pm ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.422.6223 • The News FROM HERE: The 2013 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art: Curated by Nancy Tousley; until May 5 • This Alberta Biennial showcases the work of several Alberta filmmakers and performance artists. Filmmakers with guest curator Nancy Tousley for an interactive Q&A session • THE STORY OF CANADIAN ART: As told by the Hart House Art Collection; until Jul 1 • THE BEQUEST: Ernest E. Poole and the AGA Collection; until Jul 1 • DAVID JANZEN: TRANSFER STATION: until Jun 16 • DUTCH LANDSCAPES FROM REMBRANDT TO VAN GOGH: Mar 23-Jun 16 • Art for Lunch: Theatre Foyer: Casual and informative discussions about AGA exhibitions, held during the lunch hour, 3rd Thu every month ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert, 780.460.4310 • plaNe-space: Works by Duncan Johnson; HYBRID FORMS Works

by Angela Lane; Mar 21-Apr 27; opening: Mar 21, 7-9pm ART SOCIETY OF STRATHCONA COUNTY • Loft Gallery, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • Artwork by society members, and a gift shop of artist made items; open to Jul BIBLIOTHÈQUE SAINT JEAN • 8406-91 St, Rm 1-12, Campus Saint-Jean • QU’EST-CE QU’UN CITOYEN RESPONSABLE? / WHAT IS A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN: Created based on the citizenship and identity concepts found in the social studies program. The UA students used recycable materials to create their "bonhomme" French texts; until Mar 28 • RÉVÉLATIONS!: Students artworks; until Mar 27 • LES CORDES À LINGE DE POÉSIE/POETRY CLOTHES LINE: Gathering poems for its clothes line. Compose a poem or choose your favourite and hang it on the clothes line; until Mar 28 BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 12310 Jasper Ave, 780.482.2854 • New work by artists Janice Mason Steeves and Scott Pattinson; until Mar 22 CENTRE D’ARTS VISUELS DE L’ALBERTA (CAVA) • 9103-95 Ave, 780.461.3427 • Group show, works by members • Until Apr 9 DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St • TOPOGRAPHIC SOUND: Photo-based works by Gary James Joynes; and Tritone (2013), sculptural echo; until Mar 16 • MIDTALE: Works by Daniela Schüter; ELEG: and Stefan Demming; Mar 21-May 11; reception: Apr 4, 6-10pm DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY • 10332-124 St • WATERS: Works by Nathan Birch; Mar 23-Apr 6 EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ • 9938-70 Ave • Olive Tree Project, Peg Barcelo-Jackson, Ginette D'Silva, Alice Dolphin, Dara Loewen • Ongoing

FAB GALLERY • Dept of Art and Design, U of A, Rm 1-1 Fine Arts Bldg, 780.492.2081 • Lisa Matthais; until Mar 23 • Alysha Creighton; until Mar 23 FRONT GALLERY • 12312 Jasper Ave, 780.488.2952 • WHISPERS OF NATURE: Andrew Raszewski • Until Mar 25 GALLERIE PAVA • 9524-87 St, 780.461.3427 • SOUL NOTES: Paintings works by Annette Ayre, Susan Allan • Until Apr 17 GALLERY 7 • 7 Perron St, St Albert, 780.459.2552 • GOD'S DOMAIN: Oil paintings by Ardath Buckaway • Until Mar 25 GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.944.5383 • 100 YRS, JUST GETTING STARTED, 1913-2013: Featuring displays showcasing EPL's history • THE POETRY ROUTE: Top four winning poems on display • Memorabilia from EPL’s history • Until Mar 31 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; 7pm • Comics Artistin-Residence: with Kyle Sams; Every Fri 12-6pm and Sat 12-5pm; until Apr 7 HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215-112 St • Main Gallery: OF/OFF (COURSE): Works by Steve de Bruyn; until Apr 12 • Front Room Gallery: LITTLE FEARS: Laura O’Connor; until Apr 12 HARRIS-WARKE GALLERY–Red Deer • Sunworks, 4924 Ross St • URBAN MAPPING: Series of paintings by Robert Dmytruk • Until Mar 23 JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY (JAGG) • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 University Ave • FOOD FOR THE SOUL: Paintings by John Zyp • Until Mar 27 JOHNSON GALLERY–South • 7711-85 St, 780.465.6171 • Miniatures by Thelma Manary, Rita Briansky, Ann Huculak, Susan Gardiner, Olson; photos by David Baine; graphite works by Glen Gaillet; watercolours by Jim Painter • Through Mar JUBILEE AUDITORIUM • Bsmt Gallery • cirque D'HOFFMANN: Artworks by ASA members runs in conjunction with Edmonton Opera's Les Contes d’Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach • Through Mar LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St, 780.990.1161 • Open Mon-Fri, 10am-5:30pm; Sat, 10am-5pm; by appt • JACQUELINE–THE URBAN SERIES: Artworks by Adele Knowler • Mar 22-Apr 9 • Opening: Mar 23, 1-4pm; artist in attendance LATITUDE 53 • 10242-106 St • 780 423 5353 • Latitude 53 Winter Salon at McCauley Sch, 9538-107 Ave Cold & Warmth: Mar 28, 7pm MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440112 St, 780.407.7152 • THE SPIRIT OF AGING: Photos by Sharon Moore; until Mar 24 • BOTANICALS–SOUTH AFRICA: By members of Keiskamma Trust: Textile artworks by those who have a life of extremes; poverty, disease, unemployment, poor education, and live in the Eastern Cape of South Africa; Mar 30-Jun 2; reception: Apr 4 MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM–St Albert • 5 St Anne St, St Albert, 780.459.1528 • CATCHING THE LIGHT: The life and photography of Victor Post • Until Mar 31 NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave, 780.432.0240 • AFTER HOURS ‘13: Works by the Paint Spot staff; until Mar 31 • uNfiNished PAINTING CHALLENGE: Exhibition of the "Before and After"; until Apr 15 NINA HAGGERTY–Stollery Gallery • 9225-118 Ave, 780.474.7611 • FRENCH ROOFS VILLAGE IMPRESSIONS: Watercolours by Malcolm Johnson; until Apr 5 PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper Ave, 780.455.7479 • Spring group show • Until Apr 2 PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper Ave, 780.455.7479 • Works by Barbara Hirst • Apr 6-23 ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845-102 Ave, 780.453.9100 • RIVER'S EDGE: Until May 5 • INUUJAQ: Dolls of the Canadian Arctic; until Apr 28 • arcTic 4: Exploring tales and traditions from Canada's North; until May 20 • COLD RECALL: Roald Amundsen's Reflections from the Northwest Passage; until Apr28 • ECHOES IN THE ICE: History, Mystery and frozen corpses; until May 20 • IRENE AVAALAAQIAQ–Myth and Reality; until May 20 • Lecture: Museum Theatre: Trench Art: From tools of war to works of "art" with Sean Moir; Mar 27, 7pm; free • Women in Danger Series: Until Apr 8 • Joan of Paris, (1942, 91 min., PG); Mar 25, 8-10pm • Museum Theatre: Curatorial Lecture Series: Trench Art: From tools of war to works of "art", lecture by Sean Moir, curator, military and political history; Mar 27, 7pm; free SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St, 780.488.3619 • CROWS AND MORE: Works by Leslie Poole; until Mar 30 SNAP GALLERY • 10123-121 St, 780.423.1492 • THE COMPLACENCY OF SEEING: Printworks by Rebecca Beardmore • agaiN aNd agaiN: Works

by Sukha Worob; until Mar 24 SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY • Melcor Cultural Centre, 35-5 Ave, Spruce Grove • GREEN: Allied Arts Council Members show • Until Apr 6 STRATHCONA COUNTY ART GALLERY @ 501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • FROM THE OUTSIDE IN: Photos by Brenda Francis Pelkey, curated by Brenda Barry Byrne • Until Apr 28 TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St • STAR WARS Identities: The Exhibition: explores the amazing nature of human identity through the magic of the Star Wars universe and its legendary characters • Until Apr 1 VAAA GALLERY • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St,

780.421.1731 • Gallery A: FACING NORTH–COYOTES ARTIST COLLECTIVE: Artworks by Brenda Kim Christianson, Jim Davies, Brenda Malkinson, Judy Martin, John Maywood (Stony Plain), Les Graff • Until Apr 13

VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St. Albert, 780.460.5990 • WELCOME TO BERE ISLAND: Paintings by four fine artists from an expedition to Ireland; works by Barbara Shore, Eleanor Lowden Pidgeon, Bella Totino, and Verne Busby • Until Mar 30

LITERARY ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA • Ledcor Theatre, 780.667.8253 • World Storytelling Day concert presented by TALES, celebrating the world’s stories and cultures • Mar 24, 2-3:30pm • Info: talesedmonton@hotmail.com

ART STREAM CENTRE • 11434-120 St, 780.425.9303, E: artstream@pagemaster.ca • Art Fuse–an explosion of local word, image and sound • Every Thu, 7-9pm; featuring authors, artists, artisans, musicians, and open mic AUDREYS BOOKS • 107 St, Jasper Ave • Stroll of Poets: Poets' Haven Series • Writer's Guild of Alberta: What–in Edmonton–is Todd Babiak doing?; Mar 26; $5 (donation, WGA non member) • Project Adult Literacy Society (PALS): Student Share Stories event; listen to life-changing stories from PALS clients and volunteers; Mar 27, 7pm EMPRESS ALE HOUSE • 9912 Whyte Ave • The Olive Reading Series: The U of A's WRITE 392 class • Mar 26, 7-9pm KOFFEE CAFÉ • 6120-28 Ave, 780.863.4522 • Glass Door Coffee House Reading Series: Monthly read-

ings with new headliner • Last Thu each month MACEWAN UNIVERSITY–City Centre Campus • Bldg 8, 10700-104 Ave • MacEwan University Book of the Year 2012/13. presents Michael Ondaatje reading from The Cat's Table • Mar 21, 7:30pm • Tickets at TIX on the Square ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St, 780.902.5900 • Spoken Word Tuesdays: Weekly spoken word night presented by the Breath In Poetry Collective (BIP); info: E: breathinpoetry@gmail.com SPINELLI’S • 10878-95 St • Jessica Kluthe launches her memoir, Rosina, the Midwife • Mar 23, 6:30-9pm 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 WORLD STORYTELLING DAY • Art Gallery of Alberta, Ledcor Theatre, 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq

• Fortune and Fate: A global celebration of the art of oral storytelling featuring Dr. Zhi Jones, Peter Midgley, Liam Shaw, Laura O’Connor, Bethany Ellis, presented by TALES • Mar 24, 1-2:30pm • $12 (adult)/$8 (child 8-18) at TIX on the Square

WUNDERBAR ON WHYTE • 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 • The poets of Nothing, For Now: poetry workshop and jam every Sun • No minors

THEATRE THE 11 O’CLOCK NUMBER! • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • Grindstone Theatre presents a two act improvised musical every other Fri, 11pm • Mar 22 • Tickets at TIX on the Square BIG BOOM THEORY • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, 2690, 8882-170 St, Phase II, WEM • All your favourite nerds are here helping Sheldon navigate his way through Canada. With plenty of Bazinga

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• Until Apr 7 THE BARD’S BEST BITS • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave, 780.434.5564 • Shadow Theatre • Hosted by John Hudson and David Belke, the evening will feature not only Shakespeare’s own words, but also scenes and songs inspired by the Bard. Featuring Coralie Cairns, John Sproule, Glenn Nelson, Rebecca Starr, Julien Arnold, Ryan Cunningham, Matt Alden, Jenny McKillops, and many more • Mar 24, 7:30pm • $25 at TIX on the Square, Shadow Theatre box office; fundraiser for Shadow Theatre BILLY ELLIOTT BROADWAY ACROSS CANADA • Jubilee Auditorium • Follows one boy's journey to make his dreams come true. Set in a small town, the story follows Billy as he stumbles out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class, discovering a surprising passion that inspires his family and his whole community • Until Mar 24 THE COMING OUT MONOLOGUES • Dewey's (Power Plant), U of A • A dramatic performance inspired by Eve Ensler’s 'The Vagina Monologues'; presented by University of Alberta Pride Week • Until Mar 22 • $11.75 (adult)/$16.75 (student) at TIX on the Square DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave, 780.433.3399 • The live improvised soap opera • Every Mon, until May 27, 7:30pm (subject to change) • Tickets at the box office DOUBLE DOUBLE • La Cite Francophone, 8627-91 St, 780.477.5955 • By Kenneth Brown. A pair of single parents with teenaged kids, steal brief, sometimes awkward moments away from their busy lives to try and fan the spark of their struggling new relationship –in a Tim Horton's • Mar 21-Apr 7 JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037-84 Ave • Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera presented by Trinity Players, direction by Morgan Kunitz, musical direction by Darlene Kunitz • Mar 22-24, 7:30pm • $15 at TIX on the Square, door; pay what you can preview: Mar 21. 7:30pm THE KITE RUNNER • Citadel Shoctor Theatre, 9828-101A Ave, 780.425.1820 • Based on the novel by Khaled Hosseini. Co-production with Theatre Calgary, directed by Eric Ross. The story of friendship between two Afghan boys from different worlds and one man’s journey to confront his past and find redemption • Until Mar 31, no show Mon; Tue-Sat 7:30pm; Sun, evening and mat shows • $35 LATE NIGHT CABARET: A VARIETY SHOW • The Club, 9828-101A Ave, 780.425.1820 • Rapid Fire Theatre, featuring interviews, hot comedy, games, special guests • Mar 28, 9pm • $15 MURDER MYSTERY–GAME OF MURDER • Fort Edmonton, Hotel Selkirk • The old manor house is sold, the contents to be sold at auction.

Rummaging through the many boxes of memorabilia, some unusual items are discovered • Mar 23, 6-7:30pm (cocktails), 7:30pm (show and dinner) • Reserve at 780.496.7227 THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS: THE MUSICAL! • Theatre Lab, Grant MacEwan University, Centre for the Arts, 1st Fl, 10045-156 St • Five sketches and a simple plot • Until Mar 24 • $11 (adult)/$9 (student/senior) ONCE UPON A MATTRESS • Bailey Theatre, Camrose • About Time Productions; musical theatre presentation of Once Upon a Mattress • Mar 22-23, 7pm (door), 7:30pm (show); Mar 24, 1:30pm (door), 2pm (show) • Tickets at Bailey box office; for Dinner Theatre (fl seats) 780.672.0893 THE PENELOPIAD • Citadel's Maclab Theatre, 9828 101A Ave • By Margaret Atwood. Retelling of Homer’s The Odyssey as told by Penelope and her twelve maids–the forgotten victims • Mar 30-Apr 21 • Start: $35 at box office SAINT JOAN • Timms Centre, U of A • By Bernard Shaw. Studio Theatre • Mar 28-Apr 6, 7:30pm • $5 preview Mar 27, 7:30pm; Apr 4, 12:30pm; $12.75-$23.40 RICHARD II BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE • Timms Centre, 112 St-87 Ave, U of A • Heads of state wrestle with the question of how to lead their nations out of economic turmoil and return to prosperity • Mar 27 (preview), Mar 28-Apr 6 SHEAR MADNESS • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave, 780.483.4051 • Uproarious whodunit by Paul Portner, where the audience gets to solve the crime • Until Apr 7 SPRING FLING • Sutton Place Hotel, 10235-101 St, 780.453.2440 • Theatre Network's Spring Fling gala hosted by Joleen Balledine and Julian Faid of Rapid Fire Theatre • Mar 21, 6pm • $150, fundraiser features a 3-course dinner, silent auction, and entertainment OH SUSANNA! • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave, 780.433.3399 • The Euro-style variety spectacle with Susanna Patchouli • Runs the last Sat each month, until Jul, 11pm (subject to occasional change) THEATRESPORTS • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101 A Ave • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm THE V.I.P. KID’S SHOW • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave, 780.433.3399 • Series for children, the young and old can enjoy a Variety, Improv and Puppet show with Kate Ryan, Davina Stewart, Donovan Workun, Dana Andersen, Cathy Derkach and friends • Mar 23 • $6/$60 (VIP pass) WHEN THAT I WAS • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • Presented by Shadow Theatre. Mr Rice, actor and colleague of Shakespeare's, is going to share his memories of the golden age of Elizabethan drama • Until Mar 24 • Tickets at TIX on the Square, Shadow Theatre, 780.434.5564

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FEATURE // FOOD BLOGGERS

Food bloggers bring a distinct voice to local food scene

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dmonton's food scene is a bustling one. New restaurants are popping up on a regular basis, food-related events are quickly becoming mainstays on community calendars and television shows are taking notice of the city's multi-faceted dining landscape.

Keeping on the pulse of the everchanging and ever-expanding scene is a dedicated group of food bloggers that feels as though it's growing just as quickly. On any given day, Internet perusers can keep up-to-date on the dining adventures of numerous local foodies, all with their own tastes and niche. Each has come to their online platform in their own way: for some it stems from cultural ties involving family meals, while others discovered a love of food upon an introduction to independent dining once they were free of the financial restrictions of student life. Regardless of what led them to their respective culinary explorations, sharing their experiences is done all in the name of exposing fellow Edmontonians to hidden gems, events and recipes they may be unaware of otherwise.

However, food is subjective, and one

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person's experience at a restaurant may vary greatly from the next. This is a factor Sharon Yeo of Only Here For the Food maintains makes for a well-rounded portrait of the restaurant once numerous bloggers begin to post about the latest hot-spot. With respect to the subjective nature of reviewing food, she believes it's also important for a blogger to be up-front about biases from the get-go, noting her affinity for small plate-style dining as an example.

"I hope that if people are reading my blog consistently, they get that bias. I don't want to hide them; I don't think you can be neutral and I don't think you can be objective because everyone has their preferences," notes Yeo, who has been blogging for six years and remains active in not only restaurant culture but also community events, such as cofounding What The Truck?!, Blink popup dinners and continued involvement with Eat Alberta.

"I think they generate a lot of discussion," notes former Vue food writer and blogger Liv Vors, who has been posting regularly on her blog Dine and Write for the past three years while working

towards a PhD in biology. "I've certainly seen that happen on Twitter, especially if there is a divide of opinion about something ... a lot of small restaurants don't advertise. They rely on people to stumble upon them and write about them and that in itself provides a wonderful stream of information."

Naturally, with that discussion comes feedback from readers, and with the majority of people possessing easy access to a computer these days—not to mention the surge in popularity of sites such as UrbanSpoon and Yelp—everyone has the capacity to become a critic.

However, Vors and Yeo believe different forms of media, whether it be blogging or more traditional mediums like print, have their place and are able to provide readers with very different types of information and perspective. Vors had the opportunity to meet renowned food writer James Chatto in Toronto at Gold Medal Plates in 2010 and posed the question to him as to whether there was room for the professional food reviewer or writer anymore, and his reply is one that's stuck with her.

"He said there's room for both but the

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onus is on the reviewer," she recalls.

"Regardless of whether you write for a blog just for yourself or you write for a nationally circulated newspaper: don't criticize just for the sake of being mean.

It's fun to criticize; it gives you a sense of power, but unless you're providing constructive feedback, it provides absolutely no purpose."

Of course, there's going to be a little bit of friendly competition to see who can break the first review on the city's newest establishment, but Yeo stands by a "more the merrier" mentality, as continued expansion of the city's food scene makes it impossible for one person to cover it all.

"It would be great to see more geographically based blogs, so, for example, someone who lives in the suburbs, why don't they write about things that are going on there?" she says, acknowledging it's important for bloggers to link to other blogs on their own sites—something she'd still like to see more of to create a link between bloggers in the food community, one she views as stepping outside the blogger stereotype. "People have a stereotype of bloggers in general that they just sit in their basement on their computer and attack people or attack restaurants and that's not true. I think the majority of food bloggers are out in the community, they're out at restaurants meeting people.

They're doing everything they can to find out more about the food scene, so I think to be a successful blogger you have to be out there."

In addition to a plethora of blogs chronicling the ins and outs of the city's restaurant industry, some choose to focus more on the at-home side of things. Michelle Peters-Jones, who moved to Edmonton from England in 2010, shares cultural recipes reflective of her East Indian heritage via The Tiffin Box, a personal blog she started in 2008 under the moniker Food, Football and a Baby, which she eventually changed as it became more food-centric and the title was no longer reflective of her life or the blog's content. While her career began in academia, a friend dared her to go on Masterchef UK, where she ended

up becoming one of four finalists.

The recipes she made for the show became a hit on the message boards, and a friend suggested she start a blog. She quickly grew a following, many of whom have stuck with her since the cross-continent move.

"What's helped me in Edmonton is my story," says Peters Jones, who is selftaught in photography and arranges photo shoots of each dish she makes— often melding traditional Indian cuisine with local ingredients and modified techniques—and features on her blog, which she maintains in addition to being a mom and assisting Le Cordon Bleutrained chef Kathryn Joel with Get Cooking culinary classes. "I have a niche, I have a certain focus to my blog and it rarely varies from it."

Regardless of the type of blog, posts need to be maintained consistently to keep readers coming back.

"People lose interest quickly," Vors notes, adding that it's also important to engage with readers if they happen to comment on a post. "With the Internet, I think our attention spans have shortened quite a bit. If you're not throwing something fresh and colourful at people constantly, they lose interest."

Consistency is also important when it comes to focus and tone of a blog. Vors rarely writes from a first-person perspective, instead trying to take readers through a dining experience as an omniscient observer, while Peters-Jones injects her posts with personal anecdotes about a recipe or experience. There is no right or wrong way to go about it, but as Peters-Jones notes, it is important to remain genuine, as readers will see through it quickly if a blogger tries to put on a facade.

"Keep an open mind and evolve and move where your blog takes you essentially," she advises, saying that it's important to avoid becoming discouraged and stick with it, particularly in a blog's early days when page views are low—and develop a thick skin. "Negative comments come with the territory. I think people find it really easy to post negative comments because you're anonymous; you're hiding behind your keyboard."

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PROVENANCE

WINE

Six things about Tabasco sauce

Tabasco sauce has been igniting mouths since 1868 when it was first produced by Edmund McIlhenny, a former banker living in Louisiana. He originally used discarded cologne bottles to distribute the sauce to family and friends before splurging on new bottles to sell it to the public.

climates are more stable.

Once the peppers are picked—by hand—they are ground into a mash and put in white oak barrels previously used for Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey. There's no traces of whiskey remaining once the barrels are de-charred to remove the top layer of wood.

The mash is aged for three years with salt before being strained to remove skin and seeds. The liquid that comes from this process is mixed with vinegar, stirred occasionally over the course of a month and bottled.

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IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT ...

A NEW USE FOR COLOGNE BOTTLES

When the sauce was first concocted, it was made using a pepper mash that came from tabasco peppers grown exclusively on Avery Island, Louisiana. In order to ensure a year-round supply, seed stock is sourced from the island before being exported to foreign growers in Central or South America, where

There are several varieties of Tabasco sold and served around the world, ranging from the classic red to chipotle smoked.

While they all pack a punch, the title of spiciest sauce goes to the habanero variety, which measures 7000 to 12 0000 Scoville head units (SHU) on the Scoville scale, which is used to measure the pun-

gency of chili peppers.

The flagship red variety clocks in at 2500 to 5000 SHU.

MADE TO LAST

A two-ounce bottle of Tabasco sauce is said to contain enough for 720 drops.

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You're in for a new tasting experience It's a weird little grape that's starttasting notes with decidedly unflating to crop up everywhere. As you tering adjectives. But with proper may have guessed from the name, growing techniques, some oak agPinotage is related to Pinot Noir— ing and a year or two of bottle age, one of its mutant offspring, actually, the wilder aspects of Pinotage are crossed with an Italian variety called tamed and the wine can be quite Cinsaut in 1925 at Stellenbosch velvety and rich. Even betUniversity in South Africa. (Piter news is that while PiI VID VENI, not Noir has been called "genotage's reputation has netically unstable" as it is improved over recent .com weekly e fond of crossing with whatyears, it's still a fairly u v mel@ ever other grapes happen niche wine and therefore Mel ey doesn't have the cachet of to be in the vicinity—that's Priestl how we ended up with Pinot Gris well-known bottles or grapes, and Pinot Blanc.) so most of it is quite inexpensive.

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Africa's total vineyard space), it has Versions of the grape made in these one of the most domineering flavour other countries tend to be geared palates of all wines. towards an international audience, Pinotage smells funky. There are and its stinky flavours are generally some pretty vivid tasting notes detoned down accordingly. Pinotage scribing the variety's aromas and is also often blended with other flavours, such as florid descriptions grapes (chiefly Merlot, Cabernet of skinning your knee on a hot asSauvignon and/or Shiraz) to achieve phalt road and tasting the wound. a similar effect.

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Hayden: making music for our universal catharsis since 1992

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he title of Hayden's new release, his seventh full-length, is a koanish and gnomic shot over the bow, and a doozy at that: Us Alone. It implies a web of relationships and connections, but also a plurality of solitudes, and maybe even conflict. Who's "us," for starters? A couple or family, or maybe even a tribal, community-type "us"? Or perhaps it's more abstract and sweeping, like "us" as a culture or society.

Who's instigating this apartness? Is the "us" turning away from others, or being cast out? Is the phrase a courageous declaration, or a desperate, lonely yelp? Maybe it's total "human condition" stuff, meaning that all of us, every single one of us stupid/

smart talking apes, is profoundly alien to every single other one of us, and that no matter how much we share with each other that is intimate, that brings us closer, that is part of ourselves, we still remain fundamentally, existentially, irrevocably alone, unable to truly reach into each other and understand what's there.

It's a nutshell/universe of a title, and classic Haydenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the kind of precise, distilled ambiguity and contradiction he's trafficked in for nearly two decades, fastidiously made, but slippery in meaning and intensified by emotional heft. Like his words, Hayden's music has been crafted the way good furniture is: the joints disappear under the skill and labour, and all that remains is the function and the beauty. His sonic hallmark, a kind of soft-focus textural lushness and slightly slack dreamlike aura that borrows from several old folk, country and pop forms, belies

both the amount of work and play funneled into his songs. If you're esthetically and temperamentally susceptible, his records can lull you into a sort of oneiric reverie, and, along with his evocative lyrics, borne by his croony, drifting baritone, can seem to take on the shape and weight of your own life and troubles. He's one of those artists people think are speaking right to them, about them, about what's going on in their heads and lives right this second.

"Well, I do get the sense that from talking to certain people that it seems to be meaningful music to them," Hayden acknowledges. "To couples, as well, oftentimes. People will go out of their way to let me know that. And you know, it's pretty amazing. It's the farthest thing from my mind when I'm working on it, but I love to hear it. I get a kick out of it because there's so much music out there now that, per-

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sonally, leaves me very empty, and the last thing I would say when describing it would be that it moves me emotionally or it really made me think about certain things in a different way. To me as a listener, that's very rare and only happens once in a while, so if someone says that to me about my work, it's pretty huge."

From the beginning of his career, the music press classified Hayden's work as "confessional," not only due to its charged emotive quality and how it gave listeners the space to relate it back to themselves, but also because they pegged him as part of something zeitgeisty unfolding at the time.

The early '90s bore the fruit of the previous three-and-a-half decades of counterculture movements, and "alternative," "lo-fi" and "independent" culture leaked into the mainstream. It was the age of zines, indie films, slacker com-

ics and handmade everything, some of which, unexpectedly, found massive audiences. Artists like Kurt Cobain went from playing to 50 people in a dive bar to being papped during headlining arena tours within a matter of months, and appeared in Rolling Stone wearing eyeliner and openly expressing rage, hurt, alienation and confusion. Which led to a stampede of media-outlet squares and the kind of people who forecast trends and baptize demographics in service of the almighty dollar, reflexively making stupid shit up about the "new masculinity," the "new rock stars" and the "new authenticity." Entertainment titans struggled to figure out how to co-opt this turbulent wave of democratic (and inexpensive) culture, while artists tried to reconcile their earnest principals with the corrupting influence of The Industry.

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Desser was making things.

"It's a strange and semi-confusing trajectory, really, and involves different countries and different ways in how I was introduced and perceived," Hayden recalls. "In Canada I started out very ... I think the word is 'organically': hand-making my own cassettes, putting out my first CD on a small Hamilton label, driving to all my shows, silkscreening posters and Tshirts, opening for bands and doing all my own booking for a couple of years.

So people here had that feeling that they were, you know, starting out with me or whatever, and many have stuck with me since that time."

Suddenly, he found himself in the right (wrong?) place at the right (wrong?) time, already doing the right kind of thing.

"In the States, I was introduced as sort of a music-business entity," Hayden explains. "The way people first heard about me was a cover story in Billboard about a bidding war with major US companies. I went right from some nothing to being on MTV with my videos showing."

At best, it was disorienting for a bright, introspective, autonomous, melancholic young artist who worked, immersively, at a near-glacial pace. At worst, it was borderline traumatic.

"What happened in America with me— it was amazing and not great at the same time," he relates. "The amazing part is that for some bizarre reason I was paid a lot of money at that time from these companies. I think I was always aware that this thing would run out, but what that guaranteed to me, personally, as an artist, was the ability to spend the next 10 years making exactly the records

that I wanted to make without even the thought of: 'would they sell,' 'would this be on the radio,' 'I have to tour this record for three years and build my career because if I don't I'm going to have to work at an Arby's.' You know what I mean? So, they [major labels] were sort of unwilling patrons of my art. Grudgingly, I think, especially in the end."

Hayden chuckles, a husky gleeful rumbling that sounds like thunder in the distance.

There was something else the experience gave him, too: tangible evidence of the reach and force of his art. "I guess I realized it could have that kind of personal impact after my first record;. I have boxes and boxes of handwritten letters from that time, from '94 to '98 or whatever, with people telling me incredibly personal things, and feeling that I was the one who they wanted to tell these things to. It was pretty intense."

It must have felt like a huge responsibility.

"Yeah, and it was weird for anyone to think I was up for that, because I wasn't out to be that person. I was just trying to figure out my own situation!

I've never been great at doling out advice as if I had the secret to anything, because I definitely don't," Hayden laughs. "On a very basic level, I kind of go a bit crazy when I don't [make things]. I'm not the happiest person if I don't have access to a piano or guitar."

These days, with a wife and young daughter, "the amount of focused time I get, it's not as combustive as it used to be. When I'm able to play music now, I make the most of it, and there's very little wasting time. The excitement around coming up with a new

melody or chord production is still the same—I mean, a sound I love can sort of feed me creatively for a month, put me in a good mood."

Hayden reconsiders.

"Well, I did go through kind of a psychotic period towards the end [of making Us Alone]," he ventures. "If you ask my friends, they'll say that happens on every record, towards the end. Inevitably, there's a point where I've heard every song probably several hundred times each. I just hit this thing: 'It's no good; it's too long; too short; this song doesn't work; that song doesn't work'—right? I call people up to see if they can do a better mix, the mix comes back and I don't like it and I go back to mine. There's this whole process of doubt and making mistakes and wasting time." The memory literally makes him groan.

"So anyway, I had a finished record and I mastered it and I listened to it a month later and thought there were major problems, so I went back and wrote another song and recorded it, remastered the record with the new song, and three months later decided to take that song off and go back to a similar version—that sort of stuff."

He laughs again. "It seems like I can't avoid that little process. And that's incredible, you know? The thing with the creative process is that if you have a month of writer's block you can't help but think that you're never going to write a song again when that same exact thing has happened maybe 20 times in your life as an artist, and still your mind can't escape the thought that: 'Ok, this is it! This is it this time!'

That kind of blows my mind. Still."

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Vladimir Gorbach

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hen Russian classical guitarist Vladimir Gorbach performs, he makes a point of demonstrating the versatility of his instrument.

He performs pieces from different centuries, composers and musical styles. "But, of course, it's classical guitar, so I'm not going to sing or even whistle," he jokes. "It's just me and Jesus and my old guitar."

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Gorbach picked up guitar at a young age, first studying at the State Music School in Novosibirsk, Russia and then later at the Glinka Conservatory in Russia's fifth largest city, Nizhny.

He says that although he liked music as a child, it wasn't his choice to pick up classical guitar.

"I didn't choose. My parents brought me to the school," he says with a laugh. "It was hard and I didn't want to do it at first, but … I noticed that if I practised I got better and it was kind

of satisfying."

As an adult, Gorbach's talent has led him to victory at 10 international guitar competitions in Spain, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Greece and, most recently, in the United States at the 2011 Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition.

"That's one of the most important competitions in the world—if not the most important," he says of the International Concert Artist Competition.

So, being chosen as the winner "feels like getting an Oscar."

Gorbach's prize for winning was a 50-city concert tour that took him through the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Bosnia, the United Kingdom and China.

At each concert, Gorbach takes his audience through time, beginning with Rondoletto, op. 4, by Mauro Giuliani (1781 – 1829) and ending with "El Mestre" by Miguel Llobet (1878 – 1938).

"I try to choose a very diverse repertoire," he says. "It's all from different centuries."

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ou may recall a certain blackout that shut down Toronto (and large parts of the Northeast coast) back in 2003. Ten years on, there's a part of the city that still celebrates the blackout: out go all the lights and on go street parties and candlelit gatherings. But most importantly, at least for July Talk's inception, there's a bar called the Communist Daughter where they also pass around a guitar.

And it was there that Peter Dreimanis first heard Leah Fay sing.

"I walked in and Leah was sitting there with a guitar, singing some Emmylou Harris-style harmonies with a friend, and she was covered in facepaint and was wearing a bike helmet and was clearly out of her goddamn mind," Dreimanis recalls.

"It was definitely kind of a eureka moment, because I felt very intimidated, and threatened, and inspired, and in love and all of these things were kind of clashing. I was like, 'Oh,

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this could be so cool.'"

Dreimanis was fresh off a six-month european tour in Eamon McGrath's band. He was sleeping in the band's jam space, and he also lacked a phone, and didn't manage to get Fay's number that first night. But after tracking her down about a week later, and convincing her to try out a collaboration— "You don't want to freak someone out and go up to them and go, 'Ahh, come work with me,'" he says. "That's exactly what I did"—she began coming over once a week to write songs.

Now, July Talk's trainwreck rock 'n' roll is powered by the give-andtake of Dreimanis' monstrous growl and Fay's more pristine, more mischievous tones. Even the live show is based around that dynamic, he notes, two personalities playing off of each other while a band thunders on behind them.

The he said/she said dynamic is something that had been intriguing Dreimanis for some time before the band sprung up. The songs he'd been writing on tour with Eamon were ones

he saw playing out as a conversation, rather than a single perspective.

"I started thinking about the idea of trying to come up with a band around two voices," he says. "I felt like my voice, where I feel comfortable singing, is loud and sandpapery.

And I felt like I could really find a counterpart to that."

Now that Dreimanis has found just that, he notes that writing in duelling perspectives with another songwriter lends July Talk's music a certain accountability.

"I think you have to prove every decision to someone else," he says "And so there's no 'that sounds cool' factor where you can get away with something. Leah pushes me to be very accountable. And I think it's a little easier for your style, as a band and musically, to be a bit more schizophrenic: you can have a dance song next to a country song, and no one's asking any questions, because you've got these two voices, and you can sort of establish your style as those things."

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Billy Talent

Not so silent // Dustin Rabin

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D

ead Silence, the title of Billy Talent's latest album, reads as something of an oxymoron in the wake of its success.

Reaching back to the predominant punk influence pulsating throughout its second album, Billy Talent II, the four-piece set out to create an album that was not only telling of its experiences and observations of today's culture, but also one that played as a cohesive whole. What resulted was a poignant sonic journey for the group, which began working on the album shortly after wrapping up touring for Billy Talent III. "I think with this record we wanted to change it up because we just started naming those albums numbers because we actually couldn't think of any album titles," laughs guitarist Ian D'Sa—who also produced the al-

bum—adding that Dead Silence had more of a theme running through it than its numerically named predecessors. "Being 2012, there was kind of this end of the world theme because there was a lot of doomsday talk going around, so a lot of the songs represent that."

With plenty of lyrical fodder stemming from current events, Billy Talent penned the album's first single, "Viking Death March," effectively setting the tone for what was to come.

"A lot of that was in response to what was happening at the time in the world with the Occupy movement and the unrest in the Arab world, and that song kind of came out of that, and then we realized there was so much in the media with doomsday talk and survivalist talk and we started going with that," D'Sa notes of the album's over-arching concept, which was hashed out through collaborative writing amongst the band.

In order to practice and work on the

album freely, Billy Talent left its overcrowded jam space and set up shop at its new headquarters in Toronto's east end, where the vocals on Dead Silence were ultimately recorded. D'Sa notes that while it was a labour-intensive move, with the residential building requiring extensive soundproofing, it was one of the best decisions the band made.

"We really got a chance to work on the songs and try out different things because it's our own studio," D'Sa says, adding that he learned a great deal about the recording process from Billy Talent III producer, Brendan O'Brien, which he was able to apply as producer for Dead Silence. "He's one of my favourite producers, but this one, the guys wanted me to do it, and it was a lot of work but it felt like the natural, right thing to do because the guys really trust me and they know I can carry a position of what the sounds should be in the end."

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head of the release of the band's new album, Toronto-based Born Ruffians is on the road, giving Canadian fans a taste of some new tracks.

The album, Birthmarks, will drop next month after three years of writing, recording and producing. On it are 12 original songs, including "Needle," a song about "finding a way to belong in the landscape of music and also just in my life," says the band's frontman, Luke Lalonde.

Birthmarks marks the band's third full-length album, and its third time

releasing an album after a tour. The four-piece indie rock band doesn't do it on purpose, says Lalonde, it just always works out that way.

"When we put out the first record and the second record, we had tours booked and we originally thought the record would be out. The tour was booked six months ahead of time and then the record got pushed, so we end up on tour ahead of the record coming out every time."

That can be a challenge, he says, noting that playing a brand new track can slow things down during a show.

"It's always a case of being aware that your audience hasn't heard the songs, so they're probably not going

to be going crazy because they're going to be listening to them and wanting to hear them and enjoy them. So from your perspective on stage it's kind of a lull in the energy, but you have to kind of just push through that and play your songs."

To ensure those lulls don't last too long, the band—made up of Lalonde on guitar and vocals, Mitch DeRosier on bass, Andy Lloyd on guitar and keyboard and Steven Hamelin on drums—put together a new set list that is sure to keep the energy up.

"We've worked out the science of the perfect set list," Lalonde says.

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t was the perfect situation at the perfect time," says Rob Caggiano, Volbeat's newest member, over the phone from Los Angeles.

His name may ring a bell for anyone familiar with Anthrax or the Damned Things, but the guitarist and producer has a new gig these days. His involvement with the Danish rockers, which was officially announced in February, all started when Caggiano was enlisted to do some production and guitar work on Volbeat's upcoming album, Outlaw Gentlemen and Shady Ladies, due out in early April. As the production process went on, Caggiano began playing more and more guitar on the album, and it didn't take long for the band to notice an undeni-

able chemistry brewing, eventually asking Caggiano to stick around as a permanent addition.

"I didn't expect to figure out another guitar playing gig as fast as this," admits Caggiano, who made the decision to leave Anthrax in January.

"I kind of assumed I'd book some production gigs, do some records and that would bridge the gap until I figured out what I was going to do next as a guitar player."

Aside from the positive vibe amongst the group, Caggiano was drawn to Volbeat's musical style, a mash-up of classic influences such as Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley, rock, punk, metal and rockabilly. Caggiano notes there is also a strong influence from one of his favourite bands—the Misfits.

In producing Outlaw Gentlemen and Shady Ladies, Caggiano wanted to maintain this multi-genre sound while

capturing the energy of the band's live shows, an element he felt was lacking on Volbeat's previous records.

"I think one of the main things, and one of the reasons they called me to begin with, was because they wanted to try something different. They kind of felt like they were too comfortable and they were afraid of repeating themselves," Caggiano says of the approach to the new album, which also weaves in stories of historical and fictional characters who match the title and style. "Musically, there's a strong Western vibe throughout the whole record. Everything really makes sense and there's this common thread throughout the tunes and it's all linked into the stories and the lyrics ... a lot of it is based on real characters that lived years ago: outlaws and shady ladies."

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KELLY'S PUB Jameoke Night, karaoke with live band the Nervous Flirts; every Thu, 8pm-12am L.B.'S PUB Open jam with Kenny Skoreyko, Fred LaRose and Gordy Mathews (Shaved Posse) every Thu; 9pm-1am LIT WINE BAR Tiff Hall; 8pm; no cover NAKED CYBERCAFÉ AND BOARDGAME EMPORIUM Thu open stage: fully equipped stage, bring your instruments and your voices; gaming everyday NEW CITY Punch Chunk Cabaret with Proud Animal; until midnight followed by Karaoke from the Crypt hosted

by Brendan Fraser; 8pm (door); $10 (door) NEW WEST HOTEL Canadian Country Hall of Fame Guest host Bev Munro NORTH GLENORA HALL Jam by Wild Rose Old Time Fiddlers every Thu; contact John Malka 780.447.5111 OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK Jesse Peters (R&B, blues, jazz, Top 40); 9pm2am every Thu; no cover

RED PIANO Every Thu: Dueling pianos at 8pm RIC’S GRILL Peter Belec ( jazz); most Thursdays; 7-10pm THE RIG Every Thu Jam hosted by Loren Burnstick; 8:30pm12:30am REXALL PLACE Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Dallas Smith; 6:30pm (door), 7:30pm (show); all ages; $65-$110 SHERLOCK HOLMES– Downtown Andrew Scott SHERLOCK HOLMES– WEM Party Hog

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: wtft w djwtf - rock 'n' roll, blues, indie; Wooftop Lounge: Musical flavas incl funk, indie, dance/nu disco, breaks, drum and bass, house with DJ Gundam CENTURY ROOM Lucky 7: Retro '80s with house DJ every Thu; 7pm-close

DJ Atomik with guests DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Thu; 9pm ELECTRIC RODEO– Spruce Grove DJ every Thu FILTHY MCNASTY’S Taking Back Thursdays KRUSH ULTRA LOUNGE Open stage; 7pm; no cover LEVEL 2 LOUNGE Funk Bunker Thursdays LUCKY 13 Industry Night every Fri ON THE ROCKS Salsaholic: every Thu; dance lessons at 8pm; salsa DJ to follow OUTLAWS ROADHOUSE Wild Life Thursdays RENDEZVOUS Metal night every Thu UNION HALL 3 Four All Thursdays: rock, dance, retro, top 40 with DJ Johnny Infamous

FRI, APR 13, AVENUE THEATRE

3 INCHES OF BLOOD & GOATWHORE

W/ EYE OF HORUS, AND SILENT LINE

PICKWICK MON, APR 15, AVENUE THEATRE

W/ JORDAN KLASSEN, & GUESTS FRI, APR 19, AVENUE THEATRE

DANIEL WESLEY

W/ JOSH HYSLOP, & GUESTS

FRI, APR 26, HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB

FRI MAR 22

FAMILY OF THE YEAR

ARTERY Make it Speak: The Exciting Times Jazz Party: Cashbone; 7pm (door)

SAT, APR 27, THE ARTERY

ATLANTIC TRAP AND GILL Derina Harvey Band

THE COMMON The Common Uncommon Thursday: Rotating Guests each week!

AVENUE THEATRE Dieuponaday (metal), Negation, Gravesend; 8pm (door); $15 (adv)

CROWN PUB Break Down Thu at the Crown: D&B with DJ Kaplmplx,

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ The Carolines, Chloe Albert, Lesley Pelletier, Katie

VUEWEEKLY MAR 21 – MAR 27, 2013

W/ GUESTS

ROMI MAYES

W/ GUESTS

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Perman; 8.30pm; $15 BLUES ON WHYTE Hurricane and the Hooligans BOHEMIA Ramshackle Day Parade present Potier, Taskmaster, Damno Te, Bongsample BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Velvet Hour: every weekday with Bill Bourne, Moses Gregg, Matt Blackie and guests; 4-7pm; no cover

every Fri and Sat; no cover PAWN SHOP Sister Gray (CD release, alt rock), Noisy Colours, the Marquee; 9pm (door); $8 (adv) PUB 1824 Every Fri & Sat; $5 RED PIANO BAR Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Fri; 9pm2am

BRIXX Silence Be Damned: Zombie Prom

REXALL PLACE Rihanna; 7:30pm

CAFÉ TIRAMISU John Calverley; 7-9pm; no cover

RIG PUB Thoze Guys

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK Chill Factor CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Live music every Fri; Olivia Street; all ages; 7pm; $5 (door) CASINO EDMONTON KIXXSIN (country/rock) CASINO YELLOWHEAD Classics (variety) CENTURY CASINO Almost AHBA (ABBA tribute); 7pm; $29.95 CITADEL–THE CLUB Réjean Cournoyer Cabaret: The Music of Jacques Brel; 8pm; $20 DEVANEY'S Duane Allen DV8 Cocaine Moustache, Snakebite and Tramp Stamper EDDIE SHORTS Able Kind FESTIVAL PLACE Café Series: Maeve MacKinnon; 7:30pm; $20 FESTIVAL PLACE Ian Tyson; 7:30pm; sold out HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB JD Edwards (folk rock), Michael Dunn and the Moanin' After; 8pm; $7 (adv)/$10 (door) HIGH RUN SPORTS PUB Lyle Hobbs; 9pm (show); no cover JEFFREY'S CAFÉ June Mann Quartet ('70s pop, rock, jazz classics); 9pm; $10 LIZARD LOUNGE Rock 'n' roll open mic every Fri; 8:30pm; no cover NEW CITY The Ill Beats, Flash Action Newsteam, Fiction Smiles; 8pm (door); $8 (door) ON THE ROCKS Exit 303 OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK Dueling Piano's, all request live; 9pm-2am

ROSE AND CROWN PUB Stuart Bendall ST BASIL’S CULTURAL CENTRE Full Moon Folk Club: Jesse Winchester; 7pm (door); $18 (adv) at Acoustic Music, TIX on the Square; $22 (door) SHAW CONFERENCE CENTRE Billy Talent, Sum 41, Hollerado, Indian Handcrafts; 6:30pm; all ages; $49.50 at livenation. com; TicketMaster SHERLOCK HOLMES– Downtown Andrew Scott SHERLOCK HOLMES– WEM Party Hog SIDELINERS PUB The Tubsteppers ( jug band); 9pm; no cover STARLITE ROOM Demonikas Symphony of Horrors 8: Drown STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION World Water Day Benefit Concert: Weapons of Mass Distraction, Stephanie Harpe Experience, Trevor Duplessis, Light Travels, Ken Stead, John Spearn, Kevin Maimann; 7pm-12; free; waterforlifefestival. org WINSPEAR CENTRE Denzal Sinclaire Sings the Nat "King" Cole Songbook; 8pm WUNDERBAR SKin, Camembert, Huckleberry YARDBIRD SUITE The Best of Alberta Jazz Series: Hutchinson, Andrew Trio, the Lily String Quartet (From Calgary/Edmonton); 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $18 (member)/$22 (guest) at Ticketmaster.ca

Classical BERNARD SNELL AUDITORIUM Hear’s to your Health Concerts: Ensemble Made In

Canada: Elissa Lee (violin), Sharon Wei (violin), Rachel Mercer (cello), Angela Park (piano); 5pm; free MUTTART HALL–Alberta College Edmonton Classical Guitar Society: Vladimir Gorbach; 8pm; $25/$20 (student/senior/ ECGS member) at TIX on the Square, Avenue Guitars, Acoustic Music Shop, ADW Music

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Every Friday DJs on all three levels THE BOWER Zukunft: Indie and alternative with Dusty Grooves, Fraser Olsen, Taz, and Josh Johnson BRIXX BAR Silence Be Damned, DJs Gotthavok, Siborg And Nightroad; 9pm THE COMMON Good Fridays: nu disco, hip hop, indie, electro, dance with weekly local and visiting DJs on rotation plus residents Echo and Justin Foosh THE DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Fri; 9pm ELECTRIC RODEO– Spruce Grove DJ every Fri FLUID LOUNGE R&B, hip hop and dancehall with DJ Aiden Jamali; every Fri LUCKY 13 Every Fri and Sat with resident DJ Chad Cook RED STAR Movin’ on Up: indie, rock, funk, soul, hip hop with DJ Gatto, DJ Mega Wattson; every Fri STARLITE ROOM KLUB OMFG SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE Amplified Fridays: Dubstep, house, trance, electro, hip hop breaks with DJ Aeiou, DJ Loose Beats, DJ Poindexter; 9:30pm (door) 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 Show with 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 Y AFTERHOURS Foundation Fridays

SAT MAR 23 ARTERY The Girly Show!

Motown and Burlesque: the Fortrelles, Capital City Burlesque, Natacha Homerodean; 9pm; $15 (door) ATLANTIC TRAP AND GILL Derina Harvey Band AVENUE THEATRE Born Ruffians, the Elwins; 8pm; $15 (adv at Blackbyrd)/$22 (day of ) BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of the Dog: Express and Company (live acoustic music every Sat); 4-6pm; no cover BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Shari Ulrich (solo); 8:30pm; $20 BLUES ON WHYTE Every Sat afternoon: Jam with Back Door Dan; evening: Hurricane and the Hooligans BOHEMIA Magna Carta, Book of Caverns, Jordan Fritz; 9pm; $8 BRIXX Death by Robot, Matt Machete CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK Chill Factor CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat Open mic; 7pm; $2 CASINO EDMONTON KIXXSIN (country/rock) CASINO YELLOWHEAD Classics (variety) CENTRAL LIONS SENIORS REC CENTRE TLC Memorial Celebration: The Powder Blues, All the King's Men, Cameron Brothers Band and John Calverley; proceeds to the Stollery Children's Hospital in memory of Terry Cameron; $40 (door)/$40 (adv at 780.455.8157) CENTURY CASINO Almost AHBA (ABBA tribute); 7pm; $29.95 CITADEL–THE CLUB Réjean Cournoyer Cabaret: The Music of Jacques Brel; 8pm; $20 CITY CENTRE CHURCH– PARAMOUNT THEATRE Y.E.S.S. We Can Help; 4-10pm CROWN PUB Acoustic blues open stage with Marshall Lawrence,

2-6pm; Evening: Down to the Crown: Marshall Lawrence presents great blues with Trevor Duplessis, Mad Dog Blues Band, every Sat 10pm-2am, $5 (door) DEVANEY'S Duane Allen DV8 Tighten Up! Club Soul and Reggae night EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ Open stage jam with host Tommaso Zillio (Edmonton Guitar); last Sat each month, 2-5pm; admission by donation EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ Open stage hosted by Rick Mogg the 2nd Sat every month, 1-4pm (long weekends may cause a shift in dates); all ages and genres; bring your guitar, your songs; admission by donation FESTIVAL PLACE Carlos del Junco and the Blues Mongrels semi-acoustic trio; 7:30pm; $32 (table)/$30 (box)/$28 (theatre) FILTHY MCNASTY'S Free Afternoon Concerts, 4pm; EVENING: Sermon on the Mountain, Andrew Scott; 4pm; no cover GAS PUMP Saturday Homemade Jam: Mike Chenoweth HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB Mac vs. the Lion, Bryan Coffey, Billie Zizi; 8pm (door); $7 (adv)/$10 (door) HIGH RUN SPORTS PUB Lyle Hobbs; 9pm (show); no cover JEFFREY'S CAFÉ The Civil Suits (rock/blues); 9pm; $10 L.B.'S PUB Sat afternoon Jam with Gator and Friends; 5-9pm LOUISIANA PURCHASE Suchy Sister Saturdays: Amber, Renee or Stephanie with accompaniment; 9:3011:30pm; no cover NEW CITY LEGION Thwomp, Make Out City, Tomas Marsh; 8pm (door); $8 (adv) NEW WEST HOTEL Country jam every Sat; 3-6pm O’BYRNE’S Live band every Sat, 3-7pm; DJ every Sat, 9:30pm ON THE ROCKS Exit 303 OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK Dueling Piano's, all request live; 9pm-2am every Fri and Sat; no cover

VENUE GUIDE ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 ART STREAM CENTRE 11434-120 St ARTERY 9535 Jasper Ave AVENUE THEATRE 9030118 Ave, 780.477.2149 BERNARD SNELL AUDITORIUM 1st foyer, 112 St entrance Walter Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 10425-82 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE–Nisku 2110 Sparrow Drive, Nisku, 780.986.8522 BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 1032982 Ave, 780.439.3981 BOHEMIA 10217-97 St THE BOWER 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.425; info@ thebower.ca BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 10225-97 St, 780.497.0011 BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca CAFÉ TIRAMISU 10750124 St CARROT COFFEEHOUSE

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9351-118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464-153 St, 780.424 9467 CENTRAL LIONS SENIORS REC CENTRE 11113-113 St, 780.455.8157 CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 CITADEL–The Club 9828101A Ave, 780.425.1820 COMMON 9910-109 St CROWN PUB 10709-109 St, 780.428.5618 DEVANEY’S IRISH PUB 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 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 ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 ELEPHANT AND CASTLE– Whyte Ave 10314 Whyte Ave EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ 993870 Ave, 780.437.3667 FANDANGO'S 12912-50 St, fandangoslive.com FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378

VUEWEEKLY MAR 21 – MAR 27, 2013

FIDDLER’S ROOST 890699 St FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 FLUID LOUNGE 10888 Jasper Ave, 780.429.0700 HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB 15120A (basement), Stony Plain Rd, 780.756.6010 HOOLIGANZ 10704-124 St, 780.995.7110, 780.452.1168 J+H PUB (Overdraught Pub), 1919-105 St J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 JAVA XPRESS 110, 4300 South Park Dr, Stony Plain, 780.968.1860 JEFFREY’S CAFÉ 9640 142 St, 780.451.8890 L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEVEL 2 LOUNGE 11607 Jasper Ave, 2nd Fl, 780.447.4495 LIT ITALIAN WINE BAR 10132-104 St LIZARD LOUNGE 13160118 Ave NAKED CYBERCAFÉ AND BOARDGAME EMPORIUM 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NEWCASTLE PUB 6108-90 Ave, 780.490.1999 NEW CITY 8130 Gateway Boulevard NOORISH CAFÉ 8440-109 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 JOES–North 13509-127 St, 780.451.7799 O2'S–West 11066-156 St, 780.448.2255 OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK 100 Granada Blvd, Sherwood Park, 790.570.5588 MUTTART HALL–Alberta College 10050 Macdonald Drive, Edmonton PAWN SHOP 10551-82 Ave, Upstairs, 780.432.0814 PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 1086057 Ave PUB 1824 12402-118 Ave, 587.521.1824 RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882170 St, 780.486.7722 RED STAR 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.428.0825 RENDEZVOUS 10108149 St RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 RIC’S GRILL 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 THE RIG 15203 Stony Plain Rd, 780.756.0869 ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235101 St

ST BASIL’S CULTURAL Centre, 10819-71 Ave SET NIGHTCLUB Next to Bourban St, 8882-170 St, WEM, Ph III, setnightclub. ca SIDELINERS PUB 11018127 St 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 STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION 10940166A St SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave SUITE 69 2 Fl, 8232 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.6969 TREASURY 10004 Jasper Ave, 7870.990.1255, thetreasurey.ca 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 YESTERDAYS PUB 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295 ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St

PAWN SHOP The Stanfields (folk rock), the Whytes, Whiskey Wagon, the Misery Mountain Boys; 8pm; $15 at Blackbyrd PUB 1824 Every Fri & Sat; $5 RED PIANO BAR Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Sat; 9pm2am RENDEZVOUS PUB Cancer Benefit Civil Savage, RuneBlade, Display of Decay, Black XIII; $12; 8pm (door), 10pm (show) RIG PUB Rockster ROSE AND CROWN PUB Stuart Bendall SHERLOCK HOLMES– Downtown Andrew Scott SHERLOCK HOLMES– WEM Party Hog STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION Featuring Grounded Star, 40 Sons, Keep 6; 8pm (door); $25 (adv) UNION HALL Keenan Cahill WINSPEAR CENTRE Denzal Sinclaire Sings the Nat "King" Cole Songbook; 8pm WUNDERBAR Taiwan, Ghost Cousin, Seahorse, Ocra YARDBIRD SUITE International Jazz Series: Maciej Sikala, Piotr Lemanczyk, Tyler Hornby Trio (from Poland/Calgary); 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $18 (member)/$22 (guest) at Ticketmaster.ca

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: The Menace Sessions: Alt Rock/ Electro/Trash with Miss Mannered; Wooftop: Sound It Up!: classic hip-hop and reggae with DJ Sonny Grimezz; Underdog: Dr. Erick THE BOWER For Those Who Know...: House and disco with Junior Brown, David Stone, Austin, and guests THE COMMON Get Down It's Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with resident Dane DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Sat; 9pm FLUID LOUNGE R&B, hip hop and dancehall with DJ Aiden Jamali; every Sat LEVEL 2 LOUNGE Lori J Ward (Aka Hi Fi Princess); 9:30pm LUCKY 13 Every Fri and Sat with resident DJ Chad Cook NEWCASTLE PUB Top 40 requests every Sat with DJ Sheri 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); 1st Sat each month RED STAR Indie rock, hip hop, and electro every Sat with DJ Hot Philly and guests ROUGE LOUNGE Rouge Saturdays: global sound and Cosmopolitan Style Lounging with DJ Mkhai SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE Your Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM Swing Dance Party: Sugar Swing Dance Club every Sat,

8-12; no experience or partner needed, beginner lesson followed by social dance; sugarswing.com 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 Y AFTERHOURS Release Saturdays

SUN MAR 24 BEER HUNTER–St Albert Open stage/jam every Sun; 2-6pm BLACKDOG FREEHOUSE Provocouture Presents: Rock n Roll Lingerie Party: A Western Canada Fashion Week AfterParty: music by Six Inch Lift; showing of Provocouture Studio's Burlesque Lingerie Collection; 10pm; no cover BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE–Nisku Open mic every Sun hosted by Tim Lovett BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Sunday Brunch: Hawaiian Dreamers; 10am-2:30pm; donations BLUES ON WHYTE Hurricane and the Hooligans CAFFREY'S–Sherwood Park The Sunday Fusion Jam: hosed by Mister Lucky with guest Larry Kehl; 5-9pm

ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH Vaughan String Quartet; 2pm; free; vaughanquartet.com

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Soul Sundays: A fantastic voyage through '60s and '70s funk, soul and R&B with DJ Zyppy FANDANGO'S Sunday Industry Night: Nerd Party this Sun with DJ Rudy Gunn LEVEL 2 LOUNGE Stylus Industry Sundays: Invinceable, Tnt, Rocky, Rocko, Akademic, weekly guest DJs; 9pm-3am http://www.facebook.com/ groups/214433451919439/

O2 JOES–North Sunday Jam hosted by Andrew White; 4pm O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun; 9:30pm-1am ON THE ROCKS Kokanee Freeride Battle of the bands–3 RICHARD'S PUB Sun Jam hosted by Carson Cole; 4-8pm THE RIG Every Sun Jam hosted by Better Us than Strangers; 5-9pm WINSPEAR CENTRE Raffi; $29.50-$67 YARDBIRD SUITE International Jazz Series: Pascal Schumacher Quartet (from Luxemburg/Germany/ Belgium), featuring Pascal Schumacher (vibraphone), Franz von Chossy (piano), Christophe Devisscher (bass), Jens Duppe (drums); 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $20 (member)/$24 (guest)

Classical CONVOCATION HALL Leslie Chen (graduating M.Mus piano recital); 8pm; free

HORIZON STAGE Danny Hooper J+H PUB Acoustic open mic night every Tue hosted by Lorin Lynne; Everyone will have 10-15 minutes to play

ELEPHANT AND CASTLE– Whyte Ave Open mic every Wed (unless there's an Oilers game); no cover FANDANGO'S Salsa Dance Lessons followed by open stage hosted by Cody Noula and Michael Gress

HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB Open stage every Wed hosted by the Turtlenecks, 8:30pm, free

BLOCK 1912 Monday Music night: music by Sam Chimes and Gerbil Dank; 7:30pm

OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK The Campfire Hero's (acoustic rock, country, top 40); 9pm2am every Tue; no cover

HOOLIGANZ Open stage every Wed with host Michael Gress; 9pm

BLUES ON WHYTE Russell Jackson

SHERLOCK HOLMES– Downtown Jason Howard

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Velvet Hour: every weekday with Bill Bourne, Moses Gregg, Matt Blackie and guests; 4-7pm; no cover

SHERLOCK HOLMES– WEM Tony Dizon

DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB Singer/songwriter open stage every Mon; 8pm; this week Jesse D

YARDBIRD SUITE Tue Night Sessions: Remi Noel (trombone and band); 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $5 (door)

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

FANDANGO'S I’ve Got the Blues: hosted by Marshall Lawrence

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic instrumental old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm; contact Vi Kallio 780.456.8510

NEWCASTLE PUB Sun Soul Service (acoustic jam): Willy James and Crawdad Cantera; 3-6:30pm

FANDANGO'S Karaoke– Qualify to Sing at Boonstock and Big Valley Jamboree

O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam every Tue; with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm

MON MAR 25

DEVANEY’S IRISH PUB Celtic open stage every Sun with Keri-Lynne Zwicker; 5:30pm; no cover

HORIZON STAGE A John Denver Experience: Ted Vigil

DRUID IRISH PUB Jamhouse Tues hosted

by Chris Wynters, guest Linsey Walker

CROWN PUB The Dan Jam: musical styles from around the globe with Miguel and friends; musicians are invited to bring their personal touch to the mix every Wed

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

FESTIVAL PLACE Legends Of Rock N Roll– Country Gold

FESTIVAL PLACE Café Series: Jayme Stone's Room of Wonders; 7:30pm; $20

BRIXX BAR Ruby Tuesdays with host Mark Feduk; $5 after 8pm; this week guests: Nathaniel Bautista, Royce Matthew hosted by Mark Feduk

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Velvet Hour: every weekday with Bill Bourne, Moses Gregg, Matt Blackie and guests; 4-7pm; no cover

FIDDLER'S ROOST Little Flower Open Stage every Wed with Brian Gregg; 8pm-12

CHA ISLAND TEA CO Live on the Island: Rhea March hosts open mic and Songwriter's stage; starts with a jam session; every Sun, 7pm

FESTIVAL PLACE Celtic Crossroads; 7:30pm; $40 (table)/$38 (box)/$36 (theatre)

Matt Blackie and guests; 4-7pm; no cover

OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK Monday Open Stage

ROUGE RESTO-LOUNGE Open Mic Night with Darrek Anderson from the Guaranteed; every Mon; 9pm ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM THEATRE 12845-102 Ave, 780.453.9156

ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM THEATRE Hayden, Lou Canon; 7:30pm (door); all ages, licensed; tickets at Blackbyrd

DJs

STARLITE ROOM Matt Mays, July Talk; 8pm (door), 9:30pm (show); $25

Classical CITY HALL Enterprise Quartet: Souvenir de Russie II; 12-1pm, and 7:30-8:30pm; free

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: alternative retro and not-so-retro, electronic and Euro with Eddie Lunchpail; Wooftop: It’s One Too Many Tuesdays: Reggae, funk, soul, boogie and disco with Rootbeard CROWN PUB Underground at the Crown Tuesday: Trueskool and live hip-hop with residents Jae Maze, Xaolin, Frank Brown; monthly appearances by guests Shawn Langley, Locution Revolution, and Northside Clan DV8 Creepy Tombsday: Psychobilly, Hallowe'en horrorpunk, deathrock with Abigail Asphixia and Mr Cadaver; every Tue

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Blue Jay’s Messy Nest: mod, brit pop, new wave, British rock with DJ Blue Jay

RED STAR Experimental Indie rock, hip hop, electro with DJ Hot Philly; every Tue

CROWN PUB A Sexy Night with DJ Pheonix and MJ with Sleepless DJ, DJ Breeze and more every Mon; 9pm-2am

SUITE 69 Rockstar Tuesdays: Mash up and Electro with DJ Tyco, DJ Omes with weekly guest DJs

TUE MAR 26

WED MAR 27

ARDEN THEATRE Legends Of Rock 'n' Roll– Country Gold ARTERY Jean-Paul De Roover, Colin Close, Mac Ryan, Josh Sahunta Band; 7pm; $15 (adv) ATLANTIC TRAP AND GILL Open Mic with Ehren Flais BAILEY THEATRE Carlos Del Junco; 7pm (door), 8pm (show); $25 at Bailey box office BLUES ON WHYTE Russell Jackson BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Velvet Hour: every weekday with Bill Bourne, Moses Gregg,

ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open stage Wed with Trace Jordan; 8pm-12 ARDEN THEATRE Ron Sexsmith; 7:30pm; sold out BAILEY THEATRE Al Shamal Shriners: A John Denver Experience; Ted Vigil; 6:30pm (door), 7:30pm (show); $28 at Bailey box office BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Glitter Gulch: live music once a month; On the Patio: Funk and Soul with Doktor Erick every Wed; 9pm BLUES ON WHYTE

Russell Jackson

FRI MAR 22

SISTER GRAY & NOISY COLOURS

DOUBLE CD RELEASE PARTY WITH THE MARQUEE

SAT MAR 23

THE STANFIELDS W/ THE WHYTES, WHISKEY WAGON & THE MISERY MOUNTAIN BOYS

THU MAR 28

MOD CLUB &

J+H PUB Acoustic open mic hight hosted by Lorin Lynne

PAWN SHOP EASTER LONG WEEKEND DANCE PARTY

NEW WEST HOTEL Free classic country dance lessons every Wed, 7-9pm

FRI MAR 29

OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK Jason Greeley (acoustic rock, country, Top 40); 9pm-2am every Wed; no cover PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic Bluegrass jam presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; every Wed, 6:30-11pm; $2 (member)/$4 (nonmember) PUB 1824 Open jam session every Wed, hosted

by Indigo Storm; 8pm RED PIANO BAR Wed Night Live: hosted by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5 REXALL PLACE Rihanna Diamonds world tour, guest A$AP Rocky RICHARD'S PUB Live Latin Band Salsabor every Wed; 9pm THE RIG Open jam every Wed hosted by Whitemud; 8pm-12am SHELL THEATRE Country Gold (tribute country music stars); 7:30pm; $39.75 SHERLOCK HOLMES– Downtown Jason Howard SHERLOCK HOLMES– WEM Tony Dizon STARLITE ROOM Rihanna afterparty featuring Hector Vonseca UNION HALL Swollen Members, Cityreal, Loyal T ZEN LOUNGE Jazz Wednesdays: Kori Wray and Jeff Hendrick; every Wed; 7:30-10pm; no cover

NO HEAT TOMORROW CD RELEASE W/ THE ORDER OF CHAOS, SECRET RIVALS & ELEMENTS

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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19): "Nourish beginnings; let us nourish beginnings," says poet Muriel Rukeyser in her poem Elegy in Joy. "Not all things are blest," she continues, "but the seeds of all things are blest.

The blessing is in the seed." I urge you to adopt this perspective in the coming weeks, Aries. Be extra sweet and tender and reverent toward anything that is just sprouting, toward anything that is awakening, toward anything that invokes the sacredness of right now. "This moment," sings Rukeyser, "this seed, this wave of the sea, this look, this instant of love."

TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): As you seek more insight on your current situation, consider the possibility that the bad guys may not be as bad as they seem. They might simply be so deeply under the spell of their own pain that they can't see straight. And as for the good guys: I wonder if they are as purely good as they would like you to imagine.

It might be the case that they are at least partially serving their own self-interest, while pretending to be utterly altruistic. If there's any truth to these speculations, Taurus, you'd be wise to stay uncommitted and undecided for now. Don't get emotionally riled up, don't get embroiled in conflict and don't burn any bridges.

GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20): Here's your mantra: "I get fresher under pressure." Say it 10 times right now, and then repeat it in 10-repetition bursts whenever you need a tuneup. What it means is that you stay cool when the contradictions mount and the ambiguities multiply. And more than that: you actually thrive on the commotion. You get smarter amidst the agitation. You become more perceptive and more creative as the shifts swirl faster and harder.

Tattoo these words of power on your imagination: "I get fresher under pressure."

CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): "Stories happen to those who tell them," said the ancient Greek historian Thucydides. Modern radio journalist Ira Glass goes even further. "Great stories happen to those who can tell them," he has said. Let's make this strategy a centrepiece of your life plan in the weeks ahead, Cancerian. I have a suspicion that you will need first-hand experience of novel, interesting stories. They will provide the precise nourishment necessary to inspire the blooming of your most soulful ambitions. One way to help ensure that the best stories will flow your way is to regale receptive people with transformative tales from your past.

LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): "Dear Rob: I'm spreading the word about Beer Week in your town and I'd love to see you and your beer-loving read-

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ers at some of the events. Any chance you can include some coverage of Beer Week celebrations in your upcoming column? Cheers, Patricia." Dear Patricia: I don't do product placement or other forms of secret advertising in my horoscopes.

To allow it would violate the sacred trust I have with my readers, who rely on me to translate the meaning of the cosmic signs without injecting any hidden agendas. It is true that Leos might be prone to imbibing great quantities of beer in the coming week, simply because they'd benefit from lowering their inhibitions, getting in touch with their buried feelings and expanding their consciousness. But to be frank, I'd rather see them do that without the aid of drugs and alcohol.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): Hoping to stir up some fun trouble, I posted the following message on my Facebook page: "Don't judge someone just because they sin differently than you." A torrent of readers left comments in response. My favourite was from Sue Sims, who said, "Yeah, they might be better at your kind of sin and you might learn something!" That advice is just the kind of healing mischief you need right now, Virgo. It's a bit ironic, true, but still, take it and run with it. Study the people who have mad skills at pulling off the rousing adventures and daring pleasures and interesting "sins" that you'd like to call your own.

LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): The French verb renverser can be translated as "to turn upside-down" or "to reverse the flow." The adjectival form is renversant, which means "stunning" or "astonishing." I think you may soon have experiences that could be described by those words.

There's a good chance that a dry, impoverished part of your life will get a juicy, fertile infusion. A deficiency you have worried about might get at least half-filled. An inadequacy that makes you feel sad may be bolstered by reinforcements. Alas, there could also be a slight reversal that's not so gratifying. One of your assets may temporarily become irrelevant. But the trade-off is worth it, Libra. Your gains will outstrip your loss.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): Professor Martyn Poliakoff creates short YouTube videos to help teach the public about chemistry. In one video, he explains why an explanation he gave in a previous video was completely mistaken. "It's always good for a scientist to be proved wrong," he confesses cheerfully. Then he moves on to speculate about what the right answer might be. I love humility like that! It's admirable.

It's also the best way to find out the truth about reality. I hope you will summon a similar attitude in the coming weeks, Scorpio: a gener-

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ous curiosity that makes you eager to learn something new about stuff you thought you had all figured out.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21): On the one hand, menopausal women are no longer able to bear children. On the other hand, they often overflow with fresh possibilities and creative ideas. More time is available to them because their children have moved out of the house or don't require as much care. They can begin new careers, focus on their own development and devote more attention to their personal needs. In one way their fertility dries up; in another way it may awaken and expand. I suspect that whether or not you are menopausal, you are on the cusp of a comparable shift in your fecundity: one door closing, another door swinging open.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 –Jan 19): The TV reality show Freaky Eaters profiled a woman named Kelly who had eaten nothing but cheesy potatoes for 30 years. Her average intake: eight pounds of potatoes and four cups of cheese per day.

"I love cheesy potatoes," she testified. "They're stewy, gooey and just yum-yum-yummy. They're like crack to me." I'm a bit concerned that you're flirting with behaviour comparable to hers. Not in regards to cheesy potatoes, of course, but to some other fetish. I will ask you to make sure that you're not starting to over-specialize. It would be wise to avoid obsessing on a single type of anything.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): In the 17th century, polite people referred to mountains as "warts" and "boils on the Earth's complexion," so says Robert Macfarlane in his book Mountains of the Mind. Annie Dillard describes the peculiar behaviour of educated European tourists in the 18th century. When they visited the Alps, she writes in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, "they deliberately blindfolded their eyes to shield themselves from the evidence of the Earth's horrid irregularity." Don't be anything like those dumb sophisticates, Aquarius.

When you spy irregularities in the coming weeks, consider the possibility that they are natural and healthy.

This will allow you to perceive their useful beauty.

PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): You are not for sale, remember? Your scruples and ideals and talents cannot be bought off for any amount of money. You will not be cheated out of your birthright and you will not allow your dreams to be stolen. Although it's true that you may have to temporarily rent your soul from time to time, you will never auction it off for good. I'm sure you know these things, Pisces, but I suspect it's time to renew your fiery commitment to them. V

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OIL CITY DERBY GIRLS All tickets are $10.00 in advance and $15.00 at the door, Kids under 10 are free!

Next up: All Stars VS Saskatoon Roller Derby League Apr 27 @ Oil City Grindhouse 14420 112 street Doors at 6pm Visit www.oilcityderbygirls.ca for more information

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Volunteers Wanted

Are you an animal lover?

WHARF Rescue is looking for volunteers We are a nonprofit animal rescue that provides shelter to homeless,neglected animals Please check www.wharfrescue.ca for more information Habitat For Humanity Volunteer Orientation February 8, March 9 and 22 from 8:30am – 4:00pm at the Prefab Shop (13044 Yellowhead Trail).

We are hosting a tool training and information session for new volunteers - or not-new volunteers - who would like to gain some basic knowledge of tools and learn more about how our organization works! Over 80% of all our participants have said that it increased their comfort level to volunteer on an HFH build site by at least 75%.

You will have the opportunity to have your questions answered and meet some of our staff!

Help someone in crisis take that first step towards a solution. The Support Network`s Crisis Support Centre is looking for volunteers for Edmonton`s 24-Hour Distress Line. Interested or want to learn more? Contact Lindsay at 780-732-6648 or visit our website: www.TheSupportNetwork.com Help someone in crisis take those first steps towards a solution. The Support Network`s Crisis Support Centre is looking for volunteers for Edmonton`s 24-Hour Distress Line. Interested or want to learn more? Contact Lindsay at 780-732-6648 or visit our website: www.TheSupportNetwork.com Help the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation create a future without breast cancer through volunteerism. Contact 1-866-302-2223 or ivolunteer@cbcf.org for current volunteer opportunities Join us as a volunteer...

The 2013 Edmonton International Fringe Festival seeks volunteers to fill positions on a variety of teams. A minimum of 16 hours gets you a t-shirt,show opportunities, program guide, invite to the Wrap Party and more!

To apply online visit www.fringetheatre.ca or call the volunteer hotline at 780-409-1923 Kids Now is looking for volunteer coach-mentors to deliver after school leadership and life skills program to junior high kids.

Volunteer commitment is just 1.5 hours a week for a 10-week session For more information on coach mentoring or to apply for April sessions please visit www.kidsnowcanada.org Needed for our Seniors residence, volunteers for various activities or just for a friendly visit!

Please contact Janice at Extendicare Eaux Claires for more details jgraff@extendicare.com (780) 472 - 1106 Room to Read is changing children's lives in the developing world through literacy and gender equality. Join us in planning events to support our work, and spreading the word about our amazing results.

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SACE is recruiting volunteers for our 24 hour crisis line. Please visit our website: www.sace.ab.ca Share Your Love of Art With Preschool Children ARTS FOR TOTS ARTISTS/Workshop Facilitators wanted to lead a workshop to our Preschool kids Honorarium & materials fee paid email: volunteeramity@telus.net The Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) is the world's foremost television and digital media content creation event, bringing together over a thousand television professionals from dozens of countries. In a conference setting at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. As a beneficial catalyst for growth and prosperity in Canada's television industry, BANFF could not happen without our invaluable team of volunteers!

The event will be taking place from June 9 – 12, 2013. Please have a look at our website for more information. www.banffmediafestival.com The Brick Sport Central is searching for volunteers to donate their time helping with collection, inventory, repairing, as well as outfitting children in need of sports equipment. Call for more information and a tour 780-477-1166 Volunteers required for St. Albert's RunWild Marathon May 5, 2013 www.runwild.ca WALK TO FIGHT ARTHRITIS June 9th at Laurier Park Event day volunteers needed, for more info or to register online please visit: www.walktofightarthritis.ca

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Acting Classes

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Artist to Artist

Akokiniskway Gallery of Rosebud, AB is currently accepting submissions and is sending out a call to artists from around the province and at all stages in their art careers. For more information on this call please contact the curator, Valerie Speer at vals@rosebudmerc.com Annual Art Acquisition and Youth Art Acquisition program are due in April each year.

Submit your forms to: Strathcona County Gallery @ 501 120 - 501 Festival Avenue Sherwood Park, AB T8A 4X3 Fax 780-410-8580 (Attention: Permanent Art Collection Committee) Deadline Apr 25 Info: http://www.strathcona.ca Call for Featured Artists - 2014 The Allied Arts Council of Spruce Grove welcomes all Alberta Artists to submit a proposal as a Feature Artist for a solo or group show to be held at the Spruce Grove Art Gallery located in the Melcor Cultural Centre at 35 – 5th Avenue, Spruce Grove. The portion of our gallery dedicated to our Feature Artists is about 32 feet of wall space. Application dealine is June 30, 2013. For details on application criteria please visit www.alliedartscouncil.com EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (EIFF) : Call for Entries now OPEN! Alberta filmmakers and High School Student filmmakers pay no submission fee.

Accepting shorts, features, documentaries, animation, and a new category that will make you want to find a warm coat – “SNOW, MAN”.

Film submission deadline is June 15. Submit online at edmontonfilmfest.com

CLASSIFIEDS Call For Submissions Every Victim Matters Youth Art Show The fourth annual Every Victim Matters youth art show will be on display from April 21 – 27, 2013.

Last year the exhibition featured drawing, painting, sculpture, installation, video, rap, poetry, music, and art performances from youth.

The perspectives of youth matter!

We want your voice heard!

Deadline for Artwork Submissions & Forms: Wednesday April 3, 2013 One submission per artist.

Each artwork must have a completed form upon submission to qualify. Contact: Hannah Heaton, Project Manager E-mail: everyvictimmatters@gmail.com Telephone: (780) 616-0949 McMullen Gallery - Call for Submissions We will be selecting 4 or 5 shows for the 2014 – 2015 exhibiting season. Submissions may be emailed or mailed and the deadline is Tuesday April 2nd @ 4pm. The McMullen Gallery is open to a wide variety of styles; both traditional and contemporary approaches that:Present highquality original artwork that is colourful, joyful, uplifting, soothing and / or inspiring.

Appeals to visitors of various ages, social, and cultural backgrounds, and engage our visitors who include hospital patients, staff and visitors.

For further information please email: diana.youngkennedy@albertahealth services.ca

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Calling all Artists! movement, music, visual, theatre, comedy, performing arts!

The Good Women Dance Society is calling for submissions for our 4th annual “What’s Cooking?”.

“What’s Cooking?” is an informal work-in-progress event in which artists get the chance to present their work and engage in valuable feedback discussions with the audience about their work. Audience members will be given written surveys about each piece of work, to both comment and critique the work shown, and there will be a short question and answer period following each piece.

The performance occurs on Sunday April 28th 2013, location TBA. The submission deadline is Friday March 15th 2013 at midnight and we will notify applicants of our decision by April 1st 2013.

Prairie Wood Design Awards 2013 Call for nominations!

The Annual Prairie Wood Design Awards celebrate excellence in wood construction in the Prairie Region and the Territories.

Nomination forms and details are available online and are due June 15, 2013 wood-works.org/alberta

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The Allied Arts Council of Spruce Grove welcomes all Alberta Artists to submit a proposal as a Feature Artist for 2014 for a solo or group show to be held at the Spruce Grove Art Gallery located in the Melcor Cultural Centre at 35 – 5th Avenue, Spruce Grove.

The deadline for submission is June 30, 2013. Please see their website for full details alliedac@telus.net.

The Giovanni Fine Art Gallery is putting together an artist of the month feature that will highlight one Edmonton area arist's work, changing on a monthly basis beginning in January 2013.

Please submit your digital portfolio of 3 to 5 pieces that highlights your various styles and mediums. All work must be child/family friendly. Email to Emily Dymock, school@giovannimusic.ca or call her at 780-489-9764.

The Mikisew Cree First Nation (MCFN) in the community of Fort Chipewyan, Alberta is holding an Open Call for Design Proposals to select individual artists or artist-led creative teams to conceive, create and install sitespecific works of public art at the Elder Care Centre (currently under construction) located on MacKenzie Avenue, Fort Chipewyan. Two art installations are required and proposals may address either one or both items.

These include: 1. Eagle Canopy (Exterior) 2. Medicine Wheel (Interior) Deadline for Submissions: May 15th, 2013 For more info please email: bills@group2.ca

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The Harcourt House Art Market features over 25 Alberta artists whom are awarded a 6’ table to make all their own. We encourage all emerging/ experimental artists to submit and we open to all varieties of mediums including but not limited to the following: painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, mixed media, collage, performance (oh yes), video, photography, etc.

Date: May 25th, 2013 Time: 2 – 6pm Location: Harcourt House Gallery, 10215 – 112 Street Please email all submissions and submission questions to: marketsubmissions@gmail.com (one email per submission) All submissions must be received by the Harcourt House Artist Run Centre by April 20th, 2013 @ midnight.

Only accepted exhibitors will be contacted.

University City Public Sculpture Competition: University City Condo's in Calgary has launched a Sculpture Competition that is open to students to established artists. The budget is $100,000 CAD, the deadline for submission is June 1, 2013, and it is for Albertan artists only. More information about the competition can be obtained from the website. http://www.universitycity.ca/sculpturecompetition

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Musicians Available

Old School Bass Player Available to play classic rock, country, blues & some originals.

Contact Waylen at 780-477-3488

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BASS PLAYER AND DRUMMER WANTED INFL. JUDAS PRIEST, IRON MAIDEN & GUNS N' ROSES GUITAR PLAYER/SINGER LOOKING TO FORM BAND 780-479-8766

Guitarists, bassists, vocalists, pianists and drummers needed for good paying teaching jobs.

Please call 780-901-7677

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Youth Music Mentorship Weekend April 6 & 7, 2013 We invite youth between the ages of 10 and 22 to take part in a full day of Songwriting and Live Performance Workshops on Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm.

On Sunday, participants will get to practice what they've learned by performing on stage for a special, free, 2 pm concert!

This exciting weekend will be facilitated by Rhea March, and a collection of Alberta's fastest rising young stars including: Braden Gates, Jenie Thai, Joe Nolan, Brian McLeod and more!

For more information, or to register for this FREE weekend of fun, contact Rhea March at rhea@schoolofsong.com.

Visit the March Music Inc. Website at www.marchmusic.ca

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Original band looking for bass player and drummer. Have songs written and a gig booked for May 4. Influences include PJ Harvey, Radiohead, and Cocteau Twins. Call Andrea at 780 488 2596 or email at acwhite08@hotmail.com

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Auction Wed & Fri 6pm 14912-128 ave 780-453-6964 Selling: Tools & Misc * Storage* Estate Items * Coins * Jewellery* etc *Last Friday of Month Large Grocery Auction* *Consignments taken*

3100. Appliances/Furniture Singer /songwriter looking for mature musicians to collaborate with in songwriting and performing.

Influences- Jazz, pop, country and blues. Please e-mail me at: cdguen@telus.net.

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DO YOU KNOW a great volunteer? The Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association (AWNA) and Direct Energy are now accepting nominations for the Alberta Volunteer Citizen of the Year award to recognize someone who goes above and beyond to help others in the community. Nominations are open to all residents served by AWNA newspapers. As a reward for giving so much, the winner will get a $1000 cash prize from Direct Energy and a $5000 donation to their community organization of choice. Visit: directenergy.com/vcoy or awna.com. Nominations close Sunday, March 31, 2013.

GRANDE PRAIRIE Regional College has Collaborative degree programs in Nursing, Computing and Education that you can complete right on its Grande Prairie campus. We offer a great college experience - small class sizes, excellent instructors that care about you and your future, small town atmosphere with city amenities. You can also start on your chosen degree in Engineering, Fine Arts, Music, Arts, Science, Business or Commerce - a great transition from high school to university. Call 1-888-539-2911 for more information and to speak with an advisor; www.gprc.ab.ca.

AUCTIONS COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION. 3rd Annual Edmonton Motor Show Classic Car Auction. April 19 - 21. Edmonton Expo Centre. Over 75,000 spectators. Consign today. 1-888-296-0528 ext. 102; EGauctions.com.

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75 QUARTERS LAND, Oyen, Alberta - Ritchie Bros Unreserved Auction. 1HQ, 30 Parcels Farmland, 6 Parcels Grazing Lease, $21,000 Surface Lease Revenue. Jerry Hodge 780-706-6652; rbauction.com/realestate.

HUGE RECEIVERSHIP AUCTION. Emerald Metal Fabricators. Complete tank fabricating facility. Tuesday, March 26, 10 a.m., Tofield, Alberta.

Foothills Equipment Liquidation, 780-922-6248; www.foothillsauctions.com. Bidspotter online bidding available.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 80% COMMISSION TRAVELONLY has 500 agents across Canada. Business opportunities with low investment, unlimited income potential, generous tax/travel benefits. Run your travel company, full-time, part-time from home. Register for free seminar; www.mytravelonly.ca. 1-800608-1117 ext. 2020.

DO BUSINESS in Yukon! 1,831 sq. ft. prime ground floor retail space on the Main Street in Whitehorse, Yukon, next to Starbuck’s. For floorplan/photos, call 1-867-333-9966.

ESTABLISHED, TURN KEY Acrylic & Gel Nail business for sale. All equipment & supplies to go with. Drayton Valley, Alberta. 780-542-6668.

COMING EVENTS ANTIQUE SHOW - Western Canada’s longest running collectors show - Antiques, collectibles, and pop culture. 38th Annual Wild Rose Antique Collectors Show & Sale. Sellers from across Canada. Special collectors displays. Antique evaluations by Canadian Antiques Roadshow appraiser Frank Hall - $12 per item. Good Friday, Mar. 29, 9 - 5 p.m.; Sat., Mar. 30, 10 - 5 p.m. Edmonton Expo Centre, Edmonton. 780-437-9722; www. wildroseantiquecollectors.ca.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES MORGAN CONSTRUCTION & Environmental Ltd. - Looking for experienced Heavy Equipment Operators & Heavy Equipment Mechanics for work in oilfield & heavy civil construction projects.

Competitive wages, full benefits & opportunity for year round work. Email resume: careers@mcel. ca. Fax 780-960-8930 or apply in person: 702 Acheson Road, Acheson, Alberta.

PYRAMID CORPORATION is now hiring! Instrument Technicians and Electricians for various sites across Alberta. Send resume to: hr@pyramidcorporation.com or fax 780-955-HIRE. $100 - $400 CASH DAILY for landscaping work!

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HELP WANTED: AG Mechanic/Service Manager required on farm/feedlot operation in south central Alberta. Mechanic licence an asset but not required. Competitive wages and benefits. Housing available. Please fax resume to 403-546-2445.

Email: careers@klassenagriventures.ca or phone 403-312-3577.

DRIVERS WANTED. Terrific career opportunity with outstanding growth potential to learn how to locate rail defects. No rail experience needed!

Extensive paid travel, meal allowance, 4 weeks vacation & benefits package. Skills needed - Ability to travel 3 months at a time, valid licence with

air brake endorsement. Compensation based on prior driving experience. Apply at www.sperryrail. com under careers, keyword Driver. Do not fill in city or state.

EXPERIENCED TRUCK DRIVER required for hauling heavy equipment. Rates negotiable & benefits available. Fax resume 780-778-2444.

GRANDE PRAIRIE Regional College has Collaborative degree programs in Nursing, Computing and Education that you can complete right on its Grande Prairie campus. We offer a great college experience - small class sizes, excellent instructors that care about you and your future, small town atmosphere with city amenities. You can also start on your chosen degree in Engineering, Fine Arts, Music, Arts, Science, Business or Commerce - a great transition from high school to university. Call 1-888-539-2911 for more information and to speak with an advisor; www.gprc.ab.ca.

NOW LOCATED in Drayton Valley. BREKKAAS Vacuum & Tank Ltd. Wanted Class 1 & 3 Drivers, Super Heater Operators with all valid tickets.

Top wages, excellent benefits. Please forward resume to: Email: dv@brekkaas.com. Phone 780621-3953. Fax 780-621-3959.

THE TAMARACK INN requires an experienced Bar Manager with Protect and ProServe. Contact Marty at 403-845-5252 or fax resume to 403-8454848.

CENTRAL PEACE NATURAL Gas Co-op Ltd. requires full-time Gas Utility Operator. Experience, safety tickets an asset. Clean valid driver’s licence required. Forward resume: cpngc@telusplanet. net. Fax 780-864-2044. Mail: Box 119, Spirit River, T0H 3G0.

NEWCART CONTRACTING LTD. is hiring for the upcoming turnaround season. Journeyman/ Apprentice; Pipefitters; Welders; Boilermakers; Riggers. Also: Quality Control; Towers; Skilled Mechanical Labourer; Welder Helpers. Email: resumes@newcartcontracting.com. Fax 1-403-7292396. Email all safety and trade tickets.

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JOURNALISTS, Graphic Artists, Marketing and more. Alberta’s weekly newspapers are looking for people like you. Post your resume online. Free.

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BINDERY OPERATOR for Muller Saddle Stitcher, Kansa Inserter. Experience preferred. Willing to train the right candidate. Full-time. Up to $23/hour.

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SALESPERSON REQUIRED - The Brooks Bulletin requires salesperson for advertising & commercial printing. Salary and/or commission negotiable. Resume: jon.nesbitt@brooksbulletin. com. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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ELINOR LAKE RESORT. 2.5 hours NE Edmonton. Spring Sale, fully serviced lake lots reduced by 15% May 17-31, 2013. Suitable for cabin/ house, RV or investment. 1-877-623-3990; elinorlakeresort.com.

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Sex penetrates Aussie politics Political party aims to shake off prudish moralists The Australian Sex Party sounds like actually lose many votes based on something you wish you were invited our name." to, but it's not that kind of party. It's a national political party and it's quickly It appears that he's right. The Sex gaining ground.

Party is only four years old and alAlthough the name might ready has 5500 members, which make it sound like this party Dunne says is quite large for a is just out for a good time, minor party in Australia. In its they are not joking. Their few years of existence, the .com ly mission is to "restore the k Sex Party hasn't just been e e @vuew brenda balance between sexual campaigning, it's been lobbya Brender ing for the changes it has outprivacy and sexual publicb Ker ity that has been severely lined in its policies—and it's getdistorted by morals campaigners and ting results. prudish politicians." Among its goals "While we are yet to get a member is the development of a national sexelected to Parliament, we believe education curriculum, legalization of the Sex Party has been influential in same-sex marriage, the creation of three important recent policy or leglaws to support the safety of sexislative changes in Australia." Dunne trade workers and the revision of lasays. "These are the establishment of bour laws to ensure equal treatment a Royal Commission into child sexual for women. abuse, the withdrawal of the compulBut could people ever take a group sory Internet filter legislation and the called the Sex Party seriously? Party creation of an R18+ category for video agent Graeme Dunne says yes. games. We don't claim all the credit "Some voters say they can't take for these three important changes, us seriously because of our name," but we believe our policies enabled he says. "However we feel that once debate on these matters and that by people notice our name and review taking a strong stand in many policy our policy platform, they do take areas we give other political parties the Sex Party as a very serious parand elected politicians the permission ty. I think that those who say they to address these matters on a more don't like our name don't like our open and candid basis." policies either, so I don't think we A commission to investigate institu-

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tional responses to child sexual abuse and recommend reforms has been discussed in Australia for years, but mounting pressure, including the lobbying efforts of the Sex Party, finally pushed Prime Minister Julia Gillard to make it a reality just this past January.

Sex Party leader Fiona Patten's vocal opposition helped to defeat the proposed Internet filter that would have blocked access to any content that would be refused classification in Australia, including a lot of mainstream adult sites.

Dunne believes that these efforts have proven that the Sex Party is real and ready to work hard. He's hopeful for the election coming up later this year.

"Fiona Patten has developed a relatively high public and media profile for the leader of a minor party and for most people, including journalists, the name now just slips off the tongue," he says. "[She] has a very good chance to be elected as a Senator representing the state of Victoria." V Brenda Kerber is a sexual health educator who has worked with local not-for-profits since 1995. She is the owner of the Edmonton-based, sexpositive adult toy boutique the Traveling Tickle Trunk.

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COMMENT >> SEX

Gerbils? Again?

Popular gerbil question from the '90s resurfaces DEAR READERS: I'm off this week.

To tide all of your hot and/or kinky and/or sore asses over, here's a column I wrote 15 years ago. Some newer readers might have missed this column when it originally appeared—some of you who were still in grade school, diapers or amniotic sacs back in 1998—so I'm rerunning it now because I still get questions about "gerbiling" on a daily basis. —Dan We were having a little office debate about "gerbiling." How does it work? Do all gay men do this? Does Richard Gere? Does the animal get shoved up the anus with a toiletpaper roll only to suffocate seconds later? Is it the scratching or the act of killing an animal that gets people off? Why? Can't this cause serious damage? What gives?

Curious Coworkers Every day, my mail contains at least three questions about "gerbiling." In the eight years I've been writing this column, I have never addressed the gerbil issue, but now, this week and this week only, I am breaking my silence. Clip and save this column, for I will never discuss gerbils again. Ahem. To begin, I would like to make a controversial statement: I have never had a gerbil in my ass.This statement is not controversial for the reasons one would hope: it isn't controversial in the, "Hey! That's uncalled for!" sense, like, say, a woman at a dinner party announcing that she doesn't have a hedgehog in her vagina. That would be uncalled for, because no one would suspect her of concealing a hedgehog. But being a gay man or Richard Gere in America

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means always having to reassure gerbil leglessly scampers up the people that you don't have a gerbil wet paper towel roll. in your ass—at dinner parties, durWhen the gerbil drops into the ing family reunions, at funerals, on anal cavity, remove the wet paCNN, at passport control, wherper-towel roll, leaving the string ever! For while gay men and, you've tied to the gerbil's E G A I assume, Richard Gere tail hanging out of your V SA don't put gerbils in their ass. The gerbil, now m trapped inside your anal o asses, not a day goes by .c ly k wee e@vue that someone—usually a savagelov cavity, thrashes around, n Da straight 13-year-old boy— desperate for air. It is Savage doesn't try to shove one in, this thrashing that provides figuratively speaking. pleasurable sensations. Once Hundreds of thousands of men the gerbil is dead, remove it by and women in this country, my felpulling on the string. Repeat. low Americans, leave high school OK, three things: 1) The type of convinced that gay men put gerstraight person who believes that bils in their asses on a semi-reggay men engage in "gerbiling" is ular basis. Unlike our hypothetical likely to believe other gay stereodinner-party guest—the vaginaltypes: we're all prissy little swishhedgehog stuffer—my denial of es, for instance, with clean apartstuffing gerbils is necessitated by ments and extensive collections of the accusation. If it were widely original Broadway cast recordings. believed that women stuffed Yet the same person who believes hedgehogs into their vaginas, gay men are prim sissies also bethen women would have to deny lieves we're capable of holding "hedgehogging." a struggling rodent in one hand Some background: gerbil-stuffing while ripping its lower jaw off with is a sexual practice that straight the other and then tearing its legs teenage boys in general, and Howoff (think of the mess!) and stuffard Stern in particular, suspect gay ing it up our butts—hardly a prim men in general, and Richard Gere pastime. This is known as cognitive (who is not gay) in particular, of dissonance: the holding of mutuengaging in. It works like this: hold ally exclusive beliefs. a gerbil in your left hand. Using 2) There is nothing intrinsically pliers with your right hand, rip off "gay" about gerbil-stuffing. You the gerbil's lower jaw. With the don't need two penises—you don't blunt side of the pliers, knock out actually need penises at all—or an the teeth in its upper jaw. Pull all original Broadway cast recording. four of its legs off. Leave the tail.

All you need is one doomed gerbil Set aside. Take a cardboard paperand one willing butthole (and plitowel roll, grease it up, and insert ers, lube, tubes and string). Some it into your rectum. Tie a string to straight people have a peculiar the gerbil's tail. Nudge the gerbil need to believe certain sex acts— into the outside end of the paperusually disgusting ones—are practowel roll. If for no other reason ticed only by gay men, despite evithan to get away from the person dence to the contrary. Fisting, for who knocked its teeth out, the instance. Straight people can and

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do fist. I have a file of heterosexual fisting photos, anal and vaginal, that I've pulled off the Internet; I keep them on my desktop to prove to family and friends that, yes indeed, straight people fist. This curious impulse to credit gay men with sex acts that anyone can perform extends to sex acts straight people themselves are the primary practitioners of. Child rape, for instance. 3) Inserting a wet cardboard paper-towel roll into your ass is simply not possible, as anyone who's ever put anything in their ass can tell you.

Now I feel I can write with some authority that no one has ever actually stuffed a gerbil up their butt, perhaps with more authority than I can write that God and angels do not exist. I've had conversations with hundreds of outrageously kinky people, gay and straight, who've told me the craziest shit: I once chatted for an hour with a guy who married his horse. (He was deeply offended when I asked if his horse was a he horse or a she horse. "I am not a homosexual," the hetero horse-fucker informed me.)

Both in my professional and personal life, thousands of guys have freely admitted to doing the most out-there, dangerous, risky, stupid, kinky stuff. But not once in all these years has anyone ever told me that he, or anyone he knows, or anyone-anyone he knows-knows, has ever put a gerbil in his ass. Like the doomed gerbils themselves, this story has no legs. It is an urban legend.

But you don't have to take my word for it: I have proof. If gay men and Richard Gere stuffed gerbils in their butts, well, then the pet stores that serve the gay and

Richard Gere communities would stock gerbils, right? I mean, everything else that a perverse gay man needs is available in your average gay neighbourhood, from poppers to butt plugs to bullwhips to sofa sectionals. So if we stuff gerbils up our butts, then pet stores in, say, California must do a bang-up gerbil business.

But guess what? In San Francisco's Castro neighborhood, gay ground zero, the pet store Petpourri, "where professionals answer your every question," sells only pet supplies—no gerbils— and they don't stock cardboard paper-towel tubes or pliers, either.

Animal Farm in West Hollywood, also a very gay place, sells only dogs and cats (which wouldn't fit up anyone's butt, not even Richard Gere's). And guess what I learned while looking into this? Not only do pet stores in California not sell gerbils, but it's actually illegal for them to do so.

According to Marshall Meyers, an attorney at the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council in Washington, DC: "California law prohibits the sale of gerbils because of desert conditions in that state.

Gerbils were once a desert mammal and the state was concerned that gerbils could escape and establish themselves in the wild. It is a form of animal control." It's not because gay men stick them in their asses? "No, it's strictly an ecosystem issue." V Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/savage. @fakedansavage on Twitter

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