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I had the dubious privilege of being downtown in Vancouver late Christmas Eve and early Christmas morning and noticed all the high rises near the water had their lights on despite no one being in any of the offices. Is this not a waste of energy, and how can we reduce this by just using

one light in each building? Mayor Gregor needs to address this issue. Secondly, I see more and more homeless people at every intersection in Vancouver. We who live here try to help out, but there is just so much we can do. Stop building bike lanes, Gregor, and solve the homeless issue first. Lastly, I heard, much to my dismay, that Victoria

still regularly dumps thousands of tons of raw sewage into the waters there. Not only is it horrifying, but embarrassing too. Ms. Clark and Mr. Robertson were both at the environmental conference recently. They both need to walk the walk, not just talk the talk if we are to get serious about going green! Best wishes for 2016 to all, and we hope for a

Re: “Holiday open house nightmare,”Vancouver Shakedown, Dec. 31, 2015. Grant Lawrence would be more than welcome at one of our parties, and without any need to promise us naked crowdsurfing. As he recommends, we host appropriately time-delineated parties with specific, creative themes. We have good attendance. Unfortunately, he may decline because we do require guests to take off their shoes. Yes, one’s fashion impact might suffer without stylish footwear, but we are not keen to encourage dirt, animal excretions or various unseen life forms to collect in our white-carpeted floors. Everyone already gets enough of that in their living spaces in the normal course of things. But in any case, Grant, sufficient CBC fans are usually present that you would be a popular guest… even without cool shoes. –Nathan and Centenie

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Vancouver property assessments jump dramatically in 2016

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Assessed values of both Vancouver east and west side single-family properties climbed dramatically over the previous year, according to BC Assessment. It released its annual assessment ﬁgures Jan. 4 and it provided a few examples of some individual assessments including one for an East Side, single-family, 33-foot lot, which jumped by 28 per cent from $993,000 last year to $1,267,000 this year, and one for a West Side, single-family, 33-foot lot that rose by 23 per cent from $1,575,000 to $1,940,000. Assessed values for strata properties didn’t grow nearly as signiﬁcantly. In one example provided by BC Assessment, a West Side lowrise strata unit increased by eight per cent from $615,000 to $662,000, while the value of an East Side high-rise strata increased six per cent from $381,000 to $405,000. “The real standout [in Vancouver] this year would be the market movement for single-family properties.You would probably have to go back – if you went back to 1980, there’s probably only two or three other times when single-family properties in

In one example cited by BC Assessment, the assessed value of one West Side single-family home rose by 23 per cent. Photo Dan Toulgoet Vancouver have moved by this much this quickly,” said Jason Grant, regional assessor for BC Assessment. “What really contrasts this year as well is the strata market would really be down in that five to 10 per cent range, so it’s not moving the same amount. It’s a significant contrast this year.” Grant added that in any given year there might be extreme pockets of movement, but what’s notable this year is that the assessed value of the majority of single-family properties across Vancouver climbed by between 15 and 25 per cent – and some in excess of that figure.The fact many East Side residential properties, on a percentage basis, outperformed West Side ones also doesn’t happen very often, he said. Property owners should

note that the assessment roll reflects market values as of July 2015 and the value of many single-family properties have grown – in some cases significantly – since then. “So the other big difference this year is people might open their assessment and it’s reflecting July values and their values might have risen fairly dramatically since then depending on whereabouts they’re located.That also doesn’t happen very often to that degree,” Grant said. BC Assessment sent 37,000 warning letters, in a province of more than 2,000,000 property owners, advising of extreme changes in assessments – that is, if a property’s assessed value was going up more than 15 per cent above the typical for the taxation jurisdiction. Grant said 22,000

of those letters went to property owners in the Greater Vancouver region. “If the typical was 25 per cent in a particular jurisdiction, we would send letters to people who went up 40 per cent or above,” he explained. “...You probably wouldn’t get a letter in Vancouver unless you were going up more than about 40 per cent. If you’re in the 20 to 30 per cent range or the 25 to 35 per cent range that, believe it or not, is fairly typical.” Assessments for singlefamily properties in many Lower Mainland communities including North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Burnaby, Tri-cities, New Westminster and Squamish also saw large assessment increases in the 15 to 25 per cent range, but assessed values of single-family and strata properties outside the Lower Mainland didn’t grow as much.They ranged from zero to 10 per cent. Overall, the Greater Vancouver region’s total assessments increased from $546.7 billion in 2015 to $636.2 billion this year. Assessments are in the mail this week, but they can be found online already. BC Assessments’ e-valueBC service went live Jan. 1. W –Courtesy ofVancouver Courier

Our actions bring hope for the year ahead David Suzuki Science Matters @DavidSuzuki

Like any year, 2015 had its share of good and bad, tragedy and beauty, hope and despair. It’s difﬁcult not to get discouraged by events like the Syrian war and refugee crisis, violent outbreaks in Beirut, Paris, Burundi, the US and so many other places, and the ongoing climate catastrophe. But responses to these tragedies and disasters offer hope. It became clear during 2015 that when those who believe in protecting people and the planet, treating each other with fairness, respect and kindness and seeking solutions stand up, speak out and act for what is right and just, we will be heard. As Syria descended deeper into chaos during 2015, people in many wealthy nations called for blocking refugees. But many more opened their hearts, homes and wallets and showed compassion. Governments responded by opening doors to people who have lost everything, including family and friends, to ﬂee death and destruction. Shootings and the inevitable absurd arguments against gun control continued south of

the border, but many people, including the president, rallied for an end to the insanity. And while the US presidential race remains mired in bigotry, ignorance and a dumbfounding rejection of climate science, many US citizens, including political candidates, are speaking out for a positive approach more aligned with America’s professed values. And in 2015, voters here and elsewhere rejected fear-based election campaigns that promoted continued reliance on climatealtering coal, oil and gas. The fossil fuel industry and its supporters continued to sow doubt and confusion about the overwhelming evidence for human-caused climate change and to rail against solutions, but many more people marched, signed petitions, sent letters, talked to friends and family, demanded action from political, religious and business leaders, and got on with innovating and implementing solutions. The public appetite for a constructive approach to global warming led Canada to shift course in 2015, taking global warming seriously enough to make positive contributions at the Paris climate conference in December.The resulting agreement won’t lower emissions enough to

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prevent catastrophic warming, but it’s a signiﬁcant leap from previous attempts, and it includes commitments to improve targets. If we want to heal this world we have so badly damaged, we must do all we can. Although many necessary and profound changes must come from governments, industry and other institutions, we can all do our part. For the climate, we can conserve energy, eat less meat, drive less, improve energy efﬁciency in our homes and businesses and continue to stand up and speak out. Those who fear and reject change have always been and always will be with us.They’ve argued ending slavery would destroy the economy; they’ve claimed putting people on the moon would be impossible; they’ve rejected ending South Africa’s apartheid system; they’ve said the Berlin wall wouldn’t come down. With today’s technological and communications advances, everyone with access to the Internet can be heard. That’s good, but people who fear they have something to lose often speak loudest, and in the greatest numbers. I tell people at the David Suzuki Foundation, “Don’t read the comments!” It’s often disheartening to see online

discourse sink to such irrational and often idiotic depths. But many comments and efforts to stall or block necessary progress arise from fear. People who are afraid that change might remove or diminish their privilege – real or imagined – often do or say anything to block it. Unfortunately, those who beneﬁt most from privilege or the status quo, even if only in the short term, often stoke those fears and uncertainties, taking advantage of and manipulating the frightened and ignorant for political or economic gain. That’s not to say people must always agree. But racism, sexism, homophobia, religious prejudice, the denial of climate science and solutions, and blindness to the need for gun control are all irrational. We can and must speak louder than those who would keep us on a destructive path despite the overwhelming evidence that it’s past time to shift course. Events in 2015 taught us that when those of us who care about humanity and the planet’s future stand up and speak out, we can make this small, blue world and its miraculous life and natural systems a better place for all. % &'#!" $)!' #( DavidSuzuki.org. W

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BC declares war on wolves Grant Lawrence Vancouver Shakedown @GrantLawrence

“FUCK THE WOLF CULL” The slogan was as unlikely as the location it was chanted in, over and over, by howling teens, as instructed by their on-stage leader of the pack. If you were at Miley Cyrus’s sold out Queen Elizabeth Theatre concert last month, or heard about it after the fact, you’ll likely be aware that the American pop star once again put BC’s controversial wolf cull centre stage, literally, by illuminating her backdrop with the hashtag #savebcwolves. Cyrus then filmed her audience shouting the afore-quoted phrase. She shared the video with her millions of followers from around the world. What Cyrus may now wonder, as well as other wolf cullopponents like Pacific Wild, a conservation group that has gathered over 200,000 signatures in opposition, is where to point the protest? Is it towards the ongoing five-year wolf cull in the South Peace and South Selkirk regions of BC, designed to protect rapidly dwindling woodland caribou populations? Last year’s cull wiped out 180 wolves, all brought down by sniper fire from helicopters, with many more wolves to drop this year and all the way through to 2020. Or is it the new proposal (found by chance by a CBC producer in Kelowna) that was quietly rolled out by the provincial government in November? That proposal, if approved, recommends unlimited, year-round, completely open season, no bag limit hunting of wolves in the Peace Region.This is up from the previously allowed bag limit of three wolves per year per hunter.Why? The rationale in the proposal is as follows: “verbal reports from many stakeholders and First Nations…suggest that the wolf population in the Northeast

appears to be very high, relative to levels in recent history. Increased wolf populations can have negative impacts on wild ungulates [deer, moose, elk, caribou] as well as cattle.” If this all rings familiar to you, it’s because European settlers have been at war with the wolf ever since we set foot on this continent.Time and time again we blame the wolf for just about everything imaginable, yet time and time again critics and evidence will argue otherwise. In Alberta, the provincial government engaged in a wolf cull that began back in 2006, resulting in the destruction of nearly 1,000 wolves.The caribou population they were trying to save has stabilized, but not grown. It raises the ethical question of human beings playing God in nature: do we have the right to kill one species to save another, when the real reason woodland caribou populations are in a free fall is because of lack of habitat due to our encroachment through everything from highways to resorts to mining to deforestation to snowmobile trails? Over time, it’s always remarkable how much changes, and how much remains the same. In other words, the BC wolf cull is misguided Canadian history repeating itself. In 1948, the federal government assigned a naturalist and soon-to-be author named Farley Mowat to the far north to investigate – surprise!– dwindling caribou populations, to see if the wolf was to blame. Mowat’s findings were negative, he was fired, and the wolf cull proceeded. I’ll leave you with Farley Mowat’s conclusions from his wolf study almost 70 years ago. It’s decidedly more eloquent than Cyrus’s 2015 howl, but just as biting: “We have doomed the wolf not for what it is but for what we deliberately and mistakenly perceive it to be: the mythologized epitome of a savage, ruthless killer – which is, in reality, not more than the reflected image of ourselves. We have made it the scapewolf for our own sins.” W

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As I venture off to scour the streets of Morocco for inspiration, global goods and perhaps a little piece of myself, I can’t help but wonder what international visitors to Vancouver look for when they treasure hunt here. I’ve shopped through some of my favourite boutiques and artisans to see what we offer in terms of locally made décor that might just evoke the same thrill of the ﬁnd for both our guests and ourselves as the pieces I seek while on my own journey.What are we selling that speaks to our West Coast style and skills? This week’s Five Finds is a spotlight on some of the best locally made décor offerings in the city. 1. Greybelle Tuumia White Stool; available at Greybelle Designs, GreybelleDesigns. com. $425 each. Made with distressed woods, leathers and felted wools these stools are the epitome of bohemian-meetsminimalist glamour. Greybelle

Design is a Vancouver gem for beautifully rustic interpretations of high-end décor; with natural silhouettes and materials, each piece brings a sense of organic and natural warmth to any space.Versatile in their use, these stools are ideally sized to suit even the spatially challenged as additional seating, whether for the living room, dining table or entryway.

2. Salvaged and industrial finds; available at Space Lab, 230 East Pender. One of Vancouver’s most notable design trends is the ‘salvaged industrial’. For years, our local scene has been known internationally to incorporate elements of found objects with a diamond-inthe-rough appeal into décor, whether as an overall style or as an accent to a more contemporary vibe. For those in the know, Space Lab owner Clint Moroz is the go-to source for the best salvaged ﬁnds in the business; not only is his collection expansive, but his vision for how to interpret the pieces is unrivalled. Space Lab’s design team can turn even the most obscure salvage into an unexpected statement piece for your space.

reclaimed butcher block and stainless steel (available in powder-coated black or white, or in its natural ﬁnish), takes inspiration from its Vancouver heritage materials.The Main Bench is designed to directly reﬂect the Main Street representation of shared space between studio and shop; the E28 Collection is showcasing how design can memorialize a city within design.

4 From unique custom lighting to straight up one-of-a-kind accessories, Space Lab pieces ﬁnd their way into the homes of appreciative eyes worldwide. 3. E28 Main Bench; available at Nineteen Ten Home, 4366 Main. Pricing available upon request. This minimalist industrial bench is one of three pieces

in the newly launched E28 furniture collection.The E28 grouping is a curated collaboration between Nineteen Ten Home – a Main street décor staple for modern, vintage and hand-made accessories (aptly located at the cross street of East 28th), and Paciﬁc Design Lab – a Strathcona-based design studio focussing on West Coast inspired home goods.The line, created with

4. Small batch candles from Vancouver Candle Company; available at various boutiques and VancouverCandleCo.com, prices start from $20. For an approachable and literal shout out to our local décor,Vancouverites and visitors have created an impressive following for this small batch candle company.With various scents named after notable Vancouver neighbourhoods, combined with chic packaging,Vancouver Candle Co. has become a favourite for gifts and souvenir pieces for locals and tourists alike. Each candle is masterfully hand-poured, created from premium clean burning soy wax blended with perfume grade fragrance oils, and is signed and numbered in the Vancouver-based studio by the artist.

5. Emerald coffee table; available at Sholto Design Studio, VancouverCustomFurniture. com. Pricing available upon request. World-class quality within local design is the differentiating factor between the exquisite woodworking of Sholto Scruton and that of many others in his field. Scruton spent years designing for first-rate design houses and puts precision and fine craftsmanship as the paramount features behind each of his designs. His age affords him a young perspective, giving a sleek, contemporary edge to the traditional craft. Using local woods wherever possible (like the North American black walnut, combined with a parquet veneer for generations of durability, seen in the Emerald table), each piece is constructed by the designer in the Strathcona design studio, with commissions globally. What I love about this piece in particular is the hexagonal shape – the unique overall look blends the softer effect of a round coffee table with the angular strength of a traditional square or rectangle option. Due to its size and silhouette, this piece could easily double as a casual eating space for those without a formal dining room. W

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Turning grief into beauty

Michaela Evanow holds her daughter Florence Marigold Evanow, who passed away last year from a terminal neuromuscular disease. Michaela is a jewelry designer who creates a beautiful line that can be worn by moms with teething tots, or even those without who love the boho-feel of her necklaces. Contributed photo

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@NikiMHope Vancouver jewelry designer Michaela Evanow started making her Mama Gems line as she cared for her young daughter who required around-the-clock medical care and protection. Tragically, precious three-

year-old Florence Marigold Evanow passed away in May of last year. A darling strawberry blonde with a beaming smile and gentle face, Florence was Evanow’s ﬁrst-born, coming into the world in the “blue of March,” as Evanow, an awardwinning blogger, writes on her personal namesake website. It wasn’t until their beautiful bright-eyed daughter was a couple months old that it

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became apparent there was something amiss with her physical development. She couldn’t bear weight on her legs and tummy time was a struggle. When the diagnosis came through, it was a grim one: a terminal neuromuscular disease known as Type 1 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), or Werdnig–Hoffmann disease. The deadly disease is the most common genetic cause of infant death, claiming the lives of dozens of Canadian children every year. As it turns out, both Evanow and her husband carried the gene. Doctors told the new parents their daughter would likely only have one to two years to live. “I don’t even know how to describe what that’s like,” Evanow says, recalling the day the awful news came down. They went home and tried to live a “normal” life, though because of Florence’s weakened immune system, the family spent most of their time inside protecting her from germs. In the meantime, the Evanows also had a second child – a healthy little boy, named Theodore, who turned out to be a busy body who hit the teething years with a vengeance, grabbing at his mama’s necklaces when she held him. Unwilling to give up wearing jewelry, Evanow started looking into necklaces that her little guy could safely tug and chew on. She searched the market, but only found necklaces that weren’t her. “The styles were lots of bright colours, not very gown up, primary colours – things that I would never wear,” she says. The idea struck her to create her own necklaces, ones that she would actually wear and that worked with her bohemian style. “I wanted statement pieces; I wanted them to be beautiful, but yet he could pull on it and chew it,” she says. The Mama Gems line is stylish and sophisticated enough to be worn even by those who don’t have a little ones pulling at their jewelry, but still safe for those who do. Standouts include the Himalaya silicone and juniper wood

necklace, made with desert sage, wheat and juniper wood beads, scented with a woodsy aroma, and inspired by prayer beads and rosaries. Essential oils can also be added to many of the pieces as well. Another stunner is the Florence silicone necklace in seaglass, inspired by mala prayer necklaces, rosaries and the colours of Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus”. Proceeds from various necklaces go toward the Gwendolyn Strong Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing global awareness of SMA. Evanow started the jewelry line while Florence was still alive, but had to put it on hold when her daughter’s health worsened. Florence spent her final days in Canuck Place, which Evanow praises for the incredible support and care their daughter (and the family) received. “They made it such a sacred and safe thing,” Evanow says. Their desire was for Florence to have a peaceful passing and to be as close to her as possible. “It was the most traumatizing time of our life,” Evanow says, gently weeping. “We just held her and cried and screamed, and we didn’t know what death would be like – you spend your child’s life fighting for them.” After Florence passed away, when she was ready, Evanow returned to creating the Mama Gems line, which became a grief project as much as a creative outlet. On those nights when she couldn’t sleep, she worked on the line, immersing herself as a way to deal with the overwhelming anguish. Remembering her daughter, through tears, Evanow says, “She gave so much to everyone. She would look at you with such love – so many people comment on that.” With Florence’s middle name being Marigold, the flower holds a special significance for Evanow. Supporters at home and around the globe have planted marigolds in Florence’s memory. The flower has become an endearing symbol of Evanow’s little flower – who bloomed beautifully during her short life. W

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288: The number of Vancouver restaurants taking part in this year’s Dine Out, a new record! 17: The number of days the event runs: Jan. 15-31. 100,000: How many Vancouverites and visitors are expected to take part this year. 20, 30, or 40: How many dollars you’ll spend for a three-course dinner at some of Vancouver’s best restaurants. 100+: The number of special food-themed events planned for this year’s festival. 21: How many hotels are participating with special rates this year.

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@FoodgirlFriday Yup, it’s back. The 14th annual Dine Out Vancouver Festival returns next week for 17 days of eating, drinking, exploring and learning. Hundreds of restaurants, dozens of unique events, a thousand different personalities, and more than 100,000 visitors makes this Canada’s largest annual food and drink festival. It’s a lot to sift through, but, as you’re contemplating which restaurant deals to pounce on (from among the countless $20, $30 and $40 menus), also consider the special events, which run the gamut from guided tours and tastings to pop-up dinners, street food collectives, and brunch crawls. What makes these events stand out, however, are the people behind them. We’re pretty smug about our local talent – and rightfully so – but one of the great things about Dine Out is its ability to foster new partnerships. Take Lauren Mote and Jonathan Chovancek of Bittered Sling. Mote runs the bar at Uva Wine & Cocktail Bar, and is presenting a series of cocktail seminars on everything from cognac to mezcal and tequila. In addition, Mote and Chovancek are partnering with executive chef Ned Bell of Yew at The Four Seasons (where Mote also now consults on the cocktail program) for a popup Robbie Burns dinner. “It’s wonderful to work

Ancora chef Ricardo Valverde with a scallop and prawn ceviche, tiradito style. Ancora will be hosting famed Mexican chefs Ignacio and Alfonso Cadena of Puerto Vallarta’s La Leche as part of this year’s Dine-Out Vancouver Festival. Jennifer Gauthier photo

“It’s a great way for a lot of people to experience restaurants they wouldn’t normally try out.” –Pekka Tavela, chef atWildebeest with a group of people [Tourism Vancouver, which organizes Dine Out] who’ve perfected the process and put in all of the legwork needed,” says Mote. “It’s grown so far beyond just the restaurant deals; it’s a proper

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And, I know he and his son are excited to come here.” Valverde is enthusiastic not only about the dinner, but about the prix-ﬁxe menu Ancora will be offering throughout the festival. “I think some restaurants feel like they’re losing money, it doesn’t portray the restaurant the way they want, so they don’t want to participate. But, I feel there are a lot of people who have money, but don’t always want or know where to spend it on food, and this is a way of getting them into the restaurant. [At Ancora], we’re going all out, showing off our best dishes; we want people to see what we’re all about.” Pekka Tavela, executive chef at Wildebeest, agrees.

“It’s a great way for a lot of people to experience restaurants they wouldn’t normally try out. We get a lot of repeats; people coming back once they’ve gotten a taste of what we’re about.” Tavela is also partnering with an out-of-town chef for a special dinner event. Dan Burns of Luksus in New York City will be ﬂying out for a multi-course collaborative dinner, paired with beer and cider. “Burns is very well-known and respected,” explains Tavela. “It’s something different for people to experience. At Luksus, the menu changes every few days, so a little more frequently than [at Wildebeest], but it’s also naturalist, modernist-leaning cuisine, executed with contemporary French technique, so similar to ours. We’ll each be doing four dishes. And, the price point is great.”

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,:!1&!/.0 *5:" 96(. $ That price point clocks in at $160 for the six-course dinner, beverage pairings, tax and gratuities. Considering the lavish nature of many of these dinners, it’s deﬁnitely a good deal. Notwithstanding all the special dinners, the restaurant deals are still a major part of the festival. “Dine Out is a great opportunity to get out and try so many new restaurants,” says Quang Dang, executive chef at West. “It would be challenging to get out and try all these new restaurants if you’re paying full price.”

This is especially true at a restaurant like West, where one can easily blow past the $200-mark for a dinner for two. “It’s great. We have repeat customers who make it an annual tradition to come to the restaurant during Dine Out, as well as those who come back throughout the year,” explains Dang. “Dine Out gets people in the door, but once they’re here, it’s our job to make them want to come back.” Dang will also be hosting a special dinner with chef Mark Best of Marque in Sydney, Australia. “Best is a globally-renowned chef, one of the old guard of

amazing Australian chefs,” says Dang. “Rhonda [Vianni], my pastry chef, worked for him in Australia, and when he was in town last, he came here and thought we would be a good ﬁt to cook together. It’s great for the cooks to see something new in the kitchen, as well as for the customers.” Whether you decide to stick to the restaurant deals, or indulge in some of the one-off events, one thing’s for sure, dining out during Dine Out is as much about the people as it is about the food. W % ':5 6 */## #&41&!( :* 6## .-.!14 6!0 9651&2&961&!( 5.416/56!147 -&4&1 +&!.8/1)6!2:/-.532:"3

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complement the beers you’ll be drinking. Knowledgeable guides will also walk you through how to properly pair beer with food. Transportation between locations is also provided. Multiple dates available. $79.

TEA GASTRONOMY EXPERIENCE Urban Tea Merchant is known for their highly knowledgeable tea sommeliers. Enjoy this unique evening where every course and cocktail is infused with tea. Taste dishes like Imperial Keemun tea-encrusted tuna tataki and Jade of Africa tea-infused pork belly with pan-seared scallop, red and gold beet purée, and Moroccan mint tea-infused lamb chop. Evening includes tea-infused cocktail pairings, tea pairings, and ﬁve-course tasting menu. Multiple dates and times. $86.

STREET FOOD CITY V Back for its ﬁfth year, this is free to attend, but make sure to bring an empty stomach. Open daily throughout the festival at the North Plaza of the Vancouver Art Gallery, the rotating collection of more than 20 of the city’s best food trucks and carts gather together, along with tents, tables and live music, for a perfect winter picnic. Each vendor will have special creations and Dine Out pricing available. LET’S GET BAKED AND BUZZED Let’s face it,Vancouver has a major addiction when it comes to coffee and sweets. Go on a “wake-and-bake” tour with Off the Eaten Track as you explore two local coffee shops and bakeries like Cadeaux, Purebread, and Cartems. Multiple dates. $45. W

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With my ﬁrst glass of the New Year in hand, I’d like to take a moment to contemplate what we’ll all be drinking in the coming months. Drum roll please… Prosecco sales in British Columbia will continue to grow. I certainly won’t be hailed as soothsayer for my prophecy. Italy’s effervescent darling shows no signs of slowing down. At some point, the proverbial bubble will burst. Until then, Prosecco can be used as a springboard from which to explore other sparkling wines from Italy. This could be the transition year that Franciacorta, Trento DOC, Moscato d’Asti and Lambrusco take off. Here my prediction is morphing into hope. Some may call it a pipe dream, but I have faith. Rosé is another hot category that will stand its ground. The balmy summer

of 2015 saw us chug back copious quantities. I, for one, am already dreaming of the freshest batch of rosés to arrive. But why wait until June to drink pink? My desire is that seasonal popularity will spill into the cooler months and rosé fans will embrace it year round. When I look closely into my crystal glass, I see the rise of refreshment and drinkability. In a recent poll by Harpers Wine & Spirits magazine, wine professionals agreed that both reds and whites are moving away from oak. The same survey indicates a growing preference for higher acid whites. Why not reds as well? And, as tolerance for acid goes up, the inverse may be true for alcohol. The last decade or so has seen more and more wines pushing 15 per cent alcohol. The pendulum is poised to swing the other way as enthusiasts seek out wines with more digestible alcohol levels of 12-13 per cent. Predictions or pipe dreams? We’ll have to wait

like Prosecco, it’s lower in alcohol. Crafted from the Lambrusco Salamino grape, the Concerto is dry, with a delicious explosion of succulent black raspberries. Just promise me you’ll try it. LQN4 #0OC3OA )C3 ;/603--3@ ‘Eroica’ Riesling, 12% (&' ! #I-AKM/O 'O--3,@ $OD0/J1CIJ ! %L.B4.@ &# </FAIE )CIE3D Could this ﬁnally be the rise of Riesling? Unoaked with moderate alcohol and spine-tingling acidity, it is the epitome of food friendly and thirst quenching. Check out this dry vivacious example from our neighbours to the south.

until the end of the year to ﬁnd out. Until then, you can join me in my wishes with the following wines. 2014 Logeril, ‘L’Orangeraie’ 7ID=@ NLB2H (&' ! 9O,D 5*:6@ PEOJ63 ! %N48N2@ private wine stores A tasty tangle of rose petals, dried herbs and red currants. While it may remind you of summer,

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Message to Matt Phillips: Bring back the Skookum Stephen Smysnuik The Growler @TheGrowlerBC

For all its wonders, all this variety of craft beer can be a serious prick in the teat. Like, y’know, when you try a random beer and it blows your mind apart? And you want nothing more than to drink it all the time, because it, like, burrowed its way into your soul instantly, as if it had always there, but you’d only just realized it? Except that they don’t make that beer any more, which is awful? Yeah.You know. I’m talking specifically about Phillips Brewing’s Skookum Cascadian Brown. I tried in the summer of 2014, at a house party in Victoria, when I was five beers deep and had reached for a random bottle in the fridge. I drank from said bottle, featuring a label I’d never even heard of before… …and my mind reeled in much the same way as when I first heard “Helter Skelter.” What in the name of all that is holy IS this delicious beer? How can I have more of it? There were only three bottles in the house, packed inside the Phillips Hop Box, which I’d brought to the party, but others had been drinking out of. I scoured the fridge for another bottle, but alas, someone had snagged the other two.

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I’d sipped the last one…possibly for good. See, months later, I used my considerable clout as an esteemed beer writer to ask the man himself, Matt Phillips, how he relegated such a delicious beverage to the lowly back corner of a mixed pack. Surely the world wanted more Skookum, no? To which he laughed and said, “Awkwaaaard,” elongating the last vowel like teenagers like to do.Then he explained that Skookum is one of his earliest recipes, an Indian dark ale that he, too, really enjoyed. But it never found its place in the world. “We tried for years to find ways to sell it well.We never did,” Phillips said. “We tried changing the branding a couple times.We changed the name a couple times.” But nothing worked and it sold poorly.They retired it to the Hop Box briefly, but then retired it completely. It’s not even listed in Phillps’Vintage Beer Fridge. Now it’s but a memory. It’s possible it’s a terrible beer after all, and just happened to taste good that day to my five-beerdeep palette. I may never know. “It’s kinda too bad,” Phillips said. “I love that beer, and I’ve stubbornly been trying to find a way to make it work for 10 years.” Well, obviously not hard enough Matt. Not hard enough. W

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MIKE LUNO BAND Three-piece rock act based in Vancouver fuse elements of funk with overtones of reggae and prog-rock for a hometown show. 8:30pm at Railway Club. Tickets $7 at the door.

DEVOTCHKA Multi-instrumental rock ensemble out of Denver, Colorado return to Vancouver. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $25 at Red Cat, Zulu, Highlife, and TicketWeb.ca

TIA BRAZDA The swing-jazz vocal artist and her band bring the swingin’, sassy sounds of her new album, Bandshell, to town for an intimate performance. 9:30pm at Guilt & Co. No cover.

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FRANK LOVE Hardcore punk-party rockers hit the stage on the eve of their European tour with special guests Obscene Being, the Remedials, and Glad Rags. 9:30pm at Railway Club. Tickets $10 at the door only.

AS HEARD ON TV Stroll down memory lane to the sounds of some of the most iconic TV theme songs with actress-singer-impressionist Christina Bianco and conductor Steven Reineke. 8pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets $20+ at VancouverSymphony.ca

JD MCPHERSON Oklahoma rock and roll singer-songwriter and guitarist plays tunes from his latest release, Let The Good Times Roll, with special guests HoneyHoney. 9pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $13 at Red Cat, Zulu, Highlife, and TicketWeb.ca

ERICA SIGURDSON Vancouver comic – a strong, dominating force in the Canadian comedy scene with countless festival appearances, writing credits, and her own Comedy Now! special for CTV takes the stage with opening sets from Chris James and Matt Billon. 8:30pm at The Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com ONE HITTER QUITTER COMEDY SHOWDOWN The monthly amateur comedy competition returns for another year of hilarity for first-timers or veteran comics, held the first Thursday of every month. 8:30pm at Seven Dining Lounge (53 West Broadway). Tickets $5 at the door.

THEATRE/DANCE PETER AND THE STARCATCHER The story of the celebrated character traces his journey from lonely orphan to beloved boy hero, on an adventure taking him aboard the decks of the Neverland ship. 7:30pm at Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre. Tickets at ArtsClub.com. Runs until Jan. 10.

ART THE SPECIAL Digital photo artist Kevin Lanthier creates a series of hyper real, yet nostalgic little worlds, each of them distinctly and recognizably Vancouver – not a strict documentation, but rather a crafted idea of it as it exists in our thoughts and memories. 12-5pm at Hot Art Wet City. Admission is free.

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NOT YOUR SCENE & ART SIGNIFIED (NIGHT 1) Three year anniversary show featuring local art, photography, and visual media in this film and music showcase with Waingro, Eric Campbell & the Dirt, the Prettys, Molten Lava, Dead Again, Heron and Passive. 6pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $5 (weekend pass $8) at Neptoon, Bully’s, and Horses Records. DISCO FUNERAL The dark psychfunk, gypsy madness that is ever eccentric, energetic and entertaining hits the stage before a BC tour with special guest Couch Thieves. 8pm at Funky Winker Beans. Tickets $10 at the door only.

THEATRE/DANCE THIS THIN PLACE A contemporary dance piece inspired by the publication of Sandy Glum’s cancer blog “Damned Near Killed Him” – a duet performed by Sarah Robinson and Kezia Rosen with a reception to follow. 8pm at Beaumont Studios. Admission by suggested donation of $10.

ART VOICES OF THE CORRIDORS: REPRESSION OF THE SELF, REPRESSION OF A MOVEMENT, OPPRESSION OF A PEOPLE A curated collective show in which members engage in themes regarding contemporary disability and mental health activism. Opening reception 6-9pm at Gallery Gachet. Runs until Feb. 21.

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NOT YOUR SCENE & ART SIGNIFIED (NIGHT 2) Three year anniversary show featuring local art, photography, and visual media in this film and music showcase with BRASS, Burning Ghats, Astrakhan, Dead Quiet, Anchoress, Colby Morgan & the Catastrophes, the Wandering Halls, and Still Spirits. Tickets $5 (weekend pass $8) at Neptoon, Bully’s, and Horses Records. THANKS FOR NOTHING An evening with the local punk rock shredders featuring special guests Contra Code, and the Greatest Sons. 9pm at LanaLou’s. Tickets $10 at the door only. All ages show. IRON KINGDOM Traditional heavy metal rockers out of Surrey bring back the classic sounds of ‘70s and ‘80s metal with special guests Omnisight, and Syrinx. 9pm at Funky Winker Beans. Tickets $10 at the door only.

COMEDY BYRON BERTRAM This hometown boy with an innate talent for voices and accents mixed with a confident vulnerability has established him internationally as one of the top Canadian comics working today; opening sets from James Ball and Damonde Tschritter. 7pm & 9:30pm at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets $20 at YukYuks.com

THEATRE/DANCE CHELSEA HOTEL: THE SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN A special holiday run of the smash hit musical – a powerful and inspirational production of the songs of the Canadian icon from six performers playing 17 different instruments. 3pm & 8pm at Firehall Arts Centre. Tickets at FirehallArtsCentre.ca. Final performances.

THE RIVALS Blackbird Theatre celebrates a decade on the stage with this wickedly witty, joyfully irreverent production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s comic masterpiece, a tale of mistaken identity and overwrought romance. 2pm at Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com. Runs until Jan. 23.

CHEAP & FUN NAT BAILEY WINTER FARMERS MARKET With the uncharacteristically sunny and snowy weather, come browse the selection of locally grown fruit and vegetables, meat and seafood from local ranchers and fishermen, as well as artisan cheese, fresh herbs and seasonal nursery items. 10am-2pm at Nat Bailey Stadium. Admission is free. FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS VanDusen Botanical Garden lights up the night with their annual holiday festival where thousands of twinkling lights decorate the gardens turning it into a magical winter wonderland, fun for the whole family with holiday treats and photos with Santa. 4:30pm at VanDusen Botanical Garden. Tickets at VanDusenGarden. org. Runs again Jan 15-17.

ART WASHED BY WATER A group exhibition centered on the theme of water, an essential life-giving element wrought in an ever complicated relationship with civilization. Artists explore the metaphorical, environmental, and material significance of water in all its forms. Opening reception 2-4pm at Bau-Xi Gallery. Runs until Jan. 23.

GERSHWIN’S MAGIC KEY A chance meeting on the streets of New York City between a poor newspaper boy and the great American composer George Gershwin is at the centre of this story, as the VSO weaves Gershwin’s greatest hits into the tale, exploring the vast melting pot of American music. 2pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets $20+ at VancouverSymphony.ca

THEATRE/DANCE KITTY NIGHTS: MORE NERDLESQUE Another mind bending evening of nice and naughty nerdlesque, a simply MARVEL-ous night of madness and mayhem with performances from Baby Le’Strange, Burgundy Brixx, Dezi, and Kitty Glitter. 9pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $10 at TicketFly.com

EVENTS RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS IN VANCOUVER The largest selection of Russian and Slavic food, with traditional dancers, the RCC Balalayka Orchestra, an arts and crafts bazaar and more – fun for the whole family! 2-7pm at Russian Community Centre of Vancouver (2114 West 4th). Tickets at PalmeTheatre.com

CHEAP & FUN COMICON Comic book convention featuring local artists Jeremy Sawatsky and Sabrina Symington. 11am-5pm at Heritage Hall. Tickets $4 at the door, or donate a gently-used school-appropriate graphic novel for free admission.

COMEDY QUEER PROV Back for another year of hilarious antics, Vancouver’s unique Queer Improv Comedy troupe hits the stage featuring Pearce Visser, Amy Lucille, Jamie Chrest, Shane Edwards, Aamir Khan, and Josh Rimer. 8pm at XY (1216 Bute). THE LAUGH GALLERY Graham Clark wants you to come and laugh at his jokes as he hosts this wonderfully eclectic show featuring some of the best and brightest comics in the city. 9pm at Havana Theatre. Tickets $5 at EventBrite.ca

ART STREETSCAPES BY CAROL MCQUAID Vancouver artist shows a series of recent cityscapes and townscapes in relief printmaking and watercolour, a series focussed on our built environment and how we inhabit it. At Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Runs until Jan. 25.

CHEAP & FUN SICK BOSS MONDAYS Improvisational and experimental jazz accompanied by psychadealic visuals and vintage décor transport you to another space and time, but with delicious craft beer. 8pm at The Lido. No cover.

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VANCE JOY Australian singersongwriter, of “Riptide” fame kicks off his Fire and Flood North American Tour with the first of two nights with special guests Reuben and the Dark. 8pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets $29.50+ at Ticketmaster.ca

THE IVORY SLEEP Progressive pop-rock from accomplished guitarist Nigel Tung with special guests Clouds of Analog, One And The Same, and Jim McPherson. 9:30pm at Railway Club. Tickets at the door only.

GASTOWN CABARET: SWEET TWENTY-SIXTEEN Just because the holidays have ended, doesn’t mean your social life has to! April O’Peel, Sparkle Plenty, Sweet Munish and a host of other characters welcome you back to the weekly cabaret for what is arguably the most fun you can have on a weekday in Vancouver. 8pm at Guilt & Co. Admission by suggested donation of $10, with proceeds to the artists. HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL David C. Jones directs this musical based on the 1988 cult classic, the deliciously dark tale of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy teenage misfit who discovers she’s capable of more than she thinks. 7:30pm at York Theatre. Tickets at Tickets. TheCultch.com. Runs until Jan. 17.

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THEATRE/DANCE DIRTY DANCING The classic love story of Baby and Johnny comes to life onstage in an unprecedented live experience, exploding with heart-pounding music, passionate romance, and of course, dancing as they come together in the most challenging and triumphant summer of their lives. 8pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets at Ticketmaster.ca. Runs until Jan. 17.

ART COMMON GROUND This exhibition featuring young artists showcases a variety of projects that present how students in schools across the province explored their local landscapes and the relationship each has with the people, animals, and plants who live there. 10am-4:30pm at ArtStarts (808 Richards). Runs until March 27.

CHEAP & FUN ICE SKATING AT ROBSON SQUARE Glide along the ice at Vancouver’s only outdoor ice rink, with skate rentals available and group rates for large parties. Open Christmas Day from 9am-9pm at Robson Square.

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VANESSA CARLTON American pop singer-songwriter tours in support of her latest release, Liberman, with special guest Skye Steele. 8pm at The Imperial. Tickets $25 at LiveNation.com

HAN FINCKEL STEZER TRIO A fourth performance from the trio featuring piano, violin, and cello in a program of work from Beethoven, Shostakovich, and Dvorák. 8pm at Vancouver Playhouse. Tickets $48 at EventBrite.ca and FriendsOfChamberMusic.ca

VANCOUVER IMPROV FIGHT CLUB Vancouver’s finest comedians step into the ring to battle it out for comedic glory. This month’s showdown features the Golden Oreo duo versus the quartet Impro Mysterio, ready to serve up some hard-hitting comedy. 8pm at Café Deux Soleils. Tickets $5+ at TheFictionals.com

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ILIZA SHLESINGER The youngest comedian to hold the title of NBC’s Last Comic Standing with two Netflix specials (War Paint, Freezing Hot), and the host of Excused with appearances on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Chelsea Lately, with opening sets from Hunter Hill, and Ivan Decker. 8:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com VANCOUVER SKETCH COMEDY FESTIVAL Back for its third year, Vancouver Sketchfest has harvested a (gluten-free of course) crop of some truly amazing sketch comedians, a onestop-shop for all your comedy needs featuring performances from Morgan Brayton, Gossamer Obsessions, Vanessa Gonzalez, Peter ‘n’ Chris, The Ryan and Amy Show and many more. Check out VancouverSketchFest. com for various venues/showtimes/tickets. Runs until Jan. 16.

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THEATRE/DANCE BOOM Canada’s own Rick Miller presents “25 years in 100 minutes” in this innovative mixedmedia work weaving characters and events using a selection of archival videos and photography documentary-style, giving spoton impersonations of the most notable figures over two decades of history. 7:30pm at Granville Island Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub. com. Runs until Feb. 13.

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While many fans of Motörhead have explored Lemmy’s material with Hawkwind, only a select few know of the 1969 psych rock album that marked his debut as lead singer and songwriter: Sam Gopal’s Escalator. Lemmy – credited on Escalator as Ian Willis – had previously been in the Rockin’Vickers, but, as he put it, he was “just a hodcarrier” in the Vickers, playing guitar on a few singles, but not writing any songs. The Gopal album, by contrast, “was the ﬁrst album I ever did,” Lemmy told me during one of our three conversations, which took place between 2009 and 2011. “I wrote all the songs in one night, except for the Donovan cover [‘Season Of The Witch’] and ‘Angry Faces’,” written by Leo Davidson. The title track has one of his ﬁrst strokes of lyrical genius, of some relevance now that the man has departed: “I can feel it / The spring unwinding in my head / And if you think you like me living, baby / You’re gonna love me when I’m dead.” “That’s because people get better when they’re dead!” Lemmy said, laughing darkly, when I asked about the lyric. “I mean, Buddy Holly and Randy Rhoads, they acquired much more dexterity on the guitar when they were dead. Nobody seemed to notice it before!” It wasn’t the only time the topic of mortality came up during our conversations. “As you get older, you think about it more, as a more pressing thing,” he said

Left: Lemmy backstage at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver in 2009. Right: Lemmy and drummer “Philthy” Phil Taylor at an in-store appearance at Kelly’s Record Store on Granville Street in 1982 during Motörhead’s Iron Fist tour. Bev Davies photos. at one point. “But it doesn’t really bother me. Being dead is the same thing as being alive, only more still.” Lemmy had been diagnosed as diabetic by the time of our ﬁrst interview, but was in decent health, considering. “I mean, I’m 63 - you don’t get better!” he said. He told me that he had been “dead twice,” referring not to medical diagnoses, but mistakes in journalism, with his obituary appearing in a French magazine while he was still very much alive. “When you get to that stage, anything else is just pastry.” He was more receptive towards the idea of an afterlife than one might expect,

saying that of the religions he’d looked into, Buddhism “makes the most sense.” “I don’t believe in a grand design,” he told me, “but I do believe in a power of some sort.” While his fans may have celebrated his reputation as a superhero of substance abuse, the Lemmy I spoke to told me he was bored of being asked about such matters, and said of his lifestyle that he didn’t recommend it for anyone else. “It’s not going to be particularly good for anybody. I don’t like to espouse it, y’know?” He was also skeptical about hero worship directed his way, saying, when “you shave this idiot every day,

you don’t think of it as a fuckin’ hero, when you’re looking back at it in the mirror.” We chatted about his controversial collection of Nazi memorabilia, which included a set of Hitler’s cutlery. He assured me that he was a history buff and certainly no Nazi, and that his collection was “a pension scheme,” since rock ‘n’ roll doesn’t have one. For instance, a unique Nazi dagger that came up for auction in a catalogue he received had a starting bid of $100,000. “So this is not your average skinhead buying it, this is lawyers and doctors,” he said. He picked The Ruling

Class as one of his favourite movies, shared his enthusiasm for PG Wodehouse, and – since he’d dedicated “In the Name of Tragedy” to William Shakespeare at one of his Vancouver shows – told me that his favourite Shakespeare play was Richard III. Asked about the perks of being Lemmy, he proudly told me a story of once being invited to ride in a steam locomotive. “I love steam locomotives. And I don’t think that that’s because I’m old fashioned, it’s because steam locomotives are alive, whereas diesel is just a bus on rails – fuckin’ soulless!” The one time I met him in person, backstage at the Vogue in 2011, Lemmy in-

scribed a copy of his autobiography, White Line Fever, to me, with one word, “Luck!” and graciously accepted some gifts, including a bottle of Jack, a signed copy of Chris Walter’s EastVan, and some weirder curiosities, like a copy of the notorious Japanese hentai anime, Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overﬁend. (“Have you seen any tentacle porn before,” I asked, and he guffawed and said “No,” in a way suggesting both amusement and the possibility he thought I was totally nuts. Gotta admit, I felt a bit proud of that moment.) It was a privilege having met you, Lemmy. Thanks for all the amazing music. W

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The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival has launched a new initiative to help welcome immigrants and refugees into Vancouver’s vibrant performing arts scene. Called Meet Your New Neighbour (MYNN), the program will use the dynamic, 20-day PuSh festival as a bridge, allowing new Canadians and refugees to attend various shows, accompanied by festival patrons and local volunteers, for free. During the course of the festival, which takes place between Jan. 19 and Feb. 7, participants in the pilot program will be provided with complimentary tickets

and transportation subsidies, along with an invitation to the celebratory wrap party at the end of the festival. According to the press release, MYNN is part of the PuSh festival’s ongoing efforts to “eliminate ﬁnancial, cultural and social barriers to the performing arts.”The festival also hopes MYNN will foster new friendships, connections and dialogues between communities, while addressing the sense of isolation that many newcomers face. This season the PuSh Festival will host more than 150 performances and feature artists from Canada, Australia, England, France, Lebanon and the United States. Highlights from the 2016 lineup include award-winning UK

dancer Aakash Odedra (Inked and Murmur), French circus performer Etienne Manceau (Vu), and the highly anticipated remounting of Holy Body Tattoo’s 2005 sensation monumental (featuring a live performance by post-rock band GodspeedYou! Black Emperor). To take part in the program, interested hosts are asked to apply for the shows that they would like to attend, and then the PuSh Festival will approach various refugee organizations to match them up with a guest. “I would say to increase your chances of being matched up with somebody, it’s better to focus on shows that don’t use language,” explains Accessible PuSh

Coordinator Anika Vervecken, when reached by phone. “Vu and L’immédiat would deﬁnitely be ones [we recommend]. Neither use language and they’re both accessible for children. And then another one would be Inked and Murmur, because it’s also a very easy entry. Monumental would deﬁnitely be a good one, too,” she continues. “These are dance shows that we think most people in the general public would enjoy.” W Applications for MYNN volunteers are now open. To apply, visit the PuSh Festival website. Deadline for applications is Jan. 10, at 5pm.

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Five minutes into the cast read-through of The Motherf**ker with the Hat, the New York script and Vancouver venue blur into one. It’s an overcast morning in early December. Five actors and a handful of stage crew – including the director and several designers – are seated around a grouping of tables in an airy rehearsal room on an upper ﬂoor of the Firehall Arts Centre. Actor Stephen Lobo is speaking. He’s got a highlighted script open in front of him, but he’s not referring to it. A torrent of words – about love, drugs, and betrayal – ﬂood out of Lobo

and towards Kyra Zagorsky, who is seated beside him. His words alternate between raw fury, howlingat-the-moon pain, and crazy love. Lobo’s character is fucked up; he’s got addiction and mental health issues. Zagorsky’s character, too. And she’s giving as ferociously as she gets. As the wild emotions shoot around the table like bullets, another voice enters the fray: a second male voice, angry and loud. But it’s not coming from the rehearsal room. It belongs to a man on the street below. He’s unleashing a stream of undecipherable but clearly angry words as he pushes his cart up East Cordova. But it fits. The Vancouver man yelling on the street and the New York characters in the rehearsal room: They’re from the same place. This world of addiction and mental illness is their home. Steven Adley Guirgis’ The Motherf**ker with the Hat marks the first production of the Haberdashery Theatre Company. The company was founded by a collective of familiar faces from the film andTV scene:

Stephen Lobo (centre) stars in The Mother f**cker with the Hat, alonside Kyra Zagorsky, John Cassini, Lori Triolo and Francisco Trujillo (clockwise from bottom left). Dan Rizutto photo. besides Lobo (Continuum,Arctic Air) and Zagorsky (Helix), there’s John Cassini (Intelligence, Blackstone), LoriTriolo (Smallville,The 4400), Brian Markinson (Mad Men), and Jenn MacLean-Angus (Gracepoint). Francisco Trujillo (Beauty and the Beast) rounds out

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the cast for this inaugural production. The Motherf**ker with the Hat follows Jackie (Lobo), an ex-con and addict struggling to get his life back on track with the help of his sponsor (Cassini). Jackie’s efforts are challenged by his girlfriend

(Zagorsky), an alcoholic/ addict who he suspects is cheating on him with the titular Motherf**cker. “These characters are ﬁlled with so much heart, and pain, and they’re trying to overcome and ﬁght,” says Lobo during a roundtable

cast chat following the readthrough. “I think [Guirgis] is one of the most exciting poet-playwrights around.” It was Lobo who pursued and secured the rights to the play. He was at the tail end of a busy few years in the film and TV sphere, and wanted to get back to his theatre roots. Lobo had intended to mount Motherf**cker in “a shoe closet,” but as he reached out to actors in his community, interest grew, and that interest snowballed into action. The result: a newly formed theatre company, and a twoweek run at the Firehall. “When I became an actor, it was all about doing theatre. I didn’t think about doing film and TV. If you’re capable of making a living of film and television, it’s a fortunate thing, and it’s a great medium. But we always long to go back to the theatre,” says Cassini. The last time Cassini was on stage, it was as part of the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company’s final play, God of Carnage.

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FILM & TV Continued from page 13 “Going back to it feels like home,” he says. The aforementioned blurring of place and script is one of the reasons that Markinson was eager to not only direct this play, but to present it at the historic Firehall Arts Centre. “It’s a play about people who are struggling with addiction and struggling through their recovery, and we’re at one of the ground zeros in all of North America for that,” says Markinson. “I love the idea that there’s a blurring of the line between what happens out there, and what happens in the space. At the end of the 90 minutes, [the audience is] going to take it and they’re going to walk back into that world… Maybe they’ll see the invisible people.”

The characters are lifted beyond the easy stereotypes, says Trujillo, who portrays Jackie’s clean-living cousin. “I love how you think you’re getting a stereotype, but they’re just so deep. We’re hearing the heart.” Zagorsky was last seen playing an equally nuanced woman in the Arts Club’s critically acclaimed production of Disgraced. She revels in the fullness of her Motherf**ker character. “I love how full of life Veronica is, and how ferocious she is as a survivor, and how full of love she is, and the balance and contradiction of that,” says Zagorsky. The events of the play unfold in New York City, a city for whom the bulk of the actors have some connection – not the least of which is Triolo, who, in the early

1990s, started a company with a trio of theatre artists that included Motherf**cker writer Guirgis. “Our company was called the Salt of the Earth,” recalls Triolo. “We built a 60seat black box theatre above a grocery store on Arthur Avenue, in the Little Italy section of the Bronx.” The company’s goal was to challenge stereotypes. “As Italian Americans in 1991, we were one thing: we were in the maﬁa,” says Triolo. “We went to all of the merchants in the area and said, ‘We want to show us in a light that isn’t just that.’” W The Motherf**cker with the Hat runs Jan. 16-30 at the Firehall Arts Centre. Tickets at FirehallArtsCentre.ca.

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lucinatory epic that is equal parts thrilling and tedious. Based on true events, the story follows frontiersman Hugh Glass’ (DiCaprio) quest for vengeance after being left for dead by his ‘fellow’ fur trappers in the desolate American wilderness of the 1820s. Shot mainly on location in the wintry wilds of Alberta and utilizing only natural light for a realistic perspective, the gritty film’s sprawling runtime requires more patience than Tarantino’s latest given its total absence of dialogue throughout many sections. Still, the lack of script is forgiven given Iñárritu’s remarkable ability to convey how his actors

went through absolute hell to make the picture. The audience can actually feel the brutality endured by Glass while recovering in sub-zero temperatures following that much-talked about bear mauling. The Revenant is brutal, gory, beautiful, and haunting but also borders on hubris. The other problem is Glass himself; we watch him endure all manner of horrors but never get a sense of who he is, where he comes from and, most importantly, why we should care. The film will no doubt hold audiences in a vicelike grip, but only for so long. W –Thor Diakow

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So I have seen this ongoing trend amongst many folks that I talk to, especially this time of year. Everyone has some sort of health goal, and a lot of it seems to revolve around cutting down meat or cutting it out of their diets altogether. I, myself, cut down on my meat intake at the beginning of the year. My reasons are very speciﬁc: I overdo it in December and my body just functions better on a mostly plant-based diet, not to mention I was a vegetarian for over 10 years. I went back to meat because with my extreme anemia and all the food allergies that were popping up in my life, I was essentially running out of things to eat. Now a lot of people could argue (and they have) that there are many vegetarian forms of iron, and this is true, but for my particular needs, taking iron supplements, getting B12 shots from my naturopath regularly, taking in as much vitamin C to properly absorb my iron and eating as many iron-rich foods cooked in my cast iron skillet was just not enough. By forcing myself to take all the necessary precautions to get all that my body needed, I quickly discovered what a terrible vegetarian I had been for so long. It’s no wonder I got horribly ill, and I

Thinkstock photo wasn’t alone in this lifestyle. This is very unfortunate. There is a good and healthy way to be a vegetarian. Swapping your daily McDonald’s burger for the fries is not the healthier vegetarian option, and neither is eating a sugary cookie because it’s vegan. So here are some tips for staying healthy and balanced, if you have decided to transition into a plantbased diet.

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Don’t go all or nothing; start out slowly by reducing the amount of meat you consume per week/day and go from there. It will be easy on your body and your state of mind. Going from one extreme to another can set you up for failure most of the time. Reducing is a great way to start having fun and getting creative with your food as well.

EAT WHOLE FOODS

With so many people switching to a plant-based diet, there have been many food companies that have gotten on board with the trend. Make sure to read labels, and don’t be tempted by the dark side of reﬁned, processed foods just because they are a veggie option. Eat mostly whole foods, but also feel free to practice the 80/20 Rule and treat yourself to some sweet vegan puffballs once and awhile.

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Non-heme iron comes primarily from plants and heme iron comes primarily from meat. Non-heme iron is harder to absorb, so make sure to add more green foods, beans, and oats to your diet and cook in a cast iron pan. If you start feeling any kind of prolonged periods of fatigue, headaches, weakness or dizziness,

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Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny John Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. His novel Of Mice and Men helped win him the award, but it required extra persistence. When he’d almost finished the manuscript, he went out on a date with his wife. While they were gone, his puppy Toby ripped his precious pages into confetti. As mad as he was, he didn’t punish the dog, but got busy on a rewrite. Later he considered the possibility that Toby had served as a helpful literary critic. The new edition of Of Mice and Men was Steinbeck’s breakout book. I’m guessing that in recent months you have received comparable assistance, Aries – although you may not realize it was assistance until later this year.

Remember back to what your life was like during the first nine months of 2004. I suspect that you fell just short of fulfilling a dream. It’s possible you were too young to have the power you needed. Or maybe you were working on a project that turned out to be pretty good but not great. Maybe you were pushing to create a new life for yourself but weren’t wise enough to make a complete breakthrough. Almost 12 years later, you have returned to a similar phase in your long-term cycle. You are better equipped to do what you couldn’t quite do before: create the masterpiece, finish the job, rise to the next level.

To become a skillful singer, you must learn to regulate your breath. You’ve got to take in more oxygen than usual for extended periods, and do it in ways that facilitate rather than interfere with the sounds coming out of your mouth. When you’re beginning, it feels weird to exert so much control over an instinctual impulse, which previously you’ve done unconsciously. Later, you have to get beyond your self-conscious discipline so you can reach a point where the proper breathing happens easily and gracefully. Although you may not be working to become a singer in 2016, Gemini, I think you will have comparable challenges: 1. to make conscious an activity that has been unconscious; 2. to refine and cultivate that activity; 3. to allow your consciously-crafted approach to become unselfconscious again.

Ancient humans didn’t “invent” fire, but rather learned about it from nature and then figured out how to produce it as needed. Ropes had a similar origin. Our ancestors employed long vines made of tough fiber as primitive ropes, and eventually got the idea to braid and knot the vines together for greater strength. This technology was used to hunt, climb, pull, fasten, and carry. It was essential to the development of civilization. I predict that 2016 will bring you opportunities that have metaphorical resemblances to the early rope. Your task will be to develop and embellish on what nature provides.

British author Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) had a day job with the postal service until he was in his 50s. For years he awoke every morning at 5:30 and churned out 2,500 words before heading to work. His goal was to write two or three novels a year, a pace he came close to achieving. “A small daily task, if it really be daily,” he wrote in his autobiography, “will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules.” I recommend that you borrow from his strategy in 2016, Leo. Be regular and disciplined and diligent as you practice the art of gradual, incremental success.

Umbrellas shelter us from the rain, saving us from the discomfort of getting soaked and the embarrassment of bad hair. They also protect us from the blinding light and sweltering heat of the sun. I’m very much in favor of these practical perks. But when umbrellas appear in your nightly dreams, they may have a less positive meaning. They can indicate an inclination to shield yourself from natural forces, or to avoid direct contact with primal sensuality. I hope you won’t do much of that in 2016. In my opinion, you need a lot of face-toface encounters with life in its raw state. Symbolically speaking, this should be a non-umbrella year.

Around the world, an average of 26 languages go extinct every year. But it increasingly appears that Welsh will not be one of them. It has enjoyed a revival in the past few decades. In Wales, it’s taught in many schools, appears on road signs, and is used in some mobile phones and computers. Is there a comparable phenomenon in your life, Libra? A tradition that can be revitalized and should be preserved? A part of your heritage that may be useful to your future? A neglected aspect of your birthright that deserves to be reclaimed? Make it happen in 2016.

Thirteenth-century author Geoffrey Chaucer produced a collection of stories known as The Canterbury Tales. It became a seminal text of English literature even though he never finished it. The most influential book ever written by theologian Thomas Aquinas was a work he gave up on before it was completed. The artist Michelangelo never found the time to put the final touches on numerous sculptures and paintings. Why am I bringing this theme to your attention? Because 2016 will be an excellent time to wrap up long-term projects you’ve been working on -- and also to be at peace with abandoning those you can’t.

A bottle of Chateau Cheval Blanc wine from 1947 sold for $304,000. Three bottles of Chateau LafiteRothschild 1869 went for $233,000 apiece. The mystique about aged wine provokes crazy behavior like that. But here’s a more mundane fact: Most wine deteriorates with age, and should be sold within a few years of being bottled. I’m thinking about these things as I meditate on your long-term future, Sagittarius. My guess is that your current labor of love will reach full maturity in the next 18 to 20 months. This will be a time to bring all your concentration and ingenuity to bear on making it as good as it can be. By September of 2017, you will have ripened it as much as it can be ripened.

In her poem “Tree,” California poet Jane Hirshfield speaks of a young redwood tree that’s positioned next to a house. Watch out! It grows fast – as much as three feet per year. “Already the first branch-tips brush at the window,” Hirshfield writes. “Softly, calmly, immensity taps at your life.” I suspect this will be an apt metaphor for you in 2016. The expansion and proliferation you have witnessed these past few months are likely to intensify. That’s mostly good, but may also require adjustments. How will you respond as immensity taps at your life?

Centuries ago, lettuce was a bitter, prickly weed that no one ate. But ancient Egyptians guessed its potential, and used selective breeding to gradually convert it into a tasty food. I see 2016 as a time when you could have a comparable success. Look around at your life, and identify weed-like things that could, through your transformative magic, be turned into valuable assets. The process may take longer than a year, but you can set in motion an unstoppable momentum that will ensure success.

Imagine that a beloved elder has been writing down your life story in the form of a fairy tale. Your adventures aren’t rendered literally, as your waking mind might describe them, but rather through dream-like scenes that have symbolic resonance. With this as our template, I’ll predict a key plot development of 2016: You will grow increasingly curious about a “forbidden” door – a door you have always believed should not be opened. Your inquisitiveness will reach such an intensity that you will consider locating the key for that door. If it’s not available, you may even think about breaking down the door.

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@MyszkaWay I’ve been with my boyfriend for about four years, but the first few were really complicated with us both being with other people. It was a lot of sneaking around and off and on. Now we are actually together, but it is still very up and down. Last year, we broke up for about seven months. I left him. We are now back living together, but sometimes he makes me upset. He’ll disappear for days. He goes out and doesn’t answer his phone for hours. I feel crazy a lot of the time, like I’m just here to take care of him or something. I guess, things are OK. However, lately we only have sex when we are drunk. Lucky we are drunk a lot of the time, but still. Why is this happening? –Drunk Sex Only Read back what you sent me and you just answered your own question.The drunk sex is the least of your concerns, because your relationship clearly sucks. You have been with this man four years. However, the relationship began with the two of you not actually together and “a lot of sneaking around.” I can only assume that either of you were cheating to be together in secret? So, you ﬁnally quit the cheating and end up together, but you broke up for seven months last year? And now you are back in a relationship and he disappears for days. Your only sex is when you are drunk? I’m assuming there is a lot of ﬁghting and you crying in the bathroom at work. Humans are creatures of habit and we do things more pathetic than our rodent brothers when it comes to what we perceive as “love.” This relationship sounds like a gross mess and clearly, neither of you are happy. If you were, you wouldn’t have to write me.You wouldn’t just have sex with your boyfriend when drunk.You wouldn’t feel crazy a lot of time.You wouldn’t feel used for your matronly services. No relationship is perfect, but yours is so far from it. At a certain point no one can really feel sorry for you, no matter how bad things are, if you don’t get up and go. You are not married to him, nor do you have children together.You are free to leave. Imagine you were legally and paternally bound to this pile? You can walk away tomorrow and never see him again. I realize you share a home together, but that’s what friends’ couches are for. Pack up your shit and go.You did it once before and now it’s time to do it again. It’s been four years of turbulence. Get off the air-

plane before it blows up into the side of Shit Mountain. Any sane person would. Wasting one more day with a person who doesn’t know how to show you love, friendship and appreciation is stupid. It’s not your job to fix a grown adult. At this point, you are abusing yourself. Imagine you saw a chick slamming her head into a brick wall over and over and over and over, eventually you would ask yourself, “Why is she doing that?”This is probably how most of your friends feel watching you with this loser. It’s time to stop banging and deal with the massive bruise. It will fade eventually, but you have to quit him before your brain turns to soup. I’m a 28-year-old woman who has been with my 31-year-old boyfriend for about three years. He’s great, but I hate that he watches porn. It’s not like he forces it into our sex life by pressuring us to watch it together or has to watch it everyday to jerk off. But he does watch it whenever I am out of town for work and we can’t be together intimately. Why does this bother me so much? I just don’t like porn, and I know this is totally normal! How do I get over this? –Porn Hate If your boyfriend was watching porn multiple times a week, sneaking into his office to jack off to a gang-bang of 10s while you’re flicking through Netflix waiting for him to return to the living room sofa, then you should have an issue with it. (To that

problem, I would suggest an initiative put forth last year by Gavin McInnes called #NoWanks, where he challenged men to only masturbate to pornography once a month in a hopes of improving their relationships.) But you are just irritated by your boyfriend watching porn when you are sitting in some conference room across the country. Unless you put one of those kid blocker things on all his Apple devices, you probably are not going to stop the guy from watching porn, so this is going to be somethingYOU have to get over. Men need visual stimulation to masturbate. It’s really not a big deal. Porn is created for masturbation. It’s adult entertainment. Maybe you need to watch a few movies yourself and ﬁgure out why you truly hate it.There is so much variety of porn out there now that doesn’t follow the mainstream ritual most anti-porn people associate with it. Erika Lust makes award-winning “feminist porn” which plays out like erotica, follows a story and eases the viewer into the sex scene, just like a freezing, frail woman sinking into a hot tub. Consider this your immersion therapy. Get comfortable in your bed, open up your laptop and watch some porn yourself.You may even actually like it. W

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