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THE WORLD DOES NOT, IN FACT, REVOLVE AROUND YOU As a long term resident of the West End, and a regular at the fabulous YMCA facility on Burrard, I feel obliged to expose something ugly that I recently witnessed.

While waiting in a line up at the gym, a fellow patron was accused of being disruptive on account of a condition

with which he was born. Nobody seemed to care, some people may have noticed, and certainly nobody seemed put off.

Except for YOU. You seemed to think it was your place to whine and complain to the fantastic Y staff that this individual was somehow encroaching on the private bliss to which you seemed to think you are entitled. Do you understand

the difference between a right and a privilege? To use the space at the Y is not your right. In fact by choosing to use that facility, you choose to share a space with all kinds of people. This includes the fellow that you found so disruptive to your experience.

For you to harass the staff with your nonsensical issue made you look like a fool. By asking if the Y had a “policy”

Re: “No respite from the noise”, Rant/Rave, Sept. 3, 2015.

Hey douche bag, quit whining. At least you have a roof over your head and a bed to sleep in. Pretend you’re a refugee for a bit and then perhaps your lame “first world problems” won’t be such a big fucking deal to you.

–Nina Pearce

WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NOT MORE CONDOS Re: “The Georgia Street Viaduct: tear it down”, Vancouver Shakedown, Aug. 20, 2015.

Unfortunately they will build towers there, but they will be million-dollar condos to house more rich foreigners and not the locals.

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Five things Canada’s government can do now to help Syrian refugees

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We’ve all seen the photo. And what the Ottawa Citizen was the first to report this week, before Alan Kurdi’s pitiless body washed up on a Turkish beach, he and his family were possibly on their way to Canada.The policy and systems are in place to bring Syrian refugees to Canada in as little as 72 hours, said Chris Friesen, the chairman of the Canadian Immigrant Settlement Sector Alliance [CISSA]. He said there are several ways the Canadian government can immediately help address the Syrian refugee crisis, the largest displacement of people since the Second World War, and his organization is pushing for just that.

“If the government of Canada had initiated what we’re calling on today, which is an expedited extended family reunification process, then perhaps that [death of Alan] could have been abated,” said Friesen from hisVancouver officeThursday. “Essentially we are calling on the government of Canada to initiate a multi-pronged approach to the crisis, well beyond what the government is doing right now.We’ve provided half a dozen concrete suggestions.

“No. 1 on the list is initiating the Canada emergency refugee contingency plan, which nobody

is talking about.We developed this in 2002 after the Kosovar refugee resettlement in 1999.”

Only 72 Syrian refugees have arrived in BC in the past two years.The number could and should be much higher.

“Canada accepted about 20,000 Kosovar refugees from the formerYugoslavia during the bombings,” said Friesen. “At that time, close to 20,000 Kosovars came in a four-month period and the Canadian armed forces were involved.They opened up military bases back east so that refugees could be immediately flowed out of parts of Europe and the Mediterranean.”

In February, the UN appealed to developed nations to accept 100,000 Syrian refugees. In response to similar appeals, Canada has historically resettled one in 10 refugees.

CISSA is calling on Canada to increase funding, enact existing policy and basically open Canada’s borders to refugees as the country has done in the past.

These are five things CISSA is calling on the government to do: 1. Immediately implement the pre-activation stage of Canada’s Emergency Refugee Contingency Plan, which includes putting on alert Canada’s current 36 refugee reception centres, sponsorship agreement holders and the

Ministry of Defence in the use of Canada’s military bases for possible immediate relocation of Syrian refugees from Europe, and consulting with provincial ministers responsible for immigration.

2. Consult immediately with UN’s refugee agency and European states to determine current Syrian refugee resettlement needs. Multilateral consultations are needed to finalize an emergency resettlement target. Friesen said, “In February of this year, the UN had an immediate appeal for 100,000 [Syrian refugees] and given the historic context that we take by and large one out of every 10 refugees for resettlement through the UN request […] Canada should accept 10,000 over and above our current commitment.”

3. Process all Syrians in Europe who have direct family ties in Canada for emergency family reunification including, if necessary, the issuance of a minister’s permit to expedite their immigration process.

Family should be defined as it was during Kosovar refugee movement in 1999 as “extended family” members that include grandparents, uncles, aunts, parents, nephews, etc.

Said Friesen, “Any family that has a direct tie in Canada — regardless of what country they currently reside in, they should

be processed immediately with ministerial permit with immediate transportation to Canada.That process can be as short as 72 hours if the government of Canada wants to do so, because they have the policy and the system in place. Up to now they have not.”

4. Increase funding to the UN refugee agencies emergency operations. Canada currently contributes $81 million annually to these operations.

CISSA suggests Canada make a one-time initial emergency contribution of $400 million.

“To put that into perspective,” added Friesen, “less than six months of their Iraqi military exercise cost Canada $500 million.We can easily find $400 million to support our European colleagues.”

5. Provide through the ministry of citizenship and immigration $10 million annual funding for refugee reception centres to implement firstlanguage trauma support programs. An increased number of resettled refugees are arriving with significant trauma that require immediate professional interventions to assist their long-term integration process.

Similar federal government commitment has been in place for years in Australia where, like Canada, health is a provincial responsibility. W –Courtesy ofVancouver Courier

Vancouver pinball is full tilt Grant Lawrence Vancouver Shakedown @GrantLawrence

“This is the greatest time ever for pinball inVancouver,” states Billy Bones, a local pinball machine restoration expert.

Besides loving pinball and repairing old machines, Billy is also a vintage motorcycle enthusiast and the lead singer of local garage-surf-punk band the Vicious Cycles. “There’s something about all three of those things – pinball, motorcycles, and rock ‘n’ roll – that’s intrinsically linked. It’s hard to explain, but I often get the same rush when doing any of them.”

Just a few years ago, pinball lovers in Vancouver used to have search out games to play.

They were often located in the back corner of some of the sketchiest bars in the city.

These days,Vancouver pinball is back and the game’s fans are flipping out.You can now easily find banks of pinball machines everywhere from the Library Square Pub downtown to the pop-up vintage pinball arcade at LandYachtz in Strathcona.

“There’s a physicality to the game that I love, the rolling motion, the skill involved in

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Are you a pinball wizard? Thinkstock photo controlling the ball, all of that.

It’s so much beyond a regular video game,” says Billy.

When speaking to any Vancouver pinball lover, the word “physical” is brought up again and again. Paul Done is a spokesperson for the historic Lamplighter Pub in Gastown and he agrees.

“It’s true, pinball is an intensely physical game.There’s a tactile, hands-on appeal that comes with pinball that I think we’re seeing in a lot of the vintage culture that’s coming back these days.”

The Lamplighter will attempt to make history this week by breaking the all-time Guinness World Record pinball marathon.They’re setting their hopes on White Rock

pinball wizard Eden Stamm.

The world record attempt is a spin-off of the pub’s very popular weekly pinball tournament, Replay Pinball, which Paul goes so far as to call “the world’s biggest weekly pinball tournament”.This is all happening right here in Vancouver.

Who knew? Pinball lovers, that’s who.

“Eden Stamm is not only a BC pinball champion but also a national champ, and he’s ranked very highly in the world statistics of pinball,” says Paul.

“We’re putting him up on a pedestal here at the Lamplighter and he’s going to go for the world record.We’re staying open around the clock to get it done. Eden needs to play for 28 hours straight to beat the

record, but he wants to go a lot longer than that.”

Eden began his quest for the world record on Tuesday, Sept.

8 at 8pm. If the marathon went to plan, Eden would have reached the recording-breaking time at 7pm on Wednesday, Sept. 9, conveniently right in the midst of The Lamplighter’s weekly Replay Pinball Tournament (…and our press deadline. Check online to see if Eden completed his attempt).

For those that have never caught pinball fever (such as yours truly), Billy Bones has some advice for the novice or nonbeliever. “Pinball is a very social game. Go out and play with pinball with a friend.

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Syrian conflict hits home for Vancouver designer Niki Hope Style File

@NikiMHope Syrian-raised, Vancouverbased designer Mona Sultan cried for days after she saw the horrific images of threeyear-old Alan Kurdi’s lifeless body on the beach.

The photo sparked outrage around the world and became a symbol of the desperation Syrians face trying to escape violence and uncertainty.

“The image will never leave my head,” a weary Sultan says, recalling her reaction and knowing that most of her family is still in the country, living – somehow – with the ongoing violence that has plagued the region since an uprising began against the long-reigning Assad regime in 2011.

Sultan’s own parents’ patio was struck by a mortar, though they managed to avoid injury because they were on the other side of

the apartment. As well, her father’s shoulder was hit by shrapnel after another mortar went off nearby while he was outside.

“That’s how they live every day,” says Sultan, a world away from the conflict, in the office of her charming Commercial Drive character home. “That’s their life.”

Still, her parents have stayed on in Damascus, which means Sultan’s daily morning ritual includes a check-in phone call to ensure they are safe.

Last week’s gut-wrenching image of the toddler on the beach may have woken up the world to the crisis, but Sultan has long been working to help displaced Syrians caught up in a conflict that is estimated to have cost 220,000 lives since it started.

Partial proceeds from the online purchase of her scarves (which range from $75 to $155) go toward the Canadian charity, A Heart for Syria, in support of Syrian refugees. Sultan wants to do even more to help.

Using samples from previous collections, the designer is making colourful fabric necklaces with on-trend tassels. She plans to launch the charitable necklace line in November and will donate all of the proceeds toward helping refugees.

One of Sultan’s most captivating silk scarf collections is a love letter of sorts to the city where she was raised.

Called Of Dusk and Jasmine (Damascus is popularly nicknamed the City of Jasmine), the scarves’ rich floral prints were made using photographs of the Damascus cityscape and her brother’s garden in Syria.The collection was meant to be a symbol of healing, created while the country that housed the beautiful blooms was withering under the weight of war.

“I thought trying to create something that would let me look at [the photos] over and over again, would probably help me…just mourn it,” says Sultan.

Sultan was born in Iran in 1979, two weeks before

the revolution. Her parents fled to Syria on one of the last planes out, where the family lived a relatively quiet middle-class life.

Sultan left Syria at 19 to study graphic design in Lebanon. Later, she met her Canadian camera operator husband while working on a film.

When Sultan moved to Canada, she couldn’t work initially, so she started eagerly taking printing courses.

Recalling her childhood dream to be in fashion and her love of scarves, Sultan decided to make her own line of scarves, which were hard to find in Vancouver.

There were plenty of bulky ones for keeping warm, but none of the colourful, quality accessorizing pieces that she wore back home.

So Sultan merged her love of printmaking and quality scarves to create her namesake line. Each silky design – whether it features warm florals or this fall’s latest line of rock ’n’ roll fringed bandanas – is a reflection of her eclectic background. W

Designer Mona Sultan is launching a line of stunning fabric necklaces this fall with 100 per cent of the proceeds going to help Syrian refugees.

Drake General Store brings Canadiana to the west Niki Hope Shop Talk

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VFW RETURNS

Vancouver Fashion Week returns for its 26th season featuring local and global designers from Sept. 28 to Oct. 4. VFW has confirmed more than 70 designers who will show off their new collections this season, including international names Naoko Kuroishi and Green Embassy, along with local favourites Eliza Faulkner and Alex S Yu. % 695'9!CA254..=(328 W

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The all-party Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services will be holding province-wide public consultations on the next provincial budget. British Columbians are invited to participate by: • Attending a public hearing • Sending a written, audio or video submission • Completing an online survey The deadline for submissions is Thursday, October 15, 2015. For more information, visit our website at: www.leg.bc.ca/cmt/finance or contact: Parliamentary Committees Office, Room 224, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, BC V8V 1X4; tel: 250.356.2933, or toll-free in BC: 1.877.428.8337; fax: 250.356.8172; e-mail: FinanceCommittee@leg.bc.ca Susan Sourial, Committee Clerk September 10 - September 16, 2015 W 5

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Markella Mildenberger is one of those inspiring, creative women.When I first met her, I was completely drawn to her outgoing personality and, of course, stellar wallpaper and textile designs. Once I had the opportunity to get to know Markella, she quickly became one of my favourite industry people – a mother, entrepreneur, creative force and savvy businesswoman.

When I introduce my clients to Markella and her business,The Red Palette, they are always beyond impressed.

Not only is the concept of small batch, art-derived wall coverings a new concept for many of them, but the fact that they are able to work with Markella to customize her work to personalize their space leaves them with an inspiring feature that offers a story to share.

In the short time she’s been fully set up in Vancouver, Markella has definitely made her mark on the city; gaining widespread press and a designer following, she’s one of the most sought after women in Vancouver.You can check out her current collection at this year’s IDSWest, in which The Red Palette has a prime booth. But for now, here’s an introduction to the woman behind one of the top local creative brands that you definitely need to know.

Tell us a little about yourself: In a nutshell, I am an artist (surface designer, textiles and wallpaper) and a writer. I have a background in journalism and business and had spent a decent amount of my former life in finance and have been a freelance writer in between. I have a couple loves of my life, my two sons, Mr.T and Ashducky (nicknames). I am a road warrior and frequent the Coquihalla

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often. I founded my company The Red Palette a few years ago, starting with my original artwork and prints until it evolved into what it is now, a surface design company, focusing on wallpapers and textiles.

What is your most quirky attribute?

That’s a tough one. I think the quirkiest thing I do (oh God) is when I paint or create pieces I can’t wear clothes!

Dressed I feel constricted, so I undress to my skivvies, crank Sintara real loud and lay my workspace out (which is my living room floor) and just get into my zone. It makes for interesting meetings when I still have paint caked on my ankles or in my hair.You can often find bits of the rainbow hanging around in my ponytail.

If you could describe your artistic style in one word, what would it be?

Unconstrained. I really don’t do things typically, or have a particular style. I create based on what I feel and how I feel it (the piece) will reveal itself best. I push the envelope by breaking the ‘rules’.

If you could speak to a room of youth who were considering careers in the arts, what would your advice be?

If you love this now, you always will. Creating art in whatever form is not something you outgrow, and at some point in your life you will always find your way back to it. If you’re told you can’t make a living as an artist and that scares you, good. If you don’t learn how to let your fear propel you into action now, you’ll be a closet artist.

Being an artist is hard work, learn how and why you want to express your craft, but also make sure to learn how to market yourself. If you don’t treat your artistry professionally, you can’t expect anyone else to. It takes us artists using both our left and right sides of the brain to cross the proverbial ‘starving artist’ barrier.

You can do it. W

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958 Main 778-903-2006 Torafuku.ca Open Tuesday-Sunday, 5:30pm-11pm.

No reservations.

If you consider yourself to be even the slightest bit in-theknow about the local food truck scene, then you’ve likely tried the pan-Asian stylings of Le Tigre. Chef Clement Chan and business partner Steve Kuan’s extraordinary dishes, like the “crack” salad and “kickass” rice have made this an award-winning favourite on street corners and at food markets and festivals. Now Chan and Kuan have partnered in a bricks-and-mortar space (quite literally; it’s a heritage building) to launch Torafuku, which is the Japanese word for “lucky tiger”…geddit??

A good dining experience starts with the space, and this one is a serious contender for any design awards. Created by Scott and Scott Architects, the design is carefully considered and beautifully simple, like the massively-long poured-concrete table that occupies one side of the room, with hints of playfulness in the bright colours and simple patterns of the Brief Studio-designed menus and business cards.

Simple and playful are perfect adjectives for the food, as well. Some dishes have

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Missing your smoked meat fix? Dunn’s Famous, the popular deli on Seymour Street that closed in August for renovations, will be re-opening in early October with a redesign that will see the room reflect its Montreal vintage deli-style roots.

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In other expansion news, Toronto’s Big Smoke Burger chain has opened in BC with a Vancouver location on Broadway at Cambie. The chain is known for its custom toppings and sauces, high quality meat, and bacon poutine.

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A bit further west along Broadway, you may have noticed that Goldilocks Bakehouse, the long-

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Pan-Asian streetfood goes upscale at Torafuku on Main. Contributed photos come over from the truck, like the rice, except this 2.0 version also features aburi-style pork belly and rice soldiers. Almost all of the dishes are $12 or less, making this one of the best value menus in the city. Mochi (pounded sticky rice) is fried to perfection, with a crispy exterior, and an almost-sweet, chewy middle that is pulled apart with chopsticks and inhaled with dollops of torched mayo and local greens.The one ramen on the menu is normally served with braised duck, although one night saw cha-siu pork swapped in.The tonkotsu (pork base) broth is loaded with bean sprouts, leeks, scallions, excellent noodles and a perfectly fried and runny egg. Break the yolk and let the creaminess infuse for some serious slurp.

“This is not tortellini” is a misnomer, as these are precisely tortellini, just truly excellent, pork-filled dumplings, rounded out with shiso pepper and an “angry tiger” sauce that wasn’t all that furious, to be (gratefully) honest. “Rye so messy” chicken wings are

sticky, chewy, crispy, spicy and juicy, marinated in rye and gochujang, a spicy, fermented chili pepper paste popular in Korea.The wings are then glazed in mango sauce and tossed with ramen crumble and the secret “KFC” sauce (yes, that one).

Some dishes are a little less successful, like the octopus and tuna duo.The octopus salad sits beside tuna crudo and crispy seaweed like a lost cousin, wondering how he ended up alone at the buffet table and trying to latch on to a more popular relative.The pairing is awkward, and could use a rethink.

Green papaya salad, on the other hand, is stunning. Carrots, tomatoes, red cabbage and green beans all play nicely together, with enough peanuts and naam jiim to keep things interesting (this was another Le Tigre crossover).

Dessert was a surprise.This was the only dish on the menu that didn’t seem to fit into the pan-Asian ethos. A chocolatehazelnut ganache “bar” was graced with fresh and frozen

berries and raspberry sorbet. It was delicious and beautifully presented, but something along the lines of a green bamboo rice pudding or silken tofu dessert would have been more in keeping with the general theme.

Luckily, the cocktails smooth out such small inconsistencies. Max Borrowman, formerly of Fairmont’s Pacific Rim, understands the flavour palate he’s working with and creates accordingly, like The People’s Cocktail, with its gin and cucumber mating.This is also food that is perfectly designed for beer, and craft brews like 33 Acres are to be had a-plenty.

It all adds up to a room – and menu – that will keep you coming back soon and often.

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running Filipino bakery and café, has closed its doors after 30 years on the corner of Broadway and Fir. Don’t despair, however, the bakery has simply relocated its operations to North Fraser Way in Burnaby. The Main Street and Surrey stores remain open. Goldilocks.ca

Granville Island and more.

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Provence, Tojo’s, Torafuku and more, as well as cocktails by Lauren Mote and Sabrine Dhaliwal, and New Zealand wines. Tickets $200.

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Ancora, the newest restaurant from Viaggio Hospitality Group (Cibo, Uva, Beach Bay Café), is now open in the former C Restaurant space on the False Creek waterfront. The menu, executed by executive chef Ricardo Valverde and master sushi chef Yoshi Tabo, is an unusual mix of West Coast, Peruvian and Japanese cuisine. AncoraDining.com Yew Seafood & Bar has launched a new beer program, featuring more local micro-breweries, as well as international craft selections. On tap, expect Red Racer, White Bark, Fat Tug,

Back to school/work means back to packing lunches…or not. A new curbside meal delivery service is available to harried office workers in Vancouver. Enroot Meals on Demand provides a daily menu of housemade items (local and organic where possible), which can be delivered within the downtown/Kitsilano/Mount Pleasant delivery zone. Bonus: Dinner delivery is also available.

EnrootMeals.com Tickets are still available for the Scotiabank Passions Gala in support of the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation.

This culinary event of the season takes place on Sept.

13 and features more than 20 top chefs and restaurants from around B.C., including Lisa Ahier of SoBo Restaurant in Tofino, Beaucoup Bakery, Boulevard, Cin Cin, Coast, Forage, Minami,

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Back-to-school fever was just too contagious for me to escape. As the subject of my studies is typically wine, I headed to California for a one-day intensive at UC Davis’ impressive viticulture and enology facilities.

Presented by the Catena Institute of Wine, the program kicked off with a few words from the tireless Laura Catena. She reminded us that wine makes us happy, food taste better, is good for health in moderation and brings other cultures to our tables. But before we could be lulled into a false sense of security, she switched gears.The ensuing 24 hours were about science.

It was time to put my geek hat on and attend scientist led seminars on subjects such as virus-free plant material and phylloxera research.

No school curriculum is complete without a field trip.

Ours was an excursion to UC Davis’ foundation vineyard, which essentially acts a nursery for nurseries. Here we sampled freshly harvested grapes to compare Malbec selections from France (brooding and tannic) with those from Argentina (concentrated and bursting with ripe fruit).

Tasting is of course the best part about wine school and the final session had us evaluating Malbec from three different plots within the same vineyard. The goal?

To determine if the resulting wines tasted any different.

Indeed they did. If there are differences between plots so close together imagine the diversity of wines from further afield.

The whole idea behind the Catena Institute of Wine is to elevate wine quality while finding sustainable innovations. And while it has a direct impact on the Catena Zapata winery in Argentina, their findings will no doubt benefit the wine industry as a whole.

As they continue their work in the laboratory, you can sip on this very fine selection of Malbec and do your own comparison between France and Argentina.

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France’s southwestern region of Cahors boasted plantings of Malbec long before this grape was brought over to Argentina. However, the wines remained relatively obscure until Argentina brought notoriety to Malbec.

French counterparts share the same dark colour and body but tend to be a bit earthier and firmer than those from Argentina. Check out the Château Labrande with grilled sausages.

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Cassoulet is a classic partner (that’s a hearty casserole of beans and pork).

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Catena is famous for planting Malbec at lofty elevations despite warnings that it would be too cool for it to ripen. That was 20 years ago and they’ve never had a problem. Instead, lush black cherry and cassis are freshened up by pure floral notes of violets and lavender. Superb with herb crusted pork chops.

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There’s too bloody much to do in Portland. You might know this. If not… dude. Every district has a dozen little neighbourhoods, all of which are selfcontained with every kind of restaurant imaginable, countless bars, excellent coffee shops, and yes, of course, breweries.

Which is why, if you’re only in town for two or three nights, it’s important to hunker down in one area and explore everything it has to offer. Gallivanting across the city in an effort to “see it all” will waste your time and prevent you from stumbling upon the nooks and crannies that make this city so rewarding to visit.

Southeast Portland is where you stay if you’re in town for beer tourism. It’s the unofficial beer district of the city, with 15 breweries and brewpubs, and a staggering amount of beer bars and bottle shops.

Here’s what you should do here, assuming you have three nights in town.

DAY 1

You’ll probably be arriving later in the afternoon, having spent the day fighting traffic at the border, then Seattle, then Tacoma (ugh), then Olympia. I recommend checking in to your hotel and just taking it easy. And by “taking it easy,” I mean stumbling around the immediate vicinity of your hotel and getting faced at the nearest establishment. Anything you find in this neighbourhood will be guaranteed weirder and more freewheeling than anything you’ve ever visited in or around Vancouver.

DAY 2

Whenever you wake up: Fuel up for the day Eat a relatively healthy breakfast. Drink coffee.

Rent bikes, in order to get the most out of this day.

Don’t bother walking – this trip will take way too long.

12pm: Hopworks Urban Brewery HUB is a very popular organic brewery. They do set tasting flights of 10 or 15, so there’s no mixing-

and-matching, which is fine. Most of the beers are worth tasting. The menu is stacked with both healthy (salads) and non-healthy (pizza, burgers) food options, with locally sourced ingredients. It’s worth putting some greens in your belly, just to get the nutrients necessary for the thrashing you’re about to put it through.

2pm: Gigantic Brewing Co. Located in the industrial boonies, but definitely worth the visit. It’s sort of a spiritual sibling to Vancouver’s Parallel 49, with its bat-shit marketing, zany beer labels and emphasis on quality experimentation. Like most Portland breweries, there’s ample patio space, and the whole vibe is arty without being pretentious.

4pm: The BeerMongers This is one of the most impressive bottle shops you’ll likely ever stumble upon. Two entire walls are lined with refrigerators with thousands of bottles of beer from all over the world. Buy a few and drink them right there. If you prefer fresh beer, there are 10 taps featuring brews from across Oregon. The space is a bit grungy, but supremely relaxed and full of people that care deeply about beer. You will meet good people here.

7:30pm: “Free time.”

We recommend that you visit any of the nearby breweries or beer bars to soak up the culture. Dig A Pony is good fun. The Morrison Hotel looks exactly as you’d imagine; Or head back to the hotel, completely exhausted, with a pint of locally made ice cream to watch The Notebook and Superbad on TV in succession before passing out (recommended only for people traveling solo or with a romantic partner).

DAY 3

9am: Downtown Drive or take a cab to the Pearl District, in downtown, specifically to visit Powell’s Books, get overwhelmed by the selection and then purchase something that’ll sit unread on your bookshelf indefinitely.

Visit Deschutes Brewery and Public House down the block if you simply must get your beer fix in.

12pm: The Commons Arguably the finest brew-

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This is highbrow beermongering at its best.

3pm: Base Camp Brewing This is a weird sort of outlier in the beer industry, with it’s outdoors/mountaineer theme. Beer and exercise? I suppose so. The beer is standard Pacific Northwest fare, and something of a letdown considering the variety available throughout the rest of the city. Still, the tasting room has one of friendliest social environments you’ll find in the city. W

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FRONTLINES BEAT PIPELINES II A fundraiser for the Unist’ot’en Camp Healing Center shows love for all Indigenous, Black and POC spoken word, song and hiphop featuring Abyssinian Creole, Kimmortal, JB the First Lady, Jillian Christmas, Rup Sidhu, Christie Lee Charles and more.

7pm at WISE Hall. Ticket $25 at Frontlines.BPT.me

NOAH GUNDERSEN Country-folk singer-songwriter from Seattle plays in support of his new album, Carry the Ghost with special guests Ivan & Alyosha, and Silver Torches. 7pm at Biltmore Cabaret.

Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

ALT-J British indie rockers stop by to play an outdoor gig on their North American fall tour in support of their latest album, This Is All Yours. 7pm at Deer Lake Park.

Tickets $60 at Red Cat, Highlife and LiveNation.com

P.O.D. American Christian hard rock metal band from San Diego share their new album, The Awakening with fans with special guests Islander, and Among The Betrayed. 8pm at Venue. Tickets $22 at Red Cat, Scrape and Zulu Records.

PRIMUS San Fransisco rockers swing through town playing tunes from their recent project, a recording of the soundtrack of the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie, titled Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble. 7pm at Malkin Bowl. Tickets $49.50 at Red Cat, Highlife, Ticketmaster. ca and LiveNation.com

THE CRIBS English indie rockers, on tour in support of their latest release, For All My Sisters. 9:30pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $17 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS Brooklyn-based psychedelic noise-rock trio play tunes from their latest release, Transfixiation with special guests Grooms. 8pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $16 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

LISA LEBLANC Acadian folk-rock singer-songwriter on tour in support of her latest EP, Heartaches and Time Well Wasted. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $15 at Red Cat and TicketFly.com

JAY MALINOWSKI & THE DEADCOAST The BC boy, formerly of Bedouin Soundclash performs with his new band, in support of their concept album, Martel. 8pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $20 at LiveNation.com

MARK KNOPFLER Legendary musician and songwriter celebrates the release of his new record, Tracker with a North American tour kicking off in Vancouver. 8pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets $65+ at LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.ca

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FRINGE FESTIVAL The annual celebration of “theatre for everyone” is back with more than 700 performances by 89 artists over 11 days featuring favourites like James & Jamesy, and The Wonderheads as well as free live music nightly at the Fringe Bar and free stage on Granville Island. Visit VancouverFringe.com for details. Runs until Sept. 20.

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UNDERLYING This three-channel video installation depicting a journey to the past told through an imaginary war that takes place in the water, is the North American debut exhibition of Le Brothers, the identical twin artist duo from Vietnam. Opening reception at 7pm at Centre A (229 East Georgia). Runs until Oct. 15.

HALBERDS ARMY The second comprehensive exhibition of one of the leaders of the abstract movement in Canada, Bradley Harms of Vancouver, Harms combines the look of digital image-making techniques with postmodernism for pieces precise, clean and impeccably crafted. Opening reception 6-8pm at Winsor Gallery (258 East 1st). Runs until Oct. 10.

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Tickets $10 at Red Cat, Highlife, Neptoon and TicketFly.com COLBY MORGAN & THE CATASTROPHES Self-proclaimed “Neil Young blues punk” rockers take the stage with special guests The Furniture and Compass. 9pm at LanaLou’s. Tickets $10 at the door only.

CARACAS Latin-influenced punk rock from brothers Javier and Victor Badillo, with special guests the nine-piece multi-cultutral MNGWA and folk-rock, reggae funk from Mellomanic. 9pm at Railway Club.

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ACCORDION NOIR FESTIVAL One of Vancouver’s most unexpected, boundary-pushing professional music festivals celebrates the squeezebox with artists both local and international featuring favourites like Ana Bonbon, Wendy McNeill, the Kate and Rick Duo, Rattletrap Ruckus and more. Visit AccordionNoirFest.com for tickets and schedule. Runs until Sept. 13.

COMEDY MICHAEL MCDONALD The network tv veteran, whose 10year run on Mad TV gave us the incredibly weird characters of Marvin Tikkvah, Rusty Miller, The Depressed Persian Tow Truck Man and of course, everyone’s favourite man-child Stuart Larkin takes to the stage, stand-up style. 7pm & 9:30pm at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets $25 at YukYuks.com

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8pm at Jericho Arts Centre. Tickets at fs7.formsite.com. Runs until Sept. 27.

EVENTS UNBUCKLED Vancouver’s ultimate backyard barbecue combines some casual sporting competitions with picnic eats and drinks, and live alt-country and bluegrass rhythms from The Matinee, Robyn & Ryleigh and The Tishomingo String Band. 2pm at Brockton Baseball Diamond in Stanley Park. Tickets $25 at Unbuckled.ca/tickets. All ages welcome.

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JEFF STANDFIELD BAND An evening of country, rock and blues from the Vancouver natives, with an opening set of psychedelic folk rock from sylvi macCormac. 8pm at Backstage Lounge. Admission by suggested donation of $5 at the door.

BELLE PLAINE & BLAKE BERGLUND Prairie sweethearts and country crooners pay homage to fellow Saskatchewan songwriter Zachary Lucky with the release of this double-single seven-inch.

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MURFITT & MAIN An evening of laid-back, acoustic country and bluegrass with sweet harmonies from Warren Murfitt, Kate Main and Chris Dawson-Murphy.

8-10pm at The Heatley (696 East Hastings). No cover.

COMEDY THE SUNDAY SERVICE A high energy comedic production that carries the audience through a kaleidoscopic trip, this group builds, demolishes and builds again in an absurd patchwork of scenes and stories favouring discovery over structure. 9pm at Fox Cabaret.

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CHEAP & FUN PARTY IN THE PARK Queen Elizabeth Park celebrates its 75th anniversary with an afternoon of live music from Delhi 2 Dublin, the Zolas, Patrick Nazemi, Hot Panda, and Pop Junkies as well as free pitch and putt, $5 zipline rides, food trucks, family fun and more. 12-7pm at QE Park. Admission is free.

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Islamophobia rears its head in ‘Disgraced’ KELSEY KLASSEN @kelseyklassen

When a meaty non-white role comes up in an important work of art, who has the rights to it – the best actor, or the best actor with the right background?

For Egyptian-Canadian actor Patrick Sabongui, it was a question he never expected to face.

Sabongui, a prolific member of the local film, television and theatre communities, has long fought for representation and diversity in the arts. It’s a fight The Flash star felt he shared with many other colleagues and actors of colour in Vancouver, until he was cast in the lead role of Disgraced.

When the Arts Club announced that Sabongui (fresh of a turn in the Jessienominated play Inside The Seed), would be playing Amir Kapoor in the Canadian premiere of Disgraced, a flurry of letters, phone calls and objections came in, many from his own peers.

“I’ll be honest,” Sabongui begins cautiously. “There was a backlash in the arts community here when it was announced that I was cast.

There was a lot of resentment from actors of colour who, unbeknownst to them, were perpetrating the same racism that is being criticized in the play against me. Because they felt I did not represent the culture accurately,” he explains, referring to the character of Amir, who is Pakistani-American.

“They felt that I was not of that heritage and so should not be telling that story.”

In a city with a professional theater community that is notoriously homogenous, the role is loaded with responsibility, and Arts Club artistic managing director Bill Millerd says that a number of actors were auditioned for the role. But, given the suite of contemporary pressure points addressed in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play – race, racism, religion, adherence to religion, Islamophobia, inter-

Patrick Sabongui (right) stars in the Canadian premiere of Disgraced, alongside (his real-life wife) Kyra Zagorsky, Robert Moloney, Conor Wylie, and Marci T. House. Ross den Otter photo marriage, and the insidious stereotypes that pervade the private lives of the supposedly “liberal” – it is a role Sabongui was inspired to play.

“It’s becoming more and more apparent to me how under-represented people of colour are, not only in mainstream media, but in all the arts in general,” he says, frustration evident in his voice. “And when they are represented, there’s still a shallow understanding of what it means to be diverse in this world. So it was important for me, as a dad and as an artist,

that my work has meaning, and that I try to forge a path for the next generation, as well as younger artists coming up.”

Disgraced takes place during the course of a dinner party.

An Islamic-American lawyer and his WASP artist wife invite a Jewish art collector and his African-American wife to dinner.They all know each other through work, an area that is generally kept quite sanitized and politically correct. In a turn that is sure to put many off entertaining, though – or remind others of how quickly wine can make

things uncomfortably loose – prejudices bubble to the surface like so much champagne and the night explodes into violence.

Written in 2012 by novelist and screenwriter Ayad Akhtar, Disgraced serves up the “tribal” tensions of America on a platter and offers its guests the first plate.

“Whoever plays this part of Amir gives everybody an equal opportunity to hate his guts,” says Sabongui, who will tackle a particularly tense scene on stage with his real-life wife, Kyra Zagorsky.

“If you’re Muslim you’re going to hate this guy. If you’re not Muslim you’re going to hate this guy; if you’re Jewish you’re going to HATE this dude; if you’re black you’re going to want to punch this guy in the mouth; if you’re a woman you’re going to fucking hate this guy. So Akhtar creates this character that’s so easy to despise, but so easy to understand. He’s so human, so vulnerable, and so likeable.”

The Chicago Tribune hailed Disgraced’s debut at the American Theatre Company as “intensely arresting”, likening it to a Muslim-centric God of Carnage. The NewYork Times characterized the sleek production as a “hotly contested game of Twister”, where the intellectual observations become increasingly tangled.

It’s thus ironic that a play that forces the audience to question their beliefs and where they fit into society, left the lead actor questioning where he fit within the artistic community. But Sabongui says he has ultimately emerged from the ordeal with new allies and a deeper understanding of the role.

“It was fucking devastating,” he admits, emotion still wrapping around his voice like gauze. “These are actors I respect and admire, people who are colleagues and people who I thought we were fighting the same fight … and my ‘brownness’ was called into question.

[But] we’ve had conversations and emails and video chats back and forth, and, you know, a lot of digging deep and calling each other out and being brutally honest with each other. Always in the interest of the work; always in the interest of getting this play right … And that I can get behind,” he concludes. “That’s why were here.” W % 1H!"#@;69 #G<! E6$I. *503;I. *2 @I IJ6 EI@<B6> A<9G!I#H@B 7BBH@<;6 EI@"6 ')58+ ,#@<FHBB6&.CH;D6I! !I@#I @I ()/7#I!4BG=.;:?.

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Vancouver Opera continues on in festival format CHRIS SIVAK @westendervan

There’s been a dustup amongst Vancouver’s classical music lovers over Vancouver Opera’s recent decision to switch from a full concert season to a festival format in 2016. Broadly speaking, the change means that the cycle of what was once four shows portioned out from fall to summer will be condensed into a three-week gala that takes place in the spring. Like any argument amongst passionate people of impossibly varied backgrounds and opinions, with emotions flaring, the tone and volume of the debate can border on apocalyptic whether it’s warranted or not.

General director James Wright confirmed in an interview that it’s understood that any enmity comes from a place of concern for the company as nobody actually pines for VO to go down in flames.

But it’s not as if there’s no case to made for some nervous hand-wringing. Many have been put on edge as other high profile arts organizations have been forced to close up shop; the Vancouver Playhouse Theater Company in 2012 ringing especially fresh possibly due to its proximity to VO’s stomping grounds. There are also implications to the decision that reach beyond whether or not VO is producing shows in the fall. For instance, by shortening their season, the company is drastically shortening an employment opportunity for its stage crew and musicians that tradition-

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“I think some people are worried that this is the beginning of the end for the company. I think some read this more as downsizing than it actually is.” says Wright.

“We’re finding in our field across North America that opera as an art form is popular and strong but the way we deliver it is waning.There are about 30 or 40 opera companies in NewYork City – and there are about 15 in the San Francisco Bay area. Lots of them are small and able to perform in small venues”.

There’s merit to the case that a leaner opera company is better suited to staying afloat in rough economic times.

This might mean picking shows that require more modest financial demands to stage; something VO has been experimenting with in past seasons.

“We did Bizet’s Docteur Miracle with our young artists in the spring,”Wright says.

“An audience of two hundred, with a six-piece ensemble.The audience loved it!”

VO has been devoting some of its stage time to leaner productions in recent years such as Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring, and last year’s adaption of Shane Koyczan’s Stickboy with music by Neil Weisensel. All this is not to say that VO has abandoned the idea of opera on a grand scale. A few weeks after this writing,Verdi’s Rigoletto should be hitting the stage and one of the productions in the festival format’s first season is the same composer’s mammoth/ behemoth lovechild, Otello.

For too many reasons to count – or possibly just one, the Internet – the way in which we patronize our art has evolved drastically in a short time. It’s impossible to know with absolute certainty what a winning strategy would look like and it might even be small minded to assume that there is only a singular way forward.

When asked to weigh in on the debate,Wright observes that, “We’ve got to remember that the art form itself still speaks to people. But the conversation is about how we package it and how we present it to keep it strong in the community.” W &'!$+#,*("-%("!)+!

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k-os finds inspiration at home in Vancouver ALEX HUDSON @chippedhip

“I’m a Toronto dude.That’s never going to be out of me,” k-os reflects. “Anywhere I go, I’m going to be a Toronto dude.”

It’s no surprise that the veteran rapper identifies so closely with the Ontario capital: he was born there, his family and longtime friends

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live there, and he even put the CN Tower on the cover of his latest album, Can’t FlyWithout Gravity.

When he reaches Westender by phone, he’s hanging out at the Toronto offices of his label, Dine Alone Records.

But even though the 43-year-old who introduces himself as Kheaven Brereton considers himself a Toronto dude, he has actually lived in Vancouver since 2009.

He first visited the West Coast in the mid-‘90s on a tour with the Rascalz, and he remembers, “As soon as I came over

the bridge, I thought it was the most magical place. I told Red1 from the Rascalz, ‘I’m going to move here.’”

Although he didn’t make good on that promise for more than a decade, he finally settled down in Vancouver’s Gastown neighbourhood, and he considers the city a refreshing change from the industrydriven commercialism of Toronto. “You can tell the guys who are from Vancouver because they’re really down to earth and they love rap first,” he reflects, citing locals like Madchild, Moka Only, Shad and Matt Brevner as personal favourites. “They’re real MCs, and I think Vancouver has real MCs. I know that when I walk the street, there’s so many people who love hip hop in Vancouver, and that’s why I moved there. Because I feel it’s still pure there.”

Vancouver’s spirit of artistic freedom helped to inspire Can’t FlyWithout Gravity, which is an anything-goes mosaic of stylistic experiments that captures k-os’ signature eclecticism at its finest.

It’s a grab-bag of sounds, ranging from the clubby synths of “WiLD4TheNight (EgoLand)” and “Hussle &

Flow” to the energized soul of “Dance inYo Car” to the futuristic wonkiness of “Rap Zealot.”

One notable left-field standout is “Steel Sharpens Steel (Still in Love),” which assaults speakers with a full-throttle surge of punk guitars.The track features a distorted vocal sound that was captured on a laptop using the microphone from a pair of headphones.

“A lot of the vocals that I did on this record were on iPod headphones, at least the first verse,” k-os explains. “I would do them, and capture a moment early in the morning, or late at night after I got home from a party. And it sounded great.”

In addition to dabbling in a grab-bag of styles, k-os also celebrates classic hip-hop on Can’t FlyWithout Gravity, most notably with “Boyz II Men,” a star-studded who’s who of Canadian rap that features Saukrates, Kardinal Offishall, Choclair, King Reign and Shad.

“I think the new rap generation in Canada has a problem with being Canadian,” k-os says of his decision to recruit his countrymen as guests. “We come from a generation obsessed with

American culture. I felt like this is a good time to say, ‘No – here are some dudes that are Canadian, some of them you’ve heard of, maybe one or two you haven’t.’”

This is k-os’ ultimate goal: not to highlight Vancouver’s advantages over Toronto, but to celebrate and improve our country’s rich hip-hop climate.

“In America, if you’re from NewYork, you’ll take

a trip over to Colorado,” he observes. “You’ll go see what’s going on in LA because you want to see your country and know what Americana is. For me, I want to know what Canadiana is.That’s why there’s that term ‘Go west, young boy, go west.’ Because you figure out a lot when you do that.” W $ 9(1! #764! =>. +1551/1".

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culture … Weird, but still usually narrative work, so telling a bit of a story. It’s not abstract, usually.

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For two and a half years, Hot Art Wet City has been presenting serious art for lighthearted people: kittens in bonnets, John Hughes films, boobs – it’s all fair game on these gallery walls. From the one night-only button gang bang that is Hot One Inch Action, to Carded’s addictive trading card swaps, to the selfexplanatory Boobies &Wieners (making its third-annual appearance Oct. 2), the gallery has captured the imagination of the fun-loving, entry-level (ie affordable) art crowd.

But owner and event organizer Chris Bentzen has been working the low-brow angle for much longer than that.

Chilling just five steps away from the increasingly sexy intersection of Main and 6th, we caught up with Bentzen to suss out his fall programming and learn more about the little gallery that should.

What was the inspiration for Hot Art? I wasn’t seeing a gallery in the city that I wanted to see, and it didn’t seem like anybody was going to open one, so I did. Like the galleries that I’d see on other cities

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Smaller spaces showing popsurrealist work, low-brow work, contemporary figurative work. Something a little different than the Granville Street galleries or down here [in Mt. Pleasant].

Define low-brow? It’s a terrible term I use too much, but it’s this stuff. [Gestures to current exhibition].Things inspired by car culture or pop

What drew you into the gallery world? My background is psychology and graphic design, two separate degrees.

And also organizing art shows, which I kind of fell into. I did a bit of painting on my own and I ended up, rather than painting, organizing.

The first show was one that I did of my own art, and then the one after that was with my friend Jim Hoehnle.

We started doing the button show, Hot One Inch Action, 12 years ago. On Sept. 26 we’ll have the 12th show. And also the trading card show, Carded; same thing.

And then I’d do random art shows here and there – I’ve done a couple of bicyclethemed art shows and that kind of thing – and decided three years ago now to open up a pop-up gallery to see if it would work, to see if I liked doing shows more regularly. I did that for six months and it worked really well, and then I found this space.

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Rising comedian James Kennedy knows a thing or two about comedy; most importantly, how hard it is.

“Comedy is a lot harder to build time in then a lot of people think,“ says Kennedy, busy preparing for his 45-minute headlining set at Lafflines next week.

“To give an example,” he continues, “Louis C.K. is the biggest comedian on the planet, and he puts out one new hour of material every year.”

He pauses to let the math sink in.

“That’s the best guy and his best friends, who are also the best comedians in the world, helping him write his material, and he can only come up with five new minutes a month.

And that’s the fastest that anybody’s doing it! You get a joke idea, you build it up and cut all the fat off, and you’re like, ‘Well, I’ve got 45 new seconds of jokes. Now I can write my next one,’” he laughs.

The 2014 winner of both Patrick Maliha’s People’s Champ of Comedy and the VancouverYuk-off, Kennedy’s relatable, kinetic sets – riffing on everything from Instagram raps to the “cock market” – have taken him from “one-towatch” to touring headliner in just two years. He’s opened for the likes of SiliconValley star TJ Miller and gone on the road with local legend Ivan Decker.

He’s also one of the fastest artists to be signed toYuk Yuk’s in Western Canada. But don’t bother to Google him – the comedian (who goes by @ JimmyKComedy on Twitter) shuns the web, leaving you to stare alternately at the home page for James Kennedy Elementary School in Langley,

James Kennedy or theYouTube stream for Jimmy Kimmel Live.

It’s a strange decision in the post-Russell Peters years, where a comedian can become a global sensation on the strength of their web content, but Kennedy seems pretty chill about it. Kind of like how he eventually got around to comedy.

Growing up a hip hop fan in PoCo, Kennedy was no stranger to performing, hitting stages in high school with the rap group Any Open Mic. He then alternated between being in bands and DJing, going so far as to tour across Canada with one group.

It wasn’t until a conversation with an old friend, who remembered a joke Kennedy had written in broadcasting school, that the next phase was sparked.

“The transition from music to comedy is actually a pretty nice one,” says Kennedy.

“Now I go on tour and it’s the same tour I would do when I was in a band, except now it’s just me and one other person, and we get our own beds.”

Meanwhile, he compares the work ethic required for another passion – skateboarding – to how he approaches comedy, working odd jobs during the day so he can do comedy at night. For the past year he and a friend have hosted a weekly comedy night

every Tuesday at the Kings Head Inn in Kits – a location he chose for a very particular reason.

“There was a really successful standup show in Vancouver about a decade ago called the Urban Well,” Kennedy explains, “and it’s like half a block from where the Kings Head is.”

Hosted by Brent Butt, the Well became known for attracting big name drop-ins like Robin Williams and Zach Galifianakis.

“That show was always so successful, and they say it was good in the summertime because it was close to the beach, so I said I’m going to find a place to do a show that’s as close to where the Urban Well used to be, and that’s the Kings Head.”

By charging a five-dollar loud-mouth deterrent at the door and hand-picking the lineup from Vancouver’s overflowing comedy pool, Vancouver’s notoriously tough audiences seem to have met their match. And the gig gives Kennedy a chance to study comedy in all its forms.

“Just watching comedy is so important,” he advises. “You see different writing styles, different ways that people do things that inspire you in different ways – some have really short tight jokes or someone like Dino Archie, from LA, he’s a great storyteller.”

“You always want to be getting funnier, getting better,” he says passionately. “That’s the only thing you can really worry about. I’m starting to get there now where I can almost live off of comedy – where I book enough gigs and I’m starting to headline clubs – but you always have to be thinking I want to get as funny as possible, because it’s a lottery.You never know…” W 3 F?L85 E8KK8:. '&45 D?*I&K85 J)9> 2H!1L=&?B C80 +854L&K5486G -874@ <%A<#@,&;"845 54?64 ?4 $<%N D?**D&K85@;HL

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DISGRACED The Canadian premiere of this Pulitzer Prize-winning play opens conversations around faith and politics, when a Pakistani-American born, Muslim lawyer hosts a dinner for his African-American co-worker and her Jewish art curator husband. A startling conclusion that burns with tension and release will leave a resounding impact.

Sept. 17-Oct. 18 at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub.com THE BEST LAID PLANS Based on Terry Fallis’ award-winning novel, the show follows a speechwriter who manages to convince a crusty old Scot to his name stand in an election he’s sure to lose. However, even the best laid plans go hilariously awry, as Fallis’ unforgettable characters sing us right off the stage and into Canada’s real federal election. Sept. 19-Oct. 3 at York Theatre. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com LOVE BOMB A concert of emotion rips through Justine’s first performance in years, and all because of one uninvited guest her music takes on a life of its own.

A shameless hussy production and world premiere musical by Meghan Gardiner.

Sept. 26-Oct. 10 at Firehall Arts Centre.

Tickets at Tickets.FireHallArtsCentre.ca WHO KILLED KRAFT BIER? Forbidden Vancouver is back with another murder mystery extravaganza, this time in 1920s Brewery Creek, where the suspects are at large in Mount Pleasant. More than a tour, Kraft Bier is a full-scale adventure that takes audiences to the streets to catch a killer, with more plot twists than a 100year old hops vine. 12:30pm at Broadway City Hall meeting point on Sept. 27.

Tickets at ForbiddenVancouver.ca ARE WE COOL NOW? Inspired by and featuring the songs of Dan Mangan, this innovative rock music/theatre fusion piece written by Amiel Gladstone is the story of a couple who, on a road trip and away from it all, are forced to reflect on their place in the world and with each other; a unique musical exploration of relationships, full of humour and insight.

Sept. 29-Oct. 10 at The Cultch. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com THE WAITING ROOM A moving story about family, healing, and hope this highly

anticipated collaboration between John Mann (Spirit of the West) and acclaimed Canadian playwright Morris Panych is drawn from Mann’s own experience. The musical follows J, as he navigates life before and after diagnosis in a story told with grace, honesty and a sharp sense of humour. Oct. 1-31 at Granville Island Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub.com EMPIRE OF THE SON Tetsuro Shigematsu, (Huff Post columnist, star of Spike TV and former host of CBC’s The Roundup) shares his personal story of the relationship he experiences with his father; separated by generations but connected by blood, Testuro and his father speak different languages and possess different values. What ultimately keeps them apart however, are their similarities. Oct. 6-17 at The Cultch.

Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com ALIEN CONTAGION: RISE OF THE ZOMBIE SYNDROME The Virtual Stage presents an all-new, immersive, and spine-tingling theatrical adventure where audiences are tasked to respond to a highly confidential NASA report about a downed Unidentified Flying Object. Part-theatre production, part-scavenger hunt, all-collaboration, this exhilarating zombie and alien tour lets the audience play a role, and leaves the mission’s success or failure in your hands.

Oct. 6-Nov. 1 at a secret rendezvous point revealed the day before the mission.

Tickets at TheVirtualStage.org/tickets A SIMPLE SPACE Seven skilled acrobats present this truly unique experience, turning the circus genre on its head as they thumb their noses at the rules of gravity. This dizzying collection of works is simultaneously raw, frantic, and delicate as physical limits are pushed to the brink and guards are broken down, exposing the reality of failure and weakness. Oct. 13-24 at York Theatre. Tickets at Tickets.

TheCultch.com THE DAMAGE IS DONE – A TRUE STORY Renowned author, thinker, and speaker Dr. Gabor Maté performs onstage for the first time with actor-writer-directortherapist Rita Bozi in this production combining theatre, dialogue, essay, video, music, and dance. Exploring cultural history and family dynamics that resulted in their experiences of depression, addiction, and thoughts of suicide, the performance reveals how the impact continues to haunt them today, and their approach to healing. Oct. 20-24 at The Cultch. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com COCK Rumble Theatre presents Mike Bartlett’s Olivier Award-winning play about John, a man, who accidentally falls in love with a woman, during a break with his boyfriend. Torn between two lovers, John faces more decisions than he expected as sexuality and identity intersect within the complexities of love in a modern world. Oct. 29-Nov. 8 at Performance Works. Tickets at Rumble.org

A CHRISTMAS STORY Based on the iconic film, this festive musical tells a tale familiar to anyone who has ever been a kid; the dogged pursuit of acquiring a desired toy.

It’s the 1940s and for nine-year old Ralphie nothing under the tree will satisfy like an Official Red Ryder carbine-action BB gun.

Nov. 5-Dec. 27 at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub.com OH CANADA, WHAT A FEELING! A musical rockumentary that salutes the artists and songs that changed the world and have united our diverse country for almost 150 years. Through music and video, this vibrant musical legacy brings to life the early days of Guy Lombardo, Paul Anka, Joni Mitchell and Neil Young to the ‘70s with Anne Murray, Gordon Lightfoot right up to the ‘90s with Bryan Adams and k.d. lang. 7:30pm on Nov. 12 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets at Ticketmaster.ca THE NORTH PLAN Upintheair Theatre presents Jason Wells’ riotous and eerily relevant dark comedy is a suspenseful and unsettling portrait of what happens when democratic order has been upended. Staged in a site-installed space in Chinatown open to the public for the first time, the production is inspired by real-life US government initiatives, and unnervingly plausible and highly apt in light of Bill C-51. Nov. 17-22 and Nov. 21 & 29 at 211 East Georgia (at Main). Tickets at TheatreWire.com ONCE The Tony Award-winning musical based on the Irish film of the same name, lands on the Vancouver stage as part of a three-city Canadian tour. The story of an Irish musician and a Czech immigrant drawn together by their shared love of music features the music and lyrics of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. Over the course of one fateful week, their unexpected friendship and collaboration evolves into a powerful, complicated romance. Nov. 17-22 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets at Ticketmaster.ca PETER AND THE STARCATCHER This story of the celebrated character with the neverending childhood, traces Peter Pan’s journey from lonely orphan to beloved boy hero. Transport yourself to a magical, whimsical world filled with swashbuckling pirates, magic amulets, and singing mermaids with the intrepid Peter, on an adventure that takes him from the orphanage to the decks of a ship called the Neverland. Nov. 26-Dec. 27 at Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre. Tickets at ArtsClub.com

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TicketForce.com UNWRAPPING CULTURE This collaboration between Filipino-Canadian artist, Alvin Erasga Tolentino and Thai classical dancer Pichet Klunchun combines the technique, theatricality and storytelling elements of Khon with the paraphernalia of today’s rampant materialism, to create a devastating critique of the corruption of authentic Thai culture by forces of commercialization. Oct. 15-17 at 8pm at Scotiabank Dance Centre. Tickets at TicketsTonight.TicketForce.com DANCES FOR A SMALL STAGE 32 A mainstay of Vancouver’s arts scene since 2002, this series to showcase cutting edge dance on a minuscule stage, is devoted to producing new work that is both artful and accessible. This program features works by local favourites, as well as some first time Small Stagers, including Andrew Bartee, Burgundy, Heather Myers, Judith Gray, Vanessa Goodman and a host of others. Oct. 20-Oct. 23 at the Anza Club.

Tickets at EventBrite.ca DANNY NIELSEN AND FRIENDS One of Canada’s brightest young tap talents with a rising star on the international scene, teams up with special guests including dancers and jazz musicians to present a dynamic and entertaining program highlighting the infectious rhythms and ebullience of tap dance, as part of the noon-hour series, Discover Dance! Oct. 22 at 12 pm at Scotiabank Dance Centre.

Tickets at TicketsTonight.TicketForce.com CARMEN Karen Flamenco presents the tale of passion and love told through vignettes of Carmen Suites, in an irresistible union of flamenco dance and orchestral melodies featuring a live chamber orchestra. Oct. 23-24 at 7pm at Vancouver Playhouse. Tickets at KarenFlamenco.com SOLITUDES SOLO Five dancers perform sublime solos choreographed by iconoclast Daniel Léveillé. Being is no longer attained through nudity. To better unveil his dancers, Léveillé subjects them to the test of the solo and impossible choreographic scores. Oct. 28-31 at Firehall Arts Centre.

Tickets at Tickets.FirehallArtsCentre.ca PROGRAM 1 Ballet BC’s 30th anniversary season commences with three distinct perspectives on the future of dance with three works that will thrill and move you; “New Work” from choreographer Stijn Celis in collaboration with Chor Leoni, “Solo Echo” from choreographer Crystal Pite with music

by Johannes Brahms and “Twenty Eight Thousand Waves” from choreographer Cayetano Soto with music by David Lang and Bryce Dessner. Nov. 5-7 at 8pm at Ballet BC. Tickets at BalletBC.com/tickets THE DOG DAYS ARE OVER Belgian choreographer Jan Martens, renowned

for this provocative and highly physical creations stays true to form in what is perhaps his most audacious work to date.

Eight dancers surrender to one act; the jump. For 70 extreme, exhausting minutes they bounce, hop and leap through complicated patterns of geometrical precision. Oct. 29-31 at 8pm at Scotiabank Dance Centre. Tickets at TicketsTonight.

TicketForce.com SUNYA Four dancers, three musicians, a sound designer and a video artist break boundaries to create a truly unique artistic experience, as Indo-Armenian dancer and choreographer Roger Sinha and Iranianborn gatherer of musical pearls, Kiya Tabassian collaborate for this electrifying performance where world music meets dance in a journey both celebratory and spiritual. Nov. 10-14 at The Cultch. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com GIT HAYETSK The internationally renowned Northwest Coast First Nations mask dancers, whose name means People of the Copper Shield, perform ancestral songs and dances as well as newly created work reflecting their lives as First Nations people today as part of the noon hour series, Discover Dance! Nov. 12 at 12pm at Scotiabank Dance Theatre. Tickets at TicketsTonight.TicketForce.com BARBARIANS Hofesh Shechter returns to wow Vancouver audiences with a trilogy of captivating new works, commencing with Barbarians, where the complex beauty of baroque music inspires a sparse world in which dancers move with mathematical precision to a percussive score. Nov. 13-15 at 8pm at Vancouver Playhouse. Tickets at DanceHouse.ca/tickets THE 10TH BIENNIAL DANCE In Vancouver Dance In Vancouver celebrates the energy and originality of our contemporary dance scene over four days of performances, showcasing some of BC’s most exciting companies. Nov. 18-22 at Scotiabank Dance Centre. Visit TheDanceCentre.ca for the schedule of events.

VISUAL ARTS LIVELY OBJECTS The works in this exhibition take a variety of forms – gloves, tables, figurines, machines, projected images – and lay hidden throughout the history galleries, bringing together artworks that vibrate with mechanical, digital, and magical forces. While some deliberately pull focus and make a ruckus, others hide in plain sight speaking only to those who stop and listen; each will start surprising conversation and force you to reconsider the museum experience. At the Museum of Vancouver, until Oct. 12.

HALBERDS ARMY The second comprehensive exhibition of Canadian abstract painter, Bradley Harms in Vancouver. Sept.

10-Oct. 10 at Winsor Gallery. Opening night: Thursday, Sept. 10, from 6-8pm; Harms will be in attendance.

MAKE EVERY SHOW LIKE IT’S YOUR LAST An ambitious exhibition with UK artist Ryan Gander comprising a shifting selection of new and recent works centered on his ongoing conceptual investigations and playful cultural spoofs. Sept. 11-Nov. 1 at the Contemporary Art Gallery.

LIGHT AND COLOUR Local artist David Wilson’s latest series of paintings, partly reflecting the upheaval and turmoil he’s experienced in recent years with chronic illness and loss within his family, is on display with vibrant colour saturating vivid views of Vancouver streets and skies. Opening reception 6pm on Sept. 18 at Kimoto Gallery. Runs until Oct. 10.

HOT ONE INCH ACTION Back for its 12th year, is this one-night only show of button art and social interaction where 50 different artists find their work reproduced on one inch buttons. The audience is offered the opportunity to buy randomly selected buttons in mixed bags of five for $5. Didn’t get what you wanted? Barter, trade and bribe! That’s when the hot action starts.

7pm on Sept. 26 at Hot Art Wet City.

SCARE-CITY Exploring the realms of the “scarce” with a particular reference to endangered animal species, the work of Shwa Keirstead and Mia Dungeon looks at the notion of the “city” and the role that urban sprawl plays in impacting wild life. Opening reception at 7pm on Oct. 29.

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EMBRACING CANADA Featuring major works by figures such as Cornelius Krieghoff, Tom Thomson, members of the Group of Seven, Emily Carr, and David Milne, this exhibition surveys the history of artistic engagement with the Canadian landscape from the mid-19th to mid-20th century. Oct. 30-Jan. 17 at Vancouver Art Gallery.

CLASSICAL/OPERA BOLLYWOOD MASALA ORCHESTRA The BMO, along with Dancers of India, and Rahis Bharti, one of India’s greatest musical figures, invite you on a lively musical journey from Rajasthan to Mumbai in The Spirit of India – a rich and authentic feast of Indian sounds. 7:30pm at Orpheum Theatre on Sept. 23. Tickets at VancouverSymphony.ca BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO The VSO opens its 97th season with one of the world’s preeminent vocalists, Miriam Fried, performing some of the greatest works written for violin, Beethoven’s extraordinary Violin Concerto. A special collaboration with the Vancouver Biennale, the VSO performs the world premiere of a new work by Juno Award-winning Canadian composer Vivian Fung, all under the direction of conductor, Bramwell Tovey. 8pm on Sept. 26 and 28 at Orpheum Theatre.

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FALL ARTS GUIDE ANGELI ARCHANGELI The Vancouver Cantata Singers open their 59th season with heavenly inspiration in a program devoted to the songs of angels, featuring music by John Tavener, E. Rautavaara, and Astor Piazzolla’s tango-tinged Milonga del Angel. 7:30pm on Oct. 17 at Ryerson United Church. Tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com RIGOLETTO Vancouver Opera kicks off an exciting season with Guiseppe Verdi’s thrilling blockbuster featuring powerful baritone Gordon Hawkins in the title role. Soprano Simone Osborne as Gilda, and tenor Bruce Sledge as the Duke, mark these sensational melodies, heartbreaking drama and vivid characters in a dark, tender drama of love and revenge. Sept. 26, Oct. 1-4 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

Tickets at VancouverOpera.ca A HALLOWEEN SPECTACULAR The VSO Pops series gets off to a thrilling start, with this concert of selections guaranteed to send chills up your spine. Vocalist Carman Price performs selections from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, Grieg’s classic In the Hall of the Mountain King and even a suite of music from Harry Potter. Come in costume for a chilling and thrilling Halloween. Oct 30-31 at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets at VancouverSymphony.ca BROTHERS IN ARMS The calamitous and uniting effects of war on families is the focus of this program, where all wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

Chor Leoni presents works ranging from Carl Orff to Billy Joel, with guest vocalist, soprano Laura Widgett finishing with Rupert Lang’s moving Kontakion and The Last Post. Nov. 11 at 8pm at St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church. Tickets at TicketsTonight.TicketForce.com NEW WAVE: THE LATEST IN CHAMBER MUSIC There are dozens of outstanding living composers and the Vancouver Chamber Choir performs a program of scintillating selections of recent pieces by such masters from Argentina, Estonia, Scandinavia, the UK and North America.

8pm on Nov. 13 at Ryerson United Church. Tickets at Ticketmaster.ca

WINTER SOLSTICE Travel to the majestic, magnificent and mysterious Mount Assiniboine on a musical journey through the amazing Canadian Rockies. Encounter the magical faeries, who call these mountains home, each hypnotically voiced by their own musical instrument in this program – fun for the whole family - from composer Keon Birney with Samantha Whelan Kotkas narrating, under the direction of conductor Gordon Gerrard. Nov. 29 at 2pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets at VancouverSymphony.ca

LIVE MUSIC ACCORDION NOIR FESTIVAL The annual gathering of squeeze-box enthusiasts returns for its eighth year with a line-up of international musicians featuring Wendy McNeill, Angelica Negron and Shayna Dunkelman, as well as local favourites Ana Bonbon, Geoff Berner, Flying Machines and many more. Cabaret performances from April O’Peel, Sharon Bayly, and The Dahling Mermaid Dahlings, a puppet experience from Wryly Andherson and Dusty Hagerud. Sept. 10-13 at various venues across Vancouver. Check out AccordionNoirFest.com for details.

ORQUESTA BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB The beloved Cuban phenomenon bids audiences adieu on this global stage farewell, the Adios Tour after 16 years of touring the world. The legendary ensemble – credited with triggering a “worldwide Latin-jazz revival” – features incomparable vocalist Omara Portuondo, vocalist and tresero Eliades Ochoa, trumpeter Guajiro Mirabal, laud virtuoso Barbarito Torres and trombonist Jesus “Aguaje” Ramos. 8pm on Oct. 1 at Chan Shun Concert Hall. SOLD OUT. UB40 Grammy Award winning British reggae-pop band and one of the world’s best-selling music artists, with hits like “Red, Red Wine” and “Can’t Help Falling In Love” return to Vancouver with members of the original line-up. 9pm on Oct. 1 at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets at Ticketmaster.ca and LiveNation.com 54-40 Canadian alt-rockers, and the pride of Tsawwassen mark 35 years together

with a hometown show. 8:30pm on Oct. 10 at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets at Ticketmaster.ca and LiveNation.com NEIL YOUNG The legendary singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist/activist returns to Vancouver on his Rebel Content Tour this time jamming with Promise of the Real, the band of Willie Nelson’s sons, in support of their album, The Monsanto Years. 7:30pm on Oct. 5 at Rogers Arena.

Tickets at Ticketmaster.ca RINGO STARR Former Beatles drummer and vocalist brings his All-Starr Band, a rock supergroup of shifting personnel, for a rousing return to old favourites. 8pm on Oct. 9 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets at BoxOfficeTicketSales.com MAC DEMARCO Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist returns to play an early hometown show, hot off the success of his last two offerings, Another One and Some Other Ones. 4pm on Oct. 31 at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets at Ticketmaster.ca and LiveNation.com

FESTIVALS VANCOUVER LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL The 13th Vancouver Latin American Film Festival (VLAFF) returns with 67 films from 16 countries, playing on screens in downtown Vancouver until Sept. 13. This year’s featured country is Mexico, with five Mexican films in competition (two features and three shorts) and more than 11 films screening out of competition.

All films are subtitled in English and are open to the general public. Tickets on sale at VLAFF.org.

HAPA-PALOOZA A gathering for all of our hapa/hybrid/half-blood/cross-bred/ metis/mestizo/mixed-race/halved-anddoubled selves – a place of hybridity, synergy, and acceptance. The first mixed roots festival in Canada, Hapa places prominence on celebrating and stimulating awareness of mixed-heritage and

cultural hybrid identity with music and dance performances, readings and a family day in the park. Sept. 16-20. Check out HapaPalooza.com for details.

VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL The 34th annual celebration of film is among the five largest film festivals in North America, with three unique programming platforms like Cinema of Our Time, Spotlight on France and Arts & Letters. Featuring an international line-up delivering spectacular cinema to nine Vancouver screens over the course of 16 days, VIFF saw crowds of 145,000 at last year’s festival, and is growing every season. Sept. 24-Oct. 9 at various Vancouver venues. Check out VIFF.org for details.

COMEDY KEVIN HART American comedian, actor, writer and producer who first caught the

attention of audiences with his comedy album, I’m a Grown Little Man, stops by on his What Now Tour with his signature brand of satire, and self-deprecating, observational humour. 7pm on Sept. 10 at Rogers Arena. Tickets at Ticketmaster.ca MICHAEL MCDONALD American actor, director, writer and comedian takes his skills to the stand-up stage after rising to success all over network television, most notably as the annoying, but hilarious man-child, Stuart Larkin during his tenyear run on Mad TV. Sept. 11-12 at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets at YukYuks.com NORM MACDONALD Canadian standup comedian, writer, producer and actor best known for his five seasons as an SNL cast member, anchoring Weekend Update and as a judge on NBC’s Last Comic Standing. 8pm on Sept. 12 at River Rock Casino Resort. Tickets at Ticketmaster.ca

QUEER AS FUNK They’re baaaaaack!

Totally unique in the history of Vancouver’s LGBTQ community, this 10-piece high-energy dance band belts out their beloved funk, soul and Motown classics along with contemporary favourites at this early Halloween show where fear is funk! 8pm on Oct. 31 at Fortune Sound Club. Tickets at FearFunk.BrownPaperTickets.com LEON BRIDGES American soul and gospel singer from Fort Worth, Texas, who broke out with the hit, “Coming Home” brings his signature ‘60s R&B sound to town in support of his debut album of the same title. 8:30pm on Nov. 3 at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets at Ticketmaster.ca and LiveNation.com YO LA TENGO American indie rockers from New Jersey perform an intimate, acoustic show featuring guitarist Dave Schramm, in support of their 14th album, Stuff Like That There. 8pm on Nov. 21 at Vogue Theatre. Tickets at TicketFly.com.

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Sex Symbol brings her hilarious, but reverent take on LGBTQ issues and lesbian identity. Oct. 1-3 at Comedy Mix. Tickets at TheComedyMix.com

COMEDY JOE ROGAN A stand-up comedian with 20 years under his belt, Rogan has been described as “an idealistic hippy stuck inside the body of a testosterone-pumped US marine”. A colourful commentator for UFC, Spike TV, and Fox, he also hosts The Joe Rogan Experience, a popular iTunes podcast. 8pm on Sept. 18 at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets at TicketFly.com CARMEN ESPOSITO American comedian from Chicago, named one of the Top 12 Comedy Acts to Watch by LA Weekly, with appearances on Just For Laughs and a recently released comedy album, Same

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That was about six months or so into running the space.

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JIM JEFFERIES Australian comedian brings his Fredumb Tour to Vancouver.

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BILL MAHER American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, media critic, and television host of Real Time with Bill Maher brings his sarcastic attitude dosed with political satire for an evening of stand-up. 8pm on Oct. 18 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets at Ticketmaster.ca

Draw With Me and Graham Clark presents]; why the crossover?

Art doesn’t really sell all that well. [Laughs] It’s a small market, not a lot of spare money, I think? Or people don’t really spend it on art.They spend a lot of it on other things: entertainment, meals, those kinds of things. But art is not really on their minds. An afterthought, I guess.That’s sort of the concept of the September show.

That’s right. You’ve priced all the artwork [by artists like Ali Bruce, Jeff Wilson, Jay Senetchko, and Andrea Hooge] with receipts from big nights out?Yeah.They’re all from Mark Brand’s bars and restaurants. So Save On Meats, the Diamond … I guess he’s collected them in some way through those restaurants.

on The Tonight Show, a regular on Mad TV and frequent roundtable panellist on Chelsea Lately, Lee’s in-your-face comedy often pokes fun at his Korean heritage. Nov. 13-14 at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets at YukYuks.com BILLY CONNOLLY The Scottish comedian, actor and musician rides through town on his High Horse Tour with his observational, idiosyncratic, and off-the-cuff humour. Nov. 9-10 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets at Ticketmaster.ca JERRY SEINFELD American comedian, actor, writer, and producer who rose to fame after his sitcom, Seinfeld, served as the vehicle for his observational humour, named the 12th-greatest stand-up comedian of all time by Comedy Central. Nov. 13-14 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets at Ticketmaster.ca W

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EMPIRE OF THE SUN Australia’s larger than life, electro-glam pop duo return to town with special guests Holy Ghost! 7:30pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets $35+ at Ticketmaster.ca and LiveNation.com

BLONDE REDHEAD New York City indie rock outfit, on tour to support their latest release, Barragan, with special guests Day Wave. 8pm at The Imperial.

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THE CHAMELEONS VOX Vocalist Mark Burgess from the legendary English post-punk band, plays their classic album, Script of the Bridge in its entirety with special guests Infidel. 8pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

JOEY CAPE Singer-songwriter and frontman of Lagwagon, from California, on tour in support of third solo effort, Stitch Puppy with special guests Walt Hamburger and KJ Jansen. 8pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

MAGIC GIANT Four-piece folk-electronic-rock outfit from Venice, California play tunes from their debut EP, blending their anthemic sing-a-longs with organic instruments, big drums, and electronic beats. 8pm at Media Club. Tickets $10 at Red Cat and TicketFly.com

BLUE TANGO PROJECT From Buenos Aires, this collaboration between Maria Volonte and California harmonica player Kevin Carrel Footer joins tango and blues in a ground-breaking exploration of the emotional and musical crossroads where the two embrace. 8pm at Orpheum Annex. Tickets $20 at Tickets.

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THEATRE/DANCE THE DARLING’S CABARET An intimate and interactive marriage of rock, jazz, and indie with highenergy, gritty, whimsical, seductive cabaret performance enticing audiences, while commanding every inch of the room with an individual style, not solely for the stage, featuring the musical stylings of Krystle Dos Santos.

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Ali Liebert learns a deep truth from almost every character she plays, and Jan, her character in The Devout, taught her volumes about motherhood and grief. In the feature film debut from BC director Connor Gaston – set for its North American premiere at the 2015 Vancouver International Film Festival after world-premiering in South Korea – Liebert (as Jan) is a mother caring for her terminally ill four-year-old daughter, Abi (played by newcomer Olivia Martin).

That’s a heavy load for any mother to bear – but the deeply religious Jan is also struggling to make sense of her husband Darryl’s increasingly fervent belief that their dying daughter is the reincarnation of a dead astronaut (Darryl is portrayed by Vancouver actor

Charlie Carrick).

We won’t tell you much more than that (we’re treading far too close to Spoiler Country as it is), but it’s safe to disclose that, from Jan – and from interacting with the film’s youngest star – Liebert gained insight into what it means to be a mom.

“This was the first in-depth mother role that I played,” says Liebert over coffee on The Drive. “After filming, I had a lot more respect for moms and just the full-on time of it all. I was like, ‘Wow, mothers are amazing.’

“I think every part changes a little bit of who you are,” Liebert adds. “I don’t want to do any roles where I don’t learn anything, or that don’t scare me.”

It’s a particularly busy time for the Vancouver-based actress (lots of auditions and callbacks), but even during this busy time – nine months after production wrapped on The Devout – Liebert vividly recalls the heightened emotions that characterized her experience on the film’s various Vancouver Island sets.

“It was oddly satisfying.

We’re such strange creatures.

That [experience] was fun.

Even though I was not myself, and I was really wrecked, that

to me is really fun,” she says.

“It was satisfying, because actors just love feeling shit, and it was a very juicy role in terms of what actors love to do, so I felt a great privilege playing this role and being able to work with these fantastic actors and Connor and the whole team.”

Liebert met director Gaston at the 2013 Whistler Film Festival where Liebert (one of that year’s Rising Stars) sat on a jury that judged Gaston’s entry in the MPPIA Short Film Award Competition.

Gaston didn’t win, but his contest entry had a profound impact on Liebert.

“I basically went up to him afterwards and said, ‘Sorry you didn’t win, but I really want to work with you in the future,’” she says.

That future, as it happened, would be just over a year away.

The Devout afforded Liebert the opportunity to work with the legendary thespian Gabrielle Rose (“She’s so giving and brilliant and I love watching her and being in scenes with her. I have nothing but awe and fascination for her”), and with Carrick, who’d been Liebert’s LA roommate during pilot season.

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By Rob Brezsny “More and more I have come to admire resilience,” writes Jane Hirshfield in her poem “Optimism.” “Not the simple resistance of a pillow,” she adds, “whose foam returns over and over to the same shape, but the sinuous tenacity of a tree: finding the light newly blocked on one side, it turns in another.” You have not often had great access to this capacity in the past, Aries. Your specialty has been the fast and fiery style of adjustment. But for the foreseeable future, I’m betting you will be able to summon a supple staying power – a dogged, determined, incremental kind of resilience.

A “wheady mile” is an obsolete English term I want to revive for use in this horoscope. It refers to what may happen at the end of a long journey, when that last stretch you’ve got to traverse seems to take forever.

You’re so close to home; you’re imagining the comfort and rest that will soon be yours. But as you cross the “wheady mile,” you must navigate your way through one further plot twist or two. There’s a delay or complication that demands more effort just when you want to be finished with the story. Be strong, Libra. Keep the faith. The wheady mile will not, in fact, take forever.

(Thanks to Mark Forsyth and his book Horologicon.)

“The fragrance from your mango groves makes me wild with joy.” That’s one of the lyrics in the national anthem of Bangladesh. Here’s another: “Forever your skies...set my heart in tune as if it were a flute.”

Elsewhere, addressing Bangladesh as if it were a goddess, the song proclaims, “Words from your lips are like nectar to my ears.” I suspect you may be awash with comparable feelings in the coming weeks, Taurus – not toward your country, but rather for the creatures and experiences that rouse your delight and exultation. They are likely to provide even more of the sweet mojo than they usually do.

It will be an excellent time to improvise your own hymns of praise.

Trying improbable and unprecedented combinations is your specialty right now. You’re willing and able to gamble with blends and juxtapositions that no one else would think of, let alone propose. Bonus: Extra courage is available for you to call on as you proceed. In light of this gift, I suggest you brainstorm about all the unifications that might be possible for you to pull off. What conflicts would you love to defuse? What inequality or lopsidedness do you want to fix? Is there a misunderstanding you can heal or a disjunction you can harmonize?

There have been times in the past when your potential helpers disappeared just when you wanted more help than usual. In the coming weeks, I believe you will get redress for those sad interludes of yesteryear. A wealth of assistance and guidance will be available. Even people who have previously been less than reliable may offer a tweak or intervention that gives you a boost. Here’s a tip for how to ensure that you take full advantage of the possibilities: Ask clearly and gracefully for exactly what you need.

Why grab the brain-scrambling moonshine when you may eventually be offered a heart-galvanizing tonic? Why gorge on hors d’oeuvres when a fourcourse feast will be available sooner than you imagine? According to my analysis of the astrological omens, my fellow Crab, the future will bring unexpected opportunities that are better and brighter than the current choices. This is one of those rare times when procrastination may be in your interest.

As I hike up San Pedro Ridge, I’m mystified by the madrona trees. The leaves on the short, thin saplings are as big and bold as the leaves on the older, thicker, taller trees. I see this curiosity as an apt metaphor for your current situation, Leo. In one sense, you are in the early stages of a new cycle of growth. In another sense, you are strong and ripe and full-fledged. For you, this is a winning combination: a robust balance of innocence and wisdom, of fresh aspiration and seasoned readiness.

I hope it’s not too late or too early to give you a slew of birthday presents. You deserve to be inundated with treats, dispensations, and appreciations. Here’s your first perk: You are hereby granted a license to break a taboo that is no longer useful or necessary. Second blessing: You are authorized to instigate a wildly constructive departure from tradition. Third boost: I predict that in the next six weeks, you will simultaneously claim new freedom and summon more discipline. Fourth delight: During the next three months, you will discover and uncork a new thrill. Fifth goody: Between now and your birthday in 2016, you will develop a more relaxed relationship with perfectionism.

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Is feeling good really as fun as everyone seems to think?

Is it really so wonderful to be in a groove, in love with life, and in touch with your deeper self? No! Definitely not! And I suspect that as you enter more fully into these altered states, your life will provide evidence of the inconveniences they bring. For example, some people might nag you for extra attention, and others may be jealous of your success.

You could be pressured to take on more responsibilities.

And you may be haunted by the worry that sooner or later, this grace period will pass. I’M JUST KIDDING, SAGITTARIUS! In truth, the minor problems precipitated by your blessings won’t cause any more anguish than a mosquito biting your butt while you’re in the throes of ecstatic love-making.

In this horoscope, we will use the Socratic method to stimulate your excitement about projects that fate will favor in the next nine months. Here’s how it works: I ask the questions, and you brainstorm the answers. 1. Is there any part of your life where you are an amateur but would like to be a professional? 2. Are you hesitant to leave a comfort zone even though remaining there tends to inhibit your imagination? 3. Is your ability to fulfill your ambitions limited by any lack of training or deficiency in your education? 4. Is there any way that you are holding on to blissful ignorance at the expense of future possibilities? 5. What new license, credential, diploma, or certification would be most useful to you?

The story of my life features more than a few fiascos. For example, I got fired from my first job after two days. One of my girlfriends dumped me without any explanation and never spoke to me again. My record label fired me and my band after we made just one album. Years later, these indignities still carry a sting. But I confess that I am also grateful for them. They keep me humble. They serve as antidotes if I’m ever tempted to deride other people for their failures.

They have helped me develop an abundance of compassion. I mention this personal tale in the hope that you, too, might find redemption and healing in your own memories of frustration. The time is right to capitalize on old losses.

It’s never fun to be in a sticky predicament that seems to have no smart resolution. But the coming days could turn out to be an unexpectedly good time to be in such a predicament. Why? Because I expect that your exasperation will precipitate an emotional cleansing, releasing ingenious intuitions that had been buried under repressed anger and sadness. You may then find a key that enables you to reclaim at least some of your lost power. The predicament that once felt sour and intractable will mutate, providing you with an opportunity to deepen your connection with a valuable resource.

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@MyszkaWay Maybe you have heard of Cambodian Love Huts.

Deep in the Ratankeri region there is a tribe called Kreung.

The Kreug people get up with the sun every day and work in their crops harvesting rice and vegetables off in the jungle.

Electricity and running water are not common.While in most other areas in Cambodia it is traditionally frowned upon for women to smoke or drink, the Kreug girls take part just like the boys.They live simple lives surrounding simple survival traditions: food, shelter, love and sex. However, when it comes to the sexual empowerment of young women, they have manifested a tradition a big portion of America would not approve of: love huts.

Basically it works like this: when young girls reach puberty around ages 13-15 their fathers will build them a separate bamboo hut, away from the family home, so they can socialize and experiment with boys in privacy.The Kreug people instill a strong message that sex before marriage is acceptable, encouraged, when young girls are trying to find the right man to marry.The girls are in charge.

They invite the boys they want into their love hut to get down or sometimes, just talk without any sex.The boys are not aggressive (they have been taught that their respectful behavior towards the girls will affect their families livestock and they take this very seriously) and let the girls call the shots.

In a 2011 Marie Claire piece, Fiona MacGregor visited the tribe and talked to the young girls about their sex lives and the love hut tradition. All the young girls asserted their sexual power and independence, as well as their parents’ approval and trust in their decisionmaking, and claimed that the love huts give them a chance to figure out which man they

Continued from page 20 “I don’t know if Charlie knows this, but when I read the script, I said, ‘This is Charlie,’ and so I suggested Charlie to Connor,” says Liebert. “I think he did an amazing job.”

Jan will remain close to Liebert’s bones for some time, she says, much like that other character with whom she is so closely associated: Betty McRae from Bomb Girls (Global’s fan-favourite – but ultimately short-lived – series about women who built bombs in a munitions factory during the Second World War).

Liebert won a Canadian Screen Award earlier this year for her portrayal of Betty in the 2014 television movie,

want to marry. In this culture, divorce is unheard of.The word “slut” is not even a thing. Girls can have multiple boyfriends at a time in their hut and there’s no jealous drunken brawl if she ends up choosing one boy over another. Sexual violence is rare.

Rape is nonexistent.

Sure, unwanted pregnancy happens, but usually the suitor the girl choses will raise the child as his own. “We don’t worry about female purity,” one elder father told Marie Claire. “Who knows what a girl does when she goes to another village anyway.”

The tradition is oddly advanced and trusts teenage women to make their own decisions about their sexual health and romantic lives.This is a far cry from what we are used to: abstinence education in schools muddled with pornography as sexual education because most parents are too chickenshit to talk to their own children about sex in a realistic way. In America, some host “purity balls” (state-funded dances where daughters pledge their virginity to their fathers until marriage) while the Kreug are teaching their teenagers that sex is a natural, beautiful part of love and romance.

But this empowering yet simple tradition is being threatened by a few factors: mainly being in touch with the outside world through technology.

The traditional love huts are disappearing “as the minority becomes exposed to modernisation [sic] and Khmer culture” where premarital sex is not respectable.This type of negative education towards sexual autonomy for young women mirrors the “purity myth” of North America and breaks down Kreung’s own confidence in their traditions.

It makes perfect sense: when you are cut off from the rest of society it is much easier to preserve your own traditions, no matter what they are (how else do you think that Australian sex cult built on four generations of incest was able to form?) Not to mention that exposure to mobile phones and

television (which were a budding problem in Marie Claire’s 2011 article on the tradition) are much more prevalent.

Think about how much lost in translation between young village boys and the pornography they can now access on a mobile phone.

According to an article by Phnom Penh Post in March 2014, the way that Kreung families build their house is also changing as the communities become more wealthy.

Traditionally, their homes are constructed of bamboo, small and not that durable when the rainy season hits (houses have to be rebuilt once a year).

Bamboo requires zero insulation, zero privacy, so parents were happy to build their teenage girls a private place to socialize with their boyfriends and explore (in complete privacy) love and sexuality.

However, now some villages are building their houses out of timber or brick that lasts much longer, so they just favor putting all the bedrooms inside the one house for their teenagers. Apparently, parents are down because they can meet the boys their daughters are hanging with to make sure he’s an industrious farmer and not a bad boy who impregnates young girls and treats his family’s livestock like crap.

As hints of mainstream culture creep in, it feels like the agency the young girls were once granted starts to gets pushed away with each generation.The shotguns come out.

Why? Trust was there before.

Parents made sure they instilled self-respect, responsibility and the importance of love in their daughters and sons so that they could freely explore their teenage urges without a looming shadow of guilt, but as modern images persuade the tribe, modern “fears” follow suit. It makes sense, but it is saddening. W

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Bomb Girls “changed every single aspect of my life,” says Liebert. “The show, and the people I got to meet, and the stories we got to tell, and then Betty herself; she was such a great vessel for seeing a character struggle with their identity and coming to terms with who they are in a brave and totally clumsy way. It was just so beautiful.”

Liebert still hears from fans deeply affected by Betty’s difficult and dizzying journey of sexual self-discovery that unfolded during an era altogether unfriendly to LGBT people.

“I’ve gotten letters from people who are in parts of the world where it’s illegal to be out at all, and I’ve heard from a few girls who’ve told

me, ‘I decided not to take my life because I felt I could see myself in Betty, and she kept fighting,’” says Liebert, who also appeared in 2013’s Down River and Afterparty, as well as CBC’s Strange Empire and the soon-to-air Paranormal Solutions Inc. series.

“I don’t know if I’m going to be able to play a role that’s had that much effect on people again,” says Liebert.

“I hope that I do. I hope it’s the beginning of lots of roles.

But it’ll always be a particularly meaningful role to me personally and also within the community as well.” W

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