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How much funny can you handle?

Because veteran comic Paul F. Tompkins is hoping to make you overdose this weekend with three consecutive nights at the Fox Cabaret.

If the name doesn’t ring a bell, it should. At one point or another in his career, Tompkins has managed to appear on absolutely every major comedy show, sitcom, and cartoon that matters over the past 15 years, including Curb Your Enthusiasm, Community, Key & Peele, The Daily Show, Real Time with Bill Maher, King of the Hill, Frasier, NewsRadio, and Mr. Show with Bob and David, to name but a few.

Tompkins is in town for a threenight “Comedy Bender”, and every performance promises something new.

On Saturday, Tompkins will be performing a full night of live stand-up, before joining The Sunday Service improv troupe as their special guest the following night.

Due to overwhelming demand, a Monday night show has been added as well, where Tompkins will be holding a live performance of his Dead Authors podcast, in which he plays time-traveling writer H.G. Wells and interviews long-dead literary giants live on stage.

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Psychedelic warriors Temples play Venue You could be forgiven for thinking Temples belong to a different time. The four gangly longhairs from the middle of England look like they’ve stepped off the cover of Melody Maker magazine, and their sound is every bit as anachronistic.

But Temples is more than just throwback to late ‘60s, early ‘70s psychedelia. The young lads may have been raised on Gram Parsons and Syd Barrett, but they aren’t merely satisfied to go through the motions: Their approach is rooted in creative experimentation.

The end result is a sound that is both progressive and familiar.

Provacative puppets return to The Cultch The north end of Commercial Drive has become an artistic mecca in recent years, and The Cultch (formerly the Vancouver East Cultural Centre) has become its epicentre.

Kicking off the 2014/15 season on Tuesday is The Daisy Theatre, the madcap work of renowned puppeteer provocateur Ronnie Burkett and his resident company of over 30 marionettes. The production returns after a completely sold out 2013 run. No

two performances will be the same, making this a show to see more than once. Audiences 19 years and up only, so you know it’s going to be good.

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And while the band has been a going concern for just two years, they’ve already turned some notable heads. None other than Noel Gallagher and Smiths’ guitarist Johnny Marr have hailed Temples as England’s best new band.

This Friday, Temples lands in Vancouver to play Venue in support of their new album, Sun Structures, with indie rock band Wampires in tow. One can safely expect a multi-sensory experience that not only pays tribute to the psych-rock pioneers of yesteryear, but looks to the future through kaleidoscope eyes.

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West End residents fight back against landlord Residents at 1168 Pendrell say they are being forced out by building’s new owners

By Darryl Greer

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t was a dreadful case of déjà vu for West End resident Daryn Didyk when he found out the building he’s lived in since 2011 had been sold. The stress of a threatened “renoviction” that had forced him out of another apartment back in 2009 flooded his mind as he pondered the uncertainty surrounding the building’s new ownership.

For Didyk and his fellow tenants at 1168 Pendrell, Plan A Real Estate Services, which took over in early August, has been nightmarish to deal with and now the residents have banded together to sound the alarm about the company’s tactics.

“I was under the naïve impression when they first came in that, because they had a nice letterhead and they had an admin assistant sending their emails, they were truly professionals,” Didyk said of the company

Residents at 1168 Pendrell say landlord Anoop Majithia (behind the wheel) is trying to force them out of their homes so he can jack up rents in the building. Facebook photo in an interview with WE Vancouver. “I’ve just come to realize that it’s all smoke and mirrors.”’

Initially, the company began inundating residents with notices on their doors, including eviction notices for some. It disallowed longstanding bike storage in the building’s laundry room and raised the price of washing and drying from $1.75 a wash and $1.50 for 60 minutes of drying time to $4.50 a wash and $4.50 for 30 minutes of drying time.

For Alison Smith, who has lived in the building for four years, the situation has left her stomach in knots.

“When everything was coming to a head, and there was just notice after notice, I would hear keys jingle in the hallway and the stress – my heart would start racing,” she said. “I lock and latch my door now.”

Plan A property manager Karen Ho and owner Anoop Majithia both refused interviews with WE Vancouver.

Residents at the building have been formulating a battle plan, gearing up for dispute resolution hearings with the Residential Tenancy Branch scheduled throughout September and one in late October.

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MLA Spencer Chandra-Hebert accused the company of wanting to kick residents out “to get more money” at a press conference last week.

For Chandra-Herbert, the plight of tenants at 1168 Pendrell speaks to the need for the government to penalize landlords who break the rules or try to game the system.

“These residents were living happily for years in this building without any problems with their landlord. [Majithia’s] company bought the building and then a few days later, all hell broke loose,” he said in a phone interview. “Until the provincial government, until the Provincial Liberals decide that you actually have to get tough on people that break the rules, I’m worried this will continue.”

In a statement posted to Plan A’s website, Majithia apologized to residents and denied the Chandra-Herbert’s allegations. The letter states that Chandra-Herbert’s statements have “inflamed the situation” and “contributed to unjustifiable acts of public intimidation and threats directed against my company.” Moreover, the company claims it just wants tenants to adhere to their lease agreements,

which weren’t fully enforced by the old building manager, and expressed “regret that the tenants have had a negative experience with our management of the building.”

Tenant Absalon Figueroa, who faces eviction from the building, found Majithia’s statement “embarrassing” given all that’s happened.

Figueroa received an eviction notice from the company after he monitored Plan A representatives in the building at the behest of neighbours who feared illegal entries into their suites.

He’s fighting the eviction with the RTB and claims the eviction notice contained “complete lies” alleging that he intimidated Plan A staff.

For Didyk, Figueroa, Smith, and other building residents, the situation at 1168 Pendrell has brought them together, and all have vowed to fight because they don’t want to leave, and if they did, they’d want to do so on their own terms.

“I would leave,” Didyk said. “But chances are, how do I know Plan A’s not going to buy my next building and do the exact same thing? I might as well stay here and fight and hope that things will work out.”

news Rental building first of its kind in 30 years

By Rob Mangelsdorf The first purpose-built market rental highrise to go up in the West End for close to 30 years opened its doors to tenants this month. The Lauren, located at 1051 Broughton, contains 186 units, including six affordable housing units administered by Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation and Qmunity, BC’s LGBTQ resource centre. Rents in the building start at $1,175.

The building was the first project approved under the City of Vancouver’s Short Term Incentives for Rental (STIR) program, which provided an expedited approval process and slightly increased density, according to leasing manager Trevor Shumka. Without that added density, the project would likely have been developed as condos, he added.

According to Shumka, 60 to 70 per cent of new tenants at The Lauren are coming from elsewhere in the West End, underscoring the need for new rental properties in the neighbourhood.

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Marijuana company revives rooftop garden WE Vancouver. “In fact, I supplied a letter to the city that made it quite clear that there will be no applications ffinor, a Montrealfor marijuana. I don’t even based medical like the marijuana markets. I marijuana comcan’t get a $100-million purpany, is taking chase order for marijuana in over a controversial rooftop Canada but I can get one for garden in Vanstrawberries.” couver after the In an email, original operators the city conwent bankrupt. firmed that the Affinor says it final draft of the has purchased the licence agreeassets belonging ment signed to Alterrus, which

by Affinor was grew baby greens “only for the on the top floor cultivation and of the city-owned production of parking garage in food, including the 500-block of Nick Brusatore fruits, vegetaRichards Street. bles, edible herbs But don’t expect and legumes.” any pot to start popping up.

When the greenhouse Executive chairman Nick first launched in November Brusatore says Affinor only 2012, Alterrus projected plans to grow food. it could produce 150,000 “The rooftop in Vanpounds of pesticide-free couver is all about sustainleafy green vegetables and able food, I can promise herbs to be distributed you that,” Brusatore told

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to local restaurants and grocers.

The project – touted by Mayor Gregor Robertson as an example of Vancouver’s “booming clean tech sector” – closed when Alterrus Systems Inc. and its subsidiary Local Garden Vancouver Inc. declared bankruptcy on Jan. 21 after less than two years of operation.

Brusatore said Affinor won’t face the same financial issues.

“There’s no pressure on this facility,” he said. “It’s paid for, cash. There’s no debt.”

Alterrus had a 10-year deal with the city to lease the property for $4,800 a month. When that deal was first announced, it prompted NPA Coun.

George Affleck to issue a press release at that time calling for the city to invite the auditor general for local government to examine the contract between Alter-

rus and the city.

Brusatore says Affinor has the same agreement.

He also says Affinor expects to have the old facility producing baby greens again within the next 60 days, and is working on a proposal to expand the facility with new structures for the cultivation of mechanically-pollinated strawberries.

Brusatore says the crops will be sold to Choices Markets.

According to Brusatore, Affinor has also recently met with the University of British Columbia and the University of the Fraser Valley to fund aquaculture and greenhouse projects with its equipment. He says the company ultimately hopes to utilize its connections with the universities to run new wave agriculture and vertical farming technology training programs out of the rooftop facility.

“I’m all about solving world hunger, world crop problems,” said Brusatore.

“I’m just excited to do this.

If this small company does nothing but create jobs and we learn more from it, but I don’t lose my butt, then that’s fine.”

Affinor, which became the first Canadian company to grow and sell marijuana in the United States in August, intends to market its vertical farming technology, along with Alterrus’ old greenhouse patents, to increase its stake in the medical marijuana market.

‘I’m not going to mention marijuana for the City of Vancouver [but] if the city is interested, now I can help you,” said Brusatore, “I can do it better than anybody for the city, and we could easily put the City of Vancouver as the instant leader as well.”

–With files from Mike Howell

Save on Meats owner responds to multiple lawsuits

By Jen St. Denis

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he owner of Save On Meats says that despite facing several lawsuits and a tumultuous two years in which several of his businesses were closed, sold, or relocated, it’s business as usual at his well-known Downtown Eastside diner and butcher shop.

Court documents show Mark Brand is being sued for $324,000 by restaurant sup-

plier Sysco Canada for allegedly failing to pay invoices between May 2011 and April 2013.

In a response, Brand says Sysco did not honour an agreement to give a discount to Save On Meats. Brand claims Sysco had agreed to charge him less because Save On Meats hires people with barriers to employment and operates a meals program for DTES residents.

Court documents also show Save On Meats has made arrangements to pay

back a total of $407,495 in taxes in arrears.

Brand has filed a counter suit, claiming damages for misrepresentation and unlawful interference with contractual relations.

In a separate lawsuit, Cintas Canada, a uniform supplier, alleges Brand owes the company $21,077.

Brand counters in his court filings that the contract was signed by an unauthorized staff member and is therefore invalid.

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Joanne Griffiths, who partnered to buy and run a charity with Brand in 2012, filed a case in April 2014 claiming Brand owes her $3,000 after she decided she no longer wanted to be involved in the charity and agreed to be bought out in February 2013.

In documents filed with the court, Brand wrote that A Better Life Foundation is not in a position to pay Griffiths now, but that Griffiths is welcome to donate the $3,000 and get a tax receipt. The case is due to go before a mediator in November.

Calen Knauf, a graphic designer, started a small claims case against Brand in 2012, claiming Brand owes him $6,000 for a website.

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According to a counterclaim Brand filed, the restaurateur claimed that missed “deliverables” on the project had caused him to lose $150,000 worth of business.

Court documents show that Brand’s counterclaim was dismissed after Brand failed to attend a mediation session in June.

None of the allegations in these lawsuits have been proven in court. Brand nevertheless says all the lawsuits are without merit and he is confident he will win.

“We’re really good operators and we’re really honest, but we also won’t be bullied,” Brand said. “So I will never back down from a legal position.”

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Teachers to vote Thursday on new contract

BC teachers could be back in the classrooms as early as Monday should they choose to vote in favour of a tentative six-year deal with the BC government on Thursday.

Mediator Vince Ready helped the BC Teachers’ Federation and the BC Public School Employers’ Association reach the tentative settlement in the early hours of Sept. 16.

BCTF president Jim Iker said Tuesday afternoon that the provincial teachers’ union is recommending its members ratify the contract.

“It was a tough series of negotiations but there were meaningful achievements in this field for teachers and students,” said Iker. “A tentative deal includes hundreds of new teaching positions each year as the result of an annual education fund that will be used exclusively for bargaining with new members, a mutually agreed process to address any future court decision.”

The public is prohibited from being told the complete details of the proposed deal until it is ratified by BCTF members, although leaked details are rumored to include a 7.25 per cent pay raise for teachers over six years, $108 million set aside to address class size and composition grievances, and an education fund of $480 million over five years with $400 million for BCTF members and $80 million for CUPE school support workers.

A beaming Premier Christy Clark called the six-year agreement historic at her own afternoon press conference on Tuesday.

“We’ll have five years in which we can sit and talk about the things that really matter and that’s improving education for children in classrooms,” she said.

The Vancouver School Board has complained that costs of previous collective agreement settlements were downloaded to school districts.

“Clearly, we made the commitment at the beginning of this that the increases are within our budget parameters, so it is the provincial government that is funding this particular settlement,” Education Minister Peter Fassbender said at the Tuesday press conference.

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Millions of small acts.

One big win for our environment.

By Scott Fraser President & CEO of Encorp Pacific (Canada)

The success of our system for recycling beverage containers proves that millions of small acts can add up to a big win for the environment.

Whether it’s aluminum cans, juice boxes, cartons, or glass and plastic bottles, if you are a typical BC resident, you probably generate four or ve empty beverage containers a week.

That doesn’t sound like a lot, but do the math and it adds up to hundreds of millions of empty beverage containers a year that would end up in the landll, if British Columbians like you hadn’t returned those containers for recycling.

In fact, last year almost 1 billion used beverage containers were returned for deposit and processed into new products. That includes more than 360 million aluminum cans, 338 million plastic bottles, 195 million glass bottles and 71 million drink boxes and cartons.

In total nearly 100,000 metric tons of material was kept out of BC’s landlls. If you nd it hard to imagine what that means, then consider that it is the equivalent weight of 60,000 midsized cars.

That’s right, the equivalent of 60,000 cars was removed from BC’s landlls, a few cans, bottles and cartons at a time.

But that’s not the only benet for BC. Recycling empty containers uses less energy than producing new ones.

The equivalent of 60,000 cars was removed from BC’s landfills, a few cans, bottles and cartons at a time.

For example, used aluminum cans are turned into new cans, a process that uses only 5% of the energy it takes to make new aluminum. Drink boxes and cartons are pulped and made into tissue and cardboard, saving 17 trees for every ton of paper ber produced. Plastic bottles are 100 percent recyclable for use in new plastic containers, and glass bottles are made into new bottles and sandblasting material.

As a result, the recycling of beverage containers contributed to a reduction of 135,000 tons of carbon dioxide that otherwise would have gone into BC’s atmosphere. Keeping with the driving theme, that’s the equivalent of taking 39,000 cars off the road in BC every year.

BC has one of the highest beverage container recycling rates in North America – last year 80

Nearly 100,000 metric tons of material was kept out of BC’s landfills. percent of all beverage containers sold in BC were returned and recycled. One reason for the high recovery rate is the many options that British Columbians have for returning their containers.

The Return-It™ network of over 170 depots across the province is the heart of the system, collecting over 90 percent of recycled containers.

Their share of returns continues to grow, in part because today’s depots are consumer friendly, clean, bright and open with large sorting tables.

It is also because today many depots accept a wide range of products for recycling, making them a convenient one-stop location for your recycling needs. For example, over 90 percent of Return-It Depots accept consumer electronics, like computers, TVs and printers, for recycling. Many also accept small appliances, paint, light bulbs and more.

For hotels, ofces, restaurants and multi-family buildings, many Return-It Depots and specialized mobile collectors offer a pick-up program, primarily in the Metro Vancouver area. If you live in a townhouse, condominium or apartment, look for the Encorp or Return-It branded collection bins in the garbage or recycling area of your building.

For recycling ‘on the go’, you may have noticed blue beverage container bins in various neighbourhoods in the City of Vancouver.

These bins are non-locking and designed to be self-serviced by residents or people wanting to receive the deposit refund attached to the containers deposited in the bins. This successful program is now expanding to other Metro Vancouver areas and to towns around BC. Even with this extensive system, though, BC would not have one of the highest recycling rates in North America without consumers making the decision to do the right thing for the environment.

That amounts to almost 3 million containers a day diverted from landlls to be made into new products – a lot of small acts adding up to a lot of good for BC.

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Tattoo artist specializes in nipple for breast cancer survivors

By Rob Mangelsdorf

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Art Godoy of Funhouse Tattoos on Cambie specializes in realistic nipple tattoos for women who have had mastectomies. Robert Mangelsdorf photo

attoo artist Art Godoy has built a 30-year career around his hyperrealistic work. As the owner of Funhouse Tattoos on Cambie, his tattoos adorn thousands of living canvases across Vancouver. But some of his best work rarely sees the light of day.

Nipples.

For breast cancer survivors who have undergone a mastectomy, Godoy will tattoo hyper-realistic nipples on their chest, giving them back some semblance of normalcy after having had so much taken from them.

“These women, they feel like they don’t own their bodies anymore,” says Godoy.

“They feel miserable all the fucking time, so when they find out they have this as an option, and they can make their nipples anyway they want them, they’re excited.”

Art Godoy has tattooed nipples on more than 30 women.

Submitted The first set of nipples Godoy ever tattooed were for a woman named Catherine who had both breasts amputated to stop the spread of cancer, and replaced with implants. Catherine brought in magazines with examples of exactly the kind of nipples she wanted. Godoy made a stencil, and carefully measured to make sure they would be symmetrical.

“When she sat down in the chair and took her shirt off, it was like she had nothing to

hide. You could tell she felt sexless… her breasts were just a smooth shiny surface,” he says. “When I was done, she looked at her self in the mirror, and instinctively covered herself up.

“It didn’t feel like she had her breasts back until there were nipples on them.”

Godoy estimates he’s done more than 30 sets of nipples for cancer survivors over the years. While some doctors offer nipple tattoos to mastectomy patients, the result

is usually a crude circle that looks nothing like a nipple.

“Some doctors attempt to do it, but it looks like a pink bingo dabber,” says Godoy.

“They don’t know what they’re doing. To make it look real, you need the little bumps, the shadowing, it needs to look like its sticking out.”

Godoy says he offers cancer survivors a discount on the work he does.

“I can’t do charity all the way, but I do a sliding scale based on what people can afford,” he says. “It’s more important to help give people’s lives back than make a buck.”

The cancer survivors Godoy tattoos are among his favourite clients to work with.

“They don’t act like your typical first-timer, they have their minds made up, so there’s no apprehension,” he says. “It’s cool to see. I love doing it, I love the reaction I get.”

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The measure of a man JJ Lee takes on Canada’s fashion subconscious for CBC’s Head to Toe

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ward-winning essayist, style columnist, and noted sentimentalist JJ Lee has spent his summer asking Canadians the thought-provoking question, “What is the real meaning behind the clothing that we put on every day?”

For two months, his CBC radio show Head to Toe explored the personal stories, social science, and hidden meanings behind the clothes that Canadians wear, and the full catalogue of shows is now available online at CBC.ca.

“One thing that I’ve been really focused on,” Lee explains, “is how early sportscasters figured out how to convey baseball on the radio. Boxing on the radio is an excellent experience, too.

I would love to be considered the person who was able to bring fashion alive on radio.”

“It’s a vain hope,” he adds with a laugh.

Lee grew up on Montreal’s South Shore. He studied fine arts at Concordia University and holds a Masters of Architecture degree from the University of British Columbia.

In 2006, left a job at CBC to apprentice at Vancouver’s legendary Modernize Tailors shop in Chinatown.

He then published the gripping memoir The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit, which chronicled his quest to honour and understand his father – a hard-working, hard-drinking restaurateur who passed away in 2001 at the age of 52.

The book was shortlisted for the 2011 GovernorGeneral’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction.

Lee also writes about menswear for The National Post and fashion and personal essays for ELLE Canada from his home in New Westminster, which he shares with his wife and twin boys.

When he arrives for his interview WE Vancouver, Lee is wearing a blue-on-blue seersucker jacket from the Gap and a pink Oxford Tommy Hilfiger button down (of which he shortened the sleeves, removed all the logos, and tailored along the

side seams). This is anchored by blue Old Navy chinos and deadstock Dack’s that lie somewhere between a Gucci loafer and a topsider. They’re brown and weathered, which is important.

He was probably wearing something very similar when two Definitely Not The Opera producers called him from their CBC headquarters in Winnipeg to pitch him Head to Toe. At that point, Lee had been out of broadcasting for a long time. He was still writing, but says a desire to “be out in the real world again” led him to seek employment at New Westminster’s last video store, as well. (He took a leave of absence to shoot the show).

In his time clerking behind the counter, Lee says his penchant for natty jackets and bow ties made a noticeable impression on his customers.

“I’m hyper approachable,” he says, the words sparking off his lips with the electricity of a live wire. “That’s my goal, even when I’m not working in journalism – I’m always leaving bread crumbs for you to find a way to me, and for me to find a way to you. I’m always trying to

wear something that makes you want to talk to me.”

JJ Lee is not dressing for everyone else, he’s dressing to meet everyone else.

So when CBC needed a streeter to stop pedestrians and talk fashion, Lee was the ace up their sleeve.

For two months, he confronted the fashion fears and foibles of Canadians along such topics as “what revealing clothing reveals about you”, and whether your work uniform is “actually doing its job”, and married that with hard science from sociologists, psychologists, historians, and culture critics, and studies from think tanks such as Harvard.

By exploring the hidden messages behind Canada’s fashion choices, Lee (who is quick to point out that he isn’t big on fashion, he simply loves clothes) says he was attempting to put the country’s inner self and outer appearance in synch.

With fashion-centric television shows such as Mad Men and Sex in the City drawing in millions of viewers over the last decade, people are more aware than ever about the power of fashion, but not necessarily more equipped to wield it.

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Melissa Stephens photo “I know a lot of people who dress up with great misery. A lot of self doubt. A lot of voices from the past,” he says quietly. “They dress a certain way to protect themselves against those denigrating voices. So part of what I like to do is to help people and give them the power

and the language, verbally and in the expression of their clothing.”

Because sometimes our thoughts, much like a suit, just need a little alteration.

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By Kelsey Klassen Vancouver Fashion Week continues until Sept. 21 with shows from 70 designers spanning 25 countries. Highlights from the remaining roster include the ready-towear rock chic of London’s Goldie on Sept. 19, and Antti Asplund’s “Heterophobia” on Sept. 21, created specifically for Helsinki Pride Week. Show passes start at $30.

For the full schedule and tickets, go to VanFashionWeek. com. VFW has also partnered with Kitsilano’s Fashion on Fourth to make the West 4th fashion district the official shopping and dining neighborhood of VFW. On Sept. 18, 15 area retailers, such as Gravity Pope, Coco’s Closet, and Wear Else, will host simultaneous in-store events while attendees party hop from 6-9pm.

Vancouver Community College’s graduate fashion show returns with the promise of discovery and a chance to support local designers from the moment they emerge into fashion’s merciless fight club. A peek at the previews up on VCC.ca has us wanting to see more from a whole swath of students, including the graceful geometry of Mikiko Katahira, the flapper-esque romance of Nicole Fromm, and Samantha Stroman’s corset dissertation.

Tickets are $20, and the gala takes place Sept. 23 from 6pm onward at the VCC’s Events Space, building B, 1120 E. 7th.

To kick off the launch off its fifth Barber & Co. location, Donnelly Group has partnered with Open Door Group, a non-profit organization that assists job-seekers living in the Downtown Eastside, as well as with Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver to offer Cuts for a Cause – an initiative to boost the confidence of men and boys through complimentary barber services. Cuts for a Cause will be offered at all five Barber & Co. locations: Cambie Village, Yaletown, Gastown, the Financial District, and the new shop at 2808 Main.

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By Jennifer Scott Organic Form Wine Rack. Space Lab, $1,995 This unique piece brings the season’s neutral palette into functional home elements. Designed by Mexican architect, Alfonso Bonilla, for Pachydermata Studio, this wine rack was made in Vancouver out of laminated CNC sheets of plywood. Standing roughly 5’ x 2.5’, the piece becomes a sculptural décor element while providing stylish storage for your vino. Multiple units can be used together for larger collections, and the unit can also be positioned horizontally to suit any setting.

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Another major fall trend is for faux animal references; faux furs, feathers, and modern twists to taxidermy are hot accessories for the home. We’ve seen ceramic skulls, but this season, fresh materials are making an entrance. This cast aluminum skull is a standout piece at nearly 24 inches, available in a bronze or silver finish. With intricate details and heavy texture, this piece will hold it’s own as a table centrepiece, or act a bold addition to wall décor. I’m picturing it nestled up on a fireplace hearth with a collection of vintage books.

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This season the look of refined elegance with a fresh, youthful twist is the major direction. We are seeing a softer palette and comfortable silhouettes for larger furnishings, paired with edgier metallic accents to keep the cool. The Blanche Sofa offers the perfect fit for any space – it is available in a ton of sizes, from single piece to full sectional. The chic slip-covered version (shown) is casual yet leaning toward traditional, and the Belgian linen fabric provides that upscale appeal.

The Late Greats Accent Pillows. Moule, $34.95 These stuffy historical figures are a super fun way to add a little playful personality to your decor. Whether it’s for a stylish nursery or fun family room, these little pillows are sure to start a conversation. Handmade in the USA by designer Chen Reichert, the famous figures range from Coco Chanel to Ghandi to George Washington. My personal fave? It’s a toss up between Frida Kahlo and Nikola Tesla!

Modular Adjusto Chairs. Scott Landon Antiques, $375 each.

Salvaged from a factory just outside Detroit, these super cool chairs are making a statement here in Vancouver. In the popular Eames style, these 1960’s chairs are some of the most interesting I’ve seen: They are height adjustable, the off-white colour is perfect for this season, and the molded fibreglass finish is both sleek and maintenance free. With 14 available, you could deck out your bar, your table or even a cafe!

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For the love of donuts

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C-born comedian Daryn Jones has taken over the post at Donut Showdown, now airing on the Food Network (Monday, 8 pm).

Currently in its second season, the Toronto-shot reality cooking show features competitors from across North America, with bakers, fine dining chefs, and home cooks all squaring off.

This season features a pair of Vancouver contestants, with dessert catering company Marked Edibles Design and Yew Seafood + Bar at the Four Seasons taking part.

WE Vancouver talked to the former MTV Live host about what makes a donut a donut, and why are they so universally loved.

Of all the foods you could have chosen to focus on, why donuts?

Its funny, because I didn’t think too hard about donuts before I was asked to come on and host the second season, but what I’ve realized is that whether we realize it or not, donuts are a national conversation.

A [donut] shop practically defines the nation. What you think of that, I’m not going to comment on, but everyone has an opinion on donuts, everyone has a favourite.

I’m a cruller guy, I like a nice simple sugary thing.

Some people like Boston cream, and I think those people are weird.

In your opinion, what makes the perfect donut?

Well it’s completely subjective. You have your different kinds of donuts, like your cake donut, which is your batter thrown into the fryer nice and quick.

Then you got your yeast donuts that take time to rise, and that’s where you can put your filling in. I like a simple cake donut, I like a simple chocolate, throw it in the fryer, throw some icing on it, maybe some glaze. Boom! Nice and simple.

What defines a donut?

The donut is not defined rigidly. Is a fritter a donut?

Does it have to have a hole?

These are the important conversations we as a nation we need to be having.

We’ve had competitors try to sneak what we thought were bagels through. You can justify anything as a donut – almost. Does it need to be fried or can it be raised? I’m more modern, I’m liberal with my attitudes towards what’s a donut. I’m a forward-thinker when it comes to donuts.

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What’s the thought process behind picking the secret ingredients the contestants must use?

There are some pretty weird ones like tomato juice and barbecue pork.

It’s not meant to be such a curveball that it’s like, how the heck are you going to make a donut with this, but it’s a different way to think about it. A donut doesn’t have to be all sweet. Savoury is an important flavour when you are talking about donuts. The contestants use these ingredients completely differently each time. The trick is embracing the secret ingredient.

If it’s something you don’t personally like, don’t hide it, you’ve got to embrace it, make sure it works, and make it stand out.

What’s the worst donut you’ve ever had?

Without giving too much away, there was a competitor on the show, and lets just say hygiene wasn’t their most prized skill in the kitchen. And the judges, these are top professionals from across North America, and the most important thing is that you want to make sure your food is clean and safe and healthy. So they are very concerned with the workstations of these competitors. They have to be spotless. They have to clean up as they go and you don’t want to contaminate any of the food. So this one competitor clearly came in with a head cold and wasn’t too concerned about where his or her sneezes were going. So that was the day that I tried to avoid the donuts. But that was a big sticking point. If you’re a chef, you’re a baker, you’re a cook, you can’t let your customers get sick.

Given the recent popularity of the cronut (croissant donut), and independent donut shops like Portland’s Voodoo Doughnuts becoming cultural phenomena, what do you think is responsible for this reappraisal of the donut.

You’re right, donuts have moved to forefront of our collective consciousness! We are in the midst of a donut renaissance and I couldn’t be happier, because I have a job where donuts are kind of the point of it all. I think the idea is, and this is just me speculating, is that the donut is simple, simple, simple. So you can do anything with it. Your ingredients, it can be anything.

Your garnishes, it can be anything. That means there a million different kinds of donuts to try.

The competitors who were successful on Donut Showdown, what did they manage to accomplish with their winning donuts?

At the end of the day, taste matters, period.

And it has to be properly prepared. You don’t want your cake donut to be too oily, or your yeast donut to not rise. With the secret ingredients that we have, it’s about incorporating them into the donut and not shying away. We’ve had chefs come on and try to out-think the donut, when really all you need to do is keep it simple. People like to eat a donut with their coffee, they want that blast of deliciousness and they don’t want to think too hard about it. So some of the contestants, I think were too smart for their own good.

Donut Showdown is back for a second season this month. Tell me about the show’s appeal.

It’s a lot of fun. It’s pretty stressful, too, to watch.

Even though the subject matter is fun and whimsical, these are people who really, really care about what they’re doing. And that’s something I found fun about it, because I’m not from the world of food.

I come from the world of comedy, and I love being surrounded by people who are doing their passion.

These are chefs, these are bakers, these are people who really care about how their donuts come out.

Then you add the time constraints on top, and then you add the secret ingredients, and it can turn into a really stressful thing.

And these are people who are defined by their donuts, so it was pretty tense, I’d have to say.

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Bufala brings high-class pizza to Kerrisdale The Dish

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erace Napoletana has become a bit of a tired concept in Vancouver. After decades of fast-food pies that didn’t do justice to the name, the last five years have seen a sudden and rapidly-spreading existence of high-quality pizza joints that throw around Caputo flour like it’s confetti during Carnivale. The upshot is that finding a decent margherita is a hell of a lot easier than it used to be.

When James Iranzad and Josh Pape, co-owners of Gastown’s popular Wildebeest, announced that they were expanding to Kerrisdale with a pizza joint focusing on Neapolitanstyle pies, my first thought was, “Who cares?”

Mea culpa.

Apparently, I care, very much. The restaurant’s short drive from my house has been undertaken too many times in the last few months since it opened.

The corner space is bright from wall-to-wall windows and high ceilings keep the noise level reasonable most of the time. Large wooden pizza plates line the wall over the bar, which is also where the pizza oven lives.

It can get a bit warm on crowded nights, so dress appropriately.

Cocktails ($7-$10) are, naturally, awesome. (Is Pape actually capable of mixing a bad drink?)

Try the Amalfi Fizz, a light, palate refresher of gin, Aperol, grapefruit,

lemon, soda, and egg white. Or the house Bufala, with bourbon, Amaro Montenegro, vermouth, and Maraschino. Wines are all strictly Italian and the wellchosen list is all available by the glass. Hops cover local and international craft breweries like Four Winds, Dageraad, Breakside, and Stiegl.

Where the restaurant truly shines is in the starters and pies, which make the sum total of offerings (apart from a few rotating desserts). The ubiquitous burrata is cleverly paired with veal tongue and charred scallions. Kale caesar with a runny egg on top is beautiful, crisp, and rich.

Roasted mortadella might be artery-hardening, but the rich meaty flavours are perfectly balanced by the pickled onions and shallot crumbs. Even the breadsticks (grissini) are outstanding; fresh, crunchy, wrapped in prosciutto and sprinkled with olive oil and salt.

As for the pizzas, it starts with the well-stretched dough. Beautiful, chewy, thin crusts have just the right amount of bubbling around the edges. The funghi is a heady mix of shimeji and portobello, with goat cheese, truffled pecorino, and watercress.

Green peas and ham might sound like an odd combination for a pizza, but pair it with taleggio over a cream sauce, and it’s somehow comforting and

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Service, especially on busy nights, can be inconsistent, with long wait times between before orders are taken and delivered. This might be due to an overworked kitchen, but it could definitely use some fine-tuning. High-top seat-

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ing around the community table seems to be designed for very short people who don’t mind bending their knees almost to their chests in order to take advantage of the foot rests. I’d recommend the banquette seating if you’re over 5’8” and have more than three people in your party. It’s also first come, first served here, so be prepared for line-ups for dinner.

Despite this, Bufala

has all the makings of an excellent neighbourhood hangout. The only thing missing is a patio, but stay tuned and chances are by next summer (possibly sooner), pizza al fresco will be the newest menu addition.

Open daily, 11:30am-10pm.

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Food: ★★★★ Service: ★★★ Ambiance: ★★★★ Overall: ★★★★ Anya Levykh has been writing about all things ingestible for more than 10 years. Hear her every Monday on CBC Radio One’s On the Coast and find her on Twitter @foodgirlfriday and Facebook.com/FoodGirlFriday. FoodGirlFriday.com

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By Anya Levykh

SCENE | HEARD Gillespie’s Fine Spirits is the newest craft distillery to pop onto the local craft spirit scene. The Squamish tasting room opens to the public on Sept. 19. The product portfolio includes Gastown Shine vodka, Sin Gin, Lemoncello and a rye-based vodka. Whiskeys are planned for down the road. GillespiesFineSpirits. com In honour of its 25th anniversary, Quail’s Gate Winery has created limited quantities of a new Syrah, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Pinot Gris, which are now available at the winery. QuailsGate.com The Parker’s chef Curtis Luk has moved on to take over the toque at Bambudda.

No word yet on who his replacement will be.

Uwe Boll, who holds the dubious privilege of being named one of the world’s worst movie directs, is planning to open a restaurant in Gastown sometime early in 2015 called Bauhaus. The focus of the restaurant is stated as “European,” but where in Europe is

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On Sept. 21, Good Wolf, in partnership with Decero Wines, will be offering an Argentine brunch. Tickets are $30 per person and include roasted pig on a spit, other roasted meats and brunch accompaniments. Paired wines, including Decero’s syrah, malbec, cabernet sauvignon, and petit verdot wines are also included. GoodWolf.ca Big Lou’s Butcher Shop will offer Sunday butchery classes starting Sept. 21, including whole hog butchery and sausage making. Learn the secrets of whole animal butchery and leave with a few pounds of meat to play with at home. Classes are $175 per person and are limited to six people per class. BigLousButcherShop.com

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3 things to know about Neapolitan pizza Follow Me Foodie

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fter consuming 15 pizzas in four days from six highlyacclaimed pizzerias in Naples, Italy, you would think I would I know Neapolitan pizza to a tee, but not so much. The more I learn about it the less I think I know it, and now I’m rethinking pizza all together.

I tried pizzas from both Verace Pizza Napoletana (VPN) “true Neapolitan pizza” certified pizzerias as well as non-VPN places and not one was better than the other. They were all good, and even on the VPN certified level, there were still inconsistencies.

Pizza masters have different philosophies behind pizza and their interpretation varied regardless of being certified.

The certification also requires a one-time fee of $2,000 and a $250 annual fee after, so while it intends to protect the traditions of Neapolitan pizza, it is not necessarily a sign of how good a pizza is. And even certified pizzerias don’t follow all the guidelines, which are not being inspected on a

daily basis.

Under the VPN rules an authentic Neapolitan pizza should have characteristics such as hand made dough, ingredients preferably from Campania, sliced cheese as opposed to hand-torn, pizza cooked in a wood-fired oven for 60-90 seconds, and a soft, elastic crust, which North Americans still seem hesitant about.

So while many things are questionable, there are some things that can be set straight. This is not a say-all, end-all, but there are certain characteristics of Neapolitan pizzas that are undeniable.

The following three characteristics are typical of most Neapolitan pizza, and ironically it’s the three things North Americans tend to have a hard time accepting or understanding.

1. The crust is foldable from the centre to the edge.

Yes, give up on the “crisp crust”. If you want a true Neapolitan pizza, the pizza centre and rim should fold upon itself. “Crisp” and “crunchy” are not adjectives to describe Neapolitan pizza.

2. The pizza is tender and

Traditional Neapolititan pizza, like these examples from Italy, should be uncut, with soft, elastic crusts. It is common for the toppings to be a soupy, runny, delicious mess.

Mijune Pak photos soft in the centre. Again, it’s not crispy and when you pick it up, the centre should sag or droop. Thirteen of the 15 pizzas I tried were soupy and soggy with wet centres, and the three that weren’t were from the same place – Pepe in Grani (arguably the godfather of Neapolitan pizza).

3. They come uncut, so stop asking for them to be cut. The reason the come uncut is so the flavours stay in tact. As mentioned, most of them are soupy, and if you cut the pizza the sauce and juices run. Most people still eat pizzas with a knife and fork, so the pizza

will eventually be cut, but it shouldn’t be when it’s served. That being said, eating with hands is accepted.

In the end it all comes down to taste and taste is personal. Pizzerias outside of Naples tend to cater to the tastes of the clientele, so rules change and things

adapt according to context.

Recipes also change with time, and within Neapolitan pizza standards there is room for personal style.

Whether or not a pizzeria sticks to these common characteristics, or whether or not they are understood or appreciated is uncontrollable, but traditions and the art of pizza making should at least be acknowledged.

Note: Pizzerias included in the research for this article are: Pizzeria 50 Kalo di Ciro Salvo, Pizzeria di Matteo, L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele, L’antica Pizzeria Port’Alba, Pizzeria Vesi, and Pepe in Grani. Pizzeria Starita and Pizzeria Sorbillo were closed at the time or they would have been included.

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Fight fall fat with health foods and fitness

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• Yogurt and fresh fruit or Greek yogurt with a sprinkling of cereal and fruit.

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Need for speed Chopped fruits and vegetables can be bought for a premium by the cash-rich but time-strapped.

“If time is short that’s all the more reason to get the kids involved,” she said.

“Soon enough, as they get older, they can do it themselves.”

Verbowski recommends choosing a specific time to prepare multiple lunches and snacks.

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Your Kitchen Dietitian, recommends snacking with the seasons, eating apples and pears in the fall. Slice up fruits ahead of time so you can snack on them as you would berries or add a dollop of peanut butter to apples.

“I’m not morning person myself,” the dietitian of five years conceded. “I chop things up the night before… If you stirred in a teaspoon of lemon juice that would just keep it from going brown and a little bit fresher for longer.”

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When seasonal fruits have spoiled and salads no longer suffice, eat soups abundant with leeks, onions, beets and squash.

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For those who crave salt, Verbowski recommends eating nuts, unsalted, or lightly salted, for a somewhat crunchy snack. She recommends pre-portioning quarter cups of nuts in little baggies.

Crackers with humus, vegetable with humus or oil and vinegar dressing can satisfy a salt craving along with salsa and 15 to 30 lowsodium tortilla chips.

“Pre-portioning it, that’s the key,” she said. “If you sit there in front of a really large bag then it’s harder to

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Dietitian Vashti Verbowski recommends simplifying healthy snacking by preparing snacks in advance.

Dan Toulget photo control yourself whereas if you take a bowl, put a handful of chips in the bowl and then pack the bag away it’s fine to have them.”

Verbowski recommends checking the per cent of daily value of sodium on food labels and choosing foods that contain 15 per cent or less sodium.

Sugar fix “Prevent [sugar cravings] before they start,” Verbowski said. “Eat regular meals to keep yourself well fed throughout the day… If you skip meals, your body will crave energy, which usually comes in the form of sweet cravings.”

People with a sweet tooth should choose naturally sweet foods first, such as fresh fruit or sweet red bell peppers.

“If you’re really craving chocolate, ice cream… keep the portion size in check, like one or two squares of dark chocolate (dark chocolate because it is more flavourful and a smaller amount can be more sat-

isfying),” she said. “I have special dishes for ice cream that only fit half [a] cup so that makes it easier to portion control.”

Those watching their weight should choose a snack of 100 calories.

Your mood & food As daylight hours wane, so can buoyant moods.

Eating breakfast and a meal every four to six hours is key.

“Anyone who feels a bit of a slump in the fall with their mood, one thing they can do is be consistent with their own [food] intake,” she said.

Kids and snacks Involve kids in making their own meals and snacks.

“They’re more likely they’ll eat it and they’re more likely to enjoy it if they had a part in making it,” Verbowski said.

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Exercise Plan the physical activity you’ll continue once the weather turns.

“Some research shows that some people don’t necessarily reduce how much they eat when they decrease their exercise,” Verbowski said.

Lunchtime walkers can stash an umbrella and an extra pair of shoes at work, new cyclists can invest in a rain jacket and others might want to join a gym for the winter months.

“Take advantage that you have some healthy habits from the summer,” she said. “If it’s become part of your daily lifestyle, don’t lose it.”

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Using smartphones, festival-goers could vote for their favourite beer during the main event on Saturday. Picking a single winner might have seemed daunting, with more than 50 breweries from across North America represented.

However, Parallel 49 had one of the most consistently crowded tents at the festival, demonstrating just how popular the

two-year-old brewery has become.

“It’s pretty awesome,” says Graham With, P49’s head brewer. “It’s nice to get the public on your side, I suppose.”

The brewery was awarded one-year draft contracts with the Longhorn Saloon and Dubh Linn Gate, as well as a bottle contract with the Garibaldi Lift Co. – all of which are located in Whistler Village at the base of Whistler Mountain.

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igher density allowances under Vancouver’s new and controversial West End Community Plan (WECP) have increased property prices along major thoroughfares and spurred several real estate transactions, according to industry insiders.

Bosa Properties and Kingswood Properties’ $120 million acquisition last month of the former Crown Life building at 1500 West Georgia Street is the latest and priciest of these transactions to close.

The WECP provides the policy framework for the site’s owners to build a 400-foot tower on a 6,500-square-foot base in the site’s courtyard, which is now a plaza and pool.

Bosa and Kingswood bought the 37-yearold, 200,000-square-foot green-glass tower from the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP).

Both Kingswood president Lorne Segal and a HOOPP representative confirmed that a density hike on the site thanks to the WECP was a key factor in the deal.

HOOPP’s business plan is to own longterm, income-producing properties, not develop buildings.

“When the WECP was approved, it made the whole property more valuable,” explained Avison Young (AY) principal Bob Levine, who helped broker the deal alongside fellow AY principals Michael Gill and Darrell Hurst.

Segal said that he has been interested in the site for years but that he and partner Colin Bosa would not have bid $120 million for it had they been buying only a building.

“Clearly, you couldn’t justify the purchase price for the building itself,” Segal said. “The bonus was that at some point there would be an opportunity to develop something that would complement the building.”

The 1500 West Georgia transaction follows Wall Financial Corp.’s $83.5 million purchase from a private family of the city block bounded by Alberni, Nicola, and Broughton streets and the lane between Alberni and Robson.

City of Vancouver assistant director of planning Kevin McNaney said that Wall Financial’s property is similar to the 1500 West

Georgia site in that the WECP gives its owner the opportunity to build a 400-foot tower on a 6,500-square-foot footprint.

The WECP also affected a third site that recently changed hands.

In June, an unnamed buyer bought Davie Street’s Best Western Sands Hotel from BCbased R.P.B. Holdings for $31 million in a transaction that, according to brokers, ranks as one of the most expensive per unit in BC history.

Levine said that while these recent transactions are large, the WECP did not provide each with the same density bump.

“Different sites have different designations,” he said. “On 1500 West Georgia, you could build condominiums there basically as you see fit.

“At the Sands site, [the city] will limit you to have 20 per cent social housing or if you don’t do condominiums you could do market rental.”

But critics such as West End Neighbours director Randy Helten and Vancouver Cedar Party mayoral candidate Glen Chernen say that little positive will come from these transactions even though McNaney stressed that WECP also addresses the need for amenities.

“We’re looking at density being dumped on the neighbourhood and losing community amenities,” Helten said.

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BC films get red carpet treatment at VIFF Vancouver International Film Festival features 355 films from 65 countries, including the 13-film BC Spotlight

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Terry McEvoy might just have the fix you need. After all, he’s the top dealer in town.

As programmer of the Vancouver International Film Festival’s (VIFF) BC Spotlight, McEvoy (and a jury of venerable cinephiles) pulled together a program of 13 feature-length films that paint a compelling picture of the province’s film industry.

When McEvoy and VIFF first launched the BC Spotlight back in September 2013, it was in the midst of a tough period for the local film and television biz. The industry was feeling the impact of the tax credit debacle. Studios sat empty and workers faced an uncertain future as foreign productions fled the province. The industry responded with rallies and the #SaveBCFilm campaign.

VIFF’s BC Spotlight was meant to bolster confidence and inflame audience interest in locally made film fare.

That inaugural BC Spotlight broke VIFF attendance records, and revealed that, even when there isn’t that much spillover money available to fund their creative endeavours, BC’s filmmakers are still capable of crafting cinematic gems that entertain and inspire – and when they do, Vancouver audiences eat it all up.

“People at the end of the day like to see homegrown productions,” says McEvoy in a phone interview with WE Vancouver. “They like to see what’s going on in the minds of the people that we see around every day.”

There are several ways to gauge the health of a film industry. One is volume, and according to McEvoy, BC filmmakers are churning out reams of quality work.

“I can’t make a general statement about the number of people that are employed, but as for the number of people that are doing something, there are a lot,” says McEvoy. “Is the industry healthy and robust? Absolutely.”

McEvoy (together with the aforementioned jury) considered more than 50

feature-length documentaries and narrative films for the 13-film showcase.

“There were some very difficult decisions that had to be made to get it down to 13,” says McEvoy.

“There certainly were other programmable films that we couldn’t do because of the limitations we have.”

The program is varied, including robust comedy in Preggoland, eye-opening documentaries Everything Will Be, The Pristine Coast, and Just Eat It, horror fare like Bloody Knuckles, as well as dramas, cross-genre pieces, and a couple of films that defy classification.

So what do the BC Spotlight films tell us about BC filmmakers in general?

McEvoy likens it to the shared experience of commuters.

“If you get on a No. 4 bus and go across town, is there a thread that runs through all the people that you see on that bus? They’re connected because they’re coming from this perspective, and they’re seeing the world from this perspective.”

One trend he notes relates to where BC filmmakers seek their inspiration.

Very often, they look beyond the borders of our province.

“The lesson that I learn every year is how we look outside to tell stories,” says McEvoy, singling out Vic Sarin’s The Boy from Gaita, a documentary about a 12-year-old boy struggling with albinism and racism in a remote Tanzanian village.

BC films can hold their own against those produced in any other province in Canada, says McEvoy – and if anyone would know, it’s McEvoy. VIFF’s Canadian Images program screens more homegrown films than any other fest on the planet, and as Canadian Images’ programmer, McEvoy has viewed well over 300 feature-length CanCon films this year alone.

“There is no film in the BC Spotlight that would not be quite legitimately programmed if I were programming anywhere else in the country or anywhere else in the world,” says McEvoy.

“They’re all really solid films.”

Above: Turbulence,

by Vancouver filmmaker Soran Mardookhi, tells the story an Iraqi Kurd immigrant and his daughter.

Below: Sitting on the Edge of Marlene is director Ana Valine’s first featurelength film.

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“Is the industry healthy and robust?

Absolutely.”

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It’s a little unfair to ask McEvoy to choose his favourites from the BC Spotlight program – but we pose the question anyway. After diplomatically proclaiming equal love for the entire program (like any good parent should), he name checks a few of the BC Spotlight films about which he’s particularly excited.

“The biggest surprise for me was probably a film called Turbulence by Soran Mardookhi,” says McEvoy.

“It’s a difficult story about an immigrant from Iraqi Kurdistan and his daughter, and contains stellar performances.”

There’s also director Ana Valine’s first feature Sitting on the Edge of Marlene (“She’s directed several shorts, and this a remarkable, mature and thoughtful film”), and Maureen Bradley’s Two 4 One (“It strains your belief, this idea that this couple gets together and both end up pregnant, but the set-up that she has for it, and the

performances in it, are just fantastic”).

As an added support to VIFF’s BC-made films, organizers have brought back the audience-driven #mustseeBC contest for its second outing. The BC film that secures the most votes in advance of the festival will be feted at the BC Spotlight Awards + Gala on Oct. 4, and screened to a packed house of film fans and industry peers.

“It’s a big deal, because it means that, all of a sudden, all the BC filmmakers will be in the same room looking at your film,” says McEvoy.

For complete #mustseeBC details (including trailers and fan rewards), visit mustseeBC.VIFF.org.

VIFF runs Sept. 25 to Oct. 10 at venues around Vancouver. With 355 films from 65 countries, a little pre-planning is probably in order; peruse the entire VIFF line-up and schedule at VIFF.org.

VIFF VENUES With 355 films from 65 countries screening over 17 days, VIFF needs more than a couple of venues in which to screen their picks; in fact, they need seven. Here’s a handy list of participating venues.

The Centre In Vancouver For The Performing Arts 777 Homer (between Georgia & Robson) The Cinémathèque 1131 Howe (at Helmcken) Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas 88 West Pender Vancouver Playhouse 600 Hamilton (at Dunsmuir) Rio Theatre 1660 East Broadway (at Commercial) SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for The Arts 149 West Hastings (at Abbott) Vancity Theatre Vancouver International Film Centre 1181 Seymour (at Davie) Check VIFF.org for ticket and schedule information.

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PREGGOLAND

Directed by Jacob Tierney This might just be the hit of this year’s VIFF. Written

by Vancouver actress Sonja Bennett (Godiva’s; Random Acts of Romance), Preggoland stars its scribe as a 30-something woman who fakes a pregnancy to fit in with her peer group. As you can imagine, hilarity ensues. The film boasts a bevy of local stars as well as James (Sonny Corleone!) Caan and Danny Trejo (Machete). Preggoland had its world premiere at TIFF, with one reviewer calling it a career-defining performance for Trejo. I’m calling it a game-changer and star-maker for Bennett.

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Sundance award-winning director, and her latest project examines the shifting landscape in Vancouver’s Chinatown from the perspective of its oldest and newest community members.

BLOODY KNUCKLES

Directed by Matt O’Mahoney The trailer for this made my skin crawl in the best possible way. Comic book illustrator Travis (portrayed

by Adam Boys) loses his drawing hand after he insults a gangster in the pages of his underground publication – but his disembodied hand has unfinished business. As a splatter-horror flick, Bloody Knuckles (get it? ‘Cause the hand’s alive?) isn’t for the weak-hearted, but gore-lovers will likely cheer for Travis’ avenging hand as it wreaks havoc and dispenses justice.

SITTING ON THE EDGE OF MARLENE Directed by Ana Valine There was a lot of buzz about Sitting on the Edge

of Marlene at the 2014 Leo Awards. It garnered two Leo awards, including one for best director – an impressive feat, considering this is Ana Valine’s first time directing a feature. Based on the Billie Livingston novella, the bittersweet, highly emotional drama details two years in the lives of a couple of grifters: 14-year-old Sammie (Paloma Kwiatkowski) and her pill-popping mother, Marlene (Suzanne Clément). It’s rich and heavy stuff.

TURBULENCE

Directed by Soran Mardookhi It’s hard to muster up the courage to leave everything you’ve ever known to build a new life in a faraway country – and harder still when you’ve come from war and desperate circumstances, and you can’t shake the trauma you left behind. Turbulence is about one such immigrant journey. Writer-director

Soran Mardookhi tells the story of new Canadian immigrant Sherzad (Kamal Yamolky), who worked as an electrical engineer in Iraqi Kurdistan, and his estranged young daughter, Jina, who turns to drugs to numb her childhood memories. Keep those tissues close by.

BEDBUGS: A MUSICAL LOVE STORY While not part of the BC Spotlight (it’s not a feature), this BC-made short film is still worth a viewing or three. Shot and locked earlier this year during the Crazy 8s festival, this little film – literally a musical love story involving a bedbug infestation – is a gem, which isn’t surprising considering it was directed

by Matthew Kowalchuk, who took home the prize for Best Emerging Director for Lawrence & Holloman at last year’s VIFF. Check it out as part of the Canadian Images – Shorts program.

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Starring Tom Hardy, James Gandolfini Directed by Michaël R. Roskam

Not even Tom Hardy’s brilliantly understated performance and James Gandolfini’s final feature film role can save Michaël R. Roskam’s bland and sometimes languid crime drama, The Drop.

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mines too many familiar genre tropes to offer anything memorable. Mild-mannered bartender Bob Saginowski (Hardy) and his employer Marv (Gandolfini) find themselves deeply entwined in the local criminal underworld and a police investigation following the robbery of their mutual establishment.

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Drop stems from the narrative tangents that branch off from its main plot. Bob finds a whimpering puppy in the trash and soon befriends a mysterious woman with a dark past (Noomi Rapace) who is being followed by a dangerous ex-boyfriend (Matthias Schoenaerts).

Meanwhile, a tough talking cop (John Ortiz) is hot on the

case of the robbery and takes every opportunity to spout hackneyed dialogue. It all meanders tediously along with no forward momentum and sparse glimpses of tension.

However, most of the acting in the film is top notch. Hardy proves to be one of the most versatile talents working in movies and Gandolfini, though not as emotionally vulnerable as last year’s wonderful Enough Said, crafts a worthy final role. Rapace is effective, but she’s not given much to do other than look anxious, while Schoenaerts sizzles as an unstable man lurking on the edge of insanity. This is the supreme folly of The Drop; so much on-screen talent wasted in such a lacklustre film.

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Double dose of dance And if that’s not enough, sandwiched between those dates is opening show of The Dance Centre’s

2014-2015 Global Dance Connections contemporary dance series, starring the world-renowned Ballet Preljocaj. Created by the company’s celebrated French choreographer Angelin Preljocaj, Empty Moves (parts I, II & III) is set to the infamous 1977 recording of John Cage’s Empty Words, where the minimalist composer calmly recites radically abstracted text at an uncomprehending and increasingly irate audience.

This soundtrack is integral to Preljocaj’s choreographic response, which creates a sophisticated and meditative ode to the abstract as a quartet of dancers executes a flow of inexhaustible movement with absolute precision and technical skill. Spare, contemplative and sensual, this absorbing work unfolds as an elegant counterpoint to the turbulent score. Ballet Preljocaj will be at the Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie) Sept. 25-26. Tickets are $32/$24. Call 604-6842787 or go to TicketsTonight.ca. –Kelsey Klassen

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esign is at its best when it is blending in seamlessly with our needs – so deliberate we don’t even notice it working – or shaking up our routines by promising answers to questions we hadn’t yet thought to ask.

It affects us as we sit at our desks and read in our beds, as we walk through public spaces and drive through mountain passes, as we reach for the faucet or pick up the phone. Design helps us not only integrate information into our lives but effortlessly adapt to it.

But what kind of conversation can include all that context, all those creators, and all those channels of energy? You’d need an entire week to cover it all. Or better yet, two.

Vancouver’s first Design Week runs now until Sept. 28, featuring 14 days of studio tours, high-profile speakers, and showcases with artists of architecture, interior design, graphic design, food, and fashion.

There are an estimated 80 design weeks globally. From established design hubs like New York and London to emerging creative centres like Reykjavik, Dublin, and Cape Town, these celebrations help advance the social, economic and cultural development in their respective cities through dialogue. Closer to home, Vancouver Design Week joins the recently established Seattle Design Festival (2011) and Design Week Portland (2012) to form a Pacific Northwest design fest trifecta.

Over the years there have been other, more niche, design week initiatives, but according to Design Week co-founder Jennifer Cutbill this is a first for Vancouver with such scope.

“They were fabulous efforts,” Cutbill says

of the predecessors, “but we’re really looking to see how we can leverage and expand that audience. This will be the first one that is inclusive of all the design disciplines. It’s design as a verb, design as process, and, really, design as potential.”

The city-wide event opened with Vancouver’s inaugural Urban Design Awards – awarded by the City to 10 projects demonstrating visionary thinking in architecture and urban design – and ends with the 10th annual Interior Design Show West which brings exciting international design talent to the Vancouver Convention Centre Sept. 25-28.

Other highlights include the Open Doors series, which allows patrons to visit with working design professionals in their studios, and Samplings, a food series taking place on the hardtops of coffee shops, tasting rooms, and restaurants throughout Vancouver, featuring talks with the chefs, mixologists, and interior designers who bring these spaces to life.

The CreativeMornings breakfast series is teaming up with networking pros Likemind Vancouver and social media pioneers Hootsuite to get 300 people discussing the creative process at SFU Woodwards on Sept. 19. The talk will feature Vancouver artist Reece Terris, whose architectural portfolio includes a six-storey apartment building temporarily installed inside the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Also that day, the Museum of Vancouver is hosting Why I Design, an interactive conversation with 30 designers (including Andrew Zo, creator of the buzzworthy engagement ring box that can fit in a wallet) about their work, and why they choose to do it in Vancouver.

Ticket prices vary; go to VancouverDesignWk. com to register.

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A strike against teachers It’s so hard for school teachers – between winter vacation, spring vacation, and a massive summer vacation – how can they find time to strike? And the “professional development days” – to say that with a straight face? Wow. School is like a lotus pond. Beneath the surface is a dark slimy place. There is boredom, peer pressure, bullying (often, psychologically, by the teachers, who are no longer permitted to beat children, as I was when I suffered through school). There is suicide and evil predators like the diabolical Coquitlam teacher – “Mr. Swirl”.

Sometimes, a lotus blooms – the child succeeds. For too many, it is a wasted childhood of droning teachers, useless information, and crappy box lunches. BCTF, the rebels think you’re full of it. –Arnie Carnegie

Bike rave The other day I was in the Burrard St./Cornwall Ave. area (near the southside end of Burrard Bridge) and the City had finished a road/ bike-path construction project in the area. It is

absolutely fabulous. I took a little walking tour around the region. The original plan to put a bike-path through the Kitsilano Beach park, which I thoroughly protested, was a horrible idea, and what they have done instead is really fantastic, I think. I can’t ride a bike anymore, but a friend of mine who does feels the same way. To be honest, I don’t care what problems might have resulted for motorists. Times are a-changing and the time will come, I predict, when mini-electric cars will be the norm. That will certainly reduce some problems and traffic congestion. The City deserves praise, too, for many things!!! –A citizen

Comma drama To the pompous ass, signed G Pick, who wasted almost half of the rant/rave section to admonish those who aren’t quite up to his/her grammar and punctuation standards and are therefore idiots (Rants, Sept. 11), may I remind you Vancouver is a multi-cultural city where for many English is not their first language.

I realize, at this time of writing, the teachers’ (gee, I hope I used the apostrophe correctly) strike is still a reality but shouldn’t you use your spare time a little more constructively?

Calling those who care for fair working conditions in third world countries by only using fair trade products ‘oh so superior’ and ‘elitist’ tells me what sorry boar you are. Or is that bore? –William Muller

Preventing gang activity in BC ▾ MYTH: As a gangsters girlfriend or wife you’ll have everything you want: Reality:

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14 at the Imperial on Main Street. The popular annual fundraiser, which features samplers from 20 Vancouver restaurants, raised over $125,000 for the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation – a Vancouver-based non-profit that provides comfort care and resources for people living with HIV/AIDS. Supplied photo 5 The 13th annual Music Therapy Ride wrapped up Sept. 13 at the Garibaldi Lift Co. in Whistler with close to 200 people making the motorcycle ride up the Sea-to-Sky Highway to help raise funds to support music therapy services across BC. Music Therapy Ride organizers Patrick Zulinov (centre left) and Chris Duncombe (centre right) are flanked by Clayton Bellamy (far left) and Jason McCoy (far right) of the Juno award-winning country rock band, The Road Hammers. Robert Mangelsdorf photo

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Even gangsters’ girlfriends and wives are the target of violence and retribution, with women associated in some way to gangsters murdered, some in front of their children.Over the past several years there have been a number of women associated in some way to gangsters murdered, some in front of their children.

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marker, to check it out and take a picture or two. It’s made for the explorer-style road-trip, rather than hammering down the highway to make time.

and fit and finish appear very good.

It’s uncomplicated but upscale, and there is a bit of that two-tone nature available: tan seats come with black carpets so you don’t mark them up with muddy boots.

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Outback: the name conjures up a desiccated, heat-stroked landscape of dust and scrubby shrubs, with perhaps a single bleached sheep skull lying on the ground, a home for some highly poisonous spider or snake. Strewth, that’s some seriously kangaroo-infested terrain you’ve got to cross there.

Speaking of the highway, here it is very comfortable indeed, soaking up bumps with that soft suspension. There is a little more windnoise above 80km/h than expected, but it’s a much quieter car than almost any other Subaru has been. The CVT keeps engine revs low, and you just cruise on to your destination, getting decent fuel economy.

The front seats are quite comfortable, and the rears have plenty of space. Subaru calls their sunroof panoramic, but it’s smaller than you’d find in older Outbacks, although that does mean more headroom for rear passengers.

However, this vehicle is not so much a desert explorer as it is a denizen of the rainforest. They should have called it the Subaru Damp.

For more than two decades, the Outback has been a sort of anti-SUV, providing all the capacity of a large wagon with a little extra ground clearance, with the side bonus of some sweet two-tone paintwork. Okay, so maybe that last part was more questionable than attractive.

Even with Forester sales doing very well, the Outback is an important car for Subaru, and now there’s a new one.

Time to see if it’s fair dinkum, or a bit of a dingo.

Design:

In the very back of the Outback, there’s a whacking great trunk, one that comes with all sorts of optional accessories including a divider so you can keep your pooch from clambering over the seats. The space is approximately 75cm tall, and just over a metre wide between the wheel-wells.

When you get there, should the last few miles be gravel or sand, the Outback is as ridiculously capable as you’d expect from a Subaru.

I drove it out through drifts of soft sand on the coast of Oregon and it wasn’t fazed in the slightest.

Performance:

Features:

Two engines are on offer for the Outback, either the ubiquitous 2.5L flat-four, or the smooth 3.6L flat-six. The latter makes 256hp at 6000rpm, and now comes bolted to a continuously variable transmission for a little more fuel economy and even smoother operation.

In the mid-2000s, the Legacy was probably the bestlooking Subaru that the company produced (admittedly, they aren’t known for building beauties). The car that followed was somewhat chunky, but some of the svelte shape has come back: the Outback’s a pretty handsomelooking rig up front.

The 175hp 2.5i also gets bolted to a CVT except where Canadians are concerned – we have at least the option of choosing a six-speed manual. However, most Outbacks will leave the showroom with the 2.5 and the CVT, so that’s how I drove it.

The plastic trimmings around the base of the car are all you get to indicate a rugged nature – no more two-tone paint – and the raised suspension still doesn’t make this car as tall as most crossovers. There are integrated, swingout crossboars for carrying kayaks and the like, and they’re actually reachable.

It’s hard, at first, to believe that the Outback shares any DNA with the WRX it’s likely parked beside in the showroom. This is a big, relatively heavy car (2000kg), so 175hp is just adequate in terms of acceleration. If there’s a short passing space on a winding country road, it might not have quite enough gumption to take advantage of a small gap.

The only demerit that might be offered is that Subaru’s new corporate grille is remarkably similar to that found on most Hyundais. It makes the Outback a little less distinctive that it was before.

Environment:

What’s more, that raised suspension does contribute to more than a bit of body roll, meaning that hustling the Outback along a curving road is a bit of a chore. Grip is plentiful and everything feels nice and safe, but this is not the Outback’s natural habitat.

On the inside, things get even less Subaru-y, and that’s a good thing. In the company’s model hierarchy, the Outback actually sits slightly above the Forester, something you can immediately tell as soon as you step into the Outback’s interior.

Don’t be put off, this is a very amiable car to drive. It simply favours a different driving style, the kind that has you pull over every second time you see a historical

The cabin trimmings are very nicely finished, with brushed metal or a matte-finish wood that’s very classy,

The Outback is available with Subaru’s new Starlink infotainment system, which is just as intuitive as any other on the market, and maybe even easier to use. It works with pinch-and-swipe gestures just like a smartphone, and is easy to navigate through the various menus. You also get a small display in the instrument cluster which repeats navigation directions.

Also handy for exploration is the availability of quad heated seats and plenty of USB and 12v power outlets for all sorts of mobile devices. There are enough cubbies to more than adequately outfit your expedition.

The Outback has legs too. Official fuel economy ratings are at 9.4L/100kms in-city and 7.1L/100kms highway, and real-world testing saw figures in the mid-6L/100kms. With a 70L fuel tank, that’s plenty of range for your adventures.

Green Light:

Roomy, comfortable interior; easy-to-use navigation system; excellent off-road ability

Stop Sign:

Moderate acceleration; no push-button start except on toptrim models; power tailgate is a bit slow

The Checkered Flag:

Still a proper adventure vessel from Subaru, but you’re no longer roughing it.

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ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): These horoscopes I write for you aren’t primarily meant to predict the future. They are more about uncovering hidden potentials and desirable possibilities that are stirring below the surface right now. When I’m doing my job well, I help you identify those seeds so you can cultivate them proactively. Bearing that in mind, I’ll pose three pertinent questions. 1. What experiments might stir up more intimacy in the relationships you want to deepen? 2. What could you change about yourself to attract more of the love and care you want?

3. Is there anything you can do to diminish the sting of bad memories about past romantic encounters, thereby freeing you to love with more abandon?

good intentions. Be cagey as you learn how to get the cure you need.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): The old Latin motto Gradu diverso, via una can be translated as either “Continuing on the same road, but with a different stride”, or “Going the same way, but changing your pace.” I think this is excellent advice for you, Taurus. By my reckoning, you are on the correct path.

You are headed in the right direction. But you need to shift your approach a bit – not a lot, just a little. You’ve got to make some minor adjustments in the way you flow.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): I rarely waste my time trying to convert the “skeptics” who attack astrology with a hostile zeal that belies their supposed scientific objectivity. They’re often as dogmatic and closedminded as any fundamentalist religious nut. When I’m in a tricky mood, though, I might tell them about the Crawford Perspectives a highly rated Wall Street investment publication that relies extensively on astrological analysis.

Or I might quote the wealthy financier J.P. Morgan, who testified that “Millionaires don’t use astrology; billionaires do.” That brings us to my main point, Virgo: The astrological omens suggest that the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to put in motion plans to get richer quicker. Take advantage!

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): For years, Donna and George Lewis used a 33-pound, oval-shaped rock as a doorstop in their Tennessee home. Later they moved it to their garden. Then one day George analyzed it with his metal detector and realized it had unusual properties. He took it to scientists who informed him it was a rare and valuable four-and-ahalf-billion-year-old meteorite. With this as our subtext, Gemini, I’m asking you if there might be some aspect of your life that is more precious than you imagine. Now is a favorable time to find out, and make appropriate adjustments in your behavior.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): I’ve got a radical proposal, Cancerian. It might offend you. You may think I’m so far off the mark that you will stop reading my horoscopes. But I’m willing to take that risk, and I’m prepared to admit that I could be wrong.

But I don’t think I am wrong.

So here’s what I have to say: There is a sense in which the source of your wound is potentially also the source of the “medicine” that will heal the wound. What hurt you could fix you. But you must be careful not to interpret this masochistically. You can’t afford to be too literal. I’m not saying that the source of your pain is trustworthy or has

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LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): The prestigious New England Journal of Medicine published a study with a conclusion we might expect to see in a tabloid newspaper or satirical website. It reported that there is a correlation between chocolate consumption and Nobel Prizes. Those countries whose citizens eat more chocolate have also produced an inordinate number of Nobel laureates. So does this mean that chocolate makes you smarter, as some other studies have also suggested?

Maybe, the report concluded.

Since it is especially important for you to be at the height of your mental powers in the coming weeks, Leo, why not experiment with this possibility?

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): When Libra-born Mohandas Gandhi was 19, he moved to London from his native India to study law. Soon he got caught up in the effort to become an English gentleman.

He took elocution lessons and learned to dance. He bought fine clothes and a gold watch-chain. Each morning he stood before a giant mirror and fussed with his hair and necktie until they were perfect. In retrospect, this phase of his life seems irrelevant.

Years later he was a barefoot rebel leader using nonviolent civil disobedience to help end the British rule of India, often wearing a loincloth and shawl made of fabric he wove himself. With this as your inspiration, Libra, identify aspects of your current life that contribute little to the soul you must eventually become.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): This might be controversial, but I suspect that for now your emphasis shouldn’t be on sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll. Instead, your specialties should be hard-earned intimacy, altered states that

get much respect will receive a divine favor.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): “My definition of a devil is a god who has not been recognized,” said mythologist Joseph Campbell. “It is a power in you to which you have not given expression, and you push it back. And then, like all repressed energy, it builds up and becomes dangerous to the position you’re trying to hold.” Do you agree, Pisces? I hope so, because you will soon be entering the Get Better Acquainted with Your Devil Phase of your astrological cycle, to be immediately followed by the Transform Your Devil into a God Phase.

To get the party started, ask yourself this question: What is the power in you to which you have not given expression?

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): If Pope Francis isn’t traveling, he comes out to meet the public in St. Peter’s Square every Wednesday. During one such event last January, he took a few moments to bestow tender attention on a talking parrot that belonged to a male stripper. I foresee a comparable anomaly happening for you in the coming days. A part of you that is wild or outré will be blessed by contact with what’s holy or sublime. Or maybe a beastly aspect of your nature that doesn’t normally

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): The good news is that America has more trees than it did a hundred years ago.

Aggressive efforts to replace the decimated old-growth forests have paid off. The bad news is that the new forests have a far less diverse selection of tree species than the originals. The fresh batches are often crowded into smaller spaces, so wildfires are more massive and devastating. And because so many of the forests are young, they

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22DEC. 21): You are entering a phase when you will reap rich rewards by nurturing the health of your favorite posse, ensemble, or organization.

How is the group’s collective mental health? Are there any festering rifts? Any apathetic attitudes or weakening resolves? I choose you to be the leader who builds solidarity and cultivates consensus. I

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It means a compromise that allows everyone to win – reconciliation in which no one loses face.

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