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ART SHOWS

Sat Mar 12 Opening Reception:

Atsakú dàk nadutîn ~ Knowledge is being brought forward By Calvin

Morberg 11:00 AM & 1:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Yukon carver, immerses you in foundational Tlingit artistic traditions while exploring wood and copper. Register online to attend https://bit.ly/3Mfnw8n Until Mar 26 Recent Paintings by Ramon Joseph Santos Arts Underground Held in the Focus Gallery, Recent works of the world around me, Dawson City, Yukon landscapes and picturesque scenes. Gallery Hours Tue-Sat 12 - 5 Until Mar 26 aefiwxyz by Carolyn Simmons Arts Underground Held in the Edge Gallery Records the recognized patterns found in the migration, captured by camera and in the traditional territory of Selkirk First Nation. Gallery Hours Tue-Sat 12 - 5 Until Mar 31 Unceded Territories by

Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun and Paisley

Smith Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre A virtual interactive landscape grappling with colonialism, climate change and indigenous civil rights. LIVE MUSIC

Thu Mar 10 & 17 Live Music Fiddle Night 7:00 PM 98 Hotel Thu Mar 17 Ron Sexsmith in Concert 7:00 PM YAC Yukon Arts Centre Ron Sexsmith is a critically acclaimed Canadian songwriter and vocalist, known for his candid intimacy and high-profile admirers. Tickets online. Thu Mar 10 & 17 Karaoke Thursdays 8:00 PM The Local Bar Show your talent and enter some awesome draws.Lip Sync & air guitar optional. Hosted by DJ Carlo Sat Mar 11 & 18 Music at The Breakfast Club 9:00 AM 98 Hotel Sat Mar 12 Spring Break Beats - Ladies Edition 9:00 PM The Local Bar A 19+ event, cover charge at door, all female line up includes DJ PIXI, Cozmic Zest, Monstera and Mega Krahn to celebrate International Women’s Day! Sun Mar 13 & 20 98 Hotel Jam Session Open Mic Nite 8:00 PM 98 Hotel

GENERAL EVENTS

Wed Mar 9 Be Your Own Boss 8:00 AM Yukonstruct Makespace A 12 week online course that will help you get inspired, refine your idea or passion and turn it into a business. Learn how to build a budget, sell online and find customers. Register online. Wed Mar 9 & 16 Community Kitchen 11:30 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Hot nutritious meals to-go, a free, low-barrier, program for women identifying individuals and children. Call 667-2693 for more info. Wed Mar 9 & 16 Texas Hold’em for Members and Signed in Guests 6:30 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 Masks are mandatory and must be worn. To join in the fun, you must have a valid 2021 membership. Thu Mar 10 Sew A Tote Bag – Beginner Sewing 6:00 PM Yukonstruct Makerspace Learn the anatomy of the domestic sewing machine including how to thread your machine and basic stitches. Register online https://bit.ly/35rJ94O Thu Mar 10 In My Body by Bboyizm/ Crazy Smooth 7:00 PM YAC Yukon Arts Centre An intergenerational group of dancers and an international creative team for an intensely athletic investigation of the evolution of self and the effects of aging on street dancers. Tickets online. Thu Mar 17 YEU Local Y017 AGM 6:00 PM All members of Local Y017, Yukon Health & Human Services are encouraged to attend this important meeting. RSVP in advance to join in person or by ZOOM. Thu Mar 17 Sew Dog Booties – Beginner Sewing 6:00 PM Yukonstruct Makerspace Sew a set of 4 fleece dog booties in this 3 hour beginner sewing workshop. Register online https://bit.ly/3C9wrUj Fri Mar 11 & 18 Seniors Crib 1:00 PM Golden Age Society Fri Mar 11 In My Body by Bboyizm/Crazy Smooth 1:30 PM YAC Yukon Arts Centre An intergenerational group of dancers and an international creative team for an intensely athletic investigation of the evolution of self and the effects of aging on street dancers. Tickets online. Fri Mar 18-20 2022 Bead, Hide & Fur Symposium Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre A selection of hands-on workshops being offered throughout the weekend, craft sale, show and share displays. Call 6677698 ext. 206, email projects@yfnct.ca, or register online. Sat Mar 12 & 19 Yukon Amateur Radio

Association Coffee Discussion Group

8:45 AM A&W Restaurant Hams from outside the Yukon and those are interested are welcome to join us in this casual event. Sat Mar 12 Men’s Drum Making with Joe Migwans 10:00 AM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre 3-day intensive workshop that will guide you through the creation of your own 18 inch drum. All supplies and lunch will be provided. Register Online Sat Mar 12 & 19 Cribbage - Members and Signed in Guests 2:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 Masks are mandatory. Members must have a valid 2021 membership and they may sign in 2 guests MAX Sun Mar 13 & 20 Whitehorse United Church Worship Service 10:30 AM Whitehorse United Church Interested in Online service? You must sign up in advance by phone or email to the church office. The office is open Monday – Friday, 9 am to 2 pm. Phone 667-2989: email wuc@klondiker.com Sun Mar 13 & 20 Seniors Bingo 1:00 PM Golden Age Society Sun Mar 13 & 20 Secondhand Clothing Bizarre 2:00 PM Whitehorse SeventhDay Adventist Church Clean clothes needed and donations accepted if in good condition. Please call before dropping clothes off and for more info 633-3463. Mon Mar 14 Parka Making Workshop with Dorathy Wright 9:30 AM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Learn how to make an adult parka from start to finish. All materials will be included, from the embellishments to the fox fur trim. Register online. Mon Mar 14 & 21 Clothing Room 10:00 AM Whitehorse Church of the Nazarene Free of charge to anyone and everyone. Mon Mar 14 Belfast 5:00 PM YAC Yukon Arts Centre A poignant story of love, laughter and loss in one boy’s childhood, amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960s. Tickets online Mon Mar 14 Make A Stool – Beginner Welding 5:00 PM Yukonstruct Makerspace Learn about different metals and how to weld mild steel. Register online https://bit. ly/36UNjTo Mon Mar 14 Engrave A Dog Tag – Laser Engraving Basics 5:30 PM Yukonstruct Makerspace Create your own custom dog tag. Bring your ideas and imagination and join us for this fun and informative class. Register online https://bit.ly/3pt1s0g Mon Mar 21 Plasma Table Basics – Create A Clock 6:00 PM Yukonstruct Makerspace All supplies to make one clock will be provided. Register online https://bit.ly/3pu7vBO Mon Mar 14 & 21 Euchre - For Members and Signed in Guests 6:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 Euchre a trick-taking card game for four players, two on each team, As a member you can sign in 2 guests MAX Tue Mar 15 & 22 New Member Orientation 5:00 PM Yukonstruct Makerspace Informative & Mandatory New Member Orientations. This Is A Free But Essential Session For All New Members. Register online as a member and for the Orientation Tue Mar 15 & 22 Chess Club 6:00 PM Titan Gaming and Collectibles Love Chess? Want to learn? Looking for Competition? Join us! Tue Mar 15 & 22 Weekly Shuffleboard Tournament 6:00 PM Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 For members and signed in guests. A double knockout style competition and games are limited to 6 ends or 15 minutes. Covid precautions are in effect. Tue Mar 22 Make Engraved Coasters – Beginner Woodworking 6:30 PM Yukonstruct Makerspace Make four beautiful multi wood coasters in this beginner woodworking class. Register online https://bit.ly/3tqKu49 Tue Mar 15 & 22 Seniors Bridge 6:30 PM Golden Age Society Yukon Bridge players come join us for competition or fun or both Tue Mar 15 & 22 WoodShop Orientation 6:30 PM Yukonstruct Makerspace Explore wood shop and explain each piece of woodworking equipment. Participants will each get hands-on practice with some of the machines. Register online. Tue Mar 15 & 22 Trivia Tuesdays! 7:00 PM Polarity Brewing Prizes for our top 3 teams, and a guaranteed fun time for everyone! First come first served basis, check out facebook for weekly hints.. Tue Mar 22 2022 Yukon First Nations

Graduation Ceremony Pre Registration

Yukon First Nations Gaduation Registration is now open for the 47th Yukon First Nations Graduation KIDS & FAMILIES

Until Mar16 Get Caught Reading Photo Contest Yukon Family Literacy Centre Take photos of yourself and your loved ones “getting caught” reading in fun and creative ways! Send us your photos via facebook, instagram, email, or in-person. Email getcaughtreading@yukonliteracy.com Mon thru Wed & Fri Story Time and Dropin Free Play Yukon Family Literacy Centre 9:00 -12:00 am and 1:00 - 3:30 pm Drop in and enjoy sensory stations, puppets, make your own music, hear some fun stories, whatever your little heart desires! Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays LAB Drop-In 12:00 AM Heart Of Riverdale For grades 8+, make beats, write, eat food. Tuesdays Free Super Smash Bros. 5:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe All skill levels welcome! Please bring your own controller, and if you have a Nintendo Switch and/or Gamecube controller adapter please bring them so that we can have multiple setups. Wednesdays Warhammer Wednesdays - Age of Sigmar 5:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe Every Wednesday Thursdays Kill Team Thursdays 5:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe 668-5750 Units can be drawn from both the core book, elite book, Kill team annual and white dwarf. Fridays Standard Format - Magic: The Gathering 6:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe Legal sets = Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria, Core Set 2019, Guilds of Ravnica, Ravnica Allegiance.Banned Cards = Rampaging Ferocidon Saturdays Pokemon Saturdays 12:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe Call 668-5750 for more info. Saturdays Drop-In and Free Play 10:00 AM Yukon Family Literacy Centre Free, drop-in, everyone welcome programming for you and your child. No registration or wristbands required. Mon Mar 14 March Break Creating Together Online An online workshop March 14-18, 10am-3pm each day. Learn and practice tufting, writing, painting, dance, audio and your own zine at the end. Fri Mar 18 Youth Drop In Bouldering 5:00 PM Porter Creek Secondary School Covid protocals in place, please sign up pre register for drop in as we have limited participation. Sign Up Here; shorturl.at/ klvCQ Mon Mar 21-25 Yukon Youth Summit Online “The More Talk, Take Action Youth Summit” Spark meaningful conversations, networking, enable ongoing discussion with speakers through chat rooms, live discussions, and video calls. polls, quizzes and Q&As. Register online https://bit. ly/3pvMExZ ONLINE EVENTS

Wednesdays Live And Online Kundalini Yoga 8:00 AM Online Kriya, mudra, and mantra awaken your body and focus the mind. We will follow one sequence until you are able to find yourself in the flow, before moving on. Unfold to your own nature: do what feels good, soak in the good vibes, and watch this beautiful practice transform you. Kundalini has a powerful effect on the endocrine system, improving lymph drainage, hormonal balance, and mood. Wednesdays Yoga Wake up Flow with Sheila 7:20 AM Online These classes are intended to help you build a consistent and comfortable yoga practice and build a community around that practice! https:// www.rootedtreemassage.com/book-online. Fridays Yoga Wake up Flow with Sheila 7:20 AM Online These classes are intended to help you build a consistent and comfortable yoga practice and build a community Fridays AA Yukon Unity Group 1:30 PM Online For Zoom Room address Contact 334-7693 Saturdays AA Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM Online For Zoom Room address call 334-7693. Mondays Yoga Wake up Flow with Sheila 7:20 AM Online These classes are intended to help you build a consistent and comfortable yoga practice and build a community around that practice! https:// www.rootedtreemassage.com/book-online Tuesdays Restorative Online Healing Circles 7:30 PM Online Check-in, Q&A, connect and feel the results. No experience necessary. Register online, or call 335-0078 or email alison@ alisonzeidler.com for more info. Tuesdays Mental Health Awareness and Support it is essential that people build capacity to support those with mental health concerns. https://bit.ly/3GTz6T5 Tuesdays Juste pour Aujourd’hui 5:00 PM Online Meeting in French En ligne avec Zoom, pour info: JPAwhitehorse@ gmail.com Sat Mar 12 Espresso Yourself on Zoom 10:00 AM Online A monthly online hangout to connect with other LGBTQIA2S+ folx from across the Yukon! Register online. Tue Mar 15 Personality Differences in the Workplace 9:00 AM Online Learn to better understand personality styles that are different from their own. Register online https://bit.ly/3pvf2R0 Tue Mar 15 Online Ink with Esther Bordet 6:00 PM Arts Underground Learn about india ink, draw a picture using the media. All materials provided and no experience necessary. Register online or in person. Wed Mar 23 Live Virtual Stress Management 8:00 PM Online Identify personal stress factors and introduce them to practical methods for successfully managing stress. Register online https:// bit.ly/3syLxjb

shop. Their chief executive officer, Jordi Mikeli-Jones, first opened Triple J’s as a music shop on Fourth Avenue in Whitehorse.

Mikeli-Jones said she was drawn to tattoos in her “formative years” when they were still taboo. She got her first tattoo, at age 15, by an apprentice artist. Growing up in Whitehorse, she realized early on that there were no reputable, high-calibre artists in town. So, soon after she opened her music business, she brought up the first guest tattoo artist, in 2005.

“I never took a commission and really just wanted to spread the gospel of tattoo in the Yukon,” Mikeli-Jones said.

Since then, Triple J’s has expanded into other ventures, such as cannabis and skin care, and has also moved a few times. The tattoo shop continues to feature guest artists who MikeliJones said are curated much like the “artists” in an art show.

“We look at what is currently being offered in Whitehorse, and finding specialty artists whose genres are not currently represented,” she explained. “They must have a large portfolio and many years in the industry. Most importantly, they must have a good attitude, be friendly and passionate about visiting the Great White North.”

That’s where Jamie Law comes in. Triple J’s initially brought him to Whitehorse from Edmonton, as a guest artist who specialized in script work. He’s now the sole resident artist.

“He very organically manifested into our next resident artist because he was here so often and was versatile in many different styles,” Mikeli-Jones said. “He also loves people. When he made the decision to pursue a relationship with the Yukon, we made the decision to bring him on full-time. He has a very colourful personality, which jived well with our team.”

And it’s true. When I met Law, I was struck by the funny, friendly person behind the mask. He sums up in a few words his love affair with the Yukon and why he has made it his home.

“You fall in love with the place, fall in love with a girl,” Law said, referring to his wife, Kenedi Thompson, who is currently studying laser tattoo removal.

He describes himself as being like “the cat who came back”—he just kept returning to Triple J’s until Mikeli-Jones brought him on permanently.

But being a tattoo artist in the Yukon was not originally in his plans. After high school, he took the blue-collar path, working in a plywood factory for eight years. It was around 2004 or 2005 that his best friend, who was dating a tattoo artist, suggested that Law consider apprenticing. That’s how he got his start, almost by accident.

“I’d always been artistic but never thought of art as a viable career,” Law said. “It’s always being made fun of in sitcoms, you know … but the creature I am always seemed compelled to create.”

Along with his creative abilities, Law brings a lot of people skills to his work. He said he has a good “bedside manner” with his clients.

“It’s a very unique skill set. I don’t recommend it for most people because a lot of people

Tattoo ink in a variety of colours

think Oh, it’s just drawing. It’s not just drawing. You have to be compassionate, you have to be mindful, you have to be empathetic—it’s a very intimate procedure, so you have to be able to deal with people.”

Law is best known for his script work, but he is proficient in many styles. For things he’s not so good at, like “portraits of mom,” he’s happy to refer clients to Kirsty Wells at Molotov and Bricks.

“When you start out as a tattoo artist, you’re full of ego and bluster and your id is on fullout Oh, I’m awesome … this is great, even though in your first five years, you’re producing your worst work. As you mature, you start to realize that other tattoo artists are not your competition; they’re your colleagues, they’re your friends, and they do different things than you. And that’s okay.”

Ultimately, Law hopes to open a family shop, with his wife and his sons, and to name it Vixen’s Den Tattoo and Removal. He also dreams of having a seasonal shop, in Dawson, called Outlaw’s Haven. He would like to visit smaller communities, such as Old Crow, rather than clients in those places always having to travel to Whitehorse.

Law is proud of the impact he has in people’s lives, and proud when his sons see people cross the street to greet him and to thank him.

“The love that I put in, I get back.

“You’re a positive part of the community, and people look forward to seeing you. That’s a cool job.”

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SEROTONIN TATTOO — New shop on the block —

The latest shop to open in Whitehorse is Serotonin Tattoo, located upstairs on Second Avenue and Main Street. Czarina Athron offers cosmetic tattooing, and Levee “Gee” Gehmair is a body tattoo artist. The couple opened the shop in August and are already balancing a busy business with raising a baby at home.

Gehmair was born in Whitehorse and had many different jobs before apprenticing in his friend’s tattoo shop in Vancouver. He’s always liked to draw and saw tattooing as a way to make a living using his artistic skills.

He said that the more he learned about the art of tattoo, the more he appreciated it. He calls it “the top of art.”

“It’s so hard,” he said. “It’s so hard to do. It’s so ancient, too. It’s so old.”

Athron decided to become a cosmetic tattoo artist when the shop Gehmair was working in was looking for someone with that skill set.

“I blew my money and I took the schooling, and he started out as the junior artist down there,” she said.

The couple moved back to Whitehorse once COVID-19 hit. Athron worked out of a home studio, at first, and they both worked for Highways and Public Works for a period of time. Now that Serotonin is open, they’re still in the process of setting up shop while juggling parental duties.

Athron’s work involves the intimidating process of tattooing a client’s face. She uses semipermanent and vegan inks to create freckles, powdering and lip colour. She shows me freckles she’s tattooed on her face—they are subtle and look natural.

In defining Gehmair’s style, Athron said that he does lots of “dark” tattoos, as well as Japanese-inspired designs and said that, between Gehmair and the other tattoo artists in town, people have a variety of options to choose from. She added that they would like to expand one day and have even more tattoo artists in town.

“Offering more styles is just better for what you want to do for your body art-wise,” Athron said. “Instead of getting the same style over and over, you can switch it up and get a bunch of different styles.”

The shop name, Serotonin Tattoos, stems from a desire to create “a happy environment to go to, to get away from what’s happening everywhere else,” Athron explained.

She added that getting a tattoo is a positive experience, addictive even though it’s painful, and both Athron and Gehmair recommend that everyone give it a shot.

“People come in and get a tattoo and feel like themselves,” Athron said. “It’s something they’ve thought about [for] a long time.

“They’re creating a self-image for themselves.”

While Athron acknowledges that Gehmair’s body tattooing may require more artistic ability and complicated machines, she said that their motivations are similar, and so is the impact on their clients. “It’s a passion. It’s something we love doing. It changes lives. For me, people come to me and they’re very selfconscious about something and I get to literally change their lives.

“I’ve had people cry happy tears … They are just so grateful. Those are the days I’m the happiest.”

“I enjoy it, it’s a passion,” Gehmair confirmed. “I learn something new every day, I get better and better every day.”

Czarina Athron and Levee Gehmair of Serotonin

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PHOTO: Courtesy of Czarina Athron

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