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he pop culture of the ‘90s is my intellectual comfort food; when I find myself disoriented and isolated by the 21st century I take solace in the stuff I was watching and listening to as a teenager in the Clinton era.

So when three box sets of The Simpsons showed up in our living room I was pleased. I was more excited to discover that the box sets contained episodes from seasons 4,5, and 6.

These seasons are squarely between the pleasant but toothless first season, and the infamous Armin Tamzarian episode of season 9, in which many Simpsonphiles believe the groundbreaking cartoon finally jumped the shark.

In other words, seasons 4,5, and 6 are right in the sweet spot, when The Simpsons was not just tapping into the zeitgeist, it was defining the zeitgeist.

In those days, I was allowed 30 minutes of television after school, and what I chose to watch was never in doubt. I’d arrive at school the next day, 15 minutes before classes started, and I’d spend that entire time discussing the Simpson’s episode of the previous evening.

So yesterday, in a fit of nostalgia, I watched three more-or-less randomly chosen episodes — one from each season.

From season 4, I watched “Mr.

Plow� in which Homer buys a plowing truck and finds himself in competition with Barney; from season 5, I watched “The Boy Who Knew Too Much,� in which Bart skips school and watches as Mayor Quimby’s Kennedy-esque nephew does-or-does-not beat up a French waiter over the pronunciation of “chowder�; and from season 6, I watched “Itchy & Scratchy Land,� in which the family goes on vacation and ends up fending off murderous cat and mouse robots.

I felt like an aging hippy pulling out an old Beatles record.

In “Mr. Plow� I appreciated the sly meta-humour when Homer premieres a commercial on community cable and says, “It may be a lousy channel, but the Simpsons are on T.V.� — a classic example of biting the FOX that feeds you.

I was also reminded gleefully of the way every corner of the frame is fair game for a visual joke that might not be caught on the first viewing.

For example, at the entrance of the Springfield Retirement Castle, where Grandpa Simpson lives, there is a sign that says, “Thank you for not discussing the outside world�.

In “The Boy Who Knew Too Much� I reveled in The Simpsons’ subversive undercurrent; the show never shied away from portraying Police Chief Wiggum as horribly

incompetent and dumb as a brick.

After busting in on a crime scene, Wiggum gasps in horror, “Somebody’s taken a bite out of the big Rice Krispy square, oh yeah, and the waiter’s been brutally beaten.�

In “Itchy & Scratchy Land,� I laughed and laughed when they discover that there is a personalized “Bort� license plate in the gift shop, but no “Bart�. Later in the episode, we discover that the store has sold out of Bort plates.

The Simpsons’ genius was its ability to mine every brow-level of comedy for laughs while still delivering the most relevant social commentary of the age.

It was this unique combination that made the show so seminal.

So seminal, in fact, that South Park, a landmark show in its own right, paid homage to the Simpsons in an episode called “Simpsons Already Did It� in which a character hatches a variety of plans for world domination only to discover that his schemes have already been enacted by youguessed-it.

So while it’s true that I was born too late for Woodstock and I wasn’t in Germany for the fall of the Wall, when it comes to The Simpsons I’ve got one final thing to say: “I was there, man.�

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By Meagan Deuling The Human Library re-imagines people as books

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Inside Jickling’s Jabberings ............... 2 Human Library ...................... 3 Klondike Korner .................... 5 Occupational Therapy ............. 5 Dover Quarter ....................... 6 Yukon Flickers ....................... 7 Edible Yukon ......................... 8 Beerfest .............................. 9 How-to House Party ...............10 United Way ..........................11 Ski Swap .............................13 Klondike Roots and Blues Fest ..18

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principal from Lebanon, and an Indonesian project supervisor.

Michael Dougherty is helping to organize the Human Library. He says the conversations between ‘books’ and ‘readers’ will be held in 30-minute time slots; it’s more of a conversation than an interview, he says, but the dialogue will be directed by the ‘reader’.

For example, with the South African yoga teacher, the ‘reader’ may want to know, “If I go to South Africa, what should I see?” or they may have a geopolitical question, like, “Where were you when Apartheid was going on?” Or the ‘reader’ may not care about that, they may want to know about yoga. And so that’s what

t’s not a dating service, or a counselling session. It’s a conversation. It might lead to other things, who knows?

It’s the second time the Friends of the Whitehorse Library have hosted a Human Library at the Whitehorse Public Library. The first time was in March; there wasn’t a theme but it was very popular. The second one is coming up on Saturday, October 18.

The human ‘books’ will represent a travel section; the theme is ‘travel’. There will be a woman from Brazil, the first Brazilian to compete as a curler in an international event. There will be a yoga teacher who came to the Yukon from South Africa, a school

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The intent behind the Human Library is to break down barriers in society, and to build community. Dougherty says it’s a way for people to talk to people outside of their regular social realm. “Have you ever spoken to a muslim?” he asks, “or to someone from South America?” Maybe you’re curious about muslims or South Americans, but have never had a chance to satisfy that feeling.

Dougherty says, “Many of us spend our lives people watching.

We never get a chance to go further than that.” He says it’s for the joy of it.

In this age where technology has shrunken the size of our world, one may ask why we need to talk to someone to find out about South Americans or muslims; we can Google it.

But Dougherty disagrees. Along with technology come alienation; he says, “At this point in history, we need more chances to engage with each other, not less.”

The library has always been a gathering point. What people find when they get there depends on their interests, but Dougherty

says that’s a passive relationship —“there’s no way to enter a dialogue.” The Human Library is also driven by the ‘reader’s’ interest, but it’s a connection between two people.

The ‘books’ are all people who now live in the Yukon. Doughtery says that since the Gold Rush, people who come here do so because of an allure this place holds.

He says if the reader starts with “Why did you come to the Yukon?” that will lead to at least five minutes of conversation. He says, “Sitting in great windows at the library, watching the river, having a conversation…”

Who knows what you’ll find out?

The Human Library is on Oct. 18 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Whitehorse Public Library. Go to the library in advance to find a list of all ten of the human books, and check out the ones you’re most interested in in advance. To find out about the Human Library around the world, go to humanlibrary.org.

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Whitehorse EVENTS Thu, Oct 23 Open mic with Ben Mahony 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn 867668-4500 Fri, Oct 17 Opening Reception “MetalThu, Oct 23 Old School 8:30 PM Paddy’s Stone-Clay” 5:00 PM Yukon Artists @ Work Place 333-9315 Every Thursday, classic rock Until - Mon, Oct 27 Measuring Space 2:00 at its finest PM Northern Front Studio Gallery 867-334Thu, Oct 23 Jamaoke With Jackie 10:00 PM 7078 Lawrie Crawford’s new abstractions.

Jarvis Street Saloon Until - Thu, Oct 30 A Thrilling Narrative Arts Fri, Oct 24 Johnny Pogue And The Colleens Underground An exhibit of photographs, maps, 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn diaries, pamphlets, books, newspapers and Fri, Oct 24 Fishead Stew w/Roxx Hunter ephemera from the collections of the Yukon on Bass 9:00 PM Dirty Northern Pub Archives Always grooving, always swinging, always Until - Fri, Oct 31 “Moments on the Cassiar entertaining...Fishead Stew w/Roxx laying it Stewart” North End Gallery Most people see down on the bass. Come one, come all!!! just a highway on their way to “somewhere”, Fri, Oct 24 Chris Moir 10:00 PM Jarvis Street but others like myself see the numerous Saloon glimpses of beauty on the way. I have tried to Sat, Oct 25 The Eternal Spheres 7:30 PM capture some of these views that make me Best Western Gold Rush Inn stop and paint and I hope you enjoy them as Sat, Oct 25 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM well.

Jarvis Street Saloon Until - Wed, Nov 5 Guhzi sueh - Caribou Sun, Oct 26 Bergman Brothers 7:30 PM Best Shadow 7:00 PM Arts Underground features Western Gold Rush Inn exquisite carving work from Dennis Shorty Until - Mon, Nov 17 Metal-Stone-Clay Yukon Artists @ Work Wed, Aug 27 Northern Voices Toastmasters Until - Sat, Nov 29 Ice Age Mammals & 7:00 AM Sport Yukon 867-334-8654 Come and Sandra Grace Story Yukon Arts Centre build your leadership skills, polish you public Yukon’s massive ice-age mammals come speaking in a fun and supportive environment! to YAC in partnership with Yukon Beringia Guests are welcome to come and drop into Interpretive Centre, and “We Are Golden” a our meetings at any time. stunning immersive installation by Sandra Wed, Oct 15 Fashion Pay It Forward 7:00 Grace Storey.

Until - Fri, Dec 19 “The Last Minute” by John PM The Old Fire Hall 867-334-8078 a fabulous Boivin Hilltop Bistro Yukon College 335-9231 night of wine, nibbles, music, and a high fashion clothing sale, all for a good cause. All Opening October 2. John participated in the proceeds go to Little Footprints, Big Steps, an national ‘Art Battle’ this year, representing Yukon in the speed painting competition. This organization that strives to improve the lives of vulnerable children in Haiti. exhibit showcases some of the completed works from his summer of intense practice for Wed, Oct 15 Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration the event.

Building Thu, Oct 16 Salsa Lessons: Beginner Rueda de Casino 8:00 PM Leaping Feats Creative Wed, Oct 15 Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 Danceworks Rueda de Casino, a style of PM Epic Pizza goes till we are done!

Cuban salsa dancing is a group dance and Wed, Oct 15 Johnny Rogers & the New will keep you smiling all night long! There’s no Music Jam 8:30 PM Paddy’s Place 333-9315 drop-in; must register at salsayukon@gmail.com Every Wednesday come check out the new Thu, Oct 16 Learn to Salsa! 8:00 PM Leaping tunes.

Feats Creative Danceworks 867-336-0255 Wed, Oct 15 Jamaoke With Jackie 10:00 PM Stay warm this winter while learning to Jarvis Street Saloon Latin Dance. New latin dance classes are Thu, Oct 16 Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 PM beginning Oct. 16th and 17th until November Tony’s Pizza 27th and 28th, inclusive. Thursday nights Thu, Oct 16 Joe Loutchen & Friends 7:00 starting October 16th from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.For PM 98 Hotel Longest running house band in information: salsayukon@gmail.com the Yukon - Traditional fiddle music and more Thu, Oct 16 Yukon Chamber of Commerce - jigging is encouraged and limericks are the Lunch Lecture 12:00 PM The Old Fire Hall norm.

For more information call 667-2000 or office@ Thu, Oct 16 Open mic with Ben Mahony yukonchamber.com 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn 867Thu, Oct 16 A Community Potluck on World 668-4500 Food Day 5:00 PM CYO Hall 334-9317. The Thu, Oct 16 Old School 8:30 PM Paddy’s Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition is hosting a Place 333-9315 Every Thursday, classic rock Potluck and Community Meal on World Food at its finest Day, Thursday, October 16th.

Thu, Oct 16 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Thu, Oct 16 A Will for the Woods - Hospice Jarvis Street Saloon Film Night 6:30 PM The Old Fire Hall 667Fri, Oct 17 The Klondike Roots & Blues 7429 Festival Coast High Country Inn 10 World Thu, Oct 16 Hospice Movie Night: A Will class acts in two nights for the Woods 6:30 PM The Old Fire Hall A Fri, Oct 17 Ben Mahony 7:30 PM Best green burial is the act of returning a body as Western Gold Rush Inn naturally as possible to the earth, often without Fri, Oct 17 Fishead Stew w/Roxx Hunter embalming or cremation,but instead burying on Bass 9:00 PM Dirty Northern Pub in a simple wooden casket or wrapped in a Always grooving, always swinging, always shroud, in a protected green space. entertaining...Fishead Stew w/Roxx laying it Fri, Oct 17 Salsa Lessons: Beginner Salsa down on the bass. Come one, come all!!!

7:45 PM Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks Fri, Oct 17 Sickophant 10:00 PM Jarvis Street This class will teach you the basics of Cuban Saloon traditional salsa. You will learn the basic step, Sat, Oct 18 Meat The Vegans 7:30 PM Best the rock step, the cross-body lead and more Western Gold Rush Inn so you can dance with anyone all over Latin Sat, Oct 18 Dover Quartet 8:00 PM Yukon America! No drop-in. Register: salsayukon@ Arts Centre a youthful enthusiasm and musical gmail.com conviction to the repertoire that is truly its own. Fri, Oct 17 Salsa Lessons: Beginner Sexy Sat, Oct 18 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 PM Bachata 8:55 PM Leaping Feats Creative Jarvis Street Saloon Danceworks Bachata is a dance from the Sun, Oct 19 Richard Whiteman Quartet 7:30 Dominican Republic in the Caribbean islands.

PM Yukon Arts Centre 867-334-2789 Cabaret Both the music and the dance have been seating, first come first served. influenced by Cuban Bolero, the Merengue Sun, Oct 19 Blues Jam with Brandon Isaak (also of Dominican Republic origin), Salsa 7:30 PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn and Cumbia. Bachata is building as the most Mon, Oct 20 Ladies Night with DJ Carlo popular social dance all over the world right 10:00 PM Jarvis Street Saloon now, so be part of the latest and hottest club Tue, Oct 21 Ginger Jam 9:00 PM Yukon Inn trend! No drop-in. Register: salsayukon@ fully electric jam with a PA system, drum kit gmail.com and guitars provided, and encourages the Fri, Oct 17 1st Annual Yukon Beer Festival wearing of silly hats Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre showcasing more Wed, Oct 22 Whitewater Wednesday 7:00 than 25 brewers and distributors, representing PM Epic Pizza goes till we are done! over 150 individual brews.

Wed, Oct 22 Johnny Rogers & the New Sat, Oct 18 Dog Wash Fundraiser 10:00 AM Music Jam 8:30 PM Paddy’s Place 333-9315 The Feed Store Pet Junction All profit goes to Every Wednesday come check out the new tunes. Mae Bachur Animal Shelter Wed, Oct 22 Jamaoke With Jackie 10:00 PM Sat, Oct 18 Winter Sports Swap and Fair Jarvis Street Saloon 9:00 AM Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre Thu, Oct 23 Roxx Hunter Live 6:00 PM Local sport stores and sports groups will have Tony’s Pizza information and product displays in the Wax Thu, Oct 23 Joe Loutchen & Friends 7:00 Room PM 98 Hotel Longest running house band in Sat, Oct 18 Human Library 1:00 PM the Yukon - Traditional fiddle music and more Whitehorse Public Library 633-657 Theme - jigging is encouraged and limericks are the ‘The World in Whitehorse’ ‘books’ from around norm. the world. For info call: 633-6579.

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Mon, Oct 20 GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: tjbowlby@gmail.com Tue, Oct 21 Whitehorse Connects 10:00 AM The Old Fire Hall 335-1428 Wed, Oct 22 Boîte à lunch santé 6:30 PM Eglise catholique (867)668-2663 ext 500 Animé par Laura Salmon. Sous-sol de l’Église catholique. Gratuit, places limitées Wed, Oct 22 Northern Voices Toastmasters Meeting 7:00 AM Sport Yukon Guests are welcome!

Wed, Oct 22 Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building Thu, Oct 23 Salsa Lessons: Beginner Rueda de Casino 8:00 PM Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks Rueda de Casino, a style of Cuban salsa dancing is a group dance and will keep you smiling all night long! There’s no drop-in; must register at salsayukon@gmail. com Thu, Oct 23 Film: Climate Change in Atlantic Canada 7:30 PM Beringia Centre 867-667-8855 On this evening, Dr. Mauro will be introducing this film to us via skype.

Thu, Oct 23 Film Presentation: “Climate Change in Atlantic Canada” with introduction (via Skype) by Director Dr. Ian Mauro 7:30 PM Beringia Centre 867-667-8855 Thu, Oct 23 Talk: History of Advertising in Yukon 5:30 PM The Old Fire Hall Fri, Oct 24 Salsa Lessons: Beginner Salsa 7:45 PM Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks This class will teach you the basics of Cuban traditional salsa. You will learn the basic step, the rock step, the cross-body lead and more so you can dance with anyone all over Latin America! No drop-in. Register: salsayukon@ gmail.com Fri, Oct 24 Salsa Lessons: Beginner Sexy Bachata 8:55 PM Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks Bachata is a dance from the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean islands.

Both the music and the dance have been influenced by Cuban Bolero, the Merengue (also of Dominican Republic origin), Salsa and Cumbia. Bachata is building as the most popular social dance all over the world right now, so be part of the latest and hottest club trend! No drop-in. Register: salsayukon@ gmail.com Fri, Oct 24 Available Light Cinema: Being Caribou 12:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre 3933456 Environmentalist Leanne Allison and wildlife biologist Karsten Heuer follow the Porcupine Caribou Herd on foot, across 1,500 kilometres from Yukon into Alaska at their calving grounds.

Fri, Oct 24 Available Light Cinema: Monsieur Lazhar 5:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre 393-3456 A humble man hired to replace an elementary school teacher who died tragically uses sensitivity and humor to transcend his own loss in order to accompany children beyond the taboo of death. In French with English subtitles.

Fri, Oct 24 Available Light Cinema: New Waterford Girl 7:30 PM Yukon Arts Centre 393-3456 A coming-of-age comedy about a teenager dreaming of life beyond Cape Breton who becomes inspired when a 15-yearold girl from New York moves in next door.

Starring Liane Balaban, Mary Walsh, Nicholas Campbell, Andrew McCarthy and Mark McKinney.

Fri, Oct 24 Yukon Film Society Kitchen Party! 12:00 PM Yukon Film Society Office In celebration of Yukon Film Society’s 30th Anniversary we are revisiting some of our favourite Canadian films Sat, Oct 25 Hulland’s Haunts Craft Fair 10:00 AM Jack Hulland Elementary Sat, Oct 25 YFS “Water” 7:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Directed by Deepa Mehta, 117 minutes, 2005 Sat, Oct 25 Encounters with First Peoples Skype talk 1:00 PM Beringia Centre 633-6579 with Dr. J.M. Adovasio on first inhabitants of Meadowcroft Rockshelter. For more information: 633-6579.

Sat, Oct 25 2014 Yukon Biodiversity Forum 9:00 AM Yukon College A day for community members and researchers to share information and foster partnerships, learn about Yukon plants, animals and special habitats as well as to identify knowledge gaps and species or habitats that need monitoring. For more information contact sharvey@yukoncollege.yk.ca Sun, Oct 26 YFS “Fly Away Home” 3:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Directed by Caroll Ballard, 1996, Canada/USA, 107 minutes Sun, Oct 26 YFS “Altman” 6:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Directed by Ron Mann, 2014, Canada, 95 minutes

Sun, Oct 26 YFS “C.R.A.Z.Y” 8:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre Directed by Jean Marc-Vallée, 2005, Quebec, 127 minutes, Film Subtitled, Parental Guidance Advised Sun, Oct 26 Global Frackdown 7:00 PM Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Hear Margil and Linzey who will speak about community charters of rights at the local level to stop fracking and other unwanted corporate projects.

Family

Wed, Oct 15 Youth drop-in 5:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.

Wed, Oct 15 Riverdale Youth Drop In 5:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Oct 15 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.

Thu, Oct 16 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.

Fri, Oct 17 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 3932824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.

Sat, Oct 18 Drop-In 10:00 AM Heart Of Riverdale Sat, Oct 18 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 3932824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.

Sun, Oct 19 Kids Kreate 1:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre 867-393-7109 Get messy, have fun, and learn about art at our monthly Kids Kreate art classes at the Yukon Arts Centre. Our next event will be clay sculpture! Every Kids Kreate activity is specially tailored to respond to the materials and methods featured in Mon, Oct 20 GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy. Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: tjbowlby@gmail.com Wed, Oct 22 Youth drop-in 5:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.

Wed, Oct 22 Riverdale Youth Drop In 5:30 PM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Oct 22 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.

Thu, Oct 23 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.

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Sat, Oct 25 Drop-In 10:00 AM Heart Of Riverdale Sat, Oct 25 Halloween Spooktacular 2:30 PM Canada Games Centre Celebration for the kiddies, tricks and treats come join the fun.

Sat, Oct 25 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 3932824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.

Meetings

Wed, Oct 15 Start Up Yukon Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Learn more about creating a business model, raising capital, accounting and legal consideration and more. For more information contact Steve Sorochan 867-6678073 or email steve.sorochan@gov.yk.ca.

Wed, Oct 15 Northern Voices Toastmasters Meeting 7:00 AM Sport Yukon Guests are welcome!

Thu, Oct 16 Yukon Chamber of Commerce Lunch Lecture 12:00 PM The Old Fire Hall For more information call 667-2000 or office@ yukonchamber.com Thu, Oct 16 A Community Potluck on World Food Day 5:00 PM CYO Hall 334-9317. The Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition is hosting a Potluck and Community Meal on World Food Day, Thursday, October 16th.

Wed, Oct 22 Northern Voices Toastmasters Meeting 7:00 AM Sport Yukon Guests are welcome!

Wed, Oct 22 Workplace Solutions Series 8:30 AM Coast High Country Inn Free Workshop for employers with speaker Lynn Hiscoe register with WCB Thu, Oct 23 TIAY Fall Round Up Beringia Centre Thu, Oct 23 Business After Hours event (BAH) 5:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre In support of the Arts Foundation Sound Bites campaign R.S.V.P. to business@ whitehorsechamber.ca or phone 667-7545 Thu, Oct 23 Talk: History of Advertising in Yukon 5:30 PM The Old Fire Hall

Sat, Oct 25 2014 Yukon Biodiversity Forum 9:00 AM Yukon College A day for community members and researchers to share information and foster partnerships, learn about Yukon plants, animals and special habitats as well as to identify knowledge gaps and species or habitats that need monitoring. For more information contact sharvey@yukoncollege.yk.ca

Workshops

Wed, Oct 15 Painting Open Studio with Neil Graham 7:00 PM Arts Underground Sun, Oct 19 Do You Control Your Money or Does it Control You? 10:00 AM Canada Games Centre Register in person or by phone 668-8360 through the Canada Games Centre or online at www.whitehorse.ca/alg Sun, Oct 19 Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground Non-instructed open studio.

Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and some tools are available for purchase. Every Sunday except long weekends. $5/hour.

Tue, Oct 21 Brave New Writing 7:00 PM Rah Rah Gallry Writers bring pen and paper. Write to prompts and follow themes; share your newly crafted words aloud. Espresso, tea, wine and beer available to purchase.

Thu, Oct 23 Monster Mask Workshop 6:00 PM YuKonstruct Makerspace Learn to make a detailed monster mask complete with articulated jaw. This 6 hour course is split over two days and covers fabrication, sculpture and finishing. All materials are provided so you can complete your own werewolf, ogre, troll or other fantastical creature mask. Articulated Monster Masks is two days of making, Fri, Oct 24 Wildlife Photography Workshop 7:00 PM Yukon College The Friday and Saturday sessions will be at Yukon College followed by real wildlife photography at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve on Takhini Hot Springs Road. More info and registration details:www.whitehorsephotoclub.ca.

Sun, Oct 26 Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground Non-instructed open studio.

Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and some tools are available for purchase. Every Sunday except long weekends. $5/hour.

Alcoholics Anonymous Wednesday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Porter Creek Step meeting (CM) 8:00 PM Our Lady of Victory No Puffin (CM, NS) 8:00 PM Big Book Study Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Thursday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Happy Destiny Young Peoples Group 6:00 PM B.Y.T.E. Polar Group (OM) 7:30 PM Seventh Day Adventists Church (PC) Friday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Yukon Unity Group Meeting 1:30 PM #4 Hospital Road Whitehorse Group (CM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Saturday Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Women’s Meeting (CM, NS) 2:30 PM Whitehorse General Hospital (across from emergency) Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom Sunday Sunshine Group (OM, NS) 1:00 PM DETOX Bldg 6118-6th Marble Group (OM, NS) 7:00 PM Hospital boardroom Monday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. New Beginnings Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Tuesday The Joy Of Living group (OM, NS) 12:00 noon Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Ugly Duckling Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Maryhouse 504 Cook St. Juste Pour Aujourd’hui (OM, NS) 7:00 PM 4141B 4th Ave.

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A Klondike Korner with Dan Davidson

Where Have All The Colours Gone?

O n the day I am writing this, Whitehorse and Haines Junction are inches deep in their first winter snow and Dawson, while chilly and damp, is not.

Mind you, we’re getting ready for it.

The big living room window got its winter plastic coating this evening, and several of the online weather widgets are predicting snow for the weekend. I coiled up the garden hoses earlier in the week and rearranged the outdoor extension cords, anticipating the need for a quick plug-in.

I’m happy the snow has waited this long; we were a bit late hauling our travel trailer to Whitehorse for its winter storage and maintenance. While the truck can stand

the first bit of winter in all-season radials, the trailer has summer tires, so I was happy to see clear roads while heading south.

Still, there was snow alongside the highway. Not a lot, but clearly more white stuff than one could attribute to a heavy frost.

Autumn is a brief season here; it’s pretty much over by the time the calendar declares it to have arrived on September 21.

On the other hand, like spring, autumn in Dawson is intense and glorious. One day there is green foliage faded by both sunlight and the attention of a number of parasites that seem to eat the green right out of the leaves; The next day it seems everything is tinged with yellow and

orange, and in no time the hardwoods are brilliant in their autumn finery.

I grew up in the Maritimes, so I miss the reds in the mix. Oh, you find them in the lower shrubs, but it’s not the same as a maple in full gear. Still, fall is when my part of the Yukon becomes a different Land of Gold, and it’s a glorious end to the season of long days and midnight suns.

It doesn’t last long. Just over two weeks ago the banks along the Yukon River were ablaze with yellow and orange, and a fine sunny day would see the whole array duplicated on the surface of the river itself. Except for the desperately diving black flies and no-see-ums, the morning of the school’s an-

nual Run for Terry Fox was about as nice as anyone could hope for in the first half of September.

About eight days later, after a few chillier nights, there were several days of intermittent high winds, and the leaves on all the trees on our property were suddenly off the branches and on the lawn, ending any thoughts I might have had about one final session with the lawn mower and a good audio book.

Now it’s going to be grey and lackluster until the snow puts garlands on the branches, covering up the brown fallen leaves, and

PHOTO: Dan Davidson

The Klondike Spirit makes its way up steam amidst the colours of autumn on one of its last cruises in mid-September. reflecting the waning light of autumn.

After 32 years teaching in rural Yukon schools, Dan Davidson retired from that profession but continues writing about life in Dawson City. Please send comments about his stories to dawson@whatsupyukon.com.

PHOTO: courtesy of Lauren McClintock

October is National Occupational Therapy Month

By Lillian Strauss

W

e are pure potential. The exigencies of life kicks in and a tragedy, an accident or an unexpected occurrence sideswipes us; But we are still pure potential.

Those whose lives have been physically or mentally damaged can still live meaningfully thanks to over two-dozen occupational therapists who find solutions to the occupation of being alive. October is the month we celebrate them.

One of these therapists, Lauren McClintock, says, “We help patients whom doctors refer to us.

We are part of the rehabilitation team.”

Arielle Meynen, another one, mentioned that because the hospital facility is small compared to in larger centres, “we experience a much broader spectrum of patients with mental and physical disabilities.” “’Occupation’ is anything that allows people to be active according to their abilities,” purports

McClintock. “When we assess a patient we look at self-care such dressing oneself, showering, their productivity, such as volunteering, and leading meaningful lives.”

All occupational therapists work with health care professionals, such as speech pathologists, physiotherapists, psychologists, psychotherapists, recreational therapists, and the list goes on.

With the aid of these people occupational therapists develop, recover, or maintain the daily lives and work skills of patients by repatterning basic motor functions, or redeveloping reasoning abilities to compensate for permanent loss of function. From using computers to caring for myriad daily needs such as dressing, cooking, or eating, occupational therapists assist their patients to regain their strength, and dexterity, decisionmaking, abstract reasoning and problem solving.

To an onlooker, the tasks are daunting both for occupational

therapists, and for those receiving care and assistance.

“We look at the whole person.

We believe that the core of each person is spirit,” says McClintock.

“We can work holistically because we constantly change.”

We change our outer and inner environment to adapt to what life offers. Like raising a child, it takes a professional village to support client development. Patience, enthusiasm, common sense, creativity, a wide knowledge base, and a keen interest to interact with their patients, are but a few of the virtues oozing out of the occupational therapists I interviewed.

On May 21, 2014, a letter was presented to Mayor Dan Curtis and city councilors by the representatives of the Association of Yukon Occupational Therapists, and the Yukon Council of Disability with the intention of changing “how we view, talk and think about disability in our community.”

There is a strong movement

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by these organizations to change the current international symbol for disability, which is a person in a wheelchair, in a passive pose.

The new image presents a person in a wheelchair leaning forward — representing engagement, determination, and motivation. It has already been adopted by universities and cities across North America.

The concept that all people with disabilities can be viewed actively is empowering for those disabled persons. We can re-imagine how we view them. Please check out the website www.accessibleicon.org/about.html. Be part of the change, advocate and share process. You readers can also make a difference in how we view

The new symbol for disabled people; less passive, more active those with disabilities.

Lillian Strauss is a 45-year Yukon resident whose interests include all things that change and do not change.

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October 16, 2014

Coincidental Bassist

Richard Whiteman and company will play at Jazz on the Wing this Sunday, but he won’t touch the piano

by Ken Bolton

R

ichard Whiteman’s career as an upright bass player began virtually by coinci-

dence.

About 10 years ago, as leader of a highly regarded piano trio, he was doing a photo shoot with Juno-winning vocalist, composer, and bassist Brandi Disterheft.

“I was holding Brandi’s bass while she was adjusting her hair or something, and I thought, ‘This is cool’. Just the feel of the bass,” he says.

“I always liked the instrument, so I went out and bought one, mainly on a whim.”

Having played piano with “all the fine bass players in Toronto”, Whiteman says he knew how the instrument was supposed to sound.

He decided to take lessons from a classical teacher.

“So I worked at it, and it started to sound respectable,” he says.

Judging merely by the company he keeps, the word “respectable” may be a major understatement.

When Whiteman makes his first foray to the Yukon this weekend

for a Jazz on the Wing concert at the Yukon Arts Centre on October 19, he’ll be travelling with three accomplished musicians who have all played here before.

In addition to the group’s leader, the Richard Whiteman Quartet consists of guitarist Reg Schwager, pianist Amanda Tosoff, and drummer Morgan Childs. They’re the same personnel who appeared on the 2012 album, On Course.

A longtime fixture on the Toronto jazz scene, Schwager has won Guitarist of the Year honours at the Canadian National Jazz Awards four times. He has played with such luminaries as George Shearing, Peter Appleyard, Rob McConnell, and Diana Krall.

When Schwager moved to Toronto from Sudbury as a teenager, “He was already playing at a professional level and playing with the best people in town,” Whiteman says. “He’s a master musician. One of the best musicians I know personally.”

Whiteman first encountered Tosoff when she was still a student

in Vancouver a decade ago, but didn’t hear her play until a few years later.

“She sounded great, with great musical values. She can swing, she’s very musical, everything’s well thought-out. She knows what she’s doing on the instrument, and she’s got a great spirit,” Whiteman says.

“When she moved to Toronto, it kind of coincided with the time that I was about to embark on my career as a bass-playing bandleader, so she was my first choice.”

A bandleader in her own right, Tosoff has three CDs to her credit and an impressive list of festival appearances.

By another coincidence, the same night Disterheft introduced Whiteman to Tosoff, he also met his future drummer, Childs.

“He’s a bandleader on his own.

He’s made a recording, and he’s played in tons of bands,” Whiteman says.

“He can play mellow, and he can play with great fire. I think the stereotypes about drummers, al-

though they’re amusing, don’t apply to him.”

The Jazz on the Wing bill of fare will include “a good mix of the familiar and the unfamiliar,” Whiteman says.

“I’m not going to tell you what songs we’re going to play, but I can tell you there’s going to be some blues, there’s going to be some swinging material, there’s going to be some slow ballad material, there’s going to be some Latin grooves,” he adds.

Because airline baggage regulations pretty much rule out travelling with his own upright bass, Whiteman will be using a borrowed instrument, not the one he bought on a whim 10 years ago.

“Depending on how I adapt to the bass provided for me, there should be a couple of bass solos,” he hints. “But not too many.”

The Richard Whiteman Quartet will perform at the Yukon Arts

PHOTO: Emma Segal

After years as a busy jazz pianist, Richard Whiteman decided to add the upright bass to his repertoire Centre on Sunday, October 19, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

For more information, check www.jazzyukon.ca.

Ken Bolton is a freelance writer and former co-editor of What’s Up Yukon.

Better Than Busking

Rising stars of the classical music world will perform in Whitehorse this Saturday

by Ken Bolton

M

ilena Parajo-van de Stadt was little more than a toddler when she noticed some buskers playing violin in a park in Oxford, England.

She promptly switched her focus from the piano, which her father was teaching her, to the violin.

At the age of 15 she changed directions again, to play the viola in a string quartet that also featured her cello-playing younger brother, Adrian.

“When I started playing viola, I felt like I had found my voice,” she says. “I became obsessed with it instantly.”

Besides piano and violin, Pajaro-van de Stat spent her middle and senior school years in the U.S. learning trombone, trumpet, euphonium, and “all sorts of band instruments”.

Before her last year of high school, she went to a music festival in Maine as a violinist, but took her viola along just in case.

When viola teacher Michael Klotz discovered she had no one teaching her, he offered to take her on. Before long, he suggested she apply to the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

“I just looked at him dumbfounded, because I thought he

was crazy,” she laughs.

“No one ever really thinks they’re going to get into Curtis, let alone on an instrument I had been playing for less than a year.”

Pajaro-van de Stadt quickly learned “exactly enough” viola repertoire to audition for Curtis.

“When I got the call that I had got in, it was like a sign from the heavens that I was destined to be a violist, and I couldn’t have been happier.”

In Philadelphia, she soon met a freshman cello student named Camden Shaw.

“Camden and I started playing together literally from the first month we entered Curtis,” she says.

At that time, the school had a string quartet that included second-year violin students Joel Link and Bryan Lee. “I had never heard a quartet of people my age sound so good before,” Pajaro-von de Stadt says of the group.

ting married?”

That seal of approval prompted the 19-year-olds to form their own group, the Old City String Quartet.

They later changed the name to the Dover Quartet, in homage to a composition called Dover Beach, by famous alumnus PHOTO: by courtesy of the Dover Quartet Curtis Samuel Barber.

That was six years and many Members of the Dover Quartet (l. concerts ago. to r.) are Camden Shaw (cello), Joel Now, fast-forward to 2013 and Link (violin), Milena Pajaro-von de the Banff International String Stadt (viola) and Bryan Lee (violin) Quartet Competition; each of the ten competing fourBy her third year at Curtis, that somes was required to perform a quartet was about to lose its cello brand-new work, the Quartet No. and viola players. She and Shaw 3 by Edmonton composer Vivian approached the two violinists Fung, commissioned especially for about playing a quartet together. the event.

“From the moment the four of The group from Philadelphia us sat down and played, it just felt swept the boards, winning the top right,” Pajaro-von de Stadt says. prize and all three of the comAfter they had worked on a petition’s special awards, and few pieces together, one of their catapulting the Dover Quartet to first coaches, Schmuel Ashkenasi, international stardom. of the world-renowned Vermeer “We still all get chills when we Quartet, popped the question: think of that moment,” Pajaro“Have you guys thought about get- van de Stadt says by phone from

her hotel room in Rochester, N.Y., where the group performed the previous evening.

Three days earlier, they played in St. Albert, Alberta to an audience that included Fung’s parents and her former teacher. Two days later, they were scheduled to appear at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The current season alone consists of over 100 concert bookings in the U.S., Canada, South America, and Europe.

“Even though none of us are in actual relationships together, it really is like a marriage,” she says. “That can be a challenge, but every year we learn how to do it that much more.”

Whitehorse audiences will get to hear the Dover Quartet on Saturday, October 18 at the Yukon Arts Centre, as part of the Whitehorse Concerts series.

The performance starts at 8:00 p.m. and includes Mozart’s “Hoffmeister” quartet (K. 499), the String Quartet No. 11 in C Major (op. 61) by Antonín Dvořák, as well as the Fung Quartet No. 3.

Ken Bolton is a freelance writer who telecommutes to work from his home southeast of Whitehorse.

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Adventure and Stewardship Being Caribou is a doc worth watching

Being Caribou kicks off YFS’s Kitchen Party PHOTO: courtesy of Leanne Allison/ National Film Board of Canada

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eing Caribou kicks off Yukon Film Society’s (YFS) Kitchen Party on October 24 at the Yukon Arts Centre. The Kitchen Party is a month-long celebration of Canadian cinema and media art for YFS’s 30th anniversary. The film exemplifies the struggle environmentalists face against the interests of oil companies.

Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison, wildlife biologist and filmmaker, respectively, share a deep appreciation for the fragility and beauty of the natural world. They set out on the journey of a lifetime to follow a herd of caribou, on foot, through the Yukon wilderness, and across the border to their Alaskan calving grounds.

The intimacy with nature that this adventure affords them is inspiring in its rarity. Their dream is to document the overwhelming beauty and spectacle of this mass migration, and convince those who want to extract oil from the caribou’s ancient habitat that it would destroy something wonderful and important.

Released in 2005, Being Caribou begins with footage of George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush,

raving at crowds of Americans, insisting that job creation and development are far more important than the protection of a remote locale (or any animal or human being that might call that place home).

A delightful and jarring contrast occurs as the film transports us from this stuffed-shirt podium in Washington, DC, to the roughhewn landscape of Old Crow.

And from two people who are emotionally detached from the value of the natural world, to a mild-mannered Gwitchin fellow, Randall Tetlichi, who elegantly divulges the spiritual and practical importance that the porcupine caribou herd has provided to his people for thousands of years.

The documentary invites executives and politicians to make a leap of imagination: one necessary to form a visceral emotional connection to something they have only experienced theoretically, as a formula for making money.

George W. Bush is featured throughout the film, but not exactly in person. The couple tote a Bush action figure doll with them, which they include in many shots, and frequently hold one-

sided dialogues with. This doll definitely adds a weird but important element to this film. It says, in a strange poetic way, that if Bush could vividly experience this journey with them, in the flesh, he could not be exempt from the intrinsic spiritual value it instils.

The adventurers meet with physical and mental challenges they hadn’t imagined, and beauty and purity beyond the realm of ordinary human life. This mysterious land is home to not only thousands of caribou, but arctic foxes, wolverines, grizzly bears, and an ancient clan of human beings whose traditional way of life is being threatened.

A place that is perceived as barren and lifeless is anything but, and this fact is humbly demonstrated by our filmmakers. What they accomplish is a feat in every sense of the word. These two wise and congenial voices might fall on some deaf ears, but perhaps not yours.

This National Film Board of Canada documentary and audience favourite at the 2006 Available Light Film Festival screens at noon on Friday October 24 at the Yukon Arts Centre. Admission is by donation.

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HER NAME IS SARAH ABEL AN’ SHE PRAYED AT THE COMMUNION TABLE. SHE WAS AN OLD CROW RESIDENT AND SHE WAS THE W.A. PRESIDENT. SARAH WAS ALWAYS KIND BUT SHE SPOKE HER MIND. HER FAITH WAS STRONG THAT’S WHY SHE LIVED LONG. SHE WORKED FOR OUR TRIBAL AN’ SHE LIVED BY THE BIBLE. SARAH HAD STRONG BELIEF AN’ SHE WORKED WITH OUR CHIEF. SHE NEVER WENT TO SCHOOL

BUT SHE KNEW THE GOLDEN RULE. SHE NEVER READ OR WRITE BUT SHE DID WHAT WAS RIGHT. SARAH WAS OUR COMMUNITY LEADER AND SHE HELPED OUR LAY READER. SHE LIKES TO EAT CARIBOU CALF AN’ SHE ALWAYS MAKES US LAUGH. SARAH ABEL WAS ALWAYS SO NICE AND SHE SHARED HER ADVICE. IT WAS THE END OF AN ERA WHEN WE LOST SARAH.

Allan Benjamin ,

Old Crow, Yukon

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My little cabin is filled with aromas emanating from myriad sources — jars and jugs of various ferments, baskets and bundles of herbs hanging from every available hook and corner, and an everpresent pot of water on the stove for the endless dishes that go along with processing the harvest.

I watch the leaves lose their clinging grip on the branches outside my kitchen window as I chop, stir, and wash, finding plenty of time for rumination on the changes, inside and out.

While I marvel at all the ways we have devised to keep our food through the winter (though some of the modern chemical means I find downright unappetizing), ferments in particular are a continual source of wonder.

A hidden microbial world enacts out a great history within a jar to render transformations that are nothing short of miraculous; small wonder that ferments have attained sacred status the world over.

Communion anyone?

Modern technologies have allowed us to see what is happening in there via microscopy, and DNA techniques are illuminating the massive variety that exists within these micro-ecosystems, but more and more it seems we are discovering just how much we don’t yet understand.

While the benefits of eating ‘live’ food have been well documented, the exact mechanisms for their positive impacts are less well articulated — though intuitively, I’ll take live over dead, please.

So what is ‘alive’, in the food department? To me it is something that hasn’t undergone pasteurization, or sterilization, but instead relies on a healthy culture of beneficial microorganisms to outcompete those that might make me ill.

Nowhere is this greater exemplified than in milk — when I dis-

cover that a jar of raw milk has begun to turn, gentle heating separates it into sweet curds and whey, the original fresh cheese; what happens to pasteurized milk is much less pleasant.

I also enjoy the atmosphere created by so much life in my house — the rhythmic pop of bubbles escaping the airlock on the carboy of cider, the gentle fizz of pickles slowly pickling; watching the yoghurt on the woodstove suddenly gel, the tangy smell of sourdough bread rising, the aromas of sage, mint, and yarrow that waft up at me when I brush against the drying rack, and under it all, an earthy note provided by a venerable cheese. They all remind me that below calm surfaces there is continuous activity that I only notice when the products of the micro-ecosystem have accumulated enough to be detectable by my dull senses.

I suppose as well as being reminded of the constancy of change, I’m also learning pa-

PHOTO: Kim Melton

Alcohol, like that being produced in this jug of wild cider, is just one of the dizzying array of fermented food and drink found throughout the world’s culinary traditions. tience. You can no sooner hurry a ferment than you can a pig that doesn’t want to budge. You better make friends with it instead, and learn to enjoy it where it is.

Kim Melton is an enthusiastic forager and gardener, inspired by all things that make up good, local food.

Ruth’s Pickles My friend Ruth taught me the simplest pickling of all – salt and water. And a little pickling spice of your choice; we always use garlic along with a smattering of herbs and peppercorns. We use it for cucumbers, cauliflower, green beans, carrots, and beets.

1) Rinse the dirt off of your veggies (for cukes trim the flower end), and cut into chunks, sized to preference. Sterilize jars*, and for each liter jar add 1 Tbsp. + 1 tsp salt (non-iodized) and 1 ½ tsp pickling spice.

2) Pack in your veggies and a clove or two of garlic nice and tight, you don’t want them floating. Fill jar with cold water to cover veggies, and close the lid just enough that the ring will stay on.

3) Place in a cool location for 2-5 weeks for a slow ferment; taste them to see how tangy they are. The colder it is, the longer you’ll want to ferment — some vegetables seem to stay crisper with a long slow ferment. You may get some excited bubbling over.

4) Close the jars all the way once the bubbling has slowed and move to a cool storage location. If kept cool, these can keep for a year. To help keep veggies crisp, try adding currant or raspberry leaves. *We sterilize jars to provide less competition for the microorganisms on the vegetables —the ones we want to encourage.

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hese days, if you live in Whitehorse and you like good beer, you will find yourself nestled into one of the cushy chairs at the T & M lounge, catching up on golf highlights; you go there because it is still the only place in town that offers a wide array of craft beer.

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Enter the Yukon Beer Festival; or, dare I say, the Great Yukonian Beer Festivalia, held in Whitehorse on October 17 and 18.

The Yukon Beer Festival is the brainchild of Andrea Pierce, former manager of the T & M lounge, who is responsible for turning that bar into a Mecca for craft beer drinkers. Planning for the festival has been underway for many months, but Pierce recently handed over the reins when she moved south to deal with family matters.

Luckily, Kaori Torigai, always a sucker for punishment, agreed

to take on the role as president of the festival and keep the suds rolling.

The venue has been booked (the snazzy Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre), the precious beer order has arrived at the YG liquor warehouse, volunteers are being rounded up, and Torigai, who should have aged a decade in the past month, looks surprisingly perky. Thankfully, the board and several volunteers have stepped in to pick up the slack. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no small feat to put an event like this together.

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YukonParty Culture

Sharing a shaker............. shaker... .......... by Joslyn Kilborn

I

walk into a “September Scramble” party at 1:00 a.m. on a Saturday, late and completely sober.

It’s been a while since I was at a party like this; one you can hear from a block away, where you enter through an open front door wreathed with smokers, picking your way through a mountain range of shoes.

It’s probably the only real house party I’ve been to since I graduated from university, and definitely my first in the Yukon. I’ve been to a finger-full of potlucks, some barbeques, and all the music festivals, — but nothing quite like this.

As I weave through body-lined hallways and lineups for bathrooms, I begin to recognize a feeling I haven’t felt in a while: a sense of isolation, despite being surrounded by others.

There are a few reasons for this.

I’ve just come from another event that has me in a long flowing dress, while many of the people here, sweaty from a night of many bodies sharing space, are stripped down to the clothing essentials.

I don’t know as many people here as I thought I might, and I’ve missed the party’s main event, the dance competition.

I’m ridiculously sober in a room where people, imbibing or not, have spent all night together and are sharing that cumulative high.

In short, I’ve arrived post-climax.

Everyone seems to be dripping and dancing and lost in the party

Scenes from the aftermath of a house party

PHOTOS: Rick Massie hive-jive, and I’m standing awkwardly on the outskirts.

But probably the main reason for my discomfort, as is often the case in life, is that I arrived with expectations.

A few weeks back I spoke with Vanessa Stewart, one of the founding members of the Whitehorse Party Co-op, about house party culture in Whitehorse.

“All the best parties I’ve been to have been in the Yukon,” she tells me, and the way she describes them, I believe her.

Most have themes; often costumes are involved. She had just finished helping to put on a three-house party crawl, a different theme at each abode.

And there’s a real sense of safety at these parties.

“It’s always an inclusive atmosphere. You don’t feel judged, you can relax.”

“Someone always knows someone,” she says, citing the sense of community that is felt both inside and outside the parties.

“Often we go around ahead of time and speak to neighbours, give a gift of appreciation for their tolerance.”

Even the cops don’t seem to mind when things get too loud.

“They just ask you to go inside and keep quiet. People in the Yukon seem to have perspective.”

But this lenience isn’t without reason; the most out-of-hand thing Stewart can recall happening at a party is someone drawing male genitalia on a coffee table.

I felt pretty ready to show up at this Whitehorse house party and be swept up by all my new best friends and all their good vibes.

After spending a while leaning against various walls and tables and watching a crowd of sweaty, happy, smiling bodies each move their own little way, but all together in a group, I realize I have a few options: I can keep standing here feeling like an alien, I can leave and go home, or I can join in.

I thread my way into the heart of the dance floor like I’m walking into the ocean. Waves of bodies crash against me as I adjust my rhythm to the music, slip into the hum of the hive.

The secret to partying, and many other things, is this: we get out what we put into things.

Joslyn Kilborn is a Whitehorse-based writer. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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ime to celebrate with the United Way Yukon; October marks the 20th year of the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Yukon headquarters.

The United Way is responsible for donating to many health and social organizations from Dawson City all the way to Watson Lake.

Since 1994, the United Way Yukon has raised over $2-million.

In 1992 the process of creating the Yukon division began, based on the model of the United Way in Prince George, B.C. After a yearand-a-half of community members organizing with United Way Canada, the Yukon division was born, under the mandate of improving life for Yukoners by raising money to support local charities.

Spearheading the 20th anniversary festivities is president Leslie McRae. McRae has been involved with the organization since the beginning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had a management position with Northwestel, who are huge corporate sponsors of the Unit-

ed Way. I thought it was a great cause, so I got involved,â&#x20AC;? she says.

Over the past 10 years, McRae has encountered her share of challenges. The United Way relies on payroll donations to support programs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how much money is coming in, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to figure out how much money to give to an organization,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many people may not know this, but Yukon Government employees contribute 40 per cent of donations made to the payroll campaign.â&#x20AC;?

Although McRae is stepping down from the role of president in November, she will be playing an active role in this monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campaigning.

Along with a pancake breakfast at the beginning of the month, on October 20 the Yukon College will host a celebration for volunteers.

From October 24 to 26 the annual EBA Bonspiel will be held. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will be collecting donations at these events,â&#x20AC;? McRae

says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This month, during the campaign we are hoping to raise $170,000.â&#x20AC;?

Some of the organizations that benefit from the United Way Yukon are Big Brothers and Sisters, the Sookum Jim Friendship Center, the Whitehorse Food Bank, and Victoria Faulkner Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center.

Overall between $150,000 and $170,000 is dispersed annually amongst the many different groups. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are very grateful to all of our sponsors, and we hope to receive continued support so that those who are in need can be helped,â&#x20AC;? says McRae. For more information, visit the newly designed UWY webpage at, www.unitedwayyukon.com.

Angela Szymczuk is a Whitehorse-based writer.

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October 6th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 16th Upcycle Work Sessions 5-7:30 pm Free!!!

Skagway Public Library 8th & State Need some space to work on your project? Bring your own supplies to the Library as Sponsored by they turn the community room into The Skagway Public Library Creativity Central.

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Photo Show â&#x20AC;&#x201C; What I did last summer.

Upcycle Challenge Exhibit Skagway Public Library - 8th & State Enjoy a display of photos from you and your The Skagway neighbors summer experiences.

Upcycled creations will also be on display.

Exhibit contributors will be rewarded with chocolate!

Friday, October 17th 4 pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7 pm Class Fee $30 Limit 8 students

Your Cottage Food Business Presbyterian Hall Kitchen - 5th & Main Taught by UAF Extension Learn the basics of starting a home based foods business.

Contact Skagway CVB to reserve your spot! skagwayinfo@gmail.com

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Leather Mask Making with Tegan Baldwin - 2 day class Skagway School Shop 15th & Main Create a beautiful mask in time for Yuletideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Italian Masquerade ball!

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1 pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2:30 pm Puppetering workshop for all ages Free!!!

Eagles Theatre 6th & Broadway Get a behind the scenes look at what it takes to create a puppetry production. (there will also be a presentation for the school kids on Friday)

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Leather Mask Making - pt. 2

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Classical pianist Roman Rudnysky Skagway Public Library - 8th & State Enjoy magical sounds from a 19th Century Chickering Parlor Grand Piano in the beautiful Skagway Library.

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Bargain Hunting: The Sport

The Whitehorse Cross-Country Ski Club’s annual ski swap gets us primed for winter

by Amy O’Rourke

Photo: Amy O’Rourke

Mike Gladish stands with cross-country skis in hot anticipation for the snow to fall

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he Whitehorse Cross-Country Ski Club (WCCS) will open its doors for the annual Winter Sports Swap and Fair this October 18 at 9:00 a.m. This swap is really a winter gear sale, and a wide range of secondhand winter equipment will be available.

The yearly tradition is affectionately referred to as the ski swap, and fundamental aspects of life in Whitehorse coalesce at this event — namely, winter and gear.

For me, the joy of kicking off the winter season, while scouring the room for a steal-of-a-deal, is almost too much to bear.

WCCS has been holding the swap since the mid-1980s, and it’s

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the club’s primary fundraiser. It requires 70 volunteers.

Cross-country ski gear still makes up the bulk of equipment sold, but downhill gear is a close second. Any non-motorized winter gear is accepted.

Plan to arrive early; last year, the line-up went all the way to the parking lot, and 500 people attended throughout the day. When the gates closed about $30,000 worth of gear was sold.

Since moving to Whitehorse, cross-country skiing has become an important part of my winter routine. In addition to getting exercise, skiing the trails around the city gets me outside and socializ-

ing. Most recently it has brought me out for multi-day trips in Kluane National Park and Alaska.

I accessed this sport with some basic gear from the ski swap.

Now that I am a fully-fledged Whitehorse gear-head, I can think of several reasons why I can use a third pair of cross-country skis. I recognize how absurd that statement is, and I see the humour in it.

Nonetheless, engaging with the sport in varied contexts keeps it fresh and exciting for me, and ultimately keeps me feeling purposeful and happy throughout the winter; and part of feeling purposeful is having a reason to shop for great deals on gear.

As Mike Gladish, manager of the WCCS, notes, “People are coming to the gear swap for a deal. If it’s a deal, people just can’t refuse.”

Well Mike, I couldn’t agree more.

In fact, I would take it one step further and say that I’m compelled to attend because of the potential for a great deal.

The prevalence of gear-loving winter enthusiasts is great news for WSSS, which uses the revenues from the swap to maintain awesome trails, and facilitate the wide range of programs that it offers to youth and adults alike.

The trails at Mt McIntyre are typically open for skiers in midNovember, and the first wax-anddessert night of the year will take place on November 7. If you’re as impatient as I am to hit the trails, the winter gear swap is a welcome way to bide the time.

Those selling gear can drop it off in the wax room, downstairs, on Wednesday and Thursday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. or at the Grey Mountain Room located on the upper level of Mt McIntyre Recreation Centre on Friday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. For more information, call 668-4477 or visit www.xcskiwhitehorse.ca

Amy O’Rourke is a Whitehorse-based writer and bargain specialist. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Highlights YUKON MADE

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Every Sunday except long weekends From 2:30-6 pm $5/hr paid to Studio Tech

PAINTING OPEN STUDIO With Neil Graham 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month; From 7-9 pm $10 per two-hour session

LIFE DRAWING OPEN STUDIO

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(by donation for supplies and coffee) Tues 7:30- 9:00 KNITTING CIRCLE

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Second Tuesday of the Month, w/ Katie Sikkes - All welcome Fri 7pm - 10pm TEEN DROP-IN

Movies, Board Games, music and more.

Kaylee LIshner. (Starts Sep 19) WEEKDAY AFTERNOONS 1:30 - 3 PM

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Singing and Drumming Tues and Thurs: Cards/Games Drop in...bring a friend or two, enjoy a game of cards WED: KNITTING CIRCLE

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Tuesday, October 14th 6:30PM-9:30PM Movie night at the Beringia Center.

This event is open to the public and will be by donation only.

We will be showing the movie Temple Grandin!

Tuesday October 21st 6:30PM-8:30PM

Silent auction featuring gently used items!

Tuesday October 28th 6:30PM-8:30PM Autism Yukon will be hosting a workshop with speaker Nathan Searle.

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Active Interest LISTINGS Mon, Sep 8 Trampoline Training for Snowboarders 7:00 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club 334-2944 Wed, Oct 15 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: birdiebash@gmail.com Wed, Oct 15 Seniors +55 Tai Chi Chuan 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Class size is limited to a maximum of 10 participants. Contact: Jo-Ann Gates @ 667-4531 Wed, Oct 15 FREE Lunchtime Yoga 12:00 PM Shanti Yoga 867-456-7123 Learn to breathe, stretch and relax!

Donations Welcome. Use back entrance of Hawkins House No experience required all are welcome Wed, Oct 15 Hand to Hand - Level 2&3 with Gael 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Oct 15 Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Hand Form 6:00 PM Elija Smith Elementary School No previous tai chi experience is required. Contact: Helene Dobrowolsky @ 668-3814 Wed, Oct 15 Staff/Jo with Gael 7:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Oct 15 Yukon Roller Girls League Practice 8:30 PM Canada Games Centre Scrimmage Practice, all members welcome Wed, Oct 15 Youth Gymnastics Drop In 8:30 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Wed, Oct 15 Ladies Golf 7:00 PM Thu, Oct 16 Learn to Salsa! 8:00 PM Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks 867-336-0255 Stay warm this winter while learning to Latin Dance. New latin dance classes are beginning Oct. 16th and 17th until November 27th and 28th, inclusive. Thursday nights starting October 16th from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.For information: salsayukon@gmail.com Thu, Oct 16 Savaté (French Kick Boxing) 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo 335-4500 Thu, Oct 16 Introductory Tai Chi Chuan 6:00 PM

Hidden Valley School This class will focus on basic tai chi movements grounded in the 10 essential principles and 13 steps of tai chi chuan and prepares players for the traditional hand and weapon forms. Contact: Pam Boyde 633-6034 Thu, Oct 16 Fun With Forms 7:00 PM Hidden Valley School It is based on taiji hand, staff and spear, wushu and hockey movements. This class is for experienced taiji players only. Contact: Pam Boyde 633-6034 Thu, Oct 16 Boys basketball practice 3:30 PM 9962317 boys basketball practice Fri, Oct 17 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: birdiebash@gmail.com Fri, Oct 17 Hand to Hand - Level 1 (lunch class) with Gael 11:30 AM Aikido Yukon Dojo Fri, Oct 17 Golden Horn Judo 3:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary Fri, Oct 17 Bhangra Dance Classes 7:00 PM Breath of Life Collective 867-336-3344 The objective of these free dance classes is to bring happiness and good health to life through dancing!

Sat, Oct 18 Drop-In 10:00 AM Heart Of Riverdale Sat, Oct 18 Tai Chi Group Practice 10:00 AM Takhini Elementary School Everything could be practiced here, but usually the Hand Form is practiced twice through.

Teachers on hand will be happy to answer any questions or give extra coaching with your form Sat, Oct 18 Winter Sports Swap and Fair 9:00 AM Mount MacIntyre Recreation Centre Local sport stores and sports groups will have information and product displays in the Wax Room Sun, Oct 19 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: birdiebash@gmail.com Sun, Oct 19 Ultimate Frisbee 5:30 PM Canada Games

Wellness LISTINGS Wed, Oct 15 Seniors +55 Tai Chi Chuan 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Class size is limited to a maximum of 10 participants. Contact: Jo-Ann Gates @ 667-4531 Wed, Oct 15 Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Oct 15 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse Food Bank 334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Oct 15 FREE Lunchtime Yoga 12:00 PM Shanti Yoga 867-456-7123 Learn to breathe, stretch and relax!

Donations Welcome. Use back entrance of Hawkins House No experience required all are welcome Wed, Oct 15 One On One Support 1:00 PM Second Opinions Society A support staff will be available for one on one sessions every Tuesday Wed, Oct 15 Whitehorse Weight Watchers 4:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration.

Wed, Oct 15 Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Hand Form 6:00 PM Elija Smith Elementary School No previous tai chi experience is required. Contact: Helene Dobrowolsky @ 668-3814 Thu, Oct 16 Second Opinion Society Community Lunch 12:00 PM Second Opinions Society Thu, Oct 16 Introductory Tai Chi Chuan 6:00 PM Hidden Valley School This class will focus on basic tai chi movements grounded in the 10 essential principles and 13 steps of tai chi chuan and prepares players for the traditional hand and weapon forms. Contact: Pam Boyde 633-6034 Thu, Oct 16 Hospice Movie Night: A Will for the Woods 6:30 PM The Old Fire Hall A green burial is the act of

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Thu, Oct 16 Fun With Forms 7:00 PM Hidden Valley School It is based on taiji hand, staff and spear, wushu and hockey movements. This class is for experienced taiji players only. Contact: Pam Boyde 633-6034 Fri, Oct 17 Yoga with Bonnie MacDonald 8:15 AM Vista Outdoor Learning Centre 668-2791 Ten class series. Call to register.

Fri, Oct 17 Yoga with Bonnie MacDonald 10:15 AM Vista Outdoor Learning Centre 668-2791 Ten class beginner series. Call to register.

Sat, Oct 18 Whitehorse Weight Watchers 8:30 AM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration.

Sat, Oct 18 PFLAG Meeting 7:00 PM Yukon College Support for those struggling with sexual orientation and gender identity in themselves or someone they know.

Everyone welcome Mon, Oct 20 Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan 16 Movement Hand Form 7:00 PM Grey Mountain Primary School This introductory tai chi chuan (taijiquan) class will focus on the Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan 16 Movement Hand Form.

Contact: Jo-Ann Gates 667-4531 Mon, Oct 20 Recovering from Chronic Pain White Swan Sanctuary October 20-November 24 Monday evenings from 7:15-8:30 Mon, Oct 20 Qigong and Tai Chi for Seniors 10:00 AM Golden Age Society This class involves flowing, gentle qigong exercises and Yang Style 16 Movement Tai Chi Chuan that help with relaxation, balance, strength and

Centre 668-6517 Come out and play some frisbee. All levels are welcome.

Sun, Oct 19 Badminton 7:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Tracy 393-7641 Mon, Oct 20 Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan 16 Movement Hand Form 7:00 PM Grey Mountain Primary School This introductory tai chi chuan (taijiquan) class will focus on the Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan 16 Movement Hand Form. Contact: Jo-Ann Gates 667-4531 Mon, Oct 20 Qigong and Tai Chi for Seniors 10:00 AM Golden Age Society This class involves flowing, gentle qigong exercises and Yang Style 16 Movement Tai Chi Chuan that help with relaxation, balance, strength and general well-being. Contact: Jo-Ann Gates at 667-4531 Mon, Oct 20 Hand to Hand - Level 1&2 with Gael 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Mon, Oct 20 Sword/Bokken with Gael 7:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Mon, Oct 20 Yukon Roller Girls Team Practice 7:00 PM Elija Smith Elementary School 30 minutes off skate work followed by Skills and Drills Tue, Oct 21 Tai Chi Form Refinements 6:00 PM Holy Family Elementary This term the refinement class will focus on fine tuning and improving our movements of the Traditional Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan 103 Movement Hand Form. Contact: Pam Boyde 633-6034.

Tue, Oct 21 Tai Chi Partner Work 7:00 PM Holy Family Elementary Learn how to use the 8 energies against an opponent and how to neutralize them when used against you. This class is for experience tai chi players. Contact: Pam Boyde @ 633-6034 Tue, Oct 21 Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Tracy 393-7641 Tue, Oct 21 Badminton 7:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Tracy 393-7641 Tue, Oct 21 Tai Chi Beginners Yang Style 108 Form 8:00 PM Elija Smith Elementary School Handed down by Professor Cheng Man-Ch’ing (Zheng Manqing) and Dr. Chi Chian Tao. Contact: Laura Beattie 456-7609.

Tue, Oct 21 Men’s Golf 7:00 PM Wed, Oct 22 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini

Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: birdiebash@gmail.com Wed, Oct 22 Seniors +55 Tai Chi Chuan 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Class size is limited to a maximum of 10 participants. Contact: Jo-Ann Gates @ 667-4531 Wed, Oct 22 FREE Lunchtime Yoga 12:00 PM Shanti Yoga 867-456-7123 Learn to breathe, stretch and relax!

Donations Welcome. Use back entrance of Hawkins House No experience required all are welcome Wed, Oct 22 Hand to Hand - Level 2&3 with Gael 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Oct 22 Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Hand Form 6:00 PM Elija Smith Elementary School No previous tai chi experience is required. Contact: Helene Dobrowolsky @ 668-3814 Wed, Oct 22 Staff/Jo with Gael 7:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Oct 22 Yukon Roller Girls “Fresh Meat” Drop In 8:00 PM Elija Smith Elementary School Open to all who want to come out and try Roller Derby Wed, Oct 22 Yukon Roller Girls League Practice 8:30 PM Canada Games Centre Scrimmage Practice, all members welcome Wed, Oct 22 Youth Gymnastics Drop In 8:30 PM Polarette’s Gymnastic Club Wed, Oct 22 Ladies Golf 7:00 PM Thu, Oct 23 Savaté (French Kick Boxing) 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo 335-4500 Thu, Oct 23 Introductory Tai Chi Chuan 6:00 PM Hidden Valley School This class will focus on basic tai chi movements grounded in the 10 essential principles and 13 steps of tai chi chuan and prepares players for the traditional hand and weapon forms. Contact: Pam Boyde 633-6034 Thu, Oct 23 Fun With Forms 7:00 PM Hidden Valley School It is based on taiji hand, staff and spear, wushu and hockey movements. This class is for experienced taiji players only. Contact: Pam Boyde 633-6034 Thu, Oct 23 Boys basketball practice 3:30 PM 9962317 boys basketball practice

general well-being. Contact: Jo-Ann Gates at 667-4531 Mon, Oct 20 Practical Skills Class 2:00 PM Second Opinions Society 867-667-2037 Join us for a class on a practical skill including resume building, budgeting, communication etc...

Tue, Oct 21 Tai Chi Form Refinements 6:00 PM Holy Family Elementary This term the refinement class will focus on fine tuning and improving our movements of the Traditional Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan 103 Movement Hand Form. Contact: Pam Boyde 633-6034.

Tue, Oct 21 Tai Chi Partner Work 7:00 PM Holy Family Elementary Learn how to use the 8 energies against an opponent and how to neutralize them when used against you. This class is for experience tai chi players. Contact: Pam Boyde @ 633-6034 Tue, Oct 21 One On One Support 10:00 AM Second Opinions Society A support staff will be available for one on one sessions every Tuesday Tue, Oct 21 Wellness Support Group 2:00 PM Second Opinions Society Everyone is welcome to this afternoon support group for those looking for a place to share, learn and grow.

Tue, Oct 21 Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary Tracy 393-7641 Tue, Oct 21 Yoga with Bonnie MacDonald 7:00 PM Vista Outdoor Learning Centre 668-2791 Ten class series. Call to register.

Tue, Oct 21 Tai Chi Beginners Yang Style 108 Form 8:00 PM Elija Smith Elementary School Handed down by Professor Cheng Man-Ch’ing (Zheng Manqing) and Dr. Chi Chian Tao. Contact: Laura Beattie 456-7609.

Wed, Oct 22 Seniors +55 Tai Chi Chuan 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Class size is limited to a maximum of 10 participants. Contact: Jo-Ann Gates @ 667-4531 Wed, Oct 22 Women & Children Lunch Date 11:30 AM Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Delicious Free Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Oct 22 Sally & Sisters Lunch 12:00 PM Whitehorse

Food Bank 334-9317 Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Wed, Oct 22 FREE Lunchtime Yoga 12:00 PM Shanti Yoga 867-456-7123 Learn to breathe, stretch and relax!

Donations Welcome. Use back entrance of Hawkins House No experience required all are welcome Wed, Oct 22 One On One Support 1:00 PM Second Opinions Society A support staff will be available for one on one sessions every Tuesday Wed, Oct 22 Whitehorse Weight Watchers 4:30 PM Whitehorse United Church Please arrive 30-minutes prior to the listed meeting time for weigh-in and registration.

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Tue, Oct 21 Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Rec Centre Service School 867-993-2520 For more Wednesdays Ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Lunch & Carpet information email: getrealfit(at)me.com Bowling 7:00 PM Atlin Rec Centre Wed, Oct 22 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired workout!

Mon, Oct 20 Tot Time 9:30 AM Nelnah Wed, Oct 22 Kundalini Yoga with Marielle Bessie John School 6:30 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Mon, Oct 20 Community Lunch 12:00 PM Culture 993-6347 In the ballroom Beaver Creek Community Club Wed, Oct 22 CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

Thu, Oct 23 Engaging Men to End Violence Against Women: Train-theWed, Oct 15 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Trainer workshop series 9:30 AM Dawson Program Lunch 12:00 PM The Old Daycare City Trâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;odĂŤk Hätrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;unohtän Zho Campus 821-4251 For more info:kathleen.cranfield@ (867) 335-7569 Pre-Register for this 2 ctfn.ca day workshop. Participants will apply local Wed, Oct 15 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM knowledge and culturally relevant elements GhĂšch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 to this subject and will have increased Wed, Oct 15 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN knowledge of local resources.

Capacity Building Fri, Oct 24 Super Seniors Weights 55+ Thu, Oct 16 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Capacity Building Fri, Oct 24 Women & Weights (Ladies Thu, Oct 16 Prenatal Classes for Mothers Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre and Fathers to be 7:00 PM GhĂšch Tlâ Fri, Oct 24 Trâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ondĂŤk HwĂŤchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;in Youth Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, Centre 3:00 PM Trâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ondek Hwechâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;in Youth Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Centre Sun, Oct 19 St. Saviours Church Service Fri, Oct 24 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 11:00 AM St. Saviours Church 867-668-3129 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Mon, Oct 20 C/TFN Carving Shed open Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired 5:30 PM Carcross Carving Shed Keith Wolf workout!

Smarch will be in attendance to provide Sat, Oct 25 KIAC Drop-in Painting 1:00 guidance/help with all manner of traditional PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture artwork Inspire and be inspired by other artists. Bring Tue, Oct 21 Elderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Breakfast 10:00 AM The your own ideas and painting surfaces. Paints, Old Daycare brushes $ easels are supplied, no instruction Tue, Oct 21 Sports Night 6:00 PM GhĂšch offered.

Tlâ Community School Sat, Oct 25 Trâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ondĂŤk HwĂŤchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;in Youth Tue, Oct 21 Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Group 7:00 PM Centre 3:00 PM Trâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ondek Hwechâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;in Youth Carcross Community Campus 821-4251 Centre Wed, Oct 22 Canada Prenatal Nutrition Sun, Oct 26 St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church Service Program Lunch 12:00 PM The Old Daycare 10:30 AM St Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church 867-993-5381 821-4251 For more info:kathleen.cranfield@ ctfn.ca Wed, Oct 22 Hiroshikai Judo 6:00 PM Wed, Oct 15 Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 GhĂšch Tlâ Community School 332-1031 Wed, Oct 22 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN AM Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Capacity Building Wed, Oct 15 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Thu, Oct 23 Sewing Group 6:00 PM CTFN Van Gorder School Capacity Building Wed, Oct 15 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Thu, Oct 23 Prenatal Classes for Mothers Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@ and Fathers to be 7:00 PM GhĂšch Tlâ Community School With Kathleen Cranfield, faroyukon.ca Wed, Oct 15 Kids in Action Store 3:00 PM Registered Midwife and CPNP coordinator Del Van Gorder School Thu, Oct 16 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Wed, Oct 15 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 Thu, Oct 16 Zumba 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired Fri, Oct 17 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@ workout! faroyukon.ca Wed, Oct 15 Kundalini Yoga with Marielle Fri, Oct 17 Archery 3:00 PM Faro 6:30 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@ Culture 993-6347 In the ballroom Wed, Oct 15 CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy faroyukon.ca Fri, Oct 17 Kids in the Kitchen Cooking Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

Program 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Thu, Oct 16 KVA Tourism Fall Round 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Up 11:00 AM Downtown Hotel Join them Fri, Oct 17 Seniors Fitness class 7:00 PM for keynote presentations and discussion.

Please RSVP by emailing KVA@Dawson.net Faro Recreation Centre Sun, Oct 19 Faro Church of Apostles Mass Fri, Oct 17 Super Seniors Weights 55+ 10:00 AM Church of Apostles 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre Sun, Oct 19 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Fri, Oct 17 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 Fri, Oct 17 Trâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ondĂŤk HwĂŤchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;in Youth Mon, Oct 20 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Centre 3:00 PM Trâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ondek Hwechâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;in Youth Van Gorder School Centre Tue, Oct 21 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 Fri, Oct 17 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired Tue, Oct 21 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School workout!

Tue, Oct 21 Archery 3:00 PM Faro Sat, Oct 18 KIAC Drop-in Painting 1:00 Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@ PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Inspire and be inspired by other artists. Bring faroyukon.ca your own ideas and painting surfaces. Paints, Tue, Oct 21 Faro Kettle Cafe 4:00 PM Faro brushes $ easels are supplied, no instruction Recreation Centre Hosted by the Faro Youth Group. offered.

Wed, Oct 22 Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 Sat, Oct 18 Trâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ondĂŤk HwĂŤchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;in Youth AM Faro Community Library For Babies to Centre 3:00 PM Trâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ondek Hwechâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;in Youth age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Centre Wed, Oct 22 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Sun, Oct 19 St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church Service Van Gorder School 10:30 AM St Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church 867-993-5381 Wed, Oct 22 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Mon, Oct 20 Super Seniors Weights 55+ Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@ 11:00 AM Dawson City Fitness Centre faroyukon.ca Mon, Oct 20 Women & Weights (Ladies Only) 12:00 PM Dawson City Fitness Centre Wed, Oct 22 Kids in Action Store 3:00 PM Mon, Oct 20 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 Del Van Gorder School Thu, Oct 23 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Robert Service School 867-993-5370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latin-inspired PM Faro Recreation Centre Thu, Oct 23 Zumba 7:00 PM Faro workout!

Recreation Centre Mon, Oct 20 Dark Room Club 6:00 PM Fri, Oct 24 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture bekmiller1234@gmail.com please sign up in Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@ faroyukon.ca advance Fri, Oct 24 Archery 3:00 PM Faro Mon, Oct 20 LIfe Drawing 7:00 PM KIAC Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@ Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993faroyukon.ca

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Fri, Oct 24 Kids in the Kitchen Cooking Program 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Oct 24 Seniors Fitness class 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Sun, Oct 26 Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Sun, Oct 26 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442

Golden Horn Fridays Golden Horn Judo Club 3:30 PM Golden Horn School judoyukon@gmail.com or Mike 668- 6952. Under 15 years Sundays Badminton 7:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary School Tracy 393-7641 Tuesdays Yoga 6:00 PM Golden Horn Elementary School Terice 668-6631 Tuesdays Badminton 7:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary School Tracy 393-7641

Haines Junction Wed, Oct 15 Kindermusik 10:30 AM St Elias Convention Centre geared towards children ages 2-3 accompanied by an adult.

Any preschool child is welcome to attend (0-5) Thu, Oct 16 Eldersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Oct 16 Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School Sun, Oct 19 St Christopherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church 867-634-2360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere Mon, Oct 20 Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Oct 21 Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Oct 21 Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall Wed, Oct 22 Kindermusik 10:30 AM St Elias Convention Centre geared towards children ages 2-3 accompanied by an adult.

Any preschool child is welcome to attend (0-5) Thu, Oct 23 Eldersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Oct 23 Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School Sun, Oct 26 St Christopherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church 867-634-2360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere

Hamlet of Mt. Lorne Wed, Oct 15 Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Thu, Oct 16 Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Fri, Oct 17 Learning Lions Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Wed, Oct 22 Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Thu, Oct 23 Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Fri, Oct 24 Learning Lions Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Sat, Oct 25 Lorne Mountain Music Night Lorne Mountain Community Centre 667 7083 Dinner and music event , ticketed with audience of 60 Performances of 1-3 songs per musician/duo/trio/group Produced by Nicole Edwards

Marsh Lake Wed, Oct 15 Adult Basic Fitness 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Fri, Oct 17 Dinner at the Jackalope 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Reservations welcome. Steak/Rib Nights last Friday of each month Fri, Oct 17 Drop-in Basketball 7:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Sat, Oct 18 South of 6 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Association Sat, Oct 18 Tot Program 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Association Sun, Oct 19 Badminton Drop-in 11:30 AM Marsh Lake Community Association 6604999 All welcome Sun, Oct 19 Home Routes Concert with Manitoba Hal 7:00 PM Marshlake Contact Eva or Beat @ 660-4014 for reservations and directions. Tickets $ 20.

Tue, Oct 21 North of 60 Cafe 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Tue, Oct 21 South of 6 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Association

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Wed, Oct 22 Adult Basic Fitness 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Fri, Oct 24 Dinner at the Jackalope 6:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Reservations welcome. Steak/Rib Nights last Friday of each month Fri, Oct 24 Drop-in Basketball 7:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Sat, Oct 25 South of 6 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Association Sat, Oct 25 Tot Program 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Association Sun, Oct 26 Badminton Drop-in 11:30 AM Marsh Lake Community Association 6604999 All welcome

Ross River Thu, Oct 9 Community Thanksgiving Dinner With Family Activities 5:00 PM Ross River School Fiddle music

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Shop 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Oct 15 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wed, Oct 15 Cruizers Concession Coffee & Chat 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Oct 15 Tagish Community Association meeting 7:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Agenda posted at tagish.ca Thu, Oct 16 Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Wed, Oct 15 Soccer K to Grade 3 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 J.V. Clark School 996-2317 School Gym Sat, Oct 18 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Wed, Oct 15 Drop in Basketball 7:00 PM Community Centre 399-3418 J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Mayo School Sun, Oct 19 Pancake Breakfast! 10:00 AM Gym Tagish Community Centre Once per month Wed, Oct 15 Drop in Volleyball 8:00 PM J.V. everyone welcome Clark School 996-2317 Drop in volleyball Tue, Oct 21 Stay Get Fit 5:00 PM Tagish Thu, Oct 16 to Sun, Oct 19 Gospel Music Community Centre 399-3407 Fest & Jam Revival Heritage Hall Four Wed, Oct 22 Library and Treasures Thrift days of music, healing, free food, and fun.

Shop 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Featuring Tahltan recording artist Kenny Wed, Oct 22 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tashoots and international evangelist Victor Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Jackson. For more detail call Pastor Andy Wed, Oct 22 Cruizers Concession Coffee Nieman 332-8910 & Chat 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Oct 16 Youth Ice Hockey 5:30 PM Thu, Oct 23 Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 youth hockey Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 Thu, Oct 16 Draw curling night 7:00 PM Sat, Oct 25 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 Draw curling Community Centre 399-3418 Thu, Oct 16 Ice Hockey 8:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 hockey Fri, Oct 17 Dinner and a movie night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2317 Wed, Oct 15 Card Games for Seniors 1:00 dinner and a movie night PM Teslin Seniors Complex Fri, Oct 17 Elementary drop in gym night Wed, Oct 15 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin School 5:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 drop in Thu, Oct 16 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM gym night Teslin School Fri, Oct 17 High School drop in gym night Sun, Oct 19 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 8:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 drop in PM Teslin Rec Center gym night for high school kids Mon, Oct 20 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin School Sun, Oct 19 St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church Service Tue, Oct 21 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM 11:00 AM St Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church (867)667-7746 Teslin School Mon, Oct 20 Yoga in Mayo 7:00 PM Mayo Wed, Oct 22 Card Games for Seniors 1:00 Community Centre Yoga in the Mayo PM Teslin Seniors Complex community hall, every Monday in the Wed, Oct 22 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin School summer.

Thu, Oct 23 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM Tue, Oct 21 Boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; basketball practice Teslin School 12:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Come Sun, Oct 26 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 play basketball over lunch!

PM Teslin Rec Center Tue, Oct 21 Youth Ice Hockey 5:30 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 youth hockey Tue, Oct 21 Under 12 Kung Fu 6:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 junior martial arts Thu, Oct 16 Engaging Men to End Tue, Oct 21 Drop in badminton 7:00 PM Violence Against Women: Train-theMayo Community Centre 996-2317 drop in Trainer workshop series 9:30 AM Watson badminton Lake Community Campus (867) 335-7569 Tue, Oct 21 Ice Hockey 8:00 PM Mayo Pre-Register for this Two Day Workshop.

Hockey Arena 996-2317 hockey Participants will apply local knowledge and Tue, Oct 21 Kung Fu for teens and adults culturally relevant elements to this subject 8:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 martial and will have increased knowledge of local arts for teens and adults Wed, Oct 22 Soccer K to Grade 3 12:00 PM resources.

Thu, Oct 16 Help and Hope Drop in for J.V. Clark School 996-2317 School Gym Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Wed, Oct 22 Drop in Basketball 7:00 PM Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Mayo School together!

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The Klondike Roots & Blues Festival is a reunion, of sorts, for two busy blues artists

by Ken Bolton

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randon Isaak is on the phone from Vancouver, freshly back from a tour of eastern China with his jump-blues band, The Twisters.

“Every night, we had hundreds of screaming girls after the show, seeking autographs and pictures.

We were just white guys playing the blues, but we were like rock stars,” he says.

Tim Williams is in Calgary, packing for a Rhythm & Blues Cruise along the Mexican Riviera with the likes of Taj Mahal, Los Lobos, and Eric Burden.

“I haven’t seen Taj in 35 years.

Los Lobos is one of my favourite bands in the world. And Eric has been giving great shows and singing really well.”

A multi-instrumentalist whose work invites comparisons to Ry Cooder and David Lindley, Williams has been a blues fixture for nearly half a century.

Before moving to Canada in the late 1960s, he played the coffee houses of his southern California home. His early exposure to Mexican and Hawaiian music still informs his playing style.

“And western swing, and Bakersfield country stuff. Very much the same mix as Ry Cooder.

We grew up like 11 miles apart, so

it’s kind of understandable.”

His path first crossed the Yukon-raised Isaak’s in Vancouver years ago.

“The Twisters used to be my band when I played Vancouver, so I knew the band before I actually knew Brandon,” Williams explains.

“We’re both big blues fans and big fans of vintage guitars, so a friendship developed.”

Comparing notes, Williams realized the strawberry-picker’s shack he once rented in Langley, B.C., had actually belonged to Brandon’s father, venerable Whitehorse bandleader Ed Isaak.

Their paths are about to converge again, at the first-ever Klondike Roots & Blues Festival, held on October 17 and 18 at the Yukon Convention Centre and the High Country Inn ballroom..

Isaak first envisioned such a festival in Whitehorse during his early days at the Taku, the mythologized Main Street club where his father performed regularly with his iconic band, The Canucks.

With a venue in hand, the younger Isaak started booking talent from among his extensive network of musical colleagues.

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of my friends that were applying, and that’s kind of tricky,” he admits. “It’s just that you have to pick a few acts, and you have to make sure they all work, so you’ve gotta think about it and spread it out evenly.”

For this first outing, Isaak hand-picked the roster, including Yukoners Kim Beggs and Manfred Janssen, with his ensemble, Blues Cargo.

“I’ve made it a roots and blues festival, so we can have other styles of music under the umbrella,” Isaak explains.

“We’ll always be supporting the local acts as well, but the majority will be out-of-town blues acts.”

One of the first people he lined up was Williams, a double winner at this year’s International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee, and a recent inductee into the Calgary Blues Music Association Hall of Fame.

While he’s frequently cited as a “roots” guitarist, Williams admits he’s not certain what that means.

“I think it evolved as a term to describe what people like Cooder and Lindley were doing at the time,” he suggests.

“To me, it’s simply someone

who tries to incorporate and perform and understand the musical traditions that affect what they try to do,” he adds.

“Like, I’ll play a set of blues, but in there will be an old Pachuco blues in Spanish by Lalo Guererro, because that’s part of what I grew up with. And I’ll do a Sol Ho’opi’i song, because the Hawaiian stuff was something I grew up around.

“That’s where I go to when I play music — the root of things, you know.”

There’s less ambiguity when he riffs on the word “blues”.

“Without getting deeply philosophical, it’s about looking the beast in the eye. The demon you confront has way less power than the demon you keep buried inside, right?” he asks rhetorically.

“It’s like an actor using Stanislavski and going to wherever he stores all the heartbreak and joy and all the other stuff you go to like a toolbox,” he adds.

“You bring that stuff out in the air, and you sculpt it as perfectly as you can, so that other people can share in that experience. It’s like hoodoo; it’s conjured.”

The Klondike Roots & Blues Festival consists of an acoustic evening on Friday, October 17 in the High Country Inn ballroom,

and a plugged-in session at the Yukon Convention Centre the following night.

Besides Beggs and Williams, Friday’s performance will feature perennial favourite Bill Bourne (“He’s still rocking and everybody’s loving him,” Isaak says) and the Silver Screen Scoundrels (Isaak himself, with bassist Keith Picot and a backdrop of silent film footage).

A Friday highlight will be an acoustic set by pianist Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne, described

by Isaak as “the most in-demand boogie woogie player in the world, almost”.

Wayne will also play an electric set with the full festival band on Saturday. The night’s other acts include the “high-energy rockabilly” of Cousin Harley (aka Paul Pigat) and an Edmonton-based group called Boogie Patrol that Isaak calls “a great dance band.”

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. both evenings. Tickets (Friday $30; Saturday $50; both nights $75) and line-up details are available at Dean’s Strings, the High Country and the Gold Rush Inn. Ken Bolton is a freelance writer with an ear for all sorts of music.

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