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HE INDUSTRY was waiting on the last piece of the puzzle when it comes to beginning the recreational cannabis market in Alaska—the testing facilities that will grade and greenlight the product we will see in retail locations across the state. Right now, the only testing facility that is licensed with state and local government is CannTest, LLC. All went as projected and CannTest is open for business as I type, allowing cultivators to test their waiting product that will then make its way to retail shelves across the state. CannTest is led by Dr. Mark Malagodi, a scientist with a background in business and a passion for having a safe and informed consumer base. He is joined by Dr. Jonathon Rupp, the scientific director of CannTest, who plans to use cutting edge technology to empower the consumer in the decision making process with the most accurate analysis of cannabis products. When it comes to a regulated market, this is a quintessential part of the process. Having an informed and safe consumer base will help support industry success and will further the acceptance of responsible cannabis users in today’s society. A few weeks back, Malagodi filled me in on the ins and outs of a testing facility’s role in the regulated market and what led him to the industry. “There are several factors. I believe in the medicinal benefits of cannabis. I’ve met so many people who have benefited from medicinal cannabis use since I got involved in this industry; it makes me proud to be assisting these people as we move forward,” he said. “The other driving factor was the opportunity to get in on the ground floor of an industry. Having my own business over the last 20 years and learning from that venture showed me that this is an opportunity I could not pass up. Between Dr. Rupp and myself we have all the needed experience required to be successful in this industry.” In mid-October, CannTest began the final steps toward operation after inspections by the state, fire marshall and municipality. “It boiled down to small simple things like ‘flammable’ signs on doors in the lab and a specific size for lettering on the outside of the business,” Malagodi said. “The things we were asked to do were very reasonable and we will be able to complete these requirements within days due to their simplicity. I don’t think

the inspection could have gone any better.” Any product sold in Alaska retail locations is required by law to be tested for potency and microbials. Potency refers to the percentage of the psychoactive component Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and also the Cannabidiol (CBD) content in any sample that is tested. Knowing the potency of the product allows consumers to customize their high and make educated decisions when navigating a regulated market. Microbial testing ensures that the product is free of mold and bacteria such as E. coli, salmonella and aspergillus. Concentrates are held to the same standards, but are also tested for residual solvents (insert your “tane soup” jokes here). The same goes for edibles, which cannot exceed the dose limit of 6 mg per serving, as set by the Marijuana Control Board (MCB). Originally, the board imposed a limit of 5 mg per serving for edibles, but after testimony from the testing facilities upped the limit to 6 mg per dose to account for variance in testing. “Imagine your edible batch comes back at 5.1 mg per serving when you have a 5 mg limit. That entire batch would fail resulting in a loss for the cultivator and processor,” Malagodi explained. “We advocated for a 6 mg limit knowing it would allow for some variance in results when people are aiming for a 5 mg dose.” A common misconception is that testing facilities will also test for pesticides. “The grower is required by the MCB to generate a label stating what—if any—pesticides were used during the cultivation process and how that was verified, but it’s not something we will be testing for. Again, our main function is to track potency and ensure the product passes microbial testing,” Malagido said. CannTest offers terpene testing for those cannabis connoisseurs in the industry, as well as additional CBD potencies not required by the MCB regulations. CannTest will also accept samples to be tested from an unlicensed grow, provided that the sample is submitted in person and their identifying information is verified so it can be tracked within their laboratory management system. MCB stipulations prevent them from accepting any personal grow product from unlicensed operations off the road system or through the mail. This safeguards them on a federal level in regard to what is outlined in the Cole memo—a document that advises states how to partake in a regulated cannabis market with little to no fed-

eral overreach. Right now the MCB is in talks with TSA and the feds to regulate people traveling with marijuana within the state, and how to manage licensed facility transfers for those who do not live on the road system. The last hurdle for CannTest to clear was laboratory approval through the Outside agency A2LA, a California company contracted by the state. “Alaska contracted with A2LA under two types of evaluations- ISO 17025 and an Alaska Standard evaluation,” Malagodi said. “The problem that results from this is that there are a lot of specific regulations that get put forth from both of those evaluations and it’s hard to differentiate between the two. That is what was holding us up at that moment. Cynthia Franklin worked on making this happen for us by sorting out the language surrounding the difference between the two evaluations that A2LA is completing and helping to push the approval through. Everyone wants to see us in business as soon as possible and we are thankful for that.” The highly anticipated start of legal recreational sales is just days away. With the approval and operation of testing facilities we will finally see product that not only has to meet regulation requirements, but also allows consumers to gain knowledge surrounding the products. With consumers making informed decisions, we further societal support of normalizing responsible adult use in our communities. n

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October 27 - November 2, 2016

BY TARA BURNS

N THE MORNING of July 15, 2014, residents of the 1200 block of Hyder Street woke to the sight of police tape and evidence vans outside their doors. It quickly became clear that someone had been killed—a woman. The word was that she had been found nude from the waist down. Police said she had been sexually assaulted and dumped, and they warned women to be careful out on the street. Just days later, the media reported that police had classified the case as a “death investigation” and then later a “suspicious death.” It was no longer being investigated as a murder. Today, Jessica Lake’s death is still classified as a “suspicious death,” rather than a murder. Jessica Lake was raised in Hooper Bay, where she went by her middle name, “Mayu,” and grew up picking berries and practicing traditional subsistence. She moved to Anchorage at 18 and loved the social life here. Lake drank heavily at times, used drugs and traded for sex. She was known as a street person although she had moved into Karluk Manor. Friends describe Lake as very outgoing and say that she loved to have fun and make everyone laugh. She called her family back home regularly and kept in touch with her daughter. After Lake’s death, her family started a Facebook page called Justice for Jessica Lake, hashtagging #wewantjustice and #NativeLivesMatter. They say they hadn’t known her death had been classified as a suspicious death and stated that detectives haven’t returned their calls. “I remember letting the dog out and seeing the police across the street and the big huge homicide processing RV. The street, Hyder, was roped off there between 13th and 14th and they were out there all day long,” a neighbor who lived near where Lake’s body was found told me. “The van was parked next to the old Baptist Church for most of the day. I mean, it was there all day long. I can’t remember now if I went up to the police at some point and asked them what was going on, but at some point it became clear that somebody had been murdered; that there had been a body found. The whole neighborhood was coming and going, trying to talk to the police, coming up to the scene. It just went on all day. It was very emotionally, extremely draining to watch the van be parked there all day long. Like it must have been a really intense scene to have to process.” Later that day, the neighbor said, investigators began focussing on the the vacant lot, just across the street where there had been an encampment in the

tall grass and brush. The same neighbor said that police had told people in the neighborhood that Lake’s death was more than just a suspicious death. “I went around and talked to neighbors and I talked to some of the businesses and some of the social services that are there in the neighborhood,” the neighbor recalled. “It was the social service center there that said that the police had come in and made inquiries. They said that she had been raped and murdered and that there was a big concern. That people, the street people, needed to be really careful. I was surprised because that was different from what was being printed in the newspaper where they weren’t saying what the cause of death was, they weren’t saying that she had been murdered.” In a post titled “Is a serial killer targeting sex workers in Anchorage?” the blog at Alaska Unsilenced reviewed the still unsolved Anchorage murders of 10 women who worked in the sex trade, including Jessica Lake.

They said that she had been raped and murdered and that there was a big concern. That people, the street people, needed to be really careful. I was surprised because that was different from what was being printed in the newspaper.

“All too often,” the blogger writes, “it seems that law enforcement hasn’t investigated the disappearances and murders of sex workers as actively or as thoroughly as they might people who aren’t involved in the sex trade. But it should not matter at all how these women made their money—what matters is that they are missing or murdered and have not received justice.” Norma Jean Almodovar, a former member of the Los Angeles Police Department and a retired sex worker explained what she learned during her time working at LAPD, “There is an unofficial designation for murdered sex workers—they are called ‘NHI—or ‘No Humans Involved.’ NHI basically

applied to all ‘disposable’ females.” While some speculate that an Anchorage serial killer is targeting sex workers, others have wondered if a local serial killer is targeting street people or Alaska Natives. This is nothing new. A 2009 Anchorage Daily News article about the large number of deaths of homeless people that year addressed rumors of a serial killer. The paper quoted Anchorage Police Department homicide unit Sergeant Slawomir Markiewicz dismissing the concerns, saying, “I think the tragic truth is that in most of the cases—their lifestyle—they are pretty much killing themselves through their lifestyle and their choices.” Dr. Sine Anahita—who researches inequalities at the University of Alaska Fairbanks—explained that institutionalized racism in investigations is often unintentional. “Systemic racism is racist practices that are built into the social structure—it doesn’t require intentional racists to do intentional racist acts. Systemic racism can work in such a way as the way that our society trains police officers … I think that’s what we’re seeing with so many young black and Latino men being killed by police now. Whatever the race of the police officer is, they’re being killed because we have instilled in these police officers this particular way of responding to people of color that is different than the way they respond to white people … With Native people who are murdered or suspicious death, because of the stereotype of alcoholism and it’s ‘just another drunk Native’ or that somehow this person has brought this kind of degraded lifestyle upon themselves because of being Native.” Dr. Anahita said that being a street-involved person, a sex worker and a drug user all carry oppressions similar to systemic racism: “If you’ve got all these intersecting [marginalized identities] then your life chances are decreased. People who have fewer of these intersecting [identities] have greater life chances.” “It’s just too bad that there’s all these barriers between police and women,” the neighbor said. “The women who are being targets for these violent predators—we know that at least three out of four rape victims aren’t making reports. That’s a problem, it’s a problem when people are not even able to report. That means there’s something wrong with our reporting system. How many rape kits are unprocessed right now? … It’s almost like a giant conspiracy here, that all the cops are in on it somehow.” Jessica Lake’s death remains a mystery, but one thing is clear: if she was murdered, it was not by her lifestyle, her heritage or her work—it was by a person who made a choice to take her life and who will not be held accountable if police do not investigate. n

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HERE’S A NEW GROUP of young and excited professionals in the Alaskan political scene making waves across the state. Ship Creek Group (SCG), founded by John-Henry Heckendorn and Joshua Corbett, is a local consultancy that came to fruition in January of 2015. Heckendorn arrived in Alaska in 2012 after graduating from college to work on Representative Andy Josephson's (District 15, D) political campaign. “I came up for a summer and never left,” he explained. During his time in Alaska, Heckendorn realized that there was a gap in locally available consultancy. “People were stuck between two alternatives: One was hiring an increasingly small stable of consultants who are good at what they do—and very experienced—but don’t necessarily have the motivation to work around the clock or hire an inexperienced college kid.” Heckendorn’s business model was simple; create a group that could manage in-house work that wastes valuable time within the campaign and offer consultancy through a smaller agency that wouldn’t treat a campaign like secondary income. Co-founder Joshua Corbett calls SCG "completely" Heckendorn’s brain child, and said that Heckendorn pitched the group to him while it was still just an idea. “It had been stewing in John-Henry’s brain for quite some time and I was like, ‘Yeah, sounds interesting,’” Corbett said. Heckendorn runs the business side of things, while Corbett takes the lead on anything creative. “I think [Heckendorn] recognized the symbiosis in terms of our skill sets, and that together we could do some pretty cool stuff. It kind of gradually evolved, ramping up and really getting going in the assembly races this past year.” Heckendorn and Corbett had their eye on breaking onto the political scene during the 2016 election cycle. Leading up to the election they got busy doing communications consultancy and building up their portfolio. Toward the end of 2015, the pair started assembling a team. First was the addition of projects manager Courtney Owen in November of 2015. Owen is a super-volunteer who has worked on numerous political and civic engagement projects. Her passion for local politics was first ignited in high school. “I grew up in a very politically conservative family, so naturally I rebelled against that,” Owen joked. Aside from teenage rebellion, Owen was largely influenced by her love of music, specifically the riot grrrl musical genre and movement. When she was given the task of putting together an event for Eric Croft, she immediately gravitated toward music to its ‘unifying factor.’ The result was ‘Spenard Votes!,’ an event aimed at getting young people involved in local politics. The event featured music from The Forest That Never Sleeps and Life Ain’t Fairview Trio and by the end Anchorage had 150 new registered voters. “I think that event was really successful in that a lot of people who I didn’t know and had never seen before were there. It cast a wider net than I expected.” In January of 2016 Heckendorn and Corbett brought on financial officer Paula DeLaiarro, who they had worked campaigns with in 2014 for Dan Ortiz (I-Ketchikan), Adam Wool (D-Fairbanks), Marty McGee (D-District 22), Laurie Hummel in (D-District 15) and Dean Westlake in (D-District 40). DeOctober 27 - November 2, 2016

Laiarro files APOC reports and acts as treasurer for campaigns run by SCG. She also proofreads media pieces and sits in on strategy sessions. DeLaiarro’s voyage into the world of Alaskan politics didn’t begin until very recently. “I’d never been involved in a campaign or donated to a campaign and then all of that changed when a dear friend of mine, Laurie Hummel, was coaxed into running for state house. She asked, ‘If I do that will you be my treasurer?’” she said. “It’s addictive, it’s fun, it’s something you can be passionate about. It kinds of reels you in. So when [campaigns are] over it’s like you go into withdrawal. About a year later John-Henry called.” Aside from the core four, Ship Creek group has also had four interns over the last year. Jillian Banner was a creative intern who worked under Corbett, while 17-year-old Peter Heckendorn, younger brother of John-Henry, worked with the group during the assembly elections and impressed multiple candidates with his poise and knowledge. Current interns Genevieve Mina and Shea Siegert worked with the group over the summer through the primaries. Ship Creek Group has been busy during their first year running campaigns. SCG went four-for-four in the 2016 Anchorage assembly races, helping clients Dick Traini, Eric Croft, Forrest Dunbar and John Weddleton clinch wins. Most recently, the consultancy was equally successful in the primary elections, with clients Dean Westlake, DeLena Johnson, Gary Knopp and Zach Fansler winning seats in Kenai, Palmer, Kotzebue and Bethel respectively. Art Hackney—a local political consultant with over 35 years of experience and the Chairman of the American Association of Political Consultants’ Board of Directors—holds Heckendorn in high regard. Hackney worked with Heckendorn on Delana Johnson’s campaign back in 2013 and says that he hasn’t met someone in politics as intense and principled as Heckendorn. “I know they’re building a good, solid repertoire, but mostly JohnHenry is a unique individual and I personally have developed a solid level of respect and high expectation for [him].” Hackney says one of the markings of a good consultant is someone who understands that what political consultants do has “tremendous consequence.” “The strength you have as a consultant is important,” Hackney explains. “A go-along and get-along consultant is very low in my books. The ones I like are the ones who—even at the risk of losing a candidate—have the guts to say, 'That’s wrong, I’m not going to do it,' or 'I think that’s a big mistake.' To argue back, that’s what you’re being hired to do, not just take the money.” Jean Craciun, another long time political consultant who works both inside and outside of Alaska, says the Ship Creek Group has simply come up with a system that is filling a need. “People are buying it,” Craciun says. “I met with [Heckendorn] and I asked what is his plan; he said he doesn’t have a plan. They’re kind of going with what they learned in the past.” Craciun, as a long time researcher, isn’t surprised by SCG’s successes, in part because the numbers and information

needed to succeed are all presented for the consultancy. After considering the fact that SCG didn’t do any traditional (television and radio) ads for their campaigns, but instead focused on social media, Craciun noted that all the numbers needed to be successful on social media are easily obtainable. “The social media they’re doing is nothing, it’s no big deal. You get a list and cross-reference it to anything and everything. You say, ‘Who’s on Facebook from this list?’” Craciun said. “Not that many people are voting in Alaska. It’s not a lot of work.” For Craciun, working social media in Alaska is a numbers game. Take a look at who voted previously, go to their social media and make pull lists. Once the information is gathered, update the information and punch it into an algorithm. It’s targeting down to the individual based on what you’re doing in the public world. “There is no magic in what we do,” Craciun said of political consultancy. When looking at the candidates that SCG represented, Craciun considers them “no brainers.” “We’re kind of making something of nothing.” “I’m a small business owner— have been for 30 years—and it wasn’t easy. He’s doing what I was doing: working where there’s work. Democrats, Republicans and Moderates: They’re crossing party lines, using databases from the parties. They’re kind of like me when I was younger, I kind of like them. But I don’t know if they’re going to survive or what they’re going to do next.” Hackney and Craciun differ in their opinion of the success of SCG. While Craciun accredits most of it to the numbers, Hackney says that while that may be true on paper, the execution is what makes SCG successful. “Every one one of us do those exact same things. The difference with John-Henry is that he doesn’t just punch in at nine in the morning and take off; he lives and breathes it. He sits and spreads all those numbers out—which everyone one of us can get, yes—but how do you make someone care?” Looking toward the future, SCG will be running the campaigns of Jason Green and Ivy Spohnholz during the general election, as well as pushing for ballot measure 8—PFD Automatic Registration—come November. The initiative would automatically register Alaska residents to vote when they apply for their PFD. “People say it’s super easy to register to vote, but everything on a campaign doesn’t heat up in the last month,” Heckendorn said. “In Alaska, if you haven’t registered in the last 30 days you can’t vote. If you’re a young person who gets excited about something in the last 30 days, it’s too late and you can’t participate in the election.” Quite simply, SCG just wants to make life better for Alaskans. The consultancy has worked with candidates on both sides of the aisle, bypassing what Heckendorn describes as “D.C. politics.” “Not to say I’m the biggest fan of Ted Stevens, and this quote is way overused, but to hell with politics—'Just do what’s right for Alaska,’” Heckendorn said. “I kind of like that.” n To learn more about Ship Creek Group, visit them online at shipcreekgroup.com.

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BY JONATHAN BOWER LEONARD COHEN: VARIOUS POSITIONS (1984)—YOU WANT IT DARKER (2016) It’s coming to America first, the cradle of the best and of the worst. It’s here they got the range and the machinery for change and it’s here they got the spiritual thirst … Democracy is coming to the U.S.A. —“Democracy,” 1992 Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn —“Dance Me to the End of Love,” 1984 Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in —“Anthem,” 1992 I’ve listened to one man more than any other this election season. And it’s not Donald Trump. Shortly after graduating college in the mid1990s, I left Philadelphia and moved to southern New Hampshire to live with 20 other recent college graduates five miles deep in the woods of a state park. We were hired to help launch and establish an Americorps program sponsored by the Student Conservation Association (SCA). That year, our group dwelled in a series of dilapidated, retired 4-H lodge buildings and shack cabins without running water, and we heated all our buildings with wood stoves. Following my time in the NH forest, I accepted a fall semester teaching assistant job for a college program 20 miles up a mountain in southern Oregon. Similarly, that term I lived a lengthy drive from the closest town and in a wood-heated cabin among a group of young, hungry, earnest twenty-somethings from around the United States. As a recent college graduate with an English degree, I leaned into these opportunities as a means to undertake Thoreau’s effort “to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life … to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life … to cut a broad swath and shave close.” So naturally, over the course of this “unplugged,” rugged living, I also stopped shaving and cutting my hair. With my afro and shock of strawberry-blonde fuzz exploding around my face, my family in PA began referring to me as the Unabomber. On a visit back east following my TA stint on the Oregon mountain, I returned to my alma mater—a small college a short drive from Philadelphia—to visit and catch up with a friend, Shawn, who was beginning his final semester there. Shortly after I arrived, we crossed paths with one of Shawn’s classmates, who I soon learned identified as a Luddite. After a brief conversation together—his life choices fascinated me as much as my current lifestyle appealed to him—we went our separate ways. Once we were out of range, Shawn leaned towards me, “You’ll appreciate this, Jon,” he whispered. He paused and looked over October 27 - November 2, 2016

his shoulder, as if to make sure he was out of range, “That guy owns one album—a cassette copy of The Best of Leonard Cohen.” Stunned, and right then fairly obsessed with Cohen’s work, I stopped walking and turned to steal another glimpse of the Luddite disappearing down a tree-lined path in the direction of the classroom buildings. A thought struck me then and I turned back to Shawn. “Wait. But how does he listen to it?” That Best Of album the Luddite afforded himself served as my own introduction to Cohen’s work years earlier. There’s still a dear and timeless spirit wending through those classic songs that made Cohen famous; “Suzanne,” “So Long Marianne,” “Take This Longing,” “Famous Blue Raincoat,” and many others. However, in the mid-1980s, Cohen abandoned the romantic poet’s instrument of choice—his acoustic, nylon-stringed guitar— and swapped it out for a Casio keyboard that made his labored-over compositions sound better suited for a hazy Holiday Inn cocktail lounge than a Greenwich Village or Montreal coffee house. For as laughably corny as I initially found this sound in the 1990s, it today sounds eerily prescient, a preview of trends currently thriving throughout the pop music production landscape. His voice, meanwhile, had plunged vast registers lower than the more nasally, high-pitched troubadour’s work of “Bird On a Wire” et al. In an interview with Paul Zollo in 1992, he shared that after “50,000 cigarettes and several swimming pools of whiskey,” he noticed his voice deepening. And it continued doing so with no signs of stopping, even after he quit smoking for a time. He “copped to the fact” of his new vocal delivery and, with the lounge-worthy synthesizer, embraced a new era of his career. The lyrical focus of this new period, meanwhile, established Cohen more as a prophet of the times, overly given to signs and portents of nearing cataclysmic catastrophes: I’ve seen the nations rise and fall I’ve heard their stories heard them all but love’s the only engine of survival … There’ll be the breaking of the ancient western code Your private life will suddenly explode There’ll be phantoms there’ll be fires on the road and the white man dancing. Things are going to slide in all directions Won’t be nothing Nothing you can measure anymore The blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold and it has overturned the order of the soul —“The Future,” 1992 Note that there wasn’t an Internet to log onto in 1992. No online accounts to hack into, thieve or protect with a laundry list of passwords. No Google search; no Amazon shopping. No Facebook or social media sites on which to advertise my life or hawk my wares or to feature my preferences and curate my self-important experiences. No smart phones.

Was anyone listening? Perhaps. Who can say? I was at the gym a couple months ago during a spell of unrelenting August rain—weather entirely characteristic of Alaska’s transition from summer into autumn. I must have started working out only moments or hours after Trump—during one of his stump speeches—first entertained the idea that November’s Presidential election would be rigged. This was, of course, prior to Trump’s recent flood of abuse allegations, before the hot mic episode that would further impact his rapidly eroding support. More than a little amused by his suggestion that morning, I opened twitter on my phone and quipped via tweet, “Trump’s saying the election’s rigged only if he loses, right?” However, as I watched the news channels’ mad dash with Trump’s latest blather, I don’t know what surprised me more—that Trump decided to “go there,” or that all the talking heads across the blinking row of televisions appeared astonished and anxious as they ceaselessly buzzed about Trump’s assertion. That this was was news to them—and so, by association, to us—wildly frustrated me. On one hand, of course our elections and politics are rigged. Anyone who’s listened and taken Cohen’s words to heart (and a college-level American history or poli-sci class wouldn’t hurt, either) would know that’s “yesterday’s news” by now. As Cohen expressed on "I’m Your Man" in long ago 1988: Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich get rich That’s how it goes Everybody knows And then in “Tower of Song,” that album’s closing track: You can say that I’ve grown bitter but of this you may be sure The rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor And there’s a mighty judgment coming, but I may be wrong You see, you hear these funny voices in the tower of song The news media, Donald Trump, and least of all, it seems, his supporters, have clearly not been listening to or heeding Leonard Cohen. But that makes sense. In literature and religious myths, no one seems overly inclined to heed the words of the prophet, the seer, the oracle. Humanity, without fail, prefers to learn its lessons the hard way. Shortly after concluding a world tour in support of his 1992 album, The Future, Cohen—a longtime student of Zen Buddhism—stepped out of the limelight, hung up his suit and donned a monk’s robes. He retreated to Mt. Baldy, a Buddhist retreat center east of Los Angeles, where his longtime teacher lived and served. He would remain there until 1999. The essayist and author, Pico Iyer, visited with Cohen near the end of his residency at Mt. Baldy in the late 1990’s. “I feel,” Cohen told him, reflecting on our shared human condition, “we’re in a very shabby moment, and neither the literary nor the musical experience really has its finger on the pulse of our crisis. From my point of view, we’re in the midst of a Flood ... And this Flood is of such enormous and biblical proportions that I see everybody holding on in their individual way to an orange crate, to a piece of wood, and we’re passing each other in this swollen river that has pretty well taken down all the landmarks, and pretty well overturned everything we’ve got. And people insist, under the circumstances, on describing themselves as ‘liberal’ or ‘conservative.’ It seems to me completely mad.” (The Buzz Magazine, 1998) And then, in October 2001, Cohen surprised his audience with his first album of new material in almost ten years. On one hand, the timing for Ten New Songs could not have been

more perfect. The country, still upended and reeling from the tragedies of September 11, had just lived through the defining crisis of my generation. In my own, singular anxiety and distress of that period—those days and weeks following 9/11—and on learning Cohen would break nearly a decade of silence with new songs only weeks into our shock and our grief, I couldn’t help wondering what the prophet who had last darkly hearkened about The Future might say or predict or offer in the wounded, terrifying moment that we then collectively found ourselves. And yet, the Cohen who came off the mountain didn’t snarl and growl shadowy, nicotinefueled prophecies at listeners any longer, as much as croon and nearly whisper a running series of heartfelt considerations and contemplations. The Leonard Cohen of Ten New Songs, and every album since 2001, speaks from a specific, considerable affording of wide open space—an immeasurable, interior noman’s land situated between peace and agony, fury and calm—the likes of which I’ve never witnessed or encountered in the work of any other living songwriter. It’s a state of being and acceptance nowhere more evident than in the many verses comprising “A Thousand Kisses Deep:” You win a while And then it’s done Your little winning streak. And summoned now to deal With your invincible defeat You live your life as if it’s real A thousand kisses deep And then on the song, “Boogie Street:” So come, my friends, be not afraid We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made, In love we disappear. In David Remnick’s recent profile on the songwriter for The New Yorker, Cohen—who turned 82 in September and released his fourteenth album, You Want It Darker, last week— soberly acknowledged his “proximity to death” right now. In a recent correspondence with Marianne Ihlen, shortly before she passed away—the Marianne of “So Long, Marianne” and the woman seated at his typewriter on the back cover of 1969’s Songs from a Room—he wrote, “It’s come to this time when we are really so old and our bodies are falling apart and I think I will follow you very soon.” Then, in a voice that Remnick said makes Tom Waits sound like Eddie Kendrick, he shared, “I am ready to die. I hope it’s not too uncomfortable. That’s about it for me.” But until news of his death reaches me—and then for many years afterwards, I’m sure—I’ll continue dialing into that low, whiskey-soaked baritone, seeking the true north of the times in which we find ourselves. Because, as I soon enough learned during the years spent going into the woods and then to the mountain tops, living deliberately and deeply—fronting only the essential facts and shaving close—is not a singular experience, but a lifelong task. One that demands as much of our unmediated and clear-eyed attention to the interior landscape as we may prove inclined or prefer to pay the outer one. This disturbing and unimaginably awful election season is, one must hope, nearly behind us. The prophet’s words, meanwhile, are never behind us, but always a few hazy feet ahead of the direction we’re going, always a preview of what we might expect along our uncharted course. Cohen composed these words for Nico in the 1970s, but they seem a fitting epilogue here, a means of paying respects and gratitude to the seer of our age: Many men have loved the bell You fastened to the rain And everyone who wanted you Found what they will always want again. n

Skinning a moose head. PHOTO BY AMMON SWENSON

UCKED AWAY IN SPENARD there is a house. The house is a cheerful shade of blue, but lurking deep within there is a gruesome secret. Stepping inside you see carnivorous plants, their alien mouths dangling this way and that, hoping for a live meal. Strange things in jars line shelves, and vats containing an unknown substance sit, gently gurgling in a darkened recess. A display case is neatly filled—with skulls. Further into the depths of the house, the flesh of the recently killed is slowly feasted upon by insects. A severed head lays askew in a

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Maxwell Walton gets some tongue action. PHOTO BY AMMON SWENSON

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TS PRESS PICKS WEEK and I’m learning the winners in beer-related categories right along with you. I didn’t cheat and find out beforehand; my editor and publisher wouldn’t share the results with me. I conducted my own survey, reaching out to a peer and a beer aficionado. The 2016 Press Picks has four categories specifically related to beer including the best brewpub, beer on tap selection, retail beer selection and brewery. I added one more to my survey: Best local beer. My answer is always “the one I have in my hand.” Beer is situational, after all, and what I might enjoy most in the summer might not be what I’d prefer in winter. Beer is also very personal. Ask anyone what their favorite pizza or sexual position is and you’re likely to get many different answers, many of which would start with, “well, it depends.” I like to see people struggle with an answer, so I added the question. I selected Andrew Heater as my peer. I work with him on a daily basis and although I don’t consider him an aficionado, he’s a solid craft beer drinker, forever beer-curious, gets around enough to provide a qualified answer. “No, I’m not an aficionado, I’m an apprecionado,” explained Heater when I asked him to participate. Finding a beer aficionado is easy. Jason Ditsworth is my go-to guy when I want to know what’s going on with a particular beer, or to dissect the subtle nuances between close contenders. “That’s a loaded question,” answered Ditsworth to the favorite brewpub question. “I guess that depends on if you go by the true definition of a brewpub.” The distinction comes with licensing, but the lines are blurry. Breweries are starting to look like brewpubs as they add food to their menus. “If you go by the true definition, I’d have to say Glacier Brewhouse. They’re a true brewpub; they have great beer and great food. If your definition is just beer and food, I’d have to say Midnight Sun Brewing, but they are more of a brewery with a tasting room,” says Ditsworth. Seward Brewing Company is my favorite brewpub,” opines Heater. “It the

one I can attribute the most positive experiences to. It’s as much about the experience as it is the beer and both are always good. I feel welcome, my family feels welcome and it nods to my maritime love.” What about me? Following the purist definition, my nod goes to 49th State Brewing Company—the one in Healy. Like Heater, I’ve had the most positive experiences there in one of the most unpretentious, laid-back atmospheres, and—like Ditsworth—I find the beer and food exceptional. Heater and Ditsworth share their love for Anchorage Brewing Company as

Ditsworth and I also like Bodega because we can grab single beers instead of investing in a whole six-pack of something we haven’t tried yet. When I ask what’s available in a certain style I’m taken directly to the picks with confidence by someone who can talk about the beer. Ditsworth vacillates between King Street and Anchorage Brewing Company as his favorite brewery. “As far as having spot-on beers, I love King Street because their beers are mostly the classic styles and they’re really clean and pure. Still, Gabe at Anchorage Brewing hits it out of the park with every beer he makes, every time.” I love all of my local breweries for different reasons, so I used a different criteria when selecting Midnight Sun as my favorite. Midnight Sun is the place I want to show off to anyone who hasn’t been to a local brewery yet, and especially folks that visit from Outside. Midnight Sun has more pure Alaska attitude than others and it draws in the most diverse mix of people. Anyone I bring there always feels welcome and comfortable. Next came the tough question. Heater didn’t hesitate when I asked him what his favorite local craft beer is. “Oh, hands down it’s Grace Ridge Brewing’s Halibut Cove Lemon Zest. I’d drive to Homer every week to get that beer if it wasn’t so far away.” I predicted Ditsworth would align with me on the favorite local beer issue. “Well, I have the same opinion that on any given day my favorite might be different. I don’t know if I want a bright saison, a hoppy IPA or a malty lager. It’s tough to pick,” he says. “My favorite beer is one I guess I reach for a lot, and over the past couple of months, that’s been Anchorage’s Mosaic Saison. I absolutely love that beer. It’s refreshing, not overly sour and has a great balance of hops and other Belgian characteristics. That’d be the one I’d pick right now.” If I use Ditsworth’s line of thought, I’m drinking more Alaskan Brewing Company Freeride APA and Midnight Sun’s Pleasure Town IPA than anything else, but still find it hard to nail down a number one standout. What I can tell you is there isn’t a local beer I don’t like, so I guess I’ll turn the page and find out what you readers like best in Alaska. n

Beer is also very personal. Ask anyone what their favorite pizza or sexual position is and you’re likely to get many different answers, many of which would start with, “well, it depends.” their favorite beer on tap locale. “They’ve got everything from a straight up IPA and a vast selection of sour Belgian style beers,” says Ditsworth.“Humpy’s would be a close second because I can always find two or three I haven’t had.” I share Ditsworth’s criteria about variety, and that puts Humpy’s, Midnight Sun and Moose’s Tooth Pub and Pizzeria toward the top for me. As frequently as I visit, they always have something new. Heater’s reason is different: “At Anchorage Brewing Company, it’s not just the beer on tap. Even for someone who doesn’t know a lot about how beer’s made, I know enough to tell that they take what they do very seriously, have the best equipment, and age and store it in the best containers. This all comes out in the beer.” We all three agree on the best local retail selection. Hands down, that’s La Bodega in the Metro Mall. This has more to do with customer service than massive beer volume. “It’s the staff; you can trust them,” says Heater. “If you ask a question you get an answer that’s intelligent. I was in one of the big retail giants the other day and I asked if they had any sour beers. I was steered to Bud’s LimeA-Rita, instead of some great local sours that are made right here in Alaska.”

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age dude trying to disappear inside a laundry cabinet; he had warrants out for not complying with conditions of his probation and a probation violation. Outside the house, but inside a broken down vehicle on the same property, troopers located a 38-year-old Soldotna man who was violating the conditions of his release. Both were taken to jail without bail.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT This missive comes via the Juneau Police Department, but is applicable statewide and beyond. The subject of the “information release” is “Clowns,” and as you can imagine, it addresses the epidemic of creepy clown sightings (and a handful of reported assaults) by clowns nationwide. Smartly, JPD prefaces its warning by noting “There isn’t anything illegal about dressing as a clown,” though such a law may have prevented the aural assault inflicted by the hip-hop duo Insane Clown Posse. JPD says it “has become aware of some public alarm over recent sightings of clowns in the Juneau area,” but no actual reports have been made to the department about sightings or suspicious behavior. But they’d still like the public’s help—if you see a suspicious clown, call the main line at 586-0600 (or, alternatively, in Anchorage, call 786-8500), and if you see an aggressive clown, or a clown threatening someone, “calling 9-11 would be appropriate.” The department would also appreciate it if you “evaluate the actual behavior presented to you before responding to the presence of clowns,” which is a clever idea. “A clown lurking in the woods is certainly unusual but may not be a direct threat,” the release notes. The communiqué concludes by asking residents to “Please call JPD before engaging with anyone, whether in a costume or not, that you believe to be a threat to you.” Solid advice, we’re sure.

FIND THIS DRIVER In the early hours of Thursday, October 7, a 27-year-old Willow woman was helping out a disabled motorist on a local street, when a car came hauling ass down the pavement and hit the woman standing on the road’s shoulder before striking the disabled vehicle. The driver didn’t stop, just sped away in its small white sedan, while the woman was taken to the hospital for “moderate injuries to her lower extremities.” If you know the asshole who hit her, call troopers at 352-5401.

READY OR NOT … They say you can run, but you can’t hide and that may have been the case with these two men with outstanding warrants— it sounds like they probably should have run. Troopers in Soldotna got a call on Friday, September 30 about a disturbance at a residence and after arriving discovered a 25-year-old Anchor-

THIS IS WHAT REDDI REPORTS ARE FOR The Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately program works well—if you see a driver you suspect is impaired, call troopers, and they check it out. On Wednesday, October 6, just after 3 p.m., troopers in Anchor Point got a REDDI call and went to investigate. They tried to pull over the red Chevy Lumina near mile 161 of the Sterling Highway, but the driver didn’t yield, leading to a short pursuit before the suspect crashed into a ditch. The 30-year-old Homer man who’d been behind the wheel fled into the woods on foot, and troopers couldn’t find him—though they managed to ID him. Not long after, troopers got a report of a stolen Dodge 2500 in the same area, and Homer Police joined the troopers in their pursuit. It led to the Homer Boat Yard, where the driver again ditched the vehicle and took off running. A couple of Homer PD officers caught him and took him into custody, after which he was charged with felony DUI—he’d already had one felony DUI in the last 10 years and his license was revoked until 2060. He was also popped for two counts each of first-degree failing to stop, third-degree assault, reckless driving, first-degree vehicle theft and resisting arrest (the two assault charges are for nearly striking two bystanders with a vehicle during the pursuit). He’s being held without bail and troopers ask anyone that witnessed the pursuit and had to take evasive action to contact them at 235-8239. NUMBER ONE When you’ve gotta go, you’ve gotta go, right? We’re sure that police only catch a very small percentage of men and women who piss in public, because most who’ve gotta drain themselves that bad know to hide at least a little bit. That wasn’t the case in Fairbanks on Saturday, October 8, when troopers responded to a report of an intoxicated guy. Troopers were talking to some other people at the scene when the 29-year-old dude unzipped and peed in the parking lot, in full view of the troopers and bystanders. He was popped for indecent exposure and held on $500 bail.n

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Come be a part of a historic, one-of-a-kind, all ages Halloween live music event. Your host, House of Extreme Darkness, invites you to gather together for Conspiracy of Ravens. Two Los Angeles goth/punk and experimental bands with a host of local Anchorage goth/punk, dark punk, experimental and doom metal bands. $10 - $15. (349 E. Ship Creek Ave.)

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"Guido LeBrón as “Rigoletto.” PHOTO BY RANDY CUMMINGS, TRI-CITIES OPERA"

BY KYLE SCHMOYER

AN I BE HONEST WITH YOU? I hope so, because I’m about to be anyway. I’ve never been to the opera, and before writing this I had never heard of Rigoletto. However, after researching the story and speaking with the people involved with Anchorage Opera’s upcoming performance of Rigoletto, I’m sold. Rigoletto is the story of the falling out between a philandering 16th Century Italian Duke (Peter Scott Drackley) and his trusty wingman—the hunchbacked jester—Rigoletto (Guido LeBrón). The Duke of Mantua, a real ladies man, sings of his propensity for wooing women, no matter their relationship status on Facebook in this case. It’s complicated? Not for the Duke. The husbands of the Duke’s conquests—not too happy with the Duke’s opinions on the sanctity of other people’s marriages—watch and seethe in the background as they plot their revenge. Rigoletto—perhaps living vicariously through the Duke—encourages this immoral behavior and harshly mocks the husbands any chance he gets, finding their pain amusing. If Rigoletto was around today, he would be called a bully and sent to counseling. Through a process of guided self-discovery Rigoletto would realize that all his anger—all his cruelty—is coming from a place of pain caused by his medical condition. But this story doesn’t take place in the modern day United States, no, this is 16th Century Italy, and they’ve got no time for feelings. In response to Rigoletto’s mockery, one enraged man puts a curse on the hunchbacked jester for dishonoring his daughter. That’s some-

thing you don’t see much of anymore, people cursing each other. When did that go out of style? Seems like a solid response to someone dishonoring your daughter. Now cursed, Rigoletto sees his life fall apart around him. Once the Duke’s perpetual cheerleader, Rigoletto changes his tune when he sees his own daughter, Gilda (Rachel Policar), become the focus of the Duke’s affection. What continues is a story of revenge, deceit, kidnapping, adultery and murder. The Anchorage Opera has not done a performance of Rigoletto in over 17 years, and to celebrate their 55th anniversary they wanted to do something special, so they brought back Verdi’s masterpiece. Giuseppe Verdi is regarded as one of the greatest composers in history and Rigoletto as the pinnacle work of his career. It premiered in Venice, Italy on March 11, 1851 and in its time was considered cutting edge. Verdi spoke about politics and inequality and made opera accessible and relatable to normal people it was no longer just for the aristocrats. In the title role is twotime Grammy nominee Guido LeBrón, a master of the role which is considered by many to be a difficult one. He has performed the role all over the world and received praise for his solid acting ability and the impressive control he has over his deep baritone voice. Conductor Brian Demaris skilfully controls the orchestra and helps bring to life Verdi’s famous tunes. Both Demaris and LeBrón made their debuts with Anchorage Opera last season in their production of Carmen. The story and history of Rigoletto is fascinating, but it’s only one aspect of the production. It also brings a large, energetic orchestra, superb singing, intricate costumes and

If you’re interested in powerful music and singing, and enjoy stories of deceit, revenge and adultery that don’t involve the 2016 presidential election, go check out Rigoletto.

innovative set design. Judy Berry, Director of Marketing for Anchorage Opera, called their production of Rigoletto “a feast for the eyes and ears.” Want to convince your wife or girlfriend that you’re much more cultured than you actually are? A night at the opera should do the trick. She’s always wanted to go to Italy, but Europe’s too expensive? Why not let Guido LeBrón’s powerful, silky smooth baritone whisk her away to the 16th century town of Mantua in Northern Italy? It’s the next best thing to booking your tickets to Rome (don’t tell her that.) Don’t have a significant other? That’s OK, you’ll find that perfect someone

eventually. In the meantime, if you’re interested in powerful music and singing, and enjoy stories of deceit, revenge and adultery that don’t involve the 2016 presidential election, go check out Rigoletto. n

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THE LIGHTNING THIEF Sun. Oct. 30, 3 p.m./ Atwood Concert Hall/ $22.25 - $29/ centertix.net for tickets. Theatreworks USA returns for Halloween with this fast-paced, wonderfully imaginative musical adapted from the book by Rick Riordan. Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school, again. And that’s the least of his troubles. Monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy’s Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, Zeus blames Percy for stealing his master lightning bolt and gives him 10 days to return it. To succeed, Percy will have to catch the true thief, come to terms with the father who abandoned him, solve the riddle of the Oracle and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves. PINKALICIOUS THE MUSICAL Fri. Nov. 25 through Tue. Dec. 20/ Cyrano’s Off Center Playhouse/ $28 - $30/ centertix.net for tickets and showtime info. See how she gets out of her pink predicament and pink indulgence of eating pink cupcakes,

ending up with pinkatitis, which turns her pink from head to toe. Of course, there will be pink cupcakes, but warning: it’s best not to eat too many. THE NUTCRACKER Fri. Nov. 25, through Sun. Nov. 27/ $37 - $81.50/ centertix.net for tickets and showtimes. The holiday season wouldn’t be complete without The Nutcracker. This extravaganza is a timeless tradition for the whole family. Clara’s dreams will transport you to the Snow Kingdom and the Land of the Sweets with the Sugar Plum Fairy. Drift away into this beloved story as a 45-piece symphony orchestra sets the tone for magical sets and exquisite choreography. You’ll even see locally-cast youth dancers. There’s no better way to kick off the holiday season with your family. It’s an experience that can be enjoyed by all ages. The Nutcracker will capture your heart and create holiday memories for years to come. THE MOWGLIS Sat. Nov. 26, 8 p.m./ Williwaw/ $25 - $28/ etix.com. If you’ve been to a big music festival in the past few years you probably have heard of or seen The Mowglis, an alternative rock band that is taking over the nation. In 2012 iTunes named their single “San Francisco” Single of the Week. They performed on various late night shows including “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and “Conan.” FIRST TAP DECEMBER FEAT. WATSKY X INFINITY TOUR Thur. Dec. 1, 8 p.m./ Bear Tooth Theatrepub/ $35 - $55/ beartooththeatre.tunestub.com. George Watsky is a rapper, writer and performer from San Francisco now living in Los Angeles. A versatile lyricist who switches between silly and serious, technically complex and simply heartfelt, Watsky won the Brave New Voices National Poetry Slam in 2006. Immediate after, he appeared on the final season of “Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry” in 2007 while a college Freshman and subsequently performed at over 150 universities across the country. ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Fri. Dec. 2 through Sun. Dec. 11/ anchoragefilmfestival.org for more information.

The Anchorage International Film Festival is a non-profit organization founded in 2001 and committed to independent filmmaking. HEALTH Fri. Dec. 2, 8 p.m./ Williwaw/ $26 - $56/ tixr.com. It’s been over half a decade since HEALTH released a studio album, and Death Magic is a bold—albeit occasionally jarring—step forward. The band finally embraces the pop impulses that seem to have always been lurking in their DNA. ANCHORAGE SYMPHONY: VIRTUOSITY Sat. Jan. 28, 8 p.m./ Atwood Concert Hall/ $27 - $52/ centertix.net for tickets. A night of the unexpected with three sensational works, including superstar Black Swan violinist, Tim Fain, playing Brahms’ iconic “Concerto for Violin”—an Anchorage Symphony Orchestra premiere. Now regarded as a masterpiece of the 20th century, “Rite of Spring” so incensed concertgoers at its premiere that rioting broke out in the aisles of the concert hall over this jarring ballet. BREAKING GROUND Sat. Jan. 28, 7:30 p.m./ Alaska Dance Theatre/ $15/ momentumdance.org for tickets. The 7th annual Breaking Ground event features new work by Alaskan choreographers. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Tue. Apr. 25 through Sun. Apr. 30/ Atwood Concert Hall/ $49.25 - $91.75/ tickets and showtimes available at centertix.net. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is the classic story of Belle, a beautiful young woman in a provincial town, and her unlikely encounter with the Beast, who is in reality a young prince trapped in a spell. As their story unfolds, we’re introduced to an unforgettable cast of characters—Lumière, Mrs. Potts, Cogsworth and other familiar favorites. With songs by legendary composer Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Pocahontas) Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is an international sensation that has played to over 35 million people worldwide.

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HE MID-‘90S were marked by reality talk shows, Kangol hats, butterfly hair clips and Californian punk rock. In 1994, Californian rockers dominated the music scene with the release of Green Day’s Dookie, Weezer’s The Blue Album and The Offspring’s Smash. While each band enjoyed platinum selling records, it was The Offspring that reached unprecedented commercial success, selling 11 million records worldwide. The album’s catchy melodies and punk guitar riffs allowed the band to successfully disguise the pointed social commentary within their lyrics, making their music accessible to a mainstream audience. Their first single “Come Out and Play” addressed gang violence in schools and their second single, “Self Esteem,” detailed abusive relationships. Despite the album’s decidedly heavy content, Smash set the record for most albums sold by an independent label and garnered the band steady radio play. Their 1997 follow-up Ixnay on the Hombre reached platinum but it was their 1998 album Americana that cemented The Offspring as one of the best-selling punk rock bands of all time. Featuring “Why Don’t You Get a Job” and “The Kids Aren’t Alright,” the album gave fans more of the same hardhitting music they came to expect. The notable exception was the surprise hit

“Pretty Fly (For a White Guy).” Written in response to cultural appropriation, the song peaked at number 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 and had white suburban kids happily singing “he’s tryin’ too hard, and he’s not quite hip but in his own mind, he’s the dopest trip.” In a 1998 interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, lead vocalist Dexter Holland explained the genesis of the album. “The songs on Americana

na Go Far Kid” topped the Hot Modern Rock Tracks and quickly became one of the band’s most successful singles, proving that the band hadn’t lost its mojo. With an anticipated tenth studio album reported to be released in 2017, The Offspring has been spending much of 2016 on tour. Over the past two months they have played in Japan, Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Mexico to name a few. On October 29. The Offspring will conclude their world tour with a pit stop at the Alaska Airlines Center. The concert will mark the first time the band has played on Alaskan soil in over 10 years. “This will be our third time playing in Alaska and we’re really stoked about it,” said lead guitarist Noodles. “On our last visit to Anchorage our gear got stuck in Seattle and we had to borrow completely new and different gear from Mammoth Music, who were super cool about lending us all kinds of drums, amps and guitars. The audience was great and the show went off without a hitch. It was a really unique and fun evening. Can’t wait to do it again (hopefully with our gear this time)!” n

”On our last visit to Anchorage our gear got stuck in Seattle and we had to borrow completely new and different gear from Mammoth Music, who were super cool about lending us all kinds of drums, amps and guitars.” aren’t condemnations, they’re short stories about the state of things and what we see going on around us. We want to expose the darker side of our culture. It may look like an episode of 'Happy Days' out there in America, but it feels more like 'Twin Peaks.'” Although the band’s next two albums Conspiracy of One and Splinter went platinum and gold respectively, they could not match the band’s previous success. For the next five years the band would take an extended hiatus and go through two drummers before dropping Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace in 2008. The album’s first single “You’re Gon-

The Offspring will play the Alaska Airlines Center on Oct. 29. Tickets are $45 - $80 at alaskaairlinescenter.com

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27 ARTS, OUTDOORS, ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURE TODDLER TIME @ MULDOON—Twenty minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and their caregivers. Free, 10:30 a.m. (Muldoon Library, 1251 Muldoon Rd., #158) BUILD WITH BLOCKS—All future builders go, play and build at the library. They will have a variety of blocks for all developmental stages of block play from soft baby blocks to Duplo LEGO blocks. Block play supports skills for future achievement in science and math. Ages 5 & under with their families. Free, 11 a.m. (Anchorage Public Library, 3600 Denali St.)

music, live magic, food trucks and warming barrels—making the night fun for the whole family. Register at apm.activecommunities.com for the Enchanted or Haunted Trail. The Enchanted Trail is from 4 to 6:30 p.m. and the Haunted Trail is from 7 to 9 p.m. $5, 4 to 9 p.m. (Goose Lake Park, 2811 UAA Dr.) WILD WEST MURDER MYSTERY PARTY—Enjoy dinner by La Cabana Mexican restaurant, one drink ticket and an unforgettable murder mystery party over Halloween weekend. Tickets available at eventbrite.com. $39.50 - $49.50, 4:45 to 9:15 p.m. (Historic Anchorage Hotel, 330 E. St.) MIDNIGHT SUN BREWING COMPANY BREWERY TOUR—Get an insider’s look at how MSBC brews its bold craft beer. And yes, you can have some drinks as well. Must be 21+ or accompanied by parent/guardian. Free, 6 p.m. (Midnight Sun Brewing Company, 8111 Dimond Hook Dr.) READY, SET … COCKTAILS!—Alaska Distillery and Anchorage Opera invite you to an evening of "intoxicating fun" on stage and on the set of Rigoletto. $55, 6 to 8 p.m. (Discovery Theatre Stage, 621 W. 6th Ave.)

SPENARD TAKE–IN—A unique opportunity to enjoy Anchorage’s food trucks during winter by ordering outside from the trucks listed and eating inside at a dedicated dining area of Koot’s. Free, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Koot’s, 2435 Spenard Rd.) LUNCH HOUR YOGA—A 55-minute yoga practice; a perfect choice for your busy day. Step onto the mat, let go and reconnect. Focusing on hips, core and shoulders. Drop in price is $14 or brand new members can purchase an eight-class pass for $49, expires one month after purchase. 12:15 to 1:10 p.m. (Namaste North Yoga Studio, 508 W. 2nd Ave.) “NO BIG HEADS: A SELFPORTRAIT COMPETITION OF LIMITED SIZE”—Visit the Student Union Art Gallery and enjoy light refreshments and snacks at the mid-day reception. Free, 1:30 to 3 p.m. (Student Union Gallery at UAA, 3211 Providence Dr.) HAUNTED & ENCHANTED TRAILS AT GOOSE LAKE PARK—Ghouls, ghosts, fairies, jesters, werewolves and wizards have all been spotted recently near Goose Lake. They’re coming to town for this year’s Haunted and Enchanted Trails. The Haunted Trail is not for the faint of heart; prepare for the thrills and frights that come out at night. Costumes are encouraged and there will also be

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS THURSDAY—Join Bosco’s for their weekly D&D campaign. Play out one epic encounter at a time. Each session only takes 1 - 2 hours to play, so it’s easy to fit your game in after school or work. And each week there’s a new and exciting challenge. Jump in anytime. As you defeat enemies, solve puzzles, finish quests and perform heroic deeds you’ll earn renown points that you can use to get exclusive rewards. All you need is dice. Free, 6 p.m. (Bosco’s, 2301 Spenard Rd.)

will cover at the clinic include studded tire options, the importance of tire pressure, 4” vs. 5” tires, ideal lubricants that perform better in colder temperatures, the importance of layering, lights and much more. You do not need to have a fat bike to attend the clinic. Free, 6:30 p.m. (The Bicycle Shop, 1035 W. Northern Lights Blvd.) PINKTOBER WITH THE ANCHORAGE FIRE DEPARTMENT—Miss Linda—the pink fire truck—pink t-shirts, Pinktober pins, pink signature cocktails and some unusual Fireman-themed auction items abound. Plus, watch the Fire Department in a Lip Sync Battle. $11.34, 7 to 10 p.m. (Hard Rock Cafe Anchorage, 415 E. St.) ZOMBIE UNICORN’S DOME SHOW OF ZOMBIES—Zombie Unicorn, the master of monstrous mixes, will be Frankensteining an audio/ visual performance for the dome. Combining devious tracks and live music with classic horror clips to create a beautiful monster of a show. $5 - $12, 8 to 9 p.m. (UAA Planetarium, 3101 Science Cir.) BALLROOM BASICS—This six-week course is for all those who want to learn ballroom, from waltz to swing. $25 $125, 8 to 9 p.m. through Thursday, Nov. 17. (Alaska Dance Promotions, 300 E. Dimond Blvd., Ste. 11A)

MUSIC LIVE MUSIC, 6 to 9:30 p.m. (Pubhouse, 1200 L St.) NUTHER BROTHERS, 6:30 p.m. (Organic Oasis, 2610 Spenard Rd.) KORY QUINN FEAT. MICHAEL HOWARD, 7 p.m. (Blue Fox Cocktail Lounge, 3461 E. Tudor Rd.)

DISTILLERY TOUR—Visit the Anchorage Distillery and see how vodka, gin and moonshine are crafted with local grains and ingredients. Can’t make a Thursday? Private tours available just call 5612100. Free, 6 p.m. (Anchorage Distillery, 6310 A St.)

JARED WOODS, 7 p.m. (The Fancy Moose, 4800 Spenard Rd.)

ALASKA OUTDOORS WEEKLY EVENING HIKE: BASHER TRAILHEAD—Alaska Outdoors hosts easy to moderate social hikes every Monday and Thursday all year throughout Anchorage. Monday’s hike is designed for hiking beginners and families with children on established wide and mostly flat trail about 3.5 - 4.5 miles in 1.5 hours. Thursday hikes are designed for moderate hikers. Free, 6:30 p.m. (Basher Trailhead, 9001 Basher Dr.)

IRISH MUSIC, 7:30 p.m. (McGinley’s Pub, 645 G St., Ste. 101)

WINTER BIKE CLINIC— Don’t let the cold temps and dark days be an excuse to miss out on riding year-round. Biking in winter has never been so easy and fun for people of all riding abilities right now. They will show you what you need to know with proper equipment, gear and maintenance. Some of the topics they

DJ MARK, 10 p.m. (Gaslight Lounge, 721 W. 4th Ave.)

PARLOR IN THE ROUND WITH HOBO JIM, LAURENCE BLAKLEY & RYAN BOWERS, 7 p.m. (TapRoot, 3300 Spenard Rd.)

OPEN MIC, 8 p.m. (The Office Lounge, 545 E. Northern Lights Blvd.) STAND-UP COMEDY, 8:30 p.m. (Brown Bag Sandwich Co., 535 W. 3rd Ave.) DJ JAMES, 9:30 p.m. (Humpy’s Great Alaskan Ale House, 610 W. 6th Ave.)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28 ARTS, OUTDOORS, ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURE WATER AEROBICS CLASS— Community water aerobics class in a newly renovated saltwater pool. Great exercise that’s kind to your joints, great teachers and fun atmosphere. $4.50 - $5, noon to 1 p.m. (APU Moseley Sports Center, University Dr.) POWER YOGA—Spend your lunch reconnecting with your body and mind. Lunchtime yoga takes place Wednesdays and Fridays. Make space for your spirit and get to your mat. By donation, noon to 1 p.m. (Open space, 630 E. 57th Pl.) GROSS SCIENCE—Get ready for Halloween with some of the grossest and coolest science you will ever learn. Ages 4 to 11. Children under 8 need to be accompanied by a responsible adult. Free, 2 p.m. (Anchorage Public Library, 3600 Denali St.) ANCHORAGE CHAMBER HALLOWEEN TRAIN TO ALYESKA RESORT—The Anchorage Chamber of Commerce invites you to come aboard the Annual Anchorage Chamber Train Ride. This year’s theme is "Halloween Party with the Anchorage Chamber" where members are encouraged to dress in costume. Face paint and face masks may not be worn at registration time per the Alaska Railroad’s instructions. General Admission: $160, Member Discount $125. Register at business.anchoragechamber.org. 3:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. (Alaska Railroad, 411 W. 1st Ave.)

BEND & BREW THEN BOO!—Complimentary spooky flow yoga led by Christa Koos, pumpkin smash and a monster mash dance. Costumes are a must and expect prizes, a live DJ and special Halloween drinks. Free, 6:45 p.m. to 1 a.m. (49th State Brewing Co., 717 W. 3rd Ave.) MEDITATION CLASSES— Experience a unique style of meditation by choosing the technique that suits you. Whether it be through dance, sound or breath this practice will give you a sense of fulfillment and peace. $10 - $12, 7 to 8:30 p.m. (Gitanjali Meditation Center, 4143 Raspberry Rd.) THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN OF SLEEPY HOLLOW—Washington Irving’s classic ghost story of Ichabod Crane and the small township terrorized by the ghost of the headless horseman. Recommended for ages 10 and up or those who can handle a good scare. $6 $11, 7 p.m. (APU Grant Hall, 4101 University Dr.) CALENDAR GIRLS—The true story of a group of friends who pose nude for a calendar to benefit their their local hospital. When the word spreads, controversy ensues. $23 - $25, 7 p.m. Playing through Sun., Nov. 20. (Cyrano’s, 411 D St.) ROCKY HORROR SHOW— Mad Myrna’s Productions is proud to announce that The Rocky Horror Show is back. The musical tells the story of a newly engaged couple getting caught in a storm and coming to the home of a mad transvestite scientist unveiling his new creation, a sort of Frankenstein-style monster in the form of an artificially made, fully grown, physically perfect muscle man named Rocky Horror. 21+. $32.75, 7 p.m. (Mad Myrna’s, 530 E. 5th Ave.)

TRUNK OR TREAT—Indoor and outdoor trick or treating, games and free candy. Decorate your own trunk and hand out candy and you could win a $500 gift card. Free, 4 to 7 p.m. (Arctic Oasis Community Center, 9497 20th St.) ANNUAL HOLIDAY EVENT— Ozarks annual holiday event. As in the past the store will be closed Oct. 24 through late afternoon of the 28th in preparation for this event. Free, 4 to 7 p.m. (Ozarks, 4131 Old Seward Hwy.) FINAL FRIDAY WITH ADRIFT STUDIOS AK—See all the fabulous new things from Alivia Debusk of Adrift Studios while enjoying munchies and bubbly. Free, 5 to 8 p.m. (Bella Boutique, 2601 Spenard Rd., Ste. 3) FRIDAY NIGHT MAGIC— Looking for a way to play Magic while meeting new friends and winning cool foil prize cards? Friday Night Magic is designed to bring casual players together on Friday nights to play for fun in a less-competitive event. Try it out and discover why Friday night is the best night of the week. All are welcome to come and play without joining the tournament. 6:30 to 11 p.m. (Bosco’s, 2606 Spenard Rd.)

RIGOLETTO—The story of one father’s revenge spoiled by another father’s curse, this classic masterpiece is brimming with love, passion, betrayal and vengeance. Verdi’s sublime score overflows with famous tunes you’ll be humming long after the final curtain falls. Playing through Sun., Oct. 30. $19.50+, 8 p.m. and 4 p.m. Sun. Oct. 30. (Discovery Theatre, 621 W. 6th Ave.) SALSA CLASS—Learn the tricks to having hips that don’t lie. Beginners salsa class 8 to 9 p.m., bachata class 9 to 9:30 p.m., followed by a dance party. $15, 8 p.m. (Friday Night Dance Lounge, 300 E. Dimond Blvd.) AND THEN THERE WERE NONE—Ten strangers are summoned to an island with no contact to the outside world. One by one, they are murdered. Can the survivors discover the murderer before it’s too late? Based on Agatha Christie’s classic by the same name and directed by Dr. Brian Cook. $10 - $20, 8 p.m. (UAA Mainstage Theatre, 3700 Alumni Lp.) CONCEAL | REVEAL: DISGUISE & COSTUME PARTY—Celebrate the opening of the museum’s major fall exhibition “Camouflage: In Plain Sight” with a costume party. Explore being seen and unseen with live music, immersive theater, art activities and a secret speakeasy. Tickets available at 7522.blackbaudhosting.com. $20 - $40, 8 p.m. to midnight. (Anchorage Museum, 625 C St.) CUT THROAT FREAK SHOW—Daredevil performer Jeremy Kinison and a few of his fellow freaks need only some broken glass, an ordinary chair and a couple of swords to astonish the audience. Fri., Oct. 28 through Tue., Nov. 2. Tickets at brownpapertickets.com. $20, 8 and 11:30 p.m.(Koot’s, 2435 Spenard Rd.) ‘80S NEON HALLOWEEN PARTY—When I Like Robots hits the stage, you can hit the dance floor. Wear your best get-up to participate in the two costume contests, ‘80s attire or Halloween inspired. Free, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. (Williwaw, 609 F St.)

ALASKA ACES HOME OPENER—Get wicked during the Dia de los Muertos Halloween Weekend with the Alaska Aces. Get your creepy hands on free give-aways every night including magnetic calendars on Friday and knit caps and kids drawstring bags on Sunday while supplies last. Kids, bring your skates to skate with the Aces after the game on Sunday. Tickets online at alaskaaces.com. $9 - $24.50, puck drops at 7:15 p.m. Fri. & Sat, and 3:05 p.m. Sun. (Sullivan Arena, 1600 Gambell St.) AKS4LIFE HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY—Relay for Life team, AKS4life, is going to Kick-Off the new relay season with a costume party. They’ll have various costume prizes as well as door prizes and free food during the event. $42.52, 7:30 p.m. (Hard Rock Cafe, 415 E. St.)

MEGA MONSTER MASH HALLOWEEN PARTY—A scary and sexy affair with cash prizes for the sexiest, scariest and best group costumes. $20 - $50, 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. (LED Ultra Lounge & Grill, 901 W. 6th Ave.)

MUSIC UNDER 21 OPEN MIC NIGHT, 5:30 to 8 p.m. (Middle Way Cafe, 1200 W. Northern Lights Blvd.) PIANO WITH MISHA SHIMEK, 6:30 p.m. (Organic Oasis, 2610 Spenard Rd.) HOT DISH, 7 p.m. (The Fancy Moose, 4800 Spenard Rd.) CONSPIRACY OF RAVENS, 7 p.m. (Anchorage Community Works, 349 E. Ship Creek Ave.)

October 27 - November 2, 2016

THEATER REVIEW BY LEE HARRINGTON

N A SNOWY SUNNY SUNDAY, the rites of Dionysus were afoot. Thirteen actors circled the stage, clad in ceremonial garb to welcome the god of merriment, passion and theater. They proceeded across the stage, whose set sprung to life from the pages of a history book, their eyes set with determination. Their voices rose in a single cry to the heavens welcoming all to the work ahead, seeking the blessing of those who looked on. Then â&#x20AC;Ś the fart jokes began. Classic Greek theater indeed. In its one-weekend run, the Anchorage Theatre of Youthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production of The Frogs by Aristophanes delivered as a comedy that can trace its line through the ages. First performed in 405 B.C., The Frogs features slapstick comedy, puns, wry humor, clothingswaps and buffoonery. The two lead characters were Dionysus (K.T. Tedrick), the immortal god and son of Zeus, and his slave Xanthias (Lulu Hedman), who are on a quest to bring the poet Euripides (RJ Eaton) back from the dead. Played out as a foppish twit, Tedrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dionysus is the overthe-top fool that Aristophanes would have smiled upon. He and Hedman make the perfect pair as idiot-owner and powerful slave. When it was originally performed, the jokes made sense in the context of their time. Outside of that context, the jokes fall flat. Thus, ATY made the choice that others have done before, to translate the jokes to mirror ones that would resonate with the audience. For example, instead of saying the lake on the way to the underworld was full of swindlersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;those who have forsworn their oaths and people who had â&#x20AC;&#x153;copied out a speech of Morsimusâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hercules (Elizabeth Thompson) coolly delivers that the lake was â&#x20AC;&#x153;full of the eternal stench made of the souls that create reality TV, those who watch it, the people who shop on the home shopping network and Miley Cyrus fans.â&#x20AC;? With each pause Thompson got the audience to build up the laughs, waiting with a smirk to deliver the punchline. These modernized joke lines sometimes were winners and sometimes flopped. Political commentary especially left a sour taste in some mouths while making others giggle,

something that the original laugh lines likely did too. The universal laughs though emminated from the physical comedy. When Dionysus and Xanthias reach the lake, Charon (Paige Fitzpatrick) is waiting with wild hair and flowing black clothes. Thinking he should get across for free, Tedrick tries to first

longs to the noble pairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interactions with Aeacus (Bronwyn Brune). Trying to discern which of the two was the god, Brune proposes to strike each of them, and whoever flinches is not the god. They agree, and when Brune is looking away dig a book out of the backpack that can block the blows. Bruneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weapon? A heavy paddle with a noise clacker. Each strike at first hits the book cleverly tucked under clothes, until it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, and the audienceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reaction to the clacking paddle (which sounded convincing but visually didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t) and the pairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s responses was pure gold. Having that followed by a chase between Brune and Hedman made them the comedic stars, but it was their sit-down talk about slaves sticking with one another that had the room pause and reflect on power, inequality and the notion of the smarts behind any throne. Once inside the realms of Hades, they finally find Euripides (Eaton), whose call to be brought back as the best poet on earth is

In the end, this excellent group of young actors provided not just comedy, but a bit of reflection. smooth-talk, then intimidate Fitzpatrick who is half his size. However, Fitzpatrick walks up to the tip of the boatâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a large prop in the center of the Anchorage Community Theatre stageâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and thrusts their hands down to their hips and puffs up. Tedman, playing the fool, cowers as the room erupted. The best comedic scene undoubtedly be-

contested by Aeschylus (Sandra Bowie), another poet of the time. The argument is not just about poetic style thoughâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it is about what is good media. Is it the job to have the poet to lift up the good in life, while adding discretion as needed, as argued by the huskytoned Bowie whose voice was reminiscent of Bette Davis? Or is it the job of the poet to provide a chance for even the common person to have a voiceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and making it accessible even if it brings the great lowâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as argued by Eaton whose voice and behavior style was eerily like a young Stephen Fry? In the end, this excellent group of young actors provided not just comedy but a bit of reflection. In its 33rd season, ATY continues to deliver a platform for young actors to stretch their wings and for audiences to see some of the talent of the future. n

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laska’s riverscapes belie the landscape’s age like creases on our skin. Where the rivers have been free flowing for a long time, they have incised deep gorges on their rush toward sea level. At higher elevations, where the water flowed downhill in glacial form until recently, the river valleys are more frequently U-shaped, as the rivers haven’t been downcutting long enough to carve deep gorges. Sometimes, great terminal moraines make these boundaries between older and younger rivers very clear. The earth and rock, not colonized yet even by lichen, may make the earth seem very young. Even this glacial dynamism doesn’t compare to the wildly unstable incision that Caribou Creek cuts through the Talkeetna Mountains. Caribou’s earthen walls slough off, periodically flowing in a viscous ooze to dam the river below. Its rock walls fracture and plummet into the rapids below. Its everflowing waters cut through and beneath the soft bedrock, sidewalls and pinnacles that line the river. Few places on earth seem as raw, unstable and youthful as Caribou’s canyons. Caribou Creek forms in the southeast corner of the Talkeetna highlands. Steep headwaters give way to more placid waters around Syncline Mountain and Squaw Creek. Then Caribou slices downward through the soft rock on its frenetic course toward the Matanuska. This series of canyons is a great packrafting destination to watch the earth changing before your eyes. There are two common ways to access Caribou Creek. The longer route follows an ATV route west, paralleling Squaw Creek to its confluence with Caribou. There is a parking area off a spur road on the north side of the Glenn Highway, near the eastern end of Syncline Mountain. Count on this route being wet and muddy. A shorter access route begins at the parking area where the Glenn Highway crosses Caribou Creek. From the large gravel lot on the north side of the road, look for an ATV trail that climbs steeply up the hillside. This trail switchbacks up to a plateau, which it follows northeast for several miles. The trail is thick with blueberries when they’re in season and has frequent views of Fortress Mountain to the northwest and other Talk-

eetna peaks. This ATV route terminates at a bluff above the river, near a placer mining site and has a moderately steep descent down to the river. It would be possible but much slower to continue upriver, staying on benches above the canyon, but if you want to put in higher, it would be preferable to go in via Squaw Creek. Accessing Caribou from the Glenn Highway bridge does have the disadvantage of missing some of the creek’s rapids, but is convenient in that it avoids the need for a shuttle. There is a large waterfall on Caribou Creek that packrafters will not want to run. It is right next to a prominent tower that looms over the water on river right and follows a fairly long Class III+ rapid. Since the portage is on the right side of the river, and since the Class III+ rapid has mostly bedrock on the right with tiny eddies, it is wise to take out and begin portaging above that rapid. You may know that you’re getting close to the waterfall because the river goes through several tighter bedrock slots, in which the current is much more restricted than the mellower, spread-out rapids upstream. The portage is not long or difficult, though it has a short, somewhat slippery pitch up to the saddle that separates the riverside pinnacle from the canyon walls. The base of the waterfall is an easy put in, with a nice gravel bar for taking photos. From this bar, a fairly recent landslide is visible a couple hundred yards downstream. Incredibly, the land appears to have sloughed off the side of the canyon and flowed down into the river. This landslide produces a constriction, though as of early October 2016 the rapid is still an easy Class II+. The river’s unstable character continues: Shortly downstream, a rockfall produces a more technical rapid that has an undercut rock in the middle. The main flow slams into this rock as it pours over a ledge. At low water, drive hard left to stay off the undercut portion of the rock. At higher water levels, this rapid would be easier with a clean right hand passage. There is also an easy portage over boulders on the right. Below this drop, the rapids transition to easy Class I riffles and chutes, as the river continues to pass between high canyon walls. In several places, waterfalls tumble into the river over bedrock. Unfortunately, a mining

Few places on earth seem as raw, unstable and youthful as Caribou’s canyons.

operation has laid waste to a significant portion of the river, as the operator has driven a large bulldozer up and down the bed of the river itself to access the mine site. If you have time, it is possible to continue past the Glenn Highway bridge and run Lion’s Head, which is an enjoyable but non-threatening Class III at typical low—volume autumn levels. Caribou is a relaxing fall float trip, as lower water levels reduce the power of the river’s constriction to manageable Class II and perhaps III rapids. I can’t think of another trip

that combines such remarkable canyon scenery with generally safe, forgiving rapids. Of course, the river would have a completely different and much more consequential character after a rain. If you’re looking for Type 1 paddling fun in Alaska’s lengthening paddling season, Caribou Creek is a great destination to witness the raw power of geologic dynamism. The land and rock slides and bare canyon walls unfurl before you, revealing a young and changing earth. n

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When Mary-Claire King, PhD, now an American Cancer Society Research Professor at the University of Washington, discovered the genetic mutation that’s responsible for 5–10% of all breast cancers, the world was changed. Women who had suspected a genetic cause for the increased risk within their families had an answer, and the scientific world was enlightened to the link between genetics and other cancers and diseases—leading to more advancements in research. King’s two decades of work (1974–94) culminated in her discovery of BRCA1, the “inherited breast cancer gene.” In 1995, the Society encouraged her continued work by naming her an American Cancer Society Research Professor, a status made possible with an endowment by the Walt Disney family. “I was overwhelmed to be selected,” says King. “The funding has allowed me to strike out in ways that are far more risky than federal funding would permit. Private foundation support, in

general, celebrates risk-taking. I think that’s why I was selected in the first place. And Society support has been an important part of that.” King’s recent work has focused on “inexpensive, complete, accurate ways of finding and characterizing every mutation in every known breast cancer gene—now there are about 20— and ensuring testing is available to women in general.” She adds, “I’ve been able to keep going and it’s been enormously successful; we’re saving tens of thousands of lives.” In 2013, moviegoers in select theaters across the United States and Canada could see how King’s findings translated to real lives via Decoding Annie Parker. The film ties King’s work to Parker’s real-life experience with BRCA1, which included the loss of her mother and sister as well as her own diagnosis. It’s a dramatic, traumatic story, but one with a glimmer of hope that conveys the nature of research: “If we have learned anything in the history of science in the Western world, it’s that science is immensely beneficial to solving problems of health, but that does not happen quickly,” says King. “And research grants matter enormously—we couldn’t get anywhere without donors.

“I think of Society grants the way I think of money that I earn,” continues King. “Every dime, every dollar is accounted for, is used very frugally and goes to research that matters.” For more on the types of research being funded through Society grants, visit cancer.org/research.

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Macuca Cuca's "Clementina." PHOTO BY KERRY TASKER

STOOD FACE TO FACE with “Clementina.” She stands in an eternal pose that entices and captivates viewers. I looked her up and down, I walked around her taking in the masterfully-crafted curves, from her cigarsporting right hand that points in the air so the smoke may go elsewhere, to her large-brimmed hat teeming with flowers. My gaze traveled down her beautiful dress and back at the pink bow that makes her look like a perfectly wrapped gift. “Clementina” is more than a gift—she is a treat for Anchorage viewers; the cartonería sculpture will be displayed at this year’s annual Día de Muertos celebration taking place in downtown Anchorage on November 2. Macuca Cuca is a Mexican artist practicing the traditional art of “cartonería ”, a form of papier-mâché practiced in Mexico since the early 1900s. “Clementina” is one of Macuca’s bigger and most demanding works, requiring about 300 hours of dexterously working paper and cardboard into shapes and forms, layering them to create a work that is magical, with attitude and personality. Cartonería is a cherished form of artes populares (folk arts) in Mexico. There are programs and national competitions with strict rules that help solidify the art form as true national treasure. The cultural standing cartonería art has helps to foment continued appreciation and practice of the craft. Today there are many fake sculptures on the market that could even be made in China; the impostors use synthetic materials that lack the craftsmanship that working with nothing but paper, armatures and color does. The sign of a true piece of cartonería is found in the materials and they way in which they are manipulated. When a piece of cartonería is done well, it is not only unique, it’s captivating. Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera were great admirers of the art and important cartonería artists formed part of their artistic circle. One such artist—a key figure in Mexican cartonería —was Pedro Linares who is also the father of contemporary alebrijes—a zoomorphic type of sculpture with deep roots in pre-Columbian Mexican culture. Macuca’s cartonería work follows the traditional paths set forth by Linares and his contemporaries in the 1930s. The subjects depicted in cartonería run the gamut from people and animals to fantastical characters. Among the most popular motifs in contemporary cartonería are Día de Muertos characters like “Clementina,” who is a catrina—but not your great-grandfather’s catrina. In the 1800s Mexico was under the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz, the era was known as the “Porfiriato.” Díaz brought industries like steel and railroads to Mexico, but he did so by creating a social and economic system in which those at the top were very rich and the masses were in extreme poverty—disenfranchised—and in a form of indentured servitude. Those at the top tended to be white, reveled in riches, education, and the latest European fashion; they were known as catrines o catrinas. Their opulent and luxurious lifestyles added to their sense of entitlement. By 1910, Mexicans had had enough of the Porfiriato and took up arms, bringing about the Mexican Revolution. Along with seizing the ill-gotten riches of the top percent, revolutionaries also took back lands that had historically belonged to the people, and along with this started to restructure Mexican identity. In that same time period José Guadalupe Posada—a master printmaker from Aguascalientes who lived his entire life under the Porfiriato—had been stripping power from the upper social classes by creating images of skeletons dressed in high fashion. This form of social criticism helped level the field between the masses and the upper classes—devoid of skin and whiteness, Posada’s catrines/catrinas could be anybody in Mexico, rich, poor, black, brown or white. The intersection of preColumbian concepts of death and political shifts in power of the early 1900 gave rise to a new visual language in Mexico— from frescos depicting the struggles between Indigenous and European Mexico—and catrinas and alebrijes that captured a new identity and a visual synthesis. Macuca’s catrinas are substantive and beautiful, and folded into the layers of paper and cardboard is the history of art form. Macuca Cuca was born in León, Guanajuato in central Mexico into a family of talabarteros, merchants and experts in horse-riding gear and saddlery. So how does one go from talabartería to cartonería? I wanted to know, so I invited her over to the studio for a beer and conversation. Often in Mexican families everyone has given name which is rarely used, and a half-dozen nicknames, so my first question was about her name, Macuca Cuca, since I had first met her as Estrella, and then Estela Porras.

October 27 - November 2, 2016

Macuca Cuca in her studio. PHOTO BY KERRY TASKER

TO BEGIN WITH, ARE YOU ESTRELLA OR ARE YOU ESTELA? Estela, but I’m Macuca. It’s easier and my nephew calls me Macuca. When he was born I wanted to give him something, so I gave him the name “Cuca” that he could use for me, but then he added the “Ma,” which he also gave to my mother and my sister, so I became “Macuca Cuca.” HOW DID YOU GET INTO CARTONERÍA? I studied graphic design in León and I always thought it was cool. Then I helped a friend out with one of his pieces and everything changed. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST PIECE? My first piece was the chameleon piece that I have at the house, I then made a cat and six alebrijes followed, and then the first catrina that was very ugly, but I thought she was very beautiful. I had put these “things” one her about “this big” [She motions to imaginary breasts]. Then a friend of mine moved out of his shared space, I took over his half, and then reworked the catrina. I started playing. I took the boobies off, I put in the ribs, I took off the arms, tore off the head and put a new one one; I worked on her for nine months.

PLUS, THEY’RE SKELETONS, SO WHERE DOES ONE GET THE FLESHINESS FOR BREASTS? Right, I do use the accented hips because they’re also part of the composition. I also don’t like them to be like “this” [motions to arms down along the sides in a still and linear form]. I don’t want to put the catrinas in a passive pose, I try to give them character and temperament. I think “Clementina” may actually be a little sad, her eyes are a little sad, not like others I’ve made that look a little angry. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE A PIECE? I do have to give myself deadlines, otherwise I will keep on and on. I like to experiment with each one. I try to give them more movement, be more expressive and challenge myself.

I’ve always liked death. In high school, I used to love walking in cemeteries because of the sculptures on tombs and looking at how old they were, wondering about the stories lived by these people that no one knew. Did they suffer? Did they cry? Did they have a good life?

YOU HAVE A PERSPECTIVE OF THE WORLD THAT YOU BRING TO YOUR ART … IT’S VERY PLAYFUL. I like to experiment and play. What I like very much about the process is the ability to mix, like in alebrijes. When I teach, I tell the students, [the zoomorphic mix] is not just of Mexico, it’s worldwide. Many other cultures have it and you see it in their graphic representations. We do it in a very particular way. I can mix an elephant with a butterfly, or mix different colors and textures. What I love about cartonería is the freedom and liberty it gives me and it makes me very happy. WHAT ABOUT THE SEXUALIZATION OF CATRINAS? I don’t like it when they have boobies. WHY NO BOOBIES? Because they’re already sexualized through the large hips; with boobies, they’re just awkward. That’s why I took the boobies off the first one.

October 27 - November 2, 2016

HAS BEING IN ALASKA CHANGED HOW YOU SEE YOUR ART? I think perhaps I’ve learned to appreciate it more. I’m more disciplined, I work on it all the time. It’s my job. This catrina [“Clementina”] has helped me a lot in the last six months because my husband travels a lot and I spend a lot of time working. I’ve been able to experiment and keep learning. I value what I do now more than ever.

DO YOU HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING MATERIALS? Not so much anymore, now that I know where things are. At first it was hard, even finding the right wire for the armature. I’ve been able to experiment and find the right mix of materials. IN THE CASE OF THE CATRINA, WHAT DO YOU USE TO GIVE IT THE SHAPE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BOW? It’s all paper and cardboard, you shape it as you go, layer after layer until the back part becomes one with the entire piece. You learn to work with different types and weights of paper so you know which to use where, depending on the structural needs of the piece. It’s exciting, even the colors and type of paints used, learning about the different brands, too. You know, I really love to work with my hands. A friend of mine sent me a YouTube tutorial as a joke and the woman was using gloves and a brush and then daintily applying and layering it like this [mimics the video, and after a good chuckle continues]. I love the touch and the mess of it, besides you can’t layer with a brush—you can’t feel how the paste is applied—and if it’s the right amount and consistency.

APART FROM THE CATRINAS AND YOUR OTHER WORK THAT I’VE SEEN, WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT TO CREATE? Sceneries. I want to create sceneries. I would like to make murals that are narratives, as wells as other community projects. In Guanajuato I wanted to launch a project but I didn’t have the funding. I wanted to engage 10 women who were economically disadvantaged and we would make life-size catrinas, each with different regional clothes and we could fill the city. I would teach them. Profits would go to help the women, and on top of it they would gain HOW LONG WOULD THAT TAKE? I don’t know, so far I’ve spent 280 hours on “Clementina,” and I haven’t started painting her yet. But I’m working alone and experimenting with different aspects. I would have to think about how long working with others would take. Perhaps it can be a sort of co-op. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT YOU WORK IN A TRADITIONAL STYLE? Because they are unique pieces. Because of the expressions … if I used molds they wouldn’t be unique. Making each one gives you a range of emotions and movement in a singular way—the width of the fingers or ribs, all that changes. Every piece has its own enchantment. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT DEATH, AND DÍA DE MUERTOS? I’ve always liked death. In high school, I used to love walking in cemeteries because of the sculptures on tombs and looking at how old they were, wondering about the stories lived by these people that no one knew. Did they suffer? Did they cry? Did they have a good life? I would like to do the catrina project here—maybe for Día de Muertos next year— with the community. It’s important to give them [people, women] tools, one more skill to create options. WHAT IS NEXT FOR YOU? I’d like to create more, and keep working but I have to build up my toolshed again, find more community, get projects started. I had never visited Anchorage before moving here. My husband and I had been married for two years, and when we moved here, I decided I would come with an open mind and accept it as I experience it. I also plan on getting my teaching certificate to be able to teach in the Anchorage schools. Shane, my husband is from here but travels for work, I’ve met friends and neighbors. I’m not here for a visit or vacation, I’m here to stay and I’m ready, even for winter. Macuca Cuca’s “Clementina” will be on view at the Anchorage Artists Co-op (601 W. 5th Ave.) on November 2nd at the Day of the Dead celebration from 6 to 8 p.m.

HOOKER ON SPENARD WITH KASS SMILEY, 7 p.m. (TapRoot, 3300 Spenard Rd.) DJ TONY H, 9 p.m. (Flattop Pizza + Pool, 600 W. 6th Ave.) DANGER MONEY, 9:30 p.m. (Flight Deck, 834 W. International Airport Rd.) DUTCHESS, HAZIA AND VALITIEL, 10 p.m. (The Flying Chinook, 4610 Spenard Rd.) DAY OF THE DEAD PARTY W/ DJ TONY H & DJ MYNDGRUV, 10 p.m. (Humpy’s, 610 W. 6th Ave.) DJ MARK, 10 p.m. (Gaslight Lounge, 721 W. 4th Ave.)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 ARTS, OUTDOORS, ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURE CALVARY CHURCH HOLIDAY BAZAAR—A wide variety of new and returning vendors offering homemade, hand crafted, unique items for the holidays or for your everyday use. Free, 9 a.m. (Calvary Church, 3800 W. 80th Ave.) THE SPOOK-TACULAR SCARY WRITE-A-THON— Come join local Alaskan Writers and Performers Thomas Korn, Justin Stewart and Max Aronson to collaborate on the writing and performance of your very own scary Halloween story. Working with small groups, students will learn the elements that go into making a story scary, including pacing, tension, plot and character development and more, and then use those tools to craft an original story—eventually going on to perform it themselves. $60 - $80, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Aquarian Charter School, 1705 W. 32nd Ave.)

FREE COMMUNITY TAI CHI—Cultivate internal harmony while increasing strength and balance. Join LaoShih Holly as she guides you through the principles of standing meditation and Yang-style Tai-Chi. No experience or special attire required. Protect the floors, no street shoes please. Free, 9 a.m. (Jade Lady Meditation, 508 W. 2nd Ave., Ste. 103) 44TH ANNUAL ST JOHN UMC CRAFT FAIR— Come and visit Alaskan artists with wonderful arts and crafts for sale. Free, 9 a.m. (St John United Methodist Church, 1801 O’Malley Dr.) WRITERS CRITIQUE GROUP—A critique group for writers of all genres, at all levels of experience who seek betterment through their peers. Meets at Title Wave Books. For more info, call Mary Edmunds at 569-5075. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Title Wave Books,1360 W. Northern Lights Blvd.) ANCHORAGE WOMAN’S CLUB HOLIDAY BAZAAR— The Anchorage Woman’s Club has been providing community service for over 100 years. This is their annual Holiday Bazaar. They have vendors with local homemade products as well as commercial products. Free, 10 a.m. (Pioneer School House, 437 E. 3rd Ave.) KALEIDOSCAPE’S HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY— They’ll have several sessions—limited to just 12 kids each—throughout the day that will include 1.5 hours for open play, pumpkin decorating, a costume parade and a spooktacular photo booth. All the info at kplaystudio.com/ halloween-party. $25, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. (Kaleidoscape, 3801 Old Seward Hwy., Ste. 9) OCTOBER INDOOR FLEA MARKET & CRAFT FAIR— Kick off another season of monthly indoor flea markets and craft fair events. These events are fundraisers to support a local nonprofit—Love INC Anchorage—working to better the Anchorage community. Free, 10 a.m. (Crosspoint Community Church, 1920 W. Dimond Blvd., Ste. K) BOOKS AND BLOCKS—Join the library for stories, songs and construction fun with blocks, gears and other building materials. Ages 5 & under with their families. Free, 10:30 a.m. (Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St.) YOUNG PROFESSIONALS GROUP: OCTOBER NETWORKING LUNCHEON SERIES—Come and meet fellow young professionals from

around Anchorage in a casual environment to eat and sip while socializing and talking politics, business and what’s currently going on in Anchorage and the world. Register at business.anchoragechamber. org. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Bombay Deluxe Indian Restaurant, 555 W. Northern Lights Blvd.) TRICK OR TREAT STREET— Trick-or-Treat Street is an event for families and children to trick or treat from business to business in Downtown Anchorage in a safe and friendly environment. For more information visit, anchoragedowntown.org. Free, noon to 4 p.m. (4th Ave.) FALL FESTIVAL AT THE ALASKA NATIVE HERITAGE CENTER—The first annual Fall Festival with activities from trick-or-treating to face painting and much more. Free, noon to 8 p.m. (Alaska Native Heritage Center, 8800 Heritage Center Dr.) OWL-O-WEEN—Join Bird TLC and their parliament of live owls as they celebrate the spirit of Halloween. Discover why owls are a witch’s best friend and how ghost stories got started. There will be a kids' costume contest as well, so bring the whole family. Free, 1 to 3 p.m. (Alaska Heritage Museum at Wells Fargo, 301 W. Northern Lights Blvd.) HALLOWEEN IN NIGHTMARE HOLLOW—With witches, vampires, mummies, zombie pirates, mad scientists and even a ghost, this show is the perfect trick or treat for the whole family. Get on your boogie shoes and join the fun in this brand new spooktacular Halloween musical suited for all ages. For more information, email play@tbatheatre. org $6 - $11, 1 p.m. (APU Grant Hall, 4101 University Dr.) THE HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS AND VACCINE PREVENTABLE CANCER—Come learn how you can protect the adolescents and young adults in your life from cancer. Join the Anchorage Department of Health and Human Services for a discussion about HPV and the vaccine that can prevent future health complications from HPV. Public Health Nurses will be available to administer HPV vaccine for those eligible. Free, 1 to 4 p.m. (Innovation Lab – Loussac Library, 3600 Denali St.) HAUNTED HALLOWEEN FUN NIGHT!—Haunted Halloween Fun Night is an event that UAA’s Student Clubs and Greek Life put on every year. It is not only their largest fundraiser and a fundraiser for a non-profit, but also a way

oct 28 & 29 10TH ANNIVERSARY PRESENTATION

PAN’S LABYRINTH [EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO] 10:30 PM

1230 W. 27th Ave

907-276-4200

Following a bloody civil war, young Ofelia, (Ivana Baquero), enters a world of unimaginable cruelty when she moves in with her new stepfather, a tyrannical military officer. In Spanish with English subtitles.

for UAA to connect with the greater Anchorage community. The entire Student Union is transformed into a Halloween wonderland, and clubs set up games and activities for kids of all ages to enjoy. $10 - $30, 1 to 6 p.m. (UAA Student Union, 2921 Spirit Wy.) GALLERY TALK: TILT—Join Amy Johnson as she discusses her work each week which includes themes of transition, unfamiliarity, solitude, endurance and living in the North. For more information contact Amy at amyjohnsonstudio@ gmail.com. Free, 2 p.m. (320 W. 6th Ave.) TRUNK OR TREAT HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL—Hot dogs, hot chocolate and activities are free. Children are encouraged to dress up and bring their favorite Halloween bags to collect treats. Free, 2 to 5 p.m. (The Salvation Army Anchorage Community Center, 1701 C St.) HALLOWEEN CRAFTACULAR—Snacks, crafts, masks, music and more. Celebrate Halloween and make something to wear while trick-ortreating. All ages. Free, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. (Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St.) SCARY HALLOWEEN TREATS: KIDS COOKING CLASS—Blood, guts and brains taste better when made with lots of sugar. Your kids won’t be spooked by this fun Halloween treats class. Learn how to make some classic scary sweets along with some new favorites. Light snacks will be served. Recommended for ages 8 1o 12. $45, 3 to 5:30 p.m. (South Restaurant + Coffeehouse, 11124 Old Seward Hwy., Ste. A) 21ST ANNUAL HOPE COMMUNITY RESOURCES AUCTION—Hope Community Resources has been enriching the lives of Alaskans who experience intellectual and developmental disabilities for over 47 years. Over 250 people attend this event annually to raise funds that will directly impact your community and continue to ensure that the people who choose Hope’s supports have a safe place to call home, access to recreation and employment opportunities and so much more. $100 - $1,000, 6 p.m. (Hotel Captain Cook, 939 5th Ave.)

bring together adult singles over the age of 35 years, for the enjoyment of dancing, friendship and social interaction. Twitter @35SinglesClub. $15 - $18, 7 p.m. (Carpenter’s Hall, 407 Denali St.) STORYTELLERS GUILD PRESENTS: SCARY STORIES—An evening of scary stories told by members of the Story Teller Guild of Anchorage. These creepy and scary stories are sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. $5 - $10, 7 to 9 p.m. (Anchorage Community Theatre, 1133 E. 70th Ave.) SPEEDSKATING—The Alaska Speedskating Club offers opportunities for people of all ages who have any level of previous skating experience to learn how to speed skate. The first session is free. Skates and protective gear are provided. Bring your own helmet if you have one. Come at 7:45 a.m. to get skates and safety gear. They also meet on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. $18 - $23, 8:30 a.m. (Subway Sports Center, 11111 O’Malley Centre Dr.) BEAT 2 BEAT—This musical trivia show tests your knowledge of music ranging across all genres. Join your host, Nicole, every Saturday and Sunday beginning at 8 p.m. Think you can name the song and the artist first? Come try Beat 2 Beat for your shot at awesome prizes and to prove your musical expertise. (Koot’s, 2435 Spenard Rd.) MONSTER BALL 2016 BY FIVE STAR ENTERTAINMENT—Tickets on sale now, costume contest and prizes– all clowns welcome. Tickets at brownpapertickets.com. $42.39, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. (Sheraton Anchorage Hotel, 201 E. 3rd Ave.) HALLOWEEN ON THE CORNER OF 6TH & F ST— This three-bar party includes a cash costume contest, free candy, food and drink specials and live DJs in every bar. DJ Just Adams will be at Flattop Pizza + Pool, Myndgruv will be at Bootleggers and DJ Cross will be at Humpy’s. Free, 9 p.m. to midnight. (Humpy’s Great Alaskan Ale House, 610 W. 6th Ave.)

SATURDAY NIGHT DINNER AND DANCE—Enjoy live music, dancing, food, beverages, free dance lessons and good company in a safe, clean and friendly atmosphere every Saturday night. In the spirit of camaraderie and community responsibility, the 35+ Singles Club of Anchorage seeks to

MON / oct 31 ART HOUSE MONDAY

DEMAIN / TOMORROW. 5:30 PM Climate is changing. Instead of showing all the worst that can happen, this documentary focuses on the people suggesting solutions and their actions. In partnership with: Alaska Center for Energy and Power (Anchorage office) University of Alaska Fairbanks.

MONSTER HALLOWEEN VIDEO DANCE PARTY—Williwaw and DJ Spencer Lee are teaming up once again to bring you a special Monster Halloween Video Dance Party. All your favorite hits from today and yesterday with a Halloween flair. Free candy, Halloween-themed drinks, photo booth and more. Free, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. (Williwaw, 609 F St.)

MUSIC LIVE MUSIC, 6 p.m. (Organic Oasis, 2610 Spenard Rd.) BRIDGETTE BERRY, 7 p.m. (The Fancy Moose, 4800 Spenard Rd.) LOFT BLUES JAM, 7:30 p.m. (Anchorage City Limits, 239 W. 4th Ave.) SASPARILLA, 9 p.m. (The Alaskan Office Lounge, 545 E. Northern Lights Blvd.) LIVE MUSIC, 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. (Flight Deck Bar & Lounge, 842 W. International Airport Rd.) DJ MARK, 10 p.m. (Gaslight Lounge, 721 W. 4th Ave.) DJ CROSS, 10 p.m. (Humpy’s, 610 W. 6th Ave.) SABROSO SATURDAY, 10 p.m. (LED Ultra Lounge, 901 W. 6th Ave.) UKULELE RUSS, 10 p.m. (Blue Fox, 3461 E. Tudor Rd.)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30 ARTS, OUTDOORS, ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURE THE LIGHTNING THIEF— Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school, again. And that’s the least of this troubles. Monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy’s Greek mythology textbook and into his life. Tickets at centertix.com. $22.25 - $29, 3 p.m. (Atwood Concert Hall, 621 W. 6th Ave.) PAINT A SCARF—Painters can choose from four designs to paint their very own silk scarves, creating a beautiful personal accessory or a gift for the holidays. This weekly event also takes place on Tuesdays at 49th State Brewing Co. To register visit paintascarf. com/pub. $49, 3:30/ 4:30/ 5:30

NOV 4 & 5 10TH ANNIVERSARY PRESENTATION

V FOR VENDETTA (2005) 10:30 PM Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, V For Vendetta tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey (Natalie Portman) who is rescued from a life-anddeath situation by a masked man (Hugo Weaving) known only as “V.”

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October 27 - November 2, 2016

"Hiding in New York No. 8 - Cereal" BY LUI BOLIN SHOWING AT THE ANCHORAGE MUSEUM

10.27 - 11.2 DOWNTOWN 4TH AVENUE MARKETPLACE—Scott Clendaniel is opening his painting studio to the public, check out his oil paintings. (333 W. 4th Ave.) ALASKA CAKE STUDIO— James Gaddis Photography will be the showcased artist this month, with music by Jonathan Cannamore. Featured dessert of the month is a pumpkin stout cake. (608 W. 4th Ave., Ste. 102) ANCHORAGE COMMUNITY WORKS—Featuring the oneyear anniversary show of “Melancholy Press” thanks to the generous contribution from the Atwood Foundation. (349 E. Ship Creek Ave.) ALASKA HUMANITIES FORUM—Second Friday featuring

October 27 - November 2, 2016

Keren Lowell in her solo exhibit entitled “Landmarks.” (161 E. 1st Ave., Door 15) ANCHORAGE MUSEUM— ”Camouflage: In Plain Sight,” exposes the ancient yet modern art of concealment from military might to camo chic. On display through February 5. (625 C St.) CAPTAIN COOK COFFEE CUBBY—Presenting “Pretty in Pastel” by artist Laurie Cartwright. (939 W. 5th Ave.) CRUSH WINE BISTRO—Featuring artist Andrea Luper show, “Penumbra,” cultivated through isolation and seven months in Seward. (343 W. 6th Ave.) INTERNATIONAL GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY ART— Featuring artists Katie Craney in the South Gallery and Alisa

Holen in the North Gallery. View their exhibits entitled “Albedo,” and “Connections and Capacities.”(427 D St.) MIDNIGHT SUN CAFE—Featuring Victoria Peterson. Her art focuses on Alaskan themes and subjects, rich in metallics and texture. (245 W. 5th Ave., Ste. 106) SEVIGNY STUDIO—Presenting artist Gina Edwards and her multi-media show, “Bits and Pieces.” Gina fuses oil paint, charcoal, vintage pieces, wire and other items to create introspective whimsical paintings. (608 W. 4th Ave.) SNOW CITY CAFE—Featuring artist Melissa Adams. The faces of women representing aspects of nature are powerful, childlike and beautiful. Profits are being donated to AWAIC. (1034 W. 4th Ave.)

SPARC—Featuring the artwork of Johnny Aughe and Blayne “Blairwolf” Dyar. Come in your best Goth attire and join them for dragons, monsters, werewolves and demons portrayed in paint, pen and ink, sculpture and more. (425 D St.) STEPHAN FINE ARTS—Presenting artist Sheary Clough Suiter and her exhibit, “Breaking Surface.” Encaustics call out to those who enjoy texture and variety in design. (939 W. 5th Ave.) THE QUILTED RAVEN—Quilts by Alaskan artist displayed through the end of October. (415 G St.) TILT—Exhibits of photography, film, video and new works on paper by Amy Johnson. (320 W. 6th Ave.)

WILLIWAW—Featuring art by Bleu Moon Roesbery, a selection of oil paintings and driftwood art. (609 F St.)

AROUND TOWN APU CONOCOPHILLIPS GALLERY—Michele Suchland presents “Let Them Fly and See What They Become,” a playful exploration of familial interconnectivity and human interaction. (4101 University Dr.)

com to schedule a visit. (701 W. 36th Ave.) HAVENS STUDIO & GALLERY—Featuring a 32’ oil-oncanvas titled “Talkeetna Mountains/ Cretaceous Oceans” by artist James Havens. (801 Seward Hwy.) LEAH J. PETERSON GALLERY—Don Decker presents his exhibition, “Unearthed,” a continuation and progression of a decade-long investigation. (4101 University Dr.)

BECKY GALLERY—UAA painting professor Thomas Chung shows off his eclectic body of work entitled “1F14: That’s not God.” This gallery is only open by appointment, email beckygrunder@gmail.

and 6:30 p.m. (Williwaw, 609 F St.) GEEKS WHO DRINK—Simply, a quiz game played in a pub. It’s an Anglo-Irish tradition, but the goal is the same: to foster friendly competition, and promote social drinking, a noble cause indeed. Free, 6 p.m. (TapRoot, 3300 Spenard Rd.) HALLOWEEN DANCE PARTY—Anchorage Swing Dancers bring you an evening of swing dance. Costume contest begins at 7 p.m. and will have two categories: individual and couple/group. Keep costumes classy and dance appropriate. Prizes vary. A $5 donation is suggested. Free, 6 p.m. (12100 Coffee and Communitas, 12100 Old Seward Hwy.) BYOV—Koot’s Bring Your Own Vinyl provides the turntables and speakers, they just need you to bring your favorites from your collection. Who’s got the best collection? Come show off your vinyl every Sunday at Koot’s. Free, 9 p.m. (Koot’s, 2435 Spenard Rd.)

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tion will feature two sessions on Monday, Oct. 31, at 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. Zoo Boo gives ghouls and goblins of all ages an opportunity to come face to face with some of the state’s most exotic, cuddly and fearsome creatures. Tickets available at AlaskaZoo.org. $6 - $8, 4:30 p.m. (Alaska Zoo, 4731 O’Malley Rd.) COMMUNITY RUNNING GROUP—Looking for a great way to get or stay in shape? Then lace up and come join one of the select physical therapy running groups. Now through August there will be warm ups and group runs while discussing runningrelated topics such as training techniques, running form, footwear and injury prevention. Free, 5:30 to 7 p.m. (Goose Lake Park, 2811 UAA Dr.) SCRABBLE CLUB—Abaxile, bulblet, celotex, to name a few. Join Scrabble enthusiasts every Monday night and widen your vocabulary skills. They’ll provide the games and you bring the fun. All ages welcome. Free, 6 p.m. (Title Wave Books, 1360 W. Northern Lights Blvd.)

METAL MASSACRE, 8 p.m. (Koot’s, 2435 Spenard Rd.) LIVE MUSIC, 8 p.m. (Humpy’s, 610 W. 6th Ave.) KARAOKE, 9 p.m. (Gaslight Lounge, 721 W. 4th Ave.) OPEN MIC, 9 p.m. (Al’s Alaskan Inn, 7830 Old Seward Hwy.) KARAOKE, 9 p.m. (TapRoot, 3300 Spenard Rd.) DOMINGOS DE CLASICADAS WITH DJ ZAYY, 10 p.m. (LED Ultra Lounge, 901 W. 6th Ave.)

MONDAY, OCTOBER 31 ARTS, OUTDOORS, ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURE POKÉMON CLUB—Get the lowdown on where the best Pokémon are in Anchorage. A $5 tournament starts at 4:30. Free, 4 p.m. (Bosco’s, 2301 Spenard Rd.) ZOO BOO—The Alaska Zoo is continuing an Anchorage Halloween tradition with Zoo Boo, and this year’s celebra-

BACHATA DANCE LESSONS—Bachata is a dance from the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean islands. Both the music and the dance have been influenced by Cuban bolero, merengue, salsa and cumbia styles. Join ADP on Mondays to learn what this beautiful and intimate dance is all about. Drop-in classes are only $12; all levels welcome. 8 p.m. (Alaska Dance Promotions, 300 E. Dimond Blvd., Ste. 11A)

MUSIC MOTOWN MONDAYS, 5 p.m. (Fat Ptarmigan, 441 W. 5th Ave.) LIVE MUSIC, 6 p.m. (Organic Oasis, 2610 Spenard Rd.) FIRESIDE LIVE FEAT. UNFAITHFUL LOVERS, 9 p.m. (Koot’s, 2435 Spenard Rd.) KARAOKE, 9 p.m. (Gaslight Lounge, 721 W. 4th Ave.)

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ERIN PESZNECKER, 1 p.m. (Organic Oasis, 2610 Spenard Rd.) OPEN MIC NIGHT HOSTED BY JUSTIN BOOT, 8 p.m. (Van’s Dive Bar, 1027 E. 5th Ave.)

modate a plethora of teams. Doors open at 6, quiz at 7 p.m. Free, 7 to 9:30 p.m. (49th State Brewing Co., 717 W. 3rd Ave.)

MALLOWEEN: SAY BOO TO HUNGER—This Halloween, stay out of the cold at the Dimond Center and trick-ortreat to benefit local charities. Cost: $5 or 2 cans of food. Preregister at eventbrite.com. $5, 6 p.m. (Dimond Center Mall, 800 E. Dimond Blvd.) ALASKA OUTDOORS WEEKLY EVENING HIKE: HILLTOP SKI AREA—Alaska Outdoors hosts easy to moderate social hikes every Monday and Thursday, all year, throughout Anchorage. Monday’s hike is designed for hiking beginners and families with children on established wide and mostly flat trail about 3.5 - 4.5 miles in 1.5 hours. Thursday hikes are designed for moderate hikers. Free, 6:30 p.m. (Hilltop Ski Area, 7015 Abbott Rd.) MEDITATION—In this busy, chaotic world, it is very important for our day-to-day happiness and peace that we learn how to control our mind. This is a class designed to show how to apply simple meditation techniques and basic Buddhist psychology in the midst of a normal, modern lifestyle. $5 - $10, 7 to 8:30 p.m. (Namaste North Yoga Studio, 508 W. 2nd Ave.) GEEKS WHO DRINK AT THE 49TH STATE BREWING CO—Yes, it’s really at the 49th State Brewing Co. Come get your geek on while having 49th State beer and 49th State food in the theater with quizmaster Warren Weinstein. Tables will be set up to accom-

ARTS, OUTDOORS, ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURE MUSIC CLASSES FOR TODDLERS AND PRESCHOOLERS—Musikgarten is a world-renowned music and movement program for young children. You and your child will learn folk songs, dances and fingerplays, all while fostering a love of music and the foundation for music literacy. Classes are held at The Music Man Tuesdays and Wednesdays Sing With Me (15 months - 3 years) Tuesdays 10 to 10:30 a.m. Wind Dancers (3-5 years) Tuesdays 10:30 to 11 a.m., Wednesdays 6:30 to 7 p.m. $50 per month, ask about drop in and sibling rates $50, 10 a.m. (The Music Man, 4637 Old Seward Hwy.) YU-GI-OH TOURNAMENT AND OPEN PLAY—Born from the game Duel Monsters within the original Japanese manga, the Yu-Gi-Oh card game is a battle-based gameplay where players duel each other using monster face cards. Come and try it out for free or if you’re a more serious dueler, bring your decks along. Occasional sealed deck tournaments may come with a higher charge. Free for casual play, $6 - $7 for tournament play, 3 p.m. (Bosco’s, 2301 Spenard Rd.) BONNY SOSA TUESDAY NIGHT RACE SERIES—Join in this family tradition of running and learning our beloved

trail system. Three separate race courses are set each week in different park locations. Whether you are a competitive runner or just want to get out and see a new trail, this event is for you. Races begin promptly at 6:30 p.m. Distances range from 3K to 10K. Register online at muni. org/Active. $2 - $70, 5:30 p.m. (Kincaid Outdoor Center, 1600 Lidia Selkregg Ln.) SKINNY RAVEN PUB RUN—Join the weekly joggers scurrying around downtown. The runs are approximately 5K in distance which starts at Skinny Raven and finishes at McGinley’s Pub. Product demos and fun prizes every week. Free, 6 p.m. (Skinny Raven, 800 H St.) "THE TECHNOLOGICAL FRONTIER"—New technology and the gig economy in Alaska. This is a continuation of the series looking at Alaska’s future economy cosponsored by Nerd Nite. Speakers include Gretchen Fauske, Business Development Officer and Katherine Jernstrom of The Boardroom. Free, 7 to 9 p.m. (49th State Brewing Co., 717 W. 3rd Ave.)

MUSIC JOE CRAIG AND FRIENDS, 6 p.m. (Organic Oasis, 2610 Spenard Rd.) AFTER WORK ACOUSTIC SHOW, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. (Pioneer Bar, 739 W. 4th Ave.) PIERRE BIDONDO, 7 p.m. (The Fancy Moose, 4800 Spenard Rd.) FIRESIDE LIVE FT. THE ETERNAL COWBOYS, 9 p.m. (Koot’s, 2435 Spenard Rd.)

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NOVEMBER 2 ARTS, OUTDOORS, ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURE KIDS YOGA (AGES 3 - 6 YEARS)—Why Yoga for little people? Yoga is noncompetitive physical activity which encourages flexibility, strength, coordination and body awareness. In a world full of hustle and bustle, yoga teaches kids how to relax and relieve stress. Yoga helps to bring out kids’ inner self and utilize their unique qualities in a positive way. $75 - $125, 10 a.m. (Open Space Alaska, 630 E. 57th Pl., #2) WATER AEROBICS CLASS— Community water aerobics class in a newly renovated saltwater pool. Great exercise that’s kind to your joints with great teachers and a fun atmosphere. $4.50 - $5, noon to 1 p.m. (APU Moseley Sports

Center, University Dr.) LUNCHTIME MEDITATION— Find inner peace amongst a stressful workday. Join Rev. Rachel for a midday quiet meditation in a peaceful and welcoming environment. All experience levels welcome. Free, noon to 12:30 p.m. (Unity of Anchorage, 1300 E. 68th Ave.) ART CLASSES FOR KIDS 6 - 18—Come learn to draw, paint and sculpt. Art Kids Studio classes are ongoing and designed to evolve and build progressive art skills in creative self expression. Art Kids are encouraged to experiment and investigate new creative ideas and a variety of media and techniques. Visit artkidsstudio.com for more information and call 646-7938 to register. $125 - $175, 4:15 to 6:15 p.m. (Art Kids Studio, Fireweed & A St.) BEER MEETS RECORDS: VINYL NIGHT—Bring your records or play some onsite while enjoying a brewski. Vinyl nights every Wednesday at Resolution Brewing Company. Free, 5 p.m. (Resolution Brewing Company, 3024 Mountain View Dr.) KIDS PAINT CLASS—They provide the paints, brushes, 12X12 canvas and instructions, you provide the child. For ages 8 - 12. Tickets available at kplaystudio.com. $25, 6 to 9 p.m. (Kaleidoscape, 3801 Old Seward Hwy., Ste. 9) TRIVIA NIGHT AT THE WHALE’S TAIL BISTRO & WINE BAR—Show how smart you are and head down to the Whale’s Tail Bistro & Wine Bar every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. for Trivia Night. Enjoy a selection of 32 wines on tap, local draft beers, artisanal cocktails and classic bistro fare. Most importantly, a chance to prove you are the smartest person in the room. Prizes include cash and Hotel Captain Cook gift cards. Plus, keep an eye out for free giveaways. Free, 7 p.m. (Hotel Captain Cook, 939 W. 5th Ave.) MEDIEVAL SWORD AND BUCKLER CLASS—Fiddlebow Fechtschule offers a weekly class on the use of the medieval sword and buckler. Each class incorporates the development of fundamental skills, technique exchange and conditioning in a relaxed but mindful atmosphere. No prior martial arts or fencing experience is necessary. Email chris@fiddlebowfechtschule. com to make arrangements to watch or participate. Drop-ins will be flayed. Free, 7 to 9:30 p.m. (Anchorage Dome, 6501 Changepoint Dr.)

MUSIC DIANE HALL AND SANDRA CALVILLO, 6:30 p.m. (Organic Oasis, 2610 Spenard Rd.)

WILL H. JOHNSON, 7 p.m. (The Fancy Moose, 4800 Spenard Rd.) REBEL BLUES, 8 p.m. (Humpy’s, 610 W. 6th Ave.) LIVE MUSIC, 10 p.m. (Pioneer Bar, 739 W. 4th Ave.) OPEN DECKS, 10 p.m. (Koot’s, 2435 Spenard Rd.)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS CALL FOR ART—The Alaska Humanities Forum is proud to host the art exhibit, “UPSTART.” This call to artists is free and open to all artists age 18 - 25 with a state-issued Alaska ID or driver’s license. Artwork that aligns with the Forum’s mission to “connect Alaskans through stories, ideas and experience that positively change lives and empower communities.” Apply by Oct. 28. Details at akfh.org. ALASKA STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS—Community Arts Development Grants, Career Opportunity Grants, Walker Grants, Workshop Grants, Master Artist and Apprentice Grants and Rasmuson Cultural Collaborations Project Grants Deadline is December 1, 2016. For more information about these grants visit education. alaska.gov. CALL FOR PROPOSALS— Organized by the graduate students within the English department, the Pacific Rim Conference on English Studies invites submissions in literature, rhetoric and composition, linguistics, anthropology, history, journalism, gender studies and other related fields. Deadline is December 1. For more information email uaapacrim@gmail. com. Apply at uaa.alaska.edu.

ONGOING EVENTS For a complete list of events visit anchoragepress.com 2016 ANIMAL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION—From now until Tuesday, Nov. 8, zoo enthusiasts will be able to cast their votes for one of three presidential nominees: Aphun the polar bear, Denali the gray wolf and George the magpie. $7 - $15, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. (Alaska Zoo, 4731 O’Malley Rd.) YOGA ON DONATION— Open Space offers weekly yoga, dance and other drop-in classes. Come join a vibrant community and pay what you can. All levels are welcome. Classes include: Monday, Wednesday and Friday lunch hour classes, Ashtanga, Hips and Core Explore, Prenatal, Baby & You, 50 and Fit and much more. Find a full schedule and special events online: openspacealaska.com/ calendar. (630 E. 57th Pl.)

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BY CHUCK SHEPHERD

and egg were thought to be required, at least in mammals). The scientists were thus able to “challenge nearly two centuries of conventional wisdom.”

POT FOR PETS As nine states next month ask voters to approve some form of legalization of marijuana, a “new customer base” for the product—pets—was highlighted in an October New York Times report. Dogs and cats are struck with maladies similar to those that humans report in cannabis success stories: seizures, inflammation, anxiety, arthritis and other pain and subsequent social withdrawals. The “high”-producing THC element cannot be used because it is notoriously toxic to dogs, but other elements in the drug seem to work well not only for dogs and cats but, by anecdotal evidence, pigs, horses and domesticated wild animals. COMPELLING EXPLANATIONS —In September, Charles Lawrence III, 60, was sentenced to eight years in prison for attempted sexual assault despite his claim that it was just bad eyesight that caused the problem. He had arrived at a house in Fairfield, Connecticut, to have sex with a male he had met online, but the event turned out to be a “To Catch a Predator” sting. Lawrence, an accountant, claimed that, in text messages with the “boy,” he had seen “18” as his age, when, according to police evidence, the text read “13.” (Bonus: Lawrence knew “Predator” newsman Chris Hansen socially and commuted daily on the train with him, according to Lawrence’s lawyer.) —A 23-year-old woman on a bus in Istanbul, Turkey, was attacked by Abdullah Cakiroglu, 35, in September because, as he told police, he had become “aroused” by her wearing shorts. (Initially, he was not arrested, but after a protest on social media, police came to get him—though for “inciting,” not assault.) He told police, “I lost myself” because the woman had “disregarded the values of our country,” and “my spiritual side took over, and I kicked her in the face.” GOVERNMENT IN ACTION Kevin and Tammy Jones opened their guns-and-coffee store in an old bank building in Hamilton, Virginia, in August, but despite the controversies about the ease of gun acquisition in America, their Bullets and Beans shop has had a harder time pleasing government regulators over the coffee than over the firearms. Kevin told Washingtonian magazine that there were no problems in getting gun-shop and firearms-instruction permits from state and federal agencies, but several local-government roadblocks delayed the coffee-sales permit: the property being zoned for “retail” but not food or drinks; permission to open certain businesses near residences; and a coffee shop’s need to have “parking.” LATEST RELIGIOUS MESSAGES Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin declared Oct. 13 Oilfield Prayer Day to cap a statewide initiative of mass wishing for improved performance of the state’s energy industry, which has been in the doldrums recently with the worldwide drop in oil prices. Though the initiative’s founders, and the associated Oil Patch Chaplains, were largely Baptist church leaders, the governor emphasized that all religions should be praying for a more prosperous industry.

CULTURAL DIVERSITY —In September, a court in Paris upheld France’s government ban on people smiling for their passport and identity photos. One official had challenged the required straightforward pose (“neutral,” “mouth closed”), lamenting that the French should be encouraged to smile to overcome the perpetual “national depression” that supposedly permeates the country’s psyche. —The baseball-like “pesapallo” might be Finland’s national game, reported The New York Times in September, despite its differences from the American pastime. The ball is pitched to the batter—but vertically, by a pitcher standing next to the batter—and the batter runs the bases after hitting it, though not counterclockwise but zigzag style, to a base on the left, then one on the right, then back to the left. The game was invented in Finland in 1920 and has achieved minor notoriety, with teams from Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Australia vying for a “world cup” that so far none has been able to wrest from Finland. (Reassuringly, however, “three strikes” is an out in Finland, too.) NEW WORLD ORDER —Too Much Time on Their Hands: In an October profile of tech developer and startup savant Sam Altman, The New Yorker disclosed that “many people in Silicon Valley have become obsessed with the simulation hypothesis”—that “what we experience as reality” is just some dark force’s computer simulation (as in the movie The Matrix). “Two tech billionaires,” the magazine reported, are “secretly engag(ing) scientists” to break us out of this alternative universe we might be trapped in. (One prominent member of the tech elite remarked at a Vox Media conference in June on how the “simulation hypothesis” seems to dominate all conversation whenever the elites gather.) —Scientists from England’s Bath University, publishing in a September issue of Nature Communications, report success in creating enduring live mice without use of a fertilized egg. The researchers showed it possible that a sperm cell can “trick” an egg into becoming a full-featured embryo without a “fertilization” process (in which distinct genomes from sperm

POLICE REPORT —The War on Drugs: (1) In September, police in Thurmont, Maryland, announced the culmination of a two-month-long undercover drug operation at the Burger King with two arrests and a total seizure of 5 grams of marijuana and two morphine pills. (2) On Sept. 21, as part of a six-target raid using “military-type” helicopters by the Massachusetts State Police and the National Guard, drug warriors halted the criminal enterprise of Margaret Holcomb, 81, of Amherst, seizing the one and only marijuana plant in her yard that she had planned to harvest soon for relief of her arthritis and glaucoma. —Couldn’t Stop Myself: (1) Joshua Hunt, 31, was arrested in October inside St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he had gone to check on his 9-month-old son, who was being treated for an injury. Police said that while in the ward, he snatched another visitor’s purse and took a cellphone and credit cards. (2) Brittany Carulli, 25, was arrested in Harrison Township, New Jersey, in October, charged with stealing a medic’s wallet from inside an ambulance. The medic had allowed Carulli in the ambulance to grieve over her boyfriend’s body after he was struck and killed by a car. THE PASSING PARADE (1) Jeffrey Osella, 50, was arrested in August in Westerly, Rhode Island, after allegedly firing corncobs at his neighbor’s house, using a PVC “potato gun,” as part of their longrunning feud. When Osella answered the door, officers said he was shirtless, with corn kernels stuck to his chest. (2) On Oct. 1, Michael Daum, 55, began his year in residence as the town hermit of Solothurn, Switzerland, having been chosen from among 22 self-entertaining applicants. The hermit will be required to maintain the town’s isolated hermitage, but also, paradoxically, be called on at times to engage with arriving tourists. A NEWS OF THE WEIRD CLASSIC (OCTOBER 2012) Eating Well on Death Row: (1) Condemned Ohio inmate Ronald Post, 53, asked a federal court in September (2012) to cancel his upcoming date with destiny on the ground that, after almost 30 years of prison food, he’s too fat to execute. At 480 pounds, “vein access” and other issues would cause his lethal injection to be “torturous.” (Update: He won the sentence-commutation, but he died in prison in 2013.) (2) British murderer-sadist Graham Fisher, 39, is locked up in a high security hospital in Berkshire, England, but he, too, has been eating well (at about 325 pounds). In August (2012), he was approved for gastric-band surgery paid for by Britain’s National Health Service at an estimated cost, including a private room for post-op recovery, of the equivalent of about $25,000. n

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BAKERY BEAUTY - M4F I saw you at Bakery grand opening in Airport Hts. You, dark complected, dark hair, nose stud, very beautiful/exotic. I was near you but you had people and a couple little kiddies around you and thought maybe you were married but didn’t see a ring. Then you left alone.... I was the 6’+, long hair/ponytail, mustached guy standing near you talking to the bicycle guy (Geo.) who lives in the neighborhood. Would love to meet you sometime... I am single, straight, no games. COFFEE WITH A COP - CHECKING ME OUT - M4M (STEAM DOT -SEARS MALL) Several times I saw you looking at my crotch and checking out my body. I tried to smile back when I caught you - you have gorgeous eyes. I was wearing light grey jeans. You have a shaved

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head and I’m bald. It would be fun to meet for a libation sometime alone, or someplace else alone, sexy man. Reply with something that will let me know it’s you. Thanks. PHARMACY GIRL - M4W Why am I so afraid to talk to you? Is it the age difference between us? (I don’t know how old you are, just that you are younger than me) Or perhaps I don’t think I’m an interesting person... I see you almost everyday. I try to act like I don’t notice you in there, but the truth is I look for you as I walk by, to get a look at you in before I turn my head and keep walking, i just want to stop and say “Hey, how you doin’?” I sometimes joke with you when you pass by my area. But we’ve never...talked. You really have my attention somedays in your signature white shirt/black yoga pants combo. You are really cute. And I’m not even really sure of your name! I asked your aunt once. So I think I know. But will

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Hello, but I was in a text conversation and it didn’t dawn on me that you said hello til I heard you say Or not. It felt like a dream, one I didn’t wake from till I got to my car. You were al I could think of the rest of the day. I hope you see this. Hello! SMASHBURGER LUNCH AND YOUR EYE LASHES - M4W (ANCHOR TOWN) What’s up young lady? Hope you see this and respond. I enjoyed our conversation and I must admit you caught my eye and your eye lashes are super sexy on you...... I’M OFF LIMITS BUT YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY - M4W (ANCHORAGE) Ashley I will show you the true love you’ve always yearned for. I’m off limits for now but lately you are all I think about and I’m ready to make my move. I have never wanted someone more in my life. You are younger but we go way back and i feel your body electric when you are close. I

feel the heat when we are close and i know i intrigue you and make you want what i have. if you can keep a secret i will sex you up and you will never want to let go. I am all yours you just say the word. I will treat you like the princess you are and never ever let you go. I look forward to hearing from you. scared to death but still looking forward. I hope you read this with an OPEN mind. you won’t regret it. M4MW - M4MW (ANCHORAGE) We smoked together at the park.... name which park..blk 29yo 5’10 looking to hang out again Hit me up.... n Have you seen someone you just can’t get off your mind? Has someone seen you? Drop us a line at: isawyou@anchoragepress.com (www.sendanonymousemail.net is one way to go about it), fax 561-7777 or stick it in our slot at 540 E. 5th Ave. Submissions not edited for grammatical errors.

BY ROB BREZSNY

VULVA VA VOOM BY DAN SAVAGE I love my wife, but I have a lot of resentment, disappointment, and insecurity over our sex life. After four years of marriage, huge angst remains that I have yet to get a handle on. Right now, with kids and our busy lives, she’s content with sex once a week or so, and I need relief pretty much every night to help with my insomnia. What’s more, I really don’t enjoy porn at all, but if we aren’t having intercourse, there’s pretty much no other way for me to get off. Blame it on my fundamentalist evangelical upbringing, but I fear my porn use becoming an addiction. It makes me feel dirty. I would love a solution to this problem that doesn’t involve me jerking off in a dark room by a computer screen after my wife falls asleep every night. All I want to do is feel close to my wife, orgasm, and sleep. I think she does sincerely care and wants to help me, but is just so tired and busy with her career and our kids. And yes, I have talked and fought with her countless times. In weaker moments, I’ll admit I have also guilted her for her more “active” sexual past (with prior boyfriends) and for her current “neglect,” which I know is unfair and unhelpful. I just don’t know what to do. When Orgasms Enable Sleep

You’ve been married four years, you have more than one child, you both work—and if you divide household labor like most couples, WOES, your wife is doing more/most of the cooking, cleaning, and child care. But even if you were childless, living in a hotel suite with daily maid service, eating only room service, and throwing your underpants out the window after one wearing, WOES, it would still be unreasonable to expect PIV intercourse every night of the week. Frankly, WOES, once-a-week PIV is more sex than most young straight dads are getting. And if you’re demanding PIV from your wife as a sleep aid—“ask your doctor if Clambien is right for you”—it’s a miracle you’re getting any sex at all. And the limited options you cite—it’s either PIV with the wife or masturbation in front of the computer—aren’t doing you any favors. Consider PIV from your wife’s perspective: Her husband fucks, comes, and falls asleep. She lies there for a while afterward, tingling, and may have to go to the bathroom once or twice. The PIV that puts her husband to sleep after a long day? It puts her sleep off. And if she wanted to get it over with quickly—because she was exhausted—there wasn’t much foreplay, which means she probably wasn’t fully lubricated (uncomfortable) and most likely didn’t come (unfair). That’s a recipe for resentment, WOES, and resentment kills desire. (Or maybe you should think of it this way: If your ass got fucked every time you said yes to sex, WOES, you wouldn’t say yes to sex seven nights a week.) If you expanded your definition of sex, WOES, if your options weren’t PIV or nothing, you might not have to masturbate six nights a week. Because if your definition of sex included oral (his and hers), mutual masturbation, and frottage—and if these weren’t consolation prizes you settled for, but sex you were enthusiastic about—your wife might say yes to sex more often. Still, you’re never going to get it seven nights a week. So make the most of the PIV you’re getting, broaden your definition of sex and get another night or two of sex in per week, and enjoy porn without guilt the rest of the week. And if you’re concerned about the amount of

porn you’re watching, try this trick: Lie on the couch or the floor or the guest bed, stroke your cock (even if it’s soft), and think dirty thoughts. Your cock will get hard, I promise, and you’ll get off. It’s how most people masturbated before the internet came and ruined everything, WOES, and it still works. When I met my partner of three years, I thought I’d hit the jackpot: a Dom who packs a wallop but knows how to listen and loves group sex (which is kinda my jam). It’s hard to let go of my memories of the early days. We have had some rough patches, especially since he has had increasing financial trouble/ underemployment, whereas I am back in school and have too many jobs. The biggest issue as I see it is he always makes me explain at length why I am busy—not just what I am doing (e.g., midterms) but whether that is “normal” (yes, every semester). I am tired. I care about my partner a lot and feel very close to him in some ways, but I also see him taking advantage of me financially and demanding endless reassurance on top of this. So my desire is to DTMFA. But when I talk about my feelings in the relationship, he argues with me—about what my feelings are or should rationally be. I am really ground down by this. The prospect of breaking up feels like it will be an ordeal. I feel trapped. I don’t think I can stay with him, but I also don’t want to have a conversation about leaving. Sincerely Troubled Under Constant Kriticism

We need someone’s consent before we kiss them, suck them, fuck them, spank them, spoon them, marry them, collar them, etc. But we do not need someone’s consent to leave them. Breakups are the only aspect of our romantic and/or sexual lives where the other person’s consent is irrelevant. The other person’s pain is relevant, of course, and we should be as compassionate and considerate as possible when ending a relationship. (Unless we’re talking about dumping an abuser, in which case safety and self-care are all that matters.) But we don’t need someone’s consent to dump them. That means you don’t have to win an argument to break up with your boyfriend, STUCK, nor do you have to convince him your reasons are rational. You don’t even have to discuss your reasons for ending the relationship. You just have to say, “It’s over; we’re done.” It’s a declaration, STUCK, not a conversation. Thank you so much for all of your advocacy—of both sexual and political persuasions—through the years, Dan. Like MADDER, the mom whose letter you ran in last week’s column, I have used Trump’s past and current behavior to help further discussion about the concepts of consent and body awareness, safety, and respect with my young daughter. There’s just one thing I wanted to add: Parents should not restrict the “Trump Talk” to their daughters. Our sons need to be told that words and actions that objectify, demean, and damage women are not what being a boy or man is about. My son is only 3, so he’s a little young as of yet. But I will definitely have the Trump Talk with both my children. Sons Need Trump Talk Too

Thanks for writing in, SNTTT, and you’re right—we need to have the Trump Talk with our sons, too. But I would add another reason to your list: While our sons absolutely need to be told not to objectify, demean, and damage women, our sons also need to be told that they, too, have a right to move through this world unmolested. n

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): During this Halloween season, you have cosmic permission to be a bigger, bolder, and extra beguiling version of yourself. I trust you will express your deep beauty with precise brilliance and imagine your future with superb panache and wander wherever the hell you feel like wandering. It’s time to be stronger than your fears and wilder than your trivial sins. Halloween costume suggestion: the superhero version of yourself. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): I won’t offer you the cliché “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” Instead, I’ll provide alternatives. How about this, from the video game “Portal”: “When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! Say, ‘I don’t want your damn lemons!’” Or you could try this version, from my friend Barney: “When life gives you lemons, draw faces on them like Tom Hanks did on his volleyball in the movie Cast Away, and engage them in sexy philosophical conversation.” Or consider this Brazilian proverb: “When life gives you lemons, make caipirinhas.” (Caipirinha is Brazil’s national cocktail.) Suggestion: Play around with these themes to create your Halloween costume. CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): All of us are creators and destroyers. It’s fun and healthy to add fresh elements to our lives, but it’s also crucial to dispose of things that hurt and distort us. Even your body is a hotbed of both activities, constantly killing off old cells and generating new ones. But in my understanding, you are now in a phase when there’s far more creation than destruction. Enjoy the exalted buzz! Halloween costume suggestions: a creator god or goddess, like the Greeks’ Gaia or Prometheus; Rainbow-Snake from the Australian Aborigines; Unkulunkulu from the Zulus; or Coyote, Raven, or Spider Grandmother from indigenous North American tribes. AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): In 1938, a chef named Ruth Wakefield dreamed up a brilliant invention: chocolate chip cookies. She sold her recipe to the Nestlé company in return for one dollar and a lifetime supply of chocolate. Maybe she was happy with that arrangement, but I think she cheated herself. And so I offer her action as an example of what you should NOT do. During the next ten months, I expect you will come up with many useful innovations and intriguing departures from the way things have always been done. Make sure you get full value in return for your gifts! Halloween costume ideas: Thomas Edison, Marie Curie, Hedy Lamarr, Leonardo da Vinci, Temple Grandin, George Washington Carver, Mark Zuckerberg. PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): Speaking on behalf of the cosmic powers, I authorize you to escape dull realities and go rambling through the frontier. Feel free to fantasize twice as hard and wild as you normally do. Avoid literalists and realists who think you should be more like them. This is not a time to fuss over exacting details, but rather to soar above the sober nonsense and see as far as you can. You have permission to exult in the joys of wise innocence. Halloween costume suggestions: Bohemian poet, mad scientist, carefree genius, brazen explorer. ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): I invite you to fantasize about what your four great-grandmothers and four great-grandfathers may have been doing on November 1, 1930. What? You have no idea how to begin? You don’t even know their names? If that’s the case, I hope you’ll remedy your ignorance. Your ability to create the future you want requires you to learn more about where and whom you came from. Halloween costume suggestion: your most interesting ancestor. TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): At any one time, over two million frozen human embryos are stored in tissue banks throughout Europe and North America. When the time is right, their owners retrieve them and bring them

to term. That’s the first scenario I invite you to use as a metaphor for your life in the coming weeks. Here’s a second scenario: Scotch whisky is a potent mind-altering substance. Any particular batch must mature for at least three years, and may be distilled numerous times. There are currently 20 million barrels of the stuff mellowing in Scottish warehouses. And what do these two scenarios have to do with you? It’s time to tap into resources that you’ve been saving in reserve—that haven’t been ripe or ready until now. Halloween costume suggestions: a woman who’s nine months pregnant; a blooming rose or sunflower; ripe fruit. GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): To create a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon, a winemaker needs about 700 grapes. Compare this process with rain-making. When water vapor that’s high in the sky becomes dense enough, it condenses into tiny pearls of liquid called cloud droplets. If the humidity rises even further, a million of these babies might band together to form a single raindrop that falls to earth. And what does this have to do with your life? I suspect that in the coming weeks, you will have both an affinity and a skill for processes that resemble wine-making and rain-making. You’ll need a lot of raw material and energetic effort to produce a relatively small marvel—but that’s exactly as it should be. Halloween costume suggestion: a raindrop or bottle of wine. CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): Some Brazilians eat the heads of piranhas in the belief they’re aphrodisiacs. In Zimbabwe, women may make strategic use of baboon urine to enhance their allure. The scientific name for Colombia’s leaf-cutter ant is hormiga culona, translated as “fat-assed ant.” Ingesting the roasted bodies of these critters is thought to boost sexual desire. Since you’re in a phase when tapping in to your deepest erotic longings will be healthy and educational, you may want to adopt elements of the aforementioned love drugs to create your Halloween costume. Here are other exotic aphrodisiacs from around the world that you might be inspired by: asparagus, green M&Ms, raw oysters, wild orchids, horny goat weed. LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): Do you know how to repair a broken zipper or patch a hole in your bicycle tire? Are you familiar with the art of caulking a bathtub or creating a successful budget? Can you compose a graceful thank-you note, cook a hearty soup from scratch, or overcome your pride so as to reconcile with an ally after an argument? These are the kinds of tasks I trust you will focus on in the coming weeks. It’s time to be very practical and concrete. Halloween costume suggestion: Mr. or Ms. Fix-It. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): In the film Terminator 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger played a benevolent android who traveled here from the future. As a strong, silent action hero, he didn’t need to say much. In fact, he earned $30,000 for every word he uttered. I’m hoping your speech will pack a comparable punch in the coming days. My reading of the astrological omens suggests that your persuasiveness should be at a peak. You’ll have an exceptional ability to say what you mean and mean what you say. Use this superpower with flair and precision! Halloween costume suggestion: ancient Greek orator Demosthenes; Martin Luther King Jr.; Virginia Woolf; Sojourner Truth; rapper MC Lyte, Winston Churchill. LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): It’s the prosperity-building phase of your cycle. Let’s celebrate! Let’s brainstorm! Are there rituals you can create to stimulate the financial lobes of your imagination, thereby expediting your cash flow? Here are a few ideas: 1. Glue a photo of yourself on a $20 bill. 2. Make a wealth shrine in your home. Stock it with symbols of specific thrills you can buy for yourself when you have more money. 3. Halloween costume suggestions: a giant bar of gold, a banker carrying a briefcase full of big bills, Tony Stark, Lady Mary Crawley, Jay Gatsby, Lara Croft, the Yoruban wealth goddess Ajé. n

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