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4 MARCH 12 — 25, 2020 VIEW [PERSPECTIVE] by MICHAEL TERRY CORONAVIRUS
AS THE PANIC surrounding the being shown, is precisely that there help soften the blow, as the entire Coronavirus spreads as quickly as the are tools available to the state to pro- country grinds to a halt, all mortgage virus itself, governments around the vide free care to its citizens, but tragi- bills will be frozen. Who knew such a world are scrambling to contain both cally can only be accessed in an emer- thing could be possible? This is one of the panic and virus. While there’s lit- gency. Also, it implies that while peo- the effects of the Coronavirus. It has tle point in speculating what is to ple should not have to be concerned revealed that even in western democ- come, a sampling of what has already about paying for medical care in this racies that have spent decades eroding unfolded suggests it’s going to get particular case, generally speaking, the power and efficacy of the state, worse before it gets better. Events all people should be completely comfort- while claiming that private sectors are around the world are being canceled, able worrying about paying for med- much more capable of providing serv- people are being quarantined in the ical care. Got the Coronavirus? It’s on ices, when the going gets tough, those thousands, and confusion and uncer- the house. Got cancer? You’re out of weakened states are resuscitated into tainty reign supreme. Information and luck, Jack. Then, the hypocrisy went a action, and the full force of them are misinformation, as is now always the step further. Pence lauded the promise brought to bear, because at a moment case, converge into one. Airlines have of the insurance company to abandon of true crisis, even these deteriorated begun cutting back on available the practice of ‘surprise billing’ in entities are far better equipped to help flights, and local authorities every- cases related to Coronavirus. Yes, yes, the general public. If anything good where are telling people to limit trav- even the Republican Vice President may emerge from this chaos, it is per- el and increase hygiene efforts. calls this dark side of health insurance haps a rethinking of the role of the Interestingly, the response to the ‘surprise billing’. Again, here is the state. Maybe, after dealing with a cri- Coronavirus has revealed what can be evil of this practice laid bare. Right in sis of this scale and scope, it will be done to better the lives of humans, if the face of the entire citizenry, much harder for the state to continue only during a crisis or emergency. So American health insurance compa- to wither away. To be sure, many of the attempted remedies and nies feel brazen enough and comfort- Coronavirus is an excellent argument containment strategies revolve around able enough in their utter control of in places like America for universal the power of the state, and demon- the healthcare complex in America public healthcare, and in places like strate the serious shortcomings of soci- that it can receive goodwill points for Canada or Britain, a good case for why eties built on capital and the profit not blindsiding people with an unfore- such institutions must be maintained. imperative. One telling example came seen cost, as long as that surprise turn Indeed, the crisis of the Coronavirus Tuesday evening, when U.S. Vice of events would have happened on the in America should only highlight that President Mike Pence gave a press heels of a Coronavirus diagnosis. entire system of delivering healthcare briefing updating the world on Everywhere, the sorts of programs to Americans is itself in a constant American efforts to deal with the that should be commonplace, are state of crisis. What moral grounds virus. He spoke glowingly of the being used with the virus as a justifica- could there possibly be for something efforts of the health insurance compa- tion. Companies are beginning to like ‘surprise billing’ in any case what- nies, whose leaders met with the exec- offer employees paid sick leave. How ever, after it was shown that the insur- utive earlier that day. He thanked kind! Many nations are planning to ance companies could so easily opt out them for agreeing to waive copay- expand unemployment insurance, and of such a practice when the state tells ments and medical costs for anything many are considering payouts to peo- it that it must? There’s every possibili- related to the Coronavirus. He ple in order to help during a possible ty that a crisis like this will have a big- declared that no person should have period of profound economic stagna- ger impact on the rise of state assis- to worry about the cost of care in the tion. tance and the recalibration of the face of this virus. Just stop there. In Italy, where the situation is state’s relationship to the people than Consider what is being shown to us incredibly dire, the entire nation has any campaign or election possibly and what is being implied. What is gone into lockdown. And, in order to could. V
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[CATCH] by DON MCLEAN CLIMATE NOT IN ENERGY BOARD MANDATE THE ONTARIO ENERGY Board has decided that need for the project.” This is a key question that greenhouse gas emissions linked to a new comes down to whether Ontario will replace fracked gas pipeline across Hamilton are not nuclear facilities with fossil fuels supplied by part of its mandate. In a decision released very Enbridge, or alternatively with clean water late on Friday afternoon, the OEB also snubbed power from Quebec. the city and the Hamilton Conservation The OEB statement also noted the con- Authority requests to put ecological studies of tention of the several intervenors that the cli- the Enbridge pipeline route ahead of an mate crisis means “that an investment in infra- approval decision. structure with a 30 to 40 year payback increases The OEB has agreed to hold an oral hearing the risk of stranded assets” and it ruled the “risk instead of the written one sought by Enbridge of forecast demand not being realized is inherent but no date has been set and it remains uncer- to forecast modelling and therefore included in tain if it will be held in Hamilton as the city the need for the project (issue #1) and in costs requested. The Board’s interpretations of the and rate impact (issue #5).” scope of the issues it will allow may crack open a The Board acknowledged that it “received door for various issues related to climate impacts numerous letters of comment [nearly 150 so far] that some registered intervenors want examined. from individual citizens and citizen groups and City council and the conservation authority organizations” and that “most of the comments had asked that detailed ecological studies and an voiced concerns regarding environmental independent peer review precede the hearings impacts and were opposed to the construction of about the proposed pipeline which crosses the the proposed project.” Beverly Swamp, Spencer Creek, Bronte Creek mention the city asking that the hearings on the eration of the risk that the project will become a But its key conclusion states: “The OEB has and numerous other environmentally significant pipeline be held in Hamilton. stranded asset due to uncertainty of the demand concluded that issues related to impacts associ- lands and wetlands of rural Flamborough. And Other intervenors who wanted climate forecast [be] part of the assessment of need for ated with the extraction and production of nat- both wanted examination of the greenhouse gas change implications examined may have the project.” ural gas to be delivered, as well as the effects of emissions from fracking the gas in Pennsylvania obtained some concessions in that direction. For In response to the Green Energy Coalition the consumption of that natural gas in the con- and of burning it in its expected destinations in example, the hearings will consider “whether (representing Hamilton 350) the OEB accepted text of overall national and globally–focused Ontario and the US eastern seaboard. conservation or efficiency are viable alterna- “that the impact of government policy on future environmental policies, are out of scope.” The city also wanted Enbridge to explain tives” to the pipeline. And the Board has agreed gas utilization is a factor that may be relevant to The timelines set out in the OEB statement how its pipeline can be compatible with with the Schools Energy Coalition that “consid- the demand for natural gas and therefore the require intervenors to file questions with Hamilton’s commitment to be carbon neutral by Enbridge by March 27 and Enbridge to reply by 2050. While the OEB document responds to Stories are summarized from April 20. That certainly means there won’t be a specific requests it received from other registered CATCH: CITIZENS AT CITY HALL CATCH News, a service of Board decision by Enbridge’s “deadline” of April intervenors, it ignored this one and also doesn’t Citizens at City Hall available from [email protected]. More information can be found at www.hamiltoncatch.org 30. V
6 MARCH 12 — 25, 2020 VIEW by ALLISON M. JONES EVERY BRILLIANT[COVER] THING has led to an incredibly satisfying cre- of most Hamilton theatre. They pur- ative collaboration,” Luke explains. posefully bypassed more traditional Stephanie concurs, saying, “We speak spaces with a typical ‘performer/audi- the same language, which is so valu- ence divide’ or theatrical lighting and able as creatives. As producers, we seating in favour of the ‘warm’ and have complementary skill sets.” ‘welcoming’ Infinity Forge near Gage After this production, Luke Brown Park. They feel it’s the perfect place to has a half dozen audio dramas he stage a play Lawlor calls ‘intensely wants to record of ‘weird historical personal’ and ‘completely unique’. events.’ Then comes work with “[Every Brilliant Thing] is so well–craft- another favourite collaborator, magi- ed. The character’s journey is specific cian/illusionist Nick Wallace (a con- to them, but the writing of it leaves so testant on last season’s America’s Got much room for people to see them- Talent). Wallace has a new show pre- selves in it.” miering at the 2020 Hamilton Fringe, “Everybody has been touched by and then Brown and Wallace will tour mental health struggles or suicide, an existing show, Strange and Unusual, whether directly or indirectly,” she to several cities this autumn. said. “This play reminds you that Next up for Stephanie Hope Lawlor things get better. ‘They might not is the Theatre Aquarius Indie Festival, always get brilliant, but they get bet- coming up May 25th through June ter.’” V 7th, when she’ll direct Pantheon EVERY BRILLIANT Productions’ We All Got Lost, which won ‘Best of Fringe’ in its premiere THING run at the 2019 Hamilton Fringe March 14 - 28, 8 PM Festival. The Infinity Forge Meantime, Lawlor and Brown 468 Cumberland Ave, Hamilton describe the deliberation that went Tickets: $30, general seating into finding just the right venue to Buy online or at the door: mount Every Brilliant Thing. It’s being www.eventbrite.ca held outside the downtown geography 75 minutes (no intermission) Ages 12+
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HAMILTON THEATRE MAKER Luke English playwright Duncan Part of Luke Brown’s admiration Brown first saw Every Brilliant Thing at MacMillan and Dublin–born comedi- comes from the construction of the Canadian Stage in Toronto when it an Jonny Donahoe; Donahoe was the play, from its text to “how the authors ran in late 2018. He didn’t know performer when Every Brilliant Thing play with form. It’s a seamless blend of much about the play, but caught it on had a successful outing at the 2014 storytelling, theatre, comedy and the recommendation of a friend. His Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which led improv. It’s a unique way of telling a reaction? “I was floored. How can a to a four–month run off–Broadway story that I hadn’t encountered topic so dark and heavy be in such an and a number of years being toured before.” uplifting piece?” around the world. But he also has a personal, painful Brown, along with colleague With humour and pathos, the play inspiration for his appreciation of Stephanie Hope Lawlor, were moved tells the story of a kid whose mother is Every Brilliant Thing: “In 2009, I to stage their own version in hospitalized because of mental illness. received a phone call that my cousin Hamilton under their respective Faced with the reality of a deeply Alex had passed away,” Luke says. “I Diversion Entertainment and Rook’s depressed and suicidal parent, the was devastated that he was gone but Theatre banners. Previously, they’ve child attempts to cope by beginning a on a quiet, shameful level, I under- worked on two successful runs of list of “Everything that’s brilliant stood. I understood completely how Mary’s Wedding. Brown directs this about the world. Everything that’s you can feel so crushingly low that new production which opens March worth living for.” It’s a list that any alternative, even ending your own 14 at The Infinity Forge, while Lawlor includes ‘#2. Water fights,’ ‘#5. Things life, could be preferable to another day is its sole performer. with stripes,’ and ‘#7’...the child her- of feeling that way. It was this dark Stephanie Lawlor had also come self. secret that I carried around and, evi- upon the play on the advice of a For a play that has a content warn- dently, he did, too.” friend, reading it and then viewing a ing for its mental health themes, “I miss my cousin every day. There’s performance broadcast by HBO. “It Every Brilliant Thing has been given a giant Alex sized hole in the world had been a long time since a play had some pretty remarkable descriptors by where he should be. Doing this show moved me quite in that way,” she reviewers. The Toronto Star said the is my way of celebrating him and explains. “It’s so innovative and warm play was ‘life–affirming’ and ‘whole- reminding others that things do get and creative. We were hoping to col- some,’ while NOW Magazine termed better. laborate on another project, and when it ‘engaging’ and ‘empathetic.’ Mooney Beyond that, the draw for them we talked about Every Brilliant Thing it on Theatre called it ‘a delight’. “It’s working on this project together start- checked so many of the boxes: it uplifting and a comedy, but it doesn’t ed with great friendship, and contin- moved us, it felt exciting, and it terri- shy away from honesty,” Lawlor says. ues with professional and creative fied the hell out of us.” “I think that’s what appeals to me so compatibility. “Artistically, we both The 2013 play was written by much.” have similar goals and tastes which
VIEW MARCH 12 — 25, 2020 7 [HAMILTON MUSIC NOTES] by RIC TAYLOR THE TURN IT UPS move on to the Stick Up, another band that guitarist Ryan Henderson tried to REUNITE PLAY keep afloat during his tenure at HAMILTON AFTER McMaster University while studying FIFTEEN YEARS English and religious studies. But the WHILE THEY DISPLAYED a youthful ener- Stick Up would also fade from the local gy and defiant determination that stage and Henderson would leave music earned them the ability to tour with the for the grown up life of family, home likes of Silverstein, Burlington’s self pro- owning and teaching. But the former claimed ‘tough dudes with smooth band mates never stopped being friends moves’ otherwise known as The Turn It and over the years occasionally reunited Ups never were able to achieve the suc- for special events like last December for cess some fans hoped for. a special showcase at Ben Rispin’s Burly Formed when the band members Calling. This weekend, the Turn It Ups weren’t even old enough to drive in play Hamilton again for the first time in Canada, after four years the Turn It Ups fifteen years with word that the show is THE TURN IT UPS split after recording their debut full not just a one off. length. Most of the members would “The summer of 2001 was a pretty idyllic summer for myself and the Turn when we connected with singer gui- connection with all of the bands on the It Ups we even named a song after it,” tarist Dave Partridge,” adds Henderson. bill and the diversity of all of the music recalls Henderson on the Turn It ups “We were only active for two years and from the bands kind of reminds of shows formation with Alan Tindal (vocals). burnt ourselves out. It was a more seri- we used to do back in the day. But the Dave Palmer (bass), Ryan Bruce ous band, a heavier band and we toured show isn’t about nostalgia, it can’t be (drums) and Kevin Kennaley (guitars). more extensively. I had dropped out of about nostalgia because the Turn it Ups “The Turn It Ups was just a really great Mac for a semester to accommodate are now an ongoing concern — it’s aging stage moment for all of us and it touring but I tried to balance school and funny, that’s something I thought I’d was great to be part of the local punk the band. We took a serious run at it never say again. It’s so bizarre for us but rock community, and a great way to and had some success but in the end, it’s so nice.” travel across Canada in our limited way the touring lifestyle wasn’t particularly we got to tour. It was a nice focal point sustainable for any of us.” The Turn It Ups play Saturday for all of our energies as we were going With one off reunions in 2007 and March 14 at Club Absinthe with through our late teens. The original 2019, the now thirty–five Henderson is Pale Drone,The Crease Rule, vision of the Turn it Ups was to rip off excited about revisiting his own Catapult,Shift-D. Doors open at 9 the Promise Ring, an early poppy emo thoughts and creations from some two pm and $10 gets you in. Click on band — we missed the mark entirely decades ago but the opportunity to instagram.com/theturnitups but tried to kept the pop sensibility as reconnect with friends and make music much as we could. As the band pro- — even new music — is what's the 93.3 CFMU gressed, the music got heavier but we main focus in 2020 for the Turn It Ups. kept that pop sensibility in the back of “We all stayed in touch and whatev- FM'S ANNUAL our minds as we wrote. er limited capacity we’re going to be FUNDRAISER 2020 “We played at the Underground, performing in, it was simply a mecha- For the most part I steer clear of the AFB, Transit Union Hall and more nism to see more of one another,” says politics in this column but given the sit- places in Hamilton,” adds Henderson. Henderson. “It was great hanging out uation in 2020 it’s pretty much “At the time, there was a lot of cama- again and playing with a bunch of great unavoidable anymore. Last year, the raderie between bands and the biggest friends. Part of the process of re-learning Ontario government announced they band we dovetailed with a lot of the these songs was muddling through the were changing the way student fees time was Silverstein. We did a lot of inevitable embarrassment of like when were collected and as a result, touring with them and remain friends you find an old journal - you sort of McMaster University radio station, with them to this day. It was a pretty cringe at the pages but we’ve definitely 93.3 CFMU FM, lost a third of its fund- Utopian time as far as the music scene enjoyed re–discovering and re–working ing. was concerned — first wave social the songs as well as reconnecting with For those that don’t know the rich media, still a lot of community feel, still one another. But it was a thrill to just history of community and campus radio a lot of youth run shows so the bulk of play these songs again. I like to get into that developed over the last four our performances was held at alterna- the head of my former self and figure out decades alongside the changing tech- tive venue spaces as opposed to bars.” how and why I played something. But nology — students all over North After a couple of EPs, The Turn It what’s really exciting is the new four America took it upon themselves to Ups hit the studio with producer Brian piece unit is writing new songs so that start radio stations at institutions for Moncarz (Pilate, The Junction) and bridges the gap. Probably within the higher learning to provide a media released their CD Sweetness in Stereo but year, we should have new music. source for those without a voice. Sure rather than being a new phase of their “I don’t think it’ll become as serious CFMU has a long history since the sev- career, it’d act as a tombstone for the as our investment in the past but we’ve enties and there is funding from these boys turning into men. enjoyed our practices and the thought McMaster University but with that “We released a couple of self–pro- of making new music and music that is funding quite possibly meaning a sub- duced, no paper trail EPs and then we more reflective of our tastes now while stantial financial short fall, CFMU has did our record Sweetness in Stereo just staying within the parameters of the never needed more help from the com- before the band broke up,” says Turn It Ups is really exciting,” continues munity that often reaps the benefits of Henderson. “It was recorded in two Henderson. “My chops are better now the campus station. waves with eight songs ending up on it. than they were back then. There are “This loss threatens our ability to Four songs were recorded eight months some things I couldn’t do now and meet our mandate — and, quite possi- before the second session. The first set maybe wouldn’t do right now so I think bly, our existence in general,” says was more innocent and poppy sounding I’ve matured as a musician as well. Program Director Jamie Tennant. and the second set was more slickly pro- Colin Morgan formerly of the Next Best “While the government’s changes are duced and more melancholic and Thing is joining us on drums this time temporarily stayed, there are no guaran- heavy. As we recorded, the foundation around and Kevin is a guitar tech for tees that it will be a lasting reprieve. It was laid for the band to disband shortly August Burns Red — still a great friend also doesn’t change the fact our current after. We were all starting to pull in dif- but not part of these performances. budget took a significant hit.” ferent directions as nineteen and twen- “And I’m looking forward to our While recent trends suggesting lower ty year olds do. return to Hamilton after fifteen years,” overall listenership to radio being “After that, The Stick Up included concludes Henderson. “There’s a cer- replaced by internet and satellite Ryan Bruce, Dave Palmer and myself tain element of nostalgia as we have a CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
8 MARCH 12 — 25, 2020 VIEW [HAMILTON MUSIC NOTES] CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 93.3 CFMU FM's Annual Fundraiser live show jam session someone suggested let’s put out a com- With high hopes for a great promotional oppor- options, the traditional FM band out of the west happens on Thursday March 19 at This Ain't pilation, get 10 or 20 bands to submit songs and put tunity and a provincial punk community develop- end, remains a beacon of hope for many. Hollywood with LT The Monk, Concavity, it out but the whole think exploded to four compi- ing project, the Lockdown Records release show Community groups, ethnic communities, cultural- Martin Verrall, Kojo "Easy" Damptey and lation albums and 73 bands with a ton waiting. will have a smattering of bands from the compila- ists, thinkers, dreamers — all get a voice on CFMU Mother Tareka and members of Strathcona. We’ve got bands submitting from the US and tion including Doug Helle, Wiggler, The when they might not have a home elsewhere or get Doors open at 8pm and $10 gets you in. Click Europe and more, new bands, old bands, some vet- Dominion, Danger! Death Ray, Nancy Vicious and lost in a sea of what is the world wide web. on cfmu.ca/fundraising erans have recorded songs just for these releases.” the Nasty Bitches, Trauma Lanes, 4HATEU8, the “Luckily, CFMU supporters and listeners can The compilations have a lively although not Letdowns.ca, the Discarded, Stand Against Fear, help,” said Tennant at the official start of the on air LOCKDOWN RECORDS PUNK exhaustive Hamilton contingent that includes Dirty Bird, Galgas, D*Files, The Essential fundraising drive that officially ended its broadcast some thirteen entries from the likes of The Letdowns, Back Breaker and Welland Wasted. portion last Friday March 7 but continues with a ROCK COMPILATION Letdowns.ca, Artificial Dissemination, Youth On Prior Convictions is notably absent from this show rock live venue show March 19. “We know [listen- SHOWCASE Drugs, Adelleda, D*Files, Barbed Wire Braces, but fans can rest assured, Timbers’ own band is ers] are out there — in fact, we’ve seen that our lis- Duane Timbers grew up in the area around the Danger Death Ray, Wiggler, Doug Helle, martian- planning a release party for their EP at the tener numbers continue to increase significantly time that punk broke the first time around some rebel and more, while bigger names from around Corktown on April 10. every year. 93.3 CFMU FM is listener–supported, forty years ago but didn’t start his first band until Ontario also make the list like The Liquor Pigs, “This might be my first step towards maybe a campus–based community radio. While we broad- nine years ago and we only spoke about Prior Armed and Hammered, Random Killing, as well as punk rock picnic of sorts so there are a lot things in cast to the greater Hamilton area, this website Convictions’ recordings some three years ago. Steve Stumble and the Lucky Ones. But with the the works and we’ve secured the dates for the sec- takes our programming around the world. Our pro- Timbers is coming into his own in 2020 with more music industry and particularly labels in a down- ond release party for Volumes 3 and 4 at This Ain’t grams are produced and hosted by volunteers from activity than ever. ward spiral over the last couple of decades, is it wise Hollywood on June 27,” says Timbers. “We’ve got the community — by people like yourself. We Timbers and the latest in carnation of Prior business for a punk upstart? Well, Ontario punks sixteen bands going on hard and fast with fifteen address local issues, promote local and under–rep- Convictions — including long time collaborator believe so and have bolstered the idea for Timbers minute sets — It’s going to be a fantastic evening resented music, and feature unique voices. We give John Shields and new recruits Matt Ricci, Shane and company. of punk rock. A lot of people wanted to play the voice to those who need it. Our website, cfmu.ca, Anderson and Dan Beaudoin — have a release “Compilation albums were great but not a lot of first showcase but there's a lot of scheduling con- is more than community radio. It’s a community show for their newest EP, dubbed Lace Up Them people are doing them these days because it’s a lot cerns and this is who could make this show. information hub, providing an outlet for new Boots, happening next month but the single from of effort and time and money but I thought it’d be “Prior Convictions and the label are going music, new voices, and new ideas, expressed that EP, “Bought and Sold” has been released as a a lot of fun so why not do it and the response has strong and you can expect more music from us and through audio, the written word, and video.” split 7–inch with Kitchener’s Back Breaker and it been overwhelming,” says Timbers. “I go back the more compilations through the rest of the year,” Some of CFMU’s shows have been on the air for also makes it as the first track of a new punk rock era of K–Tel records where you can get various adds Timbers. “For this show, there will be a lot of a decade or more. Liuda Stungevicius and the compilation. At fifty–seven, the former Canada compilations of bands from the ’60s and ’70s. I used beer drinking, a lot of old friends reuniting, a lot of Lithuanian Show and Trickbag drummer Paul Post employee is now retired and Timbers is seem- to love finding a band you never heard of and then band merch available so bring lots of money with Panchezak’s Breakfast of Champions have been ingly trying to make all of his musical fantasies real- going out to buy their album. you. I’m having fun and hopefully we get a lot of with CFMU from the very beginning. Jim Marino’s ities. The Lockdown Records label is set to release “We’re trying to do the same kind of thing with people out and the interest is exciting and more Freewheelin’ Folk Show celebrated 26 years on the first half of a four volume punk rock compila- these albums and showcase the amazing scene we people want to get involved.” V Saturday mornings. tion album with a massive 16 band showcase at the have in Ontario,” adds Timbers. “There are a ton of And the radio program I host Friday afternoons Casbah. bands and a ton of talent. Hamilton is well repre- Lockdown Records Punk Rock Compilation from 5pm to 8pm EST called Lullabies in “I’ve been a punk since 1977 loving the Sex sented here but there are more to be included — Showcase happens Friday March 20 at the Razorland, celebrated thirty years last October. Pistols, the Clash and the Ramones but punk has we were thinking of doing a Hamilton VS Toronto Casbah. Doors are at 8 pm and $10 gets you The artists you read about in this column, and grown into so many different genres — these days compilation but we’ll have to see how things go in. Click on lockdownrecordscanada.band- some of those you’ve read about elsewhere got I’m doing what I want, what I love, which is with these albums.” camp.com their start with the help of CFMU. From Teenage music,” says Timbers. “Prior Convictions began in Head forty years ago to bands like Arkells, Terra 2013 and over the years, we’ve had some members Lightfoot and the Dirty Nil and thousands others come and go — it’s been a bit of a challenge but I more recently, CFMU has always supported new think every band goes through that but we’ve got a music from Hamilton and from around the world. new crew, a good solid line up and we’re recording If you want a compendium to this column, hear again and having a lot of fun again. Me and John the music you’re reading about at the CFMU web- are in our fifties and the new guys are in their thir- site and while you’re their, make a pledge of sup- ties but we’ve go a mix of new punk and old school, port if you’re in a financial position to do so. Or if which is better for creativity. The new music is you’ve already donated, come out to the live show more modern with a NOFX style but I was never featuring a wide range of musical styles, some vet- one to judge what we sounded like. erans and some more novice performers, and most “The boys and I were joking around saying, ‘we’ll of all some amazing Hamilton music. If you’re never be signed to any label’ so we decided to start interested and a part of this with me, let’s keep sup- our own label,” adds Timbers. “Dan had the title porting the station that keeps supporting Hamilton Lockdown Records Canada already so we went music like few others. with it to release our own material. Then during a PRIOR CONVICTIONS
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I’M PLEASED TO say that this production of embodies the many ages of Walter. As a young Walter, written by David Laing Dawson, has man, we see his angst and then terror upon real- been created in collaboration with Artwood izing is trajectory into the mental health system, Artbar’s Judith and Ron Weihs and the Gallery then, as he ages, his new struggles with the sys- on the Bay which is co–owned by the play- tem and the balance of medication. Emberley wright. It’s an exciting new beginning for Judith never once over sentimentalizes; instead, he and Ron as they have moved out of the original allows the emotional reaction to resonate with Artbar space downtown but are clearly still the audience member. He simply tells the story planning on making an impact in the Hamilton as a grippingly real person. He leaves the rich- theatre scene. ness and the ironies to his audience to ruminate. Their home for this production and potential His performance is like a poem. It’s presented future productions is St. Andrew’s Hall at St. with simplicity but has as many meanings as Paul’s Presbyterian Church in the core of there are seats in the audience. He’s like the face Hamilton on James and Jackson. It’s a beautiful of everyman with a mental illness. We’ve all space and works particularly well for this one seen him or known a piece of his story at one man show which follows the journey of Walter time in our lives. If you’ve worked in retail, or James Cross, the schizophrenic protagonist of food service, or security, you’ve met him every the production. day on the job. You’ve asked yourself what he’s Playwright Dawson actually created Walter as doing and why or where he goes at night. a film nearly 20 years ago. The current produc- Sometimes it seems he doesn’t even see you tion is the script re-imagined for the stage by even though you knew him in high school. He director Ronald Weihs and local actor Sean begs for money and mutters strange things when Emberley. Dawson was the former director for you walk by him. Emberley’s Walter is a theatri- the Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital and has used cal vessel through which we can all better his some odd 50 years of observation and real understand our personal interactions with the life experience to create the compelling portrait mentally vulnerable. It’s impossible not be emo- of Walter and his journey through schizophrenia tionally touched by his presentation and each and the medical system. and every audience member will be remember- Director Weihs lights the space evocatively as ing their own Walter as the stage lights go we follow the recollections of illness. David down.V Gould creates a haunting sound scape that floats in an out like Walter’s recall. Blocking is rela- WALTER tively basic and perhaps some emphasis on March 12-14 at 7:30 PM, $20 segues between memories would help the gener- March 14 at 2:30 PM (matinee), relaxed/PWYC Artword Theatre al flow since it is 80 minutes in total. It’s the dif- St. Paul's Presbyterian Church ference between feeling like you are hearing a 70 James St. South speech and you can tune out and hearing a story Wheelchair accessible at the that you don’t want to miss. That said Emberley rear into St. Andrew's Hall is enigmatic enough to maintain the focus but it Tickets at the door wouldn’t hurt to help him a little. or contact (905) 543-8512 or [email protected] for reservations In the central role, he is captivating as he
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MULE, HOLLOW CORE [8PM] CASBAH-MAIN HALL DOUG HELLE, WIGGLER, THE REBEL’S ROCK ROB & STEVE [8PM] [8PM] ROCK | FOLK | COUNTRY LAZY FLAMINGO KRISTIN NICHOLLS DOMINION, DANGER...DEATH RAY, NANCY VISCIOUS AND SLYE FOX THE REPEATLES [3PM], FRIED BOLOGNA CAT ‘N’ FIDDLE NEW REBEL WESTERNERS [9:30PM] DICKEN’S|BLIND MULE [10PM] MASQUE TY PRICE EXPRESS [9:30PM] THE NASTY BITCHES, TRAUMA LANES, 4HATEU8, THE [8:30PM] INNSVILLE REPEATLES [6PM] ENDZONE DETOUR REBEL’S ROCK PAT KING & FRIENDS [7PM] LETDOWNS.CA, THE DISCARDED, STAND AGAINST FEAR, STONEWALLS TIM GIBBONS & THE SWAMPUBUSTERS THE STUDIO CARIBOU [8PM] FIRSTONTARIO CONCERT HALL MATTHEW GOOD STONEWALLS OPEN MIC [8PM] DIRTY BIRD, GATGAS, D*FILES, THE ESSENTIAL W/IAN ANDREWS [2PM], SARAH SMITH, DJ DALLAS & HIS BAND [8PM] THIS AIN’T HOLLYWOOD FIRESIDE HUDDLE OPEN LETDOWNS, BACK BREAKER, WELLAND WASTED [9PM] [8PM] CAT ‘N’ FIDDLE BLUZE CRUZE [9:30PM] GATOR TED’S|THE CAMELTONES [9PM] TUESDAY 17TH STAGE [2:30PM] THIS AIN’T HOLLYWOOD MDOU MOCTAR, KOJO COACH & LANTERN|ANETTE HAAS (9PM) HONEST LAWYERS-FENNELL DAN DYER [9PM] “EASY” DAMPTEY [9PM] ROCK | FOLK | COUNTRY CORKTOWN EAST COAST KITCHEN PARTY [6:30PM], HONEST LAWYERS-KING JASMINE T [9PM] UPTOWN SOCIAL HOUSE JAMES ANTHONY BAND ALE HOUSE OPEN STAGE W/BOOM BABIEZ [8PM] JAZZ | BLUES | CLASSICAL DEEPSEA CHALLENGER, RESONANCE & REASON, HOLY INNSVILLE JOSH COULTER [8PM] CAT ‘N’ FIDDLE JAZZ JAM [9:30PM] W/GUESTS [2:30PM], DUELING PIANOS [9PM] AUGUSTA HOUSE FIDDLIN’ AROUND [7PM], IGOR SMOKES, THE OLLIVANDERS [9PM] JERSEY’S|FIDDLESTIX VICARS VICE THE ENDING TO THIS STORY [7:30PM] LAZA [9PM] DICKEN’S|KAY THE DESTROYER [10PM] MAX’S CHRIS AYRIES WATERDOWN LEGION THE PEPPER SHAKERS BLACK SWAN COLONIAL BOYS, LOUISA O’KEANE DJ | ELECTRONIC | HIP HOP DOOR’S SINGLE WOUND, POWERBOMB, JOCK, REALITY MILL ST. & 5 ONE EYED ANGIE [9PM] ABSINTHE|MOTOWN WEDNESDAYS [10PM] WINCHESTER ARMS|SHAKY LEG [9PM] [6:30PM] DENIED [7:30PM] MILLS HARDWARE SWEET & LOWDOWN, LIFE IN WINKING JUDGE|OPEN STAGE W/BRIAN JANTZI, BRASSIE THE RETIRED ROYALS [1PM], THE DUNAS VERDES|OPEN JAM W/STEVE COLLETT VACUUM [8PM] DITCH X. DIGGERSON [3PM] MCCONNELLS [4PM] THURSDAY 19TH (9PM) MULE SPINNER MISSFLY & GROOVE THERAPY JAM CAT ‘N’ FIDDLE THE TREBLECASTERS [9:30PM] ENDZONE SCURVY DOG SESSION [9PM] JAZZ | BLUES | CLASSICAL CORKTOWN NOV EIRE [12:30PM], FERGUSON YOUNG ROCK | FOLK | COUNTRY FIRTH’S GLENN GROVES POWERHOUSE LAUREN KNOWLES BAND [10PM] CAVALLO NERO|THE HENRY STRONG DUO [6PM] [4PM], GEORGIA PINE [9PM] ARMY & NAVY CLUB CITY KIDS [3PM] GATOR TED’S|ALTER EGO [9PM] PUB FICTION EAST COAST KITCHEN PARTY [1PM], COACH & LANTERN|ROB CUTTING [2:30PM) CULANTRO’S OPEN MIC W/DAN CIAVARELLA [7PM] BLACK SWAN ACOUSTIC JAM [7:30PM] JERSEY’S|THE DIRTY PIONEERS THE FELICIA MCMINN BAND MASQUE|MIKE ALMAS BAND [9PM] DICKEN’S|QUELL THE SWELL [4PM] CARRIGAN ARMS|JAM NIGHT [8PM] LOU DAWG’S SOUND PARADE [10PM] REBEL’S ROCK MARTIN VERRALL, HEATHER VALLEY MATTSON & CO.|THE TIFFANY HANUS JAZZ TRIO ENDZONE THE ROCK OF THE ‘80S CASBAH-MAIN HALL|THAT’S MY DRAG! [8PM] MAX’S CHRIS AYRIES [8PM] [7PM] FIRTH’S PATRICKS DOWDS [1PM], TWO SHEETS TO CAT ‘N’ FIDDLE RIDDIM RIDERS RAW [9:30PM] MILL ST. & 5 LAKESHORE BOYS [9PM] SKYWAY DINER DOPPELGANGER BAND [5:30PM] THE WIND [8PM] COACH & LANTERN|OPEN MIC (9PM) MILLS HARDWARE MATT HOLUBOWSKI, ELLIOT SLYE FOX DAVID LOVE BAND [3PM], BARLEY BRAE DOOR’S WASTING TIME, ANNELIESE, PORTLAND TV, DJ | ELECTRONIC | HIP HOP GATOR TED’S|FIDDLESTIX [4:30PM, 8:30PM] MAGINOT [8PM] [8:30PM] LAZY FLAMINGO OPEN JAM THE YONGE COLLECTIVE, SHANIA’S STAIN [9PM] STAIRCASE KENNEDY ROAD, CORIN RAYMOND [8PM] CLUB 54|DJ KEITH - MAIN ROOM [10:30PM], DJ PLUCKER’S DAVE MILLAR [5:30PM] MILL ST. & 5 CHRIS SEDORE [4PM] FOX & FIDDLE MARK GUNN [7PM] STONEWALLS WHISKEY CHASERS, BLUESWINDER CESAR - LATIN ROOM [10:30PM] POWERHOUSE NIGHTSHIFT HAMILTON [10PM] PHEASANT PLUCKER PETER JELLERD [4PM], LAZY FLAMINGO VINNIE & VAUGHN [2PM] CLUB 77|CHOCOLATE PUMA PUB FICTION BLISS [9PM] ANNE LEDERMAN [7PM] LOU DAWG’S CHRIS CHAMBERS GROUP [8:30PM] THIS AIN’T HOLLYWOOD THE UN-TEENS, SOUS BAS DJ ROSÉ SLYE FOX BARSLAP [8:30PM] PLUCKER’S JAMES FRANCZEK [5PM] MAX’S CHRIS AYRIES THIS AIN’T HOLLYWOOD RED SUN PHENOMENON, SPECTACULAR CRASH, DJ MS DEATHPROOF [9PM] POWERHOUSE ERIN’S MALORE [4PM] PHEASANT PLUCKER NATHIAN BURKE [10PM] MONTE CARLO, GOLDEN FEATHER [9PM] UPTOWN SOCIAL HOUSE JAMES ANTHONY BAND POWERHOUSE CORY MERCER [6PM] SUNDAY 15TH RADIUS SHARI & JONNY [6PM] UPTOWN SOCIAL HOUSE DUELING PIANOS [9PM] W/GUESTS [2:30PM], DUELING PIANOS [9PM] REBEL’S ROCK IRISH SESSION W/ANN GORMAN ROCK | FOLK | COUNTRY RUMAK CANNERY ROW [6PM] VICARS VICE CORY MERCER [7:30PM] VICARS VICE JESSICA SOULE TRIO [7:30PM] SOUTHCOTE 53 JACOB MCCAULEY DUO [5PM] MCKINNEY & GUESTS [7PM] WATERDOWN LEGION HEADIN’ HOME [7PM] WINCHESTER ARMS|SHARI & JONNY [8:30PM] BLACK SWAN COLONIAL BOYS, LOUISA O’KEANE STONEWALLS BRENNAGH BURNS [5PM], BIG RUDE SOUTHCOTE 53 NOLAN HUBBARD [6PM] [1:30PM] JAKE [7PM] THIS AIN’T HOLLYWOOD KOJO DAMPTEY & CARRIGAN ARMS|JOE ROBICHAUD [2PM] JAZZ | BLUES | CLASSICAL JAZZ | BLUES | CLASSICAL THIS AIN’T HOLLYWOOD THE BEELAYS, ROAD, MOTHER TAREK, LTTHEMONK, CONCAVITY, MEMBERS BARBARA CAFFE|KELLY AND HEATHER DEL FIACCO CAT ‘N’ FIDDLE SHARI & JONNY [4:30PM], STEVE CAVALLO NERO|THE HENRY STRONG DUO [6PM] WAVES [7PM] OF STRATHCONA, MARTIN VERRALL [8PM] [6PM] COLLETT [9PM] COACH & LANTERN|MARK LAFORME (2:30PM) VICARS VICE AARON BOWER DUO [5PM] WATERDOWN LEGION FIDDLERS JAM SESSION CAVALLO NERO|THE HENRY STRONG DUO [6:30PM] CLIFFORD BREWING CO. NEW REBEL MASQUE|THE AUTOMATICS [9PM] THE WESTDALE|SCANTILLY PLAID [7PM] [1PM], THE BLUESGRASS JAMMERS MASQUE|BIG JOHNNY BLUE [9PM] WESTERNERS [2PM] MATTSON & CO.|THE TIFFANY HANUS JAZZ TRIO WINCHESTER ARMS|JOHN JANISSE [2PM] MATTSON & CO.|TIFF & THE TWO FIVES [7PM] DICKEN’S|BRAD SUMAK, MIKE OLIVIERI [10PM] [7PM] YE OLDE SQUIRE-FENNELL ROB CUTTING & THE LIONSHEAD SHARI & JONNY [10:30PM] JAZZ | BLUES | CLASSICAL SHAMROCKERS [2PPM], SINNICKS & HILL [[8:30PM] GEORGE HAMILTON|OPEN JAM W/TIM NINEHOUSE MAX’S SARAH MILLS DJ | ELECTRONIC | HIP HOP DJ | ELECTRONIC | HIP HOP YE OLDE SQUIRE-MAIN ST. W. THE SONAS [4PM], AND MR. JAY [9PM] CLUB 54|DJ KEITH MILL ST. & 5 BRADY JAMES DUO [2PM] CLUB 54|DJ KEITH - MAIN ROOM [10:30PM], DJ SHAKE STREET [7PM] MASQUE JUDI RIDEOUT [8PM] FOX & FIDDLE TRENZ SOUNDCREW MILLS HARDWARE AMY HELM, ALTAMEDA [8PM] CESAR - LATIN ROOM [10:30PM] SHAOLIN UNDERGROUND DJ BIGTRBL [10PM] REBEL’S ROCK BROTHER TOM’S JAM [4PM] CLUB 77|BASSJACKERS SOUS BAS CHOOSE UP! STONEWALLS BRANT PARKER [2PM] DJ | ELECTRONIC | HIP HOP DJ | ELECTRONIC | HIP HOP SOUS BAS BASIC SOUL UNIT, J-UL 33 BOWEN THE JAMES ST NORTH [1PM] YE OLDE SQUIRE-UPPER JAMES DJ ALEX [3PM] AUGUSTA HOUSE|DJ ROB HAMILTON [10PM] THIS AIN’T HOLLYWOOD AFTON PRESENTS [7PM] CASBAH-LOUNGE PILLS N THRILLS DJS [10PM] SOUS BAS DJ DONNA LOVEJOY, DJ SPACEMAN SATURDAY 21ST SUNDAY 22ND ROCK | FOLK | COUNTRY VIEW LIVE MUSIC INDEX EMAIL [email protected] DEADLINE: Monday at 4pm ABSINTHE 38 KING WILLIAM 905.529.0349 THE DOORS PUB 56 HESS S. 905.540.8888 LITTLE GRASSHOPPER 37 BARTON ST. E. 905.393.7641 SKYWAY DINER 645 PLAINS RD., BURL. 905.592.1077 ACOUSTIC BLEND CAFE 86 HOMEWOOD AVE. 905.522.1323 DUNAS VERDES 253 JAMES N. 905.522.4818 LOU DAWG’S SOUTHERN BBQ 116 GEORGE ST. 289.389.3227 SHOELESS JOE’S 1183 UPPER JAMES 905.383.5637 AIR FORCE CLUB 128 KING ST. E., DUNDAS 000.000.0000 ELECTRIC DINER 96 GEORGE ST. 905.526.9512 LUKAYA CAFE 592 UPPER WELLINGTON ST. 905.383.2533 SLYE FOX PUB 4057 NEW, BURL 905.639.3900 ALE HOUSE 802 UPPER GAGE AVE. 289.755.0518 EMERSON 109 109 EMERSON 289.426.2005 THE MASQUE 13 HESS S. 289.700.5595 SOUS BAS 145 MAIN ST. E. 000.000.0000 ARMY & NAVY CLUB 95-96 MACNAB ST. N. 905.527.1000 THE END ZONE BAR & GRILL 1305 MAIN ST. E. 289.246.9663 MATTSON & CO. 225 LOCKE ST. S. 905.525.0225 SOUTHCOTE 53 534 GARNER RD., ANC. 289.239.8888 AUGUSTA HOUSE 17 AUGUSTA 905.525.0367 FAIRWEATHER BREWING CO. 5 OFIELD RD. 289.426.2983 MAX RESTO LOUNGE 102-2180 ITABASHI WAY, BURL. 905.336.1500 SPICE FACTORY 121 HUGHSON ST. N. 905.522.1112 BARBARA CAFFE 387 BARTON ST., STONEY CREEK 905.664.7316 FIONN MACCOOLS 2331 APPLEBY LINE, BURL. 905.332.9990 MCINTYRE PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE 135 FENNELL AVE. W. 000.000.0000 SPURS ROADHOUSE 188 BARTON ST. E., STONEY CREEK 905.662.1227 BARRA FION 1505 GUELPH LINE, BURL. 905.319.3466 FIONN MACCOOLS 119 OSLER DR. 905.627.4729 MILL ST. & FIVE 324 DUNDAS ST.E., WATERDOWN 905.690.1058 THE STAIRCASE 27 DUNDURN N. 905.529.3000 BARTON TOUCHDOWN 912 BARTON ST. E.. 905.544.6031 FIONN MACCOOLS 1786 STONE CHURCH RD. E. 289.919.2422 MILLS HARDWARE 95 KING E. 905.777.1223 STONEROAD’S 533 CONCESSION ST. 905.545.8816 THE BINBROOK GRILL 3020 BINBROOK RD. 905.692.0909 FIRSTONTARIO CENTRE 101 YORK 905.546.4040 MODRN NIGHTCLUB 15 HESS ST. S. 289.389.3561 STONEWALLS 339 YORK BLVD. 905.577.0808 THE BLACK BULL 2475 MOUNTAINSIDE DR, BURL. 905.332.4282 FIRSTONTARIO CONCERT HALL 1 SUMMERS LANE 905.546.3100 MOSAIC 431 BARTON ST. E. 000.000.0000 THE STUDIO 1 SUMMERS LANE 905.546.3100 BLACK SWAN 4040 PALLADIUM WAY, UNIT #1, BURL. 289.313.9999 FIRTH’S CELTIC PUB 543 UPPER JAMES 905.318.4277 MULBERRY COFFEE HOUSE 193 JAMES ST. N. 905.963.1365 SUPREME BAR & GRILL 5111 NEW ST., BURL 905.333.5282 BO’S SPORTS BAR 419 DUNDAS ST., WATERDOWN 905.690.3133 5 WEST BREWPUB & KITCHEN 3600 DUNDAS ST., BURL. 905.315.8782 MUSTANG’S 301 FRUITLAND RD., STONEY CREEK 905.643.7679 TAPS BAR & GRILL 128 PARKDALE AVE. N. 905.393.8805 THE BRASSIE 73 WILSON W. 905.304.8935 THE FOOL AND FLAGON 2255 BARTON E. 905.573.7430 MY NEIGHBOURHOOD BAR & GRILL 794 CONCESSION ST. 905.385.9999 THIRSTY CACTUS 2 KING ST. E., DUNDAS 905.627.8488 THE BROWN BARREL 1515 UPPER OTTAWA 905.575.4606 THE FOX AND FIDDLE 999 U. WENTWORTH (LIMERIDGE MALL) 905.395.8555 THE PEARL COMPANY 16 STEVEN 905.524.0606 33 BOWEN 33 BOWEN ST. 289.396.8865 BUDDY’S ROADHOUSE 1360 KING E. 905.545.1456 THE GALLEY PUMP 365 WENTWORTH ST. N. 905.522.5225 PEPPERWOOD BISTRO 1455 LAKESHORE RD., BURL 905.333.6999 THIS AIN’T HOLLYWOOD 345 JAMES N. 289.396.3911 BURLINGTON PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE 440 LOCUST 905.681.6000 THE GASWORKS 141 PARK N. 905.719.6396 THE PHEASANT PLUCKER 20 AUGUSTA 905.529.9000 TIN CUP 1831 WALKER’S LINE, BURL. 905.315.7727 THE CAPITOL BAR 973 KING ST. E. 289.389.1001 GATOR TED’S 1505 GUELPH LINE 905.336.3133 PLUCKER’S 335 PLAINS RD. E., BURL. 289.337.9454 TOAST WINE BAR 10 JOHN ST. N. 289.389.5480 CARRIGAN ARMS 2025 UPPER MIDDLE RD., BURL 905.332.6131 THE GEORGE HAMILTON 152 KING W. 905.381.9820 THE POWERHOUSE 21 JONES 905.930.7381 TRACIE’S PLACE 592 UPPER JAMES 905.538.0795 CASABLANCA WINERY INN 4 WINDWARD DR., GRIMSBY 905.309.7171 GERMANIA CLUB 863 KING ST. E. 905.549.0513 PRIME TIME SPORTS BAR 218 KENILWORTH N. 905.544.6488 TURTLE JACK’S 1180 UPPER JAMES 905.389.6696 THE CASBAH 306 KING W. 905.741.7625 GET TOGETHER BAR & GRILL 253 KENILWORTH N. 905.544.1950 PUB FICTION 1242 GARNER RD. W., ANC. 905.304.9990 THE VICAR’S VICE 2251 RYMAL E., STONEY CREEK 905.560.1586 CAT ’N’ FIDDLE 174 JOHN S. 905.525.3855 GOWN & GAVEL 24 HESS ST. S. 905.523.8881 PURPLE PEAR 946 BARTON E. 905.527.7179 THE UNDERGROUND 41 CATHARINE ST. N. 905.527.7488 CAVALLO NERO 370 WILSON ST. E., ANC. 905.648.8888 GRAIN & GRIT BREWERY 11 EWEN RD. 905.769-1320 THE QUEEN’S HEAD 400 BRANT, BURL 905.632.1300 UPTOWN SOCIAL HOUSE 1900 WALKERS LINE, BURL. 905.331.4700 CIRCA GALLERY 112GEORGE 905.921.1237 HAMILTON AIR FORCE ASSOC. 128 KING ST. E., DUNDAS 905.628.6697 RADIUS 151 JAMES ST. S. 905.393.1658 WATERDOWN LEGION 79 HAMILTON ST. N., WDWN 905.689.6112 CLANCY’S PUB 4490 FAIRVIEW, BURL. 905.333.6805 HAVN 26 BARTON ST. E. 000.000.0000 REBEL’S ROCK IRISH PUB 537 KING E. 905.777.1771 WEST END PUB 151 EMERSON 289.396.4425 CLIFFORD BREWING CO. 398 NASH RD. 905.560.5444 HAMILTON LEGION BR. 163 435 LIMERIDGE 905.387.4515 THE REC ROOM 2732 BARTON E. 289.389.1395 THE WESTDALE 1040 KING ST. W. 905.577.0074 CLUB 54 3345 HARVESTER ROAD, BURL. 905.634.5454 HONEST LAWYER 110 KING ST. E. 905.522.5297 ROCK ON LOCKE 320 CHARLTON AVE. W. 905.522.0602 WINDJAMMER BY THE LAKE 5353 LAKESHORE RD. BURL 905.632.2333 CLUB 77 77 KING WILLIAM ST. 905.527.7488 HONEST LAWYER 1115 FENNELL E. 000.000.0000 R.C.L. BRANCH 622 12 KING ST E, STONEY CREEK 905.662.4171 WINCHESTER ARMS 120 KING ST. W., DUNDAS 905.627.8016 COACH & LANTERN 384 WILSON E., ANC. 905.304.7822 INNSVILLE 1143 HWY. 8,STONEY CREEK 905.643.1244 R.H.L.I. CLUB 1353 BARTON E. 905.545.4611 YE OLDE SQUIRE 550 FENNEL AVE. E. 905.388.7770 COLLECTIVE ARTS BREWERY 207 BURLINGTON ST. E. 289.426.2374 INTO THE ABYSS 119A LOCKE ST. S. 905.518.7609 RUMAK 570 UPPER WELLINGTON ST. 905.385.6199 YE OLDE SQUIRE 875 MAIN ST. W. 905.528.7822 COOLER S SPORTS BAR 558 UPPER GAGE 905.574.4664 JERSEYS BAR & GRILL 1450 HEADON RD. 905.319.0525 ST. LOUIS BAR AND GRILL 450 APPLEBY LINE, BURL 905.333.8118 YE OLDE SQUIRE 1508 UPPER JAMES ST. 905.575.7821 CORKTOWN TAVERN 175 YOUNG 905.572.9242 LAKESHORE COFFEE HOUSE 2007 LAKESHORE RD., BURL. 905.631.1622 SASSO 1595 UPPER JAMES ST. 905.526.4848 YE OLDE SQUIRE 3537 FAIRVIEW, BURL 905.333.6627 CULANTRO 537 MAIN ST. E. 905.777.0060 LAZY FLAMINGO 19 HESS S. 905.527.0567 SEEDWORKS 126 CATHARINE ST. N. 905.523.7425 THE ZOETIC 526 CONCESSION 905.902.5683 THE DICKENS 423 ELIZABETH, BURL. 905.333.4991 LEANDER BOAT CLUB 50 LEANDER DR. 905.527.7377 SHAOLIN UNDERGROUND 229 JAMES ST. N.. 289.389.9525 THE DIPLOMAT 43 KING WILLIAM ST. 905.523.4343 THE LIONSHEAD PUB 137 JOHN S. 905.522.7090 SHAWN & ED BREWERY 65 HATT ST., DUNDAS 289.238.9979
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MCKINNEY & GUESTS [7PM] GRAIN & GRIT|TRIVIA THURSDAYS [7PM] SOUTHCOTE 53 DEREK PALANGO [6PM] HONEST LAWYER-FENNELL AVE. KARAOKE MATTHEW GOOD THIS AIN’T HOLLYWOOD AFFAIR CABARET WEDNESDAYS [7PM] [8:30PM] HONEST LAWYER-KING ST. KARAOKE THURSDAYS & HIS BAND WATERDOWN LEGION FIDDLERS JAM SESSION [7PM] March 21 at 8pm [1PM], THE BLUESGRASS JAMMERS LEVITY COMEDY CLUB & LOUNGE Simpsons WINKING JUDGE|BRIAN JANTZI, DITCH X. Trivia first Monday of every month {7:30pm} at FirstOntario DIGGERSON, HARPIN NORM LUCIEN [8PM] LOU DAWG’S TRIVIA TUESDAYS W/HUB OF THE Concert Hall HAMMER [8PM], LIVE BAND KARAOKE W/SOUND PARADE 1 Summers Lane JAZZ | BLUES | CLASSICAL FRIDAYS [10PM] MOSAIC TRIVIA WEDNESDAYS [7:30PM] coreentertainment.ca GEORGE HAMILTON|OPEN JAM W/TIM NINEHOUSE NOBODY’S PERFECT KARAOKE W/MIKE, AND MR. JAY [9PM] WEDNESDAYS [7PM], SATURDAYS [8PM], SUNDAYS [6PM] MASQUE JERRY JOHANSEN [8PM] ODDS TRIVIA SUNDAYS [3PM] PLUCKER’S TRIVIA WEDNESDAYS [8PM] DJ | ELECTRONIC | HIP HOP PRIME TIME KARAOKE THURSDAYS [8PM] AUGUSTA HOUSE|DJ ROB HAMILTON [10PM] PUB FICTION TRIVIA MONDAYS HOSTED BY “RUBY CASBAH-LOUNGE HOSTED BY GORDON LEVERTON PUB TRIVIA” [8PM] [8PM] R.H.L.I. KARAOKE THURSDAYS W/HARRY. [7:30PM] RUMAK KARAOKE SATURDAYS [9:30PM] KARAOKE ST. LOUIS BAR AND GRILL KARAOKE SATURDAYS W/DONNY OSBORNE [10PM]] & TRIVIA SLYE FOX TRIVIA WEDNESDAYS [7:30PM], KARAOKE THURSDAYS [8:30PM] ABSINTHE LAST CALL KARAOKE W/BLAKE PRINCE. STONEWALLS PUBSTUMPERS TRIVIA WEDNESDAYS MAR. 27 [10PM} [6:30PM] ARMY & NAVY CLUB KARAOKE W/MIKE MAR.14 TAPS KARAOKE FRIDAYS [9PM], KARAOKE SUNDAYS [4-8PM], MAR. 20 [6:30-10:30PM], APR. 4 [4-8PM], [6PM] APR. 18 [4-8PM] 33 BOWEN TRIVIA TUESDAYS [7:30PM] BARTON TOUCHDOWN PUB KARAOKE FRIDAYS TRACIE’S PLACE KARAOKE EVERY NIGHT [5PM-2AM], W/HELENA QUINN [9:30PM] WITH JACKPOT TUESDAYS. KIDS WELCOME UNTIL 9PM BLACK SWAN KARAOKE SATURDAYS W/MARK O. TWISTED TAPS KARAOKE THURSDAYS [10PM] [9PM], TRIVIA WEDNESDAY [7PM] UPTOWN SOCIAL HOUSE TRIVIA MONDAYS BOSTON PIZZA-BARTON TRIVIA MONDAYS W/HUB [7:30PM]| OF THE HAMMER. [7:30PM]. WEST END KARAOKE WEDNESDAYS [10PM] BOSTON PIZZA-MAIN ST. W. TRIVIA SECOND WINCHESTER ARMS TRIVIA MONDAYS W/HUB OF WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH W/HUB OF THE HAMMER THE HAMMER-GENERAL KNOWLEDGE. [7:30PM] [7:30PM] YE OLDE SQUIRE-MAIN W. WEDNESDAYS BRASSIE PUB KARAOKE SUNDAYS HOSTED BY "RUBY PUBSTUMPERS TRIVIA HOSTED BY COMEDIAN GERRY KARAOKE"[8:30PM], TRIVIA TUESDAYS HOSTED BY HALL. [7PM] INNSVILLE REPEATLES [6PM] REBEL’S ROCK PAT KING & FRIENDS [7PM] "RUBY PUB TRIVIA [8PM] ROCK | FOLK | COUNTRY STONEWALLS OPEN MIC [8PM] CARRIGAN ARMS|MARK LAFORME [2PM] BROWN BARREL KARAOKE WEDNESDAYS AND THIS AIN’T HOLLYWOOD FIRESIDE HUDDLE OPEN CASBAH-LOUNGE|JESSE STEWART, MIKE DESJ THURSDAYS UPCOMING TUESDAY 24TH STAGE [3PM] [8PM] CALEDONIA LEGION KARAOKE FRIDAYS W/DJ SHELLEY CAT ‘N’ FIDDLE MATTY SIMPSON [4:30PM], ROCK | FOLK | COUNTRY CONCERTS ALE HOUSE OPEN STAGE W/BOOM BABIEZ [8PM] CARRIGAN ARMS KARAOKE FRIDAYS W/RANDY AND STRUMMERS UNION [9PM] JAZZ | BLUES | CLASSICAL THE SOUL MOTIVATORS MAR. 27. MILLS CAT ‘N’ FIDDLE THE TREBLECASTERS [9:30PM] CAT ‘N’ FIDDLE JAZZ JAM [9:30PM] VICKI [9:30PM], TRIVIA MONDAYS W/KEN OAKLEY DICKEN’S|BRAD SUMAK, MIKE OLIVIERI [10PM] HARDWARE CORKTOWN IRISH JAM [8:30PM] [7:30PM]][99pm] LIONSHEAD MARY SIMON [10:30PM] ONLY AUGUST W/HARM & EASE. MAR. 28. MILLS CULANTRO’S OPEN MIC W/DAN CIAVARELLA [7PM] CASBAH-MAIN HALL KARAOKE CABARET W/THE EYE MAX’S SARAH MILLS DJ | ELECTRONIC | HIP HOP HARDWARE DICKEN’S|OPEN MIC W/JIMMY DEE & CHUCK COLES ABSINTHE|MOTOWN WEDNESDAYS [10PM] OF FAITH. 2ND & 4TH TUESDAY OF THE MONTH [9PM]| MILL ST. & 5 WARREN JONES [2PM] ALAN DOYLE APR. 2. FIRSTONTARIO CONCERT HALL [9PM] CAT ‘N’ FIDDLE TRIVIA TUESDAYS [7PM] REBEL’S ROCK BROTHER TOM’S JAM [4PM] HARPDOG BROWN APR. 2. CASBAH LAZY FLAMINGO OPEN JAM COACH & LANTERN TRIVIA TUESDAYS [7PM] STONEWALLS BRANT PARKER [2PM] THE MUDMEN APR. 3. CASBAH RADIUS SHARI & JONNY [6PM] THURSDAY 26TH COLLECTIVE ARTS BREWING • Trivia Night: 33 BOWEN THE JAMES ST NORTH [1PM] HIGHWAY COMPANION APR. 9. CASBAH THIS AIN’T HOLLYWOOD TUESDAY CHOIR [8PM] ‘90s Edition. Mar. 13, 7pm. • Marvel Edition. Apr. ROCK | FOLK | COUNTRY BRIT FLOYD APR. 10. FIRSTONTARIO CONCERT HALL ARMY & NAVY CLUB BIG JOHN & THE NIGHT 3, 7pm. //Collective Arts Brewing, 207 JAZZ | BLUES | CLASSICAL Burlington St. E. THE HOSANNA CHOIR APR. 11. FIRSTONTARIO LOU DAWG’S GINGER ST.JAMES [2PM] TRIPPERS [3PM] CONCERT HALL WEDNESDAY 25TH DICKENS KARAOKE THURSDAYS [9:30PM] MASQUE|WAYNE JANUS & GUESTS [5PM] BLACK SWAN ACOUSTIC JAM [7:30PM] BRUCE PENINSULA APR. 17. MILLS HARDWARE END ZONE KARAOKE THURSDAYS W/DJ V & BIG STAR PEPPERWOOD BISTRO MICHAEL MCGUIRE [11AM] ROCK | FOLK | COUNTRY CARRIGAN ARMS|JAM NIGHT [8PM] HAMILTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA APR. AUGUSTA HOUSE ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC W/ANTHONY KARAOKE [8PM] CAT ‘N’ FIDDLE GINGER ST. JAMES [9:30PM] 17-18. FIRSTONTARIO CONCERT HALL VAUGHN [8PM] FIONN MCCOOL’S-UNIVERSITY PLAZA|TRIVIA COACH & LANTERN|OPEN MIC (9PM) DESIRE APR. 18. THE STUDIO DJ | ELECTRONIC | HIP HOP CASBAH-LOUNGE OPEN MIC W/HEATHER VALLEY THURSDAYS [7:30PM] FOX & FIDDLE MARK GUNN [7PM] SLOAN APR. 18. DUNDAS VALLEY MONTESSORI-SOLD ABSINTHE|ZUBES [10PM] [7:30PM] 5 WEST|TRIVIA WEDNESDAYS W/JIMMY THE LAZY FLAMINGO VINNIE & VAUGHN OUT COACH & LANTERN|SINGALONG WITH JUDY QUIZMASTER [7:30PM] LOU DAWG’S CHRIS CHAMBERS GROUP [8:30PM] KEN YATES W/ABIGAIL LAPELL. APR. 22. MILLS GLENDALE PUB|KARAOKE FRIDAYS W/SEÑOR WES CORKTOWN OPEN MIC JAM W/DAVE GOULD MAX’S CHRIS AYRIES MONDAY 23RD HARDWARE [6:30PM] [9:30PM] PHEASANT PLUCKER MYKUL [10PM] STEPHEN FEARING W/AMANDA RHEAUME. APR. 23. ROCK | FOLK | COUNTRY LAZY FLAMINGO KRISTIN NICHOLLS GOWN & GAVEL|KARAOKE WEDNESDAYS W/DJ POWERHOUSE TYLER WILSON [6PM] MILLS HARDWARE CAT ‘N’ FIDDLE NEW REBEL WESTERNERS [9:30PM] SHELLEY D [6:30PM] MASQUE THE NEW REBEL WESTERNERS [9:30PM] REBEL’S ROCK IRISH SESSION W/ANN GORMAN
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OBEY THE BRAVE W/TEETH, SUDDEN WAVES. APR. 7:30pm, Apr. 11, 2pm. • For more info visit Leahy. Apr. 8, 7pm. • Susan Aglukark. Apr. 9, the piano, followed by tea and cookies. Third visit hamilton.snapd.com. //FirstOntario Centre, 24. ABSINTHE burlingtonpac.ca. //BPAC 440 Locust St. 8pm. • Classic Albums Live-Tom Petty-Damn Tuesday of each month, 2-3:30pm, January- 101 York Blvd. ELISAPIE APR. 25. MILLS HARDWARE 905.681.2551 the Torpedoes. Apr. 22, 8pm. • The Highwaymen. March (Mar. 17 is next date). Free. All welcome. SVEN GALI APR. 25. THE STUDIO HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY • Knit for a Apr. 23, 2pm. • For info and tickets visit sander- For info visit contact [email protected] or soncentre.ca //Sanderson Centre, 88 Dalhousie 905.529.4871. //West Plains United Church, 549 ARTS•• PAVLO APR. 26. THE WESTDALE Cause.** Mondays at 4pm (except Mar. 16 & Apr. LACHY DOLEY APR. 29. CORKTOWN 13). //Westdale. Wednesdays at 3pm. //Salfleet. • St., Brantford Plains Road West, Burl. ART GALLERY OF BURLINGTON • Exhibits: • Wizarding School.** Ages 8-12. Mar. 16, 2:30pm. THE HAMILTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA • DISNEY ON ICE: WORLDS OF ENCHANTMENT • Division of Labour. Until Mar. 29. • Foreign //Dundas. Mar. 18, 2:30pm. //Redhill. Mar. 19, Mainstage/FirstOntario Concert Hall Concerts: From wheels to waves, royal realms to infinity Affairs. Until Apr. 26. • Aesthetics of the COMEDY | 10:30am. //Sherwood. • Do-It-Yourself Herb Mar. 14: Haydn’s London. • Sci-Fi Spectacular and beyond, see some of your family’s favourite Archives. Until Apr. 26. • Permanent Collection CLUB 54 • There’s live stand-up comedy every Garden.** Mar. 16, 2:30pm. //Carlisle. Apr. 14, Friday. Apr. 17, 8pm. • Sci-Fi Spectacular Disney moments come to life at Disney On Ice. Corridor: Quebec: A Different Drummer. Friday and Saturday at Club 54 preceding the 6:30pm. //Waterdown. • Art Rocks Family Event. Saturday. Apr. 18, 7:30pm. • Events: Seniors’ Mar. 18-22. For tickets visit Ongoing. • Events: Family Sunday Open Studio. Talk & Tea: Mar. 13: Haydn’s London. $12. coreentertainment.ca. //FirstOntario Centre Dance Party. Your host is Canada’s # 1 insult Mar. 16, 2:30pm. //Waterdown. • Fanfiction Club. Every Sunday, 1-4pm. Free. All welcome. • For //FirstOntario Concert Hall. • Intimate & BACH & ELGAR MASTERWORKS FOR CHOIR more info or to register for events visit art- comic – Ben Guyatt. • Mar. 13-14: Steve Cox. Mar. 16, 4pm. //Stoney Creek. • Bingo. Mar. 17, Immersive: Earthshine. Mar. 26, 7:30pm at The AND ORGAN • Featuring the fervent and moving galleryofburlington.com //AGB, 1333 Lakeshore Mar. 20-21: Larry Smith. Mar. 27-28: Paul 10:30am. //Concession. Mar. 17, 10:30am. Cotton Factory. • For more info, registrations Te Deum and Benedictus by Edward Elgar, and Rd. McCallum. Apr. 3-4: Bill Davern. Apr. 10-11: //Terryberry. Mar. 19, 2:30pm. //Saltfleet. Mar. and tickets visit hpo.org festive cantata settings from the Baroque mas- ART GALLERY OF HAMILTON • Events: The Arty Jameel Key. • club54.ca. //3345 Harvester Rd., 20, 10:30am. //Dundas. • Song Writing Intro. SPRING TIDE BULB SHOW • Hundreds of ter, J.S. Bach. Mar. 21, 7:30pm. $35/$30 sen- Crowd Runs Things. The Hamilton Arts Council Burl. Mar. 18, 10am. //Turner Park. • Job-Seeking for spring bulbs will be on display at the Gage Park ior/$15 student (25 and under with ID). For tick- presents a discussion with Native Indian/Inuit COMEDY GYM • First Monday of every month, 7- Teens.** Mar. 18, 2pm. //Westdale. • Youth Greenhouse. This year’s theme will be Spring In ets visit bachelgar.com. //Melrose United Photographers’ Association members and 9pm. No cover. //Relay Coffee, 27 King William Leadership.** Mondays Mar. 23-May 26, 6:15pm. The City. Bring the family, participate in our Church, 86 Homewood Ave. accomplished artists Rick Hill, Tim Johnson and St. //Terryberry. • Book Chat. Apr. 6, 4pm. scavenger hunt and enjoy the first sights, HAMILTON CONCERT BAND WITH DOFASCO Yvonne Maracle, moderated by McMaster COMEDY NIGHT AT TRACIE’S PLACE • Mar. 22, //Ancaster. • Spring Fling. Apr. 11, 2pm. sounds, and smells of spring. Mar. 13-22, 9am- MALE CHOIR • Mar. 22, 7-9pm. $10/Children Museum of Art Curator of Indigenous Art 6:30-8:30pm. $15. In support of the East //Binbrook. • Kids How-To-Festival. Apr. 15, 5pm. Onsite parking is free. Free admission. free under 13. For ticket and info visit Rhéanne Chartrand. Mar. 19, 6-9pm in the Joe Hamilton Optimist Club. //592 Upper James St. 3:30pm. //Terryberry. • Paper Bag Princess: 40 hamilton.snapd.com. //St. Andrews United COMEDY NIGHT AT THE WESTDALE • Hosted by Donations to Hamilton Food Share appreciated. and Toby Tanenbaum Pavillion. • Family Fun years. For ages 4-8. Apr. 18, 2:30pm. Church, 479 Upper Paradise Rd. Bob Kerr with headliner Martha Chaves, Fiona //Gage Park Greenhouse, 1000 Main St. E. Day. Mar. 29, 1-3:30pm. • Exhibits: Gallery Level //Sherwood. • **Registration required. For info TRICKS ON TAP: A NIGHT OF MAGIC • A night O’Brien, Jason Allen, AJ Bate. Cash bar. ST. PATRICK’S DAY FAMILY CEILI • Celebrate One • Building Cultural Legacies. Until May 18. visit hpl.ca of live magic and mind-reading, featuring top Possible coarse language. Tickets $20 (all in) St. Patrick’s Day with the Dundas Museum and Special Exhibition admission applies. • The MISSISSIPPI QUEEN SOUTHERN SUPPER local magicians Awesome Mike, Scott Boyd, Westdale Members $18 (all in) at The Mountain Road Band. Come join us at our Artist’s Dream: Works of French Symbolism. SERIES • Features a set, southern menu paired Wilber Cortez, JP Magic, Graemazing. thewestdale.ca. Mar. 25, 8pm. //1040 King St. W. Family Ceili Party, an afternoon of Irish song, with the musical talents of blues, and ‘American Experience magic up close and in person in our Until May 31. • Early Snow: Michael Snow 1947- FIRST ONTARIO PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE • dance and tunes. $10 for adults, children free. Roots’ musicians. • Mar. 12: Big Rude Jake. • intimate 30 seat space. Mar. 22, 7pm. For tickets 1962. Until May 24. • The Contemporaries. Until Garden City Comedy Festival Gala Night. Friends of the Museum tickets are 2 for only $15 visit grainandgritbeer.com. //Grain and Grit, 11 May 24. • Level Two • In Residence: Featuring Joe Pillitteri, Pete Zedlacher, Rebecca Mar. 19-20: Jack de Keyzer. • Mar. 26: Alfie Smith. • Mar. 28: Bill Durst. • Apr. 3: Danny (25% off). Mar. 14, 12pm. For info and tickets Ewen Rd. Reitzenstein. Until Mar. 29, 2020. • The Reeds, Fiona O’Brien, Michael Moses. Apr. 18, visit dundasmuseum.ca. //Dundas Museum & VILLAGE GREEN/ABBEY ROAD FOOD BANK Collection. Permanent Installation. • Kim 8pm. • Just For Laughs Road Show. Apr. 22, Brooks & Lil Miss Debi. • Apr. 4: The Lowdown Dirty Mojos. • Apr. 9: Greg Brisco. • Apr. 15: Archives, 139 Park St. W., Dundas FUNDRAISER • Hamilton musicians will per- Adams: Bruegel-Bosch Bus. Permanent display. 7:30pm. • For tickets visit FirstOntarioPAC.ca FIRST ONTARIO PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE • form “The Kinks Are The Village Green • Tours: Enjoy a guided tour, free with admis- //FOPAC, St. Catharines Mayhemingways. • Apr. 16: Al Wood. • $45 for meal and show. For more info, including menu Masterworks 5-Undaunted. Mar. 15, 2:30pm. Preservation Society” and The Beatles’ “Abbey sion, by one of our specially trained Docents. For FRANK SPADONE LIVE • Apr. 25, 7pm. $35. • details, visit mississippiqueenfoods.com or call //Partridge Hall. • Les McKeown’s Bay City Road” as a fundraiser for Welcome Inn individuals and groups smaller than 10. Tours For tickets visit thezoetic.ca //Zoetic Theatre, 905.526.0909. //635 King St. E. Rollers. Mar. 16, 7:30pm. //Partridge Hall. • Community Centre and food bank. Performers last approximately 40 minutes. Every 526 Concession St. ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS • Speaker Classic Albums Live: The Rolling Stones. Mar. include Joel Banks, Andrew Jonathon, Sarah GERRY DEE • Apr. 24, 8pm. • For tickets visit Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday & Statutory Series. A Victory Garden for Trying Times. Mar. 20, 7:30pm. //Partridge Hall. • Rondeau Brass Beatty, Christopher Clause, Johan de Zoete, coreentertainement.ca //FirstOntario Concert Holiday at 1:00 pm. • Free Friday. Explore all of 12, 7-8:30pm. Tickets required. • Get the Facts Quintet. Mar. 20, 7:30pm. //Recital Hall. • The Matthew de Zoete, The Dill, JPod David, Kori Hall, 1 Summers Lane the exhibitions on view for free on the first Friday on Medical Cannabis. Mar. 26, 7-8:30pm. Tickets Next Generation Leahy. Mar. 22, 2:30pm. Pop, Dan Rodrigues, and Lisa Savard-Quong. HENDRY’S COMEDY NIGHT • Last Monday of of every month. With extended hours until 8:00 required. • Docs at the Rock. Round out your //Partridge Hall. • Hear! Here! Niagara Music Mar. 27, 7:30pm. $20 at bruha.com/event/5454. each month, 8pm. Hosted by Ryan Sim. Free. pm and free performances and activities each exhibit experience at the Rock Garden with our Series. Mar. 22, 4pm. //Robertson Theatre. • //Casbah Main Hall, 306 King St. W. //661 Barton St. E. month, there’s no better time to experience the engaging, inspiring nature-themed documen- Matt Andersen. Mar. 25, 7:30pm. //Partridge THE COTTON FACTORY: HAMILTON JAZZ LAUGH AT THE JUDGE • Stand up comedy, AGH. • For details and tickets visit artgallery- tary series. Mondays & Tuesdays through Apr. 28 Hall. • University Jazz Ensemble-Concert #2. NIGHT • Featuring Neil Swainson, Terry Clarke, upstairs at the Winking Judge. Sundays, 8:30pm. ofhamilton.com //123 King W. 905.527.6610 at 1pm in the Rock Garden Visitor Centre. Mar. 27, 7:30pm. //Recital Hall. • Wind Concert Reg Schwager, and Kristjan Randalu. Mar. 28, • Mar. 15: Ryan Sim, Bob Kerr, Dan Brenna, Joe ART IN THE WORKPLACE • AWP 32 Exhibit will Included in general admission. Mar. 16: Finding #2. Mar. 31, 7:30pm. //Partridge Hall. • 2020 8pm. Doors at 7:30pm. All ages. Licensed. $30 Botelho, Manolis, Brenda Lennie, Lauren feature pieces by local artists. Apr 2-June 25. • Farley. Mar. 17: Paddle to the Sea. Mar. 23: Four Niagara Children’s Honour Choir. Apr. 1, 6pm. advance/$35 door. For tickets visit eventbrite.ca. Stephens. Hosted by Kristian Reimer & Krista Free admission on weekdays from 8am-6pm. Wings and a Prayer. Mar. 24: Force of Nature: //Partridge Hall. • String Concert #2. Apr. 1, //Cotton Factory, 270 Sherman Ave. N. McNaughton. //25 Augusta St. For info visit artintheworkplace.ca. //McMaster The David Suzuki Movie. Apr. 6: Island 7:30pm. //Recital Hall. • Mission Songs Project 5 AT THE FIRST CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES • LAUGHS ON TAP • A show featuring Doug Innovation Park, 175 Longwood Rd. S. Green/Blue Fin. Apr. 7: Sovereign Soil. • Mini w/Lacey Hill. Apr. 3, 7:30pm. //Recital Hall. • Cello Extravaganza V. A benefit concert for Koning, Darren Menezes and Amy Bugg, hosted ARTCRAWL • Second Friday night of every Exhibit: A Place to Grow. Explores early garden- Brock University Choirs-Choir #2. Apr. 4, Blooms for Africa & the Hamilton Philharmonic by James Butler. Mar. 24. No cover. //Collective month @ 7pm, all galleries in the area display ing in Ontario through images and excerpts from 7:30pm. //Recital Hall. • Song Sung Blue: The Youth Orchestra. Mar. 29, 3:30pm. • $20/$15 Arts Brewing, 207 Burlington St. E. their new art. For more info visit jamesstreet- the mail-order catalogues of seed companies Neil Diamond Story. Apr. 5, 7pm. //Partridge LEVITY COMEDY CLUB & LOUNGE • Mar. 13-14: seniors/$5 student, unwaged/Free under 12. For north.ca• operating here between 1850 and 1950. Until Hall. • Brubeck Brothers Quartet. Apr. 5, Wes Barker. Mar. 20-21: Jordan Foisy. Mar. 27- tickets visit universe.com/thetrout. //First CARNEGIE GALLERY • Exhibits: Altered Mar. 22. • Winter Exhibit: Wildlife Rescue. An 7:30pm. //Recital Hall. • The Musical Box. Apr. 28: Road Broads. Apr. 3-4: Keven Soldo. Apr. 10- Unitarian Church, 170 Dundurn St. S. Elements – Biennial Exhibition of the Potters’ eye-opening, inspiring and wildly interactive 17, 7:30pm. //Partridge Hall. • Pops!4 - In The HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS: PUSHING THE 11: Jon Dore. Apr. 24-25: Bob Kerr. • Every exhibit for all ages. Until Apr. 13. • Events: Rock Mood! Apr. 18, 7:30pm. //Partridge Hall. • Hear! Guild of Hamilton and Region. Until Mar. 27. • Wednesday at 9pm is Amateur Night. • For more LIMITS WORLD TOUR • Apr. 3, 7pm. For tickets Missing Middle Exhibition: Designs by Architects the Night Away: Mediterranean Night. Sip on Here! Niagara Music Series. Apr. 19, 4pm. visit coreentertainment.ca. //FirstOntario Centre info and tickets visit levitycomedyclub.com. & Artists Addressing the Gap in Housing sangria and enjoy the greek band with this //Robertson Theatre. • Masterworks 6 - Simple TOMORROW’S HEADLINERS • Features top stu- //120 King St. W. Mediterranean-inspired evening. Mar. 20, 6:30- Gifts. Apr. 25, 7:30pm, Apr. 26, 2:30pm. //Recital Affordability. Until Mar. 22. • Missing Middle OAKVILLE CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING dents from the Greater Hamilton Area and 10pm. $65. Tickets required. • RBG After Dark: Hall. • For tickets visit FirstOntarioPAC.ca Halton Region. Apr. 4, 8-11pm. $14 advance/$18 Housing: The Artist’s Take. • Events: Missing ARTS • Brent Butt. Apr. 3, 8pm. • For more info Wine and Wildlife. On the first Thursday of each //FOPAC, St. Catharines door. For tickets visit acousticblendcafe.com. Middle Housing: A New Look at the Gap in visit www.oakvillecentre.ca //OCPA,130 Navy St., month grab a drink, enjoy the music, and expe- HAMILTON CONSERVATORY FOR THE ARTS //Acoustic Blend Cafe, Melrose United Church, Affordability. Public Presentation & Panel Oakville rience Wildlife Rescue after dark. Apr. 2, 7- CONCERT SERIES • André Laplante. Mar. 15, 86 Homewood Ave. Discussion. Mar. 12, 6:30-8:30pm. Free tickets, + THE SANDERSON CENTRE • Brent Butt. Apr. 1, 10pm. This is a 19 event. Event ticket required. 2pm. $30/$20 Seniors & students. For ticket info THE STEVE STRONGMAN BLUES STUDIO but must reserve. • Carnegie Gallery Lecture 8pm. • For info and tickets visit sandersoncen- • Jazz Brunch. Apr. 5: Reno Silva. Tickets visit hcarts.ca or call 905.528.4020. //HCA, 126 ACOUSTIC SESSIONS • Intimate acoustic con- Series. Mar. 26, 7-8pm. • Carnegie Concert tre.ca //Sanderson Centre, 88 Dalhousie St., required. $5/$15 ages 4-12/Free 3 and under. • James St. S. certs showcasing world class blues & roots Series-Nathan Rogers. Mar. 28, 8pm, Mar. 29, Brantford The Artisan Bazaar. Apr. 10-11, 10am-5pm. • ST. PATRICK’S DAY WITH THE COLONIAL BOYS musicians and their music, hosted by Steve 2pm. $23. //Dundas Town Hall, 60 Mary St., STAIRCASE THEATRE • Every Monday is Improv Easter Brunch. Apr. 12, 11am and 1:30pm. • Featuring special guest Louisa O’Keane. Mar. Strongman, with Colin Lapsley and special guest Dundas. • For tickets and info visit carnegie- 15, 1:30-4:30pm, Mar. 17, 6:30-10:30pm. For info Fundamentals at 7-9pm. Learn the basics of Tickets required. • Plant Faire. Find unique Mark Lalama. Apr. 7, 8-9:30pm. (doors at gallery.org //The Carnegie Gallery, 10 King W., Improv in a fun and supportive environment. plants for your home garden, and speak to pas- c all 289.313.9999 or visit 6:30pm). $35. Only 60 tickets to be sold. Call blackswanburlington.ca. //The Black Swan, Dundas, 905.627.4265 $10. • For info visit staircasetheatre.com. sionate gardening professionals. Apr. 25, 9am- 905.304.7822 for tickets. //The Upper Coach, 384 CENTRE3 FOR PRINT AND MEDIA ARTS • //Staircase Theatre, 27 Dundurn St. N. 2pm. • For details, costs, tickets and to register 4040 Palladium Way, Burl. Wilson St. E. ZULA NEW COMPOSITE ARTS SERIES : WATCH Exhibits: Emerging Artist Residency: Ron Siu & THE WESTDALE • One Night Only! A monthly for events, visit rbg.ca //RBG Centre, 680 Plains PEPPA PIG LIVE! • Apr. 15, 6pm. For tickets visit Marshal Khan. Until Apr. 11. Opening Reception: Rd. W., Burl. IT BURN! #3 • Music: Chimera. Sounds & comedy show. March’s show will be hosted by coreentertainment.ca. //FirstOntario Concert Mar. 13, 7-10pm. • Bystander. Gabriel Baribeau. OAKVILLE CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING Language: Lee Barwin 3. Film: New York Eye Bob Kerr with headliner Martha Chavez, and Hall Until Apr. 4. Opening Reception: Mar. 13, 7- ARTS • Les McKeown’s Bay City Rollers. Mar. 12, and Ear Control. Mar. 15, 2pm. $15 advance/$20 Fiona O’Brien, Jason Allen and AJ Bate. Mar. 25, GOOD SHEPHERD’S GLAMOUR IN THE HAM- 10pm. • centre3.com • Centre3 Gallery, 173 8pm. • Miri Ben-Ari. Mar. 14, 8pm. • Jamie door/$10 students, un(der)employed. //Art MER • Join us for a fashion show featuring 8pm. $20/$18 member. • Info at Gallery of Hamilton, 123 King St. W. • Music: Jeff James St. N.• Adkins: Circus Incognitus. Mar. 20, 1pm, 4pm. • Hamilton's best designers and food sampling thewestdale.ca. //The Westdale, 1014 King St. W. Cosgrove, Matthew Shipp, Rob Brown. DUNDAS VALLEY SCHOOL OF ART • dvsa.ca YUK YUKS BURLINGTON • Mar. 13-14: Michael Classic Albums Live: The Rolling Stones. Mar. from the city's most creative chefs. Apr. 17- //DVSA, 21 Ogilvie, Dundas• Performance: Imaginary Percussion Ensemble 6pm: Cocktails and food stations; 8pm: Fashion Harrison, Tim Rabnett, Che Durena. Mar. 20-21: 27, 8pm. • Matt Andersen. Mar. 28, 8pm. • The EARLS COURT GALLERY • Exhibits: Out of the and Chiho Tokita. Film: Inside Out In The Open. show. For tickets email [email protected]. //Liuna Jeff Elliott, Jean Paul, Nick Beaton. Mar. 27-28: Next Generation Leahy. Mar. 29, 3pm. • Mission Apr. 24, 8pm. $18 advance/$25 door/$10 stu- Back: A Selection of Gallery Artists. Dara Aram, Darren Frost, Richard Ryder, Bobby Knauff. Apr. Songs Project with Lacey Hill. Apr. 1, 8pm. • In Station dents, seniors. //Rock on Locke-Church of St. MONSTER JAM • Apr. 17, 7pm, Apr. 18, 1pm, Eric Brittan, Cora Brittan, Gisele Comtois, Laura 3-4: Rob Ross. Apr. 10-11 Chuck Byrn, Dion Conversation with Emma Hansen. Apr. 2, 7pm. • John the Evangelist, 320 Charlton Ave. W. • For Culic, Ron Eady, Floyd Elzinga, Donna Fratesi, Arnold. Apr. 17-18: Chris Quigley, Jeff Faulkner. Oakville Symphony: Russian Fantasy. Apr. 4, 7pm, Apr. 19, 1pm. Skilled athletes compete info visit zulapresents.org. Tickets at head-to-head in Monster Jam trucks, speed- James Gummerson, James Paterson, Victoria Apr. 24-25: Jeff McEnery, Dave Burke. • For info 8pm, Apr. 5, 2pm. • The Musical Box-A Genesis eventbrite.ca. Pearce, Bill Schwarz, Marcelo Suaznabar, Silvia Extravaganza. Apr. 15-16, 8pm. • Classic sters and ATVs, tearing up the dirt in Freestyle, 2 tickets visit yukyuks.com. //380 Brant St., Burl. ST. PATRICK’S DAY AT THE WESTDALE • Wheel Skills Challenge™ and several Racing Taylor, and Lorne Winters. Until Mar. 21. • Albums Live: Simon & Garfunkel-Bridge Over Featuring concert by Scantily Plaid followed by a competitions. For tickets visit coreentertain- Abstract #x. Johnnene Maddison, Elizabeth Troubled Water. Apr. 17-18, 8pm. • Upbeat! screening of the Van Morrison in Concert Film. ment.ca. //FirstOntario Centre McQueen, & Margot Roi. Mar. 26-Apr. 25. EVENTS•• Oakville Chamber Orchestra. Apr. 26, 3pm. • Hosted by Denis Corr with soup provided by The HAMILTON’S FOOD & DRINK FEST • Come and Opening Reception: Mar. 26, 7pm. • For more BURLINGTON PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE • For more info visit www.oakvillecentre.ca Burnt Tongue. This is a fundraiser for The experience an exciting variety of Ontario VQA and info visit earlscourtgallery.ca //Earls Court Old Man Flanagan’s Ghost. Mar. 17, 7:30pm. • //OCPA,130 Navy St., Oakville Westdale. Mar. 17, 7pm. Tickets: $20 / $18 • Info international wines, spirits, craft beers, local Gallery 215 Ottawa N.• Les McKeown’s Bay City Rollers. Mar. 17, 8pm. • THE SANDERSON CENTRE • Meghan Patrick. and tickets at thewestdale.ca. //The Westdale, gourmet food, specialty coffees, teas, decadent FACTORY MEDIA CENTRE • Events: The Actors Mar. 12, 7pm. • March Break Magic. Mar. 16, Kevin Fox: Songs for Cello & Voice. Mar. 21, 1014 King St. W. desserts and more, all while helping to support Gym. This program is free to attend and geared 7:30pm. • Elise LeGrow. Mar. 22, 7pm. • The 2pm, 7pm. • Tanya Talaga. Mar. 24, 7pm. • Marie SING! SING A SONG SING-A-LONG...WITH a great local initiative, Food for Life. Includes live towards emerging, mid-career, and established Dreamboats. Apr. 3, 8pm. • Burlington Teen Tour Bottrell. Mar. 25, 2pm. • Mission Songs Project. MARY • This is a fun series of afternoon singa- musical entertainment and cooking demonstra- actors who are looking to brush up on their skills Band. Apr. 5, 2pm, 7pm. • Cirque Éloize. Apr. 10, Apr. 2, 7pm. • Natalie MacMaster & Donnell longs of songs from past decades, with Mary at tions. Apr. 24-25, noon-10pm. For ticket and info
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in-between gigs and network with other local James Street. Until Sept. • Domestic Brew: artist’s family history and Black experience in 8. • Permanent Galleries. • Nine to Five: A heart-filled story of one individual's relationship talent. This workshop will introduce participants Craft Beer Garden. Ongoing. • For more info visit Canada and the US. Organized and circulated by History of Office Work. Until Oct. 15, 2023. • to mental health. While the play deals with to ways to approach a script, a scene, and theinc.ca //155 James St. N.• the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver. Until Custom House History & The Hall of Hamilton themes of depression and suicide, it tells its actor/director communication on set and HAMILTON CONSERVATORY FOR THE ARTS • May 9. • Instruments of Exchange: Coins from Labour. Until Nov. 25, 2023. • Gateway to the story with humour and heart, combining familiar rehearsals. Last Tuesday of every month, until Events: Concert Series. Mar. 15, 2pm: André Antiquity to Today. Until Aug. 20, 2020. • Artist Workers City & Made in Hamilton Industrial. • theatrical storytelling with immersive audience July. For info email [email protected]. Laplante. • Exhibits: Traditions-Anita Weitzman. Garden: The Boat Project/everythingwillbefine. For more info, tickets, or to register for events involvement. Mar. 14, 19-21, 27-29, 8pm. $30 • Artist in Residence: Sonali Menezes. Until Apr. 4. Opening Reception: Mar. 15, 4pm. • Canadian artist Ernest Daetwyler will build a visit wahc-museum.ca //WAHC, 51 Stuart St. advance/$35 door. For tickets visit eventbrite.ca. Performance and exhibition: Mar. 13, 7-11pm. For info visit hcarts.ca. 905-528-4020. site-specific work in the Museum’s Artist YOU ME GALLERY • Brian Kelly, Philip Grant, //The Infinity Forge, 468 Cumberland Ave. Artist Talk. 8:30-9pm. • For more info visit facto- //Hamilton Conservatory For The Arts,126 Garden this summer. He will transform pieces of Bryce Kanbara-Meskhenet & The Triplets. Mar. THEATRE ANCASTER • British Invasion. The rymediacentre.ca or call 905.577.9191. //228 James St. S. driftwood into a boat form, embedded with a 13-Apr. 5. Opening Reception: Mar. 13, 7-10pm. Concert. British legends from the 60s until today HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY • LH&A Out of the • Gallery hours: Wed-Sun 12-5pm. James St. N. steelcut text message, creating an environment will invade the Theatre Ancaster stage in the Vaults 3rd Floor: March-April: A Little Dirt Never youmegallery.com, 905.523.7754. //330 James THE GALLERY ON THE BAY • Exhibits: Group spring to leave you absolutely chuffed. Apr. 24, Hurts. • Gallery4 Annex, Central Library, 4th for both active engagement and reflection. Until St. S.• Show of Gallery Artists. Until Mar. 15. • A Few 25, May 1, 2, 7:30pm, May 2, 3, 2pm. $37 Floor: March-May: Amber Delaney in Unrepose. 2020. • Antiquities. The Museum's Togo Salmon Strokes of Blue Paint. Chelo Sebastian. Mar. 20- adult/$32 seniors 65+, $17 students up to uni- • Gallery4 , Central Library, 4th Floor: March- Gallery has been rededicated as a space to Apr. 12. Reception: Mar. 20, 7-10pm. • Patricia versity. • Tickets at TheatreAncaster.com or call May: Deeshani Fernando Nature’s Adventure. • showcase exclusively McMaster's collection of THEATRE| Gagic (Main Gallery) New paintings. Jody Joseph 905.304.7469 //Old Firehall Arts Centre, 334 Gallery Dundas: March-May: Gordon Leverton, antiquities. Ongoing. • Susan Detwiler: Seed ALDERSHOT PLAYERS • Murder At The (Studio Gallery) Small paintings. Apr. 17-May 10. Wilson St. E., Anc. Cross-Currents. Pack. Ongoing. • The Vishniac Coin Collection - Worcestershire, by Aaron Cowan & Kristi Reception: Apr. 17, 7pm. • galleryonthebay.com. THEATRE AQUARIUS • A Belly Full. When ICAA GALLERY • Exhibits: Andrew Wosta. Until Numismatic Traditions from Antiquity to Boulton. Apr. 17, 18, 24, 25, May 1, 2: Dinner & 905.627.4265 //231 Bay N. Mar. 23. //689 Barton St. E. Present. Ongoing. • Events: Artists’ Panel. Panel Show $45. Apr. 23, 30: Show only $20. Dinner Marnie drags her much put-upon bestie Jane to HAMILTON ARTISTS INC. • Events: Financials KIRKLAND LYNCH STUDIO GALLERY • Exhibits: discussion by artists in the Animals Across 6:30pm, show 8pm. For tickets, call a belly dancing class they are swept into a shim- for Artists-Tax Workshop. A friendly, accessible Original stained glass designs by Siobhan Lynch, Discipline, Time & Space exhibition. Mar. 19, 6- 905.381.1441. //West Plains United Church, 549 mying circle of sometimes endearing, some- and non-intimidating tax workshop led by expert oil paintings and drawings by Peter Kirkland. • Plains Rd. W., Burl. times outrageous women. Their friendship is tax advisor Sunny Widerman. Mar. 14, 10am- 8pm. • Film screening of artist Deanna Bowen’s Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat 11am-5pm. • siobhan- BINBROOK LITTLE THEATRE • Beyond A Joke. tested through the demands of their spouses, 12pm. Free. • Exhibits: Ignition 8: Dean Hossack, edited cut of On Trial The Long Doorway followed lynchglass.com, peterkirkland.com //654 Spring Jane and Andrew’s pleasant country house is babies, work lives and the arrival of some unex- Celine Jeong, and Alexandra Roberts. Until Mar. by a discussion with Bowen about familial con- Gardens Rd., Burl. accident prone. Six people have already died pected roommates. Through Mar. 21. • Ring of 14. • Little Egypt Doesn't Dance Here Anymore. nections and repressed histories and traumas of Exhibits: there in unfortunate and embarrassing acci- Fire. The Music of Johnny Cash. Apr. 15-May 2. • Nahed Mansour. Until Mar. 14. • Narhî MCMASTER MUSEUM OF ART • Exhibits: Black communities within Canada and the US. dents. When daughter Sally’s young man Geoff For tickets visit theatreaquarius.org or call Wasagabiich. Catherine Blackburn. Until May Unguarded. McMaster BFA Graduating Apr. 3, 7-9pm. //Black Box Theatre, L.R. Wilson arrives for the weekend unaware of the house’s 905.522.7529. //190 King William St. 2020. • Community Mural. Lead Artist: Clear Students. Apr. 4-25. • Animals Across Discipline, Hall • Slow Art Day. Spend 5 minutes looking at reputation, he mistakenly deduces from conver- THEATRE BURLINGTON • Monday After The Eyes Collective. The finished mural is displayed Time & Space. Art exploring the relationships a single work of art. View 4-5 selected works, sational confusion that the deaths were due to Miracle. This sequel to “The Miracle Worker” on a banner facing between human and nonhuman ani- then enjoy catered lunch and facilitated discus- sinister circumstances. Jane and her sister-in- takes place in Boston and continues the story of mals. Artists: Mary Anne sion. Free. Registration is required at mma- Barkhouse, Kathryn law persuade Andrew to keep up appearances Helen Keller. Apr. 10-11, 17-18, 24-25, 8pm. • slowartday2020.eventbrite.ca. Apr. 4, 12-2pm. • by hiding evidence, which involves trundling For tickets visit theatreburlington.on.ca Les McKeown’s Eddy, Erica Admission to all exhibitions and events is free. Gajewski, Derek around with bodies in wheelbarrows. Apr. 17-18, //Theatre Burlington’s Drama Centre 2311 New For more info call 905.525.9140x23081 or visit 24-25, May 1-2, 8pm, Apr. 26, 2pm. $15. • For Street, Burl.| BAY CITY Jenkins, museum.mcmaster.ca //McMaster Museum of info and tickets visit bltweb.ca or call VILLAGE THEATRE WATERDOWN • Enchanted ROLLERS Colleen Art, 1280 Main W.• 905.692.5076 or email tickets@binbrookthe- April. When two frustrated London housewives Plumb. Until MIXED MEDIA/KING W. BOOKS • mixedmedia- atre.ca. //Binbrook Little Theatre, 2600 Regional decide to rent a villa in Italy for a holiday away performs on Mar. 21. Artist hamilton.com. //Mixed Media/King W. Books, Rd. 56, Binbrook| from their bleak marriages, they recruit two very March 17, Panel: Mar. 1060 King St. W., Westdale BLOOD • A Chris Ragonetti Productions in asso- different English women to share the cost and 19, 6-8m. • PAUL ELIA GALLERY • paulelia.ca. 905.96.8850. ciation with Hi-Fi Umbilical. An unbelievable experience. There, among the wisteria blossoms at the Main Theatre Deanna //1167 Cannon St. E. true store about life, blood, death and family. Ar. and Mediterranean sunshine, all four bloom at Burlington Bowen: A SEATON STUDIO & GALLERY • Gallery features 24-25, 8pm. $25 at the door or online at again, rediscovering themselves in ways that Performing Harlem Teresa’s newest stained glass creations as well eventbrite.ca. //Staircase Theatre, 27 Dundurn they, and we could never have expected. Apr. 17- Nocturne. A as some of the best regional artists on a two St. N. 19, 24-26, 30, May 1-3, 8pm. Fridays/Saturdays Arts Centre solo exhibition month rotating basis. • Open Weds-Sat 11am- DUNDAS LITTLE THEATRE • Verdict. Twists and 8pm, Sundays 2pm. • For tickets call the box burlingtonpac.ca exploring the 5pm, Sun-Tues by appointment. For info visit turns from the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, office 905.690.7889 or visit villagetheatrewater- teresaseaton.ca, 905.510.5030. //652 Spring are guaranteed in this ethical melodrama. Apr. down.ca. //Memorial Hall, 317 Dundas St. E., Gardens Rd., Burl. 24-25, May 1-2, 7-9 @ 8pm, May 3, 10 @ 2pm. • Waterdown. TRUE NORTH GALLERY/THE MUSIC GALLERY For info visit dundaslittletheatre.com. Ticket WALTER • A 1 act play - 'My name is Walter • On display and available for sale are over Line 905.627.5266. //Garstin Centre For The James Cross, and I have schizophrenia'. A play 100 one-of-a-kind original, and rare lim- Arts, 37 Market St. S. Dundas. by David Laing Dawson, produced by Gallery on ited edition art by both world famous, THE FIRST ONTARIO PERFORMING ARTS CEN- the Bay and Artwood Theatre. Mar. 12-13 @ and not so famous musicians, TRE • We’ve Got Each Other. The almost entire- 7:30pm, Mar. 14 @ 2:30pm. $20/ Mar. 7 & 14 whose creativity is equally evi- ly imagined Bon Jovi musical. Mar. 12, 7:30pm. • PWYC. For tickets call 905.543.8512 or email art- dent in their art as it is in their Footloose. Brock Musical Theatre. Mar. 18-20, [email protected]. //St. Paul’s Presbyterian music. • Access to the gallery 7pm, Mar. 20, 2pm. • Carousel Players: Lig And Church, 70 James St. S. is by invitation or appointment Bittle. Recommended for ages 3-8. Apr. 11, only. For info visit 11am, 2pm. • For tickets visit firstontariopac.ca truenorth.gallery. //Griffin or call 905.688.0722. //Firstontario Performing DANCE House-Arts Culture & Arts Centre, various venues, St. Catharines BURLINGTON PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE • Innovation Business Centre, HAMILTEN THEATRE FESTIVAL • A festival of May The Force Be With You. Burlington Student 23 Griffin St., Waterdown 10-minute plays written by local playwrights and Theatre. Apr. 2, 7:30pm. • For more info visit WESTDALE COMMUNITY featuring artists from the Greater Hamilton burlingtonpac.ca. //BPAC 440 Locust St. ART LOUNGE • Exhibits: community. This year audiences will have the 905.681.2551 Australian Art Show. opportunity to attend one of the HamilTEN per- THE FIRST ONTARIO PERFORMING ARTS CEN- Inspired by the fires in formance blocks (red, blue, or green) which TRE • Catapult Dance. A magical production Australia and the impact on each contain five shows, or attend all three that features incredible dancers who work wildlife. See work by local blocks (15 shows total) to get the entire behind a screen to create shadow silhouettes of Hamilton artist Sandee HamilTEN Theatre Festival experience. Apr. 3-5. shapes from the world around us. Features Ewasiuk and students of For details and tickets visit finalists from America’s Got Talent Season 8. Westdale Secondary hamiltenfestival.com. //Staircase Theatre, 27 Apr. 29, 7pm. //Partridge Hall. • For more info School. A fundraiser for Dundurn St. N. visit firstontariopac.ca //Partridge Hall, St. WIRES Australian Wildlife MURDER MYSTERY THEATRE • Join us for a 4 Catharines Rescue Organisation. course meal while enjoying our Murder Mystery Until Mar. 31. //1014 King Theatre. Mar. 21. Doors open at 6:30pm, event St. W.• starts at 7pm. • Call for reservations at FILM WORKERS ARTS & 905.643.1244 //The Innsville Restaurant, 1143 ANCASTER FILM FEST • Ordinary Love. Mar. 9, HERITAGE CENTRE • Hwy. 8, Stoney Creek 1pm, 7:15pm. • And The Birds Rained Down. Events: Better Read OAKVILLE PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE • Mar. 9, 4pm. • For details visit Than Dead: A Radical Mamma Mia! Apr. 22-25, 7:30pm, Apr. 25-26, ancasterfilmfest.ca or facebook. //Ancaster Book Club. Apr. 8, 6:30- 2pm. • For more info and tickets visit oakville- Silver City (Meadowlands Plaza) 8pm. For details visit centre.ca //130 Navy St., Oakville AGH FILM SERIES • Portrait of a Lady on Fire. wahc-museum.ca. • THE PLAYERS’ GUILD OF HAMILTON • Third, by Apr. 1, 7pm. //The Westdale, 1014 King St. W. • Exhibits: Dylan Miner: Wendy Wasserstein. Mar. 20-21, 26-28, Apr. 2-4, For tickets visit artgalleryofhamilton.com. These Conditions 8pm, Mar. 22, 28, Apr. 4, 2pm. • For tickets call CENTRE FRANCOPHONE HAMILTON MOVIE AT Can Be Changed. 905.529.0284. For more info visit WESTDALE • Apr. 1, 7-9pm: Portrait de la jeune Until Apr. 11. • playersguild.org //The Players' Guild of fille en feu. //1014 King St. W. One Big Union: Hamilton, 80 Queen S.| ELECTRIC DINER • ‘80s Movie Night featuring a The Revolutionary REDEEMER UNIVERSITY • Henry V. Although new cult classic every Thursday. Mar. 12: Big. Graphics of the set long ago and performed in iconic Elizabethan Mar. 19: Back to the Future. Mar. 26: Weird IWW. Until May English, this story nonetheless invites audiences Science. • For more info visit electricdiner- 2. • All to grapple with the timeless themes of power, hamilton.com. //96 George St. Together Now! patriotism and loyalty. Mar. 25, 27, 28 @ 7:30pm, 2019-2020 HAMILTON VOICES OF PALESTINE Banners Mar. 26 @ 11:30am. For tickets and info visit tick- FILM SERIES • Mar. 17, 5:30-7:30pm. 5 Broken From the ets.redeemer.ca. Parking is free on campus. Permanent //Redeemer University College, 777 Garner Rd. Cameras is a first-hand account of protests in Collection. E., Anc. Bil'in, a West Bank village affected by the Israeli Until May ROOK’S THEATRE • Every Brilliant Thing. A West Bank barrier. Film to be followed by Q&A. //Togo Salmon Hall B106, McMaster University, 16 MARCH 12 — 25, 2020 VIEW
1280 Main St. W. • Film screening commemo- ling exhibit demystifies the health challenges a 3-day introductory course. $90 for all 3 ses- from various cultures. Fridays, 8-11pm. No part- the landfill. Reduce, Re-Use, Recycle, and now - rating Palestinian Political Prisoners Day: that astronauts face while living and working in sions. For 16 years and older. Pre-registration is ner required. $8 per night, or annual member- Re-Pair. New volunteer 'fixers' are always wel- Directed by Mai Masri A young schoolteacher is space. Through May 11. • HeritageCon XIV. required. Mar. 28, Apr. 4, Apr. 25. • Night at the ship available. • For more info visit hamiltonfolk- come. arrested in the middle of the night and accused Canada's greatest plastic scale model contest & Museum Family Flashlight Tour. Have you ever dance.ca //St. Paul’s Anglican Church, corner of Mar. 21, noon-3pm. //Art Gallery of Burlington, of being an accomplice in an attack on a settler, sale. Mar. 29. • Spring Home & Garden Show. wondered what it might be like to work the King St. W. and Haddon Ave., Westdale. 1333 Lakeshore Blvd. as she had by chance given a ride to the actual Apr. 3-5. • Open 9am-5pm daily. For tickets and evening shift at the historic Hamilton HAMILTON NO. 1 TOASTMASTERS • Build con- THE SEW AND TELL CLUB • Interested in perpetrator, a young boy. Apr. 17, 7-9:30 pm. more more info visit warplane.com. //Canadian Waterworks? Come along with us for a special fidence, communication & leadership skills. stitching together some new friendships while //The Staircase, 27 Dundurn St. N. Warplane Heritage Museum, 9280 Airport Road, evening ‘flashlight’ tour of the Pumphouse and Mondays 7-8:30pm. For info call 905.512.3516, drinking a delicious brew? Come work on your PLAYHOUSE CINEMA • Film Schedule Friday Mount Hope find out. Apr. 3-4, 7:30-9pm. $12/$10 seniors, contact [email protected], or visit on knitting, crocheting, or macrame project while March 13 - Thursday March 19: Ordinary Love. DUNDAS MUSEUM & ARCHIVES • Exhibits: A youth, children/ $30 Family. Pre-registration is facebook: @hamiltonno1 //Downtown YMCA, 79 enjoying Grit & Grain’s beverage selection and James St. S. Paddy Cline room. Fri 5:00, 7:00; Sat-Tue,Thurs 7:00; Wed 4:45. • Century Ago Dundas in the 1920. Until May 23. • required. • For more info visit atmosphere. All experience levels welcome. HAMILTON THIRD AGE LEARNING • A nonprofit 1917. Fri-Sun,Thurs 9:00; Mon 4:30, 9:00; Wed Drawing at the Museum III. An Exhibition of hamilton.ca/museums //900 Woodward Ave. organization, dedicated to providing educational Every 2nd Wednesday of the month, 7-9pm, 6:45. • National Theatre Live: A Midsummer Drawings & Paintings. Until Mar. 21. • Natural 905.546.4797|| opportunities for seniors proudly presents a through October 2020. //Grain & Grit Beer, 11 Night’s Dream. Sat 1:50. Sun 2:10. • The Artist’s History. On-going. • The Neutrals of the Valley. H.M.C.S. HAIDA NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE • documentary series “passion for living” featur- Ewen Rd. Garden: American Impressionism. Sat 5:00. • On-going. • Welcome to Dundas. On-going. • For info visit hmcshaida.com. //Pier 9, 658 ing 3 inspirational films with interesting speak- STEEL CITY SWING DANCE • Monthly dance Cat Video Festival. Sun 5:20; Tue 9:00. • Jumanji: dundasmuseum.ca. //139 Park St. W., Dundas Catharine St. N. ers. Mar. 5, 12, 26, 1-3pm. $25 for series or $10 event second Thursday of the month. No experi- The Next Level. Mon,Thurs 2:00. • E.T. the DUNDURN NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE • Capture IRELAND HOUSE • For info and tickets visit at door. Info and tickets at HTAL.ca. //Royal ence or partner required. 30-minute beginner Extraterrestrial. Tue 2:00. • Painting the Modern the Moment. Children are invited to make their museumsofburlington.ca. //Ireland House Botanical Gardens auditorium, 680 Plains Rd., lesson at 7pm followed by music and dancing Garden: Monet to Matisse. Tue 5:00. • Back to own costume pieces, dress up and take pictures Museum, 2168 Guelph Line Burl. until 10pm. $10. //The Ballroom, 1043 King St. the Future. Wed 2:00. • Moulin Rouge. Wed in front of recreated backdrops of Dundurn from JOSEPH BRANT MUSEUM • Giants, Dragons & HAMILTON VIDEO FILMMAKERS • Do you make W. 9:15. • The Assistant. Thurs 5:00. • Film the 1840s to 1960s. On your guided tour of Unicorns: The World of Mythic Creatures. Until videos? Want to meet with other Video enthusi- SERVE OUR CITY COMMUNITY DINNER • Every Schedule Friday March 20- Thursday March 26: Dundurn, costumed staff will invite you into May 10. • For info and tickets visit museumsof- asts? Hamilton Video Filmmakers meetings are Wednesday night at 6pm. Free. //Crossfire burlington.ca. //I240 North Shore Blvd. E. E.T. the Extraterrestrial. Fri 2:00 • The some of Sir Allan MacNab’s rooms for a photo the first Thursday of every month at 7pm. For Assembly, 458 King St. W. (between Pearl & WESTFIELD HERITAGE VILLAGE • Maple Syrup Assistant. Fri 5:00, 9:10. • Sorry We Missed You. op. Mar. 14-22. • For more info visit hamilton.ca. info visit hvfm.ca. //Knights of Columbus Hall, Locke) Festival. Explore historical and modern methods Fri,Sat,Mon 7:00. Sun 4:20. Tue 4:35. Wed 2:40. • Open Tues-Sun, noon to 4pm. //610 York Blvd. 222 Queenston Rd. 2020 LIBERATION SEDER • A liberation seder of making of maple syrup from the tree to the Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse. 905.546.2872 HISTORICAL CEMETERY TOUR & FAMILY dedicated to a free Palestine and the liberation table. Families can purchase and enjoy a deli- Sat 2:25. • Moulin Rouge. Sat 4:25. • National ERLAND LEE MUSEUM • For info visit FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES • This event encourages of all peoples. Apr. 13, 6:30-9:30pm. $25. Tickets cious, reasonably-priced pancake breakfast. Theatre Live: Fleabag. Sat 9:10. • The Whale & fwio.on.ca/erland. //552 Ridge Rd., Stoney families to discover the rich history, take in the online at jelithin.ca or email [email protected] Mar. 15, 18, 19, 22 & 29, 10am-4pm. Tickets can The Raven. Sun 2:10. Tue 6:45. Wed 4:50. • Just Creek. scenic landscapes and grounds, wander through //New Vision United Church, Lower Hall 24 Main be purchased at the gate or online. • Good Mercy. Sun 6:30. Mon 4:15. • Perfect Blue. Sun FIELDCOTE MEMORIAL PARK & MUSEUM • the headstones and monuments, reflect on the St. W. Friday at Westfield. Enjoy traditional spring- names, and ponder the stories each person 9:15. Tue 9:00. • The Fly. Mon 9:10. Wed 8:50. • Exhibits: Stories from the Edge. Visit an exhibit TWISTED STITCHES FIBREARTS GATHERING • themed games, crafts and activities. Apr. 10, could tell you. Local historian Stephanie Fantastic Fungi. Wed 7:00; Thurs 4:30. • 2020 at Fieldcote showcasing stories and artifacts of Weekly drop-in community stitching circle every 12:30-4pm. • For more info and tickets visit Dumbreck will be your guide for this special World Tour Paddling Festival. Thurs 7:00. • Ancaster's history. Until Dec. 24, 2020. • Thursday 5-10pm. Coffee, tea, snacks. Details westfieldheritage.ca //Westfield Heritage March Break family event. Enjoy hot chocolate Tickets at playhousecinema.ca. //177 Sherman Childrens’ Art Exhibition: Art Attack. Experience and calendar available on FB @twistedstitche- Village, 1049 Kirkwall Rd., Rockton while doing the walking tour and complete the Ave. N. 905.545.8888 this display of bright and cheerful art works cre- shamont //Mud & Suds Craftwerks, 88 Ottawa WHITEHERN HISTORIC HOUSE & GARDEN • cemetery scavenger hunt, all the while bringing THE WESTDALE • Film Schedule Friday March ated by children visiting the museum on Family St. N. Day. Until Mar. 28. • Events: March Break at March Break at Whitehern: Anthropomorphia. history alive. Mar. 18, 11am-1pm. For info call 13 - Thursday March 19: Honeyland. Fri,Sun 905.546.4704. //Hamilton Cemetery, 777 York WALK WITH A DOC • Each walk is hosted by a Fieldcote. Bring the whole family to participate Mar. 14-22. • For info visit hamilton.ca/muse- 4:00; Sat 6:30; Mon,Thurs 4:30. • The Iron Giant. Blvd. local healthcare professional who will give a in some exciting hands on activities. Explore the ums. //41 Jackson St. W., 905.546.2018 Sat,Sun 1:00. • Hope Gap. Fri,Thurs 6:30; LUCK OF THE IRISH OPEN HOUSE • New Village brief presentation on a health topic and will then Sat,Sun 9:00; Mon,Wed 9:30. • 1917. Fri,Thurs current exhibition with a fun “Beat the Clock” Retirement Residence will be hosting a St. lead participants on a walk alongside certified 9:00; Sat 4:00; Sun,Mon 6:30; Wed 4:30. • Howl’s activity where you have a limited time to solve a Patrick’s Day open house with private tours, walk leaders. Free, and no sign up is required. • mystery. Mar. 14 & 17. • Ontario Archaeological COMMUNITY Moving Castle. Thurs 1:00. • Harry Potter and ALIENATED GRANDPARENTS ANONYMOUS prizes, draws and new admission discount. Mar. Mar. 14, 9am. Led by: Burlington Family Health Society Monthly Lectures. A lecture or film is the Chamber of Secrets. Mon-Wed 1:00. • SUPPORT GROUP • We meet on the 2nd and 4th 17, 1-4pm. For more info call Adele Alfano Team Pharmacist Mary Nelson. Topic: Pain Soaring Spirits: A Collection of Indigenous presented, with coffee and snacks. For all ages. Tuesday of every month year round. We often Director of Community Relations at Medication //Orchard Park parking lot (closest to Shorts. Wed 7:00. • Film Schedule Friday March Free. Mar. 19, 7:30-9pm. • Sing Along Concert. have guest speakers. Free. //422 North Shore 905.573.4940 the blue roof) at 2255 Sutton Dr., Burl. • Mar. 21, 20 - Thursday March 26: Ordinary Love. Enjoy this free children’s concert presented by Rd. E., Burl. MENTAL HEALTH RIGHTS COALITION • Need to 9am. Led by: Dr. Mike West (GP in Dundas). Fri,Sat,Thurs 4:00; Sun 9:30; Tue 6:30. • Free local singer/songwriter Bruce Simpson. Mar. 20, ANCASTER LIONS CLUB BIANNUAL CRAFT talk about mental health or addiction issues? Topic: Mental Health and the Benefits of Willy. Sat,Sun 1:00. • The Assistant. Fri,Sat,Tue 10-11am. • For info visit hamilton.ca. Open SHOW • Apr. 10, 10am-4pm. //Marritt Hall, Talk to someone who has been there and has Walking. // Rock Chapel Park parking lot at 318 Rock Chapel Road, Dundas. • Mar. 28, 9am. Led 9:00. • 1917. Fri,Sat 6:30; Mon 9:30; Tue 4:00; Tues-Sat, 12-4pm. //64 Sulphur Springs Rd., Ancaster Fairgrounds formal training in Peer Support. 11am-4pm, by: Becki Westover (MSc. Rehabilitation and Wed 4:30; Thurs 6:30, 9:00. • Picture of His Life. Anc. ANCASTER EASTERFEST • A fun-filled Easter Mon-Thurs, noon-4pm Friday. • 905.545.2525, mentalhealthrights.ca //Suite 103-100 Main St Certified Orthotist). Topic: Plant-Based Diet. Mon 7:00. • Leona. Sun 7:00; Mon 4:00. • The GRIFFIN HOUSE • The Griffin House is recog- themed event for over 250 local children featur- E. //Waterfront Park West Lot at 1286 Lakeshore Other Story. Sun 4:00. • Howl’s Moving Castle. nized as an important Canadian Black History ing face painting, games, treats, live entertain- site. Visit this preserved early 19th century MIDDAY MARAUDERS TOASTMASTERS CLUB • Rd., Burl, • For info visit justwalk-hb.weebly.com Fri 1:00. • Tickets at TheWestdale.ca. //1014 ment, prizes and bouncy castles. Pre-registra- home, set on a hilltop overlooking the beautiful Open to the public, new members welcome. WE ARE PLANTED HERE: NARRATIVES IN King St. W. 905.577.0074 tion for all children attending the event is Dundas Valley. Explore the history of Enerals Wednesdays, 12:05-1pm. For info visit toast- BELONGING • A Two Day Arts & Culture ZOETIC THEATRE • Back To The Future. Mar. 21, required and can be found at bit.ly/2P5snNO. Griffin and other early Black settlers, and enjoy Each child ticket is $7 which includes a great masters.org. //Philpott Memorial Church, 84 Celebration & Symposium featuring art displays, 8pm. • The Greatest Showman. Apr. 3, 8pm. • a walk along nearby trails. • loot bag. //Ancaster Rotary Centre, 385 panel discussions, entertainment and network- For tickets visit thezoetic.ca //Zoetic Theatre, York Blvd. [email protected] //733 Mineral Springs Jerseyville Rd., Anc. ing. Presented by Hamilton’s Afro Canadian 526 Concession St. MOOD MENDERS SUPPORT SERVICES • Rd., Ancaster ARTS AND CRAFTERNOONS • A crafty happy Offering coping skills and educational forums Caribbean Association. Mar 13, 6-10pm. //ACCA HAMILTON CHILDREN’S MUSEUM • March hour sponsored by Collective Arts. Great tunes. for individuals living with Depression or Bipolar Community Banquet Hall, 745 Barton St. E. Mar. LITERARY Break Madness: The Magical World of Supplies on hand. Thursdays, 4-7pm. Free. Disorder, and their family members or support 14, 9:30am-2:30pm. //Hamilton Room, Hamilton Wizarding. Visitors will learn all about Charms, //This Ain’t Hollywood, 345 James St. N. persons. 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VIEW MARCH 12 — 25, 2020 17 [FILM] by ALBERT DESANTIS daughter Sydney (Storm Reid). One day Cecilia’s Moss is the centrepiece of the film. Some of her sister, Emily (Harriet Dyer), informs her that emotional trauma scenes may get a wee bit over- Adrian has taken his own life but his brother, Tom wrought, at one point she is literally weeping curled (Michael Dorman), acting as Adrian’s attorney, up into a fetal position on the floor, but she believ- tells Cecilia that she has inherited Adrian’s fortune. ably conveys a victim of abuse and starting to fray. Things are looking up as Cecilia wants to start a She also has done this in quite a lot of episodes of new life and help Sydney pay for college, but soon The Handmaid’s Tale and this is a bit similar to the she is seeing, or more accurately not seeing, a pres- arc that June has in that show of victim to crusader. ence around her. Certain things go missing or peo- Still, this movie does repeatedly underline that she ple get hurt, and Cecilia is convinced that Adrian is has been abused emotionally which unfavourably invisible and tormenting her as the situation contributes to the two–hour plus running time. becomes increasingly deadly. Making the invisible man an allegory for abusive Naturally, everyone just thinks she’s crazy relationships works really well. Usually invisible which is a standby of the horror genre as the hero man movies are inherently about voyeurism, but hollers there’s a monster behind it all while they get this makes an abusive ex a literally omnipresent locked up in the loony bin. This Invisible Man has an threat that cannot be escaped. incredibly slow burn, so much so that at times it Hodge and Reid as the supportive friends are feels almost stagnant. What’s inventive about this good but sometimes the movie focuses a bit much movie is how it never does the same invisible man on their family drama that gets in the way of the gag twice. A standard move in this story is to see an good stuff. Dyer as her sister has some nicely snarky THE INVISIBLE MAN object floating in midair yet it does not happen moments and her exit is unforgettable. Doorman as often here, but one time it happens leads to an the brother plays things vague as to what side he is absolute jaw dropper of a scene. on. As the abusive boyfriend Jackson–Cohen isn’t UNIVERSAL PICTURES HAS been trying to revitalize Instead, this Invisible Man is harrowing, surpris- There are a lot of different ways to reveal the in the movie much but his scenes have impact and its catalogue of classic monsters for modern times. ingly gory and emotional tale. Usually movies about invisible individual and one of the best, earliest he feels like he can snap at any moment. Previously was the truly lame 2017 movie The the invisible man make the disappearing guy the looks at the invisible man involves Cecilia throw- The Invisible Man is a great horror movie that Mummy with Russell Crowe sagely informing Tom centre of the story but this takes the unique tactic of ing a bucket of paint which creates just the briefest does all the tricks one would expect from this type Cruise that there was a larger world of Gods and making the movie about their victim as she is liter- flash of something unworldly. One of the movie’s of movie but adds some unexpected twists and hits Monsters, setting up a shared monster universe like ally in every scene and practically every shot. This best scenes is set in a hospital where the invisible hard. By ditching the truly awful shared universe the Marvel Cinematic Universe. There was a Dark film is a parable of about abusive relationships and man goes on a rampage, flickering in and out of idea and making just a singular horror movie, it Universe label and group photo of actors who were while it may turn up the melodrama a bit much view as he takes on a hallway of security guards in a seems Universal’s Monsters are back on track. Even supposed to be in this monster universe. The when it kicks in for the Invisible Man scenes it nice- dizzying single take. Benjamin Wallfish’s musical though you can’t see this Invisible Man you can’t Mummy tanked and a planned tie in with Johnny ly increases the tension and supplies bone crunch- score helps as it’s discordant atonal noise that look away. V Depp as the Invisible Man was torpedoed. Fast for- ing visceral action. This isn’t some limp wristed accentuates the terror. The final scene of the movie THE INVISIBLE MAN ward a few years later and Universal has eventually wannabe blockbuster it’s a gripping horror movie is riveting and plays things ambiguous just enough ####$ remade The Invisible Man that doesn’t seem tethered with ideas. that it is either righteously triumphant or super Director: Leigh Whannell to the previous craven cinematic universe building Cecilia (Elisabeth Moss) has escaped her abu- dark. The way the stalker becomes invisible gets a Starring: Elisabeth Moss, efforts, no Russell Crowe cameo, no Tom Cruise, sive spouse, Adrian (Oliver Jackson–Cohen), and is unique twist with a sci–fi bent that seems somewhat Oliver Jackson-Cohen not even a post–credit tease. hiding out with friend James (Aldis Hodge) and his more plausible than previous efforts. and Harriet Dyer
18 MARCH 12 — 25, 2020 VIEW [FILM] by ALBERT DESANTIS ONWARD
PIXAR’S LATEST EFFORT, Onward, continues its tra- is really a plot device, the emotional core is the Animation Studios output, even though it proba- Onward dition of exuberant energy, gorgeous animation, relationship between the two brothers. bly won’t be remembered as a Pixar classic or ####$ and an emotionally satisfying journey. It has been Holland and Pratt have decent chemistry as spawn another franchise. Maybe that’s a good Director: Dan Scanlon a few years since Pixar has done an original film the brothers both love and fight each other. Each thing because it simply focuses on being a great Starring: Tom Holland, with several sequels which have been fun but one has their own distinct personality; Ian is a bit story entertainingly told. With trolls, elves and Chris Pratt and somewhat lacking comparatively to Pixar’s of a nebbish dweeb who is trying to reach out to dragons acting in a distinctly un–fantasy manner, Julia Louis-Dreyfus heights. Not to say Onward is entirely original, some new friends at school and attempting a new this gives Onward a unique flair. V some of the component pieces of Onward seem more assertive personality. A fun scene early on cribbed from their own movies; creatures in has him writing down notes on his hand but he workaday environments is very much like gets nervous and literally sweats it away. Barley is Monsters Inc. and the emotional catharsis journey a rock and roll fantasy nerd archetype and while is close to Up. But this is a fine return of form by the whole world as moved on from magic he still the leader in computer animated family movies wants to keep it alive. Even if he can’t cast magic that has laughs and twists along the way. he knows all about it. There is quite a lot of mag- In a world where magical beasts roam, every- ical exposition that Pratt delivers throughout but one has forgotten magic and just gotten normal he does it in such a peppy way that it remains jobs, play with their smartphones, watch TV, and entertaining. While Ian is a bit of a pessimist, act like regular folk. The elf Ian (Tom Holland) is Barley is the eternal optimist, going for a more living with his mom, Laurel (Julia dangerous than direct route on their quest simply Louis–Dreyfus), and his older brother Barley because the journey is supposed to be difficult. (Chris Pratt). On Ian’s 16th birthday, he receives The mom played by Louis–Dreyfus gets in a gift left by his departed father, a wizard’s staff. some good moments, especially when she is When Ian tries a spell that will bring his dad back paired with Spencer’s Corey, the manticore who for one day, the gem in the staff breaks and they has settled into workaday drudgery, forgoing her only bring dad back halfway, as in literally just his quests to run a fantasy themed restaurant. One of legs. Now the brothers set out on a quest to find the movie’s best scenes is when she meets the two another gem and bring dad back all the way as brothers and their prodding her slowly causes her their adventure will take them to manticore to return to her old powerful ways. Rodriquez as Corey (Octavia Spencer) and obstacles like dun- the cop is basically the antagonist of the film as geons, biker fairies and overzealous cops, one of he’s their mom’s dopey boyfriend but he isn’t a which is Colt (Mel Rodriquez), who just happens bad guy villain but just a cop trying to do his job. to be their mom’s new boyfriend. But the clock is The design of the movie is great, even if it constantly ticking against them seeing their dad doesn’t break new ground in Pixar visually, it’s fun again. to see fantasy creatures act like everyday folks. Onward has a sturdy road trip movie format The colour scheme of the film is bright and candy which gives the characters downtime for develop- coloured creatures which is contrasted with dingy ment. Although it is a bit odd that for all the ker- real–world locations. The movie climaxes in a fuffle about their dad, the van they drive around fantasy showdown with building rubble that forms in gets more of an emotional arc than legs dad. into magical dragon creature, a good metaphor for The dad as a pair of legs with laundry haphazard- how the world of Onward occupies a place ly thrown on top to make him look like a person between the fantastical and the mundane. There creates some pretty funny sight gags, like in one are a couple of standout scenes like when Ian uses scene since he’s flopping around the cops think magic to walk across a bottomless pit which has he’s intoxicated. The way the kids communicate great tension and laughs. Also the most epic is by tapping on his foot since as a kid Barley used scene is when the boys have to use their trusty to play drums at his feet, and while the first time van in a last dich effort to escape that is both they tap it is sort of heartfelt after a while it loses hilarious and oddly emotional. emotional potency. Although ultimately, the dad Onward is another solid entry into the Pixar
VIEW MARCH 12 — 25, 2020 19 [MINI FILM REVIEWS] BY A. MUREDDA, R. SIMONPILLAI, G. SUMI, N.WILNER THE ASSISTANT THE GENTLEMEN ##$$$ (Directed by Guy Ritchie, runs 113) The Gentlemen marks writer/director Ritchie’s return to the laddish crime comedy genre after more than a decade... and it’s all bollocks, innit. Fans of Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch and RocknRolla will surely be satisfied with another round of frenzied chases through London, swaggering geezer standoffs peppered with racist insults and the odd comical death; the rest of us will continue to wonder why peo- ple get so worked up about these dopey riffs on old gangster clichés. Told mostly in flashbacks by tabloid investigative journalist Fletcher (Hugh Grant, borrowing Michael Caine’s Cockney accent) to the but- toned–up majordomo (Charlie Hunnam) of American pot czar Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey), it’s the story of the chaos set in motion by Mickey’s decision to retire and offer his bil- lion–dollar business to a fellow Yank (Jeremy Strong) despite serious interest from the Asian mob, repre- sented by a young and hungry Henry Golding. Michelle Dockery is Mickey’s watchful missus, Colin Farrell an alpha–male boxing coach and Eddie Marsan a newspaper editor who hires Fletcher to expose Mickey’s shady business deals. If you enjoyed Ritchie’s earlier work in this genre, you will probably enjoy THE ASSISTANT ####$ The Gentlemen just as much. It’s exactly the same thing, after all, just with different actors. The plot is (Directed by Kitty Green, runs 87) so cluttered with switchbacks, reversals and fake outs that it’s a wonder any of it makes sense. Or maybe The Assistant is a film about Harvey Weinstein, or, more specifically, the culture of complicity and intim- it doesn’t: the whole thing is built around a screenplay that, based on the chronology of events, Fletcher idation he created around himself when he dominated the American indie film landscape. Weinstein is wouldn’t have had the time to write. (N.W.) never mentioned by name or even seen in the flesh, but there is no question that he’s the character cred- ited only as “the boss,” and that the Lower Manhattan offices in which most of The Assistant takes place HARLEY QUINN: BIRDS OF PREY ###$$ are meant to be those of Miramax Films at its high–flying, capital–spending zenith. Writer/director Green (Directed by J.J. Abrams, runs 109) tells Weinstein’s story from the perspective of a junior assistant (Julia Garner, of The Americans and We Harley Quinn: Birds Of Prey repositions Margot Robbie’s delirious Suicide Squad whirligig Harley Quinn Are What We Are) as she spends a single day running his schedule, catering to his whims, apologizing for as the hero of her own story, surrounds her with lively new pals played by engaging actors like Rosie Perez, imagined transgressions and doing her best to repress the knowledge that awful things are happening, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Jurnee Smollett–Bell, and bounces along with its own antic energy. she’s enabling them. Green’s exacting, restrictive aesthetic traps us in the same suffocating space as her Christina Hodson’s script feels overstuffed and under–plotted at the same time, with narrator Harley protagonist as she strains to interpret the tenor of conversations on the other side of an office wall, or imposing a scrambled chronology that’s not nearly as much fun as she seems to think it is. It takes a very watches her co–workers (both male and female) dismiss various aggressions and offences as the price of long time to put the team together, and the heavy they’re facing just isn’t that heavy: Ewan McGregor’s moving up the ladder, or tries, in a loaded conversation with the company’s HR rep (Matthew petty crime lord Roman Sionis is an even less engaging villain than Jared Leto’s strutting Joker, and is sad- Macfadyen), to blow the whistle on the predatory acts they both know are happening. The Assistant is a dled with Chris Messina as a sadistic henchman. But the set pieces are strong, the action choreography grim, queasy exercise that doesn’t offer any sort of release, so I hesitate to recommend it as entertainment kinetic and fun, and the climax delivers the super–team mayhem in a way the Justice League movie could- — but as an exploration of the collateral damage Weinstein left in his wake, it’s essential viewing. (N.W.) n’t manage. So it’s better than Suicide Squad by almost every metric imaginable, and really that’s all that matters. Some subtitles. (N.W.) THE CALL OF THE WILD ###$$ (Directed by Reed Morano, runs 109)The Call Of The Wild is the latest in a string of canine movies late- ly like A Dog's Purpose, Dog Days, A Dog's Journey, A Dog's Way Home and more. They're all cloying, manipulative and syrupy, tempting me to praise this one for being slightly less so. The movie is based on the 1903 Jack London novel about a St. Bernard/Scotch Shepherd mix called Buck, who is kidnapped and sold to work as a sled dog during the gold rush. Central to the child-friendly adventure is Buck's rela- tionship with Harrison Ford's John Thornton, who sees the canine as an independent soul that belongs in the wild, forgoing the whole master and pet dynamic in ways that are both rare and admirable. In keep- ing with that ideology, the production didn't make a dog actor jump through hoops or wild rapids. Actor Terry Notary plays Buck through motion capture, which allows for more ("aww, how cute") expressions from the dog as well as more physical gags. My kids were rolling around and begging for more. (R.S.) DOLITTLE ##$$$ (Directed by Stephen Gaghan, runs 100) Dolittle marks Robert Downey Jr.’s shaky first steps out of Marvel’s stable. The star looks listless in the bloated CG adventure that shouldn’t prove to be much of a franchise starter. Like Richard Fleischer’s HONEYLAND musical starring Rex Harrison, Gaghan’s adaptation maintains the Victorian setting of Hugh Lofting’s children’s novels about a veterinarian who can talk to animals. It’s also another overpriced, troubled pro- HONEYLAND ####$ duction for rubbernecking audiences to gawk at. The film’s rumoured studio tinkering and reshoots show (Directed by Ljubo Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska, runs 85) in the dour moments where Downey seems stranded, testing out a strange Scottish accent and enduring Honeyland is a documentary about Hatidze Muratova, a beekeeper living in an isolated mountain village unfunny slapstick opposite a cast of animated co-stars who never seem to be sharing the same space with in North Macedonia with her bedridden mother. She scours cliff sides to tend to wild bees and sells honey him. Yet those seeking a Cats–like anti–classic will be disappointed by the grey colour palette, thinly at a market in Skopje. One day, her quiet life is disrupted by the arrival of a nomadic family with a mas- sketched palace intrigue and sombre tone. Neither a success nor a proper studio disaster, Dolittle is most- sive herd of cattle and seven unruly kids. Patriarch Hussein is under economic pressure to provide and ly just a bore. (A.M.) moves in on the magnanimous Hatidze’s livelihood, with disastrous results. Though Stefanov and Kotevska — who spent three years filming — could not have asked for a more perfect fairy–tale arc, Honeyland’s power lies in their intense focus on landscape, faces, colour and ability to subtly capture per- EMMA ###$$ spective. Much of the drama unfolds wordlessly, but with a clarity and precision you might associate with (Directed by Autumn de Wilde, runs 125) fiction. We get right up close as Hussein’s family chaotically puts themselves in harm’s way in contrast to Emma is an engaging enough adaptation of Austen’s much-filmed novel about a young woman of means intimate, candlelit scenes of Haditze’s tender, Grey Gardens–esque relationship with her mother. who appoints herself the arbiter of all that is tasteful and good, the better to avoid confronting the shal- Honeyland is beautifully realized, full of tragedy and joy, simplicity and complexity. A supremely accom- lowness of her own existence. And if it doesn’t add anything to the material besides a colourful visual plished film. palette and a willingness to let its actors have as much fun as they like with their characters — and if it (K.R.) perhaps softens some of Austen’s harshest judgments against her protagonist — I’m not sure its audience will object. Director de Wilde and screenwriter Eleanor Catton add a dash of class consciousness by JUST MERCY ##$$$ acknowledging the presence and labour of the servants who keep the Woodhouses and Westons in com- (Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, runs 136) fort. Anya Taylor–Joy, of The Witch and Thoroughbreds, is perfectly cast as Emma herself, her striking fea- Just Mercy has Michael B. Jordan play real–life heroic lawyer Bryan Stevenson as a flawlessly compas- tures and unerring comic timing employed to sell Emma’s blissful certitude and self–righteous hauteur. sionate crusader, leaving little room to make the character compelling. Stevenson founded the Equal Equally ideal are Bill Nighy as Emma’s fussbudget father; Mia Goth as the waif Harriet Smith, whom our Justice Initiative to fight the wrongful convictions the justice system is so prone to handing out to African hero takes under her wing and Miranda Hart as the kind–hearted but awkward Miss Bates. Slightly less Americans. Directed by Short Term 12 filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton, it covers those early days put- successful is the casting of Johnny Flynn as Mr. Knightley, the older friend who tries to help Emma see ting together the foundation and fighting to rescue Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx) from death row. outside herself; his signature brooding intensity makes him seem physically uncomfortable rather than Jordan (who also served as producer) is more refined and dignified than all the movie lawyers (and per- emotionally conflicted, calling to mind Colin Firth’s performance(s) as Austen’s Mr. Darcy — and paling haps real–life lawyers) before him. His Stevenson doesn’t make mistakes or show an ounce of selfishness. in comparison. If you just want to spend a couple of hours in Austen’s world, revisiting these characters Perhaps because he’s Black, he’s held to some bullshit higher ideal than a white lawyer. The film holds its — or if you’ve never met them before — this Emma is a perfectly pleasant way to do so. But if you’re look- Black characters up to an impossible standard, seeking sympathy from a demographic that thinks Michael ing for a little more of Austen’s bite — or even just her simple, sharp observations about manners, frailty, Brown and Trayvon Martin had a hand in their own fate. (R.S.) loyalty and the mysteries of the human heart... well, the book is right there on the shelf. (N.W.)
20 MARCH 12 — 25, 2020 VIEW [MINI FILM REVIEWS] BY A. MUREDDA, R. SIMONPILLAI, G. SUMI, N.WILNER MISSING LINK ####$ PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE ##### (Directed by Chris Butler, runs 90) (Directed by Céline Sciamma, runs 121) Missing Link is a lighter, slighter work from Laika Studios, the stop–motion house behind the more Portrait Of A Lady On Fire is an exquisitely realized love story played out between two women in the 18th mature–minded features Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls and Kubo And The Two Strings — but there’s century: Héloïse (Adèle Haenel), a young bride–to–be, and Marianne (Noémie Merlant), the artist com- nothing wrong with that. In fact, the movie’s unapologetic charm is an unexpected strength, bouncing missioned to paint her portrait by the groom’s mother (Valeria Golino). The portrait will be a wedding goofily around the globe as 19th–century English explorer Sir Lionel Frost (Hugh Jackman, suitably vain- gift; it’s also intended to be a symbol of the high–society world into which Héloïse is marrying — ornate, glorious) travels to the Pacific Northwest in search of a sasquatch (Zach Galifianakis, perfectly cast) who expensive and frozen in place. Marianne is conflicted about the arrangement; Héloïse even more so, being wants his help finding his Himalayan cousins, the Yetis. In short order, Sir Lionel and his hairy friend — actively hostile to the very idea of a portrait. And the longer they’re in the same space, the more difficult whom he calls Mr. Link — are joined on their journey by fellow adventurer Adelina Fortnight (Zoe it becomes to pretend they’re not attracted to each other. Writer/director Sciamma (Tomboy, Girlhood) Saldana), all trying to stay ahead of a sleazy rival (Timothy Olyphant). As the movie rambles along, has long been fascinated by sexual fluidity and unexpected connections, though she’s always dealt with writer/director Butler treats us to a series of charming, occasionally dazzling sequences created with Laika’s them in contemporary milieus. Setting the action in the past allows her to examine questions of privilege usual attention to detail and fondness for eccentric character design; five features in, the studio is shap- and ingrained sexism from a new angle, and to dive into the textures and colours of a less polished era ing up to be as distinct in its stop–motion vision as England’s gold–standard Aardman... if perhaps not as with an almost ravishing visual palette. The film is presented almost entirely from Marianne’s perspective obsessed with puns. (N.W.) and positively swoons with her desire for Héloïse, both as a subject and a soul. As their relationship grows, Sciamma expands the frame to explore the world around them: a subplot involving a young servant (Luàna Bajrami) speaks volumes about the way women of lower class are regarded there, if they’re seen at ONWARD ###$$ all. Merlant creates a wonderful character in Marianne, impatient and practical but also capable of heart- (Directed by Dan Scanlon, runs 103) breaking tenderness; Haenel gives Héloïse an enigmatic, haughty gravitas that similarly conceals deep Onward is one of the odder Pixar movies in a while — a film that’s literally about a new generation strug- reservoirs of feeling — though precisely how deep is something Sciamma withholds until the very last gling to recapture the old magic, made by the next wave of digital storytellers. (It’s also about fathers and moment. What a sumptuous, splendid, devastating film. Subtitled. sons, because of course it is.) It’s also saddled with an elaborate conceptual conceit that requires a great (N.W.) deal of world–building: the story is set in a world where fantasy creatures like elves, sprites, centaurs and cyclopes have developed technology and forgotten the sorcery of their ancestors, which means it’s set in SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3D ###$$ the recognizable middle–American exurbs with smartphones and freeways and burger chains. And in this (Directed by Ken Loach, runs 100) world, two elf brothers — gung–ho wizarding nerd Barley (Chris Pratt) and nervous regular nerd Ian (Tom Sonic The Hedgehog 3D is surprisingly, perhaps unbelievably, enjoyable. I laughed and smiled and had my Holland) — are given the chance to reconnect to their dead father through a spell that only works half- assumptions checked about a movie made by a cynical franchise–obsessed Hollywood working in cahoots way. Restoring him fully before the spell expires requires an enchanted gem, so the boys set off on a quest with a video game company in for the cash grab. There’s a road trip, fugitives–on–the–run setup where while their understandably worried mother (Julia Louis–Dreyfus) races to track them down. The story is Sonic, voiced by Ben Schwartz, squares off against his nemesis, Dr. Robotnik, played by Jim Carrey, who simple, the stakes clear and the emotional underpinnings strong, so it’s baffling why the first hour of is hilarious. (R.S.) Onward seems to do everything it can to clutter things up, layering its world with details and secondary characters that, for all the invention on display in design and story mechanics, add almost nothing to the movie’s impact. (I found myself wondering whether Onward might have worked better if it took place in a “real” world populated by humans, and then realizing that it almost certainly would; Holland and Pratt’s voice performances are so pure that the pointy ears and cotton–candy hair just seem like fancy add–ons.) But then there’s the final act, which is staggeringly well–crafted and emotionally devastating — direc- tor/co–writer Scanlon (who made Monsters University) wrangles all the scattered themes and narrative threads to a powerful payoff. If all that matters is whether a movie sticks the landing, Onward does that better than most other recent Pixar films — which, I guess, means it does recapture the magic after all, and even wields it in a manner that feels smart and meaningful. It’s just that this time around, the jour- ney pales next to the destination. (N.W.) ORDINARY LOVE
SORRY WE MISSED YOU
SORRY WE MISSED YOU ##$$$ (Directed by Ken Loach, runs 100) Sorry We Missed You finds the social–realist auteur following 2016’s Palme d’Or–winning I, Daniel Blake with another miserabilist drama, this one about working–class parents (Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood) in Newcastle upon Tyne being eaten alive by the gig economy: he as a subcontractor for a delivery company, and she as a carer for elderly people. Their workloads increase, personal time dimin- ishes and their children suffer. Loach and his regular screenwriter Paul Laverty are working their usual avenue of simmering outrage at the exploitation of hand–to–mouth families, but over the last decade their movies have developed a certain cruel shorthand of cascading misfortunes, without any of the warmth that gave Loach’s earlier work (like, say, Raining Stones and Riff–Raff) its complicated humanity. We’re encouraged to feel sorry for the movie’s increasingly overwhelmed heroes, but there’s no sense of who these people are to one another, or even to themselves. And if that’s the film’s point — that the creep of constant work has drained these people of their status, their aspirations and ultimately their personal- ities — then we need to know who they were before all this. (N.W.) ORDINARY LOVE ####$ (Directed by Lisa D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn, runs 91) STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER ####$ Ordinary Love is a chamber drama about two people dealing with a life–changing event; and like life itself, (Directed by J.J. Abrams, runs 142) Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker brings George Lucas’s 42-year-old it sneaks up on you. Joan (Lesley Manville) and Tom (Liam Neeson) are a retired couple whose banal story to a conclusive end, re-staging the same stakes that were in play at the climax of 1983’s Return Of chitchat — about Fitbits, Brussel sprouts and that new ingredient in the soup — has the ring of authen- The Jedi and scaling them up to IMAX proportions, benefitting from 36 years of technological advances. ticity. When Joan is diagnosed with breast cancer, their familiar, comfortable rhythms and routines are Director/co-writer Abrams, who brought Star Wars back to life in 2015 with The Force Awakens, rolls upended, and long–buried resentments — especially over the death of their daughter — emerge. Owen back some of the most daring changes of Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi but also knits George Lucas’s patch- McCafferty’s script is moving because the dialogue and situations seem so ordinary. But the two actors work mythology into a story about generations of people who seem doomed to endure the same events bring depth and compassion to their characters, investing some moments — an impromptu bit of love- over and over again, setting up an ending for the entire narrative that feels both earned and faithful - and making, for instance, or a tragicomic haircutting scene — with a truthfulness that's unbearably moving. re-creating something we’d thought lost in a flurry of digital noise and wonky obsessions. It’s not as dar- A subplot about a gay couple dealing with illness seems contrived and predictable, but that doesn't detract ing as Johnson’s film, and that’s a little disappointing, but neither is it as floundering and patchy as last from this quiet, unsentimental and beautifully observed drama. (N.W.) year’s Solo. It’s a proper Star Wars movie. That’ll do. Some subtitles. (N.W.)
VIEW MARCH 12 — 25, 2020 21 Mar.12– 18, 2020 [ FREE WILL ASTROLOGY] by ROB BRESZNY ARIES (March 21–April 19): Giacomo Puccini’s open to my suggestion that you should seek out practi- dfamous opera Tosca premiered in 1900. It fea- cal education about the arts of intimacy? Would you be CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS tured a heroine named Tosca. In 1914, Puccini’s willing to meditate on how you might bring additional favourite Tosca, a soprano singer named Maria Jeritza, creativity and flair into your close alliances? If you was performing in a production at New York’s answered yes to those questions, the next six weeks will Metropolitan Opera. As she got ready to sing an aria provide you with ample opportunities to dive in to all [email protected] HYPNOSIS entitled “I Live for Art,” she stumbled and fell. 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GEMINI (May 21–June 20): I would love for you to discuss ito become more powerful, “Your body is not a SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21): A tradition- your options! temple,” declared author and celebrity chef Anthony cal astrologer might say that you Sagittarians typ- 905.527.3343 x104 Bourdain. “It’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.” I ically spend less time at home than any other sign of [email protected] half–agree with him. I’m deeply devoted to regarding the zodiac. Some of you folks even rebel against the the body as an amusement park. It should be a source idea that having a stable home is a health–giving essen- of endless fun and enjoyment. We have the right — tial. You may feel that you can’t be totally free unless indeed, I’d say a duty — to wield our bodies in ways you always have your next jaunt or journey planned, or that immerse us in the mysteries and miracles of pleas- unless you always have a home–away–from–home to ure. But here’s where I disagree with Bourdain: I believe escape to. I understand and appreciate these quirks the body is also a temple that deserves our reverence about your tribe, but am also committed to coaxing you and respect and protective tenderness. Your assignment to boost your homebody quotient. Now would be a per- in the coming weeks, Gemini, is to raise your commit- fect time to do that. You’re more open than usual to the ment to treating your body as both an amusement park joy and power of cultivating a nurturing home. and a holy temple. REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19): The more CANCER (June 21–July 22): Early in his career, gcrooked the path, the faster you’ll get to where jCancerian painter Jean–Baptiste–Camille Corot you’re going. Every apparent detour will in fact be at (1796–1875) sold only a few paintings. But eventually least a semi–valuable shortcut. Any obstacle that seems his luck improved. Once he was financially successful, to block your way will inspire you to get smarter and he became very generous. He wielded his influence to more resourceful, thereby activating lucky breaks that get jobs for other artists, and mentored many artists, as bring unexpected grace. So don’t waste even a minute well. Sometimes he added a few dabs of paint to the fin- cursing outbreaks of inconvenience, my dear, because ished works of younger, struggling painters, then signed those outbreaks will ultimately save you time and make the canvases with his own name so that the works life easier. (P.S.: During the coming weeks, convention- could more easily be sold. The coming weeks will be a al wisdom will be even more irrelevant than it usually favourable time to adopt your own version of Corot’s is.) approach toward those around you who could benefit from your help and support. (P.S. It’s in your selfish AQUARIUS (Jan. 20–Feb. 18): When I was a interest to do so, although the reasons why may not be eyoung adult, I was unskilled and indigent. Many clear for a while.) restaurants exploited my feeble prowess at washing pots and pans and dishes, but the meager wage they paid me LEO (July 23–Aug. 22): Composer Brian Eno barely kept me fed and housed. You will perhaps under- khas testified that African music underlies and stand why, now that I’m grown up, I am averse to clean- influences much of his work. He exults in the freedom ing pots and pans and dishes, including my own. That’s and unpredictability it encourages. Why? Here’s one why I pay a helper to do that job. Is there an equivalent reason: In African songs, there are often multiple theme in your own life? An onerous task or grueling rhythms. And they’re not locked together; they float responsibility that oppressed you or still oppresses you? freely in relationship to each other. Eno says this is dif- Now is a good time to find a way to declare your inde- ferent from Western music, whose salient quality is that pendence from it. all the rhythmic elements are contained “in little boxes” — locked into a tyrannically mechanical clock- PISCES (Feb. 19–March 20): I suspect your fan- work pattern. According to my reading of the astrolog- ftasy life will be especially potent in the coming ical omens, dear Leo, the coming weeks will be an weeks. Your imagination will have an enhanced power excellent time for you to experiment with Eno’s insight. to generate visions that could eventually manifest as How? Escape mechanical clockwork patterns and acti- actual events and situations. On the one hand, that vate the “multiple, free–floating rhythm” metaphor in could be dicey, because you can’t afford to over–indulge everything you do. in fearful speculations and worried agitation. 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I offer these thoughts in the consistency and loyalty you bring to your friendships and hope that you’ll be inspired to express both your ration- collegial relationships. al brilliance and your crazy brilliance in the coming weeks. Both modes should be working quite well for you. CANCER (June 21–July 22): I believe that jCancerians like you and me require more slack and CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19): “Movable type” silence and spaciousness than most people. It may be gis a term that refers to the technology used to inconvenient to regularly give ourselves an abundance print symbols or letters on paper. In 1450, German of relaxing downtime, but that’s the way we function inventor Johannes Gutenberg created a movable–type best. Maybe other tribes can thrive on five hours of sleep machine called the printing press that led to the mass per night, but most of us Crabs can’t. And then there’s production of books. 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