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MONARITA Preview | From Paris With Love | Postdata Review | Do You Think You Can Dance? February 19th - March 5th Volume 12, Issue 3 Issue 12, Volume 5th March - 19th February Bishop Brigante At The Rock House this issue Matthew Hornell and Rock climbing filmBreach the Diamond Minds Tommy Sexton Benefit CD Release Downtown Developments February 19th - March 5th, 2010 SnaPs Sinfully Seductive faShion Show at the MajeStic DEsigNs by IntiMate DEsires and AngEllE Apparel, produced by lynette White PhotograPher: Apryl Stead CURRENT | Page 2 February 19th - March 5th, 2010 current teaM Editor Contributors Joshua Jamieson Stephanie Abbott [email protected] Richard Burnett Tim Conway [email protected] Gina Gill Jonny Hodder advertising sales Dave Lane [email protected] Tara Lehman Gary Moore Production & Design Charissa Reeves Josey Vogels Joshua Jamieson Debby Winters Kevin Woolridge Distribution Barry Ross Publisher Marketing Services Ltd. P.O. Box 693 Pouch Cove, NL A0A 3L0 www.currentmag.ca EDiToRial the oppoSition By Kevin Woolridge CURRENT | Page 3 February 19th - March 5th, 2010 activisM committee for a happy city ThE St. JohN’s WalTz ToWards devEloPiNg Downtown By dave lane Recently a group of citizens organized and hosted walk-able streets where people can meet and shop. a public meeting under the name Smart Growth and Urban Development; its mandate to engage Mary Walsh then took to the podium to give a lively St. John’s citizens in a discussion of planning and recount of her experience growing up, witnessing development. While the discussion focused on the the changes in downtown St. John’s. She said broad ideas of urban planning, its timing coincided some previous controversial developments have not with the hot-topic of the day: new, large development brought about the promised benefits. proposals for the historic downtown of St. John’s. Proposed 15 storey Fortis Development squandering the most well-known and celebrated Ron Hynes performed St. John’s Waltz to kick off, area of the city. reminding the overflowing room of over 300 who sang along that “This is our town.” Elena Patarini, architect The meeting was just another component of a much and urban planner, is a new-comer to St. John’s and larger debate. Some have noted the meeting seemed was the first speaker, sharing her experience of urban one sided; indeed, its purpose was to discuss “smart planning and how it can benefit a city. She spoke growth” rather than piecemeal development. But about determining an “urban identity” and how that people from all walks of life were in attendance. In can serve as basis for all development. fact, St. John’s Board of Trade representatives and most city councilors attended. Strat Canning discussed his involvement with Proposed development for downtown (west) developing the existing Downtown Strategy along where high rises are encouraged With the entire community engaged, it’s the hope with the economic incentives to nurture the “jewel” of the meeting’s organizers that the discussion that is so unique. The main obstacle to smart growth The floor was then opened to all for questions and will continue, armed with facts and points of view, downtown, he said, is City Hall’s non-inclusive shared views. Many spoke of preserving what is around dinner tables, water coolers, open line shows, development application process. special about downtown. At times, the contentious newspapers, and online at www.happycity.ca. Fortis proposal came up; although the general Dave Hopley, local retailer, shared his experience as consensus was that most were not anti-development. This is indeed our City, and everyone deserves to a business owner. He said downtown has become Rather, people want to preserve the small section have a say in its future. livelier with every passing year in the last decade, of downtown that has always been a vibrant, social and feels the most important asset is the sense of marketplace where people meet, walk and shop. community. He added that retail is strengthened by Many worry that there might be the mistake of directed by aiden flynn set design Word up Searching for Meaning geoff adams An AcademiC look aT ThE Newfoundland Fishery michael worthman sound design By gina gill kim codner sean panting The Fishery. The Including how wars were affected, and how episodes lighting design livelihood, doom, influenced certain aspects of today. Many of the brian bishop everything and nothing younger generation don’t realize the invested role production management left for Newfoundland Newfoundland had in WWII – to the point that it even courtney brown and Labrador. However hit home, numerous times. Newfoundlanders obviously sylina jones its put, the fish have know there was involvement, but this anthology gives a creon been a long standing specific review of detailed events. sean panting means from natural antigone sarah browne resources and it is what This anthology is not a plotted out storybook, but a originally brought those documentary, an academic review. Most of the authors + MUN Drama sophocles’ Europeans over here have worked or written for Memorial University. But in the first place. What there is nothing better than the best. These writers went down way back know more as a collective than one could ever know antigone when? How did the beginning of the fishery lead unfold about everything that has happened to Newfoundland to the current situation and how is the lack of policy in and what to do with it all. February 27th and 28th the past creating new policies today? 8:00 pm, at the As much as some may not be interested in the fishery, Reid Theatre in the God Guard Thee Newfoundland: Searching for Meaning or think they know a lot about it- there is so much Arts and Administration Building of Memorial published by Flanker Press, explores the fishery of the more to know. It’s the foundation of Newfoundland and University. past and present, discussed in an anthology written by everyone should be a contributor to our community. Pay-What-You-Can matinee historians and journalists. A review of what plan could In order to survive what has become of us, the people 2:00 pm February 28th be made for the future is made as well as how current must be at least aware of how it has come to be. Tickets are available by decisions and past circumstances have shaped the calling 739-8220 situation of today. With a wide variety of authors, God Guard Thee or emailing Newfoundland, is not your typical blah blah academic [email protected] God Guard Thee Newfoundland also takes a look research, but a brevity of variety and a valuable at Newfoundland’s history outside of the fishery. resource, as well as an interesting view on history. CURRENT | Page 4 February 19th - March 5th, 2010 REview My naMe iS rachel corrie EDited by alaN RiCkMaN & kaThaRine viner; DiR. by JEssiE FRaser By StePhanie Abbott Forest Productions recent staging of My Name is inevitably be snuffed out. The audience is hearing Rachel Corrie brings to life the story of a young Rachel’s own words throughout the show and are idealist whose life was cut tragically short at the age given a glimpse of her at the plays conclusion when a of twenty three. The American peace activist was video of her at age ten is shown. crushed to death by a bulldozer while protesting in an attempt to stop a home from being demolished in In the video, young Rachel speaks eloquently of Gaza. The script is taken from Rachel Corrie’s own her dreams of ending hunger and giving the poor a diaries and e-mails, edited by Alan Rickman and chance. The play leaves its audience mourning the Katharine Viner. life of a person who so desired to prompt change. It’s hard not to wonder what Rachel would have been The play is a portrait of a driven, passionate young able to accomplish if her life had continued. Those in woman. Rachel Corrie had big dreams to change the attendance on opening night seemed visibly moved world and Mikaela Dyke captures the essence of her by the story even though parts of the play moved a spirit completely. She is all youthful enthusiasm as little slowly at times. she jots notes, makes lists and types franticly on her laptop. Mikaela’s lyrical voice enhances the innocent The play has been steeped in controversy from the earnestness of the Rachel Corrie at the beginning of beginning and has been accused of being one-sided the production. and more like a eulogy. But, really, the play doesn’t seem to be trying to accomplish anything more then As the action moves from her Olympia, Washington to honestly portray of a young idealist. Rachel’s bedroom to the Middle East the tension builds and politics aren’t presented to be anything else but there is a sense of a loss of that innocence. Mikaela her own opinions which make it hard to understand attacks the role with an admirable intensity and clearly why some theatre companies might be reluctant to connects with the character. stage productions of the play because of potential controversy. The play doesn’t exactly take sides, it Much of the play’s power comes from the audience’s just aims to present what Rachel thought; it is her awareness of the vibrant young life which will story told in her own words. Dance do you think you can dance? NEighbourhooD Dance WoRks revs up FoR livE audiTioNs By JohSua JamieSon Neighbourhood Dance your 15 minutes of fame. There will be live auditions Works is well known at the Arts and Culture Centre on February 21 from in the St.

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