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Looking for listings? Cover Image UNITER STAFF CAMPUS & COMMUNITY LISTINGS AND Acclaimed pop singer Janelle Monáe The first step you need to VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES  page 4 Managing Editor is one of 80-plus acts set to perform Aaron Epp » [email protected] MUSIC  pages 10 & 15 at the 2012 TD Winnipeg International take to get fit this summer Business Manager FILM & LIT  page 12 Jazz Festival. Read about the festival on Geoffrey Brown [email protected] GALLERIES & MUSEUMS  pages 12 & 13 » comments  page 6 page 9 and check out an interview with THEATRE, DANCE & COMEDY  page 13 Monáe on page 8. PRODUCTION MANAGER Ayame Ulrich » [email protected] CONTRIBUTORS: Rehabilitation Centre helps injured animals get back into shape Kaeleigh Ayre, Ethan Cabel, Danelle Cloutier, Melanie Dahling, Kaitlyn Emslie Farrell, Nicholas Friesen, Johnny Fukumoto, Carson Hammond, Funding, ‘unnecessary orphans’ biggest challenges for Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre Dylan Hewlett, Derek Loewen, Mark McAvoy, Lauren Parsons, Matt Preprost, Jesse Rodgers, eral thousand dollars to be put towards animal Harrison Samphir, Katerina Tefft, Matthew TenBruggencate, Peyton Veitch, Eva Wasney Kaeleigh Ayre care. Volunteer staff WHRC is also actively seeking a permanent The Uniter is the official student newspaper of the home, with funding and space constraints keep- University of Winnipeg and is published by Mouseland ing them from staying at their current location Press Inc. Mouseland Press Inc. is a membership It’s that time of year again. Spring has sprung, permanently. based organization in which students and community members are invited to participate. For more and the rabbits are multiplying like, well, rab- Funding aside, with the arrival of spring information on how to become a member go to bits. comes the centre’s other challenge. www.uniter.ca, or call the office at 786-9790. But before you touch that “abandoned” baby “One of the biggest challenges is definitely SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES, LETTERS, GRAPHICS AND rabbit or squirrel in your yard, give the Wildlife unnecessary orphans,” Atnikov said. “We really, PHOTOS ARE WELCOME. Articles must be submitted in Haven Rehabilitation Centre a call to find out really need to emphasize that people need to text (.rtf) or Microsoft Word (.doc) format to editor@ uniter.ca, or the relevant section editor. Deadline for exactly how you should handle the situation. phone us before (doing) anything. Just because submissions is 6:00 p.m. Thursday, one week before Reesa Atnikov, the centre’s supervisor and sole you don’t see a mom, is not enough of a reason publication. Deadline for advertisements is noon Friday, full-time employee, cannot stress this enough. to snatch the baby away.” six days prior to publication. The Uniter reserves the right to refuse to print submitted material. The “We get about 1,700 (animals) a year,” Atnikov “Another challenge we’re faced with is trap- Uniter will not print submissions that are homophobic, said. After completing a head count, she con- ping,” she added. “People have some sort of ani- misogynistic, racist, or libellous. We also reserve the cludes that there are approximately 100 animals mal that will have their babies (in their house) right to edit for length and/or style. in the centre’s care right now. “And that’s just and they think, ‘I’ll just trap it and get rid of SUPPLIED CONTACT US » today. It could change tomorrow.” WHRC supervisor Reesa Atnikov. it.’ If you trap it, it is basically a death sentence. General Inquiries: 204.786.9790 Atnikov is responsible for all of the animal care Almost every place in the city that traps animals Advertising: 204.786.9790 Editors: 204.786.9497 and rehabilitation that takes place at the centre, mammal species native to Manitoba that have euthanizes them.” Fax: 204.783.7080 as well as every other task that may come up at been injured or abandoned, and gets them back And in a lot of cases, babies are left behind E-mail: [email protected] a not-for-profit. She is a certified animal reha- into shape again. to starve. Web: www.uniter.ca bilitator, as issued by the International Wildlife Hundreds of animals are released each year Whether it is to make an animal inquiry, or LOCATION » Rehabilitation Council. once they are able to fend for themselves, and to find out what supplies WHRC is low in, once Room ORM14 University of Winnipeg The Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Organiza- those that are not fit to be released are kept as again, Atnikov stresses the importance of giving 515 Portage Avenue tion (WHRO) was formed in 1984. educational ambassadors, to educate the public the centre a call. Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 What began as a backyard operation even- about wildlife. Donations are always welcome, too. tually expanded to a wildlife hospital on the However, taking care of animals is expensive. “Yes, there is no charge (for people) to drop grounds of the University of Manitoba in 1993, “There’s always the issue of funding,” Atnikov off animals, but we do appreciate donations for Mouseland Press Board of Directors: and became the Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation said. “We’re not given any money by the prov- sure.” Ben Wickstrom (interim chair), Peter Centre in 2003. ince, we’re not funded by the government at all. Ives, Robert Galston, Sara McGregor, In 2008, the centre moved to its current tem- We rely on donations, membership (and) a cou- For more information visit www.wildlifehaven. Justin Leblanc, Lindsey Wiebe, Melissa porary location 10 minutes south of the city on ple corporate sponsors.” com or call 204-878-3740. Keep up to date with Martin, Emily Guttormson, Chris Hunter Highway 59 in Île-des-Chênes, Man. The centre recently held its sixth annual “baby the animals in care on their Facebook page: and Shannon Sampert. The not-for-profit takes in both bird and shower” in April, which successfully raised sev- www.tinyurl.com/WHRConFacebook. For inquiries e-mail: [email protected] News 03 www.uniter.ca May 31, 2012 The Uniter News The state of Winnipeg’s Exchange District Winnipeg’s historical district still shows potential

DYLAN HEWLETT The feeling you get from the architecture is what makes the Exchange District a gem, says Cindy Tugwell, executive director of Heritage Winnipeg.

than they did in the suburbs. I've never had any negative encounters with causes these types of businesses to fail,” she Lauren Parsons “Many people, despite the suburban any of those dudes. I've just made a couple said. Volunteer staff ‘neighbourhood,’ just park their cars and friends.” Stephen Hua, who lives in the Exchange, go into their fortresses,” said Giavedoni, and operates two of the area’s nightclubs, and Live, work, and play who spent most of his life in Charleswood the recently opened Deer + Almond restau- Over 1,000 new residences have been cre- and Fort Richmond before moving to the Along with the influx of new residents rant, said the solution might be mixing in a ated in the Exchange District over the past Exchange. “People in the Exchange walk a comes a change in how the area operates. bit of corporate influence. three years and in 2013, Red River College lot more - to go to work, to get a bite, to go Many of the converted residences are now “A big corporation like that has its uses,” will open its new building, including a resi- to a show - and they bump into their neigh- mixed-use buildings, with storefronts, offices he said. “If I’m a retailer, if I’m a restaurant, dency, bringing more people into Winnipeg’s bours all the time.” and now residences. if I have a Starbucks pop up across the street historical district. “It’s turning into what I call a live-work from me, it will bring traffic.” The concern for safety The 20-block area filled with small shops, neighbourhood,” said Nan Campbell, retail Hua said it has to be a balance between restaurants, art studios and businesses is “Safety is not a primary concern with peo- team lead at Aveda Institute’s newly opened local business and big corporation. expanding into a desirable living space for ple who live in the Exchange District,” said Rorie Street location. “It’s a neighbourhood “We’re missing that corporation,” he said. one of the first times in over 100 years. Giavedoni. where people live and work.” While urban sprawl can be blamed for the He said that the people who actually live in With the changing environment, busi- lack of residential and commercial density in Meeting neighbours the Exchange feel safe, and people who don’t nesses will need to adapt. the Exchange, it is also one of the reasons the John Giavedoni, executive director of Res- live there have a perception of what they call “At 5 p.m. you don’t want people going area has been preserved. idents of the Exchange District (RED), cre- “downtown issues.” home,” said Cindy Tugwell, executive direc- “Walking through the Exchange, it’s going ated RED as a way to bring the community “They might hear about a car broken into, tor of Heritage Winnipeg. “It’s supply and back in time to streetscapes that haven’t together. or see some vandalism, maybe see a homeless demand. As more and more people want to changed in 100 years,” said Tugwell. “It’s important for people to come out, person on the street, and that’s just part of live in the Exchange, more and more ameni- After the First World War, the focus of chat and get to know their neighbours,” he downtown, but those things can happen any- ties will be needed.” building moved to Portage Avenue, leav- said. where,” he said. One thing some residents feel is lacking is ing the buildings within the Exchange However, the Exchange District Business a place to buy fresh produce. untouched. “If we follow the template of Improvement Zone (BIZ) does take safety “I feel like the Exchange is really lacking “The feeling you get from the architecture how the Exchange was over concerns seriously. The BIZ now has four basic conveniences like a grocery store. Any- is what makes it such a gem,” said Tugwell, full-time patrols monitoring the area, and in one who lives down there probably has a bit who believes future development in the area 100 years ago, it would be 2012 extended the patrol hours to midnight of a trek to grab a loaf of bread,” said Max- should take its lead from existing stores, gal- successful today - we don’t five times a week. field. leries, studios and apartments in the area. need to re-invent anything.” “You’re always going to have people who But Giavedoni said that can’t happen until “If we follow the template of how the are concerned about an area,” said Stepha- things stabilize. Exchange was over 100 years ago, it would be - Cindy Tugwell, executive director, Heritage nie Scherbain, marketing and communica- “I wouldn’t want to see a grocery store successful today - we don’t need to re-invent Winnipeg tions co-ordinator for the Exchange District open in the Exchange only to find that there anything,” she said. BIZ. “We have a presence on the street, and wasn’t enough residents. I don’t think it’s far Through RED, Giavedoni runs informa- we’ve had a very positive response from busi- off, though,” he said. tive events and social mixers. In early May nesses.” Another concern for businesses is the high he brought in CentreVenture to speak about But still, the people who are there most turnover rate of small retail stores. The next issue of community economic development and Peg often are not worried. “There are still some struggles with turn- The Uniter is on newsstands City Car Co-op car sharing. “Being a young woman I’m extra con- over. For every successful business there’s Thursday, June 28. “People rarely need to use a car in the scious of my surroundings if I'm down there one that fails,” said Lindsey Wiebe, social Exchange, but having one available to go really late at night, but I feel like it's pretty far media reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press, Pick up a copy for your summer get groceries, or visit a friend across the city, down the list of sketchy areas in the city,” said who works out of the WFP News Café on music festival coverage, an inter- would work really well,” he said. Olivia Maxfield, who has had a studio in the McDermot Avenue. view with New York Times best- He said that recently he’s had residents Exchange for two-and-a-half years. She said that in the one year since the selling author AJ Jacobs approach him to let him know that through “I know some people are wary of the News Café opened, the shop next door has and a lot more. RED, and through the spirit of the commu- homeless people that hang outside of Mon- changed hands three times. nity, they’ve met more of their neighbours dragon wanting to grab a few bucks, but “I think we need to find out what it is that 04 News The Uniter May 31, 2012 www.Uniter.ca Twenty-five years of Pride GLBTTQ community leaders reflect on what Pride means 25 years after it all started

Peyton Veitch Burkowski said. “We forget (that).” Volunteer staff Despite the broad recognition that signif- icant progress has been made over 25 years, there are varying views as to where Winni- The 25th anniversary of the Pride Winnipeg peg now stands as far as acceptance for gays Festival (May 25 to June 3) is an opportu- and lesbians. nity for members of the local gay, lesbian, “People are still not comfortable coming bisexual, transgender, two-spirit and queer out in their families, particularly in cultures (GLBTTQ) community to reflect on how from countries where (homosexuality is for- far the community has progressed towards bidden),” Burkowski said. “There is also still acceptance since the event launched in trouble in schools.” 1987. Moyer echoes this thought. The evolution of the event itself towards “When you see so many people out at a week-long festival parallels this develop- the parade having a good time, you sort of ment. forget about major issues that we still need “The balloons shine a little brighter now,” to address. ... If (youth) know that in their said Barb Burkowski, the chair of the Pride family or in their community it is not OK organizing committee. to be gay, they do not have as much sup- Organized in response to Manitoba’s port.” human rights legislation passed in 1987 by Moyer believes that in certain circum- the provincial government, the first pride stances, it can even be less safe for youth march - far smaller in scope and scale than who come out because of the internaliza- the current festival - was an opportunity for tion that the situation has improved to the GLBTTQ people in Winnipeg to celebrate point where it does not matter. a historic victory. Trevor Thorkelson, a participant in the In spite of this, Burkowski notes that the first pride march in 1987 recalls what it was atmosphere of the time prevented uninhib- like to march on that day. ited jubilation. “I had an obligation to march on behalf “What they were marching for and being of all the people who could not or would a part of it for, how they were actually brave not. It was a show of solidarity,” he said. enough to come and walk the streets at that With the intensive media coverage time, is incredibly different than what is and nervous excitement of the marchers, happening now,” she said. “I do not think Thorkelson recognized that he was partic- it is comparable.” ipating in a truly historic moment for the University of Winnipeg Students’ Associ- GLBTTQ community. ation LGBT director Dayne Moyer echoes Twenty-five years later, Thorkelson still this by mentioning how some of the origi- believes in the power of Pride. nal marchers even “had bags on their heads Rather than seeing the current Pride cel- to remain anonymous.” ebration as a fun diversion, Thorkelson believes it is still very politically relevant. “What they were marching “Why don’t you take a walk through Polo for and being a part of it Park holding the hand of your best friend of the same sex and see how comfortable you for, how they were actually feel?” he asked. brave enough to come and One of the points of disagreement over walk the streets (in 1987), the festival itself is the debate over whether or not Pride is a kind of gay holiday, a polit- is incredibly different than ical protest or something in between. what is happening now. I do Moyer argues that despite the need for not think it is comparable.” the community to celebrate together, more emphasis on the political nature of the event Dylan Hewlett - Barb Burkowski, chair, Pride Winnipeg is needed because of the issues that are still Trevor Thorkelson participated in the first Pride march in 1987. "I had an obligation to march on behalf of all committee outstanding. the people who could not or would not," he says. “I think that there is a little bit of a loss of direction. A lot of the floats in other parades Societal changes mirror changes in the said. “A lot of these meeting places are where duction of gay marriage are easier to point have a specific political message and we don’t parade itself. the strength and growth came from because to, the yardsticks have also moved closer really do that in Winnipeg,” Moyer said. Burkowski points to a smattering of when you can sit down and talk about your- towards social acceptance for GLBTTQ Burkowski on the other hand is more GLBTTQ meeting places in the 1980s such self and your life, you start to gain strength people. optimistic that the political flavour has not as Gio’s and Purdy’s as being some of the and feel comfortable.” By 2012, GLBTTQ couples can frequent been lost, pointing to how this year features few places where the community could feel Progress continued to be made as a num- restaurants or even straight bars in Winni- an illumination of the Legislature with the welcome in a social setting. ber of clinics and resource centres grew out peg without facing the stigmas of the past. colours of the gay pride flag. “These are places where they could gather of these gathering spots. “People were spit on and kicked out of “I see it as a celebration of political gains,” together, be safe and be themselves,” she Although victories such as the intro- families with no place to go (in the 1980s),” Burkowski said. 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Roméo Bérard II is spending his summer travelling through Asia. However, unlike most young travellers, the 16-year-old University of Winnipeg Collegiate student is not looking for a sum- mer of parties. “The goal of the trip is to learn about the problems I read about in books first-hand, (to see) how I can assist in the context of a charity and to establish contacts in each country,” Bérard said in an email from the Philippines. Bérard plans to travel through 10 coun- tries during his five-and-a-half-month vaca- tion from school. “No matter how hard some of these people try to get ahead, they just simply can't and often end up in worse positions that they originally started in.” - Roméo Bérard, founder, the Shining Leaders Foundation

Supplied During that time he will be meeting University of Winnipeg Collegiate student Roméo Bérard, second from right, is currently travelling throughout Asia to spread the word about his charity, The Shining with different dignitaries, visiting schools to Leaders Foundation. gather context of their needs, and spread- ing the word about his charity, The Shining Dignitaries have agreed to match the Bérard Grade 10 Bible at MCI. “It doesn’t daughter is 16 and wants to go to university Leaders Foundation (TSLF). funding of projects in their provinces. surprise me at all that he would translate his to become an occupational therapist, but TSLF aims to provide better tools of edu- Bérard has seen eight submitted project interest in world events into forming a char- each semester is $1,000, and she only makes cation for children who would not normally proposals, and has had two others shipped ity and trying to make a difference in the $300 a month to provide for her family. have access to them. These tools range from to Canada. world.” “No matter how hard some of these peo- replacing books, desks, chairs and school Before convincing his parents that he Bérard said that so far, his views on how ple try to get ahead, they just simply can't supplies to constructing classrooms, bath- should move to Winnipeg to form a larger the world works have changed. and often end up in worse positions that rooms and even entire schools. audience for TSLF, Bérard was going to “I have always thought that people can they originally started in,” he said. But Bérard knew there was more to start- school at Mennonite Collegiate Institute do whatever they want if they try hard She asked Bérard for help as a last resort ing a charity than just raising money. (MCI) in Gretna, Man. It was there that he enough and aren't lazy. After being here, I after hearing about TSLF, and he agreed to “I was missing the experience the time got the idea for TSLF from reading books realized that it is in fact not always possi- help, out of his own pocket, on the condi- and physical exposure to the problems I had about human rights organizations, espe- ble,” he said. tion that her daughter applies for a scholar- been reading about for the last few years,” cially Craig Kielburger’s Free the Children He told a story about a woman he met ship for second semester. he said. project. who had just been granted a U.S. work visa, When he returns home, Bérard plans to So far his trip has been successful by his “Roméo always had a keen interest in but had to decline after becoming widowed, make TSLF a registered charity, start a web- standards. world events,” said Tim Wiebe, who taught and was left with three children. Her oldest site and blog, and begin fundraising. Big expansion for community gardens in UWSA’s final budget for 2012-2013 Overall deficit reduced by $70,000

Ethan Cabel Students' Association (UWSA) presented Volunteer staff its final 2012-2013 budget at the organiza- tion's annual general meeting (AGM), held in March. As summer begins, the University of Win- The over $3 million budget saw Haig- nipeg Students' Association (UWSA) com- Anderson reduce the overall deficit of the munity garden is expanding throughout organization by approximately $70,000, campus under the leadership of new co- with savings coming from changes to Soma ordinator Elizabeth Shearer and several ded- Café and various other forms of financial icated volunteers. tweaking. “We started months ago in developing “It was really a team effort. We looked at approvals and getting our project off the ways to reduce the deficit in a lot of depart- ground,” said Shearer, a third-year envi- ments in the UWSA while trying to min- ronmental studies student at the Univer- imize the effect we had on the services we sity of Winnipeg. “I saw the need for the provide,” she said, adding that the organi- community gardens to expand and grow, zation budgeted for a slight increase in stu- so it evolved into more than I originally dent fees, at three per cent, which comprises thought.” the organization's largest source of revenue. As the U of W starts construction on Additionally, the UWSA found savings the new Field House, Health and Wellness by closing Soma Café over the summer, Complex on Spence Street, it will affect the which will reduce the overall budget for café current community garden plot next to the staff wages from $80,000 last year to just Duckworth Centre. over $55,000 this coming year. As a result, 10 garden plots will be moving Due to the advice of its auditor, the orga- Kaitlyn Emslie Farrell and expanded to several new areas, includ- nization is for the first time accounting for The operating budget that the UWSA approved in March gives the community garden on campus a $4,500 ing around the Bike Lab, Sparling Hall and unclaimed book sales from Petrified Sole, facelift. near McFeetor’s Hall at Langside Avenue. which amounts to $20,000 in revenue for These changes all fit under the recently the organization. get considerably this year. decision to keep publishing Stylus magazine approved UWSA operating budget, which As part of a new budget process, the Haig-Anderson sees the changes to the on a bimonthly basis. gives the community garden a $4,500 face- UWSA went through several stages of community garden project, proposed by Initially, Haig-Anderson estimated lift within a fiscally restrained package. consultation, created a draft budget and Shearer over multiple budget meetings, as that scaling back the magazine's publish- “She (Shearer) has a really exciting vision approved a final budget before presenting it an example of that participatory goal. ing schedule to a quarterly would save the for how this will allow us to expand the at the AGM for information purposes only. “That was a really exciting development UWSA $10,000 and would not substan- community garden programming and make The previous process allowed for budget in this budget and a great example of how tially affect the magazine. sure that it has an appropriate new space,” amendments at the AGM. students can get involved and see their ideas However, students expressed support for outgoing vice-president internal Katie Haig- “The hope of changing the process was realized,” she said. a regularly published Stylus, which also con- Anderson said in March. that it would allow for participatory budget The most significant change between the tains the CKUW radio schedule, and the After a long process of consultation and making,” said Haig-Anderson, adding that draft budget released in late February and budget was changed to accommodate stu- amendment, the University of Winnipeg student participation helped shape the bud- the final budget presented in March was the dent support. 06 Comments The Uniter May 31, 2012 www.Uniter.ca Comments Street harassment is everyone’s problem Healthy strategies for understanding of the gravity of this I don’t know any woman who does. a healthy summer Katerina Tefft issue. But, as a friend of mine said, “I guess Volunteer staff I consulted with several of my female it's easy to be flippant when you don't friends for their input, and some of the live with the threat of sexual assault over Focus on process-based goals words they used to describe how they your head at all times.” Recently I was out jogging in Wolseley feel when they are sexually and verbally The most frustrating reactions I when taking your health and wearing baggy sweatpants and a hoodie, harassed on the street were: uncom- receive on a regular basis are defensive- fitness to the next level and as I passed a young man on the side- fortable, angry, guilty, scared, repulsed, ness and blaming/shaming. walk, he slapped me on the rear. guarded, paranoid and weak. I am often told that if I hadn’t wanted I turned around and shouted at him, “When I get catcalled or yelled at, I those men to shout at me from their car Johnny Fukumoto but he just smirked and said nothing. deflate,” one friend told me. “I feel like as they drove past, I shouldn’t have worn Volunteer I wanted to do something, but instead my sense of power and independence has that short skirt. I just kept running because it was dark, become an illusion.” Men who dismiss the feelings and we were alone on the street, he was much I have never heard a woman say that experiences of women as invalid in these As we get more beautiful weather this spring and sum- larger than I was, and frankly, I was she takes that kind of attention as a com- and other ways are missing the point we mer, it will encourage more Winnipeggers to get out- scared. pliment. are not trying to call them out simply for side and become more active through recreational It was humiliating. Women who make an effort to look being a man, or blame them for some- sports or going to the park - usually in preparation for nice in public aren’t always looking for thing they didn’t do. weddings, the lake and the beach. affirmation of our physical attractiveness We are calling upon them to be our This is a fantastic opportunity to get healthy. I am often told that if I from strangers, and we probably didn’t allies, to actively resist a culture that If you are looking to take your health and fitness hadn’t wanted those men wear that short dress because we wanted teaches men that their sense of masculin- to the next level, I highly recommend you take a few to shout at me from their to be viewed as a sexual object. ity must come from exerting dominance minutes to set some goals for yourself. We probably just wanted to look nice over women, and that they are entitled Now I’m not talking about spewing out some arbi- car as they drove past, I so that we would feel confident in our- to have access to our bodies, instead of trary weight loss number and then hoping for the shouldn’t have worn that selves, and being groped and harassed attempting to ignore the issue and there- best. This type of goal is known as an outcome-based short skirt. does not make us feel confident. fore allowing it to persist. goal and is very common. However, street harassment does not Belittling us for rightfully feeling One example of an outcome-based goal is, “I want only happen to stereotypically attractive, scared and angry is deeply detrimental. to lose 10 pounds in June.” As summertime approaches, 80 to 90 scantily clad young women. Blaming us for the harassment perpe- There are two pitfalls to an outcome-based goal. per cent of Canadian women can look Women of all ages, shapes and sizes trated against us is even more so. The first is that there is questionable reasoning forward to the same sort of treatment - experience it, at nighttime and in broad The responsibility to end street harass- behind the goal. to having strange men leer, whistle, cat- daylight, regardless of what we’re wear- ment does not lie with the victims it lies Why did you pick that goal? Do you like how the call and honk at us, sometimes on a daily ing - and from what I can tell, it’s not with the perpetrators and those who number 10 sounds? Did a doctor tell you that to be basis. about paying women a compliment on condone their behaviour. healthy you needed to lose 10 pounds in the next We can look forward to sexually our appearance it’s about asserting male The same goes for all forms of sexual few months? Is this physically possible or safe? Are explicit comments shouted out of car dominance and making us feel small and violence. your friends always talking about losing “that last 10 windows in broad daylight, vulgar ges- helpless. I leave you men with one final pounds?” Is this 10 pounds of fat or do you care if you tures made as we walk down the street It’s about feeling entitled to do so. thought: if your sister, mother or girl- lose muscle as long as the scale goes down 10 pounds? minding our own business and poten- Many young men I’ve encountered, friend had men shouting obscenities at Have you honestly thought about your reasons for tially being groped by complete strang- while they firmly deny that they would her on the street, or if she were groped by this number? ers in public. ever partake of street harassment them- a stranger on the bus, or leered at by men The second pitfall is the lack of control you have in This daily street harassment is a com- selves, treat the issue with a flippancy that slowly driving by, or followed for blocks, achieving that goal. mon occurrence, a phenomenon that is disturbing. or asked repeatedly to get into a strang- What if you totally revamped your nutrition, affects the vast majority of women and When I’ve tried to broach the subject er’s car, and if these things happened to worked out harder and smarter than you ever have one that is widely reviled yet it persists. with them, they’ve made jokes, brushed her on a weekly basis, would it be some- before, and you only lost five pounds? I want to explain to all the men read- it off, told me I’m overreacting, or made thing to joke about then? What if you didn’t lose any weight? ing these words why street harassment is comments like, “You should be flattered. This may be due to many factors you can’t control never OK, always oppressive and abso- You’ll miss the attention when you get Katerina Tefft is a fourth-year politics or that are variable or hard to predict from person to lutely a big deal, since so many of you old.” student at the University of Winnipeg. person. (although, I stress, not all) seem to lack I don’t find this funny in the least, and Wouldn’t that be frustrating? You might feel like a failure even though you were extremely disciplined. The feeling of failure would have come from the Reflections on festival season way the goal was designed. Time and time again I’ve seen people who are You may not be a full-time artist your entire life, but even if you can do it for a developing healthy habits and making real progress but who just don’t feel successful. little while, it’s worth it They need to focus onprocess-based goals that are in their control. One example of a process-based goal is: “I will do 12 Matthew TenBruggencate is the best chance to be celebrated - really intimacy, and your empty wallet made metabolic resistance training workouts in June.” Volunteer staff celebrated - as an artist. into a useful prop. You can control this. I’m looking forward to festival season, You’ll work yourself hard and outrun Plan out the details and be specific: even as I plan a career change away from the consequences. What days of the week will I do this? What time of Festival season is fast approaching and “artist.” Throttle the living daylights out of day will I crank out my workouts? Winnipeople will soon flock to the many Almost seven years ago, I co-founded this time. Because the window narrows, What are my workouts going to be? Should I look festivals that fill this city’s sweet, sunny Theatre by the River with a number of then shuts. for a quality trainer or coach? months, enjoying our town’s neighbour- young actors - mostly new graduates You will, eventually, get tired of work- Will I have a workout buddy? If yes, who? If I have hoods, cultures and arts. from the University of Winnipeg. ing hard for few material rewards. to miss a workout for a legitimate reason, how will I It’s rich living for the Heart of the Con- We looked at Winnipeg’s theatre scene Your inability to make a living solely make it up? tinent - especially for Winnipeg’s artists. and saw (rightly) that there wasn’t much doing what you love (your “calling” At the end of June, you will be able to easily track Even if they aren’t the sole focus, artists work for young, local actors. So we made you’ll say among sympathetic friends) your progress of the process. make up a huge chunk of a summer festi- our own, showcasing our talents in the will become frustrating. But isn’t the outcome still important? val’s programming. hopes of eventually moving from occa- You won’t want money, but the nice Yes, of course it is! They’ll be strutting the stages, painting sional gigs to full time careers. things money buys... When process-based goals are achieved they will the buildings, playing music in the parks We’ve produced some fantastic shows There are ways of propping that win- lead to positive outcomes as well. with the blessings and backings of estab- in seven years with deeply relevant mes- dow open, however, and the real point of In our metabolic workout example above, it can lished, branded events. sages for Winnipeg audiences. writing this piece is sharing that advice. lead to fat loss, strength gain, change in how clothes I have a treasure chest of memories That treasure chest of memories you fill fit, increased energy levels and quality sleep among The young boy, the teen from each production and I’m hoping to as you go about your business? Go through many other exciting things. goth and the senior, gather some more - this summer, TBTR it, not just once or twice, but often. You should document any and all positive changes is presenting a staged reading of Transit of The young boy, the teen goth and you notice along the way. The beauty of this setup is laughing together at a Venus at the U of W on June 5 and 6. the senior, laughing together at a Shake- that that you didn’t arbitrarily box yourself into an Shakespearean joke - Still, I haven’t snagged the career I had spearean joke the friend who references outcome-based situation that too often discourages that’s a victory. It’s worth hoped for, which I’m willing to chalk up your play as he copes with a new group people in their journey to improve their lives. to lack of talent or effort. home opening on his street the normally You have to determine your own process-based remembering. But I look around at the undeniably quiet kids shouting down the bullies as goals. They can be related to anything - workouts, talented dancers, painters, musicians and you hold an extended kiss with a man - healthy eating, even things unrelated to fitness. And audiences will come. actors I know and see very few wearing these are victories. I recommend using the effective SMART goal acro- Not just the season subscribers, cul- the title of full-time, professional artist. They’re worth remembering. nym, which emphasizes making goals: specific, mea- ture vultures and die-hard enthusiasts Winnipeg only has a handful of peo- And when summer comes, bite into it. surable, attainable, realistic, and time-oriented. who attend the arts all through the year, ple under that banner (most working in Happy festival season. Focus on the process. Feel in control. but crowds of people will attend these arts administration). That’s the reality. Enjoy the results! events. Masses. Sometimes the whole city And now, approaching my 30th birthday, Matthew TenBruggencate has been shows up. it’s hard to pretend otherwise. rained out, fogged out, dry humped, de- A lifelong athlete, Johnny Fukumoto has a degree in That’s what festival season is for artists: There is a window of opportunity for pantsed, yelled at, laughed at, panned, kinesiology from Wilfrid Laurier University. He is the a chance to bite into the sweet fruit of all self-exploitation a handful of years when praised, overrun by elementary students owner of, and head trainer at Fukumoto Fitness, Win- out, balls-to-the-wall support. the sleepless nights can be shrugged off, and out-acted by a dog while on stage. nipeg’s “anti-gym.” Visit www.fukumotofitness.com. It’s not guaranteed, but festival season the small turnouts celebrated for their Visit www.theatrebytheriver.com. Arts & Culture 07 www.uniter.ca May 31, 2012 The Uniter Arts & Culture The power of positive pop Local songstress Flo aims to uplift listeners with her new album, Pieces of Me

Nicholas Friesen full package.” Volunteer staff The substance of songs is important to Flo, as well as a lot of like-minded female singers such as Lady Gaga and Jodi King. It’s been five years since Winnipeg pop/R&B They know that a lot of younger fans are lis- songstress Flo released her self-titled debut, tening. but the girl hasn’t been sitting around wait- “I really do believe that music is a power- ing for the phone to ring. Opening for the ful vessel,” she says. “So why not have some likes of Lauryn Hill, recording with Western songs that are hopefully catchy and upbeat Canadian Music Award-winning producer but really have positivity and brings strength Arun Chaturvedi and writing up a storm, to those that need it?” Flo’s sophomore disc, Pieces of Me is the cul- The first single from Pieces of Me, Hate- mination of a lot of positive things. less, is one of many powerful, affirming songs “I'm so glad to have this out,” she says. that have a positive message. Recorded with “Part of me was thinking that the second the Winnipeg Youth Chorus, it gave Flo a album would come out a lot sooner, but chance to get some honest feedback from things happen when they're supposed to her young collaborators. happen.” “That was a blessing in disguise,” she says. When writing for a new record, the hard- “Those kids are Winnipeg's Mickey Mouse est part can be trimming down the track list. Club, they are the stars of tomorrow. I Flo had a number in mind - 11 - but wound wanted to test out some songs on them, and up with 14 tunes on the disc. some of them took me aside afterwards and “I noticed that so many albums that I said, ‘You are beautiful.’” adore, like Justin Timberlake's and both of Being able to have a positive impact on Adele's albums, have 11 songs on them. I listeners means a lot to Flo. thought, 'There's gotta be something special “I've had kids tell me horrible things like, about 11',” she says. ‘I have a hard time with stuff and if I play She felt strongly about all 14 songs though, that song, I can look myself in the mirror and decided to include all of them. and tell myself that I really am beautiful.’” All 14 tracks are definitely uplifting, giv- ing the listener an hour of music that makes  Flo releases Pieces of Me with a performance at them dance but also makes them think. the West End Cultural Centre on Saturday, June 9 “Obviously there's fun songs, every-  Noma, Those Guys featuring Mkaps and Xana- one needs a fun song,” Flo says. “I want doods featuring Ismaila will also perform my music to make a difference. It's great if  Doors at 7:15 p.m., show at 8 p.m. people can move and dance to it - bonus -  Tickets $15 in advance at the WECC, Ticketmas- but I want for there to be meaning behind ter, Music Trader and the Winnipeg Folk Festival that. When you listen to epic songwriters Music Store, or $20 at the door. Both prices include like Bob Dylan or Leonard Cohen or Lau- a copy of the CD. ryn Hill, they embody artists that not only  Flo also performs a free show Thursday, June 14 have good production and great vocals, but at 9:40 p.m. in Old Market Square SUPPLIED there's meaning behind their songs. It's the  Visit www.flosoul.com While it took longer to release than she initially hoped, Flo is proud of her sophomore effort, Pieces of Me. THE UNITER ARTS & CULTURE 8 Down to Earth Jazz Janelle Monáe talks about the wild ride The ArchAndroid has taken her on Festival PREVIEW Aaron Epp der’s Music of My Mind and David Bowie’s Managing editor Ziggy Stardust, along with experimental hip hop like Outkast’s Stankonia. The ArchAndroid is a concept album A few weeks ago, on May 18, Janelle that tells the science fiction-inspired tale Monáe marked the second anniversary of of Monáe’s alter-ego, Cindi Mayweather, a her debut full-length album with a tweet messianic android sent to free the citizens of that read in part, “Happy Birthday, Arch- Metropolis from The Great Divide, a secret Android. I thank God for you.” What society that uses time-travel to suppress free- exactly have the past two years been like dom and love. for the 26-year-old, born Janelle Monáe “I enjoy science fiction because there are Robinson? limitless possibilities,” says Monáe, who “It’s been a voyage, it’s been whimsical, grew up watching The Twilight Zone with it’s been very inspiring and very encourag- her grandmother. “The ideas and possibili- ing,” she says by phone from a recording ties intrigue me. It ignites something in my studio in Atlanta, Georgia. “I’ve been able imagination that allows it to run wild.” to tour around the world and meet some Her lyrics may be fantastical, but they do of my musical heroes like Stevie Wonder feature very real themes of empowerment … and have some incredible opportuni- and self-realization that Monáe hopes will ties.” uplift and motivate listeners. Acclaimed for its mix of R&B, neo- “I think I’m a service-oriented person and soul, funk, hip hop and rock, The Arch- that I was put here to help and contribute to Android earned Monáe a Grammy Award society,” she says. “Music is something that nomination for Best Contemporary R&B brings people together - it’s a universal lan- Album and produced the hit single Tight- guage. It’s a great platform when you have rope, featuring Big Boi from Outkast. the attention of androids, humans, aliens, whoever comes to the concert. You have the opportunity to say something. You can be “I will release the encouraging and life-changing.” follow-up to The “I think music is medicine, and I’ve ArchAndroid according to always wanted to create that,” she adds. Two years after The ArchAndroid, the big my soul clock. When the question is when Monáe will release a fol- time comes, I will notify low-up album, and what it will be like. you and the rest of this “It’s jammin’,” she says of her next album. “The concepts are moving and I will release beautiful world.” the follow-up to The ArchAndroid according - Janelle Monáe to my soul clock. “When the time comes, I will notify you and the rest of this beautiful world.” The Kansas City, Kansas-born singer, known for her pompadour and tuxedo,  See Janelle Monáe perform at the Burton Cum- will bring her otherworldly live show to mings Theatre on Wednesday, June 20 Winnipeg’s Burton Cummings Theatre  Show at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 20 as part of the 2012  Tickets $46 (plus fees) at www.jazzwinnipeg. TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival. com, by phone at 989-4656, in person at Jazz Win- Monáe has said her music is influenced nipeg (007-100 Arthur St.) or at Ticketmaster Supplied by all the things she loves - scores for films  Visit www.jmonae.com Sharp-dressed woman: Janelle Monae returns to Winnipeg for a performance at the jazz festival. like Goldfinger, albums like Stevie Won- Bursting apart, coming together Antlers front man Peter Silberman talks creative process amidst resounding success

Harrison Samphir inviting a remix EP in the same year featur- Volunteer staff ing Neon Indian and Bear in Heaven called (together). “Musically, I thought we were trying to After moving to Brooklyn, Peter Silberman push ourselves in new directions,” he says. met Michael Lerner and Darby Cicci, two “Burst Apart is about self-destructive ten- of the men who would join him in the for- dencies, and I think it’s a common feeling mation of The Antlers. to be your own worst enemy sometimes.” Nearly five years later, and following Silberman is excited to play his first show the success and critical acclaim of two full- in this city as part of the TD Winnipeg length records, the band’s chief songwriter International Jazz Festival. He does not go reflects on the past, and what’s vaulting the into great detail when discussing the band’s group into the future. next album, though. “It started off with just me,” Silber- “We just finished working on something man recalls during a recent phone inter- during January, February and March,” he view. “I moved to New York to get it started hints. “I’m trying to stretch out creatively, in a real way ... Darby and Michael stuck explore new ideas, and be relaxed with the around (and) we continued to play music whole process. I have the feeling of a blank together.” slate, and I’m thrilled to start writing.” The Antlers’ third album, 2009’sHospice , While new material is in the works, lis- was released on Frenchkiss and met with teners and fans alike can expect great things almost unanimous praise. Critics cited the from Silberman and the young Antlers, a album’s haunting ambiance and post-rock group that has certainly grown through an flavour among its strengths, while its alle- artistic process fuelled by creative impulse gory of an emotionally abusive relationship and a refreshing outlook on the music also received attention. industry. Silberman attests to the deeply personal “I like to think we’ve been ourselves elements of Hospice, ones that are directly throughout this process, and we try to hang informed by his own life experiences, but Supplied onto that,” Silberman says. says he never expected the type of reception Critically-acclaimed indie band The Antlers released its fourth album, Burst Apart, last year. the work eventually garnered.  See The Antlers at the Pyramid Cabaret on Sat- “We had pretty modest ambitions at sive instrumental segments came to charac- about,” Silberman says. urday, June 23 the time,” he says. “We didn’t really know terize The Antlers who released their fourth “We were in a state of change, struggling  Haunter will also perform what we wanted to do and couldn’t expect LP, Burst Apart, just over a year ago. to keep up and make sense of it all.”  Show at 10 p.m. what happened. The record picked up quite “After touring we thought, what do we Burst Apart, while diverging from the  Tickets are $18 in advance at Jazz Winnipeg quickly even though it was a very personal want to do? We had an opportunity to cap- conceptual rigidity of Hospice, established a (007-100 Arthur St.) or at www.jazzwinnipeg.com story for me to be telling.” italize on something successful, a chance strong rock foundation with electronic ele-  Visit www.antlersmusic.com Enigmatic lyricism and nuanced, expres- to make something that we were excited ments, broadening the group’s sound and THE UNITER ARTS & CULTURE 9 Why don’t we paint the town and all that jazz? Twenty-third TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival offers something for everybody Eva Wasney Volunteer staff

This year’s jazz festival promises a bevy of international and local artists that will appeal to nearly every musical inclination from classic jazz, to soul, to hip-hop and everything in between. The 23rd annual TD Winnipeg Interna- tional Jazz Festival, held over 10 days from Thursday, June 14 to Saturday, June 23, will feature iconic jazz musicians like Ramsey Lewis, as well as a wide selection of artists that will appeal to a more varied audience. For Jazz Winnipeg’s executive direc- tor, Paul Nolin, this kind of variety is inte- gral to the continuing success and growing popularity of the festival. His main sugges- tion is that people try not to pigeonhole themselves into a genre. “Many people have an idea of what jazz is and it’s like me saying I don’t like reading fiction,” Nolin says. “Well, there’s so many types of fiction out there, so too is there so many types of jazz, and as a commu- nity-based festival it’s important to attract as many people as possible.” While Nolin likes to include an element of traditional jazz sensibilities in the festi- val, he is excited to showcase artists who he calls young innovators. “Those groups which represent the new era of jazz music, such as the Vijay Iyer Trio SUPPLIED and Bad Bad Not Good, are really young Toronto's Heavyweights Brass Band is one of more than 80 diverse acts performing at this year's jazz festival. guys who are doing a whole lot to connect jazz to a new audience,” he says. happy, it’s almost summer and everyone News Café and many more. “These (groups) are doing really inter- While the buzz surrounding this year’s is dancing. It’s the closest you can get to a When asked what the best way to expe- esting things and playing at local venues festival is centered on well known inter- party in Havana!” rience the festival is, UMFM music direc- around the year, but they don’t always get national stars like pop superstar Janelle Aside from the free opening weekend tor Michael Elves has several suggestions. the attention that the Jazz Fest allows,” Monáe, there are more than 30 local artists, and the Jazz For Lunch series at Old Mar- “As a true Winnipegger, I like the bar- Elves says. such as Mise En Scene, The Noble Thiefs ket Square, the festival also features a The- gain of the free opening weekend,” he says, Nolin shared a similar sentiment about and Royal Canoe, who will be performing atre and Club series, which both afford a adding that “the club pass is also a good up-and-coming Winnipeg talent. at different venues around the city. different audience experience. idea because it gets you into different ven- “I think the fest is a great showcase for Winnipeg vocalist Amber Epp, of the The Theater Series features bigger name ues so you can see as much as you can over the community to reach a larger audience, band Trio Bembe, is looking forward to acts and concerts are held at either the Bur- the week.” but I’d hate to say that we are responsible playing on June 15 as part of the free open- ton Cummings Theatre or the West End Elves looks forward to the festival each for their success,” he says. “Rather, the fes- ing weekend concert series at Old Market Cultural Centre. The Club Series, on the year because it brings in touring acts that tival is a great vehicle for exposure.” Square. other hand, features a wide array of artists most Winnipeggers usually wouldn’t get a “For me, Latin Nights is always the at venues such as the Pyramid Cabaret, the chance to see, but he is also excited about For more information, visit funnest concert,” Epp says. “Everyone is King’s Head Pub, the Winnipeg Free Press what the festival offers local artists. www.jazzwinnipeg.com. Three to see A trifecta of acts you shouldn’t miss at this year’s jazz festival

BadBadNotGood Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue Vijay Iyer Trio Wednesday, June 20 Thursday, June 21 Saturday, June 23 10 p.m. at the Pyramid Cabaret 7:30 p.m. at Burton Cummings Theatre 8:30 & 10:30 p.m. at Aqua Books Advance tickets $15 Advance tickets $25 and $35 Advance tickets $25

A jazz trio known for its hip-hop covers, the members A big hit at last year’s festival, Trombone Shorty & Pitchfork has described Grammy-nominated composer- of Toronto’s BadBadNotGood first met in Humber Orleans Avenue return to Winnipeg for another concert pianist Vijay Iyer as “one of the most interesting and College’s Music Performance program. featuring their signature sound - a sound Troy “Trom- vital young pianists in jazz today” and GQ India named The group - Matthew A. Tavares (piano/synths), bone Shorty” Andrews has dubbed “supafunkrock.” him one of the “50 Most Influential Global Indians.” Chester Hansen (bass) and Alex Sowinski (drums) - Featuring Mike Ballard on bass, Pete Murano on Iyer’s latest release - his 16th as a leader - is this year’s opened for jazz legend Roy Ayers in November and guitar, Joey Peebles on drums, Dwayne Williams on Accelerando. It’s the follow-up to the multiple award- then played Filles Peterson’s Worldwide Awards show percussion, Dan Oestricher on baritone sax and Tim winning Historicity (2009). in London. McFatter on tenor sax, the band mixes together old- Both feature the Vijay Iyer Trio, with Iyer on piano, BadBadNotGood released its second album, BBNG2, school New Orleans jazz, funk, soul, hard-rock power Marcus Gilmore on drums and Stephan Crump on this past April. “No one above the age of 21 was involved chords and hip-hop beats. bass. in the making of this album,” the trio boasts on its Band- Andrews has performed at events as diverse as Bonn- Iyer was recently appointed Director of the Banff camp site. “This album was recorded in one 10-hour ses- aroo, Austin City Limits and Fuji Rock in Japan, and Centre’s International Workshop in Jazz and Creative sion. Thanks to our friends, family, loved ones and any- he’s collaborated with the likes of U2, Lenny Kravitz, Music, a program founded in 1974 by Oscar Peterson. one who fucks with us.” Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck. If the $25 ticket price is too steep for you, catch Iyer’s Featuring covers of Kanye West and James Blake, He also played himself in a recurring role on the hit free jazz lab performance at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, June BBNG2 is available for free download from the group’s HBO series Tremé. 23 at Aqua Books. official website, www.badbadnotgood.com. Visit www.tromboneshorty.com. Visit www.vijay-iyer.com. 10 Arts & Culture The Uniter May 31, 2012 www.Uniter.ca

Music Listings on Saturday, June 2 at Crescent Fort Rouge day, June 9. gets into the indie rock on Saturday, June 16 United Church, 525 Wardlaw Ave. and features Four acoustic punk acts in one night: GREG with ENJOY YOUR PUMAS, FLYING FOX AND THE JEFFERY STRAKER and JAYLENE JOHNSON. REKUS, AUSTIN LUCAS, PJ BOND and TEDDY JOE HUNTER GATHERERS, MISE EN SCENE, ROYAL For folks who like making metal down by the JR all play the Standard on June 9. CANOE, THE LIPTONIANS performing alongside hip-hop acts THE LYTICS and ALFA at the Cube. beach: BEACHFEST 2012 returns June 2 with KING CABERNET is spinning STAX N' WAX on 2MSU, EARTH ACID, EL DIABLO, GRAND MAS- June 9 at Juss Jazz, 240 Portage. THE THREE AHS play the Lo Pub with VAMPIRES TER, MORTAL RUINS, ORDINARY SIN, RED SEED, and HANA LU LU on June 16. VIRIDIANS, REFORM PARTY and newly formed THE RUINED and TYRANTS DEMISE playing Win- MANAFEST hits the West End Cultural Centre nipeg Beach. instrumental rockers GRAND BEACH play FRAME Arts Warehouse, 318 Ross on June 9. stage with WHOSARMY on June 16. Utah rock act THE USED play the Garrick Cen- Singer-songwriters BRY WEBB, SNAILHOUSE and tre on Sunday, June 3. SUICIETY brings the metal to the Pyramid on June 9. ZACH LUCKY play the West End Cultural Centre PRIDE 25 DANCE PARTY is at the Lo on June 3. on Sunday, June 17. The very soulful FLO releases her new album Fundraiser for Bluesday’s Rockin' Ronnie is at Pieces of Me at the West End Cultural Centre Jazz Winnipeg Festival Free Opening Weekend the Times Change(d) and Pyramid on Sunday, on June 9. brings the funk and soul with MOSES MAYES, June 3 with THE PERPETRATORS, THE DETONA- THE NOBLE THIEFS, GUERILLAS OF SOUL, SOUL- TORS, RAMBLING DAN FRECHETTE, TIM BUTLER, B.C. Rapper MOKA ONLY hits Winnipeg's Green- STATION, THE HEAVYWEIGHTS BRASS BAND and room, 108 Osborne with FACTOR CHANDELIER, BANDS VS. FILMMAKERS in support of Cinematheque returns to the West End Cultural CLAIRE BESTLAND, D.B. & THE BLUE ROCKS and DUSTIN HARDER and THE DUSTY ROADS BAND BIG DAVE MCLEAN. BIRDAPRES, ROB CROOKS and DJ CO-OP on for one final dance-filled night on June 17. Centre on Thursday, May 31 with SITDOWNTRACY, THIS HISSES, CANNON BROS, THE MAG- Wednesday, June 13. Alt-country band DEER TICK plays the WECC DEVON SPROULE plays Aqua Books with THOM NIFICENT 7s and NOVA performing, with films by RHYANE VERMETTE, SCOTT FITZPAT- SHOTGUN JIMMIE returns to the Lo Pub with RICK, CURTIS WIEBE, STEPHANE OYSTRYK, and DANISHKA ESTERHAZY. with THE NOVAKS and TURBO FRUITS on Tues- GILL and RED MOON ROAD on June 17. day, June 5. friends CANNON BROS backing him up on June 13. The always-amazing live WEBER BROTHERS play The Lo Pub hosts LOOM with SLOW DANCERS the King's Head Pub as part of Jazz Fest on on June 1. THURSDAY, MAY 31 TO on Wednesday, June 6. THURSDAY, JUNE 14 TO Monday, June 18. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6 The Cavern hosts FARLERS FURY, ROYAL RED MANITOBA MUSIC NIGHT at NEW MUSIC WEDNES- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20 THE HEAVYWEIGHTS BRASS BAND play the Le BRIGADE and HENNESSEY on June 1. BANDS VS. FILMMAKERS in support of Cinema- DAY'S continues on June 6 with ROB CROOKS, The JAZZ WINNIPEG FESTIVAL’s Free Opening Garage Café on June 18. You probably want to see GRAND MASTER play- theque returns to the West End Cultural Cen- OLDFOLKS HOME and INDICATOR INDICATOR at Weekend in Old Market Square kicks off with Roots-rock act LARRY AND HIS FLASK are back ing an acoustic set at Pop Soda's Coffeehouse tre on Thursday, May 31 with SITDOWNTRACY, Ozzy's. FLO, MAIKO WATSON, THE DIRTY CATFISH BRASS for Jazz Fest with THE SCHOMBERG FAIR at the THIS HISSES, CANNON BROS, THE MAGNIFICENT & Gallery on June 1. It will be weird. THURSDAY, JUNE 7 TO BAND and THE TIGHT FITS on Thursday, June 14. Pyramid on June 18. 7S and NOVA all playing scores for the films of OUTLAW HIP HOP comes the Zoo on June 1 fea- Punk rock act SHEARING PINX perform with For the purer Jazz Fest types the DELFEAYO RHYANE VERMETTE, SCOTT FITZPATRICK, CUR- turing BLUNT FORCE, FOREIGN OBJECTS, HENNY WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13 RANDOM CUTS, MICRODOT, FLETCHER PRATT and MARSALIS SEXTET performs at the West End TIS WIEBE, STEPHANE OYSTRYK and DANISHKA & TRAGIC and JON DREZDEN. The much-anticipated, long-awaited ULTRA ESTERHAZY. CRABSKULL at the Lo Pub on June 14. Cultural Centre on June 18. BELLE PLAINE, ROMI MAYES and SARAH BURTON MEGA CD release party requires not one but The Marymound Benefit Concert is at the Pyra- HELEN WHITE performs at the Winnipeg Free BALTIMORE ROAD’s CD release party is at the play the Times Change(d) High and Lonesome two nights at the Times Change(d) - Thursday, mid Cabaret on June 14 with DON AMERO, KYLA Press News Café on June 18. Park Theatre on May 31. Club on June 1. June 7 and Friday, June 8. CEDERWALL and ELIAS SCHRITT & BELL per- DOG DAY is in town with MITTEN CLAPS to play BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE: A BENEFIT FOR OH! CALIFORNIA! A tribute to OPERATION IVY, Local music mag STYLUS teams up with WOVEN forming. the Lo Pub on June 18. GEOFF OWEN is at the Pyramid Cabaret with the SCREECHING WEASEL and THE RUNAWAYS is at RECORDS to showcase local acts at the Lo Pub Folk reggae act MISHKA & ANUHEA perform at ROD HUSSEY REVIEW on May 31. the Pyramid on Saturday, June 2. on June 7. THE HOLD STEADY are back in the Peg play- the West End Cultural Centre on June 14. ing the Burton Cummings with local hero GREG Indie acts WINDUP RADIO SESSIONS, ANIMAL ZEUS brings their Genesis-covering indie- Indie-rock act WINTERSLEEP plays the Pyramid Jazz Winnipeg Festival Free Opening Week- MACPHERSON on Tuesday, June 19. TEETH and MT. NOLAN play FRAME Arts Ware- rock antics to the Lo Pub with THE DARCYS on Cabaret on June 8. end continues with a little Latin flavour fea- house, 318 Ross. June 2. DUSTIN HARDER AND THE DUSTY ROADS BAND Fuzzy indie-pop invades the Lo Pub with PAR- turing MARCO CASTILLO & BRAZILIAN BEATS, LOVER, HOODED FANG and GOOSE HUT play- The SUPER RAD DEATH TOUR brings snot-rocket DINING ROOM DIPLOMATS, MACLEAN BROS and play the blues at the Windsor Hotel on June 8. TRIO BEMBE, DE LA ROSA, PAPA MAMBO and SON ing June 19. man B.A. JOHNSTON and garage-rockers THE REVIVAL play the Cavern on June 2. ROMI MAYES plays the Cube in Old Market LATINO performing in Old Market Square Fri- KETAMINES to the Lo Pub along with local DOUG EDMOND plays Aqua Books June 19. It's punk rock night at the King's Hotel with Square on June 8. day, June 15. openers MICRODOT and ATOMIC DON & THE THE AFTERLIFE, THE FANTASTIC, GRAMMA LLAMA SHINE ON: THE UNIVERSE OF JOHN LENNON has BLACK SUNRISE on May 31. Need a new pair of neon sunglasses? Then BOATS, LES JUPES and PIP SKID all at the Lo and THE WHORE MOANS on June 2. head on down to Ozzy's for READYMIX ‘96 on Pub on June 15. award-winning Canadian performers collabo- The Ellice Street Festival kicks off with a con- rating to play the works of John Lennon at the HELLRIDE, PRODIGGY and CORVIS hit the Zoo June 8. cert at the WECC with WHITE FEATHER SINGERS RIDLEY BENT plays the Times Change(d) High West End Cultural Centre on June 19. on June 2. and KERI LATIMER on Friday, June 1. SALINAS, THE MYSTICS and SPIRIT CHILDREN. and Lonesome Club on June 15. A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR REFUGEE FUND is Sounds like a night at the Lo Pub on Satur- Epic shoe-gazers HAUNTER plays the Lo Pub Jazz Winnipeg Festival Free Opening Weekend Continued on page 15 MORE MUSIC THIS month

The Used J Riley Hill Bry Webb

“That’s a pretty heavy question,” Jeph Howard, bass player for Utah After roughly one year of recording and editing to get just the It’s fitting that Bry Webb is giving a concert on Father’s Day. If it rock band The Used, says when asked where the band was at men- right sound, Winnipeg's J. Riley Hill is releasing his first offi- weren’t for the fact that he became a father, after all, Webb may tally when it started writing the songs on Vulnerable, the album the cial solo LP on Woven Records this month. not have recorded his solo debut, last year’s Provider. group released this past March. Hill, formerly of the fo!ps and J.R. Hill & the Oktars, has After his critically-acclaimed band the Constantines went on The band’s last album, Artwork, had leaked three months prior recorded and released his own music in the past, but says he's indefinite hiatus in 2010, Webb spent a long time figuring out to its August 2009 release date. As a result, Howard says, the band’s never spent so much time on one project before. how to make music again. He didn’t write any songs for a while, label didn’t give the album much support. In the two-and-a-half years "I used to feel like I had to release everything I recorded," but when his wife gave birth, Webb started thinking about mak- that followed, the band - rounded out by singer Bert McCracken, Hill says. "So I had all these songs that I would release and ing music for their son, Asa. guitarist Quinn Allman and drummer Dan Whitesides - struggled there was just no focus. It was cool at the time, but I started to “Trying to figure out what music-making was beyond my expe- through problems with its management. Allman got married, as did get tired of having all my albums be something I was embar- rience in the Constantines was strange and intimidating,” Webb Whitesides, who also welcomed a baby into the world. rassed by or had no desire to listen to." says by phone from his office at the CFRU 93.3 FM campus and “Everyone’s priorities got kind of mixed up,” Howard says. In 2009, Hill released a digital album every week for seven community radio station in Guelph, Ont., where he works as the In the midst of it all, though, the band wrote 60 songs, of which straight weeks. He says the experience left him creatively programming coordinator. “And then our son arrived and it sort a dozen appear on Vulnerable. Howard says the goal was to cre- drained and made him realize what he really wanted was to of just became about making music for him - writing songs that ate something very different from the band’s previous four studio spend time polishing an album he could tour and promote and conveyed something that I wanted to share with him. That was releases. be proud of. why I started writing music again.” “We wanted it to be basic and simple - simple, simple. Just one "With other albums I've made, I didn't feel like promot- Webb recorded Provider live off the floor over a series of week- guitar, one bass, not like different tracks going over each other to ing them because I was tired of them a week after they were ends last summer. He has done some touring in support of the make it sound complicated. I think from that we kind of changed it done." disc, but is mostly content to stay at home these days and be a into (something) more electronic but (still) simple. … It’s not over- Hill says the album is poppy, but is uncomfortable placing husband and father. crowded and overdone and too much of something, but it has (an) it in any one genre. Does he have any advice for soon-to-be dads? electronic feel to it.” "It's like rock and pop, but it's different styles to achieve the “No,” he says with a laugh. “Not at all. I know better than This month marks the 10-year anniversary of the group’s self- same goal: catchy songs that are interesting to listen to." that now.” titled debut album. Howard says a DVD is in the works that will Hill wrote all of the songs and played all of the instruments Then he adds, “Enjoy yourself and have fun.” commemorate the band’s decade-plus history. himself. The album will be available on vinyl, tape and CD on Bry Webb performs at the West End Cultural Centre on “We’re excited (we’ve been) a band for this long. We’re excited Tuesday, June 12. To pre-order it, or to listen to the first single, Father’s Day - Sunday, June 17. Snailhouse and Zach Lucky open to still be touring and still have die-hard fans,” he says. “We’re very Alone, visit www.tinyurl.com/jrhalone. the show. Tickets are $15 in advance at the WECC, Ticketmas- appreciative of it.” You can also see Hill live when he performs at the Lo Pub ter, Music Trader and the Winnipeg Folk Festival Music Store, or The Used perform at the Garrick Centre on Sunday, June 3. Tick- on Thursday, June 7. Admission is $7 and the show starts at 9 $20 at the door. ets are $31.75 at Ticketmaster. p.m. Bring your dad. Visit www.theused.net and read more from this interview at - Mark McAvoy Visit www.harbourcoats.ca and read more from this interview www.uniter.ca. at www.uniter.ca. - Aaron Epp - Aaron Epp visit uniter.ca/listings for more of what’s happening Arts & Culture 11 www.uniter.ca May 31, 2012 The Uniter

MUSIC PREVIEWS Electronic music from around the world Workshops, panels break down artist-audience divide at third annual festival

Matt Preprost sions will take place at Manitoba Music Volunteer staff on Saturday, June 23, giving participants a chance to rub shoulders and talk music with performers and producers at the festival. The last time The Uniter spoke with Nathan “Unfortunately, a lot of creative scenes Zahn, the local DJ and producer was hop- can have a cliquishness if you don’t know ing to turn his electronic music festival into the main players,” says Andrew Yankiwski, a household name across Canada. a partner at Precursor Productions, who will As hype heats up for the third annual host the workshops. Manitoba Electronic Music Exhibition “We want to form the relationships that of Technology, Innovation & Creativ- keep the mentoring going. It doesn’t happen ity (MEME) - taking place at various loca- in this scene as much as others.” tions downtown Thursday, June 21 to Sun- It’s a small, intimate and crucial part of day, June 24 - Zahn’s hopes continue to take the festival that allows artists and audiences steps toward reality. to connect beyond the stage, he says. “We’ve for sure had a lot more talent “You're usually seeing these people via a locally and nationally approaching us to see stage or a venue that’s not appropriate (for if they can play at the festival,” Zahn says. this type of discussion),” Yankiwski says. “It’s interesting to see several dozen, if not “Often, I think, for the talent coming in, more, serious requests (to perform).” it’s value added for them, a different kind As with last year’s festival - which attracted of arena to show what they know and what international acts from Berlin and Geneva - they do. They are very modest people who this year’s lineup continues to maintain a are also looking to learn.” diverse bill. As MEME continues to grow - thanks in part by relationships with other festivals like Mutek in Montreal and international press “We’ve for sure had a lot coverage from the U.S. - it’s important the more talent locally and festival doesn’t overstep and outgrow itself, nationally approaching us Zahn says. Part of that is focusing on building strong to see if they can play at relationships with local venues like the the festival.” Winnipeg Art Gallery and the Manitoba - Steve Zahn, co-founder, Manitoba Electronic Museum, both of which will play host to Music Exhibition of Technology, Innovation & after parties when music at the Cube winds down. Creativity “A lot of people like to go out until two, three in the morning. It’s a natural thing to Headliners this year include John Tejada have somewhere to go for people,” Zahn (Austria), Anenon (Los Angeles), Adham Supplied says, noting the WAG after party will feature Shaikh (B.C.) and local techno group Tone- B.C. musician Adham Shaikh will perform at the third annual MEME Festival. three levels of music and VJs. pushers. “It’s a big show for us. We want to do it “We’ve all been involved in the music someone might like drum and bass. We all at MEME will again take place at the Cube in a classy, professional way. (We’re a) pretty scene well over a decade, each of us,” Zahn bring to the table suggestions of our favou- in Old Market Square. artsy scene too.” says. “Within the collective, we each have rites.” A full day of producing workshops - from our own niche. Someone might like techno, Much of the free day-long performances beginners to advanced - and panel discus- Visit www.memetic.ca. Music to make you sick Local record label No List Records celebrates 18 years and 30 releases Danelle Cloutier Volunteer staff

What began 18 years ago as three CKUW employees deciding to use their paycheque to fund bands that wanted to release vinyl has now become a record label about to release its 30th record - a seven-inch by Cal- gary band Breathe Knives titled hellen keller. Though Lee Repko is the only one who remains from the initial three, he has suc- cessfully created what he calls “probably the noisiest record label in Canada,” releasing music that he calls “gut-churning noise … music to make you sick.”

“Rock ‘n’ roll for me has always been about danger. It has always been about living fast and loose and really dangerous.” - Lee Repko, No List Records

“I’m always looking for noisier stuff,” Repko says. “Rock ‘n’ roll for me has always Supplied been about danger. It has always been about No List Records owner Lee Repko is happy to help the bands he works with create an album they're proud of. "I will give them something beautiful to show mom," he says. living fast and loose and really dangerous.” Once No List Records finds the noisiest ing additional PR to work it, which helped tered and I’ll get them put on wax, I’ll set up If you have noticed that a lot of No List’s bands, Repko helps them realize their poten- it reach a wider range of people and get us a show to release that act, and I will contact releases are vinyl, that’s because most of tial. increased exposure/notoriety, even charting distributors and get the record out there.” them are. “It’s easy for us to be proud of and let (No on college radio, with numerous reviews and Overall, he says, “I will give them some- “We could have a conversation about ‘Oh List artists go on to bigger labels) because we press,” Gramlich says. thing beautiful to show mom.” vinyl sounds better,’ or ‘I really want a large know our limitations, we know what we do When Repko is not working in the oil Repko has kept busy this year with proj- piece of art,’ and for me that was the pivotal well and we make single projects look incred- fields in Alberta, he is working with bands ects like the cassette release of KEN mode’s part of it - being able to manage art proj- ible and stand out from the rest,” he says. out of his office in the Frame Gallery on 318 Juno Award-winning album Venerable; a ects, having a 12” by 12” canvas instead of Chris Gramlich from Toronto band Ross Ave. 12” LP titled Everything You Ever Wanted to a 5” by 5” canvas,” Repko says. “There’s so Vilipend agrees. He attributes part of the Repko explains how he supports bands on Know About Violence from Atlanta, Geor- much more real estate to make a piece of art band’s success signing to A389 Records to No List. gia’s Uncle Touchy (No List’s first Ameri- with.” Repko. “I will do everything from (finding and can band); and a future seven-inch vinyl by “He released our last effort (the Plague booking) their jam space right up to a release. Sofy Major from France (No List’s first non- Download a free 2012 No List sampler/mix- Bearer seven-inch) and pushed it, even hir- I’ll take those recordings, I’ll get them mas- North American signing). tape at www.nolistrecords.com/newnoise2012. 12 Arts & Culture The Uniter May 31, 2012 www.Uniter.ca

FILM THE SALESMAN plays nightly at 7 p.m. at Cine- Movie review round-up matheque from June 1 until June 7. Cited as one of Canada’s Ten Best Films of The Year by a jury at the Toronto International Film Festival this A look at what’s playing at Cinematheque this month remarkably poignant new Quebec film is the story of a car salesman named Marcel whose obsession in life has been selling cars. THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 shows at Cinematheque on Friday, June 8 at 9 p.m. and Saturday, June 9 at 9 p.m. From 1967 to 1975 Swedish journalists travelled to the United States to document the black power movement in America. For over 30 years their 16 mm films sat undiscovered in a basement in Sweden. Director Olsson compiled their work into a pow- erful documentary that chronicles the move- ment’s strength and evolution. FAMILY PORTRAIT IN BLACK AND WHITE is show- ing at Cinematheque from Friday, June 8 until Thursday, June 14 at 7 p.m. Grand Prize Winner as Best Canadian Film at last year’s Hot Docs Festival, Family Portrait in Black and White is the remarkable story of supermom and single mother Olga Nenya who is raising 23 foster chil- dren all by herself in Sumy, Ukraine. Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 FORKS OVER KNIVES plays from Friday, June 15 until Sunday June 17 at 7 p.m. at Cinematheque. Forks Over Knives focuses on the devastat- ing research of nutritional scientist Dr. T. Colin Campbell and former heart surgeon Caldwell Esselstyn on the mounting evidence that meat and dairy products increases the risk of cancer, heart disease, stroke and diabetes. Arguing for a plant-based diet high in fruits, vegetables and whole grains they explore the roots of our bad eating habits and reveal the tremendous impor- tance that a proper diet can have in reversing years of bad eating. NOAM GONICK: WILDFLOWER OF MANITOBA is a retrospective look at Winnipeg filmmakerNOA M GONICK’s career in conjunction with his recent award, the Manitoba Film Hothouse Award for Creative Development. The event is on Friday, June 22 at 7 p.m. at the Cinematheque and fea- tures Gonick's short films throughout the night finishing with his feature STRYKER at 9 p.m. Sound It Out Forks Over Knives

The Winnipeg Film Group's MOSAIC WOM- Supplied EN'S PROJECT is a special production support and film mentorship program to assist two Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 Sound It Out Forks Over Knives women of aboriginal or diverse cultural back- Directed by Göran Olsson, 2011 Directed by Jeanie Finlay, 2011 2011, 90 mins grounds to produce an independent short film 100 minutes 75 minutes Directed by Lee Fulkerson or video. The two new short works by artists English and Swedish with English subtitles. Plays at Cinematheque June 15-16 and June 21 at 9 p.m. Plays at Cinematheque June 15-17 and 20 at 7 p.m. MIRIAM SAINNAWAP and RHYANE VERMETTE will be shown on Sunday, June 24 at 2 p.m. at Cin- Plays at Cinematheque June 8-June 9 at 9 p.m., June 10 at 2 p.m., ematheque. and June 14 at 9 p.m. It’s not quite Vinyl, Alan Zweig’s 2000 doc- Forks Over Knives explores the "profound LITERATURE umentary about rabid record collectors, but claim that most, if not all, of the degen- PRAIRIE FIRE MAGAZINE releases its spring issue It’s interesting to think of a documen- this Indiegogo-funded doc is a pretty enter- erative diseases that afflict us can be con- on Thursday, May 31 at 7 p.m. at McNally Rob- tary of found footage as the equivalent to a taining portrait of the clerks and customers trolled, or even reversed, by rejecting our inson. The first half of the launch will include hip-hop mixtape, but that’s precisely what at the last vinyl store in Teesside, England. present menu of animal-based and pro- readings by DORA DUECK, last year’s winner of it is (except, in this case, the samples are The film is a snapshot of the community cessed foods.” the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award, cleared). that hunts out LPs, seven-inch records and Lee Fulkerson’s film opens with some and by ANNETTE LAPOINTE and BEV SANDELL GREENBERG who are making their Prairie Fire A Swedish film crew spent some time in everything in between. Ninety-nine per cent staggering statistics on the health of mod- debut. the United States, specifically 1967 to 1975, of them are men with no wives/girlfriends ern Americans: The health crisis has reached to delve into what was goin’ on - and what who don’t smoke or drink, with their collec- the point where one in four four-year-olds JEFF RUBIN, author of Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller, the Canadian Busi- a time it was. tions that spill from shelves in their listen- is obese, and one in three Americans will ness Book of the Year will be speaking and With various interview segments from ing rooms to boxes in their bedrooms. develop diabetes within their lifetime. signing his new book, THE END OF GROWTH, on musicians and educators being used as nar- Are these men filling holes in their lives Fulkerson is close to becoming a statistic Wednesday, June 6 at 7 p.m. at McNally Rob- ration, the film’s structure is focused and with wax they’ll never listen to? It seems so, himself, so he decides to take on the “whole inson. never condescending. as one father of two decides to simply sell food, plant-based” (the term “vegan” is The CAMERON DUECK book signing for THE NEW Robin Kelley, professor of American his entire collection based on the fact that rarely used) diet that the film’s main scien- NORTHWEST PASSAGE: A VOYAGE TO THE FRONT studies and ethnicity at the University of he now has a life. tific contributors, physician Caldwell Essel- LINE OF CLIMATE CHANGE will be on June 10 Southern California, states at one point that Occasionally leaving the Sound It Out styn and professor of nutritional biochemis- at 2 p.m. at McNally Robinson. In the summer “through the eyes of a Swedish film crew shop to enter the homes of these fans, we try T. Colin Campbell, profess to be a “cure- of 2009 Cameron Dueck completed a journey made by fewer people than have climbed Mt. (there’s) a sense of innocence - a global per- enter the caves of metal fans, a House DJ, a all.” Everest - he sailed through the infamous North- spective that’s pretty extraordinary,” and it’s Status Quo junkie and a Bowie booster. The Do not watch Forks Over Knives expect- west Passage. true. Only through the lens of the objective customers talk about how there’s nothing to ing to be entertained. Fulkerson is no self- Writer and political humorist TERRY FALLIS will observer can these stories truly be told. do and no jobs, so they just hang out and deprecating personality like his fellow doc- be reading from his new book THE HIGH ROAD Spending equal time in each year and listen to music to keep out of trouble. umentarians, Michael Moore and Mor- on Monday, June 18 at 7 p.m. at McNally Robin- told chronologically, the filmmakers visit An intimate in-store performance from gan Spurlock. His intent is to examine the son. The High Road is a finalist for the 2011 Ste- with anti-Martin Luther King, Jr. activ- local gal Saint Saviour that appears half- results of years of research compiled by phen Leacock Medal for Humour. ist Stokely Carmichael, the Black Panthers, way through the film provides the moment Esselstyn and Campbell and experience the The WINNIPEG MARX READING GROUP led by lawyers involved with the ’71 Attica riots when you realize indie record stores are effects of the diet on his own health. RADHIKA DESAI and HENRY HELLER meets every and the imprisoned activist/author Angela truly special and unique. The film plays with little humour to Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Aqua Books. Davis. Never condescending, Tom, the main lighten the subject matter, and the pacing It’s powerful viewing this previously “character” in this doc, is the clerk who feels begins to drag toward the end. While I was GALLERIES & MUSEUMS unseen footage of events that are widely bad about turning vinyl sellers away for engrossed in the information, it became Gallery 1C03 presents SLOW CRAFT from May 31 known. Most compelling, however, is foot- having “well-loved” records. This is a breath overwhelming, with too many talking until June 30. The exhibition launch is on Thurs- age of the everyday struggles of ordinary cit- of fresh air from recent reality shows such as heads. day, May 31 at 7 p.m. izens, including one woman’s daily routine Pawn Stars that talk down to the customers It is interesting to have this information Graffiti Art Programming Inc. presents BINHI an of not having enough breakfast to feed her for a cheap laugh. delivered with a scientific, health-focused exhibition of artwork featuring the work of nine 10 children. Tom and co-worker David don’t even approach, which should dissuade those that Winnipeg artists in their 20s and 30s on grow- Another interesting moment comes quibble about HMV stores (the well-known believe a vegan diet is solely for “bleeding- ing up and living as Filipino-Canadians. The from a narrator who wasn’t there when it chain began in the UK), as they aren’t really heart hippies.” opening reception will be held Thursday, May 31 at 7 p.m .at the GraffitiG allery, 109 Higgins Ave. happened, but someone who was definitely “record shops.” Even the customers agree - However, a lot of it seems to be common Admission is free with a donation of non-perish- influenced by it - Black Star member Talib they come and see Tom because Tom actu- sense: cut out processed foods and you cut able food item. The exhibition will be on display Kweli. The MC tells a tale of simply own- ally knows what they want. People that the health risks. until June 30. ing and listening to a recording of a Stokely actually know anything about music are But maybe seeing a film like this is what Flatlanders Studio presents NATASHA BOONE Carmichael speech shortly after 9/11, trying usually fired from HMV. it takes for people to make the connection. ILLUSTRATION EXHIBIT. A family-friendly eve- to board a JetBlue flight and being detained It’s a meandering film that never really ning featuring the whimsical and slightly quirky by the FBI. picks up, but it’s engaging nonetheless. - Kaeleigh Ayre illustrations of Natasha Boone on Friday, June It’s a film that tells both sides of the story 1 at 6:30 p.m. - not everyone agrees with Dr. King’s mes- - Nicholas Friesen FRAME Arts Warehouse at 318 Ross Ave. is sages and ideas, but the consensus is clear. hosting an ART AUCTION & FUNDRAISER FOR As stated by the owner of an all-black book- OSBORNE HOUSE INC on Saturday, June 2. There store, “Black isn’t power, knowledge is will be amazing pieces available to bid on and power.” local musicians playing as well. Gurevich Fine Art and Videopool present BEING - Nicholas Friesen THERE by Lei Cox and NEW WORK by Andrew Arts & Culture 13 www.uniter.ca May 31, 2012 The Uniter

Milne and Douglas Smith until June 2 at Gurev- THEATRE PREVIEW ich Fine Art, 62 Albert St. Golden City Fine Art presents EPHEMERA by WIL- LIAM EAKIN and LEALA HEWAK. The exhibition Theatre By the River set to present Maureen Hunter’s Transit of Venus shows at 211 Pacific Ave. until June 4. Negative Space presents DISPERGERE MAIZ by Performance coincides with unique astronomical event MANUEL CHANTRE showing until June 7 at Neg- ative Space, 253 Princess St. PLATFORM centre for photographic + digital arts presents PIONEER LADIES OF THE EVENING curated by Dr. Laurie K. Bertram using archi- val mugshots and additional museum objects to examine the lives of sex trade workers in Win- nipeg more than one hundred years ago. The exhibition goes until June 9 at Platform, 121-100 Arthur St. FORUM ART FEST, the 47th Annual Art Exhibition & Sale is on Friday, June 15 to Sunday, June 17 at the Forum Art Centre, 120 Eugenie St. The exhi- bition features over 50 Manitoba fine artists. Visit www.forumartinstitute.ca or call 204-235- 1069 for more info. THEATRE, DANCE & COMEDY The MARQUIS DANCE ACADEMY ANNUAL RECITAL is on Thursday, May 31 at the Centennial Concert Hall at 7 p.m. Celebrations Dinner Theatre gets GHOSTBUSTED from June 1 until June 20. THE DOREEN BISSETT SCHOOL OF DANCE RECITAL is on Monday, June 4 at the Centennial Concert Hall at 6:30 p.m. Expect HENRY ROLLINS to share his hilariously human insights with you during his most recent spoken word appearance at the Burton Cum- mings Theatre on Friday, June 8 at 7 p.m. ESCAPING REALITY comes to MTC John Hirsch Theatre on Friday, June 15 at 7 p.m. World- renowned illusionist DARCY OAKE presents a brand new show featuring never before seen illusions. Having spent over half of 2011 on tour in Europe, Darcy brings his award-winning show back to Winnipeg in support of the Bruce Oake Memorial Fund, raising money for addictions awareness. Stand-up act ALONZO BODDEN is at Rumor’s Comedy Club from June 20 until June 23. SUPPLIED HANNIBAL BURESS (of 30 Rock fame) is coming Theatre By the River's Mel Marginet is directing a reading of the play Transit of Venus, which follows the life of an 18th century astronomer who strives to discover the mysteries of to the Park Theatre on Thursday, June 21 bring- the universe. ing his stand-up with local comedian MICHAEL GREEN hosting. Gentil’s relationship with the cosmos and his Viewers will not only get the treat of a well- RUSSELL PETERS is at the MTS Centre on Derek Loewen relationship with the other characters. acted and produced reading, but they will also Wednesday, June 27. Volunteer staff “You’re really struck with the choices he learn more about the Transit of Venus from the The WINNIPEG FRINGE FESTIVAL is on July 18 to makes,” says Mel Marginet, who is directing the University of Winnipeg’s Let’s Talk Science pro- 29. Two weeks of 170 companies from around production. “You see it really poised in the play. gram. the world showcasing amazing plays to a Winni- Lovers of both art and science will be pleased to You see where it could be perfect for his discov- U of W astronomy professor Vesna Milosevic- peg audience. know that local company Theatre By the River eries and his professional life, but also you see Zdjelar will open with an hour of discussion MAMMA MIA! The ABBA-inspired hit musical (TBTR) will be putting on a show to combine how he could make a choice to be with the love and give the audience an opportunity to watch returns to the Centennial Concert Hall on July the two disciplines. This is because a rare sci- of his life.” the passing of Venus via satellite. 28 and 29. entific phenomenon known as the Transit of The play will be staged as a reading, which This outreach is nothing new to TBTR, COMEDY OPEN MIC NIGHTS in the Peg are Sun- Venus is poised to happen on June 5, 2012. means there will be little to no visual effects. whose mandate is to connect with audiences days at the Cavern with JOHN B. DUFF, Tuesdays For readers who aren’t familiar with the term, This is something that Marginet doesn’t mind. in unique ways. Marginet says working with at the King’s Head Pub and Mondragon, Wednes- the transit of Venus is the observed passage of “I love readings because you focus on the Milosevic-Zdjelar is a delight. days at Pop Soda's and Thursdays at the Stan- Venus across the face of the sun, an event that story,” she says. “You don’t worry about the “She is just so on board,” Marginet says. “We dard Tavern. occurs only every 121 years. lighting or the costumes or planning an actor’s got together for coffee and hammered out all of The Uniter has one more summer issue coming In light of the spectacular astronomical hap- blocking.” the ideas. She’s just been wonderful.” out: Thursday, June 28. It will be on stands for all of July and August. Want to see your event pening, TBTR will present a staged reading of Table readings may sound simple, but that listed in that issue? Email it to listings@uniter. Maureen Hunter’s play Transit of Venus on Tues- is far from the truth. Leading man Darcy Fehr Theatre By the River presents Transit of Venus, ca by Tuesday, June 19. The Uniter returns to day, June 5 and Wednesday, June 6. The play fol- gives insight into what a reading entails. directed by Mel Marginet, at the University of its weekly publishing schedule at the begin- lows the life of Guillaume Le Gentil (played by “You have to make many choices as an actor,” Winnipeg (Room 4M47) on Tuesday, June 5 and ning of September. Stay tuned to www.uniter. Darcy Fehr), an 18th century astronomer who he says. “There’s a limitation of the things you Wednesday, June 6. Tickets are $10. Visit www. ca for details. strives to discover the mysteries of the universe. can do with a table read and there is a lot of theatrebytheriver.com. The play has a lot to offer thematically, emphasis on voice to carry the emotion of the including an interesting contrast between Le story.” MOVIE REVIEW Quebec film The Salesman is an exceptional, slow-paced character piece

Carson Hammond topical economic decline that pervades the is anything but. Volunteer staff atmosphere of the entire film. While The Salesman certainly invites some While The Salesman undoubtedly pos- level of symbolic interpretation (everyone sesses a satisfying neatness in terms of its involved - especially Marcel - clings desper- The Salesman progression of events, it’s clear that Pilote ately to some manner of already-dead dream Directed by Sébastien Pilote, 2011 set out to create a more character-and-set- of the past), Pilote wisely opts not to force 107 minutes. French with English subtitles. ting-driven work than one which relies most any specific modern cynicism down the Plays at Cinematheque Friday, June 1 to Sunday, June 3, plus heavily upon plot development. Thanks to viewer’s throat, as doing so would have dis- Wednesday, June 6 and Thursday, June 7 at 7 p.m. a fantastic performance by Sicotte and the tracted from the film’s best qualities. film’s excellent cinematography, this deci- It’s no wonder why The Salesman received sion serves The Salesman well. the critical approval that it did along last Quebec director Sébastien Pilote’s latest Marcel is a character who’s easy to sym- year’s international film festival tour. It’s a offering has all of the tempered patience pathize with, yet cringe-inducing to watch. touching, believable and ultimately tragic and persistent charm of its titular protago- Whether he’s showing his daughter and character piece that revels in the mundane- nist who, like the film itself, skips the plaid grandson (Nathalie Cavezzali and Jer- ity of its setting just enough to draw smiles bargain jacket in favour of a classier appeal. emy Tessier, respectively) his 10,000 newly- while still maintaining its decidedly dark Originally released under the title Le Ven- ordered business cards (remember, the guy’s atmosphere. Excepting a couple of scenes in deur, The Salesman follows Marcel Lévesque 67) or sitting in his office listening to voice the film’s first two-thirds that are drawn out (Gilbert Sicotte), a 67-year-old car salesman recordings of the day’s (scarcely few) sales too long considering their overall impor- in the midst of a 16-year-long “salesman of pitches as an improvement exercise, Mon- tance, The Salesman is a film well worth see- the month” streak at the ailing small-town sieur Lévesque is nothing if not at least ing - for the patient. Quebec dealership by which he is employed. mildly delusional. In spite of his role’s many The indefinite closure of a local pulp and quirks, however, Sicotte manages to bring Supplied paper mill - the town’s primary job provider fully to life a character that should be merely www.Uniter.ca Gilbert Sicotte in The Salesman. - sets a backdrop of tangible despair and a stereotype-laden caricature - yet somehow 14 Arts & Culture The Uniter May 31, 2012 www.Uniter.ca Man at work Local multimedia artist Seth Woodyard’s latest exhibition, Good Work, is just that

Seth Woodyard "Good Work," scale model. Mixed media. 42x72x48 inches. 2012. Below: "The Big Wash," production still. 2012.

Nicholas Friesen The other video performances show Volunteer staff Woodyard performing various boring, menial tasks. "It all grew out of the daily grind,” he Born on Prince Edward Island, raised in says. Ottawa and living in Winnipeg for the past When one is creating a piece based in day- nine years, artist Seth Woodyard is on a whole to-day activities, the lines between reality and other level. art can occasionally blur. His latest exhibition, the multimedia, "The lived experience and art practice fuse month-long Good Work, takes place at Ace into each other," Woodyard says. "There isn't Art Inc. and finds the 28-year-old visual art- a distinct line between one and the other. I ist immersing himself in a realistic, work-like take my lived experiences and make them installation. into something that can hopefully play with Having done everything from installa- and draw attention to the mystery that is tions, to album covers for local band Flying inherent in the world. Fox and the Hunter-Gatherers, Woodyard is "The materials that I'm using are everyday already a veteran of the Winnipeg art scene. construction materials. These are just regular, Woodyard was a year out of the Univer- shitty materials, but I try to make them more sity of Manitoba's art school and working a special than that." day job doing drywall taping and ornamental Another element to the piece involves an plaster restoration when he got the inspira- army of small, sculpted men that are cast in tion for what would become Good Work. salt, which, at the end of the workweek will be "sacrificed" into the fountain. “I used to really much prefer "Over the course of the exhibit, the figures the immediacy of whipping will dissolve in the fountain and they'll trans- form the water in the fountain into blood, off a painting or drawing, sweat and tears," Woodyard says. and I would make them really Creating the exhibition itself has taken the fast, but I’m finding that I'll last two years of his life. This is something that not a lot of people would have the patience slow down a little more now. for, including a younger Seth Woodyard. It’s good to take your time.” “I used to really much prefer the imme- diacy of whipping off a painting or drawing, - Seth Woodyard, artist and I would make them really fast, but I’m finding that I'll slow down a little more now,” “I'm using materials I use in my day job, he says. “It’s good to take your time.” but using them in different ways or for differ- Documenting the creation of the exhibit ent aesthetic purposes and goals then when has become part of the process, as well as the I'd use them at work,” he says. piece itself. Woodyard is an avid blogger. The piece involves Woodyard himself actu- "I'm a fairly recent convert to the Inter- ally building structures and using the tools, web," he says with a laugh. "It's a long, Bruce Hildebrand though there are also video, sculpture and drawn-out process, so instead of having to musical performance aspects to the piece. wait two years to show anyone product, I Solutions to puzzles from this month's issue. The main video component explores the can let them see it as it progresses. ritual of bathing, with Woodyard taking a "With this project in particular, (which) 4 2 1785693 bath as local band Alanadale performs a song is all about work and the daily grind, I think it wrote specifically for the project. that it is particularly important to have at 8 3 9261457 least a peek into what was involved. I think there's a fine line between revealing too 6 7 5394128 much and just revealing enough to get a sense of the work involved. There's some- 7 9 2613584 thing nice in having a mystery in how some- thing was made." 1 8 6542739 like us on facebook 5 4 3879216 Seth Woodyard’s new exhibition, Good Work, www.tinyurl.com opens Friday, June 15 with live performances 3 6 8157942 /TheUniter from Alanadale and the Riel Gentlemen's Choir. It runs until Friday, July 13 at Ace Art 2 1 4936875 Inc. at 290 McDermot Ave. Visit www.seth- woodyard.com. 9 5 7428361 Arts & Culture 15 www.uniter.ca May 31, 2012 The Uniter Crossword Puzzle & Sudoku 27 Solutions to this month’s sudoku and crossword on page 14. sudoku Skill level: Easy 9 8 6 7 6 3 41 An Open 2 35 4 Relationship 6 5 3 with Melanie Dahling 7 Have the confidence to be yourself 3 1 9 4 When I was 18, I met my first real boy- friend, “Eddie.” 2 4 68 We lay around watching VHS tapes, ordering pizzas and talking about how 7 2 8 1 much better we were than everybody else. bestcrosswords.com www.pdfpad.com/sudoku It was us against the world - until I met Across 5- Faucet “Rufus.” 6- Shinto temple Rufus was a punk rock/James Dean/ 1- Castle ring gateway Rick Moranis mash-up that I found cap- 5- Lesley of "60 Minutes" tivating. 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Jesse Rodgers repressed in our relationships. We are encouraged to get someone’s attention by Music Listings day, June 21. with HAUNTER opening, Saturday June 23. VORS GROUP are playing the Lo on June 28. playing games, then we end up trapped Indie acts IMAGINARY CITIES and YOUNG VIJAY IYAR TRIO lays it down at Aqua Books, Montreal indie act EACH OTHER and local act with someone who doesn’t know who we THURSDAY, JUNE 14 TO EMPIRES play the Pyramid June 21. June 23. THE BOKONONISTS play the FRAME Arts Ware- really are. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20 Iceland's BJORN THORODDESEN performs at Oh my goodness! Thee BOOKER T is playing house on June 28. I’ve been in relationships since Eddie in the WECC on June 21. the Burton Cummings Theatre for the Per- BERNIE THIESSEN and BIG DAVE MCLEAN are at A TRIBE CALLED RED, DJ VOTH and PHIL which I’ve developed crushes on someone forming Arts on June 23. the Times Change(d) on Friday, June 29. HOUSELEY rock the Pyramid on June 19. Singer NIDIDI O is at the Times Change(d) else, but all I do is acknowledge them and High and Lonesome Club on June 21. SWEET ALIBI plays the King's Head Pub, June 23. DON AMERO plays the Cube on June 29. Jazz Fest headliner JANELLE MONAE performs move on. at the Burton Cummings Theatre for the Per- Jazz composer RAMSEY LEWIS performs at DEMETRA plays the Times Change(d) on June CITY STREETS are at the Lo Pub on June 29. Repression leads to rebellion and I’ve forming Arts on Wednesday, June 20. the Burton Cummings Theatre for the Per- 23 with MARIACHI GHOST playing a late night JAYLENE JOHNSON, KERRI WOELKE and the found that even if I may come across as a forming Arts on Friday, June 22. gig afterward. BADBADNOTGOOD and MITCHMATIC blow POINT DOUGLAS GOSPEL CHOIR perform a little intense at times, being honest is the minds at the Pyramid on June 20. The very smooth MAYER HAWTHORNE performs JASON GORDON plays Pop Soda's on June 23. benefit show for ManitobaH ouse Drop-in only way to create something lasting. at the Pyramid with THE GAFF on June 22. Centre at the West End Cultural Centre on Bluesman LUCKY PETERSON plays alongside Roots-rock act COWBOY JUNKIES are back at June 29. If you’re feeling like “that girl,” maybe TAMARA PETERSON at the King's Head Pub RAMBLING DAN FRECHETTE plays the Le it, playing the West End Cultural Centre Mon- it’s OK to be that girl sometimes. on June 20. Garage on June 22. day, June 25. JACK MARKS AND THE LOST WAGES are the Times Change(d) on Saturday, June 30. Say what you feel, just try not to be a Local jazz artist JEFF PRESSLAFF is at Aqua RED MOON ROAD play the King's Head Pub on THURSDAY, JUNE 28 TO psycho about it. Books performing on June 20. June 22. WEDNESDAY, JULY 4 Jazz vocalist GRETCHEN PARLATO performs at Local jazzman KEITH PRICE plays Juss Jazz Juno award-winning artist KINNIE STARR per- The Uniter has one more summer issue com- Have a question about relationships you’d the West End Cultural Centre on June 20. on June 22. forms at the West End Cultural Centre on ing out: Thursday, June 28. It will be on like Melanie to address in a future col- THURSDAY, JUNE 21 TO Folk-rock act THE BURNING KETTLES play the Thursday, June 28. stands for all of July and August. Want to see umn? Email it to melanie_dahling@hot- Lo Pub, June 22. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27 your event listed in that issue? Email it to Ontario roots-twang artists THE BEAUTIES [email protected] by Tuesday, June 19. The mail.com with “Open Relationship” in the DEATH BY STEREO, BRING THE FIGHT, DIVISION play the Times Change(d) High and Lonesome TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE play Uniter returns to its weekly publishing sched- subject line. Visit http://melaniedahling. and DIEFENBAKER are at the Zoo on June 22. Club on June 28. the Burton Cummings Theatre with LUCKY ule at the beginning of September. Stay tuned wordpress.com. Indie rockers THE ANTLERS play the Pyramid AND TAMARA PETERSON opening on Thurs- CROSS, MT. NOLAN and BURNT WITCH SURVI- to www.uniter.ca for details. Check us out online at www.uniter.ca