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New SK ScholarshipUp To $2,000 For University Students P4

Fist Pump RecordMan Grooves For 16 Hours P7

ArkellsHamilton Rockers Talk Junos And Heading South P11

Del BarberWinnipeg Musician On Coming Home P13

The DictatorBaron Cohen Rules In Political Satire P15

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Evergreen ‘Green Bridge’ First In The City$2.7M Landscaped Overpass Will Link Neighbourhood On Saskatoon’s East SideALEx J MAcPhErSON

SASKATOON, SK — Saskatoon is getting its first “green bridge,” after council approved a $2.7 million landscaped overpass for the Evergreen neighbourhood.

Born from the city’s desire to avoid another utilitarian con-crete and chain-l ink overpass , the landscaped bridge will link to-gether two parks — and two sides of the neighbour-hood — as seamlessly as possible.

“When we set out to design the Evergreen Neighbourhood, we made a commitment to make it one of the most sustainable neigh-bourhoods the city has seen to date,” says Frank Long, land bank manager at the city of Saskatoon Land Branch.

“One of the challenges we had in designing the neighbourhood is that we had an arterial roadway

that went right through essentially the middle of the neighbourhood.”

Forty metres long and ten me-tres wide, the overpass will cross McOrmond Drive, the artery linking Evergereen with Attridge Drive and highway 5. council has approved a $330,000 contract with engineering firm hatch Mott MacDonald to de-

sign and oversee the project, which is expected to be finished in 2013.

“We wanted to come up with an innovative way to

connect both sides of those neigh-bourhoods so that it seemed like one whole neighbourhood,” Long adds. “We wanted to enhance the pedestrian experience.”

Ward 10 councillor Bev Dubois, whose ward encompasses Ever-green, agrees.

“Evergreen is the first so-called green neighbourhood in Saska-toon,” she explains. “We’re trying to make it very user-friendly for

walking, for cycling, for taking tran-sit and not using vehicles.”

“It’s the first time we’ve done this in Saskatoon,” she continues. “It’s very green, it’s very new. I’m very excited and I’m just happy about the green neighbourhood, because there has to be a happy medium between sustainable development and green [initiatives]. I think it’s a really good start.”

Evergreen, which is expected to hold between 12,000 and 16,000 people, will use McOrmond Drive as a primary access point. The in-tersection at Lowe road and Nel-son road, a similar entry point, al-ready handles 7,500 vehicles per day. Those numbers will only rise, Dubois says.

The green bridge, which is mod-eled after landscaped and sodded wildlife crossings in Banff, will also serve as a template for future ex-pansions.

“I think you’ll probably see this type of thing used in other new developments as well,” says Long.

“This is our first crack at it so I imag-ine we’ll learn a little bit on this one.”

Dubois agrees.“There are a number of new

things that we are trying in that neighbourhood,” continues Dubois. “If all goes well, if they prove to be the right thing to do, then we will definitely be using it as a template in other neighbourhoods.”

Long says that while mainte-nance costs will be higher, the

green bridge is comparable in price to a concrete overpass linking the Shaw centre with Pacific heights.

“If you look at the ones we’ve done in the past, they’re concrete and they’ve got cages over them,” he says.

“They’re not really a very pleas-ant experience, and I don’t think they get used as much because they don’t really give you a very good feeling of safety.”

Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.

Photo: courtesy of the City of Saskatoon - Urban Design

Artist’s rendering of what the pedestrian bridge might look like.

“[T]here has to be a happy medium between sustainable development and green [initiatives].”

-Bev Dubois

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New Scholarship For Students Revealedhigh School Graduates heading To University Are Eligible For Up To $2,000ALEx J MAcPhErSON

SASK ATOON, SK — High school graduates headed for the province’s universities and trade schools will soon get a break from the government — a break to the tune of $500 per year.

B e g i n n i n g t h i s s u m m e r th e S ask atch -ewan Advantage Scholarship will provide high school graduates bound for post-secondary institutions with $500 per year, up to a lifetime maximum of $2,000. The scholarship will be

available to anyone enrolling in an institution recognized by canada-Saskatchewan Student Loans.

“It ’s another investment in young people in Saskatchewan,” says Minister of Advanced Educa-tion, Employment and Immigration

rob Norris. “ W h a t w e

know today is there are more than 11,000 jobs open and avail-

able in the province. We know that that’s going to increase by tens of thousands, but we also know too that increasingly more skills training and more education are … required

for students.”“We’re trying to send a really

clear message to our students,” he continues.

“We’re going to help make sure that post-secondary education and skills training is more affordable and more accessible for those that are leaving high school, graduating, and then moving onto the post-secondary sector.”

The scholarship is expected to distribute $4.5 million to about 8,500 graduates, Norris explains, adding that the program will be evaluated regularly to ensure the money is being well-spent.

The scholarship fits into a suite of measures aimed at post-secondary students, including the Innovation and Opportunities Scholarship, and the Graduate retention Program. Norris says the investment was prompted by the fact that jobs re-quire higher levels of education and training than ever before.

“This is among the most com-prehensive and progressive benefit packages for students of any cana-dian province,” he adds.

cam Broten, opposition critic for Advanced Education, Employ-ment and Immigration, thinks the government should adopt a two-pronged approach to making post-secondary education accessible.

“It ties into the larger question of affordability, but also what support is being given to post-secondary institutions and what implications

there are for students,” Broten says. “Support for students and support for families through such scholar-ships, that’s something people sup-port and people appreciate, but it’s important to look at the other side of the equation as well.”

According to Statistics canada, the average undergraduate tuition rate increased by four percent be-tween 2010 and 2011, from $4,942 to $5,138.

Tuition fees in Saskatchewan jumped five percent in the same period, from $5,173 to $5,431.

“It’s important to keep that broader perspective,” Broten continues, “to see whether or not

funding provided through such scholarships or bursaries will simply be eaten up by higher tuition.”

Norris states that the govern-ment believes it’s providing a bal-anced approach.

“We know there’s always more to do, but with record investments in post-secondary education in our first five budgets — $3.5 billion in post-secondary education — we think this is making and having a real and desired effect: affordability and accessibility for students and ensuring that the institutions have the resources they need to continue to operate,” he says.


Photo: courtesy of the University of Saskatchewan

“It’s another investment in young people in Saskatchewan.”

-Rob Norris

GlobalMay 18–24, ‘12VerbNews.com

BIONIC EyE INVENTED — Stanford University researchers have created a bionic eye that will allow blind peo-ple — at least those with age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pig-mentosa — to once again see shapes and colours. current eye implants are

battery powered, but this new ver-sion uses infrared glasses to power the solar panel-like contraption. A retinal implant is surgically placed on the back of the eye, and the glasses do the work from there. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.

Pill Helps you Stay SoberTablet Weans heavy Drinkers Off Of BoozeADAM hAWBOLDT

NEW HAVEN, CT — It seems like there’s a pill for everything these days: pills for depression, pills for weight loss, pills for erections and hair loss and anxiety.

And pretty soon there may be a pill on the market that can stop you from getting drunk.

created by Yale University re-searchers, iomazenil, taken before drinking alcohol, will weaken the

effects booze has on your brain, thus, allowing you to stay sober for longer.

Scientists hope it could help w e a n h e a v y drinkers off the bottle.

“A medication that has the po-tential to block alcohol actions in

the central nervous system could act as a unique medication in the treatment of alcohol intoxication and alcoholism,” Yale researcher Deepak D’Souza told the Daily Telegraph.

“Alcohol is abused commonly but there is no remedy for alcohol intoxication.”

Designed to allow you to toler-ate booze better, researchers posit that iomazeril would take the plea-sure out of drinking, thus quelling the urge to drink in the first place.

That being said, it is unlikely the drug would protect organs like your liver and your kidneys from any damage.

currently, the research being conducted at Yale is looking at io-mazeril and its effects on intoxica-tion and driving.


What You read Influences Your Behaviour: StudyADAM hAWBOLDT

hANOvEr, Nh — have you ever read Jack Kerouac’s On The Road and felt the urge to drive cross country? Did hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas make you want to take a wild, morally

ambiguous drug trip in search of the American Dream?

If so, you’re not alone. According to new research, read-

ers have a way of losing themselves in fiction to the point where their behaviour and thoughts can morph to match those of their favourite characters.

Geoff Kaufman, a post-doctoral researcher at Dartmouth college, and his co-author Lisa Libby sus-pect that when we read, we vicar-iously experience the emotions, thoughts and beliefs of the char-acters, in a process they’ve dubbed

“experience-taking.”however, Kaufman claims that

this effect occurs only with written works.

“When we watch a movie, by

the very essence of it, we’re posi-tioned as spectators,” he explains. “So it’s hard to imagine yourself as the character.”


“[W]hen we read, we … experience the emotions … of the characters…”

-Adam Hawboldt

“Alcohol is abused commonly but there is no remedy for alcohol intoxication.”

-Deepak D’Souza

Global At A Glance

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NEEDLE PAIN — Looking away as a nee-dle punctures your skin makes it hurt less, according to new research from Germany. Study participants received painful and non-painful stimuli to one of their hands while watching either

a video of a hand being pinched by a needle, a hand being touched by a Q-tip or a hand with nothing touching it. Those who watched the needle video reported more intense pain. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.

Global At A Glance

Genes Shape CharacterNature Impacts Personality More Than NurtureADAM hAWBOLDT

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND — Nature has landed another flush blow in its never-ending bout against nurture.

Edinburgh University research-ers have discovered that genes play a much greater role than our

upbringing when it comes to key personality traits like social skills and learning capacity.

Timothy Bates, who led the study, and his team arrived at this conclusion after examining 800 sets of identical and non-identical

twins. Twins of both kinds were used because, for the most part, they share the same home environ-ment, yet it’s only identical twins who also share the same genetics.

The participants were asked a series of question about how they perceived themselves and others, and their answers were then ap-plied to a well-established psycho-logical scale.

Bates and his colleagues found that identical twins were twice as likely to share the same personality traits, which suggests that DNA has a much greater impact in determin-ing who we are. The finding flies in

the face of an existing belief among psychologists that where and how we grow up plays the most impor-tant role in determining personality.

“Previously, the role of family and the environment around the home often dominated people’s ideas about what affected psycho-logical wellbeing,” explains Bates. “however, this work highlights a much more powerful influence from genetics … If you think of things that people are born with you think of social status or virtuoso talent, but this is looking at what we do with what we’ve got.”


Temperature Impacts Our TasteADAM hAWBOLDT

ST. cAThArINES, ON — The temperature of food can have a significant impact on how we think it tastes, new research has revealed.

A team of scientists at Brock Uni-versity in Ontario have proven that changes in temperature of food and drink affect how sour, bitter and as-tringent something tastes, though it doesn’t impact sweetness.

“For some individuals, tempera-ture alone can elicit taste sensa-tions,” the researchers concluded. “These individuals seem to be more sensitive to tastes in general. What our work shows is that, in addition to these sensitive individuals, the temperature of a specific taste can affect how intense it tastes.”

The scientists recruited 74 par-ticipants. Over the course of three sessions, the subjects tasted sweet, sour, bitter and astringent (think cranberry juice) solutions at 5° cel-sius and 35° celsius, and were then asked to rate the intensity of taste.

For all of the testers, tempera-ture influenced everything but sweetness.

Astringency was more extreme when the solution was warm; what’s more, the power of its flavour lasted longer with the warm solution than the cold one. The same held true with sourness.

As for bitterness, it was more intense when cold, and the intensity declined faster in the cold solution than the warm one.


“Previously, the role of family … dominated people’s ideas about what affected … wellbeing.”

-Timothy Bates

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Fist Pump FirstMan Grooves For World recordADAM hAWBOLDT

AKRON, OH — Some people will do just about anything to set a Guinness World Record.

Take James Peterson, for ex-ample.

Peterson was recently at Man-ny’s Pub in Akron, Ohio, when he started pumping his fist in the air. he didn’t stop for the next 17 hours.

Peterson, 34, said it was his goal to create his own world record for the longest continuous fist pump.

“I have set the qualifications for this record,” said Peterson while fist pumping around the University of Akron campus.

“And every minute that I do this is a new record.”

And to ensure he set a long and

impressive record, Peterson — an unemployed electrician — didn’t take any chances.

“My fist is super-glued together to ensure I maintain perfect fist formation,” he added.

A seasoned veteran, Peterson says he likes the Jersey-style fist

pump (where you use your elbow to roll your fist) bet-ter than simply thrusting his fist in the air.

And this is not the first time he tried setting a new record.

“I did this on St. Patrick’s Day,” he explained, “but it was not docu-mented.”

This time around, though, his deed was recorded on two cameras

Peterson will now send footage of his effort to Guinness.


Man runs race In hot Air BalloonADAM hAWBOLDT

cANBErrA, AUSTrALIA — Most people run marathons on land, but not rob Ginnivan.

The 47-year-old Australian, who has been in 18 marathons on six different con-tinents, recently finished a half marathon on a treadmill — while floating in a hot air balloon. Gin-nivan first thought of running in a mid-air marathon when he and his wife Kristen took a hot air balloon

ride to celebrate their anniversary.“While I was up there I had the

‘ah-ha’ moment that maybe a tread-mill might fit in here, and I could

run a marathon,” he explains.

Now that his mid-air run is over, Ginnivan has completed his

land, air and sea campaign to raise money for the heart Foundation. Last year he ran a land marathon in Morocco and ran an ultra-marathon aboard a ship.


‘Poo-Machine’ Exhibit Mimics human DigestionADAM hAWBOLDT

TASMANIA, AUSTrALIA — You’ll be hard-pressed to find an exhib-ited piece of artwork quite like the “cloaca Professional, 2010.”

created by Belgian artist Wim

Delvoye and housed in the Mu-seum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Tasmania, the “cloaca Profes-sional, 2010” — dubbed the “poo machine” — was designed to mimic the human digestive system.

The “cloaca” consists of a series

of glass receptacles that hang in a row. The machine is fed twice a day on one end, the food is ground up naturally (the way it is in the human body) and is expelled at 2pm daily on the other end.


“I had the ‘ah-ha’ moment that maybe a treadmill might fit in here…”

-Rob Ginnivan

OLDEST yOGI — Tao Porchon-Lynch is the world’s oldest yoga instructor. Not only is the 93-year-old, who lives in New York, now a Guinness World records recipient, she’s also a dance

competitor, and has no plans of stop-ping any time soon. “I’m going to teach yoga until I can’t breathe anymore,” she tells the Telegraph. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.

Offbeat At A Glance

“My fist is super-glued together to ensure I maintain perfect fist formation.”

-James Peterson

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yip Hong’s Dim Sum DelightfulA Myriad Of Fresh Food Brought To Your Table At 8th St. EateryADAM hAWBOLDT

For the past few months I’ve been searching the city for some great dim sum.

Enter Yip hong’s: I recently went in there for the first time since

moving to Saskatoon, but after checking them out and grabbing a bite to eat, it won’t be long before I’m back again.

Nestled in the cumberland Square Shopping centre on 8th Street East, Yip hong’s is an un-assuming place from the outside, just a white sign with orange let-ters hanging over an entrance in what some might consider a strip mall.

But who cares about exteriors when your food and service are this good? And trust me, the food and the service at Yip hong’s are both fantastic. During the dim sum hours (11 AM-1:30 PM), attentive, alert

servers wander up and down aisles with metal carts full of food, passing plates and bamboo steamers from cart to table. Everything that lands is simply delicious.

Trust me on this one. I’ve had dim sum from Saska-toon to Seoul, from Shanghai to hong Kong, and Yip hong’s Dim Sum restaurant

stands toe-to-toe with any of them, any day of the week.

Except Tuesday, of course. Yip hong’s is closed on Tuesdays.

As for the food at this gem of a restaurant, well, let’s start at the be-ginning and work our way through.

The first dish I tried was the chicken feet. cooked in a sweet,

thick, ginger-tinted sauce, these extremities were moist, succulent, and meatier than my previous ex-perience with this item.

Next, I turned my attention to the variety of dumplings on the table. The scallop and shrimp dumpling was tender, with a subtle seafood flavour, while the shumai (pork dumpling) was a heartier op-tion, and melt-in-your-mouth deli-cious. And if you’re a fan of deep-fried anything, then the deep-fried shrimp dumpling is for you.

After the dumplings came a whole host of other dishes. The steamed BBQ bun was lush and unexpectedly sweet, while the lo mai gai (sticky rice in lotus leaves) was savoury, a great complement to diversity of everything else on the menu.

The spring rolls, crisp with a hint of pepper, were excellent, and the shrimp rice rolls, which came drenched in a zippy, soy-like sauce, were completely tasty.

This is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the items avail-able at Yip hong’s, so head on down and give them a try.

Oh, and did I mention that all of this is made in-house? No frozen, pre-made fare for Yip hong’s. In-stead, their chefs come in at 7 AM to prepare for the 11 AM go-time.


“The steamed BBQ bun was … unexpectedly sweet…”

-Adam Hawboldt

Photos: Courtesy of Adam Hawboldt

Address: 1501 8th St. EHours: Wednesday to Saturday 11am-10pm; Sunday 11am-9pm, Monday 11am-10pmReservations: 956-3375

Dim sum is a style of chinese food prepared in small, bite-sized or individual portions, traditionally served in small steam baskets or on small plates

■Tea is the beverage tradi-tionally paired with dim sum

■Dim sum, as a culinary art, is thought to have originated with the cantonese in south-ern china

■ Traditional dim sum in-cludes steamed buns, dump-lings, egg tarts for dessert, and more

■ Dim sum can be steamed, pan-fried or deep-fried, among other methods

■ In North America, dim sum is usually served during the traditional brunch hour

yip Hong’s Dim Sum Restaurant

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Safe Injection Sites Should Be In All CitiesPromoting A Safe And healthy Place To Inject Drugs Will Benefit EveryoneThE EDITOrS OF vErB

This is part two of a three-part series examining the ineffectiveness and pos-sible solutions to Canada’s war on drugs.

SASKATOON, SK — This week we are looking at the prelimi-nary steps we can take to begin revamping Canada’s drug policy.

Last week we discussed how canada’s current approach to the war on drugs isn’t working, but now it’s time to focus on what we can do to fix it.

We realize that there are many things to consider before overhaul-ing how we as a country approach drugs. We must approach this prag-matically, and consider how our actions will be received not only by canadians, but, because they are such a huge trading partner of ours, also by Americans. Shar-ing a continent and a border with the U.S. means we run the risk of straining our relationship with our neighbours to the south, who cur-rently toe a much harder line when it comes to drug policy.

So instead of completely rebuild-ing the system, we suggest intro-ducing some positive, incremental changes. These include introducing supervised injection sites in every major city across the country, as well as adopting a similar approach to Portugal’s when it comes to is-sues of personal possession.

Although supervised injection sites have received their share of criticism — Federal health Minis-ter Tony clement told reporters in 2008 that Insite, vancouver’s safe injection site, was an “abomination” — the fact is, they work.

Insite is the only legal supervised

injection site in North America. Lo-cated in vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Insite provides a safe and healthy location for addicts to inject drugs, primarily heroin, cocaine and morphine, although the orga-nization itself doesn’t supply any drugs. Insite has medical staff on location to provide treatment for

addiction, mental health issues and first aid, among other things.

Since open-ing its doors in 2003, Insite has

improved public order (there are less stray needles laying around, and fewer people shooting up in public), while helping countless addicts access and enroll in detoxi-fication and addiction treatment programs.

What’s more, if you crunch the numbers, services like Insite make monetary sense. With an annual operating cost in the neighbour-hood of $3 million in 2007, Insite may seem like it costs a lot. But when you dig beyond the surface, you’ll see its benefits far outweigh any expenses.

According to the canadian Medi-cal Association Journal, “Insite was found to decrease needle sharing which alone saves $14 million and 920 life years over 10 years.” In the same article, the cMAJ also reported that by simply increas-ing knowledge of safe injection practices, Insite lessens the burden on our health-care system by $18 million per decade.

On top of all that, conservative estimates say that Insite prevents, on average, 35 new cases of hIv and three deaths every year. And ac-cording to health canada, after you take program costs into account,

Insite generates “a societal benefit in excess of $6 million per year and is an effective and efficient use of public health-care resources.”

Given the current state of our health care, positive initiatives of this ilk are necessary, and we be-lieve implementing supervised injection sites in canada’s major cities is the logical thing to do .

And while we’re at it, let’s get rid of prison sentences for personal drug possession. That’s what they did in Portugal, and, as we demon-strated in last week’s article, it has been effective.

Using the rationale that pris-on stigmatizes people and that incarceration is more expensive than treatment, the Portuguese government now sends people found guilty of possessing personal amounts of drugs to treatment.

At the moment, nearly 40,000 people in Portugal are being treat-ed for drug abuse. Not only is this a cheaper way to deal with users, it’s also more practical and humane. rather than locking up thousands of “criminals” every year, they’re working to cure patients, help them reintegrate into society and, as a byproduct, are fine-tuning new areas of drug treatment.

An initiative such as this would work wonders in a place like Sas-katchewan, where jails have nearly twice as many inmates as they were designed to hold, and even mores with Bill c-10 set to increase sen-tences for drug offences.

So by setting up injection sites in major centres and doing away with jail terms for personal possession, we could take those first few fragile,

but fundamental, steps towards effectively dealing with the drug issue here in canada.

It’s about time we stop thinking of this as a war with casualties, and start treating the people involved like human beings.

Next week we will look at how we envision canada’s revamped drug policy will look like.


Photo: courtesy of Stephen Dyrgas

Insite’s safe injection clinic located in downtown Vancouver

“Insite has [helped] addicts access and enroll in detoxification … programs.”

-Verb’s Editors

FeatureMay 18–24, ‘12VerbNews.com

SlutWalk, ConsentFest Back In SaskatoonSecond Annual Event Now Three Days, Features rally, Music, Film And MoreSEBASTIEN DANGErFIELD

SASKATOON, SK — Sometimes protesting for a good cause sim-ply isn’t enough.

Just ask Becca campbell.As the lead facilitator for the

2012 consentFest & SlutWalk in Sas-katoon, campbell supports the ba-sic premise be-hind the protests, which rapidly spread around the globe last year after a Toronto po-lice officer told a group at Osgoode hall Law School that “women should avoid dressing like sluts in

order not to be victimized.” The problem is, campbell sees

SlutWalk as having a tad too nar-row focus.

“Slutwalk, as a movement, is nec-essary, but there were some really legitimate criticism of it in the early

stages,” explains campbell.

“ It failed to address the inter-section of a lot of issues … it’s basi-

cally middle-class, educated white women who have the freedom to be worried about whether their short skirt is going to be a problem.”

So when the movement came

to Saskatoon 2011, organizers de-cided to tweak it to better suit our community.

“We added consentFest to address bigger issues,” explains campbell.

“Our goal with consentFest is to approach the idea of sexual violence from a sex-positive stand-point … We’re not focusing on male perpetrator/female victim sexual violence, because that kind of as-sault takes place across all demo-graphic groups, all genders and sexual orientations,” she continues.

“We’re trying to be more inclu-sive and positive.”

But to do this — and do it ef-fectively — changes were imple-mented for this year’s event.

“Last year it was a one-day for-mat and that didn’t leave enough time or opportunity to reach a broad enough demographic or touch on specific issues the way people need to hear about them,” says campbell.

To solve this, organizers expand-ed this year’s proceedings to last for three days.

The event will kick off on Thurs-day, May 24th with a rally between 5:30 and 6pm on the playground/greenspace near the Farmer’s Mar-ket, and the SlutWalk march will commence shortly after.

Later in the evening, starting at around 9 PM, there will be a special screening at Broadway Theatre of the film Love, Honour and Disobey.

Directed by Saeeda Khanum, Love, Honour and Disobey examines the issues behind sexual assault and domestic violence. And to make sure everyone can make it, admis-sion is free.

Then on Friday, members of the Saskatoon Police Service along with other speakers will be on hand at the Frances Morrison Library as part of a day-long discussion panel, where topics will range from es-tablishing good consent to what it means to the workings of the justice system.

To wrap things up, Saturday the 26th will see consentFest day in the park. Speakers, music, activities and more will take place at the river Landing Amphitheatre, beginning at 11 AM.

“It’s just going to be a bunch of fun to make the message acces-sible,” explains campbell.

And for those of you 19 years and older, there will be a consentFest

afterparty at Diva’s Private club.For more information, visit

http://www.consentfest.ca. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.

Photo: courtesy of ConsentFest & Slutwalk Saskatoon

“It’s just going to be a bunch of fun to make the message accessible.”

-Becca Campbell

Arts OneMay 18–24, ‘12VerbNews.com

The Arkells Talk Junos And Going Southhamilton rockers Discuss Their Meteoric rise, And What They’re Doing NextALEx J MAcPhErSON

SASKATOON, SK — At the 2012 Juno Awards, held last month in Ottawa, a rock band from Hamil-ton was named group of the year.

For those familiar with the Arkells, this was probably not a surprise: the band has spent years cultivating a rabid fan base, and they routinely sell out clubs across the country. But it shocked the hell out of the band.

“We definitely did not see it com-ing,” says Max Kerman, the band’s lead vocalist and rhythm guitar player. “Jian Ghomeshi was the host of the night, and he announced the award; when he opened the enve-lope he had a little smirk on his face because I don’t think anyone was expecting our name to be called.”

The Arkells were catapulted into the spotlight after releasing their debut album, Jackson Square, in 2008. Brimming with gritty gui-tars and infectious hooks, Jackson Square had it all. But if the record’s unapologetic exuberance captured the essence of garage rock, the band’s sophomore effort, Michigan Left, is a bit more complicated.

“We definitely pride ourselves on writing a record we believe in, front to back,” Kerman says of the band’s evolution from brash newcomers

to not-quite-seasoned veterans. “When the label asks if there’s a par-ticular song we feel strongly about going to radio, we just shrug our shoulders and tell them they can do whatever they like: we believe in all the material.”

Michigan Left is a more mature and sophisticated album. It’s not a drastic change, but it is a signifi-cant one: Michi-gan Left sounds

like a band finding its way.“I don’t think we wanted to make

another Jackson Square,” Kerman says. “Jackson Square was a very rough around the edges, rock & roll record … I think on this record we wanted to make something that was maybe a little cleaner.”

Before going into the studio to record Michigan Left, Kerman and his bandmates excavated their re-cord collections for great studio albums, and found inspiration on records by Spoon, Phoenix and es-pecially Fleetwood Mac.

“Those are all bands that depend on good musicianship … but those bands also make beautiful studio records, and on Michigan Left that was the direction we wanted to go,” Kerman explains.

Since their formation, the Arkells have also demonstrated a single-minded commitment to touring. They have spent the better part

of the past six months on the road, and have been working to break into the American market. Kerman thinks this is great, both as the logi-cal thing to do for the band and as an opportunity to eat plenty of great food.

“We’ve seen a lot of canada, toured the country so many times, that it’s nice to experience

something different,” he says. “There’s a lot of culture down here, a lot of interesting places to eat.”

And while the Juno win may seem like the cue to relax a bit, the Arkells haven’t slowed the pace a bit.

“We’re always hacking away at songs,” says Kerman, “and we have a handful of tunes in the early stages.

We prefer to just always keep the next record in mind.”


“We prefer to just always keep the next record in mind.”

-Max Kerman

Photo: courtesy of Brody White and the artist

ArkellsWhere: Louis’ PubWhen: May 27Cost: $26 @ Ticketmaster

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Artist chabot Makes The Ordinary ExtraordinaryALEx J MAcPhErSON

SASKATOON, SK — Stéphanie chabot revels in turning ordinary activities into novel experiences. her latest exhibition, Me, My Hat and My Blue Hand, casts banalities and routines in a new light, offering visitors a chance to r e e x a m i n e themselves and their world.

Me, My Hat, and My Blue Hand, chabot’s first exhibit in Saskatoon, includes a troika of related videos and two major sculptural elements, all of which serve to unbalance the viewer’s perception of everyday experience.

“I can say that, for me, I approach my art in a way that I want to push

my sense of wonder,” chabot ex-plains. “I want to have a sense of childlike wonder, but at the same time also push my sense of criticism and reflection.”

The most intriguing object in the show is a vanity. Illuminated by a naked bulb dangling creep-

ily overhead, the table is jarring to look at: the sink is a swimming pool — deep end, shallow end, lad-

der — and a comb is perched on end, shooting up from the surface. Because it is both familiar and for-eign, it raises questions about how we see familiar objects, or whether we see them at all.

“You have a distance towards your own life, and it comes down

to, for me, fundamental things,” chabot explains. “There is the pres-ence of the object but I think in my work the absent object, too. I think it’s that tension between presence and absence, and that has a lot to do with really fundamental ques-tions of ourselves — the human condition.”

Ultimately, Me, My Hat and My Blue Hand highlights chabot’s un-derstanding of how we operate as humans and raises questions about how we see ourselves in the world — and what we might be missing.


CBC’s The DebatersWhere: The Broadway TheatreWhen: May 29Cost: $35 @ Broadway box office

Stéphanie Chabot:Me, My Hat and MyBlue HandWhere: Paved ArtsWhen: Now ‘til June 16Cost: Free!

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“I approach my art in a way that I want to push my sense of wonder.”

-Stéphanie Chabot

ALEx J MAcPhErSON

In just under six years, cBc’s The Debaters has become one of the best-loved radio programs in canada. hosted by funny man Steve Patterson, and featuring some of the best comics in the country, The Debaters offers a clever mix of formal debate and casual humour. The comics face off over topical material, and while the structure is formal, the result is anything but. Verb caught up with veteran debater charles Demers to chat about his upcoming bout with Al

rae, why debate can be funny, and a couple of trade secrets.

Alex J MacPherson: Why do you think The Debaters has such a great following?

Charles Demers: One of the great things about The Debaters, as has been said before, is that al-most every recording is like a mini comedy festival. It’s a group of co-medians bigger than you would get if someone was coming through town on their own — you get six or seven or eight or nine of the very best comedians in canada.

AJM: I understand you have some real debate experi-ence.

CD: I was an avid high school debater, and the team captain for the canadian high school debate team for the World Schools Debat-ing championship in 1998. I did grow up debating — The Debaters has been a really sweet fit for me because I’m probably one of the few people in the country with an extensive background in comedy and debate.

AJM: In practice, debate seems kind of stuffy. How do you make it so funny?

CD: comedy often comes from irony and incongruity. Debate is a form that naturally features these two things because of the incon-gruity between the

Five Qs: CBC’s The Debaterscomic charles Demers Talks Arguing And Al rae

“It’s an ingenious premise for a comedy show: get funny people to argue…”

-Charles Demers

Photo: courtesy of The Debaters

Graham Clark and Charles Demers on stage for The Debaters show at the Martha Cohen Theatre Calgary, March 2012

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Winnipeg Musician Del Barber On Place, And coming homeALEx J MAcPhErSON

SASKATOON, SK — Del Barber spent the best part of a decade on the road before becoming a professional musician. he worked as a tree planter, a server, a mountain guide, a janitor, a landscaper, a farmer, an ice-maker, a fisher-man, and the guy who drove drug addicts to their court appearances. he has lived in eight provinces and 15 states.

“I was kind of obsessed with the road in my early twenties, and ob-sessed with seeing new things,” Bar-ber explains. “I hope it didn’t take leaving…I know so many sort of sad stories about waxing poetic or romantic about somewhere else.”

For Barber, somewhere else was a chicago open mic night. he would lug his guitar across town know-ing that fifteen minutes under the lights was the salve for what ailed him. Music became a passion, and fortified with the knowledge that the road, if not the destination, was clear, he headed north and started writing songs. coming home made him realize that his Kerouacian od-yssey would end where it began — southern Manitoba.

“There’s something really sad about searching endlessly,” he muses. “I’m not looking for some kind of end-of-the-rainbow gold bucket. It’s not about the winning or the accomplishing; sometimes, it’s more about this lifelong pro-

cess.”Barber has re-

cently released H e a d w a t e r s , a thought ful ru-mination on the concept of place.

If there is an arc to Barber’s career, that idea is at the centre of it.

“The literal meaning of headwa-ters is where watersheds start, and those places are always interesting to me,” he explains. “The metaphor is: you can’t be a good fisherman unless you know what the water-shed’s about, you can’t have any sense of what bait to use unless you have this understanding that it’s coming from somewhere.”

“how can you be in touch with where you’re from? What does it mean to be from somewhere?” he continues. “What does it mean to lose your place?

“A lot of my friends growing up in rural places only ever wanted to leave,” he says of his home. “There’s something about the evacuation of the rural landscape that worries me

… I want to question it in a healthy sort of way.”

Although he is a veteran road musician, accustomed to sleeping on a different sofa every night, Bar-ber isn’t jaded nor weary. he treats every night like a second chance.

“I guess I want to progress,” he says. “I think that’s where my hun-ger lies: how do I become great at this?”

Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.Photo: courtesy of Mark Maryanovich

two positions being put forward. It’s an ingenious premise for a comedy show: get funny people to argue against each other. It’s that kernel of conflict or incongru-ity that is at the root of so much comedy.

AJM: What’s it like going toe-to-toe with a guy like Al Rae?

CD: Al is a tremendous debate partner. I debated Al in Kelowna last fall. I’m really relishing the oppor-

tunity. By working with someone bet-ter than you, you get better. If you want to get good at tennis, you play tennis with

people who are better than you. Working with a consummate writer and performer like Al can only be good for you.

AJM: So, I have to ask: how much planning goes into an episode, or is most of it improv?

CD: A lot of it is people being funny off the cuff, but one thing that’s important to keep in mind is though we’re opponents onstage for the sake of the show, each of us thinks of our debating opponent as a partner in that performance. Technically, we’re presented ad-versarially, but it’s actually a col-laboration. One of the really fun things about the show [is] getting to do two-person comedy.


Five Qs: CBC’s The Debaterscomic charles Demers Talks Arguing And Al rae

“It’s an ingenious premise for a comedy show: get funny people to argue…”

-Charles Demers

“It’s not about the winning … sometimes, it’s more about this lifelong process.”

-Del Barber

Photo: courtesy of The Debaters

Graham Clark and Charles Demers on stage for The Debaters show at the Martha Cohen Theatre Calgary, March 2012

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This Battleship Should Be SunkFlick Offers Impressive Explosions, But Falls Flat On DialogueBattleship

ADAM hAWBOLDT

Some movies are known for their dialogue.

Think richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise or Woody Allen’s Annie Hall. Films like these cut and bounce their way to classic status on the wit of their words and the tongues of the stars that deliver them.

rest assured, Battleship is not one of these movies. Nor was it intended to be.

Directed by Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights, Hancock), this film (based on the popular hasbro game) was meant to be one thing only — a summer blockbuster.

A wannabe epic full of explo-sions and aliens and cool cGI razzle

dazzle.If that sounds remarkably similar

to Transformers, that’s because it is remarkably similar.

Battleship begins with an inter-national naval fleet competing in friendly war games off the coast of hawaii.

Next thing you know, three of

these ships are trapped inside a force field put up by gigantic alien spaceships. The extraterrestrials have been called to Earth by a sig-nal sent into deep space.

And at f irst these aliens are more curious than contentious, but a trigger-happy Navy soon engages and crap hits the clichéd fan.

This is when Alex hopper (Taylor Kitsch), a long-haired slacker turned loose cannon lieutenant, is charged with saving the world.

And when Alex spews lines like “You’re gonna die, I’m gonna die, we’re all gonna die — just not to-day” or when, after a half hour of uninterrupted alien attack he says,

“I’ve got a bad feeling about this,” you can’t help but feel this film is establishing a brand new low for blockbusters.

Don’t get me wrong: this hot, sticky mess is not Kitsch’s fault. he does okay with what he has to work with.

But what he has to work with, script-wise, is simply awful.

Written by Erich and Jon hoeber (RED), the dialogue is so silly, so banal and so mind-numbingly ter-rible that, in comparison, it makes Transformers look like a well-written, witty film.

I kid you not.But Battleship isn’t without its

virtues. I mean, if you’re the kind of person who really digs bad movies because they are so monumentally bad, then you might like this one.

Oh, and if you’re into mindless action, massive explosions and seri-ous eye candy, you’re in luck.

There more than enough to go around — especially in the eye candy department.

For the girls you have the ever-chiseled Kitsch (John Carter), Alex-ander Skarsgård (True Blood, Melan-cholia) and for the older set, Liam Neeson (Rob Roy, Schindler’s List).

For the guys, there’s rhianna (yes, that rhianna) and Brooklyn Decker (Just Go With It, cover of the 2010 Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition.)

So yeah, if it’s action and ass you’re looking for, by all means, check out Battleship.

But if it’s dialogue you’re looking for, stay as far away from this movie as you can.


Photo: courtesy of Universal Pictures

Runtime: 132 MinutesRated: PG

“[T]he dialogue is so silly … it makes Transformers look like a well-written, witty film.”

-Adam Hawboldt

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Photo: courtesy of Paramount Pictures

Runtime: 83 MinutesRated: 14A

“Good taste is tossed out the window … [h]umour is king here, and the edgier the better.”

-Adam Hawboldt

The Dictator Rules As Funny, Witty SatireSacha Baron cohen Is Unstoppable In hilarious Send-Up Of American cultureThe Dictator

ADAM hAWBOLDT

Simply put: Sacha Baron Co-hen is a bold and brilliant co-median.

There are no sacred cows in his universe. No subject is off-limits, no envelope unpushable. As a satirist, the guy is nearly peerless and ab-solutely fearless.

Take his latest film, The Dictator, for instance.

In it, Baron cohen (Borat) plays General Aladeen, a violently mi-sogynistic, racist, megalomaniacal leader of the oil-rich (and fictitious) North African nation of Wadiya.

After the West gets up in arms about his plans to build nuclear weapons, Aladeen (and his awe-some beard) makes a trip to the UN to set the record straight. he’s joined on his adventure by his uncle Tamir (Ben Kingsley), who has his own agenda — one that includes a body double of his nephew.

With all the time in the world on his hands, the real Aladeen ends up meeting a bleeding-heart lib-eral named Zoey (Anna Faris) and proceeds to fall in love with her.

Does that plot sound kind of threadbare to you?

That’s probably because it is. But really, who cares?

When the movie opens by dedi-cating itself “In loving memory of Kim Jong-Il,” it’s safe to say plot takes a backseat to political satire.

And what a satire it is.

Wr i t t e n b y B a r o n c o h e n with the help of Seinfeld veterans Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer, the script exudes a take-no-prisoners wit as it rakes everything from post-9/11 paranoia to inflexible ideologies over the coals of hilarity.

And jus how funny is The Dicta-tor?

Well, let’s just say it’s one of those movies where you’ll miss a lot of funny lines because you’ll be laughing so hard. But be warned — this movie is not for everyone.

Good taste is tossed out the win-dow, run over by a garbage truck, then kicked into the sewer, and political correctness be damned.

humour is king here, and the edgier the better.

Without giving too much away, let’s just say that The Dictator wades into waters that are 100-percent guaranteed to outrage and offend a certain portion of the population. So if you think its in bad taste to laugh at terrorism, abortion, pe-dophilia, suicide or even the mas-sacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972

Munich Olympics, then you might want to skip this one.

But if you’ve enjoyed Baron co-hen’s work before, and dig a good satire, then The Dictator is going to make you cackle out loud and

maybe, just may-be, even pee your pants a little.

Baron cohen’s send up of the hy-pocrisies of Amer-ican culture is the

stuff of side-splitting genius. It’s also the kind of stuff that’ll leave you with a little more insight by the time you exit the theatre.

honestly. his speech to the UN,

the one in which he compares modern American capitalism to a dictatorship, is so funny and true it’s scary — definitely something George carlin or Bill hicks would be proud of.

So if you want to laugh, if you want to think, give The Dictator a chance.

It’s not better than Borat, but it’s damn close.


This Week: Our War On DrugsLast week we asked what you

think about canada changing its policy on the war on drugs, and here’s what you had to say.

Next week’s topic: see page 9 — what do you think about our

proposed first steps in altering our drug policies? Text FEEDBACK and your thoughts about the topic (or anything else) to 306–881-VERB (8372) and you could see your text printed in next week’s issue!

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On TopicOn drug policy reform. People are using hard drugs to burn off a lot of what they used to with tobacco. Thats right! The hard drug epidemic rose in tandem with the anti-tobacco movement. So did obesity! If marijuana is a lesser evil so much so for tobacco. We can beat cancer! We ain’t got a hope in hell against

the social mental and physical fallout from hard drugs!

Marijuana should be legalized regulated and taxed no question. Great for the economy and justice system in so many ways.

Yes Portugal has the right idea. Helping addicts rather than punishing them for their disease is far

more productive to society. Therapy vs jail time for personal possession just makes sense. Why put people in jail who don’t really deserve to be there?

drugs shouldn’t be legalised cuz They’re already abused enough. And my mom is hotter than yours.

Treatment over jail time is stupid who wouldn’t take that? Stay out of jail and you can still do whatevr drugs you want and then basicaly get of the hook for it? Sounds like a recipe for disaster try using a little common sence here.

Off TopicRe: “We Think Civic Events Should Be Secular,” Opinion page, May 4th issue

Feedback about the religious expression. Article, its amusing how christians are whining about people discriminating their views, so that should mean if I am a satanist and pray at a civic event as well they can keep their trap shut

Re: “We Think Civic Events Should Be Secular,” Opinion page, May 4th issue

When in rome do as the romans do. The canadian society has been shaped with christian values. Stop infringeing on my beliefs by forceing yours on me. I can be sure if I were to visit a country whose views are non christian little concesion would be affected for me or mine


Whatever happened to freedom of speech? If I want prayer at a public event I should be allowed. After all I am a taxpayer too.


I think those who texted in saying Canada was built on Christian values need to get with the times. While that may have been true in the past, clinging to something so hopelessly outdated simply because “that’s the way things were” is irrational. Canada prides itself on being an inclusive country; why we haven’t moved past exclusionary

religious civic events is beyond me.


Wow some of the texts last week about making public events secular seemed a little out there. Comparing it to Obama having no problems about burning bibles? WTF is that all about? There’s nothing wrong with being religious, spiritual, atheist, whatever you think is best for you. But pushing it on others is utterly disrespectful. We should all strive to be as considerate and inclusive as possible.


And as predicted, advocating against religion brought out some irrational/unclear arguments from the religious camp. It’s those who can’t see beyond their own twisted beliefs to consider others’ feelings that give Christians a bad name. I’m religious, and I’m perfectly happy that public events should be secular. Was actually surprised to read that they aren’t.


So Verb hates god how surprising ill pray for you oh wait you wouldnt accept the Good lords grace anyways.

Re: “Super Robot Vacuum Trilingual, Chats With You,” Offbeat page, May 11th issue

That vacuum sounds smarter than my brother and better at making pleasantries :)

I would just like to give a shout out and thanks

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to Saskatoon bus drivers without you don’t think I would be working or living here for that fact!! Thanks again

To the person who texted in about verb being neutral or political: i think they strive for neutral but on opinion obviously take a stance. IMHO tho dont know for sure

My grandson has sensory issues. Occasionally the sounds/tones within the restaurants we go to overload his ability to sit NICE. One never knows what specifically is adverse to his perceptions....he may appear to be loose and undisciplined to on lookers. Reality is he is in overload.

About the kid in resteraunts text: im of the chill out opinion.

THANK GOD! The U.N. Gets it! If developed countries can’t set the example by ending hunger within their borders then there isn’t a hope in hell poorer countries can. Among developed countries Canada is the worst for hunger within its borders! We’re very rapidly losing credibility and power in the global

community! And its not like we don’t have enough to go around here.

It is my opinion lately brad wall seems to appear a lot like chairman stephan harper there seems to be a growing similiarity to dr evil and mini me. G. T.

Ha people freaking out about sex museum in t dot or wherever ned to chill. The more information kids have about sex, pregnancy, abortions and diseases, the better. it’s not as though they’re totally innocent about sex but they are often uneducated.

F**k me! Thank God this Rafferty Stafford trial is winding down! Its just f**king sick the way press dwells on every little detail of that sh*t!

Ok, people who rail against those who spend a lot of time on the internet/social media: I realize it can appear to bea waste of time, or that we’re all socially inept, but the reality is social media is to attuned to what’s happening in the world, it can disseminate information like nothing else. You want

breaking news? Get on Twitter.

Hey drivers! Slow down when you drive & stop cutting people off, you’re getting as bad as Albertans!!!!

hb sd we didn’t forget :)

Nakedif I want a huge success if you missed it too bad a worthy event bringing attention to a ridiculous law.

id just like to say that public transportation are idiotic drivers that constantly put others in danger cuz they cant drive worth a spit!

Something deep and dark in the toilet seat gripe. Unfair sense of entitlement desire to be pampered in a feminist age maybe some abusive control issue??? Ideally men should put down the toilet for women after they’re done and women should lift it when they’re done. Sharing the tasks seems fair however its done. The toilet seat gripe I don’t get it? Somebody help me out! Women complain about having to put it down. Men have to lift it. Shouldn’t we complain about that?

Thanx 4 the tix

MOSOFEST saskatoon get ur tickets! 3 days of blurton bonjay hot bands great conference and fun times all around.

This is an amazing opportunity happening in YOUR CITY so get on it. Let’s make this a yearly event

The opinions expressed on this page are not necessarily Verb’s.

NightlifeMay 18–24, ‘12VerbNews.com

VenueJT’s Bar & Grill on Thursday, May 10th

Location3929 8th Street East

Playing on ArrivalBlue Jays

Music VibeTop 40

Feature DealsKokanee or spiced rum for $3.50, all domestic pints for $4 and ribs for $3

Popular DrinkSpiced rum

Food of ChoiceRibs

Wing Notes 9¢ on Wednesdays; of the 13 available flavours, Buffalo is the most popular

Something NewUFC May 26th, NHL gear giveaways during playoff games, and the Toronto Blue Jays fan club: come in Jays attire to watch a game and be entered to win a trip for 2 to see the Blue Jays, sponsored by JT’s and Verb

Thursday @ JT’s

Photos courtesy of Patrick Carley ([email protected])

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VenueSports on Tap on Wednesday, May 9th

Location2606 Lorne Avenue

Playing on ArrivalNHL playoffs

Music VibeRock

Feature Deals$3 a pound for wings, $5 for paralyzers and $5.50 for pints of Keith’s

Popular DrinkPints of Alexander Keith’s

Food of ChoiceWings

Wing Notes $3 a pound on Wednesdays, with Buffalo ranch and lemon pepper the favourites of the 25 flavours

Wednesday @ Sports On Tap

Photos courtesy of Patrick Carley ([email protected])

MusicMay 18–24, ‘12VerbNews.com

Friday 18HOUSE DJS — Funk, soul & lounge DJs liven up the atmosphere at 6Twelve. 9pm, 6Twelve Lounge. No cover.

FOGGy NOTIONS, yOUNG BEN-JAMINS, DEAD-END DRIVE-IN — Feel like getting out and listening to some damn fine local bands? come on down and check out the Planet S Music Issue Showcase. Presented in conjunction with cFcr 90.5, this night features a ton of great music, and supports the local food bank to boot. 10pm, Amigos Cantina. Tickets $8, or $5 with a non-perishable do-nation to the Saskatoon Food Bank.

PI A N O AU D I T I O N S W/ D O N GRIFFITH — Know someone who can tickle the ivories? Play the piano yourself? Well, there are a few spots

open for next season’s Piano Fri-day’s schedule, and artistic director Don Griffith will host live auditions. You can reserve a spot by emailing [email protected] or sign up when you arrive. 4:30–7:30pm, The Bassment. No cover.

AUSTEN ROADz — With over 25 years of DJ experience, Austen roadz throws down a high-energy top 40 dance party. DJ Ash Money opens. happy hour 4pm, Beily’s UltraLounge. $5 cover after 9pm.

HUNG JURy — With all your hard-rocking favorite covers — everything from AcDc to Skid row to Mötley crüe — this local four-piece will take you for a walk down rockin’ memory lane . 10pm, Buds on Broadway. $6 cover.

NICKELBACK — Billboard ranked this band from hanna, Alberta, as the top rock group of the 2000‘s while listing their hit song, “how You remind Me,” as the top rock song of the same decade. 6pm, Credit Union Centre. Tickets $60.75–$116, available at www.ticketmaster.ca

DJ ECLECTIC — Local turntable whiz DJ Eclectic pumps snappy electronic beats. 8pm, The Hose & Hydrant. No cover.

DJ SUGAR DADDy & DJ J-MATS — Able to rock any party, these local crowd favourites have always been known to break the latest and great-est tracks in multiple genres. They are sure to have you on the dance floor in no time! 9pm, Jax Niteclub. $5 cover.

ROWDyMEN — Playing a mean blend of high-octane rockabilly and hard-rocking prairie twang, this band from Winnipeg is well worth the price of admission. For a honkin’ tonkin’ good time, come see what

they’re all about. 10pm, Lydia’s Pub. cover $5.

My DARKEST DAyS, RIFF RAFF — come down and enjoy the Nick-elback afterparty with My Darkest Days, a Toronto-based rock band that was discovered and signed by Nickleback’s chad Kroeger, and riff raff, Saskatoon’s classic hard-rock party band. 9pm, The Odeon Events Centre. Tickets $12, available at www.theodeon.ca

DJ BIG Ayyy & DJ HENCHMAN — round up your friends ‘cause there’s no better country rock party around! 8pm, Outlaws Country Rock Bar. $5 cover, ladies in free before 11pm.

MAy LONG CABARET — Featuring Black rain, Nosedive, Leonard Adan & Sons, and the rebels, this show is a heckuva way to kick off the long weekend. 8pm, The Pat Nightclub. cover $10.

STONE MOUNTAIN MUSIC — come out and see what this folk-rock trio is all about. 8pm, Prairie Ink. No cover.

SLy BUSINESS — Feel like listening to some music that will tickle your groove bone and get your feet mov-ing? Look no farther. This local band plays a fresh blend of funk, soul, hip hop and jazz that is infectious. 10pm, Spadina Freehouse. No cover.

BEAR JAMMERS — coming at you straight from regina, this outfit plays a terrific brand of country rock. 9pm, Stan’s Place. No cover.

DUELING PIANOS — Terry hoknes, Neil currie and Brad King belt out classic tunes and audience requests, from Sinatra to Lady Gaga. 10pm, Staqatto Piano Lounge. No cover until 8pm, $5 thereafter.

NICKLEBACK PRE-AND-AFTER PARTy — With free burgers and a happy hour before, four free buses to, and DJs Mern, Mikey Dubz, ricky rock and Kidalgo after the big con-cert, how can you resist? 4pm, Tequila Nightclub. Tickets TBD.

FACTOR — This local DJ and produc-er’s first club Soda series was dope, so why not come and check out his club Soda Series 2 release party? 10pm, Vangelis Tavern. cover $5.

Saturday 19HOUSE DJS — resident DJs spin deep and soulful tunes all night. 9pm, 6Twelve Lounge. No cover.

ROyAL CANOE — If you’re into fal-settos, guitars, effects pedals, drums, basses, tambourines, shakers, five-keyboard superweapons, and one awesome, poppy sound, come check out this six-piece from Winnipeg. Also appearing will be The Fight. 10pm, Amigos Cantina. Tickets TBD.

(COMING UP) CARRIE UNDERWOOD @ CREDIT UNION CENTRE — Since win-ning American Idol in 2005, Underwood has rocketed to country music fame. her first three albums (all of which are certified platinum) sold more than 12 million copies, and she has pumped out 11 songs that have hit #1 on the US

country charts. Underwood — or as some like to call her, Mrs. Mike Fisher — recently released her latest album, Blown Away. She’ll be playing the credit Union centre on October 1st; tickets are $58.75–78.25, available at Ticketmaster. -Adam Hawboldt. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.

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AUSTEN ROADz — With over 25 years of DJ experience, Austen roadz throws down a high-energy top 40 dance party. DJ cTrL opens. Drinks and appies from 4pm, Beily’s UltraLounge. $5 cover after 9pm.

HUNG JURy — With all your hard-rocking favourite covers — every-thing from AcDc to Skid row to Mötley crüe — this local four-piece will take your for a walk down rockin’ memory lane . 10pm, Buds on Broad-way. $6 cover.

DJ KADE — Saskatoon’s own DJ lights it up with hot tunes. 8pm, The Hose & Hydrant. No cover.

DJ J-MATS & DJ SUGAR DADDy — Able to rock any party, these local crowd favourites have always been known to break the latest and great-est tracks in multiple genres. They are sure to have you on the dance floor in no time! 9pm, Jax Niteclub. $5 cover.

PANDAS IN JAPAN, WE DO WHAT WE WANT, DANDELION AND FOR-EVERGREENE — There’s a little bit of something for everyone here. With music ranging from something called “psychedelic space pop” to good ol’ rock, this is a show of local talent worth seeing. 8pm, Le Relais. Tickets TBD.

F-HOLES — This talented five-piece from Winnipeg have a roots-type sound that combines rockabilly, country and Dixieland into pure awe-some. Also playing will be Keepers of the Groove. 10pm, Lydia’s Pub. $5 cover.

DJ BIG Ayyy & DJ HENCHMAN — round up your friends ‘cause there’s no better country rock party around! 8pm, Outlaws Country Rock Bar. Sas-katoon’s most wanted. $5 cover.

WAyNE BARGEN — come out and listen to the slick, smooth, scintillat-ing sounds this guy makes with his guitar. 8pm, Prairie Ink. No cover.

SLICK GIzMO — Originally house Broken, this local duo reunited and formed Slick Gizmo, a live band that gives you a music/video experience with pep. 9pm, Somewhere Else Pub. No cover.

CRISCOLE — come check out this local DJ as he spins the kind of beats that’ll pull you out of your seat. 10pm, The Spadina Freehouse. No cover.

BEAR JAMMERS — coming at you straight from regina, this outfit plays a terrific brand of country rock. 9pm, Stan’s Place. No cover.

DUELING PIANOS — Terry hoknes, Neil currie and Brad King belt out classic tunes and audience requests, from Sinatra to Lady Gaga. 10pm, Staqatto Piano Lounge. No cover until 8pm, $5 thereafter.

MAy LONG WEEKEND DJ FESTI-VAL — Featuring DJs Albert, Kidalgo, chan-L, Jaewoo, Mikey Dubz, Mern, Dislexik, von howard, Modus, Bobby Tables, Pete, ricky rock, Stikman and Fat Panda, this show threatens to be off the chain. 8pm, Tequila Nightclub. cover $5.

DIABLO — In the mood for some good, catchy tunes? Stop by and check out this local act. 10pm, Van-gelis Tavern. cover $5.

Sunday 20SASKATOON’S ORIGINAL IN-DUSTRy NIGHT — hosted by DJ Sugar Daddy, this crowd favourite has always been known to break the latest and greatest tracks in multiple genres. Drinks and appies from 4pm, Beily’s UltraLounge. $4 cover after 9pm. No cover for industry staff.

DJ KADE — Saskatoon DJ lights it up with hot tunes. 8pm, The Hose & Hydrant. No cover.

DJ HEyWOOD AND SCOTT TURN-ER — come down and check out two wildly talented locals as they spin the night away. 10pm, Scratch.

SUNDAy BLUES JAM — The van-gelis’ Sunday Jam is an institution,

offering great tunes from blues to rock and beyond. 8pm, Vangelis Tav-ern. No cover.

Monday 21yAADON KI BAARAT — Featuring Abhijeet Sawant, Shruti, Srikant Na-rayan and Deepali, this is a night of splendid Indian music. 6pm, Broad-way Theatre. For tickets call 652-6556.

DJ SUGAR DADDy — Able to rock any party, this crowd favourite has always been known to break the latest and greatest tracks in multiple genres. Doors 9pm, Hudsons Cana-dian Tap House. No cover.

Tuesday 22yAMANTAKA, SONIC TITAN — A seven-piece from Toronto, this band is an Asian diasporic psychedelic opera group that fuses metal with pop and more to produce a sound that almost defies categorization. Also appearing will be Feral children. 10pm, Amigos Cantina. Tickets will be available at the door.

DJ SUGAR DADDy — Able to rock any party, this crowd favourite has always been known to break the latest and greatest tracks in multiple

(NEXT WEEK) ALICE KOS @ LyDIA’S PUB — The sky is the limit for this singer/songwriter from Edmonton. her debut album, You Missed It All, is full of heart-felt songs that evoke both sadness and joy. Often starting soft before hitting a fevered crescendo, Kos’ songs are mes-merizing and catchy, while her voice is

powerful, smooth and seductive. At times laid back, at times in your-face, Kos’ music will grab you. This is an up-and-coming artist you should certainly keep an eye on. She’ll be bringing her sound to Lydia’s stage on May 25th; cover $5. -Adam Hawboldt. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.



genres. 9:30pm, The Double Deuce. $4 cover.

VERB PRESENTS OPEN STAGE — The open stage at Lydia’s has hosted many of Saskatoon’s finest perform-ers, and is a chance for bands, solo artists and even comedians to show-case original material. 9pm, Lydia’s Pub. No cover.

OPEN MIC — come out to show your talent. 7pm, The Somewhere

Else Pub. No cover.

Wednesday 23HUMP WEDNESDAyS — resident DJ chris Knorr will be spinning all of your favourite songs and requests, every Wednesday night! Doors at 7pm, DJ takes requests at 9pm, 302 Lounge & Discotheque. No cover until 10pm, $3 thereafter.

THE AVENUE RECORDING COM-PANy PRESENTS OPEN MIC — hosted by chad reynolds. Sign up and play at this weekly event. 10pm, The Fez on Broadway. No cover.

DJ KADE — Saskatoon DJ lights it up with hot tunes. 8pm, The Hose & Hydrant. No cover.

DR. J ‘SOULED OUT’ — Dr. J spins hot funk and soul every Wednesday night. Doors 9pm, Lydia’s Pub. No cover.

STyLE P AND SHEEK LOUCH — We last saw rapper Sheek Louch (aka Shawn Jacobs) last winter when he played sideman to Ghostface Killah on the Wu-Tang member’s cana-dian tour. Now he’s back with his D-Block buddy Style P (aka David Styles) to get your heads bobbin’. 8pm, The Odeon Events Centre. Tickets $35 ($55 for vIP), available at www.theodeon.ca

WILD WEST WEDNESDAy — This is Saskatoon’s top industry night, hosted by DJ Big Ayyy & DJ hench-man. 9pm, Outlaws Country Rock Bar. Saskatoon’s most wanted. $4 cover. No cover for industry staff.

WHINE UP WEDNESDAyS — A night dedicated to promoting the best in reggae, roots, dancehall, African beats, Kwaito & hip hop. hosted by Scott Turner & DJ hey-wood. 10pm, Scratch. $5 cover.

DUELING PIANOS — Terry hoknes, Neil currie and Brad King belt out classic tunes and audience requests, from Sinatra to Lady Gaga. 10pm, Staqatto Piano Lounge. No cover.

Thursday 24DREAMS OF REASON — These hard rockers from calgary play a brand of music that’s heavy, catchy and always well-played. They just dropped their new album “radically Poetic.” come check out the show. 10pm, Bud’s On Broadway. cover $6.

THROWBACK THURSDAyS — come experience the best in retro funk, soul, reggae and rock provided by Dr. J. 8pm, Earls. No cover

HIP HOP NIGHT — hosted by Ease, this is a night of live performances, rap battles and DJs, with $150 in prizes to be won. Don’t miss it. 9pm, The Fez on Broadway. No cover.

DJ KADE — Saskatoon DJ lights it up with hot tunes. 8pm, The Hose &Hydrant. No cover.

DJ SUGAR DADDy & DJ J-MATS

— Local DJs J-Mats and Sugar Daddy will be rocking the turntables to get you dancing on the dance floor! Every Thursday night will be filled with passion parties, pole dancing, shadow dancers and much more! 8pm, Jax Niteclub. $5 cover, free cover with student ID before 11pm.

SKyDIGGERS — A roots/rock band from Toronto, these guys have been making music together since the eighties and have released a dozen albums along the way. Talk about on-stage chemistry. come down and see what they’re all about. 10pm, Lydia’s Pub. cover $5.

GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROyERS — Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 30 years or so, you’ve probably heard Thorogood’s hit song “Bad to the Bone.” But what you might not real-ize is this guy is no one hit wonder: with two platinum albums, six gold albums and more than 15 million re-cords sold, this American blues rock vocalist/guitarist has been going strong for decades. 8pm, Prairieland Park. Tickets $36.75, available at the box office or at www.ticketmaster.com

TRIPLE UP THURSDAy — come start your weekend early at Triple Up Thursday! With these top 40 dance and electro resident DJs, you’ll be shaking it on the dance floor in no time. 8pm, Tequila Nightclub. $3 at the door.

Want your show listed?Email [email protected]!

(NEXT WEEK) JOM COMyN @ AMIGOS CANTINA — A talented singer/song-writer from Edmonton, comyn’s songs range from indie jingles to thought-provoking instrumentals to pared-down minimalist anthems. With a remarkable baritone voice, comyn’s music is rich and haunting. his latest

EP, Sunstroke, is full of gems, and on May 25th he’s hopping on a train and embarking on his inaugural No Friends Tour. On May 26th that train stops in Saskatoon and comyn will be mak-ing his way to Amigos. Ticktets TBD. -Adam Hawboldt. Feedback? Text it to 306-881-8372.


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HoroscopesAries (Mar 21–Apr 19)

You can’t do everything or be ev-erywhere at once, dear Aries, so don’t feel pressured. Try to prioritize the list of things you need to do, and tackle them one at a time. Everything will get done.

Taurus (Apr 20–May 20)You know that old adage about judg-

ing not lest you be judged? You might want to keep that in mind this week. right now, the more understanding you are, the more success you will have.

Gemini (May 21–Jun 20)This week may be difficult at times,

dear Gemini. You, who can be easily in-fluenced by others, may be pushed and pulled so much you won’t know what to do. Trust your instincts.

Cancer (Jun 21–Jul 22)here’s a challenge for you, dear can-

cer. This week, do something out of the ordinary. If an opportunity doesn’t pres-ent itself, get out and create the moment for yourself. You won’t regret it.

Leo (Jul 23–Aug 22)A lot of times people only see one

side of you, dear Leo — the confident, bold, take-charge side. Maybe you should throw them a change-up this week. Peo-ple will see you in a new light.

Virgo (Aug 23–Sept 22)Sometimes our lives, unfortunately,

become more talk than action. If this situ-ation sounds familiar, maybe it’s time to shake it up. If you say you’ll do something, now is the time to follow through.

Libra (Sept 23–Oct 23)You should take this week to resolve

some personal issues you’ve been putting off. If you’ve been on edge, take some time out for you. Stress, when it builds up, is unhealthy, so get rid of it. Now.

Scorpio (Oct 24–Nov 22)have you been feeling lost lately, dear

Scorpio? If so, here’s some good news: everything will clear up in the next few days and you’ll be able to put things in their proper perspective.

Sagittarius (Nov 23–Dec 21)You may feel the urge to go for broke

this week, dear Sagittarius. You might be tempted to use radical methods to get what you want, but brace yourself for the chance that it might not work.

Capricorn (Dec 22–Jan 19)When you get the chance, spend time

with others this week, dear capricorn. Whether it be in a social or professional setting, your life will be made richer by communicating with others.

Aquarius (Jan 20–Feb 19)Stability: that’s the watchword for this

week, dear Aquarius. If you find yourself upset over something, try not to rock the boat and remain as neutral as possible. right now, try to keep things even keel.

Pisces (Feb 20–Mar 20)With the warm and welcoming ener-

gies exploding in your Third house of communication, dear Pisces, you’re going to do well this week. Feel like dazzling a crowd? Go out and dazzle.

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