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Sounds of the City: Part IIInside Thunder Bays Music Scene


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In error:The Corb Lund CD, Cabin Fever, was reviewedby Larry Hogard and not Joanna Aegard.

Ihave had manymusic teachers throughout my lie, rom groupsing-alongs in public school to Saturday morning piano lessons tohigh school band class. Not only did I learn to connect the sym-

bols o music to what I could eel and hear, but I also learned some valu-able lessons that extended beyond the piano keys. Tey taught me thatpracticing is important, especially when you dont eel like it, and thatyou need to strike a balancesometimes its about playing tougher piec-es like Beethoven, and other times its okay to do a jig. Tey taught methat everyone is important, whether you have the solo or a supportingpart. And i you make a mistake, you just smile, and keep on going.

Its obvious that music serves a special purpose in our liveswheth-

er were playing it, or purely enjoying it because it has the ability to reachpeople the way not many other things can. I was reminded o this while I

was in Italy a couple o years ago. My dining companion and I decided totake a walk ater dinner. As we strolled along th e river we could hear some-thing in the distancemusic. Curious, we walked towards it, the songgrowing louder and more amiliar. Suddenly, there we were, in the mid-dle o the Italian countryside, listening to a live band at a wedding rock-ing out in perect English to Mustang Sally. It was amazing, and it justproves that you dont need to understand the language to get the rhythm.

And this issue has a lot o rhythm. iany Jarva goes behind the sceneswith Flamenco Caravan during a recording session, Margaret Evanstakes us through 45 years o Flipper Flanagan, and Peter Jabs catches up

with Te Campbell Family Band and talks to the creator o BShows.com. We also have plenty o other content or you to enjoy, like a deli-cious recipe or black bean chili, an update on the new arts initiative thatopened in the south core, and i you need a good laugh, you wont want tomiss our preview o Cambrian Players season opener, Lend me a enor.

I youre like me, you coulduse a good laugh come November. Itshard not to ret about what is lost (leaves rom trees, longer and sun-nier days) or worry about what lies ahead (snowstorms, and the hustleand bustle o a busy season) but music has something to teach us aboutthat as well. Always ocus on what is right in ront o you so th at younever miss a beat. Especially i it happens to be a copy oTe Walleye!

~RS

Music Lessons

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4Top Chef Thunder BayVictoria Inn

November 17

Based on the popularFood Network series inwhich competing chesare told, one by one, topack their knives andgo, op Che TunderBay will pit ches rom 13

local restaurants againstone other in a culinarybattle to create the per-ect bite, all in supporto Big Brothers Big Sisterso Tunder Bay. Hostedby Che David Adjey, staro popular Food Networkprograms Restaurant Makeover and Te Opener, and eaturing apanel o local celebrity judges that includes Superior MorningsLisa Laco and Mayor Keith Hobbs, this promises to be a unand tasty evening or those who managed to score tickets. I not,dont worry, Te Walleye has your backwe will be recappingall o the evenings mouth-watering moments or anyone whomissed out. keynoteevents.ca

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Thunder Bay PottersGuild Christmas Sale

Valhalla Inn

November 17 18

Te Tunder Bay Potters Guild Christmas Sale at the ValhallaInn is an annual tradition in Tunder Bay. Its a great opportuni-ty to get a head start on your holiday shopping while at the sametime supporting local artiststhere is nothing better to giveor to receive than a unique, handmade git. Te potters will beselling their wares on Saturday rom 10 am until 4 pm, and thenagain on Sunday rom 11 am to 4 pm. As well, you will receiveone door prize ticket with every purchasei youre lucky, youcould cross two people o your list, or the price o one!tbpottersguild.jimdo.com

1Nowadays BookLaunchDenitely SuperiorArt Gallery

November 2

I youve ever wanted to see a human piata beingattacked by zombies, this is your chance. DenitelySuperior Art Gallery is hosting a book launchor Nowdays, a 300-page graphic novel by local

writer/artist duo Kurt Martell and ChristopherMerkley that ollows a group o people along adesolate highway in Northwestern Ontario during

the onset o a zombie apocalypse. More than justa book launch, the event will have the creators inattendance, artwork, video works, book trail-ers, wandering zombies, music by Memory Lost(members o Ocean City Deender), make-upartist Ashley Meagher turning people into zombies,and much more. Dressing up is encouraged, so digout your brain-eating gear and get your zombie on.denitelysuperior.com

2Damon Dowbak Trioand Robin RangerThe Foundry

November 9

Further solidiying its place in the downtown PortArthur music scene, Te Foundry will host two

o Tunder Bays premiere jazz/olk rock acts, theDamon Dowbak rio and Robin Ranger. Rangers intricate songwriting and laid-back jazz stylecombined with the Damon Dowbak rios unique mix o mandolin, drum, and bass promise tomake this an evening o music you wont want to miss, in a pub that is quickly gaining a reputa-tion in the city as a top-notch venue or live acts. Just $5 gets you in, and the show starts at 10pmaim to get there a little earlier i you can, and try a plate o their yummy nachos.theoundrypub.com

3Winterers Gathering andArctic Film Fwwestival

North House Folk School,Grand Marais

November 15 18

In our part o the world, winter is a way o lie. Andthe North House Folk Schools Winterers Gatheringand Arctic Film Festivala multi-day educationalevent eaturing seminars, courses, workshops, and lmscreeningscelebrates all that our northern culture

and traditions have to oer. Learn about bark-tanningand braintanning, share winter camping tips, make your own wooden toboggan, listen to someArctic hip hop, take in an outdoor lm screening, and roast some meat on a stick over a bon-re. Ater all, winter is comingyou might as well embrace it. Event passes are only $25, andinclude a membership to the North House Folk School. northhouse.org

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Where

Prince Arthurs Landing, Marina Park,

Thunder Bay

(Main Floor and Mezzanine in Baggage Building)

When

Saturday November 10th, 12 - 8PM

Sunday November 11th, 12 - 6PM

Lakehead Visual Artsinvites you to a premiere

Christmas Art Exhibit and Sale

ChrisMerkley

DarrenMcChristie

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Darren McChristie

FEATURES

6 CoverStory:Flamenco Caravan

7 Sounds o the City: Part II

10 Te Campbell Family Band

10 Consortium Aurora Borealis

11 Flipper Flanagan

12 BShows

13 Audio Engineers

FOOD

14 Vegan Iron Che

15 Good Day (Sugarcane)Sunshine!

16 Beaux Daddys

17 Black Bean Chili

FILM&THEATRE

18 Biindigaate Indigenous FilmFestival

19 Movies about Music

20 Joy on the Stage

THE ARTS

21 Te Creative Commons

22 Artisans Northwest

23 Candace wance

CITYSCENE

24 Style Smitten

25 Night Skies

26 A Lake Superior Eveningeaturing Derek Hateld

27 Poppy Pride

MUSIC

29 Te Sheepdogs 29 Kim Stockwood

30 Vinyl

31 Matt Mays

31 Craig Cardif

32 Matt Andersen Brings theBlues with BSO

ARCHITECTURE

36 Tunder Bay CommunityAuditorium

HEALTH

38 Fall in Love with Fall Food 39 Got the Blues? Keep Walking!

LIVING GREEN

42 Silent Victims

43 Lars on Homes:Soundproong

16 Drink o the Month

34 Of the Wall Reviews

40 ZYGOE bop

44 November EVENS

46 Te Wall

47 Te Eye


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FlamencoCaravanPositioned to Soar

Sounds ofthe City:Part IIInside ThunderBays Music Scene

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ts a cool, crisp September evening in CollegeHeights, and I can hear Flamenco Caravanmued vocals, drums, and guitar ris cling-

ing to the night air. Its the bands rst rehearsal sincethey nished recording their third studio album,Liberation, only a ew days ago. I ring the door-bell, and the music stops. Susanna DiGiuseppe opensthe door: shes bareoot in a owing black skirt anda white linen top, silver hooped earrings, and hairloosely swept back. She smiles and greets me warmly.

We met once beoreearlier in August, during anoverdub session at the studio o Rob Nickerson, theaward-winning engineer o ddler Olivia Korkolas 2010album Playing in rafc. Nickerson also plays some elec-tric guitar on the new al bum and provides backup vo-cals, along with many other guest musicians. Te albumeatures a wide range o material, rom Desire, whicheatures 40 to 50 dierent tracks (horns, guitars, vocals),to Bell, which Nickerson describes as a guitar buet.During this session, DiGiuseppe works on overdub-bing a small pitchy part in the new song Run Away.

I think it needs a soter oooh here. Not so piercing.

DiGiuseppe sings the ooh again and

nails it. Was that as piercing?No, that was good, assures Nickerson.

And the discussion ows like this or the entire ses-sion. No diva drama. No pounding o chests. Very sane.Very efcient. In act, probably the most challengingpart o putting the album together has been that leadguitarist Esteban Figueroa, known or his amencospeed and ourishes, no longer lives in Tunder Bay.But even this doesnt seem to aze anyone. Weve justbeen leaving spaces in the songs, ready or h im to puthis mojo on them, says DiGiuseppe, who describesFigueroa as incredibly prolic at creating beautiullicks. And the long pause since the last album seemsto be viewed by the band as a positive, not a nega-tive. Its given us a chance to live with th e songs lon-ger and make changes, says drummer Jim Dier.

For the rst rehearsal, Dier and DiGiuseppes livingroom has been converted into a practise space. Te cleanlines with a punch o colour seem to parallel DiGiuseppes

musical style: clear, gripping vocals with a punch o poweron the keyboards. Dier on the drums, bassist GregMcIntosh (also trained on the piano), and rhythm guitar-

ist ony Agostino (whose Italian olk roots have helpedshape the bands sound) all make rehearsing look eort-less. Tere are still inuences o amenco and jazz, butnow DiGiuseppes vocals vacillate between sounding likea powerul 70s songstress with a modern twist in songslike Angel and Run Away, to her more amiliar Latin-inspired vocals in Liberation, and Summer Song.

Tere is a reason why Flamenco Caravan has openedor acts like Colin James, Je Healey, and Paul Shaer.

And why they were invited to play at the Ottawa JazzFestival. Tey make good music, rom creating andrecording, to the energy o all the musicians whenperorming live. Like the albums beore, Liberationsparks movementmaking it so easy, once again, tobe enchanted by the rhythm o Flamenco Caravan.

Flamenco Caravan launches their new album during alive perormance at the Tunder Bay Community Audito-rium on November 17. Visit amencocaravan.ca or details.

Almost six years after their last studio album, Thunder Bays critically

acclaimed Flamenco Caravan is back. Their latest album Liberation features

a new sound, without losing its Latin, jazz, and rock roots, and of course

still wrapped in the ethereal vocals of Susanna DiGiuseppe, and Esteban

Figueroas spicy amenco guitar. Tiffany Jarva hangs out behind the scenes

with the band members during a studio session and a rehearsal.

If youre looking for top-notch

music in Thunder Bay, look no

further than the pages of The

Walleye. In July, we proled 18

artists, and this month we are

proling another 12 artists in the

genres of blues, jazz, country,

folk, and everything in between.

A look at their musical inuences

will give you a clue to the

diversity of music they play and,

on any given weekend, there are

local bands sprinkled throughout

the city cranking out tunes. The

state of the local music scene

is vibrant and diverse and if

we missed your band (or your

favourite band), let us know!

Shannon Lepere

Damon Dowbak TrioGenre: olk/reestyle

Band Members:

Robin Ranger - bass

Ian McLeod - drums

Danny Johnson - piano

Damon Dowbak -mandolin and guitar

How long have youbeen around?

[Ive] perormed as amusician since 1972.

Musical inuences:Django Reinhardt, Charles Mingus,Fraser & DeBolt, Frank Zappa,Iva Bittova, Bela Bartok, JohnMcLaughlin, Yehudi Menuhin,

Joni Mitchell, and Brian Eno

What is your favouritesong to perform?

Our avourite song is the onewere playing in the moment.

Whats new?

Were playing at Te Foundry onNovember 9, and will be releasinga new CD in early 2013.

Words to live by:

Music is the language o usall. - Te Cat Empire

Contact info:

acebook.com/DD-Damon-Dowbak-rio

myspace.com/#!/damondowbak

soundcloud.com/damon-dowbak

Erin JunkalaGenre: olk

Band members:

Erin Junkala - vocals, guitar


About six years, although our othose were spent singing in thebedroom with my door closed.

Musical inuences:

I have many musical infuenceswhether they are big shots or localartistseach one motivates me in

their own way. Neil Young holdsa special place in my heart.


One o my own tunes calledwo to ango. Its a catchyone and I love singing it.

Whats new?

Im putting out a second albumin the new year and movingout to Vancouver Island, and I

just sent in a video to Te EllenDeGeneres Show. Fingers crossed.

Words to live by:

No regrets. Just be.

Contact info:

Check me out on Youube,Soundcloud and Facebook. ype inErin Junkala, its as easy as that.

Flamenco Caravan is(l to r),

Greg McIntosh (bass),

Susanna DiGiuseppe

(keyboardsand vocals),JimDiffer (drums& percussion),

Esteban Figueroa (leadguitar),

Tony Agostino (rhythmguitar).


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Tracy KGenre: blues

Band members:

racy K - vocals, harmonica, guitar

Aaron Jardine - lead guitar

Kelly Ashe - lead guitar

Arden Bruyere - bass guitar

Stu Green - drums

Jamie Steinho (BluesDuo) - ngerstyle acousticand slide dobro guitars


Ive been making music since the 80s.

Musical inuences:

Blues, roots, swing/jazz, psychedelia,British invasion, Led Zeppelin,Bonnie Raitt, and 60s radio.

What is your avouritesong to perorm?

With the band, Keep On LovinMe and Stormy Monday and,in my blues duo, Atlanta Moan,Canned Heat, and Lover Man.

Whats new?

Some awesome originals withmy Blue Tunder band orthe next recording and moretouring to ar places with theduo and band. We are playingthe Foundry on November 30.

Words to live by:

Youve got the goodsnow go orit. Te last person you should bearaid o is yoursel. Concentrateon enjoying the ride rather than

obsessing on the goalattentionis an insatiable craving.

Contact info:

www.tracyk.ca

Loose CannonGenre: blues

Band Members:

Arley Hughes - vocals

Samantha Chong - guitar

Gary Hare - keyboards

Mike McFarlane - drums

Carol Pominville - bass guitar


One year (as a band, variableor each member)

Musical inuences:

Led Zeppelin, Sting, andStevie Ray Vaughn


Te three new songs we wrote or theblues competition : It Wasnt Me,Killing ime, and Anything.

Whats new?

We are.

Words to live by:

Be positive.

Contact info:

[email protected]

The Mark PotvinBlues Band,featuring ThePotvin HornsGenre: blues (exas blues, Chicagoblues, and jump blues)

Band members:

Mark Potvin - vocals and guitar

om Sinkins - bass guitar

Wayne Breiland - drums

Max Potvin - cornet

Ben Potvin - tenor trombone

Sam Potvin - tenor saxophone


Te Blues band has been aroundin some orm or about 15 years.

Musical inuences:

Muddy Waters, Big Joe urner,Louis Jordan, and -Bone Walker.


Caldonia

Whats new?

Were always working onnew horn charts and materialto keep the band resh.

Words to live by:

Go hard or go home, causethis is show business... so yougotta show your business!!

Contact info:

acebook.com/pages/Mark-Potvin/88915683879

music.cbc.ca/#/artists/Mark-Potvin

markpotvin.ca

[email protected]

Monty and the MuleGenre: blues, soul, olk rock.

Band members:

Clay Breiland - vocals and guitar

Gord Ellis - guitar

Richard ribe - keys

Dave Campbell - drums

Rory Bohler - bass


Monty and the Mule has hadseveral maniestations over the lastthree years. Te current lineupmay also be seen playing reggaeunder the name Rocksteady.

Musical inuences:

From Albert Collins to Zeppelin...Muddy, Otis Redding, SRV, Stevie

Wonder, Miles, Dylan, Marley,Burning Spear, Jonny Lang, HankSnow, Hank Jr. & Sr., Coltrane,Pino Palidino, Dr. John, BB, Buddy,Cash, Aretha, Telonious, SnarkyPuppy, Skaggs, Levon Helm, etc.

Whats new?

Playing the Apollo on November2 and Crocks on November 30.

Words to live by:

Satisy your imagination.

Contact info:

[email protected]

Mood IndigoGenre: jazz, blues, dance

Band members:

Dr. Mark R. Tibert - sax

Glenn Jennings -piano

Rory Slater - bass

Jim Dier - drums


20 years

Musical inuences:

Coltrane, Getz, Webster, Adderley,

Parker, Desmond, Evans, Mulligan,Krall, Peterson, Baker, and Brown.


Pink Panther theme

Whats new?

Were playing at the Valhalla weekly,Fridays and Saturdays, 6-10 pm.

Words to live by:

Carpe diem.

Contact info:

[email protected]

acebook.com/Mood Indigo Jazz

twitter: @moodindigojazz

Olivia KorkolaGenre: Celtic

Band member(s):

Olivia Korkola - ddle


Since I was 15

Musical inuences:

Paul Simon, Hank Williams,George Jones, Stevie Ray Vaughan,Martin Hayes, Ashley MacIsaac,Liz Carroll, Don Messer, RayCharles, Stevie Wonder, the Rolling

Stones, Albert Lee, Bill Monroe,Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane,and Blind Lemon Jeerson.

Favourite song to perform?

A big bunch o irish reelsaccompanied by a wickedDADGAD Irish guitar player.

Whats new?

My ddle and bow. I love them so.And, Im working on a new albumwith musicians rom the States,Canada, and possibly Finland.

Words to live by:

Be truthul, gentle andearless. - Ghandi

Contact info:

[email protected]

oliviakorkola.com

Pierre SchryerGenre: Celtic

Band member(s):

Pierre Schryer - ddle and FrenchCanadian oot percussion

How long have you been around?

11 years

Musical inuences:

My triplet brothers (Dan and Louis),Denis Lanctot, Jean Carignan, SeanMcGuire, Andy McGann, MarkOConnor, and many more...

Favourite song to perform?

anera Morone Iwrote or my wie

Whats new?

Im coaching the Kam ValleyFiddlers with Rob Randle andDave Kimpton, teaching privateddle students, hosting a bi-weeklysession at Gargoyles, preparingor an Orchestra Pops concert

with the Kitchener WaterlooSymphony Orchestra, thinkingabout the 12th annual JuneCanadian Celtic Celebration...

Words to live by:

Never give up...it only gets better!

Contact info:

[email protected]

CanadianCelticCelebration.com

Robin RangerGenre: jazz, aboriginal

Members:

Robin Ranger - guitar, upright bass


10 years

Musical inuences:

Cole Porter, Nina Simone, MilesDavis, Ahmad Jamal, and Stan Getz


Gershwins Summertime

Whats new?

Im thrilled and grateul or thereception o View From SeventhSky, released last April. Im amazedat the airplay and support romlocal stations and rom across thecountry...playing a surprisingly largenumber o gigs around the city

with some o its most incredibleplayers. Im booking a potential

jazz estival tour next summer.

Words to live by:

We may have to improvise.

Contact info:

robinranger.com

Scott SkirvingGenre: country/rock

Band members:

Dan Zadkovich - lead guitar

Brad Leishman - drums

Dave Miskimins - bass guitar

Brian Vodopivec - keyboards


I have been in the musicscene or 18 years.

Musical inuences:

riumph, Billy Dean, Van Halen,Alan Jackson, Rush, Garth Brooks,Journey, and Kenny Rogers


Certied Country Boy, writtenby Steve and Scott Skirving

Whats new?

Just returned rom the CanadianCountry Music Awards Week inSaskatoon. Looking at releasinga second single o my debutalbum titled Here I Amthe rstrelease is called Pretty Eyes.

Words to live by:

Many o lies ailures are peoplewho did not realize how closethey were to success when theygave up. - Tomas A. Edison

Contact info:

scottskirving.com

acebook.com/scott.skirving

@scottskirvingreverbnation.com/scottskirving

Sunday WildeGenre: blues, jazz, R&B

Band members:

Sunday Wilde - vocals and piano


Moaning and crying with words10 years, piano our years.

Musical inuences:

Nina Simone, Ruth Brown,and so many other women.

Whats new?

My ourth album will be released

in mid-December (the recordingengineer was the sound technicianat the now deunct Maple LeaGardens). In January, Ill be the onlyCanadian among 14 blues womanrom around the world recording inClarksdale, Mississippi, or a womenin blues cd compilation. I am also

working on a songwriting project onthe subject o loss, that was undedby the Canada Arts Council.


Sundays Midnight Blues,Show Me a Man and, one omy most recent songs, Whyis He elling Me to Hush?

Words to live by:

Learn to build bridges, its theonly way you move orward.

Contact:

[email protected]

sundaywilde.com

reverbnation.com/sundaywilde


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It is heaven on a Saturday night as 16 cou-ples glide around the dance oor o Royal

Canadian Legion 225 in Kakabeka Falls, lostin the oating sensation o the music. Te six-piece Campbell Family band, shoehorned onto a8x16 mobile stage under the Queens portrait atthe ront, synchronize the dancers as they moveabout in intricate patterns so switly and smooth-ly as i to seem they were ice-skating. Dancers

Joyce and Don Wiggins o Tunder Bay havedriven out to hear this ensemble since the 70s,

when it was so ull you couldnt nd a seat.

Te musicians are no wizards weaving a magicspell, however. Tey are simply the CampbellFamily Band, ormally attired in black and white,solidly delivering a well rounded program. Ourband was originally made up o our ve childrenand mysel, says Glen Campbell, as he settlesinto a wooden chair next to me with his inter-mission beer. We rst started playing musicor seniors and at hospitals on a volunteer basis.In 1984, we were asked to play or a dance atthe Marathon Legion. We kept playing danc-

es and weddings or the next nine years. Atera hiatus o a ew years when the two young-est sons let to play in a band based in Guelph,the band started up again in 2009. Te additiono terric ddle player Jeremy McCubbin o

Kakabeka completed the present lineup whichalso includes Glen, sons Colin and Chris, daugh-

ter Jennier, and her husband Don Kukkee.

Our home is in Conmee township right be-side Brule Creek. All o our ve children went to

Westgate High School and played in their con-cert and stage bands. My ather, who was a greatddle player, showed me how to chord on thepiano when I was ve years old. Tis versatil-ity is the key to their success. Each musician isa multi-instrumentalist, which allows or a widerange o soundsrom the big band punch ove horns swinging on a Duke Ellington number,to ve guitars rocking Pretty Woman, to a pairo ddles sweetly pouring out a country tune.

Between sets, Jennier hands out a sheet listingthe songs, type o dance, number o bars, beats perminute, and room or requests at the bottom. Tisis a serious enough event to interest at least a ewdance instructors intent on tripping the light an-tastic. Why stay home watching Dancing with theStars on V when the real thing is available live?

Te Campbell Family Band will be playing BeauxDaddys or a Mardi Gras night on October 31, andat rinity Hall on November 17 and December1. Visit campbellamilyband.com or details.

The Campbell Family BandStill Going Strong

By Peter Jabs

hose o us who are o a certain vintage can l ikely re-call spending many happy hours browsing the aisles atEatons. But the real treat was reserved or those shoppers

who were lucky enough to catch a perormance by ConsortiumAurora Borealis. Whether perched on top o the perume coun-ter or celebrating the music o Spain at the oot o the escala-tor, Consortium Aurora Borealis has stepped out o the boxon many occasions to bring their music to the people.

Founder and longtime artistic director Elizabeth Ganiatsos saysthat this has always been the goal o Consortium. Consortium

Aurora Borealis came into being out o an enthusiasm or themusic o the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods and adesire to share this love with the community, she says. We wantour perormances to bring happiness and beauty into the lives oour audience members. We have a ervour and enthusiasm aboutthe music that we present and we communicate our excitementand passion through the energies and tal ents o our musicians.

Each season Consortium presents six varied concerts o chambermusic, primarily rom the Baroque period, with occasional or-ays into the Medieval, Renaissance, Classical and Early Romanticeras. Its distinctive programming style is reected in many care-ully researched, historically themed concerts. Local proession-al soloists and chamber ensembles, instrumental and vocal, are

joined on occasion by such distinguished visiting artists as virtu-

oso violinist Jeremy Bell, soprano Monica Whicher, and others.

Now in its 34th year and based in St. Pauls United Church, whichis renowned or its acoustics, Consortium Aurora Borealis has devel-oped a diverse and devoted ollowing. Te people who attend ourconcerts quickly eel like amily. Tey are the kind o events whereyou can come by on your own and not eel strange. Its not stuyat all. Its warm and riendlyand great un, says Ganiatsos.

Join Consortium Aurora Borealis on November 10 at 8 pm atSt. Pauls United Church or Dazzling Doubles! Italian BaroqueConcertos. Visit consortiumauroraborealis.org or more d etails.

ConsortiumAurora BorealisBaroque to Beyond

By Pat Forrest

Frontrow,leftto right:GregoryLewis,violin(gueststudentperformer;JenniferBryan,violin;Eliza-

bethGaniatsos,harpsichord;MartinBlanchet,double bass;BirgitRieck(in reddress),recorder;

ColleenKennedy,oboe;DorisDungan,ute.Secondline,left toright:PatrickHorn, viola;Anthony

Bacon,cello;KarineBreton,bassoon.Missingfromphoto: MichelleZapf-Blanger,violin.

F Flipper Flanagans Flat Footed Four has been making audiences movetheir eet and clap their hands or 45 years, and now are also entertain-ing the youngsters with their alter-egos Te Grumpy Grampas (whodont actually seem to be all that grumpy). Te characters who make up thesegroups are Banjo Bob Balabuck, Jamie Te Fiddling Fool Gerow, who hasthe other strings covered, Brian Tompson, who keeps the rhythm with anythingat hand, and Jack Wall, whose bass playing keeps them all sounding unied.

My earliest memories o these guys go back to when we were all much younger,when they would appear on stage at the Lakeview Lodge on warm summer evenings,

or out at the Neebing on a cold winter night. I missed seeing a couple o them atthe Last Spike Coee House, but they were there. Cruising down the north shoreto play the smaller communities in the earlier days were their weekend adventures.Tey have played everywhere rom bars to churches, rom the stage at the TunderBay Community Auditorium (BCA) to the stages at country airs. Tey have spenttheir aternoons playing or children, and then in the evening put some bounce inthe shoes at the retirement home. And their generous spirits have them giving backto this community at many undraisers and benets.

When asked about their most memorable times, a ew chuckles are shared,and then some stories. Te ground-breaking or the BCA, and that dance inSchreiber in 78, where it got so wild that an unmanned snowmobile came up thestairs o the high school. Te arewell or Arthur Black, and the moon on stage atConederation College back when streaking was in. Not ones to be stied, they

were once kicked o the stage or singing Te Pill back in 1967.

Because these our boys grew up together, going through the various stages olie, they share more than just their love o music. Tis is why their harmonies arethe heart o this groupthey just know where their voices are going to t insideeach others. Another reason or their anti-aging, is the enthusiastic energy, and theintense love they bring along to each perormance.

And their outlook is one o anticipation. Tey are already implementing newly

learned musical structure, gained by Gerow attaining his Royal Conservatory grade ten.Who knew that these our riends, who came together because o their musical inclina-tions, would still be holding their audiences in the palms o their hands ater 45 years?

Flipper Flanagans Flat Footed Four play Te Foundry on December 1. You canollow their antics at ipperanagan.com.

Flipper FlanaganThe Four Turn 45

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If variety is the spice o lie, then Tunder Bay is denitely well-seasoned. Checkout BShows.comthe premiere live entertainment listing in townor proo.I you take a look at their op Five, youll nd everything rom rock, DJ, metal,

house, and electronica, to blues, jazz, and classical. And in their extensive poster ar-chive, which has inormation on every event listing since 2005, youll nd even more.

Tunder Bays Jimmy Wiggins started Wiggins Productions in 2001, while he wasstill in high school, to organize shows or his own band and those o his riends. Atercompleting the marketing program at Conederation College and then the advertis-

ing program at Mohawk Collage, he and riend Andrew Ryan noted a void in thelocal music scene. Tere wasnt any online calendar that ocused on music, saysWiggins. So, in 2004, they started what Wiggins describes as a pretty basic sitenopictures, nothing fashy at all. With a perect combination o skills and training,Ryan designed all o the back end coding and Wiggins promoted the site.

Ater Ryan let Tunder Bay, Wiggins ran the site himsel beore adding localmusicians Kevin Sidlar and Jean-Paul De Roover to the team. Tey have also hadassistance and encouragement rom members o the local entertainment scene, andhave developed partnerships with LU Radio, Denitely Superior Art Gallery, BlackPirates Pub, and Crocks. Te team is currently completing a major overhaul o thesite and are planning on a winter 2013 relaunch. Anyone is ree to upload theirevents to BShows, and Im always surng the web or more events to add, saysWiggins, adding that the goal is to have a one-stop site or up-to-date and accurateinormation on all live entertainment going on in Bay.

Over the years, Wiggins has seen a lot o changes in the local music scene. [Itsgone ] rom a very strict metal and punk scene into more rock and rockabilly, thenemo and hardcore, then a massive wave o DJs and electronica, he says. Now thereseems to be a airly balanced mix o rock bands, metal bands and DJs. And who aresome o the scenes up-and-coming bands? Te Unbalanced (younger guys pumpingout some really heavy songs), DJ Classic Roots (his crowds have been getting biggerand bigger with every show), APOU (a mix o Rock ruck and Norris) and Dont

You(,) Mean People? (three-piece instrumental, kinda jazz/math rock). Very interest-ing stu. Clearly, Wiggins is not only passionate about local music, but he knowsthe scene inside-outwhich makes him the perect man or this job.

Tis issue o Te Walleye marks the start o our partnership with BShows, whichbuilds on our efort to promote the local music scene.

TBShowsA Spotlight onThunder Bays Music Scene

By Peter Jabs

Audio EngineersThe Unsung Heroes

By Jamie J. Varga

KyleLees

An audio engineer is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and

equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds.(Wikipedia)

I you requent the local music scene, you will no doubt know the importance o the audio engineer.Tey are like unplanned extra members o bands playing in the bar scene, and can oten make or break ashow. I was once told that it is better to play badly and sound good than to play well and sound like trash.Essentially, nothing is worse than coming o the stage ater a great gig only to nd that it sounded brutalo the stage. Unortunately, the job can be thankless at timesin act, i audio engineers are doing their

job, nobody knows they are there. o some, this makes the job a little like digging dirt; to others, its whatmakes them the unsung heroes o the local music scene.

The Apollo

Audio Engineer:

Alex PedersonPederson, like many audio engineers, comes rom abackground in perorming music. Having played guitarin a ew bands back home in oronto, he has an ear orhow a show is meant to sound, and has picked up sometechnical know-how along the way. Pederson ound

himsel lling the need or a regular audio engineer atTe Apollo about our years ago. Among his avouriteso the acts he has set up are Keith Hallett and GarretMason, two o Canadas premiere blues musicians.

The Ofce/ Crocks

Audio Engineer:Len Jaroli, akaDJSoS, aka Paladin 6.2

When Jaroli told me he got his start at Desotos music in1992, I had a Tunder Bay fashback o epic proportions(Desotos was a DJ service that played high school dances,shags, etc.). Ater moving to oronto in 1994 to pursuea career as a DJ, Jaroli established himsel and begandevelopment on his alter ego, Paladin. A perormance-art-meets-live-electronica show, Paladin 6.2 is whatestablished Jarolis knowledge o audio equipmentover the years. Being a perormer who relies on audioengineering is what has taught Jaroli that louder isntbetterbetter is better! o see what the uture holdsor Jaroli, check out his website, p4l4din.com.

The Foundry

Audio Engineer:

Colonel Rob Sven JensenWithout a doubt, Jensen has the most experience out o the downtownPort Arthur audio engineers. Starting out as an assistant sound techat the Auditorium in 1985, he boasts 35 years o top-end audioengineering experience. Choosing his avourite perormer was tough,but he went with Meatloa. He also loves doing the Summer in the

Park shows every year at the Marina, as well as the Blues Fest. Beingoered the opportunity to help develop a new business, Jensen ishappy with how things are coming along at Te Foundry, and hintedat some awesome technological surprises that he and the managementhave in store or live musicians and audiences in Tunder Bay.

Te next time you are enjoying the sound at a live show in downtownPort Arthur, look toward the back and give a nod or a st pump to theaudio engineerhell, buy that dirt digger a drink! Without this integralpart o the team, you might be getting a lackluster perormance, andthe band wouldnt be able to get a little more bass in this monitor.

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The Cuba Librethe original rumand cola done right2 oz light rum such as Mount GayEclipse Rum rom Barbados (LCBO

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Fill a rocks glass with ice. Pour rumover ice. Squeeze the juice o one limeover mixture and add lime wedges to the

glass. Pour cola in the glass. op o withtwo dashes o bitters.

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2 oz white rum such as Havana ClubAnejo Blanco Rum rom Cuba (LCBONo. 633685 - $25.95 or 750 ml)

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5 oz club soda

Place mint leaves and simple syrup in aglass, muddle until mint becomes ragrant.Cut lime in hal and squeeze the juice romhalves into glass then wedge lime and addto glass. Pour in the rum and stir. Add iceand top with club soda.

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Vegan Iron ChefA Culinary Challenge

Story and Photos By Amy Vervoort

On January 19, 2013, Conederation CollegesRumours Dining Room will be transormedinto Kitchen Stadium or a night o compe-

tition like no other. Vegan Iron Che Tunder Bayaspin on the popular Food Network programwilltake place in ront o a live local audience, high-lighting the citys talented proessional and amateurches. Hosted by Veg Tunder Bay, a vegan educa-tion group, and Conederation Colleges CulinaryManagement Program, this event is exactly whatTunder Bays ood lovers have been waiting or.

Te challenge is on, and Veg Tunder Bays Maria

alarico hopes this competition not only celebratesour citys culinary talent, but highlights vegan ingre-dients that are less amiliar. Tere will be two cat-egories: amateur and proessional. Amateur cooks

will be paired a student sous che rom the CulinaryManagement Program, while in the proessional cat-egory o local ches will compete individually. Wholesoybean products like tempeh, amaranth, grains, andcheeses made rom nuts and tapioca will be made intoentre dishes, and judged by a panel o our: MarijaHarp o Sweet Peas Home Catering & Restaurant,raw ood che Helen Liba o Superior Shores WellnessCentre, columnist Fred Jones, and che and acul-ty member in the Conederation College CulinaryProgram Bill Gregorash. Raw ood dessert che andood blogger Heather Pace will be the Roaming FoodGuru, giving a a play-by-play o the competition.

Te past decade has really seen this city evolveinto a culinary town, with people not only seek-ing arm resh quality at home, but expecting it inrestaurants. wenty years ago, it was impossible to

nd vegetarian, never mind vegan, on a TunderBay menu, but now theres not only choice, but en-tire meals available. Now, with the help o VeganIron Che, those at the oreront o Tunder Baysnew culinary culture can step into the spotlight.

Te transition rom summer to winter is a bittersweet oneor us in Northern Ontario as we settle in or t he big, long

white. rue, our autumns are spectacular, with the crisp greeno the conierous highlighting the stain-glass spectrum o thedeciduous. Te clean, resh air has a cool bite that never ailsto invigorate. Even the rst alling akes o snow herald ourmost near and dear sporting season lled with hockey, ski-

ing, sledding, and ice shing. And yet, love our winters as wemay, there is always a backwards glance at sun-kissed sum-mer that makes the season-swing a little tough to stomach.

Enter the sunny spirit hailing rom the sandy shores o post-colonial Caribbean: none other than rum. Made or hundreds oyears rom sweet sugarcane juice or rich molasses, the best rumsare still distilled in the warm realms o the islands. Relegatedto the bar rail or a number o years as a monotonous mixer,rum is now gaining popularity again and more care and cratis being seen in the production o its ner examples. Whetherspiced or dark, amber or aged, rum will keep you warm this win-ter and is a sweet reminder o summers sun-splashed shores.

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Come November we have a lot o hot chocolate days. But or the timeswhen that cup isnt giving you the comort that you need, or you just cantwait to get a jump on th e seasonal spiked chocolate, thankully the HotPeppermint Patty is waiting in the wings. An adult version o your avouritepost-tobogganing drink, it combines the creaminess o hot chocolate withequal parts Kahlua and peppermint schnapps. Add shaved semi-sweetchocolate, real whipped cream, and a cherry on top, and you have justound a way to kick up your day by one big tasty notch.

In a large, heavy-bottomed, chili-sized pot, heat olive oil over medium heat. Addonions (this is where youd add and brown the ground meat, i youre using it) andsaut until onions become sot and translucent, about 10 minutes. At this point,you can either continue cooking the chili on the stove, or throw it all into a slowcooker and get on with your day. Ad d the garlic, celery, and jalapeno, then coverand cook or another ve minutes. Reduce the heat and stir in the spices (cumin,oregano, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, chili powder, black pepper, salt) along withthe bell peppers. Cover again and cook or another ve minutes. Stir oten to keepthe spices rom burning. I the pan gets too dry, add a little liquid rom the dicedtomatoes, or some water. Next, add the black beans, tomatoes, corn, salsa, lime

juice (i using), and soy sauce. Let the chili simmer on low or 5 to 10 minutes,until it thickens slightly and avors combine. Stir in the chocolate. When choco-late has melted, taste to adjust the salt and pepper. Serve topped with any or all o:crushed tortilla chips, shredded cheese, cilantro leaves and sour cream.

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 cups chopped onions

4 garlic cloves, minced

1 stalk celery, sliced

1 (or more) jalapeno, minced

1 tablespoon cumin

2 teaspoons oregano

teaspoon cinnamon

1 pinch ground cloves

1 teaspoon ground coriander

1 tablespoon chili powder

teaspoon ground blackpepper, to taste

teaspoon salt, to taste

1 cups chopped bell pep-pers (red and green are nice)

2 (560 ml) cans black beans,rinsed and drained

1 (560 ml) can diced tomatoes

1 cup rozen (or resh) corn kernels

1 cup prepared salsa

1 tablespoon resh lime juice(optional, but so tasty)

1 tablespoon soy sauce

1 ounces semisweet choco-late (about cup chips)

Drink of the Month

Hot Peppermint Patty- Runway 25By Rebekah Skochinski

B eaux Daddys is unlike any other res-taurant in Tunder Bay, thanks to thevision o its ounder, Richard (Dick)Davidson. Davidson started to transorm theormer Uncle Franks Supper Club (with its

iconic sign inviting you to Come As You Are)to a New Orleans-inspired cajun (make thatCa-NA-jun) grill house about our years ago.

Just inside the ront doors, there is a display omemorabilia rom Uncle Franks, including amenu rom the 50s, and photos o patrons andsta. Davidson also reused the chairs, and one othe awnings rom the exterior o the build ing.

rue to their Canajun brand, Beaux Daddyshas two themed dining roomsthe FrenchRestaurant, which has a more intimate and ormalatmosphere than the main seating area, and t he

Acadian Lodge, complete with wall-mounted shand a stone replace. Te horseshoe bar looks likeit could have come straight rom Bourbon Street,and the replica o Uncle Franks neon sign andoriginal yellow coach lanterns above the kitchen isa nice touch. Davidsons attention to detail in therestaurant is impressive and there is a lot to take induring a rst-time visit.

Te menu has a variety o Cajun entres, suchas shrimp Creole, jambalaya, southern-ried but-termilk chicken, and blackened catsh, as well asburgers, steaks, and seaood. Te blackened catshis excellentit has just the right amount o heat

and is nice with a Caesar salad. Kids will enjoy themini corn dogs and nawlins boulettesdoughthat is stued with spicy andouille sausage andlocal gouda, then deep ried and served withmarinara dipping sauce (youll never eat mozzasticks again!).

ragically, Richard Davidson passed away inAugust, shortly ater Beaux Daddys grand open-ing. His youngest son, Christopher, is now respon-sible or continuing his athers vision to bringback dancing and romancing. Check out th eirmusic listings at beauxdaddys.com or the onlinecalendar at thewalleye.ca and, yes, its still okay tocome as you are.

Beaux Daddys is located at 1575 Highway61; call 622-111 for reservations (recommended,but not required).

Beaux DaddysA New Twist on Cajun Cuisine

By Michelle McChristie

Black Bean ChiliSzerves 8 hungry people

By Rachel Globensky, Chef/Owner of Grinning Belly

Be the belle o your next potluck or rewood-splitting party with thistasty gem. Yep, its got chocolate in it! Te many spices, chocolate, and pre-pared salsa give the dish a nice, ull-bodied avour. And, shhhhhhhtheres no meat. I chilis not really chili without meat, you can brown apound o ground pork or bee, or even game meat with the onions in therst step, and proceed as written. Perect to serve with a g reen salad, someresh corn bread, and some cold beer. Bring on the cold weather!

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The CreativeCommonsLiving Art Space Feeds aNeed in the South Core

By Rebekah Skochinski

Excitement is contagious. And its hard to contain the excitement

about the recently opened arts initiative, Te Creative Commonsan arts hub or artists, writers, photographers and the like whoneed a place to create, grow, and share their tal ents. Te trio o AngieGollat, Meg Sheepway, and Stacey Hare Hodgins (with support rom BenLucyk) have created a living art space that they hope will enable peopleto do what they love to do. Inspired by one another, and the possibilitiesthat arise when working together, there seem to be no limits to their vi-sion. Teir wish: to serve the community, to respond and react to what thecommunity indicates is needed and wanted, to be dynamic and evolving.

We elt a call or help and renewal, Gollat says o their reasonor choosing the south core. And a need to connect to the geogra-phy, with the hopes o a ripple eect. Further to that, Te CreativeCommons is looking at green and urban renewal initiatives. For now,there is yoga arts programming, pottery classes, painting, study circles(music, meditation), and something they call idea jamming. Tey willalso be oering studio space rental, and are l ooking or volunteers.

When I visited, there was colourul art on the walls (there will be ro-tating artists work each month; currently you can see new work byChristian Chapman), instruments lazily hanging about in ront o an ex-panse o windows, and the comorting smell o chili was in th e air. Itsexciting to see a place like this open its doors to the community, and I

will eagerly watch the excitement catch re. One person at a time.Stop by Te Creative Commons to see what its all about at 116 Syndicate

Avenue South (located about the former Good News) or keep track of them atthecreativecommons.ca and on Facebook.

Cambrian Players will kick o their 2012-2013 season this month

with Ken Ludwigs ony-award winning comedy Lend Me a enor,directed by Lawrence Badanai, Te show centres around a pro-

duction o the opera Otello that goes hilariously awry when the star isaccidentally given a double dose o tranquilizers. What ollows is a cha-otic combination o mistaken identity, arcical plot twists, double enten-dres, and musical mayhem that is sure to keep audiences in stitches.

Lend Me a enor has had our cast laughing since our rst readingand every rehearsal since, says Badanai. Te show is lled with ver-bal and physical humour that is designed to bring the audience alongor a ride o unlikely, extravagant, and improbable situations.

With a talented cast that eatures Chris Jason, Lauren Payette, RichardPepper, Rory Ryan, Felicia N. Seyert, Colin Stewart, racey ebbenham,and Bev Gravelle MacLeod, the show promises lots o physical com-edy. Te wonderul thing about arce is that the plotlines are so out-landish, the actors are relieved o constraints, says Badanai. Teycan (and do) go over the top. When their perormances are so pol-ished as to be convincingly hilarious, the result is an absolute joy.

And joy is exactly the eect that the production is going or.Its about going to the theatre and orgetting l ie or a cou-ple o hours, Badanai says. Tat is the end goal.

Lend Me a enor runs November 810 and November 1417 at 8pm at the Paramount Teatre, 24 South Court St. ickets are $20 oradults and $15 or students and seniors, and are available at Fireweed,Steepers, and at the door. Visit cambrianplayers.ca or more details.

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hether they are putting their pas-sion on paper, or carving it in

wood, artists and artisans sharea very personal side o themselves throughtheir work. Nowhere is this more apparentthan at the Tunder Bay Museums ArtisansNorthwest Exhibition, which showcases sew-ing, woodwork, jewellery, glass work, andpainting inspired by lie in Tunder Bay.

Artisans Northwest ormed in 1975 as a non-prot, member-run organization o area artistsand artisans whose annual Art & Fine Crat Showhas become one o the most highly anticipated

events o the year. Tere are more than 100 mem-bers o Artisans Northwesta balanced group,diverse and original, who together provide aorum or artistic encouragement and commu-nity, a proessional outlet, and opportunity ordemonstration. Membership is juried and basedon criteria such as creativity, artistic and aesthetic

merit, originality, and quality o cratsmanship.Some members are hobbyists, others are proes-sionals, but all are passionate about what they do.

On November 17 and 18, our rooms at theValhalla Inn will be decorated with interesting dis-plays by 74 o the artists and artisans o ArtisansNorthwest or their 37th Annual Art & Fine CratShow. Te executive has been working all year tobring the show to lie, each year striving to bringnew work to the show. Tis year is no exception.Te exposure or local artists is important, but it isalso a chance or the community to meet the art-ists and artisans who decorate our city and homes.

Artisans Northwest will be on display at theTunder Bay Museum until November 11. Teirwork is also available at places like Local Colour ArtGallery, the Baggage Building Arts Centre at Prince

Arthurs Landing, and Fireweed. For more inorma-tion, visit artisansnorthwest.ca.

nspiring people surroundus in our community i only we take thetime to look. One such person is Candace wance, a talented, mo-tivated young Ojibwe artist and musician. Last November, she was

eatured in Te Walleye or her music, which she records and perormsunder the alias Sea Ballast. wance has also won numerous awards or herart and is actively involved in t he arts community. As one o the ound-

ing members o the Biindigaate Indigenous Film Festival, she organiz-es a coinciding annual exhibition at Denitely Superior Art Gall ery.

A spiritual young woman, wance believes in the traditional teach-ings o her people and sees h ersel in the role o storyteller and visionary.

As a child, she loved art and can remember how she never liked colouringbooks, preerring to draw outside the lines. wance names several contem-porary indigenous artists as inuences, including George Littlechild, Jane

Ash Poitras, and Linus Woods. In her own work, she tries to suggest the di-erent layers o reality by using layers o paint as a metaphor. For her, thereis an intuitive relationship between colours and people because she be-lieves in the strong associations between eelings, spirituality, and colour.

It is evident in wances work that she has a connection to colour in thatshe consistently chooses vibrant, intense hues coupled with dynamic composi-tions. One painting in part icular, Red Bird, stands out because wance describesit as a piece o which she is particularly ondit is a portrait o her sister,

whose nickname is Miskobenays, or Red Bird. Te dominant colour schemeis cool blues and warm pinks with a punch o red, but there is something veryelectric about it that makes you eel like Red Bird is looking right at you.

Indeed, the same thing can be said o most o wances workthatthere is an energy to it that draws the viewer into the gazes o these dream-

like portraits. I want my paintings to have a presence, she says. Itskind o a goal or me, to have my paintings speaking or themselves.

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Style SmittenBy Justyna Kondakow

Head-to-toe Sleeping Giant Antiques - earring

and brooch set

Mister J - mens French cuff oxford

shirt (special order)

Fathers closet - silk tie, elk

cufinks, wool band practice trousers Mothers closet - belt

Internets closet - patent leather shoes

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Iam one othe ew lucky girls who has man-

aged to maintain a summer romance beyondthe lusty humidity. Most o the time, theseings begin with cooed lyrics o aection; othertimes the squire attracts the eye with unmistak-able personality in style. But this particular ro-mance skewered me with a shish-kebab o both

words and threads. Tis blossoming romancerst began with when he lured me in with hisrazor-sharp tailoring, yet somehow he turned theocus back on Te Way You Look onight. Hiscigarette looked great i not or anything morethan the amber light dissolving the outline o hissilhouettewe looked like a pair o StrangersIn Te Night. And naturally, things becamesteady between us when I asked him to Fly Meo Te Moon. I still nd mysel dozing o overmy notebook to the sight o his last name part-nered with my rst: Mrs. Justyna Sinatra. Andmuch like sharing a last name, sometimes a sub-liminal inuence can take hold. Tis may be interms o the tone in which they speak, how theythink, or even how they dress. I was no excep-

tionalthough ar rom a boyriends slouchy

sweater, I ound mysel gravitating towards

Franks style, and channelling his cl assic eleganceStill dreaming o the serenade rom last nights

date with lyrics reminiscent o the SummerWind, I ing open my closet doors. ypicallywondering what to wear or the next encounter,I instinctively choose the best representation oa clean-cut Sinatra: the white, French cu ox-ord shirt. I press the shirt u p against mysel andslowly glide towards the mirror. I imagine whatto wear to do the shirt justice without strayingrom its air o the debonnaire. Its like ashiontit or tatwhen you balance key actors in anoutt, you develop personal style rather th an ol-low a typical theme. I juxtapose the masculineinuence with vibrant accents rom my emi-nine side by wearing an earring and brooch setalongside my athers neck tie and elk cuinks.I nd that the contrast o the accessories merelyemphasizes the pure white, starched heaven othe oxord shirt. When you achieve the bala ncebetween inuence and personality, you cant helpbut eel like youve Got Te World On A String.

Night alls earlier and earlier at this time o year, but the payo is vaststarry skies, ethereal northern lights, and a bright silvery moon. Here aretwo ways to make your local sky-watching experiences memorable.

Night SkiesBy Bonnie Schiedel

NameDavid Tompson AstronomicalObservatory (DAO)

LocationFort William Historic Park,opening in December

On-site equipmentA 20-inch telescope, one o the larg-est or public viewing in Canada.Te adjacent Discovery Centre willbe home to astronomy sotware andcomputers, and video eed and projec-tion systems or observing images.

What to expect

View the heavens through a powerultelescope, then check out video and stillimages o recent celestial activity (orexample, the ransit o Venus), down-loaded rom the cameras attached to thetelescope. Historic navigation equip-ment and a meteorite collection will alsobe on display in the Discovery Centre.

Cool detailDavid Tompson, a surveyor with theNorth West Company, drew on toolslike a telescope, sextant and chronom-eter, as well as his skills in math, as-tronomy and surveying, to create amassive map o an area o almost 4 mil-lion square kilometres. First Nationspeoples called him the stargazer.

Get more infowhp.ca

NameTunder Bay Observatory

Location243 Klages Road, Neebing

On-site equipmentTree telescopes, including a 16-inchadvanced optics model, with our cam-eras to capture video and images. Aseparate automated observatory is usedor large ormat imaging and research.

What to expectGet stunning views o the night skywith proessional equipment that hasthe ability to view a billion stellarobjects ranging rom stars to mete-ors. Tere is also a new 70-seat multi-screen mini-planetarium or viewing.Listen to talks about a variety o topics,such as 5000 Years o Astronomy.

Cool detailOwner Randy McAllister keeps re-cords o local UFO sightings.

Get more infothunderbayobservatory.com

Looking or more night sky action? Te Royal Astronomical Society oCanada (RASC) Tunder Bay Centre holds monthly meetings at ConederationCollege, plus public events at various locations (such as Hillcrest Park and pro-vincial parks) throughout the year. Visit tbrasc.org or details.

Observatory atFort WilliamHistoric Park

Dumbbell Nebula

Have you ever been out walking ona snowy evening, and through a lit

window caught a quick glimpse oa neighbours beautiul holiday decor and hadthe sudden urge to knock on th eir door andask or a look around? Well, with the TunderBay Art Galler ys Christmas House our, youcan indulge all your voyeuristic urges andnot get a criminal record in the process!

Te Annual Christmas House our is madeup o a group o local homeowners who gener-

ously open their doors and oer up their homesto some amazing local decorators to be ull ydecked out in the latest and greatest o holidaystyle. With their ticket as their passport, visitorstake a sel-guided tour through some o Tunder

Bays most enviable homes. And what better wayto get resh holiday ideas or your own space?

2012 marks the 14th year o the Art GallerysChristmas House our, and this one promises tobe as exciting as ever. New to the tour this year isthe Young Residence, a beautiul manor nestledright beside Vickers Park, and Over the op, a newdecorator and event planner in town, as well as anArtisans Holiday Market oered at the gallery.

ickets are $20 or the regular tour Nov 11,

and $30 or the Candlelight our eaturing horsdourves at the gallery on Nov 10. Available nowat the Tunder Bay Art Gallery and Celebrationsby Georges. All proceeds go towards the gal-lerys education and exhibition programs.

The Thunder Bay Art GallerysAnnual Christmas House TourBy Michael Christie

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I n this journeycalled lie, imagine the les-sons we can learn rom one who has survivedand triumphed in the worlds most challeng-ing and gruelling individual competition: single-handed open ocean sailing. It takes incredible cour-age, determination, and persistence to race all the

way around the globe, spending months alone inthe open waterand Derek Hateld is the onlyCanadian to ever complete the race twice!

Hateld oers inspiration and motivation in an eve-ning that will relate h is sailing journey to lies journey,through both corporate and amily perspectives. Teormer RCMP ofcer and world-amous yachtsman o-ers an inspiring evening or anyone who is drawn to theawesome energy o wind and waves. Hatelds presenta-tion is a once-in-a-lietime opportunity to be ener-gized and empowered by one o the worlds premiereadventurers. Tis exclusive dinner event is a undraiseror environmental projects in the Lake Superior basin,including EcoSuperiors Net Zero demonstration houseand Lake Superior Discovery Place. A silent auction andour-course local avours dinner is included or $75.Limited presentation-only tickets are available or $20.

Come out or an evening o great adventure, and helpus make a Great Lake Superior!

A Lake Superior Evening eaturing Derek Hateld takesplace November 14 in the Embassy Ballroom at the VictoriaInn. ickets available at EcoSuperior, 562 Red River Road,and at the Victoria Inn on Arthur Street. Tis is a greenevent hosted by Lake Superior Remedial Action Plan Ofce,EcoSuperior, Lake Superior Discovery Place, and TunderBay Yacht Club.es, its still okay to come as you are.

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A Lake Superior Eveningfeaturing Derek HateldBy Ellen Morteld

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with Michelle KiviAges 8-12 Saturdays noon-2pm

Ages 12-15 Friday evenings 6-8pmCost $125 /6wks materials included

Check our website for more!Candle making, Mosaic Tile,

Pottery classes, Painting lessonsand Lantern Festival Workshops

Classes are now being held at theBaggage Building Arts Centre

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he red Remembrance Daypoppy

worn on lapels across Canada has aTunder Bay connection. Te story

begins with John McCraes poem, In FlandersFields: an American, Moina Michael, readthe poem shortly beore the end o the Great

War and was inspired to wear a poppy everyday in memory o the allen. In 1920, AnnaE. Gurin, a French citizen, visited New Yorkand happened to meet Michael, then a vol-unteer at the YMCA at Columbia University.Inspired by Michaels stance, she returned toFrance and began making and selling silk pop-pies to raise unds or war widows and orphans.

Gurin travelled to both Britain and Canadain 1921 to propose making the poppy a sym-bol o remembrance or soldiers killed in theGreat War, as well as a undraiser or those a-ected by the war. Her rst Canadian stop: ameeting o the Great War Veterans Associationo Canada (a predecessor o the Legion) heldat the Prince Arthur Hotel on Cumberland St.

At the meeting on July 5, the members de-cided to adopt the poppy as its Flower oRemembrance. In November 1921, poppies

were distributed in Canada or the rst time.

Poppy PrideBy Bonnie Schiedel

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S haggy Saskatchewan rockers TeSheepdogs are bringing their 70s-stylesouthern rock sound back to Tunder Bayon December 10, rounding out a huge North

American tour or the release o their latest album.

Te Sheepdogs, which dropped September 4,is the bands rst ull length album since sign-ing with Atlantic Records ollowing their his-toric appearance as the rst unsigned band tograce the cover o Rolling Stone. A seasonedtravelling band with three sel-produced al-bums and one EP in th eir back pocket, TeSheepdogs have stepped it up with their lat-est album produced by Patrick Carney (o theBlack Keys) and Austin Scaggs. Its a masterullycreated set o resh-yet-classic tracks reminis-cent o beloved 70s-era, bluesy rock and roll.

Te past year has been a wild ride or TeSheepdogs, catapulting them rom nearly-broke

and on the road to instant ame, a barrage oJuno awards and an international tour circuitbeginning with a stint in Australia with rocklegend John Fogerty (o CCR) and culminat-ing in US and cross-Canada tours this all.

I youre an original an, dont worrythebearded boys are still true to their roots. Onthe bands website bio, lead singer Ewan Curriesays, Our goal is two-old. We want to makekiller albums that people really want to lis-ten to, but we also want to have a really repu-table live show. When we come through town

we want to be the hottest ticket there. Tosetwo elements are what make a truly great rockand roll band. Really, though, we just wantto play to anyone who is willing to give us ashot and who wants to have a good time.

Te Sheepdogs play with Yukon Blonde December10 at Roxys/onic. Visit thesheepdogs.com or details.

The SheepdogsSweet 70s Southern Rock

By Kat Lyzun


For most people, the name Kim Stockwood will bring tomind those priceless lyrics rom her rst major hitYou

jerk, you jerk, you are such a jerkor the totally relat-able eelings o 12 Years OldI eel like Im 12 years oldand my dog just died and my bikes been stolen again. Tenagain, theres also the sel-discovery o Enough Love, or youmight think about her role in the highly successul trio Shaye

with Damhnait Doyle and ara MacLean rom 2003 to 2009.

I youve been paying attention to recent news, however, you will

have heard that Stockwood has made a move back to her roots.With 18 years o experience under her belt, Stockwood has returnedto Newoundland to produce a recording ull o the sounds andtemperament o the east coast. Back to the Water, which alsoeatures some o Newoundlands nest musicians, boasts 11 songsthat encompass a wide range o emotions and situations. Teres thelighter side o lie portrayed in Squid Jiggin Ground and Fellerrom Fortune, the thrill o romance in St. Johns Waltz and thelonging in Let Me Fish O Cape St. Marys.

Stockwood has also partnered with some new riends on thisrecording: Te Once on Now Im 64, and the Dardanelles onFeller From Fortune. Longtime riend

Damhnait Doyle rom Shaye joins her on Ode toNewoundland, and her ather Leslie Stockwood helps out onthe nale, Tank God Were Surrounded by Water. Everythingcame together so well on Back to t he Water that Stockwood wonthe 2012 East Coast Music Award or Roots/raditional Solo

Recording o the Year.

Stockwood will be bringing her live show, which includesan opening perormance by cellist Kevin Fox, to Tunder Bay

on November 24 as part o the Sleeping Giant Folk MusicSociety concert series. $20 advance tickets are available atChaltrek, Fireweed, Hoito, and Ostrom Outdoors. For ur-ther inormation visit kimstockwood.com or sleepinggiant.ca.

Kim StockwoodBack to Her Roots, Backto the Water

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VinylBurnin to the Sky

By Gord Ellis

Like most people o a certain age, I grew uplistening to vinyl records. My rst album wasone o the classic old K-el records. Te ad-

vertised television ads in the early 1970s screamedout 20 original hits, 20 original stars! while play-ing little tidbits o each song. I had to have it. So downto Kresges I went, and picked up the record. It hada weird, multi-coloured cover o yellow, orange, andbrown swirls, with horribly cut-and-pasted pictureso several artists on the ront. When I got home, andpulled the record out o the sleeve, a whole new worldo music opened up. Tis was not radio music, withsongs chosen by someone else. Tis was my music. Idropped the needle again and again on the vinyl, listen-ing to Saturday Nights Alright or Fighting by Elton

John, watching the centre o the record spin round.

Tere was something about the smell o record vinylthat really got under my skin. It was a subtle thing,

but when you slipped that reshly bought record outo its sleeve, it was the scent o something new andexciting. Te whole experience o playing a record

was sensual. Laying on the rug, liner sleeve in hand,listening to side one, then ipping the record over

to side two. Te crackle and pop o the needle track-ing on vinyl became part o the musical experience.

Te large, vinyl record ormat also allowed an artist tomake a decent, eye catching album cover. Tere was theStones Sticky Fingers album, with a zippered y on thecrotch o a virtual Mick Jagger in jeans. Te Whos Nextalbum eatured all our member o Te Who zipping upater having taken a pee on some monolith. Or the plain

white jacket o the Beatles brilliant White Album. Somecovers were so great that people bought the album justbecause o it. Vinyl records were made to be seen, andheard, as a whole experience. As well, because o the two-sided vinyl album ormat, a lot o thought was given tothe ow o an albumthe rst song on side two beingo particular importance. I an artist was really on a roll,there were double albums. In the case o the Clash, theypulled a triple album out o the h at with Sandinista.

Vinyl albums also ostered the wonderul world

known as the record store. Tese were a big busi-ness once upon a time. For audiophiles, stores likeSam the Record Man in oronto were simply amust-stop, a mecca. You could pour through the re-cord bins, looking or special pressings, European

releases or extended dance mixes. When you oundyour music, you actually paid or it. Its a concept thatsalmost completely lost to people born ater 1990.

Te sound o virgin vinylespecially on a g ood qual-ity turntablewas amazing. Rich and warm. Te natureo vinyl also allowed a ar more natural representationo what the music actually sounded like when recorded.Tis is not so true o our largely compressed and digi-tized music today. Yet when compact discs came on linein the mid 1980s, the writing was on the wall or vinyl.

Within a decade, people couldnt give their turntablesaway. Records were donated to the Salvation Army andsold or a quarter. Sure, there were holdouts; there alwaysare. Yet the onset o the mp3 and iPod really sealed theate o the vinyl album. It became a curiosity o the past.

Despite this nostalgia, Ill admit my vinyl record daysare largely over. Like the rest o the world, my personalmusic is loaded onto a digital player the size o a ciga-

rette lighter. Ive become accustomed to the convenience,and sadly, the sound o digitized music. But in my recroom, behind the bar, sit 300 or so boxed-up vinyl al-bums waiting to be rediscovered. Perhaps its time.

On September 21, a crowd gathered around a small darkstage to watch an oten-returning artist rom Waterloo,OntarioCraig Cardi, perorming at Lakehead

Universitys Study. Once again, Cardi did not disappoint. Hisperormance was intimate, his repartee was humourous, and heengaged the audience with his thought-provoking statements andsongs. His music is laid back, keeping his ans engrossed or hours,and in between sets musician Robyn DellUnto entertained thecrowd with her incredible voice, unny anecdotes, and charisma.

Cardis music includes harmonica and guitar, and oten heuses a looping machine. But although Cardis music is won-derul, what I love the most about his shows is the hilariousbanter in between songs. Tese talks are comical on the sur-ace but have a deep, underlying truth to them all. Cardinever misses an opportunity to make an intimate connection

with his ans. During his concert, the audience is encouragedto write in h is Book o rutha compilation o embarrass-

ing moments, shared love stories, and moments o reality. Itsalways an adventure to be in t he company o Craig Cardi.

For more inormation, visit myspace.com/craigcardi.

Craig CardiffGoing Beyond the MusicBy Meghan Jewell

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I ts been our years since Matt Mays lastalbum, erminal Romance, and just as longsince he and his ormer band El orpedoplayed Te Outpost. On October 13, Mays re-turned to promote his new album, Coyote, show-ing Tunder Bay ans that he can still rock out.

Te show opened with Indio, the rst songon the album. Its a catchy song, great or aroad trip. Te whole albums ull o great trav-elling songs, maybe because so many o themgive o a transient vibe through their lyr-ics, varied musical styles, and instruments. Itstting that the album was recorded in eightdierent studios across North America.

Mays and his ve bandmates showcased theirwide-ranging musical talent on piano, har-

monica, maracas, tambourine, tenor and basssaxophones, perorming most o the new album(and in order). Tey played City o Lakes, anhomage to Mays hometown o Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, as well as lots o crowd avouritesrom his days with El orpedo. Mays intro-duced some o his El orpedo band membersduring one o their hits, On the Hood.

Among the highlights o the night werethe catchy single ake it on Faith, the Ska-inused Rochambo, the quick, dance-able Madre, Padre (Oh my God-re),the twangy countried Loveless, and thepounding guitar o Aint Tat the ruth.

Ater taking his time between albums, MattMays has re-emerged with excellent new songsthat are ull o his characteristic raw energy. Heput on a great live show, showing new and oldans that this Canadian musician loves writ-ing and perorming classic rock music.

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ell, we have ofciallydiscovered the lat-est renewable energy resource: Down With

Webster. Te bands 90-minute show at theTunder Bay Community Auditorium on October 20

was an intensely high energy, non-stop perormanceno ballads that night, just all o their top hits. Engagingthe audience with plenty o interactive songs, Down

With Webster had the crowd waving their hands orthe entire show, creating their signature W shape withtheir ngers, and jumping up and down throughout theentire perormance. Te bands drummer even had thespotlight with a brie drum solo and an amusing drumsynthesizer rendition o Gangnam Style that had theaudience screaming. And ater being called back to thestage by an enthusiastic audience, their th ree-song en-core ended on a high note with their hit Shes Dope.

Troughout the show, the band was generous with mer-chandise, throwing beer cups, t-shirts, and towels to anappreciative audience. Te meet and greet session ater the

show created a line that wound around the lobby and hadto be directed out the ront doors. Clearly Down WithWebster already has many ans in Tunder Bay, and withthis energetic perormance they likely gained even more.

he Tunder Bay SymphonyOrchestraopened this season with the blues, sharingthe Community Auditorium stage with ac-

claimed Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Andersenon October 13. Ater a warm-up introduction romthe orchestra, the amiable blues powerhouse hadthe crowd going rom the start with Lay it on the

Line and Te Way You Move. Ten the lightsdimmed, and Andersen showcased his incrediblevocals with She Comes Down, a moving, beau-tiul ode to the travelling musicians girlriend.

Oh, this is my avourite song. It gives me shiv-ers, said my concert companion. Shes not really ablues an

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