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JUKE fried chicken and ribs done right 26 CITY by Fraser Marshall-Glew In a city that’s well known for its unsustainable living standards, it’s often hard to justify going out to some of Vancouver’s leading restaurants. Fine dining in fancy restaurants usually requires more time and more money to experience. Now, a lot of us will make time and spend money for the experience because, well let’s face it, it is a pleasure. It’s worth the time spent out of the hustle and bustle of our usual lives to enjoy all the elements of a good meal. It’s worth the money spent to eat something made passionately, that isn’t just designed for the convenience of a busy and demanding life style. However, the fact of the matter still remains that most Vancouverites, the financially stable and unstable alike, are always on the look out for unique providers of sustainable and delicious eating. All-star frontmen Justin Tisdall (Chambar), Bryan Satterford (Hawksworth), and Cord Jarvie (Meat and Bread) lead in the growing number of restaurants dedicated to passionate and personal dining experiences at an accessible level. Named Juke, as an ode to the old juke joints of yesteryears (informal places of music, dance, and general good times), this restaurant will focus on supplying uncompromisingly delicious food in a more casual and affordable manner. While fried chicken and racks of ribs will be staples of the menu, chef Satterford made it clear that the kitchen will be “Neither southern nor BBQ,” emphasizing the importance of unrestricted creativity, fun, and locality over the limitations of specific categorization. Full salads and lighter dishes will also help define a well balanced and seasonal menu if, for whatever strange reason, the words “fried chicken” don’t immediately excite you. Furthering the theme of accessibility, Juke will have an outdoor patio for those hot summer days and even a take-out area that runs 11 a.m. to midnight so that you can enjoy your food to go. Located in the culinary hot pocket that currently hosts Bao Bei, Keefer Bar, and up-and-comer Juniper, Juke is looking to become a distinctive pillar in an already buzzing food network. “We’re really excited about the project we’re doing, the location we’re in, and the team we’ve assembled,” Tisdall says, adding that Juke will be a place that customers will want to come and hang out in. “Did I mention that the fried chicken will be gluten-free?” Juke is located at 182 Keefer Street. BARD ON THE BEACH putting a refreshing twist on the classics THE GOOD SPIRIT getting metaphysical at Gastown’s spiritual hot spot I’m great at reading my own mind. Still, it’s better to leave that sort of thing to the professionals, which is how I find myself in The Good Spirit examining a shelf full of sage, bath salts, and at least a dozen different tarot decks. Savannah Olsen, the proprietor of the metaphysical emporium, is explaining each of the items to me. Some rocks are purposefully placed on the front counter. “It’s a crystal grid,” she says. “Each crystal has an energy. So when you align them, they create an energetic vibration.” Olsen’s daughter, June, is sharing her slice of apple with most of the items in the store. She takes one of the crystals and runs away. I hope it doesn’t upset the energy field. But whether or not the crystals are activated, I am here with a purpose: to get a reading done. I’ve never done this before and I’m excited to finally have answers from the universe. Olsen introduces me to Lorri Clark, the main reader, and Clark and I sit down at a table by the sunny, Gastown window. Far from the tacky fortune-teller in Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, this is spirituality for the modern yuppie. I’m just glad there’s no crystal balls around. After some humming and hawing, Clark guesses I have girl troubles, shuffles her oversized tarot deck, and deals three cards: ten of wands, king of Shakespeare on a summer’s day by the water. For theatre lovers, could it get any better? Bard on the Beach has been entertaining literature and performance art fans for 27 years and is notorious for changing things up when it comes to genres and eras. This season, the company is staging Romeo and Juliet, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Pericles, and Othello. BeatRoute spoke to Christopher Gaze, artistic director and founder of Bard, and coaxed him to spill a few secrets about the coming season. Instead of England, The Merry Wives of Windsor is set in 1960s Windsor, Ontario. “We produced The Merry Wives four years ago on the smaller Howard Family stage and it was a meteoric success,” Gaze reveals. “The director, Johanna Wright, pitched me the idea and I liked it immediately. It is a very charming play, but very difficult to pull off. Johanna’s context makes it accessible and so much fun, as the 1960s were.” The production features songs from the stylish era like “Stand by Your Man” and “These Boots Were Made for Walking,” and the actors even play the music themselves. The ‘60s come alive further with elaborate costumes and set designs. Othello gets an equally intriguing makeover, set in the midst of the American Civil War. “It is a less known but interesting fact that there were a few black generals who fought in the American Civil War,” Gaze notes. “That element gives the play a much more immediate context than its original.” For fans of more classic Shakespearean renderings, Kim Colliers’ Romeo and Juliet will perhaps hit the spot the best. But, Gaze warns us not to get too comfortable with it either, because it might “seem to fit the classic mould and then suddenly it doesn’t!” For Bard, these reinterpretations were as fun to create as they are to witness. “New interpretation is what we do,” Gaze says. “If we just did traditional productions, I think we’d become dinosaurs and people would get bored.” by Prachi Kamble Director Lois Anderson similarly reconfigures the more rarely put-on Pericles. “Lois is exploring her talent as a director,” Gaze says. “Her play is set in the Mediterranean and the Middle East. It will be magical, classical, and very theatrical. It is like a travelogue. Pericles travels from place to place, in various crises, until he finds his family again through miracles.” With its sweeping Vanier Park location as the backdrop for these fresh re-imaginings, as well as special performances from the Vancouver Symphony and the Vancouver Opera, Bard on the Beach, Gaze assures firmly, is the place to be this summer. Bard on the Beach is held at Vanier Park from June 3 to September 24. Romeo and Juliet and other classics get a makeover at this year’s Bard On The Beach. wands, and two of cups. She gives me an incredibly insightful breakdown of the general state of my life: I’m too busy, but if I focus, I can have good relationship. That has cups in it. So far so good. After dealing another dozen cards, including death (“Don’t look at that! I saw you look at that!”) Clark proceeds to give me a thirty-minute lecture on what’s happening in my life (down to the very minute) and exactly what I need to do about it. This includes preparing myself for my empress — the last card flipped up. “You have to squirrel your nuts away by Paris Spence-Lang in your cubby.” She stops. “You’re not going to print that, are you?” After a forty-minute intensive, I thank Clark profusely and walk away feeling like a million bucks. I know what I need to do to get my empress and it turns out that death only means I have to stop playing so much video games. I get a flat on the way home. Maybe that’s the ten of swords talking. But I still feel like I am walking on air. The Good Spirit is located at 309 Cambie Street Lorri Clark holds all the answers to the universe in her trusty deck of tarot cards. photo: David & Emily Cooper photo: Sean Orr June 2016
DEANNE SMITH comedy’s current everyman is a hip chick DeAnne Smith looks like a small, bowtie-clad, manic pixie dream girl. But the second she takes the stage she is a deadly, polished, Canadian comedy award winning stand-up comic. “There is something about me that loves the feeling of being underestimated,” Smith explains. Her comedy takes on a life of its own as soon as she speaks: a joyous celebration of lesbian, feminist values laced with outrageous, dark shock-comedy. Smith is fearless when it comes to challenging the status quo and when it comes to challenges in general. “In Toronto [where Smith resides] there appear to be a lot of these social justice themed shows cropping up which I’m all for, but they seem more like rallies. I like doing well on a show like a club show that could be anything, where there is potential to fail” Smith generously lends her talent and star power to Toronto’s thriving, emerging indie women-in-comedy scene. “I like it because jokes that I had written ten years ago that didn’t work are now getting applause breaks, it’s nice that we’ve all arrived at this spot.” Her political affiliation doesn’t prevent her from enjoying good comedy from fellow comedians though. “I like listening SIRIUS XM TOP COMIC step right up and win a career The Sirius XM Top Comic Competition is back and better than ever. Now in its seventh year, BeatRoute called up comedian/radio host/programming director of Canada Laughs, Ben Miner, to discuss what sets this prestigious competition apart from the rest. “The number one thing about the competition is the way it’s designed to help established comics and their careers. Every one of the offered prizes gives them a massive leg up as a comic. I’m a comedian myself and these are all things I would want to win,” Miner explains proudly. The contest not only offers comedians a hefty $25,000 prize, but also a nationally televised set for their portfolios, a spot at every Just for Laughs festival that year, and their contest set added into syndicated satellite radio. The exposure alone is to die for, but the money can pay for expensive international performance visas that comics are often left to fund themselves. “I always have to remind people the competition is called Top Comic and not Next Top Comic,” Miner says, firmly suggesting that this is not as much an amateur competition as it is a battleground for seasoned comedic gladiators. Some comedians count even participating in the competition as a real shot in the arm, as each year hundreds of comics from across Canada submit videos for a chance to be invited to compete. “Canada has so much talent, each year I’m blown away even by the submissions that didn’t make the cut.” Not shy to use the corporate radio budget to make the XM Competition as fair as possible, the contest forgoes audience votes and is adjudicated by revered industry professionals. Last year the competition was judged by Sirius Radio’s higher ups, the festival director of Just For Laughs, and to Bill Burr’s podcast. He says some really outrageous things. But he’s not afraid to examine a situation and re-evaluate his stances. You can tell just by listening to him that he has a good heart.” A solid balance between alternative and traditional stand-up ideals has accelerated her into the Canadian comedy sweet spot where she can headline clubs and festivals across North America. Despite the continental free-reign, Smith has been to Australia performing eight times. “Australia has a thriving comedy scene, it’s absolutely incredible, the only place in the world where audiences will actually follow their favourite indie comics like bands and come to their shows year after year.” Smith is a podcaster herself, you can and should check out DeAnne Smith’s Questionable At Best. In her podcast or on stage it’s very easy to see that Smith’s dedication to being herself over the last decade in comedy has created the exact comedic experience that audiences in 2016 wish to see. DeAnne Smith performs at the Comedy Mix on June 16-18 beloved comic superstar Pete Holmes. Proving that it isn’t a popularity contest/cash grab pays off for Miner/Sirius XM, as every year Canada’s deadliest headliners throw their hats in the ring to perform in the prelims, which play out like a festival-caliber comedy line-up. Comedy is a subjective art form; the more confident and talented a comedian is, the less Ben Miner believes Canada has a wealth of talent that has yet to be… dug up. COMEDY by Victoria Banner Deanne Smith loves the feeling of being underestimated. by Victoria Banner likely they are to bite for ranked competitive approval. In music terms, the Sirius XM competition is like a battle of the bands between Mother Mother, Arcade Fire, and The Arkells if it was judged by the Rolling Stones. The Sirius XM Competition takes place June 12 at Yuk Yuks and June 14 to 15 at the Comedy Mix. RIO THEATRE 1660 EAST BROADWAY JUNE 2 JUNE 3 JUNE 4 JUNE 5 JUNE 7 JUNE 8 JUNE 10 JUNE 11 JUNE 14 JUNE 15 JUNE 19 JUNE 21 JUNE 29 JUNE 30 JULY 1 JUNE HIGHLIGHTS WWW.RIOTHEATRETICKETS.CA PAUL ANTHONYʼS TALENT TIME Summer Trip 2! HELD OVER!!! Geekenders Theatrical Co. Presents THE FORCE IS SHAKINʼ: A SCI-FI BURLESQUE ADVENTURE Also on Saturday, June 4 GOOD BURGER Friday Late Night Movie MAMORU HOSODAʼS THE BOY AND THE BEAST EAST VAN SHORT FILM SHOWCASE THE LOBSTER A LEGACY OF WHINING TOM HIDDLESTON, JEREMY IRONS, SIENNA MILLER & LUKE EVANS in HIGH-RISE HIGH-RISE THE GENTLEMEN HECKLERS PRESENT NICOLAS CAGE IN THE WICKER MAN So. Many. Bees. DARIO ARGENTOʼS SUSPIRIA Friday Late Night Movie CINEMA PARADISO THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Michelangelo Antonioni Double Bill! LʼAVVENTURA BLOW-UP The Fictionals Comedy Co. Presents IMPROV AGAINST HUMANITY #IAHATRIO BURLESQUE DOCUMENTARY TEMPEST STORM TEMPEST STORM & FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE JUNE 19 - 20! SEE WWW.RIOTHEATRE.COM FOR ADDITIONAL DATES Russell Crowe & Ryan Gosling in THE NICE GUYS SEE WWW.RIOTHEATRE.COM FOR ADDITIONAL DATES THE CRITICAL HIT SHOW A #DNDLive Comedy Adventure PRINCE DOUBLE BILL Purple Rain UNDER THE CHERRY MOON MARTIN SCORSESEʼS THE LAST WALTZ THE TALKING HEADS STOP MAKING SENSE CHECK WWW.RIOTHEATRE.CA FOR OUR COMPLETE CALENDAR OF EVENTS June 2016 REVIEWS 27
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