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CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at activities and events happening in Ottawa, eastern Ontario and western Quebec this weekend.

It's the final weekend of RBC Ottawa Bluesfest at LeBreton Flats.

This weekend's lineup includes:

Friday: Rage Against the Machine, Run the Jewels, Ludic, Suzie Vinnick and Milky Chance

Saturday:Ja Rule, TLC, Cooper Brothers Southern Rock All-Star Revue, Cleopatrick, Grandson, Crystal Shawanda

Sunday:The National, Andy Shauf, Aysanabee, Elijah Woods, The Beaches, Lex Leosis

For more information, visithttps://ottawabluesfest.ca/.

Celebrate the very best in Middle Eastern cuisine this weekend at the Ottawa Lebanese Festival.

Enjoy the rich diversity of the Ottawa-Lebanese community with food, Middle Eastern entertainment and heritage.

The Ottawa Lebanese Festival runs until Sunday at St. Elias Cathedral.

For more information, visit https://www.ottawalebanesefestival.com/

After two years off because of COVID-19, the Ottawa Lebanese Festival is back this weekend. (Shaun Vardon/CTV News Ottawa)

Don't miss the Broadway hit Hamilton at the National Arts Centre.

Hamilton is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B, and Broadway.

The show runs until July 31.

For more information, visit https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/21476

The Ottawa Titans host Quebec for a three game series this weekend at the Ottawa Baseball Stadium.

Game times are 6:30 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday.

For tickets, visit ottawatitans.com

Season ticket holder Judi Haines poses with Ottawa Titans mascot, Cappy. (Jackie Perez/CTV News Ottawa)

The Music and Beyond festival continues in Ottawa until Sunday.

It's a classical music and arts festival happening at several venues.

For more information, visithttps://musicandbeyond.ca/

The Northern Lights sound and light show is back on Parliament Hill this summer.

Enjoy the free and unique multimedia experience and discover Canada's great achievements and our history's key milestones.

The show runs Thursday to Monday, starting at 10 p.m. in July.

Join tap dancer Travis Knights in an intimate musical journey through rhythm and song in Together Again: a full-bodied concert.

See Travis Knights until Saturday at the National Arts Centre.

For more information, visit https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/30868

The National Arts Centre is partnering up with Arohafest to offer a series of workshops to explore multiple facets of popular and classical Indian dance.

Arohafest is Saturday at the NAC.

For more information, visit https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/31460.

Canada's Ballet Jorgen's presentation of Anne of Green Gables The Ballet scheduled for Saturday night in Ottawa has been postponed.

For more information, visit https://meridiancentrepointe.com/en/anne-green-gables-ballet.

For information on each museum in Ottawa, click on the websites.

Beaches in Ottawa and Gatineau are open for the season.

In Ottawa, lifeguards are on duty at Britannia Beach, Mooney's Bay Beach and Petrie Island Beach from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Westboro Beach is closed for the season.

Six NCC beaches in Gatineau Park are open for the summer. Lifeguards will be on duty at the O'Brien, Blanchet, Breton, Parent, Smith and La Peche Lake beaches.

The NCC's popular weekend bike days continue all spring and summer.

Queen Elizabeth Driveway will be open for active transportation 24 hours a day all summer. The road will be closed to vehicles between Fifth Avenue and Somerset Street.

The parkways will be closed to vehicles and open for active transportation users during the following periods:

Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway

Sir George-Etienne Cartier Parkway

Immerse yourself in Claude Monet's paintings.

Claude Monet is considered to be the leading artist of impressionism, a movement that was called after his famous painting Impression Soleil Levant.

See Imagine Monet at the EY Centre until Aug. 14. For more information, visithttps://www.imagine-monet.com/ottawa-tickets/?lang=en.

The Ottawa Farmers Market is open every Sunday at Lansdowne Park.

The market is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Aberdeen Pavilion.

The York Street Farmers Market is open every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Shop for fresh farmed goods at this producer-only farmers' market.

For more information, visithttps://ottawamarkets.ca/byward-market.

The 32ndseason of the Carp Farmers Market is underway.

Visit the farmers' market every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Carp Fairgrounds.

For more information, visitcarpfarmersmarket.ca.

The Metcalfe Farmers' Market is every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Metcalfe Fairgrounds.

For more information, visitmetcalfefm.com.

The Barrhaven Market is open every Sunday.

Visit the Nepean Woods Park and Ride from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Sunday until Oct. 30.

The Barrhaven Farmers' Market is open every Saturday at the Log Farm on Cedarview Road.

The market is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

For more information, visithttps://barrhavenfarmersmarket.com/.

H.O.P.E Volleyball Summerfest takes over the sand at Mooney's Bay Beach on Saturday.

Don't miss North America's largest one-day outdoor beach volleyball tournament.

For more information, visit https://hopehelps.com/

The Ottawa Maker Festival runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday.

To register for free tickets, visit https://ottawamakerfestival.ca/.

A Company of Fools presents The Tempest in parks across Ottawa this summer.

The 90-minute show is pay what you can.

To find the park near you, visit https://fools.ca/the-tempest/.

Celebrate 30 years of music and community at the Stewart Park Festival in Perth, Ont. this weekend.

Enjoy music, the marketplace, kids' area and more Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

For more information, visit https://www.stewartparkfestival.com/.

Wesley Clover Parks invites you to attend the Ottawa Summer Tournaments.

See hundreds of horses and riders compete until Sunday in Ottawa's west end.

For more information, visit https://www.ottawaequestriantournaments.com/spectators.

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Football has a habit of it leaving scars. There are the literal, physical ones that line the flesh of those who play it, those left behind long after stitches or studs have been removed from skin. When it comes to emotional scars, we tend to think of fans carrying the weight of so many near misses, and joke about supporting a team for your sins.

It's in the interest of footballers, however, to leave painful losses behind them -- they'll be far better players if they can forget the penalty miss that cost them a title or the time they let their marker get away from them in a cup final. Yet, there are some losses that cut so deep, have such an impact that there will always be a reminder left behind.

For the Norwegian women's national team, the Monday night 8-0 loss to England in Euro 2022's Group A was the type of defeat that they may never recover from.

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There, of course, had been tears after Norway's group stage exit at the 2017 Euros, just as there was no way of quieting the sobs after the same team lost the 2013 final of the same competition. But Monday was different. It was the type of loss to rock all of Norwegian football -- it was not just the biggest margin of failure by any team at a Euros, male or female, but it was the single biggest loss in the history of the Norway women's national team.

As the players spoke to the media after the match, still clad in sweat and shame-soaked kits, there was no getting away from the emotion that rolled off each member of the squad who had to face the press. When speaking to ESPN, Norway captain Maren Mjelde described the feeling as "[her] heart bleeding a little."

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Whilst some players could do little to hide their frustration and anger, fighting to keep from spitting their words out in disgust, others used the last of their energy to stop from letting the misery overtake them, lips quivering. Professional pride had been hurt, but much worse, the players were carrying the burden of letting a nation of over 5 million down on their shoulders, the Norway badge never so heavy on their shirts. Eight-nil burned into the collective consciousness of a nation, the Norwegian delegation in Brighton part of footballing infamy.

As Caroline Graham Hansen said after the loss, "I think the problem today is that we don't do what we're supposed to do in the defence and when you don't do well in defence, you don't have good positioning to win the ball and do easy play out in the offense. I think today we didn't work as a team and then you see that each and every one of us are not able to perform."

The team, quite simply, was in a shambles. The players were fragmented across the pitch, formation unfathomable, obvious weaknesses exposed as England took a battering ram to the ruins of the visiting defence.

For as damning as the scoreline was, there was a stark inevitability about the result. Norway had never quite found their footing under coach Martin Sjgren and, although they could flex their attacking might against lower-ranked nations, there was a persistent issue of team cohesion against stronger nations.

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After the defeat, sections of the Norwegian press lamented the team's lack of preparation against teams in the FIFA top 10, but the problems had remained hidden in plain sight for all to see over the past four years. The defence was a collection of midfielders and attackers who had been repurposed, only getting weaker over Sjgren's tenure, the actual midfield lacked fluency and too often the onus was on Graham Hansen to be the saviour in Ada Hegerberg's absence.

When Norway were knocked out of the 2019 World Cup by England, the team had looked broken as soon as the whistle was blown. The team had booked their spot in the last eight after two hours and a round of spot kicks against Australia in the blistering heat of Nice, France, and by the time the ball began to roll in Le Havre, the players looked mentally and physically spent.

Having been dispatched by England in the 2015 edition of the World Cup, when Lucy Bronze slammed the ball home from outside the box, the players seemed blind to the English defender when she took up a position away from her teammates at an early free kick in France. The move failed to work but when the Lionesses were granted another set piece moments later, Bronze took up the same position, only to be ignored by the entire Norwegian team. Predictably, she scored as vigorously as she had four years prior. The players had not the energy to even move to intercept the defender.

At the Amex stadium in Brighton days ago, Norway could offer even less than they had against the same opposition three years prior. A soft penalty in the 12th minute was the catalyst for the worst night in Norwegian football history.

England had played well, there was no questioning that, but they had been playing a team that didn't move to defend them, didn't track runs or even jump to attempt to win headers. Watching the match wasn't so much viewing women against girls as it was regarding a team of footballers versus training cones, inanimate and malleable.

In the mixed zone, Graham Hansen had spoken about analysing what had gone wrong as part of the team's recovery for the upcoming Austria game. Yet watching the last 80 minutes of the match, it would be hard to find anything that had gone right. There barely looked to be a Plan A let alone B or C for Norway. The shape offered little defensive strength or attacking thrust, players left to their own devices on the pitch as Sjgren patrolled his dugout, refusing to affect the match -- his first substitute did not come until halftime with his team already down 6-0.

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Despite the loss, as stunning as it was, Norway are still very much still in this year's Euro competition -- but they must win their final group game against Austria on Friday if they are to progress to the knockout stages. To punch past Austria, they must return to the site of their English nightmare: Brighton.

The players seemed immediately aware in the aftermath of the fact that they couldn't dwell on the loss with a must-win to prepare for. Although they have already begun their mental preparation, including working with well-respected Norwegian sports psychologist Britt Tajet-Foxell, the very fact that their match against Austria will take place in Brighton could well be disastrous.

Should Norway manage to find a way to mine out their better attacking football against a defensively resolute Austria team that will, no doubt, be licking their lips at the prospect of facing such a flimsy defence, they will be pitted against Germany in the quarterfinals. No good deed and all that.

Win, lose or draw Friday, Sjgren's position has become untenable with several former Norwegian internationals calling for his head, yet the wider question of where the team goes after July remains heavy. The scars left by the defeat to England are ones that may never fully fade.

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One of the greatest mismatches in rock history took place in July 1967 when the Jimi Hendrix Experience embarked on a massive U.S. tour opening for the Monkees and promptly ended eight dayslater, with Hendrix departing the ill-fated trek on July 17, 1967, after playing a mere seven shows.

It was not for a lack of effort or affection on the headliners' part. Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork had both seen Hendrix deliver a star-making performance at the Monterey Pop Festival one month earlier. While Tork later admitted that he "didn't get it," Dolenz was positively enamored and urgedthe Monkees camp to reach out to Hendrix's team about bringing the guitar hero on the road with them.

"I mentioned to our producers at the time we were looking for an opening act for our first big world tour and I said, 'How about these guys?' Because they were very theatrical," Dolenz told UCR in 2021. "Let's face it, the Monkees were a theatrical act. I guess they liked the idea and we liked the idea, and there you go."

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It was aboldmove for the Monkees, the squeaky-clean, made-for-TV pop-rock group whose audience largely comprised teenagegirls and exasperated parents chaperoning them. Hendrix attracted an older, rowdier and decidedly less white-bread crowd with his blistering, psychedelic hard rock, hippie regalia and (literally) pyrotechnic stage antics.The two artistsmixed as well as oil and water.

Speaking of water: "Oh, God, I hate them! Dishwater," Hendrix told theNew Musical Express several months earlier when asked about the Monkees. "I really hate somebody like that to make it so big. You can't knock anybody for making it, but people like the Monkees?"

DespiteHendrix'sopendisdain for the Monkees and the fact that nobody in his camp besides managerMichael Jeffery, knowing a good publicity stunt when he saw one, was enthusiastic about thetour offer the trek commenced on July 8 in Jacksonville, Fla. It went exactly as poorly asany reasonable observer would have expected.

"Jimi would amble out onto the stage, fire up the amps and break into 'Purple Haze,' and the kids in the audience would instantly drown him out with, 'We Want Davy [Jones]!!' God, it was embarrassing," Dolenz wrote in his autobiography,I'm a Believer:My Life of Monkees, Music and Madness."The parents were probably not too crazy about having to sit through a Monkees concert, much less see this Black guy in a psychedelic Day-Glo blouse, playing music from hell, holding his guitar like he was fucking it, then lighting it on fire."

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Hendrix had at least one fan in the audience each night: Michael Nesmith, who used tosneak down to the front of the stage and bask in the Experience's distorted, acid-washed guitar squalls.

"First time I ever saw him was in North Carolina. It was the trio," Nesmith said in a 1986 MTV interview. "These guys came out, their hair was like9 feet across, and it was all backlit so it looked like they were on fire. And Jimi flips the guitar over and starts playing the opening lines to 'Foxey Lady.' I'd never heard anything like that in my life. It brought me to my knees, moved me back3 feet.So every night I'd sneak down to the stage, and I'd sit hidden with all these people screaming, 'We want the Monkees!,' listening to this exalted music that this guy was making."

Nesmith didn't get to listen for long. By the time the tour reached New York for a three-night stand at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, Hendrix had had enough. "There was a sea of waving pink arms saying, 'We want the Monkees,'" Nesmith recalled. "And he finally flipped everybody the bird and muttered an expletive and walked off. Bless his heart."

After the third New York date and seventh overall, Hendrix asked the Monkees to be released from the tour. To cover up the reason for his departure, music critic Lillian Roxon, who was traveling with the tour, issued a tongue-in-cheek press release claiming the Daughters of the American Revolution had pressured concert promoters to drop Hendrix from the bill, complaining that his music was "too erotic" and "corrupting the morals of America's youth." The undiscerning press reported it as fact, and the lighthearted PR masterstroke became an indispensable, albeit untrue, part of Hendrix's mythology.

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Despitethe chilly receptionfrom the teenybopper crowd, Hendrix's stint opening for the Monkees was ultimately beneficial, helping to raise his profile in the United States just in time for the stateside release of his debut album,Are You Experienced?,the following month. The album became a sensation on underground radio, peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and sold 5 million copies, turning Hendrix into a superstar. Within a year, theguitar god was headlining packed arenas and stadiums. The Monkees, meanwhile, continued paying tribute to him on their tour by playing a snippet of "Purple Haze" every night.

Hendrix's meteoric rise was inevitable, given his revolutionary guitar playing, but the Monkees still liked toclaima little credit for helping to elevate his U.S. profile."I'm quite sure that Jimi Hendrix would have done very well with or without the Monkees," Dolenz told UCR. "But I'd like to think that maybe it gave him a little bit of a leg up."

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YouTube streamer Rachell Valkyrae Hofstetter revealed in her interview with Anthony Padilla that she recently had a stalker fly to the 100 Thieves compound trying to find her.

As content creation gains popularity with people worldwide, creators have become victims of fans obsessively stalking them.

Pokimane, Amouranth, and Tana Mongeau are among the creators that have shared their scary experiences recently.

During a recent interview with Anthony Padilla, 100 Thieves Valkyrae revealed her recent experience with an obsessed fan that flew to the orgs compound in Los Angeles.

During the interview, Padilla asked the YouTube star about her most bizarre fan interaction, prompting her to share her recent story.

This actually happened relatively recently. So, I have a crazed fan who actually flew in from out of state and went to the 100 Thieves compound, she revealed. They warned me that this guy was looking for me and they called the cops.

He ended up staying at the airport for several days and recording videos saying things like Im not leaving until Rae picks me up, I know she wants to see me. and its really, really crazy. Hes like If she goes to Coachella without me Im going to be really really sad.'

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The streamer went on to explain that she had never interacted with this person and believed he had real mental issues because he believed she wanted him to fly out to see her.

She added: Seeing his videos really reminded me that anyone can watch you and build this sort of parasocial mindset with any streamer or content creator they watch, and its dangerous.

This isnt the first time Rae has dealt with a stalker, she had to make her Twitter profile private in 2021 due to someone stalking her there.

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TORONTO, July 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tilray Brands, Inc. ("Tilray" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: TLRY; TSX: TLRY), a leading global cannabis-lifestyle and consumer packaged goods company inspiring and empowering the worldwide community to live their very best life, today announced the Wild West lineup from beloved Canadian cannabis brand, CANACA, at the Calgary Stampede, The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth.

CANACA is celebrating the Calgary Stampede at the legendary Wildhorse Saloon where the brand is hosting a western lounge featuring Stampede-inspired activations and limited-edition merchandise.

Along with the Wild West activation, consumers can check out CANACAs greatest product hits available now in Calgary and nationwide across Canada:

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Join CANACAs Wild West takeover at the Wildhorse Saloon in Calgary, Canada, at 500 6th Avenue S.W., Lot #176. Pick up your merchandise to rock all week long while experiencing the exhibition in full force, along with music performances you dont want to miss.

To find a local cannabis retailer in Alberta, Canada, check out the AGLC website and find out where to buy CANACA products near you.

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CANACA is a proudly Canadian brand that indulges your unapologetic love for Canada and cannabis. Were all about elevated adventures and uplifting experiences. The ones where youre enjoying the journey, not just the destination. Were passionate about crafting cannabis thats consistent, reliable, and full of character just like the people we serve.

Our products are curated and designed to serve the unique and ever-evolving cannabis needs and wants of Canadians. Were proud of our work and the people and places that produce our products. Thats why CANACA is grown, produced, and packaged in small-town Canada and always will be. Were potently Canadian, and dang proud of it.

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TilrayBrands, Inc. (Nasdaq: TLRY and TSX: TLRY) is a leading global cannabis-lifestyle and consumer packaged goods company with operations in Canada, the United States, Europe, Australia, and Latin America that is changing peoples lives for the better one person at a time by inspiring and empowering the worldwide community to live their very best life by providing them with products that meet the needs of their mind, body, and soul and invoke a sense of wellbeing. Tilrays mission is to be the trusted partner for its patients and consumers by providing them with a cultivated experience and health and wellbeing through high-quality, differentiated brands and innovative products. A pioneer in cannabis research, cultivation, and distribution, Tilrays unprecedented production platform supports over 20 brands in over 20 countries, including comprehensive cannabis offerings, hemp-based foods, and alcoholic beverages.

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Saturday nights main stage lineup is dedicated to throwback hip hop, though the first artist is the most current. Taking the stage at 7pm is Big Zee, who will be sharing new music from his recent album, Guns & Roses, released last month. With a complete album in his repertoire, in addition to singles, EPs and collabs, this Canadian import by way of Dallas will have plenty for a solid set.

The lineup was to feature a triple-bill of 90s and 2000s icons, but unfortunately, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony had to pull out at the last minute. Luckily, organizers already had three artists lined up for the stage, so they adjusted stage times to accommodate the change. First up at 8:05pm will be Atlantas TLC, one of the best-selling girl groups of all time (with 90 million records sold and counting). Their first three albums were absolute smash hits, with 1994s CrazySexyCool alone selling over 15 million copies on the strength of singles Creep and Waterfalls, which continue to get airplay today. Fans had to wait until 1999 for the follow-up album FanMail, which continued their successful run with hits No Scrubs and Unpretty. Sadly, the trio became a duo when Lisa Left Eye Lopes died tragically in 2002. On hiatus for a decade, the remaining TLC members (Tionne T-Boz Watkins and Rozonda Chilli Thomas) made a comeback with the release of a new album in 2017 and have since been touring again, given the never-ending demand for their monster hits.

Next is New Yorks Ja Rule at 9:30pm. The rapper had a prolific run in the early 2000s, starting with his debut album Venni Vetti Vecci in 1999, with subsequent albums annually through 2004. Not only did these produce a string of hits, but his collaborations with Jennifer Lopez, Mary J. Blige and Ashanti, among many others, added to his impressive catalogue. After dominating the charts, the rapper dabbled in several different endeavours, including acting and writing a memoir, before returning to music with an album in 2012 and a new album expected soon.

The tent features a mix of covers and originals from a few different genres Saturday. First at 6pm is Ottawas own Sly High, an 11-piece tribute band for legends Sly and the Family Stone. With a full horn section and funky rhythm section, they put it all on display at their Bluesfest performance in 2019, earning themselves a return appearance.

Next at 7:30pm is Crystal Shawanda, the Wiikwemkoong country singer who burst onto the scene with her debut single You Can Let Go in 2008, which quickly became the fastest-rising debut Canadian country single. But by 2014, Shawanda shifted gears with The Whole Worlds Got The Bluesand has followed that up with three more blues albums, including 2020s Church House Blues.

Shell segue quite nicely at 9pm to the Cooper Brothers Southern Rock All-Star Revue, which promises to be a party atmosphere. As their name implies, they will feature a set of classic bluesy southern rock from The Allmans, Skynyrd, and more, with appearances from special guests throughout the set. Part jam session, part tribute concert, and all fun.

The lineup kicks off at 6:30pm with Ottawas Lia Kloud, whose dark, introspective beats and lyrics are only starting to scratch the surface of this up-and-coming artist. Her two singles released this year have already gained attention and increasing anticipation for a full album.

Next at 8pm is Cobourgs cleopatrick. A weird thing happened as the duo slowly built a collection of songs since their first EP in 2016. Their 2017 single hometown, which had had decent success in Canada at the time, suddenly took off in the U.S. this past year, as they finally released their debut album Bummer. As a duo, they have a streamlined garage rock sound that they have stayed true to on their records, as close as they can come to translating their high-energy stage shows onto records.

Closing out the show will be grandson, the Toronto product who blends alternative rock with influences of rap, hip hop and EDM into a fresh new sound that immediately caught on with his first EP release, A Modern Tragedy Vol. 1 from 2017, thanks to lead single Blood // Water. Despite the pandemic, he has spent the past few years continually churning out new music, plus quite a few collaborations, including the early-pandemic hit Zen with X Ambassadors and K. Flay. We caught up with grandson recently, so keep an eye on our site Saturday for our chat touching on collaborations, post-pandemic festival shows, and life.

The indoor sets tonight start at 6:30pm with Ottawas own Slack Bridges, who will bring their soul and R&B mix to the theatre. After releasing 2020s Lindenlea to Ledbury, the group released an instrumental version of the album this year, highlighting their incredible musicianship.

Next at 8pm is TJ Wheeler. A dedicated devotee of the blues, jazz and related sub-genres, Wheeler has spent countless hours performing for students to introduce the traditional genres to new generations. A master at his craft, his set is bound to include many classics.

Finally, Crystal Shawanda will play a second set in the theatre at 9:30pm.

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After COVID-19 cancelled summer festivals in Nanaimo the past two years, Nanaimo Child Development Centre thinks its time to get silly again.

The Silly Boat Regatta, a fundraiser for the child development centre, returns Sunday, July 17, at Maffeo Sutton Park. Participants construct boats of recycled items and, hopefully, paddle from Sway A Lana Lagoon out into Nanaimo Harbour and back. Silliness is encouraged.

Dominic Rockall, NCDC executive director, said while donors continued giving the past two years, the pandemic was difficult, as community events couldnt be held, limiting opportunities to raise money. However, planning has been underway for several months for this years regatta, sponsors are coming onboard and organizers are excited to start up again, he said.

While the centres core programs receive government funding, said Rockall, the child development centre hopes to raise $50-90,000 to be spent on different initiatives.

Last year we started a new Island-wide pediatric therapy equipment library that needs equipment We have a couple of programs that we subsidize with funding, the Family Resource Navigator program a person that helps families find resources in the community and our summer camp for kids with extra support needs, Rockall said.

The Silly Boat Regatta is entering its 36th year and Rockall said one of the most impressive boats came in 2019, with V.I. Tree Services entry.

These guys brought a log down and they carved out a giant log with chainsaws and sat in the log And so it went in the water, it sunk up to their chests, but thats as far as it sank. So they were able to still move through the water, with the log under the water and all of them partially submerged, said Rockall.

Teams have until Wednesday, July 13, to sign up.

People can begin assembling boats beginning 8 a.m. July 17, with races beginning at 1 p.m.

Entertainment includes Juno-nominated childrens entertainers the Kerplunks and Americas Got Talent dance contestants Funkanometry.

Volunteers are sought and anyone interested can e-mail Keeley Campbell at keeley@nanaimocdc.com or Morag Champagne-Holland at morag@nanaimocdc.com.

For more information, including official rules, go to http://www.sillyboat.com.

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Surrounded on stage by two dozen young musicians, Jon Anderson feels a special kind of energy.

Fans will reap the benefits when Anderson, singer/lyricist with art-rock legends Yes, performs locally with The Paul Green Rock Academy.

They'll perform Yes songs, including the entire "Close to The Edge" album, plus hits by a few other classic artists, resuming a tradition started in 2005, whenAndersontoured with Paul Green's original School of Rock All Stars.

"It's been wonderful chaos, on and off for 20 years," Anderson said. "They're brilliant musicians and amazing kids. The hardest thing for me is getting to learn the names because there's 22 of them. I'm always like, 'Now what's your name again?'

Upcoming concerts: July 14, Wellmont Theater, Montclair, N.J.; July 16, Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, Conn.; July 17, Sugarloaf Performing Arts Center, Sugar Loaf, N.Y.; July 20, Keswick Theater, Glenside, Pa.; July 22, The Kent Stage, Kent, Ohio; July 27, The Palace Theatre, Greensburg, Pa.; Aug. 3, The State Theatre, State College, Pa.

In the press release touting the tour, Anderson said, "I sang and toured with the Paul Green School of Rock many years ago. It was a miracle for me to join in with their young energy. And learn from them."

In a follow-up phone interview July 12, Anderson elaborated on what lessons the youths from Green's Philadelphia- and Connecticut-based schools of rock have taught him.

"About the joy of life. And the joy of making music," Anderson said. "They've all got a hopefulness of the future. A lot go straight from touring to Berklee School of Music and places like that."

Learning the Yes catalog is a daunting challenge for high school students. We're talking about one of rock's most virtuosic bands, with some of the greatest musicians at their particular instrument, such as the late Chris Squire on bass, Rick Wakeman on keyboards, and Steve Howe, named Guitar Player Magazine's "Best Overall Guitarist" from19771981.

"Paul Green is the impresario and he does that so well," Anderson said of the students' musical training. "And there's such a love for the music."

Though Anderson admits he was skeptical about collaborating when Green first pitched the idea of his students performing concerts with the longtime Yes man.

"The first time I met him, and he invited me I thought, 'I don't think so.'" he said. "But then he sent me a recording of his students playing (Yes') 'Heart of The Sunrise.' It was on a cassette tape."

Anderson was blown away by what he heard, and agreed to join what would become a fruitful partnership.

It was Anderson who first suggested this current tour feature 1972's "Close to The Edge," an iconic masterstroke that's made many top albums lists, including Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums in 2020. The 37-minute album features just three songs, including the side one spanning title track, and mixes classical music-inspired passages with Anderson's prettily sung, often impressionistic lyrics.

"Sort of miraculously, it works," he said of his and the Rock Academy's treatment of the album. "The way they play it, with so much excitement."

Anderson recalls being on tour with Yes supporting 1971's "Fragile" album (with the band's classic-rock staple "Roundabout") when ideas for "Close to The Edge" began to hatch.

"Fragile" featured two eight-minute songs, and the 11-minute epic "Heart of The Sunrise," but Anderson suggested to Howe they kick things up a notch.

"I said I think we should go for a long-form piece. And you could only put 20 minutes on one side of a record at that time."

They would co-write the 18-minute "Close to The Edge" title track, inspired by Herman Hesse's "Siddhartha," a novel about self-discovery. Though ultimately, the song's length bothered radio stations.

"When it was time to go back out on tour, we would go to radio stations but they were still playing (earlier songs) 'Starship Trooper' and 'Heart of the Sunrise.' We couldn't get anyone to play our new record. And in The States, by then, FM radio was falling apart and AM was better known, and so we didn't get that album played on any station in any shape or form," Anderson said. "But from the first night we played that album live, audiences loved it, so there was that."

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The side two track, And You And I," includes a lyric "there'll be no mutant enemy we shall certify/Political ends, as sad remains, will die" Anderson believes is timely enough to have been written last month.

"You're experiencing that in America now. The inconsistencies. I explain it better on stage when I perform a more recent song I wrote, 'Screw," where I say you can't trust politicians, they're only out to screw you," he said.

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The tour also includes "Close to The Edge's" side two track "Siberian Khatru," a multi-layered romp Anderson acknowledges has a tricky ending to nail, but he and the Paul Green students always succeed.

The setlist will include songs from other Yes albums. Expect "Roundabout," the hypnotically escalating "Starship Trooper" and Yes' 1983 chart-topper, "Owner of a Lonely Heart."

"But I also wanted to do something different. It's all Yes, Yes, Yes, so I said why not add a Led Zeppelin song? I've always dug 'Kashmir,' so we do that. And we do Lenny Kravitz and Eminem."

Wait a minute ... Anderson rapping Eminem's "Lose Yourself"?

"We've got a guy who does it perfectly. I'm not rapping," Anderson said.

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Any philosophical banter from Anderson could include his long-held pro-environmental stance.

"I think part of our purpose is being guardians of Mother Earth. And we're not looking after her very well right now, are we? What's wrong with us suckers?"

Swinging back through Pennsylvania makes Anderson recall memories like playing for 130,000 people in a Bicentennial concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia.

"When we first came to Pittsburgh, it felt like it was in the middle of nowhere as we landed at the airport there on top of a mountain, mind you, we were probably stoned then. But every show there was really special and always such a pleasure," Anderson said.

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This tour's July 27 show in Westmoreland County is in a 96-year-old vaudeville theater.

"I love those kinds of buildings," Anderson said. "The ghosts. There's an energy from another time."

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When the tour wraps, he plans to finish a solo album for release this year.

In the meantime, "Come see the show and enjoy these young and talented musicians," Anderson said. "I know you will have a wonderful evening spending time with the future of rock 'n' roll."Scott Tady is entertainment editor at The Beaver County Times and easy to reach at stady@gannett.com.

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Is professional ethics an endangered species? That was the focus of my keynote address at the Pennsylvania Association for College Admission Counseling conference last month in Hershey, Pa.

The speech was focused more specifically on the ethics of the college admission counseling profession. Is ethics an endangered species now that the National Association for College Admission Counseling no longer polices its ethical standards following a consent decree with the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice?

That question raises a more fundamental one: Does college admission counseling qualify as a profession?

Those of us who work in college admissions and college counseling have historically thought of ourselves as a profession. That suggests a higher calling than mere fealty to our employers, serving not only institutional interest but also the public interest. Is that still the case given the increasing commercialization of college admission/enrollment management?

The concept of professional ethical standards is embedded in the definition of professions. In his Pulitzer Prizewinning history of the American medical profession, Paul Starr identified three defining characteristics of professions:

How does college admission measure up to Starrs definition?

Of the three tenets of professionalism, the claim to technical, specialized knowledge is the weakest for college admission. Despite numerous attempts to institutionalize credentialing for college admission officers and school counselors, there is not a clear path for entry into the admission field, and we are still fighting the school counseling establishment to acknowledge that courses in college counseling should be a required part of graduate programs.

Once in the field, training and professional development are haphazard. The practice of college admission and college counseling remains more art than science, and its never been rocket science. Thats not necessarily a bad thing.

That might also be changing. Both college admission and college counseling require far more knowledge and skill than when I started my career.

Is college admission oriented toward service rather than profit? Thats a harder question to answer, and it might not be an either-or question. There is no question that higher education is an industry, with the admissions office functioning as the sales/marketing division. Admissions offices help colleges and universities achieve institutional goals ranging from revenue to diversity to mix of students.

I hope we are more than that. Saying that we are a profession means that we have a higher calling, that we serve not only our institutions but society at large. We help students make life-changing decisions about their futures, and that is noble work. We are educators rather than salespersons, colleagues rather than competitors.

The value of being a profession became clear over the past couple of years as COVID-19 forced us to retreat into our homes and offices. College admission and college counseling can be lonely jobs. No one on your campus or in your building knows exactly what you do, but they all think they do. More than anyone else at my school, I have a network of colleagues on both sides of the desk that extends not just locally but nationally. I can reach out to those colleagues with a question or to vent and they will understand.

I worry that may be endangered. Are we one profession with two sides of the desk or are college admission and college counseling becoming two different professions? I hope that Angel Prez and the National Association for College Admission Counseling will give attention to that issue.

The third tenet of Starrs definition of professions is being self-regulating, with standards of practice and a code of ethics. For decades NACACs foundation was its commitment to and enforcement of ethical standards for college admission. In fact, one of the reasons NACAC was founded 85 years ago was to ensure that admissions officers were not compensated on a per-head basis.

But what happens when a professional organization cant enforce ethical standards? In 2016 NACAC appointed a steering committee to take a fresh look at its Statement of Principles of Good Practice (SPGP), first adopted in 1960. The SPGP was a set of rules rather than a statement of principles, amended annually (sometimes on the fly) in response to colleges pushing the envelope on recruiting practices.

I was a member of the steering committee, and I consider its work an example of NACAC at its bestthoughtful, deliberative, with lots of input from the membership. The result was a new document, the Code of Ethics and Professional Practice (CEPP). The CEPP was passed unanimously by both the NACAC Assembly and the membership. Anyone who has spent any time in NACAC knows that is rare, maybe even unprecedented.

Not long after the CEPP was passed, NACAC was the target of an inquiry, and later an investigation, from the antitrust division of the Department of Justice. The DOJ alleged that NACACs ethical rules prohibiting incentives for early decision and prohibiting poaching of students already enrolled at another institution unfairly restricted colleges from recruiting.

I would argue that the issue was not as much those prohibitions as the fact that NACAC was policing and enforcing its ethical standards. One of the first issues discussed by the steering committee was enforcement, and the consensus of the group, propelled by several members who had chaired NACACs Admission Practices Committee, was that mandatory ethical rules enforced by the organization were important. At the time NACAC was one of the few professional organizations enforcing ethical rules.

In retrospect it is clear that NACAC and the DOJ were operating from different assumptions and interpretations. NACAC saw its ethical code as protecting students from coercion and manipulation, while the DOJ saw NACAC as hurting students by limiting institutions recruiting practices, which in turn would result in students paying less for college. The DOJ seemed to see NACAC as a cartel controlling college admissions rather than a voluntary membership organization. NACACs enforcement of its ethical code rarely if ever resulted in penalties to institutions, as most inquiries were resolved amiably.

Nevertheless, the DOJ investigation shook NACAC to its core. The NACAC leadership determined that fighting DOJ could jeopardize the organizations existence, and they entered into a consent decree. There is now a successor document to the CEPP, the Guide to Ethical Practice in College Admission. It does not differ dramatically from the CEPP but has made the various tenets best practices, removing any reference to monitoring or compliance.

So is professional ethics an endangered species post-DOJ and postOperation Varsity Blues? I would argue that a commitment to ethics is more important than ever before.

Changing from mandatory to best practices doesnt have to change the way we conduct ourselves. Best practices are just that, and whether or not the rules are policed, the ethical principles underlying them are still compelling, calling us to act honorably and truthfully in our professional work. Just because something is permissible doesnt make it a good idea.

Ethics comes from the Greek word ethos, meaning distinguishing character or guiding principles. Ethics is about ideals and is normative or prescriptive, asking, How should we act?

So what are the ideals guiding the college admission/counseling profession?

That last one has been imperiled by the revelations coming out of the Operation Varsity Blues scandal. Even though no admission officers were implicated, the colleges involved looked less like victims than unindicted co-conspirators. Varsity Blues reinforced the idea that the college admissions process rewards the already privileged. Are we OK with that?

The good news is that a majority of those in our profession are committed to acting ethically and professionally. But we cant take the health of our profession for granted. Ethical common ground is more like a beach than a rock. All it takes is one major storm to do permanent damage.

We need to be ethical conservationists, and we need to voluntarily keep our house in order. Failure to do so may further erode public trust in what we do. In my speech in Hershey I quoted a famous Pennsylvanian, perhaps the most famous Pennsylvanian. In discussions preceding the Declaration of Independence, he said, We must all hang together, or most assuredly, we will all hang separately.

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Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider said his band has no interest in reuniting, despite lucrative offers to do so.

The singer made his declaration during a question and answer with fans on Twitter.

Asked about potentially releasing new music, the Twisted Sistervocalist was direct. Never say never, but I don't see me recording anymore, Snider said, noting that hes more focused on other projects, such as movies, books, tv, radio, etc.

When one fan challenged Sniders claim -- and likened it to bands who conduct farewell tours, only to reunite later -- the singer doubled down on his statement.

Actually it's these never ending farewell tours, fake farewells and we changed our minds after the farewell that keep me honest, Snider explained. I hate all that fake farewell bullshit. Bands should stay forever if they want to...just don't sell us a B.S. farewell tour!

Twisted Sister retired in 2016, Snider continued, and while we talk to each other regularly, none of us has even mentioned reuniting. And believe me, we are getting lucrative offers.

Sniders new remarks follow similar statements indicating hes largely done with music. In May, the rocker told fans that he was likely done with touring and playing shows, and was instead turning his attention towards new endeavors. To that end, Snider recently announced an upcoming graphic novel with Z2 Comics titled Hes Not Gonna Take It. The story will chronicle Sniders lifelong defense of free speech, including his role in the Parents Music Resource Center senate hearing of 1985.

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