Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 16, 2014, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE 1 MISS LONELYHEARTS MAUREEN SCURFIELD lovecoach@ hotmail. com WIRED Concerts Black History Month Celebrations Presents Musaic Shaw Performing Arts Centre at The Forks, 7 p. m. Tickets $ 10 and $ 15. Beat the Winter Blues Zion Church, 7 p. m., featuring the SkyBlues Band, 305 Machray Ave. Free. Nathan Laube Westminster United Church, 2: 30 p. m. Westminster Concert Organ Series. Tickets $ 10 to $ 25 at McNally Robinson Booksellers. Monika Wall Park Theatre, 8 p. m. Nu Sounds Series. Tickets $ 12 at 204- 989- 4656. A Tribe Called Red Union Sound Hall, 10 p. m. Tickets $ 20 at Ticketmaster, WFF music store. Lennie Gallant West End Cultural Centre, 8 p. m. Tickets $ 25 at WECC, Ticketmaster. Dance RWB: Romeo and Juliet Centennial Concert Hall, 2 p. m. Tickets start at $ 27 at www. rwb. org, 380 Graham Ave. or 204- 956- 2792. RWB Professional Division: First Steps Founders' Studio, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, 2 p. m. Tickets $ 5 and $ 10 at 204- 956- 2792. Theatre RMTC: The Glass Menagerie John Hirsch Mainstage, to March 8. Tickets start at $ 25 at 204- 942- 6537, 1- 877- 446- 4500 or mtc. mb. ca. The British Invasion Celebrations Dinner Theatre, to March 29, 6: 15 p. m. Wednesdays to Saturdays; 5 p. m. Sundays. Tickets $ 30.95 to $ 69.95 at 204- 982- 8282. Out & About Festival du Voyageur Voyageur Park, in Whittier Park, to Feb. 23. Passes $ 8 to $ 25 at 233 Provencher Blvd., 204- 233- ALLO ( 2556), www. heho. ca. Maple Leaf Monster Jam Tour MTS Centre, 2 p. m. Tickets $ 21.50 to $ 69.50 at Ticketmaster. Manitoba Music On Ice The Forks and Manitoba Music will feature Manitoba musicians performing an acoustic afternoon at the warming huts on Red River Mutual Trail, 1 p. m. to 4 p. m. Music ' N' Mavens Rady Jewish Community Centre, concert and lecture series, to March 13. Information and ticket prices at 204- 477- 7510, radyjcc. com. Arctic Glacier Winter Park The Forks, to March 31 ( weather permitting). Canopy skating rink, snowboard fun park, river trails, etc. Literary Barry Finlay McNally Robinson Booksellers, Feb. 16, 2 p. m. Signing I Guess We Missed the Boat: A Travel Memoir . Nightclubs The Cavern ( 112 Osborne St., downstairs): The Dustbusters Finn's Pub ( 210- 25 Forks Market Rd.): Red Moon Road King's Head Pub & Eatery ( 120 King St.): All The Kings Men Palm Room ( Fort Garry Hotel): Rick Boughton Park Theatre ( 698 Osborne St.): Monika Wall Times Change( d) High & Lonesome Club ( Main Street & St. Mary Avenue): Jam hosted by Big Dave McLean Union Sound Hall ( 114 Market Ave.): A Tribe Called Red THE LINEUP ENTERTAINMENT A15 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2014 Compiled by GREGG ELLMAN Twitter. com/ greggellman iPhone: Lytro's shoot now, focus later feature is pretty cool, and if you want something like that on your iPhone, Tadaa SLR is what you need. It's essentially a blur- and- bokeh filter app, but the interface makes it almost foolproof. Snap a photo or upload one from your camera roll and Tadaa ($ 1.99 in the iTunes App Store) will ask you to highlight your subject. You need to " paint" your subject with your finger, erasing the parts you don't want and zooming in for more precision. I'd suggest you keep the " Detect Edges" option on, but if you want more control, switch that off. Once that's done, you can adjust the amount of blur you want and tap on either the highlighted subject or the background to focus on the selected part. There are other settings to tweak, too, like highlights and gloss. When finished, upload it to your Tadaa account or social networks. You can also browse through creations uploaded by other users. While this app makes the " tap to focus" process very easy, this is just a software hack and won't give you the same kind of effect Lytro does. Still, if you can't afford a Lytro, or you can make your DSLR camera give you a similar effect. - Lifehacker. com DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: My Valentine's gift had to be discussed ahead of time so my sweetheart could get time off. We are going, on my points, to a sunspot by the ocean in two weeks. Trouble ahead! He has just confessed his big fantasy is to swim nude with me in the ocean in broad daylight. I have not told him I'll refuse to do it. I thought I'd just back out when we got there. I know he is going to be very disappointed and I love the guy. What do you suggest? - Disappointment Looming, St. Boniface Dear Disappointment: Walk into the ocean handin- hand. Go out to your chest level - neck deep is too deep. Slip off your suit, and tie it securely around your wrist and he can do the same with his. Now you are naked under the water swimming nude in the ocean together - fantasy accomplished. No need to do the crawl or the back stroke as cracking the surface stark naked is a bad idea. A couple wrote once to say that they went skinny dipping without suits and got reported. Soon a police officer was on the beach yelling for them to come in and get arrested. They stayed way out in the water until it got dark and the police officer went off shift. They were cold and withered up. This was not fun - hardly a fantasy come true. So wade out in your suits and be careful not to lose them to put back on, or wait until you get back to Canada and go to a nude- friendly beach on Lake Winnipeg. Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I am exhausted by my bridegroom who chased me around on our honeymoon relentlessly. There seemed to be no satisfying him. He hardly wanted to go out to have dinner or go sightseeing. I can't tell you where we went or people will know who we are. When I got home I had honeymoon cystitis and the doctor said I had to take a week off from " lovemaking" while I used medication. Miss L., it didn't feel like " lovemaking" when we were away. It felt like mechanical sex. My new husband is not being romantic or flirtatious or cute, like he was before we got married. It feels like he thinks he bought me and now he's got a live- in sex machine. I don't want to get this marriage off to a bad start, but enough is enough. I don't owe him constant sex for a diamond ring. I want to go back to the romantic way he was when we were engaged, both living at our parents houses, and only managing to have sex when no one was around. It was so special then. Please help. - Fed Up Depressed Bride, Winnipeg Dear Fed Up: Many happily married couples absolutely refuse to go away for two whole weeks alone together because they can't bear each other bare 24/ 7 for 14 days. One or both people just can't stand that much intimacy - emotional or sexual. Next time you travel, invite other couples or family to come with you, so there's more for your husband to think about than " It's been two hours since we last did the deed!" As for dealing with your new husband back at home, you need to talk to him about the honeymoon - way too much for you. Explain the over- the- top frequency is actually turning you off. He won't want that. Explain you need time away and time together - fun and romance and affection for its own sake. Then schedule some time for separate interests and dates every week. As they say in that old country song, " How can I miss you, if you won't go away?" Now, for your rights as a married woman: You have promised to be faithful to him, but you have every right to say no when you don't want to. You're still the owner of your own body and what it does and when. In a good marriage, sex arises from feelings of mutual desire, not the alarm bell on your husband's internal clock. Please send your questions or comments c/ o lovecoach@ hotmail. com or mail letters to Miss Lonelyhearts c/ o Winnipeg Free Press, 1355 Mountain Ave., Winnipeg R2X 3B6 Sneak in a little skinny, but stay below the surface A furry friend for your mouse THE GoSmart RestPad is a furry computer accessory designed to sit on your desk. Aside from the great feel, it helps prevent wrist pain associated with the endless hours we spend looking at computer screens and mousing, which can result in repetitive wrist injury or carpal tunnel syndrome. As with any mouse pad, there is a place for your mouse to slide around, but what makes it unique is a natural sheepskin rest pad for your wrist. The soft, pillow- like feel gives you a comfortable resting place, along with pressure relief for your wrist. GoSmart testing found it " validated to relieve over twice as much pressure as other wrist rests, as tested with advanced tactile array sensors that measured the contact pressures underneath the wrist." The white sheepskin is available with brown, camel or pink mouse pad colours and is attached with Velcro, making it easy to remove for cleaning. Details: $ US19.95, www. justgosmart. com Pocket- sized Pulse a pleasure FELT Audio's Pulse mobile Bluetooth speaker first caught my attention with its small size and weight. Considering it's pocket size, the sound is great, making it ideal for listening to satellite radio ( as I did with it). Its internal microphone works as a portable hands- free speakerphone. It has a built- in clip for attaching to a sun visor or to have it stand on a flat surface. You'll get about eight hours of use before a USB charge is needed, which takes just over a half an hour. Details: $ US59.99, available in black or white, www. feltaudio. com Car- friendly phone mount THE TYLT Capio universal car mount is the missing piece to truly make your phone hands- free. Just as the name states, it's universal and works with most any smartphone, keeping it upfront and steady on a dashboard or any flat surface in your car. The Capio is built with patented technology to keep your phone in place. There are no clamps or brackets, which often scratch your phone. It affixes to any flat surface, including glass, metal or wood, and even holds up vertically on a glove compartment. A ball joint neck allows it to be fully adjustable and positioned in most any angle. When the Capio is removed from whatever surface it was on, there's no sticky residue or scratches left behind. It's a great accessory for keeping a phone upright when using map or GPS apps, or even to use in the backseat for watching movies. Details: $ US27, www. tylt. com App spotlight A_ 15_ Feb- 16- 14_ FP_ 01. indd 1 2/ 15/ 14 5: 08: 41 PM ;