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The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture keeps records of food safety inspections at restaurants and food vendors.

Berks County is divided into three jurisdictions: Reading, Muhlenberg Township and the rest of the county. The results will be posted every other week. All food vendors are inspected at least once a year. View any vendor's last inspection report online.

If a food provider is labeled "out of compliance," that means it has one or more violations that require a return visit by an inspector. The establishment is given time to fix the problem(s) and remains open for business.

Complaints can be filed online with the PDA.

Below are the results of inspections conducted between Jan. 1 and Jan. 14, 2020, and include the inspector's comments on violations.

Burger King #0282 , 4890 Perkiomen Ave., Reading , Jan. 14, four violations. Observed dirt, old food debris, and trash on the floor under equipment throughout the kitchen and storage areas. There is an accumulation of debris in the hood over the burger grilling unit. Cleaning company is scheduled to come within the next couple of weeks. Plumbing system not maintained in good repair - observed water leaking at the right-hand drain for the 3-compartment sink. Observed food dispenser for mix-in's at the specialty drink area stored where it is subject to splash from the 3-compartment sink. Corrected by using a plastic lid for a splash guard.

Shelbourne Beer Distributor , 5484 Perkiomen Ave., Reading , Jan. 14, no violations.

Subway #39219 , 5506 Perkiomen Ave., Reading , Jan. 14, one violation. Some surfaces of the ice chute at the soda unit have residue and are not clean to sight and touch.

Acker S Beverage , 2902 Saint Lawrence Ave., Reading , Jan. 13, no violations.

Aldi #106 , 20 Wilderness Trail, Hamburg , Jan. 13, three violations. Raw shell eggs stored above bags of oranges on the donation rack in walk in cooler. Corrected. Several cans of soup on shelf with peeling/missing/torn labels must be removed from sale. Corrected. Walk in freezer area of the food facility has excessive trash, broken wood pallet pieces under racks and is in need of cleaning.

Burger King #12924 , 12 Jetson Drive, Hamburg , Jan. 13, six violations. Food facility food prep and warewashing sink has a direct connection to the floor drain, creating possible backflow of sewage hazard. Scotsman Ice machine in rear has a foam strip around the lid that is flaking and not an acceptable material for food equipment and must be removed. Observed wet wiping cloths in several buckets on counter area, not being stored in proper strength sanitizer solution. Corrected by changing out buckets. Time in lieu of temperature being used as a control for potentially hazardous foods, but some foods observed not being properly marked with time stickers. Corrected. Walk-in Freezer has observable ice damming at the condensate lines on the fan box above food storage shelves that could potentially contaminate boxes of food. Food to be moved from under lines until repairs are made. Temperature measuring device for ensuring proper temperature of equipment is not available or readily accessible in several under counter reach in refrigerator equipment. Also oven thermometer found in 1 cooler must be changed out.

Deluxe Restaurant , 2295 Lancaster Pike , Shillington , Jan. 13, four violations. Wash water was in wrong sink at 3 bay warewashing sink next to clean dish drainboard. Corrected. Reach in freezer in bakery area has ready to eat desserts stored under raw seafood items and must be moved due to possible cross contamination hazard. French fry table in basement is under a sewer line and must be moved. Corrected. Pans of reheated foods were left on shelf of steam table for an extended time (2 hours) and not placed in hot hold. Foods were reheated to be placed in hot hold immediately. Corrected. Ice machine in bakery area has a foam rubber gasket on lid that is flaking/deteriorated and must be repaired.

Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill #7552 , 2723 N. Meridian Blvd , Wyomissing , Jan. 13, six violations. Paper towel dispenser empty at the handwash sink at one end of the cooking line. Corrected. Ceiling tiles that are not properly in place above one end of the cooking line need to be replaced. Some outside surfaces of the fryers have a build-up of grease. Observed an accumulation of dust/dirt on some ceiling tiles in the back food preparation area. There is dried dirt/debris in one drain cover in the side dry storage area. Another drain area has standing, dirty water. Corrected. Thermometers for ensuring proper temperature of equipment are not available or readily accessible in the cold drawers at the cooking line. Grout in the dishwash area and the end of the cooking line near the dish area is deteriorated, allowing food debris and standing water to accumulate between the tiles. One set of lights at the cooking line has plastic tubing in place, but the bulbs are missing end caps.

Taco Bell/Long John Silver's , 65 Industrial Drive, Hamburg , Jan. 13, three violations. Temperature measuring device for ensuring proper temperature of equipment is not available or readily accessible in reach in counter top refrigerator equipment. The food facility does not have the original certificate for the certified food employee posted in public view. Corrected. Observed clean food equipment and/or utensils in clean dish rack area, stored wet in a manner that does not allow for draining and/or air drying (wet nesting). Corrected. This is a repeat violation.

Wilson School District Spring Ridge Elementary , 1211 Broadcasting Road, Wyomissing , Jan. 13, no violations.

Bad Farm , 86 Wieder Road, Kempton , Jan. 9, no violations.

Horning's Market Of Bethel , 8316 Lancaster Ave., Bethel , Jan. 9, seven violations. Various Produce food was held at 48F, in the produce aisle cooler area, rather than 41F or below as required. Check for service placed thermostat lowered, items to be removed if temperature is not lower. Outdated milk being offered for sale. Corrected. Observed pallets of freezer foods stored in walk in freezer area, under condensate ice damning. Food to be moved until repairs are made. Observed various boxes of food stored directly on the floor in freezer areas, rather than 6 inches off of the floor as required. Some bulk prepackaged containers found without proper ingredient labels or ingredient listings posted. items removed from shelf. Severely dented, swollen, distressed canned items observed in customer shelf are and intended for use or sale in the food facility. Some cans removed and remaining cans will be checked. Observed rodent droppings in the warehouse area. Pest control is provided by Countryside Pest Control Services. No observable activity at this time however droppings must be cleaned up. All walk in cooler fan box and ceiling areas of the food facility are extremely dirty, dusty, and in need of cleaning. Also extremely large areas of cobwebbing above food storage corners of the dry storage warehouse area.

Mangia! Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria , 322 E. Wyomissing Ave., Mohnton , Jan. 9, no violations.

Shartlesville Fire Company #1 , 5637 Old Route 22 PO Box 7, Shartlesville , Jan. 9, five violations. Shelfstock tags are not maintained for 90 days from the date the container is emptied. Facility has 30 days at this time. Food facility has an employee who held a Certified Food Manager certificate; however, the certificate has expired and is no longer valid. Class is scheduled. Temperature measuring device for ensuring proper temperature of equipment is not available or readily accessible in refrigerator equipment in Bingo hall kitchen. Hand sink hot water faucet in bar kitchen does not work properly and must be repaired. Wall in the kitchen 3 bay sink area is / roughened/peeling and is not a smooth, easily cleanable surface and must be repaired.

Andre Farms , 2638 W. Philadelphia Ave., Oley , Jan. 8, two violations. Some prepackaged food items are not labeled with a full ingredient statement. Roof is leaking water in back area, and is in need of repair. Owner has repairs planned.

Boyer's Market & Catering Inc , 1104 Old Airport Road, Douglassville , Jan. 8, three violations. Chicken was held at 125F behind the deli counter, rather than 135F or above as required. Corrected immediately. Observed some food items stored directly on the floor in the walk-in cooler, rather than 6 inches off of the floor as required. Corrected. Customer self-service single-use tableware (forks) not displayed in a manner so that only the handles are touched by customers. Corrected.

China Moon Restaurant , 4888 Penn Ave., Sinking Spring , Jan. 8, two violations. Again the handwash sink in the kitchen area was blocked by containers and not accessible at all times for employee use. Reiterated to owner that sink must be unblocked at all times for use. Corrected. Flooring tiles in the sink areas are cracked/roughened/and not a smooth easily cleanable surface. Tiles that are worn away must be repaired/replaced. Also mop sink has 2 holes in bottom that must be repaired.

Michael's Restaurant , 1211 W. Benjamin Franklin Hwy , Douglassville , Jan. 8, five violations. Some surfaces of the milkshake machine at the front counter have dried food residue. Lights are not shielded or shatter proof in the large walk-in cooler. One of the light shields in the back prep area is damaged and is no longer providing proper protection. Thermometer for ensuring proper temperature of equipment is not available or readily accessible in the True refrigerator in the corner of the kitchen. The food facility does not have the original certificate for the certified food employee posted in public view. Corrected. Observed numerous areas of peeling paint on the ceiling in the back food preparation room.

Oley Valley Organics Organic And Natural Foods , 3071 W. Philadelphia Ave., Oley , Jan. 8, no violations.

Redner's Warehouse Market #42 , 4870 Penn Ave., Sinking Spring , Jan. 8, nine violations. Dairy cooler ceiling and produce prep room wall area of the food facility has a static dust build up and in need of cleaning. Light bulb in hot chicken case near deli has a bulb that has the protective coating that is peeling off bulb. Coating removed and bulb to be replaced. Produce cooler has severe ice damning and split seams along bakery freezer wall side where produce is stored. Also ice cream freezer has ice damning along ceiling area and on exterior condensate pipes above food storage areas. Corrected by moving all food items away from affected areas until repaired. Produce room has ceiling tile rails that have peeling paint above the prep table area that must be repaired. Clean dish racks in produce room are metal shelving that is rusted and must be resealed/replaced. Knife with observable food debris on blade placed in clean wall mounted knife block in deli area, knife and block to be cleaned and sanitized. Corrected. Food facility person in charge does not have records to demonstrate routine inspection and service of backflow prevention devices and other water treatment devices. Produce fogger filters are not dated with last date of service. Observed laminate countertops being used as a food prep direct cutting surface in the food facility that is not durable under this usage condition. Deli work tables are laminate and have peeled/scratched and chipped surfaces that must be repaired/replaced. Non-food contact surfaces not cleaned at a frequency to preclude accumulation of dirt and soil.Open lettuce produce case area has a build up of mold along bottom of shelving areas. Also produce walk in cooler has a water slime build up in corner from frozen condensate build up on walls. Food facility does not have records or knowledge of the last time for disassembling, draining, cleaning and sanitizing the water reservoir, including tubing and nozzles, for the produce fogger. Walls of the walk in produce area are split open at the seams and also caulk along the ceiling is gapped and damaged from ice build up and is no longer a smooth, easily cleanable surface. Also Ice cream door frame is split open at the side.

Vincenzos Ristorante Italiano & Pizzeria , 1333 Old Swede Road, Douglassville , Jan. 8, four violations. An insect control device is located in the back prep area with potential to contaminate food, equipment, and/or utensils. Corrected. Observed in-use knives and /or cleavers stored between table edges, an area not easily cleaned & sanitized. Ice scoops at the basement ice machine are stored directly on top of an adjacent piece of equipment. Paper towel dispenser empty at the handwash sink in the front pizza area. Corrected. Ceiling tiles missing in the basement food prep area need to be replaced. Corrected.

Bella Italia Pizza Restaurant , 1064 Memorial Highway , Oley , Jan. 7, three violations. Ceiling has a hole and loose drywall material in the back area above clean food equipment storage. Thermometer for ensuring proper temperature of equipment is not available or readily accessible in the sandwich bain marie. Corrected. Plumbing system not maintained in good repair - observed water leaking at the faucet for the handwash sink in the front area.

Carini's Italian Restaurant La Terrazza , 1600 Elizabeth Ave., Reading , Jan. 7, five violations. Observed floor/wall under grill/fryer equipment with an accumulation of food debris and grease residue on non-food contact surfaces. Food prep table pushed against sink must be moved or have a shield to prevent cross contamination from splash of sink. Observed deeply scored bain marie cutting boards not resurfaced or discarded as required. Flipped over and cleaned to use other side. Corrected. The handwash sink in the kitchen area was blocked by racks of dishes and not accessible at all times for employee use. Also towel dispenser was empty. Corrected. Hood vent walls and top ansul system area of the food facility is extremely dirty, greasy and in need of cleaning. Fan cover of reach in cooler in kitchen area of the food facility is extremely dirty, dusty, and in need of cleaning.

Dori Martin Catering , 21 N. Franklin St., Fleetwood , Jan. 7, no violations.

Dunkin Donuts , 800 Crossing Blvd., Elverson , Jan. 7, two violations. Old, unused equipment stored in rear prep area, should be cleaned thoroughly and removed from food facility. Observed shelving equipment, and ceiling around condensor unit in walk in cooler area, with an accumulation of dust, dirt, debris on non-food contact surfaces. COS by cleaning during inspection.

Dunkin Donuts #357079 , 3124 Pricetown Road, Fleetwood , Jan. 7, one violation. Paper towel dispensers empty at two of the handwash sinks in the kitchen area. Corrected.

Echo Hill Country Store , 244 Dryville Road, Fleetwood , Jan. 7, no violations.

Esterly's Sandwich Shop , 479 Fleetwood Road PO Box 84, Bowers , Jan. 7, two violations. Side door located in the food storage area of the food facility has a gap and does not protect against the entry of insects, rodents, and other animals. Wood shelving in kitchen area has peeling/worn paint that must be resealed to be a smooth easy to clean surface.

High Point Baptist Academy , 200 Chapel Road, PO Box 188, Geigertown , Jan. 7, no violations.

Mark`S Sandwich Shop , 123 W Main St., Kutztown , Jan. 7, no violations.

Piero Pizzeria , 2722 Bernville Road, Reading , Jan. 7, four violations. Floor tiles in kitchen area are cracked/broken in various areas and is not a smooth, easily cleanable surface and must be repaired. Rear door located in the rear storage room area of the food facility has a gap and does not protect against the entry of insects, rodents, and other animals. Food Employee observed eating or tasting food in the Pizza area. Corrected. An open employee's beverage container was observed on sneeze guard above pizza display area, a food preparation area. At this time the hot water for just the restrooms of the facility is not working and must be repaired (service call placed).

Snuzzles , 145 Lyons Road, Mertztown , Jan. 7, no violations.

The Heritage Restaurant , 6016 Morgantown Road, Morgantown , Jan. 7, three violations. Plumbing system not maintained in good repair - observed waste pipe leaking at the electric box in basement. Observed wet wiping cloths in kitchen area,being stored in soap solution, in lieu of sanitizer- COS. Food facility does not have available sanitizer test strips or test kit to determine appropriate sanitizer concentration in dishwasher- Chlorine test strips are needed in addition to Quat test strips.

Van Reed Inn, The , 2707 Bernville Road, Reading , Jan. 7, three violations. French fry cutter has old dried food residue and must be cleaned before use. Corrected. Working containers in waitress station area, used for storing *chemicals, cleaners* taken from bulk supplies, were not marked with the common name of the chemical. Corrected. Temperature measuring device for ensuring proper temperature of equipment is not available or readily accessible in small bar reach in cooler equipment. Corrected.

Chick-fil-a #0421 , 1665 State Hill Road Suite 930, Wyomissing , Jan. 6, no violations.

Holiday Inn Express & Suites , 405 N. Park Road, Wyomissing , Jan. 6, no violations.

Redner's Warehouse Mkt #26 , 5473 Pottsville Pike , Leesport , Jan. 6, four violations. Spray bottle (of water) in the produce area was not labeled to identify the contents. Corrected. Observed food items (popcorn flavorings) stored directly on the floor in the beer cafe area, rather than 6 inches off of the floor as required. Corrected. The slicer cleaning chart in the deli area was already completed for the designated 2 pm cleaning. Paper towel dispenser empty at the handwash sink in the bakery area. Corrected.

Sheetz #256 , 554 Shoemaker Ave., Shoemakersville , Jan. 6, no violations.

Works At Wyomissing & Building 24 , 1109 Bern Road, Wyomissing , Jan. 6, seven violations. One container of soup was held at 122 F, in the server area, rather than 135F or above as required. Corrected. Foods (chicken, fish, beef) were held at 48-51 F, in the cold drawers at the cooking line in the main kitchen, rather than 41F or below as required. Corrected. Hot well used to hold the soup that was being held at 122 degrees is missing the proper dial to adjust the temperature. Paper towels not available at two of the handwash sinks in the main area. Corrected. Ceiling tiles missing in the Bldg 24 kitchen need to be replaced. Ceiling tiles above the corner refrigerator in the Bldg 24 kitchen have an accumulation of dust/dirt. Observed numerous stickers on the outside of food containers in the dry storage area. Food employee observed eating or tasting food at the cooking line in the main kitchen.

Brocmar Smokehouse , 10 S. Summit Ave., Reading , Jan. 3, two violations. Rear door located in the stand area of the food facility has a gap at the bottom and does not protect against the entry of insects, rodents, and other animals. Food Employee observed eating or tasting food off the cook line area. Corrected.

Cherry's Jamaican Delight , 711 Penn Ave., West Reading , Jan. 3, no violations.

Dietrich's Country Meats , 740 Noble St., Kutztown , Jan. 3, no violations.

Frank's Fine Swine & Beef , 740 Noble St., Kutztown , Jan. 3, no violations.

Funny Farm Apiaries , 740 Noble St., Kutztown , Jan. 3, no violations.

Hoffman's Meats , 740 Noble St., Kutztown , Jan. 3, no violations.

Mackey's , 7408 Boyertown Pike, Douglassville , Jan. 3, three violations. One of the light fixtures in the kitchen is missing two end caps. Observed a spill/debris on the floor under the shelves in the walk-in cooler. Some of the chilled glasses at the bar are stored with the lip surface on a shelf that is rusty/missing the protective plastic coating.

Nancy'z , 740 Noble St., Kutztown , Jan. 3, no violations.

Stone Farmhouse Cafe Of Kutztown , 740 Noble St., Kutztown , Jan. 3, no violations.

Chatty's , 3130 Pricetown Road, Fleetwood , Jan. 2, one violation. Observed in-use knives stored between table edges, an area not easily cleaned & sanitized.

Damn Yankee Catering , 509 W. Penn Ave Suite 8, Robesonia , Jan. 2, no violations.

Dunkin Donuts #352111 , 2458 Perkiomen Ave., Reading , Jan. 2, two violations. Some surfaces of the scoop holder at the front counter are not clean to sight and touch. Paper towel dispenser empty at the handwash sink in the front serving area. Corrected.

Heidelberg Family Restaurant , 910 W. Penn Ave., Robesonia , Jan. 2, "27 violations. The person in charge does not have adequate knowledge of food safety in this food facility as evidenced by this non-compliant inspection. Observed clean dish racks stored on the floor in warewashing area. Corrected. Observed clean food equipment (cups) and/or utensils in waitress area, stored wet in a manner that does not allow for draining and/or air drying (wet nesting). Corrected. The light intensity in the walk-in freezer storage area is not at least 10 foot-candles. Severely dented, swollen, distressed canned items observed in can rack area are and intended for use or sale in the food facility. Corrected. Assorted food, which was cooled, was not reheated to 165F within two hours, for hot holding. Food being reheated in plastic tubs in steam table. Corrected. Custard pies were held at held at 56F, in the dessert case area, rather than 41F or below as required. Also dairy creamers that must be refrigerated were sitting in an unrefridgerated counter in waitress area. Corrected. Preset tableware is not wrapped, covered or inverted, or being removed at a frequency to assure tableware remains clean and sanitized. The handwash sink in the bakery area being used as a food preparation sink as evidenced by observed old food debris in the sink. Plumbing system not maintained in good repair - observed all drains leaking at the warewashing sinks next to dish machine. New sink on premise to be installed. Walk in floors and metal shelving areas of the food facility is dirty, and in need of cleaning. Freezer floor has spilled food under and around racks. Fan box in walk in cooler has dirt/mold build up on fan box and covers. Observed employee peeling eggs sitting on crate with pot on floor in the warewashing area that has water and food debris build up. Corrected. Temperature measuring device for ensuring proper temperature of equipment is not available or readily accessible in most reach in refrigerator equipment. Food facility does not have available chlorine sanitizer test strips or test kit to determine appropriate sanitizer concentration. Deli slicer has old food residue under blade at blade guard. Several pans on clean dish rack observed to have food residue and was not clean to sight and touch. Old lettuce residue in salad bowl under cook line shelf. Observed soiled linens store under and in equipment on the cook line area which may contaminate food, utensils, or equipment. Paper towel dispenser empty at the handwash sink in the bakery area. Working containers in counter area, used for storing *chemicals, cleaners* taken from bulk supplies, were not marked with the common name of the chemical.Corrected. Food facility is using chlorine sanitizer at an extremely high concentration of 200 ppm in waitress area, not approved in the Code of Federal Regulations for food contact sanitizing at this level. Corrected. Several trays of cooked and raw foods in the walk refrigerator/freezer area stored open with no covering. Observed trays of uncovered food stored directly on the floor in walk in freezer area, rather than 6 inches off of the floor as required. Also trays of whole meats stored on floor in freezer. Corrected. Wood legs supporting cook line and hand sink equipment, in the kitchen area, are not smooth, non-absorbent, corrosion resistant. Observed deeply scored cutting boards not resurfaced or discarded as required. Non-food contact surfaces not cleaned at a frequency to preclude accumulation of dirt and soil. Mold on splash guard area of the juice dispensing machine. Corrected. Food employee observed storing clean food equipment while wet, and not allowing time for draining and/or air-drying. Corrected. Handwash sink in main kitchen is not working at this time and has a wood piece holding it up in the front. Sink must be repaired and have soap and towels and wood prop removed. Walk-in cooler walls have the protective plastic coating on yet from installation that is peeling and falling off walls and must be removed. Observed cardboard being utilized as a floor covering in walk in and also shelf covering in reach in cooler. Corrected. Out of compliance.

LJ's Fitness , 102 N. Third St., Womelsdorf , Jan. 2, no violations.

Longhorn Steakhouse #5467 , 1085 Woodland Road, Wyomissing , Jan. 2, "four violations. There is an accumulation of debris on the floor under the shelves in the back dry storage area. Floor tiles are damaged in front of the fryers, and grout is also deteriorating in this area. There is dirty water accumulating in the damaged areas. Thermometer for ensuring proper temperature of equipment is not available or readily accessible in the small dessert refrigerator. Corrected. One of the hood vents above the grill is missing. "

Paradise By The Slice , 69 E. Penn Ave., Wernersville , Jan. 2, six violations. Reach in refrigerator near warewashing area has a condensate leak dripping onto towels stored in reach in that must be repaired. Warewashing machine has a soil/residue buildup on exterior of machine and on underside of drainboard area and must be cleaned. Deli slicer has old food residue on underside of blade at the guard area and must be cleaned. Caulking at drainboard and wall of warewashing machine and sinks has mold and must be cleaned out and resealed. Observed metal racks in basement walkin cooler area, with an accumulation of food residue, debris on wire shelving surfaces that must be cleaned. Observed clean cups/glasses in waitress area, stored wet in a manner that does not allow for draining and/or air drying (wet nesting).

Perry Indoor Golf And More , 1223 Pottsville Pike , Shoemakersville , Jan. 2, "two violations. Hot water handle for the handwash sink is not working properly. New food facility in operation more than 90 days and has not employed a certified food employee as required. "

Sophia's Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria , 3150 St. Lawrence Ave., Reading , Jan. 2, no violations.

Staples #0298 , 4711 Perkiomen Ave., Reading , Jan. 2, no violations.

Reports are from Dec. 18, 2019, to Jan. 14, 2020. No reports had been filed for the previously published time frame of Dec. 18 to Dec. 31 when the report was downloaded Jan. 2.

Cindy's Flowering Cupboard , 2934 North Fifth Street Highway , Jan. 11, no violations.

Mod Super Fast Pizza LLC , 4300 North Fifth Street Highway , Jan. 9, no violations.

8899 Chinese Restaurant , 2605 Kutztown Road , Jan. 4, two violations. Food dispensing utensil in sugar/salt observed stored in the food and not with handle above the top of the food and the container. Corrected immediately on inspection. Floor fan blades and cover dusty.

5th Street Diner , 5340 Allentown Pike , Dec. 29, seven violations. Lights are not shielded or shatter proof over the baker's area. Potentially hazardous ready-to-eat food prepared in the food facility and held for more than 48 hours, located in the walk-in refrigerator, is not being date marked. A food employee was observed touching toast - a ready to eat food - with bare hands. Multiple foods in the walk-in refrigerator stored open with no covering. Multiple refrigerator gaskets have food residue. Sheet pans not stored inverted. Corrected on inspection. Exhaust vent dusty, located in dish area and can potentially contaminate food and equipment. Out of compliance.

Redners Quick Shoppe , 1137 Tuckerton Road , Dec. 29, one violation. Multiple bottled beverage glides are soiled in beverage refrigerator.

Alebrije Mexican Restaurant , 3225 N. Fifth St. , Dec. 28, four violations. Exhaust screen surfaces not cleaned at a frequency to preclude accumulation of grease. Food employee observed storing clean food equipment while wet, and not allowing time for draining and/or air-drying. Corrected on inspection. Food dispensing utensil in bulk food bins observed stored in the food and not with handle above the top of the food and the container. Corrected on inspection. Food contact surface of wooden handled knives is not smooth, easily cleanable and/or resistant to pitting, cracking or scratching. Discarded on inspection.

New Happy Garden , 4447c N. Fifth St. , Dec. 28, five violations. Food dispensing utensil in bulk food bins observed stored in the food and not with handle above the top of the food and the container. Corrected on inspection. Light bulb is not shielded or shatter proof over the cook's area.Observed soiled refrigerator gaskets on bain marie. Spaces between bain marie and table are soiled. Equipment food contact surfaces and utensils are not being immersed for a minimum of 10 seconds in the chlorine sanitizing compartment of the manual warewashing sink. Cutting board outer edges adjacent to bain marie soiled with food particles. Corrected on inspection. Potential for contamination related to lids of food storage containers not fitting securely,

Reading Company Booster Club Inc. , 2100 Georgia Road , Dec. 28, no violations.

Thai Cuisine , 502 Eisenbrown St. , Dec. 28, three violations. Shellstock tags are not maintained for 90 days from the date the container is emptied. Observed spaces between/underneath cooking equipment, with an accumulation of food residue, grease, and debris on non-food contact surfaces. Observed table legs/oven doors/stove plates/cook's refrigerator door glide with food residue and grease on non-food contact surfaces. Saute pans observed stored uncovered or not inverted.

Berks County Intermediate Unit , 1111 Commons Blvd. , Dec. 23, two violations. Observed scratched and scored teflon coated pans on cook's shelf; discarded/corrected on inspection. Observed clean plastic utensils on catering shelf, stored uncovered or not inverted.

Kidspeace Berks Campus , 704 Hay Road-Wilson Sarig School , Dec. 23, one violation. Fan guards in reach-in refrigerator are dusty, with potential to contaminate food in refrigerator storage.

Route 61 Diner , 3455 Pottsville Pike , Dec. 23, three violations. Cooking utensils observed in drawer with handles not in the same direction. Corrected on inspection. Raw fish stored above whole meat/chops in the reach-in refrigerator. Corrected on inspection. Food employee observed storing clean food equipment while wet, and not allowing time for draining and/or air-drying. Corrected on inspection.

Rothenberger Meats , 2934 North Fifth Street Highway , Dec. 21, two violations. Fan guards in walk-in refrigerator are dusty, and can potentially contaminate food. Observed in-use knives and /or cleavers stored in slotted wooden knife holder, an area not easily cleanable & sanitized.

C.E. Cole Intermediate School , Kutztown Road , Dec. 20, no violations.

Holy Guardian Angels Regional School , 3125 Kutztown Road , Dec. 20, no violations.

Muhlenberg Elementary Center , Kutztown Road & Sharp Avenue , Dec. 20, no violations.

Muhlenberg High School , Sharp Ave. & Frances St. , Dec. 20, no violations.

Reading Muhlenberg Career & Technical Center , 2615 Warren Road , Dec. 20, two violations. Handles of utensils not stored in the same direction (in drawers) to prevent contamination from hands. Corrected on inspection. Handwashing signage not present at kitchen hand washing sink. Corrected on inspection.

Temple Fire Co #1 , 4963 Kutztown Road PO Box 217 , Dec. 19, three violations. Wall in the food prep area, has holes, or is broken and in need of repair. Commercially processed ready-to-eat food, located in the reach-in refrigerator, and held more than 48 hours, is not being marked with the date it was opened. Soup was not hot holding at 135 degrees F. or higher. Corrected on inspection.

No reports were filed for the previous time frame, Dec. 18 to Dec. 31, 2019.

Family Dollar , 231 Lancaster Ave., Jan. 9, no violations.

Romanos Pizza , 501 Lancaster Ave., Jan. 9, one violation. Torn rubber door gaskets observed on the bain marie unit.

Speedway 06713 , 200 Lancaster Ave., Jan. 9, one violation. Food facility inspection indicates evidence of rodent activity in areas. facility does have a pest control service.

Papa Johns Pizza , 2312 Fairmont Ave., Jan. 7, two violations. Ventilation hood is in need of a professional cleaning. Torn rubber door gaskets observed on the bain marie.

Franklyn Breakfast Burger , 1007 Penn St., Jan. 2, three violations. Light cover missing from the ceiling light in the kitchen prep area. No paper towel dispenser at the handwash in by the counter area. Switch cover missing in the men's restroom.

Save-a-lot Stores 367962 , 810 Oley St., Jan. 2, "two violations. Soap was not available at the handwash sink in the stockroom area of the facility. Floor under shelves in milk cooler were observed to have a build up of milk. Bakery display shelves are very dusty. "

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There are plenty of outdoor options worth checking out in Montreal today, January 19, as you cap off your weekend in style.

Quartier des Spectacles

Place des Festivals is lit.

The Quartier des Spectacles public square is hosting the 10th edition of Luminothrapie through Pop!, a celebration of five fantastical creatures that aim to light up the city during the dark days of winter.

Because if anything can lighten up our bleak winter, its Luminothrapie, Quebecs largest temporary public art installation.

When:From now until January 26Time:12 to 11 pmWhere:Place des FestivalsPrice:Free

Fte des neiges

Youre best off standing up to the snow and the cold instead of shying away from it this weekend. Luckily, Parc Jean Drapeaus four-weekend-long winter festival is a perfect opportunity to make the most of the wintery season.

The 37th edition of the Fte des neiges takes place every weekend between January 18 and February 8, and it starts this weekend.

Outdoor activities includesnow tubing, cross-country skiing, dog sledding, snow archery, an icy pirate ship, ice skating, ice sculptures, ziplining, a Ferris wheel, Tour de Lvis, axe throwing, a penguin village, a Polar Circus, snow scooters, an inflatable bouncy castle, a snow castle competition, and a mini igloo play area.

When:Weekends until February 9Time:10 am to 6 pmWhere:Espace 67, Parc Jean-DrapeauTickets: $8 $38,available online

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The Montreal Canadiens foundation has six outdoor, refrigerated rinks around the island. The professional-level rinks provide the opportunity for hockey players to develop their skating skills on exceptional quality ice.

The program is divided into six sessions of approximately 45 minutes each.

The rink is free to use but has rather strict schedules so the shinny hockey players dont hit the ice at the same time as the little skaters.

Rinks can be found at the following spots around Montreal:

When:Sunday, January 19Time:Varies per rinkWhere:Various locations around Montreal

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Montreal has been coated with an exhibition of the works of Vincent Van Gogh, the Dutch post-impressionist painter who is among the most famous figures in the history of the art world.

The exhibition, Imagine Van Gogh, which opened last week, takes guests through the world of colours and emotions of Van Goghs works through gigantic murals and an immersive soundtrack.

When:Sunday, January 19Time: 10 am to 6 pmWhere:Arsenal Contemporary Art ContemporainPrice: $26 $36, available online

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If the weather is too cold today for outdoor skating, check out an indoor option. Atrium Le 1000, an indoor ice rink located inside Montreals tallest building, has aglass ceiling, perfect to be part of the weather without actually being part of it.

Plus, the skating rink plays music so you can glide to some tunes.

You can bring your own skates or rent equipment on site.

When:Sunday, January 19Time:11:30 am to 9 pmWhere:1000 Rue de la Gauchetire OuestPrice:$8.26

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Take advantage of the pride of Montreal by snow tubing down it.

Discover the exhilaration of snow tubing down reserved lanes next to the toboggan hill overlooking Beaver Lake.

When:Sunday, January 19Time:10 am 4 pm (until 6 pm on Saturdays and Sundays)Where: Mont Royal ParkPrice: $6 for 4 to 11 year olds, $10 for 12 years old and up

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Celebrate Sunday mass at Montreals most viewed structure at 11 am and hear a 25-person choir accompanied by the organ. Or, take a walking tour of the basilica which is an absolutely gorgeous spectacle. It is filled with hundreds of wooden carvings, several religious statues, and gigantic stained glass windows.

When:Sunday, January 19Time:12:30 to 4 pm on Sundays (mass starts at 11 am)Where:110 Rue Notre Dame OuestPrice:Free

Rage Axe Throwing

If you feel the need to get some adrenaline pumping post-holidays, head inside to Rage Axe Throwing and toss some axes.

The competition is based on accuracy points but throwing hatches, axes, andTomahawks is fun enough without needing to tally the scores.

When:Sunday, January 19Time:Fridays and Sundays, 12 pm to 10 pm; Saturdays, 10 am to 11:30 pmWhere:1436 Rue AmherstPrice: $45 $55, available online

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If you want to cap off your weekend with some improv comedy, Le Ptit Impro might be your spot on Sunday.

The shows players take audience suggestions and turn them into hilarious skits, right on the spot.

When:Sunday, January 19Time: 8 to 9 pmWhere:Le Ptit Impro 3713 blvd St-Laurent #20Price:$6

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No offence Mont Tremblant, but we might hit the slopes a bit closer to home this weekend as LaPente Neigehas constructed a man-made ski hill at Parc Ignace-Bourget.

The third edition of the urban hill is big enough for up to 250 people along with a mini slope that can accommodate up to 50 mini-skiers.

The hill welcomes skiers, snowboarders, tubers, and sledders of any age and features a cozy heated yurt, mulled wine, hot chocolate, and music. Guests can bring their own equipment or it can be rented on site.

The slope is 300 metres long and has professionals on site to teach people proper skiing/snowboarding/falling down techniques.

When:Sunday, January 19Time:10 am to 6 pmWhere:Parc Ignace-Bourget 6101 Avenue de MontmagnyPrice:Various pricing, details available online

Happening Gourmand

Nine gourmet restaurants in the Old Port are taking part in the 13th edition ofHappening Gourmand, a food festival where foodies can knock back some delicious brunch and dinner meals for under $40.

Whether youre into pizza, steak, eggs- benedict, or burgers, Happening Gourmand offers gourmet meals and a vibrant atmosphere for every food lover. Plus, the meals wont set you back too much (were dreading the post-holiday credit card statements too).

Check out a full list of participating restaurantsonline.

When:From now untilFebruary 9Time:Varying times per restaurantWhere:Nine participating Old Port locationsPrice:$17 brunch, $25-$35 dinner

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Its the start of a new year, which means new exhibitions are opening at museums across the five boroughs of New York City. As always, expect something for everyone, whether you prefer blue chip art stars like Gerhard Richter or thought-provoking examinations of our rapid changing world from architect Rem Koolhaas.

Here are some of the exhibitions were looking forward to most this winter.

Left, Jaques Louis Davids Bonaparte Crossing the Alps (1800-1) with Kehinde Wileys Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps (2005). Courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum.

The contemporary twist on equestrian portraiture painted by Kehinde Wiley is being shown alongside the work that inspired it, on view in New York for the first time. Jacques Louis Davids traditional depiction of a triumphant general astride a horse is contrasted with Wileys update, which switches out a drab mountain scene for a vibrant fleur-de-lis pattern and the uniform of contemporary battlecamouflaged pants and Timberland boots.

The Brooklyn Museum is located at 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York; general admission is $16.

A still from James Coupe: Warriors. Photo James Coupe.

The International Center of Photography is unveiling its new home at Essex Crossing on the Lower East Side, with a slate of inaugural exhibitions that includes James Coupes unsettling reimagining of Walter Hills cult filmThe Warriors (1979). Agree to let the artist scan your face, and deep fake technology will insert your likeness into the movie in real time, artificial analysis having studied your features and determined which gang you would most likely belong to. Its a creepy reminder of the growing power of data harvesting and the potentially problematic applications of new technologies, particularly when it comes to your own image.

ICP is located at 79 Essex Street, New York; general admission is $16.

Equestrian, Bamana peoples, Bougouni District, Ouassabo, Mali (19th20th century). Photo by Peter Zeray, the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Met is looking backway back,to the first millenniumfor this show tracing the establishment of flourishing trade routes and societies in the southern region of the Sahara Desert. Some 200 works on loan from Mali, Senegal, and Niger, display the rich visual culture that emerged from those communities in the form of terracotta figures, bronze, illuminated manuscripts, and more, and explore the convergence of religions and political dynasties.

The Met is located at 1000 5th Avenue; general admission is $25.

Lee Mingwei, The Letter Writing Project (1998present), installation view of Lee Mingwei and His Relations at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2014). Photo by Yoshitsugu Fuminari, courtesy of the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo.

This six-artist show at the Rubin Museum, featuring Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Shilpa Gupta, Tehching Hsieh, Meiro Koizumi, Lee Mingwei, and Taryn Simon, takes as its theme the Buddhist concept of impermanence, reminding viewers that the only thing that is inevitable is the passage of time. Featuring film, sculpture, photography, and durational installations, the exhibition is at times participatory, offering a fleeting moment of reflection. (The museum will celebrate the opening with a freereception on Friday, February 7, 6 p.m.10 p.m.)

The Rubin Museum is located at 150 West 17th Street, New York; general admission is $19.

Christian Dior gown (1947). Photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, courtesy of the Museum at FIT

Ballerinas often seem like otherworldly creatures, able to bend and fly across a stage like tulle-covered fairies, but their impact extends far beyond the stage. For the first time, an exhibition is examining the impact of ballet from its rise as a cultural force in Britain and America in the 20th century to its influence on contemporary fashion.

The Museum at FIT is located at 227 West 27th Street, New York; admission is free.

Peter Saul, Ronald Reagan in Grenada (1984). Photo: Jeffrey Nintzel, courtesy Hall Art Foundation.

A great satirist of contemporary culture and politics, Peter Saul is finally getting his due with the first New York museum survey in his decades-long career. Sauls acid-trip canvases are like the fever dreams of a conspiracy-theorist, depicting icons of popular culture ranging from Donald Duck to Donald Trump.

The New Museum is located at 235 Bowery, New York; general admission is $18.

Baron Wolman, Jimi Hendrix performs at Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, February 1, 1968 (1968). Photo courtesy of Iconic Images/Baron Wolman.

The legendary rock-and-roll impresario Bill Graham (19311991), who worked with such stars as Jimi Hendrix, Santana, and the Rolling Stones, gets the museum treatment. The show, which comes to the New-York Historical Society by way of the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, features over 300 objects including concert posters, archival photographs, and other memorabilia linked to the great concert promoter. Dont miss the site-specific installation recreating the psychedelic liquid light show concert backdrops that Graham staged in New York with multimedia artist Joshua White beginning in 1967.

The New-York Historical Society is located at 170 Central Park West at Richard Gilder Way (77th Street); general admission is $22.

The global countryside, highlighted with an abstract representation of the areas addressed by AMO in the exhibition Countryside: The Future. Image courtesy of AMO.

This might be hard to process for New Yorkers, but only two percent of the years surface is occupied by cities. Rem Koolhaas and Samir Bantal, the director of AMO, the architects think tank, have teamed up with students at universities around the world to present global case studies that consider the so-called countryside that makes up the vast majority of the earth, and how humans are rapidly and radically modifying it. The exhibition will illustrate the effects of global warming, mass migration, and artificial intelligence, to name just a few of the factors that are physically altering landscapes the world over, sometimes almost beyond recognition.

The Guggenheim is located at 1071 5th Avenue at East 88th Street, New York; general admission is $25.

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This buzzy show, with more than 80 ensembles and 40 photographs, was widely praised when it debuted at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco for its exploration of the wide range of Muslim dress and how it has influenced the wider fashion world.

Cooper Hewitt is located at 2 East 91st Street; general admission is $16.

Al Taylor, Untitled (100% Hawaiian), 1994. Photo by Graham Haber, 2019 the Estate of Al Taylor, courtesy of the Morgan Library & Museum, Gift of Hamish Parker.

Although Al Taylor(19481999) died young, he produced no less than 5,000 drawings over the course of his prolific career. The Morgan highlights these witty artworks, and how the artists technical skill lends a gravitas to every day objects such as tin cans.

The Morgan Library & Museum is located at 225 Madison Avenue at East 36th Street, New York; general admission is $20.

Jos Parl, Grand Concourse and 149th Street. Courtesy of the artist.

In his first institutional solo show in New York, Jos Parl presents paintings inspired by the Bronx, particularly by the way the borough has suffered due to redlining policies, structural racism, and displacement due to gentrification. Curated by Manon Slome, chief curator of nomadic art nonprofit No Longer Empty, the exhibition featuresParls childhood sketchbooks as well as recent large-scale paintings.

The Bronx Museum is located at 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York; admission is free.

Donald Judd, Untitled (1991) Courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art, New York. 2019 Judd Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: John Wronn.

Even if you dont know his name, you definitely know his legacy. Donald Judd, the man who essentially created the high ceiling-ed, streamlined furniture aesthetic of brands like Calvin Klein and turned Marfa into an art-girl thirst trap is being feted at MoMA with a career-long survey for the first time in over 30 years. Expect a whole lot of boxes, one right after another, plus wall-mounted stacks and progressions that trace Judds career.

The Museum of Modern Art is located at 11 West 53rd Street, New York; general admission is $25.

Gerhard Richter, a painting from his Cage series (2006). Gerhard Richter.

The Met may bepulling the plug on its contemporary art experiment with the old Whitney flagship, subletting the Breuer Building to the nearby Frick Collectionwhich is closing for renovationsfor the last three years of its lease, but Gerhard Richter should be a hell of a swan song. The show will span the Germans artist over six-decade career, while spotlighting two recent series, Birkenau (2014) and Cage (2006), which are making their US debut.

The Met Breuer is located at 945 Madison Avenue; general admission is $25.

Carl Craig at Dia:Beacon, Beacon, New York. Photo by Eva Deitch.

Dia pushes the boundaries of the fine arts with this sound art commission with Detroit-based techno DJ Carl Craig that marks the culmination of a five-year engagement between the music producer and art foundation. The site-specific sound installation draws on the techno tradition of transforming industrial spaces into raging night clubs, inspired by the architecture of Dias lower level, a massive room filled with monumental columns that was once part of a Nabisco packaging factory.

The Dia Art Foundation, New York Dia:Beacon is located at 3 Beekman Street, Beacon; general admission is $15.

Agnes Pelton, Ahmi in Egypt (1931). Courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

This survey of spiritually infused paintings by Agnes Pelton (18811961), who retreated to the deserts of Cathedral City, California, to make her luminous, criminally under-known abstractions, could be this years Hilma af Klint. Organized by the Phoenix Art Museum, the show includes 45 paintings, two of which are from the Whitneys own collection.

The Whitney is located at 99 Gansevoort Street, New York; general admission is $25.

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Alexandra Suda took over the top job at the National Gallery of Canada last year in time to see two major exhibitions challenge the notion of a blockbuster show.

Gallery staff expected the years big attraction would be the summer exhibition of portraits by the famed post-Impressionist French master Paul Gauguin, the worlds first to focus on his portraiture.

They werent sure what to expect with the fall exhibit, badakone: Continuous Fire, which put the spotlight on contemporary Indigenous art from around the world. It continues until April 5.

Sasha Suda is the Director and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada.Errol McGihon / Postmedia

What happened surprised everyone. The Gauguin exhibit never did grab the publics imagination in a big way, attracting 107,469 people during the summer, while badakone is shaping up to be a hit, with close to 31,000 visitors during the first two months of the slower fall-winter season. Its opening night attracted 3,600 people, the largest attendance for any opening in the gallerys history. So many people showed up on that November night that security had to stop letting them into the building.

Whats exciting and terrifying about that is were not quite sure what happened, Suda said during an interview in her office, an airy space with a postcard-perfect view of the Ottawa River and Parliament Hill.

The artists from New Zealands Mato Aho Collective stand in front of their monumental woven installation titled AKA, 2019. Numerous artists from all over the world were on hand Wednesday (Nov. 6, 2019) at the National Gallery of Canada for the preview of badakone: Continous Fire.Julie Oliver / Postmedia

How we managed to have so many people that we had to shut the doors for capacity reasons still defies our comprehension. People dont necessarily come for Indigenous art, and contemporary art is also something that is quite specific. There isnt too much of a data set to tell us that this is what people want right now.

The reaction to those exhibitions show that culture-consuming audiences and their expectations are changing as millennials come of age and the population diversifies. These conclusions are echoed in the findings of the first Culture Track report, a 2018 survey of cultural consumers in Canada, that shows allophones, those whose first language is neither English nor French, are more likely to attend a cultural event than anglophones or francophones, and millennials are the demographic most likely to participate monthly in a cultural activity such as visiting a music festival, concert, historic attraction, natural history or art museum or going out for a food and drink experience.

In other words, if you believe the only people going to cultural institutions such as the National Gallery of Canada and the National Arts Centre are old white people, think again. Canadians of all age groups and backgrounds are participating in cultural activities, and both institutions have been adapting to shifting audience tastes for more than a decade.

At the gallery, which moved to its current location on Sussex Drive in 1988, more than 930,000 people visited the Moshe Safdie-designed building during the first year (attendance is measured during the fiscal year, ending April 1), the strongest year ever for attendance. The interest continued through the 1990s, with just over 600,000 people visiting in 1995-96, and more than 770,00 visitors the following year.

Between 1997 and 2014, though, the numbers dropped considerably. In 2004-05, close to 400,000 people visited, but nine years later, just 237,391 people went through the doors.

Cornelia Homburg (L), guest curator of the exhibition Gauguin Portraits, opening at gallery May 24 and Doris Couture-Rigert, Chief of Conseration of the National Gallery discuss Gaugins wood sculpture.Jean Levac / Postmedia News

In 2017-18, the slide was reversed as more than 385,000 people visited, despite the renovations that kept several galleries closed until June 2017. Many were checking out the new Canadian and Indigenous gallery, which integrated previously separate Canadian and Indigenous art into one permanent, comprehensive space. It launched June 15, 2017 the first transformation of the gallerys collections since the facility opened in the lead-up to Canadas 150th anniversary celebrations.

Attendance continued to grow in 2018-19, with 434,834 visitors, a 13 per cent increase that was attributed to the popularity of the special exhibitions mounted that year, including a summer show entitled Impressionist Treasures: The Ordrupgaard Collection. With 132,494 visitors, it was the best-attended summer exhibition since 2012s Van Gogh: Up Close, which attracted more than 230,000 people. The 2018-19 year is also notable for the multimedia exhibition Anthropocene by renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky, a powerful perspective of human-altered landscapes that also included, for the first time at the National Gallery, augmented reality-enhanced installations and interactive films.

These attendance trends are mirrored around the world, and several institutions have responded by removing admission charges. In London, government-sponsored museums and art galleries have had free admission since 2001, a tactic that more than doubled attendance in the first decade. Washington, D.C. is filled with free museums, from the Smithsonians to the National Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery of Art.

At Torontos Art Gallery of Ontario, where Suda worked before coming to Ottawa, a pilot project was introduced last year offering free memberships to people under 25, and a $35 annual membership for those over 25. In the first six months, they attracted 100,000 new members, 70,000 of them under the age of 25.

The recently renovated Ottawa Art Gallery also re-opened with free admission, along with later operating hours and free child care on certain days.

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Suda is watching these initiatives with interest. While there are no immediate plans to remove the admission at the National Gallery, she says its an idea that floats around once in a while, most recently during last years election campaign, when the Conservatives made it a last-minute part of their platform.

The National Gallery does have free admission on Thursday evenings, and its almost always a busy night. Other ideas to attract new visitors include programming that makes use of the public spaces in the building, and performance-based events such as the Jan. 25 companion concert to the Beautiful Monsters exhibit of prints and drawings. The concert features the Ottawa Baroque Consort with storytelling by actor/host David Brennan.

Hired at the age of 38, Suda is the youngest National Gallery director in a century, and the first female boss in two decades. Some key things have already changed in her nine months in the position, the most evident of which is the relocation of the front desk from the main entrance, up the ramp to the Great Hall. Now when you enter the building, the first thing you see is an installation, the Sami Architectural Library, by Norways Joar Nango, which is part of the badakone exhibit.

That was my idea but it was really to make room for an art experience upon crossing the threshold, said Suda, whos now 39. It changes the dynamic from the authoritative transaction to an engagement in a conversation. I see a lot of people stop and wonder whats going on. Thats what we hope to do in that space from here on out offer an experience that asks that question: What is art to you?

It also makes the gallery more accessible in that you can see art in the public spaces without having to buy a ticket.

As for the Gauguin exhibit, one of the lessons learned by Suda and gallery staff was that people would have liked to see the exhibit delve deeper into the social context of his work, particularly during his time in French Polynesia. He was not only a privileged colonialist but also a pedophile who infected several child brides with syphilis.

We focused on the scholarly thesis of the show, and what we found was that people were really interested in that, but they were also, like, Wait a second, what about these issues of colonialism and gender dynamics? Why arent you talking about that in the show? Suda said.

For me, the learning there was that people are really engaged. They care about art, and they care about 19th-century painters so theyll come, but they expect us to engage with the work in a way that engages with the present. I think it surprised us a little bit but the extent that people were able to articulate the issue was also, I thought, really refreshing.

Eleng Luluan, from the Rukai Nation in Taiwan, poses in front of her installation made from styrofoam and wrapping bags entitled Between Dreams.Julie Oliver / Postmedia

On the other hand, the gallery is considered a world leader in the presentation of Indigenous art, and the current exhibit, badakone, does not shy away from works that address issues such as cultural oppression, residential schools, and loss of land and language. Its the second exhibition in a series that started with 2013s Sakahn, a groundbreaking exhibit in that it had a global perspective.

Nobody was really doing the global thinking at this scale six years ago, Suda said. I think were going to continue building that momentum because theres real leadership within the organization, and a great ability to work with Indigenous artists and communities with their protocols, and make this a space thats not just ours.

The gallery is also highly regarded for its contemporary art and new-media collection, which includes digital and video art such as Christian Marclays masterpiece, The Clock, a 24-hour video installation.

One of the most recent contemporary acquisitions is More Sweetly Play The Dance, an eight-channel, high-definition video installation with a 15-minute run time, by the renowned South African multi-disciplinary artist William Kentridge. Its currently on display at the gallery for the first time.

The installation is in a room of its own, consisting of seven floor-to-ceiling horizontal video screens set up in a semi-circle around the viewer, creating an immersive experience. The film depicts a procession, set to a lively soundtrack of South African music with figures that reflect the often-troubled history of South Africa.

For me, it seems very relevant today when you think about the refugee crisis in different parts of the world, said Jose Drouin-Brisebois, the gallerys senior curator of contemporary art. Its outside our comfort zone. He also talks a lot about the importance of people walking, and that the idea of the march is still important. That is very relevant were still a people that walks, both as a mode of locomotion and a form of expression.

Suda sees it as a great example of a piece that brings viewers into the artistic experience in a different way.

The more immersive the experience can be, and the more we think about our audience and the context in which we live, and develop a program that has a diverse set of offerings, the more generous welcome were going to extend to a larger community, she said. What we hope is that theres something for everyone, not necessarily all the time but that over the course of time, the program has a rhythm thats inclusive and diverse.

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AUGUSTA The state will double the rebate it provides to homeowners who install certain kinds of heat pumps, Gov. Janet Mills announced Tuesday, as the state pushes toward its goal of having 100,000 of the energy-saving heating and cooling units installed in Maine homes by 2025.

Mills said the initiative, the result of a law she signed in June, does not use taxpayer funds. It will maintain Maines trajectory as a national leader in beneficial electrification replacing high-carbon fossil fuels with cleaner electricity while lowering heating bills and creating quality jobs, she said.

The rebates went into effect on Jan. 1.

The rebates from the Efficiency Maine trust will increase from $500 to $1,000 for the first heat pump installed in a home if it meets the highest-performing Tier 2 criteria for performance and efficiency. The rebate for a second heat pump will also be doubled, from $250 per home to $500.

These new rebates will help make high-performance heat pumps more attainable for more Maine people, and the effects of this initiative will ripple across Maines economy, Mills, a Democrat, said in a prepared statement. Not only will it help create good-paying jobs, boost small businesses, and promote workforce training at our community colleges, but it will also help Maine people save money on their heating bills and reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, helping us protect our environment and fight climate change. I encourage Maine people to see what they are eligible for.

Heat pumps meeting the so-called Tier 1 rebate standards will continue to be eligible for a $500 rebate for the first indoor unit and $250 for a second indoor or outdoor unit, as in prior years. In addition, enhanced $2,000 rebates are now available to homeowners who receive heating assistance through the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

Seven years into our programs promoting this new generation of heat pumps, specially designed for cold winters, we continue to see growth in consumer demand, which tells us these new models really work well, even when its freezing outside, Efficiency Maine Executive Director Michael Stoddard said.

Mills predecessor, Republican Gov. Paul LePage, was also bullish on heat pump technology and touted the energy saving devices as well in 2014 LePage had 22 heat pumps installed at the Blaine House, the governors residence.

A high-performance heat pump can help an average Maine home reduce its oil consumption by 270 to 540 gallons per year. It can also reduce carbon emissions by an estimated 3,600 to 7,250 pounds per year per home for each high-performance heat pump.

If the state reaches it goal of 100,000 residential heat pumps statewide, Maine consumers would be expected to save save $30 million to $60 million annually, according to estimates made by the Efficiency Maine Trust.

The trust provided $6.57 million in rebates on 11,701 heat pumps in 2019, according to trust officials.

Some heat pumps, called mini-splits, are part indoors and part outdoors. They use refrigeration technology to extract heat from outdoor air. In the summer, they work in reverse to provide air conditioning.

The devices are popular because they cost about one-third as much as a central heating system. They come in various sizes; typical retail prices for single-zone models range from $3,000 to $5,000. Depending on how big a home is and how well its weatherized, a unit can satisfy 50 to 75 percent of year-round demand.

The news conference was held at the F.W. Webb Company in Augusta, and included a representative of Burnham-based Hometown Heat Pumps. They are two of the more than 400 businesses that form the supply chain serving heat pump customers in Maine, according to Mills.

Customer service has been our top priority along with helping our customers save substantially on heating and cooling costs, Hometown Heat Pumps owner Christie Whitcomb said. This has allowed us to grow quickly and become a leader in the heat pump industry.

David Daigler, president of the Maine Community College System, promoted the systems training programs for heat pump installers and technicians.

This sort of initiative is why we remain focused on providing critical, relevant workforce training at the community colleges, Daigler said at the event. As industries and policies shift, we adjust our programs to make sure students and trainees are learning the latest techniques and technologies to keep up with industry needs.

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Smart thermostats can make sure it's the right temperature indoors andcan help reduce your energy bill, too. Thats because these devices can monitor temperature and humidity inside and outside your home, your comings and goings, and tailor heating and cooling cycles accordingly. And, because they're connected to your home Wi-Fi network, you can monitor, program, and control smart thermostats using your smartphone.

After testing a dozen models, the best smart thermostat is the5th-generationEcobee($249) for one main reason: It comes with a wireless sensor you can place in a remote room in your housesuch as one that doesn't heat or cool as fastand lets you set the Ecobee to keep the system on until that room comes up to the temperature you want. Plus, the Ecobee has Alexa built in, so you can interact with Amazon's voice assistant without purchasing an Echo or an Echo Dot.

If you're looking for something less than $100, we recommend the Honeywell RTH6580WF 7-Day Wi-Fi Programmable Thermostat. It's not as fancy as the Ecobee, but its still one of the best smart thermostats and works with many smart home systems.

See all of our top picks for the best smart thermostats below.

The best smart thermostat overall

Works With: Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Google Assistant, Samsung SmartThings, Logitech, Wink, IFTTT | Remote Sensors: Yes | Self-Installation: Yes | Motion Activation: Yes | Works Offline: Yes

Better speaker

Full Alexa support

Improved remote sensors

Works with Spotify

Large

Big bezel

The best smart thermostat overall, the 5th-generation Ecobeelooks and acts much like theEcobee4, but with a few big improvements. It's among the best Alexa compatible devices because it offers all of Alexa's features, including calling, messaging, and Drop-In. The new Ecobee also has a much better speaker and Spotify support, so it's now good for playing tunes if you're looking for a device to provide some background music. Most importantly, the new Ecobee has redesigned remote sensors that have much better range and battery life.

Read our full Ecobee (5th gen) smart thermostat review.

Nest's thermostat is a cinch to set up.

Works With: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Logitech, IFTTT, Samsung SmartThings, WeMo, Wink, Xfinity | Remote Sensors: No | Self-Installation: Yes | Motion Activation: Yes | Works Offline: Yes

Large display

Works with multiple smart home systems

Intuitive Interface

Easy to install

Can't monitor temperature in multiple rooms

Doesn't work with Apple HomeKit

The third version of this Google-owned thermostat has a larger and sharper display than its predecessor. Like before, the Nest Learning Thermostat can talk to hundreds of other smart home devicesfrom the Logitech Harmony remote to the Amazon Echo to the Nest Camso it can automatically change the temperature when someone comes home, or if youre about to watch a movie. While it has a retro-style circular design, its brushed stainless steel finish and turning mechanism all feel premium. This thermostat combines the best of the past with the future, and is one of the best smart thermostats that's Google Home compatible.

Read our full Nest Learning Thermostat review.

Our favorite cheap smart thermostat

Works With: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, IFTTT, Samsung SmartThings, Wink, | Remote Sensors: No | Self-Installation: Yes | Motion Activation: No | Works Offline: Yes

Inexpensive

Works with a lot of smart home devices

Basic design

This is the best smart thermostat for those on a budget. The Honeywell RTH6580WF Wi-Fi Thermostat offers much of the same functionality as the Nest and Ecobee, but for less than half the price. While it looks like a run-of-the-mill thermostat on the outside, a Wi-Fi link lets you control this thermostat from your smartphone, just like the more expensive models. Plus, it can link to other smart home gadgets, such as smart locks, and can be controlled via voice. In all, it's a great bargain.

Read our full Honeywell RTH6580WF smart thermostat review.

A simple smart thermostat that lets you use remote sensors

Works With: Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple HomeKit, Samsung SmartThings, Logitech, Wink, IFTTT | Remote Sensors: Yes | Self-Installation: Yes | Motion Activation: Yes | Works Offline: Yes

Works with Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Apple HomeKit

Attractive interface

Easy installation

works with remote sensors

Lacks geofencing

The Ecobee3 Lite is the best smart thermostat for those with less-involved heating and cooling systems. Still, it has many of the same functions as the Ecobee 5th gen, including a color touchscreen, intuitive interface and deep smart home integration. Ecobee also updated the Lite model to work with remote sensors (as with the full-price Ecobee4), so you can set it to keep the heat on until a room in a far corner of your house reaches a certain temperature.

Read our full Ecobee3 Lite smart thermostat review.

An inexpensive way to make your window AC units smart

Works With: Alexa, Google Home, IFTTT | Remote Sensors: No | Self-Installation: Yes | Motion Activation: No | Works Offline: No

Easy to set up

Has robust scheduling, geofencing

Works with Alexa, Google Assistant and IFTTT

No controls or display on device

If you don't have central air conditioning, then it's a bit harder to regulate the temperatures in your home during the summer. The Sensibo Sky is the best smart thermostat for those with in-wall or window air conditioners that have IR remotes. It's inexpensive, can be controlled remotely, and lets you create schedules for when they should turn on and off. It even has geofencing, so it can turn your AC on as you get home. Now that's cool.

Read our full Sensibo Sky review.

A lower-priced Nest thermostat

Works With: Alexa, Google Home, IFTTT | Remote Sensors: Optional | Self-Installation: Yes | Motion Activation: No | Works Offline: Yes

Cheaper than original Nest

Simple installation

Works with Alexa and Google Assistant

Does not support two-stage heating/cooling

White display can be hard to read

The Nest Thermostat E ($169) is another excellent smart thermostat for less than $200. It's easier to set up than the pricier Nest Learning Thermostat, but still has many of the same features. However, it doesn't support as many HVAC systems, such as two-stage heating and cooling, and its all-white display can be hard to read from a distance.

Read our full Nest Thermostat E review.

A thermostat with useful remote sensors

Works With: Alexa, Google Home, IFTTT | Remote Sensors: Optional | Self-Installation: Yes | Motion Activation: No | Works Offline: Yes

Responsive sensors

Easy to set up

Works with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant

App could be more intuitive

No Apple HomeKit integration at launch

The Honeywell T9 incorporates what we think is one of the best features for smart thermostats: Remote sensors that can measure the temperature and see if there's a person present, so that the thermostat can better adjust your HVAC system to make sure all rooms are comfortable.However, the Honeywell app could be easier to use, and this smart thermostat doesn't support Apple HomeKit.

Read our full Honeywell T9 smart thermostat review.

We install each thermostat in a home or apartment and live with it for at least one week, to see how it handles different conditions. This includes not just changing the temperature, but also evaluating its accompanying app and web portal, if available. If the thermostat works with other smart home devices or Web-connected services (such as Alexa), we test that functionality as well.

For the most part, installing a thermostat, smart or not, is a fairly easy process, usually involving nothing more than a screwdriver and about half an hour of your time. Here's our video guide for installing a Nest thermostat, however, the procedure is similar for almost any thermostat.

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A request for information (RFI) has always sounded like a rather timid affair. Government departments regularly issue RFIs to the private sector, nongovernmental organisations and the public. Its a request. Not a demand or a statutory requirement. These requests generally result in a flurry of activity, and a plethora of responses.

Take the recent RFI briefing session held at the Independent Power Producer (IPP) Office of the department of mineral resources and energy on emergency electricity procurement to alleviate the current Eskom crisis. It soon became apparent that the organisers had completely misjudged private and public interest. Staff members were frantically wheeling in chairs to accommodate the throng of respondents. If only Eskom was as quick to accommodate wheeling electricity to the grid as the band of chair-people.

Wouldnt it be refreshing if the public sector, and state-owned entities such as Eskom were as keen to respond to requests for information. It would save a whole lot of time on issuing Promotion of Access to Information Act requests to get data that would allow for a far more informed response to their RFIs. Data that is routinely posted in real time on utility dashboards in countries all over the world.

To the matter at hand: providing information to the mineral resources and energy department.

Best scientific information tells us that by 2050, we had better have fully decarbonised our energy economy. It also tells us that we had better achieve at least 80% of this decarbonisation by 2030. Ten years for the easy parts of the fossil fuel economy, and 20 years for the more stubborn remaining 20%, embedded in things such as long distance air travel.

If this appears daunting, seems impossible or is deemed highly improbable, then savour the following information, a full-on mind-blowing sweetener. If we trundle along in business as usual mode, then the world is set to spend $18-trillion a year on energy in 2050. If we electrify our entire energy economy, this drops to just less than $8-trillion. How is this possible? It turns out to be all about thermodynamics and transfer inefficiencies of one energy form to another.

Burning coal to make electricity is about 33% efficient, meaning that 100 units of energy locked away in coal produce about 33 units of electrical energy. Two-thirds is wasted away as heat, as well as energy to propel small particulate matter into the atmosphere, to wreak their nasty breed of respiratory havoc on those within the range of the pollution plume.

Take the modern internal combustion engine motor vehicle. One would think theyre efficient. If you drive frugally, not too hard on the peddles, you may exceed 20% efficiency in a petrol-driven vehicle, and up to 30% in a diesel-propelled vehicle. The balance is pretty much all waste heat and hot air.

The third big pillar of energy usage industrial processes such as smelting and large scale heating and cooling are in fact more efficient. If you burn coal, oil or gas to heat something, then you make use of the energy directly as heat, and you dont have to go through the transformation to either electricity or kinetic energy in the form of propulsion, as in a car.

So, if we transition to 100% electric, we spend $8-trillion a year instead of $18-trillion a year. Great sweetener.

Mark Jacobson and his team at Stanford University, use the term 100% water, wind and solar (WWS) to signify this transition. All electricity is produced from either wind, solar or water (hydro, geothermal, wave, tidal, electrolysis and hydrogen production). So we have two 2050 end members: business as usual or water, wind and solar (WWS).

Some additional information in response to the RFI. If we stick with business as usual, the estimated global health costs predicted by the World Health Organisation are $30-trillion a year by 2050. Translated into human lives, thats about seven million deaths caused by poor air quality from the combustion of fossil fuels.

As regards climate change marginal costs, conservative estimates for business as usual energy are $29-trillion more than water, wind and solar energy. In other words, the business as usual 2050 total global energy cost is just shy $80-trillion, or 10 times the cost of a switch to 100% WWS.

Jacobson and his team are not thumb-sucking this information. They have modelled WWS energy transition plans for 143 countries, responsible for about 97% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Their global figures are the sum of the detailed country by country models. These models factor in local demand profiles, estimated demand growth, estimated population growth and so forth. Their simulations have been set to accept zero non-delivery of electricity. In South Africa, that translates to zero load-shedding. Nada.

They have a plan for South Africa. But then so does a research group, in Finland of all places. Not much to do during those long winter nights in Finland, they sit in small huddled groups. Someone chips in: Why dont we model the South African energy system and dream about sunshine? They all nod, and get to work. Their model differs in detail, but is uncannily similar to Jacobsons model. Lets drink to that.

There is a cry from the backbenchers: What about the workers? Globally, there will be 27-million more permanent, direct jobs created than lost. In South Africa, the figure is about 250000. And that is before you factor in jobs associated with the decommissioning and rehabilitation of coal-fired plants and coal mines. It also takes no cognisance of potential new jobs in, say, the agricultural sector using significant water resources that will be freed up during decommissioning.

Here comes the punchline. If South Africa picks the water, wind and solar route, and transitions to 100% WWS by 2050 (and 80% by 2030), then we need to produce at least four times as much electricity by 2050 as we currently do. Compare this to the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2019 demand estimates and see how wrong they are.

By 2050 we will need just shy of 1000 terawatt hours (TWh) a year. The IRP 2019 projects a demand of between 360 and 420 TWh, about 40% of the WWS estimate.

A transition to WWS will save us 90% of our energy costs, inclusive of those often ignored externalities. The IRP 2019 focuses on electricity demand in a business as usual case. It takes little or no cognisance of a WWS transition. It is wrong. Why would we fight to have a dirty, harmful, business as usual energy system when we can have a clean energy system at a tenth of the cost? I wouldnt. Would you?

So, what do we need to construct between now and 2050 to effect the 100% WWS transition?

The exact mix of wind, water and solar, as well as the amount of accompanying energy storage, which includes green hydrogen storage, differs from model to model. Jacobson makes it clear that they present but one of a myriad of models for the transition plan for each country.

The differences in the models are a function of differing proportions of on-shore and off-shore wind, and the splits between residential, commercial and industrial, and utility-scale solar. These ratios are a function of future costs, as well as country specific regulatory and tariff structures. For instance, are flexible rooftop solar installations making up millions of micro-grids to feed surpluses into the distribution networks allowed by the regulators?

So the models are all dominated by wind and solar, and it is mainly the proportions that differ.

I had a crack at modelling a fit for purpose WWS energy mix for 2050 for South Africa. One of the constraints was zero shortages (aka load-shedding). The other key parameter was a least cost mix of storage-backed WWS. We require 240 gigawatts (GW) of solar, 150GW of wind and 90GW/360 gigawatt hours of storage. The average cost of the electricity in 2020 rand terms, before delivery through the transmission and distribution grids is of the order of R0.90 a kilowatt hour. This cost is based on current costs of solar, wind and storage.

For simplicity, if we divide these figures by 30, we need to install 8GW of solar, 5GW of wind and 3GW/12 gigawatt hours of storage a year, each year, forever. There will need to be a continuous rolling replacement build programme after 30 years of usage.

It just so happens that if we construct the new generation fleet at these annual recommended rates, we will be able to retire the entire coal fleet by 2030. It will not be a case of making space to undertake deep maintenance on an ailing coal fleet, in the hope of squeezing some extra TWh out of the older members of the fleet. It will be more a case of allowing between 3GW and 4GW of the coal fleet to be retired each year, and buried with a modicum of dignity.

This then is the recommended solution to the current energy crisis. It is not a panicked knee-jerk, ad hoc response to the state of the coal fleet. It is simply the first step of transitioning to 100% water, wind- and solar energy by 2050.

Clyde Mallinson is a geologist who currently focuses on the energy sector

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Vancouver International Airport will close the level one road access to the domestic terminal for construction starting next week.

According to a media statement, road access will be closed for approximately six months to install district energy piping as part of YVRs new Parkade and Central Utilities Building (CUB) projectstarting Jan. 14.

The project includes a geoexchange system a heating and cooling system that uses the earths energy found below the surface which will be implemented into the airports structures.

Courtesy shuttles, TransLink buses and pre-arranged commercial pick-ups will be affected during this time: Courtesy shuttle pick-ups and drop offs have been moved to departures level three. There are signs inside the terminal to direct travelers to appropriate shuttles. The N10 TransLink bus stop has been relocated outside the domestic departures check-in on level three. And, all pre-arranged commercial pick-ups will be on level two at international arrivals starting Jan. 14.

Pedestrian access to the parkade from the domestic terminal building is still open through designated walking routes.

According to Zoe Weber, YVRs communication specialist, the geosystem at YVR will be one of the largest in Canada when its completed and will help meet growing passenger demands while reducing its environmental footprint by supporting YVRs heating and cooling needs across the terminal complex.

It is our goal to work efficiently in order to complete the construction in the shortest time frame possible and with minimal impact on passengers and visitors to the airport.

The new utilities building, about 67,000 square feet in size, is expected to be built by 2021 and fully operational by 2022.

For more information on transportation to and from Vancouver's airport, visit YVR.ca.

-With files from Maria Rantanen

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