English-Language Arts Network

An exhibition of paintings by artist Mary Harman

Vernissage Oct 9   5-7pm   Exhibition continues to Nov 14

The subject matter of these paintings are the surrounding landscape as well as the modest dwellings in the area -  tiny houses that survive in the face of a changing world. The paintings are a tribute to this place I call home, to my neighbors, to the spirits of the past that dwell in Vale Perkins.      

ALMOST BLUE By: Keith Reddin, Directed By: Carolyn Fe

FEATURING: Rick Bel as Phil, Anisa Cameron as Liz, Patrick Goddard as Blue. Vance De Waele as Steve

Stuck in a place they desperately need to get out of: A man just out of prison, a lonely pornographic ghostwriter, an ex-con needing to settle scores & a beautiful woman in trouble - travel into a dirty web of lies and mind games.

Preview ~ November 5, 8:00 pm :: November 6 to 15, 8:00 pm :: 2:00 pm Matinees ~ November 8-9, 15-16

Four people stuck in a place they desperately need to get out of travel into a dirty web of lies and mind games: A man just out of prison, a lonely pornographic ghostwriter, an ex-con needing to settle scores & a beautiful woman in trouble.

General Admission: 18$ or Four Play Card: $48 for 4 tickets, i.e. 12$/ticket

TICKETS & RESERVATIONS: 514-849-3378 or www.mainlinetheatre.ca

SHOWTIMES:

8:00 pm: November 5 PREVIEW (Pay What You Can)

8:00 pm: November 6 to 9, 11 to 15

2:00 pm: November 8 & 9 (Pay What You Can, Saturday & Sunday)

2:00 pm: November 15 & 16

MARY BOGDAN
MADONNA & CHILD OR  RE-PARENTING MY INNER CHILD
• Mixed media | Digital art | video •
This exhibition is composed of works never shown before in Montréal, and will be accompanied by the presentation of her new book Madonna & Child or  Re-parenting my Inner Child,  a collection of over 40 of her works published by HeuteKunst.

Vernissage: September 24, 2008, 5pm.
From September 24 to  December 24, 2008
Hall du Gesù, 1200, rue de Bleury    Place-des-Arts
Free visit Tuesday to Saturday   - 12  to 6 p.m -

Would you drink and become immortal given the chance? The Count's powers of seduction and magnetic charm will make you re-think your answer.

This critically acclaimed adaptation is based on the novel by Bram Stoker. Directed by Frances Balenzano, the cast includes: Shawn Baichoo, Stéphanie Bernard, Amy Blackmore, Brad Carmichael, Samuel Chan, Timothy Diamond, Christopher Hicks, Dan Jeannotte, Alison Louder, Melissa Paulson, Eric Savory, Paul Van Dyck and Chris Wilding

Preview October 29th

Thursday October 30th - Sunday November 2nd

and Wednesday November 5th - Saturday November 8th at 8:30 p.m.

Saturday matinee November 8th at 2:00 p.m.

Recommended Audience: 16 years and older

Annual Juried exhibition by the members of Pastel Society of Eastern Canada.

Alain Goulem directs the ‘Dream Team’ of Alex Haber, Neil Napier, and Michel Perron as two tourists and a maintenance worker trapped in a broken-down elevator on the 13th floor of a has-been hotel. Will they ever get it moving again? One catch: if they do, the only way they’re going is down – way, waaaaaaaay down! And is the janitor what he seems, or is that sulphur we smell?

A woman, a piano, five lovers and six obsessive love songs. Nine dying fathers and a forgotten spouse or two. A theatrical performance full of passion, lamentation and frivolity. Themes of yearning, inanity and insanity, played out to the tune of Chopin’s Funeral March and Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. This is Kurt Weill’s Threepenny Opera meeting Aeschylus’ Electra; a cross between Peggy Lee and Mozart improvising “Variations on the Theme of Love”.  Running concurrently with Infinithéâtre's John and Béatrice at the Bain St-Michel Thursdays through Saturdays ONLY at 10 PM.  (Oct. 30, 31 and Nov. 1 and 6, 7 and 8.)

A play by Carole Fréchette, internationally acclaimed and Governor General Award-winning playwright, performed in Montréal for the first time in English. Beatrice waits up her tower in her nearly empty room for the perfect man to arrive. John answers the call. Will the ever-longing-for-perfection eternal feminine find love? Will the mythical macho adventurer find insight and settle down? A cross between a Greek Myth and a Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Playing from Oct. 14 to November 9, Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8 PM, with matinées on Sunday at 2 PM (Mondays: DARK).

Louis de Paor is considered a key protagonist in the 1970s-80s Irish language poetry renaissance, and his first bilingual collection won the Victorian Premier’s Award for Literary Translation. He was also granted a Writer’s Fellowship by the Australia Council in 1995. In Ireland he has received the O’Shaughnessy Award and the Oireachtas Prize for poetry. His academic work includes articles and books on a broad range of writing in Irish from the court poetry of medieval Ireland to the work of contemporary poets. He is currently working on a study of the writings of Flann O’Brien.

7 pm

Meet the artist
SUSAN SHULMAN
Vernissage
Sunday October 19, 2008
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
in conjunction with the play
John and Béatrice

RSVP 514:987-1774

Exhibition runs October 14 to November 9, 2008
Tuesday to Saturday 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Sunday 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

All levels are welcome from first time amateurs who want to try the basic drawing exercise to professional artists honing their skills.

For 15$, you get small group sizes, a professional and experienced model, and perfect lighting and temperature. Most importantly a comfortable and creative atmosphere is assured. Plenty of red and white wine, cheeses, nuts etc. will be served. So come ready to eat, converse, drink and draw!

In an eternal moment of déja-vu, on Dangerous Passes Road, three brothers attempt to confront the consequences of their father’s drowning thirteen years ago. Lines from his last poem repeat over and over in their heads - the same poem that had spun round and round in the whirlpool that pulled him down that day. Struggling to break the cycle, and striving for moments of frankness and lucidity, they repeat snatches of their conversation from that fateful day, over and over.  Playing Tues. through Sat. at 8 PM, with matinée on Sat. at 2 PM.

This is Tennessee Williams’s iconic tale of passion and dispassion in the heat of a 1950s Southern night. Brick and Maggie “The Cat” have returned to his father’s Mississippi plantation to celebrate the ailing Big Daddy’s birthday. Rivalry and intrigue abound as everyone fights over who will succeed the old man and assume control over the property. Through all the bickering and fighting, everyone tries desperately to hold onto whatever happiness and dignity the family still possesses. But a storm is brewing, and they are powerless to stop it.

2 presentations: 7pm and 9pm

Two performances in Contact Improvisation with Andrew de Lotbinière Harwood and Nita Little

with guest dancers Catherine Lessard, David Flewelling and Stéphanie Gaudreau

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see two of the seminal figures in the development of Contact Improvisation (CI) who have taught and performed this work worldwide for over 33 years.