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The Community section lists the latest news, events, jobs, auditions, calls for submissions, funding opportunities, workshops, classified listings, and more from our members and the arts community.
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All posts are subject to approval and editing by ELAN staff. Members are invited but not obligated to submit bilingual posts.
Robyn Sarah: NMA shortlisting, book reissue
Fri 17 May, 2013 - Member News
Robyn Sarah’s long poem, “My Shoes Are Killing Me”, published in The New Quarterly last spring, has been short listed for a National Magazine Award for poetry. The nomination is a timely one, as Sarah's out-of-print collection, Questions About the Stars (Brick Books, 1998), has just been reissued in a limited second printing.
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Theatre Wakefield’s Ta Da! Festival
Start Date: Fri 14 Jun, 2013
- End Date:Sun 16 Jun, 2013 - Artistic Events
The Ta Da! Festival is a lively new theatre weekend in the village of Wakefield featuring new works and established productions, held June 14-16. Ta Da! is a curated festival with a mix of touring favourites, world premières, and readings of new scripts from Outaouais writers. Fans will see exciting performances and art installations in and around the state-of-the-art Great Hall performance space at the Wakefield La Pêche Community Centre. The Centre has ample free parking, and is located just a short walk from fine the dining strip on Riverside Drive by the lovely Gatineau River.
Website: tadafestival.ca
Email: info@tadafestival.ca
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Learn more about The Beatles, Downtown Montreal Architecture, and Socially engaged photography with McGill's PACE Program
Start Date: Fri 17 May, 2013
- End Date:Fri 17 May, 2013 - Community Events
This summer, check out the plethora of workshops, tours and conferences organized by McGill's Personal And Cultural Enrichment Program's, all related to the arts.
These include: "As Seen From the Sidewalk: The Architecture of Downtown Montreal," a fourt-part walking tour and course on the development of architecture in downtown Montreal; "Humane Exposures: A Photographer’s Workshop for Social Engagement," a workshop that will look at the intersection of personal photography art practices and social engagement; and "The Musical and Cultural Significance of The Beatles," a four-part lecture workshop series on... guess!
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'Pierrot & the Moon' by MetaPhysical Theatre at the Fringe
Start Date: Sat 15 Jun, 2013
- End Date:Sun 23 Jun, 2013 - Artistic Events
As part of the rapidly approaching Festival St. Ambroise Fringe de Montréal, ELAN member MetaPhysical Theatre (a.k.a. Rosy Cheeks Co-op) will present its Honourably Mentioned Best of the Fringe production, 'Pierrot & the Moon' (2012 Toronto Fringe). Presented in a bold visual and physical theatre style that features puppetry, pantomime and commedia dell'arte, 'Pierrot & the Moon' tells the story of the clown Pierrot, newly minted for the 21st century and new to Paris.
The production opens on Saturday, June 15th at 8:15 p.m. and runs throughout the festival at Venue #9, M.A.I. (Montréal Arts Interculturels), 3680 rue Jeanne Mance.
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Flower Press Publishing is looking for writers
Thu 16 May, 2013 - Calls for Submissions
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Flower Press Publishing is eager to help talented writers with the publication, distribution and promotion of their work. With a focus more on children’s and young adult fiction and non-fiction, the two year-old company describes itself as a family to its authors.
Authors are encouraged to submit their manuscript with a letter describing their story. Writers receive 60% on all book sales. For more information, visit their website: www.flowerpress.ca.
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The Community section lists the latest news, events, jobs, auditions, calls for submissions, funding opportunities, workshops, classified listings, and more from our members and the arts community.
Are you a member who wants to contribute news? Click here to submit a post.
If you are not a member but would like to submit something of interest to our members and community, please email us.
All posts are subject to approval and editing by ELAN staff. Members are invited but not obligated to submit bilingual posts.
Robyn Sarah: NMA shortlisting, book reissue
Fri 17 May, 2013 - Member News
Robyn Sarah’s long poem, “My Shoes Are Killing Me”, published in The New Quarterly last spring, has been short listed for a National Magazine Award for poetry. The nomination is a timely one, as Sarah's out-of-print collection, Questions About the Stars (Brick Books, 1998), has just been reissued in a limited second printing.
Theatre Wakefield’s Ta Da! Festival
Start Date: Fri 14 Jun, 2013 - End Date:Sun 16 Jun, 2013 - Artistic Events
The Ta Da! Festival is a lively new theatre weekend in the village of Wakefield featuring new works and established productions, held June 14-16. Ta Da! is a curated festival with a mix of touring favourites, world premières, and readings of new scripts from Outaouais writers. Fans will see exciting performances and art installations in and around the state-of-the-art Great Hall performance space at the Wakefield La Pêche Community Centre. The Centre has ample free parking, and is located just a short walk from fine the dining strip on Riverside Drive by the lovely Gatineau River.
Website: tadafestival.ca
Email: info@tadafestival.ca
Read full...Learn more about The Beatles, Downtown Montreal Architecture, and Socially engaged photography with McGill's PACE Program
Start Date: Fri 17 May, 2013 - End Date:Fri 17 May, 2013 - Community Events
This summer, check out the plethora of workshops, tours and conferences organized by McGill's Personal And Cultural Enrichment Program's, all related to the arts.
These include: "As Seen From the Sidewalk: The Architecture of Downtown Montreal," a fourt-part walking tour and course on the development of architecture in downtown Montreal; "Humane Exposures: A Photographer’s Workshop for Social Engagement," a workshop that will look at the intersection of personal photography art practices and social engagement; and "The Musical and Cultural Significance of The Beatles," a four-part lecture workshop series on... guess!
Click on "Read More" for more information on these activities.
Read full...
'Pierrot & the Moon' by MetaPhysical Theatre at the Fringe
Start Date: Sat 15 Jun, 2013 - End Date:Sun 23 Jun, 2013 - Artistic Events
As part of the rapidly approaching Festival St. Ambroise Fringe de Montréal, ELAN member MetaPhysical Theatre (a.k.a. Rosy Cheeks Co-op) will present its Honourably Mentioned Best of the Fringe production, 'Pierrot & the Moon' (2012 Toronto Fringe). Presented in a bold visual and physical theatre style that features puppetry, pantomime and commedia dell'arte, 'Pierrot & the Moon' tells the story of the clown Pierrot, newly minted for the 21st century and new to Paris.
The production opens on Saturday, June 15th at 8:15 p.m. and runs throughout the festival at Venue #9, M.A.I. (Montréal Arts Interculturels), 3680 rue Jeanne Mance.
Read full...Flower Press Publishing is looking for writers
Thu 16 May, 2013 - Calls for Submissions
Flower Press Publishing is eager to help talented writers with the publication, distribution and promotion of their work. With a focus more on children’s and young adult fiction and non-fiction, the two year-old company describes itself as a family to its authors.
Authors are encouraged to submit their manuscript with a letter describing their story. Writers receive 60% on all book sales. For more information, visit their website: www.flowerpress.ca.
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