Diaspora Dialogues at Doors Open Toronto

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	Friday, May 15, 2009 Unsubscribe | Printable Version | Send this to a friend
	Union Station Bursts Open with Artists Writers, actors and performers fill the vaulted spaces during Doors Open Toronto Coming home. Crossing streets, borders, oceans. Encountering the city for the first time. Hellos, goodbyes, departures, arrivals… Journeys – literal and metaphorical – are the focus of Diaspora Dialogues’ two art-packed days at Union Station for the 2009 Doors Open Toronto. Diaspora Dialogues takes over Union Station to present literary and dramatic readings, poetry and musical performances, and delightful theatrical surprises! Saturday, May 23 and Sunday, May 24 10:30 am – 4:00 pm Highlights include: • A reading of The Enormous Radio, a brand-new short play by award-winning playwright Michael Healey (The Drawer Boy), commissioned exclusively for this Diaspora Dialogues event, directed by Ruth Madoc-Jones (Madness of the Square). • Poetry and music from Lillian Allen, Red Slam, teenah edan, and Barbara Hunt. • Literary readings from Howard Akler (The City Man), Joe Fiorito (Union Station), Lina Medaglia (The Demons of Aquilonia), and Michael Ondaatje’s In the Skin of a Lion, read by award-winning actor and director David Storch. • Short "Hello and Goodbye" vignettes throughout the Great Hall of Union Station, by Toronto theatre artists including Fides Krucker (Urge Collective), Convergence Theatre (The Gladstone Variations), Leah-Simone Bowen (Thy Neighbour's Wife), and students from the Humber College Theatre Program directed by Jane Wells (Number Eleven Theatre). Stick around all day if you want to catch them all! WHAT: Journeys to the City: Diaspora Dialogues @ Union Station for Doors Open Toronto WHEN: Saturday May 23 and Sunday May 24 from 10:30 am – 4:00 pm WHERE: The Great Hall in Union Station, 65 Front Street West COST: Free CONTACT: Julia Chan, julia@diasporadialogues.com, 416-944-1101 x 277 Schedule (The same program repeats both days) • The Enormous Radio readings at 10:30 am and 3:30 pm • Readings and performances with David Storch, Red Slam, Lina Medaglia, teenah edan at 12:30 pm • Readings and performances with Joe Fiorito, Lillian Allen, Howard Akler, Barbara Hunt at 2:00 pm • "Hello and Goodbye" vignettes at 11:10am, 11:30am, 11:45am, 12:10pm, 1:30 pm, 1:45pm, 3:00pm, 3:15pm Click here for complete details and full schedule. is produced by and in partnership with