March comes in like a lion this year, bringing fresh new creative voices from high schools in North Etobicoke, Malvern and South Etobicoke!
Diaspora Dialogues and its partners proudly present a series of youth literary readings showcasing the new creative writing by high school students in three different neighbourhoods. After weeks of workshops with professional writers, the students will gather in early March to present their work alongside their mentors. Join us to celebrate this new work – and a rare opportunity to witness the next generation’s creative voices as they begin to take root.
Young Writers from Etobicoke North. Students from North Albion CI, Kipling CI, and Thistletown CI join forces at the Albion Branch to share their work. Also featuring mentors Marjorie Chan, Kate Lushington, Shyam Selvadurai, Andrea Thompson, and Priscila Uppal.
Toronto Public Library Albion District – 1515 Albion Road(Albion and Kipling)
Saturday, March 7, 2009, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Young Writers from the Malvern Edge. Diaspora Dialogues and Malvern Branch are pleased to present readings by students from Lester B Pearson CI and Blessed Mother Teresa CSS. Hosted by spoken word artist Donna-Michelle St Bernard – with special musical guest Christian Hurst.
Toronto Public Library Malvern Branch – 30 Sewells Road (Neilson and Sheppard Ave E)Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Young Writers from the Etobicoke Edge. In partnership with Lakeshore Arts and Toronto Culture, Diaspora Dialogues brings youth from Father John Redmond CSS, Lakeshore CI, and Uth Ink together to present their diverse creative writing. With mentors Marjorie Chan, Anthony De Sa, Rosina Kazi, Kerri Sakamoto and Christopher Stidham.
The Assembly Hall – 1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive (SE corner of Kipling Ave and Lake Shore Blvd W)
Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Contact: Julia Chan, julia@diasporadialogues.com, 416-944-1101 x 277
All events are free and include light refreshments
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Diaspora Dialogues and Hart House present an evening of readings, drama and music.
CrossSections: Writing from the UofT community
Diaspora Dialogues and Hart House present an evening of readings, drama and music.
The University of Toronto is home to a vibrant mix of writers and performers. Join Diaspora Dialogues and Hart House, Thursday March 5, 7:30 pm in the Arbor Room, for the words, images and sounds of some of UofT’s most exciting artists.
Selected from a Diaspora Dialogues open call for submissions, emerging writers Annette Gagliano, Fan Li, Catronia Wright and playwright Maureen Gualtieri will present new work they’ve been developing with mentors Karen Connelly and Yvette Nolan. Also on tap that evening will be Karen Connelly, University College’s Barker Fairley Visiting Fellow in Canadian Culture, and Lee Maracle, writer-in-residence for First Nations House and Visiting Scholar in the Aboriginal Studies and English Department.
After the readings, DJ urbansteve takes the stage, so sit back, relax, and enjoy.
WHAT: CrossSections: Writing from the UofT CommunityWHEN: Thursday, March 5, 2009 - 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Hart House, Arbor Room - 7 Hart House Circle
COST: Free
CONTACT: Julia Chan, julia@diasporadialogues.com or 416-944-1101 x 277
Diaspora Dialogues supports the creation and presentation of new fiction, poetry and drama that reflect the complexity of the city through the eyes of its richly diverse writers. Diaspora Dialogues is supported by The Maytree Foundation, Ontario Trillium Foundation, Canadian Heritage, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council, the George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation and TO Live With Culture. Hart House is at the centre of student life on campus at the University of Toronto. We offer a broad range of social, artistic, cultural and recreational programming and involvement opportunities. We strive to be a place where all voices, rhythms and traditions can converge, and where opportunities for self-expression and self-knowledge can take root.
Biographies:
Karen Connelly is the author of seven books of best-selling nonfiction, fiction, and poetry, the most recent being The Lizard Cage. She has read from and lectured on her work in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. She is also a working photographer. Her best-selling book, Touch The Dragon, A Thai Journal, won the Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction in 1993, and was a New York Times Notable Travel Book of the Year in 2002. Her latest book The Lizard Cage won Britain's 2007 Orange Broadband Prize for New Writers, as well as being shortlisted for the Kiriyama Prize 2006 and longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Award, 2006.
Annette Gagliano is currently a first year undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, St. George campus. She enjoys reading and writing in her spare time. Gagliano also enjoys playing the piano. She lives in Mississauga with her twin sister, younger sister and parents.
Maureen Gualtieri has lived in Toronto her entire life. She has just graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in English, having focused on theatre and text. Her produced plays include Chopsticks at the Beg Borrow and Steal Festival, Monkey Love at the Toronto Fringe (both in 2007), and Afterimage at U of T in 2004. When not writing, Gualtieri can be found exploring High Park, riding her bike along the lake, or baking copious amounts of cookies.
Fan Li is studying English at the University of Toronto.
Lee Maracle, Sto: Lo nation, grandmother of seven, mother of four, was born in North Vancouver, B. C. and now resides in Ontario. Her works include: the novels, Ravensong, Bobbi Lee, Sundogs, and Daughters are Forever, Will’s Garden, the short story collection, Sojourner’s Truth, the poetry collection, Bent box, and non-fiction work I Am Woman. She is Co-editor of My Home as I Remember and Telling It: Women and Language across Cultures, editor of a number of poetry works, Gatherings journals and has published in dozens of anthologies in Canada and America. Ms. Maracle is a both an award winning author and teacher. She is currently Aboriginal writer-in-residence for First Nations House, and Visiting Scholar in the Aboriginal Studies and English Department at the University of Toronto.
Steve Phillips (a.k.a. DJ urbansteve) plays warm, funky, eclectic music. Depending on his mood or the vibe of the crowd and party, you can catch urbansteve spinning anything from roots reggae, dubby techno, deep house, 70’s afrobeat, funk, soul, breakdance and electro, old hip hop, retro 80’s, and indie/alternative rock. Perhaps his mixed tastes reflect his ethnically mixed background (he’s “Chinese-Jamaican-miscellaneous,” as he likes to say). He is part of Hot Sauce, a Toronto trio of DJs who throw parties around the city. He is also half of the Bass Culture DJs tandem who specialize in reggae and Jamaican music. Currently, urbansteve plays every first and third Fridays of the month at The Cobourg in Cabbagetown.
Catronia Wright is an English graduate student at the University of Toronto. She has previously published in journals such as Contemporary Verse 2 and The Claremont Review. She is currently working on a collection of short stories.
Diaspora Dialogues and Hart House present an evening of readings, drama and music.
The University of Toronto is home to a vibrant mix of writers and performers. Join Diaspora Dialogues and Hart House, Thursday March 5, 7:30 pm in the Arbor Room, for the words, images and sounds of some of UofT’s most exciting artists.
Selected from a Diaspora Dialogues open call for submissions, emerging writers Annette Gagliano, Fan Li, Catronia Wright and playwright Maureen Gualtieri will present new work they’ve been developing with mentors Karen Connelly and Yvette Nolan. Also on tap that evening will be Karen Connelly, University College’s Barker Fairley Visiting Fellow in Canadian Culture, and Lee Maracle, writer-in-residence for First Nations House and Visiting Scholar in the Aboriginal Studies and English Department.
After the readings, DJ urbansteve takes the stage, so sit back, relax, and enjoy.
WHAT: CrossSections: Writing from the UofT CommunityWHEN: Thursday, March 5, 2009 - 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Hart House, Arbor Room - 7 Hart House Circle
COST: Free
CONTACT: Julia Chan, julia@diasporadialogues.com or 416-944-1101 x 277
Diaspora Dialogues supports the creation and presentation of new fiction, poetry and drama that reflect the complexity of the city through the eyes of its richly diverse writers. Diaspora Dialogues is supported by The Maytree Foundation, Ontario Trillium Foundation, Canadian Heritage, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council, the George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation and TO Live With Culture. Hart House is at the centre of student life on campus at the University of Toronto. We offer a broad range of social, artistic, cultural and recreational programming and involvement opportunities. We strive to be a place where all voices, rhythms and traditions can converge, and where opportunities for self-expression and self-knowledge can take root.
Biographies:
Karen Connelly is the author of seven books of best-selling nonfiction, fiction, and poetry, the most recent being The Lizard Cage. She has read from and lectured on her work in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. She is also a working photographer. Her best-selling book, Touch The Dragon, A Thai Journal, won the Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction in 1993, and was a New York Times Notable Travel Book of the Year in 2002. Her latest book The Lizard Cage won Britain's 2007 Orange Broadband Prize for New Writers, as well as being shortlisted for the Kiriyama Prize 2006 and longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Award, 2006.
Annette Gagliano is currently a first year undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, St. George campus. She enjoys reading and writing in her spare time. Gagliano also enjoys playing the piano. She lives in Mississauga with her twin sister, younger sister and parents.
Maureen Gualtieri has lived in Toronto her entire life. She has just graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in English, having focused on theatre and text. Her produced plays include Chopsticks at the Beg Borrow and Steal Festival, Monkey Love at the Toronto Fringe (both in 2007), and Afterimage at U of T in 2004. When not writing, Gualtieri can be found exploring High Park, riding her bike along the lake, or baking copious amounts of cookies.
Fan Li is studying English at the University of Toronto.
Lee Maracle, Sto: Lo nation, grandmother of seven, mother of four, was born in North Vancouver, B. C. and now resides in Ontario. Her works include: the novels, Ravensong, Bobbi Lee, Sundogs, and Daughters are Forever, Will’s Garden, the short story collection, Sojourner’s Truth, the poetry collection, Bent box, and non-fiction work I Am Woman. She is Co-editor of My Home as I Remember and Telling It: Women and Language across Cultures, editor of a number of poetry works, Gatherings journals and has published in dozens of anthologies in Canada and America. Ms. Maracle is a both an award winning author and teacher. She is currently Aboriginal writer-in-residence for First Nations House, and Visiting Scholar in the Aboriginal Studies and English Department at the University of Toronto.
Steve Phillips (a.k.a. DJ urbansteve) plays warm, funky, eclectic music. Depending on his mood or the vibe of the crowd and party, you can catch urbansteve spinning anything from roots reggae, dubby techno, deep house, 70’s afrobeat, funk, soul, breakdance and electro, old hip hop, retro 80’s, and indie/alternative rock. Perhaps his mixed tastes reflect his ethnically mixed background (he’s “Chinese-Jamaican-miscellaneous,” as he likes to say). He is part of Hot Sauce, a Toronto trio of DJs who throw parties around the city. He is also half of the Bass Culture DJs tandem who specialize in reggae and Jamaican music. Currently, urbansteve plays every first and third Fridays of the month at The Cobourg in Cabbagetown.
Catronia Wright is an English graduate student at the University of Toronto. She has previously published in journals such as Contemporary Verse 2 and The Claremont Review. She is currently working on a collection of short stories.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Dwayne Morgan conducts Poetry Workshops for Youth
POETRY WORKSHOPS with Dwayne Morgan
As part of the Teen Series at the Malvern branch of the Toronto Public Library, award-winning Spoken Word Artist, DWAYNE MORGAN, who has worked with Diaspora Dialogues, will be conducting poetry workshops with youth aged 10 and over.
When: Wednesdays March 25, April 1, April 8 and April 15
4 - 6 p.m.
Where: Malvern Library
30 Sewells Road, Toronto
(416) 396-8969
Registration is ongoing now.
As part of the Teen Series at the Malvern branch of the Toronto Public Library, award-winning Spoken Word Artist, DWAYNE MORGAN, who has worked with Diaspora Dialogues, will be conducting poetry workshops with youth aged 10 and over.
When: Wednesdays March 25, April 1, April 8 and April 15
4 - 6 p.m.
Where: Malvern Library
30 Sewells Road, Toronto
(416) 396-8969
Registration is ongoing now.
Call for Submissions - Poets at Harbourfront
AUTHORS AT HARBOURFRONT CENTRE ANNOUNCES "OPEN STAGE NIGHT," Calls for submissions from published poets 35 and under to celebrate 35 years of programming.
Authors at Harbourfront Centre announces a call for submissions to its "Open Stage Night." In preparation for National Poetry Month in April, and in celebration of 35 years of programming world-renowned reading events, "Open Stage Night" showcases the future of Canadian poetry by presenting 20 poets 35 years of age or younger in one night of readings. Poets will be invited to read for a maximum of five minutes, and a jury comprising Authors at Harbourfront Centre Director Geoffrey Taylor and National Post Arts Reporter Mark Medley will award an invitation to read atthe 30th annual International Festival of Authors (October 21-31, 2009) following the event. "Open Stage Night" takes place Wednesday, March 25 in Harbourfront Centre's Brigantine Room."We wanted to look to our future by celebrating the wealth of local literary talent that has grown up alongside us," said Geoffrey Taylor, Director, Authors at Harbourfront Centre, "and opening up our submission process makes this a unique event for us."Submissions will be accepted for poets who, like the Reading Series, were born in 1974 or later and who have a complete work currently in print with a trade publisher. In a break with its usual convention, AUTHORS will select the 20 readers via a random draw of all eligible submissions.
Submissions should be made by an author's publishing representative by email toreadings@harbourfro ntcentre. com by February 25 at noon.
Publishers will be contacted on March 2 to make arrangements for the 20 poets selected. For full submission criteria and guidelines, publishers and poets should visit http://www.readings .org/?q=main/ authors_at_ harbourfront_ centre_weekly_ reading and read the FAQ section before calling with enquiries.Tickets are priced at $8 (free for members and students with ID).
AUTHORS is pleased to offer a 50% discount to members of the League of Canadian Poets,and also to members of the Writers' Union of Canada and the PlaywrightsGuild of Canada.
This event takes place at 7:30pm in the Brigantine Room, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto.
Authors at Harbourfront Centre weekly events begin February 18 and continuethrough June 17, 2009. For more information and to purchase tickets, the public may visit www.readings. org or call the Harbourfront Centre box office
Authors at Harbourfront Centre announces a call for submissions to its "Open Stage Night." In preparation for National Poetry Month in April, and in celebration of 35 years of programming world-renowned reading events, "Open Stage Night" showcases the future of Canadian poetry by presenting 20 poets 35 years of age or younger in one night of readings. Poets will be invited to read for a maximum of five minutes, and a jury comprising Authors at Harbourfront Centre Director Geoffrey Taylor and National Post Arts Reporter Mark Medley will award an invitation to read atthe 30th annual International Festival of Authors (October 21-31, 2009) following the event. "Open Stage Night" takes place Wednesday, March 25 in Harbourfront Centre's Brigantine Room."We wanted to look to our future by celebrating the wealth of local literary talent that has grown up alongside us," said Geoffrey Taylor, Director, Authors at Harbourfront Centre, "and opening up our submission process makes this a unique event for us."Submissions will be accepted for poets who, like the Reading Series, were born in 1974 or later and who have a complete work currently in print with a trade publisher. In a break with its usual convention, AUTHORS will select the 20 readers via a random draw of all eligible submissions.
Submissions should be made by an author's publishing representative by email toreadings@harbourfro ntcentre. com by February 25 at noon.
Publishers will be contacted on March 2 to make arrangements for the 20 poets selected. For full submission criteria and guidelines, publishers and poets should visit http://www.readings .org/?q=main/ authors_at_ harbourfront_ centre_weekly_ reading and read the FAQ section before calling with enquiries.Tickets are priced at $8 (free for members and students with ID).
AUTHORS is pleased to offer a 50% discount to members of the League of Canadian Poets,and also to members of the Writers' Union of Canada and the PlaywrightsGuild of Canada.
This event takes place at 7:30pm in the Brigantine Room, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto.
Authors at Harbourfront Centre weekly events begin February 18 and continuethrough June 17, 2009. For more information and to purchase tickets, the public may visit www.readings. org or call the Harbourfront Centre box office
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Toronto Premiere of THE COLOURING BOOK
Toronto Premiere of THE COLOURING BOOK-
Video Shorts by Artists of Colour
Where: The National Film Board Cinema, 150 John Street, Toronto, Ontario
When: 26 Feb 09 (7-9pm)
Admission by donation ( All proceeds will go to the Coloring Book Project)
Bold, poignant, empowering, inspiring- come and join us for a night celebration of short digital videos by poets-turned-filmmakers from "The Colouring Book", a collection of personal stories by writers of colour about issues of race and identity.
Filmmakers and poets in attendance.
A panel, moderated by Vinita Srivastava, will include the visionary behind "The Colouring Book" and filmakers after the screening.
The screening is presented by The Colouring Book and Citzenshift.
For more information contact: thecolouringbook@gmail.com
Related link: http://www,citizen.nfb.ca/blogs/category/colouringbook
Video Shorts by Artists of Colour
Where: The National Film Board Cinema, 150 John Street, Toronto, Ontario
When: 26 Feb 09 (7-9pm)
Admission by donation ( All proceeds will go to the Coloring Book Project)
Bold, poignant, empowering, inspiring- come and join us for a night celebration of short digital videos by poets-turned-filmmakers from "The Colouring Book", a collection of personal stories by writers of colour about issues of race and identity.
Filmmakers and poets in attendance.
A panel, moderated by Vinita Srivastava, will include the visionary behind "The Colouring Book" and filmakers after the screening.
The screening is presented by The Colouring Book and Citzenshift.
For more information contact: thecolouringbook@gmail.com
Related link: http://www,citizen.nfb.ca/blogs/category/colouringbook
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
anitAFRIKA events
happy day, especially if it gave you a reason to meditate on love, send love, articulate love and receive love, if so and if not and regardless, adt! loves you!
check out our youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/anitafrikadub to see some amazing videos by the lovely multi-talented sarah michelle brown www.sarahmichellebrown.com
more clips will go up as we go, i've gotten some requests that dub nite clips be uploaded, so this tuesday we'll take some footage of the capoeria circle 8pm and 9pm dub nite but you ought to see it in person if possible! http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=63959298377
and don't miss next weeks multimedia arts inspired by politics three day event 'the obama experience - hope & truth' brought to you by the group of seven (moses, araba, bahia, danilo, anand, rob & nicki - lookin fahwad!) http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=47053524191
finally we'll wrap this month with a great collaboration with bcurrent and toronto women's bookstore friday feb 27th 6pm potluck and 8pm play wise.woman by rebecca fisseha. rsvp for special tickets $10 tics and let us know what you'll be bringing to the potluck at outreach@bcurrent.ca! http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=49629744892&ref=ts
special note for people with male parts, bpdse is a growing mens' group meeting this month sunday feb 22nd 7pm http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=49318897748
...if you haven't hugged or kissed today as yet, i dare you to do both three times to three different folks by midnite - i promise to do the same... and then we should all make an effort to hug and kiss more everyday all this week and the next and the next and so on until eternity.
lovelove, bisous, abrazos and pure positivity to everybody,
jamilah malika
416 434 1823
village@anitafrika.com
check out our youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/ani
more clips will go up as we go, i've gotten some requests that dub nite clips be uploaded, so this tuesday we'll take some footage of the capoeria circle 8pm and 9pm dub nite but you ought to see it in person if possible! http://www.facebook.com/ho
and don't miss next weeks multimedia arts inspired by politics three day event 'the obama experience - hope & truth' brought to you by the group of seven (moses, araba, bahia, danilo, anand, rob & nicki - lookin fahwad!) http://www.facebook.com/ho
finally we'll wrap this month with a great collaboration with bcurrent and toronto women's bookstore friday feb 27th 6pm potluck and 8pm play wise.woman by rebecca fisseha. rsvp for special tickets $10 tics and let us know what you'll be bringing to the potluck at outreach@bcurrent.ca! http://www.facebook.com/ho
special note for people with male parts, bpdse is a growing mens' group meeting this month sunday feb 22nd 7pm http://www.facebook.com/ho
...if you haven't hugged or kissed today as yet, i dare you to do both three times to three different folks by midnite - i promise to do the same... and then we should all make an effort to hug and kiss more everyday all this week and the next and the next and so on until eternity.
lovelove, bisous, abrazos and pure positivity to everybody,
jamilah malika
416 434 1823
village@anitafrika.com
Monday, February 16, 2009
Alameda Theatre Company needs your support.
Alameida Theatre Company would like to thank everyone who supported our theatre company this past year. Your presence at our events and/or your financial support for the creation of Canada's first professional Latin American theatre company means so much.
Without your support we could not have created the De Colores Festival of New Works, the first Latin American-Canadian playwrights unit in the history of Canadian theatre or El Barrio, an online community of Latin American artists from across the country. We certainly would not be able to produce the much anticipated world premiere of The Refugee Hotel by one of Canada's most interesting and engaging playwrights, Carmen Aguirre. We are very excited that this beautiful and inspiring piece of work will have its time on the stage this coming fall!
In order to continue to create outstanding theatre by Latin American Canadian artists and playwrights we need your support once again.
I invite you personally to our first fundraiser- the Peña. Please join us on March 20, 2009 to celebrate and support Latin Canadian theatre!
peña: Alameda's Annual Fundraiser March 20, 2009
PERFORMANCES- SILENT AUCTION- RAFFLE
Join us on this very special evening at our "peña"- a traditional Latin American fundraiser with local musicians and artists. It's an evening to celebrate what is so exciting and inspiring about our community! Hosted by none other than Martha Chaves of Just for Laughs fame, other artists featured will include: Grupo Chile, Santerias, Carlos Gonzalez-Vio, Marcelo Puente and Los Chaskis.
Friday March 20, 2009Steelworkers Union25 Cecil St. (College & Spadina)doors open at 6:30pm, food served at 7pm
Traditional Chilean fare & wine$50/ticket ($30 charitable tax receipt)$400/table of 10 ($200 charitable tax receipt)
For more information:(416) 428-7638hola@alamedatheatre.com
Charitabe No: 849904894 RR0001
Single Ticket Price $50 CAD Click here to buy tickets now! Learn More
The Refugee Hotel Fund
If you can't make it to the peña: Alameda's Annual Fundraiser, we invite you to become a patron and supporter of the arts by giving to Alameda Theatre Company's latest project, the world premiere production of The Refugee Hotel by Chilean- Canadian playwright Carmen Aguirre.
This much anticipated play, written by one of Canada's most distinct voices, takes place after Chile's 1973 coup as the first wave of Chilean refugees arrive at a Vancouver Hotel, later to become known as The Refugee Hotel. Moving, heartrending, filled with music of the era and laugh-out-loud moments, this play will touch all Canadians who have come from somewhere else and are trying to make a new life in Canada. The Refugee Hotel beautifully captures the immigrant experience in our country, making it a very relevant and Canadian story.
Become an Amigo/Amiga of Alameda Theatre Company!
Acera (The Busy Sidewalk)- $30- $149
Calle Bella (The Beautiful Street)- $150-$299
El Camino Real (The True Way)- $300- $499
La Avenida (The Boulevard)- $500-$999
La Gran Alameda (The Grand Avenue)- $1000+
Charitable Registration No.: 849904594RR0001
Any amount is appreciated, even $30 will help us to achieve our fundraising goals! Donate securely through Canadahelps.org and receive your electronic tax receipt in minutes.
Suggested Donation Amount: $50
To make a charitable contribution or to buy a fundraising ticket other than by using Paypal or Canadahelps.org, please make cheques payable to:
Alameda Theatre Company392 Winona Dr. Toronto, ONM6C 3T5
The closing date for tickets to the peña: Alameda's Annual Fundraiser is March 15, 2009. Buy your tickets today!
Without your support we could not have created the De Colores Festival of New Works, the first Latin American-Canadian playwrights unit in the history of Canadian theatre or El Barrio, an online community of Latin American artists from across the country. We certainly would not be able to produce the much anticipated world premiere of The Refugee Hotel by one of Canada's most interesting and engaging playwrights, Carmen Aguirre. We are very excited that this beautiful and inspiring piece of work will have its time on the stage this coming fall!
In order to continue to create outstanding theatre by Latin American Canadian artists and playwrights we need your support once again.
I invite you personally to our first fundraiser- the Peña. Please join us on March 20, 2009 to celebrate and support Latin Canadian theatre!
peña: Alameda's Annual Fundraiser March 20, 2009
PERFORMANCES- SILENT AUCTION- RAFFLE
Join us on this very special evening at our "peña"- a traditional Latin American fundraiser with local musicians and artists. It's an evening to celebrate what is so exciting and inspiring about our community! Hosted by none other than Martha Chaves of Just for Laughs fame, other artists featured will include: Grupo Chile, Santerias, Carlos Gonzalez-Vio, Marcelo Puente and Los Chaskis.
Friday March 20, 2009Steelworkers Union25 Cecil St. (College & Spadina)doors open at 6:30pm, food served at 7pm
Traditional Chilean fare & wine$50/ticket ($30 charitable tax receipt)$400/table of 10 ($200 charitable tax receipt)
For more information:(416) 428-7638hola@alamedatheatre.com
Charitabe No: 849904894 RR0001
Single Ticket Price $50 CAD Click here to buy tickets now! Learn More
The Refugee Hotel Fund
If you can't make it to the peña: Alameda's Annual Fundraiser, we invite you to become a patron and supporter of the arts by giving to Alameda Theatre Company's latest project, the world premiere production of The Refugee Hotel by Chilean- Canadian playwright Carmen Aguirre.
This much anticipated play, written by one of Canada's most distinct voices, takes place after Chile's 1973 coup as the first wave of Chilean refugees arrive at a Vancouver Hotel, later to become known as The Refugee Hotel. Moving, heartrending, filled with music of the era and laugh-out-loud moments, this play will touch all Canadians who have come from somewhere else and are trying to make a new life in Canada. The Refugee Hotel beautifully captures the immigrant experience in our country, making it a very relevant and Canadian story.
Become an Amigo/Amiga of Alameda Theatre Company!
Acera (The Busy Sidewalk)- $30- $149
Calle Bella (The Beautiful Street)- $150-$299
El Camino Real (The True Way)- $300- $499
La Avenida (The Boulevard)- $500-$999
La Gran Alameda (The Grand Avenue)- $1000+
Charitable Registration No.: 849904594RR0001
Any amount is appreciated, even $30 will help us to achieve our fundraising goals! Donate securely through Canadahelps.org and receive your electronic tax receipt in minutes.
Suggested Donation Amount: $50
To make a charitable contribution or to buy a fundraising ticket other than by using Paypal or Canadahelps.org, please make cheques payable to:
Alameda Theatre Company392 Winona Dr. Toronto, ONM6C 3T5
The closing date for tickets to the peña: Alameda's Annual Fundraiser is March 15, 2009. Buy your tickets today!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Toronto- a city without a shared past?
The following is a paraphrase of a discussion thread that took place on the DesiLit-Toronto listserv.
Toronto is a city without a shared past. Half the population, more or less, underscore this point by the fact that their very presence brings new traditions, histories, disagreements, terrors, ambitions and desires to the city.
Still, however, Toronto does have a sense of a tradition that grounds it, whether it be the racism like in that of signs, once posted, that read “No dogs or Irishmen”, or the open-mindedness, as in what is arguably the most progressive urban school district on the continent.
Nevertheless, its inhabitants have yet to develop a candid discourse and a sense of shared principles as to what defines this city, and probably the best way to do this is through its culture. Culture, as it turns out, is something that matters greatly to this city's writers. Living in a multicultural city means we have to be able to speak across the chasms dividing us and acknowledge our differences, and fiction is one of most visible places where this can happen. Novels probing racism, bigotry and general narrow-mindedness are more vital to the process of figuring out who we are and what we stand for than corporate-sponsored spectacles like Caribana or Pride weekend emphasizing only the superficial happiness of dancing together.
Toronto is a city without a shared past. Half the population, more or less, underscore this point by the fact that their very presence brings new traditions, histories, disagreements, terrors, ambitions and desires to the city.
Still, however, Toronto does have a sense of a tradition that grounds it, whether it be the racism like in that of signs, once posted, that read “No dogs or Irishmen”, or the open-mindedness, as in what is arguably the most progressive urban school district on the continent.
Nevertheless, its inhabitants have yet to develop a candid discourse and a sense of shared principles as to what defines this city, and probably the best way to do this is through its culture. Culture, as it turns out, is something that matters greatly to this city's writers. Living in a multicultural city means we have to be able to speak across the chasms dividing us and acknowledge our differences, and fiction is one of most visible places where this can happen. Novels probing racism, bigotry and general narrow-mindedness are more vital to the process of figuring out who we are and what we stand for than corporate-sponsored spectacles like Caribana or Pride weekend emphasizing only the superficial happiness of dancing together.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Gili Haimovich Writing Studio
Expressive Arts Writing Studio
In this experiential class participants will be provided with the opportunities to explore and develop their own writing practice. We will use interdisciplinary approach, where other modalities (visual art, music, movement, drama) will be used as a way to both generate and support the writing process. Participants will also be encouraged to use the group's setting to collaborate and create together with other group members and to present their work in a workshop-like style, where reading and feedback sessions will be employed. Space will be given to develop and expand the written work created in and outside the class.
Gili Haimovich is an internationally published poet, photographer and Expressive Arts Therapist with background in cinema and journalism.Recently she has published a poetry and photography collection Living on a Blank Page,(Blue Angel Press). She has published three volumes of poetry in Israel: Contact Glue, Reflected Like Joy and My Forces Fire. In North America, her work appeared in the anthology TOK1: Writing the New Toronto published the Diaspora Dialogues and in journals such as the Literary Review of Canada and Writing in the Margins.
Class information: On-going, the class starts on February 6th, Friday
5:45 - 8:00 pm. The class runs every other week in 3 months semesters each time.
No arts background is needed. All arts and writing supplies are provided.
Course fee for the 3 months run, including all supplies per month: $240
Location: Hampton Therapy Centre, on Danforth Ave. (2 min walk from Chester subway station)
For info and registration please contact: gili@poetryon.com 416 566 3524
Gili Haimovich book launch
Blue Angel Press is pleased to announce the launch of "Living on a Blank Page", poems and photos by Gili Haimovich, on Sunday, February 15, 2009, at 3 pm, at TYPE Bookstore, 503 Danforth Ave, in the upstairs event space. FREE.
Gili Haimovich is an internationally published poet, visual artist and Expressive Arts Therapist.
Special guests will be dance artist Megan English, and musician Christopher Cauley. Megan will interpret Gili's poems through voice and movement and Christopher will interact with the poems through music.
For more information visit www.poetryon.com
Monday, February 2, 2009
anitAFRIKA dub theatre - events and workshops
ADT! WEEKLY COURSES
*12 wks dubpoetry/dubtheatre storytelling intensive facilitated by d’bi.young
sundays. 4:30-6:30pm (jan 25 - apr 26 :: breaks mar 29/ apr 19) $300 creation of a solo work - dramaturgy &performance
*12 wks the courage to heal (women only) facilitated by d’bi.young. sundays 11am-1pm (jan 25 - apr 26 :: breaks mar 29/ apr 19) $300 using 'a guide for women survivors of child sexual abuse' by ellen bass and laura davis
*4 wks oppreshun awareness series facilitated by tomee sojourner. wednesdays 6:30-9:30pm (march 4, 11, 18, 25) $tba for community-involved individuals committed to self/group growth
ADT! BIWEEKLY EVENTS
*brown girls yoga (pwyc suggested $10)
POSTPONED - DATES TBA
brown girls yoga is an inclusive woman-centered class taught in flowing hatha style accessible for all levels. gentle, loving and full of laughter this class is open to all women shades, colors, hues, expressions and orientations. facilitated by kim crosby and accompanied by natalyn tremblay
ADT! WEEKLY EVENTS
*mondays 5-7pm (jan 26th -apr 27th::pwyc suggested $10)
capoeira angola teaches physical strength, rhythm, discipline, concentration and humility. classes explore the movements, music, knowledge and traditions of this art form rooted in africa and developed in brazil. facilitated by heliot souza
ADT! MONTHLY EVENTS
adt! community dinner collective with the people project www.peopleproject.ca
4th fridays bimonthly (jan 30, & mar 27) 7-10pm
come to eat and enjoy a loosely facilitated discussion on issues that affect or imply the
the greater queer, artists, women,activists and global citizens. *potluck dinner*
adt! community dinner collective with TWB www.womensbookstore.com
4th fridays bimonthly (feb 27 & apr 31st) 7-10pm
inviting all anti-oppreshun workers and activists from all community organizing sectors
(art, literary, anti-racist/migrant justice, queer of colour, feminist of colour, anti-poverty,
youth organizers etc) to come an eat and ground *potluck dinner*
*b.p.d.s.e. men’s group
4th sundays (jan 24th, feb 22, mar 22, apr 26) 7-10pm. brothers with problems destined to solve 'em (bpdse) is a group for men by men - a space where we can share, speak, laugh, cry, vent, grow and develop ourselves as men, strictly with the aim of being stronger and more complete beings who truly know what it means to live in peace.
ADT! SPESHAL EVENTS
*adt! channel one dub sessions (pwyc suggeested $10) every 1st and 3rd tuesday (jan 20th onwards) doors 8pm. in the tradition of channel 1 dancehall sessions, adt! presents the tuesday nite dub sessions featuring live house band rakesh tewari and ian de souza, local and emerging storytellers and open mic. contact village@anitafrika.com to join the set!
ADT! COURSE COLLABOS
*5 wks djembefola drummin course with amadou kienou
mondays jan 19, 26 feb 2, 9, 16, 23 mar 2, 9, 16, 23 :: 7-9pm :: $20/session
master drummer amadou kienou from burkina faso offers a 10 wk course for beginner to intermediate drummers who are committed to learning the art
and culture of djembe. check out www.amadoukienou.com for more info.
*obsidian institute 7 steps to healing for women
sundays feb 1, 8, 22, mar 1, 22, 29, apr 5 2-4pm :: pwyc
the 7 steps to self-healing are time-tested to create ease and exellence in day-today living. a course for women 18+ willing, ready and able to commit to radical self healing for radical life enhancement
*obsidian institute life visioning
thursdays series I feb 5, 12, 26, series II mar 5, 12, 26 7-9:30pm :: $25/session $60/series
discover the highest vision for your life, project, business, family, community and develop a radical action steps to realization for entrepreneurs, leaders, artists and anyone ready to experience their highest potential in 3 easy steps
*obsidian institute weekend with the masters - learn about yourself, gain clarity of your life purpose, deepen your spiritual journey
fri apr 17 shamanic healing circle 7-9pm :: $20
sat apr 18 purposeful living workshop 10am-5pm :: $197
sun apr 19 sound healing 11am-1pm :: pwyc
sun apr 19 shamanic intuitive readings & reiki healing 1-5pm :: $40/session
*obsidian theatre page to stage workshop
workshop sat may 2 1-4pm/ play matinee may 3 2-5pm $tba
a hands-on seminar to learn about the process of mounting a production.
visit www.anitafrika.com or the Facebook page http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=26417277929
62 Fraser Avenue, Liberty Village
*12 wks dubpoetry/dubtheatre storytelling intensive facilitated by d’bi.young
sundays. 4:30-6:30pm (jan 25 - apr 26 :: breaks mar 29/ apr 19) $300 creation of a solo work - dramaturgy &performance
*12 wks the courage to heal (women only) facilitated by d’bi.young. sundays 11am-1pm (jan 25 - apr 26 :: breaks mar 29/ apr 19) $300 using 'a guide for women survivors of child sexual abuse' by ellen bass and laura davis
*4 wks oppreshun awareness series facilitated by tomee sojourner. wednesdays 6:30-9:30pm (march 4, 11, 18, 25) $tba for community-involved individuals committed to self/group growth
ADT! BIWEEKLY EVENTS
*brown girls yoga (pwyc suggested $10)
POSTPONED - DATES TBA
brown girls yoga is an inclusive woman-centered class taught in flowing hatha style accessible for all levels. gentle, loving and full of laughter this class is open to all women shades, colors, hues, expressions and orientations. facilitated by kim crosby and accompanied by natalyn tremblay
ADT! WEEKLY EVENTS
*mondays 5-7pm (jan 26th -apr 27th::pwyc suggested $10)
capoeira angola teaches physical strength, rhythm, discipline, concentration and humility. classes explore the movements, music, knowledge and traditions of this art form rooted in africa and developed in brazil. facilitated by heliot souza
ADT! MONTHLY EVENTS
adt! community dinner collective with the people project www.peopleproject.ca
4th fridays bimonthly (jan 30, & mar 27) 7-10pm
come to eat and enjoy a loosely facilitated discussion on issues that affect or imply the
the greater queer, artists, women,activists and global citizens. *potluck dinner*
adt! community dinner collective with TWB www.womensbookstore.com
4th fridays bimonthly (feb 27 & apr 31st) 7-10pm
inviting all anti-oppreshun workers and activists from all community organizing sectors
(art, literary, anti-racist/migrant justice, queer of colour, feminist of colour, anti-poverty,
youth organizers etc) to come an eat and ground *potluck dinner*
*b.p.d.s.e. men’s group
4th sundays (jan 24th, feb 22, mar 22, apr 26) 7-10pm. brothers with problems destined to solve 'em (bpdse) is a group for men by men - a space where we can share, speak, laugh, cry, vent, grow and develop ourselves as men, strictly with the aim of being stronger and more complete beings who truly know what it means to live in peace.
ADT! SPESHAL EVENTS
*adt! channel one dub sessions (pwyc suggeested $10) every 1st and 3rd tuesday (jan 20th onwards) doors 8pm. in the tradition of channel 1 dancehall sessions, adt! presents the tuesday nite dub sessions featuring live house band rakesh tewari and ian de souza, local and emerging storytellers and open mic. contact village@anitafrika.com to join the set!
ADT! COURSE COLLABOS
*5 wks djembefola drummin course with amadou kienou
mondays jan 19, 26 feb 2, 9, 16, 23 mar 2, 9, 16, 23 :: 7-9pm :: $20/session
master drummer amadou kienou from burkina faso offers a 10 wk course for beginner to intermediate drummers who are committed to learning the art
and culture of djembe. check out www.amadoukienou.com for more info.
*obsidian institute 7 steps to healing for women
sundays feb 1, 8, 22, mar 1, 22, 29, apr 5 2-4pm :: pwyc
the 7 steps to self-healing are time-tested to create ease and exellence in day-today living. a course for women 18+ willing, ready and able to commit to radical self healing for radical life enhancement
*obsidian institute life visioning
thursdays series I feb 5, 12, 26, series II mar 5, 12, 26 7-9:30pm :: $25/session $60/series
discover the highest vision for your life, project, business, family, community and develop a radical action steps to realization for entrepreneurs, leaders, artists and anyone ready to experience their highest potential in 3 easy steps
*obsidian institute weekend with the masters - learn about yourself, gain clarity of your life purpose, deepen your spiritual journey
fri apr 17 shamanic healing circle 7-9pm :: $20
sat apr 18 purposeful living workshop 10am-5pm :: $197
sun apr 19 sound healing 11am-1pm :: pwyc
sun apr 19 shamanic intuitive readings & reiki healing 1-5pm :: $40/session
*obsidian theatre page to stage workshop
workshop sat may 2 1-4pm/ play matinee may 3 2-5pm $tba
a hands-on seminar to learn about the process of mounting a production.
visit www.anitafrika.com or the Facebook page http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=26417277929
62 Fraser Avenue, Liberty Village
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