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SUMMARY:Late Winter Writers Residency Online 2024
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nThe Late Winter Writers Residency Online is a small cohort program that gives you a chance to learn from each other and faculty\, attend exclusive talks\, ask questions\, and develop your practice. \nWhat does the program offer?\nThis two week online residency provides broad thematic teaching from faculty members\, Fawn Parker and Annick McAskill\, Q&A sessions and workshopping. Instructors will discuss ideas\, experiences\, and obstacles that you may be encountering with your writing of both poetry and fiction. \nOne-on-one mentorship will allow you to receive direct mentorship on craft and professional development. \nWho should apply?\nWriters in all creative genres are invited to apply. The online program is designed for emerging and established writers with a proven publication record. We welcome writers from all ages (18+)\, backgrounds\, and all gender identities and expressions. \nThis Residency only accepts projects that are being written in English. \nThis program is not open to applicants who have taken part in a Banff Centre residency in the last year\, nor to current faculty members of any other Banff Centre programming. \nApplication Deadline: November 08\, 2023\nProgram Dates: February 12 – February 23\, 2024\nLearn more and apply online: https://bit.ly/3o6Sf0q \n*Financial Aid of 100% of the program fee is available for this program.
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn with Playwrights' Workshop Montreal
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, February 14\, 202412:00-1:30 pm ETOnline via Zoom \n\n\n\nPresenting Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal! \n\n\n\nPlaywrights’ Workshop Montréal (PWM) is a theatre creation and development centre sparking collaborative exploration of new work. In this Lunch & Learn\, PWM Programs and Development Manager Heather Eaton will be presenting the programs and activities PWM offers to playwrights in various stages of their careers. \n\n\n\nWith their varied programming\, including mentorships\, workshops\, residencies\, dramaturgical conversations\, and professional development workshops\, PWM is an invaluable centre for playwrights\, dramaturgs\, theatre translators\, and performance makers. \n\n\n\nCome join us on the 14th of February from 12nn-1:30pm for a virtual presentation. Folks are invited to come with questions for the dedicated Q&A portion toward the end. \n\n\n\nRSVP using the button below and a Zoom link will be sent to you a couple of days before the event itself.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lunch-and-learn-with-playwrights-workshop-montreal/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
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SUMMARY:Perspective in Literary Fiction
DESCRIPTION:This five-week workshop will offer a deep dive into the use of perspective in fiction. Storytellers operate in first-person\, second-person\, third-person limited\, third-person omniscient\, and more unusual points-of-view. What distinguishes these perspectives? What are their gifts and limitations? Most importantly\, what can your chosen perspective do for the story you want to tell? \n\n\n\nEach class will open with a discussion of perspective in some published fiction. How close is the narrator to the characters? How does the perspective affect the voice in which the story is told? What is the relationship of the voice to the characters? \n\n\n\nNext\, we will do two writing exercises. The first will be largely generative\, based on the reading. The second will be integrative\, guiding participants to apply what we are learning to their own stories or characters. \n\n\n\nAfter discussing the writing exercises\, we will devote the last part of each class to discussing participant stories. \n\n\n\nOn registration\, participants will receive a packet of published stories or samples to be discussed in the first class; reading for subsequent weeks will be distributed after our first meeting. Participants are encouraged to bring ½-1 page of fiction to share on the first day\, though they may choose instead to share some work generated in class. Subsequently\, each participant is encouraged to submit 3-10 pages of fiction to be discussed by the class with a special focus on perspective. Otherwise\, discussion will be tailored to participant preferences\, with an eye to making discussion as useful to the writer as possible.   \n\n\n\nParticipants should arrive each week having read the assigned stories and their peers’ work (approximately 40 pages). Be prepared to discuss these thoughtfully and with engagement! My goal is to create a space for candid and open-ended discussion. \n\n\n\nParticipants will finish the workshop with greater fluency and command in perspective\, as readers able to discern the subtleties and mechanics of this important aspect of our craft\, and as writers able to choose and employ a storytelling perspective with verve and confidence. \n\n\n\nPadma Viswanathan’s novels have been published in eight countries and shortlisted for various awards\, including the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Her most recent book is Like Every Form of Love: A Memoir of Friendship and True Crime (Random House Canada\, 2023). Her short fiction\, essays\, and short translations can be found in Granta\, The Paris Review\, BRICK\, and elsewhere. Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Arkansas\, she has also served as fiction faculty at the Banff Center\, the Vermont Studio Center\, the Bread Loaf Conferences\, and the low-residency MFA of Fairleigh Dickinson University. More at www.padmaviswanathan.com 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/perspective-in-literary-fiction/2024-02-14/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Poetry & music with Elena Stoodley + Svens Telemaque + The Legendary Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Casa Del Popolo Productions\, Arts in the Margins\, et Lectures Logos Readings present The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble on their 50th Anniversary Tour & Special Guests Elena Stoodley + Svens Telemaque \nWednesday February 14\, 2024\, Doors: 8:00 pm\, music: 9:00 pm\nAll ages. Tickets: $22 +fees & taxes\nBox office: https://www.venuepilot.co/events/88138/orders/new#/ \n★★★  ~le français suit ~ \nTHE ETHNIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE was formed in 1974 shortly after SIR KAHIL EL ZABAR graduated from Lake Forest College\, with the goal\, “To combine concepts of African American music with its earlier roots in traditional African music\, to produce new motifs and sounds true to their origins yet firmly pointed in a new artistic direction of enlightenment and deep listening”. Half a century later and the rich\, compelling\, ever-evolving sound they are known for\, is still going strong. Together with the Art Ensemble of Chicago\, the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble is one of the two remaining original groups active in the world today that were nurtured in the AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.) El Zabar attests. “My concept was based in logic as it pertains to the history of Great Black Music.     \nEHE has a strong rhythmic foundation\, innovative harmonics and counterpoint\, well-balanced interplay and polyphony among the players for highly developed ensemble dynamics. They are strong individual soloists with an in-depth grasp of music history\, originality\, fearlessness and deep spirituality. Alongside multi-faceted El-Zabar\, the EHE’s current line-up includes COREY WILKES on trumpet\, who has worked with numerous jazz masters\, including Wynton Marsalis\, Kurt Elling\, and multi-instrumentalist ALEX HARDING on baritone sax\, who has performed with Dollar Brand\, Julius Hemphill Sun Ra\, and Fela The Musical. They whip up an electrifying mix of spiritual jazz and African rhythms built around fundamental brass improvisations and a swing-induced groove.The resulting trance-like fervor\, transports one into a mind opening journey of spiritually enlightened deep listening. \nTheir album\, Open Me\, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse Records\, Music for the Spirit) releases on Feb 28\,  2024.  https://ethnicheritageensemble.bandcamp.com/album/open-me-a-higher-consciousness-of-sound-and-spirit \nElena Stoodley is a singer\, author\, songwriter and sound designer half of the time\, the remaining being spent in community organizing. Born in Tio’tia:ke\, Montreal\, she often blends her passion for social justice and black liberation with her art practices. She studied Creative Writing and Electroacoustic music and performed her music internationally\, including in Cameroon and in the Republic of Congo. She sometimes gives workshops or consults on topics of anti-oppressive work practices and intersectional inclusion. Her most recent sound design work was shown in the plays\, The Mountaintop\, the Rootless tree\, Manman LaMer\, Black Out (nominated for oustanding sounddesign for the META’s – Montreal English Theatre Awards). Her most recent work was sound designing for Pipeline by Black Theatre Workshop and M’appelle Mohamed Ali by La Sentinelle and L’amoure looks something like you by Eric Noël. She is currently working on the annual recap Chécké2023 and sound design for a documentary. This Spring of 2023\, she will be sound designing the play Diggers\, for Black Theatre Workshop and S’enjailler by Stephie Mazunya.  https://www.elenastoodley.net \nSvens Telemaque abandoned familiarity and utilizes his past experiences to help him pave the way for others. Svens Telemaque has a unique perspective on life and challenges the average perception of circumstances\, faith\, and emotion. After relocating to Montreal in 2007\, he co-founded L’art Selah\, a poetry collective\, and released his first book\, Pen of a Ready Writer Vol.1\, in 2014. He now arms audiences to face\, embrace\, and overcome adversity with hope. As a Social Entrepreneur\, Author\, and speaker\, he reminds us that even “Broken Crayons Still Color.”   @svens_telemaque \nACCESSIBILITY // The Sala Rossa is located on the second floor (there are 38 steps total). There are gender neutral washrooms which are not wheelchair accessible. There is a Hearing Assistance System on the FM dial at 101.1 FM. Anyone needing assistance accessing the space can contact us – we are more than happy to try and accommodate people to the best of our ability. \n★★★ \nProductions Casa del popolo\, Arts aux marges\, et Lectures logos readings présentent L’ETHNIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE à l’occasion de sa tournée du 50e anniversaire et des invité.es spéciaux – Elena Stoodley et Svens Telemaque \nMercredi 14 février 2024\, Portes : 20h00\, musique : 21h00\nTous âges. Billets : 22 $ + frais et taxes\nBilletterie : https://www.venuepilot.co/events/88138/orders/new#/ \nL’Ethnic Heritage Ensemble a été fondé en 1974\, peu après que Sir Kahil El Zabar eut obtenu son diplôme au Lake Forest College\, dans le but de « combiner les concepts de la musique afro-américaine avec ses racines plus anciennes dans la musique africaine traditionnelle\, afin de produire de nouveaux motifs et sons fidèles à leurs origines\, tout en s’orientant fermement vers une nouvelle direction artistique d’illumination et d’écoute profonde ». Un demi-siècle plus tard\, le son riche\, captivant et en constante évolution qui a fait leur réputation est toujours d’actualité. Avec l’Art Ensemble of Chicago\, l’Ethnic Heritage Ensemble est l’un des deux derniers groupes originaux actifs dans le monde aujourd’hui qui ont été formés au sein de l’AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians). « Mon concept était basé sur la logique de l’histoire de la grande musique noire. » \nEHE s’appuie sur une base rythmique solide\, des harmoniques et des contrepoints innovants\, une interaction et une polyphonie bien équilibrées entre les musiciens pour une dynamique d’ensemble très développée. Ce sont de solides solistes individuels qui ont une connaissance approfondie de l’histoire de la musique\, font preuve d’originalité\, d’intrépidité et d’une profonde spiritualité. Outre El-Zabar aux multiples facettes\, la formation actuelle de l’EHE comprend Corey Wilkes à la trompette\, qui a travaillé avec de nombreux maîtres du jazz\, dont Wynton Marsalis et Kurt Elling\, et le saxophone baryton Alex Harding\, multi-instrumentiste\, qui a joué avec Dollar Brand\, Julius Hemphill\, Sun Ra et Fela The Musical. Ils créent un mélange électrisant de jazz spirituel et de rythmes africains autour d’improvisations fondamentales de cuivres et d’un groove induit par le swing. La ferveur qui en résulte\, semblable à une transe\, transporte l’auditeur dans un voyage d’ouverture de l’esprit et d’écoute profonde spirituellement éclairée. \nLeur album\, Open Me\, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse Records\, Music for the Spirit) sort le 28 février 2024.  https://ethnicheritageensemble.bandcamp.com/album/open-me-a-higher-consciousness-of-sound-and-spirit?fbclid=IwAR2rL6D_aN0M0prfRc_Tj5ixxUW8jlm2NcKXTfY9N2M7vsvt6GHwEkh6A4Q \nElena Stoodley est chanteuse\, autrice-compositrice et conceptrice sonore en plus de se consacrer à l’organisation communautaire. Née à Tio’tia: ke\, Montréal\, elle joint souvent sa passion pour la justice sociale et la libération des personnes noires à ses pratiques artistiques. Elle a étudié la création littéraire et la musique électroacoustique et a interprété sa musique à l’international\, notamment au Cameroun et à la République du Congo. Elle donne parfois des ateliers ou des consultations sur les pratiques de travail anti-oppressives et d’inclusion intersectionnelle. Son travail de conception sonore le plus récent a été montré dans les pièces de théâtre\, The Mountaintop\, the Rootless tree\, Manman LaMer\, Black Out (nominé pour conception sonore exceptionnelle aux META’s – Montreal English Theatre Awards) Ses plus récents projets étaient la conception sonore des pièces de théâtre Pipeline de Black Theatre Workshop et de M’appelle Mohamed Ali de La Sentinelle ainsi que L’amoure looks something like you d’Éric Noël. Elle travaille présentement sur la revue annuelle Chécké2023 et la conception sonore d’un documentaire Elle signera la conception sonore de la pièce Diggers\, en collaboration avec le Black TheatreWorkshop au printemps 2023 et de S’enjailler de Stephie Mazunya.  https://www.elenastoodley.net \nSvens Telemaque abandonne la familiarité et utilise ses expériences passées pour ouvrir la voie aux autres. Svens Telemaque a une perspective unique sur la vie et remet en question la perception moyenne des circonstances\, de la foi et des émotions. Après s’être installé à Montréal en 2007\, il a cofondé L’art Selah\, un collectif de poésie\, et a publié son premier livre\, Pen of a Ready Writer Vol.1\, en 2014. Il encourage maintenant ses auditoires à faire face à l’adversité\, à l’embrasser et à la surmonter avec espoir. En tant qu’entrepreneur social\, auteur et conférencier\, il nous rappelle que même les « crayons cassés ont encore de la couleur ».  @svens_telemaque \n★★★ \nACCESSIBILITÉ // La Sala Rossa est située au deuxième étage (38 marches au total). Il y a des toilettes neutres qui ne sont pas accessibles aux fauteuils roulants. Il y a un système d’aide à l’audition sur le cadran FM à 101.1 FM. Toute personne ayant besoin d’aide pour accéder à l’espace peut nous contacter – nous sommes plus qu’heureux d’essayer d’accommoder les gens au mieux de nos capacités.
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LOCATION:La Sala Rossa\, 4848 St. Laurent Boulevard\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 2R5\, Canada
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