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SUMMARY:Infinithéâtre Presents: Dominoes at the Crossroads
DESCRIPTION:March 7–March 16\n\n\n\nPresenting the world premiere production of Dominoes at the Crossroads\, based on the novel by Kaie Kellough and adapted and directed by Zach Fraser in collaboration with a team of multidisciplinary artists. \n\n\n\nExploring race\, history\, and coming-of-age by way of confessions and dreams\, Dominoes at the Crossroads offers a poetic ode to an epic and universal search for home and belonging\, gently anchored into port here in our eclectic city that is Montréal. Running from March 7th – 16th at 3680 rue Jeanne-Mance in Montréal (H2X 2K5). \n\n\n\nTickets available at: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/f56d43f8-23be-4a72-b2e1-aca6c64b6cee
URL:https://qwf.org/event/infinitheatre-presents-dominoes-at-the-crossroads/
LOCATION:3680 rue Jeanne-Mance\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X2K5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance
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SUMMARY:Business Skills for Creative Souls Artists’ Conference: “Strategies for Thriving as an Artist”
DESCRIPTION:March 11\, 2024\, 12:30–5:00 pmUnitarian Church of Montreal\, 5035 Boulevard de Maisonneuve OuestMontreal\, QC\n\n\n\nCalling all creatives! Unlock Your Artistic Potential: Join the Business Skills for Creative Souls Artists’ Conference: “Strategies for Thriving as an Artist”! \n\n\n\nJoin a vibrant community of visionaries at our artists conference\, where we delve into the keys to unlocking your full artistic potential. Dive into dynamic sessions on cultivating creativity\, overcoming challenges\, and mastering the business of art. Connect with seasoned professionals\, gain insights into navigating the evolving art landscape\, and leave inspired to thrive as an artist. Don’t miss your chance to grow as an artist —reserve your spot now! \n\n\n\nThis year’s event\, hosted by CBC’s Sonali Karnick\, features an exciting lineup of panelists eager to share their artistic journeys with you! Topics include strategies for thriving as artist: earning a livable income as an artist\, balancing life and personal career\, and building your artistic brand. \n\n\n\nPanel 1: Strategies for Earning A Livable Income \n\n\n\n\nCara Carmina (illustrator/designer/entrepreneur)\n\n\n\nSylvie Trouvé and Dale Hayward (animators and educators)\n\n\n\nLacy Alana (circus artist/writer/psychotherapist/Founder of YesAndBrain)\n\n\n\nTam Lan Truong (classical music photographer)\n\n\n\n\nKeynote: The Artist’s Balance: Managing Personal Life and Artistic Career: Victoria Sanchez (actress/filmmaker) \n\n\n\nPanel 2: The Art of Exposure: Building Your Artist Brand \n\n\n\n\nStephen Voyce (multi-award-winning recording artist)\n\n\n\nLiana Cusmano (writer/spoken word artist/educator)\n\n\n\nCarolina Echeverria (visual artist\, feminist activist\, and artistic director)\n\n\n\nBlair Thomson (composer/arranger/pianist)\n\n\n\n\nWhen: Monday March 11th\, 2024   \n\n\n\nWhere: Unitarian Church of Montreal (5035 Boulevard de Maisonneuve West\, easy access from Vendôme Metro on the Orange Line)  \n\n\n\nSchedule:   \n\n\n\n\n12:30 PM: On-site Registration \n\n\n\n1-5 PM: Artist Conference featuring two-panel discussions and a Keynote Speech. Note that the conference will be live-streamed online from 1-5 pm for virtual participants. \n\n\n\n5-7 PM: In-person networking event  \n\n\n\n\n*In addition\, YES provides an exclusive online opportunity in the morning for a 15-minute consultation with renowned arts organizations\, including the Canada Council for the Arts\, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec and the Conseil des Arts de Montreal.  \n\n\n\nStay tuned for more information! \n\n\n\nDon’t miss your chance to thrive—reserve your spot now! Secure Early Bird pricing by registering before March 1st. 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/business-skills-for-creative-souls-artists-conference-strategies-for-thriving-as-an-artist/
LOCATION:Unitarian Church of Montreal\, 5035 Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest\, Montreal\, QC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Networking,Panel
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SUMMARY:Writing Comic Poetry: Seriously?!
DESCRIPTION:Can a poem be funny? Can we balance the light and the dark\, find hilarity in a haiku? What is the value of play in creation? In this workshop\, participants will be encouraged to explore the place of humour in their work\, through guided readings\, discussions\, and exercises. \n\n\n\nWriters of all levels\, from beginner to seasoned\, are welcome\, and you may use whatever tools you prefer\, from laptops to paper and a pen. Each workshop will begin with a reading and discussion of a poem provided by the workshop leader\, followed by a writing session. Participants are encouraged but not required to share their works-in-progress with the group. You are also encouraged to bring to our meetings drafts of poems-in-progress\, or any writing you may wish to shape into a poem. \n\n\n\nIdentifying what makes you laugh is key to sharpening your own wit\, so a week prior to the workshop you will be asked to select a poem from a provided list. During the first meeting\, be prepared to explain why this poem made you guffaw\, laugh\, or perhaps just chuckle. Was it the surprising wordplay? An unexpected juxtaposition? The poet’s subversion of your expectations? \n\n\n\nThrough writing prompts and exercises (both collaborative and individualized)\, we will play with form\, persona\, and language. While humour is subjective\, this workshop will be a safe space\, with respectful feedback provided by the instructor and the group. \n\n\n\nRebecca Păpucaru‘s first novel\, As Good a Place as Any\, will be published by Guernica Editions in 2025. Her first book\, The Panic Room (Nightwood Editions) was awarded the 2018 Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Poetry and was also a finalist for the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry and longlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. Her short story “Yentas” won The Malahat Review’s 2020 Novella Prize. Her work has also appeared in The Best Canadian Poetry in English\, Arc\, EVENT\, Grain\, The Literary Review of Canada\, Canadian Literature\, and The New Quarterly\, among others.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-comic-poetry-seriously/2024-03-11/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Mechanophilia Launch (Online) with Vi Khi Nao & Sarah Burgoyne
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, March 11\, 7:00–8:30 PMOnline (Register on Eventbrite)\n\n\n\nJoin Vi Khi Nao and Sarah Burgoyne virtually on March 11th for the launch of their collaborative mathematical infinite epic poetry book Mechanophilia (Volume 1!) edited by the inimitable Stuart Ross who will be hosting the event\, and published with Anvil Press. Poems will be read\, books may be ordered\, and the number pi will be unfurling among us in verse. JOIN US FOR A NIGHT OF LOQUACIOUS BALLADEERING. \n\n\n\nVI KHI NAO is the author of six poetry collections: Fish Carcass (Black Sun Lit\, 2022)\, A Bell Curve Is A Pregnant Straight Line (11:11 Press\, 2021)\, Human Tetris (11:11 Press\, 2019) Sheep Machine (Black Sun Lit\, 2018)\, Umbilical Hospital (Press 1913\, 2017)\, The Old Philosopher (winner of the Nightboat Prize for 2014)\, and of the short stories collection\, A Brief Alphabet of Torture (winner of the 2016 FC2’s Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize)\, the novel\, Fish in Exile (Coffee House Press\, 2016). Her work includes poetry\, fiction\, film and cross-genre collaboration. She was the Fall 2019 fellow at the Black Mountain Institute: https://www.vikhinao.com \n\n\n\nSARAH BURGOYNE is a Canadian experimental poet. Her second collection\, Because the Sun was published with Coach House Books in April 2021 and was nominated for the A.M. Klein Prize in Poetry. Her first collection Saint Twin (Mansfield\, 2016) was a finalist for the A.M. Klein Prize in Poetry (2016)\, awarded a prize from l’Académie de la vie littéraire (2017) and shortlisted for a Canadian ReLit Award. Other works have appeared in journals across Canada and the U.S.\, have been featured in scores by American composer J.P. Merz and have appeared with or alongside the visual art of Susanna Barlow\, Jamie Macaulay and Joani Tremblay. https://www.sarahburgoyne.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/mechanophilia-launch-online-with-vi-khi-nao-sarah-burgoyne/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:A Hundred Hydrangeas: Poetry Soirée & Launch of "Citronella"
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Monday\, March 11 for an evening of poetry at the Morrin Centre! We will be celebrating the launch of Loch Baillie’s debut chapbook\, “Citronella.” Loch will be joined by Vanessa Bell and Sierra Duffey as well as local poets for a reading. An open mic will follow: all are welcome! \nUnable to make it in person? This activity will be offered in a hybrid format so you can join from the comfort of your own home too! For more information\, visit www.morrin.org/en/morrin-in-verse
URL:https://qwf.org/event/a-hundred-hydrangeas-poetry-soiree-launch-of-citronella/
LOCATION:Morrin Centre\, 44 Chaussée des Écossais\, Quebec City\, Quebec\, G1R 4H3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:Memoir: How to Tell Your Story
DESCRIPTION:Each of us has a story to tell. We all have memories. But how do you take what you’ve experienced and turn it into something more than a conversation in a bar? How do you find the weight that is in each of our lives and stories? \n\n\n\nIn this workshop we’ll focus on transforming the personal into something that reaches beyond. \n\n\n\nHere’s a loose outline of how we’ll approach it. \n\n\n\nWeek 1 \n\n\n\nWhat is a story? What makes the telling a story and not just words spilling onto a page? \n\n\n\nWeek 2 \n\n\n\nHow to get at that story that burns within? \n\n\n\nWeek 3 \n\n\n\nThe hook\, part 1: First impressions are critical \n\n\n\nWeek 4 \n\n\n\nThe hook\, part 2: Developing the critical eye \n\n\n\nWeek 5 \n\n\n\nBeyond copy editing: How do you know which voice is the right voice? You have to listen carefully. The story knows. \n\n\n\nWeek 6 \n\n\n\nAttack 1: You’ve written your story. We’re here to tell you we don’t like it. What are you going to do about it? \n\n\n\nWeek 7 \n\n\n\nAttack 2: Why is the story not working – or\, better still\, why is it working? \n\n\n\nWeek 8 \n\n\n\nWriter vs Author: writing to write or writing to get published. Why it matters. \n\n\n\nAlong the way\, there will be exercises\, discussions\, writing\, revising\, reading of each other’s work\, and good fun. \n\n\n\nEddy L. Harris is a perpetual traveler\, a filmmaker and the author of seven critically acclaimed books\, all of which partake of memoir\, adventure tale\, travelogue and cultural reportage. \n\n\n\nHe spent four years as Writer-in-Residence at Washington University teaching Black American Literature and writing classes structured as workshops. That was followed by a stint on the Nez Perce Indian reservation in northern Idaho and a documentary project he wrote and presented for BBC-Wales: Roots In Wales. \n\n\n\nIn 2014 he repeated his canoe journey along the Mississippi River which resulted in the award-winning documentary film River to the Heart\, which he wrote\, produced\, and directed. \n\n\n\nHe has worked most recently as professor of English and Writer-in-Residence at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg\, Virginia \n\n\n\nAs USA Today put it: “Eddy Harris isn’t your everyday tourist. His travels almost always have a purpose\, and that purpose is to write about not only what he sees\, but what he feels.”
URL:https://qwf.org/event/memoir-how-to-tell-your-story/2024-03-11/
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