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SUMMARY:Death comes to the Library
DESCRIPTION:On October 16 at 2:00pm part of our monthly Tea and Books we will be participating in the Montreal Imagine Week series with a very special discussion of books about death. It happens to everyone\, so knowledge is power. We have decided to create a discussion both in the library and through our social media around a list of books to introduce you to many of the themes that the “D” word comprises. Pick one up\, take a deep breath\, and prepare for a walk on what lies just on the other side. Joan Foster\, community nurse\, Mary Bianchini\, community nurse and Deborah Marcogliese\, librarian\, will be discussing “Being Mortal”by y Atul Gawande\, “They left us Everything” by Plum Johnson and “the Year of Magical Thinking” by Joan Didion. Please join us for this very special event.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/death-comes-to-the-library/
LOCATION:Montreal West Public Library\, 45 Westminster Avenue South\, Montreal West\, Quebec\, H4X 1Y6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Community Events
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SUMMARY:D+Q Double Launch! Adrian Norvid and Sylvia Nickerson
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we welcome into the world Adrian Norvid’s Fake Lake and Sylvia Nickerson’s Creation! \nFAKE LAKE:\nThe town of Fake Lake is a sludge pit of goings on and the Fake Lake Bottom Feeder (the local paper) has been kept busy chronicling what amounts to a mild apocalypse – collapsing bridges\, a gap in the street that swallows the high school band\, an awful bacterial business at the hot springs and a great blowout at the Fakeola bottling plant. Seeing souls ripe for the picking\, Lucifer (ever a prominent presence in Fake Lake) has even taken out a paid advertising supplement – Writhing Bodies Herbal Tea Mix anyone? \nThe Fake Lake Bottom Feeder is a replica of a weekly edition in May complete with Children’s Section (try not to freak out Trippy the clown)\, Industrial News (it’s work injury week\, again)\, a fulsome Food Section (beware the Flakey Bakery’s Sticky Buns) and a special double page spread of the Dregs Coffee Shop’s Sponsored Expedition to Ascend Old Frothy (their espresso machine) with exclusive photos of bearded hipster explorer types hip deep in milk foam. Fake Lake! There’s a seat for you in the Polished By Bums Tavern and it looks like someone’s signed you up for the Midnight Churchyard Dig… \nAdrian Norvid\, born in London\, England\, currently lives and works in Montreal. His large-format drawing centers around popular imagery\, vernacular and kitsch with sources ranging from Psychedelia to Georgian era illustration. He teaches painting and drawing at Concordia. \nCREATION:\nA new mother takes us on a tour of Hamilton\, a Rust Belt city born of the Industrial Revolution and dying a slow death due to globalization. This mother represents the city’s next wave of inhabitants—the artists and young parents who swarm a run-down area for its affordability\, inevitably reshaping the neighborhoods they take over. Creation looks at gentrification from the inside out—an artist mother making a home and neighborhood for her family\, struggling to find her place amid the existing and emerging communities. \nWhile pushing her child’s stroller around Hamilton\, Nickerson shows us the warehouse filled with open barrels of toxic sludge\, the parking lot where the city’s homeless population sleeps\, and the refurbished Victorian house (complete with elegant chandeliers) that is now a state-of-the-art yoga studio. Creation presents the city as a living thing—a place where many small lives intersect and where death\, motherhood\, pollution\, poverty\, and violence are all interconnected. \nSylvia Nickerson is a comics artist\, writer\, and illustrator who lives in Hamilton\, Canada. Her focus is storytelling in community arts and writing comics examining parenthood\, gender identity\, social class and religion. Her illustrations have appeared in The Globe and Mail\, The National Post\, The Boston Globe and The Washington Post and her comics have been nominated for a Doug Wright Award.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/dq-double-launch-adrian-norvid-and-sylvia-nickerson/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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SUMMARY:P O E T R Y N I T E
DESCRIPTION:Our first show back was … WOW! Seriously\, this community – our talent – our love – our capacity to show up fully for ourselves and each other?!?! There is nothing like us\, together. Come be part of it. \n► DOORS @ 7 – READINGS @ 8 \n► READERS: we reserve up to eight spots before the show and after that it goes to open mic which is mostly first-come\, first-served with priority to BIPOC folks. All artists/musicians welcome!! \n► Show is $5 (tinyurl.com/y9w8j4pm) \n► We want to foster a supportive\, positive environment for everyone. That means no racism / sexism / ableism / homophobia / transphobia and a request that poets please give trigger warnings before your poems. If you have a concern please speak to the poet directly or to one of the hosts! \n——- \n► PORTES @ 7 – LECTURES @ 8 \n► LECTEURS: Nous acceptons jusqu’à huit inscriptions à l’avance\, celles-ci vous garantissent un moment sur la scène. S’ensuit ensuite un micro ouvert sous la formule premier.ère arrivé.e\, premier.ère servi.e avec une priorité pour les gens du BIPOC. Tous les artistes / musiciens sont les bienvenus !! \n► Le spectacle coûte 5 $ (tinyurl.com/y9w8j4pm) \n► Dans l’optique d’assurer un climat accueillant pour toustes\, nous ne tolérerons auncun comportement et propos raciste\, sexiste\, homophobe\, transphobe\, ou s’inscrivant dans toute autre logique d’oppression systémique. Nous demandons aussi aux lecteur.trices de donner des avertissements de contenus (trigger warnings) avant leurs poèmes. Si un problème se fait sentir de ce côté\, prière d’en faire part à l’artiste ou aux organisateur.trices.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/p-o-e-t-r-y-n-i-t-e/2019-10-16/
LOCATION:Chez Morrigan\, 1221 Crescent St\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 2B1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Open Mic,Performance,Series
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SUMMARY:Accent Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:  \nAccent Open Mic \nLa Marche à Côté\, 5043 St. Denis\n7:30pm\, 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month.\naccentseriesmontreal.wordpress.com\n\nAccent Open Mic is a bilingual reading series that takes place at La Marche à Côté\, (5043 St. Denis) on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month. Hosted by Devon Gallant and Luc-Antoine Chiasson\, each night we feature 1 anglophone reader and 1 francophone reader along with an open mic. Sign up for the open mic starts at 7:30\, show starts at 8pm. For more information visit: accentseriesmontreal.wordpress.com or on Facebook: @accentopenmic.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/21092/2019-10-16/
LOCATION:La Marche à côté\, 5043 St-Denis\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2J 2L8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Community Events,Open Mic,Performance,Series
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