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SUMMARY:The Violet Hour
DESCRIPTION:An evening of short readings by LGBTQ writers (en français et en anglais).\nWith / Avec: andrea bennett\, Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch\, Mathieu Leroux\, and/et Pierre Samson\nHosted by Christopher DiRaddo\nPrésenté par Blue Metropolis et Glad Day Bookshop.\n\nAdd us on ZOOM: https://zoom.us/my/gladday\nMeeting ID: 619-763-5308\nPassword: 1970\n\nAbout the writers /// À propos des écrivain.e.s\n\nandrea bennett is a National Magazine Award–winning writer and editor and the author of the essay collection Like a Boy but Not a Boy: Navigating Life\, Mental Health\, and Parenthood Outside the Gender Binary (Arsenal Pulp Press)\, a CBC Books’ pick for the top Canadian nonfiction of the year in 2020.\n\nEli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch is a queer Arab poet living in Tio’tia:ke\, unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory. Their work has appeared in The Best Canadian Poetry 2018 anthology\, GUTS\, Carte Blanche\, the Shade Journal\, The New Quarterly\, Arc Poetry Magazine\, and elsewhere. They were longlisted for the CBC poetry prize in 2019. You can find them on Instagram and Twitter @theonlyelitareq. Their book\, knot body\, was published by Metatron Press in September 2020\, and their upcoming book\, The Good Arabs\, will be published by Metonymy Press in 2021.\n\nAuteur\, comédien/danseur\, metteur en scène et dramaturge en danse\, Mathieu Leroux est diplômé de l’École supérieure de théâtre de l’UQAM (profil interprétation). Il est détenteur d’une maîtrise en littérature française (Université de Montréal\, 2011). On lui doit plusieurs publications\, notamment Dans la cage\, son premier roman (Héliotrope\, 2013)\, la suite\, Avec un poignard (Héliotrope\, 2020)\, Quelque chose en moi choisit le coup de poing (La Mèche\, 2016) — un ouvrage rassemblant un essai sur la performance de soi et du théâtre autobiographique —\, en plus de quelques traductions de romans graphiques à La Pastèque. Il est directeur littéraire de la collection théâtre à L’instant même\, en plus d’être l’un des mentors (dramaturgie) de Danse à la carte.\n\nAvant d’être romancier\, Pierre Samson a été banquier\, chauffeur\, barman puis recherchiste et scripteur à la télévision. Et lecteur insatiable. Il s’exile en 1995 à Toronto pour écrire en toute paix son premier roman\, Le Messie de Belém\, remarqué par la critique. De retour à Montréal\, sa ville natale\, il publie son second roman\, Un garçon de compagnie\, en lice pour le Prix du Gouverneur général du Canada en 1998. En 2000\, il a reçu le Prix de l’Académie pour Il était une fois une ville\, également finaliste au Prix du Gouverneur général. Avec l’aide de Richard Blaimert\, il écrit la série télévisée Cover-Girl\, diffusée à Radio-Canada. En 2008\, le Prix littéraire des collégiens lui a été décerné pour son roman Catastrophes. En 2009\, il publie Arabesques et\, en 2013\, La Maison des pluies\, Grand Prix du livre de Montréal. Son roman Le mammouth (2019) figure parmi les finalistes du Prix des libraires\, du Grand Prix du livre de Montréal et du Prix littéraire des collégiens 2021\, en plus de remporter le Prix J. I. Segal remis au meilleur ouvrage québécois traitant d’un thème juif.\n\n///\n\nAbout the host: Christopher DiRaddo is the author of The Family Way and The Geography of Pluto. For more information\, visit www.christopherdiraddo.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-violet-hour-2/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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SUMMARY:Thrive through Poetry featuring Kyla Jamieson
DESCRIPTION:Thrive & Mcsway’s performance and open mic session aims to bring a space of healing through readings\, sharing\, and writing prompts \nPlease join us at 8 PM EST this April 1st for a great opportunity to listen to Kyla Jamieson’s work and ask some questions as well\nsee you there. Please RSVP using this link – https://forms.gle/3EjNhGwdcr1Uuhyz6
URL:https://qwf.org/event/thrive-through-poetry-featuring-kyla-jamieson/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Open Mic,Performance
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mcsway Poetry Collective":MAILTO:mcswayclub@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Tuning In
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented with the MAI\, Tuning In is a commissioned series of three new\, short audio plays penned by women playwrights from across Canada. Tuning In tackles issues of denial\, fear and care. Three Canadian women playwrights explore the perspectives that reflect our personal realities and also the truths that bind us together. The series invites us to question the human experience and how society shapes us. \nTUNING IN’S PLAYWRIGHTS\nYVETTE NOLAN\n\n\nOn the subject of DENIAL \nLÂCHE PAS LA PATATE\nTwo siblings meet to figure out what to do with their father’s ashes. What they remember about their childhoods shocks them. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith Jimmy Blais\, Evan Stepanian (foley)\, Heather White \nCreative Team: Joseph Browne (sound engineer)\, Silvia Cloutier (direction)\, Fatma Sarah Elkashef (direction)\, Danna-Rae Evasiuk (technical director)\, Kathleen Flaherty (dramaturgy)\, Evan Stepanian (sound design) \n\n\n  \n\n\n\nAUDREY DWYER\n\n\nOn the subject of FEAR \nTHE RINGTONE\nDana wakes up with a hangover and on someone else’s porch. As she attempts to collect pieces of the night before\, she explores her mind\, the structures that be and her connection to the finer things in life – high end organic grocery shopping. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith Lucinda Davis\, Brian Dooley\, Warona Setshwaelo\, Evan Stepanian (foley) \nCreative team: Joseph Browne (sound engineer)\, Lydie Dubuisson (direction)\, Danna-Rae Evasiuk (technical director)\, Kathleen Flaherty (dramaturgy)\, Evan Stepanian (sound design)\, Emma Tibaldo (direction) \n  \n\n\n\n\nAMY LEE LAVOIE\n\n\nOn the subject of CARE \nSCOUT’S HONOUR\nA couple weighs the difficult decision of putting their beloved rescue dog down or draining the last of their savings into a Hail Mary chance of healing him. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith Danny Brochu\, Julie Tamiko Manning\, Anne-Marie Saheb\, Evan Stepanian (foley) \nCreative team: Joseph Browne (sound engineer)\, Micheline Chevrier (direction)\, Danna-Rae Evasiuk (technical director)\, Kathleen Flaherty (dramaturgy)\, Evan Stepanian (sound design)\, Alessandra Tom (direction) \n\n\n\n\nHOW TO TUNE IN\nSHOWTIMES\nApril 2 at 7:30pm\nApril 3 at 7:30pm\nApril 4 at 7:30pm \nTuning In is livestreamed every night\, just tune in!\nThis event is Donate-What-You-Decide\, with all proceeds going directly to The Open Door. \nAccess to the livestream coming soon!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/tuning-in/2021-04-02/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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ORGANIZER;CN="Imago Theatre":MAILTO:dannarae@imagotheatre.ca
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SUMMARY:Tuning In
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented with the MAI\, Tuning In is a commissioned series of three new\, short audio plays penned by women playwrights from across Canada. Tuning In tackles issues of denial\, fear and care. Three Canadian women playwrights explore the perspectives that reflect our personal realities and also the truths that bind us together. The series invites us to question the human experience and how society shapes us. \nTUNING IN’S PLAYWRIGHTS\nYVETTE NOLAN\n\n\nOn the subject of DENIAL \nLÂCHE PAS LA PATATE\nTwo siblings meet to figure out what to do with their father’s ashes. What they remember about their childhoods shocks them. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith Jimmy Blais\, Evan Stepanian (foley)\, Heather White \nCreative Team: Joseph Browne (sound engineer)\, Silvia Cloutier (direction)\, Fatma Sarah Elkashef (direction)\, Danna-Rae Evasiuk (technical director)\, Kathleen Flaherty (dramaturgy)\, Evan Stepanian (sound design) \n\n\n  \n\n\n\nAUDREY DWYER\n\n\nOn the subject of FEAR \nTHE RINGTONE\nDana wakes up with a hangover and on someone else’s porch. As she attempts to collect pieces of the night before\, she explores her mind\, the structures that be and her connection to the finer things in life – high end organic grocery shopping. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith Lucinda Davis\, Brian Dooley\, Warona Setshwaelo\, Evan Stepanian (foley) \nCreative team: Joseph Browne (sound engineer)\, Lydie Dubuisson (direction)\, Danna-Rae Evasiuk (technical director)\, Kathleen Flaherty (dramaturgy)\, Evan Stepanian (sound design)\, Emma Tibaldo (direction) \n  \n\n\n\n\nAMY LEE LAVOIE\n\n\nOn the subject of CARE \nSCOUT’S HONOUR\nA couple weighs the difficult decision of putting their beloved rescue dog down or draining the last of their savings into a Hail Mary chance of healing him. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith Danny Brochu\, Julie Tamiko Manning\, Anne-Marie Saheb\, Evan Stepanian (foley) \nCreative team: Joseph Browne (sound engineer)\, Micheline Chevrier (direction)\, Danna-Rae Evasiuk (technical director)\, Kathleen Flaherty (dramaturgy)\, Evan Stepanian (sound design)\, Alessandra Tom (direction) \n\n\n\n\nHOW TO TUNE IN\nSHOWTIMES\nApril 2 at 7:30pm\nApril 3 at 7:30pm\nApril 4 at 7:30pm \nTuning In is livestreamed every night\, just tune in!\nThis event is Donate-What-You-Decide\, with all proceeds going directly to The Open Door. \nAccess to the livestream coming soon!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/tuning-in/2021-04-03/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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ORGANIZER;CN="Imago Theatre":MAILTO:dannarae@imagotheatre.ca
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