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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/2021-04-04/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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ORGANIZER;CN="Imago Theatre":MAILTO:dannarae@imagotheatre.ca
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SUMMARY:Penning the Pandemic -- Atwater Library Lunchtime Series
DESCRIPTION:In advance of the book’s launch at the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival\, local writers present short pieces from Chronicling the Days\, the Quebec Writers’ Federation’s collection on life under the pandemic. Featuring Angela Leuck\, Carolyn Marie Souaid\, Greg Santos\, Joe Bongiorno\, and Nisha Coleman in conversation with Crystal Chan.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/penning-the-pandemic-atwater-library-lunchtime-series/
LOCATION:Zoom\, https://bit.ly/35akIGi
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,QWF Events
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SUMMARY:Argo Zoom Reading Series: Verse\, Prose & Song
DESCRIPTION:Argo Zoom Reading Series: Verse\, Prose & Song \nThursday April 8\, 2021     ||     7 PM to 9 PM    ||    Free \n  \nHosted by Adele-Elise Prevost & Moti Lieberman (514.931.3442) \nCurator Ilona Martonfi (ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca) \n  \nFeaturing: \nDevon Gallant is the author of four poetry collections including S(tars) & M(agnets) which bill bissett called ‘a mirakul uv a book.’\n\nSusan Elmslie’s prize-winning poetry includes Museum of Kindness (Brick 2017) and I\, Nadja\, and Other Poems (Brick 2006). www.susan.elmslie.org\n\nIlona Martonfi is an editor\, poet\, curator & activist\, her most recent poetry book is Salt Bride (Inanna\, 2019). Forthcoming\, The Tempest (Inanna\, 2022).\n\nZsolt Alapi is an editor and publisher whose latest publication is his novel from DC Books\, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus.\n\nMichael Reinhart is a visual artist & musician\, with 5 albums\, numerous dance\, theatre & film scores to his credit since the early ‘80s.\n\nLady Rojas Benavente\, the author of Water Star (2017)\, is the president of the Canadian literary criticism of Hispanic American women writers.\n\nWillow Loveday Little is a writer and editor whose work appears in places like The Dalhousie Review\, On Spec\, and yolk.\n\nMatthew Rettino‘s poetry has recently appeared in Lantern Magazine‘s Dream issue this past January.\n\nTommy Schnurmacher is a broadcaster\, author\, humorist\, and raconteur. Main regret? Not having worked as performance artist.\n  \n  \nArgo Bookshop 1915 Ste. Catherine St. West \nhttps://www.argobookshop.ca/ \n  \nFacebook Link: https://fb.me/e/icTIhbewx \n  \nPlease email events@argobookshop.ca for the Zoom link
URL:https://qwf.org/event/argo-zoom-reading-series-verse-prose-song-6/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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SUMMARY:Café Québec - Je me souviens
DESCRIPTION:Four poets from Canada share their journey between the Two Solitudes (Endre Farkas\, Hélène Dorion\, Carolyn Marie Souaid\, and Alain Cuerrier) as part of the 5th edition of the Sierra Poetry Festival. \nSierra Poetry Festival is an international festival marking National Poetry Month from the rolling foothills of California’s Gold Country to the rugged High Sierra\, bringing a rich literary community together to celebrate the spoken word. This year\, (themed “Re-membering” ) the virtual festival features some of the most exciting poets\, musicians\, literary critics\, and presenters from across the world for an interdisciplinary experience that engages audiences globally. All events\, including workshops\, are FREE\, but REGISTRATION is required. Visit sierrapoetryfestival.org for details.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/cafe-quebec-je-me-souviens/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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