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SUMMARY:OPEN MIC AGAINST GENTRIFICATION
DESCRIPTION:Parc Extension & Us is a series of poetry\, storytelling\, creative writing and performance workshops for residents of Parc Extension of all ages\, and of all levels of experience. You can drop-in any of the workshops\, or attend all of them! \nIn this workshop series\, we will be looking at some basics of storytelling\, poetry and different forms of creative writing. We will specifically workshop ways to tell stories about ourselves\, stories about our notions and understandings of home\, and stories about our neighbourhood\, Parc Extension. \nNO PRIOR EXPERIENCE is necessary to participate in these workshops! These workshops are intended to be fun\, interactive\, a space for exploring the power of stories\, and there will be both individual and group exercises. \n— The workshops will be facilitated in English and in French\, but participants are free to create in any language they wish. \n— There will be food provided at each of the workshops \n— No prior experience necessary \n— There will be an opportunity for any participants who wish to perform their poetry in public to do at an open mic on Sunday\, July 21. \nTHE WORKSHOPS ARE FREE
URL:https://qwf.org/event/open-mic-against-gentrification/
LOCATION:Place de la Gare Jean Talon
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Open Mic,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Breathing Space/Reprendre Son Souffle
DESCRIPTION:Breathing Space is a summer evening series for short readings and performances in any language. In-progress\, experimental\, or unfinished work is welcome\, new collaborative work is enthusiastically encouraged\, trying things out is invited. What we hope is to create room to be unsure and that be okay. \nThere will be a mix of scheduled readers\, and six sign-up spots available on the day. Readings will be approximately 5 minutes. \n// \nReprendre son souffle est une série de lectures et de performances qui a lieu durant l’été. Qu’elle que soit la langue\, les créations en chantier ou en cours d’écriture sont les bienvenues. Et les collaborations inédites sont vivement encouragées. On veut créer un espace où il est permis d’essayer des choses\, où l’incertitude et le risque ont leur place. \nIl y aura un mélange de poètes invité.e.s et d’inscriptions le jour même. Les lectures dureront environ 5 minutes. \nVenez avec des ami.e.s pour participer\, écouter\, faire des rencontres. On a hâte! \n//
URL:https://qwf.org/event/breathing-space-reprendre-son-souffle-3/
LOCATION:Le Depanneur Cafe\, 206 Rue Bernard O\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 2K4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Community Events,Open Mic,Performance
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SUMMARY:Kathleen Winter - Book Club with the Author
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the latest iteration of our Book Club with the Author\, where a local Montreal author joins us to discuss their book! This time\, we’ll be discussing Lost in September by author Kathleen Winter. As with all our book clubs\, we recommend reading the book in advance\, but you are welcome to attend as long as you are all right with spoilers. \nAbout the author:\nKathleen Winter’s debut story collection\, boYs (Biblioasis)\, won the 2006 Metcalf Rooke award. Her 2010 novel\, Annabel (Anansi)\, won the Thomas Head Raddall Award and was a finalist for Canada’s Giller\, Writers’ Trust and Governor General’s literary prizes. Her Arctic memoir\, Boundless\, was a finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust\, RBC Taylor Prize\, and QWF Mavis Gallant non fiction awards. Lost in September\, her 2017 novel based on letters written by General James Wolfe to his mother\, was shortlisted for The Hugh MacLennan and Governor General’s literary awards. Winter lives in Montreal. \nAbout the book:\nEnter the world of Jimmy–a tall\, red-haired\, homeless thirty-something ex-soldier\, battered by PTSD–as he camps out on the streets of modern-day Montreal\, trying to remember and reclaim his youth. While his past is something of an enigma\, even to himself\, the young man bears a striking resemblance to General James Wolfe\, “Conqueror of Canada” and “Hero of Quebec\,” who died on the Plains of Abraham in 1759.\nAs a young soldier in his twenties\, the historical James Wolfe (1727-1759) was granted a short and much longed-for leave to travel to Paris to study poetry\, music and dance–three of his passions. But in that very year\, 1752\, the British Empire abandoned the Julian calendar for the Gregorian\, and every citizen of England lost eleven days: September 2 was followed by September 14. These lost eleven days happened to occur during the period that Wolfe had been granted for his leave. Despondent and bitter\, he never got the chance to explore his artistic bent\, and seven short years later\, on the anniversary of this foreshortened leave\, he died on the Plains of Abraham.\nNow\, James is getting his eleven days back . . . but instead of the salons of 18th century Paris\, he’s wandering the streets of present-day Montreal and Quebec City\, not as “the Hero of Quebec” but as a damaged war veteran wracked with anguish. Much like George Saunders in Lincoln in the Bardo\, award-winning author Kathleen Winter takes a brief\, intensely personal incident in the life of a famous historical figure\, and using her incomparable gifts as a fiction writer\, powerfully reimagines him. Here is a wrenching\, unforgettable portrait–like none you have ever seen or read–of one of the most well-known figures in Canadian history.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/kathleen-winter-book-club-with-the-author/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1915 Ste. Catherine Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec H3H 1M3\, Montreal\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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SUMMARY:Unravelling in Rhymes: Poetic Intuition
DESCRIPTION:Unravelling in Rhymes is a FREE creative writing workshop where we invite people of colour who identify as women\, trans\, gender nonconforming\, 2-spirit and non-binary\, ages 17-30 years old\, to come together in a safe(r)\, non-judgmental and supportive space and share an afternoon of writing and sharing. \nIn past workshops we have found that this space is more one of healing\, sharing our stories (sometimes for the first time)\, and connecting with other people of colour and creating community\, more than it is about the writing we create. \nFree! Refreshments provided. \nPlease register for this workshop by providing a name and contact on the link below (Spaces are limited):\nhttps://forms.gle/nQhRKtwZ8pp74bJE9 \nFacilitator: Kat Louis\nKat Louis is a young writer\, poet\, spoken word performer and singer in Montreal. She’s currently pursuing a career as a therapist to work on healing immigrants and QTBIPOC fems from intergenerational trauma using community-based group therapy\, drama therapy with storytelling and cognitive behavioural therapy to restore the mental health of these populations.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/unravelling-in-rhymes-poetic-intuition/
LOCATION:5165 Sherbrooke St. W. #300\, 5165 Sherbrooke St. W\, #300\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4A1T5\, Canada
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