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SUMMARY:FourPlay
DESCRIPTION:Let’s Make it a Date… Infinithéâtre wants you to be our special someone this Valentine’s Day! \nAbout this Event \nIn the midst of this cold\, wintery\, solitary season\, Infinithéâtre invites you to snuggle into your sofa\, pour yourself a glass of something divine\, and join us for a seductive evening of song and tantalizing texts by some of Québec’s finest playwrights and musicians. \nFour writers read excerpts from their own plays especially for you. \nFour musicians serenade you with their songs of love. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ \nHosted by the radiant Ellen David. \nFeaturing: \nArthur Holden – – – – – – – reading from Beloved \nMishka Lavigne – – – – – – reading from Albumen \nMichaela Di Cesare – – – – reading from Oppression Remedy \nAlex Poch-Goldin – – – – – reading from The Trial of William Shakespeare \nLive Music featuring: \nJulie Choi – pianist extraordinaire \nJustin Johnson (Just J) – the poetry just rolls off this man’s tongue \nAriel Ridgeway (Faux Chic) – seductively suave singer-songwriter \nPavel Denisov – virtuoso violinist \nLoads of door prizes to give away! \nAnd a Silent Auction officiated by Canada’s longest-serving Prime Minister alongside our esteemed AD Emeritus…to tease and entice you! \nFourPlay Tickets: \n$25 – Cupid \nIncludes:\nAccess to Infinithéâtre’s FourPlay 5 à 7\nTax receipt \n$50 – Nymph \nIncludes:\nAccess to Infinithéâtre’s FourPlay 5 à 7\nValentine’s Card from Infinithéâtre\n10$ discount coupon to a future Infinithéâtre production\nAn attractive Infini love magnet\nTax receipt \n$250 – Aphrodite – Artistic Director’s Special Delivery Valentine’s Gift Pack \nIncludes:\nAccess Infinithéâtre’s FourPlay 5 à 7\nA nice bottle of something special\nChocolates\nA limited-edition Infinithéâtre mug\n10$ discount coupon to a future Infinithéâtre production\nAn attractive Infini love magnet\nTax receipt
URL:https://qwf.org/event/fourplay/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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SUMMARY:Body Tales:  Poetic Moments Past\, Present\, and Future
DESCRIPTION:Our bodies and minds know about resilience – we will use sensory perception and imagination to connect with moments of the exquisite and everyday\, to appreciate things we’ve encountered so far\, and to write glimpses of futures with fortitude. Bring a journal or loose paper. \nseeley quest is a trans disabled writer\, performer\, facilitator\, and environmentalist\, in Montreal since 2017. Working primarily in literary and body-based composition\, and curation\, sie presented in the San Francisco Bay Area 2001-14\, and has toured to Vancouver\, Toronto\, Ottawa\, and many US cities. Hir playscript “Crooked” is in the new McFarland anthology\, At the Intersection of Disability and Drama. Not on social media\, find hir via email at https://questletters.substack.com.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/body-tales-poetic-moments-past-present-and-future/2021-02-16/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210218T153000
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SUMMARY:Body Tales:  Poetic Moments Past\, Present\, and Future
DESCRIPTION:Our bodies and minds know about resilience – we will use sensory perception and imagination to connect with moments of the exquisite and everyday\, to appreciate things we’ve encountered so far\, and to write glimpses of futures with fortitude. Bring a journal or loose paper. \nseeley quest is a trans disabled writer\, performer\, facilitator\, and environmentalist\, in Montreal since 2017. Working primarily in literary and body-based composition\, and curation\, sie presented in the San Francisco Bay Area 2001-14\, and has toured to Vancouver\, Toronto\, Ottawa\, and many US cities. Hir playscript “Crooked” is in the new McFarland anthology\, At the Intersection of Disability and Drama. Not on social media\, find hir via email at https://questletters.substack.com.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/body-tales-poetic-moments-past-present-and-future/2021-02-18/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Launch of Tawhida Tanya Evanson's debut novel Book of Wings
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Véhicule Press in partnership with Librairie Drawn & Quarterly. \nJoin us in celebration of the release of Tawhida Tanya Evanson‘s debut novel BOOK OF WINGS. The event will feature a reading by the author\, a conversation with Kaie Kellough\, questions from viewers\, and a book give-away! \nClick here to purchase the book:\nhttps://bit.ly/3chemsN \n“Tawhida Tanya Evanson’s first novel is a stunning testament to how the grief of heartbreak can bring us back to who we are.” – Starred review in Jan/Mar Quill & Quire by Sheniz Janmohamed \nTawhida Tanya Evanson is an Antiguan-Québecoise poet\, performer and producer. Author of two books of poetry\, Nouveau Griot (Frontenac 2018) and Bothism (Ekstasis 2017)\, Book of Wings is her first work of fiction. With a 20-year practice in spoken word\, she performs internationally and has released several studio albums and videopoems. Evanson is program director of Banff Centre Spoken Word. She has been named Poet of Honour at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word\, and has received the Golden Beret Award for her contribution to the spoken-word genre. Born and based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal\, she moonlights as a whirling dervish.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/launch-of-tawhida-tanya-evansons-debut-novel-book-of-wings/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Young Readers Book Club: When Stars Are Scattered
DESCRIPTION:Join us at la Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly for our Young Readers book club\, hosted by Caleb!\nThis month’s pick is the graphic novel When Stars Are Scattered\, by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed. \nThis is a book club for young readers\, with a median age of 10-12 or fifth\, sixth and sec 1 grades. Younger kids are welcome if the book is appropriate\, but not younger than 8-9\, please. There will be a different book every meeting. The focus is to provide tweens a safe space to learn to discuss and express thoughts and ideas about literature among their peers without parents or teachers. \nWhere and How Can I purchase the book?\nFind the book here: https://bit.ly/392JZUY \nMore info on our webstore here:\nhttp://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/posts/webstore-faq \nWe Ship Canada-wide!\nBy purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support events like this one\, independent publishing and retailing\, our neighborhood\, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. Your support is appreciated.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/young-readers-book-club-when-stars-are-scattered/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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