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1 April 2023





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Montreal Natyanjali dance festival, 8th edition, Sat. March 30, 2024 - FREE

Author: Christina - Published 2024-03-04 21:25 - (107 Reads)
The Montreal Natyanjali dance festival, with a lineup featuring renowned dance troupes and talented solo performers from across Canada and the USA, celebrates the vibrant and diverse world of Indian classical dance. This 8th edition of the festival showcases the evolution of Indian dance while preserving its cultural essence.

MONTREAL NATYANJALI
Saturday, March 30, 2024
Collège Ahuntsic, Espace le vrai monde
9155 Rue St-Hubert, H2M 1Y8
The show is at 2:30pm, doors at 2pm
Admission is FREE - donations gratefully welcome

https://www.facebook.com/MontrealNatyanjali



Looking ahead to Spring 2024 at TMI!

Author: Christina - Published 2024-01-31 14:45 - (56 Reads)
Winter courses are in full swing, and we hope that everyone currently enrolled in a course has had a chance to enjoy some lively discussions!

We have many more learning opportunities in store for the Spring Term, including special short courses with excursions that connect participants to the city.

Take an early look at our Spring programming below. Starting March 11, 2024

https://courses.thomasmore.qc.ca/courses-spring-2024-3/p24-put-a-spring-in-your-step

Our MAILING ADDRESS is:
Thomas More Institute 3405 Atwater Avenue, Montreal, QC, Canada Montreal, QC H3H 1Y2 Canada


Introducing InfiniPRESS, Infinithéâtre's in-house publishing

Author: Christina - Published 2024-01-28 13:15 - (74 Reads)
In an effort to honour our writers and artists, and in an attempt to extend the life and reach of the plays we develop, Infinithéâtre is proud to launch a unique new initiative. InfiniPress will be Infinithéâtre’s in-house publishing press devoted to the publication of select theatrical works developed and produced at Infinithéâtre. For our inaugural selection, we are thrilled to launch infiniPress with the publication of Guy Sprung’s Fight On!

https://www.infinitheatre.com/infinipress

Marco Paolini: A Deep Map by Cristina Perissinotto

Author: Christina - Published 2024-01-18 11:07 - (479 Reads)
Marco Paolini: A Deep Map breaks new ground in the field of Italian political theatre by outlining the unique approach of one of Italy’s most celebrated playwrights, Marco Paolini, whose work has hitherto remained inaccessible to English-speaking audiences.

Author Cristina Perissinotto engages critically with art and politics in Italy specifically but also considers implications and relevance on a global scale.

Read more at: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781683933724/Marco-Paolini-A-Deep-Map

Introducing Artist, Ingrid Style

Author: Christina - Published 2024-01-16 10:44 - (4050 Reads)

Artist, INGRID STYLE


Ingrid Style was born in England and spent her formative years in Brazil before pursuing her art studies at the Ontario College of Art.

Her focus has been the human figure, and her work reflects the magical and whimsical graphic expressions of great English artists such as Aubrey Beardsley, Charles Ricketts and Arthur Rackham. Some of Style's larger works are coloured with a tropical brilliance that recalls Byzantine mosaics and the paintings of Gustave Klimt.

In her drawings, expressive faces and figures emerge from entwined volutes and entanglements suggesting the struggle of birth as well as the search for release from anguish.

Please visit the web site:

http://www.ingridfineart.com


Introducing IN SEARCH OF ENLIGHTENMENT, by J. Galantha

Author: Christina - Published 2024-01-07 08:25 - (800 Reads)
This non-fiction story is about history, politics, Tibetan culture, native astrology and healing, spirituality, local legends and little-known facts.

Published by PALATINA BOOKS
ISBN: 978-0-9953332-0-8
442 pages; Price: $24.99 CAN plus shipping
To order, please contact the Author at palatinabooks at gmail.com

A WORD FROM THE AUTHOR
Life is not exactly predictable, but Fate always takes care of our Destiny. Who would have thought that, one day, I’d leave the Communist paradise behind, travel the World all over and end up not only as a radio broadcaster, but writing books about a Transylvanian folk hero of the 18th Century. I followed his traces in Transylvania, India, the Himalayas, Ladakh and the border region with China. Fate also led me to Sikkim and Tibet proper to investigate, to see how the locals live and what kind of facts I could find about him 200 years later.

Well, you can read all about my great adventure in this corner of the planet: the unexpected physical and spiritual highs. The discovery of the local people's kindness, helpfulness, their culture, history and values, their native healing art and astrology; also their humility and bravery, all rooted in the mists of Time. The investigation resulted in many discoveries about Tibet and enriched my life tremendously on many levels. It could help you, too. Despite the old saying, “Curiosity killed the cat,” a healthy curiosity leads to discoveries, and knowledge is power. Enjoy!

The novel BAGLADY: FREE DOWNLOAD Chapter One

Author: Christina - Published 2024-01-05 08:09 - (46821 Reads)

BAGLADY

Dark Humour with a Light Touch!

Baglady Novel Chapter One.pdf FREE DOWNLOAD
Baglady Novel MEDIA KIT.pdf FREE DOWNLOAD
NOTE: When downloading, retain the helpful BOOKMARKS: Right Click (SAVE AS / SAVE LINK AS / SAVE TARGET AS); then save to your desktop.

BAGLADY: A retrospective romp through the hazardous sixties, austere seventies, bleak eighties, and leaner meaner nineties. Ashley confronts her ‘Snakes & Ladders’ existence with dark humour and ironic detachment. It's a down-at-heel memoir imbued with the desolate ghost-beauty of the city, both ruin — and renaissance-in-waiting.

By Christina Manolescu
Illustrations by Mary Fitzpatrick
Published by Prince Chameleon Press: http://www.princechameleon.com

Short-listed for the Eastside Stories Competition, sponsored by News International, London, UK, 1998. Illustrated novel. ISBN: 1-894967-31-3

Read more about the novel at Prince Chameleon Press

Order BAGLADY NOVEL at AMAZON.COM

THE BAGLADY CHRONICLES

Coming Soon!


BAGLADY-IN-WAITING

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BAGLADY-AT-LARGE

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BAGLADY-IN-FREE-FALL

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LAMB ASTRAY, A memoir by Suzanne Jane Hughes

Author: Christina - Published 2024-01-04 22:11 - (824 Reads)
Between 1870 and the late 1930s more than 100,000 children from orphanages and ‘homes’ in the British Isles were sent to ‘distribution homes’ in Canada where they were indentured as farm hands and servants to families in need of cheap labour. These little immigrants became known as ‘home children’.

Among them was Joseph Henry Hughes.

A wonderful memoir by Suzanne Jane Hughes. Well written, clear, and logically presented along with its fine backdrop of historic events. Replete with authentic letters, vintage photographs and details, carefully researched. It provides a window on this little-known period in Canadian history, as well as preserving the remarkable story of one family from its origins to the present day.



Published by SPECKLED HEN BOOKS
ISBN: 978-1-7774253-0-2
158 Pages. Price: $24.00 CAD.
Contact: speckledhenbooks at gmail.com

FREE DOWNLOADS for Teachers, Parents and Children, from Prince Chameleon Press

Author: Christina - Published 2024-01-03 17:28 - (9462 Reads)
FREE DOWNLOADS
LITERACY RESOURCES for Teachers, Parents and Children (Age 9 plus) for use at home or at school

FREE DOWNLOADS: The FUNLIT SERIES of MILLENNIUM TALES, Interactive Version. Four original fairy tales, featuring illustrated story text, audio story narration, music and sound effects, factual and discussion questions, literacy exercises and skill sheets, reproducible worksheets, answer key, teacher's guide, teacher and student scoresheets, corresponding classroom play script, and more.

DOWNLOAD the complete FUNLIT SERIES, in Interactive PDF format.
WEBSITE: http://princechameleon.com/HomePage

Compliments of Prince Chameleon Press

For more DETAILS & DOWNLOAD LINKS, please click the READ MORE Tab directly below.

Read Quebec Book Fair, Friday, Saturday, 3 - 4 November, 2023

Author: Christina - Published 2023-10-31 16:19 - (181 Reads)
The Read Quebec Book Fair is this week! Join us in the Concordia McConnell Building Atrium on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3-4, 2023 for the eighth instalment of our beloved book fair.

Produced by the Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec in partnership with the Quebec Writers’ Federation, the Fair celebrates the vibrancy of English-language writing, publishing, and translation in Quebec.


Waldensong Saturnalia, a novel by A.D. Morvaye, from Prince Chameleon Press

Author: Christina - Published 2023-10-15 11:16 - (9699 Reads)
WALDENSONG SATURNALIA
Tribute to the Mythic Years
A Novel by A. D. Morvaye
Published by Prince Chameleon Press

Abandoned by her vast chaotic family, a young girl recreates them into legend. The novel is a fusion of memory and imagination, both humorous and dramatic. Shifting between Old Europe and the New World, it features the idiom of London’s East End, blending into the language of poetry and myth.

An excerpt from WALDENSONG SATURNALIA was short-listed for the Eastside Stories Competition, London, U.K.

Announcing: Two Kinds of People, poems by Vincenzo Di Nicola

Author: Christina - Published 2023-07-27 15:24 - (882 Reads)
The book of poems TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE is published by Delere Press, with photo-illustrations by Arsinée Donoyan.

The following is an AFTERWORD commentary, The One Thousand Petals of Mille-Feuille by Stanzi Vaubel.

TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE begins at a crossroads. Faced with two possible paths, what kind of person are you? Choose your direction, left or right, because there are only two kinds of people. At the crossroads, you stand looking around, and as you do, the road begins to abstract itself, the clarity of this duality fading as the two paths fill with different shading, color, the layers becoming visible to you. Yet, you haven’t even taken a step, still frozen, between your two choices. Slowly, the stiffness turns into poise, as your awareness opens outwards, allowing you to take in the poetry of the moment . . .

Copies available from:
https://www.delerepress.com/books/twokindsofpeople

https://www.amazon.com/Two-Kinds-People-Poems-Mile/dp/9811833508/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1R3GFM99SM32F&keywords=vincenzo+di+nicola+two+kinds+of+people&qid=1691552824&s=books&sprefix=vincenzo+di+nicola+%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C145&sr=1-1

Poems by Vincenzo Di Nicola

Author: Christina - Published 2023-07-27 15:16 - (2986 Reads)

Chez Boris

Remembering Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933-2017) … and the borscht at Chez Boris in Montreal's Mile End

“In poetry and literature, I am among those people who believe that too much is indispensable. I, for example, do not like poems that resemble hay compressed into a geometrically perfect cube. I like it when the hay, unkempt, uncombed, with dry berries mixed in it, thrown together gaily and freely, bounces along atop some truck.”

“I write poetry, prose, and everything I do, I do on the principle of Russian borscht. You can throw everything into it — beets, carrots, cabbage, onions, everything you want. What’s important is the result, the taste of the borscht...”


MSOPA Our Annual Barbeque Fundraising Event, Saturday 19 August, 2023

Author: Christina - Published 2023-05-31 20:51 - (297 Reads)
MSOPA Montreal School of Performing Arts
Celebrates 31 Years of Excellence in the Montreal Community With Our Annual Barbeque Fundraising Event.

DATE: Saturday August 19, 2023
TIME: 3 PM to 12 AM
LOCATION: The UNIA Building, 2741 Notre Dame Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3J 1N9
TICKETS: $35. Gen. Admin $20. Senior/Students $10. Child.under 10 yrs
https://msopa.com/calendar/#action=calp_agenda&calp_item_id=97

MSOPA is celebrating 31 years of operation and our team welcomes you to celebrate with us at our annual BBQ fundraiser for our “Acting Out!” projects .Join the festivities, complete with great food prepared by Chef Josa, Owen on the grill, Music provided by DJ Gene King, live entertainment, silent auction, raffles, surprises, and guaranteed fun!

MSOPA “Acting Out!” Projects, we collaborate with culturally diverse schools and various organizations in the community to give at-risk Youths (in the social system, behavioral problems, or mental illness) low-income and/or single-parent families, the opportunity to take acting workshops on full or partial scholarship. These workshops help them build their self-esteem, confidence, develop communication skills, learn to work productively with others and just plain have fun!

Programs like this, along with other youth programs that we offer, receive little to no funding. We thank you for your continued support, which make it possible for MSOPA to remain a valuable and respected part of Montreal’s growing community.

For further information and photos, please contact Josa Maule at: (514) 483-5526 or e-mail us at: info at msopa.com

Thank you again for supporting MSOPA
Josa Maule, Director
https://msopa.com

The 25th Blue Metropolis International Festival, Thursday, April 27 - Sunday, April 30, 2023

Author: Christina - Published 2023-03-17 20:00 - (1202 Reads)
Like beautiful springtime flowers, this April festival nourishes and flourishes and now celebrates 25 years!

Attendees are treated to live interviews, round-table discussions, public readings, debates, masterclasses, readings, and writing workshops. Every year, the Festival is built around several strong themes that bear witness to a keen social awareness and a passion for literature in all its richness, this year's theme is The Future.

Full details at: https://bluemetropolis.org/2023festival

Thomas More Institute, OPEN HOUSE, 7January 2023

Author: Christina - Published 2023-01-04 23:26 - (447 Reads)
Save the date for our Winter Open House on Saturday, the 7th of January from 11:00 to 3:00 p.m.
FREE EVENT: RSVP https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/open-house-i-portes-ouvertes-2023-tickets-489721629577

Come meet the designers of courses you are considering, learn more about the Institute, and bring a friend to learn what we are all about.

Courses begin January 16, 2023.

THOMAS MORE Institute
3405 Avenue Atwater
Montréal, QC H3H 1Y2

Web site:https://thomasmore.qc.ca

Arab World Festival of Montréal, October 29 - November 13, 2022

Author: Christina - Published 2022-10-26 09:45 - (484 Reads)

https://festivalarabe.com/en


Festival du Monde Arabe de Montréal
29 octobre - 13 novembre 2022

De retour pour une 23e édition!


La 23e édition du FMA, tenue sous le thème Corporel, quand la chair dicte le récit, met en valeur des artistes, cinéastes et penseurs de tous horizons. Découvrez une quarantaine de spectacles, débats, conférences,films, ateliers ainsi qu'une série de spectacles gratuits dans plusieurs lieux de Montréal !

Pour découvrir toute la programmation des Arts de la Scène, de l'Espace Aleph, du Salon de la Culture et du Cinéma, visitez: https://festivalarabe.com


Holiday Book Fair, Concordia U. Atrium, 4th–5th November 2022

Author: Christina - Published 2022-10-07 17:24 - (528 Reads)
The Association of English Language Publishers of Quebec (AELAQ) is pleased to return to the Concordia McConnell Atrium and 4th Space for our Holiday Book Fair. The fair will take place on November 4–5th, 2022, from 11 to 6 pm, with events beginning on November 2nd

CINEMANIA, Montreal, Screenings 2-13 November 2022

Author: Christina - Published 2022-09-16 18:08 - (519 Reads)

FESTIVAL DE FILMS FRANCOPHONES



In keeping with tradition, CINEMANIA will premiere highly anticipated francophone films that have stood out in international festivals, including the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival.

https://festivalcinemania.com/en


Thomas More Institute, Fall Courses, 2022-2023

Author: Christina - Published 2022-09-15 17:09 - (904 Reads)
Course offerings for the Fall 2022 term include selections in Art History, Classics, History, Literature, Music, Social Sciences, and Writing.

Courses may take place in person, on Zoom, or in a hybrid format where participants can choose whether to participate in person or on Zoom for the same course. The location listings on this page will remain up-to-date.

https://courses.thomasmore.qc.ca

Questions? Give us a call at (514) 935-9585 or email us at info at thomasmore.qc.ca

LOCATION: 3405 Atwater Avenue (Atwater Metro)

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