Welcome to the 2021 Holiday Book Fair, celebrating English-language writing, publishing, and translation in Quebec. With a lively mix of in-person and online events featuring authors and translators and their exciting new work, we look forward to welcoming audiences virtually and in person.

https://readquebec.ca

Salon du Livre: 25 -28 November 2021

https://readquebec.ca/event/get-lit-2021

LIFE... AS A SONG

ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE, OCTOBER 21, 2021

The period between the 1960s and the 1980s literally revolutionized the Quebec and Canadian musical landscape. The unforgettable songs of artists such as Joni Mitchell, Paul Piché, Michel Rivard and countless others are now written into our cultural DNA, and many of them even reached international heights. Fifty years later, Blue Metropolis invited contemporary francophone and anglophone authors to write an original poem inspired by one of these ten songs. The result? La vie… comme dans les chansons – Life… as a Song, a performance that pays tribute to this golden era of music. Hosted by Sylvain Massé, the performance will be made possible be the financial support of Canadian Heritage. It will be presented on October 21, 2021, at 8 p.m. at Cabaret Lion d’Or, without an in-person audience, and broadcast live online on our various platforms.

LA VIE... COMME DANS LES CHANSONS

SPECTACLE INÉDIT LE 21 OCTOBRE, 2021

Les décennies 1960-1980 ont littéralement révolutionné le monde de la musique québécoise et canadienne. Les chansons inoubliables d’artistes tels que Joni Mitchell, Paul Piché, Michel Rivard et de nombreux autres sont dorénavant inscrites dans notre ADN culturel, et plusieurs de ces chansons ont en outre connu un retentissement international. Plus de cinquante ans après, Metropolis bleu a invité des poètes contemporains, francophones et anglophones, à écrire un poème inédit inspiré par dix de ces chansons. Le résultat? Le spectacle La vie… comme dans les chansons – Life… as a Song, qui rend hommage à cet âge d’or de la musique. Animé par Sylvain Massé, le spectacle sera présenté le 21 octobre 2021, à 20 h, au Cabaret Lion d’Or, sans la présence du public, et diffusé en simultané sur nos différentes plateformes.

https://bluemetropolis.org/songs

https://festivalarabe.com/en

Festival du Monde Arabe

1380, rue Poncet
Montréal, QC H3M 3A4
CANADA

Tel: 514 747-0000

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Spanish English Book Catalogue

catalogo_derechos_2021.pdf

A Quebec-based Artist Collective:

https://routeartsrichelieu.com/carte-interactive

Guernica Editions, Toronto, 2019

Set in the turmoil of newly-post apartheid South Africa, Arianna Dagnino’s novel, The Afrikaner, (Guernica Editions) is the story of Zoe Du Plessis (33), a woman scientist of Afrikaner descent. A personal tragedy leads Zoe to face her family’s dark secret while she is struggling with the self-reproach for her country’s shameful past. A scientific expedition into the hot plains of the Kalahari Desert sets Zoe on a path of atonement and self-discovery that will allow her to reclaim her identity and meet some memorable characters along the way – among them, a troubled writer, a Bushman shaman and a Border War veteran.

The book is inspired by the five years (1996-2000) the author spent in South Africa working as an international reporter for the Italian press and is currently adapted to screen by the author in collaboration with Dr. Ernst Mathijs, Head of the Centre for Cinema and Film Studies at the University of British Columbia.

https://www.ariannadagnino.com/books

Website:

https://www.dantesocietybc.ca/cultural-events

CHECK OUT THEIR OTHER CULTURAL EVENTS

Past Event:

Blessed or Damned?

Italian recipes with a Dantesque twist

To celebrate the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri!s death, the Dante Alighieri Society of BC presents Italian Chef Claudia Fraschini, who will launch her book of Italian recipes inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy titled Beata o Dannata? La Divina Commedia è servita (Trenta Editore, Milan)

SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 2021

Online in English via Zoom at 12:00 noon PST

Online event: Blessed or damned.pdf

Illustrations, portraiture by freelance artist, Maryia Kapitsa

The PSC YOUTH THEATRE presents two plays….

On Saturday, June 1st, 2019 at 2pm, the Senior Youth actors presents

NURSERY CRIMES

And, then next Saturday June 8th 2019 at 2pm, the Junior Youth actors present:

DID THE BUTLER DO IT?

Both plays take place at The Old Bank at 1900 Wellington Street in Point St.Charles. The cost is a Donation (suggested donation of $ 10.00). If you require additional information, please email: info@psccommunity.com

The PSC Community Theatre is a volunteer non-profit group dedicated to bringing live Theatre to the Point and to have fun doing it! We also support a Youth Theatre program in co-operation with the Point St. Charles YMCA. For any details about our Theatre please visit our site at http://www.psccommunity.com

Work Your Way to

WISTA’s “9 to 5” this June!

The 1980s film turned Broadway hit wraps up WISTA’s 12th season

Montreal theatre fans, take a memo: WISTA’s upcoming production, 9 to 5 The Musical is headed to the West Island.

The show will run for 6 performances from June 7, 8, 13, 14 and 15 at 7:30 PM, as well as June 15 at 1:30 PM at the Louise Chalmers Theatre (501 Boulevard St. Jeans, Pointe-Claire, QC).

Based on the hit 1980s movie starring Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton, 9 to 5 The Musical tells the story of three female coworkers pushed to their boiling point by their sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical boss. After an evening of fantasizing how they’d each take him down, friendships are made, coffees are poisoned, and barriers are broken when the three women find themselves holding their boss captive, giving them the power to change their workplace for the better.

9 to 5 Teaser: https://youtu.be/SLeJ670q2KA
9 to 5 Teaser: https://youtu.be/SLeJ670q2KA

You are cordially invited to

LAKESHORE PLAYERS PRESENTS:

2019 Play Reading Festival

Sunday 28 April 2019
Time: 7:00 PM
SARTO-DESNOYERS COMMUNITY CENTRE
Salon A. 1335 Lakeshore Drive, Dorval, Quebec

Original works will be presented including LAST OF THE LEAVES by Len Richman, directed by Donna Byrne (The Miracle Worker, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest recently)

Admission is Free (donation basket)—no Reservations Required—plenty of Parking space

The Addams Family Tangos to Montreal this June!

WISTA's 10th book musical promises to be anything but "normal"

Three-time META Award nominee WISTA is pleased to announce its tenth full book musical production, The Addams Family, A New Musical Comedy. This production will run for 6 performances on June 8, 9, 14, 15 and 16 at 7:30 PM, as well as June 9 at 1:30 PM at Riverdale High School (5060 Boulevard des Sources, Pierrefonds, QC).

WISTA introduces Montrealers to the Addams Family as they’ve never seen them before; with songs that are eerily catchy and dances that are “to die for”, all with the familiar Addams flair for the dark. A cast of 26 young and talented performers deliver a show that will be dreadfully entertaining.