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"Rumors" by Neil Simon, Point St. Charles Community Theatre, Nov 7-16, 2008

Author: Christina - Published 2008-11-08 20:05 - (2611 Reads)
The Point St. Charles Community Theatre
Presents
Neil Simon's outrageous comedy

"Rumors"

Nov.7, 8, 9 13,14,15,16,
All performances at 8h.00PM except Sunday matinees at 2h
Place: 1900 Wellington
(the beautiful “Old Bank” building)
Four couples have been invited to celebrate the tenth wedding anniversary of their best friends Charley and Myra Brock. The friends arrive to discover a "possible" attempted suicide and a missing hostess. Hilarity reigns as the guests try to uncover the truth. The local police arrive to try in vain to sort it out. The end result is the wackiest anniversary party you'll ever be invited to!!

Come Join Us!
Please reserve at http://www.psccommunity.com
http://www.psccommunity.com/Rumors/tickets.html
Space is limited, no tickets at the door.

The Tree of Life, published by Pulse Editions

Author: Christina - Published 2008-11-05 19:49 - (2258 Reads)
This book is intended for those who, in these difficult times, question the very meaning of existence and the troubling events of our era, without reaching a satisfactory conclusion. September 11, 2001 was the opening salvo of a series of events, destined to usher in a global system that will provide solutions to the myriad problems affecting mankind. After providing a fleeting respite, however, it will go on to inflict horrendous evil.

In the aftermath of a catastrophe, it is beneficial for a nation’s people to recite the twenty-third Psalm; yet it is far preferable that they should live in such fashion that these catastrophes do not occur. God did not refrain from saving a handful of souls during the destruction of Sodom. However, His Son has said that, unless we change our hearts, we will perish like the people of the Galilee (Luc 13, verses 1 to 5).

http://www.mihaiilin.com

The Little Prince, presented by Geordie Productions, till December 7, 2008

Author: Christina - Published 2008-11-01 22:25 - (2925 Reads)
TICKETS:
http://www.geordie.ca/shows-littleprince.html
Recommended for children ages 5 & up and adults of all ages

The little things get the big treatment in Geordie's stage adaptation of a well-loved and timeless classic. Away from the house-sized asteroid which he calls home, the Little Prince recounts the stories of characters he met on planets all over the universe in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's tale of the follies of mankind and the simple truths that people seem to forget as they grow older. "It is only with the heart that one can see clearly; what is essential is invisible to the eye" - The Fox, in The Little Prince

Take the NANOWRIMO challenge! National Novel Writing Month!

Author: Christina - Published 2008-10-29 09:02 - (2081 Reads)
Nanowrimo is NAtional NOvel WRIting MOnth, the challenge to write a first draft of a 50,000 word novel in the month of November. It's possible to do even if you have a full-time job, but it is not easy. There's an informal group of Montreal-area nanowrimo-ers getting together once a week during October and November to talk problems out, assist and encourage one another, commiserate, and have fun. Currently we are meeting on Wednesday evenings at about 7PM in the Second Cup in Central Station.

For more information, visit: http://www.nanowrimo.org
For information about local events, follow the links from that site to forums, then to regional lounges, and finally to Canada, Quebec, Montreal. Or just show up at one of our weekly meets. Some participants like to plan their novels in advance. Others find it works better to have no preconceptions at all about what their novels are to be and start cold on November 1. There are no fees, no age limits, and no formal requirements to participate. You just need the willingness to try.

hendrik at topoi.pooq.com

JOHN & BÉATRICE, Bain St-Michel, October 14 – November 9, 2008

Author: Christina - Published 2008-10-22 19:06 - (2480 Reads)
Infinithéâtre Opens 2008 – 09 Season with
Montréal English Language Première of

JOHN & BÉATRICE

By Carole Fréchette
Translated by John Murrell
Directed by Guy Sprung
October 14 – November 9, 2008

Infinithéâtre’s highlights another Québecois writer, introducing Anglophones to the award-winning Carole Fréchettte in the Montréal English language première of John and Béatrice at the Bain St-Michel, running from October 16 through November 9. Love, that little, four-letter word, mysterious and elusive, evoking a myriad of complex and confusing emotions, with as many definitions as there are people. We want it, crave it, seek it yet also shun it, hide from it or run as far from it as possible. With a season focussing on three themes, Love, Hope and Faith, Infinitheatre’s production of John & Béatrice will be taking a look at love from an unusual vantage: a vacant room on the 33rd floor of a city skyscraper!

"Well-to-do young heiress, intelligent and perceptive, who has never loved anyone is seeking a man who will interest, move and seduce her. Substantial reward offered."


http://www.infinitheatre.com/play1/play1.html

Désinstallations du voile, Exposition: 21 octobre - 23 novembre, 2008

Author: Christina - Published 2008-10-22 19:05 - (2279 Reads)

Collectif 1001 Plateaux

Maison de la Culture, Côte-des-Neiges
Vernissage: 23 octobre, 2008, 17H - 19H
Exposition: 21 octobre - 23 novembre, 2008
5290, chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges, Metro Côte des Neiges
For more information
Telephone: 514-872-6889

Lion in the Streets, by Tableau d'Hôte Theatre, Oct. 22 to November 2, 2008

Author: Christina - Published 2008-10-22 13:07 - (3525 Reads)

LION IN THE STREETS

by Judith Thompson
OCT. 22– NOV. 2, 2008
AT MAINLINE THEATRE
(3997 ST-LAURENT)
WEDNESDAY TO SATURDAY AT 8 P.M.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY MATINEE AT 2 P.M.
INFO/TICKETS: (514) 848-9696,
OR TICKETS at TABLEAUDHOTETHEATRE.COM

In a word – BRAVE! – this is one persistent adjective that comes to mind when reflecting on Tableau d’Hôte’s current stage production, terminating this weekend at Mainline Theatre on ‘the Main.’ Lion in the Streets, by Canadian playwright, Judith Thompson, is a raw, gritty, spiraling downward journey. It begins with the recollection of a 17-year-old ‘crime’ and ends, full circle, with some weird act of ‘forgiveness’, perhaps also of atonement. The dramatic narrative digs deep into secret-dread history; on route, it excavates the darkest places of the soul...

http://www.tableaudhotetheatre.com

Theatre Review by Christina Manolescu

National Best Book Award for 2008, awarded to Wang-Ching Liu, Marie-France Fay

Author: Christina - Published 2008-10-22 09:44 - (2507 Reads)
"Travel to China with my pocket book : speak Mandarin right away, by Wang-Ching Liu and Marie-France Fay, is the WINNER of the "National Best Book Award in 2008" in category Language Guide" (USA BOOK NEWS).


Visit:
http://www.nan-pat-vic-publishing.com
On the publisher's web site, CLICK on the books for more details. Click on the photo to see Wang-Ching Liu teaching Chinese on Youtube.

Contact:
liuw at videotron.ca

Shola Doummar, Montreal artist and performer

Author: Christina - Published 2008-10-18 13:21 - (2705 Reads)
Shola Doummar's CD: LIBERTÀ is a great favourite: Spiritual, melodic, meditative and soothing. I was lucky enough to get my copy the day Shola performed at the ICN Conference, held at FACE, in 2005. LIBERTÀ has become a permanent fixture in my computer disk drive, a guaranteed tonic against - you guessed it - stress.

To find out more about Shola Doummar and her music, visit:

Photography by Cynthia Barmish

Christina Manolescu, Invisible Cities Network

Spectacle LIBERTÀ: avec Shola Doummar, dimanche le 19 octobre, 2008

Author: Christina - Published 2008-10-18 13:20 - (4412 Reads)
L’Association M.A.V.A. - La Marche à l’amour, à la vie et à l’amitié en collaboration avec le Centre culturel Leonardo da Vinci vous convie à la fiesta italienne dimanche le 19 octobre à 19h30 au Centre culturel Leonardo da Vinci situé à l’adresse 8350-8370 boul. Lacordaire.


Spectacle de commedia dell’arte drôle et pétillant suivi du concert qui vous introduira dans un univers personnel où se côtoient mélodieusement humour et poésie. Première d’un spectacle inédit, avec LINA MAIORANO, une show girl incroyable en première partie et en deuxième partie le quintette LIBERTÀ qui a réuni des artistes provenant des milieux musicaux différents, tels que classique, rock, mystique ou musique du monde : SHOLA (voix, guitare et tambour indien) CLAUDIE GAGNON (flûte) ÉRIC THÉ (guitare, cavaquinho, percussions et arrangements musicaux), JACQUES FIORE (accordéon et percussions) et RICHARD WYCE (violoncelle).

Writers Write, Thursday evening, October 23, 2008.

Author: Christina - Published 2008-10-12 12:20 - (2448 Reads)
You are cordially invited to an evening of readings at the Beaconsfield Library Thursday evening, October 23, 2008. Beginning at 7:00 PM sharp.
Beaconsfield Library
303 Beaconsfield Boulevard, Beaconsfield, QC H9W 4A7
Phone: (514) 428-4460
For more info, call
514.426.0687; 514.714.5780; Linda Marics, Timothy Fain
We look forward to seeing you there.

Call for performers, spoken word artists for Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Author: Christina - Published 2008-10-07 20:09 - (2120 Reads)

Call for performers, spoken word artists

ICN Networking Performance Event
Performing at the ICN Summer gathering in June, 2008, at the Benelux Brew Pub, Kim Bourgeois and Jack Locke. Photo, courtesy Rosemary Turpin

OCTOBER 2008 VENUE
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
If you would like to perform at Le Depanneur Café
Tuesday, OCTOBER 28, 2008
Time: 6pm to 9pm
please contact
Events Organizer, David Cox: icn.event at yahoo.ca
Christina Manolescu: christina at princechameleon.com
Le Depanneur Café
206 Bernard, West, Montreal
Tel: (514) 271-9357
Directions:
Metro to Place des Arts (Jeanne Mance exit).
Bus 80 north on Ave de Parc to Bernard
Walk a few streets east to 206 Bernard St, Ouest

Welcome all...Hope to see you all there!

Introducing Classes a la carte

Author: Christina - Published 2008-09-25 20:12 - (2114 Reads)
The first Web site in Quebec that is entirely dedicated to teachers and students in the domains of culture, sports and recreation. Participate in the creation of the first directory of activities offered in culture, sports and recreational activities.

It is free!

  • You offer an activity? Whether you are an independent teacher or represent a school, you can have access at all time to your individual file to list and promote every lessons you are offering.
  • You are looking for an activity? Find it easily using our quick and efficient search tools.
  • Do not hesitate! The more complete the directory is, the more people will consult it to research activities.

To learn more, visit us at http://www.classealacarte.com


Official launch date of foundWave: Monday, October 6, 2008

Author: Christina - Published 2008-09-25 19:31 - (3580 Reads)
October 6, 2008 is the official launch date of

foundWave, an exciting, new Montreal theatre co-op.


A unique new group, initiated by five female, Montreal-based theatre-practitioners (see bios), foundWave is dedicated to exploring and presenting diverse, dynamic, and daring stories of women’s experiences.


FOUNDdraiser Event!!!
To celebrate its official launch, foundWave will be hosting a cabaret-fundraiser event on Monday, October 6th, at L’Envers (185 Van Horne, corner de l’Esplanade), hosted by Dan Beirne and Brent Skagford of The Bitter Ends. This electric evening of comedy, dance, music and film will feature performances by an exciting array of Montreal artists, including PAN!, UnCalled For, Dead Dolls, and many more. Doors open at 7:00, the show begins at 8:00, and admission is only $5.00 at the door.

Montreal Public Poetry Festival, Sept 26, 27, 28, 2008

Author: Christina - Published 2008-09-24 21:32 - (3941 Reads)

Montreal Public Poetry Festival/Festival de la poésie publique de Montréal

Sept. 26, 27 & 28, 2008
Schedule of Events

  • All performances at Café Culturel SABA 5124-A Sherbrooke St. West
  • Tickets are good for one show only.
  • Shows start at the time listed
  • Doors open 5 minutes before performance.
  • Latecomers may not be let in.

CALL FOR POETS, World Day, Friday, October 10, 2008

Author: Christina - Published 2008-09-24 21:25 - (1981 Reads)

CALL FOR POETS, World Day

To mark the World Day Against the Death Penalty (this Friday, October 10, 2008) the Foundation for Public Poetry is organizing a special event: Poets & Politicians Against the Death Penalty...
If you have a poem or poems related to the death penalty issue and would like to participate, please contact J.J. Locke immediately at or by phone at (514) 484-9958.

Poets & Politicians Against the Death Penalty
7:30 PM, Friday Oct 10, 2008
Café Culturel SABA
5124-A rue Sherbrooke Ouest

Dangerous Liaisons, The Segal Centre, September 7-28, 2008

Author: Christina - Published 2008-09-14 08:22 - (5783 Reads)
The Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre
and BMO FINANCIAL GROUP
Present

Dangerous Liaisons

By Christopher Hampton
Directed by Alexandre Marine
September 7-28, 2008

As overheard in various salons and bedrooms... Valmont: “I want the excitement of watching her betray everything that’s most important to her. I thought betrayal was your favourite word.” Merteuil: “No, no, cruelty. I always think that has a nobler ring to it.”

The Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre kicks off a sizzling season of passion and seduction with Dangerous Liaisons, Christopher Hampton’s adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ 1782 French novel about lust, greed, deception and romance. Don’t miss what promises to be an exciting production, led by award-winning director, Alexandre Marine and featuring a handpicked, mostly Montreal cast of 16...From Left: Catherine de Sève (as La Marquise de Merteuil) and Brett Christopher (as Le Vicomte de Valmont) sizzle in Dangerous Liaisons. The photographer is Randy Cole.

The battle of the sexes; love and war: such age-old clichés take on a rapier-sharp glitter in Segal Centre’s debut theatre piece of the season: Dangerous Liaisons. It’s a dramatization of a novel by ex-soldier, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, first published seven years before the French revolution...


Oooo! at the Segal Centre Studio Theatre, September 13 – 21, 2008

Author: Christina - Published 2008-09-14 07:51 - (2697 Reads)
SIDEMART Theatrical Grocery
Is thrilled to announce the English Language World Premiere of

Oooo!

by Gerard Vàzquez
translated by Elisabet Ràfols and Michael Bantjes
directed by Andrew Shaver
Oooo! is a touching and powerful comedy about the lives of a group of clowns in Nazi Germany. Charlie Rivel, the most tender of clowns, is forced to perform for Hitler, the most barbaric of dictators. Can art be guiltless? Does it have to submit to power? Can an artist remain apolitical in the midst of political chaos?...

NINE DAYS ONLY
SEPTEMBER 13 – 21, 2008
This dramatization is inspired by, and at least partially based on, historic fact. A troupe of clowns performing in Nazi Germany are graciously invited (read politely coerced) into entertaining the 'great' Führer, Adolf Hitler himself. The tight, focused dialogue sets the scene and immediately localizes the action in Berlin during the declining years of World War II...


OPEN HOUSE & BOOK SALE at TMI, Saturday, September 6, 2008

Author: Christina - Published 2008-08-18 18:42 - (2300 Reads)

OPEN HOUSE & BOOK SALE:

Saturday September 6 - 10am to 4pm

ART EXHIBITION

Vernissage Wednesday September 10 – 5pm to 8pm
Exhibition Thursday September 11 to 19 – 11am to 6pm
44th Exhibition and Sale of Art by Contemporary Professional Quebec Artists and a special retrospective of the works of the late Sarah Gersovitz. Thomas More Institute, 3405 Atwater, 514-935-9585. http://www.thomasmore.qc.ca


One day screenwriting workshop with Elizabeth Johnston, 6 Sept, 2008

Author: Christina - Published 2008-08-17 22:31 - (2361 Reads)

One-Day Screenwriting Course with Elizabeth Johnston

Writer and Concordia University instructor Elizabeth Johnston will be giving a one-day basic screenwriting seminar this September. You’ll come away with the tools to transform that great idea into a screenplay. During the day, we cover the gamut — character, dialogue, setting, structure, and more. Plus, you’ll receive a folder chock full of useful handouts.


WHEN: 6 Sept. 2008
TIME: 9:30am to 4:30pm
WHERE: Mile End
FEE: $125
PRE-REQUISITE: A passion for writing.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 3 Sept, 2008
To register
Visit http://explore-the-possibilities.com


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