Poetry Reading: Bowering and Shikatani
Hungry for a dose of delectable poetry? Missed out on 4Floors tickets? Thursday night, the literary worlds of Vancouver Island and Ottawa come together at the Atwater Library for live readings by Marilyn Bowering (2008 Fulbright Scholar) and Gerry Shikatani (Spanish Officer’s Cross of the Order of Civilian Merit).
Free admission. Reading takes place at the Atwater Library Auditorium, 1200 Atwater Avenue, 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 25, 2012. For further details, visit www.atwaterlibrary.ca/events/atwater-poetry-project
Public Lecture: Barbara Sternberg
Video artists extraordinaire Barbara Sternberg comes to Concordia as part of the Conversations with Contemporary Art series, occurring every second Friday. After a career spanning five decades, Sternberg received the 2011 Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts for her “daily, observational, and messy” films.
Free Admission. Take part in the conversation at Concordia University’s Visual Arts Building, 1395 René Lévesque Blvd. West, on Friday, October 26, at 5:30 p.m.
Film: Heart Child
Skateboard documentary-maker Ben Duffy, who has worked on films since his teenage years, turns his lens to the lives of 29-year-old Crys Worley and her nine-year-old autistic son Sasha. Duffy follows the pair’s struggles, and films Worley as she tries to establish A.Skate, a non-profit foundation for autistic children. Duffy and Worley will both be in attendance.
Admission $11.25. Heart Child’s world premiere will take place at the PHI centre, 407 St. Pierre St, on Thursday, November 1, at 7:30 p.m.
Theatre: Human Cannon
The National Theatre School (NTS) of Canada mounts its production of Edward Bond’s Human Cannon, a confronting drama dealing with the carnage of the Spanish Civil War. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see a radical playwright explore fear, brutality, and delusion, with the help of this year’s NTS graduates.
Admission $9. Human Cannon runs nightly, at the Studio Hydro-Québec of the Monument-National, 1182 St. Laurent Boulevard, October 23 to 27, at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, call (514) 871-2224
Workshop: Get Animated
The National Film Board (NFB) of Canada is hosting an animation workshop to encourage some fresh faces to join the trade. Each workshop will be followed by a set of NFB shorts, giving attendees a taste of prior work.
Free admission. Try your hand at animation on Saturday, October 27, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., or 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. For further info and registration, call 514-283-9000
