Every Victim Matters – Youth Multimedia Art Show

7th
Feb. × ’10
By Karen

Call For Submissions

As part of National Victims of Crime Awareness Week (April 18 – 24, 2010), the Edmonton Restorative Justice Network (ERJN) invites young people between the ages of 12 – 24 to express themselves on the issue of “Every Victim Matters”.

The purpose of this show, which will be shown at Latitude 53 Gallery between April 19 – 21, will be an exciting opportunity to:

  • Share and show your work in a public gallery
  • Express the different perspectives of what it means to be a victim of crime and/or to know a victim of crime,
  • Recognize the voices of today?s youth culture in the city of Edmonton
  • Possibly win one of the grand cash prizes (up to $300 for the winners)

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Beautiful Thing

24th
Jan. × ’10
By Karen

downloadFrom the official press release:

Walterdale Playhouse brings you into Jonathan Harvey’s tale of two boys, who, in the middle of the dreary, bleak setting of a London council estate, discover sparks of life and love, with Beautiful Thing. Enveloped in a simple, beautiful story about a myriad of relationships – family, romance and friendship, we meet Jamie and Ste who discover the different levels of love and trust.
Jamie has a crush on classmate Ste. When Ste is beaten by his brother so badly, he stays over with Jamie and his mother Sandra. In the absence of a third bed, Jamie and Ste begin their journey sleeping top-to-toe. Meanwhile Ste’s mother, Sandra, begins a tenuous journey with a troublesome neighbour, Leah.
“For me, Beautiful Thing is about love; a realistic love,” says Justen Bennett, Director of Beautiful Thing. “Those simple, small loves that you have. This is a story set against a harsh, urban background with working class characters that are proud, stubborn, and not always nice to one another. The love in this play doesn’t inspire a dramatic change, but brings a small spark of life and hope to people who don’t always have a lot of hope. Beautiful Thing reminds us, even in the harshest of surroundings, how simple, pure, and tender love can be.”
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Oh, Edmonton

22nd
Jan. × ’10
By Karen

This weekend will serve as reminder of why we love this city. You still have a chance to catch PIG as part of the Canoe Theatre Festival.

“a rock music spectacle that dares us to consider what we consume as entertainment” – Michael Clark, Curator

In a surreal prairie landscape, wayward girls are being lured into the tent-prayer meetings of a glamorous female evangelist. She and her bible-salesman boyfriend quickly groom their new devotees into peep-show players, presenting acts that delight, horrify, and ensure salvation. There is no who-done-it here, no crime to solve, no story to unravel. At this peep show nothing matters but everything has a price. It’s a backward world where public execution is a performance, and accidental necrophiliacs can find redemption in true love.

Starting Friday you can catch At The Same Time , a contemporary photography exhibition, at the 19575_273047043744_767598744_4331807_8118849_nArtery.

At the Same Time is an exhibition that explores the concept of borders, both real and imagined. Consisting of the work of five different artists, the work explores the boundaries that exist between two people and those that separate those two people from the rest of the world.

Edmonton’s own Ted Kerr and Zach Ayotte are a part of the exhibit and we couldn’t be more excited to see it for ourselves.

Opening Reception on Friday, January 22, 2010, 7 – 10 p.m. at the ARTery 9535 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton. Dirty Dance Party with DJ Double Tights to follow!

Visit the Facebook event page for more information.

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Science in the Cinema: PHILADELPHIA

14th
Jan. × ’10
By Karen

Phil_EdmontonSaturday, January 16, 2010
4:00pm – 6:30pm
Garneau Theatre, 8712-109street

From the Facebook invite:

In 1993 Tom Hanks won an Academy Award for his performance in Jonathan Demme’s Philadelphia for his portrayal of a man living with HIV. It was a watershed film, not with out it critics and champions.

On Saturday January 16th the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) will be screening Philadelphia providing a new generation of audiences an opportunity to see the film on the big screen and a chance for those who have seen the film before to revisit it more than a decade after it was released.

The screening is part of AHFMR’s Science in the Cinema series. After the screening AHFMR researcher Dr. Chris Power, Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Alberta will lead a brief discussion on the latest research in AIDS and HIV.

FREE ADMISSION & POPCORN!

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Go Doc Go

11th
Jan. × ’10
By Karen

daniellepeers1 Congratulations to Danielle Peers! She has been chosen as an Onlympic Torch “runner”. See her make her way down Groat Road and 111 Ave starting at 4:30 pm this Wednesday, January 13th.

More info on Danielle from her official website:

Danielle “Doc” Peers is a Paralympic Bronze medalist, world champion and world MVP in wheelchair basketball. She has made three movies, and has co-founded KingCrip Productions.She is also an accomplished public speaker, and an active volunteer in her disability, queer, sport and artistic communities.

One of Danielle’s films, And The Rest Is Drag, premiered during the festival this year. Visit her website for more information and make sure to cheer her on.

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The Mobilization of the Garneau Sisterhood

6th
Jan. × ’10
By Karen

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Police Warnings and Sexual Violence: The Mobilization of the Garneau Sisterhood
2009/10 Inside/OUT Speakers’ Series

Thursday, January 7th, 5-6pm
Room 128 (1st floor), Education SOUTH building.
Presented by Dr. Lise Gotell, Professor, Women Studies, UofA

From the Facebook event page:
In 2008, a series of sexual assaults occurred in an Edmonton neighborhood bordering the University of Alberta. Edmonton police service did not release any information until three women living within a one-block radius were sexually assaulted by a man who broke into their homes in the middle of the night. After a fourth attack on an elderly woman in suburban middle class neighborhood, the police warnings intensified. All women “living alone” were advised to be vigilant, and “lock their doors and windows.” In response to these events, an anonymous group of neighborhood women calling themselves the Garneau Sisterhood mounted in a poster and media campaign. This campaign was marked by great irreverence and a Do-It-Yourself (DYI) style of activism that is characteristic of third wave feminism. It challenged and mocked the disciplinary and individualizing thrust of police warnings. In this talk, I explore the contemporary construction of sexual violence through technologies of risk management. In its creative and edgy challenge to risk management discourses the Garneau Sisterhood campaign stands as an example of the productive possibilities of contemporary grassroots antirape activism.

Check out this article in Express News or visit the website that comes up when you google the Sisterhood.

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Presumed Guilty

6th
Jan. × ’10
By Karen

Global Visions and Doc Soup present:
PRESUMED GUILTY
Make the first film you see of 2010 matter!
Director Roberto Hernandez will be in attendance

January 7, 2010
$10, Metro Cinema, Zeidler Hall in the Citadel Theatre


Presumed Guilty exposes an unsound legal system in which detectives, district attorneys and judges barely investigate whether someone is guilty. They appear to want to close a case as quickly as possible: if they have marked a suspect, he or she stands little chance of getting off. It’s no coincidence that 90% of defendants are found guilty in Mexico.

Strikingly, breakdancer and rapper Antonio remains optimistic despite all this cynicism. Shot with a hand-held camera and accompanied by raw hip-hop beats, the film shows the retake of his trial from beginning to end. Visit the DocSoup Edmonton site for more information.

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The Start Of Winter Light

3rd
Jan. × ’10
By Karen

We love the concept behind the Winter Light festival. We are all for supporting our friends in making Edmonton the best city it can be. Winter is our reality. Why not make the most of it?

From the official website:

The festival deals with the reality of Edmonton’s winter, the climate, the atmosphere, the urban scale. It recognizes winter as a time of both darkness and light – with elements of joy and survival, of isolation and gathering together, of fire and warmth, story telling and celebration.

Picture 3The festival kicks off this week with Mispon.

Mispon: Winter Light Opening Gala
4:30pm-7:30pm
January 6, 2010
Free @City Hall  & Sir Winston Churchill Square

Mispon means ‘it is snowing!’ in Cree. Winter Light is delighted to describe the snowy delights of our winter city in one of the remarkable languages of this region’s first people.Enjoy special performances, speakers, delicious snacks and a sneak peak at Edmonton’s 2010 winter festivities.

See you there!

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Poems and Beats

2nd
Jan. × ’10
By Karen

Jan 2 2009Come down and enjoy some hip hop and spoken word from local artists Nerdalert, Joshua David and DS9. Expect a diverse range of auditory expression. From the four memebered hip hop stylings of Nerdalert to the spoken word inspired sounds of DS9 and on to the poetic layed back music of Joshua David there is sure to be something to tickle your fancy. DS9 and Joshua David are also both celebrating recently independently released cds.

Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 7:00pm
The Hydeaway All Ages Art Space
10209 100 Ave.

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Thank you, Ted

28th
Dec. × ’09
By Karen

Compiled by Ted Kerr, published by Vue Weekly

In 2010…

I resolve not to forget where I came from and hope that the memory will not stop me from going where I want. I will remember that the New Year will be that of construction. I won’t second-guess myself so much; I will eat like a champion. I will Internet less, human contact more.

My personal goal is to create more life-affirming art, to lose 30 pounds (one does not need to be the biggest bear in the world), to live more honestly, less in my head, trust myself, to be as couture, colorful, and layered as my drawings and to construct a solid working class discourse that allows for autonomous voices to emerge from a discourse that previously talked down to those people.

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