INVISIBLE CITIES NETWORK celebrates its TWENTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY
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ACCENT ON ENGLISH SPEECH

Author: Christina - Published 2006-11-04 09:34 - (889 Reads)
ANNA FUERSTENBERG
University level instructor with special qualifications in teaching ESL and Theatre, as well as Effective Written English is now available.
  • PRONUNCIATION
  • DICTION
  • CONVERSATION
  • PUBLIC SPEAKING AND PERFORMANCE
For more details, please visit:
http://www.accentonenglishspeech.com/Welcome.html

Theatre Review: Peccadilloes at Theatre Ste-Catherine, October 11 – 28, 2006

Author: Christina - Published 2006-10-07 13:09 - (1802 Reads)
Whip Theatre Presents

Peccadilloes

By Jon Rannells
Directed by Wendy Clubb
October 11 – 28, 2006

Scratch a man and I guarantee you’ll find a monster. -Killer in “Mt. Rushmore”

Cast: Leif Anderson, Stephanie Breton, Trevor Hayes, Dan Jeannotte, Neil Kroetsch, Alison Louder and Kent McQuaid. Lighting: Paul Chambers Set: Mark Buntrock Sound: Troy Slocum Stage Management: Mindy Penny

Theatre Ste. Catherine
264 Ste-Catherine St. East
Wednesday, October 11 - Saturday, October 28
RESERVATIONS: 514-284-3939 or
theatrestecatherine at gmail.com
All tickets: $15 ($12 Groups)
Wednesday to Saturday 8:00 p.m.

Speed Socializing and Solitaire

Don’t miss ‘Peccadilloes,’ the latest production from Whip Theatre, which is in the last week of its two-week run at Theatre Ste-Catherine.

In keeping with Whip Theatre's mandate to present drama ‘that connects us to the world around us, and stirs the soul,’ Peccadilloes casts a fleeting spotlight, literally as well as figuratively, on a succession of mostly key events in the lives of ‘ordinary’ men and women...

Book signing, BAGLADY, Gryphon Tea Shop on Monkland. Sunday, October 1, 2006

Author: Christina - Published 2006-09-24 21:11 - (1462 Reads)

BAGLADY, the Novel

Baglady Novel_Chapter One_FREE DOWNLOAD.pdf

Christina and Mary will discuss the publishing of their illustrated novel, BAGLADY, at the Roxboro Library Book Club.
Sunday, October 1, 2006: TIME noon to 12pm
Book signing, BAGLADY, Gryphon Tea Shop, Monkland. The Gryphon Tea Shop, 5968 Monkland Avenue, N.D.G. (Villa Maria Metro, #103 or #162 bus direction west on Monkland, get off at Royal Avenue.) Tel: 514-485-7377.


BAGLADY: A dark-humoured romp through the hazardous sixties, austere seventies, bleak eighties, and leaner meaner nineties. 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

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Brigit's Reel: September 15 to 24, 2006 at the Centaur Theatre

Author: Christina - Published 2006-09-18 07:48 - (1027 Reads)
September 15 to 24 at the Centaur Theatre

Brigit's Reel

The celebration, in story and song, of the enduring love between an Irish immigrant and a French Canadian chanteur. With the help of a colourful band of musical instruments including fiddle, guitar and piano, a lively musical adventure stretches across the vast Canadian landscape and the 20th century. Traditional Canadian folk music energizes the past and the present....

http://www.TheatrePanache.ca

Talisman Theatre Co-operative presents THAT WOMAN, September 20-30, 2006

Author: Christina - Published 2006-09-08 15:27 - (1683 Reads)
Talisman Theatre Co-operative presents

THAT WOMAN

by Daniel Danis, translated by Linda Gaboriau

September 20-30, 2006

Talisman Theatre Co-operative is proud to present the Montreal English premiere of the Governor General award-winning play That Woman (Celle-là) by Daniel Danis, translated by Governor General award winner Linda Gaboriau. In a series of twenty-four snapshots, That Woman is a devastating story of a woman who thirsts, a son who craves laughter, and an old man who liked to watch. The imagery and poetic quality of this play will transport you into a breathtaking kaleidoscope of memories where the characters struggle to experience moments of perfect happiness - a testament to the human spirit. Danis’s first play, Celle-là, written in 1993 was produced by several theatres across Canada and Europe including Espace Go in Montreal.

September 20 to 30th, 2006
Tuesday to Saturday at 8:00 pm
Matinees on Saturdays at 2:00 pm_
Geordie Theatre, 4001 rue Berri (Metro Sherbrooke)
Tickets: (514) 875-8873
Adults: $20 – Students and Seniors: $15
Groups(10 or more): $15
Cartes Premières: $10 – Industry: $15

http://www.talisman-theatre.com

Sculpture Exhibition in Lachine, September 15 to October 22, 2006

Author: Christina - Published 2006-09-07 18:24 - (1071 Reads)
Friday September 15th, at 7.00pm is the opening of THE EXHIBITION OF SCULPTURE (members of Atelier 213 in Lachine) at the historical building of Pavillon de l'Entrepot at 2901, Saint Joseph Boulevard in Lachine.

Exhibition will be open until October 22. 2006, Friday from 6 to 9 om, Saturday and Sunday from 12 to 5pm. The entrance is free.

Exhibiting Sculptors: D.A. Di Guglielmo, Lucette Dion Bazinet, Claudine Dube, Francoise Guenette, Bozena Happach, Lyse Hebert, Susan Hodgson, DeLeclerc, Louise Lemire, Rene Loubier, Gerard Papin, Cynthia Heuser, Rousselle, Marlene Roy, Suzanne Tardif Berberi, Carole Tremblay

ANN DIAMOND introduces her new book MY COLD WAR

Author: Christina - Published 2006-09-07 05:54 - (2949 Reads)

THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY


Montreal writer Ann Diamond is collecting accounts and stories from survivors who, as children, were involved in secret medical experiments at McGill or elsewhere including military facilities in and around Montreal.

If you think this could be your story — i.e., if you suspect you were one of these children — please write: anndiamond2002 at yahoo.ca

Yellow Door featured writer, ANN DIAMOND will read from her recent work Saturday, September 9, 2006, at 12:05 PM, on Arts Notebook (Radio CINQ Centre Ville Station 102.3 FM) with host, STAN ASHER.

CLICK on the icon below to read more.

Theatre Review: Gross Indecency, Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, to Sept 2, 2006

Author: Christina - Published 2006-08-24 14:10 - (1181 Reads)
Gravy Bath Productions and the Montreal Young Company’s New Classical Theatre Festival

Gross Indecency; The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde

Written by Moises Kaufman. Directed by Zach Fraser
Box office: 514-540-0774
Mainline Theatre 3997 St·Laurent Blvd. August 22-September 2, 11 shows only. Tuesdays to Saturdays 8:00 pm, Sunday 2:00 pm. Tickets 514.540.0774 or tickets at gravybath.com: $21/$18

Introducing George Salamandre

Author: Christina - Published 2006-06-26 01:09 - (1098 Reads)
George Salamandre is a writer who, in the process of doing research for her sci-fi novel, discovered and was hooked on the study of yoga. While the world of yoga is still actively present in her novels, she went as far as getting a teacher’s certification and is back from a trip to the Bahamas where she taught yoga in exclusive resorts.

Download more info at
tiki-download_file.php?fileId=6

Poems and images by George Salamandre
tiki-download_file.php?fileId=7

Stress-Less Solutions with Tamra Steen

Author: Christina - Published 2006-06-15 16:19 - (1160 Reads)
WHO ARE WE?
Stress-Less Solutions is…

Theme: We invite the Business and families in Community to Stress-a-little-less with our interactive laughter techniques!!!

Tamra Steen is a Certified Professional with 20 years of expereince in wellness: Special Education, Laughter Therapy, Yoga Instruction, Aquatics, First Aid and CPR . She is the "how to" guide in stress relief for CEOs-Management-their Employees- and Volunteers offering stress management (prevention and maintenance) techniques through our laughter services enhancing Life Skills.....

UNION! ALL AGES (senoirs+men+women+ teens) WELCOME...Yoga with me! and Laugh with me! in Montreal parks this summer....advance 48 hour pre-booking required...weather permitting ....Sat + Sun mornings 10:30am - noon...$11 donations welcome!

Cheers and Keep Smiling in distressing times,
Tamra Steen
Stress-Less Solutions
T/F: 1 (514) 989-8393
E: stress.lesss at gmail.com
http://www.stress-less-solutions.com

Announcing Parallel Lines, by Norah Spie, Braiswick

Author: Christina - Published 2006-05-16 10:18 - (836 Reads)
Parallel Lines by Norah Spie, biography, paperback, ISBN 1-898030-92-8, can be ordered through all good bookshops as a print on demand title. Published by Braiswick. See www.braiswick.com/spie

In this biography Norah Spie reveals the dreams and aspirations of a young African girl, as she grows up, goes to school, looks for her first job, has her first romance.

Her frank style clearly reveals her character, which springs out from the page as you read.

Life for young Zimbabweans is changing, as they face political changes that are offering opportunities and providing new challenges. As Norah describes her life the reader comes to an understanding of the mind of a wider Africa, one that is seeking new horizons, Looking for more than is offered by traditional society.

This account provides an insight into the needs and aspirations of this young woman, who in turn is a mirror through which today's Zimbabwean can be seen.

Norah is a qualified journalist/ broadcaster and works for a radio station in Birmingham, England. She has lived in Sweden, France and is now based in the U.K.

For more information contact Eileen Aldous at Braiswick at By Design, 111 High Road East, Felixstowe, Suffolk

Shoreline Press celebrates 15 years of independent publishing !!

Author: Christina - Published 2006-04-10 10:46 - (970 Reads)

Shoreline Press celebrates 15 years of independent publishing !!

Since 1991, Shoreline Press has been producing memoirs, biographies, books of local history and poetry collections by emerging authors. Shoreline is a volunteer-run book publisher based in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec. The over 60 books in its catalogue are by writers from across Canada, from Vancouver to Charlottetown...

http://www.shorelinepress.ca

First publication by Trina Wilko: ‘The Lively Lines of Linus"

Author: Christina - Published 2006-04-10 06:37 - (1013 Reads)
A great update from ICN member, Trina Wilko. Her first book, ‘The Lively Lines of Linus,’ is an inventive notion, featuring charming illustrations and play on words. It offers fun, creativity and learning.

Written and illustrated By Trina Wilko: Faculty Supervisor in Early Childhood Education at Concordia University, Montreal

Theatre Review: My Old Lady, at the Saidye Bronfman Centre till May 14, 2006

Author: Christina - Published 2006-04-06 23:11 - (1157 Reads)
From Left: Chip Chuipka as Mathias Gold, Marthe Turgeon as Chloé Giffard and Béatrice Picard as Mathilde Giffard in Israel Horovitz's My Old Lady on until May 14 at the Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre.
The photographer is Lydia Powalek.

Mathias Gold arrives in Paris from New York intent on starting a new life by selling his recently inherited apartment. However, he discovers that his father has bequeathed the apartment to him complete with perpetual tenants: The wily, determined and very commanding ninety-somethng Mathilde and her bewildering and headstrong daughter, Chloe. Mysteries and histories unravel as these three learn how radically lives can change in one short week. In My Old Lady the themes of compassion, forgiveness and loss are expertly woven into a funny, poignant and moving drama.

The Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre, 5170 Cote Ste. Catherine Rd.

The Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre in collaboration with La Compagnie Jean Duceppe presents My Old Lady from April 23-May 14, 2006.

For tickets call (514) 739-7944.
Theatre Review by Christina Manolescu

Theatre Review: Prodigy by Nancy Huston, runs till April 9, 2006

Author: Christina - Published 2006-04-04 18:19 - (1232 Reads)
Theatre Review by Christina Manolescu
The Uterine Stage

Prodigy

An English World Premiere, by Nancy Huston

It is a feminine mystique that informs this play, three close-spun generations of female cocooning: grandmother Sofia (Karen Cromar), mother Lara (Nathalie Stechysin), and granddaughter Maya (Amelia Sargisson), a hermetic threesome — forged by links genetic, artistic and tribal — like classic painted Russian dolls fitting neatly one inside the other, united as one...

Theatre Review by Christina Manolescu

English World Premiere, PRODIGY, Persephone Productions, March 29-April 9, 2006

Author: Christina - Published 2006-04-04 08:03 - (1177 Reads)
March 29 - April 9. 2006.
PERSEPHONE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

The English World Premiere of Nancy Huston's

Prodigy


Adapted for the stage by Gabriel Garran, Directed by Gabrielle Soskin

Wednesday, March 29 to Saturday, April 8, 2006 at 8:00 p.m.
Matinees: Sunday April 2 and Sunday April 9, 2006 at 2 p.m.

Théâtre Ste-Catherine
264 Ste-Catherine East, Montréal Qc
metro St.Laurent or Berri-UQUAM
Tickets: 514.481.1327
Adults $21
Students $16
Groups $15

Recently named to the Order of Canada, acclaimed author Nancy Huston wrote the English stage adaptation Prodigy based on Gabriel Garran's original French dramatization of the novella especially for Persephone Productions. Prodigy weaves the tale of three generations of a family of women who are further united through their talent as pianists, a passion for each other, and for the music they play. This deeply touching and sensitive play addresses the profound conflict between the journey of Motherhood and the burning need to express creativity in other ways.

More details at: http://www.persephoneproductions.org/eng/productions_cur.php

ICN to celebrate its fifth anniversary, April 1, 2006

Author: Christina - Published 2006-03-30 08:15 - (901 Reads)
Next ICN Meeting
Time: 7pm - 10 pm
Venue: Mainline Theatre space
3997 St-Laurent Blvd, (upstairs)
Just below Duluth
Nearest Metro: St-Laurent, Bus 55

Read about ICN's 5-year history: http://www.invisiblecitiesnetwork.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=12

ICN Meeting Agenda

Welcome to everyone who joins us at the next meeting. Please bring any work-in-progress, whether it be music, spoken word, publishing project or other creative work that you may wish to share with the group. We begin the evening by briefly introducing all members present, then scheduling sufficient time for sharing our creative work.
This is followed by coffee break/chat/networking. Members are then free to present their original works (we recommend 10-15 minutes each), followed by group comment and critique. (Please note this is optional and voluntary).
Finally, we open the discussion to any current IC projects, reports or possible new initiatives and action plans we would like to implement. All welcome - we look forward to seeing you there.

Photo courtesy of Yasmin H.

The Invisible Cities Network...

Author: Christina - Published 2006-03-28 03:45 - (3034 Reads)

Celebrating five years connecting writers and artists ...the Invisible becoming Visible

When the ICN started out in the year 2001, on April Fool's day, to be precise, over a coffee at the raucously noisy former "Porté Disparu Café" on the Plateau de Montreal, the idea was to try to connect with other writers and self-publishers, and hopefully to raise the profile of, and respect for self-publishing in the process. Five years later, I believe ICN is making some impact on the scene...

View image gallery: http://www.invisiblecitiesnetwork.org/tiki-browse_gallery.php?galleryId=1

UKULA Book Slam @ Divan Orange, Wednesday April 5th, 2006

Author: Christina - Published 2006-03-25 03:58 - (910 Reads)
UKULA Magazine invites you to

Book Slam @ Divan Orange

A literary nightclub event as part of the Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival. Hosted by UK writer and music journo Patrick Neate, the evening will consist of bite-sized performances by award-winning novelists and spoken word artists, with space in between for talking, drinking, great music and general misbehavior.

CBC radio presenter Patti Schmidt will be recording the event for her Arts Show Cinq à Six.

UKULA Book Slam @ Divan Orange
MC: Patrick Neate
Performances by Luke Sutherland, Naila Keleta Mae and Kaie Kellough
& DJs Scott C. and Andy Williams
Divan Orange, 4236 St-Laurent, Wednesday April 5th. 20:00. Tickets: $8 (one free beer included, pay at the door)

Crossroads, starring Barbara Lewis, June 9 to 18, 2006

Author: Christina - Published 2006-03-23 10:36 - (1329 Reads)
If you've ever dreamed of changing the direction of your life, but like most of us, put it off, don't miss Singer/Songwriter Barbara Lewis' solo musical theatre show Crossroads...an astonishing musical journey...

She is an extraordinary performer who tells a story about life, about love, about following your dream, and the amazing possibilities in the second act of the theatre of life.

Inspirational, touching, and entertaining...A buffet of musical styles...from Broadway to opera to jazz to cabaret....

Nothing can change the world like a great song. Aung San Suu Kyi

Info and Reservations: (514) 487-8779

Book a Table for this Event, FRINGE FESTIVAL, Sunday, June 18, 2006

Author: Christina - Published 2006-03-22 13:30 - (903 Reads)
THE FRINGE FESTIVAL

presents

THE INTERACTIVE ARTS SHOWCASE

Park des Ameriques, corner Rachel and St. Laurent, 12 midday to 6pm

The Canadian Writer’s Society, The Invisible Cities Writers' and Artists’ Network, M.A.S.T and the 2006 Montreal Fringe Festival have joined forces to present this business networking opportunity and arts fair.

The IAS-Montreal will take place on Sunday, June 18, as part of the final day celebrations for this year’s Fringe Festival and will be presented in the Fringe’s Beer Garden in the Park des Ameriques at the corner of Rachel and St.Laurent.

"We're both proud and appreciative to be part of this year's Fringe Festival," stated Brendan Ridge, a founder of the IAS, "our first event (March 4, 2006) was a great success and we hope that those who come for the Beer Garden will be equally interested in this Showcase...."

More details and downloadable registration forms


Two nurses and a Baglady, Chapters Pointe-Claire, June 3, 2006

Author: Christina - Published 2006-03-08 12:48 - (860 Reads)

What do two nurses and a baglady have in common?

CRIME

National Crime Writers’ Week begins June 1st. This week is set aside for Crime Writers across Canada to strut their stuff before heading off to CWC’s annual Bloody Words Conference held this year in Toronto.

The first event, What do two nurses and a baglady have in common? CRIME will be at Chapters Bookstore, Point-Claire. Grant feels that this is a fun way to have something for everyone and show off Montreal writers. Authors, Christina Manolescu, Donna Yates-Adelman, neither of them mystery writers, will be joining her at the 1st crime scene. Both Yates-Adelman and Grant are nurses. Yates-Adelman has written a non-fiction book, Yes Sister, about nursing. Grant is author of the spy thriller Race Series and Manolescu has just launched her first adult fiction novel, Baglady. But where’s the criminal link? Is it a crime to be a female author? No way. The connection is a murder in Baglady, Grant’s Race Series fuses terrorist bedlam with a high body count, and Yates-Adelman thinks it’s a crime that young people are passing up a career in nursing. The threesome will be holding up the crowd at Chapters Bookstore, West Island, Montreal, on Saturday, June 3 from 1-3 p.m. Travel directions: Take St. John’s North off the Trans Canada, then turn right at the 1st light.

For more information visit
http://www.crimewriterscanada.com or contact mailto:nancy@natgrant.com

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