Off Screen Events
EDUCATIONAL + PUBLIC PROGRAMMING
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RELATED COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING
OPENING RECEPTIONS
FREE GUIDED WALKING TOURS
— 3rd Annual Awards Ball p. 68
— Wednesday April 8 6–8 PM
— Saturday April 11 1 PM + 3 PM
Scrap Metal 11 Dublin Street, Unit E
Meet at YYZ, 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 140.
Phantom Limbs p. 70 Samuel Beckett, Chris Curreri and Luis Jacob
Free Guided Walking Tours of Off Screen Projects in 401 Richmond Led by Leila Timmins and cheyanne turions
Saturday April 11, 7:30 PM The Underground, Student Centre, York University 4700 Keele Street
The Toronto Kiki Ballroom Alliance (TKBA), the first recipients of the annual Spirit of Will Munro Award, is a youth-led organization that provides youth with the opportunity to gain self-confidence using the ballroom arts. TKBA hosts the 3rd Annual Awards Ball, working with new and experienced dancers, at The Underground (York University Student Centre) with special guests, Rashaad Newsome and Philadelphia-based DJ Delish. A free bus for the TKBA Ball departs from the 519 Church Street Community Centre (519 Church St.) and Sherbourne Health Centre (333 Sherbourne St.) for members of the Supporting Our Youth (SOY) program. — Accidental Archive Symposium p. 65 April 16–18 York University 4700 Keele Street For registration and more information: yutps.ca
In addition to Jess Dobkin’s performance piece, How Many Performance Artists Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb (For Martha Wilson), Dobkin and Martha Wilson will be participating in York University’s Accidental Archive Symposium. Performing the Accidental Archive is the annual graduate symposium organized by York University’s MA/PhD Program in Theatre & Performance Studies. “Accidental Archive” refers to the non-essential, the contingent and the subsidiary that are unintentionally archived, or to performances that remain in different, transformed and immutable ways. Papers, performances and workshops are presented alongside keynotes by Ann Cvetkovich and Shannon Jackson (in collaboration with the Performance Studies (Canada) project, York’s Faculty of Education and the AGYU).
— Wednesday April 8 6–9 PM Art Gallery of York University (AGYU) Accolade East Building, 4700 Keele Street Silence Please, the Show is About to Begin p. 68 Rashaad Newsome PLUS: Speed Dating for (Non)Dancers
— Canadian Art Foundation Spring School Hop For the sixth consecutive year, the Images Festival is pleased to partner with the Canadian Art Foundation for their School Hop which introduces Toronto-area public high school students to contemporary visual art! canadianart.ca
What is your relationship with dance? How do you understand and define yourself as a dancer or non-dancer? Led by Toronto-based choreographer Cara Spooner, this iteration of AGYU’s Performance Bus will allow you to explore your feelings, thoughts and personal experiences with dance (without having to bust a move) en route to the exhibition opening of Silence Please, the Show is About to Begin. Speed Dating for (Non)Dancers engages with dance definitions, personal experiences and where the two intersect, while simultaneously attempting to articulate embodied experiences on a moving bus.
— Chinatown Happenings
The free Performance Bus departs at OCADU (100 McCaul Street) at 6 PM sharp for AGYU and returns downtown at 9 PM.
Formats screened include 16mm, Super 8, video (on VHS, DVD or Quicktime file on flash drive). The screening is first come first screened! Signup starts at 4:30 PM.
— Friday April 10 4–7 PM
For free daily events visit chinatownhappenings.tumblr.com Check p. 62–63 for more details Open Screening at Chinatown Centre! Sunday April 12, 5–7 PM 222 Spadina Avenue Our annual open screening returns! Bring your short film or video and share it with fellow festivalgoers. 10 MINUTES MAXIMUM PLEASE.
401 Richmond Street West 401 Richmond Off Screen Launch A Space Gallery, Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, Trinity Square Video, Vtape and YYZ Artists’ Outlet — Friday April 10 7–10 PM Xpace Cultural Centre 303 Lansdowne Avenue, Unit 2 Spectres of the Future p. 71 Victoria Delle Donne, James Rollo, Franco Arcieri and Sook Jung
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