enewsletter - 2009_04.23
April 23 2009
In this enewsletter:
- Nuit Blanche: Call For Artist Submissions
- Indies Toronto - Tuesday April 28
- Meow Films Produces *Our Lady Of Spills*
- Indies Vancouver - Wednesday May 20
- Buy Indie Art -- Support Our Artists
- Our Sponsors
~Night at the Indies~ Call for Submissions
OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Deadline: Projects must be date-stamped by May 1, 2009
Who: ~Night at the Indies~
What: Nuit Blanche at the Gladstone
Project: Honouring the Artist Life - artists share their experience of being an artist - what that means, feels like, feast/famine, ups and downs, etc...
Who Can Apply:All artists can apply (including actors for some fun roles) as this will be a multi-media event and remember there's never a submission fee
How to Apply:Please fill out the application form and mail your submission to ~Night at the Indies~ @ 868 Dovercourt Road, Toronto, ON M6H 2X5
~Night at the Indies~ Toronto
What: ~Night at the Indies~ and Mayworks co-present Pride and Solidarity
When: Tuesday April 28, 7-10 pm
Where: Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander Street
Admission: $5-$10 s/s
Pride and Solidarity is a jam-packed evening that will trace the histories and current of queer political movements in Canada and the United States,
and the engagement of workers, artists and unions fighting for social justice.
Opening the evening, Hannah in Bedlam, a monologue written and performed by acclaimed Toronto artist christina starr.
Two documentary films by award-winning filmmaker Nancy Nicol will be screened, which capture the victories and struggles for same-sex relationship recognition and marriage in Canada and the United States.
Politics of the Heart (68min, 2005) is a moving portrait of lesbian and gay families who profoundly re-shaped the cultural, political and legal landscape of Quebec and Canada by fighting for recognition of their relationships and their families.
One Summer in New Paltz
(54 min, 2008) is a cautionary tale of a young mayor of a small village who decided to do the unthinkable, set against a backdrop of the Bush administration’s policy of endless war and assault on civil liberties.
A question and answer period will close the program, including Nancy Nicol and Fred Hahn. Fred was elected Secretary Treasurer of CUPE Ontario in 2006, making him the first openly gay man to be elected to a full-time officer position in CUPE Ontario.
Co-presented with ~Night at the Indies~. Co-sponsored by CAW Queer Caucus, CUPE Ontario Pink Triangle Committee, OPSEU Rainbow Alliance, and Elementary Teachers of Toronto Political Action Committee.
 Theatre Archipelago
proudly presents
The world premiere of Edwige Jean-Pierre's
*Our Lady of Spills*
April 24-May 10 2009. Papermill Theatre - TORONTO
Click here for tickets and information!!
~Night at the Indies~ Vancouver
What: A celebration of independent film, spoken word and music
When: Wednesday May 20 @ 8:30 pm
Where: Café Deux Soleils. 2096 Commercial Drive. Vancouver, BC.
Admission: $5-$10 s/s
For more details nightattheindies.com/vancouver
 Spoken Word - Scruffmouth
Scruffmouth is a scribe, spoken word artist and a creator. He is the reigning Grand Champion of the 2008 Vancouver Poetry Slam. His voice expresses the stories of the Black experience throughout history to connect the dots of the past, now and future. Scruffmouth wears the titles of slam poet, hip-hop griot, dub poet like a pick in his afro. Scruff is a published poet and an independent recording artist. He is currently collaborating with conscious artists to achieve creative freedom.
Before receiving his poetic license, Scruffmouth was known as Kevan Cameron. A first-generation Canadian born of Jamaican parents, he attended Simon Fraser University on a soccer scholarship, and graduated with a Bachelor's of General Studies and a Certificate in Liberal Arts. When he is not playing or coaching the beautiful game, Kevan "Scruffmouth" Cameron is wanjuring up new ways to always do the write thing.
Scruffmouth has performed his poetry in motion pictures and television as well as on spoken word stages from Nairobi to New York; Halifax to Denver. He is the founder and creative director of the Black Dot Roots & Culture Collective, storytellers committed to the education, creation and celebration of the Black experience at home and abroad.
Films - ~Night at the Indies~ Vancouver Short Film Slam
To support independent film makers we are offering you a chance to screen your productions. Every month we will set aside an hour of our program for film makers to show their latest work. We will then ask the audience to judge the submissions. The winning submission will be promoted on our website and presented at next months ~Night at the Indies~ in Toronto.
- Films submitted must be 10 minutes or less in length
- Films must be on DVD
- Registration begins at 8:00 p.m. and will end when the hour is programmed
- Film makers must submit their own original productions and retain all rights to their productions
- There are no submission fees or screening costs beyond your $5.00 admission to enjoy our evening's program
- This is an all ages venue so may not be suitable for explicit material
Come join the audience! You be part of the Academy
Music - Elizabeth Fischer & Tony Wilson
Canadian singer/songwriter of Métis heritage, Janet Panic is a veteran of the Vancouver music scene. A co-founder of 10 Ft Henry, her music has really developed since she struck out on her own. Her earlier CD "The Girl Who Passed For Normal" will be followed by the release of "You Look Good Naked" to be released before the summer.
 Elizabeth Fischer:
A recognized vocalist, composer and lyricist, Elizabeth Fischer is the singer in DarkBlueWorld, who are about to release their second CD. She has recorded and performed with internationally reknowned musicians, led the noted art-rock band Animal Slaves in the 80's, loves Hungarian songs and French chansons, and continues to explore the music of Brecht/Weill and Hans Eisler in a number of contexts. Recently she was featured on an on-air concert of the songs of Leonard Cohen on CBC radio. She is also a cutting edge new media artist whose work has been internationally exhibited and a published poet who values the literary element of song structures.
"Songs that ache with truth"
~ The Globe and Mail
"... songs visceral and enraged and yet with tenderness and naked vulnerability"
~ The Georgia Straight
"With her cigarette-rough voice, Fischer invites comparison to Nico or Patti Smith, though her superior range and color indicate that the similarity has more to do with persona than sound. The slow burning anger in these songs is hardly apparent at first, but finally surfaces as defiance rather than cynicism. It is the sound of a damaged romantic"
~ JunkMedia
 Tony Wilson:
Vancouver's Coastal Jazz and Blues hails Tony Wilson as "unquestionably one of the most original guitar stylists on the Canadian scene". Down Beat Magazine entitles him as "...a talismanic West Coast figure." Tony won a West Coast Music Award with his band Video Barbeque and released the critically acclaimed 'Lowest Note' in 2001, which went on to become a pick of the year in the Globe and Mail. Tony's current sextet is turning heads after recent successful appearances at this year's Guelph and Vancouver Jazz Festivals. Tony's compositions have been played by artists as diverse as the NOW Orchestra, The Hard Rubber Orchestra, Myra Melford, Kokoro Dance, Marilyn Crispell, François Houle and Zubot & Dawson.
"...heartfelt, mercurial, and inspired"
~ The Georgia Straight
"wonderful and exotically quirky"
~ Exclaim!
"fearless music-making that spits in the face of too-polite conservatism"
~ textura
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