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Artists Play…A Cabaret!
Saturday, October 21st, 8pm | Artists Play Studio | Suggested donation:$10-$20
*Pre-Festival Event* An eclectic evening of dance, live music, spoken word, visual srt, and comedy by enchanting and powerful performers! hosted by Belladonna and the Awakening and Elizabeth Dawn Snell.
Saturday, October 21st, 8pm | Artists Play Studio | Suggested donation:$10-$20
*Pre-Festival Event* An eclectic evening of dance, live music, spoken word, visual srt, and comedy by enchanting and powerful performers! hosted by Belladonna and the Awakening and Elizabeth Dawn Snell.
Art in The Struggle Against War
Sunday, October 22nd, 7pm | Other (see description) | By donation
Sunday, October 22nd, 7pm | Other (see description) | By donation
Venue: Salon Samizdat 2 Federal St (1 block East of Dufferin, just South of Dundas)
Artists Against War hosts the Toronto premiere of Michelle Mason's Breaking Ranks and Alex Lisman's Let Them Stay about US war resisters in Canada. The films are followed by a panel discussion.
Read Between the L(i)nes
Sunday, October 22nd, 7pm | Studio Visuals Gallery | Free
Exhibit Launch - artists challenging mainstream media featuing artists Hollis Baptiste, Mosa Neshamá, Rebecca Soudant & Paul Merredew.
Sunday, October 22nd, 7pm | Studio Visuals Gallery | Free
Exhibit Launch - artists challenging mainstream media featuing artists Hollis Baptiste, Mosa Neshamá, Rebecca Soudant & Paul Merredew.
Resistance as Art - Lennox Contemporary Gallery
Tuesday, October 24th, 6pm | Lennox Contemporary Gallery | Free
Through painting, sculpture, book arts, and other media, this exhibition examines legacies of colonization, issues of land rights, prison and incarceration, and classism
Tuesday, October 24th, 6pm | Lennox Contemporary Gallery | Free
Through painting, sculpture, book arts, and other media, this exhibition examines legacies of colonization, issues of land rights, prison and incarceration, and classism
Art as Resistance - SPIN Gallery
Tuesday, October 24th, 7:30pm | SPIN Gallery | By donation
Artists look at issues related to race, gender, and sexuality in this multi media exhibition.
Tuesday, October 24th, 7:30pm | SPIN Gallery | By donation
Artists look at issues related to race, gender, and sexuality in this multi media exhibition.
Festival Opening - SPIN Gallery, Tuesday October 24
Tuesday, October 24th, 7pm | SPIN Gallery | Suggested donation: $10
The festival kicks off with a key note address by Drew Hayden Taylor followed by a spoken word performance by The Fusilli project and dancehall rock by d'bi.young and the dubbin.revolushun.gangstars
Tuesday, October 24th, 7pm | SPIN Gallery | Suggested donation: $10
The festival kicks off with a key note address by Drew Hayden Taylor followed by a spoken word performance by The Fusilli project and dancehall rock by d'bi.young and the dubbin.revolushun.gangstars
blood.claat: one womban story
Wednesday, October 25th, 9pm | The Great Hall Downstairs | $10-$20
d'bi.young's award winning play about coming of age in Kingston.
Wednesday, October 25th, 9pm | The Great Hall Downstairs | $10-$20
d'bi.young's award winning play about coming of age in Kingston.
Beyond Second Class: The Politics of Same-Sex Marriage
Wednesday, October 25th, 8pm | The Workman Theatre | Suggested donation: $10
A screening of The End of Second Class, directed by Nancy Nicol and winner of the Elle Flanders award for Best Documentary at Inside Out Festival, 2006. The film tracing the legalization of same-sex marriage in Canada followed by a panel discussion.
Wednesday, October 25th, 8pm | The Workman Theatre | Suggested donation: $10
A screening of The End of Second Class, directed by Nancy Nicol and winner of the Elle Flanders award for Best Documentary at Inside Out Festival, 2006. The film tracing the legalization of same-sex marriage in Canada followed by a panel discussion.
Exile on Queen St
Wednesday, October 25th, 7:30pm | SPIN Gallery | Suggested donation: $10
A multidisciplinary event on the experience of "exile" hosted by Beatriz Hausner, featuring Reze Baraheni, Ray Ellenwood, Alma Marin, A.F. Mortiz and Nelofer Pazira. Original composition by Keir Brownstone and an art installation by Amelia Jimenez.
Wednesday, October 25th, 7:30pm | SPIN Gallery | Suggested donation: $10
A multidisciplinary event on the experience of "exile" hosted by Beatriz Hausner, featuring Reze Baraheni, Ray Ellenwood, Alma Marin, A.F. Mortiz and Nelofer Pazira. Original composition by Keir Brownstone and an art installation by Amelia Jimenez.
The Making of Gateways
Thursday, October 26th, 8pm | SPIN Gallery | By donation
Cahoots Theatre Projects presents a film and panel discussion with Julie Salverson, Ruth Howard, Mark Wallace and Lucy Frankel on community theatre.
Thursday, October 26th, 8pm | SPIN Gallery | By donation
Cahoots Theatre Projects presents a film and panel discussion with Julie Salverson, Ruth Howard, Mark Wallace and Lucy Frankel on community theatre.
Dis Place
Thursday, October 26th, 8pm | Artists Play Studio | Suggested donation: $10
An evening of readings by Dian Marie Bridge, Tara-Michelle Ziniuk, Idil Mussa, Djennie Laguerre, and others. What is it about Dis place that inspires dissent, discord, and discomfort?
Thursday, October 26th, 8pm | Artists Play Studio | Suggested donation: $10
An evening of readings by Dian Marie Bridge, Tara-Michelle Ziniuk, Idil Mussa, Djennie Laguerre, and others. What is it about Dis place that inspires dissent, discord, and discomfort?
Corruption, Suicide, & Mourning
Thursday, October 26th, 8pm | The Great Hall Downstairs | By donation
A staged-reading of a new play on the global effects of the Iraq War written and directed by Judith Thompson featuring Anne Angiln, Erin Mackinnon, and Julian Richings.
Thursday, October 26th, 8pm | The Great Hall Downstairs | By donation
A staged-reading of a new play on the global effects of the Iraq War written and directed by Judith Thompson featuring Anne Angiln, Erin Mackinnon, and Julian Richings.
Behind the Brickz & POWER-me
Friday, October 27th, 8pm | The Great Hall Downstairs | Suggested donation: $10
An evening of two plays written and performed by youth in two emerging youth theatre programs.
Friday, October 27th, 8pm | The Great Hall Downstairs | Suggested donation: $10
An evening of two plays written and performed by youth in two emerging youth theatre programs.
Shameless: The ART of Disability
Friday, October 27th, 8pm | The Workman Theatre | Suggested donation: $10
Friday, October 27th, 8pm | The Workman Theatre | Suggested donation: $10
Award-winning filmmaker Bonnie Sherr Klein’s latest documentary about ‘the art of disability’. followed by a talk-back with Bonnie Sherr Klein and Catherine Frazee, moderated by David Reville.
The screening is open captioned. ASL interpretation and attendant-care provided.
Acoustic Action
Friday, October 27th, 8pm | SPIN Gallery | Suggested donation: $10
An acoustic music night that brings together music from around the world.
Friday, October 27th, 8pm | SPIN Gallery | Suggested donation: $10
An acoustic music night that brings together music from around the world.
Infectious
Saturday, October 28th, 4pm | Lennox Contemporary Gallery | Free
Infectious is a 20 minute performance featuring two people in airtight bubbles in a society that has suffered an environmenal collapse.
Saturday, October 28th, 4pm | Lennox Contemporary Gallery | Free
Infectious is a 20 minute performance featuring two people in airtight bubbles in a society that has suffered an environmenal collapse.
One Block in Parkdale
Saturday, October 28th, 2pm | Various Outdoor locations (see description) | Suggested donation: $10
One Block in Parkdale is a site-specific theatrical installation that takes a unique look at the social boundaries that separate us, and the circumstances that bring us together.
Saturday, October 28th, 2pm | Various Outdoor locations (see description) | Suggested donation: $10
One Block in Parkdale is a site-specific theatrical installation that takes a unique look at the social boundaries that separate us, and the circumstances that bring us together.
HomelessNation.org
Saturday, October 28th, 4pm | Parkdale Activity --Recreation Centre | Free
Join homelessnation.org creator Daniel Cross (S.P.I.T. Squeegee Punks In Traffic) as well as anti-poverty activist, Kolin Davidson, for a discussion and guided tour of the homelessnation website
Saturday, October 28th, 4pm | Parkdale Activity --Recreation Centre | Free
Join homelessnation.org creator Daniel Cross (S.P.I.T. Squeegee Punks In Traffic) as well as anti-poverty activist, Kolin Davidson, for a discussion and guided tour of the homelessnation website
Children of Our Era
Saturday, October 28th, 8pm | The Great Hall Downstairs | Suggested donation:$10-$20
Chidren of Our Era - from Prokofiev to Kudelka, from Hymns to Jazz: A Night of Classical Convergence in Music, Poetry, and Dance features twentieth century classical music, contemporary dance, and award-winning poetry focusing on an exploration of poetic justice, courage under seizure, hunger in a time of prosperity, and the art of insanity.
Saturday, October 28th, 8pm | The Great Hall Downstairs | Suggested donation:$10-$20
Chidren of Our Era - from Prokofiev to Kudelka, from Hymns to Jazz: A Night of Classical Convergence in Music, Poetry, and Dance features twentieth century classical music, contemporary dance, and award-winning poetry focusing on an exploration of poetic justice, courage under seizure, hunger in a time of prosperity, and the art of insanity.
Oui, the People…..
Saturday, October 28th, 9pm | The Blue Moon Pub | Suggested donation:$10-$20
Oui, the People is a night dedicated to struggle and resistance featuring Nomadic Massive, Stop Die Resuscitate, Girl + The Machine, Hill Top Productions, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and an opporunity to participate in an interactive mural.
Saturday, October 28th, 9pm | The Blue Moon Pub | Suggested donation:$10-$20
Oui, the People is a night dedicated to struggle and resistance featuring Nomadic Massive, Stop Die Resuscitate, Girl + The Machine, Hill Top Productions, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and an opporunity to participate in an interactive mural.
Parkdale Activity – Recreation Centre Art Group
Saturday, October 28th, 10am | Parkdale Activity --Recreation Centre | Free
View the PARC ART group exhibit - a continuous, revolving exhibit of original visual art from 10-2pm Monday to Saturday
Saturday, October 28th, 10am | Parkdale Activity --Recreation Centre | Free
View the PARC ART group exhibit - a continuous, revolving exhibit of original visual art from 10-2pm Monday to Saturday
Playground
Sunday, October 29th, 2pm | Other (see description) | Free
Playground brings together children and professional artists in a collective-driven creative process that uses the site of a schoolyard and the activity of children’s games to explore the origins of violence and discrimination in social behaviour.
Sunday, October 29th, 2pm | Other (see description) | Free
Playground brings together children and professional artists in a collective-driven creative process that uses the site of a schoolyard and the activity of children’s games to explore the origins of violence and discrimination in social behaviour.
Professionally Ethnic
Sunday, October 29th, 2pm | The Great Hall Downstairs | By donation
Bobby Del Rio's Professionally Ethnic is a comic exploration of multiculturalism in the arts from political, corporate, and academic perspectives - directed by Ross Manson
Sunday, October 29th, 2pm | The Great Hall Downstairs | By donation
Bobby Del Rio's Professionally Ethnic is a comic exploration of multiculturalism in the arts from political, corporate, and academic perspectives - directed by Ross Manson
Gitmo
Sunday, October 29th, 2:30pm | Outside The Great Hall | Free
Located on the sidewalks between ARCfest venues, Gitmo features the literal washing away of the international definition of a Prisoner of War.
Sunday, October 29th, 2:30pm | Outside The Great Hall | Free
Located on the sidewalks between ARCfest venues, Gitmo features the literal washing away of the international definition of a Prisoner of War.
Artists For Real Change
Sunday, October 29th, 5:30pm | Lennox Contemporary Gallery | Free
Participate in a dialogue about the challenges and successes associated with building an artistic movement based upon social justice work and methods. Panelists include : Rosina Kazi, Izida Zorde , Rinaldo Walcott, and Belladonna. The panel will be preceeded by a performance of Infectious by Gabriel Sirois and Smiroyee Mitra.
Sunday, October 29th, 5:30pm | Lennox Contemporary Gallery | Free
Participate in a dialogue about the challenges and successes associated with building an artistic movement based upon social justice work and methods. Panelists include : Rosina Kazi, Izida Zorde , Rinaldo Walcott, and Belladonna. The panel will be preceeded by a performance of Infectious by Gabriel Sirois and Smiroyee Mitra.
The Wrecking Ball 5
Sunday, October 29th, 8pm | The Great Hall Downstairs | By donation
The Wrecking Ball is an attempt to bring the headlines to the theatre through staged readings of newly commissioned short political plays. The Wrecking Ball 5 features works by Daniel MacIvor and Hannah Moscovitch and a performance of Harold Pinter's Press Conference.
Sunday, October 29th, 8pm | The Great Hall Downstairs | By donation
The Wrecking Ball is an attempt to bring the headlines to the theatre through staged readings of newly commissioned short political plays. The Wrecking Ball 5 features works by Daniel MacIvor and Hannah Moscovitch and a performance of Harold Pinter's Press Conference.
