Goose Lane Events: August
By the Branta Webcrawler • Aug 1st, 2012 • Category: Goose Lane Authors, Happenings
August 12, 2012
Headliner(s): David Moos
Featured Titles: IAIN BAXTER&
12:00 am at Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON
In conjunction with the new book IAIN BAXTER&: Works 1958-2011, the Art Gallery of Ontario opens a new exhibit of IAIN BAXTER&’s works, an artist sometimes referred to as the Marshall McLuhan of the visual arts. The exhibit is curated by former AGO curator David Moos.
Hours and ticket prices may be found on the AGO website.
For page images from our new release IAIN BAXTER&: Works 1958-2011, please click here.
August 15, 2012
Headliner(s): Noah Richler
8:00 pm at Festival Pavilion, Rockwood Centre, 5511 Shorncliffe Avenue, Sechelt, BC
The Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts is proud to present the world premiere of the new documentary Northwords .
Northwords is a documentary film about a literary expedition to Torngat Mountains National Park, a remote corner of Northern Labrador. Led by award-winning journalist and activist Shelagh Rogers, the expedition included five Canadian writers: Joseph Boyden, Alissa York, Noah Richer, Rabindranath Maharaj and Sarah Leavitt.
Please join Shelagh Rogers and Noah Richer for this special pre-festival event.
Tickets are $15 and may be purchased at the Festival of the Written Arts Office (5511 Shorncliffe Avenue, Sechelt) or by telephone at 604-885-9631 or 1-800-565-9631.
August 18, 2012
Headliner(s): Noah Richler
Featured Titles: What We Talk About When We Talk About War
8:30 pm at Festival Pavilion, Rockwood Centre, 5511 Shorncliffe Avenue , Sechelt, BC
Noah Richler hits the West Coast for a visit at the Sunshine Coast Festival for the Written Arts, being chosen this year to deliver the Bruce Hutchinson Memorial Lecture.
Join Canada’s longest running summer gathering of Canadian writers and readers, featuring established literary stars and exciting, new voices… with opportunities for writers and readers to mingle amidst Rockwood’s heritage gardens.
This event is sold out. Tickets for all events may be purchased here.
August 26, 2012
Headliner(s): Sarah Fillmore
Featured Titles: Jacques Hurtubise
12:00 pm at Musée d, Joliette, QC
The brilliance of Jacques Hurtubise travels to Quebec for an exhibition at the Musée d’art de Joliette.
Showcasing the major career highlights and some of the most recent work of abstract painter Hurtubise, this exhibit will be on display until August 26.
Times and prices may be found on the museum website.
August 29, 2012
Headliner(s): Noah Richler
6:30 pm at The Bookshelf Cinema, 41 Quebec St., Guelph, ON
Northwords, a documentary about a literary expedition to Torngat Mountains National Park, in Northern Labrador, will be showing at the Bookshelf Cineman. Led by Shelagh Rogers, this remarkable expedition included five Canadian writers: Joseph Boyden, Alissa York, Noah Richler, Rabindranath Maharaj and Sarah Leavitt.
Please join director Geoff Morrison along with authors Richler and York for a special Q & A following the screening.
Admission to this event is $12.
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