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« Wednesday March 05, 2008 »
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(advanced_event) Binti's Journey at Tarragon Theatre Extra Space Start: 2:30 pm End: 2:30 pm Deborah Ellis's acclaimed young adult novel, The Heaven Shop, a story about the human impact of the AIDS pandemic in Africa, is being adapted into a play entitled Binti's Journey. It is the story of Binti Phiri, a 13-year-old African girl, who loses her home and family to AIDS. It is about her journey to her grandmother's village and her discovery of a deeper understanding of family and community. Binti's Journey, directed by acclaimed poet ahdri zhina mandiela and adapted by Marcia Johnson, was commissioned and developed by Theatre Direct. (advanced_event) Surrealism in St. Catharines* Start: 7:00 pm Refuse Locale: An Evening of Surrealism in St. Catharines celebrates the ongoing legacy of surrealism in Canada at the Niagara Artists' Centre, 354 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines on March 5 at 7:00 p.m. The evening features readings by contemporary surrealist poets Stuart Ross and Beatriz Hausner, and acclaimed Automatist scholar Ray Ellenwood reading from his recent translation of Thérèse Renaud's The Sands of Dream (the first book of Canadian surrealist poetry), the evening will also include surrealist games, films, art, and activities. (advanced_event) Nicolas Dickner, Maureen Jennings, Beverley Stone at Harbourfront Start: 7:30 pm Nicolas Dickner (Nikolski), Maureen Jennings (The K Handshape), and Beverley Stone (No Beautiful Shore) read from their new novels at the Harbourfront Centre in the Brigantine Room on Wednesday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. (advanced_event) Launch for The Last Effort of Dreams: Essays on the Poetry of Pier Giorgio Di Cicco Start: 7:30 pm The Frank Iacobucci Centre in Italian Canadian Studies in collaboration with Wilfrid Laurier University Press invite you to an evening with Francesco Loriggio (Carlton University) presenting The Last Effort of Dreams: Essays on the Poetry of Pier Giorgio Di Cicco on Wednesday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Madden Auditorium, Carr Hall, 100 St. Joseph Street, St. Michael's College. A reception will follow. RSVP (acceptances only) to 416-926-2345 or email: italian.studies [at] utoronto [dot] ca. Everyone is welcome and admission is free. (advanced_event) Christopher Doda, Katherine Govier, Jeanette Lynes at the Rowers Pub Reading Series Start: 7:30 pm Christopher Doda, Katherine Govier, and Jeanette Lynes are reading at the Rowers Pub Reading Series on Wednesday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. Free admission. New location for March only: Brass Taps at 934 College Street, Toronto. Christopher Doda is a poet and critic living in Toronto. His first collection of poems, Among Ruins, was released in 2001 by Mansfield Press and his second, Aesthetics Lesson, appeared in the autumn of 2007. (advanced_event) U or T Bookstore Reading Series Presents Quirks and Quarks and Q & A Start: 7:30 pm U or T Bookstore Reading Series presents an evening of conversation with Jim Lebans, award-winning producer at Quirks and Quarks, and author of the book The Quirks & Quarks Guide to Space (McClelland & Stewart), and Bob McDonald, CBC’s science reporter, author, and Quirks and Quarks host. A question and answer period with the audience will follow the interview.

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