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Welcoming Winter Storytellers

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11 Jan 2012

Welcoming Winter Storytellers
Date: Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Time: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Concourse Lounge, main floor of University College, 220 Dysart Road

On Wednesday, January 11, the Centre for Creative Writing & Oral Culture welcomes Mary Louise Chown and Kay Stone, the 2012 Winter Term Storytellers.

Please be sure to join the Centre for a unique program of storytelling followed by a reception. Free and open to the public, this event begins at 2:30 p.m. in the Concourse Lounge on the main floor of University College.

Every Good Writer's Plan with Martine Leavitt

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6 Nov 2011

Join accomplished Young Adult author Martine Leavitt in a full-day masterclass on plot and structure in longer works of fiction.

John Gardner said, "Though action with no meaning beyond its own brute existence can have no lasting appeal, plot is, or must sooner or later become, the focus of every good writer's plan." This workshop will offer tips on how to make that plan, how to structure a longer work of fiction and set up that structure in those first ten pages - usually all the time you get with that agent or editor.

Date: Sunday, November 6
Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Patrick Ryan Storytelling Performance

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21 Sep 2011

WELCOMING PATRICK RYAN
The U of M’s Fall 2011 Writer/Storyteller-in-Residence

EXCLUSIVE PERFORMANCE by PATRICK RYAN, as well as a reading by alumnus Toby Cygman
Everyone welcome! Reception to follow!

Date: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Place: The Great Hall located in Room 218 of University College at 220 Dysart Road, University of Manitoba Fort Garry Campus

Screening - Please Vote for Me

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20 Sep 2011

In partnership with The University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA), Gallery 1C03 is pleased to be part of the international documentary screening network Cinema Politica as the first Manitoba chapter. Together we will continue to screen several socially and politically resonant films over the course of the 2011/12 academic year.

Dr. Catherine Taylor Speaking at Egale AGM

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12 May 2011

This year, Egale Canada's Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place in Winnipeg on May 12th, 2011. Details are as follows:

Date: May 12, 2011
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Place: University of Winnipeg, Room 2M72, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 2E9
Guest Speaker: Catherine G. Taylor, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Rhetoric, Writing & Communications and Faculty of Education, University of Winnipeg

Biography for Catherine Taylor:

The Monkey King and Other Stories from Asia at Aqua Books

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6 May 2011

The Monkey King and Other Stories from Asia
Storytellers Kay Stone and Rebecca Hiebert, with taiko drummer Margaret McKenty

Dates: Fri, May 6/11 at 7:30pm and Sat, May 7/11 at 2:00pm
Tickets: $10
Place: Aqua Books (http://www.aquabooks.ca)

AN OLD CHINESE CLASSICAL TALE ABOUT AN IRREDEEMABLE TRICKSTER, SUN WU-KUNG, WHO OUTWITS THE DRAGON KING OF THE EASTERN SEA, YAMA GOD OF DEATH, AND THE JADE EMPEROR OF THE CELESTIAL REALM. AH, BUT HE HIMSELF IS OUTWITTED BY THE BUDDHA.

Stone Soup - What's Love Got to Do With It

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11 Feb 2011

The upcoming Stone Soup gathering on February 11 is devoted to the them of What's Love got to do with it?

Bring your storied answers to the questions, and enjoy.

Place: AQUA BOOKS,
Time: 7:30-9:30
Cost: FREE

Unbottled Water - Manitoba Storytelling Guild Fundraising Concert

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19 Mar 2011

The Manitoba Storytelling Guild presents its second annual fundraising concert -- Unbottled Water: A Free Flowing Concert of Stories and Music to celebrate World Storytelling Day.

Date: March 19, 2011
Time: 7:30PM
Place: Gas Station Theatre,
Tickets: $20, $15 for Storytelling Guild members

Storytellers: Jane Cahill, Mary Louise Chown, Wayne Drury, Kate Isaac, Ron Robinson, Kay Stone
Music and song by Dave Clement

Manitoba Storytelling Guild 2nd Annual Gala

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26 Nov 2010

Manitoba Storytelling Guild 2nd Annual Gala

Date: November 26
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
Place: The Amenities Floor of Fred Douglas Place, 333 Vaughan, corner of Ellis and Vaughan. Punch in 205, then take the elevator up to the A-floor.

Storytellers at this event include: JANE CAHILL, IGNATIUS MABASA, and KAREN TOOLE. Refreshments provided.

Please RSVP to storyguild@gmail.com.

Erik de Waal at Aqua Books

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20 Nov 2010

South African story teller Erik de Waal will be performing Folktales at Aqua Books (274 Garry St.) on Saturday, November 20 at 3:00PM.

Cost: $6/kids, $8/adults, free/2 and under

Puppets of all sizes help him tell his tales. 150,000 kids on 5 continents can't be wrong!

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