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Open
Door Designs recently had a very successful trip to Montreal
to attend the Canadian Library Association National
Conference.
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Meeting
Gisele Guay from UQUAM
(Université du Québec à Montréal)
and learning about their graduate theatre programme in contemporary
puppetry! The first class will be graduating this month
with final performances in Montreal. Wish I could be there. |
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Impromptu
performances and wonderful discussions about puppetry with
librarians and puppeteers from across the country. |
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A
very special loan of two very old Javanese shadow puppets.
If anyone knows something about them I would love to hear.
Just click on the picture to see a larger image. |
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HANK'S
TOYBOX THEATRE
Performing at Kid's Fringe Festival.
Jane McClelland and Mike Petersen
of Hank’s Toybox Theatre will be performing
their own brand of tabletop puppetry at the Toronto
Kids’ Fringe Theatre Festival this summer.
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Come
and see stuffed animals come alive in As You Puppet, a
unique retelling of Shakespeare’s As You Like, starring
teddy bears, kittens, rabbits and frogs. As You
Puppet will premiere Thursday July 2 at 4:50pm.
Showtimes are as follows: |
Thursday
July 2, 4:50pm
Friday July 3, 8:05pm
Saturday July 4, 2:20pm
Monday July 6, 12:40pm
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Wednesday
July 8, 5:40pm
Thursday July 9, 3:45pm
Saturday July 11, 12:25pm
Sunday July 12, 7:05pm |
$10
adults / $5 kids
fringe hotline: 416-966-1062
www.fringetoronto.com
NO LATECOMERS ADMITTED
All shows are in the Palmerston Library,
560 Palmerston Avenue (just north of Bloor). |
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Bulosan Theatre would like to invite you to take part
in a very special workshop on Philippine Puppetry. Amihan Bonifacio-Ramolete,
a Senior Puppeteer at Teatrong Mulat in the Philippines, will
be leading this exciting workshop. She is here in Toronto for
a very limited time, so don't miss this rare opportunity to learn
this unique art form. We will only be offering this workshop twice.
Space is limited, reserve your spot today! For more info and/or
to register, please contact: info@carlosbulosan.com or call 416-979-0400. |
AN
INTRODUCTION TO PHILIPPINE PUPPETRY
WHEN:
Sunday, June 14 2 - 5 PM OR Thursday, June 18 7 - 10 PM
WHERE: Kapisanan Philippine Centre - 167 Augusta
Avenue, Toronto
PRICE: $20
DESCRIPTION: A look into the different types of puppets,
Teatrong Mulat’s experiences as a puppet group in the
Philippines, and a mini-workshop on puppet-making.
MATERIALS NEEDED: (please bring any of the
following items)
* yarn, art or colored paper
* old/unused buttons
* toilet paper roll/cardboard/used cartolina/folder/box of toothpaste
* plastic cup/bottle
* brown paper bag
* or any material you can recycle
BIO - AMIHAN BONIFACIO-RAMOLETE
Amihan Bonifacio-Ramolete, a member of Teatrong Mulat ng Pilipinas
since 1977, is Company Manager and Senior Puppeteer of the group.
An Associate Professor of the Department of Speech Communication
and Theater Arts, she teaches speech communication and theater
courses and is currently taking her PhD in Philippine Psychology
at the University of the Philippines. It’s interesting
to note that her whole family—husband, Raymund, and children
Aina (11 years old) and Roel (8 years old)—is actively
involved in Teatrong Mulat which was founded by her mother,
University Professor Emeritus Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio.
Amihan is currently training and mentoring the CBT Collective
in the Art of Puppetry and the Creation of "total theatre".
This has been made possible by the Canada Council for the Arts. |
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The
Puppets Up! Workshops have now been scheduled.
Click
Here to download the PDF
PUPPETS UP 2009
- August 8th & 9th
Visit
the PUPPETS UP! 2009 website.
The line up this
year is, as usual, very exciting with ten different troupes
coming from across Canada, the U.S., Iceland and the UK. |
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Telling
Stories
“This year, the festival’s Telling
Stories theme has inspired a story writing competition
and a youth production”, says Noreen Young, Puppets Up!
Artistic Director. ”We are going to take the winning children’s
stories and fashion them into a puppet production to be presented
at the festival by a youth troupe comprised of eight local Mississippi
Mills and Carleton Place children”.
The Puppets Up! story writing competition is open to children
ages 8 to 15 and submissions are due by April 30, 2009. Within
1,000 words, entrants will be asked to write a story involving
a bookworm and a kid (boy or girl). A panel of local authors,
booksellers, librarians and artists will judge the results.
The top three competition winners will join Nick, the festival
mascot, in the daily festival parade on both August 8 and 9. They'll
earn prizes in the amounts of $100, $75 and $50 as well. More
Info |
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PERTH
COMMUNITY FESTIVAL
IN PERTH AVENUE PARK
June 13 2009 1:00-5:00PM
MORE
INFORMATION - CLICK HERE
Flea
market tables available for $25.00 each
Call 416-530-4233 for details |
Enjoy
a day of:
* Face Painting
* Games
* Food
* Drinks
* Master DJ to MC
* Live Performers
* Dancing and Singing Competition
* Surprise Guests |
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VISIT OUR BOOTH
AROUND ST. CLARENS AVENUE AND PLAY IN THE PPT-KIDS THEATRE!
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wonderful festival culminating with a magical dinner sitting
in the middle of Bloor Street! A must go to event. |
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Jajo's Secret
June 25, 7:00 p.m.
Free screening!
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The
Revue Cinema is proud to host a free community screening
of the documentary Jajo's Secret about the internment
of Ukrainians by the Canadian government during World
War One, told through the personal story of filmmaker
James Motluk (Life Under Mike, Whose University Is It?).
A few years after
James Motluk's Grandfather passed away, his family made
a shocking discovery; a certificate of parole issued to
his grandfather by the
Sault Ste. Marie Police in 1918. This documentary begins
with that discovery and traces Motluk's personal journey
as he investigates how his grandfather came to be paroled.
The journey leads him from the Sault Ste Marie police
department, to a cemetery in Kapuskasing, through a ghost
town near Wawa and finally to the steps of Parliament
Hill. Along the way, he not only discovers the truth about
his grandfather but learns the story of how thousands
of Ukrainians were imprisoned by the Canadian government
during World War One.
This free screening is being sponsored by the Ukrainian
Credit Union |
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a couple of years now Ken McMullen of Spring
Arbour Farms has delivered beautiful organic produce
to our door. The green onions are the best I have every
tasted! Ken has recently won a Premier's Award for Agri-Food
Innovation Excellence. |
| "Spring
Arbour Farm is 50 acres of Edenic Paradise with mixed hardwood
forest, streams and meadows. We are located in Southwestern
Ontario, Canada near Long Point and Lake Erie (about 200km
southwest of Toronto). Half of the crop land is asparagus
the other half is a mixture of fruits, vegetables, herbs
and flowers. We follow organic farming practices to enhance
the natural vigour of the soil. Most of our varieties are
heirlooms predating 1890. These are available as seeds,
transplants, fresh food and preserves. The wild half of
the farm supplies us with maple syrup, native ferns and
flowers and exotic flavours such as wild ginger and wild
grape. It also ensure a biologically healthy and stable
environment in which to grow food without poisons." |
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We
are thrilled to now have some delightful and hilarious puppets
from Naomi's Ark. Fashioned out of sock seconds Naomi Kates
gives each one irresistable and charming character.
$35/ea
NAOMI
WILL ALSO BE GIVING A WORKSHOP FOR KIDS IN JULY AT OPEN
DOOR DESIGNS. STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION
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