KinoArt Festival: Media Alert!! Conference November 4 at Samovar Room

Poster: Media Conference: KinoArt Festival:
For The Love of Russian Film, Music and Art
November 4, 2009 11:00 am at Samovar Room
Credit: www.kinoartfestival.com

KinoArt Festival – Media Alert!! – Conference November 4

***** MEDIA ALERT *****

October 30, 2009 – Toronto, ON

All media are invited

KinoArt Festival
For The Love of Russian Film, Music and Art

presents

Media Conference Introducing Russian Director Sergey Solovyev and Lead Actress Tatiana Drubich, and announcing the North American premiere of Anna Karenina and other film and documentary highlights.

WHO: Director Sergey Solovyev and Lead Actress Tatiana Drubich.

WHAT: Introducing them to Toronto Media and hearing stories on the making of the film. The Conference will also serve as a platform to announce other films, documentaries, animations and shorts showcased at the 2nd KinoArt Festival.

WHEN: Wednesday, November 4, 2009. Informal greetings at 10:30, conference begins promptly at 11 a.m.

WHERE: Samovar Room – 51A Winchester Street, Toronto ON http://j.mp/3JUfKZ

WHY: This Media Conference is a rare and intimate opportunity to meet first-hand, face-to-face one of Russia’s most prolific director and writer Sergey Solovyev and one of Russia’s most distinguished and sought-after leading actress Tatiana Drubich.

www.kinoartfestival.com

All media are invited.
For more information, get GAT:
Vitaly Gurevich | 416.888.3744 | vitaly@gat.ca
Ingrid Hamilton | 416‐731‐3034 | ingrid@gat.ca

Press-Release: The Second KinoArt Festival in Toronto November 5 – 8 for The Love of Russian Film, Music and Art

Poster: Second Kino Art Festival Toronto
November 5 - 8, 2009

The Fabulous Tales from Robert Lepage: The Nightingale

Screenshot: The Nightingale and Other Short Fables
"This has to be the most enchanting work for the musical stage to hit Toronto in years." (Toronto Star)
NEW Mon., Nov. 2, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. performance just added. Order today!
Credit: Canadian Opera Company

The Nightingale & Other Short Fables by Igor Stravinsky
On Stage Oct. 17 to Nov. 5, 2009
NEW Mon., Nov. 2, 2009 at 7:30 p.m
At the Four Seasons Centre, 145 Queen St. W., Toronto.

Director: Robert Lepage
Conductor: Jonathan Darlington
Nightingale: Olga Peretyatko
Fisherman: Lothar Odinius
Emperor: Ilya Bannik
Death: Maria Radner
The world premiere of a new co-production with Festival d'Aix-en-Provence and Opéra national de Lyon, in collaboration with Ex Machina.

Notes & Impressions:

Igor Stravinsky was known for his innovative use of rhythm and harmony, but not for melody. But melody is "Our All" for Russian musical forms. Most of the Russian folk songs are very melodic, which influences on many Russian composers. No need to say here … Tchaikovsky.

The end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twenties century brought up a new composer’s breed like Scriabin, Stravinsky and others, who broke the rules. But what Stravinsky did was based on the different kind of Russian folklore and folk music. That was kind a Bakhtin's carnival, for the inner use only with violent rhythms and rough wordings. So, when Stravinsky was hanging out with Harlem’s musicians, he was pretty much inoculated with our own folk-jazz syncopes that might gave a life to his avant-garde music.

This is a preface to the today’s performance of The Nightingale and Other Short Fables by Igor Stravinsky at the Four Seasons Centre. And the feast we had today couldn’t be more synthetic than the performance: opera, ballet, puppet theatre, water show, theatre of shadows, circus, and, of course, the orchestra!

I might forgot a thing or two, or might missed something from the Ring #5 but, nevertheless, it was a feast for my eyes, my ears, and my Russian soul.

2009 © Natalia Silver

links:
thestar.com: Review: Nightingale and Other Short Fables are awash in magic
By John Terauds
bbc.co.uk: Discovering Music: WORK IN FOCUS: Petrushka: Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
The Arts Junction:
Three Robbin’s Ballet Pieces: Brilliant Canadian Tribute
National Ballet of Canada: The Life of a Ballet Dancer
National Ballet of Canada: Class on Stage and We Mean It

The Second KinoArt Festival in Toronto November 5 – 8 for The Love of Russian Film, Music and Art

Screenshot: KinoArt Festival in Toronto, November 5 – 8, 2009
Credit: kinoartfestival.com

KinoArt Festival
For The Love of Russian Film, Music and Art

Russian Directors Restake Claim to Their Classic Literature

with North American Premieres of

Anna Karenina and Taras Bulba

at the 2nd KinoArt Festival

running November 5 – 8 in Toronto

www.kinoartfestival.com
www.gat.ca

For Immediate Release

(October 30, 2009 – Toronto, ON) – Western filmmakers have had their turns. Now new, groundbreaking, culturally-authentic versions of Anna Karenina and Taras Bulba will be on offer at the second KinoArt Festival.

The Russian Film Festival, which runs in Toronto from Thursday, November 5th, until Sunday, November 8th, 2009, will also offer Russophiles a long-awaited sequel to Assa, the film that galvanized the underground Russian rock scene back in 1987. Also featured is the North American premiere of Metro, a stunning and unique documentary on the monumental Moscow subway, the first film of its kind to cover this subject. As well, there’s the 2008 Russian box-office hit We are From the Future, Andrei Maliukov’s time-traveling adventure that takes place in St. Petersburg during the fierce defense of the city in 1942.

After a successful launch in 2007, KinoArt Festival is back and this year brings with it the massive premiere of Anna Karenina along with legendary Russian director Sergey Solovyev and actress Tatyana Drubich. Solovyev’s version of the Leo Tolstoy’s epic love story will turn heads and provoke cinematic debate.

"We are very excited to bring Toronto our second KinoArt Festival," says Alla-Ani Poliakova, Founder and Executive Director of the Festival. "Our goal has always been to chronicle the evolution of Russian films, past and present through our film event, and this year we are really thrilled to be offering the most impressive feature films, documentaries, and shorts, some never before seen, and bring that to North America, specifically Toronto."

Other highlights at KinoArt include director Kirill Serebrennikov’s Yuriev Den, about a famous opera singer, which won the Grand Prix at Warsaw International Film Festival in 2008.

Making its debut in Toronto is Taras Bulba, directed by renowned director Vladimir Bortko it is based on the book by Nikolai Gogol (called "one of the 10 greatest books of all time" by Ernest Hemingway). Famously embraced by Hollywood as a starring vehicle for the late Yul Brynner, it’s an enduringly controversial story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies.

From the notorious Russian director Alexei Balabanov, comes Morphine, his interpretation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s A Country Doctor's Notebook. The film’s screenplay was written by another famous Russian director, Sergei Bodrov, Jr. This joint effort recounts the events of 1917, the turbulent year of the Russian Revolution.

Shultes takes the audience on an existential voyage to Moscow, into the heart of Russia’s capital. The film is shown through the eyes of an ordinary Muscovite, who lives in an ordinary apartment building somewhere on the outskirts of the city, alone. His only connection to reality: his notepad.

The Festival closes with a searing documentary, Process directed by Alexander Zeldovich and devoted to the anniversary of the 1952 execution of the Jewish anti-fascist committee of the former U.S.S.R. Process, co-presented by the Jewish Film Festival, will be followed by a Q&A.

The same evening, visiting director Sergey Solovyev (Anna Karenina) will screen Assa – a Russian cult favourite from the late 80’s. His original film gave voice to the underground rock music scene, with the lead played by the charismatic rocker Victor Tsoy (the film’s soundtrack features a number of songs performed by a variety of Russian rock singers). Following the screening of Assa, after a wait of 22 years, will be the North American premiere of the sequel Assa 2. Solovyev’s sequel portrays the new generation in contemporary Russia, within a complex structure that references Solovyev’s own Anna Karenina.

Of note, Thomas Lahusen, Professor of Eurasian Cultural History at the University of Toronto and documentary filmmaker, together with Sergei Kapterev, senior researcher at the Institute of Film Art in Moscow, will participate in a panel on the present, past, and future of Russian cinema on November 6. Some of the questions raised will be the politics of documentary film, the problem of film exhibition and preservation, and the relevance of the Soviet cinematic experience to contemporary Russian and world cinema.

Following the panel discussion, a stunning debut will occur - the world premiere of Their Kingdom, a 1928 documentary from Soviet Georgia presented by Sergei Kapterev, with a post-screening Q&A. The film, by Mikhail Kalatozishvili, had been considered lost until its first two reels were discovered at Russia’s State Film Archive. Sergei Kapterev holds a Doctorate in Cinema Studies from New York University and is the author of the book Post-Stalinist Cinema and the Russian Intelligentsia, 1953-1960.

Also, Lahusen will present his own two short films; The Province of Lost Film and The Photographer at KinoArt on November 7.


Tickets can be purchased at the Venues night of screening
And www.torontovka.com (in Russian)

Gala Opening: $20 Adults, $12 Students and Seniors - includes Gala Post Reception
Main Program: $12 Adults, $10 Students and Seniors

Isabel Bader Theatre
93 Charles Street West
Tel: 416.585.4523

Regent Theatre
551 Mt. Pleasant Road
416.489.8484

Slavic Department at University of Toronto
121 St. Joseph Street
Tel: 416.926.2075

The following list outlines KinoArt Festival 2009’s sponsorship line-up:
Ministry of Tourism; Canada Heritage; U of T Slavic Department; United Stars; Brunella; Steam Whistle; Finn-Tastic; Ethnic Channel Group; Next TV; Tokmakov TV; Torontovka.com; West East Newspaper; Express Gazeta; Mix TV; Nasha Gazeta

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For more info, to request screeners, to set up interviews, get GAT:
Ingrid Hamilton ingrid@gat.ca h/o: 416-482-6142 c: 416-731-3034
Vitaly Gurevich vitaly@gat.ca c: 416-888-3744

AcademiaRossica
3rd Russian Film Festival, 30 October — 8 November 2009
Apollo Cinema. London, Tel. 0871 220 6000
More information on http://academia-rossica.org

links:
russianfilmweeknyc.com: 9th Annual Russian Film Week NYC November 2009
kinoglaz.fr: 17th Honfleur Russian Film Festival (France) - 25 - 29 November 2009
wikipedia.org: Cinema of Russia
ng.ru: "Анна Каренина" без Анны Карениной
Екатерина Барабаш, Санкт-Петербург-Москва
kp.ru: Татьяна ДРУБИЧ: Сегодня самоубийство Анны Карениной сочли бы глупостью
Анастасия ПЛЕШАКОВА
eg.ru: Промо-ролик нового фильма Сергея Соловьёва «Анна Каренина»

Joe Fiorito About Saving Junction Post Office in Today's Toronto Star

Screenshot: Joe Fiorito: Toronto Star Columnist Page
Credit: thestar.com

Fiorito: Petitioners save tiny Junction post office - thestar.com

"There was a lineup at the Junction Gardens Postal Outlet the other day, not for stamps or parcels. People came to sign the petition."

Joe Fiorito

Today's Toronto Star mentioned the success of the Toronto's Junction community saving its local postal outlet. Joe Fiorito brought up several miniature stories of the importance of the post office to the life of the Junction business community: Pilates, Hairy Tarantula, Latitude 44 Gallery, Quality Jewellers, and the DVD Shop. The small businesses can not do business without their local post office, having long distant clients around Canada and around the world.

All's well that ends well.

Thanks for telling us those stories.

West Toronto Junction Historical Tour Today: How Wild Could A Town Get To Have To Close Down Its Own Bars?

Poster: Wild, Wild Junction, a Historical Mystery Tour:
West Toronto Junction Historical Society Fall Fundraiser and Pub Crawl
2PM, Sunday, October 25, 2009
beginning at the Troubadour, 3071 Dundas West (south side just east of Quebec.)
Poster Design by Mark @ MasterEnglish.ca
Credit: wtjhs.ca

Hi folks, just a reminder that tickets are still available for the most exciting event in Junction History!

Wild, Wild Junction, an Historical Mystery Tour

2PM, Sunday, October 25

beginning at the Troubadour
3071 Dundas West (south side just east of Quebec)

and ending at Shoxs
2827 Dundas St. W. (just east of Keele.)

It was a night of Legend, the night they closed the bars in the Junction. The newspapers claimed ten thousand men in the streets. The women weren’t even counted although they’d made their voice heard. West Toronto Junction was about to embark on a dry sea of temperance: the Local Option. But how wild could a town get to have to close down its own bars? Join us to find out for our fall fund raiser!

Musicians Samantha Martin and Alice Deardon, and MPP Cheri DiNovo will help the West Toronto Junction Historical Society to relive an extraordinary series of events, as we follow the path to temperance with what else, a pub crawl. Chief of Police Josiah Royce (Ron Clark) will lead a group of adventurous souls from tavern to saloon as the Legends of the Junction return to regale fiery sermon and the infamous Heydon House Brawl are all on tap.

(Our previous tours have been listed in Now Magazine’s Editors Top Three Can’t Miss events along with Caribana and professional wrestling!)

Refreshments will be provided.

Tickets are just $25.

Tickets at Pandemonium Books & Discs, 2862 Dundas W, at Agora Cafe, 3015 Dundas Street West, and at the door at the Troubadour.

For further information, contact,

Neil Ross
(416) 760-9057
neilr@auracom.com

Take a stroll down a dryer Junction. Pictured is an historical photo of the Subway Hotel where Joe Curly, a Junction legend, was supposedly killed. His death remains a mystery. Curly's story is just one that will be explained during the Wild, Wild Junction Historical Mystery Tour, Oct. 25. Courtesy image
Credit: insidetoronto.com

links:
insidetoronto.com: Take a stroll down a dryer Junction
by Lisa Rainford
breakingprojects.com/junctioneer: Two Junction events this weekend
junctionparents.ca: Historical Mystery Tour Oct.25th at 2pm
artjunction.blogspot.com: Celebrate Toronto Heritage: Wild, Wild Junction, Historical Mystery Tour
Follow #JunctionTO on Twitter

WE²: Toronto West End Web Event: Photography, Framing, and Gallery Online Promotion

Collage: [WE]² - WE² West End Web Events Wednesday October 28th
Photography, Framing, Gallery receptions @ Latitude 44 Gallery Framing Decor
Original photo (CC) by Jacob Appelbaum
Credit: totallyspun.com

WE² West End Web Events

• Photography
• Framing
• Gallery receptions

Discussion & networking

WHEN: Wednesday, October 28th, 7 - 9 pm

WHERE: Latitude 44 Gallery Framing Decor
2900 Dundas Street West Toronto Ontario
Canada M6P 1Y8
[located at Dundas & Keele in the historic Junction of Toronto
and wheelchair accessible]
416-769-2900

HOW MUCH: It's Free!

More info @
totallyspun.com

A week later than usual this month, it’s time to announce another West End Web event in The Junction. Next Wednesday, October 28th from 7-9pm the web savvy and web curious alike will meet up at Latitude 44 Gallery for discussion and networking.

This month’s theme is loosely photography, and additionally framing and galleries shows to make the most of our venue. Featured discussion will include archival photographer Dave Katulic sharing some tips on photography for posterity and the web, Janet DiBernardo with some basics on framing and Latitude’s gallery operations, and I will try to tie all back to the overarching web theme by talking about online promotion for gallery showings.

The aim with the West End Web events is to make them as accessible as possible. Whether or not photography or the arts are your field of work or interest, there is lots to learn from the other participants. As always, the discussion is open and there is ample opportunity for questions and general networking. There will be light refreshments served.

Please spread the word and see you all on Wednesday!

Paul Reynolds
Creative Director
Totally Spun

647 835 9150
paul@totallyspun.com

Toronto Junction group pool on flickr

See what people are saying about the Junction local news on Twitter - #JunctionTO + Toronto's Junction

links:
Totally Spun: October In The West End Web
Press-Release: Toronto West End Web: Raising An Online Community
Press-Release: Toronto West End Web: Arts & Crafts Online And In Our Community
Press-Release: Toronto West End Web - Social Media Discussion & Workshop

Junction Community Has A Lot To Be Proud Of: The Junction Gardens Post Office Saved!

Collage: Junction Gardens Post Office Will Stay Open!

GRAND BARGAIN JUNCTION GARDENS
2938 DUNDAS ST W
TORONTO ON M6P 1Y0
1-866-607-6301

Good news for the Junction Gardens Postal Outlet: a new five-year contract had been signed, and it stays open for local customers. The campaign to save the Junction Gardens Postal Outlet was successful.

"Junction people need Junction service," said Franchisee and Grand Bargain owner Mangi Ju.

More than four thousand people signed the petition to save the post office.

A community celebration for the Junction Gardens Post Office will take place in front of the facility this weekend (Saturday, October 24, 2009), and Mangi invited community members to stop by.

To know the details of the campaign "Save the Local Canada Post Office from Closing: The Junction Residents Need the Junction Gardens Post Office" follow the links to Lisa Rainfor's articles:

[ V ] insidetoronto.com: Closure of post office has residents riled
Business owner fears loss of customers
By Lisa Rainford
[ V ] insidetoronto.com: Post office to remain in Junction
By Lisa Rainford
[ V ] gerardkennedy.ca: Post office to remain in Junction
By Lisa Rainford

youtube.com: Save the Post Office by eclectech

links:
heraldscotland.com: Glamis Post Office wins reprieve from closure
By GRAEME SMITH
contracostatimes.com: Dimond, Montclair post offices to stay open
By Janet Levaux

Aquila Halloween Costume Party with Great Win a Trip to Cuba!

Poster: Aquila Restaurant Halloween Costume Party!

Saturday, October 31st, 2009 @ 8:00 pm

Come to the party and you could win a FREE trip to Cuba for two!

Credit: Aquila Restaurant, Lounge & Catering

A Party is Brewing at...

AQUILA Restaurant

Saturday, October 31st @ 8:00 pm


Costume Party!

Live music! Prizes Galore!

• 1st place winner receives a ticket for two to Cuba, all inclusive.
• 2nd place prize is one case of beer each month for one year.

How ghoulishly fun!

Witches, Ghosts & Goblins all Welcome !

Everyone who comes through the door gets a present in addition to the chance of a prize.

Aquila
347 Keele Street,
Toronto, ON M6P 2K6
e-mail: aquilarestaurant@rogers.com

For reservations, catering and take-out call 416 - 761 - 7474

View Larger Map



Reviews:

snapbloorwest.com: Aquila Restaurant's Grand Opening

"The hot, new Italian restaurant Aquila opened in the south Junction area in July to lots of fanfare. ...

Located at 347 Keele St., just south of Dundas St. West, Aquila Restaurant is open for lunch and dinner 7 days a week, including brunch on Saturdays and Sundays. Call ahead for reservations, 416-761-7474."

maps.google.ca: Google Maps - Aquila Restaurant
2 reviews: Great Place + Opening night at Aquila

Green 13 Hosts Free Screening of Sisters on the Planet

Poster: Sisters on the Planet: 4 inspirational women fighting back against climate change
Green 13 Movie Night at Margret October 21, 2009
Credit: Green 13 + oxfamamerica.org

Green 13 Movie Night
FREE Screening of
Sisters on the Planet

When: Wednesday, October 21

Time: 6 pm - 8 pm

Where: Margret
2952 Dundas Street West, Toronto ON
(just E of Pacific)

Please join us to view this recently released film which examines the impact of climate change on women, the most vulnerable. In this critical period, the countdown to Copenhagen, we must hear, with compassion, the voices of those on the firing line.

We look forward to discussion on what this all means locally.

Come, meet, mingle, learn and get involved,

green13group@gmail.com

Green 13: community residents from ward 13, who are a grassroots environmental group - dedicated to the promotion, education, and advocacy of environmental protection

Sisters on the Planet Action Guide
Four inspirational women and the fight against climate change

Climate change is already having a disproportionate impact on poor people in the US and abroad, and it's hitting women hardest.

These are stories of inspiration, of hope, and of the power of people to bring about change. Sahena, Sharon, Muriel, and Martina might have very different lives, but what they share is a certainty that progress only comes about when you stand up and make your voice heard.
SistersonthePlanet-ActionGuide.pdf (882.5 kB)
Credit: oxfamamerica.org

CommunityChannelTV
How climate change affects women in poorer countries.
Sisters on the Planet is a new half hour documentary made by Oxfam

Toronto's Junction Art Hot Spot: Craft Market, Crema Coffee and Sky Factory Studio: Fine Art & Workshops

Collage: You Are Here: The Toronto Junction Art Hot Spot
Credit: Wise Daughters Craft Market + Crema Coffee + SkyFactory Studio + Google Latitude

Recently, a new studio was opened in the Junction - SkyFactory Studio. The studio is located above Crema and Wise Daughters. It is studio workspace for Toronto artist Sandra Muscat, but it is also used as gallery space, and it is large and bright enough to be ideal for hands on workshops. At present, Sandra is offering "Journal With Fluid Paint" and "Create An Altered Book" creative workshops along with Junction fellow artist Rhonda Nolan. They plan on
developing workshops for moms and kids to do together, but for now, the workshops are open to everyone.

Journal With Fluid Paint
flow...grow...forget what you know
Learn the tools and techniques for creative practice without any of the old boring rules. As well as working and exploring with fluid paint, you’ll learn a variety of techniques using collage, ink, pastels and dry media. Next sessions will be held:

Session One: Saturday, October 31, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Session Two: Saturday, October 31, 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Cost: $145 includes all materials, as well as your own journal kit to take home.

No artistic training or experience is necessary.
For more information or to register call 647-628-4354
or email: JournalWithFluidPaint@gmail.com

Create An Altered Book
The Altered Book: Any book, old or new, recycled by creative means into a work of art
Three part 8 hour workshop:

Session One: November 10 & 12, 7pm-9:30pm & November 14, 10am-1pm
Session Two: November 17 &19, 7pm-9:30pm & November 21, 10am-1pm

Cost: $225 includes materials

No artistic training or experience is necessary.
For more information or to register call 647-628-4354
or email: sandra.muscat@gmail.com

Workshop Leaders:

• Rhonda Nolan is an artist and illustrator with over 30 years experience in creative media. She is an expert paper and card maker, a graphic designer and successful mixed media fine artist. Rhonda has been practicing a daily fluid paint journal for five years and is an accomplished workshop leader.
• Sandra Muscat began practicing intuitive painting following an art pilgrimage through New Mexico in 2005. She is a successful visual artist and co-author of “Return On Imagination” – a Financial Times business book focusing on the power of imagination for business innovation.

SkyFactory Studio
Studio, gallery, workshops in the heart of Toronto’s Junction
3081 Dundas Street West, 2nd floor,
Toronto, ON M6P 2Z9
Tel: 647-628-4354
Email: sandra.muscat@gmail.com

Screenshot: SkyFactory Studio Home Page
Credit: skyfactorystudio.com

links:
Sandra Muscat's blog: Sky Factory Studio: Fine Art & Workshops
Rhonda Nolan's blog: My Lighter Side
The Arts Junction: Welcome Wise Daughters
by Neil Ross