First Ever Toronto Russian Film Festival KINO and ART 2007 Invitation

Kino & Art Festival 101: Dr.Valeri Kogan, a film producer and businessman,
gives an introduction to the First Toronto Russian Film Festival
in the Steam Banya club tent at Nuit Blanche art night
Photo: artjunction.blogspot.com

The First KINO Art Festival (KAF) 2007 is a Toronto’s latest great cultural raison d'être.

Thursday, October 4, 2007 - Sunday, October 7, 2007

Festival Venues:
Royal Cinema
608 College St. (at Clinton St.), Toronto M6G 1A1 [map]

National Film Board Theatre
150 John St.(at Richmond St W) Toronto M5V 3C3 [map]
(Osgoode subway station)

Toronto Centre For the Arts
5040 Yonge St. Toronto M2N 6R8 [map]
(North York Centre subway station)

The Bernard Betel Centre for Creative Living
1003 Steeles Ave. W. (at Bathurst St.) Toronto M2R 3T6 [map]

Bar Italia
582 College St. (at Clinton St.), Toronto M6G 1A1 [map]

The State Theatre NightClub
69 Bathurst Street (at King St. West), Toronto [map]

Mana Bar and Lounge
722 College St. (west of Bathurst St.), Toronto M6G 1C4 [map]

Festival Program:

Thursday, October 4, 2007
Day 1: Opening Night Film and Party

Gala Opening: Temptation / Искушение (2007)
Director: Sergey Askenazi
North American Premiere
Director in Attendance
Venue: Royal Cinema
Time: 7:00 p.m.

Opening Night Party
Venue: Bar Italia
Time: 9:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
(by invitation only)

Friday, October 5, 2007
Day 2

Connection / Связь (2006)
Director: Dynia Smirnova
North American Premiere Royal Cinema
Venue: Royal Cinema
Time: 7:00 p.m.

Free Floating / Свободное плавание (2006)
Director:Boris Khlebnikov
Canadian Premiere
Venue: Royal Cinema
Time: 9:15 p.m.

KAF House Gala
(open to general public guest list at info@kaboompromotion.com)
Venue: State Theatre NightClub
Time: 10:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 6, 2007
Day 3

Animation program for children
Venue: Toronto Centre For the Arts
Time: 2:00 p.m.

From Canada with Love
Program by Russian-Canadian Artists (shorts and feature length documentaries)
Moscow Freestyle Producer/Director: Julia Ivanova |Vancouver| (51mins)
Crazy Lovin’ Director: Veronika Belianina |Toronto| (20 mins)
The Letter Director: Matvei Jivov |Toronto| (21 mins)
Pictures at an Exhibition Director: Natasha Turovsky |Montreal| (37 mins)
Venue: National Film Board
Time: 2:00 p.m.

Alive / Живой (2006)
Director: Alexander Veledinsky
North American Premiere
Venue: Toronto Centre For the Arts
Time: 4:00 p.m.

Frescoes / Фрески (2003)
Director: Alexander Gutman - Retrospective
Documentary Program
Venue: National Film Board
Time: 4:00 p.m.

Playing The Victim / Изображая жертву (2006)
Director: Kirill Serebrenikov 2006
Venue: Royal Cinema
Time: 4:30 p.m.

Enemies / Враги (2007)
Director: Mariya Mozhar
North American Premiere
Venue: Toronto Centre For the Arts
Time: 6:00 p.m.

In Search of Happiness / В поисках счастья (2006)
Director: Aleksander Gutman - Retrospective
Documentary Program
Venue: National Film Board
Time: 6:30 p.m.

Alive / Живой (2006)
Director: Alexander Veledinsky
North American Premiere
Venue: Royal Cinema
Time: 7:00 p.m.

Connection / Связь (2006)
Director: Dynia Smirnova
North American Premiere Royal Cinema
Venue: Toronto Centre For the Arts
Time: 8:00 p.m.

Short Documentary Program
The best films from Russian film Festivals
Presented and Recommended by Cine Fantom Club
North American Premieres
Artel (2006) Director: Sergey Loznitsa (32 min)
On the Third Planet out of Sun (2006) Director: Pavel Medvedev (32 min)
Yaptik-hasse (2006) Director: Edgar Bartenev (32 min)
Sarafan (2006) Director: Aleksandra Strelyanaya (21 min)
Venue: National Film Board
Time: 8:45 p.m.

Two In One / Два в одном (2007)
Director: Kira Muratova
Canadian Premiere
Venue: Royal Cinema
Time: 9:15 p.m.

Sunday, October 7, 2007
Day 4: Closing Night Film and Party

Animation Program
The Best Films from Russian Animation Film Festivals
North American Premiere
Venue: National Film Board
Time: 11:45 a.m.

From Canada with Love
Program by Russian-Canadian Artists (shorts and feature length documentaries)
Reflections Director: Timofey Yuriev |Toronto| (4 mins)
Princess Castle Producer/Director: Boris Ivanov |Vancouver| (7 mins)
From Russia, For Love Director: Julia Ivanova |Vancouver| (53 mins)
God’s Goodness Director: Marc Betsworth DOP: Pasha Patriki |Toronto| (20 mins)
Seven Storeys Director: Boris Ivanov |Vancouver| (25 mins)
Venue: National Film Board
Time: 2:00 p.m.

Frescoes / Фрески (2003)
Director: Alexander Gutman - Retrospective
Documentary Program
Venue: The Bernard Betel Centre for Creative Living
Time: 12:30 p.m.

The Tuner / Настройщик (2004)
Director: Kira Myratova
Venue: Royal Cinema
Time: 2:30 p.m.

In Search of Happiness / В поисках счастья (2006)
Director: Aleksander Gutman - Retrospective
Documentary Program
Venue: The Bernard Betel Centre for Creative Living
Time: 3:00 p.m.

Closing Night Film: Artistka / Артистка (2007)
Director: Stanislav Govoruchin
North American Premiere
Venue: Royal Cinema
Time: 5:00 p.m.

Closing Night Party
Venue: Mana Bar & Lounge
Time: 7:30 p.m. – midnight
(tickets at the door)

Individual tickets: $10
Full Weekend Wristband Pass: $100
Tickets are available at the box office or on line
Three-day wrist band passes can be purchased here
For events at the Toronto Centre For the Arts, (416-733-9388) tickets can be purchased at the box office, or at Ticketmaster.

For more information on films and tickets please call 647-344-6599
or visit Kino Festival of Russian Film and Art web site
http://www.kinoartfestival.com/


links:
Russian Cinema: Kino Festival of Russian Film and Art
Canada Eurasia Russia Business Association: EVENTS: KINO Art Festival
First ever Russian Film Festival in London: Apollo West End, 27 September - 3 October, 2007
The third Russian Resurrection Film Festival in Melbourne
Press Release: The 7th Annual Russian Film Week in New York, October 12 - 17, 2007

KAF's Image Gallery: Nuit Blanche and the Festival 2007.

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Toronto International Sputnik Day 2007 Celebration

Invitation: Critical Media presents Sputnik, a celebration of space flight in collaboration with
the Canadian Space Society, held at the Toronto Aerospace Museum
Credit: Critical Media

Announcement: International Sputnik Day - Celebrating 50 Years of Space Exploration

WHEN: October 4, 2007, 6:30-10:30 pm

WHERE: Toronto Aerospace Museum

LOCATION: 65 Carl Hall Road, Toronto, ON M3K 2E1
PHONE: (416) 638-6078
DIRECTIONS: Parc Downsview Park, 65 Carl Hall Road, Toronto, ON M3K 2E1
By Car: From the 401 East or West, exit at Keele Street North. Turn right on Sheppard Ave, and follow Sheppard to the entrance to Downsview Park. Turn right into the park (onto John Drury Road) until you reach Carl Hall Road. Turn left at Carl Hall and continue east over the railway tracks to the Museum, which is on your right hand side.
By TTC: Free shuttle car service provided between Downsview TTC station and the Aerospace Museum between 6:15-7:15 pm

ADMISSION FREE - Donations accepted

AGENDA

SPUTNIK 1 - 50 Years of Space Exploration

October 4, 2007, Toronto Aerospace Museum

On October 4, 2007, worldwide celebrations commemorate 50 years of space flight. On this day, five decades ago - October 4, 1957 - the first man-made satellite was launched into space, the first man-made object ever to orbit the Earth, captivating the public's imagination worldwide. No larger than a watermelon and weighing only 183 pounds, its "beep beep beep" signal from space was heard with baited breath as it traveled on its elliptical path.
"Now, somehow, in some new way, the sky seemed almost alien," wrote Lyndon B. Johnson. The launch of Sputnik ushered in a new era: the Space Age.

On October 4, 2007 we mark the 50th anniversary of the beginning of this new age, an age of space competition and exploration, discovery and adventure, tragedy and exhilaration. At the Toronto Aerospace Museum, Critical Media presents a celebration in collaboration with the Canadian Space Society.

6:15-7:15 pm:
Reception and presentation of new media artist Slavica Ceperkovic's piece consisting of a continuous loop projection

7:15-8:00 pm:
Presentation on Space Era in USSR/Russia (Dr. Zelina Iskanderova, University of Toronto)

8:00-8:25 pm:
Presentation: "Space Science and Science Fiction" (Nina Czegledy, KMDI, University of Toronto; Concordia University)

8:25-8:30 pm:
Screening: "My First Rocket" (Amir Gavriely & Joel Robson)

8:30-9:30 pm:
Screening: "The High Ground" (Michael Lennick, Foolish Earthling Productions)

9:30-9:35 pm:
Streaming of "Sputtnikk Oppera" live performance from Ljubljana (Igor Stromajer & Brane Zorman)

9:35-10:00 pm:
Discussion/Q&A with Michael Lennick

10:00-10:30 pm:
Screening: "Destination: Mars"(Michael Lennick, Foolish Earthling Productions)

Credits:
Sputnik Day 2007 was produced in collaboration by Nina Czegledy, Lori Tureski, Amir Gavriely, Joel Robson, and Slavica Ceperkovic, and Critical Media partners Greg Judelman and Daniel Barber. Special thanks to Kevin Shortt, Paul Cabot and the Toronto Aerospace Museum and the Canadian Space Society. We are grateful for the generous contribution by Michael Lennick and Foolish Earthling Productions. Thanks also to Magda Wesalkovska.

Contact:
For more informaiton, please contact Lori Tureski at ltureskigmail.com or Nina Czegledy at czegledyinterlog.com

Come and celebrate with us!



В КАНАДЕ ОТМЕЧАЮТ НАЧАЛО КОСМИЧЕСКОЙ ЭРЫ

4 октября 1957 года на околоземную орбиту был выведен первый в мире искусственный спутник Земли, открывший космическую эру в истории человечества.

4 октября этого года вся мировая общественность будет отмечать начало космической эры – с момента запуска первого спутника прошло ровно 50 лет!

Спутник, ставший первым искусственным небесным телом, был выведен на орбиту ракетой-носителем Р-7 с 5-го научно-исследовательского полигона министерства обороны СССР, получившего впоследствии наименование космодром Байконур. Космический аппарат ПС-1 (простейший спутник-1) представлял собой шар диаметром 58 сантиметров, весил 83,6 килограмма, был оснащен четырьмя штырьковыми антеннами длиной 2,4 и 2,9 метра для передачи сигналов, работающих от батареек передатчиков. Спутник ПС-1 летал 92 дня, до 4 января 1958 года, совершив 1440 оборотов вокруг Земли (около 60 млн. км), а его радиопередатчики работали в течение двух недель после старта. Над созданием искусственного спутника Земли во главе с основоположником практической космонавтики С.П.Королевым работали ученые М.В. Келдыш, М.К.Тихонравов, Н.С.Лидоренко, В.И.Лапко, Б.С.Чекунов и многие другие.
В Музее космонавтики Торонто (Toronto Aerospace Museum) это событие будет отмечаться особо. Среди мероприятий дня – презентации (в том числе проф. Университета Торонто Зелины Искандеровой – о становлении ракетно-космической промышленности в СССР), представления, дискуссии, демонстрация документальных фильмов.

Музей расположен по адресу 65 Carl Hall Rd.
Его веб-сайт - torontoaerospacemuseum.com.

Между 6:15 и 7:15 рм от станции Downsview TTC station до музея будет ходить бесплатный автобус для перевозки всех желающих.

Приходите и празднуйте вместе с нами! Вход свободный (принимаются пожертвования).

Credit: Еженедельная газета "Русский Экспресс"
Выпуск № 503, Событие

links:
Critical Media
Toronto Aerospace Museum
Canadian Space Society
Foolish Earthling Productions

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Nuit Blanche Inspirational Poetry

2:01 am: Nuit Blanche program on TTC Network words travel fast
Photo: artjunction.blogspot.com

2:01_AM_Toronto_Time_1

It was 2:01 am in the Nuit Blanche morning
I took a subway to go to the Junction
With a crystal halo tied up the Moon
I got tied too.
It was too late
Too much.

2:01_AM_Toronto_Time_2

At 2 o’clock in the Nuit Blanche morning
I took a subway to go to the Junction.
A crystal halo tied the Moon up warning
I got tied too: it was too late, too much to function.

poetry in ttc @ artjunction.blogspot.com

links:
Reminder: Onestop announces Nuit Blanche program on TTC Network Words Travel Fast

Words Travel Fast

Group exhibition curated by Art for Commuters
LCD screens on all TTC subway platforms
Words Travel Fast sets poetry into motion on the TTC network screens. Poets Emily Pohl-Weary, Emily Schultz and Zoe Whittall collaborate with motion graphics artists Franco Barroeta, Emma Lopez and Karen Richardson, creating unique motion-poems. A project by Onestop Media and Art for Commuters.
www.onestopmediagroup.com

Credit: scotiabanknuitblanche.com

nuit blanche poetry
toronto.craigslist.org

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Toronto: Sputnik Around the Globe + MS Expression Around the Clock

The Word on the Street: Sputnik Space Party Poster
Photo: artjunction.blogspot.com

Question: What helped launch Slavic studies as a growth discipline at the University of Toronto?
Answer: The number of U of T students interested in Slavic studies shot up after the satellite Sputnik was launched by the Soviets in 1957.

More excerpts from The University of Toronto: A History

Special Event: Sputnik Space Party
Free Evening Event
October 4, 2007
It's been half a century! Celebrate the beginning of the space age in 1957 when Sputnik launched the race to space.

50th Anniversary of Sputnik Celebrated in Toronto

Beep .. beep.. Thursday, October 4th marks the 50th anniversary of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik I which launched the space age*. Celebrate at the Ontario Science Centre with Sputnik-themed displays, music, and activities. Enjoy awe-inspiring views through telescopes with members of the Toronto Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (weather permitting). Witness a fly-over of the International Space Station and listen as our storyteller weaves tales inspired by spaceflight. Highlighting the event is a special panel presentation at 8:00 p.m. in the Imperial Oil Auditorium, “Sputnik and the Space Age”.

PANELISTS

* Bob McDonald, host of CBC’s Quirks and Quarks. He remembers how the Sputnik launch helped fuel interest in space.
* Professor Lynne Viola, Department of History at the University of Toronto. Specializes in the history of the peasantry in the Soviet Union. She will speak to the impact Sputnik had on the culture and mood of people at the time.
* Steve Lang, Canadian Space Resource Centre. Works with the Canadian Space Agency and has a deep knowledge of the history of Canadian Space program.
* Robert Godwin, Author - Russian Spacecraft and Launch Vehicles: Heritage of the Space Race
* Chris Gainor, Author - Arrows to the Moon and Canada in Space.

The Sputnik Space Party runs from 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.

* The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a basketball, weighed only 183 pounds and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race.

Contributed by Sara Poirier, Toronto
Sep 27, 2007, 13:41
Credit: Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

links:
Википедия: Спутник-1
Wikipedia: Sputnik 1

Sputnik 1 (Russian: "Спутник-1", "Satellite-1", or literally "Co-traveler-1" byname ПС-1 (PS-1, i.e. "Простейший Спутник-1", or Elementary Satellite-1)) was the first artificial satellite to be put into geocentric orbit. Launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, it was the first satellite of the Sputnik program.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The WorldView-1 Spacecraft
The Associated Press: Secrets of 1957 Sputnik Launch Revealed
By Vladimir Isachenkov
Google News: sputnik
50th Anniversary of Sputnik Celebrated in Toronto
CNews: Russian IT-review
Radio sample of Sputnik 1

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The global Designer Conference Expression around the Clock - первое глобальное мероприятие Microsoft для дизайнеров Expression around the Clock on October 4, 2007.

Toronto and Moscow, Auckland and Seoul, Bangalore and Cairo, Milan and Zürich, Mexico City and Sao Paulo are on the Microsoft designers' map.

Word on the Street with Russian Gypsy Show

The Word on the Street: CityTV Main Stage

The Gypsy (ROMA) Flame Show Band Performance

Photo: artjunction.blogspot.com

The Nuit Blanche contemporary art thing has smoothly passed in a day when the Queen's Park Circle was transformed into The Word on the Street multidimensional celebration of the written culture. It will be The Gypsy Flame Band performance there. Enjoy.

THE WORD ON THE STREET
Toronto's Annual Book and Magazine Festival
WHEN: Sunday, September 30, 2007, 11am to 6pm
WHERE: Queen’s Park Circle (Museum subway stop)
ADMISSION: Free

The Gypsy (ROMA) Flame Show Band
A Vibrant Collection of Russian, Hungarian, Romanian and Klezmer Folk Music

With a repertoire that includes fiery gypsy (ROMA) songs, lyrical romances, instrumental music and Russian gypsy (ROMA) dances, The Gypsy (ROMA) Flame Show Band produces a high-energy show. Their performances are complete with traditional Roma costuming, highlighting Roma folk music and music from eastern European countries such as Russia, Hungary and Romania.
Band members include: Lesya Alexander, a violinist who graduated from the Tchaikovsky State Music Academy in Kiev, is a qualified orchestra soloist and also teaches for chamber music; Yan Loren, a singer/guitarist, is engaging as a house-band musician all over the city; Flori Tigau, Roma singer, performs in five languages; and Paul Mathew, leader/keyboardist/accordionist, studied classical music at the Royal Conservatory of Music.

Credit: The Word On The Street Festival Program

links:
The Arts Junction: Russian House of Toronto: Gypsy Flame Show

The Gypsy (ROMA) Flame Show Band

YouTube - Gypsy Flame Show Band Toronto Canada - Cspid Meg Bogar
Added: April 08, 2007
From: gypsyflameshowband

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Art and Culture Night in Russian Banya: Nuit Blanche Toronto 2007

Independent Project: Steam UP in the Steam Banya Screenshot Image
Credit: scotiabank nuit blanche toronto + art into life

Go out and experience Toronto art and culture nuit.
All free, all night, all over Toronto - the second Nuit Blanche Saturday night (September 29, 2007 - September 30, 2007) with over 190 exhibitions of contemporary art.
Make it an unforgettable white night.
Check Zone B, event #21 a kickoff of the KINO Art Festival (KAF) - first Festival of Russian Film and Art in Toronto.

STEAM UP IN THE STEAM BANYA
Russian videos, music and a sauna in a tent.

The Steam Whistle Brewing Co.
The Roundhouse, 225 Bremner Blvd.
416-229-7000
Art into Life

Steam up and relax to Russian art videos, shorts, animation + Music + Refreshments = Cool Russian Culture throughout this end-of-summer night. Bring swimsuit, towel and sandals to enjoy the Steam Banya (Sauna) tents stationed on the patio. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

www.kinoartfestival.com

Details:
Steam UP in the Stem Banya

As a KAF pre event Art into Life will be at Nuit Blanche 2007 with "Steam UP in the Steam Banya": Banya (a Russian steam bath) Tents on the patio, showcasing contemporary Russian art films and a local DJ as part of the program. Something extraordinary to explore at Nuit Blanche.

Art Program
- Art Videos Program- best art videos of Russian bands and artists 2006-2007
- Shorts from Russian films Festivals 2006-2007
- Animation - best from Russian Animation Film Festival

Come to visit:
Join us at our Banya and Club tent: enjoy the steam and art program. Russian cuisine and refreshments available, including tea from a Samovar.

links:
scotiabank nuit blanche toronto
http://scotiabanknuitblanche.com/home.html

NOW: nuitblanche2007
http://www.nowtoronto.com/nuitblanche/index.cfm

Toronto Music Event: Spiritual Sounds of Central Asia

Spiritual Sounds of Central Asia:
Nomads, Mystics and Troubadours
Credit: Roy Thomson Hall

October 14, 2007 update to the concert announcement:
Spiritual Sounds of Central Asia has been postponed.
(NEW DATES TBA)
Ticket holders will be notified as soon as a new date has been confirmed.
Tickets held for Oct. 12 will be honored on the new date.
For More Information:
World Music Institute
Share the Music Program

Roy Thomson Hall presents
Spiritual Sounds of Central Asia: Nomads, Mystics and Troubadours

Friday, October 12, 2007
Time: 8:00 pm

Riveting, virtuosic, gifted — 18 musicians from six countries present a cultural tapestry of the rich musical and poetic traditions of Central Asia. It’s a sophisticated multi-media event: brief documentary films give the music context, live camera feeds provide close-ups of the artists, and super-titled lyrics present the texts of Rumi, Hafez and more.

Program features: Alim Qasimov Ensemble, Bardic Divas & Badakhshan Ensemble

This is a Share the Music event.

Roy Thomson Hall
Location & Directions: 60 Simcoe Street, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2H5
(at the corner of King and Simcoe Streets)
Google Map

Tickets: $59.50 - $39.50
Box Office: (416) 872-4255

Sponsored by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture-Music Initiative and World Music Institute.

WMI Tours 2007/8: Spiritual Sounds of Central Asia: Nomads, Mystics and Troubadours
Credit: World Music Institute

links:

Audio and Video Clips of Spiritual Sounds of Central Asia on World Music Institute Website

Alim Qasimov Ensemble

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Songs, Music and Dance of Badakhshan

Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia (AKMICA)

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ANTHOLOGY
The “Music of Central Asia” series is a co-production of the Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia and the Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. The aim of the series, released worldwide by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, is to present leading exponents of Central Asia’s rich and diverse musical heritage to listeners outside the region. As a new generation of talented performers reinterprets this heritage — much of it ruptured or lost during the Soviet era — older traditions are reanimated and transformed. Music of Central Asia documents the work of musicians who represent both a mastery of their own tradition and a contemporary spirit of innovation expressed through new approaches to performance style, repertory, and technique. Each release includes a DVD with a documentary film on the featured performers as well as a map, musical instrument glossary, and short introduction to Music of Central Asia and the Aga Khan Music Initiative. These intimate, often poignant, musical portraits bring to life a group of remarkable artists whose creative achievements proclaim Central Asia’s prominence on any musical map of the world.

Spiritual Sounds of Central Asia
Alim & Fargana Qasimov, Badakhshan Ensemble, Bardic Divas
Saturday, October 27, 2007 8:30 pm
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
West 57th St and 7th Avenue
New York

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Welcome You to the West Toronto Junction Arts Festival

Welcome to the Junction Arts Festival
Photo: 2006 @ artjunction.blogspot.com

Junction Arts Festival 2007

Starts: September 6, 2007
Ends: September 9, 2007
At: Junction Arts Festival, Pacific Ave. , [view map]

Neighborhood: Central West Toronto
Playing: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Times: Thurs 6-9 pm, Fri 12-7 pm, Sat 12 - 9 pm, Sun 11 am - 6 pm
Cost: Free

The 2007 Junction Arts Festival will take place along the one kilometre footprint on Dundas Street West between Keele Street and Quebec Avenue.

The celebrations will entice creativity in every member of the family with four days and nights of free activities featuring the Visual Arts Exhibitions, September 6 through 9, and The Live Stages, the Hands-On KIDZONE and the Green Village, which will take place during the weekend street closure on Saturday, September 8 and Sunday, September 9.

For more information contact: Michael Menegon, Festival Producer
Phone: 416-767-5036
Email: junctionartsfest@on.aibn.com
Web site: www.junctionartsfest.com

Фестиваль Искусств в West Toronto Junction

Место: Dundas Street West. From Keele to Quebec.
День: 6 - 9 Сентября 2007 года

Art-Meets-Street on Dundas West
Вдоль улицы Dundas West - от Keele до Quebec вы сможете увидеть множество представлений, произведений живописи, представляющих многокультурное сообщество Торонто. Больше 150 художников и артистов, работы которых были отобраны специальной комиссией, покажут вам свои работы. На фестивале будут представлены три основных зоны: The Live Stages, The Hands-On KIDZONE и The Green Village.
Вы прекрасно проведете время вместе со своими детьми.

Телефон:416-767-5036
Интернет: http://www.junctionartsfest.com

Art Meets Street on Dundas West
Photo: 2006 @ artjunction.blogspot.com

Junction Arts Festival

This festival is pulling in major talent with performers ranging from musician Justin Rutledge to dance company The Chimera Project. With a large juried art exhibition and area shops acting as venues for multimedia, music, video and performance art installations, we may be looking at the next West Queen West. Dundas Street West (between Keele Street and Quebec Avenue).

Beginning Thursday, September 6, the Junction Arts Festival will present the 2007 Juried Art Exhibition. Four Junction area galleries will exhibit work from over 50 visual artists, as selected by the 2007 Juried Art Exhibition Committee. The pieces will be exhibited in traditional settings at Latitude 44 Gallery (2900 Dundas St. W.), Urbanscape Gallery (2959 Dundas St. W.), the Academy of Realist Art (2968 Dundas St. W.) and Gallery One Zed Two (2975 Dundas St. W.).

The presentations cover a wide range of influences, forms and styles such as still life paintings, figurative paintings, animation, graphic design, portraiture, photography, film and video, drawings, caricatures, landscapes, architecture, mixed media sculpture, illustrations and digital imagery.

The artists have studied in a number of disciplines at respected institutions the world over, and are self-taught and classically trained. Their work has been exhibited internationally in esteemed galleries all over Canada, India, Italy, Mexico, England, Spain, Germany, Japan and throughout the United States.

“This year’s Junction Art Festival will be the best ever! For the first time, the 2007 Juried Art Exhibition artists will be exhibiting in true gallery settings in the heart of the Junction. We are extremely excited about exhibiting more than 500 pieces for the juried show. The number of participating artists has more than doubled this year, no doubt due to the lovely venues,” states Juried Art Committee and Junction Forum for Art and Culture board member Colleen Johnston.

Each gallery will host an opening night public reception on Thursday, September 6 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., where the Juried Art Exhibition award winners will be announced.

The galleries will be open throughout the four-day festival, Thursday to Sunday, various hours.

Gallery Hours
Thursday: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. opening night – public is invited.
Friday: 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday: 12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Sunday: 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

In addition to the Juried Art Exhibition and throughout the four-day festival, a number of Junction area shops and restaurants along Dundas will act as impromptu galleries for multimedia, music, video and performance art installations (impromptu gallery venues are listed in street address order).

Impromptu Galleries:

Celts Pub, 2872 Dundas St. W.

Triple Z West Indian Roti Shop, 2910 Dundas St. W.

2916 Dundas St. W.

Taylor’s Shoes, 2934 Dundas St. W.

The Hair Lounge, 2940 Dundas St. W.

The Beet Organic Market, 2945 Dundas St. W.

Vesuvio Pizzeria & Spaghetti House, 3010 Dundas St. W.

Bending Spoons Gallery, 3010 Dundas St. W.

Agora Mediterranean Café, 3015 Dundas St. W.

Hole in the Wall, 3015 Dundas St. W.

High Park Spicy House, 3020 Dundas St. W.

Relax Shack, 3026 Dundas St. W.

Delight Chocolate, 3040 Dundas St. W.

Pictured it Framed, 3047 Dundas St. W.

Axis Gallery & Grill, 3048 Dundas St. W.

Eclectic Revival, 3075 Dundas St. W.

Impromptu Gallery Hours
Thursday: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. opening night – public is invited.
Friday: Work will be open for public viewing, various times
Saturday: 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., hours may vary
Sunday: 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., hours may vary

PLEASE NOTE: For specific and detailed artist/venue placements and artist biographies please contact festival publicist Laurie Lockhart at 416-988-2530 or gtmessage@sympatico.ca.

links:

dvshop[dot]ca's junction guide & celebrity watch
dvshop[dot]ca's junction food & restaurant guide
junction bia

TIFF07: My Russian Film List

Crystal Night - Movie Night
Toronto International Film Festival
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

The Banishment
Izgnanie
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Contemporary World Cinema
TIFF Tags: Families, Russia

Rebellion: The Litvinenko Case
Bunt. Delo Litvinenko
Andrei Nekrasov
Real To Reel
TIFF Tags: Documentary/Non-fiction, Politics, Russia

Chacun son cinéma
To Each His Own Cinema
Theo Angelopoulos, Olivier Assayas, Bille August, Jane Campion, Youssef Chahine, Chen Kaige, David Cronenberg, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Manoel de Oliveira, Raymond Depardon, Atom Egoyan, Amos Gitai, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Alejandro González Iñárritu, , Aki Kaurismäki, Abbas Kiarostami, Takeshi Kitano, Andrei Konchalovsky, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, David Lynch, Nanni Moretti, Roman Polanski, Raúl Ruiz, Walter Salles, Elia Suleiman, Tsai Ming-liang, Gus Van Sant, Lars von Trier, Wim Wenders, Wong Kar-wai , Zhang Yimou
Special Presentations
TIFF Tags: Cinema/Movies/Television, Drama, French/Quebec, Short Film

Mongol
Sergei Bodrov
Special Presentations
Country: Germany/Kazakhstan/Russia/Mongolia
Language: Mongolian
Special Presentations
TIFF Tags:

Into the Wild
Sean Penn
Special Presentations
TIFF Tags: Coming of Age, Environment, Identity, Literary Adaptations/Interest

No Country for Old Men
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Special Presentations
TIFF Tags: Crime/Thriller, Death/Dying/Illness, Violence

In Bloom
Vadim Perelman
Special Presentations
TIFF Tags: Death/Dying/Illness, Friendship, Identity, Mental Health, Violence

Import Export
Ulrich Seidl
Country: Austria
Language: German, Russian, Slovak
Visions
TIFF Tags: Austria, Families, Immigration

WHY DEMOCRACY?
Nick Fraser
Doc Talks
TIFF Tags:

Alexandra
Alexander Sokurov
Country: Russia
Language: Russian
Masters
TIFF Tags: Families, Russia

Ulzhan
Volker Schlöndorff
Country: Germany/France/Kazakhstan
Masters
TIFF Tags: Death/Dying/Illness, French/Quebec, German, Immigration, Kazakhstan, Religion/Spiritual/Afterlife, Romance, War

Lou Reed's Berlin
Julian Schnabel
Real To Reel
TIFF Tags: Documentary/Non-fiction, Music

The Mourning Forest
Mogari No Mori
Naomi Kawase
Country: France/Japan
Contemporary World Cinema
TIFF Tags:

RELIGULOUS: A Conversation with Bill Maher and Larry Charles
Mavericks
TIFF Tags:

Encounters at the End of the World
Werner Herzog
Real To Reel
TIFF Tags: Documentary/Non-fiction, Environment

tiff07 blogs:

TIFF Tasks: Globe and Mail blogger Jen Gerson
Girish Shambu's Blog TIFF07
1stthursday: Darren Hughes' First-Timer's Guide to TIFF

links:

TIFF05: Pics From The Back End
TIFF06: My Russian Film List

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Nikolai Balalaika: Toronto Busker Friendly

Balalaika Virtuoso Nikolai Tichtchenko: Balalaika Player

Photo © Oksana Shlakhter
Uploaded on October 14, 2006

Notes & Impressions:

Most everyone has seen a busker, these fiercely independent musicians who earn a living of sorts playing music at random spots in Toronto’s subway stations and busy street corners.

A friend of mine decided to speak to one of them, to see what makes a busker.
We talked to Nikolai Tichtchenko. Or Nicholai "Balalaika", after the musical instrument he carries with him wherever he goes, a small, guitar-like instrument which is a vital part of Russian folk music.

It is his life and joy, an instrument which he has played since the tender age of 6.
Nicholai is from the Ukraine. He graduated from the Soviet State conservatory and belonged to the musical group of the Kiev Circus in the former Soviet Union.

Their group was contracted to perform in Canada for a year however the contractor unfortunately ran out of money and before the year was out everyone in the musical group had to fend for themselves. Like Nicholai most decided to remain in Canada and are now legal residents here.

While his former colleagues have taken up other professions to secure a steady income, Nicholas remains a balalaika player to this day. As he put it, he and his instrument are inseparable.

Besides Russian folk music Nicholai also plays other types of music. A die-hard musician and hard-working busker!

He performs in shows or other events, and has been in one movie with Robin Williams and Danny DeVito "Death to Smoochy".

An earnest and courteous man, Nicholai’ formal training in music enables him to also offer guitar lessons when required.

2007 © Olivia

links:

Blog: Balalaika Virtuoso Nikolai Tichtchenko

Torontoist: Subway Idol
This is Nikolai Tichtchenko. From Kiev, Mr. Tichtchenko plays a guitar/mandolin-like Balalaika - which requires a lot of strumming. Also received high marks...


TheStar.com - GTA - Notes from the underground

What Ashifa Kassam, staff reporter of The Toronto Star and Carly Jones, cast member of this summer's hit musical Evil Dead: The Musical said about an annual audition to be buskers for the TTC. Nikolai Tichtchenko was among 169 musicians from arond the GTA area trying out this year competition.

Nikolai Tichtchenko

Instrument: He’s been playing the balalaika, a three-stringed, triangular version of the guitar, for 47 years

Day job: This is it — he’s a full time balalaika player

He says about busking: “I am from Ukraine, but my instrument is from Russia.” He’s not too worried about not getting a licence — he’s got plenty of work playing his balalaika at parties, restaurants and festivals.

Carly Jones’ Evil Take: “His hands are moving so fast you can’t even see them. What he needs is a troupe of five modern dancers behind him, doing a dance to whatever he’s playing, all dressed in pastels. It’s the only thing that could make this any better for me — it’s awesome.”

Where Jones wants him: “Downsview subway station because he needs to be around the intellectual university crowd there. Only they would truly appreciate him.”

Aug 18, 2007 04:30 AM
Ashifa Kassam
Staff Reporter
Credit: Toronto Star

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