Arts News 20120112

Upcoming Events

1.
Cedar Tree Café Live Jazz every Thursday

The Cedar Tree Café presents live jazz every Thursday evening with the Cedar Trio, featuring Mark Lulham on sax, Don Gorman on double-bass and guitarist Chris Mercer.
Thursdays 7-9 pm,
Cedar Tree Café,
418 Queen St., Fredericton.
No cover charge, open to all ages.

2.
New Exhibition at Connexion Subverts Stereotypes of Gender and Sex
Work opens Jan 12
Gallery Connexion is pleased to announce the opening reception of Nathalie Daoust’s Tokyo Hotel Story on Thursday, January 12 at 7pm.

Nathalie Daoust's Tokyo Hotel Story is a series of photographs exploring female sexuality and the subversion of gender stereotypes. After spending several months in Alpha, one of the biggest S&M "love hotels" in Japan, Daoust photographed 39 women of all ages in their private rooms, surrounded by the specialist equipment and dressed in the regalia that helps define their trade of Dominatrix. The exhibition will feature some photographs in 3D.
Daoust’s goal is to provide insight into the concept of women as dominant beings. She believes numerous challenges still exist in terms of confronting deep-rooted stereotypes of gender-roles, not only in Japan, but the world as well.
Daoust will give an artist talk at Gallery Connexion on January 14 at 2pm. Salon Connex, an open forum critical discussion about the work, will be held February 26 at the Charlotte Street Art Centre.
The exhibition runs until March 2.

Gallery Connexion is Fredericton’s only artist-run-centre. Located at 440 York St in the Chestnut Complex, Gallery Connexion’s mandate is to present controversial and thought provoking contemporary artwork to the Fredericton community.
Gallery Connexion is open Tuesday to Friday, noon until 6 and Saturday, noon until 4. Admission is free.
For more information contact Megan MacKay, Education and Outreach Coordinator at events@galleryconnexion.ca | 506-454-1433.

3.
Memorial Service for Jon Oliver Jan 13
There will be a memorial service for activist Jon Oliver on Friday, January, January 13, 4pm at the old Fredericton Train
Station. Everyone is invited, regardless of whether you knew Jon or not. All who love the city of Fredericton should check out this video of a ceremony that honoured Jon's work in November 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRKlmIaON9Y

4.
Two Exhibits Opening at UNB Art Centre January 13

The public is invited to the opening reception of two exhibits at UNB Art Centre on Friday, January 13, 5-7pm. The first exhibitions of 2012 feature recent acquisitions by the New Brunswick Art Bank, and Distractions, a powerful look at the emotional impact of roadside memorials, photographed by Greg Klassen.
Both exhibits continue through February 24.
The UNB Art Centre is open Monday to Friday, from 9am-4pm and is located at Memorial Hall, 9 Bailey Drive, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton campus.
Admission is free and everyone is welcome.

5.
Cinema Politica presents Art in Action Jan 13
Cinema Politica films are screened at Conserver House (180 Saint John St) on Fridays starting in January until mid April 2012 beginning at 7pm.

Art in Action
Friday, January 13, 7pm
An abundance of art, love, and idealism: that’s what fuels Annie Roy and Pierre Allard, the founders of l’Action Terroriste Socialement Acceptable.
For the past decade, ATSA has made performance an act of intervention, an art that engages citizens in the struggle for a humane and civil society. Magnus Isacsson homes his camera on the political idealism and domestic demands of the Roy-Allard partnership and finds inspiration, generosity and integrity in their exemplary life project. A powerful, moving and candid documentary that makes you believe in a better tomorrow.

Co-host: Gallery Connexion.
More info on the films and Cinema Politica here: www.cinemapolitica.org/fredericton |  fredericton@cinemapolitica.org
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cinema-Politica-Fredericton/257845707568076

6.
Canadian soprano Marie‐Josèe Lord blends classical and popular music Jan 13 at the Playhouse

Jambalaya—a surprising title indeed, but to surprise the audience is what this concert is all about. With her own personal style, her voice, her presence, and her choice of repertoire, Marie-Josée Lord delivers a stunning recital where classical and popular music are gently entwined. Gordon Lightfoot, Verdi, Lama, Bizet, Joni Mitchell and many other composers make up this special program that flows ever so naturally from this brilliant, award-winning Canadian soprano. Lord will share this and more at The Fredericton Playhouse on Friday, January 13 at 7:30pm.
Lord made her professional debut in the fall of 2003, singing Liù in Puccini’s Turandot at the Opéra de Québec. In February 2004, Montreal music lovers were enraptured by her rendition of Mimi in Puccini’s La Bohème at the Opéra de Montréal, where she then sang the title role of Puccini’s Suor Angelica in September 2006, confirming her formidable acting talent and deep musical sensitivity.
Recently Lord has been heard as Marie-Jeanne in the world premiere of the operatic version of the celebrated musical Starmania (Plamondon/Berger) at the Opéra de Québec in May 2008, and the Opéra de Montréal in March 2009. And in the early fall of 2009, she brilliantly sang the role of Nedda (I Paggliacci) at the Opéra de Montréal.
Tickets for Marie-Josée Lord’s Jambalaya are available at the Fredericton Playhouse box office 1-866-884-5800, or online at www.theplayhouse.ca.

7.
UNB Conservatory Glee Club starting Jan 14

Join the UNB Conservatory Glee Club – work on singing technique, harmony, choreography and stage technique all in a fun atmosphere. Solo and group performances, and bilingual instruction is available (English & French). Open to ages 14+.
Instructors: Judy Lavigne & Marie-Claude Landry
Saturdays, January 14 – March 31, 2012, 2-4pm
For more information, or to register contact the UNB Conservatory at 506-453-4697 | conserv@unb.ca
Check out our website at: http://www.unb.ca/cel/programs/creative/music/conservatory/index.html.

8.
Crime Scen-E -Mixed-Media Exhibition opens at Gallery Connexion Jan 14

Crime Scen-E - Mixed Media Exhibition. Presented by Josephine L. Savarese
January 14-24, 2012
Gallery Connexion, 440 York Street, Fredericton
Crime Scen-E makes prominent and bears witness to the emotional residue of crime that seeps beyond the cordoned off spaces that are created to contain and preserve evidence. The mixed media images call into question attempts to create literal and figurative borders around crime scenes, suggesting that the harmful events can be contained in one geographic area. The images stand for the emotional spillage that over-runs the crime scene. They symbolize the trauma of victimization as well as the potential for reconciliation.
Through the application of arts based visual qualitative methodologies, the exhibition seeks to empower victims by recognizing their need for respect and healing without supporting the broader discourses of prison-ization.
Bio:
Josephine L. Savarese studied Fine Arts for two years at the University of Saskatchewan before going on to complete studies in Sociology and Law. More recently, she completed courses in Mixed Media through the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design.
She has been integrating cultural and criminal justice studies since 2002 when she joined a faculty at the University of Regina and joined the board of Commonweal Community Arts, Inc., a Saskatchewan based organization promoting community-based art with marginalized populations.


9.
Saint John String Quartet Nationalism Concert Jan 15

The Saint John String Quartet will warm a cold Sunday afternoon with a concert titled Nationalism: performances of the lovely Grieg quartet in G minor, op. 27 and Smetana's quartet in E minor, Op. 116.
Join us for hot cider and cookies on Sunday, January 15 at 2pm at Memorial Hall on the UNB campus. Tickets available at the door: $25 adults | $20 seniors | $10 students.

10.
Comedy: La Revue acadienne
–
Pour le meilleur et pour le pire Jan 15

In 2012, La Revue acadienne will celebrate its 10th anniversary! The 5 comedians plan to have a party with their new unforgettable tour. The show will review the events and people that made the news in 2011. Don’t miss it! Pour le meilleur et pour le pire (in French only) will take place at the théâtre Bernard-Poirier of the Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne
(CCSA), 715 Priestman St. on Sunday, January 15 at 8pm.
Tickets are sold at the front desk at the CCSA or online at www.centre-sainte-anne.nb.ca for $25 adults | $10 students.
La Revue acadienne is presented by the CCSA in partnership with RADARTS.
Information: 506-453-2731.

11.
Monday Night Film Series presents The Way
Jan 16
Monday Night Film Series takes place at Tilley Hall, UNB Campus beginning at 8pm. General Admission is $7 | Website and info: www.nbfilmcoop.com/fs.htm
January 16, 8pm
The Way
Director: Emilio Estevez
Cast: Martin Sheen, Yorick Van Wageningen, Debra Kara Unger, James Nesbitt, Emilio Estevez
Run Time: 124 minutes
Country: USA
Year: 2011
Language: English
Five years after his impressive ensemble biopic Bobby, actor-director Emilio Estevez returns with another ambitious drama that also features his father, Martin Sheen. Debuting at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival®, The Way is a touching film about the testy yet unbreakable bond between father and son, as well as the supportive, familial connections that can form among strangers.
Tom (Sheen, Bobby, The Departed), an American ophthalmologist, is informed that his son (Estevez) has been killed in a freak accident on a pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago, also known as The Way of Saint James, in the northwest of Spain. Upon arriving in France to collect his son’s remains and return to the United States, Tom is hit with a profound sense of sadness and quickly changes his plans. Equipped with his deceased son’s guidebook and backpack, he embarks on the 800 km pilgrimage from the Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela in an attempt to honour his son’s memory by finishing what he had started.
Set against gorgeous vistas of France and Spain, The Way, like all great road trip movies, depicts how travelling through an unknown land can lead to greater self-knowledge and understanding

12.
Music on the Hill
presents
free noon-­‐hour concert with Steven Peacock & Sally Dibblee
Jan 18
Join soprano Sally Dibblee and classical guitarist Steven Peacock in an intriguing, varied, often intimate and always dramatic exploration of Romantic songs by Schubert and Fauré, and late-20th-century songs by Argento and Cordero. This free noonhour performance will take place on Wednesday, January 18 at Memorial Hall, UNB Fredericton campus, at 12pm.
Soprano Sally Dibblee enjoys success on stages and concert halls throughout North America. As a former member of the Canadian Opera Company Ms. Dibblee made her main stage debut singing Frasquita, Musetta and Lauretta. Recent engagements include her debut performance of the role of Pat Nixon in the Canadian premiere of John Adams’ opera Nixon in China for Vancouver Opera, her debut in the title role of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor and Desdemona in Othello for Edmonton Opera, and performances in a Mahler Festival in a return visit with the Mineria Orchestra in Mexico. Sally lives in Fredericton with her husband and 2 sons.
Classical guitarist, composer and choral conductor Steven Peacock, based in Fredericton, has performed as a soloist and accompanist in concert and recording engagements throughout Canada. In 2010 he released, with flutist Sally Wright, The Green Bushes: Dances, Airs & Lullabies. Keenly interested in ensemble work, he has performed extensively with Ms. Wright and, in the United Kingdom, flutist Jane Coulcher-Stoltenberg; sopranos Paula Hébert, Angela Birdsell, and Wendy Nielsen; and guitarist Gerry Van Wart. Mr. Peacock currently teaches at the University of New Brunswick and at St. Thomas University.

For more information on this performance or the Music on the Hill concert series, please contact
http://www.unb.ca/cel/programs/creative/music/music-on-the-hill/index.html | moth@unb.ca
506-453-4697.

13.
ARTSNB Grant Application Information Session for Artists Jan 19

Thursday January 19, 6-7pm
Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Vanessa Moeller, Deputy Director, New Brunswick Arts Board

This presentation will give an overview of all the programs administered at ARTSNB including: Creation and Documentation Grants, Career Development, Arts Scholarships, Artist Residencies and the Lieutenant Governor’s Awards.
A second presentation will focus on tips and tricks to write Grant Applications; offering artists grant writing help (that goes beyond just writing grants). After these presentations the floor will be open for questions.
The presentation will start promptly at 6pm and end at 7pm. Please RSVP artist@cavelle.net

14.
Vibrant Reflections by Kris LeBlanc
opens at Annex Gallery Jan 20
Gallery Connexion’s Annex Gallery invites you to the opening reception of Vibrant Reflections by Kris LeBlanc on Friday January 20, 2012 at the Playhouse from 5-6:45 pm.
Vibrant Reflections is a selection of paintings by Kris LeBlanc largely inspired by his time spent living in western Canada.
“Driving into the Okanagan Valley, the beauty of the lakes, the vegetation and the rocky mountains are truly indescribable,” LeBlanc said. “I felt an amazing sense of freedom being surrounded by such beautiful scenery. I try to express these feelings though my art.”
LeBlanc is a native of Moncton but spent most of his youth in Fredericton. He has always enjoyed being creative but found his life’s passion in 2009 when he decided to give painting a try.
LeBlanc’s work has been featured in other Fredericton locations such as Endeavour’s, Klub Soda Hair Salon, Isaac’s Way and The Palate.
The exhibition will run until February 28.

The Annex Gallery is an initiative between Gallery Connexion and the Fredericton Playhouse to provide a juried exhibition space for Gallery Connexion members. Located at 686 Queen Street, the Fredericton Playhouse has provided a professional venue for the performing arts in Fredericton since 1964.
The Annex Gallery is organized by a Gallery Connexion committee and facilitated by the Fredericton Playhouse. For more information, contact Candace Wilkins at nnxgallery@gmail.com or Megan MacKay at 506-454-1433 | events@galleryconnexion.ca.

15.
Printmaking exhibition at Gallery 78: process and effect
opens Jan 20
Printmaking is a laborious and time-consuming process that can result in highly intriguing and varied effects. There are a wide variety of printmaking methods and Atlantic Canada is blessed with a fine printmaking tradition. Prints in this context are also known as “original multiples” or “limited edition prints” and usually form a numbered series. Gallery 78 is pleased to present a new exhibition of prints featuring works by renowned printmakers including: Ann Manuel, Bruno Bobak, David Silverberg, Charlotte Jones, Margot Cormier Splane, Vicky MacLean, Christine Koch, Tessa May, Paul Healey, Susan Paterson, Anna Syperek, and Monica Lacey. Also included will be work by David Blackwood, Takao Tanabe, Toni Onley,
Jack Shadbolt and others.

Upstairs in the gallery, see new paintings by Fredericton artist Carol Collicutt whose new exhibition Wheels features acrylic paintings of bicycles in all their various iterations, hearkening back to the carefree days of childhood - in a dream-like and memory-filled fashion.

Exhibitions begin January 20 and continue to February 12.


We welcome your visit at Gallery 78, 796 Queen St. (corner of Church and Queen), Fredericton. Open: Tues to Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-3pm, Sun 1-4pm or visit virtually at: www.gallery78.com

16.
French movie : Monsieur Lazhar at Empire Theatres Jan 23

A man of Algerian origin is hired in a Québec school as a substitute teacher. Beyond the culture shock of meeting the sixth grade students, he is challenged by a violent event he recently experienced. This beautifully crafted character study speaks of loss and death, innocence and guilt, imposture and honesty, in an eloquent and complex, yet simple and fluid manner.
A gentle and humorous ode to courage and survival. Monsieur Lazhar has won many prizes notably, “Best Canadian Film at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.”
This movie will be shown on Monday, January 23 at 7pm at Empire Theatres. Tickets will be sold only at the theatre’s boxoffice.
Official website : www.monsieurlazhar.com.
General admission Ÿ
French without English subtitles Ÿ
Presented in partnership with the Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne.
Information : 506-453-2731

17.
Elm City Echoes holds open rehearsals through Jan and Feb

Elm City Echoes, Fredericton’s barbershop chorus for women, is looking for new members. The chorus is holding open rehearsals throughout January and February and invites women and young women over the age of 15 to come share the fun of singing four-part, a cappella harmony. No previous musical experience is necessary – just a love of singing and an interest in sharing fellowship with other women.
The group meets every Monday evening at 7pm at Cathedral Memorial Hall, 168 Church Street. We’re ordinary women making extraordinary music.
For more information, call 506-452-1016.

18.
Beginner Adult Band starting in January

Did you play in your high school band and want to pick it up again? Adults with little experience playing a band instrument will have the opportunity to play in a band in a relaxed and fun atmosphere. Rehearsals take place Wednesdays from 7-8pm.
New members welcome – contact the UNB Conservatory at 506-453-4697 | conserv@unb.ca for more information or to register.
Check out our website at: http://www.unb.ca/cel/programs/creative/music/conservatory/index.html.


19.
ACORN – the Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional Network – presents 'GROW!' Film Screening and Discussion for Beginner/Aspiring Organic Farmers

Time: Thursday, February 16th, 7pm-9pm.

A gathering celebrating the wisdom of our farmers and the new farmer generation in Atlantic Canada!

Please join us for a screening of the award-winning film 'GROW!' A fantastic new film about the movement of young farmers in Atlanta, Georgia. GROW! screenings will accompany 'Meet and Greet' sessions for farmers and aspiring farmers to connect, access helpful resources and learn what agricultural apprenticeships are available within the region.

This event will also be a great way to come meet your local farmers and gain education about issues facing the future generation of organic farmers in North America. Following the 50-minute film, we’ll then lead into a discussion on farmer training opportunities in the Maritimes, featuring a series of local farmers sharing stories about their start-up.

For more information about 'GROW!' please see www.growmovie.net. For all other inquiries, please contact Lucia Stephen at lucia@acornorganic.org/1-866-322-2676.
www.acornorganic.org

Arts News 20120105

Upcoming Events

1.  Cinema Politica presents Consuming Kids:  The Commercialization of Childhood Jan 6

Cinema Politica films are screened at Conserver House, 180 Saint John St, on Fridays starting in January until mid April 2012 beginning at 7pm.  

Friday, January 6, 7pm
Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood
Conserver House, 180 Saint John St., Fredericton.
Consuming Kids throws desperately needed light on the practices of a relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food and violent video games to bogus educational products and the family car.  Drawing on the insights of health care professionals, children's advocates, and industry insiders, the film focuses on the explosive growth of child marketing in the wake of deregulation, showing how youth marketers have used the latest advances in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to transform American children into one of the most powerful and profitable consumer demographics in the world.

Post-film discussion with Biljana Stevanovski, UNB Psychology.  The films are free. Donations encouraged. Cinema Politica is supported by UNB's Dept. of Culture and Language Studies.

More info on the films and Cinema Politica here:  www.cinemapolitica.org/fredericton  | fredericton@cinemapolitica.org

Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cinema-Politica-Fredericton/257845707568076

2.  Locals Helping Locals Charity Brunch for ArtReach Jan 8

Come enjoy the tastes of local food, prepared by the Snooty Fox this Sunday, January 8 for the Locals Helping Locals charity brunch. Listen to complimentary live music while enjoying a delicious brunch between 11am and 2pm. Funds raised will help support the Charlotte Street Arts Centre’s ArtReach programming. ArtReach hires professional artists from the NB arts
community to lead skills-building workshops in a variety of arts disciplines. ArtReach programming has reached socially and economically disadvantaged children, youth at risk, families, seniors, ethnic minority groups, abused women, homeless men, mental health patients, and those rehabilitating after incarceration.

All ArtReach programs are offered free of charge to client groups, with close to 600 arts-based workshops to date, with approximately 15,000 participants overall. Show your big heart, and fill your belly!

3.  Monday Night Film Series presents Take Shelter Jan 9

Monday Night Film Series takes place at Tilley Hall, UNB Campus beginning at 8pm.  General Admission is $7  |  Website and info: www.nbfilmcoop.com/fs.htm

January 9
Take Shelter
Director: Jeff Nichols
Cast: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham
Run Time: 120 minutes
Country: USA
Year: 2011
Language: English

A Special Presentation at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival®, Take Shelter is a darkly compelling domestic drama-cum-psychological thriller set in the rural American heartland.  Propelled by the mesmerizing performance of Michael Shannon (Machine Gun Preacher, Revolutionary Road) as a young husband and father plagued by apocalyptic visions, writer-director Jeff Nichols crafts a haunting and powerful film.

Curtis LaForche (Shannon)  lives in small town Ohio with his loving wife, Samantha (Jessica Chastain, The Debt, Tree of Life), and their hearing-impaired six-year-old daughter. A solid, taciturn working class man, Curtis seems to have everything a modest man could wish for.  When he starts having nightmares about ominous black clouds and an impending storm that threatens disaster for his family and small community, he does his best to push these visions from his mind.  Keeping his turmoil to himself, Curtis starts channelling his anxiety into obsessively building a storm shelter in his backyard.  His increasingly irrational and inexplicable behaviour soon imperils his job and the family finances, but the resulting strain on his marriage and tension within his community can’t compare with Curtis’s fear of what his dreams may truly signify.

Take Shelter is a disquieting tale for our times that is both deeply unsettling as it is unforgettable.

4.  Beginner Adult Band starting in January

Did you play in your high school band and want to pick it up again?  Adults with little experience playing a band instrument will have the opportunity to play in a band in a relaxed and fun atmosphere.  Rehearsals take place Wednesdays from 7-8pm.  New members welcome – contact the UNB Conservatory at 453-4697 | conserv@unb.ca for more information or to register.   

Check out our website at:
http://www.unb.ca/cel/programs/creative/music/conservatory/index.html

5.  Fredericton Choral Society invites singers for Haydn’s The Seasons – register Jan 10

The Fredericton Choral Society welcomes new and returning members to rehearse Haydn's The Seasons for a concert in April.  Registration starts at 6:30pm on January 10 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 986 Smythe Street.
Regular rehearsals on Tuesdays from 7:30-9:30pm.  Membership - adults  25 | students  10 | family  40.  

Singers live longer! If you can carry a tune, come join us.  This promises to be an exciting term as we will be preparing for what we believe to be the first performance of this work in Fredericton.

For more information call Janet at 488-9894.

6.  Blake and Mythology Workshop at Stepping Stone Senior Centre Jan 11

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 10am: Blake and Mythology.  A series of workshops (every other Wednesday morning) exploring the poetry and engravings of the visionary artist William Blake followed by an examination on how the stories in the Bible and Greek Myth open our minds to new ways of understanding our complex modern world -- and ourselves.  Past
sessions on these topics have already shown how you can invigorate and expand your mind and imagination. 

For further information please contact Allen Bentley at 457-1915 | albent@nbnet.nb.ca
 
The workshop series takes place at Stepping Stones Senior Centre, 15 Saunders Street, Fredericton.

7.  UNB’s Centre for Musical Arts presents Second Viennese School Composers  Part II, Jan 11

The Centre for Musical Arts presents Nadia Francavilla, violin, Richard Hornsby, clarinet & Simon Docking, piano in concert at UNB’s Memorial Hall in Fredericton, on Wednesday, January 11 at 7:30pm.  There will be a pre-concert talk at 6:45pm.
 
The concert will feature music from Second Viennese School composers such as Nikos Skalkottas, Hanns Eisler, and Alexander Zemlinsky. It will also include a premiere performance of a trio piece by Richard Gibson. This is the second part to a concert presented in November.

Violinist Nadia Francavilla is an accomplished recitalist and chamber musician.  Francavilla is Musician in Residence at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton.  UNB’s Musician in Residence program is made possible through the support of ArtsNB.
 
Richard Hornsby is an active conductor, educator and performer on clarinet, bass clarinet, basset horn and saxophone.  Mr. Hornsby is Director of Music at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton.

Australian-born pianist Simon Docking has performed both as a soloist and chamber musician throughout North America, as well as in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Europe.  Docking studied piano in Australia with Ransford Elsley, and holds a doctorate in piano performance from SUNY Stony Brook.  

Tickets are 15$ adults | 10$ seniors | 5$ students and will be available at the door.  For more information please email musicart@unb.ca or phone 453-4697.

8.  New Exhibition at Connexion Subverts Stereotypes of Gender and Sex Work opens Jan 12

Gallery Connexion is pleased to announce the opening reception of Nathalie Daoust’s Tokyo Hotel Story on Thursday, January 12 at 7pm.

Nathalie Daoust's Tokyo Hotel Story is a series of photographs exploring female sexuality and the subversion of gender stereotypes.  After spending several months in Alpha, one of the biggest S&M "love hotels" in Japan, Daoust photographed 39 women of all ages in their private rooms, surrounded by the specialist equipment and dressed in the regalia that helps define their trade of Dominatrix.  The exhibition will feature some photographs in 3D.

Daoust’s goal is to provide insight into the concept of women as dominant beings. She believes numerous challenges still exist in terms of confronting deep-rooted stereotypes of gender-roles, not only in Japan, but the world as well.

Daoust will give an artist talk at Gallery Connexion on January 14 at 2pm. Salon Connex, an open forum critical discussion about the work, will be held February 26 at the Charlotte Street Art Centre. The exhibition runs until March 2.

Gallery Connexion is Fredericton’s only artist-run-centre.  Located at 440 York St in the Chestnut Complex.
Gallery Connexion’s mandate is to present controversial and thought provoking contemporary artwork to the Fredericton community.
Gallery Connexion is open Tuesday to Friday, noon until 6 and Saturday, noon until 4.  Admission is free.

For more information contact Megan MacKay, Education and Outreach Coordinator at events@galleryconnexion.ca | 454-1433.

9.  Two Exhibits Opening at UNB Art Centre January 13

The public is invited to the opening reception of two exhibits at UNB Art Centre on Friday, January 13, 5-7pm.  The first exhibitions of 2012 feature recent acquisitions by the New Brunswick Art Bank, and Distractions, a powerful look at the emotional impact of roadside memorials, photographed by Greg Klassen.  Both exhibits continue through February 24. 

The UNB Art Centre is open Monday to Friday, from 9am-4pm and is located at Memorial Hall, 9 Bailey Drive, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton campus.  

Admission is free and everyone is welcome.

10.  UNB Conservatory Glee Club starting Jan 14

Join the UNB Conservatory Glee Club – work on singing technique, harmony, choreography and stage technique all in a fun atmosphere.  Solo and group performances, and bilingual instruction is available (English & French).  Open to ages 14+.  

Instructors: Judy Lavigne & Marie-Claude Landry
Saturdays, January 14 – March 31, 2012, 2-4pm

For more information, or to register contact the UNB Conservatory at 453-4697 | conserv@unb.ca  Check out our website at:
http://www.unb.ca/cel/programs/creative/music/conservatory/index.html

11.  Get Published in 2012 Biff Mitchell Workshop Jan 14
 
Getting published could be the hardest thing you’ll ever do—or the easiest.  Get Published in 2012 prepares you to search for publishers or agents the right way, without wasting time. You’ll learn how to identify and contact the right publishers for your work; how to prepare a publishing toolkit, including a publisher tracking sheet, long and short synopses, query and covering letters, author bio and publication history (even if you don’t already have anything published).  You’ll learn how to prepare a marketing plan for those publishers who demand them in the submission process.  You’ll also learn how to receive free critiques of your work, how to deal with rejection and how to avoid scams. We’ll look at traditional forms of  publishing, self-publishing and electronic publishing.
 
Everyone will also receive a free copy of eMarketing Tools for Writers, 3rd Edition.
 
Instructor: Biff Mitchell
Saturday, January 14
10am till 4:30pm (with a one hour break at noon)
Place: Studio4Ward
Workshop Fee:  60
To enrol or find out more, contact 455:BIFF (2433)  | biff@biffmitchell.com 

12.  Creative Dance for Children begins Jan 14 at STU

The Saturday morning Creative Dance for Children program resumes at STU on January 14. 
Classes are offered for:
•  Parents & Tots (3 year olds) 
•  Pre-Ballet (4-5 year olds)
•  Ballet/Modern dance basics (6-10 year olds)

Both returning & new students are welcome.  For more information please contact the instructor, Zsuzsa Szabo-Nyarady at
454-0555 | zsuzsa@stu.ca.

13.  Yoga Dance Winter Session begins Jan 15

Yoga Dance classes resume on Sunday, January 15 at 1:30pm at STU.  Both returning & new students are welcome to join.
Discover your inner dancer ! A fun & artistic experience for dancers of all skill levels.

For more information please contact the instructor, Zsuzsa Szabo-Nyarady at 454-0555 | zsuzsa@stu.ca

14.  Comedy : La Revue acadienne – Pour le meilleur et pour le pire Jan 15
 
In 2012, La Revue acadienne will celebrate its 10th anniversary!  The 5 comedians plan to have a party with their new unforgettable tour. The show will review the events and people that made the news in 2011.  Don’t miss it!  Pour le meilleur et pour le pire (in French only) will take place at the théâtre Bernard-Poirier of the Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne
(Ctre Cultur.Ste Anne), 715 Priestman St. on Sunday, January 15 at 8pm. 

Tickets are sold at the front desk at the CCSA or online at www.centre-sainte-anne.nb.ca for  25 adults |  10 students. 

La Revue acadienne is presented by the CCSA in partnership with RADARTS. 

Information: 453-2731.

 15.  Express Yourself with Watercolour Journaling Class with Donna Mulholland

Wednesdays, 7-9pm

January 11 - February 8, 2012

Charlotte Street Art Centre

Fee: $100.00

Creating and inspiring others to be, express and celebrate themselves with creativity, watercolour and art journaling is what I love to do. My art journaling style, to be featured in the Winter edition of Art Journaling magazine available January 1, 2012, is expressive with a focus on exploring that true, authentic place that journaling cultivates and nourishes. This 5-week class is for all levels of experience including beginners. 

Required supply list will be provided prior to the start of class. 

Email donnamu66@yahoo.com to register or for more information visit http://creativity-matters.weebly.com.

Call for Submissions
 
1.  Branch Out Productions audition call for Anne of Green Gables Jan 7

Branch Out Productions will be holding auditions for their upcoming production of Anne Of Green Gables: the stage play on January 7 at 9am for children 6-11 and 10am for ages 12 to adult at Nashwaaksis Baptist church.

For more details check out their website http://www.branchoutproductions.weebly.com | or email branchoutproductions@live.ca 

2.  Call for proposals – Charlotte Street Arts Centre

The Charlotte Street Arts Centre is seeking proposals for the Charlotte Glencross Gallery. 

The Charlotte Street Arts Centre “opens the doors of creative expression to all,” and invites professional artists, emerging artists, multicultural artists and amateur artists, as well as students to apply.

The selections committee will meet to review the proposals after the submission deadline: January 13, 2012. Applicants will be considered for exhibitions beginning May 2012 through to 2013.

Requirements:
•  A 250-word artist statement/ proposal for exhibition 
•  An arts CV (max 3 pages) or biography 
•  10 images of work (JPEGs) on a CD with accompanying image list that specifies titles of work, media used and dimensions of work 

Completed application form and contract application forms are available at www.charlottestreetarts.ca under galleries> how to apply.

Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you wish to have your material returned.
Attn: Exhibitions Committee 732 Charlotte Street, Room 200 Fredericton, NB  E3B 1M5 Canada

3.  Reminder of Jan 15 deadline for New Voices:  Our Playwrights. Our Stories.

Theatre New Brunswick to partner with NotaBle Acts on new play development
 
Aspiring and emerging playwrights have until January 15 to submit their original one-act plays for New Voices.  This province-wide call for short plays offers playwrights the opportunity to have their New Brunswick stories professionally produced as Opening Acts on the TNB Main Stage in the 2012-13 season.
  
With this new round of submissions Theatre New Brunswick will partner with NotaBle Acts to expand the New Voices program and offer more development and dramaturgy to playwrights.  Scripts will be workshopped by NotaBle Acts and receive public readings at the company's annual summer theatre festival.
 
Submissions must be based on a true New Brunswick story past or present.  They may incorporate intimate and domestic themes or subjects large in historic scope.
 
Submission details:
LENGTH: 10-12 Minutes  
CAST:  2-4 actors  
SUBMIT:  Email script submission and cover letter to artisticproducer@tnb.nb.ca  

DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2012 Playwrights are asked to explore their artistic vision of true New Brunswick events.

4.  City Accepting Applications for Annual Arts, Culture and Heritage Funding Program
 
Applications are now being accepted for the 2012 City of Fredericton Arts, Culture and Heritage Funding Program.  
 
The program is designed to encourage new projects or activities in the creative arts, culture and heritage sectors.  Non-profit arts, culture and heritage organizations are eligible for small grants to assist with festivals, events, series, projects, and shared equipment. 
 
Since the program was established in 2001, support has been provided to a variety of cultural projects and events including music, theatre and film festivals, exhibitions, artists-in-residency programs, theatre productions, heritage publications, concert series, workshops and demonstrations.
 
The City of Fredericton Arts, Culture and Heritage Funding Program provides grants on an annual basis to the City’s arts and culture communities.
 
Applications will be accepted until Friday, February 17 at 4:30pm.  Application forms and guidelines are available at the Service Centre at City Hall or are online at: www.fredericton.ca, search: “Grants”.   

For more info:  Angela Watson, Cultural Development Officer, 460-2411 | angela.watson@fredericton.ca

5.  Call for Volunteer Female Models

What’s involved?  I take pictures that I then use to draw portraits from.  I’m looking for women of ALL sizes, shapes, colours and ages, including nursing moms.
 
My goal is to paint personality and presence of real women.  What makes you, you?  A smile, little feet, amazing eyes, freckles, a scar, your love of jewellery, a birthmark, a great rack, playing piano, granny panties?  I don’t want anybody to feel shy or ashamed, but rather I want to celebrate different body types of women and the fact that we are all amazing, despite pregnancy, breastfeeding, scars etc.  I am looking to showcase the everyday and seemingly ordinary women.
 
Questions welcome contact Jody Denny at (506) 328-9288 | jody.denny@bellaliant.net

Arts News 20111215

Upcoming Events

1.  Cedar Tree Café Thursday Night Jazz Performances Dec 15 & 22

The Cedar Tree Café, 418 Queen Street, presents a series of special jazz performances with Mark Lulham (saxophone), Don Gorman (double-bass) and Chris Mercer (guitar).  Thursdays, December 15 and 22, 7-9pm.

2.  Make the holidays PERFECT with Christmas @theplayhouse Dec 15O18

Christmas @theplayhouse is proud to present Picture Perfect Christmas, the latest edition of Fredericton's favourite holiday show.  With a host of colourful characters, vibrant musical numbers, and a talented ensemble of Fredericton-based performers and musicians, audiences will be taken on a journey of discovery where the true meaning of Christmas is found and celebrated.  Running December 15-18 at The Fredericton Playhouse, Picture Perfect Christmas follows two people who strive for perfection, each in their own way. Filled with joy, laughter, redemption, and lots of music, it’s the perfect way to get your family into the Christmas spirit.

Directed by Tania Breen, and featuring original musical arrangements by award-winning composer/musician Michael Doherty, this production has something for everyone.  “We’re so thrilled to be working with another incredibly talented group of performers this year, new and old,” says Breen, “Their commitment and talent has definitely fuelled our creative energy in writing this show, and Michael Doherty’s new musical pieces support the story beautifully.”
 
Cast members have been hard at work in preparation for what has become a holiday tradition among local audiences.
Christmas @theplayhouse has enjoyed a long tenure in the capital city as one of Fredericton’s favourite Christmas shows.  This year marks the 10th edition of this holiday staple, and the creative team behind the production have been hard at work.

Christmas @theplayhouse: Picture Perfect Christmas runs December 15-17 at 7:30pm, and December 17 and 18 at 2pm.  Tickets are on sale now at the Fredericton Playhouse box office 1-866-884-5800, or online at www.theplayhouse.ca.

3.  Meet the Artists event at Canex Mall Dec 16

Come “Meet the Artists” Jeanne Cowan and Helen Mórag McKinnon on Friday, December 16 at the Canex Mall, CFB Gagetown, Oromocto from 9am-4pm.  Each will have their work (paintings, photography, cards, paper crafts) on display as well as for sale.  Need some unique gifts for Christmas - this is a great opportunity.

For more information, please call 357-3838 or e-mail eilidhmorag@rogers.com.

Canex Mall is on the Broad Road in Oromocto.  All are welcome – you don't have to be military to come to this mall – it is on the outskirts of the base with easy access.

4.  Christ Church Cathedral NoonOhour Advent Organ Recital Dec 16

Christ Church Cathedral will be offering its last Advent Organ Recital on Friday, December 16 from 12:10-12:50pm, featuring the Fredericton Organists' Association Christmas Special.

All are welcome.  Freewill offering.

For further information, please contact the Cathedral Office at 450-8500.

5.  Local SelfOTaught Artists Make Global Statements through exhibition, opening Dec 16

Self-expression and understanding the power of art is not for formally trained artists alone.  Local self-taught artists, Derek Davidson and Reilly, are paired together in an exhibition at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre that creatively addresses global crises.

Art asks something participatory of the viewer.  An active painter in the local arts scene, Davidson explains, “each stage involves an interpretation… the viewer interprets the released image.”  With regards to his work, Davidson says, “this show casts allegories on some problems that have scaled between local and global.”

Davidson has created acrylic and oil paintings for a body of work entitled …and Protect that illustrates his understanding of events such as the G8 summits and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. He asks us to consider, “Who protects what?”

Reilly describes her creative process as one of “creating environmentally sustainable art that conveys a sense of usefulness, evoking thought. Part of the journey is seeking out trash that is polluting our environment and remaking it into something that can be valued. Each piece is unique and has its own story to tell.”
 
The exhibition opens in the Charlotte Glencross Gallery, at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre, on Friday, December 16 at 5pm.
All are welcome to attend and to enjoy beer tastings by our gracious sponsor, Picaroons.

The exhibition runs until January 31, 2012.

6.  Early Christmas O A Meditation in Music & Readings Dec 17

A short meditative celebration of the Christmas season through readings and carols from the early French, Elizabethan, German and Czech hymnals dating from the 7th-17th Centuries, and Canada’s beloved Huron Carol.

Featuring singers from the Women’s Voice Workshop, Angela Birdsell, Director, and guests: Nadia Francavilla, violin, Steven Peacock, classical guitar.

The session will be approximately 45 minutes in length.  Goodwill offering with proceeds to the Fredericton Food Bank.
Saturday, December 17, 2011, 6-6:45pm.

Odell Lodge, Odell Park, Fredericton.  Park entrance at the bottom of the hill, just past Superstore.

7.  Bolshoi Ballet’s The Nutcracker Live at Empire Theatres Dec 18

The fantastic, seasonal ballet The Nutcracker live in performance by the Russian Bolshoi Ballet can be seen at Empire Theatres, Regent Street Mall, on Sunday December 18 at 2pm. Tickets may be purchased in advance, at the door or online.  Running time is 2 hours 15 minutes.

For information:  http://www.empiretheatres.com/movie/bolshoi-ballet-nutcracker-live-0

8.  Fondation L'Envol musical Inc./Foundation Music Beneath my Wings Inc. Christmas Show Dec 18

"Fondation L'Envol musical Inc./Foundation Music Beneath my Wings Inc." and MIMI MUSIQUE music school under the creative artistic direction of Myriam Poitras are producing their 4th Annual Christmas Show entitled Les 12 voeux de papa Noël / Santa's 12 Wishes.  The show highlights the talent of many young students of the music school as well as those who are young at heart, from 5 to 75 years, and includes performers from both the Fredericton and Grand Falls regions.

The show will take place Sunday, December 18, 2pm (doors open at 1pm) at the Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne, 715 Priestman Street.  Tickets, available at the door, are  15 adults |  10 children under 11.

This event is the foundation's sole fundraising event.  Proceeds go towards helping students of MIMI MUSIQUE shoulder the cost of attending the Fredericton Music Festival.

For information on Fondation L'Envol musical Inc./Foundation Music Beneath my Wings Inc.:
fondationenvolmusical@gmail.com

9.  odd sundays at molly’s features The River Girls Dec 18

odd sundays at molly’s, Fredericton’s  longest-running, semi-monthly, poetry-reading series presents local writers group, The
River Girls December 18.

Featured readers, The River Girls: Andrea Kikuchi, Heather O'Connell, Jeannie Chiasson, Anne Leslie, Charlotte Valliere, and Michelle Monette
Open Set, & Book Draw
Sunday, December 18, at 2pm
Come to Molly’s Coffee House, 554 Queen Street  – buy a drink and/or lunch, and listen.

Andrea Kikuchi lives in Saint John with her husband and two children.  Japan and the Police was published in The Tokyo Notice Board (2006); Lisa and The Time of the Greatest Quiet was published by Broken Jaw Press (2010).  Her novel-in-progress, Gaijin, is based on her experiences teaching in Japan.

Heather O'Connell has been published in Everyday Fiction and 365 Tomorrows, and is currently working on a couple of novels.  She teaches her students to wake up the stories in their minds and write them down.

Jeannie Chiasson is an elementary school teacher who hopes to publish her first children’s novel, And the Tower Came Tumbling Down in the near future.

Anne Leslie’s freelance articles have been published in Atlantic Progress, Dimensions Magazine, the Brunswick Business Journal and read on CBC Radio.  Flash fiction and postcard stories are her favourite forms of writing.

Charlotte Valliere lives with her companion cat in Saint John, where she is worksing on her first novel, Searching for Shunata, while making her way back to the things closest to her heart.

Michelle Monette, mother of three caring and creative young adults, teaches ESL at UNBSJ.  She writes stories about the Maritime places and people she has come to know best.

The River Girls writing group meet bi-monthly and often enjoy full-day writing retreats.  Besides the five featured readers, other members include: Andrea Quigley, Kim Bent, and Yolande House, who is currently in Korea teaching ESL.

For more info: acalvern@gmail.com.

10.  Live at the Met Don)Giovanni encore performance at Empire Theatres Dec 19

A series of live operas is broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City to movie theatres around the world and is carried by Empire Theatres. Next up is the encore presentation of Don Giovanni on Monday, December 19 beginning at 6:30pm, originally broadcast live on October 29.

Note that the encore performances are now being offered in the evening at Empire Theatres. Visit the box office to pick up a listing of the winter season of Live at the Met.  Catch a backstage glimpse during intermission interviews with solo performers, set and costume designers and more.  For information:  http://www.empiretheatres.com/met

11.  Meghan Smith Holiday Concert at Charlotte Street Arts Centre Dec 19

After a year that’s seen ECMA honours and a Juno award for Best New Artist, Meghan Smith will close 2011 with a December 19 show at The Charlotte Street Arts Center. Her remarkably fast moving career has seen the Halifax-via-London songstress play with some of Canada’s finest, including Chantal Kreviazuk and Sarah McLachlan. Smith also appeared on the soundtrack for instant cult classic film (500) Days Of Summer.  With a brand new holiday album now on sale, the singer is poised for a very festive return to the city.

Doors 7pm. Show 8pm.  20 advance tickets on sale at Read's Newsstand, Backstreet Records, and online at http://etixnow.com/.  |  25 door.   http://www.meaghansmith.com/

For more information, please contact: Zach Atkinson | atkinson.zach@gmail.com or Brendan MaGee |
theferociouscoast@gmail.com

12.  Symphony New Brunswick Annual Holiday Concert at the Fredericton Playhouse Dec 20

On Tuesday, December 20 at 7:30pm, Symphony New Brunswick's annual Christmas concert will be held at the Fredericton Playhouse.  Featuring a strong New Brunswick theme, the orchestra will be joined by both the Choeur Louisbourg and the Choeur Beausejour, under the direction of Monique Richard.  This promises to be a truly memorable evening with works by Handel, Faure, Berlioz and Anderson.

Please join conductor Michael Newnham in the side gallery at 6:30 where he will give an informal pre-concert talk.

Tickets are Adults  40 | Seniors  35 | Students  10.  Phone the Fredericton Playhouse box office at 458-8344 or go online at www.theplayhouse.ca to purchase tickets.

13.  Winging It: A Workshop on Improv Comedy Jan 3

Taught by Maddox Campbell, alumnus of Theatre UNB and NotaBle Acts Theatre company productions, and a graduate of The Second City conservatory program, this workshop will cover the basics of improv comedy and will be open to both newcomers and those with experience in improv and theatre. The workshop will be four hours long and allow all participants some performance time.

Registration cost is  10.
Time and location: 6-10pm, Tuesday, January 3, Room 308, Marshall D'Avray Hall, UNB.

To register or for information, contact cm.campbell@unb.ca.

Arts News 20121208

Upcoming Events


1.  Cedar Tree Café Thursday Night Jazz Performance Series

The Cedar Tree Café, 418 Queen Street, presents a series of special jazz performances with Mark Lulham (saxophone), Don Gorman (double-bass) and Chris Mercer (guitar).  Thursdays December 8, 15 and 22, 7-9pm.

2.  Christ Church Cathedral Friday Noon-hour Advent Organ Recitals

Christ Church Cathedral will be offering a series of Advent Organ Recitals
Fridays 12:10 - 12:50 pm.

December 9 - Dr. Sharon Pond - Associate Organist
December 16 - Fredericton Organists' Association Christmas Special

All are welcome.  Freewill offering.
For further information, please contact the Cathedral Office at 506-450-8500.


3.  Concert de Noël / Christmas Concert with Chœur de Soulanges Dec 10, 2011

English follows

Concert de Noël : La promenade en traîneau du Chœur de Soulanges sous la direction de Marie-Claude Landry.

Venez faire une “Promenade en traîneau” et vous mettre dans l’ambiance de Noël avec le Chœur de Soulanges et les musiciens de Jazzaphones, le samedi 10 décembre, à 19 h 30, au théâtre Bernard Poirier du Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne (www.centre-sainte-anne.nb.ca).

Les billets sont en vente au prix de 16   pour les adultes et 12   pour les élèves, les étudiants et les aînés, à la billetterie du CCSA à la réception ou par téléphone, au 506-453-2731. L’entrée est libre pour les enfants de 12 ans et moins. Il sera également possible de se procurer des billets à la porte.

Venez nombreux chanter avec nous des chants de Noël traditionnels, folkloriques et modernes!

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A Christmas Sleigh Ride with the Chœur de Soulanges directed by Marie-Claude Landry

Come for a “Christmas Sleigh Ride” with the Chœur de Soulanges and Jazzaphones musicians, and get into the Christmas spirit, on Saturday, December 10, at 7:30 pm, at the Bernard Poirier theatre, Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne (www.centre-sainte-anne.nb.ca).

Tickets cost  16 for adults and  12 for students/seniors and are available at the CCSA reception desk or by phone at  506-453-2731. Free admission for children aged 12 and under. Tickets will also be available at the door on the night of the concert.

Come join us in singing some traditional, folk, and modern Christmas favourites!


4.  New Brunswick Country Showcase Country Christmas Concert Dec 10

Join The New Brunswick Country Showcase for a very special Country Christmas concert featuring first time singers Shannon Walsh, Tom & Nancy Donavan, Becka deHaan, Gerry Flowers along with New Brunswick Country Music Hall of Famers, Mavis O’Donnell, Reg Gallant, & The Wade Brothers.

Candace Phillips, Steve Waylon, Wanda Grant, Dale Delucry, Kevin Annett, Brent Buchanan, Kevin Neilson and Tom Hoyt will round out the cast with special guests, the Connaught Street School Children’s Choir.

This Christmas show will have something for everyone, young and old alike!

Fredericton Playhouse
Saturday, December 10, 2011, 7:30pm
Tickets available at the Playhouse box office at 506-458-8345 and online at www.theplayhouse.ca


5.  Fredericton Choral Society and Choirs Perform 100-voice Chorus of Handel’s Messiah Dec 11

On Sunday, December 11, Fredericton Choral Society presents Handel's Messiah in a performance that will be more dramatic than ever.  The Fredericton Choral Society, Sussex Choral Society and Bethany Singers together form a 100-voice choir. With the Fredericton Chamber Orchestra they'll make the rafters ring at a venue new to FCS: Sunset Church on Clements Drive. And, for the first time in New Brunswick, a countertenor will perform the beloved alto solos.

Bjorn Runefors, director of the Fredericton Choral Society, will conduct the choir and orchestra. Sarah Hallyburton, the soprano soloist, performs extensively and teaches voice in Sussex. Andrew Pickett, countertenor, has performed in Britain, France and Canada, and is delighted to be singing in his home province. Owen McCausland, the tenor soloist, graduated from Saint John High School, and is finishing his third year of a vocal performance degree at Dalhousie University. David Steeves, an outstanding bass soloist, teaches voice and is director of the Sussex Choral Society.

The concert will end with a sing-along repeat of the Hallelujah chorus, a wonderful way to end what promises to be a very special evening.

Concert details: December 11 at 7.30pm at Sunset Church, 429 Clements Drive, Fredericton.

Tickets are: adults  20 | seniors  15 | students  10 | children under 12  5.  Tickets available from members of Fredericton Choral Society and Fredericton Chamber Orchestra, Westminster Books and at the door.


6.  French movie: Starbuck at Empire Theatres on Monday, Dec 12

The main character David Wozniak is a perpetual adolescent who discovers that, as a sperm donor, he has fathered 533 children. David, who works as a deliveryman for a butcher shop, is being pursued by thugs because he owes them money.
The plot thickens as Davis is advised that more than 100 of his offspring are trying to force the fertility clinic to reveal the true identity of "Starbuck,” the pseudonym he used when donating sperm.  Add to the mix, his girlfriend Valérie, pregnant with his child but who doesn't feel that he is mature enough to be a father.

This comedy with Patrick Huard will be shown on Monday, December 12 at 7pm at Empire Theatres, in French without English subtitles. Tickets sold only at Empire Theatres.  Classified General admission but not recommended for young children.

Presented in partnership with the Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne.

Information:   506-453-2731 |  http://www.starbuck-lefilm.com/

English subtitles. Tickets sold only at Empire Theatres.  Classified General admission but not recommended for young
children.

Presented in partnership with the Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne.
Information:   506-453-2731 |  http://www.starbuck-lefilm.com/


7.  LHHS Holiday Concert Wednesday, Dec 14, 2011

Help the fabulous musicians of LHHS celebrate the holiday season on Wednesday, December 14 at 7pm, Leo Hayes High School.  Join the Leo Hayes String Ensemble, Jazz Band, Senior Concert Bands and Glee ensemble to treat the entire family to a variety of musical selections and seasonal favourites guaranteed to please every listener.  Yummy treats and henna tattoos available too!

Only  5 per person or  12 per family at the door.  
Contact information: Ms. Jennifer Keating, Leo Hayes High School | 506-457-6898 | jennifer.keating@nbed.nb.ca


8.  Silver Wave NB Shorts screening at Cedar Tree Café Dec 14

Four NB Short Films, screened last month at the Silver Wave Film Festival in Fredericton, will be screened again on Wednesday, December 14 at 7pm at the Cedar Tree Café, 418 Queen Street in Fredericton. Seating is limited and  10 tickets will be sold at the door.

These four poetic, highly creative NB Independent Short Films were produced and directed by three Fredericton Filmmakers and a one who hails from Saint John.  The Short Films are:

THAT COWBOY KID
When Dirk Douglass, a quiet outcast who dresses like a cowboy, crosses paths with his long-time crush, the two develop a relationship that walks the line between romance and friendship.
   
Director/Writer: Ryan O’Toole | Producer: Joshua Laplap, Ryan O’Toole, David Cheney | Cast: David Cheney, Sam Kamras, Meaghan Farrah, Becky Forbes, Jake Martin | Length: 20:18 | Contact: ryotoole@gmail.com.  Fredericton, NB. 2011

Silver Wave Film Festival 2011
Winner: "Excellence in Art Direction"
Winner:  "Best Actress" Sam Kamras
     
SNOWFLAKE
A snowflake falls in love with a man in the last moments of his life.
   
Director/Writer/Producer: Tim O’Neill | Cast: Katrina Noftell, Jason Roy, Josh Linton, Kaitlyn Adair | Length: 8:00 | Contact:
tjoster@gmail.com.  Saint John, NB.  2011.

Silver Wave Film Festival 2011
Winner: "Most Unique NB Short Film"
http://www.facebook.com/groups/222878684436583/ 
   
BOXFACE
Follows one man as he struggles to get his life back while battling with depression and anxiety. (2009 NB Joy Recipient)

Director/Writer/Producer: Joel M. Thompson | Cast: William Beatty, Lex Gigeroff, Keith Ruttan, Elizabeth Goodyear | Length: 18:00 | Contact: joel@timelinepictures.ca.  Fredericton, NB.  2011.

Silver Wave Film Festival 2011
Winner: "Music Award"
Winner: "Viewers Choice Award"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLRGamvcSIs
 
GOTHIC MATRIARCH
This art documentary honours a living legend, 84-year old local Fredericton visual artist Catherine Hale, for a lifetime of achievement and non-conformity.  Miss Hale's assemblage and tapestries play on what society knows secretly but cannot acknowledge about its duality and bringing opposites into union -- one of the important tasks of an artist.  Her personal journey down a road less traveled, offers the viewer a poetic reflection into the co-existence of life & death, mourning, celebration, myth & magic.

Director/Writer/Producer: Cavelle MacDonell |  Length: 13:00 | Contact: artist@cavelle.net.  Fredericton, NB.  2011
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gothic-Matriarch-Catherine-Hale-documentary/177271508999929


9.  Local Self-Taught Artists Make Global Statements through exhibition, opening Firday, Dec 16

Self-expression and understanding the power of art is not for formally trained artists alone.  Local self-taught artists, Derek Davidson and Reilly, are paired together in an exhibition at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre that creatively addresses global crises.

Art asks something participatory of the viewer.  An active participant in the local arts scene, Davidson explains about painting, “Each stage involves an interpretation… the viewer interprets the released image.”  With regards to his work, Davidson says, “This show casts allegories on some problems that have scaled between local and global.”  Davidson has created acrylic and oil paintings for a body of work entitled …and Protect that provide his understanding of events such as the G8 summits and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. He asks us to consider, “Who protects what?”

Reilly describes her creative process as one of “creating environmentally sustainable art that conveys a sense of usefulness, evoking thought. Part of the journey is seeking out trash that is polluting our environment and remaking it into something that can be valued. Each piece is unique and has its own story to tell.”
 
The exhibition opens in the Charlotte Glencross Gallery, at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre, on Friday, December 16 at 5pm.
All are welcome to attend and to enjoy beer tastings by our gracious sponsor, Picaroons.

The exhibition runs until January 31, 2012.


10.  Meghan Smith Holiday Concert at Charlotte Street Arts Centre Dec 19

After a year that’s seen ECMA honours and a Juno award for Best New Artist, Meghan Smith will close 2011 with a December 19 show at The Charlotte Street Arts Center. Her remarkably fast moving career has seen the Halifax-via-London songstress play with some of Canada’s finest, including Chantal Kreviazuk and Sarah McLachlan. Smith also appeared on the soundtrack for instant cult classic film (500) Days Of Summer.  With a brand new holiday album now on sale, the singer is poised for a very festive return to the city.

Doors 7pm. Show 8pm.  20 advance tickets on sale at Read's Newsstand, Backstreet Records, and online at http://etixnow.com/.  |  25 door.   http://www.meaghansmith.com/

For more information, please contact: Zach Atkinson | atkinson.zach@gmail.com or Brendan MaGee |
theferociouscoast@gmail.com


11.  Symphony New Brunswick Annual Holiday Concert at the Fredericton Playhouse Dec 20

On Tuesday, December 20 at 7:30pm, Symphony New Brunswick's annual Christmas concert will be held at the Fredericton Playhouse.  Featuring a strong New Brunswick theme, the orchestra will be joined by both the Choeur Louisbourg and the Choeur Beausejour, under the direction of Monique Richard.  This promises to be a truly memorable evening with works by Handel, Faure, Berlioz and Anderson.

Please join conductor Michael Newnham in the side gallery at 6:30 where he will give an informal pre-concert talk.

Tickets are Adults  40 | Seniors  35 | Students  10.  Phone the Fredericton Playhouse box office at 506-458-8344 or go online at www.theplayhouse.ca to purchase tickets.


12.  Performing Arts NB closing its doors Dec 31, 2011

Due to a series of deep cuts to our operational funding from the Arts Development Branch (Dept. of Wellness, Culture & Sport), we regrettably inform our members, colleagues and associates that Performing Arts NB (PANB) will officially cease operations and close its doors as of December 31, 2011.

On behalf of the Board of Directors and myself, I wish to thank everyone for their support over the years.
 
Best regards,
Nancy Schell
Executive Director, Performing Arts NB

 
13.  Artist Studios for Rent at Gallery Connexion

Lonely?  Cramped for space?  Gallery Connexion rents studio space to artists for the creation, production, and sharing of ideas among different disciplines. There are presently two (2) artist studios/office spaces available for rent in Gallery Connexion.  The spaces average 170 square feet in size.  The monthly rental fee is  200, heat and lights included, with access to a shared tool room and a/v equipment.  24-hour access with a wheelchair accessible entrance by request. All studio rentals require a yearly lease.

Gallery Connexion's artist studios provide opportunities for artists to learn and share through informal contact with each other's practice as well as connect with the many exhibitions and activities that make Gallery Connexion an amazing artist-run centre and community hub.  New cafe on site too!

For more information on how to join us in our basement palace, contact Candace Mooers, Executive Director, at connex@nbnet.nb.ca | 506-454-1433.

Arts News 20111201

1.  Theatre UNB presents Two OneBAct Plays Nov 30BDec 3

Theatre UNB presents an evening of madness, music and men in suits at Memorial Hall. Two one-act plays will be performed as a double bill from November 30 to December 3: Arthur Kopit’s absurdist tragicomedy Chamber Music and Jean Giraudoux’s satirical fantasy The Apollo of Bellac.
Set in the 1940s, both plays are fascinating tales of self-invention. In Chamber Music, eight institutionalized women believe they are feminist icons such as Amelia Earhart, Gertrude Stein or Joan of Arc. Conspiring to protect the women’s section from attack by the elusive men’s ward, they each reveal their mysterious motives and quirks. Joan’s armour may be rusty and Amelia’s plane now a children’s playground, but in their chaotic struggle to save their lives, what was initially amusing can quickly become terrifying.

The Apollo of Bellac takes a sunnier view of the gender divide, as a shy young woman is taught how to get whatever she wants from any man, be it a job, a dance or a diamond, just by uttering four simple words. Set in Paris, in a fanciful “office of inventions,” Giraudoux’s play is a witty meditation on beauty, power and male vanity. It paints a wry portrait of a corporate world that can be transformed with the right words and a smidgen of charm.

Directed by John Ball, designed by Mike Johnston, and produced and performed by the students of Drama 2170, the production features live music, colourful period costumes and plenty of surprises. The show begins at 8pm, with tickets available at the door for  10 or  6 for students.

For more information, call 447-3078 or email jball@unb.ca.


2.  TNB presents The)Gifts)of)the)Magi Dec 1B4 at the Fredericton Playhouse

It's Christmas in New York, but for two young lovers the prospects are bleak. Will parting with their most precious possession solve their gift-giving dilemma?  What will happen to cheerful bum Soapy's plan for an unusual winter getaway? And with all this hustle and bustle, will newsboy Willy find any warmth and giving in the cold impersonal city?

“O. Henry’s The Gifts of the Magi still has tremendous resonance with a modern audience,” says TNB Artistic Producer Caleb Marshall who directs the production. This heartfelt musical telling of O. Henry’s work is sure to put audiences in the Christmas spirit.”

Playing the couple at the heart of The Gifts of the Magi are Patrick Cook (Jimmy, Chairmaker, TNB 2004) and Jacqueline Thair (Mary, It’s a Wonderful Life, TNB 2009). Veteran New Brunswick character actor Sheldon Davis returns for his fourth TNB production having previously appeared in Kringle’s Window (1996), Jasper Station (2003) and Dear Santa (2003). They are joined by Vaughn Harris, Robert Yeretch and New Brunswick native Martha Farrell (Elaine, The Graduate, TNB 2006).

The Gifts of the Magi runs December 1-4 at The Fredericton Playhouse with performances at 7:30pm Thursday–Saturday and 2pm Saturday and Sunday.

Theatre New Brunswick would like to thank their Production Partner Tim Hortons.

Tickets are available at The Fredericton Playhouse box office 458-8344, or online at www.tnb.nb.ca  
Adults  40 | McCain Student Tickets only  10.


3.  Christ Church Cathedral NoonBhour Advent Organ Recitals

Christ Church Cathedral will be offering a series of Advent Organ Recitals on Fridays at 12:10-12:50pm.

December 2 - Dr. Willis Noble - Organist and Choirmaster
December 9 - Dr. Sharon Pond - Associate Organist
December 16 - Fredericton Organists' Association Christmas Special

All are welcome.  Freewill offering.
 For further information, please contact the Cathedral Office at 450-8500.


4.  Fashion Design exhibit Illusion opens Dec 2 at The Gallery

The Gallery at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design is proud to present Illusion, our first two-person alumni exhibition of the 2011-2012 academic year, opening on Friday, December 2 from 4:30-6:30pm.  

Enter a miniature world, accessorized by history, fantasy, and wearable art, for a certain demographic.  Experience crossovers from different eras and movements: Victorian, Steampunk, and burlesque are rolled into a delightful, intriguing and beguiling exhibition.  The Gallery beckons with industrial references: metal, grommets, and chains that dance alongside lace, velvet and Victorian femininity - and masculinity!  This is a show that is sure to surprise and delight.

Accompanying four sets and 14 ensembles, the Gallery space will be enhanced by fashion photography taken throughout the city by Jeff Crawford.

This is a very special exhibition for the Gallery created by two award-winning graduates of the Diploma of Fine Craft, Fashion Design, at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design.  Tracy Austin is currently the Fashion Studio technician at NBCCD, and a freelance artist in Fredericton.  Sherry Kinnear is a costume designer, and is Head of Wardrobe with Theatre New Brunswick.

Visitors to the Annual Fashion Catwalk Extravaganza may have seen the intricate offerings of both Kinnear and Austin on the runway, and will again this coming spring as Tracy Austin prepares for her moment in the spotlight in April 2012.  Kinnear has also participated as a designer for the annual Red Dress Gala for The Heart Truth Awareness Campaign for the Heart and Stroke Foundation, most recently in 2011 at the Moncton Casino featuring special guest, Jeannie Beker, an icon in the Canadian Fashion Industry.

The show will continue until January 18, 2012.
 For information please contact Karen Ruet at The Gallery 457-6805 | Karen.ruet@gnb.ca


5.  Fredericton Society of Artists Holiday Harvest exhibition opens Dec 2

Fredericton Society of Artists presents Holiday Harvest, an exhibition and sale of recent works by Society members.  The exhibition opens at UNB Art Centre on December 2 at 5pm with a public reception.  Holiday Harvest runs until December 18.

The Centre is open Monday to Friday from 9am-4pm and will also be open on Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 5pm during this exhibition.

The UNB Art Centre is located at Memorial Hall, 9 Bailey Drive, UNB Fredericton.  Admission is free.  Everyone is welcome.


6.  The Fiddler The Tenor and The Pianist Dec 2

Wilmot United Church presents a Christmas Concert on Friday, December 2, 2011 at 7pm. The concert features fiddler Kathleen Gorey-McSorley, Canadian tenor Derrick Paul Miller and pianist Carolyn Holyoke.  Special guests are the members of The Lintuhtine Youth Choir conducted by Helen Morag McKinnon and accompanied by Lynn Mills.

Tickets are  20 | students with ID  15 | children 12 and under  10.
 They can be purchased at Westminster Books, Wilmot United Church office or at the door.


7.  Cinema Politica presents The)Women)Of)Brukman)Dec 2

Please join us on Friday, December 2 at 7pm at Conserver House, 180 St. John St., Fredericton, for a screening of the 2008 documentary The Women of Brukman, a 52-minute award-winning documentary by Quebec-based director Isaac Isitan about the takeover of factories by workers in Argentina.

During the 2001 economic collapse in Argentina, the seamstresses at Brukman’s clothing factory took over the operation the owners had abandoned.  They reorganized it on a self-management model, without a doubt the most inspiring of the many new economic experiments in that country.  The name Brukman’s went from being a symbol of worker exploitation to being a site of revolutionary labour participation – all workers, no bosses.

This film is co-sponsored by the UNB/STU University Women’s Centre and the UNB Women’s Studies Program.  Cinema Politica screenings are always followed by discussion about the film. Screenings are free but donations are welcome to pay for Cinema Politica Membership.  All are invited.

For more information visit: www.cinemapolitica.org/fredericton or become a fan on Facebook!


8.  Gallery 78 presents three new exhibitions opening Dec 2

Three new exhibitions open at Gallery 78 December 2

William Forrestall’s intricate still life paintings sparkle and hum – like fine crystal.  Forrestall’s egg tempera paintings capture the moment as if the world has stood still.  The atmosphere in these works is as palpable as any of the objects - it glistens and shimmers as it suspends the objects in time as well as space.  No other painter creates and captures stillness with quite the same intensity of “the moment.”  All of this is evident in Forrestall’s newest exhibition New and Familiar.

Kristianne LeBreton’s exhibition Unforgotten speaks to the significance of remembering.  Her urns, created in the spirit of honouring the special elements of life and death and of each individual, show a heartfelt appreciation for life.  Her jewellery, which incorporates found metal objects that may have otherwise been discarded, also speaks to the imbuing of significance we often place in objects.  Unforgotten is LeBreton’s first solo exhibition.  

Christmas Choice comes but once a year!  Gallery 78 presents its ever-popular small works exhibition Christmas Choice beginning December 2.  Many of the gallery’s favoured artists come together once again for a delightful selection of small paintings, photographs, prints, and sculptures.

We welcome your visit at Gallery 78, 796 Queen St. (corner of Church and Queen), Fredericton.

Open: Tues to Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-3pm, Sun 1-4pm or visit virtually at: www.gallery78.com.


9.  MNO Pottery Christmas Sale and DropBin Dec 3

The annual one-day only get together at “Ye olde Pottery shop” will happen on Saturday, December 3, from 12-6pm.  You are invited to visit our little shop upriver.  It is stocked full of new pots so bring your parka, enjoy local hot apple cider, wine, and some munchies.

Don’t miss your last chance to drive up the river road before spring.
Made of local materials by a local boy.  All work 20- 50% off.
70 Bogle Rd.....Just follow  MNO Pottery signs
For directions and more info visit: www.mnopottery.com


10.  Book Binding 101 with Denise Rowe Dec 3 at Memorial Hall

A small (for large thoughts) coptic journal.

In this workshop we’ll learn some basic book making techniques, such as building a book block, finding the grain of paper, piercing, sewing, drilling, designing the perfect cover.

The finished product, hand made by you, will be a perfect little journal to carry everywhere with you.  Nothing extra is needed for this workshop…….unless you would like to bring a few personal embellishments for the cover - buttons, ribbons, photos, smallish baubles, etc.

The space is limited in this always-popular Book Binding workshop with Denise Rowe so sign up early to ensure you have a spot!

UNB Art Centre, Memorial Hall, Room 26, 9 Bailey Drive
December 3, 2011, 1-5pm
Instructor: Denise Rowe
Cost: ArtZone members:  20 | Non-members:  40

To register, come to Memorial Hall before Wednesday, November 30 to pay the workshop fee. You are not registered until you have paid.  If the workshop doesn't run, you will be reimbursed, or can put your money towards another workshop later in the year.
 
For more information contact Oliver Flecknell, 453-4623 | create@unb.ca.


11.  Poetic Prose Recital with Nancy Bauer and Nela Rio Dec 3

The Fredericton Chapter of the Ibero-American Academy of Poetry invites you to a Poetic Prose Recital in English and Spanish.  This event takes place at 2pm at the beautiful River Reading Room in the Fredericton Public Library, 12 Carleton St., Fredericton.

Both Nancy Bauer and Nela Rio will be reading Poetic Prose.  American poet Karen Volkman calls the poetic prose genre “a trickster of a form, full of leaps and wiles.”  Come and experience this poetry with us!  Perhaps you will be inspired!

Fredericton poet Nancy Bauer, a founding member of the Writers' Federation of New Brunswick, will be reading from her recent work.  Argentine-Canadian poet Nela Rio will also be reading Poetic Prose in Spanish and English.

Come join us for this fantastic event!


12.  Bel Canto Singers of Fredericton Christmas Concert and Wassail Dec 3

The Bel Canto Singers of Fredericton, under the direction of Anne Sessa, present a concert of moving and beautiful Christmas music in Fredericton on Saturday, December 3.

The Bel Canto Singers, Fredericton’s premiere mixed voice chamber choir, has been delighting audiences for more than 30 years.  In addition to regular performances in Fredericton, they are often invited to perform outside the Fredericton area, most recently Amherst, Nova Scotia, Gagetown, Moncton and Woodstock.

There will be music for everyone; including selections from the Renaissance era, works by Eric Whittaker, Lauridsen and Vaughan Williams plus favourite carols and a seasonal sing-a-long.

The concert will be followed by the Wassail – a time to enjoy seasonal drink and great food provided by choir members.

Anne brings to the choir, her vast experience in choral performance. Anne was the founder / conductor of the Bower Hill Chorale which was often accompanied by the Pittsburgh Symphony.  She conducted the Seaglass Chorale, the Southern Maine Chorale and most recently the Greater Moncton Chorale.  Anne also works with the NB Choral Federation as a conductor and soloist.

Start your Christmas season celebrations with the Bel Canto Singers on Saturday, December 3, 7:30pm at St Paul's United Church, 224 York Street.

Tickets are  15 adults |  10 students |  30 for a family and are available at Westminster Books, from choir members and at the door.

Visit the Bel Canto Singers of Fredericton online at http://belcantosingers.blogspot.com


13.  Christmas Choice Craft Sale Dec 4

For over 40 years, Fredericton has been finding wonderful fine craft gift ideas at the Christmas Choice craft sale.  The tradition continues this year with a sale that includes pottery, jewellery, weaving, knitting, photography, jams, jellies, basketry, sewing, candles and more all created by New Brunswick artists.

Christmas Choice Craft Sale is on Sunday December 4 from noon to 4pm at Memorial Hall on the UNB Fredericton Campus.  Signs will be up to help direct you to Memorial Hall.

2011 Featured Artists are:
Brigitte Clavette, the Cathedral Matters Guild, Chris Sharpe, Denise MacLean, Harriet and Stephen Taylor, Heather McTiernan, Helen Morag McKinnon, Jacqueline Bourque, Jane Geurts, Jasmine Cull, Joan Gamble, Kent Jensen, Lori Mallory, Mary Pugh, Melanie Mitchell, Nancy Blanchard-MacDonald, Roger Smith, and Sarah McIntyre.  Live music by Steven Peacock.

Make Christmas Choice your choice this year for your holiday shopping.  Shop and support local artists and craftspeople.

14.  odd sundays at molly’s presents poets Kathy Mac and Robert Shiplett Dec 4

odd Sundays at molly’s, Fredericton’s longest-running, semi-monthly, poetry-reading series will present:

Kathy Mac and Robert Shiplett,
Open Set & Book Draw
Sunday, December 4, at 2pm
554 Queen Street
Come to Molly’s Coffee House, buy a drink and/or lunch, and settle in for a fine literary experience.

Kathy Mac’s books of poems are The Hundefräulein Papers (2009) and Nail Builders Plan for Strength and Growth (2002), a finalist for the Governor General’s Award and winner of the Lampert Award.  In 2006, she received a SSHRC grant to marry her creative and analytical skills in a series of long poems on contemporary culture.  Neither side has sued for divorce, though they went through a lot of counselling. The children are beautiful, if wild; some of them will be published by Wolsack and Wynn in late 2012 in Romance, Porn, Pain and Complicity, which is billed as a collection of Cultural Studies essays.  Mac teaches Creative Writing and Women Writers at STU, where she is chair of the English Department.

Born in North Battleford, Robert Shiplett studied philosophy and psychology in both Saskatchewan and Montreal.  Working in both Canada and the US, he has lectured as a sessional, interned as a psychologist, developed software, and taught ESL and special-needs students.  He moved to Fredericton in 2009, where he is a poet, blogger, astronomer, and occasional Go player with more telescopes than guitars.  Interested in poetry and science without certainties, Shiplett’s poems draw on the flora of many regions; recent historical events; and multi-lingual sources in poetry, poesis and poetics (French, German, Russian and other).  www.logiquewerks.com | www.aule-browser.com

For more info, contact acalvern@gmail.com.


15.  Calling all Volunteers and ArtReach Artists for free writing workshop Dec 4

We want to thank you for all you do for the Charlotte Street Arts Centre, and our ArtReach programming.  In keeping with International Volunteer Day, we invite you to this free writing workshop with our champion artist & volunteer, Biff Mitchell.
This Sunday, December 4 from 6-9pm at the CSAC Multipurpose room Biff will lead us in a 3-hr taste of his famous Writing Hurts Like Hell workshop!

RSVP on facebook, or email faloutreach@gmail.com
http://www.facebook.com/events/248410168553790/


16.  UNB Chorale performs in Nackawic on Dec 4

On Sunday, December 4 at 6pm, The UNB Chorale under the direction of Björn Runefors presents its annual Advent Concert including a Swedish Lucia procession - a celebration of light in the midst of darkness at the Kirk United Church, 29 Landegger Drive, Nackawic.

The program will include music from the Renaissance, pop, Africa and seasonal songs including a new interpretation of Handel's Hallelujah chorus!

Special guests: Nackawic Lucia Children.
Free admission.


17.  Interactive Songwriters’ Circle Whose)Song)Is)It)Anyway? Dec 4

Whose Song Is It Anyway? is an interactive songwriters’ circle…turned inside out! This unique new show features acclaimed East Coast artists Chris Kirby (NL), Kim Wempe (NS), Tim Chaisson (PEI) and Andy Brown (NB).  Each artist will perform several recognizable songs…written by the other artists on stage.  The original story of the song will come from the original artist, but the focus will quickly become how that song affects the other artists.

Not only does this format give the audience a different perspective on the music they love, it also sheds a new light for the artists themselves – on their own songs! The learning process continues on stage for these songwriters, new versions of certain songs may emerge, and new collaborations are sure to surface – right in front of their fans.  It also gives the artists an occasion to visibly appreciate each other and their music, which the audience will no doubt find charming and endearing.

Let’s celebrate our East Coast artists – and let them celebrate each other!

Whose Song Is It Anyway? takes place at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre on Sunday, December 4 beginning at 8pm.
Tickets  20 available at Read's Newsstand.


18.  STU Singers in Concert Dec 5

Under the direction of Dr. Willis Noble, the STU Singers present music for the holiday season: A Christmas
Hallelu.

The concert takes place at the STU Chapel (Martin Hall, second floor) on Monday, December 5, at 7pm.

Special guests for the event are the Harbour View High School (Saint John) concert and jazz choirs.

Tickets are  10 (students  5), available from choir members and at the door.


19.  Monday Night Film Series presents The Debt Dec 5

December 5, 8pm at Tilley Hall, UNB Campus
The Debt
Director: John Madden
Cast: Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Worthington, Ciarán Hinds, Jessica Chastain
Run Time: 101 minutes
Country: USA
Year: 2011
Language: English

A Gala Presentation at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival®, and starring the venerable Helen Mirren (The Last Station, The Queen), The Debt is a cracking political thriller. Directed with crisp, confident strokes by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love), it offers all the pleasures of tight plotting and international intrigue, but grounds them in conflicts that have been urgent for sixty years. The stakes here are life, death and the honour of a nation.

In 1997, three veterans of Israel’s secret service, the Mossad, return to a hero’s welcome. Rachel Singer (Mirren), is the lone woman. Her daughter has just written a book about the threesome’s most famous exploit: a 1965 operation that saw them hunt down and terminate a notorious Nazi war criminal in East Berlin. The book brings the episode back into the spotlight, but the attention makes Rachel’s fellow agent David (Ciarán Hinds, There Will Be Blood, Life During Wartime) uneasy. In one shocking scene, he takes a decisive action that suddenly puts the other agents at risk, and opens whole new questions.

Madden shifts briskly between these scenes and the time of the original assassination, when the young agents snuck into East Berlin to track down the war criminal. They aim to bring him back to justice in Israel, but the situation proves more volatile than planned. Still, the mission catapults them to hero status back home.

The Debt is as polished and professional as its secret agent characters, pulsing along at a thrilling clip. But there is a substantial moral dilemma at the heart of this film: should the truth ever be sacrificed for a story that inspires a nation?


20.  Dance Fredericton presents The)Nutcracker at the Playhouse Dec 7

Presented by Dance Fredericton and featuring guest artists Emily Grizzell and Yosuke Mino, soloist dancers with Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet, The Nutcracker is a full-length ballet that showcases original choreography created for Dance Fredericton, elaborate costuming, and the classical score by Tchaikovsky.

This fairy tale ballet opens with the festive Victorian party scene on Christmas Eve in the Stahlbaum home and later follows Clara and the Nutcracker Prince on their journey to the Land of the Sweets.  In the Magical Kingdom they are feted with delightful dances from around the world, including the stunningly beautiful pas de deux of the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier.  This timeless classic will delight audiences of all ages.

Performances take place at the Fredericton Playhouse on Wednesday, December 7 at 2pm and 7:30pm.  To purchase tickets contact The Playhouse box office at 458-8344 | www.theplayhouse.ca

For additional information contact Jan Thompson, President, Dance Fredericton Danse at 457-2538 |
jcthmpsn@nb.sympatico.ca


21.  Advent Carol Festival Dec 7

The 22nd  Annual Advent Carol Festival held each year at St. Paul’s United Church (corner George and York) will be held on Wednesday, December 7 at 7:30pm.  Thirteen church and community choirs will present a program of new, as well as familiar, Christmas music.

This is a fundraiser for Fredericton food banks; a freewill offering will be received.


22.  STU Jazz Concert Dec 7

STU Jazz presents its first concert of the year on Wednesday evening, December 7 at 7:30pm in Kinsella Auditorium located in McCain Hall on the St. Thomas University campus.  Come and hear this exciting jazz ensemble perform some familiar and new jazz arrangements.

Under the direction of Don Bossé, STU Jazz will perform a variety of jazz selections including swing, Latin, rock, vocal and a few seasonal numbers.  This is a concert you won't want to miss.

Admission is freewill donation.


23.  UNB Chorale, UNB Concert Band and UNB Strings perform Dec 7

A night of musical diversity awaits you as the UNB Chorale and UNB Concert Band, directed by Björn Runefors, present their Annual Christmas Concert on Wednesday, December 7 at 7:30pm, Memorial Hall, UNB Fredericton.  Special guests this year are UNB Strings, under the direction of Jackson Wo.

In the form of a Swedish Lucia Procession the UNB Chorale will present madrigals, popular music, African music and Christmas music including a newly composed piece by UNB’s in-house composer Christian Bérubé. The choir ends with a different version of Handel’s Hallelujah chorus.

The UNB Concert Band will start with a Symphonic Celebration and takes you from works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Elliot Del Borgo and Vince Gassi to the Ultimate Christmas Sing-Along.

Finally, the strings will please your ears with music by Jean Sibelius, Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.  Come and celebrate the joy of the Holiday Season!

Tickets are  5 general admission |  3 seniors and free for students with a student ID, available at the door.

For more information, email musicart@unb.ca | 453-4697.


24.  Concert de Noël / Christmas Concert with Chœur de Soulanges Dec 10

English follows

Concert de Noël : La promenade en traîneau du Chœur de Soulanges sous la direction de Marie-Claude Landry
Venez faire une “Promenade en traîneau” et vous mettre dans l’ambiance de Noël avec le Chœur de Soulanges et les musiciens de Jazzaphones, le samedi 10 décembre, à 19 h 30, au théâtre Bernard Poirier du Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne (www.centre-sainte-anne.nb.ca).

Les billets sont en vente au prix de 16   pour les adultes et 12   pour les élèves, les étudiants et les aînés, à la billetterie du CCSA à la réception ou par téléphone, au 453-2731. L’entrée est libre pour les enfants de 12 ans et moins. Il sera également possible de se procurer des billets à la porte.

Venez nombreux chanter avec nous des chants de Noël traditionnels, folkloriques et modernes!

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A Christmas Sleigh Ride with the Chœur de Soulanges directed by Marie-Claude Landry

Come for a “Christmas Sleigh Ride” with the Chœur de Soulanges and Jazzaphones musicians, and get into the Christmas spirit, on Saturday, December 10, at 7:30 pm, at the Bernard Poirier theatre, Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne (www.centre-sainte-anne.nb.ca).

Tickets cost  16 for adults and  12 for students/seniors and are available at the CCSA reception desk or by phone at 453-2731. Free admission for children aged 12 and under. Tickets will also be available at the door on the night of the concert.

Come join us in singing some traditional, folk, and modern Christmas favourites!


25.  Fredericton Choral Society and choirs perform 100Bvoice chorus of Handel’s Messiah Dec 11

On Sunday, December 11, Fredericton Choral Society presents Handel's Messiah in a performance that will be more dramatic than ever.  The Fredericton Choral Society, Sussex Choral Society and Bethany Singers together form a 100-voice choir. With the Fredericton Chamber Orchestra they'll make the rafters ring at a venue new to FCS: Sunset Church on Clements Drive. And, for the first time in New Brunswick, a countertenor will perform the beloved alto solos.

Bjorn Runefors, director of the Fredericton Choral Society, will conduct the choir and orchestra. Sarah Hallyburton, the soprano soloist, performs extensively and teaches voice in Sussex. Andrew Pickett, countertenor, has performed in Britain, France and Canada, and is delighted to be singing in his home province. Owen McCausland, the tenor soloist, graduated from Saint John High School, and is finishing his third year of a vocal performance degree at Dalhousie University. David Steeves, an outstanding bass soloist, teaches voice and is director of the Sussex Choral Society.

The concert will end with a sing-along repeat of the Hallelujah chorus, a wonderful way to end what promises to be a very special evening.

Concert details: December 11 at 7.30pm at Sunset Church, 429 Clements Drive, Fredericton.

Tickets are: adults  20 | seniors  15 | students  10 | children under 12  5.  Tickets available from members of Fredericton Choral Society and Fredericton Chamber Orchestra, Westminster Books, and at the door.


26.  Limited edition prints for sale B Bobak and Patterson

Looking for a special Christmas gift?  The New Brunswick Summer Music Festival is selling signed limited edition prints to raise funds for our programs.

The prints are Bruno Bobak’s Blissfield Pool, and Freeman Patterson’s Shampers Bluff.

Each print is signed and numbered (unframed).  This is your chance to obtain a rare and lovely print for a wonderful holiday gift or to add to your collection. Only  100 each.

We are also selling raffle tickets on the Bobak print.  ONLY 100 tickets will be sold and are  5 each. Draw date is December 12.  Remember there aren’t many days left to get your tickets!

For more information or to purchase, contact Maria at the Festival Office, Room 22 Memorial Hall, UNB: 458-7836.

You can e-mail us for a jpeg of the print at nbsmf@unb.ca.  (Note: Office hours are typically Monday to Thursday 8am-4pm.
It’s often best to call before dropping by).

28.  Artist Studios for Rent at Gallery Connexion
Lonely? Cramped for space?  Gallery Connexion rents studio space to artists for the creation, production, and sharing of deas among different disciplines. There are presently two (2) artist studios/office spaces available for rent in Gallery Connexion.  The spaces average 170 square feet in size.  The monthly rental fee is  200, heat and lights included, with access to a shared tool room and a/v equipment.  24-hour access with a wheelchair accessible entrance by request. All studio rentals require a yearly lease.

Gallery Connexion's artist studios provide opportunities for artists to learn and share through informal contact with each other's practice as well as connect with the many exhibitions and activities that make Gallery Connexion an amazing artist-run centre and community hub.  New cafe on site too!

For more information on how to join us in our basement palace, contact Candace Mooers, Executive Director, at connex@nbnet.nb.ca |454-1433.