Our monthly trip around the arts and cultural scene with the Culture Vultures. This week a new Culture Vulture, Lynn Broughton, joined the team. As always, there is a lot going on in Guelph. We’ve tried to cover as many of the events as possible.
Jan’s Picks (see individual blog posts, where applicable)
- Hammond Lecture Series, Energy and the Environment – March 6/7
- Folkways 10th Anniversary Series:
Tony McManus – March 6
Harry Manx – March 26, - Danny Michel with Roxanne Potvin, Dublin St United – March 28 $13 Stu/$16 Gen
- Earth Day in Guelph – March 28
- Guelph Environmental Leadership Spring Ecomarket – April 4
Daniel’s Picks:
- The Living Library, McLaughlin Library – March 5/6
- Out on the Shelf Dance, Guelph Googleheim – March 7
- Shenkman Lecture in Contemporary Art featuring Roni Horn, War Memorial Hall – March 11
- MFA Open Studio Featuring works by graduate candidates and Specialized Studio undergraduates – March 11
Studios open 3.00 – 5.15 p.m. and 7.00 – 9.00 p.m.
Studios located in Blackwood Hall (1st and 2nd floors, 8 studios), FireHall (3 studios), Textiles Building, Rooms 205, 210 (5 studios) - Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival:
March Break Camp – March 16 -20
Central Students Association Nooner, University Centre – March 25
Off-Site Series, McDonald Stewart Art Centre – March 28/29 - Egypt, Gift of the Nile at Guelph Civic Museum (until March 29)
- U of G Student Theatre Production “Ubu Roi” by Alfred Jarry – March 16-21
- Gender Martini “A performance with a splash and a twist” – March 25
- Guelph Project 2009 “Love”, Wellness Centre – March 26-28
- Doors Open Guelph – April 25
Lynn’s Picks:
- Ed Video 2nd Annual Comedy Night – March 7 at the Guelph Youth Music Centre, www.edvideo.org
- Bookshelf 10th annual Poetry contest, deadline April 5, www.bookshelf.ca
- Art on the Street 2009 – July 18. Artist applications are open . For more information visit www.downtownguelph.com
- Friday Noon Hour Concerts in St George’s Square, June 18 through September 18. Submissions from local musicians are encouraged. For more information visit www.downtownguelph.com
- The grand opening of the new City Hall is scheduled for June 20. Tours of the facility are also included in Doors Open Guelph
Music:
The Monster Show, Winnipeg And Fargo from And In Our Final Days As Archipelago
Tony McManus, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat from Ceol More
Harry Manx, Take This Hammer from Live At The Glen Gould Studio 2008
Eccodek, Silent Song from Shivaboom
Danny Michel, On My Way from Fur, Feather and Fin
Listen to the show:
Formerly Royal City Rag 