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The 2008 International Leonard Cohen Event

June 2nd, 2008 by Pawel in General

The 2008 International Leonard Cohen Event held in Edmonton, Canada, promises to be bigger and better than ever!

Wednesday July 23 – Sunday July 27          (previous events)

The 2008 event will feature:

  • A Gala Concert at the Winspear Centre: Jann Arden, Serena Ryder and more…
  • Open mike performances
  • Clinker Performance
  • Dance Me to the End of Time
  • Cohen Cafe
  • Poetry readings
  • A visual arts display
  • BBQ Picnic in the Park
  • Guided sight-seeing in Edmonton River Valley as well as a wide variety of participant activities

…and for the first time ever…by popular request!

  • A 24-hour hospitality suite

Get tickets to the Gala Concert at the Winspear Centre featuring Jann Arden, Serena Ryder and more… Click here

Register as a delegate for the festival which includes:

  • A ticket to the Gala Concert at the Winspear on Saturday night
  • Access to all events (open mike events, poetry readings, picnic)
  • Access to the 24 hour hospitality room

Click here or Registration Page

Brief Overview of Festival Schedule (click here for more - The Event Program)

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Transcript of today’s LC chat discussion of Edmonton event

May 5th, 2008 by Pawel in General

01:00 Server parky (~63f10208@beautifullosers.org) has joined the room
01:00 Tri-me I was just looking at flood pictures
01:00 Tri-me The Playhouse is closed
01:00 Kim I am really sorry about the flooding!
01:01 Kim Hi Parky!
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Transcript of today’s LC chat - April 13, 2008

April 14th, 2008 by Pawel in General

01:13 Server tori (~ellement_@S01060004e218e2fd.ed.shawcable.net) has joined the room
01:13 Kim hi!
01:13 tori hi!
01:13 Kim Such a beautiful day outside. I expect attendance here will be light today! There will be no session next Sunday as I am traveling to Banff for Writing in Style and traveling back the 27th, so the next online Edmonton event session here will be May 4th.
01:13 tori okay — sounds good
01:13 tori the weather is perfect; makes me wish i didn’t have an essay to write!
01:14 Kim Yes doing my homework for the course! http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=639

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Cohen Festival 08 - Media release

March 31st, 2008 by Pawel in General

CohenFestival 08 - Media release

CohenFestival 08 - Media launch invite.doc


Transcript of today’s LC chat - March 30, 2008.

March 31st, 2008 by Pawel in General

01:04 Server tori (~ellement_@S01060004e218e2fd.ed.shawcable.net) has joined the room
01:04 Kim hi!
01:04 tori hi!
01:05 Kim Beautiful day outside. Incentive to sit in front of computer is limited I think!
01:07 Kim colia has already volunteered to help with event. She is from Holland.
01:08 Kim She will fly from Holland. Belgium. or Germany
01:09 Kim They started daylight saving time in Holland today!
01:11 colia hello
01:11 Kim Hi colia.
01:12 Kim Marilyn Wiens had very nice things to say about the work Lila has been doing on our websites.
01:12 tori Nice; Lila has definitely done a good job
01:13 Kim Yes the interactive maps are really nice.
01:15 colia are they on the site?
01:15 tori I haven’t seen those yet! I will go look
01:16 Kim Yes let me find them.
01:17 Kim http://leonardcohenevent.info/2008/03/24/113
01:17 Kim http://www.leonardcohennights.org/map/map.html

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The cult of Leonard Cohen

March 24th, 2008 by Pawel in General

The cult of Leonard Cohen

His album output is sporadic and he hasn’t toured in 15 years. So how does this music icon still command such undying devotion from his fans?

The Star / Music, Mar 23, 2008, by Francine Kopun

Read here


Event Schedule

March 17th, 2008 by Pawel in General, The Event Program

Wednesday
2:00 PM Registration begins
3:00-5:00 PM Tours
6:00-… PM Collage-a-thon

Thursday
8:00-10:00 AM Early Bird Breakfast
11:30-4 PM Whyte Ave Shopping trips
4:30-6:30 PM Screening of films on Cohen (at the Library)
7:00-8:30 PM “Dance Me” Performance
9:00-… PM “The New Step” Play
Latenight… Collage-a-thon

Friday
11:00-3:00 PM University Tours
5:00-7:00 PM Academic Talks
8:00-10:00 PM Songwriter in the Round and Hospitality Suite concert
10:30-… PM Clinker “On the Other Side…” Live Performance

Saturday
9:30-1:00 PM River Valley Tours
2:30-4:00 PM Open Mike
8:00-10:00 PM Winspear Gala Concert
Latenight-… DJ Dance Party

Sunday
11:00-3:00 PM Picnic in the Park Party
3:00 PM, 5:00 PM Clinker “On the Other Side…” Live Performances
8:00-10:00 PM Monsieur Camembert Concert
Latenight-… DJ Dance Party

Monday
8:00-10:00 PM Survivor’s Breakfast
1:30-… PM Banff Mini-Event


Concert Schedule

March 17th, 2008 by Pawel in General, The Artists, The Event Program

Read more about artists listed below

Saturday Night at the Winspear:
Jann Arden
Serena Ryder
Peter Elkas
Roddy Hart
Darrell Scott
Tom Rush
Ted Bishop (spoken word)
Todd Babiak (spoken word)

Friday Night (Festival Pass Holder’s Only):
Ann Vriend
Vicky Hynes
Karla Anderson

Friday Night (’Songwriter in the Round’):
Peter Elkas
Roddy Hart
Darrell Scott
Tom Rush