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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July 3rd, 2008 by Pawel in The Artists, The Event Program
Live Cinema Audio-Visual Performance
Commissioned by the Leonard Cohen International Festival 2008
July 25 & 27, 2008
Rice Theatre
Tickets $15 General Seating
Clinker’s “On the Other Side…” explores Cohen’s continued romance within the light and dark inside our human experience. An audio-visual “deep listening” environment which will draw inspiration from the vast depths of emotion written into the poetry and music of Leonard Cohen.
The lush bass tones of Cohen’s voice provide a point of departure for our journey inside Clinker’s cinema of sound and light. Drawing from years of experience in creating and manipulating music and audio, Clinker will deconstruct and reassemble Cohen’s voice into surreal “bass-scapes” using his unique and sophisticated system of analogue and digital electronics. Clinker’s creation will bathe the audience in an array of Cohen’s “golden” vocal chords augmented with a connection between sonic and visual details. A specially designed sub-sonic sound system will be in place to reinforce the experience of extreme sound-movement through the body.
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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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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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April 6th, 2008 by Pawel in The Artists, The Event Program
…a brazen and intoxicating blend of jazz, gypsy swing, Latin & East European influences! (The Age, 2005)
With a vibrant, contemporary edge, triple ARIA Award winning group Monsieur Camembert has been described as eclectic, virtuosic, theatrical and irreverent. Fusing the wild rhythms of Eastern Europe with tango and Latin music, swing, jazz, klezmer, tarantella and French Musette, Monsieur Camembert
’s shows have become synonymous with an atmosphere of celebration and spontaneity. This is gutsy, emotive and irresistibly danceable music, played with originality, virtuosity, sensuality and flair.
The most successful world music band in Australian music history, the core group has been performing for more than seven years and has gained a wide audience at a range of events, including national and international music festivals, concert halls, various performing arts and jazz venues, including the Sydney Opera House, The Basement and the Art Gallery of NSW and celebrity weddings. In 2000, they were a featured act at the Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony and were broadcast on ABC Radio National’s live concert series: ‘Live On Stage’ three times.
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March 31st, 2008 by Pawel in General
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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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March 24th, 2008 by Pawel in Edmonton, The Event Locations
Look at Lila’s Map - with some important places for The Event Participants:
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