I had big dreams and high hopes when I started up Mediaville: create a space where Montreal’s media professionals could meet, and maybe even collaborate. There were plans (which were *thisclose* to coming true a few months ago) to revamp and expand the website into an online community, with a marketplace for both members and potential clients, who would be able to “shop” for services or even build a team of freelancers from various specialties on the fly.

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COME & JOIN
Beverly Akerman, Julie Barlow, Olivia Kona, Eve Krakow and Heather Grace Stewart
for an afternoon of entertainment.
As part of the 15th edition of Les journées de la culture / Culture Days, members of the PWAC (Professional Writers Association of Canada) will read from their published and award-winning works — fiction, non-fiction and poetry. It’s FREE!

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When: Thursday, September 1, 2011 from 5pm to 9pm
Where: Koko’s Terrace, Hotel Opus
How: Purchase tickets

Enjoy the sunshine on Koko’s Terrace this Thursday to network and learn more about IABC/Montréal’s exciting upcoming activities.

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The Summit centres upon a two-day conference entitled “Creative Solutions for a Creative Community”, to take place September 22nd and 23rd at the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT, 1201 St-Laurent Blvd). These working sessions will gather 200 of the province’s most active and influential cultural professionals within the English-speaking arts community – alongside members of the French-speaking arts community and representatives from the education and government sectors – in order to develop a viable action plan for the growth of this thriving cultural sector.

While the working conference is restricted to invited guests, all other events within the 2011 State of the Arts Summit are open to the arts-loving public! ELAN has partnered with several of the city’s leading arts organizations to present a series of English arts-appreciation events intended to spotlight the hot talents currently working within the major creative disciplines that thrive in Quebec.

On Friday, September 23rd, ELAN will host a celebratory soirée of theatre and dance at the historic Centaur Theatre (453 Saint-Francois-Xavier St.) in Old Montreal. That evening, in collaboration with our partners in the theatre community – Centaur Theatre, Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal, and the Playwrights’ Guild of Canada – ELAN will present a series of staged readings from influential English plays written by Quebecois playwrights over the years. That same night at the Centaur, ELAN will present, in collaboration with Wants & Needs Dance, an exquisite showcase of contemporary dance. These two stellar showcases and the party to follow are all free to the public!

On Saturday, September 24th, ELAN will host an afternoon of thought-provoking panel discussions at the Atrium de la Maison du Conseil des Arts de Montreal (1210 Sherbrooke St. East). Well-known journalists and intellectuals will discuss the economic and ambassadorial value of the English-speaking art community’s contribution to the province, as well as dissect the old but still prevailing stereotypes of what entails a Quebecois Anglo in the 21st century.

Later that evening, ELAN will move to the Segal Centre for the Performing Arts (5170 Cote-Ste-Catherine Rd.) for a second multi-disciplinary evening highlighting the many talents of our writing and film communities. In collaboration with the Quebec Writers’ Federation and the Association of English-Language Publishers of Quebec, ELAN will present an exciting session of writing improv at the Segal’s Studiospace. Meanwhile, down in the Cinemaspace, the screening room’s curators will present two bold showcases of contemporary Quebecois cinema from English-speaking film-makers. Once again, it’s all free to the public!

On Sunday, September 25th, the fourth and final day of the 2011 State of the Arts Summit, the public will be invited to join us on an afternoon walking tour of Montreal art galleries, as we explore the adventurous works of the province’s English-speaking visual artists. That evening, we join our friends at Pop Montreal, with whom we’re collaborating for our grand finale! At the Theatre Outremont (1248 Bernard Ave. West), ELAN Quebec and Pop Montreal will present the world premiere of a brand-new musical written by left-of-centre composer, rapper, producer and musician Socalled and starring a who’s who cast of Montreal’s brightest talents from the musical community!

Taken as a whole, the four days of the 2011 State of the Arts Summit will bring together an unprecedented showcase of ideas, intellect, and talent for a community whose many factions far too often work alone and without a collective voice. In doing so, ELAN hopes to further build upon the hundreds of artists it successfully spotlights in its RAEV histories, videos, and artist portraits, all of which are available through the ELAN Quebec website noted below.

For more information, please visit: www.quebec-elan.org

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How Does Buyandsell.gc.ca Help Your Business Community?
It’s not often that “simple” and “government procurement” are mentioned in the same breath, but Buyandsell.gc.ca is aiming to do just that. Buyandsell.gc.ca, the Government of Canada’s new site for procurement information, gives members of your business community quick access to information on how to:

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Every summer, Theatre Wakefield “piggybacks” with the Ottawa Fringe Festival to offer its own festivities in the bucolic arts community of Wakefield, located 20 minutes north of Gatineau. Local, national, and international performers descend on the village for three days of fringe theatre and fun in a riverside setting packed with great restaurants, cafes, and boutiques.

Theatre Wakefield will again be hosting ELAN’s mid-summer Schmoozer in mid-festival

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The Summer 2011 Cinq à Sept

Date & Time: Thursday, June 11, 2011, 5-7PM
Location: HELM Broue-pub
Address: 273 Bernard West, corner of Av. du Parc
Cost: Free
Description: The MFG and Third Side Music would like to invite you to our Summer 2011 Cinq à Sept. Come on down to HELM and spend some time with some of your fellow MFG members. Enjoy drink specials (amazing HELM micro-brews), free entry, and that famous MFG networking serendipity!

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Date: Tuesday, May 31 2011
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Restaurant Alpenhaus, 1279 Saint-Marc, Montréal

You already know that people read differently on the web… if they read at all.

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WRITING COUNTS!
TWO DAYS OF NETWORKING, SEMINARS, PANELS & WORKSHOPS

June 17 & 18
Concordia University, Henry F. Hall Building (7th floor), 1455 de Maisonneuve Ouest, Montreal, QC

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Sofa Bar, 451, rue Rachel East
Friday, June 03, 2011 at 10:00 PM
&
Saturday, June 04, 2011 at 3:00 AM

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