June 2012 - Arts & Letters Club

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y Rob Prince 8 June 2012 Photography in Focus Early Victorian Cottage by Sheila Craig Storm over Saskatchewan by Gord Fulton “On my drive home three weeks ago from my winter in the mountains, I drove towards this scene for an hour and managed 30 shots in 15 minutes with the wind howling and blowing the camera.” WHAT’S ON IN JUNE LAMPSlab! Creative members, practising in all LAMPS disciplines, are welcome to come and meet other practitioners of their respective Art, to discuss and collaborate, to show and tell, to explain and exclaim and recite and perform, or just to be. It is a time and space in the Club set aside for creative members who want to meet other members and share their art. It is an excellent chance to meet and interact on a regular, weekly basis. Why not arrange for other creative members to come as well? For those who are new to the Club, the Labbers are always friendly. The Club’s laptop, projector and screen are always on hand for members who wish to bring images of their work on disk or memory stick to project. There is no structure, agenda, or chair to these sessions and, alas, no food from the kitchen. Nothing is arranged in advance unless you do so, so take ownership of the space the Club is providing for its creative practitioners. The LAMPSlab! sessions are always what we make them. Lampslab! usually takes place in the LAMPSroom, but ask at the Bar for the room location. Instigators Zora Buchanan and Farhad Nargol-O’Neill Film Night Wednesday, June 13 Introduced by Bill Whiteacre MOGAMBO See Africa as it was about 60 years ago, is not now, and will never again be. See wild animals fight to the finish over human intrusion. See Grace Kelly and Ava Gardner fight to the finish over Clark Gable. Monday Film Nights in July: July 9: Last of the Blonde Bombshells July 16: Herb & Dorothy July 23: Mon Oncle July 30: Ball of Fire
Bar 5:30 p.m.; Dinner 6:30 p.m. Price $23.00, payable at the door. Monday, June 4 MATTHEW JOCELYN—“The New CanStage” Matthew Jocelyn is the Artistic and General Director of the Canadian Stage Company. Matthew will talk about the new Canstage that he has brought to the Toronto Theatre scene and his plans for the coming seasons. Monday, June 11 TONY BATTEN—“Town and Country” Opening of solo exhibit Can a cityscape dance? Can a building be evocative? Can a sun-dappled terrace beguile? At the hand of Tony Batten, all of these are possible. Tony is an ardent supporter of excellence in art. Perhaps his most significant contribution is a more than 30-year commitment to the collection of contemporary Canadian watercolours that is now housed in perpetuity in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle. To those who know him well, his friends and fellow artists, he is regarded for his humility, charm, laughter, and his ever ready story—usually with an hilarious ending. Monday, June 18 WILLIAM WESTCOTT Blues and Barrel-house Tunes William Westcott, jazz pianist extraordinaire, will play blues and barrel-house tunes from the 1930s served up in authentic South Chicago style. As an added attraction, Bill has invited his friend, the fabulously talented vocalist Rita Di Ghent, whose performances of jazz standards with Bill at the keyboard will leave you spellbound. WHAT’S ON IN JUNE Club Nights Monday, June 25 JACkIE MAxWELL—“The 2012 Season at Shaw” Jackie Maxwell, artistic director of the Shaw Festival, will talk about her 2012 season: the artistic choices that were made and the highlights from the company’s perspective. Writers’ Table Friday, June 1 MARTHE JOCELYN on Folly and a grandfather’s history Marthe Jocelyn grew up in the Beaches and spent part of every summer in Stratford, an avid theatre fan from the age of five. She travelled instead of going to university, first to the Caribbean, where she worked on a yacht for several months, and then to New York City, where she ended up living for the next 30 years. She continued to spend summers in Stratford, adding her husband and two daughters to the annual pilgrimage. For many years she was self-employed as a toy and children’s clothing designer, beginning to write only when she was in her late thirties and having her first book published when she was 40. She has always written for young readers, ranging from board books for babies to teen novels, and everything in between. She now has nearly 30 books to her credit. When she discovered that her grandfather had been born “out of wedlock” and then “abandoned” at the Foundling Hospital in London, England, Marthe began to hunt for his identity. His name, Arthur Jocelyn, had been bestowed by the reception committee at the institution—chosen from the street directory. Two books have emerged (so far) from the mountain of research—one a non-fiction history of the Foundling Hospital, A Home for Foundlings and the other, Folly, a fictional version of what might have led her greatgrandmother to give up her firstborn son. As Marthe says: “Simple curiosity compelled me to learn more about my grandfather’s origins—beyond the ‘orphan’ label he’d carried in family lore. He was far from an orphan. Both his parents had been very much alive. He had more of a history than he ever knew—but isn’t that true for all of us?” June 2012 9
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