[LE FIL CULTUREL DE L’ONTARIO FRANÇAIS]
This week, we move from Africa to Europe, with a detour to Quebec, while remaining in Ontario. We also jump between disciplines for a cultural tour that is both quick and diverse.
Visual arts
A place of your own
The Thompson Landry art gallery, which operates in two buildings in the distillery district, specializes in exhibitions of Quebec artists. This time, it is the Montreal painter Carol Bernier who is in the spotlight in the premises of the Stone distillery building. His abstract works are created instinctively, without prior plan. “The exhibition A Place of One’s Own is a reflection on the power of art to create larger ‘spaces’,” we can read in the description of the event on the gallery’s website (in English).
The exhibition is on until November 3. Carol Bernier will be there to meet the public at the art gallery this Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.
Toronto, until November 3. Meet the artist on October 19. Details on the Thompson Landry gallery website.
Musique
New song for Céleste Lévis
Franco-Ontarian singer-songwriter Céleste Lévis launches the first extract from her next album with Reluctantlyavailable on listening platforms since October 18. The song with pop and radio rhythms already pleases the singer’s fans. On social networks, one of them comments on the lyrics to this effect: “I try to guess what it is about, sometimes I think I know other times I am in nothingness. One thing is certain, it’s beautiful without common sense.
The text can in fact evoke several things, including the health problems with which the singer has had to deal since her adolescence. More broadly, the song deals with the detours of life, the goals that we don’t always reach as quickly as we would like.
“I thought I had to see everything backwards, I thought I had defined all my points of reference. But I don’t blame myself for wasting a little time. »
On her social networks, Céleste Lévis evoked the image of a page turning on her previous album to open a new chapter in her career. If you want to know everything is released in 2021.
On all listening platforms. Details on Céleste Lévis’ Facebook page.
Literature
Celebrating Francophone Afro-descendant authors
Mosaique Interculturele’s Afro-Canadian Book Fair (SLAC) will take place in Ottawa from October 24 to 27. The theme of this seventh edition is Travel in the French-speaking world. The honorary presidency is ensured by the author Edem Awumey. Born in Togo and having lived in France before settling in the Ottawa-Gatineau region, he was nominated and won several awards during his career. Through round tables, interviews and public readings, visitors will be able to meet more than 75 authors. SLAC regulars will find their event at a new location this year, at 435 Donald Street.
Ottawa, October 24 to 27. Details on the SLAC website.
Movie theater
Launch and anniversary
A special evening will celebrate 20 years of the European Union Film Festival on October 24 at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto. In addition to access to the museum’s exhibitions, the event will include tastings of European specialties and will serve as a launch to the festival’s programming, which will take place from November 14 to 18. At this time, award-winning films from all over the European Union will be presented free of charge at the Spadina Theater. They will then be available online in December. The European Union Film Festival presents itself as “the unique cultural collaboration of all European consuls and cultural institutions in Toronto. »
Toronto, October 24. Details on the Bata Shoe Museum website.
