Ongoing
Youth Cricket Program (Winnipeg)
For ages 5-15 any skill level (co-ed)
and cost $20.00 per person. If you have any questions please call for
full detail of the program.
Place: Burton Cummings Community Center
Time: Saturday's from 11am-1pm
(Starting Nov 13/2004)
Contact: Keith (204) 633-0316 Krish
(204) 229-9707 Roy (204) 227-4193
Info:
http://www.guyanamb.com/events.htm
The Black Cultural Heritage Program
for elementary school students (Toronto)
Saturdays until June, 9 a.m. to noon.
Cost $25. For info call 905-819-8361.
Call for articles,
illustrations and photographs
for
Indian Arrival Day magazine
on Indian artifacts in the Caribbean
The theme of this year's edition of the Indian
Arrival Day magazine being produced by the
Indo-Caribbean Cultural Council (ICC) is Indian artifacts in the
Caribbean. Artifacts are old, broken or discarded objects such as musical
instruments, cooking utensils, household items, ritual paraphernalia, old
tools, etc. that have been used by past generations of people
This Indian heritage
day, which commemorates the arrival of indentured labourers from India to
Trinidad and Tobago (1845-1917), will be observed as a national holiday on
Monday May 30th 2005.
The deadline for
submission of original articles not exceeding 900 words is Sunday May 1st
2005.
More info: Indo-Caribbean Cultural Council -
http://www.geocities.com/icc_tt
Friday, April 22nd, 2005
REACHOUT COMMITTEE (Toronto)
Jamaican Canadian Association
6.30pm
Guest on the panel will be Superintendent Sloly
of the Toronto Police Service, Psychologist Dr. Gloria Fiati and other
panel members tba.
If you want to participate please call Angela Thorpe at (905) 457-7939 or
email me at reachout@sympatico.ca
or
reachout_youth_committee@sympatico.ca.
Saturday, April 23rd, 2005
2005 CARIBANA LAUNCH PARTY
Saturday April 23rd, 2005
@ The MAS CAMP - 80 Barbados Blvd.
Featuring...
Mini Priest (Body Water) & AJALA with his
band "AS ONE"
Music by...
Dr JAY, Mr PlayHouse & MarXman
LIVE MODELS WILL DISPLAY THE NEW COSTUMES FOR CARIBANA 2K5!!
ADM IS ONLY $15!! ARRIVE EARLY!!
Wednesday, April 27th, 2005
A Spring Extravaganza Tradeshow (Toronto)
A
great opportunity to meet the local business people of the GTA...
Time: 5pm - 9pm
Venue: Maple Banquet Hall, 1325
Eglinton Avenue East
Mississauga, Ontario
L4W 4L9
Canada
Tickets: $10/person includes Appetizers, Live DJ Entertainment and over 50
exhibitors to visit. Products & Services range from home improvements to
wedding planning to health & wellness programs...
For Info Call: Maple Banquet Hall, Samuel @ 647.296.0128
Thursday, April 28th, 2005
Celebrate Poetry Month with the The Archibald Lampman Award reading
(Ottawa)
Doors open at 7:00 pm Mother Tongue Books
located at 1067 Bank St.in Old Ottawa South
Featuring Ottawa area poets reading from their Archibald Lampman Award
short listed books:
Stephen Brockwell ~ Fruitfly Geographic
Cyril Dabydeen ~ Imaginary Origins
Susan McMaster ~ Until the Light Bends
Seymour Mayne ~ Ricochet
The Archibald Lampman Award recognizes an outstanding book
of English language poetry published in the previous year by an Ottawa area
poet.
For more information contact:
Arc:Canada's National Poetry Magazine at contests@arcpoetry.ca
or visit us at www.arcpoetry.ca
Friday, April 29th, 2005
Poetry for the Soul (Toronto)
Ryeson Oakham House (Gould and Church)
Knowledge Bookstore (Queen St. W. at HWY 10),
Brampton
For More info: (905) 671-2624
Saturday, April 30th, 2005
Annual Spring/Arts Souljourn:FRESH & ANCESTRAL
(Illinois)
(New Xpressions From The EBR Writers Club Workshop)
9:00 AM
City Council Chambers, 2nd Floor of Municipal Building
301 River Park Drive--East Saint Louis, Illinois.
FEATURING: DARLENE ROY, SHERMAN FOWLER, CHARLOIS LUMPKIN, BRUCE PETTY, HOWARD
RAMBSY, SANDRA ENGLISH, ROSCOE "ROS" CRENSHAW, SHERYL JOHNSON, PATRICIA
MERRITT, NAJAH HAQIQAH . . .
>PLUS PRESENTATION OF 'DISTINGUISHED NATIVE SON/DAUGHTER AWARDS' TO:
SYLVESTER "SUNSHINE" LEE-Katherine Dunham protégé and Founder-Director of The
East Saint Louis Community Performance Ensemble (an award-winning troupe of
several dozen young dancers & drummers founded in the late 1970s) and conflict
resolution counselor at Lessie Bates Neighborhood House;
JEANNE ALLEN FAULKNER--English/Social Studies Teacher Emerita at East Saint
Louis Lincoln Senior High School (Miles Davis & Jackie Joyner Kersee's alma
mater), former advisor to the local chapter of the NAACP Youth Corps (early-
mid 1960s), and co-founder, with the late Homer Randolph, of the ESL area
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE);
REGINALD PETTY- former "Civil Rights Shock-Trouper" and member of the Student
Non-Violent Coordinating Committee(SNCC), former Deputy Director of the U.S.
Peace Corps (in which capacity he spent 14 years in Africa), and leader of
a "rescue & recovery" team that salvaged several thousand books from the old
East Saint Louis Library.
Currently completing its 19th year of offering a variety of services to
writers--and year-round cultural-literary programs to the East Saint Louis
Metropolitan area--the Eugene B. Redmond Writers Club's board of trustees
includes Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, Barbara Ann Teer, Avery Brooks, Quincy
Troupe, and Dr. Lena Weathers. The Club also co-publishes the award-winning
Drumvoices Revue with the English Department of Southern Illinois University.
Writer Henry Dumas (1934-1968) is the group's patron saint.
EBR Writers: 618 650-3991; Box 6165, ESL, IL. 62202. Email:
eredmon@siue.edu
Poetry for the Soul (Toronto)
Ryeson Oakham House (Gould and Church)
Knowledge Bookstore (Queen St. W. at HWY 10),
Brampton
For More info: (905) 671-2624
May 2005
Thursday, May 5th, 2005
Bomb The Suburbs
(Toronto)
William "Upski" Wimsatt,
the world renowned activist, "race traitor" and hip hop critic, comes
to Toronto for the first time to discuss hip hop, race, activism and
philanthropy.
Where: Harbourfront Centre
(Brigantine Room), 235 Queens Quay West.
Time: 7 pm
Tickets: $10, $5 students/seniors
Info: (416) 973 4744,
dhiggins@harbourfrontcentre.com
www.harbourfrontcentre.com
Sunday, May 8th, 2005
Mother's Day Gala (Toronto)
Show your mother how much you appreciate all that she's done
for you. Come out and join us at Laddi Palace Banquet Hall as we celebrate
Mother's Day with an evening of great food, and prizes.
Live entertainment, featuring the talents of ESTHER KHAN.
Tickets: Adults - $35 Kids - $20 (Under 5 free) For more information call
Atish (416-918-4143); Karen (416-219-7768) or Rebecca (416-366-7597
Doors Open at 3 p.m.
Laddi Palace Banquet Hall
2084 Steeles Ave. East, Brampton
Sponsored
by Trinity Entertainment Group and Linx Promotions
Friday, May 13th, 2005
Monday, May 23rd, 2005
Bridge Night (Surrey,
BC)
Fleetwood Community
Centre, 15996 84th Avenue, Surrey
Info:
http://www.ttcsbc.com/events/
Friday, May 27th - Sunday, June12th, 2005
Mad Miss / Just Jazz
(Toronto)
By: Olive Senior and Honor
Ford-Smith
Starring: Rhoma Spencer & Honor Ford-Smith
Directed by: Honor Ford-Smith & Rhoma Spencer
Assistant Director: Christine Nicole Harris
Set and Costumes: Claudia Kada
Lighting Design: Marie Gravelle
Sound Design: Gavin Bradley
Music Composition: Jeremy Ledbetter
Producer: Sharifa T. Wright
Stage Manager: Jennifer Cook
Previews May 25 & 26
May 27-June 12, 2005
8:30pm Tuesday - Saturday, 4pm Sunday
Artword Alternative - 75 Portland Street
1 block east of Bathurst, south of King
For reservations call the St. Lawrence Centre Ticketline
at 416.366.7723 x290 or online at
Artword.
Tickets available at the door 1 hour before showtime.
June 2005
Wednesday, June 15th, 2005
One Love! (Toronto)
Celebrate black music month with
musicologist Norman Otis Richmond who examines the works of R&B
artist, singer/songwriter Curtis mayfield and the Impressions and
reggae artist, singer/song writer, Robert Nesta (Bob) Marley & the
Wailers and their roles in the composition of the song, One Love.
6:30-8 p.m.
Theatre Lobby
Register in person or call the branch at 416-395-5980.:
Toronto Public Library
York Woods Branch
1785 Finch Avenue, West
Toronto, Ontario
M3N 1M6
Saturday June 18th, 2005
An Island Style Fete (Toronto)
Join us for
an "Ole Time Island Style Fete" at Tropical Nights on the Danforth featuring
DJ Wild Apache.
A Portion of the Proceeds to
be donated to WALK 5-5-55. WALK 5-5-55 is dedicated to raising money to help
improve the lives of children around the world. Visit
www.walk5-5-55.com for more details.
We guarantee
"A Night to Remember" in support of the Children Around the World.
Dress to
Impress
Tickets:
$15 Each
Table of 6 = $75 (Includes Reserved Table for the nite)
Call 416.836.3952
Email:
spectacularshindigz@yahoo.com
Sponsors:
Spectacular
Shindigz
An Exquisite Event Planning Service
416.836.3952
Global Contracting & Consulting
Your Partners in Home Improvements
416.939.3797
Monday, June 20th, 2005
Bridge Night (Surrey,
BC)
Fleetwood Community
Centre, 15996 84th Avenue, Surrey
Info:
http://www.ttcsbc.com/events/
July 2005
Saturday, July 16th, 2005
The Future of Calypso - Caribana
2005 (Toronto)
Calypsonians and a moderator from the
Organization of Calypso Performing Artistes (OCPA) lead a panel
discussion on the history of calypso, the woman in calypso and the
metamorphosis of calypso.
2-4 p.m.
Theatre and Theatre Lobby
Register in person or call the branch at 416-395-5980.:
Toronto Public Library
York Woods Branch
1785 Finch Avenue, West
Toronto, Ontario
M3N 1M6
Saturday, July 23rd - Sunday,
July 24th, 2005
Annual Caribbean Days
Festival and Multicultural Parade (Vancouver)
It's two solid days
of Island heaven!
Each July, the Trinidad & Tobago Cultural
Society of BC presents the Caribbean Days Festival. This event draws tens of
thousands of exuberant fun-lovers to
North Vancouver for a
weekend of parading, dining and dancing in the sunshine.
The Festival has an uncanny knack for bringing
good weather with it, and over the years has grown into the largest Caribbean
event on the local calendar -- and with an attendance estimated at up to
30,000, possibly the largest cultural event of its type in BC, period. There
is no charge for admission.
Info:
http://www.ttcsbc.com/cdf/
August 2005
Saturday, August
13th, 2005
When Moses Woke: A
Harriet Tubman Dream (Toronto)
National Film Board Cinema 150 John Street (Richmond & John)
7pm
PWYC (Pay What You Can)
When Steelpan Talks
(Toronto)
Join Panman Pat for a
histsory and hands-on-demonstration of the Steelpan. Audience
participation is welcome.
2-4 p.m
Register in person or call
the branch at 416-395-5980.:
Toronto Public Library
York Woods Branch
1785 Finch Avenue, West
Toronto, Ontario
M3N 1M6
November 2005
Saturday,
November 12th, 2005
Futa (Toronto)
National Film Board Cinema 150 John Street (Richmond & John)
7pm
PWYC (Pay What You Can)
