October

7:00 PM	Kissing That Frog  Disabling the Disability Myth
	Alan Shain   Ontario Through stories around disability, Alan Shain take us from childhood fantasy and schoolyard bravado to university halls and first time romances... He uses humour to expose the absurdity of his experiences, educating at the same time as he entertains. Kim Kilpatrick   Ontario Kim Kilpatrick particularly enjoys telling stories of humour and insight (pun intended) about her life and experiences as a woman with a disability. What is perfection? What is disability? Together Alan and Kim leave audiences laughing, pondering... Knowing a little more.
	Through stories around disability, Kim and Alan take us from childhood fantasy and schoolyard bravado to university halls and first-time romances. Uproariously funny and heartbreaking at the same time, these stories will forever transform your views of disability. Westmount Westmount Public Library 4574 Sherbrooke St. WEST, Westmount (514) 989-5299 10/19/2009 FREE  [Reservations recommended]

7:30 PM	Mouth Open, Story Fall Out   Stories from the Caribbean and Africa
	Jan Blake   UK-Jamaica Jan Blake is one of Europe's leading storytellers, performing world-wide since 1986. She was born in Manchester, of Jamaican parentage, her home education very much rooted in Jamaican folk culture. She is now actively teaching, organizing, touring, and telling stories "that need to be told" from Africa and the Caribbean.
	By popular demand this show has been moved to a larger venue to accomodate Jan Blake's numerous fans. The show has now moved from the John Molson Business School to the Montefiore Club on Guy St., Montréal Updated on: 10/09/09 Montréal Montefiore Club 1195 Guy St., Montréal (514) 848-2424 Ext. 4397 10/19/2009 $5  [Incl. Jamaican snacks] Resevations required

8:00 PM	Chest Air At The Black Sheep Inn
	Ivan E. Coyote   Yukon Author and storyteller Ivan E. Coyote's work tackles the difficult subjects of family, class, gender identity, and social justice, always with the silver tongue of a master storyteller, an eye for the beauty found in what makes us all human, and an ear for the hilarity of life and love. Ivan's first love is telling stories to a live audience.
	Ivan Coyote’s work tackles the difficult subjects of family, class, gender identity and social justice, and she brings to it the silver tongue of a master storyteller, an eye for the beauty in what makes us all human, and an ear for the hilarity of life and love. Reservations online: ticketweb.ca or theblacksheepinn.com Wakefield The Black Sheep Inn 420 Riverside Road, Wakefield (819) 457-9223 Reservations: Denise Markhame 10/19/2009 10 $