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Daily Schedule October 24     



10:30 AM
Good Nightmare to you  Scary Stories for Halloween

 
Nicolas Doyon Nicolas Doyon   Québec
Nicolas Doyon is a storyteller and an advocate for the arts. He studied acting and directing at Concordia University where he met the late Cheryl Neill. Together they combined music, acting and storytelling and formed the Arborrouge Storytellers. Nicolas now teaches dramatic arts.
 
Restless and theatrical storyteller Nicolas Doyon portrays a handful of odd characters in a series of dramatic tales that will certainly make you laugh and give you goose bumps the size of Bald Mountain.

Family Show
Montréal Centaur Theatre
453 Saint-François-Xavier St., Old-Montréal, Montréal
(514) 288-3161 Box office
10/24/2009 $8  Adults   |   $6 Children



1:45 PM
Mohawk Storytelling Stories told in English  

 
Darren Bonaparte Darren Bonaparte   Québec [Mohawk nation]
He is a writer, historian, artist, storyteller, teacher and an artisan who makes reproductions of historic Haudenosaunee items. Darren Bonaparte is also the creator of The Wampum Chronicles, a massive repository of historical and cultural essays, primary documents, drawings, photos, links and more.
 
Unusual Setting
Come hear traditional Mohawk stories in the iroquois long house at the Droulers/Tsilonhiakwatha Archaeological Site!

Stories told in English at the 1:45 p.m show
Stories told in Mohawk at the 2:30 p.m show.
Saint-Anicet Iroquois Long House
[ Droulers/Tsilonhiakwatha Archaeological Site ]
1800, Leahy Road, Saint-Anicet
(450) 264-3030
10/24/2009 $10  Individuals   |   $20 Families



2:00 PM
The Enchanted Forest  

 
Gidon Horowitz Gidon Horowitz   Israel-Germany
Storyteller, writer and Jungian analyst Gidon Horowitz's repertoire includes the Jewish hassidic tradition, the rich storytelling heritage of the Middle and Far-East, as well as the myriad myths and legends of Ireland, Scotland, Europe, Africa, Russia and North America.
 
These tales from different parts of Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, all lead into the forest, with all of its secrets and magic, its wondrous and mysterious creatures. Sometimes they are threatening, but often they help the heroes on their quest...
Mount-Royal Reginald J. P. Dawson Library
1967 Graham Blvd., Mount-Royal
(514) 734-2974
10/24/2009 FREE  [Reservations recommended]



2:30 PM
Mohawk Storytelling Told in the Mohawk language  

 
Darren Bonaparte Darren Bonaparte   Québec [Mohawk nation]
He is a writer, historian, artist, storyteller, teacher and an artisan who makes reproductions of historic Haudenosaunee items. Darren Bonaparte is also the creator of The Wampum Chronicles, a massive repository of historical and cultural essays, primary documents, drawings, photos, links and more.
 
Unusual Setting
Come hear traditional Mohawk stories in the iroquois long house at the Droulers/Tsilonhiakwatha Archaeological Site!

Stories told in English at the 1:45 p.m show
Stories told in Mohawk at the 2:30 p.m show.
Saint-Anicet Iroquois Long House
[ Droulers/Tsilonhiakwatha Archaeological Site ]
1800, Leahy Road, Saint-Anicet
(450) 264-3030
10/24/2009 $10  Individuals   |   20 $ Families



8:00 PM
Grimm for Grown-Ups  

 
Regina Sommer Regina Sommer   Germany-USA
Regina Sommer was born in Aachen, Germany and made her debut as a storyteller in 1992. Her repertoire is made of fairy tales, myths and legends, as well as her own stories and those of literary giants George Sand, Oscar Wilde, Hermann Hesse, Arthur Schnitzler, Tonino Guerra.
Gidon Horowitz Gidon Horowitz   Israel-Germany
Storyteller, writer and Jungian analyst Gidon Horowitz's repertoire includes the Jewish hassidic tradition, the rich storytelling heritage of the Middle and Far-East, as well as the myriad myths and legends of Ireland, Scotland, Europe, Africa, Russia and North America.
 
So you thought the brothers Grimm collected stories for children? Think again! Two German storytellers who are special guests of the Quebec Intercultural Storytelling Festival will enchant your ears with traditional German folk and fairy tales for adults.

Come discover the metaphors, Freudian slips, violence, beauty and poetry of these stories, which have crossed the ages and still speak to our hearts and imagination today.
Montréal Goethe-Institut Montreal
418 Sherbrooke St. EAST, Montréal
(514) 499-0159
10/24/2009 FREE |  Free Admission






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