On The Stage
Posted by Wendy King on 08/27/2009
On the Stage
Meaford International Film Festival tickets are going quickly – get yours now!
September 3 to 6
Internationally-acclaimed, award-winning films continue to be the focus of the Meaford International Film Festival (MIFF). This year has an exceptional line up that begins with an award-winning film that takes you to the far reaches of Kazakhstan, then comes back home to North America with a Canadian film about history being made in a Mississippi high school, followed by a political satire from Britain in the tradition of Dr. Strangelove, and ending with the Japanese film that won this year’s Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Our line-up this year will warm you, make you smile, make you laugh out loud, and will make you think!
Presented by the Meaford Hall & Culture Foundation.
www.miff09.ca
Rita Chiarelli Canada’s Goddess of Blues
Saturday September 12, 8pm $32
“Rita Chiarelli… a voice that can growl at her demons or soar with the angels, a gift for lyric, an ear for melody and the heart to combine them.” She is an accomplished singer-songwriter, a gifted vocalist and a skilled musician. Add to that a warm persona and a fine sense of humour and you have all the ingredients for an outstanding performer. Dubbed the goddess of Canadian blues by CBC’s Shelagh Rogers, Chiarelli’s voice – that three octave range garners – all the attention! But Rita’s songwriting is also outstanding; three of her four JUNO nominations have been for albums consisting largely of original material.
Presented by Meaford Hall.
www.ritachiarelli.ca
George Canyon Canadian Country legend
Sunday September 20 7:30pm $48.50
You can go ahead and just dance to the music of George Canyon, if that’s what you want. He’s a country neo-traditionalist par excellence, producing music situated somewhere between the bright and studio-tooled Nashville ideal and something a little older, with a voice that can soar with emotion or linger in a heavy bottom-end that feels like a kick in the chest from a faith healer. It’s instant.
Presented by Concert Factory Inc.
www.georgecanyon.com
Justin Hines acoustic/folk/roots
September, 24, 2009 8pm $29.50
In talking about his music, singer-songwriter Justin Hines says, “Honestly, I don’t remember wanting to do anything else, period.” That sense of it being something as essential as breathing emanates from every track on his soul-searching debut album, Sides. Listening to it is an experience akin to that mystical phenomenon of everyday life when you meet someone new but, somehow, feel as if you’ve known them forever. And, while there’s a familiarity, a timelessness to Justin’s music, it’s also marked by a lean, contemporary sound and distinctly postmodern sensibility as direct and authentic as the ideas and emotions the Toronto native expresses with his literate song craft.
“Sides…a potent combination of emotionally eloquent lyrics and strong, accessible melodies.” -The Globe & Mail
Rotary International Wine & Food Tasting Gala
Saturday September 26, 5:30 $70
The Rotary Club of Meaford returns to Meaford Hall for an exciting and palate pleasing evening of wine, food, entertainment and auctions !
Details to be announced, visit www.meafordrotary.ca
On the Screen
When Did You Last See Your Father?
Thursday September 17, 4pm & 7pm $10
When Arthur Morrison was diagnosed with terminal cancer he had only a few weeks left to live. Upon hearing the news, his son Blake Morrison traveled to Yorkshire to stay with his mother in the village where he grew up. As his father’s condition worsened Morrison contemplated their shared experiences, the intimacies and the irritations of their relationship. After his father’s death Morrison questions the nature of the bond between them, articulately expressing the contradictions, frustrations, love and loss bound into the complicated relationships which most of us have with our parents as we grow up. Presented by Meaford Hall Film Club. Running Time 92 minutes, rated PG-13
www.sonyclassics.com/whendidyoulastseeyourfather
In the Galleries
Peter Beckett – Painting for Landscape
Until to September 7
Working with free-Jazz musicians or painting abstractions outside while listening for the voice of the natural environment, Beckett’s free flowing collaborations bring to light the “interconnectedness of all things”. The installation is a form of story telling in which a wide range of prompts to allow the curious to make their own connections with memory or imagination as they move through the exhibition.
www.peterbeckett.com
James Swartz – Colours of Grey
September 8 to 27
Celebrate the glorious colours of Grey County in an exciting art exhibition by local artist James Swartz. Watch the colours unfold in this fabulous autumn showcase.
Meet the artist on Saturday September 12, 1pm to 4pm
http://www.jcswartz.com
Don’t forget about group discounts! Purchase 6 or more tickets to any Meaford Hall presentation and receive 15% off. Call the Box Office for details
For more information about these or any other great Meaford Hall events, please visit www.meafordhall.ca or follow the individual links. To purchase tickets you may now do so online at www.meafordhall.ca or call the Box Office at 1.877.538.0463.
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