FOREVER YOUNG
Qui sera la reine du bal ?
Soirée bénéfice au profit de la Fondation de lutte au décrochage scolaire de Montréal
Montréal, le 26 février 2009 – Les Productions A+ dérouleront le tapis rouge, le 19 mars prochain à La Tulipe, pour la première édition de FOREVER YOUNG, une soirée sous la thématique du bal de graduation, au profit de la Fondation de lutte au décrochage scolaire de Montréal. Activités ludiques, musique rétro et actuelle, univers burlesque et robes à paillettes recréeront l’ambiance d’une soirée de graduation de rêve. Venez défiler sur le tapis rouge, danser au son de l’électrisante musique de DJ Plastik Patrik et participer à nos différents concours ainsi qu’au couronnement de la reine et du roi du bal. Animée par la charmante Valérie Roberts et son acolyte Jeff Lizotte de Bombe.TV, FOREVER YOUNG vous offre une occasion en or de donner une deuxième vie à votre tenue de bal!
Danser pour reprendre le « beat »…
Notons que chaque année, depuis 2004, 40% des jeunes montréalais qui quittent l’école n’ont pas de diplôme d’études secondaires. Le bal de graduation représente le couronnement ultime de la réussite scolaire. C’est pourquoi Les Productions A+ misent sur ce thème afin d’amasser des fonds pour la Fondation afin que chaque jeune puisse à son tour aspirer au titre de reine/roi de son bal de graduation.
À propos de la Fondation
La Fondation de lutte au décrochage scolaire de Montréal a été créée, en 1990, par un groupe de partenaires issus du milieu de l’éducation et du monde des affaires. La Fondation a pour objectif général de contribuer à la réussite éducative des jeunes montréalais. À cette fin, elle finance les opérations du Carrefour de lutte au décrochage scolaire, un organisme régional oeuvrant activement auprès des cinq commissions scolaires de l’île de Montréal. Le Carrefour met en place des initiatives de prévention de l’abandon scolaire destinées aux jeunes et aux familles et encourage le partage des pratiques novatrices entre les divers partenaires scolaires, municipaux communautaires et d’affaires de Montréal.
Pour d’autres renseignements: www.fondationlds.qc.ca
FOREVER YOUNG
Jeudi 19 mars 2009, 20 h 30
La Tulipe
4530 Avenue Papineau
Pré vente: 15$ - Porte: 20$
www.soireeforeveryoung.com
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Renseignements/confirmations de présence/entrevues :
Iris Bélanger Noël : 514-603-0693
Iris.belanger@gmail.com
Who needs that New Years kiss this holiday season to warm you from the top of your head to the tip of your toes when you can do it yourself with yoga that’s poised to help!
On Sunday, December 14 at 5pm at the Walker Studio participate in Bikram Yoga Montreal’s third annual holiday karma class. This typical Bikram yoga class, a challenging series of 26 postures and 2 breathing excercises practiced in a heated room, will leave you feeling fabulous.
Not only will you be benefiting your body, but all the donations will be donated directly to the Share the Warmth Foundation. Share the Warmth Foundation “awakens hope and dreams by overcoming poverty and hunger.” While you suffer in the heat, you’ll be working towards helping someone less fortunate keep warm.
If the thought of helping others warms your heart you can easily help without sweating. Leave a donation with either Bikram Studio.
Bring your friends, family and colleagues to discover a new way to stay healthy while helping others! And who knows…maybe you’ll find your New Years kiss as well.
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwire - Dec. 11, 2007) - Saint Joseph’s Oratory invites the public to carry on long-standing Christmas traditions, or start new ones by taking part in its many seasonal activities. The Oratory offers a vast program of activities for the holiday season including an exhibit of nativity scenes from around the world, midnight Mass, the Blessing of Families, and numerous concerts!
Around the World at the Museum
The Oratory museum presents the annual nativity scene exhibit for which it is famous. With something for everyone, the Nativity Scenes of the World exhibit permits visitors to discover 250 creches from more than 111 countries (with 25 new additions), for a total of 2500 pieces of all sizes in an ever-changing decor. The exhibit is open every day until February 18, 2008, including Christmas and New Year’s Day, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A free-will offering at the entrance is greatly appreciated.
Christmas in Music
The Oratory Foundation invites the public to its traditional annual Christmas concert, on Friday, December 14, and Saturday, December 15, beginning at 8 p.m. in the crypt. This year’s event, Frederic De Grandpre chante Noel a l’Oratoire, features Frederic De Grandpre accompanied by Corneliu Montano, Marie-Pier Perreault and the Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal. Tickets on sale at Admission Network and at the Saint Joseph’s Oratory gift shop.
The superb voices of the Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal will soar in the crypt on Saturday, December 22 at 2:30 p.m. Admission is free. On December 24, 25, and 31 and January 1rst at 12 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., the carillon will ring out with Christmas and New Year’s Carols performed by carillonneur Claude Aubin.
Christmas and New Year’s Celebrations
On Monday, December 24, Christmas Masses will be held in the basilica at 6 p.m. (Family Mass), 9 p.m., and midnight. A half-hour concert by organist Philippe Belanger will be presented before each of the three Masses. In the crypt, a service will be offered in English at 9:15 p.m., while another will be held in French at a quarter past midnight. There is a reservation fee of $3 for participation in the 9 p.m. and midnight Masses in the basilica with the Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal. Passes are available at the Information and Blessing Office.
On Tuesday, December 25, Christmas Day, Masses will be celebrated in the crypt at 7 a.m., 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. (in the basilica), 11:15 a.m. (in English), 12:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. For the third year in a row, Midnight Mass on December 24th will be broadcast over the Corus Network throughout Quebec.
On Sunday, December 30, New Year’s celebrations will begin with the blessing of pilgrims and families at 2:30 p.m. in the crypt.
On Monday, December 31, pilgrims are invited to join in the 84th traditional New Year’s Day march. The procession leaves at 10 p.m. from in front of Saint-Enfant-Jesus Church on the corner of Laurier Street and Saint-Laurent Boulevard in Montreal, and ends with the New Year’s Eve Midnight Mass.
Finally, on Tuesday, January 1st, New Year’s Day, Masses will be celebrated in the crypt at 7 a.m., 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. (in the basilica), 11:15 (in English), 12:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 8 p.m..
For more information on all our activities for the festive season, contact Visitor and Pilgrim Services at 514 733-8211 and visit our website regularly at www.saint-joseph.org. Use of public transit is recommended. Saint Joseph’s Oratory is open 365 days a year from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Welcome!
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwire - Aug. 23, 2007) - Today and tomorrow, August 24, 2007, over 2, 000 underprivileged children from the greater Montreal area will receive more than 50, 000 school supplies that meet the Montreal School Board requirement.
This monumental school supply distribution organised by Welcome Hall Mission will take place at its Multi-Service Centre in St-Henri. With this event, the Mission hopes to give children from poor families a chance to start the school year with a sense of dignity, belonging and pride in their education.
The 6th edition of “Back to School with Heads Held High”, starting at 9 o’clock on Thursday, August 23rd, is the largest yet. This year, the Mission was granted the support of prestigious partners such as the Marcelle and Jean Coutu Foundation, Telus and La Presse, whose great generosity has made this important event possible.
The average value of a back-pack filled with school supplies is estimated at over $100. Thanks to the generous contributions of the partners, each child will receive a brand new schoolbag filled with supplies such as scientific calculators for high school students, dictionaries, pens, glue sticks, lunch boxes and so much more. Welcome Hall Mission would have not been able to rise to this challenge without the support of its many other partners such as: Steadtler, Yellow, Henkel, Corlab, BIC World, Hachette Canada Inc., centre TYPO, Fidelity Investments Canada Ltd, PriceWaterHouseCoopers, Great West Life and the South-West Borough of Montreal.
With the dropout rate close to 40%, Quebec is one of the provinces most affected by this problem. The blight of this phenomenon on the economy and social fabric of our society cannot be ignored. In all of Quebec, Montreal is the city most affected. While Tuesday, August 28th marks the beginning of another school year, close to 5, 000 teenagers will not be returning to high school. According to the Ministry of Education, poverty is partly to blame.
Therefore, Welcome Hall Mission thought it necessary to grab the attention of the city’s elect, thus allowing Jacqueline Montpetit, mayor of the South-West Borough, as well as Lisette Lapointe, Deputy of Cremazie, the opportunity to express themselves on the subject of education and poverty during this festive event.
Situated in Montreal for over 115 years, Welcome Hall Mission is a non-profit organization whose primary concern is the struggle against poverty. The Mission owns a total of three buildings in Montreal. Back To School with Heads Held High is an initiative of Welcome Hall Mission. This service does not receive any government funding.
Chers amis, artistes et collaborateurs,
Veuillez trouver ci-dessous les coordonnées pour ce Festival qui manquait lors de notre dernier envoi, avec nos sincères excuses. La 9ème édition du Festival Musique et Danse Orientales débute dans quelques jours. Voici notre programme pour cet évènement. Venez donc le découvrir.
Lieu : Le Jardin de Chine du Jardin botanique de Montréal, 4101
Sherbrooke est, Montréal.
Métro : Pie IX
Pour plus d’informations sur les tarifs, veuillez contacter le Jardin
botanique de Montréal au: (514) 872-1400 ou visiter leur site Internet
à: <http://www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin>
Attention, pour les détenteurs de la carte Accès Montréal, l’entrée est
gratuite.
Le Festival Musique et Danse Orientales
Du 12 au 15 juillet 2007 à 13h00 - 14h30 - 15h30
Jeudi 12 juillet Duc Thanh Group (musique vietnamienne)
MCCCA (danse folklorique chinoise)
Vendredi 13 juillet
Shen Qi (Erhu, violon traditionnel chinois)
La troupe Lasya (danse indienne)
Samedi 14 juillet
Shuni Tsou et Nicolas Caloia (flûtes
Chinoises en bambou et double basse)
Arashi Daiko (troupe de percussions japonaises)
Dimanche 15 juillet
Hailin Sun (danse acrobatique chinoise appelée « Danse du lion »)
Javad et Jamshid Davari
(Musique traditionnelle iranienne)
www.accesasie.com
Dear friends, artists and collaborators,
Please find bellow the information regarding our Chinese garden event which was missing on our last e-mail. Please accept our apologizes. The 9th edition of Festival Musique et Dance Orientales begins soon. Here is the program for this event. Come join us and discover the great secrets of Montreal’s traditionally-based, Asian music and dance
ensembles.
Place: Chinese Garden of the Montreal Botanical Garden 4101 Sherbrooke est, Montréal.
Metro: Pie IX
For more information on the entrance fees, please contact the Botanical
Garden of Montréal at: (514) 872-1400 or visit their website:
<http://www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin>
Attention please, holder has the card, Accés Montréal, the entrance is free.
Le Festival Musique et Danse Orientales
July 12th to 15th 2007 at 1 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.- 3:30p.m.
Thursday, July 12th Duc Thanh Group (Vietnamese folk music)
MCCCA (Chinese folk dance)
Friday, July 13th
Shen Qi (Chinese violin erhu)
Lasya (Indian dance)
Saturday, July 14th Shuni Tsou and Nicolas Caloia (Chinese bamboo
flute and double bass)
Arashi Daiko (Japanese drums)
Sunday, July 15th
Hailin Sun (Chinese acrobatic lion dance) Javad and Jashmid Davari
(Traditional Iranian Music)
www.accesasie.com
The Montreal International Dragon Boat Festival is currently recruiting for volunteers to help out at their event on July 28, 29 2007 at the Olympic Basin located at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal. They also organize a free Children Drawing
Contest during the Festival weekend, and are currently looking for children of age 3 to 14 to apply in the contest. Thank you very much.
Amelia Fong
Montreal International Dragon Boat Race Festival
112 de la Gauchetiere Ouest, suite 200
Montreal, Qc. H2Z 1C3
e-mail: amelia@montrealdragonboat.com
Office: 514.866.7001
Fax: 514.878.6302
Visit our website: http://www.montrealdragonboat.com
looking for live organic hip hop and soul in Montreal? if so, it is imperative that you hustle your bustle down to Sablo Kafe (50 St. Zotique, coin St. Dominique Metro Beaubien) on tuesday night. each week promises to showcase different players from a talented roster (which includes one Jason “Blackbird” Selman, who currently plays trumpet for the MOYO show at the MAI, the newly minted saxophone music cd releasing public proposer Jason Sharp, and special guests like beatboxxxer and calesthenics specialist Lateef Martin-whose music reviewing words you read in publications like the Mirror and Nightlife). Jahsun, the creator of the collective is the constant, as the master of all things percussion usually is. can the drummer get some?!
“intimate” is an understatement, as the venue usually gets so packed that there is never really room to dance, but it only takes but a little space to bob your head and sway a bit. the musicians are stellar and they take turns turning leitmotifs into the musical equivalents of your McGill thesis, and you are left in complete awe of how a vibe can be personified to actually being in the room with you and kick start your week.
there is a one-drink minimum (in addition to the meagre $5 tithe as strongly recommended entry) but the cafe is liscenced, with a wide range of herbal teas and coffees, as well as carbonated delights for the non-consuming. the samosas are quite delightful and the nachos are a good look for sharing.
kalmunity is a jump off for learning about like-minded events that the players are also involved in community wide, and a living reminder of all that can be achieved when we live in the moment.
Ally Ntumba Beya and the Collectif MOYO present the uplifting and original play “Village de Bonne Esperance” in French. The show opened strongly this weekend and plays next Friday and Saturday at 8pm. The Sunday matinee shows (3:30pm) are free for youth 15 and under so if you’re looking for a family friendly activity that won’t cost you an arm and a leg (unlike going to a movie these days), head to the MAI (3680 Jeanne-Mance, www.m-a-i.qc.ca) for a cultural experience that you won’t soon be forgetting. The tale of star-crossed lovers is an honest and touching portrayal of so much more than just that, as the themes of monarchy, racial purity, class and family are explored with a timeless twist. The set is amazing, the cast performs in true African form (where everyone does everything, all the singers are the actors who dance and play the instruments) that is to say to the epitome of “multi-tasking”. And by “epitome” I mean that they all do everything well, and not just for the sake of doing everything. The role of the spectator is an active one, as there are seats only for those with limited mobility. Everyone else is encouraged to follow the action over five stages, and the actors move and linger through the crowd for the duration of the play. The singing and dancing numbers are impossible to resist and you will want to shout about your experience from the mountaintops. Check into a membership at the MAI as well for a reduced price as the program promises a dynamic 2007 season.
