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Hottt Panda Concert

September 21st, 2008

October 16, 2008

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Collapsing Opposites, Bible Belts, Mount Royal and PS I Love You

September 21st, 2008

October 6, 2008

Collapsing Opposites, Bible Belts, Mount Royal and PS I Love You

With art by Laura Harfield and clowning by Alison Therriault!!

Monday, October 6, 2008

7:30-11:00 pm

A fabulous night of art, music, and theatre! Local bands Collapsing Opposites, Bible Belts, Mount Royal and PS I Love You will be playing surrounded by the artwork of Laura Hatfield and Fraser Radford, and a clown performance by Alison Therrriault!

One night only, at the Artel!

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CAMEO CINEMA Presents: Warhol Night

September 21st, 2008

October 12, 2008

CAMEO CINEMA Presents: Warhol Night: I Shot Andy Warhol w/ Live Re-Enactment, Screen Tests

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CAMEO CINEMA PRESENTS: ANDY WARHOL NIGHT

Free film screening:
‘I Shot Andy Warhol’
1996, dir by Mary Harron
103 minutes

+ Andy Warhol ‘Screen Tests’
+ A LIVE RE-ENACTMENT OF THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF ANDY WARHOL! [Raf & Fras]
+ Gallery installation by Fraser Radford

Free admission. Free popcorn.

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ABOUT THE FILM:
The true story of Valerie Solanas, the radical feminist who became notorious after shooting art world icon Andy Warhol, is portrayed in this fact-based drama. In an attempt to present a fair assessment of her actions, writer-director Mary Harron focuses on Solanas’ troubled life, from her childhood as an abuse victim to her life as teenage prostitute in New York City. These experiences left Solanas (played by Lili Taylor) deeply scarred, contributing to a hatred of men that later found full flower in her famous “SCUM Manifesto,” an extremist tract calling for the establishment of a “Society for Cutting Up Men.” Deeply troubled, she nevertheless briefly finds hope after befriending young transvestite Candy Darling (played by Stephen Dorff) and discovering herself on the fringes of the wild, colorful world surrounding the eccentric Warhol. She becomes obsessed with the idea that Warhol’s support could change her life, only to become violently enraged when the artist and his friends begin to turn away from her.
– Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide

“The film’s greatest directorial success is in finding a thoroughly entertaining way of inviting the audience to share Valerie’s point of view. Though it would have been easy to treat her subject as a pariah or freak, Ms. Harron empathizes with Valerie’s angry isolation and finds much absurdist humor in the juxtaposition between her no-baloney manner and the Factory’s fey ways. There is, for instance, the moment when Valerie’s image turns up on a reel of Factory screen tests and shocks a small, studiously effete group of viewers. “What is that horrendous monstrosity?” one exclaims. “Isn’t she tragic?” asks another.”
– New York Times

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TRAILER:
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/135526/I-Shot-Andy-Warhol/trailers

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TRIVIA FOR MUSIC FANS:
Lou Reed of the Velvet Underground, whose anger with Solanas was well known, stated publicly that he did not want any film about her to be made, and would not allow the filmmakers to use his music; instead, Yo La Tengo plays an anonymous band that is somewhat reminiscent of the Velvet Underground. The film’s music score was written by John Cale, a former member of the Velvets.

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CAMEO CINEMA is a movie screening series in Kingston, Ontario where people present films they’re passionate about.

For more information and other upcoming screenings, visit our official website:
http://cameocinema.allcapslock.com/

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Laura Barrett & Ghost Bees Concert

September 21st, 2008

October 11, 2008

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Perse & Stephen Hedley Concert

September 21st, 2008

October 3, 2008

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Fraser Radford

September 21st, 2008

October 2, 2008

October 19, 2008

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Performance, artist talk and reception: ON ART AND POLITICS SINCE 89

September 21st, 2008

September 27, 2008

4:00 pm

11:00 pm

MODERN FUEL ARTIST-RUN CENTRE PRESENTS:

A performance and artist talk, featuring artists René Francisco, Johanna Householder, Clive Robertson, Rainer Simon and the ghost of Joseph Beuys.

Saturday Sept 27
4pm at the ARTEL (205 Sydenham Street)
Followed by A RECEPTION @ 6:00pm

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Cinema Kingston and Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre Present:
CUBA/GERMANY/KINGSTON
A WEEK OF INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE IN FILM AND ART

During the week September 24 to September 29, Kingston will be host to two visiting artists: Cuban Artist René FRANCISCO and German Filmmaker Rainer SIMON.

More information:
http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=35782986562

Interactive map of the 6 events and locations:
http://tinyurl.com/43vgbg

All events are free and open to the public.

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Cameo Cinema Presents: “Cabaret” (1972, dir. Bob Fosse)

September 4th, 2008

September 7, 2008

8:30 pm

11:30 pm

FREE ADMISSION!

FREE POPCORN!

“A great movie musical. Taking its form from political cabaret, it’s a satire of temptations. In a prodigious balancing act, Bob Fosse, the choreographer-director, keeps the period-Berlin, 1931-at a cool distance. We see the decadence as garish and sleazy; yet we also see the animal energy in it-everything seems to become sexualized. The movie does not exploit decadence; rather, it gives it its due. With Joel Grey as our devil-doll host-the master of ceremonies-and Liza Minnelli (in her first singing role on the screen) as exuberant, corruptible Sally Bowles, chasing after the life of a headliner no matter what; Minnelli has such gaiety and electricity that she becomes a star before our eyes.”
- Pauline Kael

The film will be introduced by Carlyn Bezic.

WATCH THE TRAILER:
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/7776/Cabaret/trailers

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Cameo Cinema is a movie screening series in Kingston, Ontario where people introduce and present films they’re passionate about.

Cameo Cinema Website:
http://cameocinema.allcapslock.com/

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$100 & Weather Station

August 17th, 2008

September 19, 2008

Friday sept 19th

$100
Weather station

$10 at the door

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Every Stratified Thing on Earth: John Anderson and the ‘Kingston Tapes’ - Darryl Bank

July 29th, 2008

September 11, 2008

September 28, 2008

Every Stratified Thing on Earth: John Anderson and the ‘Kingston Tapes’

Darryl Bank

On view at the Artel Sept. 11th - Sept. 28th, 2008.

The gallery will be holding an opening reception on Saturday Sept. 13th from 7-9 PM. All are welcome.

Every Stratified Thing on Earth: John Anderson and the ‘Kingston Tapes’ is a long-overdue survey of the mysterious tapes that briefly captured Kingston’s attention in 1985. Over the past 23 years, the divisive, inconclusive history of the tapes’ production all but vanished from the historical record – however, this exhibition constitutes a critical return to the events in question and should ensure that they remain under careful consideration and analysis in the future. The exhibition includes all surviving footage from this period, in addition to numerous archival documents. A comprehensive publication has also been produced to accompany the exhibition and will be available for purchase at the gallery.

This exhibition has been organized by staff of the Center for Parapsychological Studies, a branch of the Subscience Institute at Prescott College, Arizona.
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Darryl Bank is a Toronto-based artist and curator. He is a graduate of the Queen’s University BFA program (2006), and also received a postgraduate diploma in Arts Administration from Humber College (2007). In 2007, he worked as a Curatorial Assistant at the Art Gallery of York University, and recently completed a contract at the Ontario Association of Art Galleries. In early 2009, he will be taking part in Vtape’s “Curatorial Incubator” program, developing a screening of works based on the notion of the paranormal hoax as it informs artists’ video. He intends to continue pursuing curatorial projects on both an institutional and independent basis, and further develop a parallel, complementary artistic practice.

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