Building Bridges,
benefit concert to sponsor one Syrian family’s resettlement in Kingston.
Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:30pm, The Spire, 82 Sydenham Street, Kingston, ON

Featuring over 100 Kingston musicians and singers on stage:
Syrian Hope, traditional folk music players from Syria: Fahd Abou Zainedin (oud), Esmaeel Abou Fakher (bozoq), Anwar Al Aissami (violin), Hasan Wahab (nai), Muhannad Alkattan (tabla)
Martello Alley Cats, vocal jazz ensemble;
Ocean Bound; 
Eclectic, musical duo: Kristen English (voice) & Julien Bouchard (voice, guitar, percussion);
Jan LeClair (stradella accordion);
Clare Miller (piano);
Kyoko Ogoda (marimba);
Kingston Choral Society, director Ian Juby;
Open Voices Community Choir, director Andy Rush; and,
John Lazarus (master of ceremonies).

Pre-concert interview at 7:10pm with John Lazarus & Fahd Abou Zainedin of Syrian Hope.

General admission tickets: adult $20; student $10
Tickets available at Ardens Music, 1530 Bath Rd., Tara Natural Foods, 81 Princess St.,
online from EVENTBRITE, and by voice from Carole at 613-767-8970

Join us in the Pembroke Legion Hall on November 3rd from noon to 4:00 p.m. when Branch 72 presents Armistice 100, Reflections in Time.  Enjoy performances by the Petawawa Military Wives Choir and the Intermittents.  There will also be displays set up by Heritage Pembroke.  The Public is invited to bring in artifacts that over 100 years old.  admission is $2.00.  

The Indigenous Medical Alliance and True North Aid teams are inviting you to join us for an evening of education and reconciliation as we try to raise funds for the transportation of medical supplies and equipment to the communities of Keewaytinook Okimakanak. Medical supplies include wheelchairs, walkers, wound care and bathroom supplies. With the supplies, we are also sending qualified medical professionals to provide services that are not available to these communities.

The blanket exercise provides education about the history of Indigenous peoples in Canada with the hopes of providing an understanding, and perhaps a motive for change, for the issues they face today. About the Exercise: The KAIROS Blanket Exercise is an interactive learning experience that teaches the Indigenous rights history we’re rarely taught. Developed in response to the 1996 Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples—which recommended education on Canadian-Indigenous history as one of the key steps to reconciliation, the Blanket Exercise covers over 500 years of history in a one and a half hour participatory workshop.Blanket Exercise participants take on the roles of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Standing on blankets that represent the land, they walk through pre-contact, treaty-making, colonization and resistance. They are directed by facilitators representing a narrator (or narrators) and the European colonizers. Participants are drawn into the experience by reading scrolls and carrying cards which ultimately determine their outcomes. By engaging on an emotional and intellectual level, the Blanket Exercise effectively educates and increases empathy. Ideally, the exercise is followed by a debriefing session in which participants have the opportunity to discuss the experience as a group. This often takes the form of a talking circle.

Come celebrate fall and prepare for winter with some warm, cheerful and beautiful choral music.

November 17th @ 2:30 at Grace United Church, 990 Cathcart Blvd, N7S 2H2 and

November 18th @ 2:30 at Grace United Church.

There will be a reception to follow each event.

Tickets are $10.00 & available at the door.

Portraits and Fantasias for clarinet and piano on Friday, November 30th at 7:30pm at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Prescott.

David Dias da Silva, clarinet Olivier Hébert-Bouchard, piano will perform music by Bassi, Schumann and Debussy.

See more at: http://www.jmcanada.ca/en/concerts/75/portraits-and-fantasias