Previous TINARS

Challenge for Change: Activist Documentary at the NFB
Ezra Winton, Michael Baker, Thomas Waugh
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 7:00pm
National Film Board Mediatheque, 150 John St, Toronto

How has documentary cinema changed Canadian society over the past forty years or so? Challenge for Change/Société nouvelle was an ambitious bilingual initiative that brought together the unlikely partners of government bureaucrats, documentary filmmakers, community activists and ordinary citizens.

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The Waterproof Bible
Andrew Kaufman
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 7:30pm
Gladstone Hotel 2nd floor gallery, 1214 Queen St. W.

For centuries, wordsmiths have been afraid to so much as whisper about the ‘sophomore curse’. Do such hobgoblins have any place on the contemporary literary landscape? And can a four-foot high stack of abandoned manuscripts really serve as a sort of talisman and ward them off?

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Treat Me Like Dirt: An Oral History of Punk In TO & Beyond
Liz Worth
Monday, January 18, 2010 - 7:30pm
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St West, Toronto

Fans of punk history are well versed in the cultural fury unleashed by The Ramones at CBGB’s in New York City, and, also, by The Sex Pistols and The Clash at clubs in London around 1977.

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Mark Breslin - The Yuk Yuk's Guide to Canadian Stand-up
Mark Breslin
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 7:30pm
Gladstone Hotel Upstairs, 1214 Queen St. W

Have you heard the one about the stand-up comedy empire that began in a Toronto basement and nurtured some of Hollywood’s biggest stars? How about the five audio books on the subject? And when did ‘Canada’s comedy emperor’ start wearing new clothes?

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Nettie Wild icw Marc Glassman
Nettie Wild
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 8:00pm
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St West, Toronto

From the Zapatista revolution in Mexico to street nurses working with addicts in Vancouver -- acclaimed documentary filmmaker Nettie Wild plunges into the heart of politically volatile events and emerges with an portrait of their core issues. She adamantly denies having a personal agenda. Yet her films routinely provide activists a chance to tell their own story.

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Ecoholic Home
Adria Vasil
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 7:00pm
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St West, Toronto

We all talk a lot these day about reducing our carbon footprint at work and in the world around us. But what happens when we get home and shut the front door?

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The Edible City
Alana Wilcox, Christina Palassio
Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 2:00pm
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St West, Toronto

Are you ready for the best food fight of the fall literary season? No, put down that cream pie. We’re talking about a stimulating panel debate featuring such celebrated culinary commentators asSteven Biggs,Sasha Chapman,Sarah B.

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The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History
John Ortved
Monday, November 9, 2009 - 7:00pm
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St West, Toronto

The Force For Cultural Event productions presents This Is Not A Reading Series (TINARS) with the support of the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, and Canada Council For The Arts.

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Metcalf-Rooke Award Ceremony & Amy Jones
Amy Jones
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 7:30pm
Melody Bar, Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St West, Toronto

The Force For Cultural Events Production (FORCE) presents This is Not A Reading Series, with the generous support of the Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council For The Arts.

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Denise Chong - Egg on Mao
Denise Chong
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 7:30pm
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St West, Toronto

What prompted a once patriotic young worker to fill eggs with paint and deface Mao’s iconic portrait during the Tiananmen Square protests?

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