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w i n t e r 2020
Contemporary
Native
Art Biennial
See p. 5
World of
Discovery
Winter 2020 / Culture Pointe-Claire 1
c u lt u r e
at a glance
03 Spring Break
04 exhibitions
06 talks and
lectures Useful
I n f o r m at i o n
08 events
STEWART HALL CULTURAL CENTRE
09 Ciné-art
176 Du Bord-du-Lac — Lakeshore Road
Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
10 concerts and Saturday: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
performances Sunday: 1 to 5 p.m.
STEWART HALL ART GALLERY
16 exhibitions and
workshops for kids 176 Du Bord-du-Lac — Lakeshore Road
Monday to Sunday: 1 to 5 p.m.
17 family art Wednesday: 1 to 9 p.m.
workshops
Closed: April 10 and 13, May 18, June 24, and July 1
ciné-mini
Passes available at the Cultural Centre:
18 Children’s showS Residents with a MULTI card:
20 days before the event
Friends of Stewart Hall: 18 days before the event
19 cultural
mediation
General public: 15 days before the event
THE FRIENDS OF
THE LIBRARY AND Information: 514-630-1220
THE FRIENDS OF
STEWART HALL
20 Boutique
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22 CALendar newsletter:
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Published by the City of Pointe-Claire
www.pointe-claire.ca Cover: Marian Snow, Water
twitter.com/pointe_claire Dance, 2015
Photo: DPM
2 Culture Pointe-Claire / Winter 2020
S P RING B REA K
From February 28 to March 8, several spring break activities will be organized for children
and their families.
Registration is sometimes required; please refer to the Leisure Pointe-Claire program or the
City’s website, at www.pointe-claire.ca.
Friday, February 28 Monday, March 2 Thursday, March 5
Family Movie Voice Dubbing Workshop Story Hour
NFB – Hockey Special Central Library Food, Glorious Food!
Central Library Ages 8 to 12 Central Library
Ages 7 and up, with a parent Ages 3 to 6, with a parent
Tuesday, March 3
February 29 to March 8 Music Week Friday, March 6
Free-play activities The Beginnings Buffet-style Craft
Library - Central and Valois of Bing Bang Artistic Placemat
Ages 3 to 12 Stewart Hall Library – Valois Branch
Ages 6 to 12 Ages 5 to 12
Saturday, February 29 FAMILY MOVIE Fun Caravan
Story Hour Central Library afternoon of games
Dogs, Dogs, Dogs! For all Stewart Hall Art Gallery
Library – Valois Branch Ages 7 and up
Ages 3 to 6, with a parent FAMILY MOVIE
Wednesday, March 4
Enigmatic Engineering Central Library
Sunday, March 1 Endeavours For all
Story Hour Central Library
Dogs, Dogs, Dogs! Ages 7 to 12 Saturday, March 7
Central Library
Family Movie LEGO® Club meetings
Ages 3 to 6, with a parent
Central Library Central Library
Music week Ages 5 to 12
For all
Opéra-bonbon:
l’aventure gourmande
d’Hansel et Gretel Sunday, March 8
Music Week
Stewart Hall
Ages 6 to 12 Toxique Trottoir –
Les Mamizelles
Stewart Hall
Age 3 and up
Earth Day – Friday, April 24 Sunday, April 26
Atlas Géocircus 3 – Workshop –
April 24, 25 AND 26 Atlas dans l’espace Meet the Bugs!
Stewart Hall Stewart Hall
Several activities are planned Age 5 and up Age 5 and up
to pique curiosity about the (for the whole family)
environment. Passes required Vernissage –
5th edition of the
Find all the information in the Saturday, April 25 Contemporary
Leisure Pointe-Claire program, La Baleine Nomade Native Art Biennial
or on the City’s website Central Library Stewart Hall Art Gallery
at www.pointe-claire.ca. Age 6 and up 2 p.m.
Registration required. Free admission
Free Distribution
Public Works Yard
Trees, compost, wood
chips, etc.
MULTI card required
WINTER 2020 / Culture Pointe-Claire 3
E X H I B ITIONS
STEWART HALL ART GALLERY
The Stewart Hall Art Gallery presents high-quality professional exhibitions. Specializing in
contemporary art, the Gallery actively supports the visual arts in Québec and in Canada
by acknowledging established artists and promoting emerging ones. Through its cultural
mediation and educational programs (workshops, talks, film screenings and lectures), it helps
make art accessible to all.
FREE ADMISSION
Chromogenic Curmudgeons, Housebound: Jennifer Murphy, Owl, 2012
Portraits from the Winter Garden, 2017
What Plants Can Tell Mystic Toolkit
Until January 19 January 25 to March 8
Monday to Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Stewart Hall Art Gallery Vernissage: Sunday, January 26, 2 p.m.
Botanical descriptions and the horticultural use Stewart Hall Art Gallery
of plants are a testament to the ways in which A look at the recent resurgence of
we perceive and value nature, as well as the esoteric practices such as magic, tarot
challenges affecting this perception. reading, numerology and astrology in
In this exhibition, the artists use botanical and contemporary popular culture. Rooted in the
horticultural references to manifest human counterculture of the 1970s, this renascent
realities related to ecology and power relations, movement carried by millennials informs the
or to revisit the notion of vanity. practice of today’s working creatives.
Artists: Chromogenic Curmudgeons, Artists: Marie-Claude Bouthillier,
Joscelyn Gardner, Catherine Lescarbeau, Isa Carrillo, Alex Coma,
Amélie Proulx, Laura St.Pierre, Marie-Eve Hector Jimenez Castillo,
Martel and Émilie Payeur OMSK Social Club, Marigold Santos
and Jennifer Murphy
Curator: Marie Perrault
Curator: Anaïs Castro
GROUP VISITS
The Stewart Hall Art Gallery offers personalized guided tours to groups of all ages to
discover our ongoing exhibitions and demystify contemporary art.
Reservations (minimum of 10 people): 514-630-1220, ext. 1772
4 Culture Pointe-Claire / Winter 2020MATERIAL, MASS AND Dust
March 14 to April 19
Monday to Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. /
Wednesday, 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Vernissage: Sunday, March 15, 2 p.m.
Stewart Hall Art Gallery
Four artists create artworks where
materiality is at the forefront by virtue of
the formal concerns that motivate their Stefan Sollenius, Boards, 2017
production. They engage our senses with
sculptures and installations made out of
paper, plaster, wood, clay and organic
materials.
artists: David Armstrong Six, Leyla Majeri,
Stefan Sollenius, Thea Yabut
Exhibition view from BACA 2018 at Stewart Hall
Leyla Majeri, Don’t Blame Us If We Get Playful, 2019
Artist in Residence: Contemporary Native
LEYLA MAJERI Art Biennial
April 25 to June 21
March 14 to April 19
Monday to Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Project Room – Wednesday, 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Stewart Hall Art Gallery Vernissage: Sunday, April 26, 2 p.m.
Artist Leyla Majeri’s practice focuses on Stewart Hall Art Gallery
sculptural installation, bringing it into a
Launched in 2012, the Contemporary Native
close relationship with ecology and its
Art Biennial highlights the diversity of Native
links to the material, the imagined and the
North American art practices.
political. During the Material, Mass and Dust
Its main project is to make Montréal/
exhibition, the artist will occupy the Project
Tiohtià:ke a central gathering place again,
Room of the Art Gallery, following her
perpetuating the land’s ancestral role for
material research with a project that gets
Native people.
the public involved.
Curator: David Garneau
Winter 2020 / Culture Pointe-Claire 5TAL K S AN D LECT U RES
DEMYSTIFYING ART
A series of exciting monthly lectures at the Art Gallery on Wednesday mornings.
FREE ADMISSION
David Armstrong Six, Five Minutes Without Talking, 2017
IN THE EYES OF ANAÏS CASTRO Photo: Guy L’Heureux
Wednesday, February 5, 10 a.m.
David Armstrong Six
In English
Wednesday, March 18, 10 a.m.
Stewart Hall Art Gallery In English
Anaïs Castro is a curator and writer based Stewart Hall Art Gallery
in Montréal and Berlin. Over the past years,
she has worked on a number of projects in Come and learn about David Armstrong
Montréal, Toronto, Berlin, London, Shanghai Six’s process. The artist creates curious and
and New York. Come and learn more about singular sculptures that respond to the laws
her professional journey and Mystic Toolkit, of assembly and incorporate materials such
currently on display at Stewart Hall Art Gallery. as concrete, wood and metal rods. Originally
from Ontario, the artist has been living and
With Anaïs Castro
working in Montréal for about ten years and
has had exhibitions in Berlin, Copenhagen,
New York and Los Angeles.
With David Armstrong Six
Archie Fineberg
Wednesday, April 15, 10 a.m.
In English
Vue de l’exposition BACA 2018 à Stewart Hall – Photo: DPM
Stewart Hall Art Gallery
David Garneau
For the past 12 years, Archie Fineberg has
Wednesday, April 29, 10 a.m.
been following the phenomenon of graffiti
In English
and street art throughout the world. The
book Montréal’s Street Art Gallery, The Best Stewart Hall Art Gallery
of the City’s Graffiti and Wall-Art was born
David Garneau is a Visual Arts professor at
from this adventure. Join the author for a
the University of Regina. This Métis artist’s
visual presentation on this unique and vibrant
practice includes painting, curating and
cultural practice gaining in popularity and
critical writing. He is the curator of the 5th
redefining the urban landscape.
edition of the Contemporary Native Art
With Archie Fineberg Biennial, taking place simultaneously at
La Guilde, Art Mûr, McCord Museum and
Stewart Hall Art Gallery.
With David Garneau
6 Culture Pointe-Claire / Winter 2020TALKS
MUSICAL DISCOVERIES HAWAII: BEAUTY AND DIVERSITY
Thursday, February 13, 7 p.m. Thursday, March 5, 7 p.m.
Passes required (p.2) Passes required (p.2)
Reading and Reference Room Reading and Reference Room
Pointe-Claire composer and musician Travel lecture (in English) with Alain Benoit
Stewart Grant presents excerpts from works
From sandy beaches lined with palm trees
that will be performed during the three
and turquoise waters to austere volcanic
winter-spring 2020 Grand Concerts:
landscapes, Hawaii has a rich and diverse
- Orchestre Nouvelle Génération: fauna and flora. This lecture presents a
Paganini Cymbalumesque four-week itinerary to discover the most
- Orchestre Métropolitain: beautiful attractions of the main islands of the
A Tale of Two Cities archipelago: Hawaii, Maui, Big Island and Oahu.
- L’Ensemble de guitares Forestare:
Forestare Baroque.
This friendly musical get-together takes place
in a relaxed atmosphere with a glass of wine
and a few cheeses.
Cultural Rendez-Vous 2020:
There is no eARTh without ART
Saturday, May 30 and Sunday, May 31
Stewart Hall Cultural Centre
Come celebrate the relationship between art and nature during this year’s Cultural Rendez-
Vous event for both kids and adults, featuring dance, music, entertainment, exhibitions, skill
demonstrations, a zone for children 5 and under, and art workshops. Also, sample local tasty
treats and meet the producers at our small country market!
Museums Day
Sunday, May 31
www.museesmontreal.org
Stewart Hall Art Gallery
Organized by the Montréal Museum Society, this spring event is the highlight of the Cultural
Rendez-Vous. The rich and varied program offered by several participating museums features
more than 100 exhibitions, as well as cultural and educational activities for visitors to enjoy both
indoors and outdoors.
Winter 2020 / Culture Pointe-Claire 7E V ENTS
Photo : Juste.Être.Dehors
Workshop
Healer or Witch:
An Introduction to Herbalism
Saturday, February 22, 2 p.m.
Age 12 and up
Registration: 514-630-1220, ext. 1795
veronica.orozcoleon@pointe-claire.ca
Catherine Lescarbeau, Schefflera actinophylla,
Herbarium MT00194244, Marie-Victorin Herbarium Stewart Hall Art Gallery
collection, Université de Montréal, 2014 Learn more about the history of these
healers who have been called witches, as well
Workshop
as the contemporary practice of herbalism.
Plants, Herbarium and Drawing Participants will also have the opportunity
Sunday, January 19, 2 p.m. to study the medicinal properties of
Age 12 and up some plants and experiment with a plant
Registration required: 514-630-1220, ext. 1795 transformation technique.
veronica.orozcoleon@pointe-claire.ca With Clotilde du Balai, Herbalist
Stewart Hall Art Gallery
Artist Catherine Lescarbeau and botanist
François Lambert invite you to learn how to
create a herbarium and a botanical drawing.
The presentation of the current exhibition
will be followed by a reinterpretation of the
role and function of indoor plants, particularly
those presented in the exhibition.
With artist Catherine Lescarbeau
and botanist François Lambert
Spring Break Workshop
Fun Caravan: Afternoon Games
at the Art Gallery
Friday, March 6, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Age 7 and up / Drop-in
Stewart Hall Art Gallery
Children are invited to an afternoon of games at the Art
Gallery. They will have the opportunity to walk from table
to table to try different giant games, as well as attend the
activation of the games for the Mystic Toolkit exhibition.
8 Culture Pointe-Claire / Winter 2020CIN É-ART
READING AND REFERENCE ROOM – STEWART HALL
Passes required (details on page 2)
Phosphor Tailings Pond #4, Near Lakeland, Florida,
USA 2012. photo © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy
Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto
Kusama – Infinity Anthropocene:
Thursday, February 27, 7 p.m. The Human Epoch
In English Thursday, March 26, 7 p.m.
Director: Heather Lenz In English
Reading and Reference Room Directors: Jennifer Baichwal,
Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky
Artist Yayoi Kusama’s journey from a
conservative upbringing in Japan to her brush Reading and Reference Room
with fame in America in the 1960s, where Cinematographic meditation on the massive
she rivalled Andy Warhol for press attention, re-engineering of humanity. The filmmakers
concluding with the international fame she travelled the world to gather evidence of
has finally achieved within the art world. human planetary domination and the profound
and lasting human changes on earth.
© Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
Mur Murs Angry Inuk
Thursday, April 23, 7 p.m. Thursday, May 21, 7 p.m.
In French In English
Director: Agnès Varda Director: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
Reading and Reference Room Reading and Reference Room
Mur Murs is a documentary about the murals Director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril joins a
of Los Angeles. Those who paint them. Those new tech-savvy generation of Inuit as they
who pay for them. Those who look at them. campaign to challenge long-established
How this city, the capital of the film industry, perceptions of seal hunting. Armed with
reveals itself and its inhabitants without social media and a sense of humour and
any special effects through its murmuring justice all their own, this group is bringing its
walls. The Californian walls speak to a own voice to the conversation as a modern
Frenchwoman who discovers them. people in dire need of a sustainable economy.
Winter 2020 / Culture Pointe-Claire 9CONCERTS AN D P ERFORMANCES
Grand concerts
Saint-Joachim Church, 2 Sainte-Anne Avenue
Concerts at 8 p.m. Doors open around 7:30 p.m.
TICKETS: Stewart Hall Cultural Centre
(514-630-1220) or form on page 21.
l’ensemble de
guitares forestare
forestare baroque
orchestre ORCHESTRE Friday, April 17, 8 p.m.
Nouvelle MÉTROPOLITAIN
Génération A TALE OF TWO CITIES Classical
paganini Friday, March 20, 8 p.m. Forestare presents a
cymbalumesque modern reinterpretation
Classical of Vivaldi, Lully and Bach.
Friday, February 21, 8 p.m.
If the sumptuous outdoor With a lot of humour, the
Classical celebrations of British ensemble gives a polished
royalty had a soundtrack, performance that tells the
This emotional concert
it would undoubtedly be story of the composers
taken primarily from the
Handel’s Water Music. Born of the Baroque period
great romantic repertoire
in Germany but a citizen while making a link with
perfectly reflects the
of the world, much like his our history. We discover
sensibilities of the orchestra.
employer King George I, the relationships between
Guest soloist, cimbalom
the composer brilliantly the earliest settlers of New
virtuoso Alexandru Sura,
captures the tastes of the France and the First Nations.
will showcase his
era with his three suites, the It’s astounding!
extraordinary talent
by playing the little-known second of which is featured Ensemble of 12 classical
cimbalom, often referred here. Under the direction guitars and a double bass
to as a gypsy piano. of Jane Glover, one of the
Works by: Antonio Vivaldi:
great Mozartians of our time,
Works by: Sonata No. 12, Op. 1, Rv 63
Louis-Philippe Marsolais
Kapustin, Puccini, “La Folia” arr. Dave Pilon;
demonstrates his mastery
Piazzolla, Paganini and Johann Sebastian Bach:
of the instrument.
Saint-Saëns Fantasia Super: Komm,
Jane Glover, conductor; heiliger Geist BWV 651 arr.
ARTISTIC DIRECTION: Louis-Philippe David Ratelle; Antonio
Natasha Turovsky Marsolais, horn Vivaldi: Concerto No.2 for
Robert Margaryan, Veronika Two Violins and Cello, RV
WORKS:
Cherniak, Olga Semionova, 578, obligato taken from
Handel: Water Music,
Ryan Truby, Veronica “L’estro armonico” Op.3,
Suite No. 2;
Ungureanu, Anastasia Virlan, arr. Jürg Kindle; Jean
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 1;
violin; Elvira Misbakhova, Baptiste Lully: Le Bourgeois
Haydn: Symphony No. 85
Revaz Memichev, viola; gentilhomme (comedy-
“La Reine”;
Jean-Christophe Lizotte, ballet) arr. Dave Pilon;
S. Bourget: Horn Concerto
Bragina Kateryna, cello; Johann Sebastian Bach:
(premiere); Mozart:
Roman Manolache, double bass. Brandenburg Concerto No.3
Symphony No. 31 “Paris”
GUEST SOLOIST: in G major, BWV 1048, arr.
Alexandru Sura, cimbalom Dave Pilon
10 Culture Pointe-Claire / Winter 2020Sunday Rendez-Vous
STEWART HALL CULTURAL CENTRE
Passes required (details on page 2).
DUO CONTRA-DANZA simon denizart
LE VOYAGE VIRTUOSE 3 darksidE
Sunday, January 19, 3 p.m. Sunday, February 9, 3 p.m.
World music Jazz
Duo Contra-Danza is united by a passion for Originally from Créteil, France, pianist
world and classical music focused on rhythm Simon Denizart moved to Montréal in 2011,
and dance. Over the years and a number introducing his jazz style to the city: subtle
of recitals throughout Québec, they have and accessible melodies steeped in the
developed a unique repertoire consisting sounds and aesthetic of European jazz
of Argentinian tangos, Klezmer dances, Irish and world music, in a soft, sensitive and
jigs and ballads, and traditional pieces from energizing style.
Spain, Venezuela and Romania.
Simon Denizart, piano; Elli Miller Maboungou,
Denis Doucet, clarinet; percussion (calabash, congas, cymbals, pad)
Sébastien Deshaies, guitar
Ensemble Alkemia
en revenant… folklores revisités
Sunday, January 26, 3 p.m.
CLASSICAL
A three-voice a capella concert of French-Canadian folklore with a foray into medieval music.
You will recognize old classics such as V’la l’bon vent, C’est dans le mois de mai or
À la claire fontaine presented as interpretations that are original and complex but
appealing to all. This is a musical experience for all ages!
Dorothée Ventura, vocals; Ghislaine Deschambault, vocals;
Jean-François Daignault, vocals, wind instruments and arrangements
Winter 2020 / Culture Pointe-Claire 11an INTIMATE CONCERT
of hindustani music
Sunday, February 16, 3 p.m.
World music
This intimate North Indian classical music concert
emphasizes dynamic rhythms and expressive melodies
in a refined musical performance that combines
virtuosity, lyricism and improvisation, taking the
listener on a musical journey to distant lands.
Shawn Mativetsky, tabla; Uwe Neumann, sitar
DUO CORDéLIA SOLSTICE MARIO STARNINO
TErres éloignées Sunday, March 15, 3 p.m. QUARTET
Sunday, February 23, 3 p.m. Sunday, March 22, 3 p.m.
World music
Classical Montréal-based Celtic folk Jazz
An invitation to a stunning band Solstice has been Mario Starnino offers his own
and emotional journey delighting audiences across variations of a jazz quartet:
through an eclectic range North America and Europe Accompanied by talented
of music: classical, modern, for over a decade with their musicians, he presents
tango and traditional explosive live performances a repertoire of original
klezmer music. showcasing their unique pieces, standards and a few
brand of Celtic folk that improvised surprises, all in a
Works by:
incorporates elements of warm and lively atmosphere.
Piazzola, Bloch,
bluegrass and Maritime music.
Schedrine, Pärt, Marcoux Mario Starnino, drums;
Dave Gossage, Al McLean, saxophone;
Marie-Christine Poirier,
flutes, whistles; Adrien Vedady, double bass;
piano; Vanessa Marcoux,
Patrick Lesyk, vocals, Kate Wyatt, piano
violin
acoustic guitar;
Kate Bevan-Baker, fiddle
12 Culture Pointe-Claire / Winter 2020David jacques
THE HISTORY OF GUITARS
Sunday, March 29, 3 p.m.
CLASSICAL
A historical concert performed on collectible guitars,
among them a very rare original guitar made in Paris
in 1665 by Alexandre Voboam I. The Voboam family
of guitars is considered to be the most typical and
advanced of 17th-century French guitars. Featured
guitars include: Antonio de Torres (1887); J.L. Mast
fils (1810); Pracht (1776); René Lacôte (1835). It is an
extraordinary opportunity to see and hear rare guitars
worthy of the most reputable museums.
David Jacques, guitar
Ori Dagan Celebrates 100 Years richard roberts and Judy hung
of Nat King Cole AN AFTERNOON
Sunday, April 19, 3 p.m. OF CHAMBER MUSIC
Sunday, April 26, 3 p.m.
Jazz
A performance celebrating the centennial Classical
of the birth of Nat King Cole. With great Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
classics such as Unforgettable, Mona Lisa, concertmaster, Richard Roberts, and
Nature Boy, Route 66, and When I Fall in pianist Judy Hung perform chamber music
Love, Ori Dagan and his musicians revisit the composed for violin and piano.
musical legacy of one of the most famous
Works by: Leclair, Brahms,
jazz artists of the 20th century with ingenious
Dvorák and Gershwin.
arrangements imbued with the “velvet” touch
that made him famous. Richard Roberts, violin; Judy Hung, piano
Ori Dagan, vocals; Eric St-Laurent, guitar;
Alex Bellegarde, double bass
Winter 2020 / Culture Pointe-Claire 13DELPHINUS JAZZ QUARTET
Sunday, May 3, 3 p.m.
Jazz
Delphinus Jazz presents a concert showcasing jazz greats such
as Miles Davis, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Bart Howard, Freddie Hubbard
and many others.
André Massicotte, conductor, trumpet, bugle;
Jonathan Pelletier, piano; Raymond Doré, double bass;
Charles Gay, drums
DIDEM & NAZIH DUO DELL’ARIA TRIO Duo Beija-Flor
Sunday, May 10, 3 p.m. MEMORIES OF Costas: Latin
PLACES PAST: songs and
World music
From Schubert to rhythms of the
Two great virtuosos, one Aznavour Atlantic shores
of the Turkish kanun and
Sunday, May 17, 3 p.m. Sunday, May 24, 3 p.m.
the other of the oud
(Arabic lute), explore the Classical Classical world music
relationship between
This chamber music Duo Beija-Flor renews
their respective musical
ensemble uses their the classical concert by
traditions. These musicians,
musical background to incorporating folkloric
who are composers,
explore music from the and contemporary
improvisers and great
Baroque period to today inspirations: Argentinian
performers, let their
(contemporary music). The tangos, flamenco, Brazilian
instruments speak to take
trio is also interested in jazz, samba, Portuguese fados,
their audience on a voyage
folk music and song. Cuban jazz and Sephardic
to the Middle East.
WORKS by: Sechs deutsche melodies from Spain. Warm
Didem Basar, kanun; and passionate rhythms will
Lieder by Louis Spohr; Ashes
Nazih Borish, oud captivate you with the spirit
of Soldiers by Canadian
composer Colin Eatock; that embodies the Latin
pieces by Schubert, Pierre world, creating a flute and
Gaveaux and Charles guitar duo like you’ve never
Gounod, and various heard!
chansons françaises.
Marie-Noëlle Choquette, flute;
Kripa Nageshwar, soprano;
Charles Hobson, guitar
Ruta Vaivade, piano;
Michael Westwood, clarinet
14 Culture Pointe-Claire / Winter 2020Evening at the Opera
Passes required (details on page 2).
manrico tedeschi
LA superba – TRIBUTE TO MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ
Friday, January 31, 7:30 p.m.
Internationally acclaimed tenor Manrico Tedeschi pays tribute to La Superba. Montserrat
Caballé, a soprano with a pure and powerful voice, was acclaimed for her control of vocal
shadings and exquisite pianissimo.
manrico tedeschi
HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY, ANGELO LOFORESE!
Friday, May 8, 7:30 p.m.
Internationally acclaimed tenor Manrico Tedeschi pays tribute to the great tenor Angelo
Loforese on his 100th birthday. With over 80 operas in his repertoire, Angelo Loforese
became a cult figure after giving a performance at the age of 95!
Guests include tenor Franco Perrotta and soprano Makiko Awazu.
The concert will be followed by a vin d’honneur attended by the artists.
Winter 2020 / Culture Pointe-Claire 15E X H I B ITIONS AN D WOR K S H O P S FOR K I D S
MINI EXHIBITION:
THE WONDERFUL WORLD
OF INSECTS
March 21 to May 17
Free admission
Stewart Hall – Kids’ Corner
Explore the wonderful world of insects:
butterflies, beetles, flies, bees and
dragonflies. Vibrant colours, mimicry and
camouflage will be featured through insect
photography by entomologist Stéphanie
MINI EXHIBITION:
Boucher, along with her collection of
The Art of Hockey Masks specimens.
Private collection
January 18 to March 15
Free admission
WORKSHOP:
MEET THE BUGS!
Stewart Hall – Kids’ Corner
Sunday, April 26
Discover this fascinating collection of hockey 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. (in French)
masks! You will find fiberglass replicas of 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. (in English)
goalie masks worn by hockey legends. Age 5 and up
Passes required
CREATIVE WORKSHOP: Stewart Hall – Kids’ Corner
MAKE Your Own Mask! In conjunction with Earth Day, discover the
Saturday, February 15, 1:30 to 3 p.m. fascinating world of insects. Preserved or alive,
Age 5 and up they are beautiful, intriguing and sometimes
Passes required very colourful; some are very small and others
are very large. You will get to see them up
Stewart Hall – Kids’ Corner close and maybe even touch them!
Inspired by The Art of Hockey Masks With Stéphanie Boucher
exhibition, come create your own mask!
MINI EXHIBITION: RECYCLED ART CONTEST
May 30 to June 21
Free admission
Stewart Hall – Kids’ Corner
In conjunction with the 2020 Cultural Rendez-Vous –
There is no eARTh without ART
Discover the artworks of the semi-finalists from the
Recycled Art contest, organized for Pointe-Claire
daycares, elementary schools and high schools. Vote for
your favourite artwork during the Cultural Rendez-Vous
weekend (see p. 7).
16 Culture Pointe-Claire / Winter 2020FAMILY ART WOR K S H O P S
STEWART HALL ART GALLERY
Passes required (details on page 2).
Children and parents discover the joy of art as they create objects related
to the themes of ongoing exhibitions.
Playing Card
Sunday, February 2
1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Inspired by the Mystic Toolkit Stefan Sollenius,
SubFloor
exhibition, participants
follow their intuition to
create a playing card. Unusual Sculpture
Sunday, April 5, 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Create a fun, original and unusual sculpture
using various types of assemblies and
juxtaposed materials.
Meryl McMaster,
Sound of Thunder,
2017
Magic Pouch
Photo: DPM
Sunday, February 23, 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Your BACA 2020 Artwork
Participants use a vegetable-based dye to Sunday, May 10, 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
paint their own magic pouch, and then fill
it with an herbal tea specially prepared by BACA 2020 artworks are used as inspiration for
herbalist Clotilde du Balai. participants to create their own piece of art.
C i n é-m i n i
Pachamama: Le trésor caché
Friday, February 7, 7 p.m.
In French
Passes required (details on page 2).
Stewart Hall Art Gallery
After the Great Inca’s visit to collect the peasants’
dues to the State, a village in the Andean Cordillera
sees its Huaca, a protective gold totem representing
Pachamama, taken away. The brave young
Tepulpai sets off to recover the precious statue,
accompanied by his best friend Naira, a llama and
an armadillo.
Director: Juan Antin
Age 6 and up
Winter 2020 / Culture Pointe-Claire 17C H IL D REN’S S H OWS
Sunday Rendez-Vous
Passes required (details on page 2).
VIKINGS PEKKA Pyjama Story Time
Sunday, February 2, Sunday, April 5, 3 p.m. SPRINGTIME STORIES
3 p.m. Age 2 and up AND FORESTS
Ages 5 to 9 In English OF THE WORLD
In French Friday, May 1, 7 p.m.
Stewart Hall – Grand Salon
Stewart Hall – Grand Salon Presented by Théâtre Age 4 and up + families
In English
Presented by Trémolo des petites âmes
The young warrior Beowulf Like every night,
Stewart Hall – Kids’ Corner
has to face Grendel, a PEKKA the tiny turtle Presented by Théâtre
formidable swamp monster is impatiently awaiting de la source
with a snake body. This her bedtime story. But In these tales inspired by
story takes the audience where is the moon hiding the forests of the world,
back to the time of the tonight? And what if we follow animals of the
Vikings, in a deep stinky PEKKA went to look for Amazon who organize
swamp where Grendel it? Because Jacyntha the a midnight celebration,
lives and terrorizes elder needs the moon to discover how Native Indian
the inhabitants of King invent her stories. And Kawano freed spring on
Hrothgar’s castle every because everyone loves earth, get to know the
day. Will Beowulf succeed the moon… the stars love animals of the African
in getting rid of this her company, the sea jungle, and learn about the
monster for the Vikings? follows her dance and terrible Bungurungurus of
sometimes we dream of the Solomon Islands.
Renée Robitaille,
being there.
storyteller and author;
Étienne Loranger, musician
ATLAS GÉOCIRCUS 3 – ATLAS DANS L’ESPACE
Friday, April 24, 7 p.m.
earth
Age 5 and up / In French - Passes required
day
Stewart Hall - Grand Salon
After travelling to the four corners of the planet, Atlas Géocircus
looks up to the sky and sets off to conquer space! A performance
that combines both circus and interstellar humour.
Presented by Productions Prestigo.
18 Culture Pointe-Claire / Winter 2020C U LT U RAL ME D IATION
Performing Arts Component
Early Childhood Activities
(Ages 3 to 5)
The Cultural Centre offers daycares a special
program of shows and workshops to introduce
little ones to performing arts.
Visual Arts Component
Preschool and school activities
Based on the spirit of discovery, this program
offers activities to daycare centres, school
groups, and homeschoolers. The Stewart
Hall Cultural Centre and Art Gallery offers
guided tours of exhibitions for all ages. These
tours expose students to visual arts and art
appreciation by offering them support adapted
to their age and level. They are followed by an
art workshop given by an art educator, allowing
them to experiment with materials and deepen
their understanding of the art exhibition.
Special Projects Guided tours and art workshops
Specific projects designed for and with Guided tours and art workshops are also
partners and members of the community. offered to groups of all kinds, such as
retirement homes, cultural or community
organizations, and others.
Shows geared towards early childhood are only offered to preschool institutions.
For the complete list of activities aimed at preschool institutions and schools,
please contact Julie Paquin, 514-630-1220, ext. 1772, or julie.paquin@pointe-claire.ca.
Join the Friends
of the Library and
the Friends of Stewart Hall
Support the activities of the Library and the
Stewart Hall Cultural Centre.
Visit www.pointe-claire.ca.
Winter 2020 / Culture Pointe-Claire 19Boutique
ECO-FRIENDLY ARTISANS FIRST!
Discover our selection of eco-friendly
artisans. Come support these artisans who
put the environment first in their projects:
Coco Terra, Clotilde du Balai, Dung Beatle
Design, and many more!
USED BOOK SALE
Books are available at bargain prices in the
Reading and Reference Room. Proceeds go to FEATURED ARTISAN N for Nature
the Friends of Stewart Hall Foundation. N for Nature is a small family-owned
business committed to nature preservation
that designs and creates high-quality
handmade products. For each product sold,
the company donates to environmental
foundations.
REA D ING AN D ART RENTAL AN D
REFERENCE ROOM SALES SER V ICE
The Stewart Hall Cultural Centre Reading
RENT OR BUY A WORK OF ART
and Reference Room is a welcoming space
that is free for everyone to use. Come and The Stewart Hall Cultural Centre Art Rental
discover the book collection, handmade and Sales Service has been providing
items from the boutique, and works of art affordable high-quality art since 1967. Every
from the Art Rental and Sales Service. fall, a professional jury carefully selects 100
Or just enjoy a relaxing space that will artworks for the Art Rental collection, which
awaken your curiosity. includes works from some 75 Canadian artists.
Encourage creativity in your community!
KIDS’ CORNER
Children are invited to discover our Monday to Sunday: 1 to 5 p.m.
selection of books, educational board Wednesday: 1 to 9 p.m.
games and puzzles. Saturday: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Open daily
For information on the Art Rental and
Sales Service or the Boutique, contact
Amanda Johnston at 514-630-1220, ext.
1721, or amanda.johnston@pointe-claire.ca.
20 Culture Pointe-Claire / Winter 2020GRAND CONCERTS
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Winter 2020 / Culture Pointe-Claire 21C a l e n dAR
Date ActivitY Page VENUE CatEGORY
January
Until January 19 What Plants Can Tell p. 4 Art Gallery Exhibitions
Exhibitions and
January 18 to March 15 The Art of Hockey Masks p. 16 Kids’ Corner workshops for
youth
Sunday, January 19 Workshop
p. 8 Art Gallery Events
2 p.m Plants, Herbarium and Drawing
Sunday, January 19 Duo Contra-Danza Concerts and
p. 11 Stewart Hall
3 p.m. Le voyage virtuose 3 performances
January 25 to March 8 Mystic Toolkit p. 4 Art Gallery Exhibitions
Sunday, January 26 Vernissage –
p. 4 Art Gallery Exhibitions
2 p.m. Mystic Toolkit
Ensemble Alkemia
Sunday, January 26 Concerts and
En revenant… Folklores p. 11 Stewart Hall
3 p.m. performances
revisités
Manrico Tedeschi
Friday, January 31 Concerts and
La Superba – Tribute to p. 15 Stewart Hall
7:30 p.m. performances
Montserrat Caballé
February
Sunday, February 2 Family art
Playing Card p. 17 Art Gallery
1:45 to 2:45 p.m. workshops
Sunday, February 2 Children’s
Vikings p. 18 Grand Salon
3 p.m. shows
Wednesday, February 5 Demystifying Art Talks and
p. 6 Art Gallery
10 a.m. In the eyes of Anaïs Castro lectures
Friday, February 7 – 7 p.m. Pachamama : Le trésor caché p. 17 Art Gallery Ciné-mini
Sunday, February 9 Simon Denizart Concerts and
p. 11 Stewart Hall
3 p.m. Darkside performances
Thursday, February 13 Reading and Talks and
Musical Discoveries p. 7
7 p.m. Reference Room lectures
Exhibitions and
Saturday, February 15 Creative Workshop
p. 16 Kids’ Corner workshops for
1:30 to 3 p.m. Make Your Own Mask!
youth
Sunday, February 16 An Intimate Concert of Concerts and
p. 12 Stewart Hall
3 p.m. Hindustani Music performances
Orchestre Nouvelle
Friday, February 21 Saint-Joachim Concerts and
Génération p. 10
8 p.m. Church performances
Paganini cymbalumesque
Workshop
Saturday, February 22
Healer or Witch: An p. 8 Art Gallery Events
2 p.m.
Introduction to Herbalism
Sunday, February 23 Family art
Magic Pouch p. 17 Art Gallery
1:45 to 2:45 p.m. workshops
22 Culture Pointe-Claire / Winter 2020Date ActivitY Page VENUE CatEGORY
Sunday, February 23 Duo Cordélia Concerts and
p. 12 Stewart Hall
3 p.m. Terres éloignées performances
Thursday, February 27 Reading and
Kusama – Infinity p. 9 Ciné-art
7 p.m. Reference Room
February 28 to March 8 Spring Break p. 3 Various locations Spring break
maRch
Thursday, March 5 Hawaii: Beauty and Reading and Talks and
p. 7
7 p.m. Diversity Reference Room lectures
Fun Caravan:
Friday, March 6
Afternoon games p. 8 Art Gallery Events
1 to 4 p.m.
at the Art Gallery
March 14 to April 19 Material, Mass and Dust p. 5 Art Gallery Exhibitions
Artist in Residence –
March 14 to April 19 p. 5 Art Gallery Exhibitions
Leyla Majeri
Sunday, March 15 Vernissage – Material,
p. 5 Art Gallery Exhibitions
2 p.m. Mass and Dust
Sunday, March 15 Concerts and
Solstice p. 12 Stewart Hall
3 p.m performances
Wednesday, March 18 Demystifying Art Talks and
p. 6 Art Gallery
10 a.m. David Armstrong Six lectures
Friday, March 20 Orchestre Métropolitain Saint-Joachim Concerts and
p. 10
8 p.m. A Tale of Two Cities Church performances
Mini Exhibition Exhibitions and
March 21 to May 17 The Wonderful World p. 16 Kids’ Corner workshops for
of Insects kids
Sunday, March 22 Concerts and
Mario Starnino Quartet p. 12 Stewart Hall
3 p.m. performances
Thursday, March 26 Anthropocene: Reading and
p. 9 Ciné-art
7 p.m. The Human Epoch Reference Room
Sunday, March 29 David Jacques Concerts and
p. 13 Stewart Hall
3 p.m. The History of Guitars performances
April
Sunday, April 5 Family art
Unusual Sculpture p. 17 Art Gallery
1:45 to 2:45 p.m. workshops
Sunday, April 5 Children’s
Pekka p. 18 Grand Salon
3 p.m. shows
Wednesday, April 15 Demystifying Art Talks and
p. 6 Art Gallery
10 a.m. Archie Fineberg lectures
L’ensemble de guitares
Friday, April 17 Saint-Joachim Concerts and
Forestare p. 10
8 p.m. Church performances
Forestare baroque
Sunday, April 19 Ori Dagan Celebrates 100 Concerts and
p. 13 Stewart Hall
3 p.m. Years of Nat King Cole performances
Winter 2020 / Culture Pointe-Claire 23Date ActivitY Page VENUE CatEGORY
Thursday, April 23 Reading and
Mur Murs p. 9 Ciné-art
7 p.m. Reference Room
Friday, April 24 Atlas Géocircus 3 Children’s
p. 18 Grand Salon
7 p.m. Atlas dans l’espace shows
Friday, April 24,
Saturday, April 25 and Earth Day p. 3 Various locations Earth Day
Sunday, April 26
Contemporary Native
April 25 to June 21 p. 5 Art Gallery Exhibitions
Art Biennial (BACA)
Exhibitions and
Sunday, April 26
Workshop – Meet the Bugs! p. 16 Kids’ Corner workshops for
1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
kids
Sunday, April 26 Vernissage – Contemporary
p. 5 Art Gallery Exhibitions
2 p.m. Native Art Biennial (BACA)
Richard Roberts
Sunday, April 26 and Judy Hung Concerts and
p. 13 Stewart Hall
3 p.m. An Afternoon performances
of Chamber Music
Wednesday, April 29 Demystifying Art Talks and
p. 6 Art Gallery
10 a.m. David Garneau lectures
May
Pyjama Story Time
Friday, May 1 Children’s
Springtime Stories and p. 18 Kids’ Corner
7 p.m. shows
Forests of the World
Sunday, May 3 Concerts and
Delphinus Jazz Quartet p. 14 Stewart Hall
3 p.m. performances
Manrico Tedeschi
Friday, May 8 Concerts and
Happy 100th Birthday, p. 15 Stewart Hall
7:30 p.m. performances
Angelo Loforese!
Sunday, May 10 Family art
Your BACA 2020 Artwork p. 17 Art Gallery
1:45 to 2:45 p.m. workshops
Sunday, May 10 Concerts and
Didem & Nazih Duo p. 14 Stewart Hall
3 p.m. performances
Dell’Aria Trio
Sunday, May 17 Concerts and
Memories of Places Past: p. 14 Stewart Hall
3 p.m. performances
From Schubert to Aznavour
Thursday, May 21 Reading and
Angry Inuk p. 9 Ciné-art
7 p.m. Reference Room
Duo Beija-Flor Costas:
Sunday, May 24 Concerts and
Latin songs and rhythms of p. 14 Stewart Hall
3 p.m. performances
the Atlantic shores
Saturday, May 30
and Sunday, May 31 Cultural Rendez-Vous 2020 p. 7 Stewart Hall Events
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Exhibitions and
Mini Exhibition
May 30 to June 21 p. 16 Kids’ Corner workshops for
Recycled Art Contest
kids
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