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WORLD AGAINST WAR WEEK

March 13 - 19, 2005
Celebrate the art of resistance in Toronto!


From Sunday, March 13 until Saturday, March 19, visual artists, poets,

musicians and dancers present a festival of creative action. This week of
art resisting war peaks on March 19: a global day of action against the
occupation of Iraq which will bring people onto the street all over the
world to call for TROOPS OUT NOW. Be a part of the movement for peace!

presented by Artists Against War  www.artistsagainstwar.ca/aaw@sympatico.ca

sunday MARCH 13
Art / Photo Exhibit Opening

The Face of War, The Struggle for Peace
Sunday March 13 - Friday March 18
Toronto City Hall rotunda - 100 Queen St W
Opening Sunday March 13, 2:30pm featuring Gregg Lawless, Spirit Wind,
Wakefield Brewster, La Bomba, DJ Spinister, Swizzlestick Theatre and
Children?s Peace Theatre


monday MARCH 14

Fessenden's Follies
8pm @ Steelworkers' Union Hall - 25 Cecil St (east of Spadina, south of
College)
A staged reading of Fessenden's Follies, by internationally-acclaimed
Canadian playwright David Fennario. Featuring R.H. Thompson and Earl Pastko.

call 416-598-1222 for more info or to book tickets
tickets: $20
proceeds to War Resisters Support Campaign  www.resisters.ca

tuesday MARCH 15

Fruition: An Evening of Art, Music & Words for Peace
6pm @ Lula Lounge - 1585 Dundas St W (2 blocks west of Dufferin)
Writers Read @ 7pm ? including Camilla Gibb, Goran Simic, Nino Ricci, Erika
de Vasconcelos, Sonnet L?Abbé, Shawn Whitney and Chrysanthi Michaelides.
MUSIC For Peace @ 9pm featuring: Toronto Tabla Ensemble, Pomegranate, Danny
Bakan, Megan Hamilton, Sara Marlowe.
Art in various media will be on display and for sale.
Tickets: $10 in advance or $15 at the door.
Available at Soundscapes, 572 College or call (416) 280-6456 to reserve.

BOTH LULA shows (Mar 15 &17) $20 in advance and $25 at the door

Film showings by BoilingFrog.ca
7:30pm @ Celt's Pub - 2872 Dundas St W (near Keele) $5
- Independent Media in a Time of War
- Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

wednesday MARCH 16

War Against War hip-hop show
9pm @ El Mocambo - 464 Spadina Ave, $7
featuring: Dope Poets Society, Amasonica Sound Force, Progress Negus, Blak
Child, Human Dimensions, The Red Menace, Iron Crescent

SNACK!
10pm - 3am @ Fressen - 478 Queen St W 19+ NO COVER
featuring: djs EFSHARP and A-MONEY w/ guest dj WRECKALECT

thursday MARCH 17

The Music of Resistance
9 pm @ Lula Lounge - 1585 Dundas St W (2 blocks west of Dufferin)
Chris Brown and Kate Fenner, Skydiggers and the Cash Brothers, Evalyn Parry,
Dwayne Morgan, Black Ice, Robert Priest, Yasmina Ramzy with George Sawa,
music video from Rhythmicru.

Tickets: $15 in advance or $20 at the door.
Available at Soundscapes, 572 College or call (416) 280-6456 to reserve.

BOTH LULA shows (Mar 15 &17) $20 in advance and $25 at the door

Saturday MARCH 19

TROOPS OUT NOW
A global day of action against the occupation of Iraq
Rally and march
1pm @ Nathan Phillips Sq

Organized by Toronto Coalition to Stop the War  www.nowar.ca
proceeds from all shows go to build the anti-war movement



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