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Call for Artists: Bodø Culture Quarter

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Deadline: 16 April 2012.

www.koro.no

Artists, arts and craftsmen, and affiliated groups are hereby invited to prequalify for the provision of art to the new Culture Quarter in Bodø, Norway.

Bodø is situated just north of the Arctic Circle. It is Northern Norway’s second largest city and is an important communication point for travellers and tourists, including to the famous Lofoten Islands. Both the city and the region have long cultural traditions, upholding and producing works and events of international note. Historically, they have been home to, amongst others, the Nobel laureate Knut Hamsun. Today the region is well known for Lofoten International Art Festival and the Nordland Music Festival, attracting the best of Norwegian and international artists and performers.

The Culture Quarter is focused around two buildings; a city library and a concert hall and theatre. The project is located in the heart of the city of Bodø, adjacent to the harbour promenade. The surrounding cityscape will also be upgraded. Together, and in conjunction with changes to the urban landscape and harbour frontage, the buildings will create a new cultural focus for Bodø. They will be ‘living rooms’ for the city. The buildings are designed by DRDH Architects, London, and will officially open in 2014. Continue reading →

Invitation to the Chappie Musical Project Workshop

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You are cordially invited to attend a one performance only workshop reading (and singing) of the new musical:
Chappie Johnson and His (almost) All Colored All Stars

with music by Joe Sealy and book by Robin Breon
Lyrics by Joe Sealy and Robin Breon 
(Based on the novel Chappie and Me by John Craig 
and inspired by the play, Ain’t Lookin’ by George Luscombe and John Craig)

Monday May 14th   8 pm
Hart House Theatre, 7 Hart House Circle, University of Toronto
Doors open at 7:30 pm
If you are a presenter, artistic producer, director, a student or just a lover of musical theatre, please join with us to learn more about this exciting new work-in-progress. Our hope is that one day this musical will reach the main stage. 
Together we can make that happen!

Provincial Budget 2012: Why Harm the Vulnerable on the Road to Reform?

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Thursday March 29, 2012 

Provincial Budget 2012: Why Harm the Vulnerable on the Road to Reform?

The 2012 Ontario Provincial Budget was released Tuesday March 27, 2012.  The Ontario Nonprofit Network (ONN) recognizes the significant fiscal pressures faced by the provincial government and finds reasons to be optimistic about some of the proposed plans for reforming policies, delivery and investments in public-benefit programs and services. We are, however, disappointed with the elements of the budget that affect that most vulnerable in communities across Ontario in a negative way.


Having made several concrete suggestions to the Commission on the Reform of Public Services, ONN takes a principled and pro-active approach to public-benefit program and service reform, which involves the following:

 

  • A careful and constructive examination of revenue generation to help the government achieve its fiscal objectives, which meets the principle of “Do No Harm” for those most in need of public-benefit services;
  • Meaningful partnerships between the third sector and the provincial government;
  • No privatization of public-benefit programs and publicly-held assets; and,
  • Modernization of the government-sector investment relationship.

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