MONTREAL: Meet Me is an interactive and immersive theatrical performance inspired by polarizing debates in contemporary culture where audience input directly contributes to plot outcome. During the show, audience members are invited to follow the arc of one of three characters using social media through a specially programmed smartphone provided by the theater. With the phone, guests will be able to access the characters’ text messages, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and music. Thus, the characters’ story trajectories are not fixed and can be transformed by the audience’s collective decisions, resulting in a different performance every time. Guests must be over 18 to attend the show, which will have its opening night on Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. and will run through Oct. 8.
OTTAWA: After a two-year hiatus, Ottawa Magazine’s Best Restaurants event will return on Sept. 26. At the event, acclaimed chefs and restaurants featured in the magazine’s Where to Eat Now issue will provide guests with signature dishes, wine, cocktails, and beer from across the city. This opportunity to explore Ottawa’s diverse restaurant scene will take place inside the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne Park. All food and drinks are covered with the price of a ticket.
TORONTO: Pink Triangle Press (PTP), Canada's leading LGBTQ media organization, has announced the appointment of Angela Mullins as editorial director. Mullins comes to PTP from the Toronto Star and joins a content team led by Jennifer McGuire, the former editor-in-chief of CBC News. Mullins will work with the Xtra Magazine team, among others, to create editorial content in audio, visual, and text across a variety of audience touch points.
The Royal Conservatory of Music will open its doors to audiences for the first full concert season since March 2020. The new concert season will begin by honoring the lives and knowledge of Indigenous people with an evening curated by Denise Bolduc, Sarain Fox, and Mervon Mehta on Sept. 30. The upcoming season will showcase artists from 22 countries, six provinces, and six First Nations, with more than 30 new works receiving premieres. World-renowned artists on the international music scene will also perform alongside emerging Canadian artists, and the season’s signature event will be a performance by pianist Jan Lisiecki and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra on Oct. 15. Attendees can also expect live performances of jazz, classical, chamber music, and more.
WHISTLER, B.C.: Out of Control: The Concrete Art of Skateboarding is a group exhibition at the Audain Art Museum (AAM) that's inviting skaters and non-skaters alike to reimagine their understanding of skateboarding and reflect on its societal relevance. Opening on Sept. 17, the exhibit brings together 19 diverse artists known to explore the aesthetic, social, environmental, political, and architectural aspects of skateboarding, and will showcase more than 60 pieces in a variety of mediums including photography, painting, multi-channel video, digital animation, sculpture, and more. Spanning two floors of the AAM, Out of Control—which will be on display until Jan. 8, 2023—is the largest contemporary art exhibition in the museum's six-year history.
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