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EVENTS • filling Station's 4th Annual Calgary Blow-Out
NEWS National Magazine Award Winners Announced
EventsPage last updated on July 23, 2008. Check out photos from the 2008 Alberta Magazines Conference! *Events are added frequently, so check back often!
Thursday July 31 to Saturday August 2, 2008 filling Station Magazine's 4th Annual Calgary Blow-Out This explosive literary festival once again puts the spotlight on Calgary’s talented writing community, featuring fourteen poets, playwrights and fiction writers that are either locally-based or have strong ties to the city. See press release for more details! All events are absolutely FREE and open to the public. Join filling Station in celebration of Calgary’s booming literary talent! Four Amazing Events: Thursday July 31, 7:30 pm Event A: Flywheel Throwdown! Readers: Christopher Blais, Emily Carr, Jocelyn Grossé, Jonathan Ball Where: Pages Books on Kensington, 1135 Kensington Road N.W., Calgary
Friday August 1, 8:00 pm Event B: The Big Fat Opera Takeover. Readers: Christian Bok, Aritha Van Herk, Carmen Derksen, Glen Dresser, Ian Sampson, Jordan Scott, Julia Williams Where: Arrata Opera Centre, 1315 - 7 Street SW, Calgary
Saturday August 2, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm Event C: Small Press Book & Arts Fair. Participants: Small pressers, artists, bands, and other folk hawk handmade books, glossy print mags, zines, broadsides, CDs, and other enticing you-name-its. Where: Arrata Opera Centre, 1315 - 7 Street SW, Calgary Saturday August 2, 8:00 pm Event D: The Pantoum of the Opera. Readers: Craig Boyko, Jason Christie, Melanie Little, Chris Ewart, Clem Martini, Andrew Wedderburn, Sheri-D Wilson Where: Arrata Opera Centre, 1315 - 7 Street SW, Calgary CONTACT: Laurie Fuhr
Thursday August 14, 2008 AMPed Up: UPPERCASE Party - Design Pairings AMPA and the Uppercase Gallery in Calgary's Art Central are co-hosting a gathering for designers on Thursday, August 14. The event is a networking and learning opportunity, featuring a talk and design feedback from Uppercase founder and proprietor Janine Vangool. The evening focuses on pairings—which typeface perfectly suits which image? Oh yes, and there will be wine and really good cheese. Janine graduated from the Visual Communications program at the Alberta College of Art & Design in 1995. Her solo design studio, Vangool Design & Typography, was formed the following year. Her client focus remains in arts and culture, creative small business and publishing. Past and current clients include Calgary Opera, ACAD, Ottawa Art Gallery, TRUCK gallery, Art Central, Beyond Magazine and Whitecap Books. Her award-winning work has been included in Communication Arts Design Annuals. She was a member of the 2007 Alternative Pick illustration jury and was a judge for the 2006 Junos' music packaging category. Thursday, August 14, 2008 UPPERCASE Gallery 100 7th Avenue SW, Downtown Calgary 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm FREE event
filling Station Needs You! Also see www.fillingstation.ca for more about the magazine. Copies are available at Pages on Kensington, Chapters, Indigo, and other retailers.
NewsAirdrieLIFE Keeps Getting Bigger LIFE in Airdrie just keeps getting BIGGER! AirdrieLIFE announces their first ever summer issue (this is also the first year AirdreiLIFE comes out 3x per year) will weigh in at 128 pages. "Our very first issue back in 2004 was 48 pages - now we have almost have that in ad count!" says publisher Sherry Shaw-Froggatt. "The community has really developed an ownership to the magazine and its gratifying to see."
Magazine publishers across the country now have a "compendium of tips, terms, resources and papers for environmentally friendly magazine publishing" to refer to. A project by Magazines Canada, Markets Initiative, and regional associations including AMPA, the Eco Kit should provide clarification as to what's what; what's available; and what must be done.
National Magazine Awards Winners Announced From business to the socio-political, Alberta magazines won big at the 31st annual National Magazine Awards, a celebration that honours excellence in magazines across Canada. Congratulations to all the winners!! See full list of winners. GOLD MEDAL: Art Direction for an Entire Issue / Direction artistique pour l’ensemble d’un numéro
HONOURABLE MENTIONS: Columns / Chroniques Editorial Package / Dossiers thématiques Science, Technology & the Environment / Science, technologie et environnement
Spot Illustration / Illustrations éclair
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