“Goddamn authors are like cockroaches. There’re hundreds of them.
There’s always readings somewhere. Especially at the end of the week.”
“How do I find out where?”
—John Sandford, Night Prey (Berkley)
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Fredericton Film Calendar
NOTE: All events are subject to change.
Latest update: 5 Jan 2011.
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January 2012
11 Ja, Wednesday, 5-6 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, host Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM, Fredericton, NB.
12 Jan, Thursday, 12 noon. Sarah Varner. GRC lunchtime. Grad House, 676 Windsor St, UNB Fredericton.
12 Jan-2 March. Nathalie Daoust's Tokyo Hotel Story, + Jo Griffith in the Factory. Gallery Connexion, 440 York St, Fredericton, NB. T (506) 454-1433, connex@nbnet.nb.ca www.galleryconnexion.ca
• 12 Jan, Thursday, 7 pm, Opening
• 14 Jan, Saturday, 2:30 pm, Artist Talk.
16 January, Monday, 8pm. UNB Reading Series presents Holly Luhning. Alumni Memorial Lounge, 13 Bailey Drive, Fredericton.
17 January: Art's birthday.
17 Jan, Tuesday, 7 pm. Bonnie Huskins "Looking at the Loyalists of the American, Revolutionary War through a Different Lens: Sociability and Community Formation in Shelburne,
Nova Scotia". Atlantic Canada Studies Seminar Series. Tilley 28, UNB Fredericton, NB
18 Jan, Wednesday, 5-6 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, host Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM, Fredericton, NB.
25 Jan, Wed, 12:30–1:30 pm. (1) Hugh Leonard. Democracy: A conflict of interest for New Brunswick teachers? (2) TBA. UNB Education Works in Progress Sessions, Marshall d’Avray Hall 308, 10 Mackay Drive, Fredericton.
25 Jan, Wednesday, 5-6 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, host Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM, Fredericton, NB.
February 2012
1 Feb–15 March: Trail of Poems, a Joe Blades art & education exhibition. Charlotte Glencross Gallery, Charlotte Street Arts Centre, Fredericton, NB.
• 2 Feb, Thursday, 5 pm, Opening.
1 Feb, Wednesday, 5-6 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, host Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM, Fredericton, NB.
2 Feb. Groundhog Day
6-11 Feb
8 Feb, Wed, 12:30–1:30 pm. (1) Kate Ireland. “The story is our best tool for helping one person understand what it is like to be someone else”: historical significance and ethnic identity in Kieran Egan's imaginative education framework. (2) Jill Cummings. Expressivity and identity. UNB Education Works in Progress Sessions, Marshall d’Avray Hall 308, 10 Mackay Drive, Fredericton.
8 Feb, Wednesday, 5-6 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, host Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM, Fredericton, NB.
13–20 Feb. NB Heritage Week 2012. Theme: War and Peace—Guerre et paix (in recognition of the War of 1812 and New Brunswick’s military heritage)
15 Feb, Wednesday, 5-6 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, host Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM, Fredericton, NB.
15 February, Wednesday, 8pm. UNB Reading Series presents poets Nick Thran and Tammy Armstrong. The Galleries, UNB Arts Centre, 9 Bailey Dr, Fredericton.
22 Feb, Wed, 12:30–1:30 pm. (1) Mary Blatherwick. Title TBA. (2) TBA. UNB Education Works in Progress Sessions, Marshall d’Avray Hall 308, 10 Mackay Drive, Fredericton.
22 Feb, Wednesday, 5-6 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, host Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM, Fredericton, NB.
25 Feb, 6:30 pm. Charlotte Street Arts Centre presents a second Salon Connex—to follow Tokyo Hotel Story and artist talk by Nathalie Daoust at Gallery Connexion.
29 Feb, Wednesday, 5-6 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, host Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM, Fredericton, NB.
March 2012
7 March, Wednesday, 5-6 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, host Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM, Fredericton, NB.
12 March. Irving Layton centenary with readings across Canada ... Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and ?
•: Fredericton: TBA
14 March, Wed, 12:30–1:30 pm. (1) Ann Sherman. Using interviews with young children. (2) TBA. UNB Education Works in Progress Sessions, Marshall d’Avray Hall 308, 10 Mackay Drive, Fredericton.
15 March 15, 1pm. UNB Reading Series presents poets Sue Goyette and Lynn Davies. Alumni Memorial Lounge, 13 Bailey Drive, Fredericton.
21 March: World Poetry Day
21 mars, Wednesday, 5-6 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, host Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM, Fredericton, NB.
24 March: Tango dance & poetry performance, San Diego, CA
27–30 March. X Encuentro Internacional de Escritoras, Panamá. Nela Rio to present the eBook El espacio no es un vacío (Broken Jaw Press, 2010); Elizabeth Gamble Miller to present the antología Los puentes del Río San Juan / Bridges over the Saint John River (Broken Jaw Press, 2011)
28 March, Wednesday, 5-6 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, host Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM, Fredericton, NB.
29 March, Thursday, 8pm. UNB Reading Series presents short fiction writers Amy Jones and Rebecca Rosenblum. The Galleries, UNB Arts Centre, 9 Bailey Dr, Fredericton.
April 2012
National Poetry Month
4 April, Wednesday, 5-6 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, host Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM, Fredericton, NB.
11 April, Wednesday, 5-6 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, host Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM, Fredericton, NB.
12 April, Thursday, 8pm. UNB Reading Series presents novelist Linden MacIntrye, Memorial Hall, UNB Arts Centre, 9 Bailey Dr, Fredericton.
16-18 April: Ireland International Conference on Education, Dublin, Ireland
18 April, Wednesday, 5-6 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, host Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM, Fredericton, NB.
23 au 29 avril. Festival Frye Festival, Moncton NB
• 24 April. Launch of revue ellipse mag issue no 87–88
25 April, Wednesday, 5-6 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, host Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM, Fredericton, NB.
27 April. Graduate Research Conference. Grad House, 676 Windsor St, UNB Fredericton.
29 April to 4 May: PSAC National 16th Triennial Convention, Ottawa Convention Centre, Ottawa, ON.
May 2012
2 May, Wednesday, 5-6 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, host Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM, Fredericton, NB.
9 May, Wednesday, 5-6 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, host Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM, Fredericton, NB.
12 de mayo 2012, Sábado, 17hs. IV Festival: Palabra en el Mundo / Word in the world. Fredericton component: Puente sobre el Río Saint John, frente a la Biblioteca Pública de Fredericton, 12 Carleton, Fredericton. Joe Blades, Carlos Morales, Nela Rio, Eugenia Dietrich, entre otros.
16 May, Wednesday, 5-6 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, host Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM, Fredericton, NB.
17 May, Thursday, 10 am. Degrees will be awarded in the faculties of Business Administration, Kinesiology, and Education. The Richard J. Currie Centre, UNB Fredericton, NB.
23 May, Wednesday, 5-6 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, host Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM, Fredericton, NB.
26 May, Saturday. CARFAC Maritimes AGM, Centre Aberdeen, 140 rue Botsford, Moncton NB.
30 May, Wednesday, 5-6 pm. Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, host Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM, Fredericton, NB.
June 2012
1-24 June: New Brunswick Provincial Heritage Fair. 2012 venue: Queens County Court House Museum, Village of Gagetown, NB
• Showcase Weekend: 22–24 June
• Medal Ceremony, June 24, 11 am. His Honour, The Honourable Graydon Nicholas, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, and Patron of the Heritage Fairs in NB will officiate.
15-17 June: League of Canadian Poets Annual General Meeting. Park Town Hotel, 924 Spadina Crescent East, (306) 667-6061, Saskatoon, SK.
20-22 June. 29th Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference. Theme: “Cultures of Narrative/Narratives of Culture”. Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland Labrador.
July 2012
August 2012
5 Aug: International Beer Day. A Celebration of Beer’s Greatness!
September 2012
3 Sept: Labour Day