A journalist in Washington, DC, Liz has turned lemons into lemonade after her husband walked out on her a decade ago. She likes her life—she’s the editor of My Turn, a daily column in which readers write about their lives, has a few romantic nibbles—some better than others—a good relationship with her teen-aged son, and has come to terms with the shock and heartbreak of her divorce.
Or so she thinks. One day at work, she receives a submission for the column she can’t ignore, because it’s written by her ex-husband’s current wife—AKA the other woman. It is the beginning of an unexpected correspondence between the two women—but only Liz knows the truth about their connection. Could it be she still cares? How far will she take this unusual relationship? And what happens if the truth comes out?
This Lecture is part of the 2021-22 Literary Lecture Series, a popular series has been described as a cross between a traditional book club and a university course without exams. Registration for this event is restricted to registration for the Thursday Subscription Series (available here), or the full subscriptions series (available here). Please note that late purchasers of the series will be provided all videos released before the date of purchase.
The Club welcomes special guest Sarah Milroy, Chief Curator at The McMichael Gallery and Member of the Order of Canada, to speak about the life and work of Canadian artist Claire Wilks.
Doors open 6:45 for 7:30 presentation. Refreshments served, cash bar ****
Digital video of the Salon will be available online a week later. Click HERE to register.
Claire Wilks (AKA Weissman Wilks, 1933-2017) was a Canadian artist who “was able to convey the human emotional experience from love and compassion to loneliness and pain. She was also known for portraying the eroticism of the human body – male and female.” - the Canadian Jewish News.
“Her works impose themselves on the eye of the beholder through the force of her autonomous line…” - Il Gazzettino di Venetzia.
Visitors to the Salon will be the first to see the Salon Exhibition, THE GENIUS OF CLAIRE WILKS, which runs June 2 to June 29, 2022.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to see works by Claire Wilks, on loan from the collection of Claire’s partner, author Barry Callaghan. The exhibition is curated by Christian Bernard Singer, Curator, Eco-artist and educator, and author of the comprehensive exhibition catalogue.
The exhibit will also be open free to the public from 1 to 4 pm on the following days: Tuesday June 7, 21, 28; Wednesday June 29; Thursday June 16, 23; Friday June 10; Saturday June 11, 18, 25.
**** subject to change as a result of public health requirements AND additional internal policies as a result of the continued COVID-19 pandemic.
Come celebrate with us! We’re hosting a public book launch of MUSINGS: AN ANTHOLOGY on Sunday, June 5 from 2 to 4 pm. There will be readings, a slide show and music. The anthology is a collaboration of more than 35 contributors featuring poetry, short stories, essays, paintings, photographic art, and mixed-media. The event is free to attend but registration is required due to room capacity limits. Refreshments will be served; cash bar. ****
The Salon exhibition will be a rare opportunity to see twenty-five works by Claire Wilks on loan from the private collections of author Barry Callaghan, Katarina French, Peter Budd, Jennifer Bratty, Margaret Keatings, Sandra and Ken Freed, and Jean and Alan Burke. The exhibit includes brush drawings in tousche, works in conté crayon and monoprints. ABOUT THE CURATOR: Christian Bernard Singer, Canadian artist, curator and educator, was born in Paris and raised in New York City. Curator of over 50 exhibitions, including three major retrospectives, Singer has always sought to champion artists who push boundaries, materially and conceptually. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Claire Wilks (AKA Weissman Wilks, 1933-2017) “was able to convey the human emotional experience from love and compassion to loneliness and pain. She was also known for portraying the eroticism of the human body – male and female.” ~ the Canadian Jewish News.
“Her works impose themselves on the eye of the beholder through the force of her autonomous line…” ~ Il Gazzettino di Venetzia.
“My continued use of the woman as figure has no political or moral connotations: the female form has been and is my line, the line lives in the brain of my finger, and I do not know who that woman is from monoprint to monoprint until the line has defined itself, has found its form. In other words, I believe an aesthetic quest, more intuitive than reasoned, precedes all moral, philosophical, or political implications in any drawing, which is why I would never pretend to have anything to say in a philosophical, moral or political way: I don’t have the vocabulary; my vocabulary is my line seeking a form that will say all that needs to be said, if you can read it…” ~ Claire Wilks
The hall will be open to the public from 1 to 4 pm on:
Admission is free. Viewing at other times than the listed dates is by appointment only.
Image: Claire Wilks, The Thinking Heart: The Etty Drawings (Series) "Jews in the Desert", on loan from Sandra and Ken Freed, Omaha
Klara and the Sun, the first novel by Kazuo Ishiguro since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, tells the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her. Klara and the Sun is a thrilling book that offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: What does it mean to love?
Professor Suanne Kelman will deliver a lecture on Klara and the Sun.
Current on-line subscribers can purchase individual tickets for $15 or all 5 for $60.
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Masks are required.
Doors open at 7:00 pm. The Lecture begins at 7:30 pm
No refreshments will be served.
The Club welcomes special guest Sarah Milroy, Chief Curator at The McMichael Gallery and Member of the Order of Canada, to speak about the life and work of Canadian artist Claire Wilks on June 2, 2022. This link is for the digital video of the Salon will be available online a week later and available for 8 days. For information on the live event, please click HERE.
This event is linked to our Salon Exhibition, THE GENIUS OF CLAIRE WILKS, which runs June 2 to June 29, 2022.
This Lecture is part of the 2021-22 Literary Lecture Series, a popular series has been described as a cross between a traditional book club and a university course without exams. Registration for this event is restricted to registration for the Tuesday Subscription Series (available here), or the full subscriptions series (available here). Please note that late purchasers of the series will be provided all videos released before the date of purchase.
When Julia Zarankin saw her first red-winged blackbird at the age of thirty-five, she didn’t expect that it would change her life. Recently divorced and auditioning hobbies during a stressful career transition, she stumbled on birdwatching, initially out of curiosity for the strange breed of humans who wear multi-pocketed vests, carry spotting scopes and discuss the finer points of optics with disturbing fervour.
What she never could have predicted was that she would become one of them. Not only would she come to identify proudly as a birder, but birding would ultimately lead her to find love, uncover a new language and lay down her roots.
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