Presenting the myths and realities of incarcerated people and promoting public awareness of the challenges associated with social reintegration faced by women who have been in conflict with the law.

Thursday- 9 june, 2011

7:00 to 10 :00 PM

Eastern Bloc Gallery

7240 Clark, 2nd floor

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Saturday, March 19th, 2011 - Devora Neumark, co-director of LEVIER, was accompanied on the occasion by Geneviève Fortin, coordinator of the project « Donner une deuxième chance » and ex-participant of the project « Agir par l’Imaginaire ». The goal of this meeting was to discuss the barriers that have been broken during several artistic projects. The project Agir par l’Imaginaire, a collaboration between Engrenage Noir/LEVIER and the Société Elizabeth Fry du Québec (SEFQ) is a perfect example of a project where many barriers needed to be broken.

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The sixth annual Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival (MIATF) -the world’s only anarchist theatre festival - proudly presents one of Quebec’s theatre greats, Pol Pelletier, plus other artists from Europe and Quebec for one night of provocative, socially engaged theatre in French and English, Wed, May 18 at the Sala Rossa, 4848 boul St-Laurent, 7:30pm.

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There will be live performances by members of the Montreal-based Anarchist Writers Bloc (AWB) and the Anarchist Choir of Point St Charles. As usual in the Anarchist Cabaret, an important space will be let to everyone’ expression through a open mic.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

5pm -7pm.

Casa del Popolo (4873 boul St-Laurent)

Admission is free !

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• What’s going on and why ?

• What’s the cost ? We don’t know…$ 2 billion? $ 3 billion ?

• Isn’t violent crime decreasing?

• Nearly half the inmates in our prisons have a serious mental illness and/or drug addiction problems

• Are there are cheaper ways to make us feel secure?

You are invited by the MONTREAL CITIZENS FORUM to a public discussion of the issues.

April 28, 2011, Thursday,

7-9 pm

Atwater Library

1200 Atwater ave. (Metro Atwater)

The event is free. Your donations are welcome and
 help to fund future events.

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For our 3rd annual art auction, the Ste-Emilie Skillshare would like to recognize the front-line work of the Native Women Shelter of Montréal. Every hour of every day, they support women and families that must constantly deal with the ramifications of an on-going colonization. Until recently, the Shelter offered cultural healing through the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. The 2010 federal budget, however, cancelled the funding to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation, closing this project and over one-hundred others from coast to coast.

The auction will take place Friday, May 6th.

Net proceeds from the auction go directly to the Shelter. To submit a piece of art or a proposal or for more information, please contact us.

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Temps d’agir launch

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM - Friday, April 29, 2011

Écomusée du Fier Monde

2050 Amherst (corner Ontario)

Come and be present to some readings, testimonies and performances. Special book price during the launch: 20$ (tax included).

Temps d’agir presents extracts of Agir par l’imaginaire texts and creations.

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We have the pleasure to inform you that a new program has been created for artists like you in mind.

A few weeks ago, the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec (CALQ) launched the Fund for Montréal Aboriginal Professional Artists and Writers.

You have until June 21, 2011 to submit your application to the CALQ.

A skilled person will be available to assist you in the process of preparing and writing your application (without any fees charged to you).

For more information about this program and to meet this contact person, come to :

L’Escalier - 552 St-Catherine east

April 7, 2011, from 6 :00 to 8:30 pm

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In response to the ongoing triple catastrophe that has hit Japan - the magnitude 9.0 earthquake, the tsunami, and the Fukushima nuclear emergency - on April 1, 2011, at Montreal’s Society for Arts and Technology, a seven-hour artistic vigil will be held in solidarity with the people of Japan, and with their families and friends worldwide.

The event is open to the adult public; admission is free.

April 1, 2011, 8 p.m. to 3 a.m.

Society for Arts and Technology [SAT], 1201 Saint-Laurent Boulevard

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The AGIR exhibition presents an array of interdisciplinary works created inside four different carceral institutions. For over two years, this community art initiative has involved approximately fifty criminalized women and eight professional multidisciplinary artists.

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