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October 2019
LAC Presents Season 2019-2020
Our new season is here and better than ever! Spend your evenings with world-class musicians and performers in the wide variety of LAC Presents shows we have to offer! Take a trip Down Under in our Going Global: Australia series. Don’t miss out on the Audacious Women who refuse to settle or go quietly, echoing Arethra Franklin’s demand for R-E-S-P-E-C-T, and discover great new talent in Next Up, showcasing emerging Canadian artists. Be sure to check out our hard-hitting yet hilarious and insightful productions in Upstage. Check…
Find out more »December 2019
Let Your Creativity Shine This Holiday Season
We're painting in a winter wonderland at Visual Arts Mississauga! We wish you a happy and healthy holiday season filled with creative fun. We'd like to thank all of our Members and Artist Instructors who helped to make 2019 such an incredible year for our creative centre! Don't forget to register for our exciting Studio Fine Arts Courses for Adults and Teens running this Winter and Spring 2020. The VAM building will be closed for the holiday season from Saturday,…
Find out more »January 2020
Headwaters Art Gallery presents: RE-Launch
Re-Launch, the new exhibit from Headwater Arts Gallery draws from a large membership base of emerging artists, showcasing the breadth of talents and genres of their new members alongside some established members who are renewing and refreshing their current practices. Whether new to the show circuit or having stepped back from it for a while, they all share the challenge of how to handle the process of re-inventing, re-imagining, and re-investing themselves in their artistic practices. Re-Launch is edgy, eclectic,…
Find out more »Feel It! exhibit at Mississauga Central Library
Feel It! Project is an Art Fusion initiative by CreateConvergence, sparking conversation and appreciation for multiple art forms. The creative interpretation of musician Anthony Barr, visual artist Angela Chao and poet Susan Ksiezopolski come together to create art that conveys emotions. The resulting art pieces fuel exchanges that expand awareness, alter perceptions and create spaces for healing. Awarded a Fusion Grant funded by the Mississauga Arts Council, Rama Gaming Centre and the City of Mississauga, Feel It! is an innovative…
Find out more »VAM’s 42nd Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts
The Art Gallery of Mississauga (AGM) and Visual Arts Mississauga (VAM) have collaborated to this annual exhibition since 1987. The distinguished show will begin the new year of exhibition programming at the AGM. Selected works will be on display January 16 - March 14, 2020. VAM and AGM welcome the public to attend the Opening Reception and Awards night on Thursday, January 16, 2020, 6:00 - 8:00 PM at the Art Gallery of Mississauga.
Find out more »Theatre Performances – Colin James
With his recently released 19th album, Miles to Go, Colin James is getting back to the blues. Wait a minute, you ask: hasn’t Colin James always played the blues? Well, yes, but back when he was signed to his first record deal in 1988, his producer—who’d worked with Ray Charles and Derek and the Dominoes—explicitly told him not to play any blues, because the label expected a pop hit. When James later made one of the biggest albums of his career—1993’s Colin James…
Find out more »Creating Community Conference – Social Work at The Library
Film Screening & Discussion (The Public) An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when those experiencing homelessness takes over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold. Join us for a panel discussion afterwards hosted by Kevin Berry, Mississauga Library’s Homelessness Prevention Outreach Worker and Rahma Hashi, Toronto Public Library’s Social Worker. Community Partner Showcase Social agencies and the City of Mississauga staff speak about their services for at-risk populations. After-Conference Networking Meet fellow…
Find out more »Canadian Music Expo
Don't miss this annual event where you can take some pictures and meet some amazing musicians in the Musicians Alley, buy some merch, walk the tradeshow, visit the Record Corner (where you can buy/trade/sell records, CD's and more) and hang out with other music fans. Exhibitor options also available! Buy online by clicking the green "Tickets" box on this page or email: sales@generalmayhem.ca for more information. Early bird only $150 for an exhibitor table for the day! Check out the latest…
Find out more »La Traviata – A Fully Staged Opera
The Date Involved: January 25, 2019 – Living Arts Centre – Hammerson Hall – 8 pm (opening night) The Date Involved: January 28, 2019 – Living Arts Centre – Hammerson Hall – 8 pm After successful productions of Carmen and La Bohème, the MSO will return to fully-staged opera with a production of Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece, La Traviata. This tale of love and tragedy has touched audiences across the world. Featuring one of the most iconic, romantic and tragic scores…
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