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BAILOUT
9 December 2008 12am - 18 December 2008 12amClosing party & Sale: Thursday December 18, 2008 Hosted by Misha Glouberman When there’s blood in the streets buy…art. Mercer Union does its part with a stimulus package to put the US bailout to shame. With drawings, paintings, photographs, sculptures and multiples all priced at $149.99, the artworks in the 2008 Annual Mercer Member’s Exhibition […]
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Artist Talk: Christof Migone
22 November 2008 12am - 12amPlease join us Saturday 22 November at 3PM to hear Christof Migone discuss his exhibition Disco Sec, on view at Mercer Union until 29 November. Christof Migone is a multidisciplinary artist, curator and writer. He co-edited the book and CD Writing Aloud: The Sonics of Language (Los Angeles: Errant Bodies Press, 2001) and his writings […]
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Artist Talk: Gwen MacGregor & Sandra Rechico in conversation with Dan Adler
24 October 2008 12am - 12amFriday 24 October 7 PM Gwen MacGregor and Sandra Rechico discuss their exhibition Maps in Doubt with curator Dan Adler.
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KNOCK ON WOODS: A Roving International Artist Residency arrives in Toronto!
23 August 2008 12am - 12amClosing reception and video presentation: Saturday 23 August at 8:00PM Artist talk /w Yvette Poorter & former residents to follow at 8:30PM PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CLOSING PRESENTATION OF KNOCK ON WOODS IN TORONTO IS TAKING PLACE AT THE FOLLOWING OFF-SITE ADDRESS. POTLUCK / BYOB!: 571 College Street, but guests are advised to use the […]
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LISGAR LAST CALL
26 July 2008 12am - 12amMercer Union’s Summer Closing Party Saturday 26 July, 9PM til late This is your last time to get messy on Lisgar. You know all your friends will be here. Come. NO COVER CHARGE ‘n CHEAP DRINKS! FREE DREGS BAR! with DJs Nine ’til Ten Isabelle Noel Alex Wolfson Kevin Hegge
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Round 9: The Art Club vs. Mercer Union
21 June 2008 12am - 12amSaturday 21 June, 1:30PM FREE The Parkdale Art Club students will offer their thoughts and perspectives on Anne Fauteaux’s and Ana Teixeira’s exhibitions, and lend their eyes and ears to the audience. MAMMALIAN DIVING REFLEX PRESENTS Parkdale Public School vs. Queen West 10 Rounds In this corner we have: the Kids, 647 of them. A […]
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Test Reading Series: LAYNIE BROWNE and SINA QUEYRAS
6 March 2008 12am - 12amPlease join us for the next edition of the Test Reading Series:
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PINK SLIP
22 February 2008 12am - 23 February 2008 12amINTER-OFFICE MEMO: PINK SLIP A Naughty Office Party at Mercer Union Pleasure before Business… Friday, February 22nd Doors at 9PM $5 cover before 11 PM / $7 after On Friday, February 22nd Mercer will abound with naughty secretaries, salacious CEOs, water cooler gossip, office cubicle shennanigans, and other completely inappropriate workplace behavior. DJs K-Tel & […]
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Pollinator Series: Hive Study for room and solo performer
20 February 2008 12am - 12amSarah Peebles Wednesday February 20th, 2008, 9pm Pollinator Series: Hive Study for room and solo performer is a quasi-improvisational, quasi-chance performance piece/installation transforming the Mercer Union gallery space into a sonic honey bee hive featuring sounds of masses of bees recorded inside glass jugs and hives, cicada, and airplanes. Using material initially recorded over several […]
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Test Reading Series: Susan Holbrook and Camille Martin
14 February 2008 12amTest Reading Series February 15, 2008 at 8pm Please join us on Friday February 15th at 8pm for the TEST READING Series featuring Susan Holbrook and Camille Martin. Biography Susan Holbrook teaches North American literatures and Creative Writing at the University of Windsor. She has just co-edited The Letters of Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson: […]
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Test Reading Series
23 January 2008 12am - 12amPlease join us on Wednesday January 23rd at 8pm for the TEST READING Series featuring Phil Hall and Michael Maranda. PHIL HALL was born in 1953 and raised on farms in the Kawarthas region of Ontario. He attended the University of Windsor in the 70s, where he received an MA in English and Creative Writing. […]