Spring Whirlwind, Summer Rambles, Fall Explorations

I had planned a less hectic spring than fall and winter, but the winter’s promotions of The Risks of Remembrance produced a flock of readings in tune with the first leaves and the bird’s spring migrations.

November 23, 2011: Poets’ Duet at University of Toronto

Ann and poet Donna Langevin will be the poetic duo at the University Women’s Club Luncheon meeting on November 23, 2011 at 12.00 noon.

November 4, 2011: “Between the Lines” at Arts and Letters Club

On November 4 (Time TBA) at The Arts and Letters Club, Ann and John Rammell will reprise “Between the Lines” readings of selected passages from Dorothy Rath’s book “An Unlikely Affair,” selected letters from her 30 year correspondence with Irving Layton. All welcome.

2011 Manitoulin Art Tour

Held every year on the 3rd week-end of July the Manitoulin Art Tour showcases a wide variety of art, this year with over 80 artists in 32 locations across the island. Art Tour displays included painting, photography, sculpture, fiber art, dream catchers, and for the first time, interpretations of the spoken word. Painter Nancy McDermid […]

October 30, 2011: “Salon 3 x 3” at The Merchant’s of Green Coffee

Salon 3 by 3 is at The Merchant’s of Green Coffee House Café (2 Matilda St, Queen E. and DVP) on Sunday October 3 from 2.00-5.00pm. It will be an informal conversation among 3 artists and 3 poets as they riff off/about each others’ work. The artists/poets will respond to each other’s paintings and poems, […]

September 24, 2011: Global Commffest Community Film festival

At Commffest (5th annual Global Commffest Community Film festival) on September 24 at 5.30 at Rainbow Market Square, two of my poems will begin and end the evenings’ films. The poems are Something Will Come of This at the beginning of the evening’s films, from The Risks of Remembrance (Words Indeed Publishing , 2010). and […]

September 23, 2011: Heliconian Club Concert Series

Art Speaks with Music & Words: “Emily, The Way You Are: A One-Woman Opera Celebrating the Life and Work of Emily Carr”, is part of the Heliconian Club’s concert series. This concert will feature an opera written for one soprano by artist and composer Jana Skarecky, along with Jana’s paintings and readings. Ann Carson will […]

September 11, 2011: Linda Finn exhibition at Gore Bay Museum

Along with other members of the Manitoulin Writer’s Circle, I will be participating in the Linda Finn exhibition entitled The War Letters Project at the Gore Bay Museum from Sept. 10 to Oct. 21, 2011. I will be reading 1 prose and 1 poem on Sept 11. The prose is about my remembrance of a particular […]

July 16 & 17, 2011. Poetry Painting and Fabric

Poetry Painting and Fabric, is the title of Ann’s mixed media presentation at this year’s annual Manitoulin Island Art Tour. Held every year on the 3rd week-end of July the Art Tour showcases a wide variety of art, this year with over 80 artists in 32 locations across the island. For the first time this year, […]

June 10-12, 2011. Taste of Manitoulin Festival

The Many Tastes of Manitoulin, a poem for “Manitoulin Morsels”, at the Taste of Manitoulin Festival, Gore Bay Museum.