Senior week June 2-8 Activities

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Edmonton's newest Festival to Celebrate Arts and Aging will be held in Edmonton from June 2 - 8, 2008.  

+ E( v) o4 p( A5 h% u$ ]/ QThe purpose of the festival is to celebrate and recognize senior artists, encourage more older adults (55 yrs+) to get involved in the arts, and increase the number of seniors' art opportunities in Edmonton.  

2 g5 w; k( l* v1 S7 UFestival highlights include:
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Monday June 2
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* U' x0 V' y8 N( J) w9:30 am -  12 noon              Festival Launch Event at City Hall (with performers, displays, keynote speakers Susan Perlstein, roving performers/ entertainers and                            official launch greeting from Mayor Mandel
1 - 4                   Free Art Workshops (pre-registration required)
. ^: J+ E& T+ d2 s/ o# b6 z1 - 4 pm                        Open Stage Performances by senior artists (at SAGE and Axis Café)
7 - 9 pm                        Arts and Aging Films (at Stanley Milner Library)
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Tuesday June 3

- _) W) U; N' I3 |* c8:30 am - 5 pm          Celebration of Creative Aging Symposium (at Telus Centre- U of A) with keynote speaker Susan Perlstein and numerous breakout                                    sessions.  This symposium is free, you must pre-register and is especially appropriate for anyone involved in planning programs for                             seniors. To register, visit www.creativeagefestival.ca
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Wednesday June 4

10 am - 4 pm            Free Art Workshops (pre-registration required)
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# `* `8 _6 z) d% [/ ?& [4 - 7 pm                        Festival Party (with dancing and music) at Enterprise Square


/ i$ d' p% S, A( }2 q8 a9 cThursday, June 5
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! h' u7 O# S7 w. s" J 4 - 9 pm                       Films on Arts and Aging (Glenrose Auditorium)
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+ z7 l' l. A+ H% s, N/ AOther Events
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$ _. A. y- V1 N* W; O* jCalendar of community events throughout Edmonton
' Z) h+ k( Q7 f, [: g6 j7 ]Mayor Mandel's Seniors' Community Coffee Parties (at Seniors Centres on June 4 and 5)
Free admission to seniors all week at the Art Gallery of Alberta


For more details please visit the website at www.creativeagefestival.ca