Film: Sacred Arrow

On July 26, 2024 By Sara WalkerIn EventsLeave a comment

Lindsay’s Century Cinemas 3 will be showing a free screening of award-winning Pema Tseden’s Sacred Arrow, a Tibetan love story about archery, expectations and the meaning of winning in a time of change. The film has been shown in theatres around the world.

Trailer : Sacred Arrow

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

5:45 p.m. 8:00 p.m.

Century Cinemas 3 – 141 Kent Street West, Lindsay

Summary:
“For more than a thousand years, two villages in the Amdo region of Tibet have competed in an annual archery competition, mostly for bragging rights, but also to keep the peace, which has lasted for hundreds of years. In the present day, however, the fight for the contest’s “Sacred Arrow” prize, representing strength and bravery, becomes something more personal when a love triangle forms around the participants. After archer Dradong loses the contest for the second year in a row to the champion Nyima, he feels the pressure to win back honor in his village. Tensions escalate when Dradong finds his younger sister, Deskyid, romantically involved with his arch nemesis, Nyima. The two rivals clash again, leading to violence, until a second archery contest is devised to settle the score, once and for all. But will it be enough to keep the peace?” – from Seattle International Film Festival

Filmmaker Bio:
Pema Tseden was born in the Amdo region of Tibet. Son of pastoralists, he studied at the Northwest Nationalities University in Lanzhou. He worked as a teacher and civil servant while writing and publishing to critical acclaim in Tibetan and Chinese. In 2002, he was the first Tibetan to attend the Beijing Film Academy and in 2005 his film, Silent Holy Stones , won the PRC’s top film award, the Golden Rooster, or Best Directorial Debut. he Search (2009) won the Special Jury Award at the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival. Old Dog (2011) won Best Picture in the Tokyo International Film Festival, and Sacred Arrow (2014) won the Golden Goblet at the 17th Shanghai International Film Festival. Tharlo (2015) was nominated for a Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival. Pema Tseden’s latest release is Balloon (2019) which premiered in North America at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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Exhibition: subVERSE: the life and poetry of Edward A. Lacey

On July 26, 2024July 26, 2024 By Sara WalkerIn Events, Non-Fiction, Poet, Writer Local to Kawartha LakesLeave a comment

Edward A. Lacey (1937-1995) wrote and published what is known as the first openly gay poetry collection in English-speaking Canada. The book, The Forms of Loss, was sponsored by Dennis Lee and Margaret Atwood.

Edward A. Lacey was born and raised in Lindsay, Ontario, the only child to parents with prominent community connections: his grandfather was Dr. Fabian Blanchard; his father’s business partner was I.E. Weldon. Many of his cousins became priests or nuns, and it was expected Edward would also join the clergy if he didn’t become a doctor or a lawyer.

Even as a child, Edward knew he was different. In his teens, he knew he wasn’t like his hockey-playing friends. He possessed a keen mind for linguistics that won him scholarships to the University of Toronto and the University of Texas.

As primed for success as he was, Edward wore a path of self-destruction around the globe. He operated on the principle that “homosexuality was intrinsically subversive, individualistic, anti-family, anti-regimentation.” Multiple times, he was nearly expelled from university. He frequently spent time in jail. He got himself banned from entering the United States. For most of his life he slummed through third-world countries, working as a professor or tutor, or living a life of leisure, while penning the occasional poem or translating one from another language.

In 1995 Edward’s self-destruction fulfilled its ultimate conclusion, while his body of work attained barely a whisper in the landscape of Canadian literature despite its brilliance. When Fraser Sutherland published his biography of Edward Lacey, the Malahat Review said “many academic readers will no doubt be interested in what amounts to a very well-researched and entertaining biography of a heretofore neglected Canadian poet.”

subVERSE: the life and work of Edward A. Lacey is an exhibition that spotlights the body of work that Lacey left behind and his complicated connection to his much-hated hometown.

On exhibit at Kawartha Lakes Museum & Archives, located at 150 Victoria Avenue North. 705-324-3404, info@klmuseumarchives.ca. Admission is $5/adult, $3/child(6-18). Admission is free for children under 6 and for members of the Kawartha Lakes Museum & Archives. Visit https://www.klmuseumarchives.ca/ for more information.

Event: Call Me Maud

On July 26, 2024July 26, 2024 By Sara WalkerIn EventsLeave a comment

2024 marks the 150^th anniversary of the birth and legacy of author Lucy Maud Montgomery. Canadians coast to coast will gather in various ways to celebrate and honour the beloved Canadian author.

Kawartha Lakes Economic Development, with support from the Kirkfield and District Historical Society and Museum, invites you to join them on Sunday, August 18 at 1:30pm for – ‘Call Me Maud – a Kirkfield Connection to Lucy Maud Montgomery’ virtual talk and in-person tea event.

The fun and interactive event will feature refreshments served from Maud’s personal recipe book and welcome virtual keynote speaker, Dr. Emily Woster as she discusses the Lucy ‘Maud’ Montgomery connection to Kawartha Lakes and Maud’s years in Ontario.

Dr. Emily Woster, a former Visiting Scholar at the University of Prince Edward Island’s L.M. Montgomery Institute,now serves as an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth. She received her Ph.D. in English Studies from Illinois State University. Emily’s research mainly focuses on the books and life of L.M. Montgomery, and she has contributed to books like L.M. Montgomery’s Rainbow Valleys: The Ontario Years, 1911-1942. Her interests also include women’s autobiographical writing, children’s literature, and English Studies. Emily is the Managing Editor of a/b: Auto/Biography Studies.

The Virtual Tea event will take place at the Kirkfield and District Historical Society Museum located at 992 Portage Road, Kirkfield. Tickets must be purchased in advance for this event and will be available for purchase until August 11 for the cost of $25 per person. To purchase tickets please contact Denise at events@theoldekirk.ca or call 705-438-5454

Exhibition: Call Me Maud

Discover the connection between Canadian literary icon, Lucy Maud Montgomery and Kawartha Lakes this summer. In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the birth and lasting legacy of Lucy Maud Montgomery, Kawartha Lakes Economic Development – Curatorial Services proudly presents the ‘Call Me Maud’ exhibit. The exhibit is housed on the second floor of City…

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Exhibition: Call Me Maud

On July 26, 2024July 26, 2024 By Sara WalkerIn EventsLeave a comment

The exhibit is housed on the second floor of City Hall located at 26 Francis Street in Lindsay starting July 23 and running through until November 29, 2024. Hours of operation are 8:30am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. Admission to the exhibit is free of charge.

You are invited to trace Montgomery’s remarkable journey from her early years in Atlantic Canada to her surprising connection to Kawartha Lakes. Discover the spirit of Montgomery’s life and literary contributions in this unique showcase, set to captivate audiences of all ages.

Famous for her writings and the impact they’ve had, particularly through her beloved character Anne of Green Gables and other published works, Montgomery’s influence goes beyond time, age, culture, and gender. The exhibition explores how Montgomery infused Anne with her love for nature and Prince Edward Island, her adventurous spirit, vivid imagination, and her remarkable ability to find beauty amidst life’s challenges. Like Anne, Maud found happiness in the things that were dear to her: her cats, her writing, in nature, the dear people in her life that became her kindred spirits and in the places that she would visit.

The ‘Call Me Maud’ exhibit takes inspiration from Dr. Christy Woster’s article in the Shining Scroll newsletter of the L.M. Montgomery Literary Society from 2005, titled ‘L.M. Montgomery and the Railway King of Canada’. In her article, Woster expressed the excitement of experiencing places and rooms that Lucy Maud Montgomery once knew well. One such place was Kirkfield, Ontario, a lesser-known but visited destination by Maud.

Event: Call Me Maud

2024 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth and legacy of author Lucy Maud Montgomery. Canadians coast to coast will gather in various ways to celebrate and honour the beloved Canadian author. Kawartha Lakes Economic Development, with support from the Kirkfield and District Historical Society and Museum, invites you to join them on Sunday, August 18…

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