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BP announces Black Maternal Health Week events at Borough Hall – QNS.com
In recognition of Black Maternal Health Week, which begins Monday, April 11, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards will host a pair of events centering on the childbearing journey of Black women from conception to birth and beyond.
On Tuesday, April 12 at 6 p.m.at Borough Hall in Kew Gardens, Richards and Deputy Borough President Ebony Young will host “The Birthing Experience,” an evening that will shine a light on Black women’s maternal, mental and reproductive health care needs, as well as the services and programs available to them.
“Few have felt the harsh sting of health care inequity more than Black women, especially new and expecting Black mothers, who unjustly experience significantly higher rates of maternal mortality than any other group,” Richards said. “It’s an honor to recognize Black Maternal Health Week at Queens Borough Hall for the first time, as we uplift new and expecting Black mothers and propel these critical conversations forward.”
The program will include a panel discussion featuring several health care professionals, birthing experts, and maternal health advocates, a Q&A segment, a short documentary screening, trivia and maternal product giveaways.
Participants will also have an opportunity to connect with city agencies, community-based organizations and maternal service providers who will be tabling at the event at the Helen Marshall Cultural Center at Borough Hall.
“Black motherhood is a beautiful and powerful experience. But decades of disinvestment in the health of Black mothers, who unjustly experience significantly higher rates of maternal mortality than any other group,” Young said.
On Wednesday, April 13 at 5 p.m., Richards will co-sponsor a Diaper Day of Action along with Morning Star Church and Councilwoman Nantasha Williams, who will host a free giveaway at her district office, located at 172-12 Linden Blvd. in St. Albans.
“Maternal mortality rates have been on a steady incline for Black women, while solutions to address this issue and community awareness have continued to lag,” Williams said. “The Diaper Day of Action will raise awareness around the inequities that persist for Black women, and support much-needed conversations around solution-based approaches to eradicate this birth injustice.”
The collection of approximately 2,000 diapers, donated to the Queens Borough President’s Office by Amazon and government relations firm Kasirer, will be distributed at no cost on a first-come, first-serve basis.
“I encourage all our neighbors to join us at these two events as Queens comes together to support our courageous and inspirational Black mothers across The World’s Borough,” Young said.
Members of the community who wish to attend either or both events can RSVP here.
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5 Cambridge Events Happening This Week
Swing Into Spring – Artisan Market
Kick off spring with some shopping at the ‘Swing Into Spring Artisan Market’. Come and shop one-of-a-kind handmade gifts from local sellers. There will be something for everyone so bring the whole family.
Admission: Free
Date and Time: Saturday, April 9, 2022; 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Venue: Cambridge Centre mall, 355 Hespler Rd, Cambridge, ON
Wednesday Night Social – Salsa + Bachata
In the mood for salsa and bachata? Head on over to Studio10Fifteen for some Latin dance. No partner required! The weekly social in Cambridge aims to give people a space to simply dance.
Price for beginner lesson: $10
Date and Time: Wednesday, April 6 , 2022 ; 7 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Venue: Studio10Fifteen (dance studio) located 3 minutes off 401
895 Langs Dr Unit 6, Cambridge,ON
Let’s Body Check Cancer 2022
The Let’s Body Check Cancer Hockey Tournament is dedicated to raising funds to help the fight against cancer. Funds raised during the fun hockey tournament will go toward cancer research and the enhancement of the quality of life of those living with cancer through the Canadian Cancer Society.
*Each participant is asked to raise a minimum fundraising amount of $50
Date: April 8-10, 2022
Time: TBD
Venue: Cambridge Sports Park
Cambridge, ON
Penny & Pound Theatre Productions presents CLUE: ON STAGE
Based on the cult classic film and popular board game, Clue is a madcap comedy that will keep all guessing until the final twist. Each of the guests will have an alias, the butler will offer a variety of weapons and the host is, you guessed it, dead. So whodunnit?
Ticket Price: $20-$30
Date and Time : April 7-10, 2022; 8 p.m. -11 p..m
Venue: 47 Water St. South Cambridge, ON
An Evening with Author Genevieve Graham
Idea Exchange is bringing author Genevieve Graham to meet readers in a virtual event. Graham will talk about her latest work Bluebird which takes readers back to the first World War. The event will also include a Q& A portion so come prepared with some questions for the author.
Registration: Free
Date and Time: April 7, 2022
Venue: Event is virtual and will be delivered through Zoom and Facebook Live
Penticton council proclaims official Volunteer Week as non-profit festivals and events return from pandemic hiatus – Penticton News
Volunteer need uptick
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Penticton council proclaims Volunteer Week.
Penticton council has declared April 24-30 “Volunteer Week” in the city as non-profit events and festivals return from a two-year COVID-19 hiatus.
Council heard a presentation from the South Okanagan Similkameen Volunteer Centre at Tuesday’s regular meeting. They explained that now more than ever they are hoping to share their services with the community, connecting non-profit organizations to volunteers.
“We have close to 1000 registered volunteers throughout the south Okanagan Similkameen with our organization,” explained representative Mike Magnusson.
“Countless studies have shown that volunteering can help others reduce stress, combat depression, boost self confidence, increase happiness and your employability, keep you active, increase your social life and a sense of purpose.”
New this year, the SOS Volunteer Centre has waived its membership fees for organizations looking to use their volunteer-pairing service, hoping to encourage as much participation as possible.
“There’s no longer a financial barrier for any organization, festival or event to belong with us, which means that we can support more organizations to be able to find the volunteers so we help with the recruitment of volunteers for those organizations,” explained representative Subrina Monteith.
Mayor John Vassilaki praised the society, and the Volunteer Week concept.
“I urge my fellow citizens to recognize the crucial role played by volunteers in our community,” Vassilaki said, before officially proclaiming the week.
There will be a complementary pancake breakfast to conclude Volunteer Week at Gyro Park on April 30, open to volunteers and organizations involved in SOS Volunteer Centre as well as the community at large to learn more about how they can get involved.
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Editors’ Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Marcus Brutus’s Star Turn at Harper’s to the Return of Gala Season
Each week, we search for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events, both digitally and in-person in the New York area. See our picks from around the world below. (Times are all EST unless otherwise noted.)
Tuesday, April 5
Pandiscio Green designed the invitation to the 2022 Art Production Fund Gala. Courtesy of Art Production Fund.
1. Art Production Fund Gala at the Grill, New York
The last big art party I attended before lockdown was Art Production Fund’s over-the-top 2020 soirée honoring husband-and-wife Tom Sachs and Sarah Hoover at the Grill in the Seagram Building. Hoover was responsible for the evening’s decadent menu, combining comfort food like hamburgers and ice cream sundaes with luxurious touches like caviar and champagne. This year’s event honors Sanford Biggers, who will perform with his concept band Moon Medicin, and Hoover is back to select the dinner, which has, appropriately, a “class reunion” theme.
Location: The Grill, 99 East 52nd Street, New York
Price: Contact [email protected] for information
Time: Cocktails, 6 p.m.; dinner 7:30 p.m.
—Sarah Cascone
Wednesday, April 6
“Eric Aho: Headwater” at BCA Center, Burlington, Vermont. Photo courtesy of the BCA Center, Burlington, Vermont.
2. “Virtual Artist Talk: Eric Aho” at the BCA Center, Burlington, Vermont
On the occasion of his solo show, “Headwater” (through June 5), Eric Aho talks about how he blends abstraction and realism, and drawing inspiration from essayists and poets, and the bucolic landscape surrounding his home in Vermont.
Price: Free with registration
Time: 6 p.m.
—Artnet News
Wednesday, April 6–Friday, May 27
Bea Scaccia, Do you hear that lady talk (2021). Courtesy of JDJ Tribeca, New York.
3. “Bea Scaccia: With Their Striking Features” at JDJ Tribeca, New York
In her first solo show, Italian artist Bea Scaccia presents a body of paintings from the past two years. Her figures are typically faceless, genderless, and arrayed in finery—lace, ribbons, and jewelry—in a commentary on stereotypical notions of femininity and the labor required to meet societal beauty ideals.
Location: JDJ Tribeca, 373 Broadway B11, New York
Price: Free
Time: Opening reception, 4 .m.–7 p.m.; Tuesday–Saturday, 12 p.m.–6 p.m.
—Artnet News
Thursday, April 7
Kay WalkingStick, Havasu Revisited (2020). Courtesy of NYFA.
4. NYFA’s 2022 Hall of Fame Benefit at Capitale, New York
At its annual gala, the New York Foundation for the Arts is inducting Kay WalkingStick and Chin Chih Yang into its Hall of Fame. (The two were originally set to be honored at the cancelled 2020 event.) The festivities include musical performance by Pyeng Threadgill, and each attendee will be given a WalkingStick print. Those unable to attend in person are invited to bid in the online benefit auction, featuring works by artists including Carolee Schneeman, Deborah Kass, and Sanford Biggers.
Location: Capitale, 130 Bowery, New York
Price: Tickets start at $650; tables start at $6,500
Time: Cocktails, 6:30 p.m.; dinner 7:30 p.m.; dessert 9 p.m.
—Sarah Cascone
Through Friday, April 8
Installation view of “Chellis Baird: Touch of Red” at the National Arts Club. Photo courtesy of the artist.
5. “Chellis Baird: Touch of Red” at the National Arts Club, New York
In her current solo show, Chellis Baird indulges in her favorite color in a series of works exploring different shades of red and all its flirtatious, fiery, romantic, and angry connotations. Many of the wall-mounted works blur the boundary between painting and relief sculpture, with woven forms made from strips of canvas.
Location: The National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, New York
Price: Free
Time: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
—Sarah Cascone
Friday, April 8
Organizer, curator, and artist Carol Cole Levin. Photo courtesy of Art Table.
6. ArtTable’s Annual Benefit at Capitale, New York
The art-world gala circuit is springing back into action. Women’s professional organization Art Table always hosts an inspiring luncheon celebrating women’s leadership in the arts, and this year’s event, with remarks from Legacy Russell and honorees Carol Cole Levin and Nicole R. Fleetwood, promises to be no exception.
Location: Capitale, 130 Bowery, New York
Price: $485 and up
Time: 12 p.m.–3 p.m.
—Sarah Cascone
Friday, April 8–Wednesday, May 4
Raúl Cordero, THE POEM in Times Square (rendering). Image courtesy of the artist.
7. “Raúl Cordero: The Poem” at Times Square, New York
Cuban-born artist Raúl Cordero has created an unexpected oasis in the heart of Times Square, surrounding an illuminated poem by poet and art critic Barry Schwabsky with a 20-foot tower draped with mountain laurels. The piece is inspired by Reinaldo Arenas, a poet and Cuban exile who spent the last two years of his life in New York, dying by suicide in 1990 rather than his AIDS treatment. Cordero covered his installation with foliage in homage to the trees that Arenas climbed as child, where he wrote poems perched in the branches.
Location: Times Square, Duffy Square, Broadway at West 46th Street, New York
Price: Free
Time: On view daily at all times
—Sarah Cascone
Through Sunday, April 10
The centerpiece of the Macy’s Flower Show. Photo courtesy of Macy’s Herald Square.
8. “The Macy’s Flower Show” at Macy’s Herald Square, New York
One of the the city’s most charming spring traditions is the Macy’s Flower Show, which brings some 15,000 live plants into the famed Macy’s department store, in addition to covering the facade with fake blooms. This year’s display includes designs from students at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology, as well as a number of local florists.
Location: Macy’s Herald Square, 151 West 34th Street, New York
Price: Free
Time: Sunday, 11 a.m.–9 p.m.; Monday–Thursday, 11 a.m.–9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.–10 p.m.
—Sarah Cascone
Sunday, April 10
LeAndra LeSeur, There is no movement without rhythm. Photo courtesy of Marlborough Gallery, New York.
9. All Arts Artist in Residence Film Debuts at All Arts and the Shed, New York
For its 2022 Artist in Residence program in partnership with the Shed, All Arts, a free nationwide arts and culture streaming platform from the WNET Group, is debuting four new artist films. The last two, streaming as of this Sunday night, are outgrowths of projects staged last year at the Shed by LeAndra LeSeur (presenting There is no movement without rhythm) and DonChristian Jones (showing Volvo Truck and the Girls From Up the Hill.)
Price: Free
Time: 8 p.m.
—Sarah Cascone
Futures, Narratives, and Networks: Work from the More Art Fellowship. Courtesy of the Queens Museum.
10. “Futures, Narratives, and Networks: Work from the More Art Fellowship” at the Queens Museum
The Queens Museum hosts a day of workshops, performances, and conversations with More Art’s 2020 and 2021 fellows. Selected for their socially engaged work, the artists will discuss public art, technology and nature, and how personal work can serve for community-building. The participating fellows are Bryanna Bradley, Chantal Feitosa-Desouza, Andrew Freiband, Cody Ann Herrmann, Hyperlink Press, Mafe Izaguirre, Amy Khoshbin, Althea Rao, Amy Ritter, and Hanae Utamura.
Location: Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Building, Queens
Price: Free with registration
Time: 11 a.m.–5 p.m.
—Tanner West
Through Saturday, May 14, 2022
Marcus Brutus, Struck by Color, 2021. Courtesy Harper’s, New York.
11. “Maiden Voyage” at Harper’s Chelsea 512, New York
Marcus Brutus’s newest works, which take inspiration from photographers William Eggleston and Birney Imes, are 22 canvases celebrating Black life in America at its most mundane: cooking, standing in the rain, steal a moment for a cigarette. This is the self-taught artist’s fourth outing with the gallery, and his energetic, striking style of portraiture brings Harper’s flagship location to life. The gallery’s run continues at 534 West 22nd Street, with “Return to the Source”, a selection of books that are integral to Brutus’s practice.
Location: Harper’s Chelsea 512, 512 West 22nd Street and 534 West 22nd Street
Price: Free
Time: Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
—Annie Armstrong
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CRITIC’S PICKS | Classical Events You Absolutely Need To See This Week: April 4 – 10
This is a list of amazing concerts we are attending, wishing we could attend, or thinking about attending between April 4 – 10, 2022. For more details on what’s happening around Toronto, visit our calendar here.
Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Ehnes Plays Beethoven
📅 Wednesday — April 6, 2022, 8 p.m. ET (repeats April 7)
📍 LINK
💸 $29+
Violinist James Ehnes will be lending his magic to Beethoven’s first concerto and Vaughan Williams’ evocative Serenade to Music. TSO Conductor Laureate Sir Andrew Davis will also be on hand for the World Premiere of Emilie-LeBel’s Silk Road Concerto, and Strauss’ Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks). | Details
Tafelmusik | Classical Revolution – Bologne & Mozart (online)
📅 Thursday— April 7, 2022, 8 p.m. ET
📍 LINK
💸 $19+
It’s a slow Thursday this week in Toronto, so recommend raising a glass with Tafelmusik’s latest online premiere at home. We’re especially looking forward to Mozart’s Symphony no. 39 in E-flat Major — a fun, cheeky work that works surprisingly well with period instruments. They will also be playing Bologne, Andreas Romberg, and another Mozart gem: Andante for flute & orchestra in C Major. K.315. | Details
Royal Conservatory | Eve Egoyan
📅 Friday — April 8, 2022, 8 p.m. ET
📍 LINK
💸 $20+
Contemporary piano music lovers, this one is for you. Pioneering pianist and composer Eve Egoyan returns to Koerner Hall with a truly innovative program. She will be premiering a series of works for augmented stereo piano (iPiano), designed by the celebrated French pianist Jean-Yves Fourtressier. | Details
Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Celebrate 100: Maestros’ Special Homecoming
📅 Saturday — April 9, 2022, 8 p.m. ET (repeats April 7)
📍 LINK
💸 $29+
If you’re a fan of the TSO, then you have likely been waiting for this all year. In a once in a lifetime experience, five esteemed TSO conductors are joining the orchestra to celebrate the TSO centennial season. This is one night only concert is history in the making. Be sure to return to LV to read our full review. | Details
Pax Christi Chorale | Considering Matthew Shepard
📅 Saturday — April 9, 2022, 7:30 p.m. ET
📍 LINK
💸 $25+
The Pax Christi Chorale will be performing Considering Matthew Shepard by Craig Hella Johnson. The work is based on Matthew Shepard — a name that has become a rallying cry for anti-gay discrimination. | Details
VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert | Vanessa
📅 Sunday — April 10, 2022, 8 p.m. ET
📍 LINK
💸 $38+
We recommend Voicebox’s production of Samuel Barber’s Vanessa for opera lovers out there. The plot is focused on three generations of women who confront society’s intrusions into their secluded world. The work explores a Gothic darkness that’s heavy on romanticism. | Details
Orchestra Toronto | Brahms And The Raums
📅 Sunday — April 10, 2022, 3 p.m. ET
📍 LINK
💸 $45+
Violinist Erika Raum joins Orchestra Toronto to perform a new concerto by Elizabeth Raum. It will be followed by Brahms’ Symphony No. 1. This is an excellent opportunity to see Erika Raum perform with a full orchestra. | Details
Amici Chamber Ensemble | Schubert Octet
📅 Sunday — April 10, 2022, 8 p.m. ET
📍 LINK
💸 $30+
Amici Chamber Ensemble is back this week with a range of works by Franz Schubert, including one of his greatest masterworks, the Octet in E flat Major. You can always depend on Amici for a stunning night of chamber music. | Details
New Music Concerts | Imagined Sounds Curated by Keiko Devaux
📅 Sunday — April 10, 2022, 8 p.m. ET
📍 LINK
💸 $30+
Azrieli Prize laureate composer Keiko Devaux is in town this weekend to curate a concert of exciting new works that examine our relationship with musical memory. This concert features the direction of Juliane Gallant in collaboration with Tapestry Opera’s Women in Musical Leadership Project. Details
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Victoria Beer Week returns with Friday untapping – Victoria News
After a two-year hiatus, Victoria’s Beer Week got hopping on Friday night.
One organizer poured his excitement into two words at Beer Week’s April 1 kickoff event, at the Powerhouse (2110 Store St.) in Victoria.
“We’re back,” said Ryan Malcolm, a director with Victoria Beer Society.
The first pandemic shutdown hit right in the middle of the Society’s last Beer Week, in 2020.
“We’re so excited to be back,” Malcolm said. “Bringing Beer Week back after a two-year hiatus, it feels like we can close that chapter and start fresh.”
The suds-centred festivities will include some old favourites and new twists, but overall the week includes 18 events over nine days. An event called Touchdown, also at Powerhouse, will toast the end of the week with music, games and brewery awards on April 9.
One of the aspects Malcolm is eager about is Dubbel Down – a night filled with Belgian beers and food at the Victoria Public Market on April 9.
Also included in Beer Week is a host of “Beer School” events throughout the week that will see attendees learn about the origin of what ends up in their glass, get a holistic view of hops or settle in for some beer samplings.
More information can be found on Beer Week’s website (https://bit.ly/3LwAE84).
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