Chartattack Celebrates Rheostatics Reunion
October 19, 2009
On October 16, 2009 CHARTattack reported:
The Rheostatics will reunite as part of an event honouring Canadian author, playwright, screenwriter and musician Paul Quarrington next Saturday.
To see the full article, go to http://www.chartattack.com/news/75725/rheostatics-reuniting-for-one-off-performance
Video: Each Day Like It’s My Last
October 19, 2009
The first installment in the continuing story of one man’s journey following a terminal diagnosis.
Quarrington Begins National Post Series
October 19, 2009
Paul Quarrington: Each day like it’s my last
Author Paul Quarrington on the diagnosis, the voyage and survival by song
I’ve often wondered why, in popular song and fiction, people dealing with The Diagnosis often choose to go mountain climbing. For example, in Tim McGraw’s popular song Live Like You Were Dying, the man who has received The Diagnosis lists as his recent activities, “I went sky diving, I went Rocky Mountain climbing, I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Manchu.” The Diagnosis we’re discussing is, of course, the one wherein the doctor begins to speak, in a very good-natured manner, (“Well, the test results have given us some answers …”) and then goes on to say a lot of stuff that doesn’t really make any sense (“The tumor is what we call squamous or sessile …”), and somewhere in there announces that you are going to die. Way way sooner than you thought.
From the National Post, October 17, 2009. For the full article, go to http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2112733
The Paul Quarrington Chair Fund
October 14, 2009
On Thurs., Nov. 5, 2009 at 8:00pm, the Leacock Museum National Historic Site is presenting an evening with three-time Leacock Medal winner, Arthur Black. The proceeds of the event will be the first to support the Paul Quarrington Chair Fund.
The Paul Quarrington Chair at the Leacock Museum is a fund started in 2009 to honour the contribution to the arts, especially the literary arts, of Leacock Medal for Humour winner Paul Quarrington. Each year the museum will designate a writer as the Paul Quarrington Chair recipient and invite him/her to visit Orillia and participate in the annual Leacock Summer Festival. The Paul Quarrington Chair Fund is established to offset the costs of hosting the annual designate including travel and accommodation. In this way, Paul?s contribution to the Leacock Museum and the Leacock Medal for Humour will be established as an ongoing legacy. Contributions can be sent to the address below, payable to the Leacock Museum ? PQ Chair, and are tax deductible.
Leacock Museum National Historic Site
P.O. Box 625, 50 Museum Drive
Orillia, ON L3V 6K5
or visit www.leacockmuseum.com
October Events and Performances
October 7, 2009
On October 24th, a group of artists and authors is coming together in celebration of Canada?s Renaissance Man, Paul Quarrington.
From readings, music and one or two onstage surprises, there are also a number of special guests from the worlds of books, screen, stage and music.
Among the many guests to look forward to seeing, there will be appearances by Margaret Atwood, David Bezmozgis, Wayson Choy, Roddy Doyle, Alistair MacLeod and Nino Ricci. Performances by the PorkBelly Futures and the Quarrington Trio. And a very special reunion performance by the Rheostatics.
The event will be hosted by Dave Bidini, directed by Lorne Frohman and is being presented by the IFOA with BookShorts and the Humber School of Creative and Performing Arts.
Check out http://www.readings.org/ for more info and to purchase tickets. Or stop by the Harbourfront box office.
Luckily there is more than just one the chance to catch Paul this month! Check him out at Hugh’s Room on October 27th. Tickets are on sale now at $18 or you can buy at the door for $20. See http://www.hughsroom.com/fallshows.htm for more info!
