VIWF adds post-screening discussion for Quarrington night
October 17, 2010
Host: Judith Keenan with Guests Dave Bidini and Rob Sanders
Fri, Oct 22, 8:00pm
Emily Carr University Theatre
$19.00 (Buy Tickets Online)
Paul Quarrington, novelist, musician, screenwriter and non-fiction writer, passed away in January 2010. Even after being diagnosed with lung cancer, Quarrington embarked on concert tours with his band Porkbelly Futures, produced his own solo CD and the Porkbelly’s third release, completed his non-fiction memoir, Cigar Box Banjo: Notes on Music and Life, and was the subject of a feature-length documentary. Tonight you’ll have the chance to view the documentary, in which he comes to terms with his life and death through the power of music, and hear more about this remarkable man from both his publisher and one of his many friends.
Rob Sanders Video Telegram to Paul Quarrington from MovingStories.TV on Vimeo.
This event is presented in partnership with Emily Carr University of Art and Design and is sponsored by Douglas & McIntyre Publishing Group.
ALSO: PORKBELLY FUTURES in concert!
10:30pm, Friday, October 23, 2010
Performance Works
Granville Island
Tickets: $12 at the door starting at 10:15pm
Porkbelly Futures is a tough band to pin down. “Toronto’s Most Excited Band” began as a boisterous Chicago-style blues band, but singer/songwriters Paul Quarrington and Martin Worthy soon veered off into uncharted waters. Who Knows what this critically acclaimed five-piece band’s music is now, but on stage there will be a pedal steel guitar (that’s country), a Telecaster guitar (for blues rock), a mandolin (to pluck heartstrings), acoustic guitars (for folk enthusiasts), and a bunch of vocal mikes. And somewhere, Paul is smiling….
Tribute To A Life Of Hope
October 14, 2010
Writers and musicians gather at WordFest event to celebrate Paul Quarrington; Wordfest | 2010
By Heath McCoy, Calgary Herald October 13, 2010
In November of last year Paul Quarrington made his final appearance in Calgary — and it was a rough one.
The celebrated writer, who won the Governor General’s Award for fiction in 1989 — among so many achievements in his life — was in town with his roots rock outfit Porkbelly Futures for a gig at the Ironwood, and, the truth is, he probably shouldn’t have been there.
He probably should have been home in Toronto, resting in bed.
Days before, Quarrington, 56, had just completed his first round of chemotherapy administered to treat the terminal lung cancer he had been diagnosed with. Uncomfortable flights and performances with his rock band were surely the opposite of what the doctor ordered.
But Quarrington had a lust for life, and for his art, that would not be denied — even when he knew that death was so frighteningly near.
That’s why this Saturday, when authors, artists, musicians and fans gather at the Margaret Greenham Theatre in the Banff Centre to celebrate Quarrington, the event will be focused on his life and his work — not his January death.
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“The guy was pushing himself hard,” says Judith Keenan, producer of the documentary Paul Quarrington: Life In Music, which ran on Bravo TV. “He was racing. He wanted to get certain things done and, goddamn it, he was going to do it. . . . He was really bloody minded, putting all of his efforts into his creative legacy. It was a really robust period of time.”
Even though Quarrington enjoyed his greatest success as a novelist, it’s fitting that he focused his efforts largely on his music before he died, says Keenan.
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FFWD Lauds Upcoming PQ Event at WordFest
October 8, 2010
Fifteen years of literary bliss
Advice, lore and and events from Calgary’s biggest book event
Published October 7, 2010 by Lachlan Mackintosh in Books
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Paul Quarrington is gone
He lost his battle with cancer, but Quarrington joins the distinguished dozen — the authors who make up the Banff Distinguished Author Series alumni. Richard Ford, David Adams Richards, David Malouf, Annie Proulx, Richard Wright, Margaret Atwood, John Ralston Saul, Jane Urquhart, Austin Clark, Douglas Coupland, and the late Timothy Findley and Mordecai Richler.
FOR THE COMPLETE STORY >>
http://www.ffwdweekly.com/article/arts/books/fifteen-years-of-literary-bliss-6410/
DocFest Stratford to screen Paul Quarrington Life in Music
October 5, 2010
Stratford’s third annual documentary and digital media festival takes place October 14 to 17 with public screenings of top documentaries from Canada and around the world, a short film and digital media showcase, plus workshops for students from across Southwestern Ontario. Paul Quarrington Life in Music will screen at the Tom Patterson Theatre on October 16 at 5:15 pm
For tickets and screening details, call Phone 519 305 2100 or visit http://www.docfeststratford.ca/view.php?public/The_Films
Paul Quarrington: Life in Music Documentary Feature
WordFest Distinguished Author Series Celebrates Paul Quarrington at The Banff Centre, October 16
October 5, 2010
The headliner not to miss is the tribute to the late Paul Quarrington – playwright, novelist, screenwriter, filmmaker and musician. The Banff Distinguished Author Series highlights Quarrington’s award-winning career at The Banff Centre (Oct 16) with special guests Jane Urquhart, Hayden Taylor, film/tv producer Judith Keenan, his band the Porkbelly Futures, and more, who remember him through film, word and music.
Paul Quarrington Celebration at WordFest 15
