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.  

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& S8 c% v7 @4 [; r/ P5 E5 ?Festival highlights include:
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" \2 @0 ?, L1 v# t( xMonday June 2

7 d4 b" Y2 V; W0 U9:30 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
4 E6 e6 y6 J: F  R) e1 - 4                   Free Art Workshops (pre-registration required)
1 `+ Y: ^. S' \+ f8 u) @1 - 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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4 j/ H' b$ f1 w' jTuesday June 3
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8:30 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
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10 am - 4 pm            Free Art Workshops (pre-registration required)
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4 - 7 pm                        Festival Party (with dancing and music) at Enterprise Square
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Thursday, June 5
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4 - 9 pm                       Films on Arts and Aging (Glenrose Auditorium)

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( J1 H0 N) J; ]2 H7 {, q4 LOther Events
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0 {. y. E% `/ A4 i4 {- k2 P- A0 FCalendar of community events throughout Edmonton
Mayor Mandel's Seniors' Community Coffee Parties (at Seniors Centres on June 4 and 5)
" G  w5 D' R7 @4 gFree admission to seniors all week at the Art Gallery of Alberta


( b3 V! L$ j/ I5 ^9 F6 J1 U" B5 YFor more details please visit the website at www.creativeagefestival.ca