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.  

The purpose of the festival is to celebrate and recognize senior artists, encourage more older adults (55 yrs+) to get involved in the arts, and increase the number of seniors' art opportunities in Edmonton.  
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Festival highlights include:

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8 L% t% p1 n/ n! V9:30 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
1 - 4                   Free Art Workshops (pre-registration required)
$ i6 Z& B3 X& S5 K6 c1 - 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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$ Z2 v* R; _7 y5 J) sTuesday June 3

! h* f0 n- w+ z( R0 e# ]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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# v* N' w, n1 K4 V& vWednesday June 4
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8 d+ T. G) N8 d5 z! K% U$ |$ l10 am - 4 pm            Free Art Workshops (pre-registration required)
5 I9 M+ R/ |7 G0 Z1 - 4 pm                        Open Stage performances (at Sage and Axis Café)
1 s" P/ Z( V$ M* n  C; L; S( R4 - 7 pm                        Festival Party (with dancing and music) at Enterprise Square
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# z8 V7 _' Z8 g8 TThursday, June 5

4 - 9 pm                       Films on Arts and Aging (Glenrose Auditorium)

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Mayor Mandel's Seniors' Community Coffee Parties (at Seniors Centres on June 4 and 5)
% d$ k3 r- t/ s, F' z* k* ~6 _+ GFree admission to seniors all week at the Art Gallery of Alberta
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5 w- C3 Z2 f0 a4 N: PFor more details please visit the website at www.creativeagefestival.ca