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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Monday June 2
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) `8 u2 V% b0 H6 f, h9:30 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)
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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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)
1 - 4 pm                        Open Stage performances (at Sage and Axis Café)
4 - 7 pm                        Festival Party (with dancing and music) at Enterprise Square


Thursday, June 5

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Other Events

3 ~/ M1 v/ _9 x( U+ [! `, iCalendar of community events throughout Edmonton
; u* b6 W* k, H* cMayor Mandel's Seniors' Community Coffee Parties (at Seniors Centres on June 4 and 5)
, e7 w: T! a5 V: x! M( [" kFree admission to seniors all week at the Art Gallery of Alberta
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4 [4 f; n" X( _- H9 W6 rFor more details please visit the website at www.creativeagefestival.ca