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October 5-6, 2018

International Salon Of Literature, Visual Arts & Music

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Date

October 5-6, 2018

Location

918 Bathurst St, Toronto

Remaining

79 Tickets

Speakers

52 Writers, Artists & Musicians

ABOUT TORO FEST

The second edition of the Romanian Book and Arts Festival is the perfect place to meet writers, editors, translators, journalists, illustrators, artists, researchers, and students, who are interested in the richness of Romanian culture as well as in exchanges with other diverse cultures in Toronto and North America.

ToRoFest offers a welcoming exhibition space, where intercultural dialogue is encouraged and everyone can explore, delight, and participate in book launches, panels, workshops, round tables, creative writing, public reading, and games, alongside guests from Romania, Canada, and the United States.

Come join us for some great presentations on fiction, poetry, theatre, world literature, Romanian studies, linguistics, copyright, ethnography, the environment, politics, society, and so much more!

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Friday
October 5th, 2018
Saturday
October 6th, 2018

THE GREAT HALL
THE SUN ROOM
THE STAR ROOM

6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Opening Night Gala

Opening ceremony. Meet & greet the Authors and Artists. Book signings. Live Music: piano recital, classical guitar. Opening Exhibitions. Refreshments. Silent auction.

6:00 PM - 10:00 PM (Friday) 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Saturday)

Librăria ”Pagini Româneşti” – Cărţi, muzică și film

Librăria "Pagini Româneşti" din Montreal vă așteaptă la standul său cu o ofertă bogată de publicații în limba română: literatură, film, albume de artă sau de muzică. Literatura română e prezentă

7:00 - 07:30

Michael Husu – Piano recital: Haberbier, Chopin, Rachmaninoff

Program: Serenade by Ernst Haberbier, Nocturne in E Minor by Frederic Chopin, Prelude in C Sharp Minor by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Michael Husu is an extremely talented young musician. The elegance in which

Andreea Demirgian, Crina Bud, Calin Mihailescu.

7:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Copii, aici e fântâna. În ea e un inel de argint albastru. Safe to come out. Bogeyman is gone. Sans peur, les enfants! On raconte, comptez sur moi.

Copii, aici e fântâna. În ea e un inel de argint albastru. Safe to come out. Bogeyman is gone. Sans peur, les

8:00 PM - 8:20 PM

În ce limbă visează scriitorii? – dialog cu Felicia Mihali și Miruna Tarcău.

8:30 - 9:00 PM

LIVE Music: Classical Guitar Recital (Villa Lobos, Pernambuco, Brouwer, Lecuona)

Prelude no. 1 - Heitor Villa Lobos Prelude no. 3 - Heitor Villa Lobos Maxixa - João Pernambuco Un dia di novembre - Leo Brouwer Malagueña - Ernesto Lecuona Travelling Mirrors - Florin Buciu

9:00 - 9:15 PM

LIVE Music: AkusticAvenue (Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, U2, Led Zeppelin)

Pink Floyd - Wish you were here Peter Gabriel- Solsbury Hill U2- I still haven't found what I'm looking for Led Zeppelin – Rain song

6:00 PM - 10:00 PM (Friday) 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Saturday)

Art Display by Doru Cioată

Art Display by DORU CIOATĂ - fine art painter, restoration expert.

6:00 PM - 10:00 PM (Friday) 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Saturday)

Silent Auction – paintings by Aurel Manole

Aurel Manoie was an artist of exceptional value, who has linked his destiny of brush and easel since the age of four. Aurel Manole is considered by specialists to

06:00 p.m. - 06:40

Sophia Leopold Mureșan – Open Exhibition

Playing, Art-Making...the Dedicated Life and Loves of an Exceptional Child Artist Sophia Leopold-Muresan was born on a wintry morning in 2008, just before Christmas, at Saint Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. She

6:00 PM - 10:00 PM (Friday) 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Saturday)

Blue – Art Show by Otilia Gruneanțu Scriuba

In 2017, Otilia Gruneantu Scriuba obtained the 3rd prize for Graphics at the 6th International Biennial Art Show “Meeting Point” from Arad, Romania and in 2012 “The Most favoured

THE GREAT HALL
THE SUN ROOM
THE STAR ROOM

6:00 PM - 10:00 PM (Friday) 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Saturday)

Librăria ”Pagini Româneşti” – Cărţi, muzică și film

10:00 - 10:15 AM

Lansare de carte: Adio Românie, pământ părintesc de George Kun

Lansare de carte: Adio Românie, pământ părintesc de George Kun George Kun, a gifted writer, with a great sense of humor. Sandra Segal, Publisher [gallery columns="2" size="medium" ids="1967,1969"]

10:15 - 10:30 AM

Lansare de carte: Pași de Em Sava (Ela Mihu) și Axel (Radu Prodan)

Recenzie Vera Oren, scriitor, Montreal (…) Am citit un fragment din „Pași”, în urmă cu o lună. Am citit și o mică recenzie. Am fost cucerită și intrigată, parcă cineva

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Lansare de carte: Vreau și eu să fiu unicorn (I Wish I Were a Unicorn) de Andreea Demirgian

În țara Norilor Pufoși, totul este posibil! Chiar și ca un dragon să devină unicorn? Asta veți afla voi! Există pe lume ființe magice care fac să pară că

11:00 - 11:15 AM

Lansare de carte: O mie de impresii divizate de Suzănica Tănase

Pe 12 decembrie 1941, nava Struma parasea Portul Constanta. La bordul ei se aflau aproape opt sute de evrei romani, visand la o viata mai buna, la un destin

11:15 - 11:30 AM

Book Launch: Pictopoems of Berlin by Irina Moga, and Tatiana Arsénie

"Pictopoems of Berlin" blends original art and poetry in a walkthrough of Berlin and its reflection on our imagination. Made for the art, literature and travel aficionado, the book

11:30 - 11:45 AM

Meet the Author: Irina Boca

Irina Valentina Boca is a Romanian-Canadian author of philosophical and literary works. She was born in Romania (1967), graduated from Building Engineering (Installations, 1993) and worked as a journalist

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Publishing your book is not what it used to be. Think hard and pick one: traditional vs. self-publishing vs. hybrid

Participants: COSTI GURGU, NINA MUNTEANU. Moderator: CLAUDIU MURGAN.

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

De l’écriture à l’édition: Felicia Mihali et Miruna Tarcau. Modératrice Anne Forrest Wilson.

De l’écriture à l’édition : Felicia Mihali et Miruna Tarcau. Modératrice Anne Forrest Wilson. Regards croisés sur la carrière et l’expérience littéraire de deux auteures travaillant ensemble à la fondation

1:00 - 1:15 PM

Lansare de carte: Autoportrete în oglinzile cărților, Pavese, omul jignit și Nebunul lui Dumnezeu de Vianu Mureșan

„Despre Vianu Mureșan însuși, unul dintre specialiștii de vârf din Europa în opera lui Lévinas, autor a câtorva cărți remarcabile, să le amintesc aici doar pe ultimele două:

1:15 - 1:30 PM

Lansare de carte: Culori și ritmuri Sud-Americane de Milena Munteanu

Literatura de calatorie se intregeste cu o carte admirabil construita, care face cinste genului. In peste o suta de pagini – text fermecator, care comprima in metafore alese toata

1:30 - 1:45 PM

Lansare de carte: Jurnalul lui Sake de Florin Oncescu

Florin Oncescu / Writer

1:45 - 2:00 PM

Lansare de carte: Oameni – repere – mărturii. Nicolae Băciuț în dialog cu Veronica Lerner

[gallery columns="2" ids="1816,1817"] Veronica Pavel Lerner e un interlocutor de mare distincţie şi eleganţă, riguros, scrupulos, atent la cele mai mici detalii, până la… virgulă şi punct. Ştie să povestească şi are

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Found in Translation: Romanian/Canadian Writers across Borders

This panel will discuss the translator’s role as cultural mediator nationally and internationally. We will reflect on making Romanian and Canadian authors available across borders, as well as on

2:45 - 3:05 PM

Lansare de carte: Noul Atlas lingvistic român – Crișana Vol.IV de Dorin Uritescu

Acest al patrulea volum continuă publicarea și analiza geolingvistică a materialului imens al Noului Atlas lingvistic român – Crișana (NALR-Crişana), care se înscrie în seria atlaselor lingvistice româneşti regionale

3:05 - 3:15 PM

Lansare de carte: AFKA de Călin Andrei Mihăilescu

Într-o scrisoare din aprilie 1991, Daniel Barenboim sublinia: „Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu este o adevărată revelație. Sunetul bogat, rafinat și plin de culoare umple sala. Imaginea stereofonică a frazării oferă

3:15 - 3:25 PM

Lansare de carte: Criminalii și crinii de Ion Stratan

Din adâncimea lor, versurile lui Stratan salvează aparițiile și aparențele pe când el, ca esențele, poate să fi trecut neobservat. Iubea ironia cu forța

3:25 PM - 4:05 PM

Joe Boyle – “The Saviour of Romania” in words and pictures

"The Saviour of Romania – in words and pictures" A presentation by Max Fraser, filmmaker To the International Salon of Literature, Visual Arts and Music "ToRo Fest" - Romanian Book and Arts

4:15 PM - 4:35 PM

Book Launch: The Bone Mother by David Demchuk

Three neighbouring villages on the Ukrainian/Romanian border are the final refuge for the last of the mythical creatures of Eastern Europe--the Rusalka, the Strigoi, the Vedma, and more. Now,

4:35 - 4:55 PM

Lansare de carte: Roată, America Toată! de Magdalena Manea

Solicitați la maximum, reanimați perpetuu de peisaje fabuloase, din punct de vedere emoțional, șoferii de cursă lungă se identifică cu corăbierii anilor de expansiune colonială. Fiecare dintre ei crește,

5:00 - 5:20 PM

Poetry reading

A Pushcart prize nominee, Diana's poems have been published in the UK, the US, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Albania, Belarus, Canada, and Romania. Passionate also about

5:20 - 5:45 PM

“US” Poets Foreign Poets (a computationally assembled anthology) – book launch & performance

“US” Poets Foreign Poets (a computationally assembled anthology) / NOI POEȚI „AMERICANI” POEȚI STRĂINI (antologie asamblată computational)

With its programmer, algorithmic generator, and input or human authored text on one side, and the

5:45 - 6:30 PM

LIVE Music: Le Tour du Monde

A live ambient lounge musical based on a fictional traveler as he journeys across the world encountering lifețs revelations. The background music arranged and played by Cristian Giorgievici. A film edited

6:00 PM - 10:00 PM (Friday) 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Saturday)

Art Display by Doru Cioată

Art Display by DORU CIOATĂ - fine art painter, restoration expert.

6:00 PM - 10:00 PM (Friday) 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Saturday)

Silent Auction – paintings by Aurel Manole

Aurel Manoie was an artist of exceptional value, who has linked his destiny of brush and easel since the age of four. Aurel Manole is considered by specialists to

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

The life of a student raised in an immigrant Romanian family

• What perspectives did you gain from your family? How did they shape your personality? • What aspects of life in your family contrasted with life outside? ◦ Are there elements

11: 00 AM - 11:30 AM

THE ICON Beyond the first glance

THE ICON Beyond the first glance: an ever-contemporary view of human condition - the divine within man and the relationship with the beyond - offered by the Icon. The

11:30 AM - 12:10 PM

Patrimoine et diversité: discours, pratiques et action culturelle

Patrimoine et diversité: discours, pratiques et action culturelle | Patrimoniu și diversitate: discursuri, practici și acțiuni culturale | Heritage and diversity: discourses, practices and cultural agency Anthropologue passionnée, Daniela Moisa

12:10 - 12:30 PM

Gherasim Luca, écrire pour revivifier la vie

Poète à la parole « bègue », artiste « cubomaniaque », prospecteur d’une vie « non-œdipienne », surréaliste, puis oublié du surréalisme, Gherasim Luca est l’apatride par excellence, devenu Français « par défaut » et

1:00 - 2:00 PM

the fuzz, the spy, and the thinker

A dialogue on Romanian and North American policing & spying between Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu and Sean Braune.

This chatty jam session will

2:00 - 2:50 PM

Graduate perspectives on global issues

Graduate perspectives on global issues Participants: NEGIN NAJJARNEJAD, NICOLE VASSILIOU, TARA SABERPOUR. Moderator: COSMINA-SILVIA NISTOR. Cosmina-Silvia Nistor (Romania) Edication & Integration Negin Najjarnejad (Lebanon) Child Marriage Nicole Vassiliou (Greece) Civil Society Organizations Tara SaberPour (Turkey) Refugee Accessability [caption id="attachment_1922" align="alignleft" width="508"]

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Absolutism – A Funny Card Game About Surviving Dictatorship

ABSOLUTISM is a party card game that presents players with unfathomable scenarios of daily life in a totalitarian society to which they have to offer solutions. But as no sane

4:00 - 5:00 PM

Workshop: The 5 Steps to Be Published in North-America

Whether you’d like to sell your novel to a publisher or you’d prefer to self-publish it, the steps to becoming a professionally published writer in North America are the

5:00 - 5:30 PM

Talk: Water is by Nina Munteanu

Water is emerging as one of the single most important resources of planet Earth. Already scarce in some areas, it has become the new "gold," coveted, bought,

5:30 - 6:00 PM

Writers Workshop with Susan Ksiezopolski

Susan Ksiezopolski, an award-winning writer, has published two poetry anthologies and a creative writing workbook. She was featured in Canadian Immigrant magazine The Ontario Poetry Society’s Aborealis Anthology, FreeLit Magazine

6:00 PM - 10:00 PM (Friday) 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Saturday)

Blue – Art Show by Otilia Gruneanțu Scriuba

In 2017, Otilia Gruneantu Scriuba obtained the 3rd prize for Graphics at the 6th International Biennial Art Show “Meeting Point” from Arad, Romania and in 2012 “The Most favoured

ToRo Fest / 2018 Participants

Crina Maria Bud, BSc, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, York University

Crina Bud, BSc (North University, Baia Mare), PhD (Babes Bolyai University,

Max Fraser

Independent Yukon filmmaker

Max Fraser is an independent Yukon filmmaker who is developing a

Felicia Mihali

Writer

Born in Romania, Felicia Mihali has lived in Montreal since 2000.

Andreea Demirgian

Radio journalist. Writer. Author. Storyteller. Traveler.

“I am a dreamer. I think the world we live in

Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu, Ph.D.

Writer, Professor of literature and philosophy

Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu (b. Bucharest, 1956; Ph.D. Toronto, 1992) is a Romanian-Canadian

Nina Munteanu

Lecturer, George Brown College & the University of Toronto

Nina Munteanu is a Canadian ecologist / limnologist and internationally published

Costi Gurgu

Writer

Costi’s fiction has appeared in Canada, the United States, and Europe.

Claudiu Murgan

Writer

Claudiu Murgan was born in Romania and has called Canada his

David Demchuk

Writer

David Demchuk has been writing for print, stage, digital and other

Diana Manole, Ph.D.

Lecturer at Trent University, Translator, Scholar, Writer, and Dramaturg

Diana Manole (PhD) is a Romanian-Canadian scholar, writer, translator, and dramaturg.

Magdalena Manea

Writer, Journalist

Determined to help and make a difference, Magdalena Manea leads the

Raul Dudnic

Television producer, journalist, musician, traveler

Raul recently produced and directed his third documentary film “The Village

Vianu Mureșan Ph.D.

Writer, journalist, Ph.D. in Philosophy

Writer, journalist, Ph.D. in Philosophy at Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca (2003),

Sophia Leopold-Mureșan

Painter

Sophia Leopold-Muresan Playing, Art-Making...the Dedicated Life and Loves of an Exceptional Child

Michael Husu

Pianist

It is an honor for me to participate at this event

Daniela Moisa, Ph.D.

Writer, Assistant Professor in Folklore and Ethnology, University of Sudbury

Daniela Moisa is an Assistant Professor in Folklore and Ethnology, and

Miruna Tarcău

Writer, journalist and literary critic

Romanian-born writer, journalist and literary critic Miruna Tarcau published her first

Milena Munteanu

Writer, Journalist

Milena Munteanu is a Romanian writer who lives in Canada. She

Stephen Henighan

Canadian novelist, short story writer, journalist and academic

Stephen Henighan is the author of fifteen books, most recently the

Maureen Korp, Ph.D.

Lecturer, writer, independent critic, and curator of contemporary art

Maureen Korp (Ph.D., University of Ottawa) is a lecturer, writer, independent

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the fuzz ▪ the spy ▪ the thinker

Posted on November 14, 2018

the fuzz ▪ the spy ▪ the thinker a dialogue between Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu and Sean Braune on Romanian and North American policing & spying This chatty jam session glides from the topic of police public presence in Romania and North America, to

Radio Encounters: Sean Cotter – An Act of Love

Posted on November 2, 2018

Sean Cotter is a professor of Literary Translations at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has translated Romanian poets and novelists, among which Nichita Stanescu’s “Wheel with a Single Spoke and Other Poems” and Mircea Cartarescu’s “Blinding. Left Wing”. His extraordinary

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October 5-6, 2018

International Salon Of Literature, Visual Arts & Music

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