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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7 F' ?+ c9 L. {' P# C  @3 ]Festival highlights include:

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9:30 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)
8 l  d' X8 I1 P. N4 ]1 - 4 pm                        Open Stage Performances by senior artists (at SAGE and Axis Café)
6 |3 P( W% W' ~2 T( y5 I/ r2 R7 - 9 pm                        Arts and Aging Films (at Stanley Milner Library)
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Tuesday June 3

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)
! z  J, ~. S4 f, L0 A1 ~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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  i7 o2 a) k1 N, v+ p5 SMayor Mandel's Seniors' Community Coffee Parties (at Seniors Centres on June 4 and 5)
: t: `) W* ^& K. B" y) fFree admission to seniors all week at the Art Gallery of Alberta
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* O7 b& X( \% l8 jFor more details please visit the website at www.creativeagefestival.ca