COMMUNITY BBQ | NOON-2PM
Eastern Edge Parking Lot
Have a meal and support a local community organization at the Eastern Edge! Oxfam Canada believes that people together can create a fair world, free of poverty and injustice. They work with allies in Canada and around the world to change the policies and practices that perpetuate human suffering. Oxfam supports organizations in poor communities overseas in their struggle to secure basic human rights.
WORKSHOP WITH BENJAMIN ALLAIN (NS) | 2-5PM
Eastern Edge Gallery
Free Admission
A maze of art-making stations where individuals are asked to explore Benjamin Allain’s methods of storytelling through situations of chance and collaboration. Expect to divulge secrets and weave myths on a typewriter, find your imagination in a puddle of spilled coffee, and create with your community on canvas.
Benjamin was raised in Prince Edward Island, Canada, and continued his education on the country’s east coast in Sackville, New Brunswick, where he received his BFA from Mount Allison University in 2007. Benjamin explores the element of chance and the importance of storytelling through coffee spill drawings, paintings, altered photographs, etc.
FANCY ARTIST TALKS | 7PM
Eastern Edge Gallery
Admission by Donation
Learning with a twist – a lemon twist! Members and invited artists have approximately 15 minutes to present their artistic practice while audience members enjoy a fancy cocktail designed to match their work. Artists include: Lalie Douglas, Alicia Grant, Phillipa Jones, David Kaarsemaker, Jesse Walker, SWEATSHOPPE, Carolyn Morgan, Anna Felaxos, and Catherine Beaudette. This event, a tradition during the 24 Hour Art Marathon Festival, is sure to be elegant, spirited and fun! Sponsored by VANL-CARFAC. Catered by OLIVER’S.
LATE NIGHT MUSIC AT THE ROSE & THISTLE | 11PM
Rose & Thistle (208 Water Street)
$10 Admission
Join us for a night of local music! Ben Rigby is of the many hungry, but happy, musicians in St. John’s, bringing the unique sound of the banjo to the forefront of the local music scene. With mountainous lands of inspiration and a total lack of regard for songwriting conventions, the banjo becomes a compelling voice of its own in his hands. Following Ben are the Cold River Choir, composed of Gavin Simms, Evan Brennan, James Parsons, Stephen Rossiter, and Sam MacKenzie. More of a gang of moody fellows making dramatic folk music than a choir, these boys are not to be missed.
