Featured Events in Navarre in September, 2024 (May Updated)

Join us for the launch of WEST OF WEST INDIAN (Mawenzi House) by Linzey Corridon! In conversation with Ronald Cummings. Join us for the launch of WEST OF WEST INDIAN (Mawenzi House) by Linzey Corridon! In conversation with Ronald Cummings. ABOUT WEST OF WEST INDIAN: West of West Indian constructs the Queer Caribbean experience as simultaneously individual and collective, embracing the language that continues to unsettle queer life. The collection is, at once, a summons and a love letter to familiar figures like the Bullerman, the Chichiman, the Funny man, and the Anty man. It collects a distinctly queer Vincentian Canadian account of love and autonomy, and while it represents a written journey into queer pain, it is also an exhibition of pleasure flowing through the bodies and minds of its many subjects. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Linzey Corridon is a mixed-race (Afro-Euro-Indo Caribbean) educator, and a Vincentian-Canadian poet and critic. He is the 2021 recipient of Canada’s Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship and is currently completing doctoral work on the nuances of the Queeribbean quotidian at McMaster University. His writing has been published in The Puritan, Kola, SX Salon, Hamilton Arts and Letters, Montreal Writes and more. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario. ABOUT RONALD CUMMINGS: Ronald Cummings is an associate professor of Black Studies at McMaster University. Information Source: Another Story Bookshop | eventbrite

The goal of this event is to raise funds to help meet the rising costs of maintaining a successful and efficient swim program at Navarre High School. These costs include but are not limited to the YMCA pool usage fee, equipment, uniforms, meet fees, hosting meets, travel, and food for the team. Register early online by August 17 for $40. Late online registration is August 18 to September 14 for $45. Online registration includes breakfast buffet and towel (while supply lasts). Registration is available in person on the day of the event for $50. Proceeds to benefit the Navarre HS Swim Team! For additional info contact Mary Moorer (850) 292-3570 Information Source: eventbrite

Join us for reading and conversation with Diane Morrisseau and Elisabeth Brannigan, authors of ONE SECOND AT A TIME. Hosted by Nancy Cooper. Join us for the launch of One Second at a Time: My Story of Pain and Reclamation (UBC Press) by Diane Morrisseau, with Elisabeth Brannigan, in conversation with Nancy Cooper. ABOUT THE BOOK: Bullied and abused at the Fort Alexander Indian Residential day school, Diane Morrisseau fought back and left school at the age of fifteen. Despite her strength, a childhood of trauma and abuse led her into the arms of Edgar Olson, and by sixteen, the young Ojibway-Anishinabe woman had given birth to her first child and married the man who would become her tormentor for the next eighteen years. Notoriously violent, her abuser was aided and abetted by the systems of colonialism that failed to protect Diane during her childhood. Edgar was able to keep Diane and her children trapped in a cycle of violence for years, without being held accountable by law or society. What could have been a chronicle of unrelenting hardship instead becomes a narrative of how, in horrific circumstances, Diane found the strength to survive, reclaim her life, and eventually thrive. Today she draws meaning from her painful past, counseling women, children and men experiencing similarly difficult circumstances. ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Diane Morrisseau is an Elder and counsellor from Sagkeeng First Nation and lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba Elisabeth Brannigan is an elementary school teacher who lives with her family in Toronto, Ontario. ABOUT THE HOST: Nancy Cooper is a member of the Chippewas of Rama First Nation. Nancy is a Children's author and is working on her third book at the moment. Information Source: Another Story Bookshop | eventbrite

Swash & Serif is a group typography and lettering art show. Since 2014, we’ve featured over 200 artists and showcased over 400 artworks from Toronto and beyond. We bring together the design community to celebrate type in all its forms - from brushscripts to blackletter - and see what new boundaries are being pushed. Learn more at swashandserif.ca Opening night party: 7pm - 11pm, Thursday September 19 Show Hours: 12pm - 6pm, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday (closed Monday) Admittance to the art show is free! Tickets are not required but RSVPs are appreciated. Information Source: Toronto Design Directory | eventbrite